Lily returned to her dormitory that night with a huge grin on her face. It had been wonderful.
Flashback'Where are we going?' Thing asked again. (A/n- whenever someone speaks and it isn't James, it's Thing, I can't be bothered to keep writing 'said thing' or 'thing said')
'Come here,'
James tied a scarf around Lily's eyes.
'Hey, what's that for?'
'So you don't see where we're going. Trust me,' James grabbed Lily's hand. He pulled her along for a long time, then made her stop.
'Sit down here and wait,'
Lily did as she was told. However, after what must have been fifteen minutes, James hadn't returned. Deciding it must have been one of his pranks, Lily pulled off the scarf. On the floor in front of her was a scrap of paper saying 'Omilode'. Lily stood up and looked around. She wasn't sure where she was, but on the wall in front of her was a painting. It was of a wizard sitting in a field. He was actually sleeping, but he was still in a field.
Lily made Thing try to wake him by saying the word on the paper, but the man just kept snoring loudly.
'Omilode,' Thing said for the fifth time. Just as she was about to give up and walk away, and woman stepped into the painting.
'Trying to get in dear?'
Lily nodded.
'You won't get him awake now. What's your name?'
'Lily Evens,' Thing said.
'Ah, can't speak?'
Lily nodded again.
'That'll be why then. He won't let you in unless you're...well, anyway, he judges by your voice, so he won't let you in.
'Oh,' Thing said. Lily turned to walk away just as the portrait opened. James stuck his foot out and grabbed Lily's hand.
'Don't worry Martha, she's a friend,' he said to the woman in the painting.
'Wow,' Thing summed up for Lily as she gazed around the room. Somehow, she decided, it had been made for a king.
Flashback end
Lily smiled. Apparently it had basically been made for a King. It had been made for Godrics' heir, and as James explained it, Godrics' heir was more or less Godric himself. The portrait only let in those who were worthy. Those who had Godrics thoughts, powers...
Anyway, James had taken her there to see if she could get In. He just forgot she couldn't speak. It was a tower, with a main room, and two bedrooms, one for a male, and one for a female, though James couldn't take her into the female one, and Lily didn't want to go in for fear of intruding. Each bedroom had a bathroom, and on the other side of the main room/ common room their was another door which led off to a balcony, and there was a side door on that which led to an indoor swimming pool. James had told her he had brought the other marauders once or twice, but never any of his dates. It had made Lily feel very special.
Then Thing had asked what Lily had done, and James kind of explained. He had said something more or less on the lines of;
'You harvested some power that hadn't been known for years blah blah blah...' He hadn't told her much at all. Never mind, she planned to go asked Dumbledore when she got her voice back.
That had been troubling her for a while. How did she get her voice back? Lily had searched everywhere in the library...no, not everywhere. She hadn't been into the restricted section. Lily ran downstairs and up the stairs to the boys dormitory, knocking hard on the door. James opened it groggily.
'Wh-oh it's you. What do you want?'
Lily passed him a note she had written before leaving.
'Wait a second, how do you plan to get to the restricted section without being seen?'
Lily shrugged and pointed at him.
'You want me to help?'
Lily nodded.
James sighed.
'Wait here.'
He closed the door and opened it again a moment later, fully dressed and carrying a bit of parchment and a cloak.
'Here,' he threw the cloak over the two of them.
'I'm coming with you,'
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