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~*~* Chapter 15 * * * The Meeting with Voldemort
The days of their vacation in Hawaii flew by very quickly, because they were having so much fun together.
They had tons of fun in the water park, exploring the hotel, going to the parties, the girls shopping, the boys (especially Sirius) eating.
When the departure day came, all the sixth years had on gloomy faces. Lily and James were both pretty quiet when they packed their bags and prepared to leave.
They left their luggage by the door where the bellboy would get it; Lily grabbed her purse, James grabbed his backpack, and they left their room hand-in-hand to go meet Will and their friends in the lobby.
They saw the gloomy faces of their friends and Will when they reached the lobby and went over to them.
"Did you guys want to leave already?" James asked them. They all shook their heads sadly. "Dude it would be wicked if we could stay another week wouldn't it?" Sirius said.
Everyone agreed, including Will. "Alright guys, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but we have to leave now so that we don't miss our plane," Will said, looking awkward.
The Marauders, the Roses, and Will went outside and piled up into the limo. They were all pretty quiet on the ride to the plane.
"Alright lassies," said Martin, the limo driver, once he loaded their luggage onto the plane, "this is where I leave you. It's been fun driving you around. I hope to see you again, take care."
Then he drove away in the limo as they all shouted their good byes and he waved his hand out of the window.
The Marauders, and the Roses walked onto the plane as Will went to report to Mrs. Simon that everyone in his group was safely on the plane.
"I can't believe it went so fast," said Kristin, who was cuddled on a love seat with Sirius. "Me either," said Lily, who was sitting on James's lap on the floor.
"Well we only have a month of school left," said Remus, "which means that next year, we'll be seventh-years, and we'll get to go on plenty of trips like this."
This seemed to cheer them all up, and they all became themselves again. Once all the other groups of sixth-years were on their planes, the Hogwarts planes flew off into the sky.
They had fun on the plane watching movies, playing truth or dare, and playing muggle board games that easily amused James and Sirius.
About ten minutes before they were scheduled to land, Will came down the stairs to find the three couples asleep.
He went over to James and Lily first, who were sleeping on the couch together, and woke them up.
Then he woke up Remus and Audrey who had fallen asleep on the love seat. He was about to wake up Kristin and Sirius, but he had to show the others what a funny site it was.
The two couples walked over to see Kristin and Sirius scrunched up on a tiny couch. Kristin was lying off the side of the couch, and Sirius was lying over Kristin spread across the whole couch, and his feet were hanging off the end.
The 5 people started cracking up when they saw how Sirius kept fidgeting and snoring very loudly, and how Kristin was making an annoyed look in her sleep.
This loud laughing caused Kristin and Sirius to wake up, and they were yelling very grumpily about how they were trying to sleep.
"Sorry guys but you have to get up," said Will, "we'll be landing in 5 minutes." Kristin and Sirius reluctantly got off the couch and started packing up their things.
The planes finally landed and they found themselves standing inside the wizarding area of the airport.
"Okay guys let's head to the portal. Once we get back to the muggle side of the airport we can stop for lunch," said Will. What followed this was a loud "Yes!" from Sirius.
Lily had been getting the instinct that something bad was about to happen all day, but she just ignored it. She thought it was just because she didn't want to leave from vacation yet. She was wrong, however.
Once they were standing in front of the portal, Will said, "Alright, who's first?" Lily and James both screamed at the same time, "I will!"
"Hey Lils I wanna go first!" James said acting like a little kid. "No I do!" said Lily following suit.
"Why don't you both just go together then?" Will said sounding like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Lily and James both looked at each other, laughed, and then ran through the portal together.
Their smiles disappeared, however, because they didn't find themselves standing in the muggle side of the airport.
They were standing in a dark, dark forest. The trees all around them were blowing silently in the wind. The still, quiet forest definitely gave off an eerie feeling.
"J-James," said Lily shaking, "where are we?" James grabbed her hand, and she noticed the look of worry in his eyes.
"I don't know, Lily, but stay close, okay? I'm getting a bad feeling," he said. Lily nodded. "What's wrong with the portal? Do you think the others will end up in here as well?" Lily asked.
"I'm not sure Lily, but let's just try to go find help," said James. They were walking around the forest for about five minutes.
Suddenly they heard a sound. It sounded like the crunch of a leave. James and Lily immediately turned around, and saw dark, cloaked figures coming out of the trees.
They looked at each other, and James said, "Run!" They started the other way, but the cloaked figures came out of that side as well.
The figures started walking towards them, and Lily and James saw that they were trapped.
The figures began to grab James, who tried to fight them off. "Get off him!" Lily screamed at them, trying to help James, but they started to grab her too.
Just then, a pale, scary-looking man with red eyes came out of the trees. "Ah, Potter, Evans, I see my servant have faithfully made the portal work to bring you here," said the man.
His voice sounded so eerie, so scary. Lily wanted to just wake up from this horrible nightmare.
James looked at Lily, and could see the fear in her eyes, and she could see the fear in his as well.
