Author's Note: Oh my, I'm so sorry I haven't updated. I was sick the
weekend of prom and I was completely out of it. I forgot everything. Here
are some reviews that should have been included in the last chapter, and if
you didn't read Chapter 15 you might want to because it's not an author's
note anymore.
Thank yous go to:
Lisa- Thank you, I'm glad you like my story, I feel honored that I have been added to your favorites list. *Smiles really big* I hope you like how things are going.
Lily Rose Evans- Thank you, I really appreciate your review! Me and my friend are okay now.
EmeraldDream- Thank you, I'm glad you like how I'm making them interact, I wasn't sure if it was going to be good.
Bell- Gosh, thanks for reviewing, or even checking. I pretty much spaced on updating after being sick, which I still am, and so I'm really glad you're continuing to read. Your latest review reminded me that I was being such a space. So this chapter here is dedicated to you hun, and your reminding me of my duty to all the readers out there.
So, now here is the story!! Please read and review!! ~Frankie~
Chapter Sixteen: A New Teacher and Astonishing Discoveries
When they got back to James' house there was a young man the same age as James and Sirius sitting in a chair by the fire. He had sandy blonde hair, pale gray eyes and looked as if he'd recently been ill. "Remus! You're here!" Sirius said and practically jumped on the man enveloping him in a bear hug.
"Yes, I'm here Pad-Sirius," Remus said correcting himself once he spotted Lily. "Hello, I'm Remus Lupin, you must be Lily Evans," he stuck out his hand for Lily to shake and smiled kindly at her.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you," Lily said taking Remus' hand gently and smiling back at him.
"And you as well, though I have to say, you have the most beautiful eyes that I think I've ever seen," Remus said giving Lily a slightly cheeky grin. Lily blushed and muttered a thank you.
"Remus, it's good to see you!" James said sending him a look that caused Remus to tilt his head questioningly.
"I'm sorry if I was being to forward Lily," Remus said and Lily smacked James.
"He was just being nice and you don't own me Potter," Lily said her eyes flashing at him in an annoyed manner.
James groaned at the fact that Lily could read into him, "Okay, fine, I'm sorry," he said shaking his head and Lily's expression cleared, replaced by a cheerful smile.
"So, I'm guessing you're going to be one of my teachers," Lily said looking at Remus.
"Yes, Defense Against the Dark Arts is my specialty," Remus said and his stomach growled at him demanding food.
"You're hungry?" Lily asked and Remus shrugged indiscriminately. "Well it's about time for lunch. I'll let you three catch up and call you when lunch is ready," she said smiling before walking out of the room.
When Lily was gone Remus turned and said, "Okay, two questions. First, why is she cooking? And second, why did I feel like I was meeting an old friend when I haven't met her before?" he asked scratching his head questioningly.
"Well, I hired her thinking she was a witch to be a caretaker for this house and for me and other then Lily was supposed to go to Hogwarts, I have no idea. We've all felt like you have; Sirius, Bella and I," James explained quickly.
"Weird, now explain why she didn't go to Hogwarts? Sirius didn't explain that just said, 'We've taken in an untrained witch under our wing, we need your help, come soon," Remus said reading off a slip of paper that was Sirius' letter.
"As far as Dumbledore knows its Voldemort, as for the psycho's reasoning, he has no idea," James said and shrugged helplessly.
"Why did Voldemort pick her?" Remus asked and his eyebrow rose in question.
"Dumbledore thinks it has something to do with that well known clairvoyant that was found murdered 7 years ago in Diagon Alley," Sirius said seeming just as confused as both of them.
Remus thought for a moment, scratching his head. "Maybe the reason that we feel connected to Lily is because if she had gone to Hogwarts we would have been her friends and something between her and one of us would have threatened Voldemort," he thought out loud. "Nah, that sounds too far out," he muttered even though all three of them felt there was at least some truth to the statement.
Soon there after they heard Lily call from downstairs that lunch was ready and they head down to the kitchen where Lily had prepared a large amount of turkey, bacon, and lettuce and tomato sandwiches without tomato on Remus' plate. "How did you know I don't like tomatoes?" he asked as he sat down across from Sirius looking at everyone else's sandwiches.
Lily shrugged, "You don't seem like the tomato type I guess," she said and sat down across from James next to Remus.
The meal progressed with idle chat as they got to know each other and Sirius told amusing stories about their explorations of Hogwarts' Castle. About halfway through Lily blurted out an interesting question. "When would I have received my Hogwarts letter?"
"About halfway through July, why?" Remus asked as Lily's eyes widened considerably.
"I'll be right back," she said and tore up the backstairs to her room and returned moments later with a well worn leather-bound book.
"What's that?" Sirius asked before he put the last of his last sandwich into his mouth.
"One of my journals," she replied as she idly flipped through pages before coming to the one she was searching for. As she read it to herself she looked rather frightened.
"What's wrong?" James asked prepared to move around the table to her side.
"Listen to this," Lily said and read a section of her journal to them.
