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Chapter Nine
After dinner Violet and Tom had strolled through the gardens on his large estate. This had become a regular event, and during this time, Violet often asked Tom questions about her life before the accident. She had found out that she was born in Essex, but she had grown up somewhere in Wales. Tom wasn't sure where. She didn't have any brothers or sisters, or any living relative for that matter. All of her grandparents had died before she was born. Her best friend in the whole world since she was a child was Krysta Nott. She had a brother, and she had had a crush on him for a long time. That is until she met Tom in Diagon Alley about two years ago. She had been at an ice cream parlor, waiting for Krysta to show up, and Tom tripped and dumped a chocolate sundae on her head. He apologized and cleaned her up with a spell. They laughed about it then. Every night, Tom asked her two questions, "Have you remembered anything?" This question she always answered no to. "Do you love me?" She always threw her arms around him, kissed him and answered YES! All the while, she had a strange feeling of not belonging.
Violet now sat in front of her dressing table, brushing her hair, and looking in the mirror. *How could I not love Tom?* she asked herself this question every night. *He has been so wonderful to me! I just don't understand these feelings that I have been having. It must be pre wedding jitters. Yes, that's exactly what it must be.* Lily stuck her tongue out at herself in the mirror, and got up to go to bed.
The dreams began again as soon as her eyes closed. She found herself sitting in a large red and gold room in front of a fire playing chess with the pale boy. They were talking and laughing, but again, she could not hear anything that was going on. She won, and stood up and addressed the boys in the room with her. Then, two of them got up with her. They all walked through a hole in the wall. When she walked through the hole, she was lost in the fog again.
She heard a voice, "Lily?"
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It was dark when the three marauders advanced on Lord Voldemort's lair. Their plan was ready to be set into action. They chose a lookout on a mountain under a grove of pine trees. The sky around the castle looked dark and ominous with clouds hanging above the turrets like death over a cemetery. They could sense it. The evil. It was there, and they were going to do their best to put a stop to it.
"That's the castle, Padfoot." James looked at his friend. "Are you ready?"
"About as ready as I'll ever be." Right before their eyes, Sirius transformed into a large black dog. He jumped up and put his paws on Remus's chest.
"Aww, nice puppy. Sweet puppy, be a good puppy, and go and find Lily now, okay?" Remus scratched him behind the ears. Sirius replied by licking his face. "We'll have to deal with this crush you have on me later, there, boy-o." Sirius replied to this by biting Remus's nose and growling. "Just kidding, Padfoot, just kidding."
Padfoot jumped down and trotted toward the backdoor of the castle. He could smell wonderful things coming from the kitchen door. He walked up to it, sat down and began to whimper. He waited, albeit not patiently, pacing in front of the door, for someone to open it and feed the lonely stray.
Someone opened the door. "Here, now, who're you?" Mary, Violet's maid, reached down and scratched behind Padfoot's ears. "Are you hungry little one?" Mary turned to go back into the kitchen, and Padfoot followed. He looked around. He noticed Mary talking to several house elves. There was a door leading to what could only be a pantry as house elves were running in and out with food. There was another door that he presumed led to the rest of the house. *This is too easy.* Sirius thought. Mary laid a plate of cooked chicken in front of him. Sirius ate it ravenously. *I wonder how long it will take until I find something about Lily. Tomorrow, I'll look for the dungeons.*
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James and Remus hunkered down underneath a small tree. "Do you think he's in yet?" Remus asked. "You don't think something bad happened, do you?"
"Well, we'll know in the morning." James replied. "He can't just waltz in and out, they'll think something is up." Still, James worried about his friend. Little did they know, Sirius was eating baked chicken while they were splitting an orange.
"It's damn cold out here." Remus said. "I wish we had thought about that and brought warmer cloaks."
"Well, how was I supposed to know that we'd be sitting on top of a mountain?" James whined. "I just saw the map. It wasn't geographical. Here, curl up underneath my invisibility cloak and try to get some sleep. I'll keep first watch and wake you when I get too tired. Pity we can't light a fire, Moony, they'd be able to see it from the castle."
"Well, if you're sure, Prongs. I think that I will." Remus yawned. "I'm still tired from the full moon." Remus lay down on the soft pine needles under the tree. He pulled James's invisibility cloak around his shoulders. James thought that he looked very peculiar with only his head showing, but he had gotten used to it. He leaned against the tree and pondered what would happen to both his friends if Sirius got caught.
