The Flower's Story chp20


A week later Lily and James had planned it so that they would both get up late on a Sunday. They needed to just spend dome time alone and talk about things. 'Maybe a little more than talking' Lily's mind had said to her.

James had said to Lily that they should get up at 8:00, when everyone was at breakfast. So that's exactly what they did.

Lily and James literally bumped into each other on their way down to the common room.

"Hey you did that on our first day here at Hogwarts!" James pointed out sitting down

"Well if you hadn't been standing there I wouldn't have bumped into you!"

"Lil, you should've watched where you were going!"

"It's not my fault!" She sat down

"Whatever float's your boat!"

She laughed

"So..."

"So..."

They looked at each other and at the same time said, "I'm bored." This of course made them both break into hysterics.

"We've had that conversation one to many times!" Lily stated "Oh! Guess who Molly is going out with now?"

"Oh! I know I know. Arthur Weasley."

"That man is a muggle nut! He's obsessed with muggle objects." Lily exclaimed waving her hands about.

"Nut or not he's a good Chap Lil! You should be happy for Molly!" he gave her a look

"All right All right! I mean it's not like their getting married is it!"
They smiled at each other.

"Anyway Dumbledore wanted me to tell you that he wants to see you some time today about the training. He wanted to work on the personal skills.

"What do you mean?" she was confused

"Well, Syltherin has his own qualities and Gryffindor has his own qualities!"

Lily looked downcast at this.

"What's the matter?"

"Well, it's just that I don't think it's fair that I'm related to him! I'm not a bad person am I?"

"Of course not!" He gave her a little squeeze for comfort. "Lily you're a marvelous person! Don't let anyone tell you other wise!"

"Really?"

"Really!" he ended that conversation with a little kiss.

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By the time James and Lily had arrived at Breakfast the owls were heading back towards the owlery. Lily caught a glimpse of her bright red owl; it had left something for her with Tasha. She was waving the both of them over.

"Hey Lil you got a letter!" Tasha said handing it over to Lily

Lily ripped it open. She usually never gets letters from anyone on the outside.
It was from her cousin, Louie.

DEAR LIL,

I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY BORED OVER HERE WITH PETUNIA! THE BEST CONVERSATION THAT THEY'VE HAD THESE PAST MONTHS ARE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS AND WHAT CLOTHES THEY WEAR. WELL TO GET TO THE POINT I'M GOING TO COME AND VISIT YOU AT HOGWARTS. I TOLD VERNON AND YOUR DEAR SISTER THAT I'VE GONE AWAY TO VISIT SOME OLD SCHOOL FRIENDS. I'LL BE THERE FOR THE HOLIDAYS SO MAKE SURE ALL YOUR FRIENDS DON'T GO HOME I WANT TO MEET THEM!
LOVE,
LOUIE

Lily was still a little mad at him for staying with Petunia and Vernon but it really didn't matter now! He was escaping and coming to visit next week. She had to make sure everyone could stay.

"Hey mates, my cousin is staying here for the Holidays so make sure you people can stay to met him!"

"Sorry Lil, but Molly and I have big plans for Paris this Holiday. We were going to ask if you wanted to come but I guess we already know the answer." Tasha said grimly

"Maybe next time Lil!" Molly exclaimed

She nodded then looked to the fellows.

"What about you boys?"

They all nodded to staying; at least Louie would meet the weirdo end of her friends.

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The morning that Louie arrived Lily couldn't sleep, so she decided to wake a few people up.

"Good morning James!"

The only thing that he said that was distinguishable was "hossenfeffer"

"Oh really! Well get up, I want to go for a walk!"

"Whattimeisit?"

"3:00 in the morn but that's beside the point! C'mon up and atom!"

She took his arm and pulled him out of bed. She waited outside for 15 minutes waiting for him to get dressed. He finally came out with a sock on his head and a glove on his foot. After she tidied him up they rushed out into the freezing cold.

"Why didn't you tell me it was going to be this cold!"

"Well I thought we could snuggle for warmth!" she batted her eye lashes at him

"Oh, all right!" he gave her a cocky smile

"Don't do that!" she said as they started walking

"Why not? I thought you liked when I smile like that!"

"It makes you look to much like Sirius! You know, that doggish grin."
She was trying to get his face in her head

"Oh I know what you mean! That boy was certainly meant to be a dog I'll tell you that!"

She laughed. They made fun of how Peter looked remarkably like a rat when he isn't transformed until they realized they had reached the Forbidden Forest.

