A Twist of Fate
"Lily! No!" James screamed and jumped out in front of her.
"WATCH OUT!" another voice exclaimed. It was Clair.
"Clair, don't-"
But it was too late. She jumped in front of Lily and James, pushing them away.
The bright light faded away and she lay on the damp grass, a lifeless body.
"Clair!" three voices exclaimed at once. James, Lily, and Jasmine, who had just jumped out from one of the bushes next to the entrance at Hogwarts, all ran over to the girl.
Lily turned her over. Her long, black hair was a mess covering her face, but Lily pushed it away. Her eyes were wide open, and her mouth shut tightly. This was WAY too much for one day. Lily began crying again, but this time, Jasmine did, too.
"Quick...someone go get help!" James exclaimed.
Jasmine immediately arose, running as fast as she could toward the castle.
"Oh my God..." Lily began. Then she gasped. "Look!" She pointed to a man who was running away, and then...apparated?
"You can't apparate on the Hogwarts Grounds..." James said in confusion.
Lily nodded.
Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall rushed outside, Jasmine alongside them.
"Oh my God..." Professor McGonagall gasped.
"I knew something like this would happen," Professor Dumbledore nodded. "Voldemort is gaining power..." He conjured up a stretcher and magically moved Clair onto it.
"Shall I summon the students back to their dorms?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Yes," Dumbledore replied. The two teachers left and brought Clair with them.
This was just way to much for one day. Lily began crying again, but this time Jasmine accompanied her.
"I can't believe this happened," Jasmine said through tears.
Lily perked up for a moment. "I can't either," she said quite rudely. "I just noticed something. The only reason Clair died is because you two were spying on me! If you never came then she would still be alive!"
"And you would be dead!" Jasmine exclaimed.
"So what," Lily said, putting her hands on her hips, "YOU invaded MY privacy. End of case. You just saw the whole thing. And I KNOW it was you're idea; you're always the one coming up with these plans!"
Jasmine grew silent. "I don't have anything to say to you, Lily."
"Good. Because I doin't have anything to say to you either! Except that you're not a true friend!"
James stood, silently watching.
"CLAIR was the one who was being a good friend! She saved you!" Jasmine remarked.
"This isn't about Clair," Lily snarled. "The whole point is that you-"
"You were gone for two hours, Lily!" Jasmine exclaimed. "And we thought you would have told us!"
"Yeah, well, once you saw me I'd think you'd have left quietly or something, but NO," Lily shouted.
"Good! Then I'm not your friend anymore!" Jasmine exclaimed as she stomped off.
"At least I'm not the one being babyish..." Lily muttered the same time as James muttered "Girls."
"You stay out of this!" Lily said. "...sorry, I guess I just need some sleep or something."
"Let's go inside then," James said quietly.
Lily nodded.
The two walked back to the portriat hole, and Lily said "Bibliophile" for the last time that day.
Inside the common room all of the Gryffindors must have been there, waiting to see what was going on.
"What happened!?" a little first year piped up.
Lily shook her head wearily and walked up to the girls' dormatories.
"What happened, Jame?" Remus whispered in his ear.
"Ask Lily," he replied moodily and also headed off to bed.
The noise died down as everyone left, and Peter, Remus, and Sirius were the only ones left in the common room.
"I'm going to bed, too, maybe I'll get something out of James!" Peter squeaked.
"Don't," Remus said sharply as Peter disappeared up the stairs.
"Did he tell you?" Sirius asked as he sat down next to Remus on a comfy, red couch next to the fire.
"No. He said ask Lily or something, but I'm guessing it wasn't good.
"Maybe Snape died," Sirius said excitedly.
"Maybe not. James would be happy, then," Remus said.
"You're right," Sirius thought aloud. "Hey, d'you wanna play a prank on him?"
"Who, Snape?"
"Yeah.
"No, I'm not in the mood," Remus replied.
"Then let's explore the castle," Sirius said. "We can borrow Jamie's old heirloom." He meant the Invisibility Cloak, of course.
"...fine," Remus decided.
Sirius ran up the stairs and came back down a few minutes later with James's Cloak.
"Let's go, buddy," Remus grinned.
The two guys disappeared under the Invisibility Cloak and opened the portriat hole.
"Who goes there?" the Fat Lady asked suspiciously.
Sirius sniggered.
"I may not see you, but I can hear you..." the Fat Lady said.
They just shrugged her off and continued on there way too...somewhere.
"Hey, go left," Remus whispered, "We've never been down there before."
"But I wanna go to the kitchens to get some food!" Sirius whined. "I'm hungry!"
