Saturday passed, and Sunday came, and the marauders had seen nothing of Lily. However, they did find a little silver box they had seen her carry around.

'Hello, I think you must be Lily's friends that were a phrase that was meant to blow over,' the box said, its lights flashing.

'What are you?' Remus asked, picking the box up. Well, he tried, but he ended up with a powerful electric shock instead.

'Hey, you're Lily's,' James said.

'Yes, I suppose. Pick me up,'

'No thanks,'

'Pick me up. Lils made it so one could, and I assume it's you seeing as...no, I'm not alowed to tell you that,'

'Tell me what?'

'Never mind. Pick me up.'

James slowly reached down and touched the box. Feeling nothing, he picked it up. The box was as light as silk, and had a glossy feeling.

'Where is Lils?'

'I- she forbid me to say,'

'Where is she?' James shook the box hard.

'Stop! She's...she told me to tell you to go to the quidditch pitch, then to the Astronomy tower, then to...wherever the clues say,'

'Clues?'

'Let's just go Prongs,'

The three boys (A/N-No Peter, Yay!) hurried down the Hogwarts halls and outside into the bitter air.

'Why on earth did she send us here?' Sirius asked, looking around the pitch.

'What's that by the whomping Willow?'

'That's a broom,'

'Okay, is that it?' James asked the box in his hands.

'Yes, now hurry,' the box replied worriedly.

'Okay, now what?' They reached the Astronomy tower and looked around. It was empty as usual.

'Empty. Great, a broom and an empty room,'

'And me,' The box cried, not wanting to be forgot.

'Okay, what does a broom and this...box mean to Lily?'

'Thing,' the box said.

'Whatever. Now before us, Thing was the only one for Lily,' Remus said slowly.

'So the box means everything to her?'

'Apparently,'

'What about the broom?' Sirius said after a moment.

'Again, the only thing to confide in,' Remus muttered.

'So...she holds the broom and Thing close to her heart!' James cried.

'But an empty room?'

Thing's lights went off, then returned a moment later.

'The clock strikes, then it will be to late,'

'What?' James looked at the clock. Almost 9pm.

'Thing, what's happening?'

'Tick tock, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang then she will dive,' Thing said in the same low, mysterious voice.

'I think he means, on the last strike of nine, something will happen,' Remus suggested.

James shook the box roughly.

'What will happen?'

'Tick, tock, tick, tock,' was the only reply.

'Okay, something to with her heart and an empty room...' Sirius said.

'Shit,' realisation hit James with a hard THUD. He ran, the others following.

'Thing, where did she go?'

The first CLANG sounded through the dark halls. James shook the box, which merely turned off its lights.

'Shit, shit, shit, shit, and bugger. You are crazy Lily Evens,' James muttered, stopping outside a portrait. It was only a guess made from what Thing had said about diving, but it would have to do.

'Hippoiseatingmylove,' James said, and the portrait swung open to reveal the head's bathroom. Yep, he was correct. The ninth CLANG came, but as James dashed in red hair was already floating carelessly in the water.

'Shit Lils!'

He dashed forward, and dragged the limp body from the water. He pulled of his cloak and rapped her naked body in it, then held her tightly to his chest. He knelt on the floor, and laid her body over his knees.

'Shit, Lils, you are an idiot,'

He started performing every healing charm he could think of, and even mouth to mouth in the end.

'James, she's gone,' A voice said from the doorway. It was Sirius.

'There's you can or could have done,' that was Remus.

'It was her choice,' Thing muttered from the corner he had been thrown into.

'No,' James kept muttering, tears dripping down his cheeks.

'I don't get the clues though,' Sirius muttered.

'Her heart was once full of things she loved, but now it is as empty as the tower,'

-----------Wow!

What will happen? IS Lily really dead? Okay, stupid question, of course not, but you never know, this is my version...

Should I be cruel and kill her off? Anyway, in case you're wondering, Hippoiseatingmylove is the password! :)

Anyway, REVIEW PLEASE!

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