"Daddy please," Lily pleaded as her father strode across the room angrily.
"What," he yelled, "Was that bloody noise?"
Lily glanced fearfully towards her closet, where Sirius had slipped out of sight.
"I was doing my homework," Lily explained quickly.
"Homework?" Her father repeated his eyes resting on the wand that lay next to her bedside table.
"Yes, for my Charms class, for school," Lily said calmly, still staring at the closet.
"So you were practicing, for school?" Her father bellowed, "Doing Magic?"
"Y-yes," Lily stammered.
"What did I tell you about magic?" he asked bringing his face closer to her. She backed up, crawling on her hands across her bed. She shook her head, tears forming in her eyes.
"I forbade it didn't I Lily," He yelled.
She shook her head again,
"You never said -"
"Well if I didn't I meant it!" He inched closer to her, "I don't need to be reminded of your...abnormality."
Lily blinked, shuddering on her bed. Why was her father being so horrible,
"Daddy..." She whispered.
"Don't call me that!" he spat, "That's right, you're mother has gone out with Petunia so now nobody is here to object to what I have to say, to what I want to do,"
The tears escaped,
"I know that you hate me," she whispered, "I feel your regret,"
Her father nodded, "I should have left your mother when I found out that you were like you were."
"I should have taken Petunia and left, but you're mother begged me to stay, she said to wait and that I would see how truly gifted you are, but I see nothing but a stupid little bitch!"
Lily suppressed a sob.
"She send that we would send you away, and I was hopping it was a permanent move, I didn't realize you were being taught, that your mother was wasting my hard earned money to produce..." he trailed off breathing hard.
"Do you know how many questions I have gotten, and folks reckon I lie to them about your whereabouts its caused a downfall in my reputation. Damn you Lily, it's your entire fault, and your mother was always in my way defending you, but no more," he growled.
"Why couldn't you be normal, be like Petunia make your father proud?" he screamed at her.
Lily didn't answer; she was to frightened to speak. He reached out and slapped her across the face.
Lily cried out in pain.
"Daddy..." She sobbed.
"DONT CALL ME THAT!" he roared, "You will never be my daughter, you are nothing more than a horrible FREAK!" He slapped her across the face again, and she howled, glancing at the closet, where she could make out Sirius's deep eyes through the crack in the door. George Evans grabbed his daughter by the shoulders and began to shake her,
"Do you know what you've cost me?!" he yelled horribly.
Sirius edged back further in the closet where he was hiding, unable to believe what he was witnessing. Why hadn't Lily told him what had been going on with her father, why hadn't she explained it to him. He could have found her somewhere else to stay.
A car engine died in the drive way, and hope flickered across Lily's bruised face.
"There's that damned woman now!" her father muttered.
"Mother!" Lily let out,
SLAP! George's hand met her face, "You're not learning!" he mumbled gripping her shoulders once more. Lily screamed in pain, as his grip on her tightened. Sirius could feel tears forming in his own eyes, as he sat in the closet feeling helpless. George Evans was twice his size and if he revealed himself, Mr. Evans would probably hurt Lily more.
"George!?" A female voice shrieked. The pounding of feet rose up the stairs. Lily's door burst open again, revealing a panic stricken woman. This must be Lily's mother.
"George!" she shrieked, rushing over, "What are you doing?!" She grabbed at Georges's arm and pulled hard. George released his grip, and Lily sat up frightened her hair falling in front of her face as she sobbed.
"GEORGE!" Mrs. Evans cried staring up at her husband, "Why?"
"I was teaching that bitch a lesson,"
"Do not call her that! She is your daughter!"
"She is no daughter of mine Mary, I don't carry that abnormality in my Genes, and you told me you didn't either, so what happened."
Mary looked at him horrified.
"You slept with some cock of a wizard didn't you?" George snarled.
"No!" Mary gasped in shock, reaching for Lily instinctively,"
"You whore," George growled, "Petunia and I researched. She had your DNA tested, and no shred of magic showed up, same with mine."
