"Lily, your friends have to go" Mrs. Evans said. "Vernon will be here any moment." Lily lifted her head off James' chest and glanced at the clock. It was nearly nine in the evening.
"Ok." Lily said groggily.
"She awakes!" Sirius said like a mad scientist. Lily looked at him confused.
"Don't worry, you and April fell asleep for a bit." James said kissing Lily on the forehead.
"I did?" Lily asked. "How long for?"
"An hour." Sirius said "I think we broke that TV thing, it switched off when we pressed one of these buttons." Sirius said holding up the remote.
"Accio" Lily said getting her wand out. She pressed the on button and the TV came on again. "No you didn't break it." She sat up and ran a hand over her hair.
"Well you guys better go." She said to James and Sirius. Sirius nodded and kissed April's forehead and disappeared with a pop. April started awake as she fell onto the chair.
"I'll see you soon." James said quietly.
"Ok." Lily said. "bye."
"Bye." James said giving Lily a kiss. "I love you." Lily nodded to show that she knew and James disappeared with a pop. April sighed and sank into the chair.
"I'm so tired." She said.
"Vernon will be here any minute." Lily said.
"Who's Vernon?" April asked.
"Don't ask." Lily said. April nodded as Lily lay back down on the Sofa. The doorbell rang and they heard Petunia let out an excited squeal.
"Urgh…please" April said, she reached for her wand to close the door but realised that she'd left it in the bedroom. Lily shifted down the sofa and kicked the door.
"Oh, Vernon, darling, honey" came Petunia's voice through the door. "Come into the living room."
"Uh oh." Lily said. She sat up and looked at the packets of crisps and chocolate wrappers that littered the Living room. She whipped her wand out and muttered a spell and everything vanished just as the door opened. Lily didn't have time to put her wand away when Petunia walked in followed by a beefy looking man. He didn't appear to have a neck and he had a bristly looking moustache and he looked at April and Lily curiously then his gaze went to Lily's wand. She quickly put it behind her back.
"Oh, this is my sister" Petunia said like Lily was a piece of dirt. "And that's her…friend" April looked at Petunia like she was evil but Lily kept herself composed.
"Come on April, it's clear my darling sister would love us to hang around" Lily said sarcastically as she got up. April stood up as well and followed Lily out into the kitchen.
"You never told me you had a sister." Came Vernon's voice. It didn't sound very attractive or very kind. Lily could see in a way why Vernon liked Petunia.
"She's always at boarding school. She normally stays there all year except during the summer. I don't know why she bothered to come home this time. She's a bit of a freak and she goes to a special school, she's not really right in the head" Petunia said shrilly and slightly louder then she normally did so Lily could hear. Lily felt herself shaking slightly and she put her wand on the kitchen counter and turned to look at April.
"Calm down." April said calmly. She went to Lily and gave her a tight hug. Lily felt herself calm slightly but she still felt annoyed at Petunia.
"If she wasn't my sister then I would just curse her" Lily said.
"Maybe we can get something from James and Sirius." April said. Lily looked at April like it was a good idea but thought against it.
* * * *
"Yes, I've just started up a very successful company that sells drills to large cooperate companies. It can be a very good business if you know the right people and you have the right deals. I myself have the right contacts because my father knows quite a few large company. We recently got a shipment of-" Lily turned to April. The both of them were so bored they were close to tears. Vernon had gone on about Drills and his car for at least the entire duration of Christmas dinner.
"I suggest we go to Potter Manor after this" April said.
"I can't just leave." Lily said.
"Use that Replica charm you know." April whispered
"No, that wouldn't work properly. You need to drink a potion that allows you to transfer your personality." Lily whispered. Petunia caught half of what Lily said and turned and glared at her. Lily gave Petunia a nasty look and turned back to April. Mr. Evans had ordered that Lily and April keep their wands upstairs so they couldn't pull any tricks. He was slightly more hesitant and wary of magic then Lily's mum.
"What did Jenny get you?" Lily asked April. April had woken up a few minutes earlier then Lily but she had managed to open half her presents.
"She got me an enchanted Chocolate bar." April said. Lily looked at her confused. April put a hand in her pocket and pulled out a small note. Lily took it and read it.
For you and Sirius. Just give him a little bit and you have a bit and next thing you know…well I think you'll guess. Just don't have any in the common room where people can see. Merry Christmas Jenny XXX
Lily laughed at the note.
"Lily." Mr. Evans said. Lily looked up and Mr. Evans looked enquiringly at the note and gave it back to April.
"Sorry." Lily said. "It's just a note from Jenny. She says merry Christmas" Lily said. Mr. Evans nodded and went back to listen to Vernon finish his story. Lily rolled her eyes and looked at April for help. April shrugged and continued to eat.
* * * *
CRACK!
Lily bolted up right in her bed and looked around in her room. iWhat was that?/i she asked herself urgently. She looked at the digital clock on the side of her bed. Three o'clock. Lily waited for a few more minutes and tried to listen for something. There was the sound of a door opening and closing.
"Incendio" a voice said in the hall. Lily rolled off her bed and picked up her wand. She put a hand on April and shook her.
"April" Lily whispered urgently. April let out a protesting moan. "April I think there's someone in the house" April turned and looked at Lily
"What? It's probably just your parents." April said. Lily grabbed April's wand and pressed it into April's hand.
"My parents don't know spells." Lily said. There was a creaking of a floorboard outside Lily's room and April sat up right, almost as awake as Lily. She held her wand out and she got out of the bed and stood up with Lily. Lily looked at April and held the doorknob. April nodded and Lily pulled the door open. A figure stood in the doorway. He was wearing a large hooded black cloak and he held his wand ready. Lily and April stood in front of him. A death eater. There was a flickering in the hall and the smell of something burning reached Lily's nose. Another death eater behind him suddenly disappeared and left the other on his own.
