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when I jumped this story from a romance to an angst...I think you'll like
the change if you give it a chance..Thanks to all my loyal reviewers..you
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Chapter two: Working
Lily awoke suddenly, her stomach was turning circles, and her head felt like it was going to explode.
"Lily, are you okay?" James asked as he followed her to the bathroom.
Her head was hanging over the toilet and she was giving violent heaves.
"I'm fine," she managed to choke out.
James felt his stomach turn green, and he decided to go downstairs to get her something to drink. She had been so sick lately, and he was worried. When he returned Lily had composed herself.
She smiled at him pleasantly, "your going to be late to work."
He knew she was right, but he didn't want to leave her.
"Remember eight tonight," she reminded him.
He lowered his head, he didn't want to go, he wanted to get as far away from all this darkness as he possibly could. "Lily love, we don't have to go."
She looked up at him and placed her hand on his face, "yes we do."
Lily stood-up and gave him a gentle nudge towards the door, "go, I'll be fine."
He kissed her cheek and smiled, "I'll see you tonight."
He apparated.
Lily stared at the spot her beloved husband had just disappeared from. She turned towards the sink and splashed some cold water over her face, "what's wrong with me," she muttered.
She hadn't been feeling well for over two weeks. She felt sick every morning, she was achy and she had almost completely lost her appetite. She walked into her bedroom and tried to compose herself. She was running behind schedule again.
Lily worked at Gringotts as a accountant, it took a special person to deal with the goblin's foul personalities. She wasn't doing the job because she love the work. She was doing it because it was her duty. James and she were member of a very secret and dangerous society. The Order of the Phoenix was a group of powerful wizards and witched fighting against the Dark Lord Voldemort. Lily's connection at the wizards bank allowed the Order to track illegal dark funds. Lily and James had foiled two major financial conspiracies against Voldemort the past two years. The first one happened almost right after Lily and James finished Hogwarts.
Lily had gotten the job, and when she was doing some boring number crunching, she stumbled across a fishy account. She didn't know who to confront with this issue, because the goblins were determined to stay neutral in this wizarding war. James had urged her to go to Dumbledore. The favor he had asked of her had turned out to be the greatest sacrifice of her life. It had placed James and Lily in mortal danger many times. She smiled at the head goblin, Rigger. He looked at her sharply and returned to his book keeping.
She was use to being ignored by the goblins, they were strictly work, no play. Lily organized her desk and started going over her daily account review. The majority of them were the typical normal wizarding accounts. Some of them were small, some were large, but basically they all had the same appearance. She shuffled through the piles, looking for anything that was out of the ordinary. That is when another dark account jumped out at her.
Account of Tom Riddle, 1,000,000 Galleons, "curious," Lily muttered. That name seemed so familiar, she pulled out her wand, "copious," a copy of the report suddenly appeared and she stuffed it into her robe.
"James, what exciting on the agenda today?" Sirius asked as James made his way to his desk.
"Exciting, this place," James said flatly.
"Yea, remind me again why were working here?" Sirius barked.
James shot him a warning glare. The reason that Sirius and James suffered through this terrible job was because of the Order. They needed people inside the Ministry, just to make sure nothing happened . There were plenty of high ranking officials associated with the Order, but they needed some lower level employees to keep an eye on things, if a hostile take over did occur, than chances were that Sirius and James would be some of the last to be affect.
Sirius pulled out his wand, "I'm bored," he said evilly.
James refrained from laughing, somethings never changed.
"Have you talked to Remus lately?" Sirius asked hopeful.
"No, he's still looking for a job," James trailed off.
They both knew how much Remus Lupin was struggling, the article written my Rita Skeeter about Remus being a werewolf apparently was affecting him even past Hogwarts.
"Damn, that sucks," Sirius muttered.
James lowered his head, "yea, are you two talking again?"
Sirius looked at James, the relationship between Sirius and Remus was about as unstable as Sirius's relationship with December. Sirius didn't answer the question.
"Potter, Black what are you guys doing?" croaked their angry boss Mr. Hobbs.
