A/N: Hello everyone! Imagine my surprise when I checked my email today and
I found out that someone had reviewed my story. Imagine my even greater
story when I found out fifteen other people had reviewed my story without
my knowing it. I had basically given up hope on this story but the
wonderful reviews encouraged me to write this chapter! See thank you notes
at the end of the chapter! And by the way I've decided that the story will
take place sixth year instead of seventh.
Disclaimer: Any and all characters recognizable belong to me. This is, of course, the reason that I am still in high school and not a multi-million dollar author. Honestly, anyone who truly believes, that these lovely characters that we bend and manipulate to our will actually belong to us.well.they're the ones needing legal advice.
Lily awoke to hear a beeping sound coming from far away. As she struggled to stay asleep it got louder and louder. Drearily, she opened her eyes and found herself staring at an almost entirely blank, white wall. Yawning, she decided that it would have been better off blank. The only thing on the wall was a poster of a canary with the words, "Chipper up!" written in neon pink.
Suddenly there was commotion at the door. A furry of doctors and nurses streamed into the room. The majority of them walked calmly over to other patients but one stout lady wearing a large purple hat, and not looking at all like a doctor or a nurse walked over to the bed in which Lily lay.
"Oh! Lily! You're awake! When Professor Dumbledore heard what happened, one of the nurses had a brother that went to Hogwarts and recognized your wand, she borrowed her brother's owl and we found out! Oh it's so horrible! Albus sent me here at once; you wouldn't believe the trouble we had at talking the staff into allowing you to come back with us! I'm so sorry, Lily!
"Um.Hello. I.who are you?"
"Dear, don't be silly now. Of course you know who I am. You were in here just last week after Sirius Black hexed you with purple scales. You've been moved to Hogwarts."
"Where?"
Seeing the worried expression on the lady's face, Lily wondered if she should pretend that she knew where she was. She felt a little out of place. The lady bit her lip.
"Dear, do you remember your name?"
"Um.Lily?"
"Ok, that's good."
"Well, you told me what it was. I.I don't remember it exactly. I just know what it is because of what you said.who am I?"
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Lily Anne Evans sat in Professor Dumbledore's office, eating a chocolate frog and feeling quite swallowed up by the mammoth armchair she was seated in. She could hear that lady who had come to get her and that nice man with the long beard talking. She wasn't really paying attention but she got the general gist of it. Her name was Lily. She'd already been told that. She was a sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And apparently she couldn't remember any of it.
Lily turned around suddenly and said if a very calm manner, "That is not completely correct. I-I don't remember my name, or really anything for that matter. But I must remember some things because I can talk. And, I don't know.I feel really sad. Sorry for interrupting. Sir."
Dumbledore smiled gently, "That's ok child. I'm going to just tell you a few things. I'm very sorry.Lily, your parents are dead. They died just two weeks ago today. You have a dorm room all to yourself. It's because of Betsy.Betsy is a house elf. You raised her. Her mother died just a few days after your parents did. She's been living with you. Actually I suggest going to see her after you've been treated at the hospital wing. She was dreadfully concerned about you. She can fill in more of the blanks than I can I do believe. In the meantime, I prepared a book that has your class schedule, your name and family members, a few simple spells, the teacher's names, the girls who are in the same year as you, the boys who are in the same year as you, a list of rules, etc. Now! Shall we be off?"
Lily smiled and stood up. As she began to walk forward she heard lovely singing. Turning she saw a large red bird. She stared for a moment, and then collapsed.
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James Potter poked his eyes around the corridor and then quickly dashed across it, pressing his body behind a knight of armor. He glanced up and down the hallway and then gave the all clear signal. Remus and Sirius whisked over to join him.
"Ok, here's the plan. Sirius: Dungbombs up and down the four stairways connected to this hall. Then booby-trap the doors into dropping Zonko's Long-lasting Really Smelly Potion on whoever opens the door. Remus: Charm the walls. You know what to do. Try that spell we found the other day. After that.find Mrs. Norris. Me? I'll get the potion for making the floor into ice and charm it into.well, you know. Got that everyone?"
Remus nodded, "I'll get the paint for Mrs. Norris before I start."
Sirius frowned, "James? Why is your hair green?"
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"What do you mean you can't fix it? My hair is green! The last time my hair was a different colour was when Lily turned it pink!" As you can imagine, James was rather distressed at the sight of his green hair (no one had bothered to mention to him that it was now turning into a lovely red colour). Even more distressing had to be that darling Madam Pomfery. She was glaring at him with a no-nonsense look on her face.
"Look. I don't care about your hair at this moment. I have something that is much more important than that on my plate at this moment. We have a girl who doesn't remember anything and just collapsed in here! She has a concision and if you stop bugging me than maybe she'll be able to tell you how to change your hair back to normal she's as how she turned your hair pink once already. That is if she can remember anything about herself. Now, if you would please leave."