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Violet awoke with a start. She couldn't remember her dreams, but she could still feel disconcerted from her last one. Sunlight was streaming through her bedroom window, making her room seem more cheerful. It was morning already. There was a fire burning in the fireplace across from her bed, but it did nothing to warm her. There was a definite chill in her bones from her dream.
Mary walked in, closely followed by a big black dog. Violet's eyes lit up, "Who's this?" she smiled.
Mary scratched Padfoot behind the ears. "He's a stray that was at the kitchen door last night. We fed him, and he seems pretty friendly. I thought that I might bring him up here to keep you company."
Violet fell to the floor and rubbed the dog's face. "He's so adorable! What's his name?" The dog placed his front paws on her lap and licked her face.
"Well, we haven't given him any name yet." Mary said. "We thought that if you liked him, you could have that honor."
Violet looked into the large brown eyes of the dog. They seemed somewhat familiar, but she could not figure out why. "I think that he looks like a Snuffles, don't you?"
"Of course, miss. Snuffles it is." Mary patted the dog's head. "Maybe I should take him outside now, miss. He hasn't been out all morning."
"Alright, Mary. If you see Tom, please let him know that I would like to have breakfast with him if he isn't too busy. I need to know what kind of flowers that he wants for our wedding, Also, the thank you notes came in yesterday, and they spelled my name V-I-O-L-E-T-T-E instead of V-I-O-L-ET. I need to send them back, but I want him to look at them to see if he wants any other changes made," Lily began to take off her nightgown. Snuffles averted his eyes. "Oh, look, Mary, what a perfect gentleman! He looked away when I took off my dressing gown. How cute!"
Mary laughed, "A perfect gentleman he is. He didn't even growl when the milkman came. He just looked at him. I don't think that we'll have any trouble from this one. You could almost think differently, though, he has a mischievous look in those eyes of his." Mary walked to the door. "Come on, Snuffles, we'll let you go outside, and then, I'll get you some breakfast." Snuffles snorted in Violet's direction, and followed Mary out the door.
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Walking out the garden gate, Padfoot trudged up the path towards the other boys' hideout. He had to be quick; they would be expecting him back shortly. He almost screamed when he came upon James's head laying disembodied underneath a pine tree, and Remus no where to be found. He heard a rustling in the trees off to his right. Remus came out, zipping up his pants.
"Hi there, Padfoot, old pal," Remus watched while Padfoot turned into Sirius. "Did you get in?"
"Yes," Sirius cast a weary glance towards James's head. "Um, he *is* underneath his invisibility cloak, isn't he?"
"Ya, Oi! James, get up, Si is back!" Remus kicked at James, whose eyes popped wide open. They were red, as though he had not gotten much sleep.
"Si, what's the news on Lily?" James threw the invisibility cloak off of him, and sat up quickly.
"Well," Sirius began, "I think that you had both better sit down. Here's the story. I got to the castle last night, and begged for some food like we planned. They took an instant liking to the adorable, polite, well groomed, handsome, well endowed, ("enough already, Si, we get the picture" James groaned.) black dog. They fed me, and let me spend the night in the kitchen with the house elves. I had planned to search the house for the dungeons tonight after everyone had gone to bed, but this morning, a maid named Mary asked me to follow her because she thought that there was someone that would like to meet me. I followed her, and she brought me right to Lily. ("That's great!" said Remus) Not exactly, Moony. Lily didn't recognize me. How many times did she see me transform? She would know me in a pound. She also seemed to be very happy there. Ok, now, here's the really bad part, James. She thinks that her name is Violet, and she's planning to marry some guy named Tom." Sirius waited for this to settle in on James. He took it remarkably well, Sirius thought. He pulverized a pinecone that he had been toying with during Sirius's speech into dust, and screamed his head off. "Look, guys, I'll have to get back. They'll be expecting me soon. I'm Lily's new house pet."
"Alright, Si, look," Remus was eyeing James carefully as he said this. "We'll give you two days to come back. Find out as much as you can about this Tom character, and try to find out the date of the wedding. And make sure that Lily really thinks that she is Violet, and that this isn't some act that she is putting on. Be careful, old friend."
Sirius transformed back into Padfoot, looked at James regretfully, and trotted back down the path towards the castle.
