Chapter Ten
Lily and her new friends headed for Charm. They were the first to arrive and were welcomed by Professor Flitwick.
"Go get your seat. We'll wait for the others. By the way, I'm happy that you have decided to show the truth Miss Evans, it's a good thing."
Lily smiled. Professor Flitwick was one of her favourite teachers.
"Thank you Sir."
"No need, Miss Evans. I believe that your grades can be showed now?"
"Yes, Professor Dumbledore allowed it."
"All right."
Then the others students arrived and the lesson started.
"Well, class. Today we'll learn the Paralyse charm. It paralyses your opponent for a few minutes; it's very useful in a duel. The incantation is Parfroz. Miss Evans your charm will have to paralyse your opponent and make him lose his senses. You will show it to me when you're done."
The others students looked strangely at her. One of them raised his hand.
"Yes Mr Ferston?"
" Why does she have a special assignment and not us?"
"Because, due to her nature Miss Evans can do easily every possible spell. So the Paralys spell won't be hard for her to cast. Now back to work. Partner in groups of two or three."
For a few minutes, everyone was trying to get the spell right. Finally, a girl in Ravenclaw managed to do it. She was quickly followed by a few other students and by the end of the lesson, nearly everyone had managed it. Lily was still busied writing something on her parchment. Finally, she got up and approached the teacher. She showed him her paper. He read it, then nodded, smiling proudly at her.
"Very good Miss Evans. Now class, I want a volunteer on who Miss Evans can cast her spell."
The class became deadly silent. Then, Arabella slowly raised her hand, trusting Lily.
"Thanks Miss Figg, could you stand up and go here? Perfect."
Lily smiled thankfully to Arabella. She held her wand and said, "Parinsenfrez!"
Immediately, Arabella was paralysed. Professor Flitwick approached her. He took her hand and put it in a fire he had conjured, then yelled in her ear.
"Do the counter spell, Miss Evans."
"Mobisen"
Arabella blinked and looked at the Professor.
"What happened sir?"
"Miss Figg, does your hand ache? And did you hear what I have said?"
"No, my hand is right, and you didn't say anything…, isn't it?"
"Well done Miss Evans, Five points to Gryffondor for the spell and five more for the counter spell, don't forget to give them to the Headmaster."
Lily nodded. At that moment, the bell rang and everyone left the class, talking about what had just happened.
The other classes were just the same. The teachers would give special assignment to Lily who would show the class at the end of the lesson.
Finally, it was dinner-time.
Lily and her friends sat at the Gryffindor's table, waiting for food to come. She could feel students staring at her and it was bothering her a lot.
"Bella? Do you think they'll keep doing this for a while?"
"Unfortunately, I think so."
"Lucky me… I shouldn't have taken my disguise down! Stupid me!" Lily put her head in her hands.
"You couldn't have hidden forever Lil." Said Remus.
"Funny, I'm sure I've already heard this…" replied the young girl.
"It's true so stop to say that you shouldn't have done it." Said Dani practical.
The two girls argued for a few minutes, with their friends smiling at their behaviour. Finally Dani seemed to end the winner.
The rest of the day passed uneventfully. Lily was quite surprised. She hadn't received a black letter, even if normally she should have. It was worrying her. This calm was weird and unnatural… Voldemort had to be planning something big…
For now, she was in the common room, talking, joking and laughing with her friends; living a normal life for the first time… She loved this feeling of carelessness. Suddenly an owl entered the room and dropped a black letter on Lily's lap. Hands shaking, she opened it, careful to hide its content from the others, hoping for a miracle, hoping, nobody had died again…
Dearest Slivia.
You are worrying, aren't you? Why my dear father hadn't yet sent me one of his letters, I could almost hear you think it… I learned a strange thing today my dearest daughter, very strange things. Apparently you made friends… Good… As my first plan to make you join me seems to have failed, I'll try something else. Have you told your friends the truth about your family? You haven't, have you? Because who would want to be the friend of the daughter of the Dark Lord? Imagine what they'll say when they hear it? I can imagine it: Them, in front of you looking at you with scorn, hate, saying that they hate you, that you're a monster, a freak… What a joyful scene! Back to business. What will your friends think when they hear that you are the cause of the murder of their family? Instead of killing anonymous people, I'm going to kill people your friends care for. Intelligent? Of course it will stop as soon as you join me… Who'll be the first? Hmmm, it'll be a surprise. You'll see tomorrow.
The Dark Lord.
A tear ran on Lily's cheek as she read it. She closed her fist and clutched the letter as if it was Voldemort's neck.
"How can he do this? Why?" she whispered. She got up, silently and headed towards the exit, deciding to warn Dumbledore; maybe he could warn their family and save them if it wasn't too late.
"Where are you going?" asked Lizzy.
"Dumbledore" answered Lily shortly.
"Do you want us to come?" asked Remus, worried by her pale face and blank look.
"NO!" shouted Lily. "Sorry" she apologised, seeing them shocked by her outburst. "Don't come." Then she left.
