Chapter title: So it starts

Author's notes:

Hey! Here the update! Sorry for the wait, but I'm really busy. Anyway, I love you guys because of your reviews! They keep me going! Thanks! I was thinking, do you think two or three long chapters is enough for the suffering Lily, or do you want the suicide to be like, after two chapters. I don't know. Please suggest. Anyway, I think I wrote enough for this chap, don't you think?

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling does. I wouldn't be able to write that good now, would I?.

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Lily sat with her friends at the lake, laughing because of the story Arabella was relating. Their afternoon lessons have just finished.

"Then, after Sirius told me my fortune, I began laughing my head off. You want to know what he said?" Arabella asked.

Before Lily and Alice could answer, they heard a loud noise coming from the forbidden forest.

The three of them both looked at each other before running towards the forest.

"Oh! I hate this! This forest is forbidden!" exclaimed Alice as they ran towards the noise. Arabella smiled at her.

"The more rules to break, the better. Sirius said I couldn't-

Lily glared at her but immediately stopped because the three of them were caught in a net. Lily screamed then began struggling with her friends.

Suddenly, three boys appeared out of the sides to reveal James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.

Lily glared at all of them before shouting out her mind.

"Uh! How dare you trap us! You got us worried about whatever that scream or noise what!" screamed Lily at the top of her lungs.

James smirked then began to walk towards her.

"They (he pointed at Alice and Arabella) I could let go, but you could stay here forever. It was your fault Evans. You, embarrassed me. Now you should pay." said James and with that, he cut off the net of Arabella and Alice, then left laughing along with his friends.

Lily began growling at her two friends and they took this as a sign to release her. Lily then jumped head first receiving a small injury and she tumbled down. She groaned. Her head hurts terribly and her arm was bleeding. That tree was tall.

"Remind me to kill Potter when I get back from the Hospital Wing." said Lily angrily as the three of them began walking towards the castle.

Alice looked at her with a pitiful look and then at Arabella.

"You know Lils, I think it wasn't a good idea to reject him. After all, no one has done that to him." said Arabella thoughtfully, as the three of them reached the Hospital Wing.

Lily glared at her and didn't reply. She just talked to Madame Pomfrey for a while before the nurse let her take a bed and began looking for an ointment for her bleeding wound.

Arabella and Alice left the Hospital Wing to go back to the dormitory and have a rest too.

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THE MARAUDERS

"I'm serious guys. Lily could have gotten hurt." said Remus truthfully as they sat in the common room, discussing the past events.

James took a parchment and a quill and began writing before he replied.

"First of all, you're not Sirius. He is Sirius. Second of all, that was just a warm-up for her. Let her take that as a warning to watch her back." he said then began writing again.

"James, that joke is old. It's not my fault my heck of a mother named me that. Anyway, anyone wanna play chess?" asked Sirius as he readied a gameboard.

Remus raised an eyebrow and grinned. "You're on!"

After a while of playing and planning, Alice and Arabella came in, fighting about who is cuter, Frank Longbottom or Tom Chang.

"I'm telling you, Frank is waay cuter than Chang!" exclaimed Alice as they climbed in the portrait.

Arabella rolled her eyes and before she could reply, Remus asked her a question.

"How's Lily?" he asked casually, not taking his eyes of the game.

Both of the girls looked at him awkwardly before Arabella replied.

"She'll survive. She just got an injury on the head and some wounds but she'll live." she said before glaring at James who gave her an innocent look.

Alice rolled her eyes before going up the girl's dormitory, with Arabella following suit.

"Don't you think Arabella is dashingly stunning?" asked Sirius blankly as he watched Arabella's back.

He was replied with a pillow from an angry James.

"She, is Lily's friend! You have no right whatsoever to like her." He said before returning back to his parchment.

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NEXT MORNING

Lily just got out from the Hospital Wing and she was making her way to breakfast. Her sleep was terrible because the bed was extremely uncomfortable and her head had a huge bandage which made her sleep uneasily.

As she reached the great hall, she searched for her friends and found them sitting a few feet away from the marauders. She walked casually towards them and sat down.

"Hey Al, Bella. What's up?" asked Lily as she held out her hand for a buttered toast, but suddenly, the toast disappeared.

The three of them looked at it strangely. Lily held out her hand for some pancakes, but it disappeared too.

"Okay! That was there a moment ago. Something is going on in here." Whispered Arabella and they all looked at their sides.

They found the marauders laughing uncontrollably. Then Lily saw her buttered toast and pancakes floating in front of the marauders.

"Of course! Their pranks! Oh! How I loathe them!" hissed Lily as she stood up and began to walk towards James Potter to give him a piece of her mind.

But as she walked towards the marauders, she stepped on something and she slipped on blue and pink paint.

Arabella and Alice hurried over to help her out.

"I hate you, James Potter! I hate you!" screamed Lily in outrage before she ran off.

James Potter smirked contentedly before reaching for Lily's floating toast.

The day grew worst for Lily. James fed Lily's charms homework to Fang with Lily around, so she had to say the excuse that a dog ate her homework, which made Flitwick mad and deduct points from her. James purposely changed her wand to a stick so she wouldn't be able to do transfiguration. Everything Lily tried to eat would disappear, and Lily couldn't even find a single quill in tact her backpack.