"When are you not hungry?" Remus rolled his eyes. "Come on, this way."
The two headed down a long hallway that was dimly lit. It seemed like there was no end to it, but after about fifteen minutes or so sirius and Remus spotted a room that was obviously locked.
"Should we add this to the map?" Sirius asked. He, James, Peter, and Remus had made an ingenious invention their previous year, which they called the Marauderer's Map. It was a map of the entire school, or what they knew, and showed where everybody was.
"Yes," Remus whispered.
"Alohomora," Sirius whispered as they reached the room. The door swung open and Remus cringed.
"I bet someone heard that," Remus said and bit his lip. He took the Cloak off the both of them and closed the door. The room had barely any light, and was pretty bare. A mirror stood in the center of the room on an intricate blue and gold rug.
Remus walked up to the mirror and gasped.
"Whassa matter Remi, got a zit?" Sirius joked.
"No...and don't call me that, come here!" Remus said sharply.
"Okay, okay," Sirius said as he came over to the mirror.
"Look!" Remus exclaimed.
"Um...I see...you," Sirius said in confusion.
"No, look closer, can't you see it?" Remus asked excitedly.
"See what? What are you looking at?"
"I see myself, except I'm a little older, and I'm outside. The moon is shining brightly and...I'm not a werewolf," Remus said astonishingly.
"Move over, bucko," Sirius said as he pushed Remus out of the way. Sirius stared contentedly into the mirror, with happiness and confusion.
"What?" Remus asked.
"I'm sitting in like a restaraunt or something, and I'm eating outside on a table with some pretty brunette..." Sirius trailed off. "And then in the backround there are dementors kissing some dude!" He laughed.
"That's not funny, Sirius."
"Ok."
Remus moved over by Sirius. "I only see you..." Remus said with a confused look on his face. "This is weird..."
"Ya I know, cuz I'm eating ice cream," Sirius said. "And I'm like thirty years old!"
"Erised stra..." Remus tried to pronounce the inscription on the mirror, but he couldn't.
"Hey! Erised is desire backwards!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Smart one, Sirius," Remus smirked. "You can stop being stupid now and start being serious."
"But I-"
"Pretend I never said that," Remus sighed. "Let's go back, I bet it's like 3:00."
"Okie. Oh we gotta show this to James tomorrow night!" Sirius exclaimed.
"You do that," Remus said oddly. "I actually wonder what he'll see though...oh well. I STILL have to finish my Potions essay for Kettleburn so we better get going."
"Can I have your answers?" Sirius asked.
Remus gave in without even trying. Sirius would bug him all night if he said no. "Sure. Now LET'S GO."
"OKAY," Sirius said loudly.
"Shhh! Put the Cloak on!" Remus exclaimed as soon as he heard the footsteps coming towards this room.
Sirius nudged Remus and pushed him against the wall as the door opened; it was Lucius and Snape. It was like they were married or something, they went everywhere together. ...but then that would be gay...
"So, Snape, did you get your hands on that map of theirs again?" Lucius asked.
"No," Snape scoffed. "Don't expect me to do everything for you."
"Yes, very well. I'd say Master did very well, don't you? Three killings in two days. That Gryffindor girl's Muggle parents and that other Gryffindor girl earlier this evening. Though he tried to kill James, he failed, and I'd say it would be grand if he did," Lucius trailed on and on.
Snape just nodded. "Where's Pettigrew? Shouldn't he be here by now?"
Sirius gasped, so Remus kicked him in the shin to keep him quiet.
"He's always late, but- did you hear that?" Lucius sniffed.
"No..." Snape said stupidly.
The door bustled open yet again, but this time Pettigrew fell in He literally fell, though.
"What are you doing making all of this noise!?" Lucius exclaimed.
"Sorry!" Peter exclaimed.
"SHHH!" Lucius and Snape said in unison.
"Sorry," Peter said much quieter.
"Alright, here is our Master's plan," Lucius began. "We are to bring Gryffindor's heir, also known as James Potter," he snarled as if it were a dirty word, "to him dead or alive."
Remus's eyes widened.
"Peter, for the odd reason you are in Gryffindor, as if you are not clumsy enough, try to lure James into the forest someday or something...I don't know," Snape said.
"Or we can make the simple but long Polyjuice Potion," Lucius thought aloud. "I sit next to that Clair girl in Transfiguration; she left a piece of her hair on her seat the other day."
Severus nodded. "It's getting late. We shall meet again. Come back here tomorrow, same time." The three boys left silently.
Sirius and Remus were frozen against the wall. They couldn't believe what they had just saw.