The seven friends looked at each others and nodded. They got up; James summoned his cloak and put it over them after having enlarged it. They quickly left the common room and headed towards Dumbledore's office.
They spotted Lily reaching the gargoyle and were close enough to hear the password.
"Callison" said Lily. (If you're wondering it's a French sweets made with honey…)
The gargoyle, moved, allowing her to enter. James and co waited a few minutes before following her in. After having said the password, they reached the headmaster's office's door and gathered close to it, trying to hear what was being said inside…
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Lily entered the office quietly. Dumbledore looked up and smiled when he saw her. However his smile faded a bit when he saw the black letter in her hand.
"Again?"
"Yes professor" she handed him the letter.
Dumbledore's frown deepened as he was reading the letter.
"I guess he is talking about the Potters, the Blacks, the Lupins, The Pettigrews, the Figgs, The Hernans, and the Coppards."
"Yes, you must warn them immediately, I don't know who he will attack…"
Dumbledore got up and approached a shelf. He took a small device on it. After saying the name of the different families, he explained everything and asked them to come to Hogwart as fast as they could.
During this, Lily, sitting in her chair had put her head in her hand and was deep in thought. In fact, she was blaming herself, blaming herself for destroying families, for putting people in danger….
After a few minutes, Dumbledore was finished. He approached Lily.
"They had been warned. Thank you for warning me."
"No need, it's my fault if they're in danger…"
"Don't blame yourself for your father's acts."
"I try professor, but it's hard. I can't help feeling responsible for the deaths he caused to make me join him."
"You're not responsible."
Lily sighed heavily.
"What's going to happen professor? What are you going to say to their families?"
"I'm going to warn them that Voldemort wants them dead and that they have to hide."
"And if they ask why?"
"Do you want me to tell them the truth?"
"I don't know. Do you think it will be wise?"
"Probably. Then I help them find a hideout for each of them, unknown to the others."
"All right"
"And for what is going to happen; only time will tell." Said Dumbledore.
Lily got up.
"Thank you Sir."
"You're welcome. Could you tell Mr Potter, Mr Black, Mr Lupin, Mr Pettigrew, Miss Hernan, Miss Figg and Miss Coppard to come to my office?"
"Of course."
"Well, I think, their family will arrive in a few minutes."
"Good bye Professor."
"Good bye Miss Evans."
Lily slowly exited the room. She opened the door and was shocked by what she saw. James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Bella, Lizzie and Dany, who had been listening, had fallen on each other when she opened the door and were now looking at her….
Lily and her new friends headed for Charm. They were the first to arrive and were welcomed by Professor Flitwick.
"Go get your seat. We'll wait for the others. By the way, I'm happy that you have decided to show the truth Miss Evans, it's a good thing."
Lily smiled. Professor Flitwick was one of her favourite teachers.
"Thank you Sir."
"No need, Miss Evans. I believe that your grades can be showed now?"
"Yes, Professor Dumbledore allowed it."
"All right."
Then the others students arrived and the lesson started.
"Well, class. Today we'll learn the Paralyse charm. It paralyses your opponent for a few minutes; it's very useful in a duel. The incantation is Parfroz. Miss Evans your charm will have to paralyse your opponent and make him lose his senses. You will show it to me when you're done."
The others students looked strangely at her. One of them raised his hand.
"Yes Mr Ferston?"
" Why does she have a special assignment and not us?"
"Because, due to her nature Miss Evans can do easily every possible spell. So the Paralys spell won't be hard for her to cast. Now back to work. Partner in groups of two or three."
For a few minutes, everyone was trying to get the spell right. Finally, a girl in Ravenclaw managed to do it. She was quickly followed by a few other students and by the end of the lesson, nearly everyone had managed it. Lily was still busied writing something on her parchment. Finally, she got up and approached the teacher. She showed him her paper. He read it, then nodded, smiling proudly at her.
"Very good Miss Evans. Now class, I want a volunteer on who Miss Evans can cast her spell."
The class became deadly silent. Then, Arabella slowly raised her hand, trusting Lily.
"Thanks Miss Figg, could you stand up and go here? Perfect."
Lily smiled thankfully to Arabella. She held her wand and said, "Parinsenfrez!"
Immediately, Arabella was paralysed. Professor Flitwick approached her. He took her hand and put it in a fire he had conjured, then yelled in her ear.
"Do the counter spell, Miss Evans."
"Mobisen"
Arabella blinked and looked at the Professor.
"What happened sir?"
"Miss Figg, does your hand ache? And did you hear what I have said?"
"No, my hand is right, and you didn't say anything…, isn't it?"
"Well done Miss Evans, Five points to Gryffondor for the spell and five more for the counter spell, don't forget to give them to the Headmaster."
Lily nodded. At that moment, the bell rang and everyone left the class, talking about what had just happened.
The other classes were just the same. The teachers would give special assignment to Lily who would show the class at the end of the lesson.
Finally, it was dinner-time.
