Author's Note- Urgh! This stupid computer erased my chapter, so now I am writing it again! Figures! So, forgive me if this isn't that good. Ok, summary- Lily's back in school for her final year. Dumbledore makes a really nice announcement, and Lily finally does what you've all been hoping she'd do. Disclamer- Really, it all belongs to the great Harry Potter people, not me included
Lily's Lake
Chapter 17
I watched eagerly as my sister, Violet, and the other first years walked into the Great Hall. She waved to me, and put a smile on. I could tell she was nervous, which was completely normal.
The Sorting began. Anya was moving around in her seat.
"Sh, Anya," I whispered.
"Sorry, but I'm REALLY hungry," Anya answered, still whispering.
"This is an important moment," Andrea agreed with me.
"Yeah, my sister's going to be sorted," I told Anya, and she stopped complaining.
"Besides this is the last time we'll see a Sorting, well, unless we fail our end-of-year-terms," Netta said.
"Evans, Violet," Professor McGonagall said.
I smiled, and crossed my fingers under the table. Vi glanced back at me, and stepped out of line and up to where the Sorting Hat sat on the stool.
I held my breath as Vi slipped the hat on. I didn't breathe until the Sorting Hat shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"
I clapped as my sister sat down at the table.
The sorting continued. Nine other first years were placed with Gryffindor, and four of them went to join my sister.
Finally, the food appeared. We filled our plates and began to eat.
"This is our last Welcoming Feast," Andrea said, gazing around.
"I know," I answered.
The room was buzzing. I didn't know what everyone was talking about, but I found Vi turning and looking at me with uncertainty and sorrow. I figured it was because she was worried about her first day, and let it go.
"I have a few announcements to begin with. Yes, the usual: No one is allowed in the Forbbidden Forrest, which is explained in its name. There are more objects on the forbbiden list, which can be viewed in the Common Rooms. No one under third year is allowed in Hogsmeade. Now, the new announcements. Since rumors spread faster than fire around here, I don't want these rumors to be passed during classes. Now, on a lighter note, in the past the Seventh Years have put on a so called "Senior Ball". After a very unfortunate accident with fire and the band a 10 years ago, it was canceled. But after much debating, we have decided to restart the tradition. Any Seventh Years who would like to take part in the planning, there is a meeting taking place next Tuesday after dinner. Now, I would like to introduce our new Head Girl and Head Boy, Lily Evans and James Potter," Dumbledore said.
James and I stood, and everyone clapped. I could see Snape and Malfoy glaring at us from the Slytherin table. Once we had sat back down and the clapping had died down, Dumbledore began.
"Now, will everyone retreat to their Common Rooms!" Dumbledore said.
James and I led the Gryffindors to the Common Room, while I talked with my friends.
"A ball! Oh! This is the best! I think I'll go to that meeting!" Andrea said.
"Yeah, it is great. I can't wait," Netta said.
Andrea turned to Anya, who had that look of mischeif on her face, and said, "You aren't going to do anything to ruin it, are you, Anya?"
"Of course not, I'm just as exciting as you are," Anya answered, with a bit of amusement in her voice.
"Good, because if you did I'd have to strangle you with my bare hands, just like this," Andrea said, and put her hands out as if she was strangling an invisible ghost, and shook them.
"I get the picture, even though I wish I could see that person's face when you strangled them," Anya laughed.
Andrea glared at her, and we entered the Common Room.
That night my room-mates talked about the ball while I thought about a subject.
"I'm going to start looking in Teen-Witch right away for a dress," Andrea said opening her trunk and taking out a stack of magazines.
"This is so cool! My cousin told me about the ball they had when she was in school. I hope we get a good band," Jenna said.
"We probably will. Is anyone else going to the meeting other than me?" Andrea asked.
"I'll go with you," Jenna offered.
I could… I thought, digging for my night gown in my trunk.
"This is going to be so cool!" Anya cried.
"I can get a ton of pictures for our albums," Netta added.
But what if things don't go to well. I think I've been through enough pain… my thoughts continued as I went into the bathroom to change.
When I came back out my friends were still talking.
"What do you think, Lil'?" Andrea asked.
"Um…" I whispered.
"What was that? I think I misunderstood you," Andrea said again.
"Um," I answered.
"Lil', what's 2+2?" Anya asked, nudging our friends.
"Um," I answered.
"Lily Ann Evans! Wake up!" Anya yelled.
"What? What?" I asked, looking over at them.
