Chapter 4
Lily sat by the Hogwarts Express looking for her friends. She
hadn't seen a single one since Abby's parents had dropped them off. Abby was
trying to get her cousins, new first years settled so Lily was left to find
everyone else. She stood up to try and look over everyone's heads.
"Loose something Mudblood? I hope it was
your admittance to Hogwarts," someone said from behind her. It was Lucius.
"Go away Lucius." Or burn in hell where you
belong, she thought to herself as she sat back down.
"This is my territory. Don't forget it," he
said walking around to face her his usual sneer plastered on his face.
"I don't see your name anywhere Lucius."
She said standing up. It looked like Sirius was coming her way.
"You're going to wish you never even heard
of Hogwarts someday" he called after her as she walked away. She noticed him
brushing Narcissa's arm off of his "You'll see"
Lily chose to ignore that and continued
walking towards Sirius.
"Hello Lily!" he called out to her "Did you
get us a compartment yet?"
"I did," she told him as they exchanged
hugs "Come on it's way down the end"
"Alright"
She and Sirius pushed their way through the
crowd down to the very last compartment where she and Abby had already put
their things.
"Have you seen anyone else?" she asked him
once they were in. He shook his head.
"Not one. I don't even know if Peter is
even in the country nevertheless here!"
"So you haven't heard from him I take it?"
"Not a word. The least he could do was just
send a quick letter telling us he was still alive!"
"It does seem strange. Especially
considering you all are pretty much his only friends."
"Well there's Monique now." Sirius said
with an evil grin " I wonder what she looks like?"
"Probably a baker. You know so she can feed
him his favourite pies and cookies," someone else said as they came in. It was
James.
"James!" Lily cried out, "You're here!"
"I am." He said giving her a quick kiss.
Sirius raised his eyebrows slightly and looked away. "Are we the only ones
here?" he asked them.
" Lily said Abby's somewhere here. I don't
really know where any one else is", Sirius said. "I take it you haven't heard
from Peter…."
"No. Not for a least a month. Hope he
brings a picture of that girlfriend of his though, cant wait to see what he
could get!"
"James!" Lily exclaimed.
"Is that Remus?" Sirius said suddenly
looking through the window.
"It is." James leaned out the door and
called over the crowd "Oi! Remus! Over here!"
Remus saw them and pushed his way through
the crowd. It seemed different to Lily than the past years. There always used
to be a lot of hugging and 'I missed you's' but they had just seen each other a
few weeks ago. Even so Lily was glad to be back.
"Hello Lily" Remus said to her as he
climbed in "How are you?"
"Good thank you Remus."
"Where's Abby?"
"Coming. She had to go find her cousins
somewhere to sit before she could join us."
"Oh…alright. Well anyway I have news."
"What?" Sirius asked quickly coming over to
them, James following.
"Arina is already at Hogwarts."
"Why?" Sirius asked.
"Her father wanted to insure her safety or
something."
"How did you know?"
"My father" Remus said simply, sitting
down. Remus's father was head of Foreign Affairs at the Ministry.
"Good" Sirius said, the glint back in his
eyes "Now I can show you what I've been working on all summer."
"What is it?" Lily asked.
"Just something that should make me reign
as King of pranks at Hogwarts" he said patting his trunk. "It took me months
but I did it."
"What is it Padfoot?" James asked trying to
open the trunk. Sirius blocked him and grinned.
"You'll all find out when it happens."
Lily rolled her eyes. Where was Abby? It
was almost time to go…
"Hello everyone" Abby called out stepping
into the room. "Did you miss me?" She twirled around to give Remus a kiss;
hugged James and Sirius then flopped down next to Lily.
"Hello Abby" Remus said sitting next to her
"You know I once thought you were a quiet, shy girl".
"You thought wrong my darling…" she said
with a laugh. "Actually I just saw one of the most amusing things I've ever
seen"
"What?" James asked as he sat next to Lily.
"Lucius Malfoy slipped and fell flat on his
pale face after he slipped on a cauldron cake in the hallway." She said
laughing "And everyone saw."