Mary shook her head, "NO!" she cried.
"I found out Mary, Now everyone knows you're a liar." George.
"Mom?" Lily questioned wiping her tears with the back of her hand.
"I was DRUNK!" she cried helplessly.
Sirius felt the urge to vomit, he felt as if he was invading everyone's personal life.
"You're not my father?" Lily asked stupidly staring up at George.
"OF COURSE NOT!" George bellowed.
"GET OUT!" Mary cried.
"You're not sending me out of my own house," George shot back.
Lily picked up her wand and Mary the telephone receiver.
"I will call the police George, how will you explain to them? How will you explain this?" Mary cried pointing at the bruises coming out on Lily's shoulders.
George looked at her uncertainly; Lily raised the wand pointing it at him.
"I will see you in court!" he muttered, narrowing his evil eyes at her, and then he left.
"Lily dear," Mary began.
"Get away from me mother, how could you lie to me all this time?" Lily shrieked.
"Lily, I'm sorry,"
"Leave me alone," Lily sobbed flipping over and burying her head into her pillow. Mary bit her lip glancing down at her daughter, and then sighed and left quietly.
Sirius burst out of the closet.
"LILY!" he cried.
"Shh," she whispered sitting up again. Sirius dug in his pocket for his wand.
"Silencio," he muttered at the door.
"We're not allowed to do magic Sirius," Lily sobbed.
"I don't care," Sirius replied sitting down on her bed.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he muttered into her hair as she threw her arms around him.
"Sirius," she sobbed, and all of her anguish poured out onto his shoulder. Her body shook as she let go of everything that had just happened. After a long time, she pulled away from him.
"I've been calling to you, all month, even though I knew you couldn't hear me, I needed you!" she whispered.
"Well I am here now," he whispered back, but before he could think about what she had said and owl flew in threw her window and settled itself on the bed between Lily and Sirius. Sirius untied the parchment.
"Dear Miss Evans,
We have intelligence that a Silencing charm was used at your place of residence at 6:42pm today.
Hopefully you are aware that the Ministry does not permit magic outside of school
and that another violation could result in your expulsion.
Thank-You
Have a good night
Meraulda Merkins
Magic Reinforcement Official"
Sirius crumpled up the letter and tossed it across the room. He reached over to Lily and pulled her into his lap rocking her gently.
"I heard you calling me Lily," He told her.
"You did?" she asked.
"Yea, this morning. I thought I was going insane because I could hear you calling me, whispering my name, and touching my face."
Lily looked up at him,
"When I think about you, I enter this place, like a foggy realm of my mind, and there you are, sitting there on a chair, all alone, and i talk to you, or even touch you."
"Well i can feel you Lily," he whispered, "Is it part of your gift? Can you actualy enter other peoples minds?"
"I don't know," she muttered.
"I hate my self Sirius," she whispered.
"No, no," he cried, "Don't do that, Lily you are the most amazing person I know you're smart and-"
Sirius stopped when he saw Lily's lower lip trembling.
"How can I be so amazing? Everyone here hates me!"
"I can't explain why your mother and father-"
"He's not my dad," Lily sobbed.
"Well your mother and George," Sirius continued, "Look George is obviously blinded by his anger at your mother, and so he's taking it out on you and the wizarding world. And you're mother loves you, you know she does."
"I know," Lily whispered, "I'm just trying to take this all in,"
"I know baby," Sirius whispered, pulling her close again, "And I'm gonna help you through this okay."
Lily nodded, "How could this happen Sirius?"
"I don't know," Sirius muttered feeling like a jerk, he was totally helpless.
"I don't know either," she muttered as tears slipped down her cheeks.
"Lily," he whispered, using his finger under her chin to make her look at him, "Please don't cry, it hurts me so much,"
"Hold me closer Sirius," She whispered desperately. Sirius listened holding her tighter, kissed her forehead.
"I love you Lily, please don't forget that."
