Title: A Fire of Jealousy

Author: Sugar Quill

E-Mail: IceEmpress84@aol.com

Rating: PG, maybe PG-13 later on

Disclaimer: I don't own the people you recognize. Anyone you do not recognize belongs to me. I do own Belle, (Lily's nickname) I think… And Piper, Rupert, Laura, Camilla, Frank and Snotty Lady all belong to me.

Distribution: FanFiction.Net

Summary: With Lily's parents deaths, she and Petunia are sent to live with their grandparents who reside in England. There, Lily goes to Hogwarts, meets the Marauders, strange dogs, and a crazy teacher who predicts her death every minute. Starts with Lily's sixteenth birthday, and goes onto her death.

Spoilers: None of the HP books, I believe

Feedback: It's welcomed!

A/N: Um…well, there's this one teensy little word that's bad. Not much, but still.

A Fire of Jealousy

Chapter Two: The Meeting of Relatives

"Somebody, please help us!" Petunia wailed as she stared at her parent's corpses. "Please! Someone, anyone, help us!" Her wails attracted the attention of the couple who lived next door, Camilla and Frank Carter.

The couple burst through the unlocked door and saw the Evans girls crying and pointing to two bodies. Camilla gasped and rushed to Lily and Petunia and tried to calm them down, while Frank called the police, and started pacing. "Dears, what happened?"

Petunia wiped her tears, and nodded at Lily. "Ask her," she whispered hoarsely.

Camilla looked at Lily expectantly. "Well," Lily gulped, "I woke up because I had a weird dream, I tried to go back to sleep, but I couldn't so I went to their room." She took a shuddering breath. "I saw that they weren't there," she gasped. Words were failing her. "I came here…saw them…Petty…came…Mom, Dad," she moaned, and buried her face in her hands.

Ambulances came to a screeching halt outside and the clang of metal on metal made them all start. Frank stopped his pacing and looked out the window. "Is that your Mother's car?" he asked, pointing to a red car.

Petunia shakily got to her feet and walked to Frank. "No, that's Lily's present from Dad." Lily looked up, her eyes red and puffy, her face tear streaked.

"What?" she asked. Petunia walked back to Lily, and helped her to the window. Lily let out a cry. A red car (I'm not good at describing cars) had been hit by one of the ambulances, the bumper and whole backside of the car had been smashed. "That's my present," Lily muttered. She touched the pendant on her neck and cried.

Men burst through the door, cops, paramedics, and neighbors. Camilla guided Lily and Petunia to the porch outside. They sat on the porch swing, the cool night air blowing their hair. Lily sobbed quietly, Petunia stared off into space, and Camilla looked from one to the other, not sure of what to do.

The rest of the night blurred by, Lily didn't remember much; she sat off to the side, crying her heart out. Petunia sat beside her sister, doing nothing. Lily had to check a few times to make sure she was even breathing.

A rather large woman with red hair came up to Lily. "Are you Lily Evans?" she asked in a snotty voice. Lily nodded. "Good, I need you to go pack. You're coming with us to the airport."

"Airport, why are we going there?" Lily asked the woman. She had never flown before, and was frightened of the idea.

"To get you to your family, orphan, what else, your parents?" She sniggered heavily, and she took out a compact mirror. "What are you waiting for? I said pack!" Lily jumped up, grabbed Petunia, and ran to her room.

Petunia unthinkingly sat on Lily's bed, and petted Piper, who was washing herself. She watched Lily gather her stuff. "You did this," she hissed harshly. Lily turned to look at Petunia, tears in her eyes.

"I did what?" she asked uncertainly. Petunia glared at her and sneered.

"You killed them. My parents, you killed them. I don't know how you did it, but you did. You and your abnormality, and your freakish friends did it." She got up off Lily's bed and stormed out the room.

Lily closed her eyes and broke down for the millionth time that night. "I did it," she said wretchedly. "I really did do it.

Her Mother's voice floated through her mind. "Remember, Lily, I love you with all my heart."

She shook her head. "I didn't do it. I didn't…" she reminded herself as she resumed packing.

Coming down the stairs, her bags packed, she found Petunia laughing with the Snotty Lady (Lily's name for her). The steps creaked and Piper meowed from her carrier.

"Well, it took you long enough," Snotty Lady barked. "Let's get going."

