Ok! I wrote the entire thing, well a lot of it anyways, and then I tried to
save, but my computer went berserk, and it deleted everything that I wrote,
so now I have to re-write it all!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of it.
Chapter 17: Near-Death Experiences
More and more Death Eaters were entering the circle. She slowly moved around to avoid being seen by them.
Lily was edging closer and closer to the circle. She stopped instantaneously. She stared horrified into the circle from a safe distance. Now that she was here, it seemed like a rather stupid idea. Here she was against hundreds, okay maybe not hundreds, but a lot of Death Eaters. She had no experience in this area. James really would have been better. He was an auror, after all. But she was so worried that he might get hurt.
"Crucio," she heard come from the circle. It was spoken twice. It went to Harry and Hermione. They both rolled on the floor in pain. Their bodies were twitching horribly. That did it.
"I have to try while I'm here," Lily said determinedly, looking at Harry and Hermione. The curse had stopped, but they were still twitching and Hermione was rolling on the floor.
"No, you don't, you have to go back," said a voice from behind her.
She slowly turned around confused. It couldn't have been a Death Eater, he just would've cursed her. She was the only with the portkey, and it was safely in her hand. They were hidden in the shadows, but she immediately recognized one of their profiles.
"James!" she hissed softly. "What are you doing here? How'd you get here? I was the one with the portkey! Who else is here?"
"Sirius is," James said, gesturing towards the second person. "And we'll tell you everything later, but take the portkey out and go back now."
Lily's hand slow slid down to the pocket that the portkey was in. Her hand lingered outside her robe, but she quickly moved it away.
"I can't," she told them. "I lost it."
"No you didn't," James said softly.
"I can help," Lily said. "I have to help!"
"No, you need to go somewhere where it is safe, and that would obviously not be here," James said sharply.
"No, I have to help! Didn't you see what he did? I can't just stay here, or worse, go back to the castle and do nothing!" Lily said resolutely.
"I didn't see what he did, but I can't let you stay here," James said slowly looking desperately at her.
"Why? It doesn't matter what happens if we don't save Harry," Lily said staring directly at James.
"I don't want you to get hurt, Lily," James said looking pleadingly into her eyes.
Lily turned her head downwards to look away from his eyes. She stared at the ground for awhile, but then she slowly raised her head and forced herself to look directly into his eyes.
"You didn't seem to care before now," she said coolly, obviously referring until Dumbledore called him back to Hogwarts.
"Damn it, Lily, I always cared!" James said, his face heating up.
"I'm not going back," she said again. "I can help, even if you don't think I can."
James stared at her helplessly. "I love you," he murmured very quietly. "But I can't force you to go back. If we let you stay, will you be very careful?"
Lily was staring at James in awe. Did he just say that he loved her? She nodded her head in answer to whatever question he had asked her. She didn't really hear what he had said.
"All right then," he said slowly.
"We need help, we can't do this alone," said a voice slowly. It was Sirius. She had forgotten that he was there.
"Right," James agreed. "I informed some other people, they'll be coming here shortly."
"We can't wait! Look at them," Lily said desperately, pointing towards Harry and Hermione.
"Lily," Sirius said, "it won't do any good to go in there without back-up."
"I don't care, I'm going to save him," Lily said desperate to save her son.
"Lily, don't!" James yelled at her back. His voice echoed loudly against the night sky.
Lily froze and turned around. Sirius stared at him too, wide-eyed with horror. James knew that he had definitely yelled way too loudly. James realized his error immediately, as his voice was heard throughout the area, and his eyes grew wide with horror. Where had his auror instincts gone?
"Please, say they didn't hear it, please," Lily was pleading softly with her eyes shut tight. She felt a hand grab her arms. Her eyes shot open. She looked at the person who had grabbed her.
He muttered something softly, and cords shot out and bounded Lily so tightly, that she could feel the cords cutting into her skin.
She looked away and saw that the same thing was happening with James and Sirius.
