Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story, unless Lady Rowling puts them up for auction in which case I will TOTALLY buy them. LOL.
AN: Here it is! Chapter 2! Please review! I would totally appreciate it. I mean what is the point of reading a story if you aren't going to tell the author if it sucked or not? :-) Oh, and the chapter title sucks and really doesn't fit but I couldn't think of anything better so if you have a good idea for it please tell me! Thanks!
Chapter 2 Lily's Struggle
Crack! The seven mages appeared out of nowhere in front of a giant house they looked frightened and wary. Lily was standing there shaking her head.
"No, we need to go back. I shouldn't have left her. My sister… she can't be alone. I need to go back and be with her." Lily was saying, she seemed slightly unraveled but then she had a right to be.
"Lily, we can't. You know she can't come with us to Hogwarts." Alice said gently, her face full of sympathy.
"So what!? They can erase her memory or something! I can't believe I left her. I left her all alone with our dead parents!" Lily yelled and then gasped and covered her mouth at what she had said.
"I have to go to her." she whispered to herself and promptly apparated.
"Great!" Sirius said sarcastically.
"Wait here. I am going to go get her." James said.
"I am going too." Alice said and the two disappeared from sight and reappeared in the bedroom they had been in only minutes before.
They arrived just in time to see Lily rush out of the room. Petunia was no longer in it and Lily obviously had gone to find her. Alice and James rushed after her. She ran down the stairs and they followed.
Lily entered the living room, avoiding the area where she knew her parents were. Instead she looked at where eh sister was on the floor with two people, their neighbors, their backs turned to her. One was on the phone calling the muggle police.
"Like they'll be any help." She thought to herself but at least her sister wasn't alone.
"Lily." She heard a voice whisper behind her. She turned to see James and Alice.
"Look she's alright, she's safe. Now come on Lily, let's go." James said whispering, leading her out of the room, but not before curiosity got the better of Lily and she turned to look at her parents. She stopped walking and stared at them, silent tears forming in her eyes. James walked over to her put his arms around her; Alice took Lily's hand in her.
The neighbors heard a soft pop behind them and they turned to see what it was, but saw nothing and turned their attention back to Petunia.
"Oh good you are back." Frank said.
"My sister is okay." Lily said looking at the ground. Everyone nodded and said that it was good and such, and then fell quiet. They all stood there for a moment in an awkward silence.
"Okay." Peter said. Sirius elbowed him and glared at him.
"We should get going." James said more to Lily than anyone else. She nodded and they headed up the steps of the porch.
The house was really big and quite scary looking. Windows were broken and it had an eerie silence about it. the paint on it had originally been white but you could barely tell by looking at it now. It was chipped away to show the wood that had originally created the house, and the paint that was left was faded to an icky yellow color.
"Isn't this house haunted?" Lily asked James, who shook his head.
"No, it's not." He said. She looked at him with raised eyebrows, asking him what he meant and how he knew. She wanted to keep this conversation going to keep her mind off the events of the previous hour.
"it's a long story." He said glancing at Remus. "But I promise you, it's not haunted."
Lily nodded and pressed herself against him more. She was cold, even though it was quite warm out, and he felt warm to her. She thought that this whole situation was so odd. Only 2 months ago she had hated him and found him so annoying, and now within the past 20 minutes she felt drawn to him. His eyes were kind and he looked at her with sympathy and caring.
And he wasn't holding her like she was a fragile thing, he was holding her strong and safely. He had his arm around her now, which was good because as thoughts of her parents crossed her mind she felt that her knees would give out, and a few times they nearly did but he was there to catch her.
The got to the top of the porch and Sirius opened the door, and they walked into the house.
AN: Well, there it is. Chapter 2. Kinda short I know and I apologize but I wanted to get something out. Please review and I will write the next chapter faster and make it longer! Thanks.