Gryffiondorgal87, Bluewriter, Amy, Embyr's Shadow, Alex, Meg,

FOREVER

Year Four

Part Two

Subtitled: Etu Brute?

A/N - This piece was soo hard for me to write. I usually have something planned out ahead of time but this just came from nowhere. This also has to be one of my longest!

Thanks so much to Gryffiondorgal87, Bluewriter, Amy, Embyr's Shadow, Alex, Meg, ~Blue_Phoenix~ (Margaret), dapandazz, Charlene, marauders, Amelia, Missy, and Lauren for reviewing.

Danisha Sparks- WOW thanks soooo much! Seven reviews at once! That HAS to a record! You' re soooo nice.

Margaret Spinnet - Scientifically it's possible for Lily and Petunia to be twins and still look different. They are fraternal and since fraternal twins are twins that come from two separate eggs they have as much chance of looking alike or not alike as regular siblings. Their twin-ness doesn't have anything to do with it. Therefore, if they can look so different as regular siblings the same applies to if they were fraternal twins. Hehe I researched it for that exact reason. I'm sorry that I didn't explain it in the story. As for Tom Riddle he's fairly young, you're right I'm sorry if that confused you.

Laurelyn - thanks for the suggestion, but I'm afraid that it's a little late for that! Hehe

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"Sir?" A young boy asked. "Sir what would you have me do now?" A young man in his late twenties-early thirties looked at the boy with annoyance clear in his face before turning to a window.

"It's unfortunate that that girl had to be there when I brought down the boy, but it can be fixed, to be sure. It's my own fault, next time I'll just have to be more careful." A girl of the same age as the boy stood next to the door wringing her hands together. "Well no matter." He abruptly turned back to the children. "Your next assignment is to stop them from getting closer. " He addressed the girl. Her eyes grew wide.

"How?"

" You'll figure something out if you intend to continue living." He said coolly. The girl nodded, fright apparent in her every movement. The man turned to the boy. The boy stared at him without a trace of fear in his countenance. His expression betrayed ruthlessness that the man found very pleasing.

"You're to see she doesn't fail." The boy nodded in a half-bow.

"As you wish." He sneered and followed the girl out of the room.

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Lily turned the page half-heartedly. School had just begun in earnest and Lily really couldn't care less what happened if you mixed Ragwort with Juggernice. Unfortunately she had a test the next day and blowing this off was out of the question. She really wanted to impress her aunt and uncle with her progress and grades. Even though Lily knew it was ridiculous, inside she wondered if maybe her aunt and uncle only kept her on a do-well basis. With a sigh She turned her head to the window. Outside the Quidditch team was practicing. She could hear the giggles and laughs. Lily had quite the Quidditch team at the beginning of the school year. She had found no more joy in it. Annabelle the girl who had taken her place on the team was just catching the snitch. Her brown hair was flying and she saw James give her a high five. James grinned at Annabelle and Annabelle giggled. Lily turned away from the window, feeling a twinge of jealousy. In was her own fault she supposed for quitting in the first place, but that didn't make it any easier to bear. Suddenly Lily felt a tap on her shoulder. She whirled around to find Remus.

"Hey." He said quietly.

"Hey." Adam looked out the window.

"They're just friends, you know." Adam said reading her expression.

"I know. Of course I know. Why wouldn't I know?" She said stiffly and became very interested in arranging her papers. Adam chuckled softly to himself. This was going so well

"Want to take a walk?" He asked. She looked up abruptly. Lily stared at him for a moment before nodding silently. He smiled.

"Come on. Let's get out of here." She nodded again and followed him out of the common room. From the corner of the common room Remus looked up to see them leave. He exchanged looks with Anna as he saw Adam grab her hand.

"This can't be good." She said. "This definitely can't be good." She sighed and returned back to her book.

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"Pass the pickled hearts, Jamie." Annabelle giggled. Lily had to stop herself from the gagging at her obvious attempt to flirt. She smiled to herself because she knew that what ever came out of James' mouth was sure to be scalding. He hated it when people called him Jamie, especially girls. She saw him open his mouth and waited eagerly for the rebuff.

"Would you like mine too?" He asked Annabelle, smiling charmingly. Lily's eyes almost bulged out of her sockets as she saw their hands brush together. Anna's eyes grew wide and she turned to Remus.

"Did you just see that?" She asked him quietly. "Lily looks like she's going to explode."

"You don't know the half of it." He whispered back.

"What do you mean by that?" She looked at Remus alarmed. Suddenly Lily got up from between James and Annabelle.

"Where are you going Lil?" Anna called out quickly as she saw her friend almost run to the door.

"The nurse." She said, an edge of bitterness in her voice that was unmistakable. "I suddenly feel very sick." With that she flew out of the door. Meanwhile, James sat laughing at Annabelle's latest joke. Anna turned to Remus again.