"Diary,
It's near four in the morning and I can't sleep. I have this strange feeling that something amazing is going to happen today and I'm wondering why. It's July 11th and I don't know why I feel so anticipatory. I wonder what's going to happen or if it's my overly active imagination that Petunia keeps criticizing me for.
I just looked out the window and there is a strange man standing near Mr. Henderson's driveway watching my house. I don't know if he saw me, but he gives me the creeps. I just glanced out again and an owl just flew up to him and he took a piece of paper from its talons and he burned it, whatever it is, and I feel rather sad about it. He's gone now and I hope he doesn't come back. I wonder what that paper said, and I wonder why I feel so disappointed." She finished and looked up at them. "He burned my letter didn't he?" she asked quietly.
"It's a good chance that that was Voldemort. Did you write what he looked like?" James asked gently.
"No, but I remember. He was wearing a black cloak, like something out of The Lord of the Rings, over black clothes. He had black hair and cold, mean looking features," Lily said and shuddered unconsciously. "Soon after that the dreams started," Lily said.
"Dreams? What dreams?" Sirius asked quietly.
"I had dreams every so often about a castle that felt like home to me, where I had friends and when I began living with Petunia they were nightly. I never saw faces really, just impressions," she said and watched the guys exchange glances. "What?" Lily asked looking rather confused.
Remus spoke up, "Well it seems kind of far fetched but what if you were dreaming about how your life would have been if you had gone to Hogwarts?" he said questioningly.
"It's possible because they were all about witches and wizards," Lily said quietly.
"Weird," Sirius said and scratched his head as if thinking.
"Very," James agreed. "Do you remember much of them?" he asked.
"I remember the first one vividly. A long train ride, a lake and a lot of small wooden boats. A beautiful castle and inside there was a huge hall where there were many people seated at four tables below a fifth one and candles where floating above them. And a hat, talking to me, telling me things about myself that I didn't feel nor really believe. I sat at a table near a group of rowdy boys who were only a little older then I and they laughed and plotted something about tutus," Lily said and smiled at the dream-memory as if she was sitting right with those boys in her real life.
"Oh my," Sirius muttered his eyes wide, "Our first prank of second year was putting Malfoy and Snape in muggle tutus for breakfast," he said looking up at Remus and James whose eyes also widened considerably.
"That's insane, crazy," Lily said beginning to feel overwhelmed. "I. I need to rest, please excuse me," she said grabbing her journal and going up the backstairs to her room where she lay on the bed staring up at the ceiling crying softly as what should have been memories but were only dreams of a better life.
Author's Note: I hope you guys liked this chapter and such. I don't think I changed much from the original draft. Next Chapter: Lily's First Lessons I believe. So, please read and review! ~Frankie~
Thank yous go to:
Lisa- Thank you, I'm glad you like my story, I feel honored that I have been added to your favorites list. *Smiles really big* I hope you like how things are going.
Lily Rose Evans- Thank you, I really appreciate your review! Me and my friend are okay now.
EmeraldDream- Thank you, I'm glad you like how I'm making them interact, I wasn't sure if it was going to be good.
Bell- Gosh, thanks for reviewing, or even checking. I pretty much spaced on updating after being sick, which I still am, and so I'm really glad you're continuing to read. Your latest review reminded me that I was being such a space. So this chapter here is dedicated to you hun, and your reminding me of my duty to all the readers out there.
So, now here is the story!! Please read and review!! ~Frankie~
Chapter Sixteen: A New Teacher and Astonishing Discoveries
When they got back to James' house there was a young man the same age as James and Sirius sitting in a chair by the fire. He had sandy blonde hair, pale gray eyes and looked as if he'd recently been ill. "Remus! You're here!" Sirius said and practically jumped on the man enveloping him in a bear hug.
"Yes, I'm here Pad-Sirius," Remus said correcting himself once he spotted Lily. "Hello, I'm Remus Lupin, you must be Lily Evans," he stuck out his hand for Lily to shake and smiled kindly at her.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you," Lily said taking Remus' hand gently and smiling back at him.
"And you as well, though I have to say, you have the most beautiful eyes that I think I've ever seen," Remus said giving Lily a slightly cheeky grin. Lily blushed and muttered a thank you.
"Remus, it's good to see you!" James said sending him a look that caused Remus to tilt his head questioningly.
"I'm sorry if I was being to forward Lily," Remus said and Lily smacked James.
"He was just being nice and you don't own me Potter," Lily said her eyes flashing at him in an annoyed manner.
James groaned at the fact that Lily could read into him, "Okay, fine, I'm sorry," he said shaking his head and Lily's expression cleared, replaced by a cheerful smile.
"So, I'm guessing you're going to be one of my teachers," Lily said looking at Remus.
"Yes, Defense Against the Dark Arts is my specialty," Remus said and his stomach growled at him demanding food.
"You're hungry?" Lily asked and Remus shrugged indiscriminately. "Well it's about time for lunch. I'll let you three catch up and call you when lunch is ready," she said smiling before walking out of the room.
