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Chapter 2
Lily Evans tapped the bricks with her wand and watched as the wall churned and twisted into a doorway. The summer has gone by much quicker than she expected and more than halfway through the summer, she decided to go get her new school supplies for her upcoming last year at Hogwarts. The Diagon Alley streets were already bustling with parents and students. Lily squeezed between two rather plump women gossiping about an article in The Witch Weekly and hurried into Flourish and Blotts. She drew her list from her robe pocket and read the first book.
"Dangerous, Magical Creatures and How to Avoid Them by Nan Arbuckle," Lily read. She prowled the shelves, almost instantly finding it, very thankful the author's last name began with A.
Once she made sure that she had purchased all the items, she grabbed a butterbeer to go at The Three Broomsticks and wandered about the magical streets looking for something to do. The weather had gotten a little hot, so she pulled her dark red hair in to a messy bun. Unfortunately, she had tried to tie her hair up while walking down the street and ended up ramming into someone head-on.
"Oh, my bad. Sorry." She said quickly, not bothering to look at who she had collided with.
"No problem," the guy said before walking briskly away. Lily took one step before turning around again. "Potter?" she asked herself, furrowing her brow. That was strange. James Potter usually, if he ever spotted her, would most definitely NOT just walk by saying two words. Something was up. Curiously, Lily followed him, and not to her surprise, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were with him. They were talking in a whisper and walking unusually quickly. Lily found herself almost in a jog to keep up with them. She followed them all the way out of Diagon Alley. Then, they stopped. Lily quickly camouflaged herself in the crowd and strained to listen.
"Okay, we'll go back to my house. There's a mansion down the street that was abandoned years ago. We'll do it there," James told them. Before Lily could blink, they apparated (which they had learned that year).
"What are they bloody hell going to do?" Lily thought. Quickly, she apparated and found herself in a very high class area of the Wizarding England. Hiding behind a wall, she watched as Sirius went inside the Potter house came out almost just as quickly, carrying a moderate sized wooden box. Lily became more intrigued by the minute. Cautiously, she followed until they stopped in front of a massive white mansion. The house had SIX pure white pillars that looked like mythological pedestals. They walked up the granite steps carefully as if thinking the floor would fall through. When they had disappeared inside the house, Lily emerged from behind the wall and hurried quietly up the stone steps. Carefully, she peeked inside the house. It was HUGE! The hardwood floors must have been polished years ago but were now dusty. Sun shown brightly through the large windows, which covered the house. Lily stepped in, praying the floor wouldn't creak. She was about to call out into the house, but shut up when she heard voices. It was coming from the parlor in the room opposite from where she stood.
"You go first," came a voice that Lily was positive was Remus. She HAD to know what they were doing.
James held the two brown dies in his palm, contemplating if he should drop them or not.
"What are you doing?" came a female voice from the doorway. All three boys were so incredibly startled; James dropped the dies in complete shock. They were on their feet in an instant and whirled around toward the voice.
"Evans?! What the bloody hell are you doing here?!" Sirius exclaimed, trying to regain in breath. Lily walked forward.
"Are you playing a game?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. James jerked his head down toward the board. He had dropped the dies. His little silver piece was moving the three spaces on its own. The gold center came to life. A swirly motion churned in the small oval, almost like a Muggle television screen. James bent down as words appeared in the middle.
"Her scream, gives you a chill but beware, it also can kill"
There was a sudden wispy chillness throughout the house that made all four shudder. James whirled around the room, looking frantically about. Sirius and Remus read the center of the board and backed up against the wall, looking around as well. Lily squinted her almond green eyes in confusion.
"What's going on?" she asked. None of the boys answered. She rolled her eyes.
"Look, I really don't think—"but suddenly something touched her shoulder blade. A horrifying chill crept through her body. She swallowed the lump in her throat and cautiously looked over her shoulder. She fell forward in complete fright. Getting up instantly, she stumbled toward the middle of the parlor where the three boys stood, staring at where SHE had once stood eyes wide. She backed up against the wall behind James with her hand over her mouth. Her heart had stopped completely. There, floating in the middle of the parlor was a banshee.
She had tremendously long jet black hair, shockingly darker than James's hair. She floated a few centimeters from the ground. She had a scrappy, ripped white, flowy dress on. One of those dresses that you see on those creepy witches in films. Her eyes were so incredibly light blue; you could have sworn she had no iris or pupil. Her bony face and body was green- tinged and her thin lips purple. The banshee was the most terrifying creature Lily, James, Sirius or Remus had ever seen. The banshee floated toward them, slowly levitating her arms. James turned to Lily behind him.