James began to walk out of the infirmary. He was almost to the door before it hit him. He swung around and hurried back to where the nurse was sorting through books.
"Lily Evans has amnesia? And she's here? For the whole vacation?"
Madam Pomfery sighed and shook her head. "What did I just tell you, young man? Yes, Lily Evans has amnesia. And, yes, she's here. But I don't see the point of concern in you, Mr. Potter.
"Madam, I have to see her! I-"
"You what? Mr. Potter I won't have my patients disturbed."
James brain was thinking quickly. He had to make Lily love him. Love is supposed to be returned right? And she didn't know that he didn't love her.
"Are you going to leave on your own or am I going to have to throw you out?"
"Madam Pomfery," James was shocked to realize that was such a good actor. He had real tears going. "Please listen to me. Lily is my girlfriend. We started dating right before the holidays. I'm in shock. I never expected anything like this to happen to her. Please let me go and sit with her. I want to be there when she wakes up. If she truly doesn't remember anything I want to be there to help her until she is better."
Madam Pomfery felt herself tear up as the boy in front of her delivered such a charming speech. "Oh you dear thing, go ahead. I-if you don't make that much noise you can stay for as long as you would like. I'll even set up a bed next to Ms. Evans." She bustled off motioning in the direction of the correct bed.
James stood there for a moment before going in the direction that he was pointed in. One of the beds at the far end of the infirmary had the curtains drawn and he guessed that that was his nemesis's bed. Peeping in he found he was right.
Lily was lying there with a look of utter peace on her face. Her red hair was varnishing the pillow that her head rested on. Looking at her, James almost felt guilty for tricking her into thinking they were dating. He almost felt guilty for teasing her constantly throughout all of their years at Hogwarts. He almost felt sorry for her, after spending so much time in the library when she was little she hadn't bothered to make any friends. In all of those the key word is almost. James had a little problem some people like to call pride. Pride can be anyone's downfall.
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A girl with red hair woke up suddenly to see nothing at all. Nothing is not exactly true. You could say that she saw the absence of light. But, even that wasn't completely true. For as she was sitting there, staring into the darkness, a stream of light had appeared... It wasn't light that would come through an open door, no, it was more like a band. It wasn't tangible or solid in anyway. When the girl ran her hand through it, the hand passed as though nothing was there. It was light, but, it didn't let any light escape.
The girl got up and started to follow the light. Her body seemed to almost be dragged through the air. As she walked into the light it disappeared into her body. The girl was tired. That had to be the only possible explanation. She followed the light and walked right through the door.
The weather conditions on the other side of the door made it harder to follow the light but it was possible. Mist had sunk into every crevasse of the hallway. The girl felt her eyes begin to close but she kept on walking, following the light. Blinking, she didn't find it odd when she walked through a sleeping fat lady in a pink dress. She padded across the maroon carpet that was laid on the floor of the room she entered on the other side. Who am I? And why is all I see mist?
Up stairs, through a door, and over a trunk sitting in her way. A big, comfortable bed was the end of the light. The girl smiled and collapsed into the warm sheets.
A/N: Well, wasn't that dandy. Thank you very much for reading and please review! I'm so very sorry it's taken so long! I'm really horribly sorry! I know how sad I get when people don't continue their stories. I promise I'll try to get these out faster!
Thank you, everyone who has reviewed!
Jenn: Well, I kept writing but it took a long time.hope you like this chapter!
sonadoravirtuoso7: Petty is nice isn't she.we shall see.
Silent RedStreaked Darkness: Don't worry about them being close. This isn't an AU. Thanks for reviewing Ami: I'm sorry about the spelling, my beta reader sent me a copy of the story that was all nice and wonderful.I on the other hand put up the WRONG copy.
Min Hee: Thank you for reviewing. Sorry about the un-betaed version. This one is better I promise!
Princess Kattera: I hope this isn't quite as bad a cliff hanger. Thank you for reviewing!
jc* : I'm glad I'm good at cliffhangers! Never thought I would be. I hate them.
LittleEar BigEar's sis: Well, I may not have hurried but I posted! Hope you like it!
julsdbomb: Thanks for reviewing! Enjoy!
Denisse Luciano: Thank you for loving this! * grin * The bet will come more into play in the next chapter
gumdrop: What can I say? Thank you so much for being my friend and a fabulous beta-reader. Now we need to get you started on your wonderful story again.
rhia: Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
TatraMegami: Thanks for reviewing. You'll find out more about Petty later.
Y. Kuang: I'm sorry! I'm updating now! See! I'll email you and tell you that I did! Please don't hurt me! I'm glad you read my story! Your review made me finish this chapter!
Katie Weasley: I hope you like this chapter! Enjoy! I finnaly got out the chapter!
