Chapter 1.
The Blue Page
The lump was a man, a man with messy jet black hair and familiar soft hazel eyes. What struck me most was that he looked as if he could be Potter's older brother.
Frightened I sprung out of the bed. What the heck was I doing in a bed with a MAN who looked like he could be 25 years old? I backed slowly away.
"Lils, calm down and tell me what wrong." He said soothingly
"Who are you... what the heck am I doing here. How did I get here..." then I stared down at the frilly lingerie I was wearing. Oh my God. I was in a bed with a man. Oh my God. Oh my God!
"Lils you're talking crazy, are you feeling alright? Maybe you should go see a doctor..."
"Just tell me who you are." I said shaking
"Lily, it's me, James, James Potter, your HUSBAND."
I felt like I was going to be sick. I spun around and ran out of the room, down a stairway and into the nearest bathroom I could fine. My mouth dropped as I looked at myself in the mirror. This couldn't be me, it couldn't possibly be. My hair was longer, I'd filled out in some places and thinned out in others. There was no trace of babyfat anywhere. I was about 2 inches taller and there was wisdom in my facial features. I looked as if I could be over 20. What the heck was happening?
"Lily come out, please come out." Said the man as he knocked on the door.
Had I traveled in time? Had I just slept through the past few years? How in the world had I gotten from Hogwarts to this house?
"...we need to talk. Just tell me what's wrong" he said and he knocked on the door.
"How old am I?" I asked quietly.
"What?" he responded sounding confused
"How old am I?" I repeated
"Lily, you're scaring me." He said through the door
"How old am I?" I asked a third time.
"You're 23."
My heart was pounding, my head was hurting and I was so incredibly confused. I'm 23 years old, I have no clue where I am and I'm married to JAMES POTTER? This had to be a nightmare... maybe it was? I shut my eyes and pinched my arm; then slowly opened them again. I was still in the bathroom.
With James still talking and knocking on the door I slumped down in the corner and tried to sort the entire thing out. I began thinking 'The last thing I remember before I went to bed last night was Caroline crying because James had dumped her. Then I said something, about pitying Potter's wife. Could that have triggered a spell of some sort?' I continued to try and figure it out, and my "husband" was still trying to persuade me to come out of the bathroom. The only other thing I could think of was that this is some sort of a premonition. I mentally kicked myself for not paying more attention in Divination, then decided that when this whole night mare was over, I'd enroll in a muggle convent to keep this horrible nightmare of MARRYING JAMES POTTER from coming true. Somehow I had to figure out how to become 16 again, and how to get back to Hogwarts. I need someone who can help me, someone who I trust with my life. That was an easy answer. Gwen.
I opened that bathroom door and James was standing there looking pale and scared. I hadn't seen that expression on his face since 2nd year when during a detention the Whomping Willow beat the crud out of me.
"Lily, I think you need to lay down."
"No, thank you Potter." I snarled. He was the last person I wanted to deal with at the moment
"Potter? Lily you haven't called me that since 6th year."
I ignored that comment and asked "Where's the blue page?" (a/n- think of it as a wizard version of 'the yellow pages')
"Lily, I don't think this is the time..."
"Where is it?" I asked again
"In the desk in the kitchen."
I got up to go get it but then I realized I didn't have any clue where the kitchen in this house was.
"Umm Potter could you point me in the direction of the kitchen?"
"Again with the 'Potter' thing? Lily what has gotten into you, and what do you mean? Are you telling me that after living in this house for 2 years you have no idea where the kitchen is?"
"Oh so we've been married 2 years?" I asked him and my eyes set upon a picture of me in a white dress robe and James in very fancy black one.
"That's it, I'm taking you to see a healer." He said forcefully
Maybe I needed one... no. They'd think I was crazy. Well maybe I am... ugh!! I needed Gwen!
"No! Just take me to the kitchen." I said stubbornly
"Alright then..." he moved his hand toward mine and I moved mine out of his reach. He looked hurt, but he led the way down the hall and through a foyer to the kitchen.
The kitchen had a large shelf full of books, a food preserver over in the corner, cabinets covering every wall, a table for 2 and a desk off to the side. I bent down and looked in the bottom drawer on the right side.
James tapped me on the shoulder.
"What?" I asked irritably
"Top shelf dear." He said gently
Sure enough I opened the top shelf and there sat the blue piece of parchment. I felt stupid but I asked "Umm where's my wand?" he didn't say anything directly to me but he muttered little comments like "psycho" and "amnesia" all the way down the hall. A few moments later he returned with my wand. The only familiar thing I'd seen since I'd woken up. He handed me the wand and I tapped the parchment. A rip in the center formed a mouth like shape and spoke.
"Good morning Mrs. Potter." It began, and I flinched "Who might you be looking for today?"
"Gwendolyn Malcorft" I said over my shoulder I saw James's mouth drop.
The rip in the parchment seal it's self for a short moment and then reopened and spoke "Not found."
"Lily... You don't remember?" James said with a slight tremble in his voice.
"Remember what?"
"Lily... I don't know what's going on with you this morning. I think you need to lie down."
I ignored him and tapped the blue parchment again and said clearly. "Gwendolyn Malcorft" and the rip in the blue page opened again and said "Not Found, Mrs. Potter why don't we check the deceased section?"
My stomach twisted inside me "Deceased?" I said with a gulp
James put his hand on my shoulder and I jerked away. "Lily..." he said softly "Gwen is..." he pause for a moment but I knew what was coming "Dead."
END OF CHAPTER 1
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Love, Lj
The lump was a man, a man with messy jet black hair and familiar soft hazel eyes. What struck me most was that he looked as if he could be Potter's older brother.
