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Disclaimer:
All recognizable characters, plotlines belong to JK Rowling. Drew, Myall, the Elia group, and the plotline belongs to me. Although, I have adapted many of the concepts from the WB show, Charmed, into this fanfic.
Summary:
Lily is no ordinary girl. Blessed with special and unique powers, she is left alone after her uncle, who has been teaching her at home, was killed by death eaters. Now exposed to normality and a target of the emerging powers of Voldermort, she seeks solace in Hogwarts where she learns that her greatest power is not her inheritance, but the love that she gains from those around her.
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THE PAIN WITHIN
The portrait door opened and Lily stepped inside. It was an empty room with a table and a chair. On the table, was her aunt's book. She grabbed the book and released her aunt.
"Hi there Lilia!"
Lily smiled and sat down on the chair.
"That was a great conversation I had with Albus last night… so engaging that man is, don't you think?"
"I guess." Lily said simply.
There was a silence between them. Lily and her aunt were never really close. Lily never really remembered her when she was alive. She only appeared at the request of her uncle, and when she did, usually fired comments to Lily that made her feel uncomfortable.
"So, Lilia…are you ready to practice some more?" Bessie began, attempting to stir up some conversation.
"Not really, I just came here to check this room out. I need to head back to class soon."
"I understand." Her aunt said miserably. Bessie looked at the sad and lonely image of her niece starring back at her and immediately felt a wave of sadness sweeping over her.
Another period of silence ensured. Lily was burning inside, to ask a question, but was afraid Bessie was going to get angry at her. I owe him and myself to know, she thought.
"Do you…do you…have you seen him?" she asked Bessie nervously.
"Seen who dear?" Bessie said, looking at her green eyes.
"Uncle Barto." Lily replied, looking at her hands. Bessie sighed.
"No I haven't sweetie. You see, your uncle is dead. Due to who I am, I haven't died yet. Instead, I am in between the plane of life and death, surviving merely on my Elian powers."
"Uncle Barto never told me that."
"I know, you only began to discover your powers when I died. At that time, you and I were very close, so we were afraid you would forget that I wasn't there, and cling onto me."
"You don't have to worry about that anymore." Bessie could see that tears were streaming down Lily's face.
"Lily…" It killed Bessie that she couldn't hold her niece, and comfort her like she used to, not so long ago.
"But can you? Can you contact him?"
"No sweetie, I can't, I am stuck in this book forever." Bessie said sadly.
"I am sorry." Lily said, looking at the floating palm-sized image of her aunt. She watched her drift off the book and perch herself on Lily's hand.
"I know its hard from here. There is nothing else we can do. You are safe here in Hogwarts, and in the meantime, I will take over your Elian training from your uncle."
"No."
"Sorry?" Bessie asked, with a stunned look on her face.
"I don't want to train anymore. Its because of me that Uncle Barto died. And if I train, people around me will die too."
"That's not true, Lilia. The more evolved your powers are, the more you can save people around you. The dark magic I can feel right now, there may come a time where normal magic can not contest it. Besides, you should be proud of being an Elian. Its an honor and a …"
"Proud?" Lily screamed, her face close to tears. "I feel no pride possessing powers that ultimately resulted in the death of the only person I have ever known and loved."
"That's all you have ever cared about." Lily continued. " My powers. Making sure that its strong and advanced. You never once cared about uncle Barto, and what was going to happen to him if they found out who I am. HE loved you so much, and would do anything for you. You also never thought of what was going to happen to me when he died. I have no family, I have no friends, I have no one. I am ALL ALONE! So I think that this training thing is off. I need to think of myself first, not some ancient Elian power that no one around seem to know about. For something so advanced and special, it hasn't brought me anything but misery"
By now, Lily had covered her face with her hands and began to weep. It was all buried inside. It had to come out. She was hurting her aunt badly, and she knew it. But, it…had…to…come…out.
"Lilia…"
Lily took her hands off her face and starred at her aunt.
"Don't… call… me… Lilia… My name is Lily Evans. "
With that she grabbed her bag and got up. She placed her hand over the book.
"Lily I'm sorry." Her aunt said softly. Although lily couldn't see it, tears were falling down from her aunt's face.
"Goodbye." She said. Then she placed her palm over the book and murmured under her breath. "Close the life within."
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Lily arrived at the edge of the Forbidden Forest just in time. Class had almost started and the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs were already there.
"Lily, where were you?" Drew said when she spotted Lily approaching.
"I was just reading up on some stuff." Lily replied casually. She could see James starring at her suspiciously. When he saw her look at him, he looked away and pretended to speak to Remus.
"Attention!" A voice boomed from the front. The group of students settle down and diverted their attention to an old man at the front of the crowd.
"Welcome to your first Care of Magical Creatures lesson for the year. Lets proceed to the Lake for today's lesson"
"The lake?" Sirius said, "What does he want us to do, drown ourselves?"
"Not quite, Mr. Black" the professor said, apparently hearing Sirius' remark. "Though I am extremely entertained by such an idea. Please do not hesitate to do so if you wish. Then I can have Thursday nights free without babysitting you for your weekly detention. I presume the rest of the staff, particularly Professor McGonagall would be pleased." The whole class, including Sirius burst out laughing.
The professor help out his hand for quiet.
"Today's class is on dolphis, can anybody tell me what they are?"
Immediately Drew raised her hand.
"Yes, Miss Wendonally?"
