Hehe, I kinda like this part!!! LOL. Well, yeah.
A/N: this is a MUCH sooner update, don't ya think?? hehe.
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing u recognize, J.K. Deserves most of the credit.
Please don't sue, I have nothing. (Y'all get the point, rite?)
AMNESIA
~Riley and Sirius~
"Hey sweet thang!" Sirius joked.
"Hey there honey." Riley joined in.
"Okay, enough of the jokes. What should we do for the next hour?" Sirius asked.
"Actually, [I]I[/I] wanted to speak with Lily." Riley answered.
"You don't want to do anything with me?" Sirius acted hurt.
"Of course. But I haven't talked to or seen Lily for a week. I see you once or twice a day." Riley explained.
"Fine! Go hang with your friend. Just leave your boyfriend here to rot."
"Sounds good. Bye." Riley gave Sirius a peck on the cheek and started towards the Gryffindor Common Room.
~With Riley and Lily~
"How was your 'vacation'?" Riley asked.
"If you're talking about Christmas, then it was refreshing to be with my family. The only sad part is that I wasn't able to go to the funeral." Lily explained.
"Oh. Did Petunia cause you much annoyance or pain?" Riley asked.
"No. She wouldn't talk to me, but that was about it." Lily said.
"Oh. Okay. So what did James do when you got back?" Lily started blushing.
"Not much. I went straight up to the dormitories." Lily said. And it wasn't a COMPLETE lie.
"Oh please! There [U]had[/U] to be more to it then that! You blushed, I SAW you." Riley prompted.
"Well, I went back downstairs and he was sitting on the couch." Lily `finished'
"Oh come on! Hurry and tell me or I'll find out from Sirius." Riley threatened.
"Fine!" Lily again started to tell the story; "I saw him writing something and read it. It was about me. I walked in front of him and...kissed him." Lily started to blush again.
"Omigosh! You [I]kissed[/I] him! How did he react?" Riley wanted details.
"He kissed me about a minute or two later." Lily simply said.
"So...you tow a couple yet?"
"I...I don't know. I'll...I just don't know. I don't think so though." Lily had actually been wondering the same thing.
Lily looked down at her watch and gasped. "Oh my gosh! It's nearly eleven. I need to get back." Lily started to stand up.
"You're right, we should get back. So, I'll se you tomorrow."
"Yeah, bye." And the two went their separate ways.
The rest of December and halfway through January went smoothly without much out of the ordinary. James and lily had become ALMOST inseparable, but were not "officially" a couple. No matter how much someone would tell them they should be, or already were. They would not get together.
Around January 13th (which happened to be a Friday) something did happen. Whether it was good or not, no one could say. Even in the future it will still be debated of whether it was good or bad.
At breakfast that morning Professor Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement;
"Yesterday evening the Dark Lord, also known as Lord Voldemort, disappeared." Dumbledore paused here waiting for the students to digest the news, and then he continued.
"The Ministry of Magic had just gotten a location on where he was, which I will not be sharing with you. When they entered the place where he was staying, he seemed to have disappeared.
"We know he did not disapparate because they had put a spell around the place. They had also seen him in the building seconds before they entered.
"The reason I am telling you this is because you need to know what is happening outside of Hogwarts."
With that Dumbledore sat down. The whole great hall started buzzing with talk about what they just heard. Lily just kind of sat there not entirely sure of how to react.
"If he is missing then will he attack people?" She though. "Or will they attacks stop until he resurfaces?"
"James, as if reading her mind, said, "It's okay Lily. I'm sure your family is safe."
"Thanks." Lily said, giving James a small smile.
~*~
Defense Against the Dark Arts that day was different then any other lesson they had had before. Professor Callaway seemed to have taken the news of Lord Voldemort to heart. He started the lesson with;
"I have been way behind in teaching you all. I have been concentrating on dueling, and monsters. But what about curses? Do you know about those? No. So I must teach you about them today." He said this with vigor and a kind of mad excitement.
"So, who knows about the unforgivable curses?" He asked. Lily raised her hand.
"There is the crustaceous (sp?) Impendent (I think that is right???) and Avada Kedrava." She quietly said.
