A/N: Here's the rest that I have written! So now the updates won't be as long....some will probably be really short.
Chapter 21-Weird Happenings
A few days after the ball, Lily was sitting in the common room. She had been working on her homework when she got this sudden idea for a poem. She didn't usually write poems, just sometimes, she got these ideas for them. So she was sitting on one of the couches writing. Everyone else was there working on homework. Lily had been finished anyways when she started to write the poem.
"Hey Lils," said Jen "Whatcha doin?"
"I'm writing a poem"
"Can I read it?"
"Yeah I guess, when I'm done"
"Ok, are you almost done?"
"Yeah, kinda"
Jen loved reading Lily's poems, they were always good and she knew it. About five minutes later she was done.
"Ok, I'm done"
"Can you read it out loud so we can all here it?" asked Elena
Lily shrugged, "Sure, but it's not very good" And with that she started reading the poem. (A/N: I did NOT write this, I got it as an email like a year ago and I saved it, and it was one of those forwards so some of you have read it, buts it important later!)
"My name is Sarah, I am but three
My eyes are so swollen I cannot see
I must be stupid, I must be bad
What else could have made My daddy so mad?
I wish I weren't stupid, I wish I weren't ugly
Then maybe my mommy, Would still want to hug me
I can't even speak, I can't do a wrong
So why am I locked up All the day long?
When I awake, I'm all alone
The house is dark, my folks aren't home
When my mommy does come, I'll try to be nice
So maybe I'll just get One whipping tonight
Don't make a sound! I just heard a car
My daddy is back From Charlie's Bar
I hear him curse, My name he calls
I press myself Against the wall
I try to hide, from his evil eyes
I'm so afraid now that I'm starting to cry
He finds me weeping, he shouts ugly words
He says its my fault that he sufferers at work
I finally get free and I run for the door
He's already locked it, I start to bawl
He slaps me and hits me and yells at me more
He takes me and throws me against the hard wall
I fall to the floor with my bones nearly broken
and daddy continues with more bad words spoken
"I'm sorry!" I scream, but its now much too late
His face has been twisted into unimaginable hate
The hurt and the pain again and again
Oh please god have mercy, oh please let it end
He finally stops and walks out the door
While I lay there motionless Sprawled on the floor
My name is Sarah, I am but three
Tonight my daddy murdered me"
Lily looked up at the 11 people that were listening to her. Some of the girls seemed to be almost crying.
"Lily?" asked James
"Yeah?"
"Where'd you get that idea?"
"I don't know, it just came to me."
"It was good"
"Thanks."
It was a few days later, at breakfast, when weird things started happening. The large group was sitting together eating. They were talking about this and that and enjoying there breakfast. Suddenly, Lily felt a pain in her head, she winced and then started screaming. It wasn't a loud scream, it was barely audible.
"Stop! Please stop!! I'm sorry!" cried Lily, only her closes friends noticed this, she was talking in a screaming whisper. James shook her.
"Lils?? Lily?? Are you ok?"
The headache suddenly stopped, just as fast as it had started. Lily removed her hand from her head and looked at the faces of her worried friends.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
They were silent for awhile before the post came. All of Lily's friends got the Daily Profit to read, she was the only one who didn't. Her eleven best friends read one of the stories and had a weird reaction. Jen, Amanda, and Cassidy looked downright scared. And the rest looked shocked and worried.
"What?" asked Lily
""Here," said Jen handing her the paper "I really think you should read this." Jen pointed to one of the articles and Lily took the paper and began to read it. After she was done she looked up and gasped. She couldn't believe it.
"It-can't---- I don't--- I didn't--It---- Oh my god!" Lily looked around for another few seconds before fainting to the ground. She fell out of her chair and landed in a large heap on the ground. James had tried to catch her, but he hadn't, Jen had also tried but failed. She had fallen far to fast to catch her.
James and Jen sat there, besides her on the floor, shaking her to wake her up. It wasn't working. Cassidy, Amanda, Remus, and Sirius were sitting beside her shouting her name to wake her up, it wasn't working either. Elena, Sam, Kirsten, and Teri were sitting beside her, not doing much, but obliviously caring so much about her that they were almost in tears, along with much of the rest of the group. Peter had gone to find Dumbledore to help (A/N: Ok, I figured if he was a Marauder, then he must have been slightly smart and a good friend *then.* Don't get me wrong, I do HATE him!)
After Lily's fall, the newspaper, the reason for all of this, was laying there beside her, on the floor. It was face up on the page with the terrible article, the one that was so very short, but so very meaningful, and so much the cause for this all. The article that read:
SARAH LERNER, MURDERED
Sarah Lerner, a small three year old child, was believed to have been murdered on November 9. The girl was quiet and never talked much. She was supposedly neglected by her parents.
She was found, next to one of the walls of her house, the morning of November 10. The lights had been off in the house, but was investigated anyways. A nearby neighbor had claimed she had her the child screaming the night before.
Sarah was indeed found, piled in a heap beside one of the walls, near the front door. She had many broken bones and quite a few bruises on her face and arms, looking as if she had been beaten to death. She had some blood spots on her and a tear-stained face.
The only clue to her murder and murderer is a small piece of paper and a pen that was laying next to her. It was crumpled and dirty but still readable. On the paper it said:
*My name is Sarah, I am but three.
Tonight my Daddy murdered me*
Her father was taken to jail for later trials. More on this in coming issues.
Lily woke in the Hospital Wing several hours later, with people surrounding her. She heard a bunch of "Oh my god! I'm so glad your ok's" and a few other things. Unfortunately, she had a splitting headache and couldn't concentrate much. Madame Promfey obviously assumed this, seeing as she instantly brought Lily a headache potion.
"Now, Miss Evans, what in that paper made you so upset?" asked Dumbledore, he obviously didn't here it from the other students.
"That article, about the little girl, that was murdered."
"Ah yes, very sad indeed, but why, may I ask, did it upset you so much?"
"Well...um... Here...read this poem" Lily quickly pulled the piece of paper from her robes and handed it to him. She had made sure she always had the paper with her, she guarded it with her life you could say. Why she didn't know, but that's another story.
He quickly read it and looked up. "This is very good, but how did you write this so fast before fainting?"
"That's the thing," she started "I wrote that poem three day ago."
Dumbledore suddenly looked startled, then rather happy all at the same time.
"You mean," he started to say "you wrote this poem, about something tragic, before it ever happened?"
"Yes."
"Ah, ok, I do believe this solves many, many, answers about many, many, other things."
"What things?"
"Well you see, Miss Evans, I believe that you have the powers of something called a Renlem."
"And that is?"
