Chapter 4
Aphrodite, the goddess of love, danced around me muttering "time will tell, time will heal, time will show" while my owl, who was named for the goddess was sitting on her shoulder. Her son, cupid shot arrows of attraction at me but I dodged each one. Then looking frustrated the goddess conjured a garden and plucked a lily flower from it handing it to a stag that had instantly appeared. The stag galloped around the goddess holding the flower in his mouth. I turned my head for a moment to avoid one of cupid's arrows but when I turned my head back, the stag was gone and in its place was James Potter. He held out the flower for me to take but I refused. Cupid shot another arrow at me, but instead of avoiding it I caught it and snapped it in 2. Then throwing the pieces on the ground I stepped on them until they shattered and broke into fragments that could never be repaired.
THEN... I woke up. I pondered the dream for a moment and then decided to open my eyes. My heart fell as I saw that I was still in the bedroom and not back at Hogwarts.
I crawled out of bed and walked over to closet. I slipped on a bottle green robe embroidered with Department of Experimental Charms in the top left corner. I did a few self hygiene charms and left the bedroom.
As I went down the stairs, a fantastic aroma filled the air. Something smelled amazing. As I entered the kitchen I saw something I would have never imagined possible. James was standing over the stove wearing an apron and flipping what looked like pancakes. James was cooking... THE MUGGLE WAY?
I gave him a strange look and then he told me "You always say food taste better prepared the muggle way. I thought I'd make you a treat this morning." And then he flipped two of the pancakes on a plate and set it at an empty seat. I just stared at it.
"Go on, eat them. They're your favorite, and they're getting cold." He said as he smiled at me. He was right, they were my favorite. My mom use to make them for Petunia and me when we were younger. Only one thing was missing...
"Oh sorry Lils. I almost forgot." And he pulled a bottle out of the cabinet. The bottle was identical to the one my mom use to have I opened the cap and smelled the inside. It was my mothers "secret pancake sauce" to this day I had no clue what was in it, I just knew the distinct smell of it and that what ever the ingredients were they tasted fantastic on pancakes. I poured the blue grey liquid on to the hotcakes and then began to cut them. By the time I was finished cutting James put another plate infront of the seat across from mine and sat down. He reached for the bottle and put some of the sauce on his cakes and began to eat. I took a bit of mine, they were amazing. They were almost as fabulous as the ones my mom made.
"James these are fantastic!" I told him as I grinned and shoved the pancakes bite by bite into my mouth
"What? You doubted my cooking?" he said jokingly
"Well ya, kinda."
"Just goes to show that there's more to people than you might think."
TAP TAP TAP I glanced over my shoulder and Aphrodite was tapping her beak against the glass window while clutching an unusually large envelope in her feet. I stood up and let her in. The envelope was addressed to me. Only surprisingly is wasn't addressed to Lily Potter, it was addressed to ME Lily Evans. I flipped over the envelope and the back was sealed with a crest whose main form was a heart with wings. I tore it open and my mouth dropped to the ground as I saw what was inside. Pieces of a broken arrow, like from my dream.
"Lily is something wrong." James asked
"No nothing at all" I lied as I sprinted up to the bedroom and shut the door behind me. This was not normal THIS WAS THE ARROW FROM MY DREAM!! I shoved the envelope in my under garment drawer then dashed back down the stairs.
"Lily are you sure nothings wrong?" James asked
Slightly calmer I replied "No James, nothing at all."
I finished my pancakes and wiped off my face. Then I realized something.
"James, how am I suppose to get to work?" I asked stupidly
"Well, I was thinking about that. I'm assuming you don't know how to apperate?"
I nodded
"Well you can't floo into the ministry and as much as you might want one we don't own a car, so obviously the only answer is..."
"No James no!" I said knowing where he was going with this.
"Lily it's the only way."
"No way, there's no way I'm getting on a broom."
"Lily, you're going to be fine."
"No, I'm not going and you can't make me! James you can't honestly tell me you don't remember what happened in first year?"
"Ok so you fell a few feet off a broom..."
"A FEW FEET? YOU CALL 65 FEET A FEW FEET?"
"Calm down Lils, I promise nothing will happen to you." He said
"how can you promise that?"
"because I will be flying and you will be sitting on the back of the broom" he said as he grabbed a broom out of the closet
"wait you're flying..." I said sounding more nervous
"Lily, calm down. You KNOW I'm a good flyer and I swear I won't let anything happen to you. So come on!" He said slightly pushing me out the back door. He mounted the broom and I took a few steps backwards.
"Lily, come on. It's gonna be fine."
"No James, I can't."
"Come on... you're going to be late!"
"Lets just call me in sick"
"No, Lily come on..."
"I can't!"
"Yes you can I promise nothing will happen to you... Look I know you're afraid, but unless you wanna get your 23 year old self in a lot of trouble you have to do this."
"there's got to be another way, like a port key?"
"Lily I've thought about this and there's no other way. Believe it or not you actually grow out of your fear of flying before 6th year is over. For our first date I actually took you flying over the grounds, and you weren't scared at all."
"How do I know your not lying... how do I know I can trust you?"
"You don't... but I promise I won't let anything happen to you."
"I don't know..."
"Lily l swear." And with saying that he looked me straight in the eye and a chill went up my spine. With fear exploding through my body I walked over to the broom and stratled my leg over it.
"Hold on." He told me, and I nervously put my hands around his waist. He turned his head to look back at me. He winked and the with a WOOSH we took off from the ground.