"That is correct." Professor Callaway said in the same voice. "Does anyone know the effects of them?" This time James raised his hand.
"Crustaceous is immense pain, Impendent is where you control their mind, and Avada Kedrava is the killing curse." James said them just as quietly as Lily.
"That is correct. Ten points to Gryffindor for each of you." Professor Callaway paused for a moment before continuing. "These curses are illegal to use for any reason, but I do believe the Auror's have permission to use them against Death Eaters." He added the last part as an after thought.
"But that is not the point. The point is that you need to know when one of these spells is coming at you, because I promise you whoever is attacking you will not tell you what they are going to do."
James looked over to Lily to see how she was reacting to this news. He knew that she was probably thinking of how these curses could have been used on her parents. And knowing Lily's current situation she could be thinking the worse.
"Lily." He whispered. She didn't move. "Lily!" He said a bit louder. Still nothing.
[I] "What do you know about Lily? She is ours, and you better keep it that way!" Lily's mother shrieked.
"She will stay within your care as long as you do as I say. Now, where are the Potter's?" The cloaked man asked.
"We told you, we don't know. They moved away two years ago, right after Lily was born. We haven't heard from them." Lily's dad said.
"Well, I do believe there are muggle ways to find them." The cloaked man's voice was getting impatient.
"Muggle? If you mean humane then, yes. It could take quite a while though." Her dad continued.
"You have until Lily here turns eleven, then if you don't have their address there will be big punishment."[/I]
"LILY!" James was practically screaming. The rest of the class was also trying to get her to wake up, even though her eyes were open.
"Oh. My. Gosh! He's going to hurt them...me. They have to find out where they Potter's live!" Lily didn't realize that no one had a clue of what she was talking about.
"Lily, calm down. Who has to know where I live?" James was confused but tried not to show it.
"He does. The bad man, he's going to do something awful to my family if they don't find out by the time I'm eleven." Lily seemed to still be in the dream without a clue of where she was.
"Lily, what ARE you talking about? You are older then eleven, there is no more danger." James soothed.
"No, that isn't true. He's going to get them." Lily started muttering to herself.
"Professor, if I could take her to the hospital wing please." James asked.
"Of course." And James stood up and grabbed Lily by the hand to take her, not to the hospital wing, but to Professor Dumbledore's office.
"Purple Watch" James said to the stone gargoyle. It came to life almost instantly and sprung aside to allow James and Lily inside. Lily seemed to still be in a trance and not knowing where she was.
"Professor, Lily needs help, and I don't know what to do." James quietly said.
"What seems to be the matter?" Professor Dumbledore asked.
"We were learning about the unforgivables and I looked over to see if she was alright and she wouldn't answer me. Then when she came out of this trance type thing she kept talking about having to find out where I live and if she didn't something bad would happen. She also said something about having until she was eleven. I tried to explain that she was over the age of eleven but she seemed to not understand where she was." James looked over at her. "She still doesn't look like she knows where she is."
"I see. I think she is reliving a time in her life, when she was younger. Having dreams. Has she not had other ones like this?" Professor Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, she has had two other ones that I suppose could be linked to this one. But why is she having them?" James asked.
"I think it is because of her parent's recent death. It is bringing back memories of when she was little and they were having troubles with evil people." Professor Dumbledore explained.
"I suppose, but I just can't understand why."
"Life is not supposed to be explained for us, but for us to figure out." Dumbledore said. James thought on these words when he heard a noise beside him.
"James? Where am I? James, where are you?" Lily was looking frantically around, confused. "Who is that? James, what is happening?"
"Lily, Lily it is alright, I am right here. What is the matter?" He asked.
"I don't know. Where are we? And who is he? James, I'm so confused!" Lily started to cry.
"That is Professor Dumbledore, we are in his office. Don't you remember?" James asked, looking to Dumbledore for help.
"Remember? I only remember you holding me. And...And another man, a bad man." Lily was saying through sobs.
"Professor, what has happened?" James asked.
"It's alright James, she is just going through a type of amnesia. It shouldn't last long, but you will need to help her through it. She is in such a state of distress she has confused herself of reality of her past. I believe you two grew up together?"
