Sorry, sorry, sorry. This chapter took me so long to update. My beta Sarah had all these ideas for me to add, but I didn't have time to fix them. I have a billion assignments. I haven't got many ideas of what Kim is up to, except one very good guess. I will try to put better clues in so you have some idea. Well hopefully I'll write the next chapter soon. Sorry about the wait.

Chapter 30
Untruthful Lies

Lily sighed and decided to leave. She stood up and reached for the book that Kim had left behind, planning to return it to the shelf. She was distracted by the corner of a neatly cut piece of heavy parchment poking discreetly out of the side. In her curiosity, she sat back down and pulled out the parchment.

Kim,

The dark Lord is rising. He needs followers, supporters. If you want to live you must join us. He will give us power and riches. He is the new way. He will get rid of the Mudbloods forever.

He will guide us all to greatness and I want you to be with me as I begin my life in his glory. I want you to leave Hogwarts now and come away with me to help the Dark Lord prepare his rise to power.

Please reply as soon as possible,

Yours,

Lucius

Lily stared down at the neatly written words in horror.

Get rid of the Mudbloods?

She looked up as James came bursting into the library and hastily shoved the letter into her pocket.

"Lily." James called from the threshold. "I was a fool. Please forgive me."

"James. I thought you never wanted to see me again." Lily called back, glaring angrily at him.

Madame McDonald, the librarian, cleared her throat loudly and held her finger to her lips. James ignored her.

"I'm an idiot. I didn't know what I was saying. I just didn't know what to do so I did the stupid thing and ruined the only chance of love I'll ever have. I just didn't realise what I'd done until Sirius said something…" He trailed off as he made his way towards her. "I should never have let you go and I'll never let you go again…if you only give me another chance."

"Oh, James. I forgive you, as long as you forgive me." Lily reached him and leapt into his arms. He spun her around and kissed her.

"There's nothing to forgive and I love you and I never want to fight again." James whispered into Lily's ear. He took her by the hand and the two made their way out of the library. "If you'll only listen to me I can explain." James said apologetically. "Let's go somewhere private."

Kim finished her last mouthful of tea and thanked Hagrid. "I don't know what I would do without you Hagrid. You are an absolute genius when it comes to unicorns. Tell me if you find that lost one."

She pulled on her coat and patted Fang, who was lying by the fire next to Ris-Ris.

"Come on Ris-Ris. Time to go." He obediently followed his owner out the door and into the freezing cold. Kim saw Sirius high above the Quidditch pitch, practising Quidditch with Remus and Travis. He loved flying. He wanted to become a professional Quidditch player but Kim knew he wouldn't. She watched the boys fly for a while, but then made her way back towards the castle. She had to find Lily.


Lily and James were talking in an empty classroom. Kim knew they would be there, it was too small for classes and too out of the way to be an office, so it had been abandoned by the teachers and had become a popular place for students to do things they couldn't do anywhere else. Lily and James were simply talking. They had been through a lot and needed to talk. Kim wished she could talk to Sirius the way Lily and James could talk to each other. Sirius could talk to her about anything, but she had so many things she couldn't say. So many secrets. It was not as if she didn't trust Sirius enough to tell him her secrets and she knew he would understand, especially after he accepted something as big as her relationship with Lucius Malfoy. No, it was not Sirius she had to worry about. It was everything else. She knew that if she told him, something bad would happen, something tragic. It had happened before. She had told other people something that she knew she shouldn't have said, and it resulted it something worse than guilt or loss of friendship, it was much worse- pain, suffering, and death.

Kim reached the classroom and knocked lightly. She pushed open the door and saw Lily's relieved look turn to a look of intensity. James, however, looked calm and casual so Kim knew he did not know, Lily had not told him yet.

"Can I borrow Lily for a while James?" She asked, avoiding Lily's gaze. "I won't take too long."

James stood up. "I'll go. I was getting hungry anyway." He turned to Lily. "Are you coming to Quidditch practice?" She nodded and he kissed her on the forehead. "Love you."

"You too." Lily smiled sweetly.

"Sirius and Travis are already there, with Remus." Kim told James as he left the room.

"Cool, I'll bring them some lunch then." He ran his hands through his messy black hair as he left. Kim entered the classroom and closed the door.