"You've been 'um'ing us for three minutes. What's wrong with you? Are you in outer space?" Anya asked.
"Listen, can I ask you guys something?" I asked.
"Sure."
The next evening I sat with my friends at our usual table. The boys, however, were huddled over a small table in a corner, talking in low voices. I would occasionally glance over there, and a few times James had glanced over here and caught me watching them… ok… I was watching him.
Anya caught me to.
"Just do it, 'Lil. There is no better time," Anya told me.
Andrea, Netta, and Jenna looked up at the two of us, eagerness written all over. I could see Netta getting the camera around her neck ready.
I had told the four about my plan, and they completely agreed with me. Of course, they did more than that. They had been pushing me through out the whole day.
"Go," Jenna said.
"I don't know… what if…" I said, but Anya cut me off.
"Lily Evans, if you don't walk over there right now I will put the Imperious Curse on you and make you do it," Anya said.
"You wouldn't…" I told her.
"Of course I wouldn't, I'm just playing. But I will hex you with everything I know… at the same time. So go!" Anya cried quietly.
She pushed me and I started to walk across the Common Room. I bit my lip as I did so, and was biting so hard I was sure I was going to draw blood. A few people turned and watched as I did so.
Boy, I had reached the other side of the room quickly, hadn't I? I had half the mind to turn around, and glanced back at my friends, and they egged me on. I turned around, and faced the table where the boys sat. Remus, Sirius, and Peter, who were facing me, saw me first. They stopped talking, and looked up at me.
"What, what's the matter, guys?" James asked them, unaware of the quietness in the Common Room.
"James… um… can I… um… talk to you?" I asked.
James turned around and saw me I saw him soften a little, which comforted me just a little bit.
"Yeah, sure," James said.
"Listen, about what happened that summer… I'm sorry…" I started.
"I'm sorry too," James added in.
By now we had the attention of everyone in the Common Room, and it was silent.
"I was kinda hoping that we could still be friends," I finished, sighing because of this addition to my apology.
"You want to be friends?" James said.
My heart sunk.
"Is that all you want to be?" James asked.
"What were you thinking of?" I asked, trying to hide my nervousness.
"Oh… I don't know… people who do this…" James said.
And he pulled me into a kiss… a full length kiss. I felt myself melt with happiness.
Everyone in the Common Room clapped and cheered, making a whole bunch of noise.
James and I seperated. I looked into his eyes, and kissed him again.
* * *
An entry in Violet Evan's diary from that night
Dear Diary,
You'll never guess what! Lily, my sister Lily, kissed James Potter, my old neighbor, on the lips this evening in the Common Room! I was shocked, even though I knew they liked… no, wait, loved, each other. My friend, Addie, explained that last year they had a fight, on this exact same night! Isn't that a coincedence? My friend Annie said it was so romantic, and our friend Summer said I was lucky to have her as a sister. I think I am to. Lily's so cool, unlike Petunia, who threw us out of the wedding and is holding it when we're at school. It's not like Lily and I mind, because we don't, but still… it's rude. I have to go to sleep. By the way, first day of classes was awesome! I loved it!
Violet Evans
P.S.- Mum, Dad, I love you both a lot, and miss you just as much.
* * *
Later
As told by our usual character, Lily Evans
My friends (including the boys) and I walked out of the Potions dungeon, talking with enthusiasm. James had his arm around me, and we were heading towards our last class of the day, before our free time before dinner. It just happened to be History, which was really boring.
"That's what I heard too," I heard a voice say as we rounded the corner.
The sixth year Hufflepuff, Bertha Jorkins, was talking to one of her friends. She turned around when we walked up.
"Hi, Bertha," we said being friendly.
"Oh, hi. Did you hear what everyone's saying? I know for a fact it's true, I read it in the Daily Prophet," Bertha said.
"What's everyone saying?" I asked, and I could feel my friends take a chorus of sharp breaths.
"Oh, you haven't heard? Here, I have the paper with it in my bag," Bertha said, and handed me the paper.
I unfolded it and saw in big bold letters the headline. Bertha began to tell me that. I became dizzy, and my breath became shallow. Tears welled up in my eyes.
I dropped the paper and ran towards the tower. The paper fell to the floor. The headline flashed, reading: "TWO MUGGLES KILLED, THREE DAUGHTERS SURVIVING, TWO OF WHOM WITCHES!".
* * *
Same time
As told by Anya Jones
"What? What did I say?" Bertha asked.
"The subject is a little hard for Lily, Bertha. We're sorry, we should have warned you. She doesn't like to bring it up," I explained.
