Sweet Tears, Wishing you were here
By RicaSieg
(a/n) Sorry it took so long! Life and stuff in general has kept me from working on this beautiful *cough cough* piece. I have another story that I am working on. It is called Infinite Questions. It is ten times better than this one, so go read and review it! Thanks to Gia who kept with me through my period of non-writing. I'll be writing more and more soon so don't write me off. Enjoy your slightly late chapter.
Chapter 4: Call on Me
"What kind of job?"
Samantha looked slightly amused at the eager look on James' face. "A little bored, James?"
James smiled, looking slightly sheepish, "Yes. I can't really pull pranks here and now I can't watch Harry…"
With those words, Lilly burst into tears. Sobbing, she leaned into James, who put his arm around her somewhat awkwardly because of the way she was turned. "Don't cry, Little Flower! We will be let back soon." He mumbled into her bright red hair.
"You might be able to see him sooner than you think."
"What!?" Lilly cried, snapping her head up to stare at Samantha. Tears streamed in rivers down her slightly transparent face.
"Well, if you accept the job, in about five years you will be able to see him on earth."
Lilly's face split into a big grin. "Whatever it is, I'll do it."
"First let me tell you what it is!" exclaimed Samantha chuckling slightly at her rashness.
"That's a first," snorted James.
"What's a first?" asked Lilly, looking up into his bright blue eyes.
'You rushing into something without over analyzing it.'
"James!" screeched Lilly, while he ducked her slap.
"Do you want to hear what you will be doing?" asked Samantha, stepping out of the way as James rushed past her with Lilly in hot pursuit.
"Yes!" exclaimed Lilly while she grabbed James' shirt and rug him back to Samantha.
"First let me tell you a story."
"Oh goody, story time!" interrupted James in a baby voice. "Can I have some animal crackers?"
"James!"
"Back to the story. As you know, a thousand years ago, Hogwarts was built. Instead of having the paintings and statues and tapestries it has now, it had normal doors. When Slytherin left, Gryffindor knew that they would need more protection, should he ever attach the castle. Gryffindor enchanted objects to hold protection charms and set them up around the castle. They acted as guards for the doors. The enchantments he placed on them were not strong enough to last so many years, and about 500 years ago, the protection charms all broke.
"Sonora Tirana, headmaster at the time, tried to redo all of the charms, but was unsuccessful. A seer spirit knew how important Hogwarts was for the future and devised a plan. The plan was that angels would become the pictures and guard the magic of Hogwarts. God approved and trained special spirits to go down and posses the paintings.
"Every fifty years or so, knew spirits take over the paintings. You two were incredibly powerful wizards during your life and can hold a lot more magic than the average spirit. In the next twelve years, the dark lord will attack Hogwarts many times. We need as much protection there as we can get. You two would be perfect."
Silence filled the area as the two young spirits digested the new information.
"Back to Hogwarts," smile James. "Count me in!"
"What do you mean 'the dark lord will attack'? I thought we destroyed him!" Lilly asked.
"I cannot tell you how or what. You will find out in nine years," explained Samantha sadly. "You will get to see Harry in five years if you go. We need you there. Will you go?" Samantha looked a little desperate.
"I would do anything to protect Harry. I would be proud to serve my school again!" exclaimed Lilly in a determined voice. "When do we start training?"
~*~*~*~Back To Harry~*~*~*~
"Come here, Harry!" sneered Dudley as he and two of his friends hunted behind the garbage cans for the short boy. "Come out and play!"
"Yeah, little runt! We won't hurt you to much," snickered one of the two cronies.
"There you are!" exclaimed Dudley as he caught sight of Harry's small form, hidden underneath some garbage bags. Dudley gestured to the two boys and they yanked the little boy from the bags. "What are you doing hiding in there? You know you can't hide from us!"
"Leave me alone!"
"Shut up!" Dudley exclaimed, adding a punch to the gut to his command. Harry doubled over, wheezing. "Stand up straight! Didn't your mother teach you any manners! I guess she couldn't because she's dead!" laughed Dudley while throwing another punch.
"Dudley! Harry! Come in. Its time for dinner," yelled the screechy voice of Harry's aunt.
When Harry entered the house, his aunt immediately stopped him. "What in the world were you doing? Go get cleaned up. The hose is in the garage!"
After Harry cleaned himself in the backyard, he went to the kitchen to find dinner over.
"If you can't make it to dinner on time then you get none!" boomed Uncle Vernon's deep voice from the living room. "Wash the dishes and go to your cupboard! Get up early tomorrow, Petunia is going to start teaching you how to cook. If you're going to stay with us, then you'll do your share of the chores!"
"But…"
"Don't complain you ungrateful lump! Do the dishes then to your cupboard with you!"
Harry meekly submitted. After scraping the dishes clean, he climbed into his little cupboard. "At least I wasn't thrown outside," thought Harry as he sank into a sleep filled with dreams of people he didn't remember and a song that gave him comfort.
I hold you close
You without a fear.
Him with the sorrow
We can't be near...
I'll watch you.
Forever and for always
You'll always stay true.
I'll comfort you.
(a/n) That's it. The next chapter should be up soon. I won't make you wait so long for the next one. Go read my other stories. Review Infinite Questions please!!! I love that one.
Disclaimer: I own everything, so why should I put it in here? Just kidding. This is a fanfic for a reason. The FAN part kinda tells you that I don't own it. Don't sue me 'cause you'll lose. Also all of the titles to the chapters and part of the title come from a certain music group's songs. If you can figure out which, I'll give you a prize. I'm not sure what, but it will be good.
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