: thanks for reading and reviewing although I don't know your name. Hope you like this chapter
I would like to thank gumdrop once more for being my beta-reader! She's the best!
Cassiopeia~*~
Disclaimer: Any and all characters recognizable belong to me. This is, of course, the reason that I am still in high school and not a multi-million dollar author. Honestly, anyone who truly believes, that these lovely characters that we bend and manipulate to our will actually belong to us.well.they're the ones needing legal advice.
Lily awoke to hear a beeping sound coming from far away. As she struggled to stay asleep it got louder and louder. Drearily, she opened her eyes and found herself staring at an almost entirely blank, white wall. Yawning, she decided that it would have been better off blank. The only thing on the wall was a poster of a canary with the words, "Chipper up!" written in neon pink.
Suddenly there was commotion at the door. A furry of doctors and nurses streamed into the room. The majority of them walked calmly over to other patients but one stout lady wearing a large purple hat, and not looking at all like a doctor or a nurse walked over to the bed in which Lily lay.
"Oh! Lily! You're awake! When Professor Dumbledore heard what happened, one of the nurses had a brother that went to Hogwarts and recognized your wand, she borrowed her brother's owl and we found out! Oh it's so horrible! Albus sent me here at once; you wouldn't believe the trouble we had at talking the staff into allowing you to come back with us! I'm so sorry, Lily!
"Um.Hello. I.who are you?"
"Dear, don't be silly now. Of course you know who I am. You were in here just last week after Sirius Black hexed you with purple scales. You've been moved to Hogwarts."
"Where?"
Seeing the worried expression on the lady's face, Lily wondered if she should pretend that she knew where she was. She felt a little out of place. The lady bit her lip.
"Dear, do you remember your name?"
"Um.Lily?"
"Ok, that's good."
"Well, you told me what it was. I.I don't remember it exactly. I just know what it is because of what you said.who am I?"
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Lily Anne Evans sat in Professor Dumbledore's office, eating a chocolate frog and feeling quite swallowed up by the mammoth armchair she was seated in. She could hear that lady who had come to get her and that nice man with the long beard talking. She wasn't really paying attention but she got the general gist of it. Her name was Lily. She'd already been told that. She was a sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And apparently she couldn't remember any of it.
Lily turned around suddenly and said if a very calm manner, "That is not completely correct. I-I don't remember my name, or really anything for that matter. But I must remember some things because I can talk. And, I don't know.I feel really sad. Sorry for interrupting. Sir."
Dumbledore smiled gently, "That's ok child. I'm going to just tell you a few things. I'm very sorry.Lily, your parents are dead. They died just two weeks ago today. You have a dorm room all to yourself. It's because of Betsy.Betsy is a house elf. You raised her. Her mother died just a few days after your parents did. She's been living with you. Actually I suggest going to see her after you've been treated at the hospital wing. She was dreadfully concerned about you. She can fill in more of the blanks than I can I do believe. In the meantime, I prepared a book that has your class schedule, your name and family members, a few simple spells, the teacher's names, the girls who are in the same year as you, the boys who are in the same year as you, a list of rules, etc. Now! Shall we be off?"
Lily smiled and stood up. As she began to walk forward she heard lovely singing. Turning she saw a large red bird. She stared for a moment, and then collapsed.
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James Potter poked his eyes around the corridor and then quickly dashed across it, pressing his body behind a knight of armor. He glanced up and down the hallway and then gave the all clear signal. Remus and Sirius whisked over to join him.
"Ok, here's the plan. Sirius: Dungbombs up and down the four stairways connected to this hall. Then booby-trap the doors into dropping Zonko's Long-lasting Really Smelly Potion on whoever opens the door. Remus: Charm the walls. You know what to do. Try that spell we found the other day. After that.find Mrs. Norris. Me? I'll get the potion for making the floor into ice and charm it into.well, you know. Got that everyone?"
Remus nodded, "I'll get the paint for Mrs. Norris before I start."
Sirius frowned, "James? Why is your hair green?"
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"What do you mean you can't fix it? My hair is green! The last time my hair was a different colour was when Lily turned it pink!" As you can imagine, James was rather distressed at the sight of his green hair (no one had bothered to mention to him that it was now turning into a lovely red colour). Even more distressing had to be that darling Madam Pomfery. She was glaring at him with a no-nonsense look on her face.
"Look. I don't care about your hair at this moment. I have something that is much more important than that on my plate at this moment. We have a girl who doesn't remember anything and just collapsed in here! She has a concision and if you stop bugging me than maybe she'll be able to tell you how to change your hair back to normal she's as how she turned your hair pink once already. That is if she can remember anything about herself. Now, if you would please leave."
James began to walk out of the infirmary. He was almost to the door before it hit him. He swung around and hurried back to where the nurse was sorting through books.
