"Ok, first of all, who's faster in Animagus form?"
James and Sirius looked over at Remus, who pointed to Lily. "I can smell it."
That made the boys even more confused, but James raised his hand. Lily jumped and said, "Ok, you're going to change and we're going to run around the lake."
James blinked a few times, but shrugged. Sirius was thinking along the same lines as James, but let Lily go. At the sound of three, Lily and James ran, but Lily was back in seconds. James hadn't even reached the other side of the lake, and Lily wasn't even out of breath.
Remus clapped and said, "Bravo."
James came back, but looked bewildered. "Care to try again?" James shook his head in the negative, so Lily shrugged. She ran forward at a slower pace, and it only took her ten seconds that time.
Lily jumped and said, "Fun! Next trick! Don't we all just feel like little horsies?"
Remus patted Lily's arm and said, "It'll be ok."
Lily looked at the ground and nodded her head before saying, "Transport!"
Lily told Remus to conjure some binoculars since she didn't have her wand, and said, "Look at the North Tower, ok?"
Remus nodded his head, and watched Lily as she concentrated on something. In seconds she disappeared and Remus lifted the magnifying glasses. Lily was doing a victory dance on the North Tower. Remus started to laugh, but then his eyes got wide as Lily jumped off the tower, her arms wide. She flew down until Remus was looking at her as she stood right in front of him.
"Hiya Remmie!"
Remus made a noise that sounded a lot like, "Meep!"
Lily found it hilarious as she started to think about what to do. "I would go visit the Merpeople, but it's late and I don't want to disturb them."
Remus nodded and said, "It's wise."
Lily nodded too and looked up at the sky. She was pointing out all of the major constellations when she noticed something. "Where're James and Sirius?"
Remus looked to over his shoulder and said, "Trying to figure out what the binoculars do."
Lily burst into laughter before staring at the boys' backs. They turned soon, and Lily tilted her head to the side in question. Smiling sheepishly, they went back to Lily and Remus' sides. Lily just sat there and stared at the water while Remus watched her with a concerned expression. Remus suddenly shivered and Lily checked the sky.
"It's one. You should go in. We all should."
Remus nodded his head, but James hung back, along with Sirius. Lily waved Remus forward and hugged him goodnight before turning to the other two boys with her. "What can I do for you?"
James couldn't put it to words, so he waved to the lake, the North Tower, everything. Lily shrugged, but Sirius stepped forward. "You're something other than human."
Lily threw her hands up and said, "Thanks!"
James laughed and said, "Sorry. But he's right."
Lily put a hand to her mouth and said, "No, really?"
Both boys laughed at that, and continued to walk towards the warmth of the castle. Just before they got there, Lily heard something. "Do you hear that?"
Both boys stopped and held their breaths for a minute. Lily heard it even better and strained her ears. It was a conversation, and it was coming from one of the common rooms. "You guys go ahead, I have to check this out."
They shrugged, but then Lily stopped them.
"Come here."
They came, and Lily transported them to the Gryffindor common room, where Kyle was holding a girl up by her neck. The girl, it turned out, was Sarah, Lily's best friend. Lily's anger kicked in, and she pulled her friend down. "How the hell could you do that to her?! You think you're something special?"
Kyle laughed and said, "I am glad you are fitting in."
Lily rolled her eyes before giving Sarah to James and Sirius, who were watching along with the entire common room. Lily heard Remus yelling outside the door, so she yelled back, "GET THE HEADMASTER!"
Kyle laughed and picked Lily up. He threw her into the door, which stayed closed. Lily was up in a flash, and she looked pissed. "Now see, normally I would have let that first one slide, but after last night, I don't like you very much anymore."
She blinked and was gone. In the next instant she was behind Kyle and had him lifted by his neck. Of course, since he didn't have to breath that just aggravated him. "Lily, darling. Please put me down."
Lily smiled wickedly and said, "Yes, sir, Sire, sir."
She threw him out a window, only to have him come back through the shattered glass and pin Lily to the ground. "You really need to complete the process dear."
Lily looked up, bewildered and asked, "What is with all that 'dear' shit? I hate you!"
She head butted him, and while he was disoriented kicked him in his most sensitive area. He fell to the side as Lily pinned him to the ground. She looked around for something wooden, but couldn't find anything. She sighed and smiled grimly before snapping Kyle's neck. Said person fell into unconsciousness as Lily looked around for something wooden. She sighed when she saw her wand, but figured it would work. She held out her hand, turned Kyle over, and plunged her wand into his heart.
There was a blinding light as Lily's wand did something, and then there was nothing. Lily's wand fell to the ground amid the ashes of her sire, but everything else was perfectly still. Lily was the first to wake up and pull her wand. She remembered what happened, but she was sure no one else would. She moved to the picture frame and muttered, "Finite Incatatum."