A/N How do you like it so far? I was struck deaf dumb and blind for a while with writer's block, but now the thoughts are flowing freely. I almost didn't want to stop here! But, I love leaving on a cliffhanger!~~Ryn
Chapter Nine
After dinner Violet and Tom had strolled through the gardens on his large estate. This had become a regular event, and during this time, Violet often asked Tom questions about her life before the accident. She had found out that she was born in Essex, but she had grown up somewhere in Wales. Tom wasn't sure where. She didn't have any brothers or sisters, or any living relative for that matter. All of her grandparents had died before she was born. Her best friend in the whole world since she was a child was Krysta Nott. She had a brother, and she had had a crush on him for a long time. That is until she met Tom in Diagon Alley about two years ago. She had been at an ice cream parlor, waiting for Krysta to show up, and Tom tripped and dumped a chocolate sundae on her head. He apologized and cleaned her up with a spell. They laughed about it then. Every night, Tom asked her two questions, "Have you remembered anything?" This question she always answered no to. "Do you love me?" She always threw her arms around him, kissed him and answered YES! All the while, she had a strange feeling of not belonging.
Violet now sat in front of her dressing table, brushing her hair, and looking in the mirror. *How could I not love Tom?* she asked herself this question every night. *He has been so wonderful to me! I just don't understand these feelings that I have been having. It must be pre wedding jitters. Yes, that's exactly what it must be.* Lily stuck her tongue out at herself in the mirror, and got up to go to bed.
The dreams began again as soon as her eyes closed. She found herself sitting in a large red and gold room in front of a fire playing chess with the pale boy. They were talking and laughing, but again, she could not hear anything that was going on. She won, and stood up and addressed the boys in the room with her. Then, two of them got up with her. They all walked through a hole in the wall. When she walked through the hole, she was lost in the fog again.
She heard a voice, "Lily?"
* * * * * * * * * * *
It was dark when the three marauders advanced on Lord Voldemort's lair. Their plan was ready to be set into action. They chose a lookout on a mountain under a grove of pine trees. The sky around the castle looked dark and ominous with clouds hanging above the turrets like death over a cemetery. They could sense it. The evil. It was there, and they were going to do their best to put a stop to it.
"That's the castle, Padfoot." James looked at his friend. "Are you ready?"
"About as ready as I'll ever be." Right before their eyes, Sirius transformed into a large black dog. He jumped up and put his paws on Remus's chest.
"Aww, nice puppy. Sweet puppy, be a good puppy, and go and find Lily now, okay?" Remus scratched him behind the ears. Sirius replied by licking his face. "We'll have to deal with this crush you have on me later, there, boy-o." Sirius replied to this by biting Remus's nose and growling. "Just kidding, Padfoot, just kidding."
Padfoot jumped down and trotted toward the backdoor of the castle. He could smell wonderful things coming from the kitchen door. He walked up to it, sat down and began to whimper. He waited, albeit not patiently, pacing in front of the door, for someone to open it and feed the lonely stray.
Someone opened the door. "Here, now, who're you?" Mary, Violet's maid, reached down and scratched behind Padfoot's ears. "Are you hungry little one?" Mary turned to go back into the kitchen, and Padfoot followed. He looked around. He noticed Mary talking to several house elves. There was a door leading to what could only be a pantry as house elves were running in and out with food. There was another door that he presumed led to the rest of the house. *This is too easy.* Sirius thought. Mary laid a plate of cooked chicken in front of him. Sirius ate it ravenously. *I wonder how long it will take until I find something about Lily. Tomorrow, I'll look for the dungeons.*
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James and Remus hunkered down underneath a small tree. "Do you think he's in yet?" Remus asked. "You don't think something bad happened, do you?"
"Well, we'll know in the morning." James replied. "He can't just waltz in and out, they'll think something is up." Still, James worried about his friend. Little did they know, Sirius was eating baked chicken while they were splitting an orange.
"It's damn cold out here." Remus said. "I wish we had thought about that and brought warmer cloaks."
"Well, how was I supposed to know that we'd be sitting on top of a mountain?" James whined. "I just saw the map. It wasn't geographical. Here, curl up underneath my invisibility cloak and try to get some sleep. I'll keep first watch and wake you when I get too tired. Pity we can't light a fire, Moony, they'd be able to see it from the castle."
"Well, if you're sure, Prongs. I think that I will." Remus yawned. "I'm still tired from the full moon." Remus lay down on the soft pine needles under the tree. He pulled James's invisibility cloak around his shoulders. James thought that he looked very peculiar with only his head showing, but he had gotten used to it. He leaned against the tree and pondered what would happen to both his friends if Sirius got caught.
