Chapter X + Dreams and Visions

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"Black hooded men, the unforgivable curse, lots of green light…" Maria shook her head. "Then there was Lily's parents, I think… her mother had red hair, her father had dark blonde hair." Maria looked down at her shoes. "Lily looks a lot like her mother."

Dumbledore nodded as he stared out his window. There was a long, awkward silence before Maria began to speak again.

"Uh, Professor? James Potter is a mage, isn't he?" Maria said uncertainly.

Dumbledore turned his gaze from the window to Maria. He smiled and answered, "Seems as I can't lie to you, Miss White. You already know most of the things."

"Hey, I can't read minds. I just can look into the future." Maria shrugged. The main reason she doesn't take Divination is that she's a natural, and all the b.s Prof. Trelawny says about her inner eye takes up her precious time.

"Well, Miss White, yes, Mr. Potter certainly is one." Dumbledore said.

"Professor… I had a dream about him. Black hooded men, supposing Death- Eaters, and Voldemort. They went to a house, probably James's. There was a crying sound; I think it was James's child. And Voldemort just killed James right there."

Dumbledore let out a big sigh. Maria never saw him this upset before. He then went over to Fawkes the Phoenix and stroked its red feathers.

"Well Miss White, I am not saying that whatever you have seen will come true, but I just think we should be careful." Dumbledore said.

"Should James know about this, sir?" Maria asked.

"He should, sooner or later, for his safety. But not now, I can see he is a bit upset after what happened to Miss Evans's parents." Dumbledore said.

Maria nodded, and sat back into her seat in silence. Dumbledore was still stroking fawkes's feathers, until he looked up and smiled at Maria.

"You may leave now, Miss White. Thank you for the information…"



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The rest of the vacation was pretty depressing. Lily wasn't her usual self; she would just mop around the common room or study in the library. She wasn't trying to avoid James; she just didn't know how to react around him now. A side of her still "hates" him, while the other side of her sees him in some kind of new light. She didn't tell anyone about that night, not even Alison.

James was constantly staring at Lily. In mealtimes, in the common room… even when he goes to the library to pick up quidditch magazines and she's there. He didn't tell anyone about that night either, he thought they would make it a big deal or something. He didn't know how to act around her, he feels as if everything he does is just wrong. Of course his friends noticed it, but they decided it shouldn't be the time to talk yet.

Remus was having his "illness". At night James and Sirius would sneak out and help him transform. Other than that he would be catching up on homework he had missed during his previous sickness.

Sirius was bored. B O R E D. His friends didn't seem to be in the mood to be going out and having fun, so he ended up finding another girl. Her name was Dyta June, she was a 5th year Hufflepuff. He would spend all day locked up in a broom shed with her, doing God Knows what.

Maria was also bored. She would either study with Lily, or play exploding snap or chess with James, Remus (if he wasn't 'out') or Sirius (if he wasn't 'busy'.) She still couldn't help but feel a bit jealous whenever she saw Sirius with the Hufflepuff.

It was a few days till school starts, and Lily, James, Remus, Sirius and Maria were lounging in the common room. Natasha Muller and MJ Lee, who were 2 Gryffindor 5th years that were going out for over a year now, were in the corner, and were a bit 'busy'. But Aries, Sirius's younger brother, and his friend Ethan were "interrupting" the couple.

Lily was reading a book, Lord of the rings. James was reading the latest copy of Which Broomstick, the quidditch magazine. Remus was doing his Muggle Studies homework, Sirius was reading a book of pranks, and Maria was reading the latest copy of Witch Weekly.

Then the sound of the portrait hole opening and someone walking in made everyone look up from what they were doing.

"Hey guys! I miss you guys so much!" A cheerful person smiled. Lily looked up and found Alison, standing with her luggage, grinning at them.

Alison threw her luggage down and went to hug everyone. She scanned around the room, and noticed that Remus and Maria were sharing a sofa, and they were sitting a little too close. The frowns on everyone's faces were fading and replaced with slight smiles and grins.

"Lily, I heard what happen." Alison said quietly. Lily nodded and felt hot tears rushing her eyes. Alison quickly pulled her into a hug, and Lily tried to wipe away her tears.

"I can't believe they're gone, Allie… I was having fun, playing in the snow with the others and when I came back, the news hit me like a ton of bricks!" Lily sniffed.

"Shh Lil… everything's going to be okay. I'm here, and the others are here for you…" Alison said, stroking Lily's hair. Lily pulled back and looked at Alison with her puffy eyes.

"Alison, you're the greatest…" Lily said. "Go on, everybody else is waiting for his or her hug." Alison smiled and went over to James.

"Grandma missed you." Alison said.

"I promised her I'd go home on the Easter vacation." James said. "I had a lot to do this vacation."

"She understands." Alison shrugged. She turned to Sirius.

"Hey there champ. What's up?"

Sirius hugged her and grinned at her. "You know Dyta June, that Hufflepuff?"

"Say no more." Alison said, rolling her eyes. "I know her, by the way."

Alison then went to hug Maria. Maria hugged her back and told her that it wasn't the same without her. Alison just smiled faintly, while the insides of her were burning with anger.

Last, Alison pulled Remus from his seat and took him to the other side of the common room.

"Hey, I missed you a lot." Remus said, leaning in and trying to kiss her.

But Alison moved away. Remus looked at her questioningly and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Why didn't you reply any of my owls?" Alison asked, trying not to raise her voice.

"I'm sorry, I've been catching up on work, and I was sick a few days ago, Allie…I'm so sorry…" Remus said apologetically.

"Oh, fine." Alison replied. Her tone was a bit displeased, but Remus didn't notice it a bit and leaned over to try to kiss her again.

This time Alison did kiss him back, but in only a matter of seconds she pulled away and marched up to her dorm room.



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A/N: haha! Well, my internet broke down, and I wont be going online with my computer for a week! SOB! :( anyway, I will try my best to update chapters from my fwend's computer (thnx 2 Ld vLd!) um, so… what do you guys think?? Haha! Well, you can always click the button down there to review my stories! Hehe, I love reviews! Thanks a bunch ppl! Muach! Love you!!