I hope you guys are enjoying this story....don't worry about Mikel, he's going to
show his true colors soon!
Again, nothing familiar is my own.....
Chapter Four: The Hero
Lily should have been glowing from head to toe, but she wasn't. Mikel Thatcher
was charming, good looking, everything she could possibly want in a boyfriend.
Yet, she wasn't excited by their kiss, she wasn't excited he had asked her out
again. In fact she had lied to him. She didn't promise December to go owl
shopping. She didn't have any reasons not to want a relationship, she just
didn't. Not with Mikel anyway.
Beth stumbled in about 12:30 or so and Lily gave her a forced smile. "So how
was your date?"
"Good, I think," she replied.
Lily smiled and gave an urging look for her friend to continue. "He didn't even
kiss me goodnight," Beth said concerned, "he shook my hand."
Lily gave Beth a worried look, "it's okay, he's a prat anyway."
Beth suddenly busted into a fit of giggles, "I'm only kidding! It was great,
romantic, I think I'm in love!"
Lily wanted to slap Beth back to her senses but controlled herself, "that
wonderful"
"I'm glad you and Rodney had a good time," she forced out. Beth proceeded to
tell her all the details. How Rodney had confessed his love for her and kissed
her with so much passion. How they were going for a walk tomorrow afternoon, and
how he wanted to go to Hogmeade with her next weekend. Lily sat biting her
tongue. Where was December she was so much better at dealing with this kind of
thing. Finally she discovered she wasn't the only one wondering this. Dreamy had
wandered in during the middle of Beth's story and Lily knew it signaled that the
Ball was over. She figured Dreamy had watched Peter sleep until the professors
ran her out of the Great Hall.
"Where is the world is December, it's almost one!" Beth suddenly said off
subject.
"Just wondering that myself," Lily replied.
The two girls both decided to go check to see if they could find her, they were
worried, and Beth was desperate to tell December her story. They pulled on
their night robes and creped down stairs. To their surprise the fire was still
burning. It didn't take them long to find out what happened to December. She was
cuddled on the couch snogging with Sirius Black. Beth let out a gasp, but Lily
yelled "DECEMBER NOEL O'RILEY!"
December looked up innocently, and Sirius just shot them a pleasant wave.
"I was just seeing if he was a good of a kisser as he was claiming to be,"
December defended.
"I'm Head Girl, this is unacceptable! Detention for both of you!" Lily shirked.
Sirius let out a slight snicker, "that's going to damage my reputation,
detention for snogging."
December gave Sirius a sly look, and then said to Lily, "Lils, why do you always
have to bust up the party?"
Lily was fuming. She loved December, but this time she had gone to far.
"There are rules in this school, and it's time you learn how to follow them,
both of you," she said coldly, "I'll be reporting this incident to Professor
McGonagall in the morning."
Lily didn't wait for an excuse or reply she just stormed up the stairs and went
to bed, she was so mad. Then it suddenly hit her, why was she mad. December
really hadn't done anything wrong, why was she suddenly so angry.
The next morning came quickly for Lily; she had fallen asleep almost the
instant she hit her bed. Her anger had passed. She sat up and saw December
sitting on the foot of her bed.
"Morning," Lily said carefully.
"Lils, I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have said that last night in front of
Sirius, it's just, I wish you'd have a little fun once and awhile," December
recited. It wasn't easy for December to apologize; it wasn't in her nature.
"If this is to keep me from telling Professor McGonagall about you and Sirius
last night, you better forget it," Lily warned.
"I don't care if you tell Professor McGonagall, I didn't do anything wrong,"
December shot back.
"You were snogging in the common room!" Lily accused.
"I didn't realize there was a rule that said no snogging in the common room,"
December said coldly.
December was right, there was no rule against snogging, it just wasn't
excepted. If Sirius and December had been outside the portrait then they would
be out past curfew, but they were in their common room, and there was no rule
about staying the common room after hours.
"So what, are you and Sirius Black going out now?" Lily asked hatefully.
"Why do you care," December responded.
"Guys, stop, this is silly," Beth begged. She was so pitiful sometimes, her
blond hair was matted down to her head, and her large eyes were filling with
tears.
Lily and December stared at each other and finally Lily broke down.