"oooh, let's go in!" James asked excited

"Are you loony?"

"I've been in there before, so what's the problem?"

"You've been in there when you transformed!" she said lowering her voice to a whisper and turning her back on the forest to face him.

"Please Lil-" There was a noise coming from the Forest. Like twigs cracking, and it sounded very close by. But Lily didn't hear it.

"No James, I will not ever go in there! I'm sure that you would like to see the fantastic beasts that live in their huge wholes and caves. But I don't!"

"Lily there's something behind you!" James said quickly.

But it was too late. What felt like a great big rock had fallen on Lily's head. Or was thrown.

James caught her just in time before she fell to the ground. She was limp in his arms when he looked into the forest.

A tall person with a black cloak and a mask over his face pointed their wand towards James. The next thing he knew he was on the ground with a pile of grass in his mouth.

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The only thing that Lily could feel was a cold hard floor. She tried to move her legs but they didn't feel like cooperating. She heard distant talking in the background, and the sound of feet hitting a cement floor. She opened her eyes slowly so that she could adjust them to the light. But there wasn't really a lot of light to adjust to.

"Ha, the Princess awakens from her slumber. Unfortunately there is no Prince Charming available to save her! The Princess will have to be fed to the dragons now!" said a cold voice from the shadows.

"Where am I?" she asked groggily

Lily looked around; it seemed as though she was taken into some sort of cell, or prison. She had shackles binding her hands so that she couldn't move. She started to get up from her sitting spot but thought it better to avoid a searing pain in her head.

"Why should I tell you? Just so you could escape and my master hurt me for it? Just so we would have to pick up and move, even though I do prefer this lair to any of the other dumps we've stayed in!"

The figure moved out of the shadows, he had a mask on so she couldn't see his face.

"Who are you then?" she was amazed at her own bravery "And who's your master?"

His laugh sent a chill up Lily's back. It rung through her ears and it went to her heart. That laugh was mocking her and everything she had come to be, and everything she used to be. It was personal.

"So you really think I'm going to do that?" he asked indignantly

"You might as well." Came another voice from the shadows. This voice was smooth; it was definitely a woman speaking now.

The two figures met and seemed to be staring each other down, as if to try to recognize the other one. Their masks and robes covered every inch of the body, so that any trace of skin or hair color is gone.

"The boy?" the man asked

"Far from a boy my dear. He came to quickly, started thrashing about and screaming for his little Lily! Now I wonder who that could be?" the woman's figure looked toward Lily "Because all I can see in front of me is a cow! But other than he's secured tightly."

"What did you do with James?" she asked instantly

"Potty is in a cell quite like this one except he's going to die much sooner than you are! Being that he's the last remaining descendent of Gryffindor-"

"And only fifteen!" the man pointed out

"It shall be simple for master to kill him!"

"Kill him?" Terror filled Lily's eyes

"Why yes! Our Lord is the descendent of the enemy of Gryffindor!" she spat out the name in disgust "But so are you..." she trailed off

"Well let us do the unveiling shall we?" the man prompted

"Oh I think we shall, My name is Lestrange! Bridget Lestrange."

"Lestrange? I know that name..." Lily muttered to herself

"I should bloody well hope so! I am her husband..." the man took of his mask and Lily just stared in shock. "Louie Lestrange, I think you know me well, Lil!" he said her name sarcastically.

But Lily wouldn't believe it. All this time, her own cousin had betrayed her, his kind. How could he? She asked herself. How could go beyond human kindness and stoop this low?

"B-B-But you were good!" she said in a strangled voice

" 'Were' being the operative word here darling! When Louie met me I introduced him to our Lord and showed him a New World of power and strength. It's to bad you weren't at our wedding though...you would've loved the part when we torched a few mudbloods!" she laughed

"Our Lord wanted to give you to us as a gift but his stupid little rat didn't succeed!" Louie said bitterly "Oh well, our master is going to let us do the honor of killing you here. But we must wait for him, he must observe this properly!"

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About three cells over James was thrashing about and trying to find a way out of there. The two Death Eaters who had put him in there had put a charm on his mouth so that he couldn't scream or talk or anything.

He remebered what professor Dumbledore had told him. That Gryffindor had a special way of channeling into other people's brains, or their dreams so that's what he intended to do. He knew that he wouldn't be able to reach Dumbledore because he isn't close enough with him so he tried his best friend.

Who was only miles away...