"A dolphis is a water animal that can feel a human's emotions." Drew replied, then shot Sirius a dirty look when he mumbled "show off"
"Excellent Miss Wendonally. 10 points to Gryffindor. Dolphis are mistaken by many muggles, who think they are dolphins, but dolphis are different because they have an extra sensitive hearing, and inhabit large lakes, and as Miss Wendonally said, can feel human emotions. Dolphis are scared of humans, including witches and wizards. No Dolphis has ever come within one broomstick of a human before. But, they are extremely useful creatures. Yes, Mr. Lupin?"
"Sir, if they are afraid of humans, how are they useful creatures?" Remus asked.
"Good question Mr. Lupin. The dolphis are like house elves, except they protect human beings. Its strange, but there have been many incidences in the past where dolphis' have saved humans from other creatures by driving them away with their sonar. They come to the human's aid because they can feel their fear. Dolphis don't like that feeling, it makes them depressed as well, so they try their best to eradicate that feeling."
"Why are they afraid of humans?" Myall said.
"They are afraid of humans because of the impurities in people's mind. The human mind, naturally, is filled with greed and lust, amongst other things. The Dolphis despise such impurities, and do not help those that have an overwhelming show of such impurities inside them. The dolphis believes these thoughts will hurt them. They believe all humans will hurt them."
"So, how are we meant to study them if they don't like us? "asked a girl Lily didn't know.
"Well Miss Abbott," the professor began. "Normally, dolphis pods are not found here in the Hogwarts Lake. But there were sightings during the summer of some calves and their mothers frolicking here. We will just observe their behavior by placing Sirius into the lake. The giant squid should be coming up soon."
All eyes turned to Sirius. Myall, James and Remus were trying their hardest to contain their laughter.
"S…s…sir, you didn't really mean it did you? I mean, me in the lake with the squid around." Sirius stammered, looking at the professor.
"Indeed I did, there is no need to fear though, as I said, the dolphis is here…they will protect you."
"B…b…but, you said that they were sighted…what if they weren't dolphis?"
The professor got out his wand. "Then I will use a repelling charm on the squid."
Sirius looked at the remaining Marauders and the girls with a look of pure terror.
"You guys have to help me…please! Kettleburn hates me, I don't know if he will use the repelling charm or not."
"Honestly, Sirius." Drew said, shaking her head. "He might not like you, but he certainly wont want you dead. He's not about to lose his job. Trust him."
"Well, Black, start wading." Professor Kettleburn said, as James and Remus pushed Sirius into the water. Both had grins on their faces.
Sirius walked a few paces, with water splashing slightly above his knees. His knees were knocking against each other. He certainly didn't feel better despite the calls of "you'll be right, buddy!" from his fellow classmates, or the attempt at a muffled laughter from his friends or the occasional cry from Professor Kettleburn for him to keep moving.
Suddenly he stopped. From the waves knocking against him, he could feel the squid approaching him. He turned around.
"No don't!" cried Professor Kettleburn "Wait for the dolphis."
"Excellent!" Sirius mumbled to himself. "Wait for them, they might be having a snooze or at an underwater tea party for all I know. Wait for the Dolphis!"
Then he heard Myall screaming. Ahead, he could see the tentacles of the squid approaching him, splashing on the surface of the water in great delight. Sirius was going to turn and run. Dolphis or no Dolphis, there was no way he was going to stay.
But he couldn't move. His feet were plastered to the ground, and he stayed there. He was really scared. Behind him, all his classmates had lined the edge of the lake, vying for a closer look.
"Sir…"Myall began, tugging Professor Kettleburn's robe. "I think we should get him back now."
"No Ms Cressidier, we shall wait."
Then suddenly, the squid stopped progressing towards Sirius and with some of this tentacles, began to shake its head vigorously. It looked like it was having a massive headache and was trampling around.
"Oooh look!" Drew cried, pointing at the lake.
Everyone's eyes gazed at the direction of her hand. There on the surface were three large animals and three smaller ones. Lily could see the similarities between them and the pictures of dolphins she used to see in muggle books. The smaller ones, oblivious to what their mothers were doing, were splashing around, away from the three larger ones.
Then it all happened so suddenly. The squid began making large splashes, creating a massive wave that swept a calf away from the main pod. It landed with a loud thud near the squid. Everyone screamed. The calf's mother advanced towards her calf, causing the squid even more pain, and it began to move away from her calf.
By now, Sirius had plucked up his courage and ran back to shore. But no one was watching him, as all eyes were glued to the small calf who was bloodied on one side, and struggling to stay afloat.
His mother reached him and was dragging him towards the main pod when she stopped and glanced at the human crowd by the lake. She began to swim her calf towards them.
"Uh… professor…what is happening? She is coming towards us." Drew asked silently.
"Ms Wendonally, I have…no idea." Everyone glanced at the professor, who looked really blank and shocked.
"Everybody move back." Professor Kettleburn instructed. "We don't want to scare them away."
While the rest of the class back away, Lily starred at the mother and the calf. She could feel her hurt, her pain. Lily wanted to help her. Help her take away all her pain.
"Lily! Come back!" Drew cried. But Lily stayed by the lake, watching the dolphis. James ran to her.
"Evans, cant you take instru…" But he stopped, as he took in what was happening in front of him.
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That's all…I know I said in the previous chapter that this chapter will talk about Lily's power and that some else knows about her. But I realized that it couldn't really fit into this chapter. So that will be in the next chapter…Sorry!!
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