Chapter 9
Lying to Sirius had been terrible, but this was Lily's dark secret. She is Voldemort's Daughter? Sweet sweet Lily, who couldn't hurt a fly the daughter of such a horrible thing? No it wasn't true, but of course it was. There was no denying it; Lily had accepted it, so should he.
"Mr Potter, she's awake now." Madam Pomfrey said. And so she was, she was rubbing her eyes.
"Where am I?"
"Ssh child, you're in the hospital wing, luckily Mr Potter brought you in."
"James?" she squeaked. "James saw me?"
"Don't worry Lily, you look fine." James said stepping forward. Tears flowed down her cheeks, as Madam Pomfrey gave her a check over.
Lily couldn't stop the tears from falling. James had found her, now every one was going to ask why the head girl was in the Forbidden Forest and she would have to tell every body.
Finally Madam Pomfrey was gone and she met James' eyes. "I heard a lot."
He said. "And I don't care." He sat down on the bed next to her and stroked her hair. "I didn't tell anybody I said you just fainted."
Relief soared through her, and then she flung her arms around his neck. "Oh God James, I'm so scared. I am so scared. He won't leave me alone. Please make him go make him leave me!"
James leant back slightly and kissed her softly. "We'll find a way. You have to tell Dumbledore though."
Lily shook her head violently. "No, no, no. No you don't understand. You can't tell any body please. No one I beg you please!"
Against his better judgement, James nodded. "I won't, I promise."
Lily was allowed to get out of the hospital wing the next day. But during the middle of the first night in the dorm she had another terrible nightmare.
She was lying on some white sand, in the middle of the night, a light warm breeze licked at her body. She hummed softly to her self, when she felt something move against her. A slimy something. She looked down to find out that she was naked, beginning to panic slightly she sat up to try and look for some clothing. She couldn't find anything and to make it worse she felt something wrap around her wrists and drag her to the ground. The same with her ankles, she looked at them to find that she was no longer lying on white sand but a bed of snakes and they keeping her to the ground.
Trying to scream out for help another snake gagged her around her mouth to refrain her from doing so. Then Lily noticed that Voldemort was coming along, he hissed at the snakes so they cleared a path for him to walk through. Lily tried to fight against the snakes' but she couldn't.
"Oh dear Lily, don't you see it's hopeless to fight against me? I'm here and I always will be." He bent down and sat on her stomach. Lily found that he was surprisingly light. He ran his fingers through her red hair.
"You look so much like your mother, it's unbelievable. So beautiful so…wonderfully beautiful." He bent down further and kissed her on the cheek. "Except for your eyes of course," he chuckled slightly, "You have my eyes."
Slowly Voldemort got up. "You will fulfil your destiny my flower, you will act on how you supposed to, or, I believe the saying is, and do excuse the cliché, else."
And again he disappeared in a wisp of smoke and awoke with a start in a cold sweat.
Breathing deeply, he threw her legs over the bed and got up to have some water. She looked out the window while draining her goblet at the night sky where an owl flew into the owlery.
Turning back to the crumpled sheets of her bed she realised that she didn't want to go back to sleep, at least not alone. Hovering for a few minutes she made up her mind. She descended down the girls' dormitory and up to the boys. She crawled into James' bed, put her arms around his waist and fell into a peaceful sleep.
Lying to Sirius had been terrible, but this was Lily's dark secret. She is Voldemort's Daughter? Sweet sweet Lily, who couldn't hurt a fly the daughter of such a horrible thing? No it wasn't true, but of course it was. There was no denying it; Lily had accepted it, so should he.
"Mr Potter, she's awake now." Madam Pomfrey said. And so she was, she was rubbing her eyes.
"Where am I?"
"Ssh child, you're in the hospital wing, luckily Mr Potter brought you in."
"James?" she squeaked. "James saw me?"
"Don't worry Lily, you look fine." James said stepping forward. Tears flowed down her cheeks, as Madam Pomfrey gave her a check over.
Lily couldn't stop the tears from falling. James had found her, now every one was going to ask why the head girl was in the Forbidden Forest and she would have to tell every body.
Finally Madam Pomfrey was gone and she met James' eyes. "I heard a lot."
He said. "And I don't care." He sat down on the bed next to her and stroked her hair. "I didn't tell anybody I said you just fainted."
Relief soared through her, and then she flung her arms around his neck. "Oh God James, I'm so scared. I am so scared. He won't leave me alone. Please make him go make him leave me!"
James leant back slightly and kissed her softly. "We'll find a way. You have to tell Dumbledore though."
Lily shook her head violently. "No, no, no. No you don't understand. You can't tell any body please. No one I beg you please!"
Against his better judgement, James nodded. "I won't, I promise."
Lily was allowed to get out of the hospital wing the next day. But during the middle of the first night in the dorm she had another terrible nightmare.
She was lying on some white sand, in the middle of the night, a light warm breeze licked at her body. She hummed softly to her self, when she felt something move against her. A slimy something. She looked down to find out that she was naked, beginning to panic slightly she sat up to try and look for some clothing. She couldn't find anything and to make it worse she felt something wrap around her wrists and drag her to the ground. The same with her ankles, she looked at them to find that she was no longer lying on white sand but a bed of snakes and they keeping her to the ground.
Trying to scream out for help another snake gagged her around her mouth to refrain her from doing so. Then Lily noticed that Voldemort was coming along, he hissed at the snakes so they cleared a path for him to walk through. Lily tried to fight against the snakes' but she couldn't.
"Oh dear Lily, don't you see it's hopeless to fight against me? I'm here and I always will be." He bent down and sat on her stomach. Lily found that he was surprisingly light. He ran his fingers through her red hair.
"You look so much like your mother, it's unbelievable. So beautiful so…wonderfully beautiful." He bent down further and kissed her on the cheek. "Except for your eyes of course," he chuckled slightly, "You have my eyes."
Slowly Voldemort got up. "You will fulfil your destiny my flower, you will act on how you supposed to, or, I believe the saying is, and do excuse the cliché, else."
And again he disappeared in a wisp of smoke and awoke with a start in a cold sweat.
Breathing deeply, he threw her legs over the bed and got up to have some water. She looked out the window while draining her goblet at the night sky where an owl flew into the owlery.
Turning back to the crumpled sheets of her bed she realised that she didn't want to go back to sleep, at least not alone. Hovering for a few minutes she made up her mind. She descended down the girls' dormitory and up to the boys. She crawled into James' bed, put her arms around his waist and fell into a peaceful sleep.