"What do you want?" James asked the man. "James, no need to have such a rude tone with me. After all, you don't want to upset Lord Voldemort, now do you?" said the man.
James paled. He had been hearing from his mother and her friends about a horribly evil man, Voldemort, who often killed people for no reason.
Lily saw that James now staring at the man very hatefully."What do you want?!?" James asked, showing that he didn't care who this man was. Lily saw a flicker of anger in those cold, gray eyes, but it disappeared.
"Oh so we're going to be defiant now, are we?" said Voldemort. "Release this boy," Voldemort said to the cloaked figures, who looked at each other, and then released James.
"Now, James, why are you acting so cruel to me? You don't even know me, but you should know that I am one of the greatest wizards alive," said Voldemort.
James walked up to him. There was no longer fear in his eyes, but instead anger and hate. Lily couldn't understand why.
"I know who you are. You killed my father. You're not a wizard. You're nothing more than a murder," James said, and the anger filled up in Voldemort's eyes.
"How dare you," said Voldemort, glaring at James, who glared right back. Lily's heart sank. James had never told anyone that he lost his father.
She guessed that Sirius might know, but no one else. Lily started to get very angry at Voldemort. He had killed so many innocent people, including James's father.
She struggled to get free from the figures holding her, and Voldemort saw this. "Ah, release the mud-blood as well," he said.
James pulled for his wand, but Voldemort looked at him and said, "I wouldn't do that James." James glared at him. "And why shouldn't I?" he said.
Lily walked up and stood next to James. "Because I still have to explain to you two why you are here." Lily and James looked at each other, and then back at Voldemort.
"Well, one of my followers is a seer. He was in a trance one day, while I was with him, and he made a prophecy. Two people in the future would fight me, defeat me, and keep me from rising to power. The first was a beautiful, young muggle, with red hair and piercing green eyes. She would come to Hogwarts, where she would develop powers that no other witch ever possessed before. The second was a handsome young pure-blood. Jet black hair and blue eyes. He was the heir of Gryffindor, and he would do things that no one has done before. When together, their powers would be undefeatable, and they could do things that no witch or wizard has done before. Their names were Lily Evans, and James Potter," Voldemort finished.
Lily and James couldn't believe what they just heard. Both their mouths were hanging open.
Voldemort continued. "Well you see, I just couldn't just let this prophecy come true, and I couldn't let you two defeat me. That is why I brought you here. You see if I kill you, then the prophecy can't come true, can it?"
Lily felt sick to her stomach. So she was going to die today, was she? Without ever saying good bye to her mum, her dad, Sirius, Kristin, Remus, Audrey, Petunia, (Petunia!?!?) and all her other friends at Hogwarts. At least she would see James before she died.
James saw Lily trembling, and felt himself shaking as well. He felt unbelievably angry. He wasn't going to let Voldemort kill the love of his life, or himself. He was not going to let Voldemort kill him, as he did his father, because he refused to let his family suffer another loss.
"No, Voldemort, you're not going to kill us. You weak, little murderer. I won't let you. You're nothing but a pathetic man who is desperate for power!" said James.
Voldemort looked at him. His eyes were blazing now. He looked at James with hate in his eyes that Lily had never seen before. James stared back bravely, without even flinching.
"Just for that," said Voldemort, in a low quiet voice, "you're going to die first." James reached in his pocket for his wand, but Voldemort had already said, "Accio wand!" and James's wand came flying out of his pocket and into Voldemort's hand.
James looked up at Voldemort, and Lily could see a bit of fear in his eyes. "Defenseless now, aren't we?" Voldemort said.
Tears of anger started to well up in Lily's eyes. She wasn't going to let Voldemort ruin her life, and kill James. She slowly, slowly pulled her wand out of her pocket, making sure it wasn't noticeable.
"Leave him alone you filthy thing!" Lily screamed at Voldemort. Voldemort looked at her and smiled. "Be quiet, Lily. You're next," he said, grinning evilly.
With that, he turned to James and said, "Get ready to feel pain that you have never felt before!" screamed Voldemort, and with that, he rose up his wand, and shouted a spell.
To Lily, time had seemed to slow down as she saw the spell aiming towards James. She ran in front of him, screaming "No! Not James! Take me instead!" Then, she shouted the only spell she could think of at the time.
Lily felt excruciating pain as they spell hit her in the chest. She knew this must be the end, and that she was going to die. She couldn't hold on any longer.
The last thing she saw before the world blackened around her was Voldemort screaming, and falling to the ground. *** Two black circles were floating in mid-air. Lily could hardly see them, however, because they were very blurry.
There was something moving underneath them, and sound was coming out. She heard the words "Lily!"
Lily blinked several times. Slowly the vision of James came into focus. "James?" she asked, uncertainly. She thought for a moment that she might be in Heaven.
James smiled. "How are you feeling?" he asked. "Numb," Lily said. Then she looked at her surroundings, and observed that she was in the hospital wing. She also noticed James was in hospital robes, as was she.
"James what is going on? Why are we in the hospital wing? What happened?" Lily asked him.
James laughed. "Slow down, slow down. I can't answer all your questions at once," he said. "Sorry," Lily said smiling.
