Lily smiled at her reflection in the mirror. She looked around the empty room and grinned again; her room-mates had already left to find their dates. Lily was alone. And she was stunning.
Her hair now had bouncy curls in, and she had let it all down. Her dress was a stunning shimmering light green silk, with a forest green flowing belt wrapped loosely around it. It was an old fashion cut, with a square cut top (AN-do you get what I mean? One of those that's got straps going straight down the shoulders and then cut straight across the top of the chest,) and a diamond cut bottom half. (An-basically, think of the type of dress Queen Elizabeth the first wore, cut the jewels and the bulky shirt, make it forest green,)
The dress reached the floor and fitted the curvature of Lily's body perfectly. She wore a dark-red lipstick, and brown eye shadow. Her shoes were ballet slippers, but a light gold instead of pink.
She left her dormitory with ten minutes before the doors opened. She rushed quickly down the steps and arrived outside the great hall just as McGonnagal ordered the prefects to get into line. Lily took her place beside James who gaped at her. Lily smiled at him, and it was then he saw the silvery gem placed upon her teeth. He shook his head to clear it as the doors opened, and took Lily's hand as they walked in. The students seated themselves at the tables, while Lily and James made their way onto the stage to give their welcoming speech. It was then everyone noticed Lily. And every single teenage boy stared, earning slaps from their girlfriends.
'You look beautiful,' James whispered whispered.
Lily almost replied a 'thanks' but simply smiled.
'And now, students, please welcome to the stage, our head boy, James Potter,' Dumbledore announced.
'Good luck,' James whispered, before he left Lily's side and performed the charm on his own wand to begin his speech.
'Merry Christmas!' he cried loudly, earning a cheer from the students.
'Now, before we officially open this ball, I must warn you all now so I don't get into trouble later; stay clear of the err-lovely-decorations; the Slytherins helped put them up and I accidentally knocked one of the prefects' wands while they were working and I accidentally made sure the wand was pointing at one of the Slytherins'. And the stupid pilloc moved out of the way! So anyway,' James continued over the laughs 'I might just have accidentally cursed some of those err-perfect-decorations.' James put his hand over one side of his mouth and leant towards the teachers. 'Don't say it told you, but McGonnagal helped pick the decorations this year, so all complaints go to her, though I will be willing to personally deliver howlers, as long as your willing to accept full responsibility for any curses that may just jump into the package. Two galleons, and the curses come free! ' The students laughed, at James returned to his original posture. 'However, there are no pranks this year, not one. Except perhaps that one in an hour, and that one in the drinks, and then there's the- nope, not a single prank! Not a single one, anyway,' James said innocently. 'I hope you have a great ball folks, but remember give the thanks to the wonderful prefects; it take the money!'
James ran off the stage, the crowd applauding and laughing.
'Oh by the way,' he said, running back on stage 'It's the lovely Lily next. Sorry Minnie, I forgot I was meant to introduce her,' and with that he ran off with the students laughing and McGonnagal fuming.
As she passed, Lily muttered something to James, but he couldn't quite hear what…
Lily walked on stage slowly, being greeted with stares and whistles. She muttered the charm under her breath, though no one her say it. She opened her mouth as if to speak, then pretended she still couldn't talk.
'What's the matter Evens, lost your tongue?' A Slytherin called. It could only have been Malfoy or Snape. Lily choked, then smiled.
'Don't you wish?'
The crowd gasped and Malfoy turned angrily to Snape.
'Before I start the thanks, Malfoy, take your fight outside. Oh, and while your at it, beat yourself up as well,' the two Slytherins left to laughter.
'Now, get ready to party people, because this year RavenClaur did a good job on the music!' The RavenClaur's cheered loudly 'and the themes couldn't have been chosen without the Hufflepuffs!' Again, the cheers of that house rang around the hall. 'And none of you would be here, as much as I hate to admit, without the Slytherins.' A boo came from the students, and the Slytherins sneered at them. 'And of course, Gryffindor's did the food! You better eat it before Sirius does!' The Gryffindor's cheers were louder than the rest, but that might have been because Sirius and Remus had performed a certain transfiguration on their wands to make them into fireworks that somehow exploded in cheers…
'Sirius, put your wand away!' Lily cried as he started to curse the Slytherins.
'You're no fun!' he cried in return, though he was still smiling.
'Yeah, yeah, you're not getting your ice-cream and cookies later!'
'I'll be good!'
Once more, everyone laughed.
'Anyway, give your thanks to the prefects, the teachers, and James, because for once, he worked really hard on a project. Oh and one more thing; I gave up when I died. Do you remember that? And then I came back. And why did I come back? Because I wanted to fight. I wanted to fight so damn hard against Voldermort and everything else in the world. And I wanted to live. Guys, remember one thing this Christmas; those that have passed away have never really left us. They're watching over us, all the time. Over the summer, when Voldermort started to become more…vicious, some of our fellow students lost their lives, and so are not here with us now. Light at a candle this Christmas, and remember them. And remember to live. No matter how hard life is, live. To live is to fight, and I for one think living is worth fighting for.' Lily bowed to her clapping audience and left the stage. Once onto the dance floor, James swept her up and twirled her.
'You got your voice back!' he cried happily.
'Yep,'
'How? And how did you loose it in the first place?'
'Oh, that. You see, Malfoy thought it was a spell he performed, and I thought so to. And then I realized; I lost my voice when I came back. After I had watched my parents die. Whilst in death, James, I lost one of the most important things in my life; my parents. I didn't know what the point of living was. And so, I lost one of the most important things in life; my voice. And it was important, because until I died, I never noticed how much people mean to me. I never told my sister how much I love her, I never told my parents how grateful I was. And then I found something to live for; Thing, Sirius, Remus, you…and it was like, I wanted to live again. I needed to live again…and I needed my voice back to tell you…' Lily choked slightly as James wrapped his arms around her waist 'I-I think I love you,' she murmured. James' face lit up.
'I know, I know, its stupid, I mean how can we-…'
James hushed her by locking his lips in hers. 'I love you Lils,' he muttered into her ear when he pulled back. 'And nothing can make me happier than you,' Lily smiled and hugged him tightly.
From that moment on, he and Lily were officially a couple. The news spread quickly (with the help of Sirius) and the next valentines, James took Lily on their first official date on the Hogsmede weekend.
YIPEE! I re-wrote this chapter twice before I got it perfect; I can't do soppy love. Only one short-ish chapter to go and then this stories OVER! BUT…
NEW UPDATE!!!!!! All fans readThere IS going to be a sequel! I'll explain it in the last chap!
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