Chapter 8
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The classes for today were quite boring, as usual, so it was a relief to finally be done for the day. Lily, Emily, and Becca were still quite giddy from the fact that James had finally asked Lily, and that they had kissed. It was a big day to be celebrated.
"We should sneak off to Hogsmeade and enjoy a couple of butterbeers!" suggested Becca.
"Yea, definitely, and have toasts to Lily!" giggled Emily.
"You two are really getting a kick out of this aren't you?" smirked Lily.
"Hell yea, it's not everyday our little Lils gets kissed by James Potter," remarked Becca, who was shooting confetti out of the end of her wand.
"You're getting your hopes up too high, I just need to take things a few steps at a time," commented Lily.
"I agree with Lily, you don't want to do things too fast otherwise you'll make a complete arse out of yourself," said Emily.
"Right, well what about the whole Hogsmeade thing?" asked Becca.
"I say we should do it, but it's up to Miss Head Girl," smiled Emily.
"Ok fine, we just need to be back before midnight, I've got some studying to do," replied Lily.
"I forgot, we can't mess with her study schedule," laughed Becca, who received a playful push from Lily.
The three girls grabbed their cloaks and began on their trip to Hogsmeade.
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"YOU WHAT?" yelled Sirius, after hearing James' story.
"We had a snog, no big deal Padfoot," James replied coolly.
"No big deal?! Right Prongs, I know you're doing back flips in your mind," said Remus.
"So, when's this weekend at Hogsmeade going to be?" inquired Sirius.
"Soon, I haven't exactly figured it out yet," replied James honestly. He really hadn't thought of when to have the Hogsmeade weekend. He wanted everything to go perfect.
"Ah Prongs, you must think these things out, a girl likes it when she knows you've put effort into something," said Remus.
"What would I do without you Moony? Always got the insight when it comes to girls," smiled James.
"Without me Prongs, you'd be nowhere," laughed Remus, "Probably still back in sixth year, just kidding."
"So, what havoc shall we reek on Hogwarts this evening?" questioned Sirius, "I'm in the mood for some mischief."
"Let's check the map and see who's around," suggested Remus.
James pulled the Marauder's Map out of his pocket and then recited, "I solemnly swear I am up to no good."
Three dots appeared showing Lily, Emily, and Becca taking a secret passageway behind the witch with the humped back.
"Wonder what they're doing out late?" pondered James. It was highly unlikely that Lily would be out late, especially since she's Head Girl. However, to get her out, it must have been something really important to her.
"Who knows, anyone want to follow?" asked Sirius.
"It's alright by me, but I need my sleep," answered Remus.
"Alright, I'll go grab my cloak and then we'll follow them," said James before heading over to his chest and pulling out his silvery invisibility cloak.
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There was an eerie and spooky feeling while going back deep in to this tunnel. It smelled of mildew and drops of water were constantly falling on their heads.
"This wasn't the best way to take, next time we'll just bring umbrellas," joked Becca.
"Anyone know how much longer?" whispered Lily.
"We should be reaching the door any minute now," answered Emily. Sure enough a door was finally within their eyesight. Becca opened the door quietly and all three girls slipped through the door making sure to close it. They quickly climbed out of the basement and headed towards the Three Broomsticks to grab their butterbeer.
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James, Sirius, and Remus (Peter had gone to bed early), heard the door shut and knew that they weren't far behind the girls. Soon enough, they too were in the basement and watched the girls walk into the Three Broomsticks. Making sure not to follow too closely.
"Ow, Padfoot, you stepped on my foot," mumbled James underneath the cloak.
"Sorry about that mate," Sirius replied quietly.
The three gathered in the window to find the three girls sitting by a booth near the corner. They were talking rapidly about something to do with, well the boys couldn't tell, for they had not mastered the skill of deciphering girls' fast speech.
"Bloody hell, how can they even understand each other?" asked Remus.
"Beats me, maybe they just nod or answer in a way so it Ilooks/I like they understand," replied Sirius.
"You know if you kind of listen, they sounds like a bunch of hens," chuckled James, receiving weird looks from the other two.
"And you wonder why Lily doesn't flock to you," mumbled Remus under his breath. The three boys turned around due to the sound of several bpops/b and dark hooded figures appearing.
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Lily, Emily, and Becca were busy conversing over the subject of boys and how they never will understand girls.
