Warning, language content, maybe PG-13 for a couple of words.
Professor Barre looked at the two students standing before him. Shy, quiet Lily Evans, her hair pulled up into it's regular bun, her face worried, and to contrast her, loud, noisy, in his opinion, obnoxious. James looked messy. Flyaway hair, wrinkled robes. Lily also had her backpack with her. He had to resist the urge to laugh, she looked so incredibly nervous.
"Alright. You two will be going with Professor Kerper to the forbidden forest. He needs help setting some of the creatures from his Seventh Year Care of Magical Creatures class free."
"Yes Sir." Lily said, and began walking to the door that lead outside. James glared at Professor Barre for a couple of minutes, then followed her.
Outside it was pouring down rain. Professor Kerper, a short, jolly man, was holding a large umbrella. Lily and James ran under it, and the professor smiled at them.
"Good, all here? Now then, we're setting free some dead spiders first (A/N doesn't exactly make sense) and then, about five minutes later, we'll be setting free our animals. They love the spiders, and we're hoping that they will follow them into the Forbidden Forest. But we need you to walk along and create a trail of spiders into the forest. Not too far, mind. And use the tracking charm to keep your bearings."
Lily nodded, a little afraid of the forest. James wasn't. He'd been in there loads of times…as Prongs. But noone knew that, so he couldn't say anything. Professor Kerper handed them a large jar full of dead spiders, and they set off at a run, until they reached the dense foliage of the foreste, where the rain could not reach them. Lily shook her head, beats of rain flying off of her in every direction. James lit his wand (Lumos). Then they started to walk through the forest, dropping spiders every few feet. Or rather, Lily dropped the spiders. She was naming them out of boredom, Patti, Thelma, Louise, Bertram, Count Dracula (this produced a giggle) Ronald- The list went on. James was looking around him, also very bored, wishing that Sirius was there to talk to. Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a flash of black. He stopped dead, causing Lily to run into him.
"What?" Lily asked angrily; the sudden halt had caused her to drop several dead spiders on her robes, and she couldn't see them very well.
"Shhh." James said, backing up into her.
"Ouch! James. Stop moving, you going to walk me right into a tree!" Lily took more steps backwards. James stopped, he'd just seen more black. Evidently, Lily had seen it too. She gasped, and held her wand at ready.
"James" her voice was right in his ear, and James felt heat rush to the back of his neck "What do you think it is?" she sounded scared, and, without thinking, James reached out and grabbed her cold hand. Suddenly, Lily gave a small cry, and jumped away from where she had been standing. A large rat stood there, blood on his teeth. As she jumped away (dragging James with her, they were still holding hands) and Sirius Black leapt out of the undergrowth, snarling like a dog.. Lily screamed, but James didn't. He laughed, and patted Sirius on the head. Lily looked like she was about to have a heart attack.
"Arguh!" she said, and flung a hand-full of dead spiders at Sirius. He made a face at her.
"Sorry to spoil your romantic evening with James, Lily."
Lily turned red, and spluttered. But she couldn't get any words out. Instead, she remembered her ankle, and sat down on the ground to look at it. The bite wasn't big, although it was bleeding nicely, and she wasn't scared of catching anything. She pointed her wand at it, and said a healing charm. The wound healed up, and only a thin white line was left. James and Sirius watched. It was obvious Lily Evans was a fairly powerful witch, at least when it came to charms.
"My, my my. Did a rat bite you Lily. They shouldn't bite so hard!" Sirius said, looking around him. Lily cocked her head, not understanding.
"I don't think you have power over the rats, Sirius." Lily said quietly, thinking of a muggle movie about a boy who did. She couldn't quite picture Sirius Black doing the things this boy had done, though.
"Not yet. Maybe one day." Sirius grinned at Lily
Lily, slightly put off by this, picked up the jar, and continued walking, dropping spiders. Sirius and James caught up to her, and they walked in silence. Lily began to walk faster, because she could hear the creatues Professor Kerper had let loose. And they kind of scared her.
