A/N Charlie's Angels is such an awesome movie...that I am going to keep doing the butt kicking in this part hehe. Don't worry everyone. I have been getting so many great reviews that lily and James won't die for quite a while. don't worry! But I know my cliffhanger REALLY made you want to hurt me, so here is the continuation....
What she saw...was something she was never going to forget for as long as she lived.
She saw herself as a little girl...bouncing happily on someone's lap...and that someone was VOLDEMORT.
No. That can't be me. And why do I look so happy? He looks almost...gentle. Lily thought with a shudder.
I have to talk to Dumbledore. NOW. she told herself in panic.
She apparated to Dumbledore's office.
"Look at this picture! I found it in my bag. It can't be me...can it?" Lily asked him, praying he would tell her it was someone else.
"Thats you Lily. And I was afraid you would find out." Dumbledore sighed.
"Find out what?" Lily asked him, a knot of dread tightening itself in her stomach.
"Sit down Lily." Dumbledore said gently.
Lily obeyed.
"Voldemort wasn't always this evil. He WAS in Slytherin...and he was a lot like Severus Snape as a matter of fact. But he was kind to his family and his close circle of friends. And thats where you come in. Family...something he valued most. But that was before his parents were murdered. While they were still alive, he was a doting son. And you Lily, you are his niece." Dumbledore paused.
Lily stared at him, shocked beyond belief.
"No. No. No. It doesn't make any sense! If I am his niece...then why does he want me dead?" Lily asked shuddering at the thought of her being related to voldemort.
"He wants you dead because the Riddle's were a very powerful family. The witches on that side were some of the most powerful in the world. Voldemort feels he must kill you now, before you are strong enough to overcome him. He is a SEER and he can see the future. He sees his downfall in you Lily, and he is afraid." Dumbledore said gravely.
"But, but, NO I won't believe it. I can't be related to him. I thought you said he valued family! Why would he want to kill me?!" Lily asked, becoming hysterical.
"He DID value family...but that was before his parents were murdered. He thinks they were murdered by other family members and that very well may be the case. Therefore, he hates every single person on both sides of his family. He holds this grudge against them, because one of their number murdered his parents." Dumbledore said as he puffed his pipe.
Lily sat there in shock.
"Lily, thats why you are so important to us. Because as long as you are alive, we have a chance of defeating him. We need to protect you above everyone else. You and I are the only ones he fears." Dumbledore said, taking a deep breath.
"Is that why I don't need my wand to perform spells? Is that why I could kick open the Malfoy's door? Is that why when I look at something and concentrate, it breaks?" Lily asked, rushed. There were so many questions she had, so many fears.
"Lily I suggest you go home now and think about what I have told you. You may want to tell James, but that is up to you." Dumbledore said softly.
Lily nodded mutely.
"See the Riddles and the Pettigrews were always good friends...thats why it does not surprise me that Peter went over to the Dark Side." Dumbledore said, half to himself.
Lily stood up in her chair angrily.
"WAIT a minute. You KNEW Peter had gone over to the Dark Side? You KNEW he was passing them information about us? And you didn't tell me? I could have DIED." Lily screeched.
"Now if you calm down I will explain. Much better. Now I didn't know for a fact that he had gone over....I just suspected. And I felt I could protect you from anything that could hurt you. I was wrong and you have my sincere apologies." Dumbledore said as he looked down at his feet.
"This is just too much. I don't want to believe this." Lily said under her breath.
"Er, did you get anything from the Malfoy house?" Dumbledore asked, obviously trying to change the subject.
"Yes, here." Lily said distractedly as she shoved the bag at him.
Then she apparated home without saying goodbye to Dumbledore.
Sitting at her table, she again looked at the picture, and studied Tom Riddle.
My uncle is Tom Riddle. Voldemort is not my uncle..Tom Riddle was. This man, is a completely different person than who he is now, but there are so many things I need to know. Lily thought to herself in anguish.
When James came home from work that day, Lily told him everything. She even told him about her theories and how she couldn't understand why her parents had never told her.
"James, wait. If my mother was his sister...then why did he kill her?" Lily asked James.
"Maybe he suspected your mother of killing their parents." James said with a shrug that told her he didn't know.
