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"Hmm. We are very lucky. No bites, no scratches! She is one lucky girl. Remus could have killed her." Lily heard someone say. She had woken up just now and someone was inspecting her.
What happened? Oooh. I'm sore. Where am I again? Thoughts like these were running through her head. Finally she decided to "wake up"
"Hmm? Where am I?" She mumbled. Her vision was blurring but quickly focusing back in.
"Lay back, please. You need to rest." Madam Pomfrey said pushing her back gently. "You were unconscious for a couple of hours. A werewolf knocked you over."
Suddenly it dawned on Lily what happened. She had gone after Remus and found out he was a werewolf. She began checking herself for bite marks.
"Calm down. No, he didn't bite or scratch you. He just knocked you over." Madam Pomfrey said shoving a nasty liquid down her throat. Just then, Lily realized Dumbledore was in the room. He got up.
"Poppy, could I talk to Miss Evans alone please?" He said politely. Madam Pomfrey pursed her lips and put her hands on her hips.
"Now Albus! She needs her rest and she is MY patient." She argued.
"I only need a few minutes, Poppy." He said putting up one hand to slow down her comments.
"Madam Pomfrey, I feel ok." Lily put in. Madam Pomfrey shook her head and walked out of the room.
Dumbledore turned towards Lily. "Lily, how did you find yourself in the Shrieking Shack. Please do not lie."
"Well, you see sir, it all began when I found a moon chart in my diary..." She went on and told him the whole story."
"Lily, you must not tell anyone that Remus is a werewolf. Mr. Potter, Mr. Black and Mr. Pettigrew know though but have not told anyone. If this gets out, it could mean trouble for Remus. Understood?"
Lily's mouth was dry. She nodded and just as Dumbledore was leaving she regained her sense.
"Um..Professor?" She began. He looked back. "How come Remus didn't, bite me?" She said. The professor smiled.
"Mr. Potter. He came and found you and brought you back up." He answered. Lily nodded.
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As soon as Lily was allowed out of the infirmary her first thought was to find Lavinia to tell her Remus was a werewolf but then remembered
what her professor said and forgot about that. Instead she went looking for James Potter to thank him.
She went on her route to Breakfast and found him sitting in his normal seat with his friends. She went over to him.
"James?" She said timidly. He looked up. He didn't have his normal smile on his face he looked, upset.
"Yea?" He said lazily. She shifted uncomfortably.
"Um..I wanted to thank-you for the thing with the Womping Willow." She said. He stood up and grabbed his book bag.
"Its nothing. Glad everythings perfect for you." He said. He turned and walked out of the Great Hall. Lily's smile faltered and she turned to his friends.
"What's wrong with him?" She asked. Remus shifted and Sirius coughed.
"Well, the captain found a better seeker and moved his position to a chaser on the Quidditch team. He is really upset about it." Remus said. Lily frowned.
"Who is the new seeker?" She asked. Sirius coughed and slightly raised his hand.
"Me." He said simply. Lily paused for this to sink in.
"Well, it must be pretty bad for James but, um, congratulations Sirius." She said. He squirmed uncomfortably.
"Thanks." He mumbled. She walked off to find Lavinia. Slightly upset about the conversation she just had the Marauders.
"You have no idea how worried I was!" Lavinia exclaimed when Lily found her. She was sitting at the far end of the table.
"I don't know your part of the story." Lily said to Lavinia. She smiled.
"Well, I followed them back to the common room and then most of them wanted to go back to bed. So I realized none of them could be a werewolf and obviously it was Remus, I began to go to bed then I realized that you went after Remus and you could be in trouble, so I went running for Dumbldore's office and ran into James on the way. He asked me where I was going and I asked him were Dumbledore's office was I told him the whole story and he ran after you." Lavinia explained. Lily smiled.
"You know, James is kinda cute.." Lavinia muttered. Lily was taken back.
"You like James?" She asked softly.
"Yea, a little, I guess." Lavinia shrugged. "Remus is cute to though." Lily laughed remembering the vow she made when she was little. Never fall in love. It seemed so immature then.
Weeks after this conversation, Lily and Lavinia were sitting in the common room studying for transfiguration. It was a few weeks before Christmas.
