Lily and James were talking on the dining
room table when Voldemort apparated into the room.
"How did you know we were
here?" James cried, jumping up from the table and grabbing his wand.
"Your secret keeper told me!"
Voldemort laughed with glee.
"Peter! How could he? I'll
get him for this." Lily said.
"No, you'll never get him for
this, you'll be dead." Voldemort corrected. The wind howled around the house.
"Lily, run, take Harry with
you." James shouted.
"I'm not leaving you!" Lily
shouted back.
Lily
and James had recently gone into hiding, with Sirius as their secret keeper. He
would never tell Voldemort where Lily and James were, even if he were being
tortured. Yet, at the last minute, Sirius made Peter (A/N: TRAITOR!) the secret
keeper, thinking that the Potters' would be safer then. He made the wrong
decision.
"Oh, how sweet. One loyal
family." Voldemort said, with the slightest touch of sympathy. "Oh, well. Say
good bye, James."
"Please, no. Why do you want
to kill us?" Lily asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Voldemort
shouted. "I want my revenge!"
There was silence. It may
have only been for one second, but to Lily and James it felt like hours.
Voldemort directed his wand
at James. "Avada Kedavra!"
James fell over silently.
Lily and screamed and dropped down beside him.
"Please Voldemort, you can
kill me… But at least spare Harry." She pleaded with desperation.
"Alright, alright. I'll kill
you but also Harry!" Voldemort cried.
Lily
started to cry. Her hair was all messy and wet. Her pretty blue dress was dirty
and torn from where she'd ripped it in anger. And her face… the cuts from her
fingernails and the tears, her blood-shot eyes… Her face was indescribable. Harry,
who was normally a happy baby, had sensed something was wrong and was crying
too.
"Please, please, Voldemort.
Not Harry, not Harry." Lily was now slurring the words, she felt dizzy.
"Shut up woman!" Voldemort
shouted. With his wand he flew Lily into a wall. She started to scream.
Voldemort looked at her. "Avada…"
And then Lily's life flashed
past her.
Her first word- Lily had cried "Mama"
and had sent her mother into extreme happiness.
Her first
step- walking into her father's arms.
When she had
stopped wearing nappies- first the night and then the day.
Her first day of school- she
decided she would get marry 'Jason' when she grew up.
When she decided she hated boys.
When she decided she liked them.
When Petunia shouted at her- she made Petunia's hair fall out.
Her Hogwarts letter- explaining that she was a witch.
Her first day at Hogwarts- when she first met James.
Her first kiss- shared with James.
Graduating from Hogwarts.
Getting married to James.
When her parents died- she didn't get out of bed for two days.
Giving birth to the most beautiful child- Harry.
Making Sirius their secret keeper and going into hiding.
Sirius making Peter their secret keeper.
And then now…
"Kedavra!"
A green light flashed and the
only sound was Lily's endless scream.