"Working sir," Sirius said innocently.
Mr. Hobbs sneered his nose, "lazy kids," he muttered as he walked back into his office. Sirius gritted his teeth, "Damn I hate that man."
James wasn't listening, he was staring at something on his desk. It was a picture of a muggle home, simple, sweet and innocent looking. At first glance it looked like the million other house pictures that were being monitored, but at closer examination you could clearly see the dark mark burning through the front windows.
"Sirius, take a look at this," James urged.
"What it's just another stupid muggle house," Sirius said curtly.
James gave him a frustrated look and he pointed at the window.
"Bloody Hell," Sirius swore.
James nodded at Sirius, this was something the Order was going to want to see. Sirius glanced over at Mr. Hobb's office then quickly rolled the picture up and hid it inside his robes.
They both started working, hoping not to draw attention to their guilty expressions. The day finally drew to a close. It had been a long day and James glanced down at the clock on his desk, it was approaching the eight o'clock hour, and he knew that there was someplace he had to be.
"Hey mate, you ready?" Sirius asked.
James nodded and both of them apparated to their secret meeting.
"Hey love," Lily said sweetly as she kissed James hello.
"Don't I get one?" Sirius bellowed.
"No," Lily said casually.
"Damn," Sirius laughed.
The meetings were so formal, everyone on edge. The famous Auror, Alastor Moody was the first to take the floor. He was paranoid of everything. It was him that insisted that the meeting be conducted so formally.
"The death eaters are on the prowl again," he began, "we think their planning on attacking Southern London this week."
He held out a sheet of paper, "I need a list of volunteers who are prepared to parole the suspected areas."
Alastor Moody grumbled something under his breath and walked over to Professor Dumbledore.
"Here, Here, the Meeting of the Order of the Phoenix is now in session. Please, raise your wand if you have information to disclose. Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore now has the floor."
Professor Dumbledore stood up and began with the evening announcements, " I am sorry to inform the group another one of our numbers have fallen, Dorcas Meadows was killed by Voldemort himself this past week, a moment of silence in respect to her memory."
Lily lowered her head and Peter Pettigrew patted her on the back, she smiled back at him.
"Thank-you" she mouthed.
Dumbledore broke he moment of silence, "now, on to more important business. Alastor Moody and myself have been discussing a serious issue within our numbers. An abundance of evidence suggests that there is a traitor within our midst. We do not believe that this person is a direct member of the Order, but be very cautious of who you disclose information to. Trust no one." Dumbledore said sternly.
Alastor Moody broke in, "I however believe that the traitor is with us right now, and be warned you will be discovered and punished. So help me."
Dumbledore held up his hand to calm Moody.
"Well, shall we proceed?" Dumbledore said lightly.
There were many hands, and many motions. Finally Lily raised her hand to be recognized by the floor, " I have new evidence of dark money funds at Gringotts."
Moody motioned towards Lily , "Lily Potter now has the floor."
"I found this at Gringotts," she held up the copied document.
"Bring it forward," bellowed Moody.
Lily stood up and approached the front of the group, Dumbledore's eyes widened as he viewed the document.
"Oh dear," he muttered. "This is a serious situation presented here. Thank- you Mrs. Potter we might be requiring your assistance on this one."
Lily nodded and headed back to her seat.
James was recognized by the floor next. Him and Sirius presented their photographic information to the group.
"Damn death eaters now hiding in muggles neighborhoods," Moody barked.
"Thank-you gentlemen, this will be investigated," Dumbledore said politely.
"Are there any other reports," he continued. "Very well, this meeting is adjourned, please pick up your assignments before you leave."
Lily approached the head table, fearing the worst.
Assignment: Lily and James Potter
Clean out Riddle account
Tie-up any un-paid accounts
Connect to the account
Stake out Friday 7 PM
Gringotts bank, protect
Sealed funds.
Lily sighed, she hated these kind of assignments, "not again."
James looked at Lily with fear, "please tell me it's good," he was worried.
Lily shook her head.