"I'm not going to say anything to Professor McGonagall," she said forcefully.
December gave her an excepting look, and turned her attention towards another
subject, " so are you going steady with Thatcher."
"I don't know," Lily said honestly.
"WHY?" Beth asked suddenly.
The look on December's face wasn't that of surprise, she already knew why Lily
wasn't excited about Mikel Thatcher.
"So what about you and Sirius?" Lily said, trying to take the heat off her.
"Just friends, random accident last night," December said coolly.
Beth look at her suddenly, "what did your lips accidentally run into his?"
December hit Beth with a pillow and they all laughed.
When the three of them descended from their dorms they found the Maunders
chatting around the fire downstairs. Sirius gave December a weary glare, but she
winked at him to let him know everything had blown over.
"How are you ladies this fine morning," Sirius said confidently.
"Wonderful," December said casually.
"December love, I was just telling the guys here what a wonderful kisser you
said I was," Sirius grinned.
"Did I, must have been hallucinating," December said calmly with a smile. "Plus,
Remus was a much better kisser than you."
Sirius's face when into mock shock, and Remus blushed. Remus and December had
dated once in their fourth year, he was her first kiss and they had remained
friends ever since.
The girls giggled and Sirius grabbed December trying to pull her into his lap,
she just slapped him playful and forced herself up. "Your such a pitiful flirt,"
she badgered.
Lily glanced down at her watch and realized she needed to get going, she had so
much transfiguration homework to do. She waved goodbye to her fellow housemates
and headed towards the library.
James watched her disappear, and lowered his head back to the fire. Except for
this motion it was hard to tell if he was even alive. "Everything okay Potter?"
Beth asked quietly.
He didn't answer her, he just stood up and left, without so much as muttering a
goodbye.
"He's in a foul mood," December said under her breath as he disappeared out the
door.
Lily was almost to the library when she caught sight of Mikel Thatcher and
gasped.
"Oh my goodness, what happened to your, uh, face," she treaded carefully.
Mikel lowered his head in embarrassment, "I don't know, I just woke up this
morning and this is what I saw."
Mikel Thatcher's face was covered in disgusting, yellow looking pimples. His
eyes that were normally so distinctive were hidden by his swelling legions.
"Madame Pomfrey gave me some cream, and she said it should be cleared up in a
day or, might have been an allergic reaction or something," he said quietly.
Lily looked at him pitifully, She wanted to hug him and run from him at the same
time.
"I guess you don't want to go to Hogmeade with me looking like this," he said
sadly.
"No, of course I want to go with you, how shallow do you think I am," she
replied.
He smiled, and bent down to give her a kiss, she forced herself not to cringe.
"I'll see you later then," he disappeared around the corner.
Lily heard snickering from behind her, and spun around to find a smiling James
Potter.
"What's so funny?" she asked him defensively.
"Your boyfriends really attractive," he said shortly.
Lily shot James a cold look, "what did you do?"
"What do you mean Evans?" James said with a guilty face.
" I heard the fat lady tell somebody at the portrait that it wasn't very nice,"
Lily said putting two and two together. "You hexed him, didn't you!" she
accused.
"Lily, why would I waste a perfectly good hex on loser like him?" James replied
coolly.
Lily gave him a terrible glare, "James Potter, I can't believe you'd do
something like this, your so arrogant and immature!"
"YOU ARE THE MOST INSENSITIVE PRAT I'VE EVER MET!" she screamed. She turned and
ran from him, as fast as her legs would carry her, she didn't know where she was
going, she didn't care.
How did he upset her so easily, one minuet she couldn't get him off her mind the
next minuet she was ready to kill him.
She was suddenly outside, looking at the lake, tearing streaming from her
bright green eyes.
"Stumpy," said a voice from behind her. Lily felt herself fall to the ground,
she had bit her lip and tasted the salty blood in her mouth.
"I warned you that you'd get yours," said a cold voice. "ARIIAS!"
Lily was suddenly 10 feet in the air, she felt like an unknown force was ripping
her insides out.
She finally got her eyes to focus, and she saw a group of Slytherins laughing
below her.
"I hate a mudblood," said Severus Snape, " they always seem so dirty."