"Yes, we had confided in the Evans of the magical world, because we needed a secret keeper, and knew that since they didn't know about the dark lord or any other magical folk, they should be them. I was always there for Lily, until about the age of six, she started to hate me then." James said.
"I believe that is when you started to hang out with Sirius?"
"Yes. I guess we started to drift apart, and when I was eight I moved away. I think she forgot me." James said sadly.
"It is possible, little girls don't like to remember people who prank them then leave." Professor Dumbledore gave a slight chuckle.
"Yes, that is correct. I can't say I remembered that well either. She changed a lot in three years." James said. "But, what am I to do now?"
"Just continue to take her to her classes, and if you don't have that class with her be sure to leave her with someone you trust and she knows." Professor Dumbledore said.
"Yes sir. Thank you for your help, and the little stroll down memory lane."
"Oh yes. Anytime, James." They both stood up and shook hands.
James took Lily's hand and led her out the door towards Potions. He wasn't sure how to react towards the Professor when he entered, because he knew he was not the most favorite student of all.
"Professor, Lily is having problems and I must be with her." James started.
"What kind of problems?"
"Well, she is in a state of amnesia, you can even ask Professor Dumbledore, I am supposed to be with her, or if I'm not in the class leave her with someone I trust and she "knows"" James said.
"Fine, but please don't cause a disturbance."
"Okay." And James took Lily to her seat and they sat waiting for class to start.
In potions that day James had a very hard time doing his work and stopping Lily from doing anything harmful. She seemed to have the memory of when she was about five. Sure, her speech was much better, but she remembered James and seemed to remember her parent's weren't alive, so James wasn't completely sure.
"Lily, stop. Don't touch that!" James said for what seemed to be the millionth time.
"Hey Potter. Having trouble?" Snape sneered.
"Nothing I can't handle. Why would you ask?" James said, not looking up, trying to keep Lily sitting down.
"Well, Lily seems to have lost her mind, and I don't think you can handle her and your potion." Snape replied.
"I do believe I can handle both. I'm doing fine so far." James said.
"What is wrong with her anyway?" Snape asked.
"Nothing you need to know about. Now if you don't mind I have enough to deal with, without you bugging me!" James said in a tone that left no room for argument.
"Fine." And Snape turned around and left.
The next three weeks were very stressful for James. Not only did he have his own homework to work on, he had to help Lily say on task. She didn't really know where she was, and kept talking about Petunia and Chad. How Petunia would always play dolls with her, and Chad was her new baby brother. She never mentioned her parents, didn't even act like she had any.
February 7th was a turning point for James. He left Lily in the Gryffindor tower, not in any mood to deal with her. She had stopped talking, and now just sat, unmoving. James just couldn't stand it. He told her to stay in the common room and he would be back by lunch.
About ten minutes after James left, an owl came for Lily. She seemed to know what to do and took the letter from the owl.
[I]Lily, Guess what! I made it into Hogwarts. I'm a wizard! I'm going to be able to come and join you! I won't be away from you so long. I can't wait until we start school together. Jeremy[/I]
Lily seemed to wake up from a long night. She looked around and wondered why she wasn't in class. She looked at the clock and saw that it was 10:09.
"Oh my gosh. I need to get to class!" Lily thought to herself.
"Lily however wasn't sure what day it was, or which class she had right then. She didn't really remember what had happened for the past three weeks. So, Lily decided to just wait until Lunch to leave the Common room.
"I can't believe I left her there. I'm such an idiot! She could easily wonder off!" James was telling Sirius.
"Calm down, James. I'm sure she'll be fine. She seems like a very responsible five year old." Sirius had a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"That isn't funny. And she is remembering when she was six not five." James wasn't sure why he was being so technical.
"Look, you have ten minutes until the lunch bell, I'm sure she will be fine." ~*~
When the lunch bell rang Lily started to head towards the Great Hall. James or Megan or Sarah would be there that had a class with her. Maybe even it was a class with Riley or Sesha. Wait, she didn't have any classes after lunch with them. She decided not to worry about it until she got to the Great hall. ~*~
"Hurry Sirius! We got to get there quick!" James said rushing up towards the seventh story to get to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." Sirius puffed behind him.