Bertha opened her mouth in disbelief.
"You mean, she's the one they talk about?" Bertha asked.
"No, it's her neighbor. They were family friends," James said quickly.
Bertha nodded.
* * *
Same time
As told by Lily Evans
I didn't stop running until I reached the tower. I bumped into someone as I ran, but I didn't stop. I ran straight to our room, and collapsed on my bed in tears.
It was my fault they were dead. If it wasn't for me Mum and Dad would still be alive!
I burried my face in my pillow, and planned never to come out again. No one would make me.
And I fell asleep.
I woke up in tears. I had relived the whole night in my head again, in my dream. It had been an hour and a half since I had ran up here. I heard everyone downstairs, talking and playing.
I looked around the room, remembering what had happened. I got up from the bed and went to the window. It was a sunny day.
There was a knock at the door. I turned around and the door opened. Violet walked in.
"Lil'? Are you ok? Anya told me what happened," Vi asked.
"I'm fine now. Thanks for worrying, Vi," I said, smiling at my little sister.
"I'm not the only one who's worried. Your friends said they came up earlier and you were asleep. James is worried sick. I expect him to faint any time know," Vi told me.
I giggled a little.
"I better go down then, tell them I'm allright," I said.
"I miss them too," Violet told me, talking about Mum and Dad.
"I know. I can't help feeling that it was my fault and everything. I mean, you would be dead to if I didn't invite you to go with us. Petunia would be dead if she wasn't out," I said.
"The world would be a whole lot better if that was the case. Anyway, Lil', it wasn't your fault. I know you blame yourself, but it really wasn't," Vi told me.
"Thanks. I know we'll never forget about them, but for our friends sakes and our own, maybe we should stay off the subject and try to stay happy," I said.
"Agreed," Vi answered, smiling.
We shook hands, and the door opened. James entered, along with Anya, Andrea, and Netta.
"Hi," I said.
"Are you ok?" James asked.
"I'm fine," I answered.
"Good," James answered, hugging me.
"I thought boys weren't allowed up here," I said half-heartedly.
"They aren't, but they snuck me up here to see you," James answered, shrugging.
I thought of my agreement with Vi, and smiled at her. I had every intention to keep it.
* * *
That night
Somewhere else
"Potter and Evans, back together? Are you lying?" a cold voice asked.
"No, master. I saw it with my own eyes, really! Evans and Potter are together again!" a small voice cried.
"Well, perhaps this will make things easier for us. Go on now, Wormtail, and bring me some news," the cold voice said.
"Yes, Master," the small voice answered meekly, and stepped away through a doorway.
"Potter and Evans, eh? This can come to our advantage," the cold voice said.
* * *
Some other time
As told by, need I say, Lily Evans
The days rolled into weeks. Halloween was approaching. Along with Halloween came a Quidditch game and a Hogsmeade trip. Halloween was a Sunday. On Saturday the whole school would gather for the game, and on Sunday, during the day, we would go to Hogsmeade. Then, in the evening, there would be the feast.
We all woke up on Saturday to find it was a clear day, perfect for Quidditch. I had been given the "wonderful privelage" of doing the commentary instead of just watching with my friends.
I sat in the stands with Professor McGonagall standing behind me. The microphone was in my hand, and everyone was waiting in the semi-chilly day.
"And here they come! The Gyrffindor team in thier Scarlet robes!" I called, adding to the cheers.
"And the Slytherins in thier green robes!" I said, adding to the boos.
"And there they go!"
As the game went on I made a few harmless comments (well, to me they were harmless, but Professor McGonagall wasn't happy). Ok, there was that swear word when the Slytherin Beater hit James, since he had the Quaffle.
"D***! That had to hurt!"
"Miss Evans!"
"Sorry, Professor McGonagall, but it's true, it had to hurt!"
There was also the time I started yelling at one of the Slytherin players for bumping the Quaffle out of one of our Chaser's hands.
"What are you doing? Trying to kill our players! You're just a little cheating sore loser! Yeah, that's what you are, you little cheating sore loser! Don't do that again, ya hear?"
"Miss Evans, PLEASE!"
That whole time McGonagall was trying to get the microphone from me. A few minutes later the player flew over me and threw a rock at me. I jumped up and tried to get him off the broom, but McGonagall held me back. The referee called a foul for "throwing objects at the commenter".
"Yeah! That's what you get, and that's what you deserve! Maybe know you'll think twice before throwing rocks at me!"
