Tears and Pain

Chapter 3

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When I woke up, my eyes were red and had some shadows that surrounding them. Suddenly, an owl dropped a large letter on my lap. I squinted and realized it was Lily's owl. Remembering what had happened last night, pain shot throughout my body. She couldn't be gone, I can't believe it! Lily wouldn't go!

Yet my mind still told me, "It was your fault! You're the one who cheated on her!" I opened the letter and the divorce forms were right in front of me. She really wanted to divorce me.

Just to clear my mind, I took a quick cold shower. Dressing up in my clothes, I suddenly remembered that Lily was in the same department as me. Maybe I could try to fix this mistake up there up there. My bewitched watch had just turned to "YOU'RE LATE FOR WORK!" Putting my robe on, I apparated to the Auror Department in the Ministry of Magic.

But suddenly, I was stopped by a certain Rita Skeeter that looked quite pleased. She rubbed her hands up and down my chest and whispered, "Thanks for last night" in my ear in what she thought was seductive.

I pulled her hands off me and hissed, "Thanks for ruining my life".

I didn't notice that she smiled right before I left and said almost to herself, "He'll be mine after today."

The instant I entered the room, shocked glances were shot at me.

I wonder if they know what happened. Arabella Figg slammed a Daily Prophet in my face. The headlines seemed to yell at me, "Lily and James Breakup! It's all your fault!" Figg looked ready to kill me but others seemed to give me looks of pity. But at the bottom in fine print said,"Written by Rita Skeeter" So angry, I slammed down the paper, when I heard a scream from one of the offices. Running at my top speed, I somehow knew it was from Lily's office. I found Alice Longbottom, one of her closest friends, finding her on the floor, unconscious. Her soft red hair was disheveled and her green eyes were disturbed. I told her to take Lily to St. Mongos.

That's when I saw the letter. It had Voldemort's seal on it and was a deep green. Slowly, I broke the seal and I was shocked by what I read:

Dear Mrs. Evans,

I would like to invite you to join our Death Eater ranks. You would go very far and I offer you everything you would need. A loving husband, a paying job, and power beyond your dreams could be yours.

If you decided to reject this invitation, you will be made whether you want to or not. Please return this invitation to me as soon as possible.


Chose Wisely,
Lord Voldemort



My already pale face turned chalk white. Before I could do anything, the letter burned itself up and I sighed. At least Lily wouldn't have to worry about having Lord Voldemort wanting her. As I walked to her fireplace, I suddenly realized something that Lord Voldemort did: If he wanted someone, he would either get them or no one would have them. Pushing these thoughts to the back of my mind, I dropped some Floo Powder into the fireplace and yelled, "Saint Mongos!"
James brushed off the ash from his suit. Asking the person at the reception desk where Lily was, he walked up the stairs to the side and walked into the floor that Lily was currently in. When he found Lily his heart seemed to drop. Her face was quite pale and she looked very ill. He saw a male healer rummaging around with some potions. When he noticed James was there, he seemed to recognize him.

The Healer said to him, "I see you've come to see her. I can't understand why she is unconscious. All I seem to know is that it wasn't a spell, but something shocked her to the point that she fainted. You seem like you know her quite well. Do you know what happened? Wait...you're the famous Auror, James Potter! Wow, it's a honor to meet you! "

At these words, James's face fell and the Healer noticed."I heard that you decided to divorce Lily. Don't worry, I understand-"James exclaimed, "I didn't break up with her, she broke up with me!"

The Healer said, "Well, that's what the Daily Prophet says. Do you want to read my copy? She won't be out for a day or so."

It read:

Famous Auror, James Potter, has decided to divorce his wife, Lily Evans, of 1 ½ years because he found that Evans had been neglecting her marriage vows for the entire time of their marriage. The Daily Prophet has been asking many people about their reactions to this:

Remus Lupin, a long friend of Potter, stated that he did not believe Evans would do such a thing and stated in a clear tone, "James would never divorce Lily for any reason. You must be mistaken." After this, Mr. Lupin refused to tell the Daily Prophet anymore known facts about this destroyed marriage.

Narcissa Malfoy, the newly wedded wife of Lucius Malfoy, also friend of Evans said that, "I don't believe my old friend Lily would ever do that. If anything must have been wrong, Potter must have done it. Also, Lily has sent more than a few owls telling me of the happenings of their marriage."

Pandora Patil, a past member of James's fan club at Hogwarts, smiled when she heard this news and told us this in a joyful tone, "Finally! James has gotten over that Lily and will finally be open for dates! I was wondering when he would open up his eyes and realize that Lily isn't everything to him like he always said in Hogwarts. And Lily will be left all alone, and hated by everyone!"

Sirius Black, who is a famous Auror similar to his best friend, Mr. Potter, was enraged by this news. He yelled to us, "How could Lily do that to poor James? I trusted him with her but she hurt him so...so...BADLY! I'm going to kill her for doing this to my best friend!"

Arabella Figg, a companion to Lily, was shocked by this. Her very words were, "When I get my hands on James! He's going to regret this very day that he did this! Oh...he's sooo dead! And for your wonderful audience, tell them that Lily would never do this and said that everything must have been Potters (she spat out his name) fault in everyway! He's lying!"

Albus Dumbledore, Order of Merlin, First Class, etc., said, "My opinion of the result of this marriage is just that I am shocked. As headmaster of Hogwarts, I saw them everyday and how close they were. I will deny all the accusations against Mrs. Evans because my reasoning tells against it."

Many of the people were shocked as how Mrs. Evans would do this. As a friend remarks, "She was a kind person, innocent in all ways. She wouldn't do this." This person requested to remain anonymous.

Evidence has shown that Mrs. Evans has formally had other lovers which were name in her address book. Mr. Potter hasn't commented on any of this, while Mrs. Evans was seen storming out of the house.

For more information, please turn to page 5.

Written by: Rita Skeeter

James was angry yet shocked in everyway. Walking away, he went to the only person he knew that would understand. Sirius Black.

Going toward a fireplace, he threw some powder in, and yelled, "18 Maple Street!

"Suddenly he was hit by two hugs. Remus and Sirius were looking at him with pity filled in their eyes. He asked, "Do you guys know what happened?" Sirius said, "Ya, but I still can't believe Lily would do that."

I looked at them with shock in my face. I couldn't believe that they actually believed the Daily Prophet. I explained to them all the real facts and at the end, they were looking quite angrily at me. "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO LILY? HOW COULD YOU MAKE ME TELL LILY THAT SHE WAS A BITCH?" Sirus screamed.

It took the whole night of scolding when I finally realized that this was more than a dream. It really happened.