When Lily was gone Remus turned and said, "Okay, two questions. First, why is she cooking? And second, why did I feel like I was meeting an old friend when I haven't met her before?" he asked scratching his head questioningly.
"Well, I hired her thinking she was a witch to be a caretaker for this house and for me and other then Lily was supposed to go to Hogwarts, I have no idea. We've all felt like you have; Sirius, Bella and I," James explained quickly.
"Weird, now explain why she didn't go to Hogwarts? Sirius didn't explain that just said, 'We've taken in an untrained witch under our wing, we need your help, come soon," Remus said reading off a slip of paper that was Sirius' letter.
"As far as Dumbledore knows its Voldemort, as for the psycho's reasoning, he has no idea," James said and shrugged helplessly.
"Why did Voldemort pick her?" Remus asked and his eyebrow rose in question.
"Dumbledore thinks it has something to do with that well known clairvoyant that was found murdered 7 years ago in Diagon Alley," Sirius said seeming just as confused as both of them.
Remus thought for a moment, scratching his head. "Maybe the reason that we feel connected to Lily is because if she had gone to Hogwarts we would have been her friends and something between her and one of us would have threatened Voldemort," he thought out loud. "Nah, that sounds too far out," he muttered even though all three of them felt there was at least some truth to the statement.
Soon there after they heard Lily call from downstairs that lunch was ready and they head down to the kitchen where Lily had prepared a large amount of turkey, bacon, and lettuce and tomato sandwiches without tomato on Remus' plate. "How did you know I don't like tomatoes?" he asked as he sat down across from Sirius looking at everyone else's sandwiches.
Lily shrugged, "You don't seem like the tomato type I guess," she said and sat down across from James next to Remus.
The meal progressed with idle chat as they got to know each other and Sirius told amusing stories about their explorations of Hogwarts' Castle. About halfway through Lily blurted out an interesting question. "When would I have received my Hogwarts letter?"
"About halfway through July, why?" Remus asked as Lily's eyes widened considerably.
"I'll be right back," she said and tore up the backstairs to her room and returned moments later with a well worn leather-bound book.
"What's that?" Sirius asked before he put the last of his last sandwich into his mouth.
"One of my journals," she replied as she idly flipped through pages before coming to the one she was searching for. As she read it to herself she looked rather frightened.
"What's wrong?" James asked prepared to move around the table to her side.
"Listen to this," Lily said and read a section of her journal to them.
"Diary,
It's near four in the morning and I can't sleep. I have this strange feeling that something amazing is going to happen today and I'm wondering why. It's July 11th and I don't know why I feel so anticipatory. I wonder what's going to happen or if it's my overly active imagination that Petunia keeps criticizing me for.
I just looked out the window and there is a strange man standing near Mr. Henderson's driveway watching my house. I don't know if he saw me, but he gives me the creeps. I just glanced out again and an owl just flew up to him and he took a piece of paper from its talons and he burned it, whatever it is, and I feel rather sad about it. He's gone now and I hope he doesn't come back. I wonder what that paper said, and I wonder why I feel so disappointed." She finished and looked up at them. "He burned my letter didn't he?" she asked quietly.
"It's a good chance that that was Voldemort. Did you write what he looked like?" James asked gently.
"No, but I remember. He was wearing a black cloak, like something out of The Lord of the Rings, over black clothes. He had black hair and cold, mean looking features," Lily said and shuddered unconsciously. "Soon after that the dreams started," Lily said.
"Dreams? What dreams?" Sirius asked quietly.
"I had dreams every so often about a castle that felt like home to me, where I had friends and when I began living with Petunia they were nightly. I never saw faces really, just impressions," she said and watched the guys exchange glances. "What?" Lily asked looking rather confused.
Remus spoke up, "Well it seems kind of far fetched but what if you were dreaming about how your life would have been if you had gone to Hogwarts?" he said questioningly.
"It's possible because they were all about witches and wizards," Lily said quietly.
"Weird," Sirius said and scratched his head as if thinking.
"Very," James agreed. "Do you remember much of them?" he asked.
"I remember the first one vividly. A long train ride, a lake and a lot of small wooden boats. A beautiful castle and inside there was a huge hall where there were many people seated at four tables below a fifth one and candles where floating above them. And a hat, talking to me, telling me things about myself that I didn't feel nor really believe. I sat at a table near a group of rowdy boys who were only a little older then I and they laughed and plotted something about tutus," Lily said and smiled at the dream-memory as if she was sitting right with those boys in her real life.
"Oh my," Sirius muttered his eyes wide, "Our first prank of second year was putting Malfoy and Snape in muggle tutus for breakfast," he said looking up at Remus and James whose eyes also widened considerably.
"That's insane, crazy," Lily said beginning to feel overwhelmed. "I. I need to rest, please excuse me," she said grabbing her journal and going up the backstairs to her room where she lay on the bed staring up at the ceiling crying softly as what should have been memories but were only dreams of a better life.
Author's Note: I hope you guys liked this chapter and such. I don't think I changed much from the original draft. Next Chapter: Lily's First Lessons I believe. So, please read and review! ~Frankie~