Sirius snorted, trying to hold back his
laughter.
"Serves the git right. What was he saying
to you anyway Lily?"
"The usual" she sighed "Honestly…"
"Just ignore him Lily." James said, "He's
going to pay for it someday, I can guarantee that"
"I know. Do you think Peter is here?" she
said trying to change the subject.
"I sure hope so," Remus said, "Because were
leaving right now"
Just as he said it the train blew it's
whistle and slowly they started to move. They picked up pace quickly and soon
they were speeding by the countryside. Peter had better have been on the train
or he would never get to Hogwarts.
"He's not here" Sirius mumbled "The prat!
He's too busy snogging his little French girlfriend to go to school!"
"I'm sure there must be a reason" Abby said
weakly "Maybe he's sitting with other people".
"Who else would he sit with?" Remus
exclaimed, "Were pretty much his only friends".
"Oh well" Sirius shrugged "Doesn't matter
to us"
"Aren't you worried at all?" Lily asked.
Even though she could have cared less, she had a sliver of worry somewhere.
"He can take care of himself Lil" James
said.
"Don't call me Lil!" she exclaimed. Every
time she was called Lil she thought of her great Aunt Lillian (who she was
named after) who called her that and pinched her cheek Every time she saw her.
Lily shuddered and shook her head.
"I need a nick name"
"I gave you one!" Sirius exclaimed,
"Remember? In our first year?"
"I'd rather not be called 'garden girl' if
you don't mind" she said rolling her eyes.
"Take the Anagmius Potion" James said to
her quietly making sure no one was walking by, "See what you come out as".
"James!" Abby exclaimed, "Don't tell her to
do that! She's Head Girl now, she can't be caught doing illegal potions in
school."
"I wish I could James but it's too
dangerous…" But her mind was racing. She could do it – If someone else made the
potion. She couldn't talk to James here though; she'd catch him later.
"Peter?" Remus said suddenly. There was someone
outside the door. They came into view and sure enough it was Peter.
"Hello everyone! It's sure been a while
hasn't it?" he said. Peter had hardly changed a bit. He was still round and
short with brown hair and brown eyes. Something besides his appearance had
changed though, it was something about the way he carried himself now. It was
proud in a strange way.
"Hello" Lily said to him. Something was
different.
"How are you Lily?"
"Good thank you. And how about you?"
"I'm great"
"Her Peter" Sirius said giving him a big
pat on the back "Have any pictures of that girl of yours?"
"I do," he said opening up his trunk and
fishing around in it. He pulled out a stack of pictures and began flipping
through them.
"This is us at the Eiffel Tower. And on the
Left Bank, at dinner, in some store, on the beach…"
Lily grabbed a picture and hardly contained
her gasp. Instead of the larger, Peter like girl they had expected, there stood
a thin, sophisticated looking girl. Could he be making it up? No, she looked like
she was having a great time with him. She noticed James's mouth drop slightly
at the picture of Monique in a bikini. She gave him a good jab in the ribs and
it shut quickly.
"Peter!" Sirius exclaimed, "You did pretty
well!"
"Thank you Sirius. It was an interesting
summer…"
He went on telling about France but Lily
wasn't listening. She had been there before. They all sat and talked about what
had gone on.
"So what's going on with this exchange
student thing?" Peter asked.
"We met her" Remus said "Her name is Arina,
she's seventeen and from Spain. She enjoys, bull fights, checkers, pranks, the
beach and hanging out with her friends. Her father is the head master for the
school in France, her mother owns a robe shop and she had a younger brother and
an older sister." He recited with a grin.
"How did you know that?" Abby asked.
"I found her file on my dad's desk. It just
happened to fall open and my eyes just happened to read the first page"
"Remus!" Lily exclaimed, "Isn't that
confidential?"
He shrugged
"I'm not going to tell anyone besides you
guys. I've read them before."
"Anyone want anything to eat?" The lunch
witch asked, poking her head through the door. They went out into the hallway,
paid for their food and came back in.
