A/N I am so glad you guys liked chapter three, I was worried you'd hate it! It really didn't have much of a point, hehe
Lily, Remus, and Kaleb each took seats down at the very end of the Gryffindor Table, and Sirius, James, and Peter filled in beside them.
Lily quirked a brow at this. "Um, shouldn't you be sitting somewhere else? This doesn't leave much room for your entourage."
"They," Sirius said, waving his hand at the aforementioned entourage, "Can kiss my arse. We're sitting with our friends, thanks much."
"Friends? What suddenly makes us friends? We went clubbing, on a challenge I might add, just yesterday I banished your hair to the 12th Immortal Plane! What out of all of this makes us chums? What makes you assume I want to associate with you?" Lily said, eyes narrowing, every word dripping venom.
None of that shook Sirius however. "All of that makes us Chums. And the 12th Immortal Plane? Wow…you're going to have to show me how to do that sometime. Pass the waffles, Moony."
While Remus was passing the Waffles, Lily and Kaleb were exchanging looks. "Are these guys for real?" Lily's eyes seemed to say.
Kaleb decided to answer her friend out loud. "Sadly, yes."
The owls chose this opportune moment to swoop in, delivering the day's post. Lily glanced at a letter addressed to her, and shut her eyes tightly. This went surprisingly unnoticed by Kaleb, who was speaking to Remus at the time.
And thus began Lily's mutilation of her waffle. Never taking a bite, mind you, just stabbing it to death with her fork.
"Sadly yes, what?" Peter asked, his head perking up.
"Lily asked if you guys were for real, I answered her." Kaleb deadpanned.
"I didn't hear her." Sirius said, confused.
"You weren't looking at her were you?" Kaleb explained, smirking.
Sirius, still confused, wisely decided to let the subject drop.
"So, Lily, going on a rampage against waffles, or what?" James asked, bemused.
The glare Lily shot at him could have killed. "As a matter of fact, Potter, I am. Next on my list is annoying Tousle-haired Preps. Care to stand in line?"
"What's your problem, Lily? I thought we were getting along last night." James said, annoyed.
Lily took a deep breath. "Listen, I'm sorry, ok?" At this point she made a choked sound. "I need to go, bye." With that she grabbed her books and strode from the Hall.
"What was that all about?" Remus asked no one in particular.
Kaleb stared after her friend. "I don't know…but you should be proud, Potter, that's the first time she's said sorry to someone since I've known her…" Kaleb then grabbed her own books, and followed Lily.
Immediately Jennifer Harris and a random ditz filled their spots. "What's their problem? They're just so rude! I can't believe that anyone could be that annoying!" Jennifer exclaimed.
Remus stared at the offending ditz. "You're joking, right?"
Jennifer, in her usual manner, appeared confused. "What? No I'm not! They're positively awful!"
~With Lily and Kaleb~
"Lily! LILY HELENA EVANS! YOU WILL SLOW YOUR BUTT DOWN THIS INSTANT!" Kaleb yelled at her friend, as she dashed out to the lake.
"They're dead." Lily said simply, staring at the water.
Kaleb put a hand on her friend's shoulder. "Who's dead, Lils?"
"My parents. They're dead. Because I'm a muggle-born. To think, if I hadn't come to this school, if I hadn't had to make near perfect marks, they'd still be here. They'd still be here." Lily said, in an eerie monotone.
Kaleb wrapped Lily in her arms fiercely. "Don't say that. Don't you dare say that. C'mon Lils, its just like what you told me when Mother died, it isn't goodbye forever. Besides, they don't have to be gone to you, they still love you, and you love them, and that is what matters. Lily, don't go to pieces on me, ok? You're the strong one."
"I just, need to be alone for a while, ok Kaleb, my love?" Lily said, her eyes still dead, emotionless.
"O-ok, love, ok. But, you know I'm here, right? I'll always be here."
Lily smiled, and gestured towards the castle. "Go." And Kaleb went, and Lily climbed into the Weeping (Not the Whomping) Willow, and that was how things were.
By the time Kaleb made in back into the Gryffindor Common Room, the Marauders were already there, waiting for her.
"Kaleb, what's wrong with her?" Peter squeaked.
