Authors Notes: Wow! Wow! Wow! Only one more chapter after this? Aren't you guys sad? Its like the end of an era! Oh well, I'm in the middle of a short story, the sequel to this, and me and MY WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL beta reader also named Aly are co-writing a story. I'm so excited. I've been working my bootah off on these chapters, so any reviews are deeply appreciated. Thank you all so much for all of your encouragement. If you want me to reply to you, answer questions, or just talk, email me at Little_aly@juno.com . I'd love to hear from you.
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I dedicate this chapter to
Sarah and Mark, who cared enough to read it. I love you guys! And to my awesome
beta Aly/Shel for being amazing, and to Jayce, for being a pain in the butt,
but a sweetheart, and last but NEVER
EVER least, Phoenix, my biggest little fan!
The smoke clouded her vision. Lily breathed in slowly. She
was panicking, she had to get to Harry, she had to. Explosions were everywhere,
the fire felt too hot, burning in evil…fueled by evil, she scrambled to Harry,
following his screams. Yet, despite all the noises around her, she heard her
heart pounding out of her chest most. She held Harry close to her, tears in her
eyes. She'd never hold him against her again. This was it. She knew the prophecies,
she had to die, so Harry could defeat Voldemort. She had to, and she loved
Harry enough to do it.
Leaving him would be the only hard part.
"I'll never leave you Harry. I'm always here, and I love
you so much. You live, you fight for me
and your father. God knows we loved you more than we loved each other. You are
the love of my life Harry. I'll never leave you. He'll never leave you. Live
life to its fullest, hold tight to your dreams, and ..live Harry. Live for us,
because we died for you." She heaved with sobs now, the baby looking up at her
curiously. Little Harry squeezed her fingers tightly, he wanted to help her.
She cried even harder. "Oh Harry, this isn't goodbye. I love you so much." She
kissed his forehead, and mumbled sacred magic under her breath. She placed her emerald
necklace James had given her about his neck, and kissed him again. "I love you."
She raced down the stairs with him, the fire was too
intense, she couldn't risk leaving him.
"Lily! Did you do it! Save him! Save Harry!" He screamed.
His voice made Lily tremble, he was so brave. She raced to James side and
grasped his hand tightly. He looked at her stoically and pushed her behind him,
his arm tight on her waist. She momentarily leaned her head on his back as he cried
curse after curse on Voldemort. She kissed his back and hugged him.
Then returned to standing beside him. She knew it would
come to this, but she couldn't let it hold on any longer.
"Stop it!" she yelled. "You want me! Not him! Not them! Kill me then…kill me,
just leave them be!" her voice was so strong, yet so shaky.
Her entire body morphed from sadness to anger.
"How dare you hurt my family! You kill me you coward! Kill
me!" She screamed again, staring right into her death, and accepting it. But this
wasn't fair…James deserved life, Harry deserved a father.
She sprinted towards Voldemort thinking in her head a
bible verse her mother had told her when Lily was younger, and the dark
frightened her.
"Our God is not a God of fear."
She ran forward but was tackled from the side by
Melissa .
"Mystie?!" Lily shrieked.
"Heh, the plot thickens" Voldemort laughed.
Lily couldn't mess around anymore, she pushed her off of
her and looked into her violet eyes.
"You see Lily? I am very kind to my faithful servants…You
killed Mystica's body, but I granted her soul another chance. So, we killed Melissa,
and her body became a shelter for Mystica. My most faithful servant." He
grinned.
"Mystiel! Get off me! I'm your childhood bestfriend! We
grew up together! We told each other everything! I protected you from your abusive
stepfather! Do you not remember?! Why are you hurting me like this? Mystie! HE
KILLED YOUR MOTHER! Don't you remember?! Can't you see?
Her fate awaits you! Can't you see this coward is going to
kill you!? He got want he wanted from you, now he has no use for you!"
Mystica Sani's eyes softened, she gazed up into
Voldemorts red eyes.
"Is that true?" she whispered weakly…her old self
temporarily shining through. "Did you
never love me?" she whispered.
"SILENCE!" he cried, throwing the Cruitacius curse
at her. "I LOVE NO ONE!"
And a smile spread across his demented face as Mystica
screamed in pain on the floor. Her limbs bending like clay in erratic positions.
"NO!" Lily and James cried. Mystica stood up, trembling,
slowly dying, and found the unknown strength to run out the door, leaving Lily
and James alone. The house set on an evil fire, the smoke, the explosions, and
yet….a deadly stillness.
"Enough games Lillian. Time for your death." Voldemort
cried raising the wand high above his head. Lily stared right into his eyes,
ready for death. Then in a sick , sudden, endless moment, he pointed his wand
at Harry.
"NO!" Lily screamed. "NOT HARRY! NO TAKE ME! NO! NO! NO!
NOT HARRY!"
she
lunged in front of him.
"Lillian you fool! Harry has to die, not you! He'll be the
one to over power me! THAT BABY IS MINE! NOW MOVE OR YOU'LL DIE TOO!"
"NO! NEVER!" she shrieked. "I'D RATHER HAVE YOU RIP MY
BEATING HEART
FROM MY CHEST THEN TAKE AWAY JAMES OR HARRY! NEVER! NEVER!
NO! YOU'LL
Yet she stood up, clutching Harry to her and standing in
front of James, bravely.
"I won't move." She said in a final sort of tone. "You
can't kill love, and that's all I have for these two."
"Idiotic really…" Voldemort mumbled as he threw a curse at
James that caused him to collapse on the ground and scream uncontrollably.
"NO!" Lily cried, pointing a finger at James, saying
the counter curse.
He stood up, grimacing.
"You can't hurt them." James whispered, launching a hex
that caused Voldemort to erupt into flames. Lily and James now stood side by side,
watching him wither in pain.
She looked over to James. "I love you." James stared into
her eyes, then they tickled Harry, who was silenced by fear.
"NO MORE!" Voldemort screamed, his gray face melting off
his white skeleton bone. His eyes alit in a hellish rage.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" He screamed.
James collapsed, he couldn't feel anything but pain.
Nothing but icy fire spreading all over his body, he listened for Harry and
Lily's screams but heard none. He forced his head to turn to her. She grimaced,
but looked back to him. That was Lily. She still refused to let Voldemort have
the satisfaction of hearing her screams. She reached out for James hand and
clutched it desperately, tears streaming.
Sirius' couldn't take it any longer. He had to know. He
had to save them, it didn't matter anymore. He had nothing to live for, Lily
and James needed each other, and Harry. He had to do something, he couldn't just
let them die. He couldn't let that stubborn Lily fight this alone.
He called Remus and told him what he was doing. Remus agreed
to come
right away.
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