A/N- Sorry it took so long but I just went back to school and plus I got a PS2 for Christmas! (WooHoo!!!!) and so I have been busy playing that!
Lily sat in the common room by the fire eating a bag of sugared fluttering wings and reading her Charms book.
'Lils, what are ya doing?' asked James sitting down beside her
'Reviewing for the Charms test.' Lily replied
'But Lils you don't have to take it, you know that your wand is no use to you anymore!' James said
'I know but I am going to try and make it work.' Lily said holding up her wand
'Lils be careful.' James warned
'Wingardium Leviosa.' Lily commanded an owl statue on the mantelpiece.
It lifted into the air and then exploded, Lily's wand glowed for a minute and then it disintegrated. Lily looked from statue pieces to what used to be her wand and then at her Charms book and burst into tears.
'Lily, honey what is wrong?' asked James
'I…I…I was just trying to get things back to normal!' Lily sobbed
'But why honey?' asked James holding her close
Lily produced a crumpled piece of paper and handed it to James. It read as follows:
Dear Miss EvansWe wish to inform you that we have created a list of the most important and powerful people in the world that Voldemort might try to find and kill and we regret to inform you that your name is on this list. Please take the necessary precautions… Do not talk to any strangers, Do not leave Hogwarts at all (including the long holidays), Do not do large amounts of magic which may attract him and keep close to old friends. That is it for now. We will owl you regularly with updates.
Sincerely Guinness Kingler, Minster of Magic.
'Oh Lils, he is just a one jinx wonder. The Ministry always over reacts when it comes to these things.' James comforted her 'You know what will take your mind off this?'
'What?' Lily asked wiping away her tears
'We should play a prank!' he cried
'On who?' Lily asked, getting excited
'Peter.' James said firmly
They were all prepared and about to curse him when Charm came running in.
'LILY!' she cried
'What?' asked Lily
'Oh Godric! Have you seen Kat anywhere?' asked Charm panting
'Why Charm?' asked Lily
'Her parents were killed by Voldemort and so she has run off and I am really scared coz I don't know where she is and she gets really depressed easily and I am afraid she might have done something stupid!' Charm quickly explained
Lily raced up to the dorm with Charm and they looked around. They found no sign of her.
They met up with the boys in the common room.
'Let's check the Astronomy tower, she sulks up there sometimes!' Remus said and they all bolted off
Kat stood on the edge of the Astronomy tower, shivering. The rest of the gang burst through the door.
'Kitty wait!' cried Lily
A sudden gust of wind blew up and Kat turned and looked at them all, her long curly honey-brown hair whipping around in the wind. Her eyes were red rimmed and her face was blotchy from crying.
'Don't try and stop me. I don't deserve to live anymore!' Kat cried
'Kitty don't, we need you here. Look we can help you through this' Lily exclaimed
'No you can't!' she wailed
'Katarina please, just step down from the ledge. We will look after you.' Sirius said
'Stop! You don't understand, I am not doing this cause of my parents; I am doing this for me. If I stay he will come after me and will put you all in danger and that is the last thing I would ever want!' Kat explained
'But Kitty, he is after me too. We are all going to protect each other, just take my hand and hop down. I can help you out.' Lily said walking slowly over to Katarina and holding out her hand
Kat smiled gratefully and put out her hand. She went to step down but the heel on her shoe caught the hem of her robes and she fell.
Lily could never forget her scream and then the dull sound as she hit the ground, Lily sat on the floor and sobbed she was right there, she could have done something instead of just standing there too stunned to move!
James raced over and hugged her, Lily shoved him away. She was dully aware of someone calling her name; she raced down the stairs and into the Gryffindor girl's dorm. She jumped in the shower in her robes and tried to wash away the uncleanliness of herself.
Remus, James, Sirius, Peter and Charm raced up and found Lily scrubbing hand at her face and arms.
'Lily, Lily stop.' James said walking in there and taking her hands
'NO!' she screamed 'DON'T I HAVE TO GET IT OFF!' she cried and then fell to the floor hysterically crying
James nursed her in his arms, they were both soaking wet
'Get Madam Pomfrey Peter.' James said quickly
'I'll go get Dumbledore' said Charm and she and Peter raced off
Remus and Sirius stood awkwardly in the doorway to the bathroom watching Lily sobbing into James's already soaked robes as her rocked back and forth with her in his arms.
Suddenly something happened that both boys had never witnessed before, James started to sing…
Try not to get worried,
Try not to turn onto problems that upset you,
Oh,
Don't you know everything's all right, yes everything fine,
And I think you shall sleep well tonight,
Let the world turn without you tonight,
Close your eyes, close your eyes and forget all about us tonight.
James sung in a beautiful, smooth tenor voice, which lulled Lily into a deep sleep.
Peter and Charm arrived back with Dumbledore just as Lily was falling asleep and when she was asleep James carefully carried her back to the Hospital wing, where Madam Pomfrey gave her a potion for sleepless dreams and then she slept.