"A Renlem, is a very powerful witch or wizard, they have the ability to see some of the future."
"Isn't that a Seer?"
"No, no. A Seer can usually see many days, or years even, in advance, and it can be good or bad. A Renlem however, can only see a few days ahead and only terrible or tragic things. Some of those things only affect that one person, but some, they can affect the whole world. You, were very powerful before these powers, for other reasons that I cannot say. This would also answer why the Dark Lord might have tried to kill you with your globe."
"Why would he want me dead? I mean, wouldn't he want me on *his* side?"
"Yes, he would, but he probably figured you wouldn't do that, so he tried to kill. And seeing as the only way you can die, besides the obvious of course, are if someone drops that globe and it breaks. Other things, like what he tried with the globe, you can fight, you are powerful Lily, and you must use those powers wisely."
"What else makes me so strong? Along with everyone else around me so strong?"
"That, is for me to know, and you to find out, or not to find out, whichever you prefer. And now, you and your friends may leave the Hospital Wing and go back to your Common Room for the day."
With that said, Lily got up and they all left. Of course, not after having Madame Promfey mumble something about letting her out already.
Christmastime came quickly, and talk of another ball was going around. Everyone was looking for dates to the all, and hoping not to get turned down. The girls dorm was a disaster of pictures of as many boys as they could possibly get pictures of.
Cassidy was going with the same guy (Brain) that she went with to the Halloween Ball. Amanda was planning on going stag again, unless someone really cute asked her or something. Sirius was still going out with Kirsten so they were going together. Remus and Elena were also going together.
One morning at breakfast, they were talking about the ball and who they were going with. Lily decided to make sure she was going with James, of course she knew she was, but she still wanted to check. Well, she was pretty sure she knew.
"James?"
"Yeah?"
"We are going together right?"
He waited a few seconds before replying. "No"
Lily looked at him, slightly confused. She didn't know whether he was serious or just kidding.
"What?!"
"Yeah Lils, didn't I tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"Hmmm, well maybe I didn't tell you then."
"Tell me what?"
"Duh! What I didn't tell you!"
"JAMES POTTER!"
"Ok ok"
"Well....."
"I guess you didn't know."
"Know what?"
"That I'm going with that Ravenclaw sitting right behind you."
Lily looked behind herself to see what Ravenclaw he was talking about. She slowly turned back around to face James.
"James?"
"Hmm?"
"You are aware that the Ravenclaw sitting right behind me is a first year boy right?"
James' head quickly shot up. He looked quite shocked and alarmed. "Um, yeah. Do you have a problem with that?"
Lily knew now that he was kidding. But she decided to have a little fun of her own. "No, I don't have a problem with it, if it's really who you want to go with." She said, trying hard not to laugh, and it was working because James obviously thought she was serious.
"And in that case," started Lily "I'll just go ask that cute Hufflepuff if he wants to go with me." Everyone, well, besides James, knew she was also joking, but it *was* fun to see his reaction to the whole thing.
"NO! I mean, um, no, you can't do that"
"Why?"
"Because we're going out!"
"Really?? I thought you just dumped me for that Ravenclaw boy?"
"No" James was now catching on and they caught half of the Gryffindor table watching and listening to them very intensely. So, James continued.
"He's just my date for the ball"
"HmMmm! Sure he is" With this said, Lily got up and walked out of the Great Hall. She was quite aware of James following her and many eyes turned their way. Half the people didn't know if they were joking or being serious. (Urghs! I need a new words besides serious!)
After they were out of sight, they're 6 best friends gave each other looks of confusement and left it like that. Of course, they figured they *were* kidding, but still, it was the weirdest "argument" they had ever had. And now. they were both gone.
As Christmas break neared, the teachers posted sign-ups in the common room for people staying for Christmas Break and people going home, or doing whatever they were planning on doing. Lily was planning on going home, until the announcement of the ball. She had gone home her second, third, and fourth year. She'd already written to her parents and told her about it, and they reluctantly agreed to let her stay, but she HAD to come home for Easter Break. Of course, Lily, had pulled a few strings and asked if she could invite some "friends" over also. They agreed, but Lily hadn't asked yet. Unfortunately, a few days later she'd received a letter, she opened it guessing to see "No Boys" written, but to her surprise, it said "Only 7 other people". This worked out almost perfectly, she had wanted to invite Kirsten and Elena, and maybe their friends too. But Lily quickly forgot about this, seeing as it was December and that was in April or sometime around then.
Lily signed her name under "Staying at Hogwarts" along with many other people. Most people had found dates now, including almost everyone in Lily "group". Peter hadn't found one, his date for the Halloween ball hadn't spoken to him since the very beginning of that ball. It turned out, she *had* used him to make her old boyfriend jealous, it worked, and they were back together.
Amanda had taken up her on counting her dates once again. She found it quite amusing. Not that she was the most beautiful thing in Hogwarts, but Lily, Jen, Cassidy, and her *were* probably some of the most popular and the prettiest. She was up to 11 offers, and had declined them all. Jen had decided on a Ravenclaw, that was some what of a player and she figured she wouldn't see him again after the ball. James *was* going with Lily, not the Ravenclaw first year boy, contrary to what a few people thought. One Hufflepuff, had heard the story and asked Lily out on day.
He had come up to her when she was coming out of the Great Hall with Jen, Amanda, and Cassidy.
"Um, Lily?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I ask you a question?"
"You just did, but what?"
"Can you-um-follow me?" he asked, pointing to one of the corners to the Entrance Hall.
"Sure" she replied, following him.
"Well, I was wondering...-would-you-um-go-go-to the ball with me?"
"What?"
"Would you--"
"No, I heard you, but I'm really sorry, I'm going with James, didn't you know that?"
"Oh," he said, seeming quite embarrassed "I though he was going with that Ravenclaw--" he trailed off.
"No, he was just saying that, we're still together. I'm sorry."
"It's ok!" With that, he walked away.
Lily, Jen, Amanda, and Cassidy had actually found this all quite amusing and couldn't help but laugh at it entering the common room. And the 4 boys, being who they were, had to ask what was so funny. Lily told the story, and finished with saying--
"And----so" she had to stop to giggle once in awhile "people----think---That James is really---going with that Ravenclaw--BOY!" Seven of them were laughing in hysterics, while one, namely James, was sitting there horrorstruck. He ended laughing at it thought, when Lily fell off the chair she was sitting in from laughing. She had a habit of doing that, and whether he was laughing at her, or the story, he didn't know. But the point is, there were eight fifteen year olds, sitting in the common room laughing hysterically.