"It's just impossibly really, it's like we're aliens to them or something," said Becca.
"Yea true, see the funny thing is, they're so predictable sometimes, they're incredibly easy to decipher," added Emily.
"I say we should write a book on how to win a girls heart, make it easier, of course, now that I think about it, it's not such a good idea. Why mess with something that's happened forever?" said Lily.
The other two girls nodded in agreement, and then heard the sound of pops outside.
"I wonder what that is?" asked Lily.
"Someone's apparated here, that's the popping noises, however, I don't know who," answered Emily.
"Should we investigate?" questioned Becca.
"I don't know, we don't know who it is, and they may be the type of people we don't want to meet up with," said Lily.
"Thank goodness for the voice of reason," smiled Emily. Emily then checked her watch and noticed that it was 11:30. "Lils, it's 11:30 I think we should start heading back now, so you can get back."
"Ok, sounds good, let's go," she said before standing up and heading for the door.
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James, Remus, and Sirius were definitely in a predicament. There were death eaters on both sides and there was no space big enough to get all three of them through.
"Well, we're royally screwed," whispered Remus.
"I'll think of something," said Sirius.
"No, that's alright Padfoot, last time you thought of something to get us out of a fix, we nearly got expelled," replied Remus.
"That was only once," he argued.
"Once is enough for me."
"Will you two quit your bickering, this isn't the time or place," hissed James. The two mates nodded and looked around to see the number of the Death Eaters was slowly growing.
"This isn't looking good, and the girls don't know a thing about it," whispered Sirius.
"You're right, what are we going to do?" asked Remus.
"Just pray to Merlin that they don't come out of the door," said James. Just as he had muttered those words, the girls had appeared from the door of the Three Broomsticks.
IOh shit,/I the three thought in unison.
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Lily, Becca, and Emily emerged from the Three Broomsticks to see the rather large gathering of dark hooded figures.
"Are those what I think they are Em?" asked Becca, looking on in horror.
"I believe they are, which means that Ihe's/I going to be here as well," replied Emily.
"What are you two talking about?" asked Lily, uneducated about Voldemort and his little goonies the Death Eaters.
"Those dark hooded figures are Death Eaters who are loyal to Voldemort, an extremely evil wizard, luckily though, Dumbledore is much better," informed Emily.
"Well, what are we supposed to do, it's not like we can exactly walk out of here," said Becca.
"True, I say we just nonchalantly walk away like we know nothing's going on, you know playing dumb," suggested Lily.
So soon the three girls started to walk back towards where they had come from so that they could get back into the passageway. However, a Death Eater had spotted them and reported them to Voldemort.
"EVANS!" he bellowed, she shivered at the sound of her name coming from his mouth.
Lily slowly turned to face him, and saw the awful red eyes, which seemed to be barring into her very soul. Chills ran up and down her spine.
"Yes," she replied shakily.
"Did you get the news yet?" he hissed, creating more chills for Lily, Emily, and Becca.
"What are you on about?" she replied.
"Apparantly not, well I'll break it to you, after all, I was the one who committed the crime," he slowly began to curl his lips into an eerie smile. "Your parents are dead, they were killed at 10:30 this evening by use of the killing curse, done by Bellatrix Lestrange." Bellatrix was pointed out and began to smile.
"You're lying, you didn't kill my parents," she replied hotly, this was not a funny joke.
"Don't believe me? Look," he said while showing the scene of what used to be her house. Her mother and father sprawled on the kitchen floor, lifeless.
"Why?" she said before she slowly began to tear up.
"Because, I want you to join my side," he replied coolly.
"Well that's not the best way of doing it." Lily looked around at that point and noticed that they had been surrounded and that two Death Eaters had hold of Emily and Becca, and another one was beginning to advance on her.
"So, Lily Evans, will you join me and become part of the most powerful wizarding group in the world?"he asked.
"There's not an iceberg's chance in hell I'd ever join you, you scum," she replied very upset. (A/N: Real World Paris anyone?!)
"How dare you speak to the Master like that, you filthy Mudblood!" hissed an unknown Death Eater.
"Calm down Avery, she'll pay for her disrepect," he said, "or how about one of her friends." Voldemort then pointed a wand at Becca first and then Emily.
"NO! Leave my friends out of this, this is between you and me."
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A/N: Ooh I wonder what happens next! I'll write more tomorrow!