"So what happened James? Are you alright?" Lily said. James opened his mouth to speak but the hospital wing doors opened and Dumbledore walked in.
"Ah, Miss Evans! I'm delighted to see that you're okay!" said Dumbledore walking over to the two students.
"Thanks, Professor," said Lily, "but I'm a little confused about what happened." Dumbledore smiled. "That is why I am here Miss Evans. Now get comfortable, this might take a little while."
Lily inhaled a breath, and prepared to hear what Dumbledore was going to tell her. "Well as you now know, Voldemort is trying to gain followers, and rise to power. One of his followers made a prophecy about you two," Dumbledore said, looking at Lily and James and smiling.
Then he continued. "The prophecy said that you two would stand up to Voldemort and defeat him, and that you would prevent him several times from rising to power. You probably already know this, since Voldemort told you." The couple nodded.
"Well," Dumbledore went on, "one of his servants-I don't know who-put a spell on the portal, for they knew you would be going through it after returning from your school trip. The portal was to take you two, and you two only, to a forest, where he was hiding."
Lily was speechless about this, as well as James, who hadn't known about that either. Who could that servant have been?
"Well Lily, James was lucky to have someone like you that loved him so much, that you were willing to give your life to save his. When you jumped in front of him, you received the full blast of that spell. But I believe you shot one at him as well. What was it again?" Dumbledore asked.
"I don't really remember, Professor. I just shot the first one that came to mind, but I can't even remember what it is," said Lily.
"I remember," James spoke up. "It was Pactivious. Lily when you shot that at him, it somehow caused him pain. He screamed in pain and then he just collapsed onto the ground."
Lily was stunned. "How could that have happened? All that spell does is cause a person to feel lightheaded," she said.
"Yes this I know," said Dumbledore. "But there was more behind the spell you cast on Voldemort than that," Dumbledore said. James and Lily both looked at him strangely. He smiled.
"You see, Lily, when you cast that spell on Voldemort, behind it was all the love that you had for James. You didn't want him to die so you used all your power to protect him. And his love was so strong for you also, and he was really worried when you jumped in front of him. That's how you defeated Voldemort. He has nothing but hate inside of him. When that spell came towards him, it was so full of your love to each other that it caused him horrible pain," Dumbledore concluded.
Lily and James were both speechless. Dumbledore smiled at their faces. Then Lily had another question.
"Professor," she said. "Yes, Miss Evans?" said Dumbledore. Lily hesitated. "H-How come that spell didn't kill me?"
"Well," said Dumbledore, "I believe it caused you lots of pain? Yes? However, Voldemort's spell couldn't kill you because you had just sent your spell to him, that was full of love for James; the love was still inside you when the spell hit you. And James's love for you was also giving you strength. You see, Voldemort's spells are full of so much hate; and because of this, his spells are very powerful. But the only thing that can hurt Voldemort is love, Lily, and you had plenty of it inside of you."
Lily smiled at Dumbledore, and then smiled at James. She was so glad that he was here with her, and that he was okay, and James was thinking the same thing about Lily.
"So what happened after that?" Lily asked. "Well," said Dumbledore, "I'm sorry but I have an important meeting to get to. I'm sure that Mr. Potter can explain the rest to you. I'll see you two later. I must go tell Madame Pomfrey that you're okay now, Miss Evans. Goodbye," said Dumbledore. And with that, he left to go inform Madame Pomfrey that Lily was awake.
James grabbed Lily's hand as soon as Dumbledore was out of sight, and kissed her. Lily smiled. "What was that for?" she asked.
"For saving my life," said James, looking serious. Lily smiled. "Anytime," she said. "So, what happened after that James?" Lily asked him.
"Well, Voldemort fell to the floor and he didn't move. Some of his followers got scared, I guess, because they ran off. Some of them started coming near us, though, so I just shot off spells at the top of my head. I think one of them shot a Crucio spell at me," said James, as Lily shuddered.
"I dodged it though, don't worry. I just sent more spells at them and finally they got scared off. After they left, this greenish portal thing appeared. So I picked you up and went through the portal. When we got out the other side, we were in this secret wizard part of the airport again, and there were hundreds of people standing around. Then Will, Sirius, Kristin, Remus, and Audrey came running at us. The wizard guards (police men) had to hold everyone else back. Dumbledore was there too, and he looked really worried," said James.
"What happened after that?" Lily asked. "Will came running up asking if we were alright. He told me they had all gotten really worried when they got to the other side and we weren't there. But then Kristin, who went through right after us said this scene of a dark forest flashed for a second before she landed in the muggle area of the airport. Then a medical wizard car came and they carried you out on one of those stretchers since you were still unconscious. Everyone was worried sick about you. So the rest of us, Will, and Dumbledore rode back to Hogwarts in the car and they carried you up to the hospital wing. And now, you're awake," James finished.
"Oh my gosh James," said Lily, "I can't believe it. Actually I can't believe I'm still here." James frowned. "Ah Lily Flower, don't even say that. I felt so bad after what happened to you. I held your hand the whole way to Hogwarts, and I was so worried about you," said James.
