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Disclaimer: I don't own any of J.K. Rowling's masterful work. Boo hoo.
A/N: Lessee... Where were we let's rewind a tad. Walking down hall, trapped in mistletoe, hears discreet cough, takes deep breath turns around. LO AND BEHOLD! IT"S-!!!!!
Lily sighed in relief. It was just some pimply-faced Hufflepuff....(AN:Ok,ok,ok, I know you all need some explanation and everything, so 'ere I go... I tried it with Sirius,I tried it with James, I EVEN TRIED IT WITH JIMMY,ANNA! (j/k) I tried it with Snape,Lucius,Prof.. Dumbledore, (another joke) none of it worked so it's just gonna be a pimply Hufflepuff. Sorry for getting your hopes up. ;P)
Lily sighed in relief, pecked him quickly, and continued walking down the hall. Ok, at least that was over, now to get out of these soggy clothes...
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She had just changed and was wrapping her hair up into a towel, when she happened to look in the mirror...
Lily screamed, her face turning white. The spell had worn off, her hair was its original red! She watched in horror as the blue in her eyes slowly drained out to be replaced with the original green. Bella and Maria were about to come up... What was she going to do?!
Someone knocked on the trapdoor. "Elle!" Maria's voice called. "We have the cocoa. The Marauders caught us so we had to bring up extra for them. Sorry we took so long!"
"What's the new password again?" shouted up Peter.
Lily panicked. They couldn't see her like this. If the secret was broken so would the spell and Wott might be able to find her. At least they didn't know the new password, Sing sweet nightingale, that would delay them for a while.
"Er- I'm dressing! Just a minute!"
"Could Maria and I come up, the cocoa is burning us!" shouted Bella.
Lily frantically bound her hair up in the towel. Her eyes! What could she do? Her breathing became heavier.
"Are you all right? Elle, what's wrong."
Lily needed Dumbledore immediately. But it was on the other side of the castle and six people were just outside her door. Suddenly she knew what to do... Lily screamed on the top of her lungs.
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The group raced towards Dumbledore's office. Elle's words still rang in their heads. "Help get Dumbledore quick!" James slid to a stop in front of the gargoyle. The others ran into him abruptly.
"What's the password?!" whined Maria in panic.
"Lemon head!" shouted Remus. They ran up the flight of stairs and banged into the headmaster's office. Dumbledore was snoozing on some papers. Unable to talk from panting so hard, they waved madly at the phoenix by him. Fawkes screeched shrilly and Dumbledore's head turned up sharply.
"Professor-she-something wrong- help!" spat Bella panting heavily.
"Professor, something is wrong in Elle's room. She wouldn't let us in and all of a sudden she screamed and told us to go fetch you and-"
Dumbledore had risen alarmingly fast from his seat, his usually calm blue eyes flashing. "All of you stay here. Do not leave this room at any rate." He swept out of the room.
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Dumbledore stepped out of the swinging wall and strode to the trapdoor. "Lily?"
It feels good to hear that name, sir," replied a weak voice.
Dumbledore sighed. "Are you all right?"
"The spell wore off, and they were trying to come in."
Lily watched as Dumbledore climbed up the ladder into her room.
"Professor, I can'r stay here anymore. They'll keep on asking what happened and they will eventually find out. They always find out."
Dumbledore sank wearily into a chair. "No, Lily you cannot. I'm afraid you must go into hiding again.
"What?" shouted Lily. "Professor, I've been getting along so well here! Don't make me leave! Hogwarts is my home!"
Dumbledore smiled wanly. "You will not leave, Lily. We will simply have Ms. Lohre leave with a medical condition and have a new transfer student come in her place."
"Professor, but I won't be able to be with Bella, Maria, and the Maruaders will I?"
"No Lily I am afraid not. As you said, they would be sure to find out. And at the risk of your safety, that cannot be permitted. I'm sorry Lily, but until Mr. Wott is found, you will have some hard times ahead."
Lily lifted her chin bravely. "What must I do?"
AN: This chapter was quite short, but I'd rather have you all know I'm still alive than to keep you waiting forever...Now I know your thinking: Oh boy, it's gonna start all over again, but I am getting somewhere, I promise. Oh yeah, and lastly, review! Getting them really motivates me to knuckle down... So press go and write something!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of J.K. Rowling's masterful work. Boo hoo.