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The classes for today were quite boring, as usual, so it was a relief to finally be done for the day. Lily, Emily, and Becca were still quite giddy from the fact that James had finally asked Lily, and that they had kissed. It was a big day to be celebrated.
"We should sneak off to Hogsmeade and enjoy a couple of butterbeers!" suggested Becca.
"Yea, definitely, and have toasts to Lily!" giggled Emily.
"You two are really getting a kick out of this aren't you?" smirked Lily.
"Hell yea, it's not everyday our little Lils gets kissed by James Potter," remarked Becca, who was shooting confetti out of the end of her wand.
"You're getting your hopes up too high, I just need to take things a few steps at a time," commented Lily.
"I agree with Lily, you don't want to do things too fast otherwise you'll make a complete arse out of yourself," said Emily.
"Right, well what about the whole Hogsmeade thing?" asked Becca.
"I say we should do it, but it's up to Miss Head Girl," smiled Emily.
"Ok fine, we just need to be back before midnight, I've got some studying to do," replied Lily.
"I forgot, we can't mess with her study schedule," laughed Becca, who received a playful push from Lily.
The three girls grabbed their cloaks and began on their trip to Hogsmeade.
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"YOU WHAT?" yelled Sirius, after hearing James' story.
"We had a snog, no big deal Padfoot," James replied coolly.
"No big deal?! Right Prongs, I know you're doing back flips in your mind," said Remus.
"So, when's this weekend at Hogsmeade going to be?" inquired Sirius.
"Soon, I haven't exactly figured it out yet," replied James honestly. He really hadn't thought of when to have the Hogsmeade weekend. He wanted everything to go perfect.
"Ah Prongs, you must think these things out, a girl likes it when she knows you've put effort into something," said Remus.
"What would I do without you Moony? Always got the insight when it comes to girls," smiled James.
"Without me Prongs, you'd be nowhere," laughed Remus, "Probably still back in sixth year, just kidding."
"So, what havoc shall we reek on Hogwarts this evening?" questioned Sirius, "I'm in the mood for some mischief."
"Let's check the map and see who's around," suggested Remus.
James pulled the Marauder's Map out of his pocket and then recited, "I solemnly swear I am up to no good."
Three dots appeared showing Lily, Emily, and Becca taking a secret passageway behind the witch with the humped back.
"Wonder what they're doing out late?" pondered James. It was highly unlikely that Lily would be out late, especially since she's Head Girl. However, to get her out, it must have been something really important to her.
"Who knows, anyone want to follow?" asked Sirius.
"It's alright by me, but I need my sleep," answered Remus.
"Alright, I'll go grab my cloak and then we'll follow them," said James before heading over to his chest and pulling out his silvery invisibility cloak.
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There was an eerie and spooky feeling while going back deep in to this tunnel. It smelled of mildew and drops of water were constantly falling on their heads.
"This wasn't the best way to take, next time we'll just bring umbrellas," joked Becca.
"Anyone know how much longer?" whispered Lily.
"We should be reaching the door any minute now," answered Emily. Sure enough a door was finally within their eyesight. Becca opened the door quietly and all three girls slipped through the door making sure to close it. They quickly climbed out of the basement and headed towards the Three Broomsticks to grab their butterbeer.
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James, Sirius, and Remus (Peter had gone to bed early), heard the door shut and knew that they weren't far behind the girls. Soon enough, they too were in the basement and watched the girls walk into the Three Broomsticks. Making sure not to follow too closely.
"Ow, Padfoot, you stepped on my foot," mumbled James underneath the cloak.
"Sorry about that mate," Sirius replied quietly.
The three gathered in the window to find the three girls sitting by a booth near the corner. They were talking rapidly about something to do with, well the boys couldn't tell, for they had not mastered the skill of deciphering girls' fast speech.
"Bloody hell, how can they even understand each other?" asked Remus.
"Beats me, maybe they just nod or answer in a way so it Ilooks/I like they understand," replied Sirius.
"You know if you kind of listen, they sounds like a bunch of hens," chuckled James, receiving weird looks from the other two.
"And you wonder why Lily doesn't flock to you," mumbled Remus under his breath. The three boys turned around due to the sound of several bpops/b and dark hooded figures appearing.
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Lily, Emily, and Becca were busy conversing over the subject of boys and how they never will understand girls.