When it was time for Care of Magical Creatures, James charmed the nifflers to attack Lily without even gold attached to her. She came out of class all looking weary and tired.

For herbology, James changed her gloves to plastic so that when she touched the burning acid of their plant, it melted and reached her.

Needless to say, Lily looked like a complete and total mess by the end of the day.

Arabella and Alice sat in the common room, waiting for Lily's arrival back from the library.

The portrait door opened and in came Lily who looked exhausted.

"I guess I couldn't stay at the library either. Everytime I sit, there's a tack. When I open the books, the pages would tear up to pieces. So I just went up here." said Lily wearily as she dropped her things and collapsed towards the sofa.

She felt as if she couldn't even move now and then.

"Lils, we'll help you get through this. Don't worry, you're a strong girl." said Alice encouragingly. Lily nodded and smiled.

"Thanks guys, you're the best." she said softly and she drifted off to sleep.

Arabella and Alice looked at her worriedly.

"Oh Bella, I feel so sorry for her. It's only the first day of her pranks and she's already falling apart. We have to help her." said Alice desperately as she looked at Lily's calm face.

Arabella looked thoughtful for a while before speaking.

"Let's go to the library. We might find something helpful. Leave Lily here for a while. Surely, the marauders are up their dorms, planning their plans." said Arabella and Alice nodded.

Both left and went down the library.

After a few minutes Arabella and Alice left, the marauders came down, laughing.

"Faster guys, we need to set up the prank at the girls dorm." Ushered James as they reached the bottom of the stairs.

Sirius pointed at the couch and then replied.

"No need Prongs, she's over there." He said.

James grinned and the three of them walked their way towards Lily.

Remus examined her closely before realizing that she was muttering something in her sleep.

"Hey! She's saying something." he whispered quietly at the two remaining marauders.

James and Sirius snickered. This was major blackmail for perfect Evans. Suddenly, they heard her speak up.

"I'm sorry mom. I promise not to play with fire again." she muttered quietly.

The marauders looked at each other, completely forgetting about their prank.

"Fire? What does she mean?" Sirius asked thoughtfully as they sat on the couch in the common room.

James grinned smugly and he had a mischievous glint in his eye that said everything.

"Well, when it seems like she didn't like fire, let's force her to it." He said and then began grinning like a maniac.

Remus shook his head.

"James, you know that just because you know she doesn't like fire, doesn't mean you have to push her into it. I'm not helping you with this one." said Remus finally and then he sank into the couch.

Lily's Dream

Seven year old Lily Evans was playing outside with her dog, Maximus. She threw the chew bone and Maximus caught it.

Lily laughed and patted Maximus' head. She loved her dog.

"Lily, time for a snack!" exclaimed her mother from the kitchen. Lily got up then ran to the kitchen, Maximus hot on her tail.

Her mom set down a pile of cookies before leaving the kitchen to clean up Maximus' dirt outside.

Lily grabbed a cookie and tasted it. When it reached her tongue, she felt as if it still needs a bit of cooking. So Lily, being the curious girl she was, looked around for some matches.

Petunia came in the kitchen, yawning.

"Hey Lilac, what are you looking for?" asked Petunia as she noticed Lily.

"I'm looking for those matches." Said Lily and she spotted them, just within her reach. But before she could grab it, Petunia stopped her.

"Lily, matches are dangerous! You could set a fire." said Petunia but Maximus started chasing her out of the house.

Lily smiled at the two and grabbed the matches.

She lit one with difficulty and wondered how she could cook the cookie.

She tasted another cookie and thought that it didn't need anymore cooking. So she threw the lighted match and went back to eating. The match hit their curtains and the fire grew bigger.

Lily only noticed this after the fire got one- fourths of the kitchen.

She started to panick, only to find her father in the kitchen too, still wearing his business clothes.

"Lily! Come here faster!" exclaimed the father and Lily obeyed. She ran towards her father and hid under the blanket.

As they were about to exit the kitchen, a wood came down, hitting Lily's father on the head.

Lily cried then began waking up her father.

"Daddy! Daddy! Wake up please!" screamed Lily. More tears came down her pale face.

Suddenly, she saw Maximus entering and trying to pull her father's feet. He succeeded.

When Lily was about to go out since the fire almost got the whole kitchen, she saw something that she didn't want to leave. Her gold necklace her father had given her.

When she was about to reach it, more fire attacked. She heard shouting outside the kitchen.

"Lily! Come out now!" she heard her mother shout. Maximus barged in the kitchen again, ushering her out of the house.

"Max, my necklace" she cried as they got out of the house.

Maximus obeyed and entered the kitchen. But this time, he was unfortunate. The kitchen was covered whole with fire and there was no way of escape. Their faithful and loyal dog died in the place of Lily's golden locket.

The Evans couldn't help but feel sorry for Lily. She loved her dog more than anything else. She kept crying out his name.

"Maximus! Max! Come here! Let's play!" she shouted to the burning kitchen, but received no reply. Lily's tears came down.

Lily came up to them and hugged her mom.

"I'm sorry mom. I promise not to play with fire again." She sobbed.

End of Lily's dream

From then on, Lily has always hated fire. She never even tried to look at it. Because all fire reminds her of, is her dog, Maximus.

When the marauders began to go upstairs, Remus was the only one who heard her.

"Maximus...." muttered Lily gently in her sleep.

Remus was confused. Who the hell was Maximus?

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