Lily smiled. "I'm glad that I have somebody like you to worry about me," she told James. They went into a passionate kiss, and afterwards, both felt much better.
"So how long have I been unconscious for James?" Lily asked him. "Well it's been about a week," James said. "Oh my gosh! That's horrible! What about all my classes and-," Lily said, but James interrupted her.
"Don't worry Lily, all your teachers excused you, and me from our work because of what happened," James said, causing Lily to become relieved.
Then Madame Pomfrey came hustling in looking very distressed. "Oh, dear I'm so happy that you're awake. I've been so worried about you." Lily smiled at her.
"Thanks Madame Pomfrey," Lily said. "Hey what about me? Don't you get worried about me?" James asked grinning.
Madame Pomfrey laughed. "Well you're here so often for Quidditch injuries that I've gotten used to you, James," she said. Lily and James both laughed.
"And James get back in your bed! I'm not going to let you out of here until I'm positive that you have gotten enough rest," Madame Pomfrey stated.
James groaned. "Oh come on, I feel fine," he said. He didn't seem to convince Madame Pomfrey however. "No, you're staying here one more night, Mr." she said.
Lily grinned. "Come on James, I need company anyway." James smiled. "Fine, one more night, but after that, if I don't get out of this place, I'm going to explode! I need to do something with all of my energy!"
Madame Pomfrey laughed. "Well, if you want to get out of here, then I suggest you get some rest." With that, she gave medicine to both Lily and James, and then left to give them some time alone.
"Oh by the way Lily, did you see all the gifts everyone has sent you?" James asked. "No, where are they?" Lily said looking surprised.
James grinned as he pointed to a large table that had been conjured up near her bed. It was stacked with wrapped presents, chocolates, candies, teddy bears, flowers, balloons, cards, and all sorts of other things.
Lily smiled. "Oh my goodness! I can't believe that's all for me!" Lily said. James grinned.
"Well, Dumbledore sent a letter to your parents, who were going to come visit you, but didn't because of your horse-looking sister who refused to come. They sent you a big vase of flowers and a teddy bear," James said.
Lily laughed. She knew Petunia would refuse to come here, even if she had almost died. "Oh yeah, and St. Mungo's sent you a box of chocolates. Sirius bought you a huge teddy bear," James said laughing, and pointing at a giant teddy bear. Lily grinned. Typical Sirius.
James went on. "Let's see, Kristin and Audrey bought you a new outfit with a necklace that they said you loved or something. Remus bought you some muggle and balloons. Dumbledore got you some chocolate frogs. The Ministry of Magic sent you a set of books that they knew you would love. (Kristin's mom suggested the books because she works there and she knew you'd love them)."
"Oh that's so sweet of them!" Lily said, examining her pile of presents. "Oh yeah," said James, "and like tons of the famous clothing stores sent you free clothes. And some make up place sent you a whole gift bag of stuff. You should see it, it's huge! Plus, you've gotten like 50 boxes of chocolate, teddy bears, and candy from half the guys at school. A bunch of them came to visit you but I kind of scared them off," James said grinning. Lily laughed.
"I can't believe that people sent me all this stuff! How did they know about it?" Lily asked James. "Well somehow the media found out, and it's been all over the newspapers. It was on the cover of the Daily Prophet three times. You shoulda seen it Lily, it was great. Your and my picture was on the front and we were waving stupidly," James said.
"Really James?" Lily asked laughing. "Yeah," he said, "and there were all these stories about our relationship and stuff. Most of the wizarding magazines have put us on their front cover. And all these reporters came to the school to do stories, and they were like swarming Sirius, Remus, Kristin, and Audrey. They were asking them all these questions about us and how we were doing, and when we started going out. Then Sirius told them all to get a life. It was something funny. And then a reporter from 'Teen Witch' snuck in here and tried to interview me, but Madame Pomfrey kicked her out. It was hilarious!"
Lily began laughing really hard. "Oh I'm so mad I missed it!" she said. Then she noticed the table beside James bed.
"Oh James you received a lot of gifts, too?" Lily asked grinning. "Oh yeah! I forgot! Lils I got the coolest things! All these Quidditch stores sent me magazines and I've gotten like five new brooms, and lots and lots of food! And of course I got these little love notes and balloons from the girls. They were so tacky. Then they came to visit me and they wouldn't leave me alone!" James said.
Lily laughed. "Well they better have known that if I had woken up I would have sent their butts flying out of here!" Lily said. "Yeah you bet," said James. Then his eyes lit up.
"What is it?" Lily asked. "I forgot to tell ya, Lils. The Chuddley Cannons sent me the seeker's broom, and they all signed it!" James exclaimed.
"That's great James!" Lily said. James nodded. They spent the whole rest of the day lying in Lily's bed together, and talking.
They were really excited to leave the next day, and go see all of their friends. ~*~* AMEN! I'm done that 11-PAGE-CHAPPIE! You guys so owe me! Well, I hope you liked this chapter and please please please review if you want me to post the next chapter soon!!!