"It's just impossibly really, it's like we're aliens to them or something," said Becca.
"Yea true, see the funny thing is, they're so predictable sometimes, they're incredibly easy to decipher," added Emily.
"I say we should write a book on how to win a girls heart, make it easier, of course, now that I think about it, it's not such a good idea. Why mess with something that's happened forever?" said Lily.
The other two girls nodded in agreement, and then heard the sound of pops outside.
"I wonder what that is?" asked Lily.
"Someone's apparated here, that's the popping noises, however, I don't know who," answered Emily.
"Should we investigate?" questioned Becca.
"I don't know, we don't know who it is, and they may be the type of people we don't want to meet up with," said Lily.
"Thank goodness for the voice of reason," smiled Emily. Emily then checked her watch and noticed that it was 11:30. "Lils, it's 11:30 I think we should start heading back now, so you can get back."
"Ok, sounds good, let's go," she said before standing up and heading for the door.
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James, Remus, and Sirius were definitely in a predicament. There were death eaters on both sides and there was no space big enough to get all three of them through.
"Well, we're royally screwed," whispered Remus.
"I'll think of something," said Sirius.
"No, that's alright Padfoot, last time you thought of something to get us out of a fix, we nearly got expelled," replied Remus.
"That was only once," he argued.
"Once is enough for me."
"Will you two quit your bickering, this isn't the time or place," hissed James. The two mates nodded and looked around to see the number of the Death Eaters was slowly growing.
"This isn't looking good, and the girls don't know a thing about it," whispered Sirius.
"You're right, what are we going to do?" asked Remus.
"Just pray to Merlin that they don't come out of the door," said James. Just as he had muttered those words, the girls had appeared from the door of the Three Broomsticks.
IOh shit,/I the three thought in unison.
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Lily, Becca, and Emily emerged from the Three Broomsticks to see the rather large gathering of dark hooded figures.
"Are those what I think they are Em?" asked Becca, looking on in horror.
"I believe they are, which means that Ihe's/I going to be here as well," replied Emily.
"What are you two talking about?" asked Lily, uneducated about Voldemort and his little goonies the Death Eaters.
"Those dark hooded figures are Death Eaters who are loyal to Voldemort, an extremely evil wizard, luckily though, Dumbledore is much better," informed Emily.
"Well, what are we supposed to do, it's not like we can exactly walk out of here," said Becca.
"True, I say we just nonchalantly walk away like we know nothing's going on, you know playing dumb," suggested Lily.
So soon the three girls started to walk back towards where they had come from so that they could get back into the passageway. However, a Death Eater had spotted them and reported them to Voldemort.
"EVANS!" he bellowed, she shivered at the sound of her name coming from his mouth.
Lily slowly turned to face him, and saw the awful red eyes, which seemed to be barring into her very soul. Chills ran up and down her spine.
"Yes," she replied shakily.
"Did you get the news yet?" he hissed, creating more chills for Lily, Emily, and Becca.
"What are you on about?" she replied.
"Apparantly not, well I'll break it to you, after all, I was the one who committed the crime," he slowly began to curl his lips into an eerie smile. "Your parents are dead, they were killed at 10:30 this evening by use of the killing curse, done by Bellatrix Lestrange." Bellatrix was pointed out and began to smile.
"You're lying, you didn't kill my parents," she replied hotly, this was not a funny joke.
"Don't believe me? Look," he said while showing the scene of what used to be her house. Her mother and father sprawled on the kitchen floor, lifeless.
"Why?" she said before she slowly began to tear up.
"Because, I want you to join my side," he replied coolly.
"Well that's not the best way of doing it." Lily looked around at that point and noticed that they had been surrounded and that two Death Eaters had hold of Emily and Becca, and another one was beginning to advance on her.
"So, Lily Evans, will you join me and become part of the most powerful wizarding group in the world?"he asked.
"There's not an iceberg's chance in hell I'd ever join you, you scum," she replied very upset. (A/N: Real World Paris anyone?!)
"How dare you speak to the Master like that, you filthy Mudblood!" hissed an unknown Death Eater.
"Calm down Avery, she'll pay for her disrepect," he said, "or how about one of her friends." Voldemort then pointed a wand at Becca first and then Emily.
"NO! Leave my friends out of this, this is between you and me."
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A/N: Ooh I wonder what happens next! I'll write more tomorrow!
