There's no one to hear you Evans, Snape said maliciously. He uncovered her mouth and she screamed as loudly as she could, only no sound came out. She paled even more than she had already done and started to struggle as much as she could. Lily finally managed to get an arm free, and she hauled off and punched Snape in the face. He let go immediately and she tore off trying to get her wand... which she found that Snape already had. Snape had almost composed himself and Lily was unarmed. Suddenly her dream flashed through her mind again. The gun! She still had that! She raced to her trunk while Snape got up and held his wand up.

You will pay for that Evans, he snarled. At the exact moment, Lily sprang up from her trunk, the gun in her hands and pointed at Snape. But he was too quick.

he yelled and the spell hit her as she fired the gun. The bullet sped towards Snape, but only hit him in the arm. He yelled even more, and for a moment the curse was lifted to allow Lily to fall onto the floor, crying.

Sirius followed, and Remus turned to Peter. Get Professor McGonagall, NOW! Peter nodded and ran out the Portrait Hole. Remus then ran to join James and Sirius, who were nearly done with the spell.

Suddenly, as they had just finished the spell, they heard a loud BANG!

They all froze.

James' voice shook as he spoke. What was that?

Remus paled even more. That was a gun shot! The three of them tore off up the stairs towards Lily's dormitory.