"Don't move and cover your ears," he said urgently. There was something deep in his hazel eyes that Lily had never seen before. It wasn't a certain emotion. Lily nodded and broke her gaze from him. The banshee revealed a freaky, toothy grin and opened her mouth wide.
"Cover your ears!" Sirius yelled to all of them. The banshee screamed. The scream was so high, dogs would come running, but so loud, lifted the hair on all four of them's necks. Lily gritted her teeth, and dropped to the ground, pressing hard against her ears.
"Holy SHIT!" Remus exclaimed over the banshee's shriek. James quickly conjured up two cotton balls and quickly stuffed them into his ears. Now that he was able to use his hands, he drew his wand. He approached the wailing woman and held out his wand firmly. He whispered a spell that Sirius, Remus nor Lily could here. Thin, snakelike cord shot out of James's wand and bound themselves around the banshee's mouth, ankles and hands. The gag kept her from screaming. Quickly, James got rid of it, nearly dropping his wand in exhaustion. It was silent in the room for several moments. Finally Remus spoke up.
"What do we do now?" he asked in a croaky voice. Sirius and James stared at the board.
"We have no other choice. We have to keep playing. The only problem is we'll never finish it. We only have three players. There are four pieces," Sirius said. Almost immediately, all the boys turned to toward Lily. Lily at first didn't register what they meant but then abruptly shook her head, putting her hands up.
"Oh No! No, no no! I-I can't play. Not after that-that THING. No, sorry," she exclaimed over and over. James sagged his shoulders.
"Lil—Evans, this will never end unless we finish the game." Lily still shook her head. Finally, after several minutes of persuading. Lily held her hands up in surrender.
"Okay, I'll play. But it's totally you guy's fault if we all die!" she exclaimed. Sirius grinned.
"Deal. If we die, we'll TELL everyone it was our fault," he said sarcastically. Lily rolled her eyes. James picked up the two brown cubes and held them out to Lily. She stared at them for a moment before taking them from James's hand.
A/N: Okay, okay. It's VERY Jumangi like, but I loved Jumangi, so I hoped you liked it. Sorry for the cliff-hanger! Did any of ya'll notice the growing admiration between James and Lily? *crickets* Well, look for the next chapter pretty soon. BUBI!
Chapter 2
Lily Evans tapped the bricks with her wand and watched as the wall churned and twisted into a doorway. The summer has gone by much quicker than she expected and more than halfway through the summer, she decided to go get her new school supplies for her upcoming last year at Hogwarts. The Diagon Alley streets were already bustling with parents and students. Lily squeezed between two rather plump women gossiping about an article in The Witch Weekly and hurried into Flourish and Blotts. She drew her list from her robe pocket and read the first book.
"Dangerous, Magical Creatures and How to Avoid Them by Nan Arbuckle," Lily read. She prowled the shelves, almost instantly finding it, very thankful the author's last name began with A.
Once she made sure that she had purchased all the items, she grabbed a butterbeer to go at The Three Broomsticks and wandered about the magical streets looking for something to do. The weather had gotten a little hot, so she pulled her dark red hair in to a messy bun. Unfortunately, she had tried to tie her hair up while walking down the street and ended up ramming into someone head-on.
"Oh, my bad. Sorry." She said quickly, not bothering to look at who she had collided with.
"No problem," the guy said before walking briskly away. Lily took one step before turning around again. "Potter?" she asked herself, furrowing her brow. That was strange. James Potter usually, if he ever spotted her, would most definitely NOT just walk by saying two words. Something was up. Curiously, Lily followed him, and not to her surprise, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were with him. They were talking in a whisper and walking unusually quickly. Lily found herself almost in a jog to keep up with them. She followed them all the way out of Diagon Alley. Then, they stopped. Lily quickly camouflaged herself in the crowd and strained to listen.
"Okay, we'll go back to my house. There's a mansion down the street that was abandoned years ago. We'll do it there," James told them. Before Lily could blink, they apparated (which they had learned that year).
"What are they bloody hell going to do?" Lily thought. Quickly, she apparated and found herself in a very high class area of the Wizarding England. Hiding behind a wall, she watched as Sirius went inside the Potter house came out almost just as quickly, carrying a moderate sized wooden box. Lily became more intrigued by the minute. Cautiously, she followed until they stopped in front of a massive white mansion. The house had SIX pure white pillars that looked like mythological pedestals. They walked up the granite steps carefully as if thinking the floor would fall through. When they had disappeared inside the house, Lily emerged from behind the wall and hurried quietly up the stone steps. Carefully, she peeked inside the house. It was HUGE! The hardwood floors must have been polished years ago but were now dusty. Sun shown brightly through the large windows, which covered the house. Lily stepped in, praying the floor wouldn't creak. She was about to call out into the house, but shut up when she heard voices. It was coming from the parlor in the room opposite from where she stood.