"Lily! No!" James screamed and jumped out in front of her.
"WATCH OUT!" another voice exclaimed. It was Clair.
"Clair, don't-"
But it was too late. She jumped in front of Lily and James, pushing them away.
The bright light faded away and she lay on the damp grass, a lifeless body.
"Clair!" three voices exclaimed at once. James, Lily, and Jasmine, who had just jumped out from one of the bushes next to the entrance at Hogwarts, all ran over to the girl.
Lily turned her over. Her long, black hair was a mess covering her face, but Lily pushed it away. Her eyes were wide open, and her mouth shut tightly. This was WAY too much for one day. Lily began crying again, but this time, Jasmine did, too.
"Quick...someone go get help!" James exclaimed.
Jasmine immediately arose, running as fast as she could toward the castle.
"Oh my God..." Lily began. Then she gasped. "Look!" She pointed to a man who was running away, and then...apparated?
"You can't apparate on the Hogwarts Grounds..." James said in confusion.
Lily nodded.
Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall rushed outside, Jasmine alongside them.
"Oh my God..." Professor McGonagall gasped.
"I knew something like this would happen," Professor Dumbledore nodded. "Voldemort is gaining power..." He conjured up a stretcher and magically moved Clair onto it.
"Shall I summon the students back to their dorms?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Yes," Dumbledore replied. The two teachers left and brought Clair with them.
This was just way to much for one day. Lily began crying again, but this time Jasmine accompanied her.
"I can't believe this happened," Jasmine said through tears.
Lily perked up for a moment. "I can't either," she said quite rudely. "I just noticed something. The only reason Clair died is because you two were spying on me! If you never came then she would still be alive!"
"And you would be dead!" Jasmine exclaimed.
"So what," Lily said, putting her hands on her hips, "YOU invaded MY privacy. End of case. You just saw the whole thing. And I KNOW it was you're idea; you're always the one coming up with these plans!"
Jasmine grew silent. "I don't have anything to say to you, Lily."
"Good. Because I doin't have anything to say to you either! Except that you're not a true friend!"
James stood, silently watching.
"CLAIR was the one who was being a good friend! She saved you!" Jasmine remarked.
"This isn't about Clair," Lily snarled. "The whole point is that you-"
"You were gone for two hours, Lily!" Jasmine exclaimed. "And we thought you would have told us!"
"Yeah, well, once you saw me I'd think you'd have left quietly or something, but NO," Lily shouted.
"Good! Then I'm not your friend anymore!" Jasmine exclaimed as she stomped off.
"At least I'm not the one being babyish..." Lily muttered the same time as James muttered "Girls."
"You stay out of this!" Lily said. "...sorry, I guess I just need some sleep or something."
"Let's go inside then," James said quietly.
Lily nodded.
The two walked back to the portriat hole, and Lily said "Bibliophile" for the last time that day.
Inside the common room all of the Gryffindors must have been there, waiting to see what was going on.
"What happened!?" a little first year piped up.
Lily shook her head wearily and walked up to the girls' dormatories.
"What happened, Jame?" Remus whispered in his ear.
"Ask Lily," he replied moodily and also headed off to bed.
The noise died down as everyone left, and Peter, Remus, and Sirius were the only ones left in the common room.
"I'm going to bed, too, maybe I'll get something out of James!" Peter squeaked.
"Don't," Remus said sharply as Peter disappeared up the stairs.
"Did he tell you?" Sirius asked as he sat down next to Remus on a comfy, red couch next to the fire.
"No. He said ask Lily or something, but I'm guessing it wasn't good.
"Maybe Snape died," Sirius said excitedly.
"Maybe not. James would be happy, then," Remus said.
"You're right," Sirius thought aloud. "Hey, d'you wanna play a prank on him?"
"Who, Snape?"
"Yeah.
"No, I'm not in the mood," Remus replied.
"Then let's explore the castle," Sirius said. "We can borrow Jamie's old heirloom." He meant the Invisibility Cloak, of course.
"...fine," Remus decided.
Sirius ran up the stairs and came back down a few minutes later with James's Cloak.
"Let's go, buddy," Remus grinned.
The two guys disappeared under the Invisibility Cloak and opened the portriat hole.
"Who goes there?" the Fat Lady asked suspiciously.
Sirius sniggered.
"I may not see you, but I can hear you..." the Fat Lady said.
They just shrugged her off and continued on there way too...somewhere.
"Hey, go left," Remus whispered, "We've never been down there before."
"But I wanna go to the kitchens to get some food!" Sirius whined. "I'm hungry!"