The Death Eater bent down to do something to Lily. "Don't worry," a greasy voice said softly. It was Snape. Her heart gave a great leap, she knew that he was working for Dumbledore by pretending to be a Death Eater.
"I'm going to undo your ropes, and you need to make it look like you did it, and hex me, ok?" he said. Lily was glad for once, that he was around.
He rapidly untied the bindings and Lily jumped up and yelled, "Expelliarmus!"
The Death Eaters turned towards her. Lily barely had time to feel bad about what she had done to Snape, but the thankfulness soon faded though. She was free, but for how long? Ten more seconds? She needed to do something.
It was too late, Lily fell to the ground. Harry and Hermione who had been forgotten in the midst of everything that had just happened, ran over to her, as quickly as their feet would take them.
"Mum! Mum!" Harry whispered craning over his mother.
"Professor!" Hermione was crying.
Harry looked around again. Everyone's attention was focused on something else, but Harry didn't care. He was just worried about his mum. Hermione's attention, however, changed to what everyone else was staring at.
"Mum!" he yelled worriedly again. He looked down at her. Her head was lying in the wet grass. Her body was limp and cold. Suddenly, someone else came over.
"What happened?" he asked. Harry looked up in confusion. The man bent over Lily, looking worried and concerned.
"Who are you?" Harry asked now confused. Surely, a Death Eater wouldn't help him.
"Harry!" Hermione said happily. "Aurors came. They saved us, Harry!"
Harry looked around. Just as Hermione had said, there were now several aurors in the vicinity. Death Eaters were apparating and leaving. But many of them were lying unconscious on the ground. The place looked like a battlefield. Bodies scattered the ground. Voldemort was not among the many bodies on the ground.
Harry looked around for his father and godfather. He was relieved, yet scared to see that they were fine, but they were fighting against Death Eaters. Harry went back to his mother.
"You two have to leave now," said an unusually high and cold voice from behind them. The voice was like an icy blast, and it was one that Harry instantly recognized.
Slowly, Harry and Hermione turned around to see themselves face to face with the one person, that the Death Eaters had not yet caught. The one person who had been avoiding catching for decades. The leader.
They turned around and saw Voldemort's wand facing directly at their faces. His wand was so close that it was practically touching the tips' of their noses.
Hermione was white and trembling. She had placed her hands up over her eyes, so she wouldn't know when it was coming, even though she'd hear it, as well.
Harry stood wide-eyed in fear. He shoved his hand into his pocket to search for his wand. Priori incantatem. It had worked once, perhaps it would work a second time.
Voldemort opened his mouth to curse them, but someone else had cursed Voldemort.
"Stupefy!" the voice shouted from behind Harry and Hermione.
Hermione let out a cry of relief, and sank to her feet. Harry, on the other hand, turned around to see who had saved him.
He at once recognized the person. Harry's heart gave a great leap! She was just fine! She wasn't dead at all!
Harry ran towards her and gave her hug, "Thanks Mum," he said gratefully.
"For what?" she asked. "I didn't do much."
"For saving me," Harry answered.
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That is the end of chapter 17! I'm sorry it took so long! I had a TON of trouble writing it.
And before I right the last few chapters which, sadly, are coming up, I need to know, Sequel or no sequel??
So, big, big thanks to reviewers!
LeopardDance: Thanks! I guess I do like cliffhangers a little. They're good ways to end the chapter.
Toby: Thanks!
Bookwrm580: Thanks! You pretty much had it right on. It's ok.
Chell Bell: Yeah, I think you're right, but here Hermione kind of likes Ron, and Ron is thick and has no clue.
Me: Yes, I am. Thanks.
Sunshine Stargirl: I think I know your vote for the sequel. :D Thanks!
Nabiki: Good job!
Padfootlvr: Thanks! You were right.
Avlyn: Thanks! I had lots of trouble with this chapter, it was really hard to write.
Hermione HP: You are one of the nicest reviewers ever! I'm really happy you like my story! Thanks for reading it!