She tried to scream but he shot a muting spell at her, her tears were blurring
her vision, where was everyone, why wasn't anyone rushing to her aid. Suddenly
Anthony Points muttered the counter curse, and Lily smacked the ground.
Bellatrix Black suddenly sent a stunting spell and Lily felt her body give out,
as she tried to pick herself up. Severus Snape was over Lily, he grabbed her
hair, and dropped a few drops of a liquid into her mouth, she tried to spit it
out, but he held her mouth shut.
"Slow poison, we're going to eradicate you mudbloods one at a time," he said
coldly.
The mute spell had begun to wear off and she looked at Snape coldly, " just wait
until I tell....." she passed out.
Next thing she remembered was a soft voice urging her to wake up, "Lily wake up,
come on girl, stop playing, wake up!"
Lily opened her eyes and let out a soft cry. The pain inside her chest was
surging and she felt like her insides were on fire. She threw her arms around
her unknown hero and began to cry.
"Lily, it's okay, your safe now," he said comforting.
She couldn't speak, she felt a strong pair of arms lift her off the ground and
carry her back to the castle. She couldn't stop crying. Her tears were falling
so forcefully she couldn't make out who was saving her. He carried her up to
the hospital wing, and set her down on one of the beds. She turned her head into
her pillow and continued her sobs. She heard whispering, and Madame Pomfrey
suddenly let out a gasp and ran over to Lily.
"Are you okay dear?" she asked sincerely.
"Lily nodded, and muttered out the word poison.
"It's okay, not poison just a powerful sedative, you'll be fine, just get some
rest," Madame Pomfrey said kindly. She muttered a charm and Lily was suddenly
relaxed and entering a peaceful trance.
"Will she be okay," James asked with much concern.
"She'll be fine dear, just in shock, where did you say the other student are?"
she asked suddenly.
"Snape and Points were stunned by the lake, they might not be there anymore, but
I hit Bellatrix with a vomiting spell, she'll need medical help," he sneered.
Professor Dumbledore and McGonagall came bursting into the hospital wing when
they received news of the incident. "Oh my goodness, is everyone alright?"
McGonagall asked.
"Everyone's fine," said Madame Pomfrey, " No permanent damage."
"Potter, what happened?" McGonagall asked with her hands over her mouth.
"I had a falling out with Evans, so I followed her to apologize. When I finally
found her, a group of Slytherins were torturing her, so I cursed or stunned as
many of them as I could and got her out of there,"
Potter replied emotionless. He was so angry, he wanted to kill those Slytherins,
they had hurt Lily, he couldn't imagine Dumbledore letting them stay in this
school after what they did.
"Do you remember which students were participating in this event," Dumbledore
asked casually.
James listed the students, he felt his temper started to flare and he asked he
could be excused. Dumbledore excused him and smiled politely while saying, " you
did a brave thing today, Mr. Potter."
James entered the Gryffindor common room. The professors and insisted everyone
return to their common rooms after the attack on Lily.
The Maunders and Lily's dorm mates were sitting on the couch. Another professor
had told them that Lily had been attacked and James was with her.
"Is she okay?" December asked suddenly.
James nodded and looked at his Maunders, they all looked like they were ready to
pounce. They all knew how much Lily meant to James.
"What happened," Beth asked tears falling from her eyes.
"Some Slytherins decided to have a little fun with her," he said coldly.
"No Blacks were involved, were they?" Sirius asked suddenly
James just gave Sirius a regretful look.
"Damn it, I hate all of them, my brother?" Sirius continued.
"I didn't see him," James replied.
Sirius had a wildly strange look, he had the look of someone who wanted revenge.
December suddenly stood up and gave James a hug. "Thank-you James, for helping
her," she muttered.
Lily was finally starting to wake up. Her head was pounding, but she was alive.
She looked over and saw Mikel Thatcher sitting by her bed. "Welcome back," he
said sweetly.
Lily cracked a smile. "Did you save me," she whispered.
He seemed taken back for a second then he smiled and nodded.
"Thank-you," she had exhausted herself again.
He slowly stroked her hair, he was so charming. How could she have been so
blind. She was a jerk, thinking about James Potter when her hero had been
holding her in his arms. She swore to herself, she was never going to think
about James Potter again!
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I hope you guys like it so far......I love the review, thank-you so much.....