Lily and her friends sat at the Gryffindor's table, waiting for food to come. She could feel students staring at her and it was bothering her a lot.
"Bella? Do you think they'll keep doing this for a while?"
"Unfortunately, I think so."
"Lucky me… I shouldn't have taken my disguise down! Stupid me!" Lily put her head in her hands.
"You couldn't have hidden forever Lil." Said Remus.
"Funny, I'm sure I've already heard this…" replied the young girl.
"It's true so stop to say that you shouldn't have done it." Said Dani practical.
The two girls argued for a few minutes, with their friends smiling at their behaviour. Finally Dani seemed to end the winner.
The rest of the day passed uneventfully. Lily was quite surprised. She hadn't received a black letter, even if normally she should have. It was worrying her. This calm was weird and unnatural… Voldemort had to be planning something big…
For now, she was in the common room, talking, joking and laughing with her friends; living a normal life for the first time… She loved this feeling of carelessness. Suddenly an owl entered the room and dropped a black letter on Lily's lap. Hands shaking, she opened it, careful to hide its content from the others, hoping for a miracle, hoping, nobody had died again…
Dearest Slivia.
You are worrying, aren't you? Why my dear father hadn't yet sent me one of his letters, I could almost hear you think it… I learned a strange thing today my dearest daughter, very strange things. Apparently you made friends… Good… As my first plan to make you join me seems to have failed, I'll try something else. Have you told your friends the truth about your family? You haven't, have you? Because who would want to be the friend of the daughter of the Dark Lord? Imagine what they'll say when they hear it? I can imagine it: Them, in front of you looking at you with scorn, hate, saying that they hate you, that you're a monster, a freak… What a joyful scene! Back to business. What will your friends think when they hear that you are the cause of the murder of their family? Instead of killing anonymous people, I'm going to kill people your friends care for. Intelligent? Of course it will stop as soon as you join me… Who'll be the first? Hmmm, it'll be a surprise. You'll see tomorrow.
The Dark Lord.
A tear ran on Lily's cheek as she read it. She closed her fist and clutched the letter as if it was Voldemort's neck.
"How can he do this? Why?" she whispered. She got up, silently and headed towards the exit, deciding to warn Dumbledore; maybe he could warn their family and save them if it wasn't too late.
"Where are you going?" asked Lizzy.
"Dumbledore" answered Lily shortly.
"Do you want us to come?" asked Remus, worried by her pale face and blank look.
"NO!" shouted Lily. "Sorry" she apologised, seeing them shocked by her outburst. "Don't come." Then she left.
The seven friends looked at each others and nodded. They got up; James summoned his cloak and put it over them after having enlarged it. They quickly left the common room and headed towards Dumbledore's office.
They spotted Lily reaching the gargoyle and were close enough to hear the password.
"Callison" said Lily. (If you're wondering it's a French sweets made with honey…)
The gargoyle, moved, allowing her to enter. James and co waited a few minutes before following her in. After having said the password, they reached the headmaster's office's door and gathered close to it, trying to hear what was being said inside…
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Lily entered the office quietly. Dumbledore looked up and smiled when he saw her. However his smile faded a bit when he saw the black letter in her hand.
"Again?"
"Yes professor" she handed him the letter.
Dumbledore's frown deepened as he was reading the letter.
"I guess he is talking about the Potters, the Blacks, the Lupins, The Pettigrews, the Figgs, The Hernans, and the Coppards."
"Yes, you must warn them immediately, I don't know who he will attack…"
Dumbledore got up and approached a shelf. He took a small device on it. After saying the name of the different families, he explained everything and asked them to come to Hogwart as fast as they could.
During this, Lily, sitting in her chair had put her head in her hand and was deep in thought. In fact, she was blaming herself, blaming herself for destroying families, for putting people in danger….
After a few minutes, Dumbledore was finished. He approached Lily.
"They had been warned. Thank you for warning me."
"No need, it's my fault if they're in danger…"
"Don't blame yourself for your father's acts."
"I try professor, but it's hard. I can't help feeling responsible for the deaths he caused to make me join him."
"You're not responsible."
Lily sighed heavily.
"What's going to happen professor? What are you going to say to their families?"
"I'm going to warn them that Voldemort wants them dead and that they have to hide."
"And if they ask why?"
"Do you want me to tell them the truth?"
"I don't know. Do you think it will be wise?"
"Probably. Then I help them find a hideout for each of them, unknown to the others."
"All right"
"And for what is going to happen; only time will tell." Said Dumbledore.
Lily got up.
"Thank you Sir."
"You're welcome. Could you tell Mr Potter, Mr Black, Mr Lupin, Mr Pettigrew, Miss Hernan, Miss Figg and Miss Coppard to come to my office?"
"Of course."
"Well, I think, their family will arrive in a few minutes."
"Good bye Professor."
"Good bye Miss Evans."
Lily slowly exited the room. She opened the door and was shocked by what she saw. James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Bella, Lizzie and Dany, who had been listening, had fallen on each other when she opened the door and were now looking at her….