Subj: Part 5
Date: 11/17/2000 8:34:54 PM Central Standard Time
From: HoRsEcRaZiE257
To: HoRsEcRaZiE257

When Lily came to, the first thing she saw was James' worried face looking at her.

She jumped.

"Oh James, it was horrible!" Lily moaned and put her head in her hands.

Lily took the mirror out of his hands, took a deep breath, and opened the mirror again.

The first thing she saw in the mirror was what had made her pass out...all of her friends lying on the ground, dead...their bodies tortured.

"James." She said shakily. "Come here."

James walked over and looked into the mirror. All he saw was his reflection.

"Is looking at yourself really that scary?" James asked her with a grin.

"NO, you git, LOOK in the mirror." Lily said exasperatedly.

James again looked, and all he saw was his reflection, and he told her so.

"But that can't be! I see..." she shuddered, "I see all of my friends, lined up, dead, and their bodies look...mangled."

James looked at her, startled.

"James, I am serious. There is something going on with this mirror, and I don't plan to stick around and find out." Lily told him.

Without another word, Lily fled the room.

James was worried too, but not for the same reason. He thought that Lily was losing it because Laurie had died.

I've got to get rid of this thing. Where can I put it? Its got to be somewhere where no one can find it...I don't want anyone else to see what I have seen. Lily thought to herself.

Suddenly an idea occured to her. She rushed to Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom and flushed the mirror down the toilet.

Just as she was leaving, Moaning Myrtle herself came up crying.

"Someone threw this at me!....Hey! This is great! I see me winning a beauty pageant, me winning the Quidditch Cup...me becoming Head Girl! Gee, thanks Lily! This is the nicest thing anyone has ever thrown at me!" Moaning Murtle exclaimed.

Then Myrtle turned around and floated away, back down to her U- Bend.

Well, if it makes her happy, then she can keep it! Lily thought to herself.

That night at supper, Lily was more normal, but when she fell asleep...the mirror was in her dreams. A strange voice was narrating her dream...

"Lily, Lily look! They're DEAD. Lily, look...its JAMES. This is whats going to become of them if they are in your life. Leave them be...walk alone...you're a danger to EVERYONE!!!"

The voice cackled in her dreams and then she woke up in a cold sweat.

No, she told herself thats not true...or is it... Ashleigh...
Laurie...almost James. Am I really putting their lives in danger?

She shook her head. She knew she musn't think like that. She decided to go wake James and tell him about her dreams.

"James...James?" Lily whispered as she gently shook him.

"URGH UH what?!" James said and sat straight up in the bed.

"Oh James, I need to talk to you." Lily said, trying not to laugh at the bewildered look on his face.

James nodded and got to his feet, he put his robe on and Lily steered him towards the Common Room.

Lily told him about her dream, and James put his arms around her.

"Lil, it was just a dream. You're not a danger to me. Even if you were...do you think I'd let that stop me from being with you?" James asked her gently.

"No but James, I couldn't stand it if something happened to you, or Sirius, or Remus. I couldn't stand being the cause of another persons death." Lily began to cry, her memories of Ashleigh came flooding back vividly.

Her most vivid memory of Ashleigh was the memory of the dance...one of the last times they ever had together:
"So Ashleigh, how many times did Sirius step on your feet?" Lily asked Ashleigh in her memory.
"Oh...only 1,000 times...not too many!" Ashleigh had replied with a grin.

The memory of the way she died:"I will only say two words...and you shall be gone!" he said with a malicious type of glee. "Avada Kadavra."

The rest happened in slow motion to Lily...Ashleigh screaming and jumping in front of her, the flash of green light, and Ashleigh's lifeless body at her feet.

And lastly, the memory of her speech at Ashleigh's funeral:Ashleigh Madison was the most loveable person I have ever met. She was loyal, caring, funny, carefree, and above all, a friend.
Ashleigh was the only person that I have ever really trusted. I poured my soul into her and she poured hers into me.
But now she is gone, an era ended. She gave her life for me. Voldemort threw an unforgiveable curse at me, and she jumped in front. I will never forget looking down and seeing her lying there...all of her vigor and life gone.
A part of me is gone, and is never going to return. A hole in my heart that nothing can fill.
Ashleigh, if you can hear me, I wanted to say that I will never forget you and that I will remember everything we did together, I will cherish your memory forever. You were special, and I won't let anyone forget that. I love you Ashleigh. Please come back!

"Oh James! I still miss Ashleigh so much!" Lily sobbed into his shoulder.

"Shh, baby, it's ok. It's ok to still miss her. We all do. She was irreplaceable...one of a kind...the life of the party." James whispered.

"James, I don't want to be a danger to you..." Lily began but James cut her off.

"Lily, you aren't a danger to me, and even if you were...I love you and I want to be with you no matter what...and theres something I need to tell you...