Kaleb shot him a cold look. "As if you care." She snarled. "As if any of you have ever cared about anyone. Life and Death, Pettigrew, that's what's wrong with her. Voldemort, that's what's wrong with her. She'll be fine, not that you care, because Lily's strong, because she can pull herself together. And all of you, can kiss my ass." Kaleb felt righteous for Lily, and angry at Voldemort, at the world that allowed Voldemort to exist, and here were four, easy, targets.
She flexed the muscles in her hands, itching to pull out her wand and hex the hell out of them. But she didn't. She bared her teeth once, then gracefully stormed up to her dormitory.
~With Lily~
Lily sat in the old Weeping Willow, lying against the truck, her legs splayed over a couple branches. She sat like this for nearly two hours, crying, mourning the loss of her parents.
Suddenly, she jerked into alertness, almost wanting to smack herself. "Lily Helena Evans. Why are you moping around? They may be gone, but it isn't goodbye forever. We'll meet again, and we'll all have had happy lives when we do." For some reason this comforted her more than she thought it would.
She wiped the tears from her eyes, and jumped down from the tree, heading towards the Gryffindor Common Room. 'I love you, Mum and Dad, and I know you love me.'
~With the Marauders~
"Ok, what?" Sirius asked the other boys, as Kaleb managed to somehow look angelic and murderous at the same time as she made her exit.
"Well, look at this logically, Kaleb said that it was a matter of life and death, and Voldemort. She said that Lily could pull herself together…I'm only coming to one conclusion. Her family must be dead." Remus said, biting his lower lip.
James felt a stab in his heart. That was why she was so upset…god…he would be too. "What do we do?"
"Well, none of us knows where she is at the moment…eh…strike that…there she is." Sirius said, gesturing to the Portrait.
Lily Evans sauntered into the common room, green eyes glowing and dangerous.
(A/N, and now, the long awaited Hero!Lily)
Remus reached out and touched her arm, halting her progress to the Girl's Dormitory. "Lils…" he said solemnly, a concerned expression haunting his amber eyes.
"Lupin…just…" But she never got to finish her statement. Just then, Jennifer Harris strode up to her and smirked.
"You seem a bit edgy today, Evans. It's the full moon tomorrow, isn't it? I hear your kind get a bit edgy around this time of the month." Jennifer's eyes glinted cruelly.
"My kind?" Lily drawled, wondering where the Wonder-Ditz was taking this.
"Yes. I know that either you or Lupin is a werewolf. You both eat a lot of meat around the full moon, and you miss a lot of classes then. But Remus is too cute, it has to be you."
Lily wanted to laugh with the ridiculousness of it all. How the ditz had gotten so close to Remus' secret was beyond her, for it had taken Lily herself only two months to figure it out in first year, but the Wonder-Ditz should still be blissfully unaware, by her calculations. "Harris…" Lily growled, in warning, casting a glance at the now painfully nervous Marauders. Remus looked deathly pale, and Lily knew why.
"Harris, if you breathe one word of my identity to anyone I may just find it a little too difficult to resist sinking my teeth into your throat. Got that?" Lily threatened, her eyes flashing with mock murderous rage.
Jennifer went pale and stumbled off, in fear.
Lily then turned to the Marauders, who were staring at her in wonder, each looking as though they could kiss her. "Remus, don't worry. You're secret has been safe with me ever since first year, that won't change now."
Remus pulled her into a bone crushing hug. "Why would you do that for me?"
Lily pulled back, and shrugged. "I know what she would do to you, and you don't deserve that. The whole school already hates me, and calls me a freak, what's one thing more? Besides, Kaleb, me, and the faculty know that I'm not, who else would I need to convince?"
"Well, we already know, so no one else." James put in, smiling at her. "Thank you, Lionne."
Lily quirked a brow. "Lionne?"
Sirius grinned and nodded. "Lionne. Its French for Lioness. Now you're our Lioness."
Lily felt a flare of anger, but she fought it down, they couldn't know. They couldn't know how terribly she hated being thought of as belonging to someone. How much it reminded her of Aunt Lucille and what Uncle Gregory did to her.
"Lionne, then. I'm going to get try and talk Kaleb down, I'm correct in assuming that she attacked you on my behalf?"