When they reached the Common Room James looked frantically around. Lily was nowhere in sight. He went up to her dormitory, still no Lily. He started to freak out.
"Sirius! She's gone, I knew it. I told you she would be gone."
"Maybe she just went to the Great Hall. She could remember the way." Sirius said.
"She can hardly remember what day of the week it is, how is she supposed to remember the way to the great hall?" James pointed out.
"We can still check." Sirius said.
"Where else would she go?" James asked not listening to Sirius.
"Maybe up to the owlery, she likes looking at the owls." James was thinking out loud.
"Let's just check the Great Hall." Sirius said again.
"Or maybe Astronomy Tower. She might think it is night time." James continued.
"Whatever, I'm going to go eat." And Sirius left.
~*~
Lily looked around the Great Hall and didn't see James. She just took a seat by herself in the middle of the Gryffindor Table. After five minutes she still didn't see anyone she knew, so she decided to join some first years.
"Hello, I'm Lily." she said.
"We all know who you are." Said one.
"I suppose you would. I AM a prefect."
"Not by that. Because of how much trouble you have caused James in the Common Room." Another said.
"Me? Cause James trouble? How did I do that?" Lily was becoming confused.
"Yeah, you couldn't remember anything. I think you got ameshal."
"Amnesia?" Lily asked.
"That's what I said."
"Oh. Well, how long did I have that?"
"I don't know. A long time."
"Oh." Lily just sat in thought. Not sure exactly what to say. She couldn't remember not remembering anything. She just thought of all the times she...actually she couldn't come up with anything to explain what she had done the past couple weeks.
"Look, there's Sirius. He can tell you."
Lily thanked the first years and started walking towards Sirius. She didn't have time to say anything before he grabbed her by the arm and started leading her all our of the great hall.
"Sirius! What are you doing?" Lily asked exasperated.
"You know my name?" Sirius let go of her.
"Of course I know your name. Why wouldn't i?"
"Because well, no time to explain. Got to get you to James."[rule]
James was halfway to the owlery when it struck him. "The mirror". He mentally kicked himself for not thinking of it sooner.
He ran back to his dormitory to use it. When he finally got it out from under his bed he told it to show him Lily.
He saw Lily holding Sirius's hand on the fourth level staircase. Outraged and not taking time to think, he threw the mirror on the bed and went in the direction of Lily and Sirius.
When James reached the two of them, he didn't even stop to think before he started to speak.
"What the Hell do you think you are doing?!?" James asked.
""Wo, calm down. I was coming to show you that I found Lily. So I think you should calm down!" Sirius said.
"You are holding her hand! She may not remember much, but that doesn't give you the right to take advantage of her!" James was still very upset.
"What are you saying? I have a girlfriend, and why would I take advantage of someone that wouldn't remember my name two hours later?" Sirius seemed to have forgotten that Lily got her memory back.
"Excuse me!" Lily cut in.
"What!" They both yelled, looking at her.
"May I speak for myself?" Lily was getting upset.
"What? You...you know how to talk back?" James asked confused.
"Uh, yes. I have been talking back to people since I was two!" Lily wanted to know what they were talking about. She still didn't believe the whole amnesia thing.
"Well, you haven't exactly been doing a good job at it." James said.
"What are you talking about!"
It then hit James. "You have your memory back!" there was a pause, then. "SIRIUS! You are hitting on Lily, and she's conscious of it!"
"I am not! Do I need to say it again? I. Have. A. Girlfriend."
"That doesn't mean anything, Sirius."
"James, I think you need to calm down, and think about what you are saying.
"Huh?" James seemed to have lost his train of thought.
"I think you need to calm down, and take in what you have heard." Sirius said in his normal voice and slow.
"What I've heard? Huh? What happened?" James kept looking from Lily to Sirius, then it seemed to hit him. He hit himself on the forehead. "Oh my...I'm sorry you two. I wasn't thinking." (Sirius snorted) "I was worried about Lily was, and then you had just left. Then I thought of using the mirror she gave me, and I saw you holding her hand. I didn't stop to think, I just stormed over here. Can you forgive me?"
"I can, I can understand what you must have been going through." Lily said.
"Sirius?" James looked pleadingly at him.