END OF CHAPTER 4
Aphrodite, the goddess of love, danced around me muttering "time will tell, time will heal, time will show" while my owl, who was named for the goddess was sitting on her shoulder. Her son, cupid shot arrows of attraction at me but I dodged each one. Then looking frustrated the goddess conjured a garden and plucked a lily flower from it handing it to a stag that had instantly appeared. The stag galloped around the goddess holding the flower in his mouth. I turned my head for a moment to avoid one of cupid's arrows but when I turned my head back, the stag was gone and in its place was James Potter. He held out the flower for me to take but I refused. Cupid shot another arrow at me, but instead of avoiding it I caught it and snapped it in 2. Then throwing the pieces on the ground I stepped on them until they shattered and broke into fragments that could never be repaired.
THEN... I woke up. I pondered the dream for a moment and then decided to open my eyes. My heart fell as I saw that I was still in the bedroom and not back at Hogwarts.
I crawled out of bed and walked over to closet. I slipped on a bottle green robe embroidered with Department of Experimental Charms in the top left corner. I did a few self hygiene charms and left the bedroom.
As I went down the stairs, a fantastic aroma filled the air. Something smelled amazing. As I entered the kitchen I saw something I would have never imagined possible. James was standing over the stove wearing an apron and flipping what looked like pancakes. James was cooking... THE MUGGLE WAY?
I gave him a strange look and then he told me "You always say food taste better prepared the muggle way. I thought I'd make you a treat this morning." And then he flipped two of the pancakes on a plate and set it at an empty seat. I just stared at it.
"Go on, eat them. They're your favorite, and they're getting cold." He said as he smiled at me. He was right, they were my favorite. My mom use to make them for Petunia and me when we were younger. Only one thing was missing...
"Oh sorry Lils. I almost forgot." And he pulled a bottle out of the cabinet. The bottle was identical to the one my mom use to have I opened the cap and smelled the inside. It was my mothers "secret pancake sauce" to this day I had no clue what was in it, I just knew the distinct smell of it and that what ever the ingredients were they tasted fantastic on pancakes. I poured the blue grey liquid on to the hotcakes and then began to cut them. By the time I was finished cutting James put another plate infront of the seat across from mine and sat down. He reached for the bottle and put some of the sauce on his cakes and began to eat. I took a bit of mine, they were amazing. They were almost as fabulous as the ones my mom made.
"James these are fantastic!" I told him as I grinned and shoved the pancakes bite by bite into my mouth
"What? You doubted my cooking?" he said jokingly
"Well ya, kinda."
"Just goes to show that there's more to people than you might think."
TAP TAP TAP I glanced over my shoulder and Aphrodite was tapping her beak against the glass window while clutching an unusually large envelope in her feet. I stood up and let her in. The envelope was addressed to me. Only surprisingly is wasn't addressed to Lily Potter, it was addressed to ME Lily Evans. I flipped over the envelope and the back was sealed with a crest whose main form was a heart with wings. I tore it open and my mouth dropped to the ground as I saw what was inside. Pieces of a broken arrow, like from my dream.
"Lily is something wrong." James asked
"No nothing at all" I lied as I sprinted up to the bedroom and shut the door behind me. This was not normal THIS WAS THE ARROW FROM MY DREAM!! I shoved the envelope in my under garment drawer then dashed back down the stairs.
"Lily are you sure nothings wrong?" James asked
Slightly calmer I replied "No James, nothing at all."
I finished my pancakes and wiped off my face. Then I realized something.
"James, how am I suppose to get to work?" I asked stupidly
"Well, I was thinking about that. I'm assuming you don't know how to apperate?"
I nodded
"Well you can't floo into the ministry and as much as you might want one we don't own a car, so obviously the only answer is..."
"No James no!" I said knowing where he was going with this.
"Lily it's the only way."
"No way, there's no way I'm getting on a broom."
"Lily, you're going to be fine."
"No, I'm not going and you can't make me! James you can't honestly tell me you don't remember what happened in first year?"
"Ok so you fell a few feet off a broom..."
"A FEW FEET? YOU CALL 65 FEET A FEW FEET?"
"Calm down Lils, I promise nothing will happen to you." He said
"how can you promise that?"
"because I will be flying and you will be sitting on the back of the broom" he said as he grabbed a broom out of the closet
"wait you're flying..." I said sounding more nervous
"Lily, calm down. You KNOW I'm a good flyer and I swear I won't let anything happen to you. So come on!" He said slightly pushing me out the back door. He mounted the broom and I took a few steps backwards.
"Lily, come on. It's gonna be fine."
"No James, I can't."
"Come on... you're going to be late!"
"Lets just call me in sick"
"No, Lily come on..."
"I can't!"
"Yes you can I promise nothing will happen to you... Look I know you're afraid, but unless you wanna get your 23 year old self in a lot of trouble you have to do this."
"there's got to be another way, like a port key?"
"Lily I've thought about this and there's no other way. Believe it or not you actually grow out of your fear of flying before 6th year is over. For our first date I actually took you flying over the grounds, and you weren't scared at all."
"How do I know your not lying... how do I know I can trust you?"
"You don't... but I promise I won't let anything happen to you."
"I don't know..."
"Lily l swear." And with saying that he looked me straight in the eye and a chill went up my spine. With fear exploding through my body I walked over to the broom and stratled my leg over it.
"Hold on." He told me, and I nervously put my hands around his waist. He turned his head to look back at me. He winked and the with a WOOSH we took off from the ground.
END OF CHAPTER 4