Sirius was talking with Peter about their assignments. James gave him a sharp fearful look.
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Chapter two: Working
Lily awoke suddenly, her stomach was turning circles, and her head felt like it was going to explode.
"Lily, are you okay?" James asked as he followed her to the bathroom.
Her head was hanging over the toilet and she was giving violent heaves.
"I'm fine," she managed to choke out.
James felt his stomach turn green, and he decided to go downstairs to get her something to drink. She had been so sick lately, and he was worried. When he returned Lily had composed herself.
She smiled at him pleasantly, "your going to be late to work."
He knew she was right, but he didn't want to leave her.
"Remember eight tonight," she reminded him.
He lowered his head, he didn't want to go, he wanted to get as far away from all this darkness as he possibly could. "Lily love, we don't have to go."
She looked up at him and placed her hand on his face, "yes we do."
Lily stood-up and gave him a gentle nudge towards the door, "go, I'll be fine."
He kissed her cheek and smiled, "I'll see you tonight."
He apparated.
Lily stared at the spot her beloved husband had just disappeared from. She turned towards the sink and splashed some cold water over her face, "what's wrong with me," she muttered.
She hadn't been feeling well for over two weeks. She felt sick every morning, she was achy and she had almost completely lost her appetite. She walked into her bedroom and tried to compose herself. She was running behind schedule again.
Lily worked at Gringotts as a accountant, it took a special person to deal with the goblin's foul personalities. She wasn't doing the job because she love the work. She was doing it because it was her duty. James and she were member of a very secret and dangerous society. The Order of the Phoenix was a group of powerful wizards and witched fighting against the Dark Lord Voldemort. Lily's connection at the wizards bank allowed the Order to track illegal dark funds. Lily and James had foiled two major financial conspiracies against Voldemort the past two years. The first one happened almost right after Lily and James finished Hogwarts.
Lily had gotten the job, and when she was doing some boring number crunching, she stumbled across a fishy account. She didn't know who to confront with this issue, because the goblins were determined to stay neutral in this wizarding war. James had urged her to go to Dumbledore. The favor he had asked of her had turned out to be the greatest sacrifice of her life. It had placed James and Lily in mortal danger many times. She smiled at the head goblin, Rigger. He looked at her sharply and returned to his book keeping.
She was use to being ignored by the goblins, they were strictly work, no play. Lily organized her desk and started going over her daily account review. The majority of them were the typical normal wizarding accounts. Some of them were small, some were large, but basically they all had the same appearance. She shuffled through the piles, looking for anything that was out of the ordinary. That is when another dark account jumped out at her.
Account of Tom Riddle, 1,000,000 Galleons, "curious," Lily muttered. That name seemed so familiar, she pulled out her wand, "copious," a copy of the report suddenly appeared and she stuffed it into her robe.
"James, what exciting on the agenda today?" Sirius asked as James made his way to his desk.
"Exciting, this place," James said flatly.
"Yea, remind me again why were working here?" Sirius barked.
James shot him a warning glare. The reason that Sirius and James suffered through this terrible job was because of the Order. They needed people inside the Ministry, just to make sure nothing happened . There were plenty of high ranking officials associated with the Order, but they needed some lower level employees to keep an eye on things, if a hostile take over did occur, than chances were that Sirius and James would be some of the last to be affect.
Sirius pulled out his wand, "I'm bored," he said evilly.
James refrained from laughing, somethings never changed.
"Have you talked to Remus lately?" Sirius asked hopeful.
"No, he's still looking for a job," James trailed off.
They both knew how much Remus Lupin was struggling, the article written my Rita Skeeter about Remus being a werewolf apparently was affecting him even past Hogwarts.
"Damn, that sucks," Sirius muttered.
James lowered his head, "yea, are you two talking again?"
Sirius looked at James, the relationship between Sirius and Remus was about as unstable as Sirius's relationship with December. Sirius didn't answer the question.
"Potter, Black what are you guys doing?" croaked their angry boss Mr. Hobbs.
"Working sir," Sirius said innocently.