"But this doesn't change anything, I still want my revenge on this man." Lily said with weak determination.
James looked at her with alarm.
"Lily you don't like this man do you? Think about what he did to Ashleigh, Laurie, your parents, and all of the other innocent people that he's killed. You can't forgive him." James said pleadingly.
"I know, I know he's horrible. This just answered so many questions. Like why my mother said she had a brother but she said we could never meet him. And how I never got to meet my grandparents on my mothers side. And whenever a Voldemort killing was on the news, which was just about every night, my mom would go all pale and she would leave the room in tears." Lily said, sadness in her voice.
"Lily, you've got to keep going. Just forget you ever learned this and move on. Don't dwell on it." James said as he put his arms around her shoulders.
"Oh but James, why has this man caused me so much pain?" Lily asked in a choked voice as tears began to stream down her face.
James looked down at her.
"I don't know Lil. There must be a reason for it. Everything that happens has a reason behind it." he said with conviction.
"You're right. Screw him. He killed my parents and I am going to let him know what I think of him." Lily said, steelness back in her voice. "I don't care if he IS my uncle. Family doesn't kill family and he's going to learn that the hard way."
James nodded and Lily kicked the couch in anger.
"That no good, family killing butthead." Lily said.
James laughed out loud and Lily looked at him, enraged.
"WHAT is so funny?" she asked.
"You got all mad and then you called him a "butthead." couldn't you think of a better word?" James asked, still laughing.
Then Lily started to laugh and soon they were both in hysterics and they couldn't stop.
When the laughter finally died down, Lily started to walk upstairs.
"I'm going to bed. Today has been physically and emotionally draining." Lily said with a yawn.
"I understand. I'm coming up with you." James said softly.
Lily nodded and they walked up the stairs together.
Trying to think of something, ANYTHING to get her mind off of what she had just learned, she said:
"James, when are we going to get real furniture? This place is such a dump with all these card tables and chairs."
"We can go look tomorrow if you want...tomorrow is Saturday...day off." James said, understanding her need to talk about something different.
"That is if you can handle my outbursts enough to make this place permanant." Lily said, laughter returning to her voice.
"I think I can put up with you." James replied with a grin, putting his arms around her and leaning down to kiss her.
She put her arms around his neck as she had so often in the past 7 years, and they kissed.
When she pulled away, she looked up at him and said.
"I love you James."
"Love you too Lil."
Then Lily went into her closet to change for bed.
She fell asleep right as her head hit the pillow that night.
The next morning, just as they were about to go furniture shopping, they got a call from Dumbledore.
"Emergency Auror Meeting." James said with a frown.
"I hate this! I never get time to be a normal person! Always on call...I can't even make my house seem like home with this job." Lily said with a huge sigh.
"I know Lily. I promise we will go soon...maybe tomorrow? Is that ok with you?" James asked, trying to make her feel better.
"Ok. But you have to come with." Lily said.
James nodded.
They apparated to Dumbledore's flat.
"Good, glad you could come. Now everyone sit down. There has been another attack...but this one is much more important. Voldemort and his followers attacked the Ministry Of magic this morning." he said, the twinkle in his eye, gone.
They all gasped.
"Three dead, 12 injured. The minister himself has died." Dumbledore said with a great sniff.
Everyone started whispering in shock.
"James, the MINISTER. What next? Dumbledore isn't even safe!" Lily said in a small voice.
"Lily, you know Voldemort is scared of Dumbledore...he's safe." James said, trying to console her.
Sirius leaned over towards them.
"I heard that the Minister was no where near as powerful as Dumbledore. In fact, they asked Dumbledore to be Minister of Magic but he turned down the job because he wanted to be Headmaster at Hogwarts. Dumbledore is safe, believe me." Sirius said with conviction.
"But he's DEAD. Oh I can't believe it. He was such a nice man." another Auror said sadly.
Alastar Moody spoke up : "If the minister himself couldn't stand up to Voldemort, then I reckon that Lily and Dumbledore are the only ones who can."
"What? Me? I couldn't." Lily said in surprise.
"I am a seer...and you have many a power that no one else has Mrs. Potter...with a little bit more development...you could be the most powerful wizard in the world." Alastar Moony said.