~*~* Chapter 15 * * * The Meeting with Voldemort
The days of their vacation in Hawaii flew by very quickly, because they were having so much fun together.
They had tons of fun in the water park, exploring the hotel, going to the parties, the girls shopping, the boys (especially Sirius) eating.
When the departure day came, all the sixth years had on gloomy faces. Lily and James were both pretty quiet when they packed their bags and prepared to leave.
They left their luggage by the door where the bellboy would get it; Lily grabbed her purse, James grabbed his backpack, and they left their room hand-in-hand to go meet Will and their friends in the lobby.
They saw the gloomy faces of their friends and Will when they reached the lobby and went over to them.
"Did you guys want to leave already?" James asked them. They all shook their heads sadly. "Dude it would be wicked if we could stay another week wouldn't it?" Sirius said.
Everyone agreed, including Will. "Alright guys, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but we have to leave now so that we don't miss our plane," Will said, looking awkward.
The Marauders, the Roses, and Will went outside and piled up into the limo. They were all pretty quiet on the ride to the plane.
"Alright lassies," said Martin, the limo driver, once he loaded their luggage onto the plane, "this is where I leave you. It's been fun driving you around. I hope to see you again, take care."
Then he drove away in the limo as they all shouted their good byes and he waved his hand out of the window.
The Marauders, and the Roses walked onto the plane as Will went to report to Mrs. Simon that everyone in his group was safely on the plane.
"I can't believe it went so fast," said Kristin, who was cuddled on a love seat with Sirius. "Me either," said Lily, who was sitting on James's lap on the floor.
"Well we only have a month of school left," said Remus, "which means that next year, we'll be seventh-years, and we'll get to go on plenty of trips like this."
This seemed to cheer them all up, and they all became themselves again. Once all the other groups of sixth-years were on their planes, the Hogwarts planes flew off into the sky.
They had fun on the plane watching movies, playing truth or dare, and playing muggle board games that easily amused James and Sirius.
About ten minutes before they were scheduled to land, Will came down the stairs to find the three couples asleep.
He went over to James and Lily first, who were sleeping on the couch together, and woke them up.
Then he woke up Remus and Audrey who had fallen asleep on the love seat. He was about to wake up Kristin and Sirius, but he had to show the others what a funny site it was.
The two couples walked over to see Kristin and Sirius scrunched up on a tiny couch. Kristin was lying off the side of the couch, and Sirius was lying over Kristin spread across the whole couch, and his feet were hanging off the end.
The 5 people started cracking up when they saw how Sirius kept fidgeting and snoring very loudly, and how Kristin was making an annoyed look in her sleep.
This loud laughing caused Kristin and Sirius to wake up, and they were yelling very grumpily about how they were trying to sleep.
"Sorry guys but you have to get up," said Will, "we'll be landing in 5 minutes." Kristin and Sirius reluctantly got off the couch and started packing up their things.
The planes finally landed and they found themselves standing inside the wizarding area of the airport.
"Okay guys let's head to the portal. Once we get back to the muggle side of the airport we can stop for lunch," said Will. What followed this was a loud "Yes!" from Sirius.
Lily had been getting the instinct that something bad was about to happen all day, but she just ignored it. She thought it was just because she didn't want to leave from vacation yet. She was wrong, however.
Once they were standing in front of the portal, Will said, "Alright, who's first?" Lily and James both screamed at the same time, "I will!"
"Hey Lils I wanna go first!" James said acting like a little kid. "No I do!" said Lily following suit.
"Why don't you both just go together then?" Will said sounding like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Lily and James both looked at each other, laughed, and then ran through the portal together.
Their smiles disappeared, however, because they didn't find themselves standing in the muggle side of the airport.
They were standing in a dark, dark forest. The trees all around them were blowing silently in the wind. The still, quiet forest definitely gave off an eerie feeling.
"J-James," said Lily shaking, "where are we?" James grabbed her hand, and she noticed the look of worry in his eyes.
"I don't know, Lily, but stay close, okay? I'm getting a bad feeling," he said. Lily nodded. "What's wrong with the portal? Do you think the others will end up in here as well?" Lily asked.
"I'm not sure Lily, but let's just try to go find help," said James. They were walking around the forest for about five minutes.
Suddenly they heard a sound. It sounded like the crunch of a leave. James and Lily immediately turned around, and saw dark, cloaked figures coming out of the trees.
They looked at each other, and James said, "Run!" They started the other way, but the cloaked figures came out of that side as well.
The figures started walking towards them, and Lily and James saw that they were trapped.
The figures began to grab James, who tried to fight them off. "Get off him!" Lily screamed at them, trying to help James, but they started to grab her too.
Just then, a pale, scary-looking man with red eyes came out of the trees. "Ah, Potter, Evans, I see my servant have faithfully made the portal work to bring you here," said the man.
His voice sounded so eerie, so scary. Lily wanted to just wake up from this horrible nightmare.
James looked at Lily, and could see the fear in her eyes, and she could see the fear in his as well.
