Sunsine If Eternal; Lily; Part7

Sunshine If Eternal; Gem and Moony; Part 11

By Ginny :)

OK... part 11... please r/r! And don't foget to have a nice day! :) Don't judge Ana because she's made friends with Peter... even James has made friends with Peter! They all have, except Lily! Everyone's just... listening to Lily about everything, for some reson known only to themselves. :) I'm going to try and explain a little of Gem's charactor in this fic. Har har, wish me luck! Even I find her personality confusing, and I invented her!

When this series is done, I will indeed be continuing with a Lily And James series... 'Lily and James; My Eyes Are Full Open'... so look out for that! :) Lily does something that someone doesn't like and someone takes revenge. That's all I'm saying. Meg and Lillibette will be in it, of course! :)

Oh yeah, one other thing... I've created another account, my name for that being 'Fenchurch' [after a charactor from the book 'So long and thanks for all the fish'], where I'm going to poast all my fics, as from now, that aren't MWPP/ L... ok? Cool!

NOW.... R/R!!!!!!!!

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The fire surrounds me.

I can feel my skin burning and blistering. I am a baby- somehow, I just know that- and what little hair I have has smouldered away, scalding my scalp. The fire is all around my arms and face. The boiling air stings my throat and lungs. I'm screaming.

Through the flames, I can just about make out that face I've seen so many times before. I can see it a little clearer then usual, although it's still screened by smoke. Help me! Please! I don't want to die! I scream mentally at her. The girl's hair is on fire. She might be a few years older then I am, maybe 5 or 6 years old, although I can't see her features clearly. If she doesn't help me, I feel sure, then no one will. Please, you have to help me! She's screaming, too. She stares at my for a moment, then she turns away. Don't go! I scream even louder then before.

Too late. She's gone, and I am burning....

Then I woke up, screeching, having scared the living daylights out of the other Gryffindor girls in my dorm.

"Good God Gem! Are you all right?!"

My eyes snapped open. I was no longer burning, but I was covered in sweat, and I felt uncomfortably hot. The other 4 Gryffindor girls, Lily, Ana, Salma Iqubar and Holly Hemlock gaped at me.

"Gem, what's wrong?" Salma and Holly don't know much about my nightmare. I think they just think that I'm weak in the head, and get homesick.

This had to be the 5th time I've had my nightmare since the beginning of the school year.

I sobbed hopelessly into my pillow. I hate this. I hate the fact that I'm probably seeing what my parents saw when they died. Except the face... I don't know who that is. I half want to know, but I expect, she's as dead as I ought to be, and so... it almost doesn't matter. Almost.

"Gem, do you want to go to the hospital wing?" Holly asked me. I shook my head.

"No," I sniffed "I'll be OK. Thanks."

I sat up unsteadily. The girls all frowned at me, worried. Ana kept her distance, although I'm not exactly in the mood to snape at her just now.

"I'm just going... into the common room," I decided, thinking that it would be cooler there.

"I'll come," Lily put in straight away, not the I minded or anything.

"Oh, all right." Even if I had minded, I wouldn't have bothered to argue. I felt unsteady on my feet. The others looked at me, concerned.

"Did you have that dream again?" Lily asked, as soon as we were out of earshot.

I nodded. I felt sick, almost like I was going to throw up.

"Do you want to go to the hospital block?" she asked.

"No..." I sat down, unsteadily, in a nearby chair. Now the fire that was usually in the grate at the far end of the room was out, the room was stone cold "I'll be OK, once I've cooled down a bit. I hate that dream. You don't know how horrible it is," I wiped my eyes with my sleeve, where they were still damp from tears.

"I suppose not," she agreed with me, distantly.

We sat there for a moment longer.

I wondered why I only ever dream about the fire. All things considered, you'd have throught I'd dream about when I saw my best friends get attacked by a werewolf.

But no, with me, it's not wolves; it's flames. Maybe it's because this fire thing is just my over- developed imagination. Perhaps, it's because it's always been a part of my life, for as long as I can remember. It's almost implanted in my brain.

After a while, I stood up, and told Lily that I was going to go for a walk, because I needed to think straight. She returned to the dormitory, and I left, hoping I wouldn't get caught out of bed by the caretaker, that moggy of his- Mrs. Norris- or a prowling teacher. And if I did get caught, maybe I could say that I was going to the hospital?

