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AN: Here ya go!

Little Eagle

Lily swayed slowly in time to the music, with her arms wrapped loosely around James.

"I love you," She murmured against James's chest.

"You too," He whispered into her hair. "Come on, lets sit down." James took her hand and lead her to a seat at the side of the hall, where they sat down.

"I never thought this could happen," Lily sighed, leaning into James's embrace.

"What, o flower of my eyes?"

"This!"

"What is this, light of my life?"

"Everything!" Lily tried to explain, "Being with the guy I love, at a ball on Valentines Day, feeling so happy, everything's perfect."

"Yes. Perfect." James wrapped an arm around Lily protectively, then the hall doors burst open. Cloaked figures streamed in, and people, realizing what was going on, started screaming and shouting. The teachers were yelling for people to go to their common rooms, and trying to fight the Death Eaters.

"Lily! James!" Sirius and Remus came sprinting over. "Run!"

"James!" Lily grabbed James's hand as they made a mad dash for an apparently normal section of wall behind the Gryffindor table. Peter joined them as Sirius opened the passageway. They ran through, after James had amplified his voice and told people how to get out of the hall. The five of them ran, frequently changing direction as they saw many Death Eaters in the passageways of Hogwarts. Then, suddenly, they were next to the one-eyed witch statue.

"Hogsmead." James gasped. "We can warn them."

"Unless they're already there…" Lily looked troubled.

"We have to take that risk!" James snapped, and opened the hump. They slid down the slidey thing, and stumbled along the passage, until they were in Honeydukes basement. They managed to stagger up into the main shop, where they were spotted by the owner, Mrs. Geran.

"Hello, sweethearts!" She smiled, then looked more closely at them. "Whatever happened my dears?"

"Death Eaters… Hogwarts… attack…" Remus wheezed.

"Death Eaters? At Hogwarts?" Mrs. Geran's eyes widened. "I'll… I'll…" She bolted from the shop to alert others. Very quickly the people of Hogsmead were all crowded into the shop. Lily managed to haltingly explain what had happened, and someone dissaperated to get the Auror's and Medi-wizards.

"What should we do now?" Lily asked Mrs. Geran miserably.

"I'll make up some spare beds," Mrs. Geran said firmly, and you can rest. She took them upstairs and magicked up some mattresses and covers and doona's and the like, gave them some hot chocolate, and left them to sleep. Surprisingly, they did (The kind lady had slipped some dreamless sleep potion into the hot chocolate) and was awakened in the morning by Dumbledore.

"I'm glad to see you five," He said solemnly. "You showed amazing presence of mind, getting to Hogsmead and alerting people."

"Thankyou, sir." James yawned.
"Was, was anyone hurt?" Lily asked nervously.

"Many, many people… there were twenty-seven student deaths, and two teachers."

"Oh god." Lily closed her eyes and leant weakly against James. "Oh god."


"Well done." Voldemort stood within a circle of Death Eaters, and three were kneeling at his feet. Lile stood next to him, her hood covering her face. "Twenty-nine dead. Headline news. A reasonable result. Tell me, did you three kill any?"
"Yes my lord." The three kneeling people murmured.

"Vansif, give me your report. Who did these three kill?" One of the circle stepped forward and spoke.

"Malfoy killed a Gryfinndor fifth year, Lestrang, a Hufflepuff third year, and Snape…"

"Yes?"

"Lile's daughter, Aanni…" Lile bowed her head in a mixture of misery and joy, before looking up. Voldemort brushed her arm gently with his fingertips.

"Did… did she suffer, Snape?"

"Yes." Snape said cruelly. "Crucatsious curse."

Lile let out a strangled sob.

"Dismissed." Voldemort said softly. "You will be welcomed in the next meeting. For now, return to the school."

"Yes, Lord Voldemort." Everyone filed out, leaving Voldemort and Lile standing alone in the chamber.

"I am sorry, my lord, for showing such weakness." Lile apologized.

"It hurts, does it not?"
"Yes… it is pain beyond anything I have ever felt… to know that the child of my body is dead and gone… and I could have prevented it…"

"Would you have, Lile? Would you have betrayed me to save your daughter?"
" No my lord. I love you, and I would never betray you."
"Lile…"

"Yes?"
"Many think I am incapable of love…"
"I know, my lord."

"It is, however, untrue. I may have killed my father and grandparents, but that does not mean I cannot love! He betrayed me! He left my mother to die because he feared what he could never have!" Voldemort's lips formed a savage smile. "I showed him what power was, and he died in the process of learning. But I am not an inhuman monster! Even at school they only liked me because I was more powerful than they were…no one cared about me, no one at all. No one cared for poor little Voldie… only one person was ever interested in what I wanted to do… but he told me not to venture into the realm of dark spells… He told me not to fulfil my destiny…" Voldemort shook with anger and hatred. "I will be better than them all. I will be better than my father. I will be better than my schoolmates. I will be better than my teacher! I WILL BE BETTER!"

"Yes my lord," Lile murmured, "You will be better."

Okay, okay, that last bit was a bit strange - but I'm trying to give Voldemort a human side (it's not working, is it?).

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