Finding Out
By: SotMoon*
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Authors Note: Heyyyy everyone! Thank ye kindly for the Reviews I've gotten—I thought no one would like this fic; I guess I was a tad bit wrong. Well, here is the next Chappie!
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Lily walked about the halls on Friday morning while going to classes, looking about seeing if she could tell whom the Dragon Keeper was. Who looked at her the most, who shot her glances during classes. She'd formed a list of three people who she thought could be the keeper—a few on her list were quite ludicrous to look at. The list went: Amos Diggory, Severus Snape, and James Potter. She thought that James being the Dragon Keeper was quite impossible. He was one of her best friends, she thought as she sat in Double Potions, stirring her potion quietly. 'But what if he isn't?' Her mind whispered again, and she just wanted to bang her head against the table to keep her mind from talking.
As soon as the last class ended at the loud shrieking of the bell Lily was more than glad. She was ecstatic. She half ran back to her dormitory, and laid on her bed, trying to sort out her thoughts. 'Who could it be? Who could it be? Who could it be—' She was cut off of her thoughts by the opening of a door—one of her roommates, they walked in gave Lily a glare that if looks could kill she'd be six feet under. Lily rolled her eyes and watched as the girl flipped her blonde hair and stalked out of the room. The girl was Tiffany, one of the many James Potter groupies. A sudden re-opening of the door showed that Raven had made her way into the Gryffindor common room.
"Heyyyy Lils! Ready for tonight? Huh? What cha' gunna wear?" Said Raven in a fast voice as she sat down, and looked at Lily. She hopped off the bed and went to her small closet.
"I was just thinking of wearing my school robes…" Lily mumbled as she pulled a wild strand of red hair out of her eyes. She keenly watched Raven as she rummaged through her small closet. Lily sighed, and looked at the clock, in large neon colored numbers she saw that it was Seven thirty. She groaned as she pulled herself out of bed, and started to brush her long red hair. "What should I do to my hair, Raven?" Lily turned around looking pouty looking at Raven.
Raven tilted her head sideways for a moment, as if she was surveying Lily and promptly said: "Leave it down, it's pretty when its down." Lily nodded and she brushed her hair until it shown in the light. Lily next sat down in a chair and applied a little bit of lip-gloss and she was done with what she had to do. She looked at the clock again and saw that it was about Eight Fifteen.
"Well…I'm going to go," Raven said as she hugged Lily. "Now tell me how it went tomorrow, Okay?" Raven walked to the door and waved. She didn't end up going to her Ravenclaw dormitories though; she went to meet a boy—a boy who she truly loved…
Lily looked at the clock again and noticed that it was now Eight Thirty. She grabbed her favorite green cloak and left the dormitories. Walking down the halls quietly; she asked another prefect to watch for her duties tonight, but just in case she got caught walking after hours she put on her Prefects badge. As she got to the large oak doors, she breathed in deeply as if to calm her nerves and opened the door.
Lily stepped out into the now dark grounds, looking up to see the stars and the half crescent moon. She breathed in deeply, taking in the night, and started her walk towards the Quidditch field. She walked slowly; as she walked she pulled her cloak closer to herself not from the cold, but from her nerves. As she reached the field, she saw a blanket laying out in the middle of the field, she walked over and saw a letter on the blanket, she stooped down and whispered 'accio' to herself, and her wand lit up; she felt herself shiver when she saw the familiar calligraphy.
Dear Lily Flower,
I see you came—I'm very glad you did. I will show myself to you at nine.
Love,
The Dragon Keeper*
Lily sat down quietly until she heard the sound of footsteps coming up; she turned around a bit to see a tall figure walking up from the way of Hagrid's hut. She raised her wand a bit to send light beams that way when she saw it was indeed Hagrid, and he bad a small black puppy bounding at his heels.
"Miss Lily, what are yeh doin' out at this time o' night?" Hagrid asked looking down at Lily his eyes twinkling. "O yea, this is Fang, he's my new dog." He pointed at the Puppy that was now curled at his feet.
"Oh Hagrid, don't worry. I'm on Prefects duty right now and I came out to have a breath of fresh air." Lily lied and she was quite happy that it was dark outside—so Hagrid wouldn't see her blushing.
"Aye, well yeh'd better get back up teh the school yeh don't want to be out at this time o' night." Lily smiled a bit and said Okay, and Hagrid turned around and went his way to his hut Fang trotting behind him.
After a few minutes Lily began to worry. She didn't know what time it was but it had to be on or near nine. 'What if it was all a joke? What if they aren't coming?' Her mind screamed, but she looked down at the Dragon Pendant around her neck and her worrying disappeared. She sat awhile longer until again she heard the sound of footsteps, her heart started pounding wildly and she tried to act calm as she turned around once again to see who was walking up.
She saw the form of someone. A cloaked someone, their black hood hung low down their face, Lily watched the person keenly as they walked up the pale moonlight showing some features of the person—though it didn't show any features of the face so she was still pretty much left in the dark to whom it was. She looked closer and saw that the cloak had Silver lining on the hood, and at the bottom of the sleeves.
As the person got about a feet away Lily's heart pounded faster, she was quite sure that the person could hear her heart beating, she took a breath in, and looked ahead.
The Dragon Keeper walked up silently, and bowed low, and held out a hand. Lily looked at his hand for a moment, and then put her hand into his, and he swept her off into a dance. A slow dance, and Lily felt at peace in his arms, she didn't care right then that she didn't know his name, all that mattered then was the moment. They danced for a while, only caught up in that moment, and finally the Dragon Keeper drew back.
He opened up his cloak for a moment, (Lily saw that he was wearing all black underneath.) And pulled out a red rose, which he handed to Lily. She smiled and held the rose close to her, looking keenly at the cloaked figure, finally after awhile Lily whispered: "Who are you?" and the figure stepped back a bit, and pulled back his hood—to show a mask. Lily about laughed at this, but kept silent.
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'It's now or never, I have to tell her…' Thought the dragon keeper to himself as he lowered the mask, and Lily's mouth opened a bit.
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Lily watched silently as the Dragon Keeper raised his hands to the mask, and slowly pulled it off. She waited until the mask was all the way until she whispered quietly: "James?"
James Potter walked over to Lily Evans and kissed her gently on the lips. "My Lily flower," he whispered stepping back a pace and looking down into her face. A smile played on Lily's lips as she looked at James' face. She slowly walked back up stood on her toes, and kissed him gently on the lips, their kiss deepening after awhile. Finally the two broke apart, they walked back up to the Castle hand-in-hand, the two now finally truly happy—Lily was now truly happy after many years of the abuse she'd been through, the hurt, the deceit, the lies…she was finally a whole.
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AN2: Aye…The Fluff! Anyways, how did you like it? Now don't flame me for the way I portrayed Hagrid—I really didn't know how to make him talk… Oh yeah, and I don't really know if Fang would be a puppy at that time, but you know… Animals age slower if they are magic, so lets think that Fang is a magical doggie. K?