"What do you want?" James asked the man. "James, no need to have such a rude tone with me. After all, you don't want to upset Lord Voldemort, now do you?" said the man.
James paled. He had been hearing from his mother and her friends about a horribly evil man, Voldemort, who often killed people for no reason.
Lily saw that James now staring at the man very hatefully."What do you want?!?" James asked, showing that he didn't care who this man was. Lily saw a flicker of anger in those cold, gray eyes, but it disappeared.
"Oh so we're going to be defiant now, are we?" said Voldemort. "Release this boy," Voldemort said to the cloaked figures, who looked at each other, and then released James.
"Now, James, why are you acting so cruel to me? You don't even know me, but you should know that I am one of the greatest wizards alive," said Voldemort.
James walked up to him. There was no longer fear in his eyes, but instead anger and hate. Lily couldn't understand why.
"I know who you are. You killed my father. You're not a wizard. You're nothing more than a murder," James said, and the anger filled up in Voldemort's eyes.
"How dare you," said Voldemort, glaring at James, who glared right back. Lily's heart sank. James had never told anyone that he lost his father.
She guessed that Sirius might know, but no one else. Lily started to get very angry at Voldemort. He had killed so many innocent people, including James's father.
She struggled to get free from the figures holding her, and Voldemort saw this. "Ah, release the mud-blood as well," he said.
James pulled for his wand, but Voldemort looked at him and said, "I wouldn't do that James." James glared at him. "And why shouldn't I?" he said.
Lily walked up and stood next to James. "Because I still have to explain to you two why you are here." Lily and James looked at each other, and then back at Voldemort.
"Well, one of my followers is a seer. He was in a trance one day, while I was with him, and he made a prophecy. Two people in the future would fight me, defeat me, and keep me from rising to power. The first was a beautiful, young muggle, with red hair and piercing green eyes. She would come to Hogwarts, where she would develop powers that no other witch ever possessed before. The second was a handsome young pure-blood. Jet black hair and blue eyes. He was the heir of Gryffindor, and he would do things that no one has done before. When together, their powers would be undefeatable, and they could do things that no witch or wizard has done before. Their names were Lily Evans, and James Potter," Voldemort finished.
Lily and James couldn't believe what they just heard. Both their mouths were hanging open.
Voldemort continued. "Well you see, I just couldn't just let this prophecy come true, and I couldn't let you two defeat me. That is why I brought you here. You see if I kill you, then the prophecy can't come true, can it?"
Lily felt sick to her stomach. So she was going to die today, was she? Without ever saying good bye to her mum, her dad, Sirius, Kristin, Remus, Audrey, Petunia, (Petunia!?!?) and all her other friends at Hogwarts. At least she would see James before she died.
James saw Lily trembling, and felt himself shaking as well. He felt unbelievably angry. He wasn't going to let Voldemort kill the love of his life, or himself. He was not going to let Voldemort kill him, as he did his father, because he refused to let his family suffer another loss.
"No, Voldemort, you're not going to kill us. You weak, little murderer. I won't let you. You're nothing but a pathetic man who is desperate for power!" said James.
Voldemort looked at him. His eyes were blazing now. He looked at James with hate in his eyes that Lily had never seen before. James stared back bravely, without even flinching.
"Just for that," said Voldemort, in a low quiet voice, "you're going to die first." James reached in his pocket for his wand, but Voldemort had already said, "Accio wand!" and James's wand came flying out of his pocket and into Voldemort's hand.
James looked up at Voldemort, and Lily could see a bit of fear in his eyes. "Defenseless now, aren't we?" Voldemort said.
Tears of anger started to well up in Lily's eyes. She wasn't going to let Voldemort ruin her life, and kill James. She slowly, slowly pulled her wand out of her pocket, making sure it wasn't noticeable.
"Leave him alone you filthy thing!" Lily screamed at Voldemort. Voldemort looked at her and smiled. "Be quiet, Lily. You're next," he said, grinning evilly.
With that, he turned to James and said, "Get ready to feel pain that you have never felt before!" screamed Voldemort, and with that, he rose up his wand, and shouted a spell.
To Lily, time had seemed to slow down as she saw the spell aiming towards James. She ran in front of him, screaming "No! Not James! Take me instead!" Then, she shouted the only spell she could think of at the time.
Lily felt excruciating pain as they spell hit her in the chest. She knew this must be the end, and that she was going to die. She couldn't hold on any longer.
The last thing she saw before the world blackened around her was Voldemort screaming, and falling to the ground. *** Two black circles were floating in mid-air. Lily could hardly see them, however, because they were very blurry.
There was something moving underneath them, and sound was coming out. She heard the words "Lily!"
Lily blinked several times. Slowly the vision of James came into focus. "James?" she asked, uncertainly. She thought for a moment that she might be in Heaven.
James smiled. "How are you feeling?" he asked. "Numb," Lily said. Then she looked at her surroundings, and observed that she was in the hospital wing. She also noticed James was in hospital robes, as was she.
"James what is going on? Why are we in the hospital wing? What happened?" Lily asked him.
James laughed. "Slow down, slow down. I can't answer all your questions at once," he said. "Sorry," Lily said smiling.