"Lily Evans has amnesia? And she's here? For the whole vacation?"
Madam Pomfery sighed and shook her head. "What did I just tell you, young man? Yes, Lily Evans has amnesia. And, yes, she's here. But I don't see the point of concern in you, Mr. Potter.
"Madam, I have to see her! I-"
"You what? Mr. Potter I won't have my patients disturbed."
James brain was thinking quickly. He had to make Lily love him. Love is supposed to be returned right? And she didn't know that he didn't love her.
"Are you going to leave on your own or am I going to have to throw you out?"
"Madam Pomfery," James was shocked to realize that was such a good actor. He had real tears going. "Please listen to me. Lily is my girlfriend. We started dating right before the holidays. I'm in shock. I never expected anything like this to happen to her. Please let me go and sit with her. I want to be there when she wakes up. If she truly doesn't remember anything I want to be there to help her until she is better."
Madam Pomfery felt herself tear up as the boy in front of her delivered such a charming speech. "Oh you dear thing, go ahead. I-if you don't make that much noise you can stay for as long as you would like. I'll even set up a bed next to Ms. Evans." She bustled off motioning in the direction of the correct bed.
James stood there for a moment before going in the direction that he was pointed in. One of the beds at the far end of the infirmary had the curtains drawn and he guessed that that was his nemesis's bed. Peeping in he found he was right.
Lily was lying there with a look of utter peace on her face. Her red hair was varnishing the pillow that her head rested on. Looking at her, James almost felt guilty for tricking her into thinking they were dating. He almost felt guilty for teasing her constantly throughout all of their years at Hogwarts. He almost felt sorry for her, after spending so much time in the library when she was little she hadn't bothered to make any friends. In all of those the key word is almost. James had a little problem some people like to call pride. Pride can be anyone's downfall.
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A girl with red hair woke up suddenly to see nothing at all. Nothing is not exactly true. You could say that she saw the absence of light. But, even that wasn't completely true. For as she was sitting there, staring into the darkness, a stream of light had appeared... It wasn't light that would come through an open door, no, it was more like a band. It wasn't tangible or solid in anyway. When the girl ran her hand through it, the hand passed as though nothing was there. It was light, but, it didn't let any light escape.
The girl got up and started to follow the light. Her body seemed to almost be dragged through the air. As she walked into the light it disappeared into her body. The girl was tired. That had to be the only possible explanation. She followed the light and walked right through the door.
The weather conditions on the other side of the door made it harder to follow the light but it was possible. Mist had sunk into every crevasse of the hallway. The girl felt her eyes begin to close but she kept on walking, following the light. Blinking, she didn't find it odd when she walked through a sleeping fat lady in a pink dress. She padded across the maroon carpet that was laid on the floor of the room she entered on the other side. Who am I? And why is all I see mist?
Up stairs, through a door, and over a trunk sitting in her way. A big, comfortable bed was the end of the light. The girl smiled and collapsed into the warm sheets.
A/N: Well, wasn't that dandy. Thank you very much for reading and please review! I'm so very sorry it's taken so long! I'm really horribly sorry! I know how sad I get when people don't continue their stories. I promise I'll try to get these out faster!
Thank you, everyone who has reviewed!
Jenn: Well, I kept writing but it took a long time.hope you like this chapter!
sonadoravirtuoso7: Petty is nice isn't she.we shall see.
Silent RedStreaked Darkness: Don't worry about them being close. This isn't an AU. Thanks for reviewing Ami: I'm sorry about the spelling, my beta reader sent me a copy of the story that was all nice and wonderful.I on the other hand put up the WRONG copy.
Min Hee: Thank you for reviewing. Sorry about the un-betaed version. This one is better I promise!
Princess Kattera: I hope this isn't quite as bad a cliff hanger. Thank you for reviewing!
jc* : I'm glad I'm good at cliffhangers! Never thought I would be. I hate them.
LittleEar BigEar's sis: Well, I may not have hurried but I posted! Hope you like it!
julsdbomb: Thanks for reviewing! Enjoy!
Denisse Luciano: Thank you for loving this! * grin * The bet will come more into play in the next chapter
gumdrop: What can I say? Thank you so much for being my friend and a fabulous beta-reader. Now we need to get you started on your wonderful story again.
rhia: Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
TatraMegami: Thanks for reviewing. You'll find out more about Petty later.
Y. Kuang: I'm sorry! I'm updating now! See! I'll email you and tell you that I did! Please don't hurt me! I'm glad you read my story! Your review made me finish this chapter!
Katie Weasley: I hope you like this chapter! Enjoy! I finnaly got out the chapter!
: thanks for reading and reviewing although I don't know your name. Hope you like this chapter
I would like to thank gumdrop once more for being my beta-reader! She's the best!
Cassiopeia~*~