"I found the letter Kim." Lily said from behind her. Kim froze and listened. "I found the letter from Lucius Malfoy. It was in that book you were reading, the divinations one."

Kim turned around. "Oh, you did?"

"Yes. You're not evil are you?"

"No! Of course not. I was just going to tell you about it. That's why I came here. You're the only person I can really talk to, besides Sirius." She perjured. "I didn't want to talk to him because it involves Lucius."

"What about Frank?" Lily asked.

"He hated him. I can't talk to Frank about anything to do with Lucius and Slytherin's. He doesn't understand, and he wouldn't understand this. Anyway, we haven't been as close since he got together with Kirstin and I started going out with Sirius. We don't talk as much."

"Well what do you want to say about it?" Lily asked, unsure of how she was supposed to react. "You're not evil, but are you going to join with this…this, mudblood hater."

"Don't say mudblood." Kim snapped. "You're not a mudblood. You are as much a witch as I am."

"I'm guessing you aren't joining him then, unless you are as power hungry as the rest of the Slytherin's."

"I don't need to gain power from some Dark Lord." Kim snapped again, anger burning in her eyes. "I'm not like the others. I'm not like Lucius. I don't need him to give me power when I already have my own power." Kim flinched as she realised what she had just said. "I have the power of good. I will never be evil just because it is what is wanted of me."

Lily looked at her with sympathy, her eyes filling with tears. "Oh, Kim, I'm so sorry I thought you were evil. I can't believe I would think you could do such a thing. I'm so sorry. Can you ever forgive me?"

"Yes. There's nothing to forgive. We're friends. I would never keep a secret from you."

Lily flung her arms around Kim and held her securely. Kim closed her eyes in guilt…guilt. She thought of the other options and held back her emotions. She hated lying to her friends, but in the end it was the only way she could protect them.

"So obviously James and I are together again. You don't seem surprised." Lily said as she pulled away from Kim.

"I'm rarely ever surprised, but everyone could see this coming. You and James will be together until you die."

"Thanks Kim. I know you can't know that for sure, but I really appreciate you saying it." Lily smiled. "You and Sirius will be together forever too."

"Yes. Together forever." Kim repeated.


James entered the Quidditch pitch with the basket of food the house elves had made for him. "Smoko." He called and the three boys landed.

James ran over to Sirius and called out to him. "You can't eat until you help me with the equipment Padfoot."

Sirius stuck his finger up at him, but made his way over to the broom shed anyway.

"You remember at Christmas how I told you I had hidden intentions behind your gift?" James asked as he checked the quaffle for defaults.

"The beaters bat? Yeah." Sirius stopped stacking the brooms and listened.

"Well I had a good reason." James said as Sirius almost cracked under the suspense.

"For Merlin's sake, what is it?"

"Well I thought it would be obvious, but I want you to become a beater."

"Me? Why? What about Sam and Stephan?"

"Stephan has to leave. Dumbledore reckons he isn't doing well. Or in other words he'll fail if stays on the team."

"But I'm a chaser."

"This is your choice, Padfoot, but hear me out."

"Ok."

"I was doing some searching a while ago, after Dumbledore told me about Stephan. I found this girl, in second year, who can fly. I mean fly. She could be a seeker, but I would never give that up and I saw her dodge all this shit, she would never get hit by a bludger. The point is, I want her as a chaser, but I want you, Travis and Matty too."

"I thought you only wanted me…and Lily." Sirius joked.

"But I want you somewhere different. I think we should change our style, try a new position." James grinned.

"Why would I want to be a beater? I'm already a trained chaser. Wouldn't it be easier to train a new beater instead of a new beater and a new chaser."

"Padfoot, think about it. If you want to become a pro, you have to consider your options. How many desperate chasers are there, trying out and failing to get into every Quidditch team in England? There are too many to try to beat. Teams are desperate for a good beater, even if he's only got two years experience and he's just left school, if he's good, he's in with a chance."

"I get where you're coming from." Sirius nodded

"And you'll have experience in both beating and chasing so you might end up being a chaser, once they know your skills."

"You're a champ, Prongs." Sirius considered for a moment. "I'll do it, under one condition."

"What's that?" James asked.

"I wanna see this chick fly."


This all started for Casey who wanted to be in my fanfic, but she will be an important character (If i can make it work). Please review, i need to know what you think because it may all end soon!