"I guess." Sirius's stomach rumbled. "If we can go to lunch."
James laughed, "Sure." And the three headed off to lunch.
AMNESIA
~Riley and Sirius~
"Hey sweet thang!" Sirius joked.
"Hey there honey." Riley joined in.
"Okay, enough of the jokes. What should we do for the next hour?" Sirius asked.
"Actually, [I]I[/I] wanted to speak with Lily." Riley answered.
"You don't want to do anything with me?" Sirius acted hurt.
"Of course. But I haven't talked to or seen Lily for a week. I see you once or twice a day." Riley explained.
"Fine! Go hang with your friend. Just leave your boyfriend here to rot."
"Sounds good. Bye." Riley gave Sirius a peck on the cheek and started towards the Gryffindor Common Room.
~With Riley and Lily~
"How was your 'vacation'?" Riley asked.
"If you're talking about Christmas, then it was refreshing to be with my family. The only sad part is that I wasn't able to go to the funeral." Lily explained.
"Oh. Did Petunia cause you much annoyance or pain?" Riley asked.
"No. She wouldn't talk to me, but that was about it." Lily said.
"Oh. Okay. So what did James do when you got back?" Lily started blushing.
"Not much. I went straight up to the dormitories." Lily said. And it wasn't a COMPLETE lie.
"Oh please! There [U]had[/U] to be more to it then that! You blushed, I SAW you." Riley prompted.
"Well, I went back downstairs and he was sitting on the couch." Lily `finished'
"Oh come on! Hurry and tell me or I'll find out from Sirius." Riley threatened.
"Fine!" Lily again started to tell the story; "I saw him writing something and read it. It was about me. I walked in front of him and...kissed him." Lily started to blush again.
"Omigosh! You [I]kissed[/I] him! How did he react?" Riley wanted details.
"He kissed me about a minute or two later." Lily simply said.
"So...you tow a couple yet?"
"I...I don't know. I'll...I just don't know. I don't think so though." Lily had actually been wondering the same thing.
Lily looked down at her watch and gasped. "Oh my gosh! It's nearly eleven. I need to get back." Lily started to stand up.
"You're right, we should get back. So, I'll se you tomorrow."
"Yeah, bye." And the two went their separate ways.
The rest of December and halfway through January went smoothly without much out of the ordinary. James and lily had become ALMOST inseparable, but were not "officially" a couple. No matter how much someone would tell them they should be, or already were. They would not get together.
Around January 13th (which happened to be a Friday) something did happen. Whether it was good or not, no one could say. Even in the future it will still be debated of whether it was good or bad.
At breakfast that morning Professor Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement;
"Yesterday evening the Dark Lord, also known as Lord Voldemort, disappeared." Dumbledore paused here waiting for the students to digest the news, and then he continued.
"The Ministry of Magic had just gotten a location on where he was, which I will not be sharing with you. When they entered the place where he was staying, he seemed to have disappeared.
"We know he did not disapparate because they had put a spell around the place. They had also seen him in the building seconds before they entered.
"The reason I am telling you this is because you need to know what is happening outside of Hogwarts."
With that Dumbledore sat down. The whole great hall started buzzing with talk about what they just heard. Lily just kind of sat there not entirely sure of how to react.
"If he is missing then will he attack people?" She though. "Or will they attacks stop until he resurfaces?"
"James, as if reading her mind, said, "It's okay Lily. I'm sure your family is safe."
"Thanks." Lily said, giving James a small smile.
~*~
Defense Against the Dark Arts that day was different then any other lesson they had had before. Professor Callaway seemed to have taken the news of Lord Voldemort to heart. He started the lesson with;
"I have been way behind in teaching you all. I have been concentrating on dueling, and monsters. But what about curses? Do you know about those? No. So I must teach you about them today." He said this with vigor and a kind of mad excitement.
"So, who knows about the unforgivable curses?" He asked. Lily raised her hand.
"There is the crustaceous (sp?) Impendent (I think that is right???) and Avada Kedrava." She quietly said.
"That is correct." Professor Callaway said in the same voice. "Does anyone know the effects of them?" This time James raised his hand.
