Here is another lovely chapter! Ok, I lied about my expectations, but oh
well, just read and review!
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Patty saw her chance. She knew it was now or never, and with a quick turn to see if anyone could stop her she grabbed an emergency portkey that lead her to a safe house for criminal wizards. One of the top safe houses in the world actually, that let witches and wizards stay as long as the ministry was still looking for them. It had housed some of the most famous witches and wizards ever, and somehow a student or 3 had found out about it over the summer and now it was Patty's chance, and without a last thought she left, Dumbledore to busy trying to help Lily and James to notice.
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A week and ½ later James woke up in a room full of white. He was starving, and had no notion of what had happened. He felt like he had been trampled by a Hippogriff and then fought a Hungarian Horntail dragon. He could here bits of a conversation between the Headmaster and an unknown person.
"But she will be ok Albus."
"How can we be sure? She was pretty close to death when we found her, and she hasn't woken up since the fall."
"If it hadn't been for the Potter boy..."
"It was not his fault! Stop blaming him."
"But because of him she may not wake up. And how do we know he had a prophecy. He could have had weak ankles for crying out loud!"
"He is a bright student, as is Lily, had you even paid attention to her we wouldn't be in this situation!"
"How were we to know she was one of them? The department of mysteries doesn't know everything you know, an even if we did, what could we have done, I mean she is a"
Dumbledore held up a hand stopping the man in mid sentence. "James, good, you're awake. You gave everyone quite a scare!"
"Where is Lily? I need to talk to her. Tell her I'm sorry."
"Ahem, well that isn't going to happen anytime soon, I mean, really."
"That enough Mr. Benquer! James, it seems that after the fall, both of you were unconscious, and while you have awoken, Miss Evans has not."
"How long has it been? Where is Patty?" Questions flooded to his head as his brain began to function.
"It has been a week and a half. Miss Patil seems to have used everyone's distraction of you and Lily as a good time to escape expulsion from the school. How about I let Mr. Lupin and Mr. Black know of your awakening. They'll be glad to hear you have gotten up." With that the old man walked out of the room to escape the further questions that would have been asked.
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Lily lay silent on her cot. She was neither alive nor dead, but on the line lingering in between. Her life flashed before her, as did the lives of other people. She saw the future and the past, the truth and the lies, the would haves and would be, the could have and could be. It was all their processing itself. It might take forever, but no matter what, Lily Evans would not die.
While James lay on his cot, mourning his mistake, Lily was doing the opposite. She was going through her brain, looking at memories of his, and some of hers. All she knew was she would have to fight. For him.
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Remus and Sirius arrived as soon as Dumbledore gave them the news that James was awake. They both walked in slowly; only to run to James bed to make sure this wasn't some cruel prank. They were not disappointed by what they saw, until they saw the expression on James's face.
"I killed her moony. I really did. I tried to save her, and it didn't work. It backfired. I only killed her faster." The tears he had been holding back since he learned of Lily's fate poured down his face. He let them. It didn't matter anymore. Lily was gone, and she wasn't coming back anytime soon.
"No, you didn't kill her, yet." Severus Snape said. Having walked in to have his paper cut looked at, and treated like a real wound by whomever would treat it. "You just tortured her, and now she is trapped in the world of lives. Good luck getting her out." Severus walked out, having forgotten about his paper cut and relishing in the fact that he had just left Potter and his clowns clueless.
However once he was out of the Hospital Wing, and in the dark hallway, he was grabbed by an unknown figure, and brought to a room, so he could learn all Severus knew. "What the hell was that about?" asked Sirius. "That slime bag gets weirder every day!"
"My god!" James came to a sudden realization. "I have got to get out of here. We have to go to the library! Now, come on, move guys!" James led them all the way to the library, and realizing he needed his invisibility cloak, he sent Remus back to the boy's dormitories to get tem, while he and Sirius began looking all along the shelves for clues. Sirius still didn't know what he was looking for, but James began to take books of the shelves in great quantities.
When Remus returned, James finally decided to fill them in on what he was looking for, so they went through book after book for clues. Very few books even hinted at what they were looking for, and they all had titles like ' The Dream Detector' or 'Memories of Me' nothing that had been touched for years, except by Divination nerds.
Time flew and soon it was time for the Library to close. James and Remus and Sirius left like everyone else (and that means the other book freaks), and came back seconds later under the invisibility cloak. They went back to their books, and as soon as the lights went out, they quickly got back to the books using the spell 'lumos'.
Hours later, they still had very little of what they needed to save Lily. Sirius had fallen asleep on one of the books, and was drooling while mumbling things like 'no mommy, I want cake not carrots. No, not carrots'. James had nearly given up, and Remus was wondering what he was going to be like tomorrow. Everyone was on the edge of falling asleep when something came to James's attention. They still hadn't looked in the restricted section. Surely there would be more information there.
"Come on, let's check the restricted section. It may save Lily's life." He begged Remus.
"I don't know Prongs. Do you really think there will be any more information there?"
"Can't we just try? Please!" He knew it could mean her life or death.
"Fine, but only for another hour. Possibly two if we are on a roll."
"Thanks Moony!"
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Forty-five min later James found himself with a big pile of nothing. He had only fifteen more min to find what he was looking for, and so far he hadn't been doing so well. He was looking through a book when he noticed something. It was another book, but this one was different. It was small and a dark red in color with a piece of blood red cloth marking a page. It could have fit in his hand, or his pocket, and it looked like it had never been touched. This was not what he had expected to find. He had expected it to be a big book, but when he opened to the bookmark page, he couldn't help but let out his joy.
"Moony! I found it!"