~London, England~

Lily looked around and moaned. They've got weird accents, she thought and then suddenly wrinkled her nose. What is that smell? Ugh, it's Petunia perfume. Oh, wow, she piled it on! She coughed a little making Petunia glare at her. Stupid, dumb, older sisters, why does she have to be here? Oh, right, our parents are dead.

"Petunia, I'm going to the bathroom," Lily told her sister. Petunia waved her off.

She found the sign with the little girl on it, and walked towards it. She gave a small shriek as a tall boy ran into her, making her fall to the floor on her backside. The boy peered down at her.

"Muggles," he muttered, then cleared his throat, "Let me help you up," he gave her a hand and she took it. Lily narrowed her eyes.

"What did you—wait…me a Muggle? Watch your language! Someone might suspect something!" Lily patted her pocket, but the boy, who looked startled, grabbed her hand. She smiled inwardly; he thought she was going to use magic!

"Look, I'm sorry." He let go of Lily's hand and ran his through his black mop of hair. "I'm James Potter, and you are?"

Lily sighed and smiled a little. "Lily Evans."

James nodded. "You're not from around here are you?" He walked to a chair and sat down, leaving Lily no choice but to follow him. "Lily, are you from America?"

"No, Sherlock, I'm from Pluto. Of course I'm American, what did you expect?" 

James rolled his eyes from beneath his glasses and then asked her perplexed. "Where're your parents?"

"Oh, my parents…they—they died last night. I found them…" Lily said softly, and James' eyes widened. "Don't say you're sorry; I got that enough last night, from neighbors and paramedics and cops."

James looked at her neck. "What's that?" he asked pointing to the necklace.

Lily smiled. "This? I got this from my Mother yesterday as a birthday present." She saw his eyes widen. "What is it?"

He shook his head. "No—nothing," James frowned and looked away. He jumped. "I've got to go, Lily. It was nice meeting you! Bye!" He ran off to a boy with sandy brown hair, James turned back to Lily and gave her one last grin.

"Yeah, bye," Lily said dreamily. She sighed. I can't believe I fell for a stranger! A stranger, Lily, right after your Mother and Father's deaths! Oh, how could I? "Dumb, Lily…that was really dumb!" she shrieked suddenly.

Half the airport stopped to stare at the now flushing girl. "She forgot to take her medication. Sorry about that," Petunia drawled. She snatched Lily's wrist and dragged her to her seat. "Sit down and shut up!"

Lily slumped down in her seat, her face bright red. She twirled her auburn hair as she inspected her jeans. Lily sensed someone watching her so she looked up and saw an elderly couple looking at them sadly. She realized they must have been her grandparents.

She stood, poking Petunia and pointing to her grandparents. Petunia adapted a forlorn look and slid an arm around Lily's shoulders, making her own heave with what looked like suppressed sobs. She pulled Lily with her toward the people.

"Oh, my dears," the woman sobbed bringing them both into a bone crushing hug. She let them go and dabbed at her eyes. "You poor, poor things…" Lily recognized her instantly. She was Laura Evans, her Father's Mother.

The man ruffled her hair. "How's my little pumpkin head? Oh, don't cry on me, Lily," he said with desperation as her eyes filled with tears. Rupert Evans put a finger under her chin and tilted her head up. "Everything will be fine, I promise you."

"Grandpa, I don't know. I mean, I miss them so much!" Lily told him tearfully as they headed toward their car.

Petunia sniffed. "And I don't? Lily, you should've been prepared. I mean, really, you knew it was going to happen, so why not brace yourself?"

Lily, being fed up with her sister, exploded. "Petunia, I did not kill our parents! Whoever did is still on the run! Get it through your thick skull! You may even be the murderer! Who knows who did them in, Petunia, because I sure as hell don't!"

Her eyes were glowing slightly and her face was flushed. She saw the Evans' car and got it, slamming the door.

"Well then…let's get a move on, shall we?" Rupert told them.

Oh, my God! I've had this done for such a loooong time, but Cathy (I'm not blaming you!!) didn't have time to proofread it and all, so, yeah… Um… it is near Christmas so… uh… Oh, I'm working on Chapter Three so it should be out before 2004… It should be out some time in Jan. 2003.

Harmony the Vampire