Everyone looked at Lily with more respect after that. Getting that much out of Moody was enough to make ANYONE get respect...but this!
Dumbledore hushed them all down.
"Its true Lily is weaker than only me. I believe that in a confrontation she could beat Voldemort...but she would have to be prepared...if he caughter her unprepared...." he trailed off.
"Now back to the task at hand. We must track down the Death Eaters that did this, and get back the information that they stole from us. It is uncopyable...it has many charms on it so that they cannot write it down, and once we get it back, their memories will be erased as to what is on it. But since it is in THEIR hands...anything can happen." Albus said in a voice that meant business.
They all began whispering, wondering who would get the highest and hardest jobs.
"The most dangerous task will go to Lily Potter. She must track down the leader...in this case Voldemort...and listen in on any conversations he has in the next few days...it will lead us to the papers." Dumbledore said with his mouth set in a grim line.
James stood up, and was about to say that he wouldn't let her go...but Lily pulled him back down and gave him a pleading look.
He sighed and slumped his shoulders.
"The next job goes to Mr. James Potter. He will be working with Lily...but he will be listening to Voldemort's right hand man...Lucius Malfoy's conversations. I suspect Lily and James with be together buch of the time because Voldemort hardly ever goes anywhere without Lucius."
Lily and James looked at each other.
"Lily...you can use my invisibility cloak." James told her.
Lily shook her head.
"Voldemort will probably be able to see through it...and I am smaller and its easier for me to hide." Lily said.
"I'm going to be worried about you." James said with a frown.
"And i will be worried about you too...but we will be together most of the time like Dumbledore said." Lily said, trying to be cheerful.
Then they apparated to the Ministry and began to follow the trail left by the Death Eaters and Voldemort.
The first thing they found was Lucius' wizard hat...he must have forgotten it.
"James, Lucius must have gone home...he wouldn't have worn his hat if her was going to the office...they have Death Eater hats for that...this is an everyday hat. So you have to go to the Malfoy Mansion." Lily said softly, looking down at the hat in her hands.
James looked at her.
"Are you sure you're going to be ok? I'm going to be worried sick the whole time." he said honestly.
"I know, and I will be worried about you too...but you have to go...they can't get away this time." Lily said with a frown.
"Just be careful ok?" James pleaded.
Lily laughed. "How can I NOT be careful on this kind of a mission?"
"Good Point." James said with a weak grin.
Lily stood on her tiptoes and kissed him.
"If all goes well, I will meet you at home for dinner tomorrow." she said with a smile.
"I can't wait."
Then he apparated away.
Lily watched him disappear and then she looked around for clues on Voldemort's whereabouts.
All she found were some Death Eater hats...so she had to just go to VOldemort's lair and hope he was there.
She apparated there and crept into the office that she knew was Voldemort's.
Sure enough, there he was. Sitting at his desk, and he was talking to...LUCIUS.
Oh NO!! I sent James to the Malfoy house...thats just what they wanted us to think by leaving his hat there. I've got to contact him. They probably have a trap waiting for him! Lily thought frantically.
She apparated to the Malfoy's house praying that she wasn't too late.
And thank God, she wasn't.
"JAMES." she whispered loudly.
James whipped his head around, saw her and ran over to her.
"Is something wrong?" he asked with concern.
"No, well kind of. They left that hat in there so that one of us would go in the Malfoy house and get caught in the trap they have set up there. I was just at the lair and Lucius and Voldemort are talking in Voldemorts office." Lily said in a rush.
James nodded.
"Thank goodness I came in time." she said.
Then she grabbed his hand and they apparated back to the lair. Voldemort and Malfoy were no where to be seen.
"Dang it. I took to long coming to get you." Lily whispered angrily.
"Well lets look around the office for some clues on where they went." James replied, already walking into the room.
"Ok, you go look in the office and I will check the other rooms." Lily told him.
The next room she walked into was, unfortuneatly, a meeting room. And there was a Death Eater meeting going on.
"Look 'oos 'ere." one of them said with a toothless grin.
OH GREAT! Heres where my karate skills and no wand magic comes in. she thought in horror.
A large man ran up to her and she dove out of the way. Then she turned around, kicked him in the face and punched him in the stomach. She did a floor kick and tripped him up. He landed on his back, passed out.