Chapter 22- Christmas Balls and Dreadful Dreams
Lily, Amanda, Cassidy, and Jen were once again headed to Hogsmeade that weekend. They *had* to get new robes and hair stuff for the Christmas ball. And you can't forget, they also *had* to talk to Mika and Rach. Mika and Rach, you could classify them as exactly like the other four girls. They were like best friends, about best friends that were four years older then you, but hey that's ok. Kirsten and Teri were going shopping together as were Elena and Sam. The four boys were doing who-knows-what all day.
The girls went to the robe shop first, and talked to Mika for awhile. She was helping them pick out some robes. She said that one of the other workers could work at the counter and she deserved a break anyways. Well, a few hours of break. But it's not like helping "customers" pick out robes wasn't working.....
The girls, including Mika, had all picked out five robes to try on. Some, were just for fun, it wasn't like Lily was really planning on *buying* the frilly hot pink robe with bright red lace all over it. Petunia had had something like that once, and Lily *wasn't* going to dress like her, and even if Petunia *hadn't* had something close to that....there was still *no* way, absolutely *no* way she would wear anything like that around anyone but her friends.
They tried on robe after robes after robes after robe after did I mention robe??? After awhile they had finally decided on what they wanted to buy. Although, it still didn't hurt to try some on after that. The four girls had all gone for a more formal look this time, it *was* Christmas.
(A/N: These will be posted a my doll website again...so you can see them.....I'm probably putting them up before I post this so after I post this I'll put a link so you can see what they look like!)
Amanda had gotten a strapless black dress. It had small red roses embroidered around the bottom and a few along the right side. It went down to the floor and came with black gloves that went up a little past her elbows.
Cassidy had gotten a midnight blue dress. It also went down to the floor. It had spaghetti straps and silver stars and moons on it. It looked beautiful on her. It didn't have gloves and wasn't as fancy as Amanda's' but it *did* look good.
Jen had decided upon a yellow dress. It resembled the style of Cassidy's but wasn't as long. It had silver straps and was full of glitter. It looked good on her, and again, still wasn't as fancy as Amanda's.
Lily, however, decided to get a long black dress. It was full of sparkles and reached the floor. It looked great on her and she knew just what to do with her hair and everything.
After buying their dresses, they went to Rach's store. They were going to try and get her to take a break and then get Mika after that so they could all go to The Three Broomsticks. They talked to Rach for awhile before choosing things for their hair.
Once that was done though, the dragged Rach out of the shop, making sure someone else was working, and went to get Mika.
After getting Mika, the girls headed to the Three Broomsticks again. Of course, they couldn't goof around as much seeing as it *did* have other people in it besides them. They stayed there and talked for about an hour before Mika and Rach decided they better get back to work. By that time it was about three o'clock and they still had two hours before they met the boys.
They didn't know what to do so they simply walked around Hogsmeade for awhile more. But if they saw a shop that looked interesting it wasn't like they were just going walk right past it! I should think not, they *had* to go into it!
Christmas Break started shortly after that. Most people were staying seeing as there *was* going to be a ball. And, it was quite possibly going to be one of the last one's too. Besides the usual balls for 7th year at the end of the year that is. A very powerful wizard, Lord Voldemort, was gaining power. And he was the reason they might not have balls anymore. Some teachers didn't feel it was safe to have students roaming around. Dumbledore however wasn't really scared, Voldemort wasn't *that* powerful, yet.
The ball would be held in a few days time. Amanda was surprisingly the first one up on the first day of break. And seeing as she was she was bored. She quickly tip-toed over to Lily's bed to wake her up.
"Lily! Lils!!"
"What???"
"Get up!"
"Why?"
"I'M BORED!!" she screamed, a little to loud seeing as it woke everyone in the dormitory up. Including a very angry Tracy.
They spent the day playing different sorts of magical games. Well, including playing tag in the common room. That was of course always fun. Considering the boys ran much faster then the girls did it seemed they were "it" more. Anyone that would've been trying to sleep at midnight (who would *ever* do something like that on vacation anyways?) wouldn't have been getting much sleep. The screaming from the girls was loud and high and rather funny all at the same time. James was currently "it" and was hiding behind a doorway. Lily and Jen were both walking towards it and of course that was what he wanted. Lily was in front walked a little to far and was met by James jumping out at her. She screamed loudly and probably woke her own parents up too.
"JAMES POTTER! Your soooo dead!"
"Really? I hadn't noticed!"
"You will soon." Lily said narrowing her eyes at him. They played tag for about 20 minutes before decided that they were all to tired to do anymore running whatsoever. In fact, they had even given up going to their dormitories and conjured up some pillows and blankets. They eight 15-year-old-friends slept basically in a big heap in the middle of the common room. Lily was between James and Cassidy. James had his arms wrapped around her waist and she was laying on her side, facing Cassidy.
The day of the ball came quickly and the girls were in the dormitory hours before they actually had to be. And the boys were grumbling and complaining that the girls always left so early.
The girls all quickly got ready for the ball. Lily had spiral curled her red hair and put half of it up with a silver clip, leaving two strands around her face. She put on black eyeliner and silver glitter eye-shadow. She was wearing silver shoes and her black sparkly dress. She looked, all-in-all, beautiful.
Amanda also spiral curled all over her hair and pilled up on her head. She left a few strands of blonde hair hanging down around her face or down her back. She also placed a few black butterfly clips in it. Adding the final touches, light make-up for her light complexion and black high heels, she was ready to go.
Cassidy left her sandy-blonde hair down and curled it lightly under. She added glitter in it and put on black eye-liner and some white eye-shadow. She was wearing midnight blue high heels that matched her dress perfectly.
Jen straightened her hair and put it up in a bun. She left some strands around her face and around the side of her head. She also had a few straight strands that were curled under cascading down her back. Jen had on white heels and very little make-up.
The four girls looked wonderful, as did Kirsten, Sam, Elena, and Teri. (A/N: Again, I'm sorry but I'm not explaining their dresses; it'll take to long!) This ball started at 8:00 also. And now it was 7:53. They *were* running a bit late, but that was ok. They were only supposed to be in the common room *eight* minutes ago. It wasn't that bad...well, not really, I guess.
The Great Hall looked wonderful again; even better than it had at Halloween. The four house tables were once again replaced with smaller round ones; each had a silky silver table cloth with glitter spread all over it. On every table center there was a tall white candle that was glowing with light. There was lights all over the Great Hall and even many fairies fluttering around like crazy.
"Wow! It's beautiful" said Jen
"I know" said Lily
They *had* arrived to the ball late, mind you it was *fashionably* late, not late. Food was already being served, unlike at Halloween, you said what you wanted and it appeared on the clear glass plates immediately. After dinner, dancing had started again. It wasn't long until most of the school, well, of who came, was out on the dance floor dancing.