"Crustaceous is immense pain, Impendent is where you control their mind, and Avada Kedrava is the killing curse." James said them just as quietly as Lily.
"That is correct. Ten points to Gryffindor for each of you." Professor Callaway paused for a moment before continuing. "These curses are illegal to use for any reason, but I do believe the Auror's have permission to use them against Death Eaters." He added the last part as an after thought.
"But that is not the point. The point is that you need to know when one of these spells is coming at you, because I promise you whoever is attacking you will not tell you what they are going to do."
James looked over to Lily to see how she was reacting to this news. He knew that she was probably thinking of how these curses could have been used on her parents. And knowing Lily's current situation she could be thinking the worse.
"Lily." He whispered. She didn't move. "Lily!" He said a bit louder. Still nothing.
[I] "What do you know about Lily? She is ours, and you better keep it that way!" Lily's mother shrieked.
"She will stay within your care as long as you do as I say. Now, where are the Potter's?" The cloaked man asked.
"We told you, we don't know. They moved away two years ago, right after Lily was born. We haven't heard from them." Lily's dad said.
"Well, I do believe there are muggle ways to find them." The cloaked man's voice was getting impatient.
"Muggle? If you mean humane then, yes. It could take quite a while though." Her dad continued.
"You have until Lily here turns eleven, then if you don't have their address there will be big punishment."[/I]
"LILY!" James was practically screaming. The rest of the class was also trying to get her to wake up, even though her eyes were open.
"Oh. My. Gosh! He's going to hurt them...me. They have to find out where they Potter's live!" Lily didn't realize that no one had a clue of what she was talking about.
"Lily, calm down. Who has to know where I live?" James was confused but tried not to show it.
"He does. The bad man, he's going to do something awful to my family if they don't find out by the time I'm eleven." Lily seemed to still be in the dream without a clue of where she was.
"Lily, what ARE you talking about? You are older then eleven, there is no more danger." James soothed.
"No, that isn't true. He's going to get them." Lily started muttering to herself.
"Professor, if I could take her to the hospital wing please." James asked.
"Of course." And James stood up and grabbed Lily by the hand to take her, not to the hospital wing, but to Professor Dumbledore's office.
"Purple Watch" James said to the stone gargoyle. It came to life almost instantly and sprung aside to allow James and Lily inside. Lily seemed to still be in a trance and not knowing where she was.
"Professor, Lily needs help, and I don't know what to do." James quietly said.
"What seems to be the matter?" Professor Dumbledore asked.
"We were learning about the unforgivables and I looked over to see if she was alright and she wouldn't answer me. Then when she came out of this trance type thing she kept talking about having to find out where I live and if she didn't something bad would happen. She also said something about having until she was eleven. I tried to explain that she was over the age of eleven but she seemed to not understand where she was." James looked over at her. "She still doesn't look like she knows where she is."
"I see. I think she is reliving a time in her life, when she was younger. Having dreams. Has she not had other ones like this?" Professor Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, she has had two other ones that I suppose could be linked to this one. But why is she having them?" James asked.
"I think it is because of her parent's recent death. It is bringing back memories of when she was little and they were having troubles with evil people." Professor Dumbledore explained.
"I suppose, but I just can't understand why."
"Life is not supposed to be explained for us, but for us to figure out." Dumbledore said. James thought on these words when he heard a noise beside him.
"James? Where am I? James, where are you?" Lily was looking frantically around, confused. "Who is that? James, what is happening?"
"Lily, Lily it is alright, I am right here. What is the matter?" He asked.
"I don't know. Where are we? And who is he? James, I'm so confused!" Lily started to cry.
"That is Professor Dumbledore, we are in his office. Don't you remember?" James asked, looking to Dumbledore for help.
"Remember? I only remember you holding me. And...And another man, a bad man." Lily was saying through sobs.
"Professor, what has happened?" James asked.
"It's alright James, she is just going through a type of amnesia. It shouldn't last long, but you will need to help her through it. She is in such a state of distress she has confused herself of reality of her past. I believe you two grew up together?"
"Yes, we had confided in the Evans of the magical world, because we needed a secret keeper, and knew that since they didn't know about the dark lord or any other magical folk, they should be them. I was always there for Lily, until about the age of six, she started to hate me then." James said.