" I wonder who's going to be our Defence
Against the Dark Arts teacher this year?" Abby wondered out loud "Someone said
it was going to be Arthur Weasley but that…I don't know it didn't sound right."
"It could be" Peter said, "Seems they'll
hire anyone these days even Muggle lovers."
"Peter!" James almost yelled. He looked at
him disgusted. They all did.
"What?"
"Don't call him that!"
"What? Muggle lover? Well he is…" Peter
mumbled.
"Arthur is a very nice guy" Abby said,
"Don't you ever forget the time you were a fourth year and he was a seventh
year and you gave yourself the Leg Locker curse. It took him an hour and a half
to get you out of that because you put some protection spell on it".
"I didn't mean to!" Peter exclaimed, his
cheeks turning pink.
"That's beside the point" Lily said
angrily. Her entire family, with the exception of her were muggle and she never
allowed anyone to speak bad about them without her saying anything.
"I'm sorry ok?" Peter said angrily as
though it was their fault. Then he seemed to calm down "Sorry Lily. I didn't
really mean it. I don't know what came over me."
"It's alright," she said quietly, her own
hot temper cooling. She knew Peter came from a family of pure blood witches and
wizards and his mother in particular was pretty cold to muggle borns. She had
never said anything mean to Lily but she never treated her as she did everyone
else in their group.
There was moment of silence where no one
seemed to know what to say. Finally Remus spoke.
"So Peter, are you still seeing Monique?"
Lily sighed. The train couldn't get to
Hogwarts fast enough.
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Once everyone was in the Great Hall they could begin. Just as the annual
sorting began Lily noticed someone new at the high table.
"Look" she whispered to James "It really is
Arthur"
James nodded with a grin. Even though
Arthur had graduated last year he was a friend to all of them. He was usually
called a 'Muggle lover' because of his fascination with Muggle electronics but
they could always look past it.
"I hope Peter doesn't say anything" Abby
whispered from her other side. Lily didn't say anything back at that point
because Dumbledore had started talking again.
" This year we have been honoured enough to
have an exchange student from Spain. Please welcome…Arina Katyrina Jesinta
Molienta!"
A large, loud round of applause roared
through the Great Hall as Arina stepped out. She went over to where the sorting
hat was and put it on. They waited for a few minute's before it shouted…
"GRYFFINDOR"
An roar went through the room then as Arina
stepped down and went to her new friends at the table.
"Hi everyone!" she said nervously "Is there
anywhere for me to sit?"
Instantly another chair and place appeared,
right next to Sirius.
"This should be interesting" Lily muttered
as Arina sat down.
No one heard her though because at that
moment all the food had appeared. From one end to the other there was all the
food they could imagine was in front of them. Needless to say there wasn't very
much talking for a while.
Once they had gotten through desert
Dumbledore dismissed them all to their dormitories. Lily, Abby and Arina said
goodnight to their friends and went up to their room they shared with three
other girls, Erin and Katrina.
"Where's Audrey?" Lily asked. The Abby,
Erin and Katrina exchanged glances.
"Do you really want to know?" Erin asked.
Lily nodded and Erin sighed.
"She was caught as a Death Eater over the
summer" Katrina said "She's going to be in Azakaban for a very long time."
"Audrey?" Lily repeated. Audrey couldn't
have been…she was so nice, sweet and quiet.
"Her whole family" Erin added.
Lily shook her head and climbed into bed.
After they all said goodnight Lily fell asleep quickly. She had hardly slept
last night out of nervousness. Instead of sleeping soundly though, the
unexpected happened.
Suddenly, just a few hours later, Lily's eyes flew open at the
sound of a scream. All the other girls sat up.
"What was that?" Abby whispered. The room
had fallen silent.
"You heard it too?" Arina asked.
"So did I" Erin whispered. Katrina didn't
say anything but they could see her awake in the dark.
"It was probably some first year having a
nightmare" Lily assured them.