I promise, the good stuff is coming soon, I just have to set it up first!
show his true colors soon!
Again, nothing familiar is my own.....
Chapter Four: The Hero
Lily should have been glowing from head to toe, but she wasn't. Mikel Thatcher
was charming, good looking, everything she could possibly want in a boyfriend.
Yet, she wasn't excited by their kiss, she wasn't excited he had asked her out
again. In fact she had lied to him. She didn't promise December to go owl
shopping. She didn't have any reasons not to want a relationship, she just
didn't. Not with Mikel anyway.
Beth stumbled in about 12:30 or so and Lily gave her a forced smile. "So how
was your date?"
"Good, I think," she replied.
Lily smiled and gave an urging look for her friend to continue. "He didn't even
kiss me goodnight," Beth said concerned, "he shook my hand."
Lily gave Beth a worried look, "it's okay, he's a prat anyway."
Beth suddenly busted into a fit of giggles, "I'm only kidding! It was great,
romantic, I think I'm in love!"
Lily wanted to slap Beth back to her senses but controlled herself, "that
wonderful"
"I'm glad you and Rodney had a good time," she forced out. Beth proceeded to
tell her all the details. How Rodney had confessed his love for her and kissed
her with so much passion. How they were going for a walk tomorrow afternoon, and
how he wanted to go to Hogmeade with her next weekend. Lily sat biting her
tongue. Where was December she was so much better at dealing with this kind of
thing. Finally she discovered she wasn't the only one wondering this. Dreamy had
wandered in during the middle of Beth's story and Lily knew it signaled that the
Ball was over. She figured Dreamy had watched Peter sleep until the professors
ran her out of the Great Hall.
"Where is the world is December, it's almost one!" Beth suddenly said off
subject.
"Just wondering that myself," Lily replied.
The two girls both decided to go check to see if they could find her, they were
worried, and Beth was desperate to tell December her story. They pulled on
their night robes and creped down stairs. To their surprise the fire was still
burning. It didn't take them long to find out what happened to December. She was
cuddled on the couch snogging with Sirius Black. Beth let out a gasp, but Lily
yelled "DECEMBER NOEL O'RILEY!"
December looked up innocently, and Sirius just shot them a pleasant wave.
"I was just seeing if he was a good of a kisser as he was claiming to be,"
December defended.
"I'm Head Girl, this is unacceptable! Detention for both of you!" Lily shirked.
Sirius let out a slight snicker, "that's going to damage my reputation,
detention for snogging."
December gave Sirius a sly look, and then said to Lily, "Lils, why do you always
have to bust up the party?"
Lily was fuming. She loved December, but this time she had gone to far.
"There are rules in this school, and it's time you learn how to follow them,
both of you," she said coldly, "I'll be reporting this incident to Professor
McGonagall in the morning."
Lily didn't wait for an excuse or reply she just stormed up the stairs and went
to bed, she was so mad. Then it suddenly hit her, why was she mad. December
really hadn't done anything wrong, why was she suddenly so angry.
The next morning came quickly for Lily; she had fallen asleep almost the
instant she hit her bed. Her anger had passed. She sat up and saw December
sitting on the foot of her bed.
"Morning," Lily said carefully.
"Lils, I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have said that last night in front of
Sirius, it's just, I wish you'd have a little fun once and awhile," December
recited. It wasn't easy for December to apologize; it wasn't in her nature.
"If this is to keep me from telling Professor McGonagall about you and Sirius
last night, you better forget it," Lily warned.
"I don't care if you tell Professor McGonagall, I didn't do anything wrong,"
December shot back.
"You were snogging in the common room!" Lily accused.
"I didn't realize there was a rule that said no snogging in the common room,"
December said coldly.
December was right, there was no rule against snogging, it just wasn't
excepted. If Sirius and December had been outside the portrait then they would
be out past curfew, but they were in their common room, and there was no rule
about staying the common room after hours.
"So what, are you and Sirius Black going out now?" Lily asked hatefully.
"Why do you care," December responded.
"Guys, stop, this is silly," Beth begged. She was so pitiful sometimes, her
blond hair was matted down to her head, and her large eyes were filling with
tears.
Lily and December stared at each other and finally Lily broke down.
"I'm not going to say anything to Professor McGonagall," she said forcefully.