"I won't." She said through her tears.
"What," he yelled, "Was that bloody noise?"
Lily glanced fearfully towards her closet, where Sirius had slipped out of sight.
"I was doing my homework," Lily explained quickly.
"Homework?" Her father repeated his eyes resting on the wand that lay next to her bedside table.
"Yes, for my Charms class, for school," Lily said calmly, still staring at the closet.
"So you were practicing, for school?" Her father bellowed, "Doing Magic?"
"Y-yes," Lily stammered.
"What did I tell you about magic?" he asked bringing his face closer to her. She backed up, crawling on her hands across her bed. She shook her head, tears forming in her eyes.
"I forbade it didn't I Lily," He yelled.
She shook her head again,
"You never said -"
"Well if I didn't I meant it!" He inched closer to her, "I don't need to be reminded of your...abnormality."
Lily blinked, shuddering on her bed. Why was her father being so horrible,
"Daddy..." She whispered.
"Don't call me that!" he spat, "That's right, you're mother has gone out with Petunia so now nobody is here to object to what I have to say, to what I want to do,"
The tears escaped,
"I know that you hate me," she whispered, "I feel your regret,"
Her father nodded, "I should have left your mother when I found out that you were like you were."
"I should have taken Petunia and left, but you're mother begged me to stay, she said to wait and that I would see how truly gifted you are, but I see nothing but a stupid little bitch!"
Lily suppressed a sob.
"She send that we would send you away, and I was hopping it was a permanent move, I didn't realize you were being taught, that your mother was wasting my hard earned money to produce..." he trailed off breathing hard.
"Do you know how many questions I have gotten, and folks reckon I lie to them about your whereabouts its caused a downfall in my reputation. Damn you Lily, it's your entire fault, and your mother was always in my way defending you, but no more," he growled.
"Why couldn't you be normal, be like Petunia make your father proud?" he screamed at her.
Lily didn't answer; she was to frightened to speak. He reached out and slapped her across the face.
Lily cried out in pain.
"Daddy..." She sobbed.
"DONT CALL ME THAT!" he roared, "You will never be my daughter, you are nothing more than a horrible FREAK!" He slapped her across the face again, and she howled, glancing at the closet, where she could make out Sirius's deep eyes through the crack in the door. George Evans grabbed his daughter by the shoulders and began to shake her,
"Do you know what you've cost me?!" he yelled horribly.
Sirius edged back further in the closet where he was hiding, unable to believe what he was witnessing. Why hadn't Lily told him what had been going on with her father, why hadn't she explained it to him. He could have found her somewhere else to stay.
A car engine died in the drive way, and hope flickered across Lily's bruised face.
"There's that damned woman now!" her father muttered.
"Mother!" Lily let out,
SLAP! George's hand met her face, "You're not learning!" he mumbled gripping her shoulders once more. Lily screamed in pain, as his grip on her tightened. Sirius could feel tears forming in his own eyes, as he sat in the closet feeling helpless. George Evans was twice his size and if he revealed himself, Mr. Evans would probably hurt Lily more.
"George!?" A female voice shrieked. The pounding of feet rose up the stairs. Lily's door burst open again, revealing a panic stricken woman. This must be Lily's mother.
"George!" she shrieked, rushing over, "What are you doing?!" She grabbed at Georges's arm and pulled hard. George released his grip, and Lily sat up frightened her hair falling in front of her face as she sobbed.
"GEORGE!" Mrs. Evans cried staring up at her husband, "Why?"
"I was teaching that bitch a lesson,"
"Do not call her that! She is your daughter!"
"She is no daughter of mine Mary, I don't carry that abnormality in my Genes, and you told me you didn't either, so what happened."
Mary looked at him horrified.
"You slept with some cock of a wizard didn't you?" George snarled.
"No!" Mary gasped in shock, reaching for Lily instinctively,"
"You whore," George growled, "Petunia and I researched. She had your DNA tested, and no shred of magic showed up, same with mine."
