A/N: Ok, here's chapter seven…hope ya like it!! Thanks to all those of you who reviewed!!!

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Chapter Seven:

Prefect Meetings, and Pillow Fights

          Lily came late to Transfiguration, accepting a small lecture from Professor McGonagall, and sat next to Grace, the farthest she could get from James. Her eyes were red, and it was easy to tell she'd been crying, but Grace and Tawny knew her well enough to know not to ask her about it. Lily stumbled through class, doing things almost imperfectly, which was odd for Lily, even in her worst class. Professor McGonagall asked her if she was ill, and suggested she go to the Hospital Wing, but Lily refused, and said she was fine. She wasn't, though. She was very pale. This was the first time it had occurred to her. She was an orphan. She was an orphan with no place to live. Where would she go during the summer holidays? She was too busy worrying about being sad about her mother and Hannah to even consider the fact that she had no family, well, besides Petunia. She couldn't concentrate on classes. She didn't even realize that she had finished all her classes, and was in the Great Hall that evening, eating dinner. James, who hadn't said a word of apology, let alone a word in itself, to her since that day at lunch, told her it was time for the prefect's meeting. Lily just glared at him, and headed toward Professor McGonagall's office.

          In the office, the other prefects, mainly 7th years, and 5th years, were seated around Professor McGonagall, and chattered quietly among themselves. Like rabbits, Lily suppressed a small smile at her sisters words, as if Violet was next to her again. Then, she realized Violet wasn't there. Violet was gone. Forever. Just like all the rest. A tear flowed down Lily's cheek. Just then, Professor Dumbledore walked in, and gave her a small tap on the shoulder and a wink, his eye had a silvery glint in it.

          "Hello, Prefects and Head students," Dumbledore gestured toward a tall boy with perfectly strait brown hair, with hair gel, which pushed his hair back, and a girl with blonde curls, who Lily knew was Persephone Clearwater, who had a younger brother in Ravenclaw 6th year. "I hope your year is having a pleasant start. I'd like to welcome the new prefects, and welcome back the old," Dumbledore nodded to a few prefects who had been prefects the year before, like James. "Now, some of you are probably wondering why we are having a prefects meet today, when our first scheduled meet was for next Saturday. Well, this is no ordinary year, students. This year will be full of events, not all of them being planned, explainable, or even good for that matter. As some of you know, a dangerous dark wizard, Lord Voldemort, is coming into power, and life as we know it will be changed forever. This Lord Voldemort is more dangerous and powerful than any of us ever expected. There have been deaths," Lily thought she saw Dumbledore glance at her. "and many dangerous occurrences are yet to come. I can promise you all that you will be safe at Hogwarts, though, and you must trust me. It is up to you to help your fellow students to understand that. It may seem like a silly task, but you'll soon see that there's more to it than meets the eye. Be careful, students, be careful." People eyed Dumbledore curiously.

          "Exactly how dangerous is this Voldemort dude?" Asked a boy.

          "Dangerous enough to not care about others. Dangerous enough to kill. He is dangerous, and powerful enough so that he is one of the most powerful wizards on the face of this earth." People shuttered. Lily glared at them. They don't know. They don't understand. They have no idea. Lily thought.

          "Well, it is time to get into your common rooms, students. Goodnight, and take care." Dumbledore said, "Take care," He murmured one last time.

          "Lil?" Came a voice that Lily knew was James'. Lily ignored him, and walked toward the Gryffindor common room. "Lily. Look, I'm sorry. Really, I am."

          "No, you aren't. You aren't sorry." Lily looked at him, in the eyes for a minute, then looked away, and continued down the corridor.

          "Yes, I am! I'm sorry! I shouldn't have said that."

          "No, you shouldn't have."

          "What do you want me to do?"

          Lily just sighed, and ignored him. James didn't say anything else, and went into the common room, and up to the boys' dormitory.

          Lily frowned. Then, something occurred to her; Why did Voldemort kill Hannah? Hannah wasn't a witch, at least if she was, she hadn't told Lily. Even so, why would Voldemort kill her? Did he even want to kill Hannah? Was there something, or someone else he wanted? Lily decided to go ask Tawny. She walked up to the common room, and shook Tawny. "Tawny! TW! Arabella Tawnya Figg! Wake up!"

          "Ok, ok, I'm up! What is it?" Tawny said, yawning.

          "It's about Voldemort. Why did he kill Hannah?"

          "Why would I know?" Tawny asked.

          "Well, you know…your parents…"

          "They don't tell me anything, Lil." Tawny said softly.

          "I thought they wanted you to join them."

          "They do! But, that doesn't mean they tell me everything. I'm not even sure if they know much about stuff, it doesn't seem like Voldemort tells his secrets often."

          "Ok, 'Night, TW."

          Tawny yawned. "I told you I don't like that nickname, Lilz, 'night."Lily fell strait asleep.