The Marauders nodded sheepishly, and she was gone.
Lily, Remus, and Kaleb each took seats down at the very end of the Gryffindor Table, and Sirius, James, and Peter filled in beside them.
Lily quirked a brow at this. "Um, shouldn't you be sitting somewhere else? This doesn't leave much room for your entourage."
"They," Sirius said, waving his hand at the aforementioned entourage, "Can kiss my arse. We're sitting with our friends, thanks much."
"Friends? What suddenly makes us friends? We went clubbing, on a challenge I might add, just yesterday I banished your hair to the 12th Immortal Plane! What out of all of this makes us chums? What makes you assume I want to associate with you?" Lily said, eyes narrowing, every word dripping venom.
None of that shook Sirius however. "All of that makes us Chums. And the 12th Immortal Plane? Wow…you're going to have to show me how to do that sometime. Pass the waffles, Moony."
While Remus was passing the Waffles, Lily and Kaleb were exchanging looks. "Are these guys for real?" Lily's eyes seemed to say.
Kaleb decided to answer her friend out loud. "Sadly, yes."
The owls chose this opportune moment to swoop in, delivering the day's post. Lily glanced at a letter addressed to her, and shut her eyes tightly. This went surprisingly unnoticed by Kaleb, who was speaking to Remus at the time.
And thus began Lily's mutilation of her waffle. Never taking a bite, mind you, just stabbing it to death with her fork.
"Sadly yes, what?" Peter asked, his head perking up.
"Lily asked if you guys were for real, I answered her." Kaleb deadpanned.
"I didn't hear her." Sirius said, confused.
"You weren't looking at her were you?" Kaleb explained, smirking.
Sirius, still confused, wisely decided to let the subject drop.
"So, Lily, going on a rampage against waffles, or what?" James asked, bemused.
The glare Lily shot at him could have killed. "As a matter of fact, Potter, I am. Next on my list is annoying Tousle-haired Preps. Care to stand in line?"
"What's your problem, Lily? I thought we were getting along last night." James said, annoyed.
Lily took a deep breath. "Listen, I'm sorry, ok?" At this point she made a choked sound. "I need to go, bye." With that she grabbed her books and strode from the Hall.
"What was that all about?" Remus asked no one in particular.
Kaleb stared after her friend. "I don't know…but you should be proud, Potter, that's the first time she's said sorry to someone since I've known her…" Kaleb then grabbed her own books, and followed Lily.
Immediately Jennifer Harris and a random ditz filled their spots. "What's their problem? They're just so rude! I can't believe that anyone could be that annoying!" Jennifer exclaimed.
Remus stared at the offending ditz. "You're joking, right?"
Jennifer, in her usual manner, appeared confused. "What? No I'm not! They're positively awful!"
~With Lily and Kaleb~
"Lily! LILY HELENA EVANS! YOU WILL SLOW YOUR BUTT DOWN THIS INSTANT!" Kaleb yelled at her friend, as she dashed out to the lake.
"They're dead." Lily said simply, staring at the water.
Kaleb put a hand on her friend's shoulder. "Who's dead, Lils?"
"My parents. They're dead. Because I'm a muggle-born. To think, if I hadn't come to this school, if I hadn't had to make near perfect marks, they'd still be here. They'd still be here." Lily said, in an eerie monotone.
Kaleb wrapped Lily in her arms fiercely. "Don't say that. Don't you dare say that. C'mon Lils, its just like what you told me when Mother died, it isn't goodbye forever. Besides, they don't have to be gone to you, they still love you, and you love them, and that is what matters. Lily, don't go to pieces on me, ok? You're the strong one."
"I just, need to be alone for a while, ok Kaleb, my love?" Lily said, her eyes still dead, emotionless.
"O-ok, love, ok. But, you know I'm here, right? I'll always be here."
Lily smiled, and gestured towards the castle. "Go." And Kaleb went, and Lily climbed into the Weeping (Not the Whomping) Willow, and that was how things were.
By the time Kaleb made in back into the Gryffindor Common Room, the Marauders were already there, waiting for her.
"Kaleb, what's wrong with her?" Peter squeaked.