The tables had been moved off to the sides, making sure people could still sit down and rest. There was now a nice, shiny, wood dance floor with lights going all over. The lights were all different colors and they shined brightly and moved around quite a bit.
(A/N: I don't own any of these songs...if you want to know who sings them I'll tell you if you ask....I don't want to take breaks and say it all! Some of the songs are just songs I like and have absolutely nothing to do with the story...some kinda do...but nothing will be really important to the plot!... I don't think..)
A fast song was currently playing; it was called Turn the Clock Around, and everyone, including a few teachers were out on the dance floor dance. Lily was dancing in a large group, not really with just one person. James was the closest to her probably. Jen was right next to her and her date, Amanda, Cassidy, Remus, Sirius, Kirsten, Elena, and some other people were all dancing right next to the group. You couldn't really *tell* who was dancing with who, but they didn't care. It was funny anyways.
*We were talking to each other 'til dawn
You put your arms around me and you asked me what was wrong
I tried to be so serious, you smiled and played along
You had to leave town tomorrow, yeah tomorrow you'd be gone
We must have had the stars above and heaven on our side
'Cause we fell in love before we even made it through the night
But you were leaving town, and started another kind of life
You walked me to the door and we tried to say goodbye
Maybe I've never found the right way
I kept my love hidden underground
Baby I wish that there was some way
That I could turn the clock around
But I couldn't sleep, I called up everybody that I knew
All my friends said that I'd be crazy if I waited 'round you
I wanted to believe then so I called to say we're through
But when I heard your voice, it nearly broke my heart in two
Maybe I've never found the right way
I kept my love hidden underground
Baby I wish that there was some way
That I could turn the clock around
Don't say you're gone, I'll find you Someday...
Well I jumped into my car but as I headed down the road
I knew that when I got there, there might be nobody home
You had gone away forever, and you left me all alone
Now I was on my own
Maybe I've never found the right way
I kept my love hidden underground
Baby I wish that there was some way
That I could turn the clock around *
The next song was also fast, along with many afterwards. The group sat out for a few songs and when they started dancing again, it was a fast song. This one was called Love at First Sight. They danced in there "group" again and the lights continued swirling around them.
*Thought that I was going crazy
Just having one of those days yeah
Didn't know what to do
Then there was you
And everything went from wrong to right
And the stars came out and filled up the sky
The music you were playing really blew my mind
It was love at first sight
'Cause baby when I heard you
For the first time I knew
We were meant to be as one
Was tired of running out of luck
Thinking 'bout giving up yeah
Didn't know what to do
Then there was you
And everything went from wrong to right
And the stars came out and filled up the sky
The music you were playing really blew my mind
It was love at first sight
'Cause baby when I heard you
For the first time
I knew we were meant to be as one
And everything went from wrong to right
And the stars came out and filled up the sky
The music you were playing really blew my mind
It was love at first sight*
They danced for awhile more and took some more breaks. Several hours later, it was 11:58, and they had time for one more dance. This one was a slow song, on of the few of the night. It was called Never Had a Dream Come True.
*Everybody's got something, they had to leave behind,
One regret from yesterday, that just seems to grow with time,
There's no use looking back, oh wondering, (oh wondering)
How it could be now, oh might have been,(oh might have been),
Oh this I know, but still I can't find ways to let you go,
I never had a dream come true
Till the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby,
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you.
Somewhere in my memory I've lost all sense of time,
And tomorrow can never be cos yesterday is all that fills my mind,
There's no use looking back, oh wondering (oh wondering),
How it should be now, oh might have been (oh might have been),
Oh this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go,
I never had a dream come true
Till the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby,
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be
You'll always be the dream that fills my head
Yes you will, say you will, you know you will oh baby,
You'll always be the one I know I'll never forget,
There's no use looking back oh wondering,(oh wondering),
Because love is a strange and funny thing,(and funny thing),
No matter how I try, I try I just can't say goodbye, no no no no,
I never had a dream come true
Till the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby,
I never found the words to say,(never found the words to say),
You're the one I think about each day,(you're the one I think about each day),
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you.
A part of me will always be with you, oooohhh.*
After that, the lights dimmed down and the tired students either said good-bye to their dates, or if their dates were in the same house as them, walked tiredly back to the common room. Lily leaned on James for support, she couldn't believe how tired she was. James had his arms wrapped around her and hers around him. She had her eyes closed and was basically counting on James to lead her back to the common room without crashing her into anything.
He did that successfully, and once they were all back in the common room, they changed into pajamas. The eight; Lily, James, Jen, Sirius, Cassidy, Amanda, Remus, and Peter; went back down to the Common Room, transfigured pillows and blankets and fell with a bang down into a deep sleep. Lily slept happily that night, laying in James' arms, she felt safe there.
Lily woke the next morning to having many people shaking her.
"Wake Up Lil!!! It's Christmas!! GET UP!!" shouted Jen
"Ok, ok" Lily sat up sleepily "I'm up, stop yelling"
"Well you wouldn't get up!"
"Well I'm up now"
"Ok"
"Ok"
"LETS OPEN PRESENTS!!!!" Shouted Sirius
"I said not to yell! Your giving me a headache"
"Ohhhhh! Does poor wittle Lily have a headache??" asked Cassidy in a baby voice.
"No, I'm *getting* one, I don't have one"
"PRESENTS!! PRESENTS PRESENTS!!! I WANT TO OPEN PRESENTS!!" Shouted Sirius again.
"Ok ok! Open presents."
With that being said, they did just that. Lily received many things that she loved. James' present was her favorite. He had gotten her *real* diamond bracelet. The whole bracelet was all diamonds and it had a few rubies, sapphires, and emeralds on it also. Lily had told him it was too much, but he wouldn't take it back. She ended up thanking him for about half an hour straight with lots of hugs and kisses. She loved the necklace. She spent some more time hugging and kissing James before the girls went up to change. Lily gave him another quick kiss and 'thank you' and went to the dormitory.
"Jeez Prongs!" started Sirius "You gotta help me pick out gifts from now on!"
"Shut up!"
The four girls got dressed quickly and then ran back down to the Common Room. They looked good, they were all wearing skirts or dresses seeing as it *was* Christmas. Lily was of course wearing the bracelet, which, she didn't forget to thank James again.
They went down and ate breakfast and spent most of the day doing a whole lot of nothing. They were outside some of the day. Hogwarts had declared a snow war, house against house. Hufflepuff was the first to lose, then Ravenclaw. Slytherin and Gryffindor were close but Gryffindor ended up winning. After that, they had stayed in the common room or the kitchens drinking hot chocolate.