The door swung open and Remus, Dumbledore, and half of the other teachers in the school came forward. Albus went into the room and asked, "What happened?"
Everyone looked to everyone else, and as one shrugged. Lily stepped forward and said, "James, Sirius, and I all came back here. Remus was taking a walk - between you and me he was visiting his girlfriend, but I could be wrong - and the next thing we know, there's a pile of ash on the floor."
Lily shrugged her shoulders helplessly, and the Headmaster inspected the ashes. They were in the picture of Kyle, and he was scowling. Albus waved his wand over the entire pile, and it was put into a bag. Lily looked up to the only man she really listened to and asked, "What are you going to do with them? Actually, my first question is, where did they come from?"
Albus gave Lily a piercing stare that she met with one of her own, and sighed. "Alas I do not know. I will try and find out, however. Please have a good night."
Everyone nodded and went back to doing their things, but Lily was staring at Albus. He was leaving with the ashes, and if Remus read and told it right, Kyle could be brought back by them. Lily sighed and fell into a seat near the fire, suddenly very cold. She rubbed her hands together, but couldn't warm them. It was at that moment that it really sunk in. She was dead. There was no going back, no nothing else. The only good thing was that she wasn't ageless and could still walk in sunlight. But even then it only lasted until she drank a human's blood. Quite suddenly Lily started to cry, but it came out the way vampire's cry, as blood.
Remus ran forward and pulled Lily into a hug, drying her tears with a spare towel. "Shh. It's ok, love. Let it out. Shh, shh."
Lily stopped crying after a little while and just hugged Remus. She was feeling a little better, like there was still some warmth left in her body, when she felt hands on her shoulders and another pair on her hands. Sirius smiled up at her and winked, while James did the same, only down. Lily smiled back and just reveled in the feelings she got from having true friends, friends who didn't desert her when they found out what she was. Lily closed her eyes and let sleep take hold, a small smile firmly in place. Remus sighed sadly while James picked her up and carried her to bed.
He cringed slightly as he laid her down. On the white sheets and with her hair splayed out she really looked dead. James cringed again and Lily laughed. "I'm thinking make-up's in order."
James laughed too and sat down next to her. "Are you going to be ok?"
Lily looked up and adopted a brave face. "I'll get by."
James nodded too and kissed Lily on the forehead. Lily smiled slightly and said, "Thanks."
James nodded again and left the room with a, "Goodnight Lily Flower."
Lily just rolled her eyes as well as her body and fell asleep.
James and Sirius looked over at Remus, who pointed to Lily. "I can smell it."
That made the boys even more confused, but James raised his hand. Lily jumped and said, "Ok, you're going to change and we're going to run around the lake."
James blinked a few times, but shrugged. Sirius was thinking along the same lines as James, but let Lily go. At the sound of three, Lily and James ran, but Lily was back in seconds. James hadn't even reached the other side of the lake, and Lily wasn't even out of breath.
Remus clapped and said, "Bravo."
James came back, but looked bewildered. "Care to try again?" James shook his head in the negative, so Lily shrugged. She ran forward at a slower pace, and it only took her ten seconds that time.
Lily jumped and said, "Fun! Next trick! Don't we all just feel like little horsies?"
Remus patted Lily's arm and said, "It'll be ok."
Lily looked at the ground and nodded her head before saying, "Transport!"
Lily told Remus to conjure some binoculars since she didn't have her wand, and said, "Look at the North Tower, ok?"
Remus nodded his head, and watched Lily as she concentrated on something. In seconds she disappeared and Remus lifted the magnifying glasses. Lily was doing a victory dance on the North Tower. Remus started to laugh, but then his eyes got wide as Lily jumped off the tower, her arms wide. She flew down until Remus was looking at her as she stood right in front of him.
"Hiya Remmie!"
Remus made a noise that sounded a lot like, "Meep!"
Lily found it hilarious as she started to think about what to do. "I would go visit the Merpeople, but it's late and I don't want to disturb them."
Remus nodded and said, "It's wise."
Lily nodded too and looked up at the sky. She was pointing out all of the major constellations when she noticed something. "Where're James and Sirius?"
Remus looked to over his shoulder and said, "Trying to figure out what the binoculars do."
Lily burst into laughter before staring at the boys' backs. They turned soon, and Lily tilted her head to the side in question. Smiling sheepishly, they went back to Lily and Remus' sides. Lily just sat there and stared at the water while Remus watched her with a concerned expression. Remus suddenly shivered and Lily checked the sky.
"It's one. You should go in. We all should."
Remus nodded his head, but James hung back, along with Sirius. Lily waved Remus forward and hugged him goodnight before turning to the other two boys with her. "What can I do for you?"
James couldn't put it to words, so he waved to the lake, the North Tower, everything. Lily shrugged, but Sirius stepped forward. "You're something other than human."