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Sirius was sitting in the middle of the common room doing his homework(last minute of course). He was about to get ready for his detention when he heard a strange ringing in his ears.

'SIRIUS-S-S-SIRIUS'

It was like listening to a bad tuned radio, but he knew that voice for sure. But how could it be?

'SIRIUS, C-CAN YOU HEAR ME? IF Y-YOU CAN, THEN L-L-LISTEN UP. LILY AND I WERE KIDNAPPED BY D-D-D-DEATH EATERS THIS MORNING. I HAVE A FEELIN WE'RE NOT TO FAR AWAY. GO TELL D-D-DUMBLEDORE IMMMMMEEEEEEEDIATLEY. TELL TELL TELL HIM TO CONT-TACT ME AS SOON AS P-POSSIBLE. HURRY UP, I HEAR SOME-SOMEONE COMING-'

That was all Sirius heard. But he knew what he had to do. He jumped to his feet and ran out through the portrait whole towards Dumbledores' office. He practically knocked down McGonogall but he kept running. He finally got there and lucky enough Dumbledore was just emerging from his office.

"I heard it also!" Dumbledore exclaimed looking very serious. "You stay here, I'm going to go get them."

"Professor how do you know where they are? And how can you just waltz in there?"
he couldn't restrain himself

"Don't worry about it, just go back to the common room, or your detention..."

Sirius watched him go down the corridor and turn the nearest corner. It took him a moment to register what had just happened. He decided to skip his detention and go tell the gang about it.

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Back in Lily's cell she was getting a big lecture on good and evil. It was actually very boring concidering the situation she was in.

"I'm getting bored!" Bridget cut in "Master didn't say we couldn't hurt her, just not kill her until he got here!"

"How true..." he walked over to Lily and gave her a right hook." Don't worry Lil that is oing to leave a mark!"

Lily looked up at them in horror. She felt a bruise forming on her eye.

"You may do the honors, for the real pain now!!" she suggested

Louie grinned evily at Lily and then raised his wand. He pointed it straight at her heart and roared "CRUCIO". Pain. Unbearable pain shot through her entire body. She couldn't help but scream, and scream and scream. This pain didn't just come and go. It came quickly but left extremly slowly. It took so long for the pain to die down that when it finally did, her body was twitching with fear.

In about 5 minutes after that, Bridget repeated the action. Then Louie again until they were interupted.

"Well that went lovely." Another girl's voice came from the shadows. Lily figured there had to be a door there or something. This girl didn't have a mask on and she looked strangley familiar.

"Master summons you both! He wants to talk to you, go!"

"Kayla, he would've come himself!" Bridget said hotly

"I said GO!" Kayla roared. They left quite hastily. Lily looked up at Kayla with pleading eyes.

"You look terrible Lil, hurry up I'm getting you out of here!"

"But your-"

"Don't ask questions. We havn't got long, I'm going to dissaperate with you onto Hogwarts. The rule was altered. And then I'll get James."

"I won't leave with out him" Lily said weakly

"I can't carry both of you at the same time and who knows what kind of shape HE is in!" She finally had gotten the shackles off and was carrying a filthy Lily towards a window. Kayla had reached a hand out throught the bars and whispered something under her breath.

Before Lily knew it she was on the grounds of Hogwarts. Dumbledore was there waitig for her, but she didn't have the strength to keep her eyes open for much longer, so she just gave in and slumped against the ground.

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James sat in his cell and waited for someone to come waltzing through that door. Voldemort, Dumbledore, anybody! He knew his contact to Sirius had worked because he felt a wave of understanding come from somewhere. Suddenly the door burst open and the two Death Eaters came through the door.

"Hello again Potty!" Louie said "It seems as though your little girlfriend has escaped, but that's more than we can say for you!"

"GUESS AGAIN!" a voice screamed "IMPERIO" she shot at Louie "IMPERIO" she shot at Bridget. They were both just standing there looking at her. "Expeliarmus."

Their wands went flying towards her. She caught them, and ran to James. Soon he was also un-shackled and heading back towards Hogwarts. James just stood on the grounds silently and watched the woman dissapear. All James wanted to do was see Lily.

AN: Alrighty then. There's your nasty plan thing! I kind of rushed through but I got the basic point across that I wanted. And that little transmitter thing to Sirius..the way I wrote that is all right. I know it was stutered a lot. And there were like 3 tells or something, but that's how I planned it. I wanna say thank you to the people who have been supporting me through all the crazyness the site is going through so thank you guys I appreciate it!

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