Chapter 15
James, happily whistling, went up to the Astronomy Tower.
" Surprise!" said James as he pounced onto the open Tower.
" Oh, um. Shouldn't you be doing that for Lily?" asked Remus, uncomfortably.
" Where IS Lily?" asked James, feeling really stupid now.
" I don't know. She isn't here now. And if she doesn't come really soon, she's going to miss Mars." Said Remus, keeping look out for the red planet to come.
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Lily was thumped onto the ground. She immediately tried to look around for the exit. She didn't want to stay here for long to see her captor. Who ever it was. But it was so dark she didn't know which way, was which. Her nerves were scraped so raw at this point, she was aware of every sound in the room.
Then a shade of red light came trough the windows and the first light shone through the room. She didn't recognize the room.
Then she did. It looked familiar. She's seen it before. It was a child's room, now dimly lit. Then a figure hovered above her.
"Move out of the way, silly girl. I want the child!"
"No, please! I'll do anything!" pleaded, Lily. She felt herself clutching onto something again. It was a bundle. A baby. But-
"Stand aside!"
It was then she saw the face of the horrid voice that was in her dreams and now, plainly shown in front of her eyes. They were red and did not look like eyes at all. Just then bright green light glowed in front of her. And everything went blank.
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" WHERE IS LILY?" shouted James, furiously.
" Calm down. Maybe she took a wrong turn and got lost." Said Remus, trying to calm down James.
" THAT MAKES NO SENSE! SHE'S BEEN IN THIS CASTLE FOR SEVEN YEARS. COME ON, REMUS!"
" It doesn't help it that you're so agitated now. All we can do is wait." Said Remus.
" We cant go to Dumbledore. She's out of bounds and should've been in the common room by eight. It's almost two in the morning. I think all we can do is wait." Said Sirius.
James started to punch the sofa, furiously, and gave up after a while. He felt so helpless.
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Jasmine woke up gasping for air.
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After what seemed like hours, she gathered all her might to stumble out of the room. Her eyes were adjusting to the light. It was almost dawn, by the look of it from the window. She got up weakly, and started to walk toward Gryffindor castle, which looked as if it were a hundred miles away.
She hoped that she didn't stumble across Filch or even worse the Headmaster. How was she going to explain all of this to anyone? Would anyone even believe her? Would James? Her mind was so full of confusion and thoughts of James.
" James?" she said.
" No, I'm not James." Said the figure.
" I'm so scared." Confessed Lily, as tears made their way down to her cheeks.
" Lily, it's me. Are you okay?"
" James, hold me." Said Lily as she approached him. She put her arms around him and he embraced her. She passed out afterwards.
Once she opened her eyes, Lily found herself at laying down on what seemed to be a bed. Everything was still hazy. But she could make out a figure with stood there looking at her.
" James." Said Lily, feebly.
" It's not James, Lily. It's me. Andrew." Said Andrew.
Then her eyes came into focus. Andrew's blues eyes came into focus.
" What happened?" asked Lily.
" Well I found you almost passing out near the astronomy tower. I saw you, well since I was patrolling, ( A/N: He is Headboy.) and you passed out so I had to take you to the Hospital Wing. What happened to you, Lily?" asked Andrew, concerned.
" I… um-" she started to say. What can she say?
Lily was saved from giving Andrew an explanation when James burst through the door. Sirius, Remus, Jasmine, Professor Dumbledore and McGonagall followed. Lily sat up at the sight of James. James put his arms around her and embraced her so ever strongly.
He loosened the embrace when he spotted Andrew. He wheeled around the bed and grabbed Andrew by the collar slammed him on the wall.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO LILY? I SWEAR, I'LL HAVE YOU FOR THIS." Said James, now red in anger.
" James!" said Sirius, Remus, and Jasmine in surprise.
" Potter, let go of him this instant." Said McGonagall.
" Mr. Davies was the one who found Lily and brought here here, James. He did no harm." Said Dumbledore with composure.
James let him go reluctantly though his eyes were still upon him.
" Now, everyone has seen that Miss Evans is in no harm. I would like to talk to her privately, if you please, wait by the door." Said Dumbledore.
The boys and Jasmine left the room.
" Lily, I know it will be hard. But can you please tell me what happened?" asked Dumbledore gently and urgently at the same time.
Best she could, Lily told of her accounts of what happened. She was thankful toward Dumbledore for not interrupting and asking questions. McGonagall gasped a couple of times but nothing more.
After she finished telling her story, she looked at the both of them. They eyed her carefully.
" Lily, I cannot say anything to give you comfort, but I will tell you this. Do as your heart tells you. Listen to yourself and you will find the answers." Said Dumbldore, consolingly. " And I have asked them not to bombard you with questions until you are ready. Well, Minerva, I think we should get back to the Great Hall. I saw a couple of sugar cookies I would like to sample." Said Dumbledore to McGonagall and they both left the Hospital Wing.
When they were out of earshot, Professor McGonagall was the first to speak,
"Albus, you know what it means. You know what is to happen. Why would you encourage her?" asked McGonagall.
" Oh, Minerva, you know as well as I do that we cannot stop what is to happen in the future." Said Dumbleore firmly.
" But surely-"
" I cannot allow them to be deprived of love. The one thing that is good and most worthy of feeling in this world." He said.
Back at the Hospital Wing, Madam Pomfrey was fussing over Lily. The Marauders, Jasmine and Andrew were looking apprehensively at Lily. James sat by her side.
" Well, I should get going." Said Andrew.
" No, Andrew, you-" Lily started to say.
" It's alright. You guys should be left alone to talk. I hope you get well, Lily." Said Andrew.
To Madam Pomfrey's disapproval, Lily stood up and went over to hug Andrew, Andrew very surprised at this (although he really enjoyed it all the same), and said, " Thank you, Andrew. For everything."
And Lily got back to her bed, and resumed talking to her friends.
A/N: What's going to happen next? How will this all get cleared up? Find out in the Next Chapter!!!!
P.S
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