"This is getting out of hand." Remus said, his eyes wide. "Hey, James." He called. "Did you notice that Lily left?" He asked as nonchalantly as he could.

"Yeah, she's sick or something." He answered distractedly.

"So aren't you going to check on her?" Remus asked confused and somewhat shocked at his friend's behavior.

"Why? I can't help it if she's sick." He then turned back to Annabelle.

"I think we've got a problem on our hands." Anna said quietly.

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Lily moved her fork jerkily around her plate. With an unmistakable anger she banged her glass loudly on the table.

"James, can I talk to you for a minute?" She asked with barely restrained anger. He was playing with Annabelle's hair and didn't acknowledge her request. "JAMES!" She yelled. He turned around.

"I'm sorry, did you say something?" He asked without the slightest sign of being unnerved by her behavior.

"Can we talk?" She asked her hands beginning to shake with anger. He nodded. "I meant somewhere else." With one last glance at Annabelle he followed Lily out of the door. When they were out side of the Great Hall Lily turned to him, finally ready to vent. "What is up with you lately, huh?"

"What do you mean?" He kept glancing back at the Great Hall.

"You know what? Forget it; just forget it, OK. We are OVER!" She ripped of the locket he had given to her and flung it at his head. He smiled.

"Is that all? I thought it was something serious." He breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and headed into the Great Hall. Just before the door closed he turned around and faced her. "You don't care if I give this to Annabelle, do you?" He gestured to the locket. Lily's eyes brimmed over with tears at the betrayal.

"Not at all. I'm sure you'll be very happy." He nodded blissfully.

When James walked into the hall smiling his friends all sighed with happiness. If he was smiling they were sure something must have been worked out. Their smiles all fell when they saw Lily though. She walked like a robot and hurried to her chair to gather her stuff. With one terrible glare at Annabelle she ran out of the room. Sirius looked at his friends, surprised.

"What just happened James?" He asked his friend trying hard to ignore what James was doing to Annabelle's hand on the table. James grinned.

"Nothing really, she just broke up with me. What a relief, huh? Now I won't have to do it." He smiled again. Sirius stared at his friend in disgust. He started to say something when Anna started to get up.

"I'd better go…"

"I'll go." Adam cut her off and before she could protest he ran out of the Great Hall. Annabelle turned to Anna, Remus, and Sirius.

"We have to talk." She said.

Just as Adam turned the corner he saw a flash of red. With speed not apparent to anyone who looked at him, Adam raced after her.

"Hey." He said intercepting her. He caught her and swung her around to face him. She desperately tried to brake free.

"Lemme go." She said shaking her head violently. "Lemme go!"

"Not until you tell me what happened!" He said holding on to her tighter. "Look at me!" Finally she looked at him. "Come on, let's sit down." He led her to an empty classroom. When they were seated he attempted conversation again. "Now tell me what happened." He said all though he knew already. With tears flooding her eyes she told him. "Here." He said getting a bottle out of his backpack. "Drink this. It'll make you feel a lot better." Lily reached for the bottle, sniffling all the way. Suddenly the door burst open.

"Don't drink that Lily!" Annabelle cried suddenly. Lily glared at her.

"What's it to you?" She said coolly and took a large gulp. Annabelle sighed in frustration and grabbed James from behind her. She then thrust him into Lily's eye line and poured a similar drink down his throat.

"What are you doing?" Adam cried as Anna and Sirius pulled him away. Lily had just finished gulping down her drink and looked very strange. She opened her eyes and saw James who was also just opening his eyes. The drink had gone smoothly down their throats and left a dizzying after affect. They stared at each other for some time with a dreamy expression on each face. Neither one-made advances nor neither one backed away either. Adam had stopped his struggling and stared at them with baited breath. Anna, Sirius, and Annabelle also watched anxiously to see what would happen. Suddenly Lily let out a giggle which turned into two and from there three, and so forth. Soon she was on the ground laughing so hard her face had turned as red as her hair. James stared at her alarmed for a second before he started to sob. Sirius and Anna looked at their friends confused.

"OK, what just happened here Annabelle?" Sirius as Lily rolled helplessly on the ground and James' body racked with cries of misery. Anna went to him and started to rub his back.

"We followed you but now I want to know why." Said Anna. Just then the door opened again. Professor Dumbledore and Remus walked in and stepped over Lily's laughing forms.

"What's going on here?" He asked, looking as confused as Sirius and Anna. Everyone was silent for a minute besides James and Lily who had yet to get a hold of themselves.

"I'll explain." Annabelle said stepping forward. "They should be OK in couple of minutes." She gestured to James and Lily.

"You'd better not explain!" Adam called from his repressed position under Sirius' weight.