As it turned out, I was not the only student out and about, wandering through the empty corridors that night.

MOONY'S POV

I went down to breakfast that morning. It was one of those clear, sunny days, when the sun is shining brightly, the sky is perfect blue, and the air is nippy cold. Luckily, inside the Hall, while we ate breakfast, it was deliciously warm.

It was just a fairly normal day, I suppose.

"James! Moony!" the voice which shrieked over the Hall made me jump, upsetting the milk jug.

James spun round in his seat, and the milk jug righted it's self, the milk evaporated off the table, and the jug appeared to full up again, by magic!

"Gem? What's up?"

She ran over to the table. I noticed that Lily was just behind her. They didn't sit down, but Gem leaned over to the same height as James and I, speaking quietly and rapidly.

"Look, there's no point in being subtle about this, so I'll just tell you right out. Snape knows."

"Knows what?" James looked blank. I thought I knew what Gem was talking about ; Perdita!

"You know... her."

James suddenly gaped. He had evidently caught on. I frowned anxiously.

"How'd you know?"

"I can't tell you now... I'll explain later. Snape's going to snitch on us! We have to act quickly!"

James and I got to our feet. There was something in the urgency in Gem's voice that gave commands to the muscles before the brain had a chance to think it over. It was just as well it was a weekend, or that would have lead to many more complications!

We got a few looks as we got up and left quickly. I suppose people wondered where we were off to in such a hurry. Ana sat on her own on the Gryffindor table, ignoring us. Peter also sat alone on the Slytherin table. I feel sorry for him; he just doesn't fit in to that House.

Wonder if he told Snape...?! It's not impossible, after all... only he doesn't know about Perdita, so I don't think he told anyone, but then again...!

"Do you know if Snape told yet?" I asked, as we raced up the stairs to Perdita's hiding place.

"No, but even if he does not, it's a fair bet that he will..." Lily answered, as she stumbled over the top stair "so we have to get Perdita out now!" she gave James a nasty look and tossed her head "without any pussyfooting around."

James pulled a face at her. She'd got him marked and figured. All the same, I don't think he would 'pussyfoot around' about something so life-and-death like.

Gem flung the door to the old classroom open. We all stared inside.

It was empty. Everything was how it was when I'd last left it... except Perdita was no longer there. Gem swore.

"Oh, bloody Hell..." Lily muttered.

"What do you think...?" I began, not liking to finnish the sentence.

"I dunno..." James shook his head "If she'd have been taken; if Snape had've told... we'd probably already been on our way home."

"Then... is there any point...?"

"Yes!" A new voice joined the conversation.

"You can't give up!" another voice chimed in.

"Peter?! Ana?!"

"Yes! Look, you have to listen to us," Peter's tone was urgent "I know you don't trust me, Lily, but I found out about Snape when he was bragging about it the other day in the common room, and I told Perdita. She's gone. She's hiding in the forest, and, and-" everyone was staring at the two newcomers. Could they be trusted?

"And she still needs help! She won't leave without the ring and cloak!" Ana finished the sentence for him.

There was a second's pause.

"Well, come on, whet in heaven's name are we waiting for, then?" Gem grabbed me by the arm, and dashed off towards the forest, the other's following as fast as humanly possible.

We ran out of the school, across the bitter cold castle grounds.

"Look," James panted, as we neared the forest, "this is all... fine and, and good, but I mean to say, is... does anyone know what in bloody Hell we're doing?!"

"Kind of," said Peter.

"Oh."

There was another moment's pause.

"Hell's bells, are we just going to stand around here all day?!" Gem objected.

"That'd be more healthier," said James.

"You mean 'more healthy'" corrected Lily.

"Oh, whatever."

The air was freezing cold as we began to walk, slowly, reluctantly, into the Forbidden Forest.

Who knows what might happen there? You had to admit... it didn't look promising.

I mean, look what happened to me once, when I went gallivanting around in a forest. Still think it's a good idea?

Exactly.

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OK, the end. That was kinda short... I meant for it to be longer... I think there should be 2 more parts or so after this one. At one point I was going to give up completely at this series [you wouldn't believe how much writer's block I've had over such a blatant storyline!] but I decided to persevere and finnish it!

Just review it... you know you want to.... :)