Okay, that's 17! I still need to write chapter 18! Most of the story is over! Not much more happens! I love all of you reviewers! Thanks for review! Please review the last few chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of it.
Chapter 17: Near-Death Experiences
More and more Death Eaters were entering the circle. She slowly moved around to avoid being seen by them.
Lily was edging closer and closer to the circle. She stopped instantaneously. She stared horrified into the circle from a safe distance. Now that she was here, it seemed like a rather stupid idea. Here she was against hundreds, okay maybe not hundreds, but a lot of Death Eaters. She had no experience in this area. James really would have been better. He was an auror, after all. But she was so worried that he might get hurt.
"Crucio," she heard come from the circle. It was spoken twice. It went to Harry and Hermione. They both rolled on the floor in pain. Their bodies were twitching horribly. That did it.
"I have to try while I'm here," Lily said determinedly, looking at Harry and Hermione. The curse had stopped, but they were still twitching and Hermione was rolling on the floor.
"No, you don't, you have to go back," said a voice from behind her.
She slowly turned around confused. It couldn't have been a Death Eater, he just would've cursed her. She was the only with the portkey, and it was safely in her hand. They were hidden in the shadows, but she immediately recognized one of their profiles.
"James!" she hissed softly. "What are you doing here? How'd you get here? I was the one with the portkey! Who else is here?"
"Sirius is," James said, gesturing towards the second person. "And we'll tell you everything later, but take the portkey out and go back now."
Lily's hand slow slid down to the pocket that the portkey was in. Her hand lingered outside her robe, but she quickly moved it away.
"I can't," she told them. "I lost it."
"No you didn't," James said softly.
"I can help," Lily said. "I have to help!"
"No, you need to go somewhere where it is safe, and that would obviously not be here," James said sharply.
"No, I have to help! Didn't you see what he did? I can't just stay here, or worse, go back to the castle and do nothing!" Lily said resolutely.
"I didn't see what he did, but I can't let you stay here," James said slowly looking desperately at her.
"Why? It doesn't matter what happens if we don't save Harry," Lily said staring directly at James.
"I don't want you to get hurt, Lily," James said looking pleadingly into her eyes.
Lily turned her head downwards to look away from his eyes. She stared at the ground for awhile, but then she slowly raised her head and forced herself to look directly into his eyes.
"You didn't seem to care before now," she said coolly, obviously referring until Dumbledore called him back to Hogwarts.
"Damn it, Lily, I always cared!" James said, his face heating up.
"I'm not going back," she said again. "I can help, even if you don't think I can."
James stared at her helplessly. "I love you," he murmured very quietly. "But I can't force you to go back. If we let you stay, will you be very careful?"
Lily was staring at James in awe. Did he just say that he loved her? She nodded her head in answer to whatever question he had asked her. She didn't really hear what he had said.
"All right then," he said slowly.
"We need help, we can't do this alone," said a voice slowly. It was Sirius. She had forgotten that he was there.
"Right," James agreed. "I informed some other people, they'll be coming here shortly."
"We can't wait! Look at them," Lily said desperately, pointing towards Harry and Hermione.
"Lily," Sirius said, "it won't do any good to go in there without back-up."
"I don't care, I'm going to save him," Lily said desperate to save her son.
"Lily, don't!" James yelled at her back. His voice echoed loudly against the night sky.
Lily froze and turned around. Sirius stared at him too, wide-eyed with horror. James knew that he had definitely yelled way too loudly. James realized his error immediately, as his voice was heard throughout the area, and his eyes grew wide with horror. Where had his auror instincts gone?
"Please, say they didn't hear it, please," Lily was pleading softly with her eyes shut tight. She felt a hand grab her arms. Her eyes shot open. She looked at the person who had grabbed her.
He muttered something softly, and cords shot out and bounded Lily so tightly, that she could feel the cords cutting into her skin.
She looked away and saw that the same thing was happening with James and Sirius.
The Death Eater bent down to do something to Lily. "Don't worry," a greasy voice said softly. It was Snape. Her heart gave a great leap, she knew that he was working for Dumbledore by pretending to be a Death Eater.