"I am never going to get this!" Lily wailed. She was sitting by the fire. Transfiguration was her worst subject.
"Lil, calm down! Its like this.." Lavinia showed Lily how to perform the spell properly but Lily still could not do it.
"Lily, I don't know what to say. Keep practicing at it. If it fails then, go to McGonagall" Lavinia said. Lily gave up.
One night, before Christmas, Hogwarts woke up to find it self, covered in snow! Lily and Lavinia (already on break) decided to start up a Gryffindor Snowball fight.
It was brisk enough to get your blood rushing outside. Lily wore sweat pants and a sweat shirt, boots and her winter cloak and gloves but not even this could keep her fingers from freezing.
The Marauders bewitched snowballs to follow most of the Slytherin students and teachers every where. The Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff students were very pleased with this trick.
Fortunately James had gotten over the shock of being moved down to a Chaser's position and used every waking moment to practice and be prepared for the next match. Lily would come downstairs to find him asleep in an arm chair several nights. She would simply cover him with a blanket and go back to bed.
On Christmas morning, Lily woke to finding a bundle of presents at the foot of her bed. She hadn't been expecting this.
"Presents!" Lavinia exclaimed that morning. Lily pulled herself out of bed.
"Not exactly what I was expecting." Lily muttered. She tore open her first present. It was a winter coat and candy from her parents. Lily liked the coat (think the winter coat Lara Croft had in the moving Tomb Raider, only green with fur lining!) It was green and had fur lining and brought out her eyes. Lily moved to her next present. It was from Petunia which was rare. It turned out to be a used brush Petunia had from a while ago. Some of her hair was still in it! Lily picked it out and put it on her table. After that, was her present from Lavinia. It was a hand sewn purse that was green with little white lilies all over it. Lily smiled and gave Lavinia a hug. Finally, her present from the Marauders. They had each given her a separate one. From Remus, a bag of Bertie Botts Every Flavor beans, and Droobles Best Blowing Gum, From Peter Dungbombs (Lily stuffed them under Lavinia's bed for a surprise) from Sirius was a bag full of fake wands, and candies that tried hard not to get in your mouth, and finally, from James was a book, when she opened it, it started glowing and little lilies flew up like sparks and covered her. She turned the next page and realized it was a book towards easy Transfiguration.
Lily dressed quickly and she and Lavinia went downstairs for Breakfast.
After breakfast, Lily and Lavinia went outside. The lake froze over so they Lily decided she would teach Lavinia to ice-skate.
"Ok, steady now..slowly..good now glide..oops, don't fall. Glide.." Lily muttered slowly teach Lavinia how to skate.
"Lets face it, I can't skate for my life! My butts sore, can we go in now!" Lavinia asked. Lily, being very determined put her hands hips and gave Lavinia a look. "Fine, once more then we go in?"
"Fine. Now, GLIDE!" Lily said sounding exasperated.
This time, instead of falling, Lavinia glided. Lily clapped.
"Excellent." Lily said. She and Lavinia skated around a little longer before heading in.
That night, Lily came down to the common room to open a letter from her parents. To her surprise it was from the ministry.
Dear Miss Evans,
We unfortunately have horrible news to bring. Last night, Lord Voldemort came to your parent's home, murdering them both. You sister, however survived since she had been in the basement and Voldemort had not known about the basement. For the time you are on holiday from Hogwart's You will stay with The Morwoods. We hope we have not disturbed anything and are very sorry over your tragic loss.
Sincerely,
Ministry of Magic
Lily stared at the letter and reread it before breaking down into sobs. She had been crying for about a half an hour before James, Sirius and Remus came downstairs. Not know what happened James confronted her.
"Hey Lily. First year love got ya down? Some guy break your heart." James' laughed not realized this caused Lily to cry more.
Just then a dungbomb was let off right under Lily. James, Sirius and Remus wooped with laughter at this effect. Lily however, was very, very upset and lashed out.
"I HATE YOU JAMES POTTER!" She screamed, still crying dramatically. She ran back up to her dorm, leaving the letter behind. Sirius picked it up.
"Blimey." He said reading it.
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Authors Note: Well, cliff hanger. The hate part of this love/hate story is obviously coming in. Read and Review. I apologize for my delay!