"I can't do it anymore Adam, and with any luck neither will you!" She turned back to Dumbledore. "It's a long story, professor." He nodded and seated himself next to Remus.

"Mr. Lupin would you be so good as to tell your teachers that you, Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, the Smiths, Miss Evans, and Miss Fisher will not be attending afternoon classes?" Remus nodded but eyed his friends strangely. "I promise you we shall not start the explanation until you return. We have to wait for Mr. Potter and Miss Evans to collect themselves, which may take some time." He said smiling at Remus a twinkle flashing in his eye. Remus nodded and walked quickly out of the door.

After Remus had gone Professor Dumbledore turned toward James and Lily.

"What spell did you use Miss Smith?" He said barely containing his amusement.

"A love potion on Lily and the antidote a love potion on James." Any amusement he might of felt immediately vanished.

"I see, and who were you trying to get them to fall in love with?"

"James was supposed to fall in love with me and Lily was supposed to fall in love with Adam." Remus walked in just then and sat down. "I guess I'll start at the beginning."

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"They're dead!" Eight year-old Annabelle cried.

"Well do something!" Adam replied taking his parents pulse to be sure. They were dead.

"Oh, like what? Revive them!" Annabelle was staring down at her parents in horror when a man descended from the shadows.

"Uncle Tom! This isn't what it looks like, we swear!" Tom Riddle raised his eyebrows.

"Oh really?" He asked.

"We just walked in and they were…" Adam tried to explain.

"You killed them!" Their uncle cut them off.

"NO!" Annabelle shouted.

"Never!" Adam agreed. Their uncle turned his ears away from the cries.

"You've got to believe us." Annabelle sobbed. Tom was quiet a long time.

"If I help you, you must do exactly as I say or else the ministry will hear about it." Adam looked wildly about him.

"Anything."

Tom smiled cruelly. "Good."

Five Years Later

"This is Lily Evans and James Potter." Their uncle pointed to a picture he had conjured. "They are to be separated at all costs. You will be going in as third years. I imagine you shouldn't find this too difficult." He waved his hand and the picture vanished. Annabelle and Adam moved out of the room. "Oh, and if you fail me, don't think I won't inform the authorities on why you're orphans. I'm sure they'd be very interested in the truth."

One Year Later

"This is going too far Adam. Tina just died!" Annabelle paced their room.

"Are you switching loyalties?" Adam asked.

"Of course not but did you see Lily's face? I was sure she was going to faint! She needs James do we really need to separate them?"

"You know we do!" Adam said slightly irritated. "I have an idea anyway!"

"What?" Annabelle asked tiredly.

"If you get James to fall in love with you and I get Lily to fall in love with me than they won't want to be with each other."

"Oh and how do you suggest we do that?" She asked sarcastically. "I don't know if you've noticed but they're madly in love with each other."

"Stop thinking like a muggle!" He scorned. "I'll just whip some love potions together and we should be fine."

"Oh, and don't you think their friends will notice?" She asked skeptically.

"And what if they do? What are they going to say, James you're in love with the wrong person?" Adam laughed.

"I wouldn't put it past Sirius." Annabelle muttered.

"If they ask you can always attribute it to the shock of losing Tina." He pointed out. Annabelle sighed with defeat.

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"Anyway, I gave James the drink a couple weeks ago but after awhile I chickened out. I'm a coward." Annabelle said quietly, finishing her story.

"I'll say!" Adam cried. Dumbledore glared in his direction.

"Miss Smith can you administer the antidote to Miss Evans please." He asked. She nodded and gave Lily another bottle. Lily's hands shook since she was laughing so hard but she took another gulp. Suddenly her body gave a great shudder and instead of laughing she started sobbing as though the world were ending. James' tears had stopped during the story and he held her.

"Mr. Potter please escort Miss Evans to the hospital wing." Anna started to get up too but Sirius stopped her.

"They probably have to talk." He said. She nodded and sat down. Anna felt like crying too. The betrayal of it all was too much. First Tina was gone and now to learn that Annabelle and Adam had been conspiring against them the whole time was too much.

"You could have prevented it!" She sobbed at Adam. "You knew and you didn't stop him from hurting Tina or Eric! You knew, you knew." She was hysterical at this point and Sirius and Remus tried as best they could to console her.

"Why don't you take her to her dorm Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin." They nodded and walked out the door supporting Anna. Only Dumbledore noticed that Sirius was so angry he himself could burst.

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Several Year Later

"Oh Sirius, Peter too! Peter too! When will it stop?" Anna sobbed. She missed the fury in his eyes. It was cold, hard, and tangible.

"I'd better warn Lily and James before its too late." Sirius said his voice shaking. With barely controlled steps he ran out of the door. Anna never saw him again.

A/N- Please review!