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There, another chapter. Please review. Another one will come soon. Hopefully! Hope you enjoyed this one! ~Lily Bell
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Patty saw her chance. She knew it was now or never, and with a quick turn to see if anyone could stop her she grabbed an emergency portkey that lead her to a safe house for criminal wizards. One of the top safe houses in the world actually, that let witches and wizards stay as long as the ministry was still looking for them. It had housed some of the most famous witches and wizards ever, and somehow a student or 3 had found out about it over the summer and now it was Patty's chance, and without a last thought she left, Dumbledore to busy trying to help Lily and James to notice.
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A week and ½ later James woke up in a room full of white. He was starving, and had no notion of what had happened. He felt like he had been trampled by a Hippogriff and then fought a Hungarian Horntail dragon. He could here bits of a conversation between the Headmaster and an unknown person.
"But she will be ok Albus."
"How can we be sure? She was pretty close to death when we found her, and she hasn't woken up since the fall."
"If it hadn't been for the Potter boy..."
"It was not his fault! Stop blaming him."
"But because of him she may not wake up. And how do we know he had a prophecy. He could have had weak ankles for crying out loud!"
"He is a bright student, as is Lily, had you even paid attention to her we wouldn't be in this situation!"
"How were we to know she was one of them? The department of mysteries doesn't know everything you know, an even if we did, what could we have done, I mean she is a"
Dumbledore held up a hand stopping the man in mid sentence. "James, good, you're awake. You gave everyone quite a scare!"
"Where is Lily? I need to talk to her. Tell her I'm sorry."
"Ahem, well that isn't going to happen anytime soon, I mean, really."
"That enough Mr. Benquer! James, it seems that after the fall, both of you were unconscious, and while you have awoken, Miss Evans has not."
"How long has it been? Where is Patty?" Questions flooded to his head as his brain began to function.
"It has been a week and a half. Miss Patil seems to have used everyone's distraction of you and Lily as a good time to escape expulsion from the school. How about I let Mr. Lupin and Mr. Black know of your awakening. They'll be glad to hear you have gotten up." With that the old man walked out of the room to escape the further questions that would have been asked.
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Lily lay silent on her cot. She was neither alive nor dead, but on the line lingering in between. Her life flashed before her, as did the lives of other people. She saw the future and the past, the truth and the lies, the would haves and would be, the could have and could be. It was all their processing itself. It might take forever, but no matter what, Lily Evans would not die.
While James lay on his cot, mourning his mistake, Lily was doing the opposite. She was going through her brain, looking at memories of his, and some of hers. All she knew was she would have to fight. For him.
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Remus and Sirius arrived as soon as Dumbledore gave them the news that James was awake. They both walked in slowly; only to run to James bed to make sure this wasn't some cruel prank. They were not disappointed by what they saw, until they saw the expression on James's face.
"I killed her moony. I really did. I tried to save her, and it didn't work. It backfired. I only killed her faster." The tears he had been holding back since he learned of Lily's fate poured down his face. He let them. It didn't matter anymore. Lily was gone, and she wasn't coming back anytime soon.
"No, you didn't kill her, yet." Severus Snape said. Having walked in to have his paper cut looked at, and treated like a real wound by whomever would treat it. "You just tortured her, and now she is trapped in the world of lives. Good luck getting her out." Severus walked out, having forgotten about his paper cut and relishing in the fact that he had just left Potter and his clowns clueless.
However once he was out of the Hospital Wing, and in the dark hallway, he was grabbed by an unknown figure, and brought to a room, so he could learn all Severus knew. "What the hell was that about?" asked Sirius. "That slime bag gets weirder every day!"
"My god!" James came to a sudden realization. "I have got to get out of here. We have to go to the library! Now, come on, move guys!" James led them all the way to the library, and realizing he needed his invisibility cloak, he sent Remus back to the boy's dormitories to get tem, while he and Sirius began looking all along the shelves for clues. Sirius still didn't know what he was looking for, but James began to take books of the shelves in great quantities.
When Remus returned, James finally decided to fill them in on what he was looking for, so they went through book after book for clues. Very few books even hinted at what they were looking for, and they all had titles like ' The Dream Detector' or 'Memories of Me' nothing that had been touched for years, except by Divination nerds.
Time flew and soon it was time for the Library to close. James and Remus and Sirius left like everyone else (and that means the other book freaks), and came back seconds later under the invisibility cloak. They went back to their books, and as soon as the lights went out, they quickly got back to the books using the spell 'lumos'.
Hours later, they still had very little of what they needed to save Lily. Sirius had fallen asleep on one of the books, and was drooling while mumbling things like 'no mommy, I want cake not carrots. No, not carrots'. James had nearly given up, and Remus was wondering what he was going to be like tomorrow. Everyone was on the edge of falling asleep when something came to James's attention. They still hadn't looked in the restricted section. Surely there would be more information there.
"Come on, let's check the restricted section. It may save Lily's life." He begged Remus.
"I don't know Prongs. Do you really think there will be any more information there?"
"Can't we just try? Please!" He knew it could mean her life or death.
"Fine, but only for another hour. Possibly two if we are on a roll."
"Thanks Moony!"
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Forty-five min later James found himself with a big pile of nothing. He had only fifteen more min to find what he was looking for, and so far he hadn't been doing so well. He was looking through a book when he noticed something. It was another book, but this one was different. It was small and a dark red in color with a piece of blood red cloth marking a page. It could have fit in his hand, or his pocket, and it looked like it had never been touched. This was not what he had expected to find. He had expected it to be a big book, but when he opened to the bookmark page, he couldn't help but let out his joy.
"Moony! I found it!"
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There, another chapter. Please review. Another one will come soon. Hopefully! Hope you enjoyed this one! ~Lily Bell