Lily threw her hands up and said, "Thanks!"
James laughed and said, "Sorry. But he's right."
Lily put a hand to her mouth and said, "No, really?"
Both boys laughed at that, and continued to walk towards the warmth of the castle. Just before they got there, Lily heard something. "Do you hear that?"
Both boys stopped and held their breaths for a minute. Lily heard it even better and strained her ears. It was a conversation, and it was coming from one of the common rooms. "You guys go ahead, I have to check this out."
They shrugged, but then Lily stopped them.
"Come here."
They came, and Lily transported them to the Gryffindor common room, where Kyle was holding a girl up by her neck. The girl, it turned out, was Sarah, Lily's best friend. Lily's anger kicked in, and she pulled her friend down. "How the hell could you do that to her?! You think you're something special?"
Kyle laughed and said, "I am glad you are fitting in."
Lily rolled her eyes before giving Sarah to James and Sirius, who were watching along with the entire common room. Lily heard Remus yelling outside the door, so she yelled back, "GET THE HEADMASTER!"
Kyle laughed and picked Lily up. He threw her into the door, which stayed closed. Lily was up in a flash, and she looked pissed. "Now see, normally I would have let that first one slide, but after last night, I don't like you very much anymore."
She blinked and was gone. In the next instant she was behind Kyle and had him lifted by his neck. Of course, since he didn't have to breath that just aggravated him. "Lily, darling. Please put me down."
Lily smiled wickedly and said, "Yes, sir, Sire, sir."
She threw him out a window, only to have him come back through the shattered glass and pin Lily to the ground. "You really need to complete the process dear."
Lily looked up, bewildered and asked, "What is with all that 'dear' shit? I hate you!"
She head butted him, and while he was disoriented kicked him in his most sensitive area. He fell to the side as Lily pinned him to the ground. She looked around for something wooden, but couldn't find anything. She sighed and smiled grimly before snapping Kyle's neck. Said person fell into unconsciousness as Lily looked around for something wooden. She sighed when she saw her wand, but figured it would work. She held out her hand, turned Kyle over, and plunged her wand into his heart.
There was a blinding light as Lily's wand did something, and then there was nothing. Lily's wand fell to the ground amid the ashes of her sire, but everything else was perfectly still. Lily was the first to wake up and pull her wand. She remembered what happened, but she was sure no one else would. She moved to the picture frame and muttered, "Finite Incatatum."
The door swung open and Remus, Dumbledore, and half of the other teachers in the school came forward. Albus went into the room and asked, "What happened?"
Everyone looked to everyone else, and as one shrugged. Lily stepped forward and said, "James, Sirius, and I all came back here. Remus was taking a walk - between you and me he was visiting his girlfriend, but I could be wrong - and the next thing we know, there's a pile of ash on the floor."
Lily shrugged her shoulders helplessly, and the Headmaster inspected the ashes. They were in the picture of Kyle, and he was scowling. Albus waved his wand over the entire pile, and it was put into a bag. Lily looked up to the only man she really listened to and asked, "What are you going to do with them? Actually, my first question is, where did they come from?"
Albus gave Lily a piercing stare that she met with one of her own, and sighed. "Alas I do not know. I will try and find out, however. Please have a good night."
Everyone nodded and went back to doing their things, but Lily was staring at Albus. He was leaving with the ashes, and if Remus read and told it right, Kyle could be brought back by them. Lily sighed and fell into a seat near the fire, suddenly very cold. She rubbed her hands together, but couldn't warm them. It was at that moment that it really sunk in. She was dead. There was no going back, no nothing else. The only good thing was that she wasn't ageless and could still walk in sunlight. But even then it only lasted until she drank a human's blood. Quite suddenly Lily started to cry, but it came out the way vampire's cry, as blood.
Remus ran forward and pulled Lily into a hug, drying her tears with a spare towel. "Shh. It's ok, love. Let it out. Shh, shh."
Lily stopped crying after a little while and just hugged Remus. She was feeling a little better, like there was still some warmth left in her body, when she felt hands on her shoulders and another pair on her hands. Sirius smiled up at her and winked, while James did the same, only down. Lily smiled back and just reveled in the feelings she got from having true friends, friends who didn't desert her when they found out what she was. Lily closed her eyes and let sleep take hold, a small smile firmly in place. Remus sighed sadly while James picked her up and carried her to bed.
He cringed slightly as he laid her down. On the white sheets and with her hair splayed out she really looked dead. James cringed again and Lily laughed. "I'm thinking make-up's in order."
James laughed too and sat down next to her. "Are you going to be ok?"
Lily looked up and adopted a brave face. "I'll get by."
James nodded too and kissed Lily on the forehead. Lily smiled slightly and said, "Thanks."
James nodded again and left the room with a, "Goodnight Lily Flower."
Lily just rolled her eyes as well as her body and fell asleep.