"Miss Evans, can we return to the game, PLEASE?"
Another time a Beater pushed our Keeper out of the way so the Slytherin Chaser could get a goal. Of course, a foul was called but the goal still stood.
"What was that? Come on! That shouldn't count! Come on! You're letting it stand? Are you crazy? I think you are! That sooo shouldn't count! Besides, that guy has something wrong in his head! He just attacked our Keeper, for a stupid goal that brings them up to what… 10 to 150?"
"Miss Evans, really!"
By then McGonagall was out of breath from trying to stop me. Ok, so maybe not all the comments were harmless, but it had everyone but the Slytherins laughing.
My friends had a few comments for me as we walked back to the castle.
"Lily's gone bad!" Andrea cried, amused.
Everyone was laughing, and Anya started singing "Bad girls, bad girls, what ya going to do?"
"Well, that one guy deserved it. Serves him right for throwing a rock at me! Well… it was a small rock… but he must have been stowing them in his pocket, since he didn't touch the ground!" I said.
"Whatever you say, Lil'," Sirius said.
"At least I'm not a purple elephant!" I cried.
"I got a picture of McGonagall trying to get the microphone out of you hand. It should be hilarious!" Netta said.
"Great. Make sure you give me a copy of that! Let's title it 'Lilian gone bad'," James said.
"It's LILY, drop the 'ian'," I said.
"Fine, fine," James said.
"I think McGonagall will think twice before chosing Lily to do a commentary again," Remus said.
The next day, Halloween, half of the population of Hogwarts walked through the huge gates and into Hogsmeade. My friends and I were among them.
Vi had asked me to pick up some candy for her and her friends, and I agreed, since, after all, she is my little sister.
The boys went off to the Shrieking Shack, having left something there on their last "visit". We, however, went into the sweets shop.
"Oh, get some chocolate frogs, and some Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans!" I yelled over the crowd to Anya, who was in that area.
"Ok. Grab some Whizzer Gum for me!" Anya yelled to me.
I grabbed a package of those, and added it to my shopping bag. I pushed through the crowd to where my friends were waiting.
"Got everything?" Netta asked.
"Yeah… oh, wait," I said.
I looked over and grabbed a handful of vampire pops. My friends grinned, and we went to pay.
We had decided to carry on tradition, so LANA was sending the boys a package for Christmas. We decided to start buying now, so the boys would be less aware if we came back with tons and tons of tricks a few days before Christmas. In the package would be some good candy, some bad candy, and a few tricks.
When we were walking towards Honeydukes to meet the boys we were still laughing over it.
"You'll have to get a picture, Netta," Andrea said.
"Don't worry, I will," Netta agreed.
We saw the boys waiting outside.
"Anyone up for some butterbeer?" Sirius asked.
We all nodded, and went inside. It was slightly crowded, but we found two tables and dragged them over to each other. The boys went up and ordered our drinks, and we pushed our bags under the table, being careful their "gifts" were on the bottom of the bags.
"And here are the drinks," James said, handing us our drinks.
The rest of the day we spent going to the shops together, and when the day was over we followed the crowds up to the castle for the feast. We entered the Gryffindor Common Room, I gave Vi her candy, and we went into our rooms to hang up our cloaks and put away our bags.
"Where are we going to put them? There is no real place that's safe," Andrea said.
"Well, we can split them up into groups of four and put them in our trunks," I said.
We did so. I had to take a little bit of Andrea's share, since she didn't have very much room left in her trunk. Jenna came in.
"You guys, the boys have been downstairs waiting for you forever! You'd better get going," Jenna said.
"Tell them we'll be right down," Anya told Jenna.
Jenna rolled her eyes, and left, closing the door. We made sure no one was visible, and then went downstairs to the Common Room.
"Well, it took you long enough," Sirius said.
The eight of was walked down to the Great Hall together and took our seats. Andrea started talking about the meeting about the ball.
The days stretched into weeks. Every Friday Andrea would go to the meeting about the Senior Ball, and fill us in about it.
One Friday, I was sitting with Netta, Anya, and Jenna, doing our homework. It was in early December. Vi and her friends, Addie, Annie, and Summer (she had introduced them to me), walked into the Common Room. Vi ran over to me.
"Mellie sent us a letter," Vi said.
"What did she say?" I asked, turning around to face my sister.
"Aunt Lucy wants us to come back for Christmas, since it's Mellie's last year at home, she's getting married in the summer," Vi said.
"Allright, I'll think about it," I said.
