Disclaimer: The geniuses J K Rowling and J R R Tolkien invented the
characters. I won nothing. OK, might own the occasional Elf I stick in but
other than that nothing.
AN I have been reading HP fanfictions a lot lately and my hands have been itching to have a crack at it. This idea came to mind when I was staring at the mounted Deer head in my Dad's friend's living room (Yes Luinramwen the one wearing the eye-patch, backwards baseball cap, and has the cigarette in its mouth lol) the one that his son and I had affectionately named Prongs.
Chapter 1: Oops
Lily moaned and rolled on her side. Every muscle in her body ached. She expected to open her eyes to find her self in the Hospital Wing. James and the Marauders had blown up the Common Room. Fortunately (or not in Lily's case) the only people who were in the Common Room at the time were the Marauders and Lily. The first thing that lily planned to do when she got out of the Hospital Wing was go to the library and look up a good jinx to use on James. Maybe Sirius too.
But then she heard strange voices. 'Strider! Strider, the child is waking.' One nervous voice called. Lily opened her eyes to find herself in a disgusting marsh. There were midges bussing around everywhere. Not that the company she found herself in liked it there that much either. 'What do they eat when they can't get Hobbit?' she heard one of them ask. Lily sat up immediately and got her wand out.
'Who are you?' Lily asked, 'Where are we? What do you have to do with me?' Questions were flying out of her mouth at a million miles a second. Lily was afraid, as afraid as she had been when Voldermort had attacked Diagon Alley. She was afraid that she had been kidnapped.
A tall man wearing all black approached them. 'Please child. We mean you no harm. We found you face down in the mud about a half league back.' The man said gesturing back to the way they had come. 'You may call me Strider, for the moment. My comrades are Merry, Pippin, Frodo, and Sam.' Gesturing to each of the others in turn. Lily nodded and smiled. 'Who are you? As I assume you are sick of being called child.' Strider laughed.
'Lily, Lily Evans.' She replied. Strider nodded and stood up.
'Well Lily. I am going hunting for some food. I shall return as soon as I have caught something.' Strider said and walked off carrying a bow in hand. Lily sat there a moment, indecisive. Then she followed after Strider. Lily ran the questions she wanted to ask the man through her mind. What on Earth was she doing here for instance? She was no where near Hogwarts, that was for certain. Lily caught up to Strider and was about to get his attention when she saw him take aim.
Grazing peacefully perhaps twenty feet away was the most magnificent stag Lily had ever seen. It seemed oddly familiar. Then the deer lifted its magnificent head and it - it winked at her! Suddenly Lily recognized the stag. Prongs! Lily let out a cry as Strider released the arrow.
Everything after that happened with agonizing slowness. The arrow embedded itself behind Prongs' shoulder. Prongs' mouth fell open in silent shock. He slowly toppled over. Lily ran forward. Strider's arms fell limply at his sides in confusion at the girl's strange reaction. Lily had just reached Prongs as he hit the ground with a sickening thud.
Prongs' blue eyes stared at Lily but it appeared as though he was too weak to lift his head. Lily whispered in his ear as she stroked his magnificent neck. Strider hesitated. Why had Lily reacted so when he shot the deer? Why was she there in the first place? He came forward and knelt next to Lily. He blinked in surprise as he heard what Lily was whispering to the deer. 'He didn't know. I'm here. I'm not leaving you. You'll be alright. Can you changed back?' Lily asked anxiously. Prongs lifted his head slightly and shook his head weakly. Lily suppressed a sob. 'I don't know the spell to do it for you. If only Padfoot were here!' she cried. Suddenly a huge, shaggy black dog appeared with an expression which even Strider could tell meant 'You called?'
AN I have been reading HP fanfictions a lot lately and my hands have been itching to have a crack at it. This idea came to mind when I was staring at the mounted Deer head in my Dad's friend's living room (Yes Luinramwen the one wearing the eye-patch, backwards baseball cap, and has the cigarette in its mouth lol) the one that his son and I had affectionately named Prongs.
Chapter 1: Oops
Lily moaned and rolled on her side. Every muscle in her body ached. She expected to open her eyes to find her self in the Hospital Wing. James and the Marauders had blown up the Common Room. Fortunately (or not in Lily's case) the only people who were in the Common Room at the time were the Marauders and Lily. The first thing that lily planned to do when she got out of the Hospital Wing was go to the library and look up a good jinx to use on James. Maybe Sirius too.
But then she heard strange voices. 'Strider! Strider, the child is waking.' One nervous voice called. Lily opened her eyes to find herself in a disgusting marsh. There were midges bussing around everywhere. Not that the company she found herself in liked it there that much either. 'What do they eat when they can't get Hobbit?' she heard one of them ask. Lily sat up immediately and got her wand out.
'Who are you?' Lily asked, 'Where are we? What do you have to do with me?' Questions were flying out of her mouth at a million miles a second. Lily was afraid, as afraid as she had been when Voldermort had attacked Diagon Alley. She was afraid that she had been kidnapped.
A tall man wearing all black approached them. 'Please child. We mean you no harm. We found you face down in the mud about a half league back.' The man said gesturing back to the way they had come. 'You may call me Strider, for the moment. My comrades are Merry, Pippin, Frodo, and Sam.' Gesturing to each of the others in turn. Lily nodded and smiled. 'Who are you? As I assume you are sick of being called child.' Strider laughed.
'Lily, Lily Evans.' She replied. Strider nodded and stood up.
'Well Lily. I am going hunting for some food. I shall return as soon as I have caught something.' Strider said and walked off carrying a bow in hand. Lily sat there a moment, indecisive. Then she followed after Strider. Lily ran the questions she wanted to ask the man through her mind. What on Earth was she doing here for instance? She was no where near Hogwarts, that was for certain. Lily caught up to Strider and was about to get his attention when she saw him take aim.
Grazing peacefully perhaps twenty feet away was the most magnificent stag Lily had ever seen. It seemed oddly familiar. Then the deer lifted its magnificent head and it - it winked at her! Suddenly Lily recognized the stag. Prongs! Lily let out a cry as Strider released the arrow.
Everything after that happened with agonizing slowness. The arrow embedded itself behind Prongs' shoulder. Prongs' mouth fell open in silent shock. He slowly toppled over. Lily ran forward. Strider's arms fell limply at his sides in confusion at the girl's strange reaction. Lily had just reached Prongs as he hit the ground with a sickening thud.
Prongs' blue eyes stared at Lily but it appeared as though he was too weak to lift his head. Lily whispered in his ear as she stroked his magnificent neck. Strider hesitated. Why had Lily reacted so when he shot the deer? Why was she there in the first place? He came forward and knelt next to Lily. He blinked in surprise as he heard what Lily was whispering to the deer. 'He didn't know. I'm here. I'm not leaving you. You'll be alright. Can you changed back?' Lily asked anxiously. Prongs lifted his head slightly and shook his head weakly. Lily suppressed a sob. 'I don't know the spell to do it for you. If only Padfoot were here!' she cried. Suddenly a huge, shaggy black dog appeared with an expression which even Strider could tell meant 'You called?'