One down, about 15 to go. she thought grimly.
Three people ran at her at once. she recognized two of them. Crabbe and Goyle.
One of them tried to grab her around the neck and she ducked. Then Crabbe tried to send a spell out at her. She did a back flip to dodge it.
She gave Goyle a knee in the stomach and a kick in the knees that sent him sprawling.
She spun around and side kicked Crabbe. She grabbed him by the hair and punched him in the face 3 times. By the time she was done, he had passed out.
She let him drop to the floor.
The man she didn't recognize came at her. She kicked him in the balls and turned around to see a man about to club her in the head.
She seized his arm and amazed at her own strength, threw him into the wall.
3 guys left...I think I can handle it. she thought to herself confidently.
She took the first two and banged their heads together, they both passed out and slid to the floor.
The last one was particularly strong.
He grabbed her arm and twisted it back.
She gasped in pain.
Ok Lily heres a position you have never been in before.
She gripped the arm that he had holding her, and she flipped him over onto his back. She kicked him in the head to make sure he was passed out.
She then surveyed the room in satisfaction.
7 guys, 1 mutant, and one butt kicking girl. she thought with a grin.
She heard a shuffling of feet behind her, and she turned around ready to fight.
She saw that it was James and she relaxed.
James looked around, amazed.
"YOU did all of this?" he asked her in admiration.
"Yep, man, I didn't even need my wand. I sent this one guy flying by grabbing his arm and using my eyes! What a rush." she thought.
"Sweet! Oh, uh, I think I know where Uncle Tom went." he said.
Lily looked at him expectantly.
"Where is he?" she asked when he didn't answer her look.
"Hogwarts." James said grimly.
"NO! How could he get in?!" Lily asked in horror.\
"I don't know...but Dumbledore isn't there...thank God the kids aren't there right now since its summer. But you and I have to head to Hogwarts and stop them. Lucius is there with him...I can tell." James said quietly.
Lily nodded.
Whats going to happen to the teachers? What does he want from Hogwarts?
A/N To find the answers to Lily's question, read part 22 coming soon. I hope you liked it! There will be more on Voldie being her uncle coming up in the next few parts...so expect it! Please review!
What she saw...was something she was never going to forget for as long as she lived.
She saw herself as a little girl...bouncing happily on someone's lap...and that someone was VOLDEMORT.
No. That can't be me. And why do I look so happy? He looks almost...gentle. Lily thought with a shudder.
I have to talk to Dumbledore. NOW. she told herself in panic.
She apparated to Dumbledore's office.
"Look at this picture! I found it in my bag. It can't be me...can it?" Lily asked him, praying he would tell her it was someone else.
"Thats you Lily. And I was afraid you would find out." Dumbledore sighed.
"Find out what?" Lily asked him, a knot of dread tightening itself in her stomach.
"Sit down Lily." Dumbledore said gently.
Lily obeyed.
"Voldemort wasn't always this evil. He WAS in Slytherin...and he was a lot like Severus Snape as a matter of fact. But he was kind to his family and his close circle of friends. And thats where you come in. Family...something he valued most. But that was before his parents were murdered. While they were still alive, he was a doting son. And you Lily, you are his niece." Dumbledore paused.
Lily stared at him, shocked beyond belief.
"No. No. No. It doesn't make any sense! If I am his niece...then why does he want me dead?" Lily asked shuddering at the thought of her being related to voldemort.
"He wants you dead because the Riddle's were a very powerful family. The witches on that side were some of the most powerful in the world. Voldemort feels he must kill you now, before you are strong enough to overcome him. He is a SEER and he can see the future. He sees his downfall in you Lily, and he is afraid." Dumbledore said gravely.
"But, but, NO I won't believe it. I can't be related to him. I thought you said he valued family! Why would he want to kill me?!" Lily asked, becoming hysterical.
"He DID value family...but that was before his parents were murdered. He thinks they were murdered by other family members and that very well may be the case. Therefore, he hates every single person on both sides of his family. He holds this grudge against them, because one of their number murdered his parents." Dumbledore said as he puffed his pipe.
Lily sat there in shock.
