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Chapter 8


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Previously: James waved all the questions away. "Look I'll tell you when we get to Dumbledore's office alright?" he said. Lily sighed. "All right." They stopped in front of the large statue of a bird with wings. James muttered the password and together he and Lily stepped onto the staircase. They began rising upward. Finally, the stairs stopped and the door opened.

Dumbledore was standing there looking very worried. He let out a sigh of relief. "Good, you're alright."

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Dumbledore motioned for the pair to enter his office. He drew up two comfortable, squashy armchairs with his wand. "I think you should sit down," Dumbledore said sitting in his own chair behind his desk.

Lily and James both sat down on their chairs. Lily was sitting very stiffly and James was on the edge of his seat. "I believe I owe you some explanations," Dumbledore said. He was still rather pale.

            Lily and James looked up with eager expressions. "For quite some time now, I have known that Voldemort has been planning something with you two. I knew that one of his seers had made a prediction, and I was awfully worried that he was going to try and take matters into his own hands and try to prevent this from happening. I didn't want to inform you two, however, because I didn't want you to become terrified. But now I know I should have told you and for that, I apologize," Dumbledore said grimly.

            Lily nodded in order to show she had understood. James did as well. "I'm sure you were both rather curious about the prophecy, yes?" Dumbledore asked. The two students nodded their heads vigorously. Dumbledore smiled. "Voldemort's death eater made a prediction that a witch and wizard were going to have a baby boy, who would end up being the downfall of Lord Voldemort. The witch was identified as you, Lily," Dumbledore said as his gaze traveled over to her.

            No sign of surprise came across Lily's face. She had already heard this from Voldemort himself. "That is why Voldemort tried to kill you tonight," Dumbledore continued. "He thought that if he killed you, the baby would never have been born. This is probably true, but obviously his plan was unsuccessful, thanks to James," Dumbledore said beaming over at James. James blushed and bowed his head.

            "Lily, James saw you going towards the green light, and he could tell you were in some sort of trance. So he tried calling to you, but you didn't respond. You sort of – well – vanished into thin air as soon as you touched the light. Am I correct James?" Dumbledore asked. James tried to speak, but it looked like something was caught in his throat. Therefore, he simply nodded.

            Dumbledore went on. "James came and informed me of what he saw. My worst fears had come true. So I told Fawkes to take James to you and he did. Luckily you both came out unhurt," he finished, his eyes resting unblinkingly on the pair of them. Lily looked over at James and sort of thanked him with her eyes. James seemed to understand, because he nodded and smiled slightly.

            "Do either of you have any questions for me?" Dumbledore inquired. There was silence. "Well, I guess you can go. Are you both feeling alright? Perhaps you should go down to the Hospital Wing for a little check-,"

            "No we're fine. Really, it's alright," Lily interrupted. She really didn't want to go see Madame Pomfrey again. Dumbledore seemed to sense this, because he smiled and lead them to the door.

            "If you have any questions or worries, do not hesitate to come see me," Dumbledore said. Lily and James nodded, and headed down the staircase and back out into the hall.

            They walked all the way up to Gryffindor Tower in silence. Lily didn't feel much like talking; James didn't either. Lily found it hard to believe that less than an hour ago, she was face to face with Lord Voldemort and now she was simply walking to Gryffindor Tower like any other day.

            When they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady, James opened his mouth to mutter the password but Lily stopped him. "James could I have er – a moment?" she said timidly. James looked rather surprised but followed her to the end of the corridor where the Fat Lady wouldn't overhear.

            "Thanks, James. I don't know what I would have done. I was so stupid I-,"

            James hushed her and put his finger to his lips. Lily stared at him. Then he leaned forward and kissed her. All worries of what had happened earlier had disappeared from Lily's mind. All she could think about now was James, how wonderful he was, how sweet his lips were…

            James broke off. Lily was surprised that she had felt disappointment in the pit of her stomach that he had broken off the kiss. "Lily I'm so sorry! You probably didn't want that right now. I didn't mean to it just sort of happened. Please don't be mad-,"

            "James really it's alright don't worry about it! I'm fine with it! I'm not angry-," Lily said. It was the truth. She had actually quite enjoyed the kiss.

            "I'm sorry. I'll just – er –I'll go inside. I'm really sorry Lily," James said. He was completely red in the face. He dashed over to the Fat Lady's portrait, muttered the password, and rushed inside.

            Lily was left standing alone in the corridor. She could not believe it, but she was actually rather disappointed that James had stopped kissing her.

            Lily followed James inside to the Gryffindor common room. She spotted Kioko, Janelle, and Brenda sitting by a table. She rushed over to them. She felt like she hadn't spoken with them in ages. "Hey Lily!" all three of her friends greeted her.

            Lily smiled weakly. Then she immediately broke out into explanation about what had happened to her in the past couple days as her friends listened intently, at times letting out yelps of terror and surprise.

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A/N: I know that was so short but I just wanted to get something out to you guys while I write Chapter Nine. So please review and tell me how you think the story is going. Thanks to everyone who reviewed!! I love you guys!!!