~*~GREEN EYES~*~
Chapter 52- Divine Intervention
Pandora looked around the common room for Lily, but found only the few people that hadn't yet gone down to lunch. Where could she be? thought Pandora. I've already searched the Great Hall and the Library, and I don't know where else to look.
Just then she saw a tall boy with shaggy black hair walk through the door with two bowls of soup. She recognized him as Lily's boyfriend, was it James maybe? She decided to test her luck and call for him.
"James? James?" she yelled. The boy looked at her with a smile. I must have been right about the name.
"Pandora? What's wrong?" he asked.
"I need to talk to Lily. I had a premonition," she explained.
"A premonition?" asked James. "You get premonitions?"
"Ever since I vas a little girl. My muzzer and fazzer and I vere all sitting at ze dinner table, and all of a sudden a thought just flashed through my 'ead, and I realized zat zere vas someone outside. I told my parents, and zey vent out to look and zere was my brozer. 'e got locked out and couldn't find his key. Zat vas ven I vas five. My family has taken my premonitions seriously since zen," Pandora explained.
"And you had a premonition about Lily?" asked James.
"No, it vas a premonition about your friend Remus. He vas stuck, and ze only one who could save him vas somewhere far away. Do you know who might be able to wake him up?" Pandora's voice cracked and she looked up at James, her eyes looking almost tearful.
"Yes, I do. Why is it so important for you to help us with this?" asked James, wondering why a boy she had barely met seemed so important to her.
Because my sister killed herself and I know how much it hurts, she thought. No, I will not say it out loud. It will make everything too real.
"I just want to help you," she said after awhile. James realized there was some other reason, but he seemed satisfied with her answer.
"Lily's best friend, Jamie, went missing a little over a month ago. No one has any idea where she is, we're not even sure she's alive. It's been hard on everyone, but especially Remus, since Jamie was his girlfriend. That's why he tried to kill himself, he could handle the grief," it was then that James realized that not one but two of his friends were either dead or dying.
"I think I can help him," said Pandora. James looked at the tiny girl who looked so sad and yet so hopeful, and almost laughed.
This girl is our last hope, he thought. I don't see how Remus is going to survive.
***
"Ugh..." Lily moaned as you woke up from another sleep filled with nightmares. She looked over to see Crystal on the next bed over, turning the pages of the muggle magazine Cosmopolitan. She closed the article she was reading and looked over at Lily with sympathy in her eyes.
"Hey babe. Are you feeling okay? Sirius is coming back with chicken noodle soup for you, he's breaking into the kitchens. Do you need anything?" asked Crystal.
"No Crys, I'm okay," Lily said, sitting up in bed to talk with her friend. It was then that she noticed how different Crystal looked since the last time she saw her. Her dark brown hair, which had once gone down to her waist, was now in a cute, shoulder-length cut, with thin streaks of blonde highlights. "Wow, your hair is different."
"Yeah, I cut it awhile ago. Do you like it?" she asked, gazing down at her hair.
"I love it!" exclaimed Lily, with a little too much emotion. She then burst into a fit of coughing.
"Don't die in there Lils, if you do I won't know what to do with this soup," Sirius called from outside the room. He walked in with a tray of food for Lily to eat, and she took it greatfully. She hadn't realized how hungry she was until she smelt the soup and grilled cheese sandwich that Sirius had brought for her.
"Thanks," she said, picking up the spoon and starting to eat. "So what did we do in transfiguration today, I'm sure I'm vey behind."
"Oh, you haven't heard? Classes were cancelled, what with all the sick students. You haven't missed anything except a nice vacation," explained Sirius.
"Where's James?" Lily asked, realizing that she hadn't seen him since the night before.
"I have no idea. It's like he just disappeared. Actually, I thought that you knew where he was," said Sirius.
"No idea..." said Lily. "I wonder where he could be."
***
James was, in fact, in the library with Pandora. They had gone into Lily's room in the morning and found her sleeping. James didn't want to interrupt her, so he just took the moon and star necklace from her jewelry box and planted a light kiss on her forehead.