"Lily, thats why you are so important to us. Because as long as you are alive, we have a chance of defeating him. We need to protect you above everyone else. You and I are the only ones he fears." Dumbledore said, taking a deep breath.
"Is that why I don't need my wand to perform spells? Is that why I could kick open the Malfoy's door? Is that why when I look at something and concentrate, it breaks?" Lily asked, rushed. There were so many questions she had, so many fears.
"Lily I suggest you go home now and think about what I have told you. You may want to tell James, but that is up to you." Dumbledore said softly.
Lily nodded mutely.
"See the Riddles and the Pettigrews were always good friends...thats why it does not surprise me that Peter went over to the Dark Side." Dumbledore said, half to himself.
Lily stood up in her chair angrily.
"WAIT a minute. You KNEW Peter had gone over to the Dark Side? You KNEW he was passing them information about us? And you didn't tell me? I could have DIED." Lily screeched.
"Now if you calm down I will explain. Much better. Now I didn't know for a fact that he had gone over....I just suspected. And I felt I could protect you from anything that could hurt you. I was wrong and you have my sincere apologies." Dumbledore said as he looked down at his feet.
"This is just too much. I don't want to believe this." Lily said under her breath.
"Er, did you get anything from the Malfoy house?" Dumbledore asked, obviously trying to change the subject.
"Yes, here." Lily said distractedly as she shoved the bag at him.
Then she apparated home without saying goodbye to Dumbledore.
Sitting at her table, she again looked at the picture, and studied Tom Riddle.
My uncle is Tom Riddle. Voldemort is not my uncle..Tom Riddle was. This man, is a completely different person than who he is now, but there are so many things I need to know. Lily thought to herself in anguish.
When James came home from work that day, Lily told him everything. She even told him about her theories and how she couldn't understand why her parents had never told her.
"James, wait. If my mother was his sister...then why did he kill her?" Lily asked James.
"Maybe he suspected your mother of killing their parents." James said with a shrug that told her he didn't know.
"But this doesn't change anything, I still want my revenge on this man." Lily said with weak determination.
James looked at her with alarm.
"Lily you don't like this man do you? Think about what he did to Ashleigh, Laurie, your parents, and all of the other innocent people that he's killed. You can't forgive him." James said pleadingly.
"I know, I know he's horrible. This just answered so many questions. Like why my mother said she had a brother but she said we could never meet him. And how I never got to meet my grandparents on my mothers side. And whenever a Voldemort killing was on the news, which was just about every night, my mom would go all pale and she would leave the room in tears." Lily said, sadness in her voice.
"Lily, you've got to keep going. Just forget you ever learned this and move on. Don't dwell on it." James said as he put his arms around her shoulders.
"Oh but James, why has this man caused me so much pain?" Lily asked in a choked voice as tears began to stream down her face.
James looked down at her.
"I don't know Lil. There must be a reason for it. Everything that happens has a reason behind it." he said with conviction.
"You're right. Screw him. He killed my parents and I am going to let him know what I think of him." Lily said, steelness back in her voice. "I don't care if he IS my uncle. Family doesn't kill family and he's going to learn that the hard way."
James nodded and Lily kicked the couch in anger.
"That no good, family killing butthead." Lily said.
James laughed out loud and Lily looked at him, enraged.
"WHAT is so funny?" she asked.
"You got all mad and then you called him a "butthead." couldn't you think of a better word?" James asked, still laughing.
Then Lily started to laugh and soon they were both in hysterics and they couldn't stop.
When the laughter finally died down, Lily started to walk upstairs.
"I'm going to bed. Today has been physically and emotionally draining." Lily said with a yawn.
"I understand. I'm coming up with you." James said softly.
Lily nodded and they walked up the stairs together.
Trying to think of something, ANYTHING to get her mind off of what she had just learned, she said:
"James, when are we going to get real furniture? This place is such a dump with all these card tables and chairs."
"We can go look tomorrow if you want...tomorrow is Saturday...day off." James said, understanding her need to talk about something different.
"That is if you can handle my outbursts enough to make this place permanant." Lily said, laughter returning to her voice.
"I think I can put up with you." James replied with a grin, putting his arms around her and leaning down to kiss her.
