A Lily and James story
Story Summary- James Potter, prank extraordinaire, Lily Evans, perfect prefect. How did the lives of these two ever collide? Throw in Sirius, Remus, and Peter, and you got yourselves the dynamic Marauders. May become an AU.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters belong to J.K Rowling. They do not belong to me.
Chapter 6- Missing you
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After what seemed like a few breathless minutes, Sirius and Jenny pulled apart, each grinning a goofy grin.
"It's getting kind of late..." Jenny started, beginning to rise. Sirius arched a brow. "You should take some notes from us marauders, we don't care about prefects or about their petty rules, so relax, have some fun, let a load off." Sirius gently knocked her back down, resulting in her falling into his lap. He flashed his puppy eyes to her.
"Ok...maybe we could stay for a couple more minutes." Jenny said making herself comfortable in his lap, giving in to Sirius' puppy eyes.
"So, we have a Quidditch game coming up, against Ravenclaw, your going to go right?" Sirius asked, making conversation.
Jenny smiled her soft smile. "Of course." A few minutes more of pointless chatter ensued, and was only broken when the sound of a fairly large group of people made their way over to them.
Sirius quickly turned his head to the source of the noise, and nothing could have prepared him for that moment.
Coming towards them were the newly acquitted Deatheaters, as they called themselves. Just last year Tom Riddle rose against Dumbledore wreaking havoc and pain across any muggle or mudblood that set foot in his path. Tom, or his recently acquired name, "Lord Voldemort," is aiming towards destruction and power to both muggle and wizard worlds.
"Jen, go back inside the castle, I'll handle this." Jenny looked into Sirius' eyes, pleading him to come with her and to not be foolish.
"Listen to me Jen, go now, before something happens." After seeing she wasn't moving, he decided to do what he had to. "Jenny, go now!" He shouted loudly, she visibly flinched and rose from Sirius' lap.
He watched as Jenny took off across the grounds, heading to the entrance of Hogwarts. He also watched as a group of Deatheaters enclosed around her.
"Tom! Let her go!" called out the wizened voice of Albus Dumbledore, beside him was standing Alastor Moody, otherwise known as Mad-Eye. Voldemort signaled his Deatheaters to move out of the way, so he could get a clear look at the fool who interrupted his work.
"I'll do no such thing! Avada Kedava." He skillfully raised his wand and fired a spell at Jenny, hitting her directly in the chest.
After that, many things occurred at once.
Sirius ran toward Jenny, gracefully catching her before she fell to the ground.
Dumbledore pursued Voldemort, dueling him to the gruesome end if needed.
Mad-Eye Moody kicked into Auror mode, and caught as many Deatheaters as possible.
After what seemed like hours, the battle had ended, and a deafening silence had occurred.
Mad-Eye was successfully able to capture 4 Deatheaters. In the end Albus had won the battle, but not the war, as Voldemort had dissapparated with the rest of his looney's. The two older wizards turned to Sirius, slowly walking over to him.
"Jen, wake up, you have to wake up…" Sirius gently grabbed one of her wrists while maintaining a strong hold on her. After a few frantic moments of search, he declared that there was no pulse.
"She's gone…." He whispered, pain evident in his voice. "I couldn't protect her…" He scooped her light body up against his chest, resting his head to hers, and closing his eyes, only opening them shortly after feeling a hand faintly rest on his shoulder.
"She's gone…" he repeated, almost as if he had to hear it to believe it.
"We…we were finally becoming friends, no…closer then that...so much closer." Sirius spoke out softly, his voice cracking slightly.
"She showed me that anything was possible, and I think…I think I was falling in love with her." He lowered his gaze to the ground, not wanting to see anyone.
Albus and Mad-Eye stood quietly mourning for Jenny.
"God…this just can't be happening." He raised his gaze back up to Jenny, nuzzling her soft cheek.
"Sirius, we best be getting back inside, class has already ended and dinner will be starting." Dumbledore said softly.
Sirius gave the faintest of nods to show that he had heard. He rose slowly of the ground, delicately carrying Jenny over to the beautiful lake that lay peacefully in front of the castle.
"I'll give you some time to think." Dumbledore uttered before leading Alastor into the gates of the entrance to Hogwarts.
Once Sirius was alone with Jenny, he was oblivious to the fact that a single tear had made its path down his cheek.
"Jenny, it's ironic isn't it. Months ago, I hated you, you hated me… This is all my fault. I should have brought you back inside tonight when you wanted to go." He softly closed his eyes recalling the memory from just last year that he had of her.
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Flashback
"Sirius what do you want?" Jenny asked rather hottily.
"I just came to see what you were doing." Came his soft reply.
"Well you can leave…I happened to be at complete ease before you showed up." She hastily turned back around to the calm lake, sitting along the edge.
"Hey, no need to be hostile. I saw you were upset, and being the charming man I am," Here he paused to give her his cocky smile "I was wondering if you would like me to join you?" he asked simply.
"I guess it's alright with me…" she declared after a moments thought.
Sirius strode over to her, gently sitting down next to her.
"You know, whenever I sit here I always…nevermind…I doubt you want to here my rambling." Sirius cocked his head in curiosity. "No, continue, I give you the marauders promise that I will not laugh."
"Well it's just, whenever something is wrong, I come here. Whenever I feel I have done wrong, I come here. This place holds so much meaning for me, it's so tranquil."
"Yeah, I can see why you could say that." He replied before unnoticeably turning his head in the opposite direction of her and sniggering.
"This is the place for peace for me…"
End Flashback
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"Jenny, I know you loved this place…you always have, and always will." He picked her up bridal style and saw that her eyes were open, lifeless and unknowing. Sirius raised his hand to her eyes and gently closed them, before wading out into the lake.
"Never again…I'll never hear your laugh, see your smile, or taste your lips. Never again…I- I hope you have found peace." He said sadly.
Sirius continued to wade into the water until it was about waist high, and delicately set her down, her hair fanning out around her as she began her journey to the bottom of the secretive lake. He bowed his head, sadly watching as she gradually disappeared from sight.
He took his wand out from his pocket and conjured a simple red rose. Plucking the rose out of the air and twirling it in his fingers, he softly lowered the rose to the surface of the water, watching as it moved out of reach due to the waves of the crystal blue water.
Pointing his wand to the nearest tree, which was an oak, he muttered a spell, which carved elegant writing into the tree. Looking over his handy work, he saw these words carved into the tree:
It goes like this, the forth, the fifth, the minor falls, the major lift, the baffled king composing hallelujah.
After shedding more tears, he slowly backed away from the lake, turning around once he reached the shore. He slowly strode to the entrance of Hogwarts, taking his memories of Jenny with him.
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The song in this chapter is called, "Hallelujah and is by Rufus sorry I forgot his last name it's such a sad song, if you haven't heard it, I recommend it.
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