"Stupefy" the death eater said.
"Protego." Lily shouted quickly.
"Impedimenta" April shouted at the same time Lily cast her spell. The spell the deatheater had sent rebounded and struck him in the chest along with April's spell. The death eater flew into the wall and fell to the floor. April and Lily ran into the hallway and were instantly knocked back by some intense heat.
"Fire!" April shouted. The whole of the landing by the bathroom and Lily's parents' room was on fire. Lily's mind went completely blank as she tried to think of a spell to put it out. Lily tried to think of something but what if something happened to her parents. Why was there a deatheater in her house?
"April, I can't think" Lily said worriedly. April looked worriedly and looked at the fire. April pointed her wand at the fire and said the first spell that came to her mind. A jet of foam and bubbles shot out of the end of her wand and doused the fire. Lily started shaking and ran to her parents' room.
"Mum, Dad!" Lily shouted. A door opened and Petunia came running out of her room in her sleeping clothes. She was about to say something when she saw the deatheater and half the landing covered in foam.
"What have you done?" Petunia said rounding on April.
"Silencio" April said in frustration. Petunia suddenly went silent even though she hadn't noticed and was still raving.
"They've used Magic to seal the door" Lily said frantically crashing against the door. April ran over and pointed at the door.
"Alohamora"
"That doesn't work" Lily said to her. April nodded and looked at the death eater who was starting to get up.
"He's getting up." April said. Lily turned to the death eater.
"Petrificus Totalus" Lily said and the Death eater fell to the floor unable to move. Petunia stared at Lily in fear and banged on Vernon's door. She was saying something but no sound came out. She opened the door and went into the room. Lily looked at April.
"I put a charm on her." April said. Lily nodded and went to the Death eater. She lifted the hood to show a man with platinum blond hair and cold grey eyes. Lily recognised him. She had seen him around Diagon Alley a few times.
"Lucious Malfoy." April said. Lily's eyes flashed with anger and April was about to assist her try and hurt him when there was suddenly three small cracks like a whip and three aurors stood in the landing between April and Lily.
"Miss. Evans, we can take it from here." Said one of the aurors. They all wore hooded cloaks and they were all holding wands. One of the Aurors helped Lily to her feet and led her towards April while the other two picked up the death eater. The auror lowered her hood and revealed herself to be Mrs. Potter.
"What happened?" she asked.
"He attacked us. He's locked my parents door" Lily said quickly and frantically. Mrs. Potter went to the door and tried Alohamora but when that didn't work she muttered a few other spells.
"Alistor" she said. One of the other Aurors turned and went to Mrs. Potter. Mrs. Potter nodded towards the door and they both went in. Lily and April began to follow when the third Auror told them to stay behind.
"Did anyone else see this?" He asked. Lily nodded.
"My sister." She said.
"Where is she?" He asked. Lily pointed to the spare room and the auror nodded. Mrs. Potter came out of the room looking dark and sad. Lily turned to her.
"Are they ok?" Lily asked. April turned as well.
"Lily, April, come downstairs." Mrs. Potter said. "Matthew, you will be able to handle Malfoy?" the other auror nodded and disappeared with the deatheater.
"No, tell me now" Lily shouted at Mrs. Potter.
"Lily, I really think that you should sit down or go somewhere comfortable." Mrs. Potter said.
"Are they dead?" April asked quietly. Mrs. Potter looked at April sadly. Lily looked at her for an answer. Mrs. Potter turned her gaze to Lily and then lowered her gaze.
"I'm sorry Lily." She said. Lily stared in disbelief.
"No, they're not dead. They can't be!" Lily said.
"They were killed by a killing curse. I'm so sorry Lily." Mrs. Potter said. Lily tried to keep the tears in but couldn't stop them from coming out when April pulled her into an embrace.
"They can't be dead." Lily whimpered. April started crying as well. Lily's parents had always been so kind and welcoming to her.
Petunia opened the door slightly and looked out. There was another figure standing with her freak sister and that freak friend.
"Petunia, what's happening?" Vernon asked. Petunia held a hand up. That stupid friend had done something to her so that she couldn't speak.
"They were killed by a killing curse, I'm so sorry Lily." Said the figure. Petunia stared in horror and left the room. She wanted to scream at her sister but she couldn't say anything. The figure turned and guessed what happened to her voice and muttered a few words and Petunia's screaming filled the room.
"You killed them! You bitch, you and your freak world, you killed them!" Petunia screamed at her crying sister. Lily looked at Petunia and shook her head.
"No, I didn't." Lily said. Lily pleaded with her sister slightly through her eyes. Lily held onto April tightly and tried to hold back her sobs.
"Yes you did. All because you go to that freak school! It's all your fault!" Petunia said. Vernon came running out of the room and put a hand on Petunia's shoulder. He looked at the other figure. A thin medium height woman with long tumbling brown locks and sad brown eyes.
"Who are you?" He asked her.
"Get out of my house!" Petunia screamed at Lily. Lily started crying even more and April held her, just as distraught. The woman sighed and put an arm around Lily.
"Come on, we'll get you somewhere where you can have some peace." She said. She then looked at Petunia and shook her head.
"I am sorry for your loss. If you don't mind talking to Mr. Moody when he emerges from your parents' room." The woman said. Petunia looked at her with disgust as the woman took her sister and April downstairs. She heard the woman say "Portus" but Petunia was fuming and angry and upset.