"So what happened James? Are you alright?" Lily said. James opened his mouth to speak but the hospital wing doors opened and Dumbledore walked in.
"Ah, Miss Evans! I'm delighted to see that you're okay!" said Dumbledore walking over to the two students.
"Thanks, Professor," said Lily, "but I'm a little confused about what happened." Dumbledore smiled. "That is why I am here Miss Evans. Now get comfortable, this might take a little while."
Lily inhaled a breath, and prepared to hear what Dumbledore was going to tell her. "Well as you now know, Voldemort is trying to gain followers, and rise to power. One of his followers made a prophecy about you two," Dumbledore said, looking at Lily and James and smiling.
Then he continued. "The prophecy said that you two would stand up to Voldemort and defeat him, and that you would prevent him several times from rising to power. You probably already know this, since Voldemort told you." The couple nodded.
"Well," Dumbledore went on, "one of his servants-I don't know who-put a spell on the portal, for they knew you would be going through it after returning from your school trip. The portal was to take you two, and you two only, to a forest, where he was hiding."
Lily was speechless about this, as well as James, who hadn't known about that either. Who could that servant have been?
"Well Lily, James was lucky to have someone like you that loved him so much, that you were willing to give your life to save his. When you jumped in front of him, you received the full blast of that spell. But I believe you shot one at him as well. What was it again?" Dumbledore asked.
"I don't really remember, Professor. I just shot the first one that came to mind, but I can't even remember what it is," said Lily.
"I remember," James spoke up. "It was Pactivious. Lily when you shot that at him, it somehow caused him pain. He screamed in pain and then he just collapsed onto the ground."
Lily was stunned. "How could that have happened? All that spell does is cause a person to feel lightheaded," she said.
"Yes this I know," said Dumbledore. "But there was more behind the spell you cast on Voldemort than that," Dumbledore said. James and Lily both looked at him strangely. He smiled.
"You see, Lily, when you cast that spell on Voldemort, behind it was all the love that you had for James. You didn't want him to die so you used all your power to protect him. And his love was so strong for you also, and he was really worried when you jumped in front of him. That's how you defeated Voldemort. He has nothing but hate inside of him. When that spell came towards him, it was so full of your love to each other that it caused him horrible pain," Dumbledore concluded.
Lily and James were both speechless. Dumbledore smiled at their faces. Then Lily had another question.
"Professor," she said. "Yes, Miss Evans?" said Dumbledore. Lily hesitated. "H-How come that spell didn't kill me?"
"Well," said Dumbledore, "I believe it caused you lots of pain? Yes? However, Voldemort's spell couldn't kill you because you had just sent your spell to him, that was full of love for James; the love was still inside you when the spell hit you. And James's love for you was also giving you strength. You see, Voldemort's spells are full of so much hate; and because of this, his spells are very powerful. But the only thing that can hurt Voldemort is love, Lily, and you had plenty of it inside of you."
Lily smiled at Dumbledore, and then smiled at James. She was so glad that he was here with her, and that he was okay, and James was thinking the same thing about Lily.
"So what happened after that?" Lily asked. "Well," said Dumbledore, "I'm sorry but I have an important meeting to get to. I'm sure that Mr. Potter can explain the rest to you. I'll see you two later. I must go tell Madame Pomfrey that you're okay now, Miss Evans. Goodbye," said Dumbledore. And with that, he left to go inform Madame Pomfrey that Lily was awake.
James grabbed Lily's hand as soon as Dumbledore was out of sight, and kissed her. Lily smiled. "What was that for?" she asked.
"For saving my life," said James, looking serious. Lily smiled. "Anytime," she said. "So, what happened after that James?" Lily asked him.
"Well, Voldemort fell to the floor and he didn't move. Some of his followers got scared, I guess, because they ran off. Some of them started coming near us, though, so I just shot off spells at the top of my head. I think one of them shot a Crucio spell at me," said James, as Lily shuddered.
"I dodged it though, don't worry. I just sent more spells at them and finally they got scared off. After they left, this greenish portal thing appeared. So I picked you up and went through the portal. When we got out the other side, we were in this secret wizard part of the airport again, and there were hundreds of people standing around. Then Will, Sirius, Kristin, Remus, and Audrey came running at us. The wizard guards (police men) had to hold everyone else back. Dumbledore was there too, and he looked really worried," said James.
"What happened after that?" Lily asked. "Will came running up asking if we were alright. He told me they had all gotten really worried when they got to the other side and we weren't there. But then Kristin, who went through right after us said this scene of a dark forest flashed for a second before she landed in the muggle area of the airport. Then a medical wizard car came and they carried you out on one of those stretchers since you were still unconscious. Everyone was worried sick about you. So the rest of us, Will, and Dumbledore rode back to Hogwarts in the car and they carried you up to the hospital wing. And now, you're awake," James finished.
"Oh my gosh James," said Lily, "I can't believe it. Actually I can't believe I'm still here." James frowned. "Ah Lily Flower, don't even say that. I felt so bad after what happened to you. I held your hand the whole way to Hogwarts, and I was so worried about you," said James.