A/N: Lessee... Where were we let's rewind a tad. Walking down hall, trapped in mistletoe, hears discreet cough, takes deep breath turns around. LO AND BEHOLD! IT"S-!!!!!
Lily sighed in relief. It was just some pimply-faced Hufflepuff....(AN:Ok,ok,ok, I know you all need some explanation and everything, so 'ere I go... I tried it with Sirius,I tried it with James, I EVEN TRIED IT WITH JIMMY,ANNA! (j/k) I tried it with Snape,Lucius,Prof.. Dumbledore, (another joke) none of it worked so it's just gonna be a pimply Hufflepuff. Sorry for getting your hopes up. ;P)
Lily sighed in relief, pecked him quickly, and continued walking down the hall. Ok, at least that was over, now to get out of these soggy clothes...
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
She had just changed and was wrapping her hair up into a towel, when she happened to look in the mirror...
Lily screamed, her face turning white. The spell had worn off, her hair was its original red! She watched in horror as the blue in her eyes slowly drained out to be replaced with the original green. Bella and Maria were about to come up... What was she going to do?!
Someone knocked on the trapdoor. "Elle!" Maria's voice called. "We have the cocoa. The Marauders caught us so we had to bring up extra for them. Sorry we took so long!"
"What's the new password again?" shouted up Peter.
Lily panicked. They couldn't see her like this. If the secret was broken so would the spell and Wott might be able to find her. At least they didn't know the new password, Sing sweet nightingale, that would delay them for a while.
"Er- I'm dressing! Just a minute!"
"Could Maria and I come up, the cocoa is burning us!" shouted Bella.
Lily frantically bound her hair up in the towel. Her eyes! What could she do? Her breathing became heavier.
"Are you all right? Elle, what's wrong."
Lily needed Dumbledore immediately. But it was on the other side of the castle and six people were just outside her door. Suddenly she knew what to do... Lily screamed on the top of her lungs.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The group raced towards Dumbledore's office. Elle's words still rang in their heads. "Help get Dumbledore quick!" James slid to a stop in front of the gargoyle. The others ran into him abruptly.
"What's the password?!" whined Maria in panic.
"Lemon head!" shouted Remus. They ran up the flight of stairs and banged into the headmaster's office. Dumbledore was snoozing on some papers. Unable to talk from panting so hard, they waved madly at the phoenix by him. Fawkes screeched shrilly and Dumbledore's head turned up sharply.
"Professor-she-something wrong- help!" spat Bella panting heavily.
"Professor, something is wrong in Elle's room. She wouldn't let us in and all of a sudden she screamed and told us to go fetch you and-"
Dumbledore had risen alarmingly fast from his seat, his usually calm blue eyes flashing. "All of you stay here. Do not leave this room at any rate." He swept out of the room.
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Dumbledore stepped out of the swinging wall and strode to the trapdoor. "Lily?"
It feels good to hear that name, sir," replied a weak voice.
Dumbledore sighed. "Are you all right?"
"The spell wore off, and they were trying to come in."
Lily watched as Dumbledore climbed up the ladder into her room.
"Professor, I can'r stay here anymore. They'll keep on asking what happened and they will eventually find out. They always find out."
Dumbledore sank wearily into a chair. "No, Lily you cannot. I'm afraid you must go into hiding again.
"What?" shouted Lily. "Professor, I've been getting along so well here! Don't make me leave! Hogwarts is my home!"
Dumbledore smiled wanly. "You will not leave, Lily. We will simply have Ms. Lohre leave with a medical condition and have a new transfer student come in her place."
"Professor, but I won't be able to be with Bella, Maria, and the Maruaders will I?"
"No Lily I am afraid not. As you said, they would be sure to find out. And at the risk of your safety, that cannot be permitted. I'm sorry Lily, but until Mr. Wott is found, you will have some hard times ahead."
Lily lifted her chin bravely. "What must I do?"
AN: This chapter was quite short, but I'd rather have you all know I'm still alive than to keep you waiting forever...Now I know your thinking: Oh boy, it's gonna start all over again, but I am getting somewhere, I promise. Oh yeah, and lastly, review! Getting them really motivates me to knuckle down... So press go and write something!