Mr. Hobbs sneered his nose, "lazy kids," he muttered as he walked back into his office. Sirius gritted his teeth, "Damn I hate that man."
James wasn't listening, he was staring at something on his desk. It was a picture of a muggle home, simple, sweet and innocent looking. At first glance it looked like the million other house pictures that were being monitored, but at closer examination you could clearly see the dark mark burning through the front windows.
"Sirius, take a look at this," James urged.
"What it's just another stupid muggle house," Sirius said curtly.
James gave him a frustrated look and he pointed at the window.
"Bloody Hell," Sirius swore.
James nodded at Sirius, this was something the Order was going to want to see. Sirius glanced over at Mr. Hobb's office then quickly rolled the picture up and hid it inside his robes.
They both started working, hoping not to draw attention to their guilty expressions. The day finally drew to a close. It had been a long day and James glanced down at the clock on his desk, it was approaching the eight o'clock hour, and he knew that there was someplace he had to be.
"Hey mate, you ready?" Sirius asked.
James nodded and both of them apparated to their secret meeting.
"Hey love," Lily said sweetly as she kissed James hello.
"Don't I get one?" Sirius bellowed.
"No," Lily said casually.
"Damn," Sirius laughed.
The meetings were so formal, everyone on edge. The famous Auror, Alastor Moody was the first to take the floor. He was paranoid of everything. It was him that insisted that the meeting be conducted so formally.
"The death eaters are on the prowl again," he began, "we think their planning on attacking Southern London this week."
He held out a sheet of paper, "I need a list of volunteers who are prepared to parole the suspected areas."
Alastor Moody grumbled something under his breath and walked over to Professor Dumbledore.
"Here, Here, the Meeting of the Order of the Phoenix is now in session. Please, raise your wand if you have information to disclose. Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore now has the floor."
Professor Dumbledore stood up and began with the evening announcements, " I am sorry to inform the group another one of our numbers have fallen, Dorcas Meadows was killed by Voldemort himself this past week, a moment of silence in respect to her memory."
Lily lowered her head and Peter Pettigrew patted her on the back, she smiled back at him.
"Thank-you" she mouthed.
Dumbledore broke he moment of silence, "now, on to more important business. Alastor Moody and myself have been discussing a serious issue within our numbers. An abundance of evidence suggests that there is a traitor within our midst. We do not believe that this person is a direct member of the Order, but be very cautious of who you disclose information to. Trust no one." Dumbledore said sternly.
Alastor Moody broke in, "I however believe that the traitor is with us right now, and be warned you will be discovered and punished. So help me."
Dumbledore held up his hand to calm Moody.
"Well, shall we proceed?" Dumbledore said lightly.
There were many hands, and many motions. Finally Lily raised her hand to be recognized by the floor, " I have new evidence of dark money funds at Gringotts."
Moody motioned towards Lily , "Lily Potter now has the floor."
"I found this at Gringotts," she held up the copied document.
"Bring it forward," bellowed Moody.
Lily stood up and approached the front of the group, Dumbledore's eyes widened as he viewed the document.
"Oh dear," he muttered. "This is a serious situation presented here. Thank- you Mrs. Potter we might be requiring your assistance on this one."
Lily nodded and headed back to her seat.
James was recognized by the floor next. Him and Sirius presented their photographic information to the group.
"Damn death eaters now hiding in muggles neighborhoods," Moody barked.
"Thank-you gentlemen, this will be investigated," Dumbledore said politely.
"Are there any other reports," he continued. "Very well, this meeting is adjourned, please pick up your assignments before you leave."
Lily approached the head table, fearing the worst.
Assignment: Lily and James Potter
Clean out Riddle account
Tie-up any un-paid accounts
Connect to the account
Stake out Friday 7 PM
Gringotts bank, protect
Sealed funds.
Lily sighed, she hated these kind of assignments, "not again."
James looked at Lily with fear, "please tell me it's good," he was worried.
Lily shook her head.
Sirius was talking with Peter about their assignments. James gave him a sharp fearful look.