          Nothing much happened the next week. Lily still refused to speak to James, and a Halloween Ball was announced. Lily had a few invitations, but declined them all. James had dumped Miranda, and girls were fawning all over him to go with them. James told most of them, except Miranda's friends, that "Miranda had dumped him, and that he wasn't sure he had recovered from his loss". It worked like a charm, as James had expected. Sirius and Tawny kept playing the little game they always played before balls, where they attempted to get the other jealous by saying things like "I wonder who I should go with," and "Maybe I should ask Rebecca McTrinton,". Other than the ball, though, nothing had happened during Lily's first week of school, but on the following Friday morning, Sirius received a letter.

          Sirius, who was talking to James, Remus and Peter about their tricks for the day, tossed the letter aside, but then realized it had a Ministry of Magic seal. Sirius glanced curiously at it, and ripped it open. He stared blankly at the letter, and then put it aside. "It's nothing." Sirius said to James, who was looking at Sirius curiously. Tawny glanced at Sirius and ran out of the room, in tears. "My parents were killed." Sirius said, looking down at his eggs. "It's no big deal. I didn't even know them." Sirius said, his face full of pain, he finally ran up to the common room. James got up and ran after him.

          After Potions, Lily and Grace went up to the common room to find Tawny. They found her up in the girls' dormitory, where she was crying. "Tawn? Are you OK?"

          "It's all my fault!" Tawny wailed.

          "No, it isn't. What your parents do has nothing to do with you." Said Grace. Lily looked at her curiously, but realized that there was no way Grace couldn't know. Grace had been best friends with Tawny since they were 2 years old.

          "Yeah, and how do you know it was even them?" Lily asked.

          "It was. I know it. I don't know how, but I know it was." Tawny said. "Oh, guys, they killed my boyfriend's parents." Tawny was wailing again.

          "It's not your fault." Grace said, soothingly.

          "Does Sirius know?" Asked Lily.

          "That they killed him? No." Said Tawny brushing one of her blonde curls away from her teary eyes. "But, he knows, and he'll hate me for it!" Tawny was now sobbing uncontrollably.

          "Do you seriously think that? Sirius loves you. He does." Grace said, putting her arm around Tawny's shoulder.

          "He won't. Not when he finds out."

          "Don't be stupid, TW. He's obsessed with you. He won't care." Lily said, softly.

          "He'll care, even if he doesn't say it, he'll care, and I know it, so do you." Tawny sighed, as a tear rolled down her cheek.

          "That's why I'm never gonna fall in love." Lily laughed softly.

          "You are in love. You just don't know it. You're in love with Jamesy." Tawny said, grinning, as Lily threw a pillow at her.

          "I am not! I'm not even speaking to him!" Lily said, giggling as she ducked from Tawny's pillow.

          "That's because you're so in love with him that your speechless when your around him." Grace joined in, laughing.

          Lily looked at her watch. "You know, we just missed History of Magic. I wonder what Professor Binns is thinking. Half his class is gone!"

          "Professor Binns wouldn't notice if his entire class was gone." Grace said, laughing at the thought of their boring History of Magic teacher.

          "Yeah," Tawny giggled. "Hey, what do you say we all go out and fly. Over the Forbidden Forest!" Tawny had a gleam in her eye. "It would cheer Sirius up!" She added, seeing the scolding looks she was getting from Grace and Lily.

          Finally, Grace said, "Why not? We have all afternoon off, we'll just skip lunch, who's hungry at a time like this, anyway?"

          Lily, Tawny and Grace went to tell the boys their plan, and they thought it was a great idea, but Sirius insisted they eat first. So, with laughs from the rest they ate lunch, and went down to the Forbidden Forest, brooms at hand.

          "It we get caught, you're never going to hear the end of it, TW." Lily said, severly.

          "We won't get caught." James said. "Marauders don't get caught. As for you girls, I can't say much."

          "Marauders don't get caught, eh? What about every single one of the 5000 detentions you've had?" Asked Grace.

          "Those were intentional." Said Sirius. "How would we ever break the record for most consecutive detentions if we didn't intentionally get caught once in a while? Marauders don't get caught when they don't want to." Sirius grinned, then his face went back to being pale and gaunt.

          They flew over the forest a bit, seeing many creatures (a unicorn, a few centaurs, hippogriffs, and some creatures which they couldn't identify), then at one point they spotted a person two people, one wearing a black cloak, and another who looked familiar.

            "No, please! Please! I'll do anything, my Lord!" Said the uncloaked, familiar man.

          "Fine, kill the boy. Kill him, and I'll spare your life." The uncloaked man responded.

A/N: Ok…that was it…I hope you liked it…it was kinda short, but o well…I'll update more soon!!! PLEASE REVIEW!!! I'm begging you!!! By the way, I think I need a beta reader desperately…I'll prolly just ask someone from GoF, but if you'd like 2 beta read this, then, feel free!!! TTFN!