"If you don't go I'm not. Mellie talks too much, mostly to you. But if you don't go, I'll be the victim," Vi said.
She went back over to her friends.
"Are you going to go?" Netta asked.
"I might. When Andrea gets back we'll talk about it," I said.
Andrea came back in a half and hour. We sat up in our room (Jenna had gone to sleep) and talked.
"Well, the rest of us are going home, so you should to. Then, sometime over the two weeks we can meet up and go looking for apartments. That's what the boys are doing," Anya suggested.
"Ok. I can hardly believe it. When we leave Hogwarts we'll be going to our own apartment, and the four of us will be living together," I said.
"I know, isn't it weird," Andrea agreed.
"Ok, so we're all going home. How about, on December 27th we meet up at my house, and then we can all go looking at apartments. I'll call the real estate office, and find someone to bring us around," Netta said.
"We can also go looking at dresses for our Senior Ball, which is kinda like prom, so it's just as important," Andrea added.
"Let's have a sleepover! I mean, we won't get this done in one day," Anya said.
"Ok, on the 27th we meet up at Netta's for apartment shopping, and then go back to my Aunt's house for night one. On the 28th we can go dress shopping, come back to my Aunt's house again, for night two, and then you can all go home on the 29th," I said.
"Your Aunt won't mind?" Anya asked.
"Not at all," I answered.
"Deal," we all agreed.
Our plans slightly changed over the week. Not only would we go look at aparments, but the boys would go with us so that they could get an apartment near us.
On our last Hogsmeade trip before vacation I was finishing up my Christmas shopping. We walked through the snow into Hogsmeade, our cloaks wrapped tightly around us. Once again, the boys and girls seperated. We went to finish our shopping, and then went to get some drinks. The boys said they'd see us there, so we got a table for eight, and drank our drinks.
"It's getting kinda late. I wonder what they're doing," Anya said, checking her watch.
"Oh, come on, you just want to see Sirius," Andrea said, rolling her eyes.
"That's not true!" Anya said.
"Oh, come on, you like him! And we have the proof in our albums," Netta said, pointing out a very good point.
Anya glared at her.
"I thought I told you to burn that picture!" Anya cried.
She was blushing.
"Well, Andrea, I have my own little secret too! You like Remus!" Anya added.
"Anya Jones! I swear…" Andrea yelled.
We laughed.
"How did you know?" Netta asked.
"I can't sleep some nights, and I hear Andrea whispering in her sleep. You talk very clearly, Andrea," Anya said.
Andrea made a motion like she was going to choke her.
We laughed again.
But our laughs were interuppted by an ear splitting scream. More screams joined it. They were coming from outside.
The bartender went to the window, screamed, and yelled in a studder, "It's… it's… HIM!"
Everyone started to scream. We just stood there, shocked.
"What does he want?" someone asked in terror.
"He's… heading… this way!" the bartender yelled in her terrified voice.
The glass of the windows shattered. Anya pulled us all under the table, onto the glass sprinkled floor.
"The back door!" she hissed.
We started to crawl on our hands and knees towards the door to the kitchen. We crawled while staying hidden, and as soon as we reached the kitchen door we snuck through un-noticed, and then ran towards the back door.
Just as I was about to leave I heard a very loud and cruel voice say, "There were four girls from Hogwarts here! Where are they?"
I shuddered, and followed my friends out the door.
"We… have… to… get… up… to… the… castle," Anya whispered, breathing hard from the escape.
We started to run, but strong hands grabbed me.
I nearly screamed, but a hand covered my mouth. My friends heard my attempt, turned and turned around.
"Lily!" they cried.
"Sh! Sh! He'll hear us!" a voice said, and pulled me behind a dumpster.
I was let go, and I turned around to see… no body.
A hand appeared out of thin air, and pulled a cloak off. James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter appeared.
"James!" I hissed.
"Sh! Come on, run to the Shrieking Shack!" James whispered.
He gave us the Invisibility Cloak, and the eight of us walked/ran akwarldy towards the Shrieking Shack. Once inside we took it off, and Remus opened a trap door.
"Ladies first," he said.
We jumped into the passageway. The boys followed, and the eight of us walked back up the castle and told Dumbledore what happened.
Author's Note- That's all for now. When we come back it will be Christmas, and whatever else I can fit in. I really like to know what people think, so if you could, please review. Also, I want to know if I should do a story about Vi, but you need to tell me if you want me to, because, you are the reviewer, and, believe it or not, I do listen to you. Thanxs. ~ Starlight Eve~
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