"When are you not hungry?" Remus rolled his eyes. "Come on, this way."
The two headed down a long hallway that was dimly lit. It seemed like there was no end to it, but after about fifteen minutes or so sirius and Remus spotted a room that was obviously locked.
"Should we add this to the map?" Sirius asked. He, James, Peter, and Remus had made an ingenious invention their previous year, which they called the Marauderer's Map. It was a map of the entire school, or what they knew, and showed where everybody was.
"Yes," Remus whispered.
"Alohomora," Sirius whispered as they reached the room. The door swung open and Remus cringed.
"I bet someone heard that," Remus said and bit his lip. He took the Cloak off the both of them and closed the door. The room had barely any light, and was pretty bare. A mirror stood in the center of the room on an intricate blue and gold rug.
Remus walked up to the mirror and gasped.
"Whassa matter Remi, got a zit?" Sirius joked.
"No...and don't call me that, come here!" Remus said sharply.
"Okay, okay," Sirius said as he came over to the mirror.
"Look!" Remus exclaimed.
"Um...I see...you," Sirius said in confusion.
"No, look closer, can't you see it?" Remus asked excitedly.
"See what? What are you looking at?"
"I see myself, except I'm a little older, and I'm outside. The moon is shining brightly and...I'm not a werewolf," Remus said astonishingly.
"Move over, bucko," Sirius said as he pushed Remus out of the way. Sirius stared contentedly into the mirror, with happiness and confusion.
"What?" Remus asked.
"I'm sitting in like a restaraunt or something, and I'm eating outside on a table with some pretty brunette..." Sirius trailed off. "And then in the backround there are dementors kissing some dude!" He laughed.
"That's not funny, Sirius."
"Ok."
Remus moved over by Sirius. "I only see you..." Remus said with a confused look on his face. "This is weird..."
"Ya I know, cuz I'm eating ice cream," Sirius said. "And I'm like thirty years old!"
"Erised stra..." Remus tried to pronounce the inscription on the mirror, but he couldn't.
"Hey! Erised is desire backwards!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Smart one, Sirius," Remus smirked. "You can stop being stupid now and start being serious."
"But I-"
"Pretend I never said that," Remus sighed. "Let's go back, I bet it's like 3:00."
"Okie. Oh we gotta show this to James tomorrow night!" Sirius exclaimed.
"You do that," Remus said oddly. "I actually wonder what he'll see though...oh well. I STILL have to finish my Potions essay for Kettleburn so we better get going."
"Can I have your answers?" Sirius asked.
Remus gave in without even trying. Sirius would bug him all night if he said no. "Sure. Now LET'S GO."
"OKAY," Sirius said loudly.
"Shhh! Put the Cloak on!" Remus exclaimed as soon as he heard the footsteps coming towards this room.
Sirius nudged Remus and pushed him against the wall as the door opened; it was Lucius and Snape. It was like they were married or something, they went everywhere together. ...but then that would be gay...
"So, Snape, did you get your hands on that map of theirs again?" Lucius asked.
"No," Snape scoffed. "Don't expect me to do everything for you."
"Yes, very well. I'd say Master did very well, don't you? Three killings in two days. That Gryffindor girl's Muggle parents and that other Gryffindor girl earlier this evening. Though he tried to kill James, he failed, and I'd say it would be grand if he did," Lucius trailed on and on.
Snape just nodded. "Where's Pettigrew? Shouldn't he be here by now?"
Sirius gasped, so Remus kicked him in the shin to keep him quiet.
"He's always late, but- did you hear that?" Lucius sniffed.
"No..." Snape said stupidly.
The door bustled open yet again, but this time Pettigrew fell in He literally fell, though.
"What are you doing making all of this noise!?" Lucius exclaimed.
"Sorry!" Peter exclaimed.
"SHHH!" Lucius and Snape said in unison.
"Sorry," Peter said much quieter.
"Alright, here is our Master's plan," Lucius began. "We are to bring Gryffindor's heir, also known as James Potter," he snarled as if it were a dirty word, "to him dead or alive."
Remus's eyes widened.
"Peter, for the odd reason you are in Gryffindor, as if you are not clumsy enough, try to lure James into the forest someday or something...I don't know," Snape said.
"Or we can make the simple but long Polyjuice Potion," Lucius thought aloud. "I sit next to that Clair girl in Transfiguration; she left a piece of her hair on her seat the other day."
Severus nodded. "It's getting late. We shall meet again. Come back here tomorrow, same time." The three boys left silently.
Sirius and Remus were frozen against the wall. They couldn't believe what they had just saw.