"You go first," came a voice that Lily was positive was Remus. She HAD to know what they were doing.
James held the two brown dies in his palm, contemplating if he should drop them or not.
"What are you doing?" came a female voice from the doorway. All three boys were so incredibly startled; James dropped the dies in complete shock. They were on their feet in an instant and whirled around toward the voice.
"Evans?! What the bloody hell are you doing here?!" Sirius exclaimed, trying to regain in breath. Lily walked forward.
"Are you playing a game?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. James jerked his head down toward the board. He had dropped the dies. His little silver piece was moving the three spaces on its own. The gold center came to life. A swirly motion churned in the small oval, almost like a Muggle television screen. James bent down as words appeared in the middle.
"Her scream, gives you a chill but beware, it also can kill"
There was a sudden wispy chillness throughout the house that made all four shudder. James whirled around the room, looking frantically about. Sirius and Remus read the center of the board and backed up against the wall, looking around as well. Lily squinted her almond green eyes in confusion.
"What's going on?" she asked. None of the boys answered. She rolled her eyes.
"Look, I really don't think—"but suddenly something touched her shoulder blade. A horrifying chill crept through her body. She swallowed the lump in her throat and cautiously looked over her shoulder. She fell forward in complete fright. Getting up instantly, she stumbled toward the middle of the parlor where the three boys stood, staring at where SHE had once stood eyes wide. She backed up against the wall behind James with her hand over her mouth. Her heart had stopped completely. There, floating in the middle of the parlor was a banshee.
She had tremendously long jet black hair, shockingly darker than James's hair. She floated a few centimeters from the ground. She had a scrappy, ripped white, flowy dress on. One of those dresses that you see on those creepy witches in films. Her eyes were so incredibly light blue; you could have sworn she had no iris or pupil. Her bony face and body was green- tinged and her thin lips purple. The banshee was the most terrifying creature Lily, James, Sirius or Remus had ever seen. The banshee floated toward them, slowly levitating her arms. James turned to Lily behind him.
"Don't move and cover your ears," he said urgently. There was something deep in his hazel eyes that Lily had never seen before. It wasn't a certain emotion. Lily nodded and broke her gaze from him. The banshee revealed a freaky, toothy grin and opened her mouth wide.
"Cover your ears!" Sirius yelled to all of them. The banshee screamed. The scream was so high, dogs would come running, but so loud, lifted the hair on all four of them's necks. Lily gritted her teeth, and dropped to the ground, pressing hard against her ears.
"Holy SHIT!" Remus exclaimed over the banshee's shriek. James quickly conjured up two cotton balls and quickly stuffed them into his ears. Now that he was able to use his hands, he drew his wand. He approached the wailing woman and held out his wand firmly. He whispered a spell that Sirius, Remus nor Lily could here. Thin, snakelike cord shot out of James's wand and bound themselves around the banshee's mouth, ankles and hands. The gag kept her from screaming. Quickly, James got rid of it, nearly dropping his wand in exhaustion. It was silent in the room for several moments. Finally Remus spoke up.
"What do we do now?" he asked in a croaky voice. Sirius and James stared at the board.
"We have no other choice. We have to keep playing. The only problem is we'll never finish it. We only have three players. There are four pieces," Sirius said. Almost immediately, all the boys turned to toward Lily. Lily at first didn't register what they meant but then abruptly shook her head, putting her hands up.
"Oh No! No, no no! I-I can't play. Not after that-that THING. No, sorry," she exclaimed over and over. James sagged his shoulders.
"Lil—Evans, this will never end unless we finish the game." Lily still shook her head. Finally, after several minutes of persuading. Lily held her hands up in surrender.
"Okay, I'll play. But it's totally you guy's fault if we all die!" she exclaimed. Sirius grinned.
"Deal. If we die, we'll TELL everyone it was our fault," he said sarcastically. Lily rolled her eyes. James picked up the two brown cubes and held them out to Lily. She stared at them for a moment before taking them from James's hand.
A/N: Okay, okay. It's VERY Jumangi like, but I loved Jumangi, so I hoped you liked it. Sorry for the cliff-hanger! Did any of ya'll notice the growing admiration between James and Lily? *crickets* Well, look for the next chapter pretty soon. BUBI!
