Disclaimer: I do not own HP, or any of the other characters in this story except Isabella D. and her family.
Flash shows that a dream is ocurring
Italics shows the thoughts that Isabella is thinking..
Chapter 8:
(Isabella's POV)
The next morning, I awoke to see Lily not in her bed. I went down to the great hall only to see that Lily, nor James was there either. Then I remembered that Lily had told me that Dumbledore had asked to speak with her and James this morning. I could only guess that they were there talking to Dumbledore, so I would just have to wait a while till they got back. I decided to take a walk around Hogwarts grounds. I started by the lake, then eventually passed the quidditch pitch and the whomping willow. I began to notice that it was getting quite chilly, so I decided that I had better head in. As I was walking back towards the castle, I saw Lily and James sitting by the lake. I ran over towards them. As I was nearing I heard Lily crying, and saw that she was shaking. I wonder what's upset her so badly.. James looked upset as well.
I heard Lily saying, "James..please just talk to me about this..please" I wanted to just leave them alone, to give them some space, but my curiosity got the better of me.
"Lily, are you alright? What happened?" She looked up at me, and then looked at James. He nodded at her and right as she was about to tell me, Sirius and Remus approached us.
"Hey guys, I went to the great hall and didn't see you guys there..what are you all doing outside.." Sirius started saying, I saw Remus nudge him and he immeadiately shuttup. They must have noticed Lily's tear streaked face.
"Lily, what's the matter? We have all been friends since forever..is there something wrong?" Remus asked. Once again, I saw her look at James, and I saw him nod back. After a few moments, he said,
"Guys..right after graduation..Lily and I..have to go into hiding..it's hard to explain, so all you guys need to know is that it is for our protection..we will still all see eachother..but just not as much as planned..i'm sorry..I wish I could tell you more.." he hugged Lily, kissed her on the forehead, and headed for the castle with Sirius and Remus right on his heels.
"Lily, i'm sorry! I will not bother you any longer with this subject..I understand that you guys cannot say anything, and therefore I will not ask. However, I must ask you to be honest with me..and if you ever need help or want someone to talk to, I just want you to know, that I will always be there for you.." She smiled at me and we hugged eachother.
She looked up at me and said, "Izzy..James' parents were killed..by Voldemort last night..that's why we have to go into hiding..James has refused to talk to me about it though, and I know it is bothering him.." All I could do was hug her..and a few seconds later, I could feel her tears on my shirt.
A few weeks after the incident by the lake there was only a week till graduation. Lily fell into a state of 'studying' it seemed as though that's all she did, I couldn't get her to talk to me, but I could tell and sense that she was falling into a state of depression. James, just used quidditch. He would go out and ride on his broom for hours, come back, eat and go to bed. I could tell that this was putting a strain on James' and Lilys' relationship..but there was nothing we could do until James finished greiving for his parents. Sirius, Remus and I were very upset to see our friends like this, we all barely talked to eachother except Sirius and I. Peter was always busy doing something, and was barely around anymore, and Remus started to hang out more with Melissa. We needed to plan something to lift everyone's spirits. It had been about a month since James' parents had died, and even though they did die, he does need to move on with his life.
Later that week, there was only a few days left till graduation. Lily and James were still not talking. We had to do something..and fast. Sirius and I spent almost every night thinking of ways to get them back together. Fianlly, we decided on locking them in a closet together. They would hate us, but it would work. I led Lily to the closet and pushed her in saying, "Lily..i'm sorry, but I have to do this.." She gave me a quick look of confusion before Sirius and came and shoved James in as well. I said "Accio wands" and their wands shot out and into my hands. We then locked the door on them. After a while, we still hadn't heard any noise from inside the closet so we both just left. The next morning, we both ran to the closet and opened it. Inside we saw Lily laying on James. James had his arm around her, and you could tell that they had at least been making out because of both of their swollen lips. I heard them start to awaken, so I threw their wands at them, they both started complaing.
We both smirked and Sirius said, "Izzy..can we do something fun later too?" and he winked at me. I started laughing, then I saw the michevious look on Sirius' face. I started to run away from him as fast as I could. I was able to make it to the Head girls' room but then he tackled me to the ground in a playful matter and said "Izzy..you know, if we want a lot of kids..we might want to start working on them..hmmm!"
I smiled at him and said "No..not until we are married.."
"Alright.." and he pouted. He was always able to make me feel guilty when he made that face. I started kissing him to make him stop, and then it turned into a full makeout session. This went on for quite sometime until James and Lily walked into the room.
We both stopped kissing and looked at them. "You two made up?" I asked Lily. She shook her head and said, "Yes..I think we did" and smiled at James.
For the last three days until graduation. Remus, Lily, Sirius, James, and I all hung out and played Wizards' chess..one could also find us all sneaking into the kitchens for a midnight snack or two. Also, on the last night before the day of graduation, Lily and I decided to prank the Slytherins ourseleves. We snuck in their 'dorm' and began our prank. The next morning, Lily and I waited till some Sytherins came out for breakfast. Once they were all seated down and began eating, Lily and I began to count, "One..two..three..four..FIVE!" then we all heard this one girl named Nacrissa start screaming. I did feel a bit guilty for doing the prank on her, because she was Sirius' cousin and all..but oh well! I saw all of the other Slytherins looking at eachother and they all started screaming. All of their faces were sprouting whiskers, their hair was all turning into a oranagish-brownish color. They started to get these long teeth coming out of their mouths. Their faces were turning into lion heads. Sirus, James, Remus, and Peter were all looking around confused at who could have pulled it off. They looked over and Lily and I and we both started laughing. The whole great hall started laughing, and even though later that evening we got yelled at by Professor Kettleburn (Head of Slytherin) it was worth it though because since tomorrow was graduation, there was nothing he could do to us..
As I was falling asleep that night, I thought about Lily, James, Peter, Remus, and Sirius, and all of the adventures we had gone on. I thought of Sirius' and my first kiss and date together. I thought of the night that I had been kidnapped by Voldemort, and the Spring Ball. I then began to think of our future. James and Sirius wanted to become aurors. Remus wanted to become an auror too. Peter was not sure yet, and Lily wanted to work at the Ministry. As I was thinking of where I could work, I fell asleep.
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