Mary shook her head, "NO!" she cried.
"I found out Mary, Now everyone knows you're a liar." George.
"Mom?" Lily questioned wiping her tears with the back of her hand.
"I was DRUNK!" she cried helplessly.
Sirius felt the urge to vomit, he felt as if he was invading everyone's personal life.
"You're not my father?" Lily asked stupidly staring up at George.
"OF COURSE NOT!" George bellowed.
"GET OUT!" Mary cried.
"You're not sending me out of my own house," George shot back.
Lily picked up her wand and Mary the telephone receiver.
"I will call the police George, how will you explain to them? How will you explain this?" Mary cried pointing at the bruises coming out on Lily's shoulders.
George looked at her uncertainly; Lily raised the wand pointing it at him.
"I will see you in court!" he muttered, narrowing his evil eyes at her, and then he left.
"Lily dear," Mary began.
"Get away from me mother, how could you lie to me all this time?" Lily shrieked.
"Lily, I'm sorry,"
"Leave me alone," Lily sobbed flipping over and burying her head into her pillow. Mary bit her lip glancing down at her daughter, and then sighed and left quietly.
Sirius burst out of the closet.
"LILY!" he cried.
"Shh," she whispered sitting up again. Sirius dug in his pocket for his wand.
"Silencio," he muttered at the door.
"We're not allowed to do magic Sirius," Lily sobbed.
"I don't care," Sirius replied sitting down on her bed.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he muttered into her hair as she threw her arms around him.
"Sirius," she sobbed, and all of her anguish poured out onto his shoulder. Her body shook as she let go of everything that had just happened. After a long time, she pulled away from him.
"I've been calling to you, all month, even though I knew you couldn't hear me, I needed you!" she whispered.
"Well I am here now," he whispered back, but before he could think about what she had said and owl flew in threw her window and settled itself on the bed between Lily and Sirius. Sirius untied the parchment.
"Dear Miss Evans,
We have intelligence that a Silencing charm was used at your place of residence at 6:42pm today.
Hopefully you are aware that the Ministry does not permit magic outside of school
and that another violation could result in your expulsion.
Thank-You
Have a good night
Meraulda Merkins
Magic Reinforcement Official"
Sirius crumpled up the letter and tossed it across the room. He reached over to Lily and pulled her into his lap rocking her gently.
"I heard you calling me Lily," He told her.
"You did?" she asked.
"Yea, this morning. I thought I was going insane because I could hear you calling me, whispering my name, and touching my face."
Lily looked up at him,
"When I think about you, I enter this place, like a foggy realm of my mind, and there you are, sitting there on a chair, all alone, and i talk to you, or even touch you."
"Well i can feel you Lily," he whispered, "Is it part of your gift? Can you actualy enter other peoples minds?"
"I don't know," she muttered.
"I hate my self Sirius," she whispered.
"No, no," he cried, "Don't do that, Lily you are the most amazing person I know you're smart and-"
Sirius stopped when he saw Lily's lower lip trembling.
"How can I be so amazing? Everyone here hates me!"
"I can't explain why your mother and father-"
"He's not my dad," Lily sobbed.
"Well your mother and George," Sirius continued, "Look George is obviously blinded by his anger at your mother, and so he's taking it out on you and the wizarding world. And you're mother loves you, you know she does."
"I know," Lily whispered, "I'm just trying to take this all in,"
"I know baby," Sirius whispered, pulling her close again, "And I'm gonna help you through this okay."
Lily nodded, "How could this happen Sirius?"
"I don't know," Sirius muttered feeling like a jerk, he was totally helpless.
"I don't know either," she muttered as tears slipped down her cheeks.
"Lily," he whispered, using his finger under her chin to make her look at him, "Please don't cry, it hurts me so much,"
"Hold me closer Sirius," She whispered desperately. Sirius listened holding her tighter, kissed her forehead.
"I love you Lily, please don't forget that."
"I won't." She said through her tears.