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Violet awoke with a start. She couldn't remember her dreams, but she could still feel disconcerted from her last one. Sunlight was streaming through her bedroom window, making her room seem more cheerful. It was morning already. There was a fire burning in the fireplace across from her bed, but it did nothing to warm her. There was a definite chill in her bones from her dream.
Mary walked in, closely followed by a big black dog. Violet's eyes lit up, "Who's this?" she smiled.
Mary scratched Padfoot behind the ears. "He's a stray that was at the kitchen door last night. We fed him, and he seems pretty friendly. I thought that I might bring him up here to keep you company."
Violet fell to the floor and rubbed the dog's face. "He's so adorable! What's his name?" The dog placed his front paws on her lap and licked her face.
"Well, we haven't given him any name yet." Mary said. "We thought that if you liked him, you could have that honor."
Violet looked into the large brown eyes of the dog. They seemed somewhat familiar, but she could not figure out why. "I think that he looks like a Snuffles, don't you?"
"Of course, miss. Snuffles it is." Mary patted the dog's head. "Maybe I should take him outside now, miss. He hasn't been out all morning."
"Alright, Mary. If you see Tom, please let him know that I would like to have breakfast with him if he isn't too busy. I need to know what kind of flowers that he wants for our wedding, Also, the thank you notes came in yesterday, and they spelled my name V-I-O-L-E-T-T-E instead of V-I-O-L-ET. I need to send them back, but I want him to look at them to see if he wants any other changes made," Lily began to take off her nightgown. Snuffles averted his eyes. "Oh, look, Mary, what a perfect gentleman! He looked away when I took off my dressing gown. How cute!"
Mary laughed, "A perfect gentleman he is. He didn't even growl when the milkman came. He just looked at him. I don't think that we'll have any trouble from this one. You could almost think differently, though, he has a mischievous look in those eyes of his." Mary walked to the door. "Come on, Snuffles, we'll let you go outside, and then, I'll get you some breakfast." Snuffles snorted in Violet's direction, and followed Mary out the door.
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Walking out the garden gate, Padfoot trudged up the path towards the other boys' hideout. He had to be quick; they would be expecting him back shortly. He almost screamed when he came upon James's head laying disembodied underneath a pine tree, and Remus no where to be found. He heard a rustling in the trees off to his right. Remus came out, zipping up his pants.
"Hi there, Padfoot, old pal," Remus watched while Padfoot turned into Sirius. "Did you get in?"
"Yes," Sirius cast a weary glance towards James's head. "Um, he *is* underneath his invisibility cloak, isn't he?"
"Ya, Oi! James, get up, Si is back!" Remus kicked at James, whose eyes popped wide open. They were red, as though he had not gotten much sleep.
"Si, what's the news on Lily?" James threw the invisibility cloak off of him, and sat up quickly.
"Well," Sirius began, "I think that you had both better sit down. Here's the story. I got to the castle last night, and begged for some food like we planned. They took an instant liking to the adorable, polite, well groomed, handsome, well endowed, ("enough already, Si, we get the picture" James groaned.) black dog. They fed me, and let me spend the night in the kitchen with the house elves. I had planned to search the house for the dungeons tonight after everyone had gone to bed, but this morning, a maid named Mary asked me to follow her because she thought that there was someone that would like to meet me. I followed her, and she brought me right to Lily. ("That's great!" said Remus) Not exactly, Moony. Lily didn't recognize me. How many times did she see me transform? She would know me in a pound. She also seemed to be very happy there. Ok, now, here's the really bad part, James. She thinks that her name is Violet, and she's planning to marry some guy named Tom." Sirius waited for this to settle in on James. He took it remarkably well, Sirius thought. He pulverized a pinecone that he had been toying with during Sirius's speech into dust, and screamed his head off. "Look, guys, I'll have to get back. They'll be expecting me soon. I'm Lily's new house pet."
"Alright, Si, look," Remus was eyeing James carefully as he said this. "We'll give you two days to come back. Find out as much as you can about this Tom character, and try to find out the date of the wedding. And make sure that Lily really thinks that she is Violet, and that this isn't some act that she is putting on. Be careful, old friend."
Sirius transformed back into Padfoot, looked at James regretfully, and trotted back down the path towards the castle.
A/N How do you like it so far? I was struck deaf dumb and blind for a while with writer's block, but now the thoughts are flowing freely. I almost didn't want to stop here! But, I love leaving on a cliffhanger!~~Ryn