Frightened I sprung out of the bed. What the heck was I doing in a bed with a MAN who looked like he could be 25 years old? I backed slowly away.
"Lils, calm down and tell me what wrong." He said soothingly
"Who are you... what the heck am I doing here. How did I get here..." then I stared down at the frilly lingerie I was wearing. Oh my God. I was in a bed with a man. Oh my God. Oh my God!
"Lils you're talking crazy, are you feeling alright? Maybe you should go see a doctor..."
"Just tell me who you are." I said shaking
"Lily, it's me, James, James Potter, your HUSBAND."
I felt like I was going to be sick. I spun around and ran out of the room, down a stairway and into the nearest bathroom I could fine. My mouth dropped as I looked at myself in the mirror. This couldn't be me, it couldn't possibly be. My hair was longer, I'd filled out in some places and thinned out in others. There was no trace of babyfat anywhere. I was about 2 inches taller and there was wisdom in my facial features. I looked as if I could be over 20. What the heck was happening?
"Lily come out, please come out." Said the man as he knocked on the door.
Had I traveled in time? Had I just slept through the past few years? How in the world had I gotten from Hogwarts to this house?
"...we need to talk. Just tell me what's wrong" he said and he knocked on the door.
"How old am I?" I asked quietly.
"What?" he responded sounding confused
"How old am I?" I repeated
"Lily, you're scaring me." He said through the door
"How old am I?" I asked a third time.
"You're 23."
My heart was pounding, my head was hurting and I was so incredibly confused. I'm 23 years old, I have no clue where I am and I'm married to JAMES POTTER? This had to be a nightmare... maybe it was? I shut my eyes and pinched my arm; then slowly opened them again. I was still in the bathroom.
With James still talking and knocking on the door I slumped down in the corner and tried to sort the entire thing out. I began thinking 'The last thing I remember before I went to bed last night was Caroline crying because James had dumped her. Then I said something, about pitying Potter's wife. Could that have triggered a spell of some sort?' I continued to try and figure it out, and my "husband" was still trying to persuade me to come out of the bathroom. The only other thing I could think of was that this is some sort of a premonition. I mentally kicked myself for not paying more attention in Divination, then decided that when this whole night mare was over, I'd enroll in a muggle convent to keep this horrible nightmare of MARRYING JAMES POTTER from coming true. Somehow I had to figure out how to become 16 again, and how to get back to Hogwarts. I need someone who can help me, someone who I trust with my life. That was an easy answer. Gwen.
I opened that bathroom door and James was standing there looking pale and scared. I hadn't seen that expression on his face since 2nd year when during a detention the Whomping Willow beat the crud out of me.
"Lily, I think you need to lay down."
"No, thank you Potter." I snarled. He was the last person I wanted to deal with at the moment
"Potter? Lily you haven't called me that since 6th year."
I ignored that comment and asked "Where's the blue page?" (a/n- think of it as a wizard version of 'the yellow pages')
"Lily, I don't think this is the time..."
"Where is it?" I asked again
"In the desk in the kitchen."
I got up to go get it but then I realized I didn't have any clue where the kitchen in this house was.
"Umm Potter could you point me in the direction of the kitchen?"
"Again with the 'Potter' thing? Lily what has gotten into you, and what do you mean? Are you telling me that after living in this house for 2 years you have no idea where the kitchen is?"
"Oh so we've been married 2 years?" I asked him and my eyes set upon a picture of me in a white dress robe and James in very fancy black one.
"That's it, I'm taking you to see a healer." He said forcefully
Maybe I needed one... no. They'd think I was crazy. Well maybe I am... ugh!! I needed Gwen!
"No! Just take me to the kitchen." I said stubbornly
"Alright then..." he moved his hand toward mine and I moved mine out of his reach. He looked hurt, but he led the way down the hall and through a foyer to the kitchen.
The kitchen had a large shelf full of books, a food preserver over in the corner, cabinets covering every wall, a table for 2 and a desk off to the side. I bent down and looked in the bottom drawer on the right side.
James tapped me on the shoulder.
"What?" I asked irritably
"Top shelf dear." He said gently
Sure enough I opened the top shelf and there sat the blue piece of parchment. I felt stupid but I asked "Umm where's my wand?" he didn't say anything directly to me but he muttered little comments like "psycho" and "amnesia" all the way down the hall. A few moments later he returned with my wand. The only familiar thing I'd seen since I'd woken up. He handed me the wand and I tapped the parchment. A rip in the center formed a mouth like shape and spoke.
"Good morning Mrs. Potter." It began, and I flinched "Who might you be looking for today?"
"Gwendolyn Malcorft" I said over my shoulder I saw James's mouth drop.
The rip in the parchment seal it's self for a short moment and then reopened and spoke "Not found."
"Lily... You don't remember?" James said with a slight tremble in his voice.
"Remember what?"
"Lily... I don't know what's going on with you this morning. I think you need to lie down."
I ignored him and tapped the blue parchment again and said clearly. "Gwendolyn Malcorft" and the rip in the blue page opened again and said "Not Found, Mrs. Potter why don't we check the deceased section?"
My stomach twisted inside me "Deceased?" I said with a gulp
James put his hand on my shoulder and I jerked away. "Lily..." he said softly "Gwen is..." he pause for a moment but I knew what was coming "Dead."
END OF CHAPTER 1
yay!! Thank you to my amazing 8 reviewers you guys are fantastic!!! Think u guys can give me another 8? I'd love you forever! Next chapter will be up next weekend!
Love, Lj