"That scream sounded familiar," Abby said
shaking her head. "It was too deep to be a first year. Come on"
Before she could move there was another
yell coming from upstairs, the last room in the tower. The room where James,
Remus, Peter, Sirius and Matthew slept. Immediately both Lily and Abby jumped
up and ran out, the others following.
"That's Remus, I know it is." Abby said as
they ran up the narrow stone staircase. Stopping at their door. She took in a
breath, opened it and went in. They all looked up suddenly from where they were
standing or sitting. Remus was on the floor amidst a pile of blankets and
pillows, blood trickling down his cheek from a cut under his eye. In his hand
he held a piece of parchment.
"Remus!" Abby cried going over to him "Are
you alright? What happened?"
"Look" he said pushing the paper towards
her. Katrina, Arina and Erin came in behind them, gasping. Abby scanned the
paper looking horrified.
"Go get…someone, anyone" she managed to get
out. Erin ran, Arina following quickly.
Katrina went over to Matthew who was sitting on his bed. Lily looked
around. Where was James?
"He went to get McGonagall" someone said
from behind her. She swirled around and saw Sirius standing there looking
scared. It was the first time Lily had ever seen him look like that.
"What happened?" she asked him. Sirius
shrugged a bit and leaned against the wall.
"We were all asleep when I heard something
like someone being strangled. Remus was being lifted from his bed into the air.
He was trying to fight it but it was too powerful. When he fell a note landed
with him."
"What did it say?"
"Just read it. I don't want to say," he
said shuddering. Lily went to Abby and got the note. Her eyes opened wide as
she read:
Remus,
We warned
you to stay away. Now you must pay. You will pay dearly. First you're family,
then your friends and finally what you love most – you know what were talking
about. You are a werewolf, you don't deserve to be in a place like Hogwarts.
Were going to make sure you don't stay long. Watch you're back.
It
wasn't signed. Lily passed it over to Sirius slowly.
"It can't be true though…what does it mean,
they warned him?" she asked trying to make sense of it.
"He got some threat over the summer. He
thought it was just some one kidding and he ignored it…" . He shook his head
"There is some sick person out there".
"How could anyone do it though? Hogwarts is
protected from things like this" Lily asked.
Before Sirius could answer though, James
burst in followed by Professor McGonagall, their young Transfiguration teacher
and head of their house. She went immediately to Remus not even noticing the
girls standing around. Arina and Erin came back with Madame Pomfrey then too,
with Dumbledore right behind them. Only then did anyone realize there were
girls in the boys dorms.
Arina looked like she was going to cry. It
was probably like being home for her…this wasn't an escape; it was just running
from it. From him.
"Girls, to you're rooms. Boys sit in your
beds" McGongall called out "Now!"
Lily didn't even get to say a word to James
then as Abby had grabbed her arm and pulled her out of there. Tears were dried
up on her face.
"What are we going to do?" she asked weakly
"That had to be Voldemort, it just had to!"
"How could he get in though?" Lily asked as
they went downstairs.
"He's Voldemort Lily! A few little spells
can't stop him!" she cried putting her head in her hands. She opened the door
to heir room and threw herself onto her bed.
"Were all going to be dead Lily. Dead."
"Don't say that Abby" Lily said
desperately. Voldemort had killed her parents; there was no way she would allow
herself to be taken too.
"What else am I supposed to think?"
Lily didn't reply. She only fell back onto
her bed and closed her eyes.
"Welcome back" she mumbled as she fell off
to sleep again.
Authors Note: Hello everyone! Sorry it's
been so long! School and everything gets harder and harder everyday! But I'm really trying to get these up, I
really am. I have 2 ?'s for ya'll. Please answer them, it would help a lot!
- I recently found out Lily's last name is Evans. I used Boron.
Should I change it?
- How many of you want a Sirius/Arina thing going on? I kinda
like it…
Well that's all for today! Just answer those ?'s in a review…please???
See ya!
Disclaimer: I own nothing except Arina and
Monique. Every other noun belongs to the genius J.K. Rowling.