Hours later they were pouring over books, trying to interpret the colors that the necklace was sending off. It was glowing a deep red, and every minute and twenty-three seconds it flashed bright green. Pandora, who was actually quite experienced in these matters, had no idea what these signals meant.
"Here's something," said James, showing a book to her. The color matched exactly to the red, and he read out loud.
"A red color in the amulet signifies the danger of a close friend, lover or family member. A brighter red typically means that there is less of a danger, and deep red means the signaler is close to death. If the signaler dies, the amulet will flash black for three days and then become the original color."
"Well zat is a good thing to know. She is not dead, yet, but very close," said Pandora. "Ah-hah! Here is somezing else!
"Flashing beacon signals represent a need for escape from danger. Color and timing is especially important when determining how to rescue the signaler. Let me see, yellow, pink, orange, here is green! When the beacon is green, the signaler is using a means of bi-communicational telepathy. Bi-communicational telepathy? What is zat? I fear that we will have no help from this."
"I think you're wrong about that," said James, opening his book. "I've found out the timing on the thing, one minute and twenty-three seconds. That's the most important part, at least according to this book:
"To determine the means of escape for the signaler, you must determine the number of minutes and seconds that the beacon is flashing. Each of these numbers has great significance. The minute number 1 is symbolic of desire. The signaler must be desired to be found."
"What does zat mean?" asked Pandora.
"I'm not quite sure, but it goes on,
"The second number twenty-three stands for the forgotten incation, realizante. The original translation for this is 'to make a reality present.'"
"I have never heard of an interpretation zis complicated before. Maybe we should, how you say, sleep on it," said Pandora, yawning. James looked down at his watch.
"It's past midnight, I'm surprised we haven't been kicked out of the library yet. We should go," said James. He then muttered under his breath. "You'd think this whole divine intervention thing would be a whole lot easier."
A/N- Well this was supposed to be longer but if I type everything I've been thinking of it will be entirely too long. So I am going to make y'all wait until the next update (I'm evil, aren't I.) Expect it soon...
Disclaimer- I don't own anything.
Chapter 52- Divine Intervention
Pandora looked around the common room for Lily, but found only the few people that hadn't yet gone down to lunch. Where could she be? thought Pandora. I've already searched the Great Hall and the Library, and I don't know where else to look.
Just then she saw a tall boy with shaggy black hair walk through the door with two bowls of soup. She recognized him as Lily's boyfriend, was it James maybe? She decided to test her luck and call for him.
"James? James?" she yelled. The boy looked at her with a smile. I must have been right about the name.
"Pandora? What's wrong?" he asked.
"I need to talk to Lily. I had a premonition," she explained.
"A premonition?" asked James. "You get premonitions?"
"Ever since I vas a little girl. My muzzer and fazzer and I vere all sitting at ze dinner table, and all of a sudden a thought just flashed through my 'ead, and I realized zat zere vas someone outside. I told my parents, and zey vent out to look and zere was my brozer. 'e got locked out and couldn't find his key. Zat vas ven I vas five. My family has taken my premonitions seriously since zen," Pandora explained.
"And you had a premonition about Lily?" asked James.
"No, it vas a premonition about your friend Remus. He vas stuck, and ze only one who could save him vas somewhere far away. Do you know who might be able to wake him up?" Pandora's voice cracked and she looked up at James, her eyes looking almost tearful.
"Yes, I do. Why is it so important for you to help us with this?" asked James, wondering why a boy she had barely met seemed so important to her.
Because my sister killed herself and I know how much it hurts, she thought. No, I will not say it out loud. It will make everything too real.
"I just want to help you," she said after awhile. James realized there was some other reason, but he seemed satisfied with her answer.
"Lily's best friend, Jamie, went missing a little over a month ago. No one has any idea where she is, we're not even sure she's alive. It's been hard on everyone, but especially Remus, since Jamie was his girlfriend. That's why he tried to kill himself, he could handle the grief," it was then that James realized that not one but two of his friends were either dead or dying.
"I think I can help him," said Pandora. James looked at the tiny girl who looked so sad and yet so hopeful, and almost laughed.
