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WARNING: This chapter contains some elements that are not suitable for younger readers.

Chapter 3 Wormtail

The news spread through the group of friends quicker than fire; Lizzie and Remus were a couple! Whenever anyone approached them about it, they smiled and nodded bashfully.

"It's not fair." Lily complained to Alisa, watching the new couple sit companionably side by side at lunch. "I wished that J...err, the person I like, would like me back."

Alisa smiled. "Wouldn't that be nice?" She thought of her own crush on Sirius. Tall, dark, and handsome, she was such a cliché! And to kick her while she was down, he fit the cliché perfectly, never being seen without is twittering fan club following closely behind.

Lily crossed her arms and looked at the floor. "Oh, and what have you got to worry about, you're pretty enough to get any guy in the school."

Alisa gaped at her friend. Never in her life had anyone said anything like that to her. "Not the guy I want though. And anyway, what are you saying anyone would be lucky to be with you."

"I like James." Lily hissed. "How am I supposed to compete with his testosterone and all those girls who are willing to do anything? I mean, the whole thing is stupid. I will never have a chance."

Alisa was taken aback by Lily's harsh tone. "I think I can relate to that. I would love nothing more than for Sirius to even look at me as more than a friend, but I, like you, stand little possibility in being more than a flavor-of-the-week. So don't, Lillian Evans, think that you've got it so bad." She breathed heavily after this announcement.

"Oh my God. We are two very sad girls." Sighed Lily.

Suddenly, a voice from behind startled the two girls.

"I am sorry, I couldn't help overhear you." Began Peter. "But I must tell you...."

"You heard us?!?!" Shouted Lily and Alisa at the same time. They were considerably upset; having just spilled their biggest secrets to a person they barely knew.

"Well, yes. I must tell you not to waste your time with those two. But I am always here for you, a shoulder to cry on, someone to hold you, be your protector. All you need to do is ask." He smiled smugly at this, as though he was waiting for them to thank him on bended knee.

"Uh, yeah, we'll call you if we need you." Replied Alisa with a disgusted edge to her voice.

Peter frowned slightly at her, and then returned his gaze to Lily. "I have always thought you were pretty, my Lily flower, my red headed angel." He gave her one last gracious smile, turned and walked away.

As soon as he was out of earshot, Alisa threw her head back, laughing. "Oh! That was the funniest thing I have ever heard!"

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After two months, Remus and Lizzie were still, amazingly, together. Everyone agreed that they seemed to be made for one another, both being extremely studious, top of their classes, and, (this one was a big plus in Remus's opinion,) she didn't flinch when she found out he was a werewolf.

One day in November, Lily was walking by herself through the empty corridor to study in the Library when she heard someone muttering to themselves in a deserted classroom. Curious, she walked through the doorway to see who it was.

Inside, Peter stood in the middle, looking at Lily as though he had been expecting her all along. "Ah! My Lily flower, you arrive at last!" He said closing and locking the door behind her with his wand.

"Peter, what are you doing?" Lily asked, fear unwillingly ebbing it's way into her voice.

"Oh, my angel, I only believe that we are meant to be together. You and I, as one." He replied, pulling her in roughly and kissing her.

Lily pushed him away. "I don't want this! I am not your flower; I am not your angel! Stay away from me!" She yelled, hopping her voice would carry through the thick walls of the castle. She turned and tried to unlock the door.

"You can't open the door, my flower! Do you think I am completely stupid? I have thought of everything, there is no way out!" Peter laughed. Lily's clothes disappeared with a wave of his wand. "Oh, flower! How I have longed for your body. It is truly beautiful, a masterpiece!"

Lily gasped as the cold air hit her skin. Falling to the floor, she tried to cover herself with her hands.

Peter, too, pulled off his clothing, and leaned in to kiss Lily. In a panic, she kneed him hard in the stomach. He doubled over in pain, but instead of moan of anguish, a soft laugh issued from his mouth. "Lils, angel, don't fight this, I don't want to have to hurt you."

He tried once more to kiss her and was received with a slap. "Lily, Lily, Lily. This could have been easy, even fun, but now I am getting impatient and angry." He took his wand and pointed it at her. Suddenly her arms and legs were tied to the wall. "That's better!" and he raped her.

After over an hour, he had finished. Taking one look at Lily's tear- stained face, he laughed. "I have always loved you, flower! Perhaps now you understand that. But, I promise you, if any of the teachers find out, you will not have a happy life. I will take that promise to my grave." He waved his wand once more and Lily fell off the wall, fully clothed. Then, muttering, "Alohamora." Peter strode from the room.

Lily tumbled to the floor, sobbing.

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