December gave her an excepting look, and turned her attention towards another
subject, " so are you going steady with Thatcher."
"I don't know," Lily said honestly.
"WHY?" Beth asked suddenly.
The look on December's face wasn't that of surprise, she already knew why Lily
wasn't excited about Mikel Thatcher.
"So what about you and Sirius?" Lily said, trying to take the heat off her.
"Just friends, random accident last night," December said coolly.
Beth look at her suddenly, "what did your lips accidentally run into his?"
December hit Beth with a pillow and they all laughed.
When the three of them descended from their dorms they found the Maunders
chatting around the fire downstairs. Sirius gave December a weary glare, but she
winked at him to let him know everything had blown over.
"How are you ladies this fine morning," Sirius said confidently.
"Wonderful," December said casually.
"December love, I was just telling the guys here what a wonderful kisser you
said I was," Sirius grinned.
"Did I, must have been hallucinating," December said calmly with a smile. "Plus,
Remus was a much better kisser than you."
Sirius's face when into mock shock, and Remus blushed. Remus and December had
dated once in their fourth year, he was her first kiss and they had remained
friends ever since.
The girls giggled and Sirius grabbed December trying to pull her into his lap,
she just slapped him playful and forced herself up. "Your such a pitiful flirt,"
she badgered.
Lily glanced down at her watch and realized she needed to get going, she had so
much transfiguration homework to do. She waved goodbye to her fellow housemates
and headed towards the library.
James watched her disappear, and lowered his head back to the fire. Except for
this motion it was hard to tell if he was even alive. "Everything okay Potter?"
Beth asked quietly.
He didn't answer her, he just stood up and left, without so much as muttering a
goodbye.
"He's in a foul mood," December said under her breath as he disappeared out the
door.
Lily was almost to the library when she caught sight of Mikel Thatcher and
gasped.
"Oh my goodness, what happened to your, uh, face," she treaded carefully.
Mikel lowered his head in embarrassment, "I don't know, I just woke up this
morning and this is what I saw."
Mikel Thatcher's face was covered in disgusting, yellow looking pimples. His
eyes that were normally so distinctive were hidden by his swelling legions.
"Madame Pomfrey gave me some cream, and she said it should be cleared up in a
day or, might have been an allergic reaction or something," he said quietly.
Lily looked at him pitifully, She wanted to hug him and run from him at the same
time.
"I guess you don't want to go to Hogmeade with me looking like this," he said
sadly.
"No, of course I want to go with you, how shallow do you think I am," she
replied.
He smiled, and bent down to give her a kiss, she forced herself not to cringe.
"I'll see you later then," he disappeared around the corner.
Lily heard snickering from behind her, and spun around to find a smiling James
Potter.
"What's so funny?" she asked him defensively.
"Your boyfriends really attractive," he said shortly.
Lily shot James a cold look, "what did you do?"
"What do you mean Evans?" James said with a guilty face.
" I heard the fat lady tell somebody at the portrait that it wasn't very nice,"
Lily said putting two and two together. "You hexed him, didn't you!" she
accused.
"Lily, why would I waste a perfectly good hex on loser like him?" James replied
coolly.
Lily gave him a terrible glare, "James Potter, I can't believe you'd do
something like this, your so arrogant and immature!"
"YOU ARE THE MOST INSENSITIVE PRAT I'VE EVER MET!" she screamed. She turned and
ran from him, as fast as her legs would carry her, she didn't know where she was
going, she didn't care.
How did he upset her so easily, one minuet she couldn't get him off her mind the
next minuet she was ready to kill him.
She was suddenly outside, looking at the lake, tearing streaming from her
bright green eyes.
"Stumpy," said a voice from behind her. Lily felt herself fall to the ground,
she had bit her lip and tasted the salty blood in her mouth.
"I warned you that you'd get yours," said a cold voice. "ARIIAS!"
Lily was suddenly 10 feet in the air, she felt like an unknown force was ripping
her insides out.
She finally got her eyes to focus, and she saw a group of Slytherins laughing
below her.
"I hate a mudblood," said Severus Snape, " they always seem so dirty."
She tried to scream but he shot a muting spell at her, her tears were blurring
her vision, where was everyone, why wasn't anyone rushing to her aid. Suddenly
Anthony Points muttered the counter curse, and Lily smacked the ground.