This girl is our last hope, he thought. I don't see how Remus is going to survive.
***
"Ugh..." Lily moaned as you woke up from another sleep filled with nightmares. She looked over to see Crystal on the next bed over, turning the pages of the muggle magazine Cosmopolitan. She closed the article she was reading and looked over at Lily with sympathy in her eyes.
"Hey babe. Are you feeling okay? Sirius is coming back with chicken noodle soup for you, he's breaking into the kitchens. Do you need anything?" asked Crystal.
"No Crys, I'm okay," Lily said, sitting up in bed to talk with her friend. It was then that she noticed how different Crystal looked since the last time she saw her. Her dark brown hair, which had once gone down to her waist, was now in a cute, shoulder-length cut, with thin streaks of blonde highlights. "Wow, your hair is different."
"Yeah, I cut it awhile ago. Do you like it?" she asked, gazing down at her hair.
"I love it!" exclaimed Lily, with a little too much emotion. She then burst into a fit of coughing.
"Don't die in there Lils, if you do I won't know what to do with this soup," Sirius called from outside the room. He walked in with a tray of food for Lily to eat, and she took it greatfully. She hadn't realized how hungry she was until she smelt the soup and grilled cheese sandwich that Sirius had brought for her.
"Thanks," she said, picking up the spoon and starting to eat. "So what did we do in transfiguration today, I'm sure I'm vey behind."
"Oh, you haven't heard? Classes were cancelled, what with all the sick students. You haven't missed anything except a nice vacation," explained Sirius.
"Where's James?" Lily asked, realizing that she hadn't seen him since the night before.
"I have no idea. It's like he just disappeared. Actually, I thought that you knew where he was," said Sirius.
"No idea..." said Lily. "I wonder where he could be."
***
James was, in fact, in the library with Pandora. They had gone into Lily's room in the morning and found her sleeping. James didn't want to interrupt her, so he just took the moon and star necklace from her jewelry box and planted a light kiss on her forehead.
Hours later they were pouring over books, trying to interpret the colors that the necklace was sending off. It was glowing a deep red, and every minute and twenty-three seconds it flashed bright green. Pandora, who was actually quite experienced in these matters, had no idea what these signals meant.
"Here's something," said James, showing a book to her. The color matched exactly to the red, and he read out loud.
"A red color in the amulet signifies the danger of a close friend, lover or family member. A brighter red typically means that there is less of a danger, and deep red means the signaler is close to death. If the signaler dies, the amulet will flash black for three days and then become the original color."
"Well zat is a good thing to know. She is not dead, yet, but very close," said Pandora. "Ah-hah! Here is somezing else!
"Flashing beacon signals represent a need for escape from danger. Color and timing is especially important when determining how to rescue the signaler. Let me see, yellow, pink, orange, here is green! When the beacon is green, the signaler is using a means of bi-communicational telepathy. Bi-communicational telepathy? What is zat? I fear that we will have no help from this."
"I think you're wrong about that," said James, opening his book. "I've found out the timing on the thing, one minute and twenty-three seconds. That's the most important part, at least according to this book:
"To determine the means of escape for the signaler, you must determine the number of minutes and seconds that the beacon is flashing. Each of these numbers has great significance. The minute number 1 is symbolic of desire. The signaler must be desired to be found."
"What does zat mean?" asked Pandora.
"I'm not quite sure, but it goes on,
"The second number twenty-three stands for the forgotten incation, realizante. The original translation for this is 'to make a reality present.'"
"I have never heard of an interpretation zis complicated before. Maybe we should, how you say, sleep on it," said Pandora, yawning. James looked down at his watch.
"It's past midnight, I'm surprised we haven't been kicked out of the library yet. We should go," said James. He then muttered under his breath. "You'd think this whole divine intervention thing would be a whole lot easier."
A/N- Well this was supposed to be longer but if I type everything I've been thinking of it will be entirely too long. So I am going to make y'all wait until the next update (I'm evil, aren't I.) Expect it soon...
Disclaimer- I don't own anything.