The next few days were spent close to the same as that. Although, one day, Lily had a not-so-pleasant dream. Of course whether it was her powers or just a dream she didn't know. But she *really* hoped it was just a dream.
~*~*DREAM~*~*
Lily was sitting outside of Hogwarts, staring out at the lake. James was right next to her. She couldn't hear a word they were saying, but she was guessing it wasn't good. The Lily in the dream looked like she was about ready to cry, but she was yelling at James, and James didn't look much happier.
It wasn't long before the "dream Lily" ran away from the lake, tears threatening to fall. And it wasn't much after that the real Lily woke up.
~*~*END OF DREAM~*~*
Lily woke up and looked beside her, they had all slept in the common room again, it was a regular thing during breaks. Everything looked perfectly normal, except for one small red head that was sitting up. *That* wasn't going to happen, she thought. Maybe, if she avoided him, then he couldn't break up with her, or whatever he did do. She didn't think she wanted it to happen.
She tried to sleep again, but it wasn't working. It was five o'clock and she had just gone to bed 3 hours ago. Nevertheless, she laid back down and tried to sleep. She did finally fall asleep again, a few hours later. Of course, she was awoken not much after that by her friends. She was dead tired and didn't look the best.
"Hey Lil?"
"Yeah?"
"You ok?" asked Jen
"I'm fine"
"You don't look fine"
She shrugged "Just tired I guess, I don't know"
"Oh, why don't you try and go back to sleep then?"
"I might, I don't know."
She looked over and saw James headed her way. No, no, no, she didn't want him to break up with her. She didn't even know if that's what he *wanted* to do but she wasn't going to take chances.
"Um, Jen? Would you tell everyone I went to the dormitory to get more sleep?"
"Yeah sure." Jen looked quite concerned for her best friends. "Are you sure your ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, I just wanna go to the dorm."
"Ok"
"Bye" With that, she headed up to the dormitory. James grabbed her arm as she went up.
"Lils?"
"Hmm?" she asked turning around. She didn't want to look at him but she did anyways.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just really tired. I'm just gonna go up to get some sleep."
"Ok"
After a few minutes she finally got up to the dormitory and laid down in her bed. She didn't know what to do. Avoid James or face facts and let Destiny take it course? Lily ended up falling asleep rather quickly and she didn't have dreams any better. This dream was much shorter than the other but just as bad, or worse.
~*~*DREAM~*~*
Lily simply saw a snow globe, her snow globe, sitting on a table. All of a sudden, it fell. It got closer and closer to the ground and there was nothing she could do. She couldn't move. In a matter of a few seconds it crashed to the floor. It shattered into a million pieces and she saw herself and all her friends that had touched the glowing globe, James, Jen, Sirius, and Cassidy, all of the except Amanda, Remus, and Peter, fall to the ground.
They didn't move, they didn't breathe. The didn't do anything, nothing at all. And then she saw it again, the globe falling to the ground and shattering, it happened again and again. She couldn't get herself to wake up. Then it shattered, one last time, and she woke up.
~*~*END OF DREAM~*~*
Chapter 23-Do Dreams Come True Even If You Don't Want Them To?
Lily had decided what to do; Avoid James. But then she thought of what ifs, a normal thing for her to do. *What If* in her dream, the reason he broke up with her was *because* she was avoiding him. But then again, *What if* it was another reason and Lily didn't avoid him and he broke up with her. Oh, Bloody Hell, (A/N: Eek! I'm starting to talk like England people...) it looked like she was going to get broken up with no matter what.
So, she decided, Avoid James. But that brought her to the other dream. The globe, and it crashing into a million tiny pieces. Her and her friends dieing because of it. Because of that stupid globe that she'd had for five years. She didn't even know *who* gave it to her but that didn't matter. It *still* held her life inside of it, along with James', Jens', Cassidys', Sirius', and a bunch of her other friends.
And then, the reason James breaking up with her made her think about that was the fact that what if she was right before? What if the thing that made those eight so strong was the fact that they had true love and friendship? If James and her broke up, she wouldn't *have* that true love. But he didn't love her, did he? And she didn't love him, did she? She'd still have friendships though, and friendship came before love right? That didn't make sense though, her and James were the only ones dating someone else from those eight and they were the strongest. But they *didn't* love each other.
Ack! This was all to confusing for Lily. Right now, she hated James Potter! She wished she hadn't ever met him. Ok, maybe not. That stupid Serendipity and Destiny junk was stuck in her head now. Cassie had said that maybe the reason she felt like she couldn't hate James was because he was her true love. And now, they were all going to die, because of that stupid globe. Lily wanted to just throw it across the room and make it break by herself. Would that be suicide and murder? Urghs! She thought, she *wasn't* going to do *that* so it didn't matter.
She didn't want to die though, she didn't want her friends to die. Or her boyfriend, who might be the love of her life. Dear Lord! She wouldn't even be thinking about this if she didn't have those stupid Renlem powers. Seeing the future...only a few days ahead though, and only tragedies. And what other powers did she have? She *was* supposed to have more.
"I don't want all these STUPID powers!" she screamed, although, this was out loud. But no one else was in the dorm so it was ok, maybe.
Well, she decided, if the "seeing the future" came in writing and dreams, then she wouldn't do it. She wouldn't write poems and she wouldn't sleep. Lily knew she cold do it. She'd done it before. In between third and fourth year, at a sleepover at her house. Her, Jen, Cassie, 'Manda, Kate, and Lyd all did. they wanted to see how long they could stay up. They went 32.5 hours without sleep. Ok, so she couldn't go without sleep. But she wouldn't write poems. That would help. Hopefully.
So Lily went a few days avoiding James. Well, unless she was with everyone else. But she had to have at least 2 people besides her and James there. She stopped sleeping, well as much as she could anyways. She kept seeing herself crying and the globe breaking, and people dieing. She hated it. Then, to make matters worse, she had this idea, for a poem. No, she was NOT going to write it, she couldn't.
The idea came 2 days ago and Lily hadn't written it yet. But it was horrible, every time she talked it started to come out in rhymes. She *had* given up not sleeping, she couldn't do it. She just couldn't. Now, she was caving in. That poems was bugging her and she *had* to write it. So she did, and it came out like this.
(A/N: I did write this but it's SUPER bad....)
*You broke my heart in two and now all I'm trying to do is forget about you.
It isn't working though and now I don't know if I consider you a friend or foe.
I didn't even think I loved you but now I know I did, or do.
But it doesn't matter anymore because you've just closed the door.
You obviously didn't care about me enough and maybe our relationship was just a bluff because if you cared I wouldn't be laying here crying and I wouldn't feel like dying.