Lily smiled. "I'm glad that I have somebody like you to worry about me," she told James. They went into a passionate kiss, and afterwards, both felt much better.
"So how long have I been unconscious for James?" Lily asked him. "Well it's been about a week," James said. "Oh my gosh! That's horrible! What about all my classes and-," Lily said, but James interrupted her.
"Don't worry Lily, all your teachers excused you, and me from our work because of what happened," James said, causing Lily to become relieved.
Then Madame Pomfrey came hustling in looking very distressed. "Oh, dear I'm so happy that you're awake. I've been so worried about you." Lily smiled at her.
"Thanks Madame Pomfrey," Lily said. "Hey what about me? Don't you get worried about me?" James asked grinning.
Madame Pomfrey laughed. "Well you're here so often for Quidditch injuries that I've gotten used to you, James," she said. Lily and James both laughed.
"And James get back in your bed! I'm not going to let you out of here until I'm positive that you have gotten enough rest," Madame Pomfrey stated.
James groaned. "Oh come on, I feel fine," he said. He didn't seem to convince Madame Pomfrey however. "No, you're staying here one more night, Mr." she said.
Lily grinned. "Come on James, I need company anyway." James smiled. "Fine, one more night, but after that, if I don't get out of this place, I'm going to explode! I need to do something with all of my energy!"
Madame Pomfrey laughed. "Well, if you want to get out of here, then I suggest you get some rest." With that, she gave medicine to both Lily and James, and then left to give them some time alone.
"Oh by the way Lily, did you see all the gifts everyone has sent you?" James asked. "No, where are they?" Lily said looking surprised.
James grinned as he pointed to a large table that had been conjured up near her bed. It was stacked with wrapped presents, chocolates, candies, teddy bears, flowers, balloons, cards, and all sorts of other things.
Lily smiled. "Oh my goodness! I can't believe that's all for me!" Lily said. James grinned.
"Well, Dumbledore sent a letter to your parents, who were going to come visit you, but didn't because of your horse-looking sister who refused to come. They sent you a big vase of flowers and a teddy bear," James said.
Lily laughed. She knew Petunia would refuse to come here, even if she had almost died. "Oh yeah, and St. Mungo's sent you a box of chocolates. Sirius bought you a huge teddy bear," James said laughing, and pointing at a giant teddy bear. Lily grinned. Typical Sirius.
James went on. "Let's see, Kristin and Audrey bought you a new outfit with a necklace that they said you loved or something. Remus bought you some muggle and balloons. Dumbledore got you some chocolate frogs. The Ministry of Magic sent you a set of books that they knew you would love. (Kristin's mom suggested the books because she works there and she knew you'd love them)."
"Oh that's so sweet of them!" Lily said, examining her pile of presents. "Oh yeah," said James, "and like tons of the famous clothing stores sent you free clothes. And some make up place sent you a whole gift bag of stuff. You should see it, it's huge! Plus, you've gotten like 50 boxes of chocolate, teddy bears, and candy from half the guys at school. A bunch of them came to visit you but I kind of scared them off," James said grinning. Lily laughed.
"I can't believe that people sent me all this stuff! How did they know about it?" Lily asked James. "Well somehow the media found out, and it's been all over the newspapers. It was on the cover of the Daily Prophet three times. You shoulda seen it Lily, it was great. Your and my picture was on the front and we were waving stupidly," James said.
"Really James?" Lily asked laughing. "Yeah," he said, "and there were all these stories about our relationship and stuff. Most of the wizarding magazines have put us on their front cover. And all these reporters came to the school to do stories, and they were like swarming Sirius, Remus, Kristin, and Audrey. They were asking them all these questions about us and how we were doing, and when we started going out. Then Sirius told them all to get a life. It was something funny. And then a reporter from 'Teen Witch' snuck in here and tried to interview me, but Madame Pomfrey kicked her out. It was hilarious!"
Lily began laughing really hard. "Oh I'm so mad I missed it!" she said. Then she noticed the table beside James bed.
"Oh James you received a lot of gifts, too?" Lily asked grinning. "Oh yeah! I forgot! Lils I got the coolest things! All these Quidditch stores sent me magazines and I've gotten like five new brooms, and lots and lots of food! And of course I got these little love notes and balloons from the girls. They were so tacky. Then they came to visit me and they wouldn't leave me alone!" James said.
Lily laughed. "Well they better have known that if I had woken up I would have sent their butts flying out of here!" Lily said. "Yeah you bet," said James. Then his eyes lit up.
"What is it?" Lily asked. "I forgot to tell ya, Lils. The Chuddley Cannons sent me the seeker's broom, and they all signed it!" James exclaimed.
"That's great James!" Lily said. James nodded. They spent the whole rest of the day lying in Lily's bed together, and talking.
They were really excited to leave the next day, and go see all of their friends. ~*~* AMEN! I'm done that 11-PAGE-CHAPPIE! You guys so owe me! Well, I hope you liked this chapter and please please please review if you want me to post the next chapter soon!!!