She put her arms around his neck as she had so often in the past 7 years, and they kissed.
When she pulled away, she looked up at him and said.
"I love you James."
"Love you too Lil."
Then Lily went into her closet to change for bed.
She fell asleep right as her head hit the pillow that night.
The next morning, just as they were about to go furniture shopping, they got a call from Dumbledore.
"Emergency Auror Meeting." James said with a frown.
"I hate this! I never get time to be a normal person! Always on call...I can't even make my house seem like home with this job." Lily said with a huge sigh.
"I know Lily. I promise we will go soon...maybe tomorrow? Is that ok with you?" James asked, trying to make her feel better.
"Ok. But you have to come with." Lily said.
James nodded.
They apparated to Dumbledore's flat.
"Good, glad you could come. Now everyone sit down. There has been another attack...but this one is much more important. Voldemort and his followers attacked the Ministry Of magic this morning." he said, the twinkle in his eye, gone.
They all gasped.
"Three dead, 12 injured. The minister himself has died." Dumbledore said with a great sniff.
Everyone started whispering in shock.
"James, the MINISTER. What next? Dumbledore isn't even safe!" Lily said in a small voice.
"Lily, you know Voldemort is scared of Dumbledore...he's safe." James said, trying to console her.
Sirius leaned over towards them.
"I heard that the Minister was no where near as powerful as Dumbledore. In fact, they asked Dumbledore to be Minister of Magic but he turned down the job because he wanted to be Headmaster at Hogwarts. Dumbledore is safe, believe me." Sirius said with conviction.
"But he's DEAD. Oh I can't believe it. He was such a nice man." another Auror said sadly.
Alastar Moody spoke up : "If the minister himself couldn't stand up to Voldemort, then I reckon that Lily and Dumbledore are the only ones who can."
"What? Me? I couldn't." Lily said in surprise.
"I am a seer...and you have many a power that no one else has Mrs. Potter...with a little bit more development...you could be the most powerful wizard in the world." Alastar Moony said.
Everyone looked at Lily with more respect after that. Getting that much out of Moody was enough to make ANYONE get respect...but this!
Dumbledore hushed them all down.
"Its true Lily is weaker than only me. I believe that in a confrontation she could beat Voldemort...but she would have to be prepared...if he caughter her unprepared...." he trailed off.
"Now back to the task at hand. We must track down the Death Eaters that did this, and get back the information that they stole from us. It is uncopyable...it has many charms on it so that they cannot write it down, and once we get it back, their memories will be erased as to what is on it. But since it is in THEIR hands...anything can happen." Albus said in a voice that meant business.
They all began whispering, wondering who would get the highest and hardest jobs.
"The most dangerous task will go to Lily Potter. She must track down the leader...in this case Voldemort...and listen in on any conversations he has in the next few days...it will lead us to the papers." Dumbledore said with his mouth set in a grim line.
James stood up, and was about to say that he wouldn't let her go...but Lily pulled him back down and gave him a pleading look.
He sighed and slumped his shoulders.
"The next job goes to Mr. James Potter. He will be working with Lily...but he will be listening to Voldemort's right hand man...Lucius Malfoy's conversations. I suspect Lily and James with be together buch of the time because Voldemort hardly ever goes anywhere without Lucius."
Lily and James looked at each other.
"Lily...you can use my invisibility cloak." James told her.
Lily shook her head.
"Voldemort will probably be able to see through it...and I am smaller and its easier for me to hide." Lily said.
"I'm going to be worried about you." James said with a frown.
"And i will be worried about you too...but we will be together most of the time like Dumbledore said." Lily said, trying to be cheerful.
Then they apparated to the Ministry and began to follow the trail left by the Death Eaters and Voldemort.
The first thing they found was Lucius' wizard hat...he must have forgotten it.
"James, Lucius must have gone home...he wouldn't have worn his hat if her was going to the office...they have Death Eater hats for that...this is an everyday hat. So you have to go to the Malfoy Mansion." Lily said softly, looking down at the hat in her hands.
James looked at her.
"Are you sure you're going to be ok? I'm going to be worried sick the whole time." he said honestly.
"I know, and I will be worried about you too...but you have to go...they can't get away this time." Lily said with a frown.