I guess I shoulda figured because you haven't always trusted me and now I see, I was just your toy and that's just how you are boy.
And now I don't know what to do because I still love you but you don't love me too.
I would try and find someone new but it wouldn't be the same with anyone but you.
I ran away from you but maybe instead of running I should just ended the fight by saying "I love you". But I don't think You woulda said "I love you too."
I don't know, I was just full of fears and now all I have all these damn tears.*
Oh! thought Lily What in Bloody (A/N: Arg! there's that word again!) Hell did *that* mean.
This confused Lily even more and she knew that it was stupid to have let herself written that poem. It *had* to be about her and James...maybe...then again maybe it didn't... Everything was to confusing now and she let herself just fall into a deep sleep, leaving her poem sitting out on a table in the common room and falling into a very deep horrifying dream.
Sure, the dream wasn't any worse then all the rest but who really wants to see yourself and all your friends die?? Lily tried to wake up, it wasn't working. She had tears coming out of her eyes now.
Not much after that, someone walked into the common. They walked over to where Lily was and looked at her. Geez! It hurt seeing her like she was. Tossing and turning and even crying.
Jen looked around. She sat down on the floor quietly and shook Lily. It didn't wake her up. Jen had been noticing Lily acting weird lately and she knew what was in her friends mind. They'd been best friends for forever and Jen knew this had something to do with those stupid powers.
"Lily! Lils! Wake up!!!"
She looked at the table. Lily still wasn't awake. And then Jen saw it, the poem. She picked it up and read it.
"Oh God" she whispered
"Lily!! Wake up!! It'll be ok!!!"
Suddenly, Lily's eyes flew open. She sat up and knew that Jen knew and Jen knew that Lily knew she knew.
"Jen!! It was terrible!!"
"Shhhh" said Jen, hugging her best friend "It'll be ok! Everything will be ok in the end. Haven't you ever heard the saying "It'll be ok in the end, if it's not ok then it's not the end??"
"But---but"
Jen and Lily talked for awhile. A long while.
"Lils, I think you should talk to him"
"What if he breaks-up with me??"
"Then he'll realize that it was his loss when he does it"
"I don't know Jen. I don't want to lose him."
"I know you don't, but I think you gotta do what's right"
"Ok! OK, I'll talk to him"
"Good"
It was the next day that James came up to Lily.
"Lily?"
"Yeah" she asked. He never called her Lily. This was bad, this was very, very bad.
"Can I talk to you for awhile??"
"Yeah sure" she followed him out the portrait hole down to the lake. The spot they'd gotten together at. Lily had a bad feeling about this. She just wanted to hug James and kiss him. She didn't want to lose him.
"Why have you been avoiding me?"
"I--I"
"Are you cheating on me?"
"N-no I'm not!"
"You are aren't you?"
"No James. I'm not. I'm really not." This wasn't good. Nope not good. Lily had tears in her eyes.
"James... How could you even *think* I was cheating on you??"
"You never talk to me anymore."
"Did you ever think that maybe there was another reason?"
"Yeah sure... What is it then"
Oh. No. She didn't want to tell him.
"Well...Look James. I can't tell you. I'm not supposed to."
It wasn't lying. Dumbledore didn't want anyone to know. But he already knew about the powers.
"Why can't you tell me"
"I can't" she whispered "Or I would"
"Don't you trust me Lily?"
"Yes! I do. But I---"
"You can't or you won't tell me because you are either lying or you don't trust me at all!!!" he shouted.
"DON'T TELL ME I'M LYING WHEN I'M NOT!" she shouted back
"THEN WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?"
"DON'T YOU LISTEN?? I ALREADY SAID I CAN'T TELL YOU!!"
He lowered his voice to a whisper. "Then maybe we can't be together"
"What??" Lily whispered.
"We can't be together if your lying or don't trust me"
"Geez!! James Potter!! Don't you listen at all??" she asked slightly frustrated and hurt too.
"Listen to what?? Your lies?"
"I'm not lying. And I'm not cheating on you. And I do trust you. But you obviously don't trust me enough to trust anything that I say."
"Maybe your right. We don't trust each other. And we shouldn't be together either."
"No....James....You don't--"
"I do mean it Lily." It sounded very much like *he* was about to cry. "You don't trust me. We can't be together."
A single tear fell down Lily's face and she started walking away. Backwards. Then she turned and ran into the Common room and up to the dormitories.
It was the next day before Lily talked to anyone. She saw Sirius, Peter and Remus first. They looked mad. And it looked like they were mad at her.
"What?" she asked
"You had to lie to him, you couldn't trust him"
"What are you talking about?"
"He's talking about the fact that our best friend is up in the dorm being miserable because of you."
Jen had come down at this time and heard that.
"Don't blame this all on Lily ok?"
"Why?"
"Yeah, Jen's right..." started Lily " We should blame it on you, Jen! You told me to talk to him"
"I was trying to help."
Amanda and Cassidy had come down, and so had James. There was also another certain blonde in the corner but we'll leave her out of all this.
"Maybe you shouldn't have stopped talking to me then Lily."
"Maybe I had a reason"
"Then what's the reason?" asked Peter
The boys looked at her for an answer. The girls knew she couldn't tell them. Somehow they'd all found out about it.
"Didn't she already say she couldn't tell you?" asked Cassidy
"And if she can't tell you then she probably has a reason to not tell you." added Amanda
"And that all goes back to the reason she was avoiding you. She didn't want to lose you."
"She wouldn't have if she would have just talked to him"
"I didn't know that"
"You should have trusted him Lily"
"She was scared ok?? I would have done the same thing."
"How do you know that Jen?? You weren't in my spot. This is your fault"
"Don't blame this on her Lily" started Cassidy " She was trying to help"
"Yeah sure she was. Which more then I can say for you or 'Manda"
"Hey. You didn't ask for help." said Amanda
"Good Friends" started Sirius "Don't have to have friends ask for help"
"So know your on her side?"
"No. I was just saying."
"Yeah. You should know. You just lost your girlfriend" said Remus
"And you didn't??" asked James
This was true. Kirsten and Elena had broken up with them. (A/N: Sorry about that!! I had to do it) The two girls, who had parents that were very close to each other, both moved to France. They had decided that the long distance relationships wouldn't work.
"Hey. At least we lost them because they moved. Not because we couldn't trust them"
"Are you saying you can't trust Lily?" asked James now sticking up for her
"James! I don't need you to defend me"
"Sorry! I was just trying to help"
"Well I don't need it"
"Maybe that's why he broke up with you Lils. You think you can do everything by yourself without help"
"NO I DON'T"
It was a full out war between the eight "best friends". And now it was down to where everyone was mad at everyone. The girls went to the girls dorms and the boys to the boys. To make bad turn to worse. The dorm wasn't empty. Tracy was standing there. And she wasn't empty handed.