Kaleb shot him a cold look. "As if you care." She snarled. "As if any of you have ever cared about anyone. Life and Death, Pettigrew, that's what's wrong with her. Voldemort, that's what's wrong with her. She'll be fine, not that you care, because Lily's strong, because she can pull herself together. And all of you, can kiss my ass." Kaleb felt righteous for Lily, and angry at Voldemort, at the world that allowed Voldemort to exist, and here were four, easy, targets.
She flexed the muscles in her hands, itching to pull out her wand and hex the hell out of them. But she didn't. She bared her teeth once, then gracefully stormed up to her dormitory.
~With Lily~
Lily sat in the old Weeping Willow, lying against the truck, her legs splayed over a couple branches. She sat like this for nearly two hours, crying, mourning the loss of her parents.
Suddenly, she jerked into alertness, almost wanting to smack herself. "Lily Helena Evans. Why are you moping around? They may be gone, but it isn't goodbye forever. We'll meet again, and we'll all have had happy lives when we do." For some reason this comforted her more than she thought it would.
She wiped the tears from her eyes, and jumped down from the tree, heading towards the Gryffindor Common Room. 'I love you, Mum and Dad, and I know you love me.'
~With the Marauders~
"Ok, what?" Sirius asked the other boys, as Kaleb managed to somehow look angelic and murderous at the same time as she made her exit.
"Well, look at this logically, Kaleb said that it was a matter of life and death, and Voldemort. She said that Lily could pull herself together…I'm only coming to one conclusion. Her family must be dead." Remus said, biting his lower lip.
James felt a stab in his heart. That was why she was so upset…god…he would be too. "What do we do?"
"Well, none of us knows where she is at the moment…eh…strike that…there she is." Sirius said, gesturing to the Portrait.
Lily Evans sauntered into the common room, green eyes glowing and dangerous.
(A/N, and now, the long awaited Hero!Lily)
Remus reached out and touched her arm, halting her progress to the Girl's Dormitory. "Lils…" he said solemnly, a concerned expression haunting his amber eyes.
"Lupin…just…" But she never got to finish her statement. Just then, Jennifer Harris strode up to her and smirked.
"You seem a bit edgy today, Evans. It's the full moon tomorrow, isn't it? I hear your kind get a bit edgy around this time of the month." Jennifer's eyes glinted cruelly.
"My kind?" Lily drawled, wondering where the Wonder-Ditz was taking this.
"Yes. I know that either you or Lupin is a werewolf. You both eat a lot of meat around the full moon, and you miss a lot of classes then. But Remus is too cute, it has to be you."
Lily wanted to laugh with the ridiculousness of it all. How the ditz had gotten so close to Remus' secret was beyond her, for it had taken Lily herself only two months to figure it out in first year, but the Wonder-Ditz should still be blissfully unaware, by her calculations. "Harris…" Lily growled, in warning, casting a glance at the now painfully nervous Marauders. Remus looked deathly pale, and Lily knew why.
"Harris, if you breathe one word of my identity to anyone I may just find it a little too difficult to resist sinking my teeth into your throat. Got that?" Lily threatened, her eyes flashing with mock murderous rage.
Jennifer went pale and stumbled off, in fear.
Lily then turned to the Marauders, who were staring at her in wonder, each looking as though they could kiss her. "Remus, don't worry. You're secret has been safe with me ever since first year, that won't change now."
Remus pulled her into a bone crushing hug. "Why would you do that for me?"
Lily pulled back, and shrugged. "I know what she would do to you, and you don't deserve that. The whole school already hates me, and calls me a freak, what's one thing more? Besides, Kaleb, me, and the faculty know that I'm not, who else would I need to convince?"
"Well, we already know, so no one else." James put in, smiling at her. "Thank you, Lionne."
Lily quirked a brow. "Lionne?"
Sirius grinned and nodded. "Lionne. Its French for Lioness. Now you're our Lioness."
Lily felt a flare of anger, but she fought it down, they couldn't know. They couldn't know how terribly she hated being thought of as belonging to someone. How much it reminded her of Aunt Lucille and what Uncle Gregory did to her.
"Lionne, then. I'm going to get try and talk Kaleb down, I'm correct in assuming that she attacked you on my behalf?"
The Marauders nodded sheepishly, and she was gone.