Unbeknownst to them, Professor Kerper had gone inside for a moment, leaving the cages unguarded. IT was Severus Snape, who had been listening to Professor Barre give Lily and James their detention, had let the animals loose, and then ran away.
"Um, guys. Do you hear the creatures?" Lily asked, nervous. The spiders were only half gone, and she was worried.
"Actually, now that you mention it" James said, interrupting Sirius who had been talking about brooms.
Lily turned in time to see a very large rat type creature (think mucho bigger than Peter the Puny) fly out of the bushes she screamed, and kicked it away from her. She grabbed her wand, and started cursing left and right at more and more rats emerged. Where oh where were James and Sirius? A quick glance over her shoulder revealed their absence.
"Bastards" One of the rats took this moment to leap at her, digging it's claws into her shoulder. Lily fell to the ground. Suddenly, a weight was lifted off her chest. The weight of the giant rat. She looked up at a giant white stag.
"I am dreaming." She said, and felt her eyes roll up in her head as she passed out.
A knock at the door. A slender, pretty woman with red hair opened it to reveal a tall, ugly man, his face twisted in malice.
Adevera Kadevra! The words took shape as a green flash tore up the air. The woman fell, limp on the ground, her red hair spilling about her like blood. A man came running from the kitchen, flour from baking all over his apron and black pants.
"Betony!" he cried, and knelt beside his wife, cradling her head in his hands. It was his last action, because the words were uttered again, and the man fell beside his wife.
The wizard, who had uttereed the fatal curse, sent a skull shooting through the roof of the house, where it hovered like a storm cloud. Then he laughed, and laughed and laughed.
On his way out, he casually turned around and muttered "Enflameus" The hair of the woman turned to pure flame as the house melted around her and her husband, sealing their fate.
Lily screamed. The first thing that came into focus was the concerned, disembodied head of a stag, hovering just above her own face. She smiled hazily, because he looked very funny, for the stag had just turned into James Potter. Something hit her face, but she didn't feel anything. IT hit her again, and registered. A stinging, prickly feeling. She sat up, feeling ill.
"Lily!" James wrapped Lily in the second hug they had shared that day. She was overcome with many emotions, mostly nausea.
"I am going to-" James moved away quickly as Lily rolled over and threw up, ridding her stomach of the terrible clenching pain that had possessed it.
"Lily, are you alright?" James asked, when she had finished. His face was slightly red because he had hugged Lily, and because Sirius eyebrows were halfway up his forehead, and he was puckering his lips.
"Yes. Maybe. I am not sure. What happened to the deer?" Lily asked drowsily.
"Your bleeding. There wasn't any deer here." James said, exchanged a worried glance with Sirius.
"Really? I could have sworn there was." Lily said, but she appeared to have given it up. Instead, she looked up at the trees, to see sunlight peeking through. "What time is it?"
"Past noon. I am not sure where we are." Sirius said rather sheepishly. Lily looked picked up her wand, and stood up shakily.
"We should try to get back, are you guys hurt?" They shook their heads; neither had a scratch on them, just some large purple bruises. Lily's shoulder was cut, though, straight through her robe.
"We should try to get out of here" Sirius said, as a twig snapped behind them and a low growl pierced the air.
Well, that's this chapter so far. Prolly not another for two weeks or so, I am going to be really busy because I act, and I have 6 or so performances coming up, and not many lines memorized! But I'll try, seeing as how this is a cliffhanger of sorts. I dun think this really seems like Lily, somehow. Do you?
Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns the exciting people, places and things. I just own Angelica, and Ruby. Oh, and the spiders! Ummm, the rodents, were……ripped off. Yeah, from a movie. So, I am sorry for the cheese (ack! Don't read it like it sounds) and I have to go, because it's time for me to go because I have to go.