In her hand sat a globe. Not any globe, Lily's globe.
"T-Tracy...why do you have that?" asked Lily. This was not happening...it wasn't. She wasn't going to die. Neither were her-er- friends?? If she called them that now. The globe wasn't going to break.
"What do you think???"
"Put it down. It's mine"
"I'm just looking at it. It's not like I'll drop it and break it...or not." She said as she dropped the globe but caught it again.
"Tracy!! Don't do that!! That scared me half to death!!"
"So what happens if I do it again?? What happens if you get scared half to death twice??" (A/N: That quote is for Mika...ehehe.. had to put in in)
"Come on Tracy! Put it down" said Jen
"Why?? It would just *kill* you if it broke wouldn't it?"
"Your not funny!"
"Really? I thought I was." she was now tossing the globe back and forth between her hands.
"What reason," started Lily " do you have to do this to us anyways??"
"What reason?? I have reasons Lily Evans. You have the perfect life." Tracy's voice started full of hate...and maybe jealousy. But now.. it sounded like she was sad, about to cry.
"You have parents that love you and great friends. You have good grades and the only people in this school that hate you are the Slytherins and they aren't good for anything anyways. You have such a perfect life. Everything I want. And I know I'm not going to get it by doing this...but it helps."
"What do you mean?" asked Lily. Tracy now had tears falling down her cheeks.
"Your parents love you, mine hate me, my dad, he abuses me. My friends aren't real friends they don't stick by me like yours do. A lot of people hate me and I don't have the best marks. I want your life. And this is how I'm going to get it"
"Tracy.. could change all that you know. Report your parents...your safe at Hogwarts now.. they can't do anything to you. Study harder and make new friends. Don't be mean to people"
"Thanks a lot for the advice but I wasn't writing to an advice column."
"You should use it anyway" said Cassidy
"Fine...I will...I won't drop it. But....I still want to know what happens if you get scared to death twice." She smiled, a sincere smile, not a joke, she meant it. She dropped the globe and went to catch it but she didn't. Instead, it went flying to the floor. Tracy's hand flew up over her mouth and she tried to stop it. Lily and Jen, who were the closest dove after it. They both touched it but if fell out of there hands and crashed against the ground. It wasn't a globe anymore, more like a million different pieces.
It was supposed to kill instantly but oddly enough it didn't. It only worked on Lily and Jen. They fell hard to the floor. Screaming was heard and then full darkness took over.
Suddenly, the darkness that filled Lily started to lift up, she opened her eyes but she wasn't at Hogwarts anymore. She really wasn't anywhere, she was just a thing, in a place and she didn't know where. It didn't have a look, not really anyways.
It confused her greatly, but then she saw Jen. And Jen had obviously been confused to seeing as she looked relieved when she saw Lily.
"Jen?? Are-are we dead?"
" I dunno Lils, I don't know"
Nothing was said for awhile and then Jen spoke.
"What about everyone else?"
"Dunno...guess it didn't work on them?"
"I'm confused Lily, I'm really confused."
"Me too Jen, me too, but hey, we're in this together right?"
"Yeah, just like always."
Both girls were crying slightly, for some strange reason. But Lily had a feeling, and she was guessing Jen did too, that something was going to happen soon and they wouldn't be together much longer.
Lily took this time to look around at the "nothing" she was standing in. It looked more like mist... or fog. Something like that. But it was all over not just in a few places. There were two bright lights, one from the way they came from and one going the other way.
The two girls walked up to the light, the one that they *didn't* come from, and Jen walked into it. Lily tried, but she couldn't. She couldn't walk into the light. Jen stepped out, neither girl was saying a word, they didn't even know if they could anymore, but they understood what was happening.
Lily stepped into the light now and surprisingly, she went though it. However, this time Jen couldn't get through. Lily carefully stepped back out. Now she knew why she had the feeling she had before. Only one girl was going to go in and the other one, she had to go back. They were going to be separated. But who was going where??
Back in the dorm Tracy looked up from the two limp figures on the ground. She didn't actually mean to drop the globe, she really didn't. And now she was a murderer.
Amanda looked up from two of her best friends. Were they dead?? They aren't dead, they aren't dead, they aren't.... She repeated it over and over in her head. She looked up at Tracy, who still had her hand over her mouth.
"You!" She shouted, her voice full of tears, "you killed them."
"I swear I didn't mean to, I really didn't! I didn't.."
Cassidy listen to Tracy saying "I didn't" over and over again. She didn't believe her though. But suddenly, when Tracy fell to the ground and was kneeling on her knees, hands over her face, and when she let out a heart wrenched sob, she believed her. It was a sudden urge and she felt like she *had* to believer. She looked at Amanda and Amanda obviously believed her to.
They both walked over to were Tracy was and kneeled down beside her and hugged her. Cassidy suddenly let out a scream and put her hand to her heart.
"Cass?? What's wrong?"
"I don't know...I don't know.."
"Maybe the globe is taking effect on everyone else now..."
"No...I never touched it"
"Then why...." but she never got to finish because four boys came barging into the room.
"What...what........happened?" asked Sirius, then he, along with the other three boys spotted the two girls *and* the broken globe
"What???? Why?? uhhhh..."
The three girls silently decided that this called for an important talk.
They told the whole story, of course after they took Lily and Jen to the hospital wing and they stayed in there while telling the story.
The facts were clear, the globe had broken and Tracy *didn't* mean to drop it. It was silent for quite sometime when Cassidy let out another scream. This time, she fell to the floor and color quickly drained from her face. She was limp and looked very much like Jen and Lily both did.
Two weeks later, none of the girls had awoken. Most people had even lost hope that they *would* awake.
Weird thing being, were the girls were, no time had passed, none at all. Ok, maybe just a few seconds.
The three girls looked at each other. Only one could go back, even after Cassidy had come. But which one. The girls walked around a little. And beside the light, the one that took them back, there was an object. A small white lily. The girls knew what this meant.
Lily had to go back, and only Lily.
"It's you Lily...it's you"
That was all that was said, the three girls all had tears running down there cheeks and they hugged, one final time. Then Lily picked up the small flower, closed her hand around it, waved and walked through the light.
Madame Promfey was doing one last check. Her face was pale and she was shaky and so was her voice.
"I-I'm sorry...they're all dead"
You'd think they'd all start crying and shouting but it wasn't like that. They just stood there, in shock. Staring at the three girls. Suddenly Lily sat straight up.
