Disclaimer: I do not claim that I own Harry Potter or any thing of his world. Though I do claim I Own: Diamond, Ruby, Chrissie, Aurora, Maddie, Beccy, Sammie, Sapphire, Emerald, Amethyst and anyone else I happen to make up.
A/N at the bottom.
~*~*~ Ruby's P.O.V ~*~*~
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover there will be wonderful, what you'll discover there is yourself. – Alan Alda.
Even though it's been two years since Dumbledore said those fateful words I can still hear them echoing in my mind. He wanted me dead. Not my sisters. Me. I still have no idea why, perhaps its because I could make some pretty weird things happen, but I've always been able to do that ever since I was little.
I know my sisters always hated the fact that I was different, but I didn't know how different until I took on the growing menaces of the 7th year Slytherins. It was obvious that they were death eaters, it was just a point of getting hard evidence, it's a real pity that they got to it first and destroyed it. By the time I had located where they kept everything it was gone.
But you are wondering about that day, well this is what happened. Lily fainted dead away, and James started to laugh. As if he thought it was joke or something. When he realised that Dumbledore was serious he woke Lily, helped her to sit in a chair and asked the question on everybody's mind.
"Why?"
"Child, this man works in mysterious ways, terrible but mysterious. He went after Ruby's bloodline, Lily's bloodline and James' bloodline. He wants to wipe out the existence of any magical purity. Which is probably why Petunia and Jacob survived, they're muggles." That didn't make sense then and it doesn't make sense now, I mean Lily's parents were muggles ... it just didn't work.
Soon after the meeting my sisters, the triplets, were found ... well dead, or close to it. Only Amy lived. Em was alive when they located her but died within four hours. Dia and I at her side. Sapphire wasn't actually pronounced dead. She was actually found. They, meaning the ministry officials in charge of the case, say that she was most likely taken prisoner. I sincerely doubted that. In my opinion she was just as screwy as Dia - and even though she was 11 she had done some bad things. She used to torture our pet kitty, until the cat got sick of it and scratched her ...
Though this really hasn't got anything to do with the *real* story - the one of how Lily and James finally got together. That didn't happen until much later, like about a week ago. But it was highly entertaining watching it happen, and I'll start at the beginning - well the beginning where they started to speak, really speak.
The afternoon after we were called away to Dumbledore's office I saw Lily's shoulders shaking as she sat by herself on a window ledge. I walked over to her and asked what was the matter. She motioned silently to a letter that she was holding.
'Lily Evans,
It is our duty to inform you that you are next. Your parents weren't our target silly girl. You were. It's your fault that they are dead and you have no one to blame but your self.'
"Oh Lil, want me to get someone?" I didn't know how to deal with this ... I was only thirteen and I'd never even experienced a pet dying. I was having a hard enough time as it was, what with the triplets in peril and my older sister avoiding me like the plague it was difficult to even get out of bed. Conceited I know, but hey! THIRTEEN PEOPLE! Besides I figured Lily wasn't as bad as she used to be, that she had gotten over some of her problems. How was I to know that she was going back to her old ways?
"No, Ruby it's fine! I'll be fine!" Lily tried to smile through her tears and I hugged her. Then I walked off, Lily needed to do some thinking.
As I left I heard voices, Lily crying harder and the sounds of comfort.
Maybe she was going to be ok, maybe we all were.
And maybe someday I'll stop living in a world of fantasy.
~*~*~*~
A/N:
FIRST AND FOREMOST: Sorry 'bout tha short chapter - tha next one will me longer!!!
SECONDLY: Hey Guys, thanks for sticking with me, through all my bad grammar and lousy posts and all. I'm just going to thank EVERY person who reviewed; coz there isn't that many ... and I'm going to dedicate this chapter to three people.
Hailey - coz you told me, to put it politely, get off my ass and write the darn thing.
Connie - coz you said that my stories looked good
And
Liv - coz it was her birthday October 2 and coz she always liked to encourage me.
Yes, I'll shut up now with all the mushy stuff. *sniffles* and next chapter is going to be in James' P.O.V, then Lily's. All set two years in the future. Then the chapter after Lily's it will go back to how it's usually written ... all over the place *grins*
THIRDLY: it may take a while for the next chapter comes out, as my word died. So I currently have to borrow my teachers. I'll write the chapters then come over here again in about 2 weeks so then you'll get how ever many chapters I happened to write. But this stories starting to end – about 4 more chapters.
~ Peace Luv and Coconuts, Beccy. xox