"I believe that is when you started to hang out with Sirius?"
"Yes. I guess we started to drift apart, and when I was eight I moved away. I think she forgot me." James said sadly.
"It is possible, little girls don't like to remember people who prank them then leave." Professor Dumbledore gave a slight chuckle.
"Yes, that is correct. I can't say I remembered that well either. She changed a lot in three years." James said. "But, what am I to do now?"
"Just continue to take her to her classes, and if you don't have that class with her be sure to leave her with someone you trust and she knows." Professor Dumbledore said.
"Yes sir. Thank you for your help, and the little stroll down memory lane."
"Oh yes. Anytime, James." They both stood up and shook hands.
James took Lily's hand and led her out the door towards Potions. He wasn't sure how to react towards the Professor when he entered, because he knew he was not the most favorite student of all.
"Professor, Lily is having problems and I must be with her." James started.
"What kind of problems?"
"Well, she is in a state of amnesia, you can even ask Professor Dumbledore, I am supposed to be with her, or if I'm not in the class leave her with someone I trust and she "knows"" James said.
"Fine, but please don't cause a disturbance."
"Okay." And James took Lily to her seat and they sat waiting for class to start.
In potions that day James had a very hard time doing his work and stopping Lily from doing anything harmful. She seemed to have the memory of when she was about five. Sure, her speech was much better, but she remembered James and seemed to remember her parent's weren't alive, so James wasn't completely sure.
"Lily, stop. Don't touch that!" James said for what seemed to be the millionth time.
"Hey Potter. Having trouble?" Snape sneered.
"Nothing I can't handle. Why would you ask?" James said, not looking up, trying to keep Lily sitting down.
"Well, Lily seems to have lost her mind, and I don't think you can handle her and your potion." Snape replied.
"I do believe I can handle both. I'm doing fine so far." James said.
"What is wrong with her anyway?" Snape asked.
"Nothing you need to know about. Now if you don't mind I have enough to deal with, without you bugging me!" James said in a tone that left no room for argument.
"Fine." And Snape turned around and left.
The next three weeks were very stressful for James. Not only did he have his own homework to work on, he had to help Lily say on task. She didn't really know where she was, and kept talking about Petunia and Chad. How Petunia would always play dolls with her, and Chad was her new baby brother. She never mentioned her parents, didn't even act like she had any.
February 7th was a turning point for James. He left Lily in the Gryffindor tower, not in any mood to deal with her. She had stopped talking, and now just sat, unmoving. James just couldn't stand it. He told her to stay in the common room and he would be back by lunch.
About ten minutes after James left, an owl came for Lily. She seemed to know what to do and took the letter from the owl.
[I]Lily, Guess what! I made it into Hogwarts. I'm a wizard! I'm going to be able to come and join you! I won't be away from you so long. I can't wait until we start school together. Jeremy[/I]
Lily seemed to wake up from a long night. She looked around and wondered why she wasn't in class. She looked at the clock and saw that it was 10:09.
"Oh my gosh. I need to get to class!" Lily thought to herself.
"Lily however wasn't sure what day it was, or which class she had right then. She didn't really remember what had happened for the past three weeks. So, Lily decided to just wait until Lunch to leave the Common room.
"I can't believe I left her there. I'm such an idiot! She could easily wonder off!" James was telling Sirius.
"Calm down, James. I'm sure she'll be fine. She seems like a very responsible five year old." Sirius had a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"That isn't funny. And she is remembering when she was six not five." James wasn't sure why he was being so technical.
"Look, you have ten minutes until the lunch bell, I'm sure she will be fine." ~*~
When the lunch bell rang Lily started to head towards the Great Hall. James or Megan or Sarah would be there that had a class with her. Maybe even it was a class with Riley or Sesha. Wait, she didn't have any classes after lunch with them. She decided not to worry about it until she got to the Great hall. ~*~
"Hurry Sirius! We got to get there quick!" James said rushing up towards the seventh story to get to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." Sirius puffed behind him.
When they reached the Common Room James looked frantically around. Lily was nowhere in sight. He went up to her dormitory, still no Lily. He started to freak out.