The excitement of Lily waking up was great, but still sad. She looked at two of her best friends.
"They..they...they couldn't get through" she whispered. None of them knew what she meant but they didn't push it. Lily looked at her hand and opened it. And there lay a small lily, it quickly disappeared and Lily smiled.
Many people came within the next week to talk to Lily. She didn't much feel like talking though. Two of her friends were dead. Of course, no one else knew this for sure, Madame Promfey said she had done something wrong, seeing as Lily wasn't dead, and maybe they weren't. And Maybe they weren't yet, maybe they hadn't gone through the light but instead tried to come back.
She didn't have any visitors now but it didn't last long. James came in, it was the first time they had been alone since they had broken up.
"Hey" he said
"Hey"
"Um Lily?"
"Yeah?"
"Well you know what happened that day?"
"Yeah"
"You know...I didn't take you out there to break up with you, I really didn't. That was the last thing I wanted to do. And I *do* trust you and stuff...and well I was kinda wondering if maybe....you'd go out with me again?"
Normally Lily would have gone "Yes yes yes!!!" But instead, her yes yes yes came out as
"No no no"
James looked at her, confused.
"I mean...maybe...I have to think about it."
He smiled slightly. "Ok"
As he left someone else came in. It was Tracy.
"Hey Lily...I heard what he asked..."
Lily raised an eyebrow.
"You should say yes, I promise I won't try anything." They both smiled.
"That would be appreciated."
"I took your advice... I told Dumbledore about my parents...and now I'm staying with my aunt and I "dumped" my old friends."
"Good for you Tracy, really"
She smiled again "Thanks"
"Yup"
"Look.. I have homework to work on and so I better go"
"Bye"
Tracy turned to leave but turned back again. "Lily?"
"Hmm?"
She stuck out her hand. "Friends??"
Lily smiled "Friends." and she shook her hand.
Chapter 24- Lily's perfect life isn't perfect
Lily was released the next day. It was right before supper. She was hoping to have a normal night, but it wasn't going to be normal.
Once almost everyone was in the Great Hall, Dumbledore stood to make a few announcements. He hesitated before he began to speak.
"I am.. very displeased to announce what I have to but it must be done." he stopped for a few seconds.
This isn't good!!
"Jen Whittler and Cassidy Williams..."
NO!! NO!! NO!!! NO!!!
"have unfortunately left us."
No....
"They both died this afternoon at the exact same time. Just an hour ago actually."
He talked for awhile longer but Lily wasn't listening. She thought maybe they'd get back...maybe they'd all be together again. But it wasn't possible anymore...
Lily was aware that she had tears falling down her cheeks but she didn't care. She didn't wipe them off she just sat there. She could here Amanda crying next to her, but all she could do was sit there...and stare.
She didn't believe it. She *couldn't* believe it. She didn't, couldn't and wouldn't believe it. They were supposed to come back. They weren't supposed to die. Well...if they died at the same time then... then they died together. It wasn't fair. They were NOT supposed to die. Jen was her BEST FRIEND! She couldn't live without her BEST FRIEND! And Cassie. She was another BEST FRIEND. What the heck was she supposed to do without TWO of her BEST FRIENDS?
The tears were still streaming down her face. She looked to her left and saw Amanda and Tracy were both sitting there crying. This was weird. Her sworn enemy was sitting were Jen was supposed to sit.
"NO!!" she yelled as another sob came out and she ran out of the Great Hall, looking back at her friends one more time. That's when it registered. James Potter wasn't sitting there....and if he wasn't there...where the heck was he. And Tracy...she was SITTING in JEN'S seat.
She ran out and headed to the common room. She got near the portrait hole when she saw James. But he was kissing someone....another girl. Wasn't it just a few hours ago he had asked HER out again? What was this? 7 years bad luck or something?
"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU-YOU-YOU..."
She stopped in mid-sentence when she realized who he was kissing. TRACY. That wasn't right...because Tracy, she was in the Great Hall, sitting in JEN'S spot.
But it was Tracy. She could tell. It wasn't some fake Tracy. She was the real one.
"I trusted you." Lily said, not know who she was saying it to, but nonetheless, she said it.
"Lily, I swear, I didn't mean to. You ran out of the Great Hall and I figured you'd come here and so I took some short cuts, so I could be here when-when you got here and I-I, he, he came out of the portrait hole and kissed me." Tracy said, sobbing.
And for some reason, any reason at all, Lily believed her. She glared at James. And anger hit her.
"YOU-YOU ASKED ME OUT JUST A FEW HOURS AGO AND NOW-NOW YOUR STANDING HERE *SNOGGING* ONE OF MY FRIENDS AND YOU DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT ME. ARE YOU EVEN AWARE THAT JENNY AND CASSIDY JUST *DIED*? THEY'RE DEAD. GONE. THEY'LL NEVER COME BACK. AND YOU-YOU'RE OUT HERE WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD, KISSING TRACY?"
She walked up to him and slapped him. Hard. Twice. She would have done it again but Tracy was pulling her away. Suddenly, she started sobbing. Once in her dormitory she screamed. And at the top of her lungs she yelled.
"I HATE JAMES POTTER AND I NEVER WANT TO SEE HIS FACE AGAIN. I WANT JENNY AND CASS BACK! I MISS THEM. THEY'RE GONE. AND IT'S ALL MY FAULT. I COULD HAVE DIED INSTEAD."
Tracy came up and hugged as she was sitting on the ground, sobbing. It wasn't long before Amanda came in, along with Sirius, Remus, and Peter and joined in the hug.
Only a few days later, the remaining six, plus Tracy, all left for the funeral of Jennifer Charity Whitler and Cassidy Faith Williams.
Kate and Lydia were both crying over the death and the four girls, excluding Tracy, this time hugged, for a VERY long time. Amanda and Lily had bought four bracelets, one that said "Best", the next "Friends" and then the last two that said, "together" and "forever".
They place the "Together" one around Jens' wrist and the "Forever" around Cassidy's and placed two roses in each casket. They fastened the "Best" and "Friends" around they're own wrists, and silently agreed, along with Jen and Cassidy's spirits, that they would NEVER EVER take them off. EVER. They went over to Kate and Lydia and handed them each a bracelet. One said "Never" and the other said "Apart".
Together, the six of them read: Best friends, Together Forever, Never Apart. Kate and Lydia silently made the same vow, they wouldn't EVER take the bracelets off. EVER.
Later that day, Lily made a new vow. A very different one. She vowed to hate James Potter for the rest of her life and then some. A vow she planned to never break.
A/N: Please review. Ok...that last part was REALLY hard for me to write. Anyways...PLEASE REVIEW!! They make me write so much more (hint) (hint)