"Just be careful ok?" James pleaded.
Lily laughed. "How can I NOT be careful on this kind of a mission?"
"Good Point." James said with a weak grin.
Lily stood on her tiptoes and kissed him.
"If all goes well, I will meet you at home for dinner tomorrow." she said with a smile.
"I can't wait."
Then he apparated away.
Lily watched him disappear and then she looked around for clues on Voldemort's whereabouts.
All she found were some Death Eater hats...so she had to just go to VOldemort's lair and hope he was there.
She apparated there and crept into the office that she knew was Voldemort's.
Sure enough, there he was. Sitting at his desk, and he was talking to...LUCIUS.
Oh NO!! I sent James to the Malfoy house...thats just what they wanted us to think by leaving his hat there. I've got to contact him. They probably have a trap waiting for him! Lily thought frantically.
She apparated to the Malfoy's house praying that she wasn't too late.
And thank God, she wasn't.
"JAMES." she whispered loudly.
James whipped his head around, saw her and ran over to her.
"Is something wrong?" he asked with concern.
"No, well kind of. They left that hat in there so that one of us would go in the Malfoy house and get caught in the trap they have set up there. I was just at the lair and Lucius and Voldemort are talking in Voldemorts office." Lily said in a rush.
James nodded.
"Thank goodness I came in time." she said.
Then she grabbed his hand and they apparated back to the lair. Voldemort and Malfoy were no where to be seen.
"Dang it. I took to long coming to get you." Lily whispered angrily.
"Well lets look around the office for some clues on where they went." James replied, already walking into the room.
"Ok, you go look in the office and I will check the other rooms." Lily told him.
The next room she walked into was, unfortuneatly, a meeting room. And there was a Death Eater meeting going on.
"Look 'oos 'ere." one of them said with a toothless grin.
OH GREAT! Heres where my karate skills and no wand magic comes in. she thought in horror.
A large man ran up to her and she dove out of the way. Then she turned around, kicked him in the face and punched him in the stomach. She did a floor kick and tripped him up. He landed on his back, passed out.
One down, about 15 to go. she thought grimly.
Three people ran at her at once. she recognized two of them. Crabbe and Goyle.
One of them tried to grab her around the neck and she ducked. Then Crabbe tried to send a spell out at her. She did a back flip to dodge it.
She gave Goyle a knee in the stomach and a kick in the knees that sent him sprawling.
She spun around and side kicked Crabbe. She grabbed him by the hair and punched him in the face 3 times. By the time she was done, he had passed out.
She let him drop to the floor.
The man she didn't recognize came at her. She kicked him in the balls and turned around to see a man about to club her in the head.
She seized his arm and amazed at her own strength, threw him into the wall.
3 guys left...I think I can handle it. she thought to herself confidently.
She took the first two and banged their heads together, they both passed out and slid to the floor.
The last one was particularly strong.
He grabbed her arm and twisted it back.
She gasped in pain.
Ok Lily heres a position you have never been in before.
She gripped the arm that he had holding her, and she flipped him over onto his back. She kicked him in the head to make sure he was passed out.
She then surveyed the room in satisfaction.
7 guys, 1 mutant, and one butt kicking girl. she thought with a grin.
She heard a shuffling of feet behind her, and she turned around ready to fight.
She saw that it was James and she relaxed.
James looked around, amazed.
"YOU did all of this?" he asked her in admiration.
"Yep, man, I didn't even need my wand. I sent this one guy flying by grabbing his arm and using my eyes! What a rush." she thought.
"Sweet! Oh, uh, I think I know where Uncle Tom went." he said.
Lily looked at him expectantly.
"Where is he?" she asked when he didn't answer her look.
"Hogwarts." James said grimly.
"NO! How could he get in?!" Lily asked in horror.\
"I don't know...but Dumbledore isn't there...thank God the kids aren't there right now since its summer. But you and I have to head to Hogwarts and stop them. Lucius is there with him...I can tell." James said quietly.
Lily nodded.
Whats going to happen to the teachers? What does he want from Hogwarts?
A/N To find the answers to Lily's question, read part 22 coming soon. I hope you liked it! There will be more on Voldie being her uncle coming up in the next few parts...so expect it! Please review!