"I'm going to undo your ropes, and you need to make it look like you did it, and hex me, ok?" he said. Lily was glad for once, that he was around.
He rapidly untied the bindings and Lily jumped up and yelled, "Expelliarmus!"
The Death Eaters turned towards her. Lily barely had time to feel bad about what she had done to Snape, but the thankfulness soon faded though. She was free, but for how long? Ten more seconds? She needed to do something.
It was too late, Lily fell to the ground. Harry and Hermione who had been forgotten in the midst of everything that had just happened, ran over to her, as quickly as their feet would take them.
"Mum! Mum!" Harry whispered craning over his mother.
"Professor!" Hermione was crying.
Harry looked around again. Everyone's attention was focused on something else, but Harry didn't care. He was just worried about his mum. Hermione's attention, however, changed to what everyone else was staring at.
"Mum!" he yelled worriedly again. He looked down at her. Her head was lying in the wet grass. Her body was limp and cold. Suddenly, someone else came over.
"What happened?" he asked. Harry looked up in confusion. The man bent over Lily, looking worried and concerned.
"Who are you?" Harry asked now confused. Surely, a Death Eater wouldn't help him.
"Harry!" Hermione said happily. "Aurors came. They saved us, Harry!"
Harry looked around. Just as Hermione had said, there were now several aurors in the vicinity. Death Eaters were apparating and leaving. But many of them were lying unconscious on the ground. The place looked like a battlefield. Bodies scattered the ground. Voldemort was not among the many bodies on the ground.
Harry looked around for his father and godfather. He was relieved, yet scared to see that they were fine, but they were fighting against Death Eaters. Harry went back to his mother.
"You two have to leave now," said an unusually high and cold voice from behind them. The voice was like an icy blast, and it was one that Harry instantly recognized.
Slowly, Harry and Hermione turned around to see themselves face to face with the one person, that the Death Eaters had not yet caught. The one person who had been avoiding catching for decades. The leader.
They turned around and saw Voldemort's wand facing directly at their faces. His wand was so close that it was practically touching the tips' of their noses.
Hermione was white and trembling. She had placed her hands up over her eyes, so she wouldn't know when it was coming, even though she'd hear it, as well.
Harry stood wide-eyed in fear. He shoved his hand into his pocket to search for his wand. Priori incantatem. It had worked once, perhaps it would work a second time.
Voldemort opened his mouth to curse them, but someone else had cursed Voldemort.
"Stupefy!" the voice shouted from behind Harry and Hermione.
Hermione let out a cry of relief, and sank to her feet. Harry, on the other hand, turned around to see who had saved him.
He at once recognized the person. Harry's heart gave a great leap! She was just fine! She wasn't dead at all!
Harry ran towards her and gave her hug, "Thanks Mum," he said gratefully.
"For what?" she asked. "I didn't do much."
"For saving me," Harry answered.
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That is the end of chapter 17! I'm sorry it took so long! I had a TON of trouble writing it.
And before I right the last few chapters which, sadly, are coming up, I need to know, Sequel or no sequel??
So, big, big thanks to reviewers!
LeopardDance: Thanks! I guess I do like cliffhangers a little. They're good ways to end the chapter.
Toby: Thanks!
Bookwrm580: Thanks! You pretty much had it right on. It's ok.
Chell Bell: Yeah, I think you're right, but here Hermione kind of likes Ron, and Ron is thick and has no clue.
Me: Yes, I am. Thanks.
Sunshine Stargirl: I think I know your vote for the sequel. :D Thanks!
Nabiki: Good job!
Padfootlvr: Thanks! You were right.
Avlyn: Thanks! I had lots of trouble with this chapter, it was really hard to write.
Hermione HP: You are one of the nicest reviewers ever! I'm really happy you like my story! Thanks for reading it!
Okay, that's 17! I still need to write chapter 18! Most of the story is over! Not much more happens! I love all of you reviewers! Thanks for review! Please review the last few chapters.