"Sirius! She's gone, I knew it. I told you she would be gone."
"Maybe she just went to the Great Hall. She could remember the way." Sirius said.
"She can hardly remember what day of the week it is, how is she supposed to remember the way to the great hall?" James pointed out.
"We can still check." Sirius said.
"Where else would she go?" James asked not listening to Sirius.
"Maybe up to the owlery, she likes looking at the owls." James was thinking out loud.
"Let's just check the Great Hall." Sirius said again.
"Or maybe Astronomy Tower. She might think it is night time." James continued.
"Whatever, I'm going to go eat." And Sirius left.
~*~
Lily looked around the Great Hall and didn't see James. She just took a seat by herself in the middle of the Gryffindor Table. After five minutes she still didn't see anyone she knew, so she decided to join some first years.
"Hello, I'm Lily." she said.
"We all know who you are." Said one.
"I suppose you would. I AM a prefect."
"Not by that. Because of how much trouble you have caused James in the Common Room." Another said.
"Me? Cause James trouble? How did I do that?" Lily was becoming confused.
"Yeah, you couldn't remember anything. I think you got ameshal."
"Amnesia?" Lily asked.
"That's what I said."
"Oh. Well, how long did I have that?"
"I don't know. A long time."
"Oh." Lily just sat in thought. Not sure exactly what to say. She couldn't remember not remembering anything. She just thought of all the times she...actually she couldn't come up with anything to explain what she had done the past couple weeks.
"Look, there's Sirius. He can tell you."
Lily thanked the first years and started walking towards Sirius. She didn't have time to say anything before he grabbed her by the arm and started leading her all our of the great hall.
"Sirius! What are you doing?" Lily asked exasperated.
"You know my name?" Sirius let go of her.
"Of course I know your name. Why wouldn't i?"
"Because well, no time to explain. Got to get you to James."[rule]
James was halfway to the owlery when it struck him. "The mirror". He mentally kicked himself for not thinking of it sooner.
He ran back to his dormitory to use it. When he finally got it out from under his bed he told it to show him Lily.
He saw Lily holding Sirius's hand on the fourth level staircase. Outraged and not taking time to think, he threw the mirror on the bed and went in the direction of Lily and Sirius.
When James reached the two of them, he didn't even stop to think before he started to speak.
"What the Hell do you think you are doing?!?" James asked.
""Wo, calm down. I was coming to show you that I found Lily. So I think you should calm down!" Sirius said.
"You are holding her hand! She may not remember much, but that doesn't give you the right to take advantage of her!" James was still very upset.
"What are you saying? I have a girlfriend, and why would I take advantage of someone that wouldn't remember my name two hours later?" Sirius seemed to have forgotten that Lily got her memory back.
"Excuse me!" Lily cut in.
"What!" They both yelled, looking at her.
"May I speak for myself?" Lily was getting upset.
"What? You...you know how to talk back?" James asked confused.
"Uh, yes. I have been talking back to people since I was two!" Lily wanted to know what they were talking about. She still didn't believe the whole amnesia thing.
"Well, you haven't exactly been doing a good job at it." James said.
"What are you talking about!"
It then hit James. "You have your memory back!" there was a pause, then. "SIRIUS! You are hitting on Lily, and she's conscious of it!"
"I am not! Do I need to say it again? I. Have. A. Girlfriend."
"That doesn't mean anything, Sirius."
"James, I think you need to calm down, and think about what you are saying.
"Huh?" James seemed to have lost his train of thought.
"I think you need to calm down, and take in what you have heard." Sirius said in his normal voice and slow.
"What I've heard? Huh? What happened?" James kept looking from Lily to Sirius, then it seemed to hit him. He hit himself on the forehead. "Oh my...I'm sorry you two. I wasn't thinking." (Sirius snorted) "I was worried about Lily was, and then you had just left. Then I thought of using the mirror she gave me, and I saw you holding her hand. I didn't stop to think, I just stormed over here. Can you forgive me?"
"I can, I can understand what you must have been going through." Lily said.
"Sirius?" James looked pleadingly at him.
"I guess." Sirius's stomach rumbled. "If we can go to lunch."
James laughed, "Sure." And the three headed off to lunch.