Bellatrix Black suddenly sent a stunting spell and Lily felt her body give out,
as she tried to pick herself up. Severus Snape was over Lily, he grabbed her
hair, and dropped a few drops of a liquid into her mouth, she tried to spit it
out, but he held her mouth shut.
"Slow poison, we're going to eradicate you mudbloods one at a time," he said
coldly.
The mute spell had begun to wear off and she looked at Snape coldly, " just wait
until I tell....." she passed out.
Next thing she remembered was a soft voice urging her to wake up, "Lily wake up,
come on girl, stop playing, wake up!"
Lily opened her eyes and let out a soft cry. The pain inside her chest was
surging and she felt like her insides were on fire. She threw her arms around
her unknown hero and began to cry.
"Lily, it's okay, your safe now," he said comforting.
She couldn't speak, she felt a strong pair of arms lift her off the ground and
carry her back to the castle. She couldn't stop crying. Her tears were falling
so forcefully she couldn't make out who was saving her. He carried her up to
the hospital wing, and set her down on one of the beds. She turned her head into
her pillow and continued her sobs. She heard whispering, and Madame Pomfrey
suddenly let out a gasp and ran over to Lily.
"Are you okay dear?" she asked sincerely.
"Lily nodded, and muttered out the word poison.
"It's okay, not poison just a powerful sedative, you'll be fine, just get some
rest," Madame Pomfrey said kindly. She muttered a charm and Lily was suddenly
relaxed and entering a peaceful trance.
"Will she be okay," James asked with much concern.
"She'll be fine dear, just in shock, where did you say the other student are?"
she asked suddenly.
"Snape and Points were stunned by the lake, they might not be there anymore, but
I hit Bellatrix with a vomiting spell, she'll need medical help," he sneered.
Professor Dumbledore and McGonagall came bursting into the hospital wing when
they received news of the incident. "Oh my goodness, is everyone alright?"
McGonagall asked.
"Everyone's fine," said Madame Pomfrey, " No permanent damage."
"Potter, what happened?" McGonagall asked with her hands over her mouth.
"I had a falling out with Evans, so I followed her to apologize. When I finally
found her, a group of Slytherins were torturing her, so I cursed or stunned as
many of them as I could and got her out of there,"
Potter replied emotionless. He was so angry, he wanted to kill those Slytherins,
they had hurt Lily, he couldn't imagine Dumbledore letting them stay in this
school after what they did.
"Do you remember which students were participating in this event," Dumbledore
asked casually.
James listed the students, he felt his temper started to flare and he asked he
could be excused. Dumbledore excused him and smiled politely while saying, " you
did a brave thing today, Mr. Potter."
James entered the Gryffindor common room. The professors and insisted everyone
return to their common rooms after the attack on Lily.
The Maunders and Lily's dorm mates were sitting on the couch. Another professor
had told them that Lily had been attacked and James was with her.
"Is she okay?" December asked suddenly.
James nodded and looked at his Maunders, they all looked like they were ready to
pounce. They all knew how much Lily meant to James.
"What happened," Beth asked tears falling from her eyes.
"Some Slytherins decided to have a little fun with her," he said coldly.
"No Blacks were involved, were they?" Sirius asked suddenly
James just gave Sirius a regretful look.
"Damn it, I hate all of them, my brother?" Sirius continued.
"I didn't see him," James replied.
Sirius had a wildly strange look, he had the look of someone who wanted revenge.
December suddenly stood up and gave James a hug. "Thank-you James, for helping
her," she muttered.
Lily was finally starting to wake up. Her head was pounding, but she was alive.
She looked over and saw Mikel Thatcher sitting by her bed. "Welcome back," he
said sweetly.
Lily cracked a smile. "Did you save me," she whispered.
He seemed taken back for a second then he smiled and nodded.
"Thank-you," she had exhausted herself again.
He slowly stroked her hair, he was so charming. How could she have been so
blind. She was a jerk, thinking about James Potter when her hero had been
holding her in his arms. She swore to herself, she was never going to think
about James Potter again!
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I hope you guys like it so far......I love the review, thank-you so much.....
I promise, the good stuff is coming soon, I just have to set it up first!