Hello again! Sorry for not updating for awhile. I kinda had writer's block. But here it is, and the answer to a question. When will Lily and James get together? It's one of the next chapters, I PROMISE!!!! Now for the reviews!

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Lily had run outside, not caring that it was snowing and running to the tree by the lake. It was her favorite tree of all, and many sweet memories of sitting under it in the spring sun. She had before sat in this tree, it had a branch where she could lie down and look up at the sky. She leaned against the tree, her back to the school, and sobbed. She sobbed and wailed her heart out. She fell forward onto her knees, all of the memories rushed to her head of her past years of happiness, and she cried even harder.

Katrina knew whatever Amelia was going to try wouldn't work. She immediately ran to James, who was at the Gryffendor table along with Remus, Peter, and Sirius.

"James," she gasped. James stood up promptly.

"Whats the matter? Whats up with Lily?" he asked quickly. This sudden reply startled Amelia, but she quickly got to her senses.

"Amelia and I don't know whats the matter with her. She's rocking herself in our dorm!" Amelia suddenly ran in to them.

"She's gone!" she exclaimed. Katrina had gone pale.

"Gone?" asked Remus.

"We gotta find her!" said Sirius, who was serious for once in his life. James whispered to Sirius, and he pulled a tattered piece parchment out of his pocket. He muttered something, and an image appeared. There were many dots, of different colors. A cluster appeared in one spot, with the names Katrina, Amelia, James, Sirius, Remus, and a little farther over, Peter. Peter at the time was still eating. Then James' eyes came to a green dot outside of the castle. The name Lily was by it.

"She's outside!" said James. Katrina and Amelia were puzzled about the map, but they ran after James when he left the hall. Before he was just about to leave the castle, he turned to Amelia, Katrina, Remus, and Sirius.

"Katrina and Amelia, go to your dorm, get some hot water ready. Remus and Sirius, go with them." James said. He really wanted to get rid of them all so he could get to Lily alone. The water was for Lily, she's bound to be freezing by now. James ran out of the castle.

Snow was blowing every which way, and hard. He could barely see. But he made his way against the snow to the lake.

"LILY!!" he screamed. His voice seemed to get lost in the wind. He looked around and saw a black dot by a tree. He made his way to it, which was hard, the snow was getting higher and higher. There he saw Lily, hunched over, her hair almost white with snow. He fell to the ground and put his arm around her.

"Lily!" he exclaimed. Her head rose to his. Her face was almost white and sickly, and her lips were blue. She was shivering, and her eyes were full of sorrow.

"Oh, Lily." he whispered. Lily tried to speak, but couldn't. James put both arms around her. "My god, what happened?" were his thoughts. He pulled her up, and she clung onto him. She was violently shivering, and tears came to his eyes as they went up to the castle. They were almost to the castle when Lily fell to the ground, unconscious. Tears that had been leaking from her eyes were going down her face.

"Lily!" exclaimed James. He got on his knees. "Damn, I don't know the levitating charm. Lily's always been good one at charms." Without any other choice, he picked up Lily and carried her back into the castle (AN: He carried her in kinda like how a groom carries his bride.) Katrina and Remus were running from the stairs to the door.

"Where were you Prongs?" asked Remus. "You were gone so long we were coming after you!" said Katrina. Professor McGonagall came running to them also, she had seen the commotion in the Great Hall. She gasped at the sight of Lily.

"What happened to her?" she demanded. Katrina was silent, staring at Lily. She walked up to her and put a hand to her forehead. She immediately drew it back.

"Thats not important right now." Katrina said sharply. "Lily has an extremely high fever and if we tell you the story right now Professor, she may die." Professor McGonagall was drawn aback, but snapped herself out of it. She put a levitating charm on Lily and took her to Madam Promphry (sp? Oh well, you know who I mean!).

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When Lily awoke, it was dawn out the window. The warm light was leaking in the room, and her eyes followed it until they rested on her friends. Katrina, Amelia, James, Sirius, and Remus were all sleeping in chairs by her bed. (AN: Peter decided he'd rather sleep in his own bed.) Lily smiled at the sight of them. "James looks cute when he's sleeping.....wait.....did I think that about James?" she later forgot about the thought. She shifted so she was sitting up and realized that it was painful to do so. Her whole body ached, and then it hit her like a ton of bricks what happened.

"Oh god....." she moaned. This made James stir, and he opened his eyes to see Lily sitting up in bed.

"Lily!" whispered James, "you're awake!" Lily smiled. Katrina woke up.

"Lily!!!" she said. The rest of them woke up. Amelia hugged Lily.

"We're all so glad that you're finally awake!!" she said. Lily grew slightly worried at this. "How long was I out?" she asked.

"Two weeks." said Remus. Lily fell backwards at the horror of how far behind she was in school. Oddly, she didn't really remember what happened. She felt like she was unconscious ever since she read the letter.

"Uh...guys?" she asked. The group leaned in. "What happened after I read the letter? I mean, I was kinda delirious, I don't really remember." She thought they would look at her like she was stupid, but they were all sympathetic. They all told the story in turns, with Katrina going first, then Amelia, then Remus, then Sirius, then James. Throughout the story, Lily grew misty eyed and tears silently fell from her face. When the story was finished, Lily was in a trance, with tears going down her face. All were silent until Lily broke it.

"I forgot why this all happened in the first place." she whispered said, still in a trance. The group looked at each other worriedly. Remus spoke.

"Lily? If it's not too painful, can you maybe tell us what the letter was about? Not to be rude or intrusive, you don't have to tell us if you don't want to." he said. Lily gazed at Remus.

"You don't know? I thought the whole school would know by now." she said innocently. The rest of them shook their heads.

"Only Dumbledore and McGonagall know." said Amelia. "McGonagall took the letter you were clutching."

"Oh." said Lily. "I'll tell you of course, you all deserve to know...." she said. She cleared her throat and spokes again.

"My parents died. Well, not died, but were murdered. Voldemort came to my house." she said. James looked at the floor, and Sirius shuddered at the name Voldemort. "H-he didn't do avada kedevra, like most wizards would do, he tortured them, and when they didn't say anything, cut their throats." she whispered.

Lily looked down and back up again. "There's more." she said. Everyone looked intently at Lily, and she continued.

"My little sister, the one sister that truly loves me, Violet, was the one who found them. He took everything away from me," she said angrily, "he took my home, he took my trust in people, he probably scarred my little sister for life, and he took my parents." She paused, "And altogether, he almost took my life." she paused. "Why should I go on? I'll just hurt others!" She held her head in her hands and sobbed quietly into them, her sheets getting wet. James put an arm around her and held her until she stopped crying and looked up at him.

"James," she whispered, "You carried me in?" she asked. James nodded. "Thank you for saving me." she whispered with a smile. She hugged him, and he hugged her back. Sirius was leaning back in his chair, grinning like the Cheshire Cat.

Ok, thats the end of this chapter..........kinda dramatic isn't it? I know it's a bit fluffy in the end, but oh well! Sorry that the whole feelings thing hasn't been changed yet, but it WILL NEXT CHAPTER!!!!!!!!!!