A.N. / Hello everyone! This chapter might have taken me a while to write, because I'm writing this one to this story and a different chapter to my other fanfic. So please don't be angry with me! Read, Review, and Enjoy!

Chapter 20

Alice sat in the Common Room rocking back and forth biting her nails, she'd even forgotten to meet Frank tonight. He'd gotten very worried about her and owled her, in which she owled him back telling him what was going on and that she couldn't meet him tonight. She had to find out if Lily was going to be alright.

Fifteen minutes after she'd written Frank back, Remus and a very ruffled looking Gabriella came down the stairs from the Boys' Dormitories.

"Gabriella Rosa Martinez!" Alice said shocked to see her best friend with Remus Lupin. "What will Ludo say when he finds out? You are his fiancee, you shouldn't be acting like this!" She hissed.

"First, we are not engaged anymore! Second, acting like what? Remus was only consoling me because I found my fiancee, at the time shagging the house slut Paris!" Gabriella screamed the last part. "Besides you weren't around and Lily was taking care of Prefect duties."

"What about Cassidy? Forget about her? I'm sure Ludo and you can work around this."

"No, but I'd reather fall into the arms of a handsome Marauder." Gabby snapped, "Didn't you just hear me? Ludo and I are over, forever. What are you doing in here? Not with Frank?" Alice rolled her eyes, she truly hated it when Gabby got angry because she always took it out on the entire world.

"I'm not going to ignore the comment about Frank. I was waiting for Sirius and Cassidy to get back." Alice said smartly.

"What's up?" Cassidy asked throwing James's invisiblity cloak off of herself and James.

"It's Lily."

"Lily?!" Cassidy asked scared looking around the room for Lily. There was no Lily in sight. "Is she alright? Where is she?!"

Alice shook her head no, "You all better sit down for this." They all listened to Alice and sat down. "Lily recieved a letter written in blood from You-Know-Who." They all gasped at this news.

"But what would You-Know-Who want with Lily?" Gabriella asked tears filling up in her eyes for Lily.

"Only one answer to that Gabby," Cassidy sighed. "Isn't it obvious, she's muggleborn. Voldemort wnats not only her family dead, but Lily too."

"Don't say his name!" Alice hissed.

Cassidy rolled her eyes at Alice, "I'll say his name all I want to. Dumbledore's right fear of a name only increases fear of the thing it's self."

"I hear he's not even human anymore," Gabby said shaking.

"Your wrong Cassidy," Alice said smuggly.

"About?"

"Why You-Know-Who wrote Lily."

Cassidy rolled her eyes, "Humor me. If your so smart, tell us."

"Well," Alice started. "After Lily read the letter, she gave it to James to read, and I read it while he was."

Cassidy sneered at Alice, "You had no right to read it, Lily never said you could. You're starting to sound more and more like Paris and Heather."

Alice ignored Cassidy's last comment. "Anyways, the letter told Lily if she didn't stay away from James that You-Know-Who would kill her family and her. That he'd already threatened her parents and he was sure her parents had contacted her, but she swore up and down that they never did. James then swept her up in his arms and ran with her to Dumbledore's office."

"Wow," Gabby gasped. "You-Know-Who will kill Lily and her parents if she sees James? That's crazy."

"That sucks man," Sirius spoke up. "Do you realize how long James has wanted to be with Lily? This could mean her parents and her life...she'll never give him a chance now."

"Yeah, James has been crazy about Lily forever." Remus piped up.

"Dumbledore will have a solution to this," Cassid said. "He always has a loop-hole to something."

James finally maed it to the stone gargoyle, but he didn't know the password. "Lily, look you've got to talk to me. What's the password to get into Dumbledore's office?"

"S...sugar Quills," she whispered.

"Sugar Quills!" James yelled. The stone gargoyle jumped out of the way as James maed his way to Dumbledore's office with his distraught, yet beautiful Lily flower in his arms.

"Professor!" James yelled, "Professor! Please come quick!"

Dumbledore came out of a door in a night robe, "Why Mr. Potter, what's all the noise about?" Then Professor Dumbledore saw a crumbled Lily Evans in James's arms. "Come, come sit here." Dumbledore waved his wand in front of his desk. The usual two comfy chairs were now a loveseat so Lily could cling on to James for as much support from him that she needed.

"What's the matter with Miss Evans, Mr. Potter?" Professor Dumbledore asked sitting behind his desk.

"She recieved this," James handed Dumbledore the letter Lily recieved. "I would like to know if it's actually from him or a Slytherin prank because she is muggleborn."

Dumbledore began to read it and then flicked his wantd to it, green smoke appeared. Dumbledore spoke softly, "Oh dear." Then gave James the letter back. "I am afraid this is really from him." Lily's sobs became harder and all James could do was try and sooth her. more.

"What can we do?" James asked, he had to do something to help Lily.

"I suggest you both go to Miss Evans's house and speak to her parents about this."

"Now?" James askedn ot believing what he was hearing.

"What better time than the present, Mr. Potter?" Dumbledore asked James.

"We'll go only if Lily's up to it."

"The only way to do this." Dumbledore agreed.

"Lily?" James lifted her chin up so he brilliant green eyes met his amber brown ones. "Would you like to go speak to your parents about this?" Lily nodded. "Alright," James said turning back to Professor Dumbledore. "How do we get there?"

Dumbledore pulled a rubber duckie from one of his desk drawers and tapped it three times. "Both of you touch it and this instant Portkey will bring you to The Evans's home."

The two teenagers did as their Headmaster told them, and then they were gone.

-Back in distant Egypt-

"Seer!" Voldemort screamed for his Seer. The Seer was sitting in her quarters when she heard his call. She rolled her eyes at this. The Seer blinked her eyes and appeared in front of her master.

"You called me, sir?"

"Do I hear sarcasm in your tone, Seer? If you don't watch it you'll end up like the one before you." Voldemort hissed at her and pointed to a skeleton in the far right corner. "Now you now why you've been called. Did the mudblood get her letter?"

The Seer smiled, "Indeed she did."

"And hte boy? Did she push the boy away?"

The Seer continued to smile, "No sire, she didn't. Infact she pulled him closer to her."

"WHAT?!" He bellowed, "My letter said for her to stay away from the boy not bring him closer! Damn it!" Voldemort slammed his fist into a near table.

"They will become a couple, whether you like it or not. It's in the stars, maybe not now...but it will be soon that they are together. There's love between them, you can't break love."

Voldemort waved her away, "You may leave. I'm not afraid of 'thier love', love is a weak thing anyways."

How very wrong he would be..........

Lily and James found themselves in the LIving Room. James's glance at the clock, it was one in the morning here.

"Uh, Lily you might not want to..."

"MUM! DAD! WHERE ARE YOU!" Lily screamed.

Lily and James heard feet running down the staircase. "Lily?" Abigail asked blinking her eyes. "Shouldn't you be at school."

"Yeah, some people like to sleep, FREAK!" Petuina yelled at her sister and marched back up to her room.

Lily rolled her eyes at her sister; James on the other hand never wanted to his a female so badly in his life. How could you call a heavenly beautiful creature as Lily a freak? In anyone was a freak, it was that horribly ugly sister of Lily's.

"Lily? Are you alright?" Her mother asked her giving her a hug.

"I'd be a whole lot better if you'd have told me about the letter you'd recieved from Lord Voldemort!" Lily said raising her voice.

Abigail sighed and took her daughter's hand and led her to the nearest couch to sit on. James followed and sat down in on one of the arm chairs. Blake had went into the kitchen to make some tea. "Yes, we recieved a letter from this person about a week ago."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Lily asked outraged.

"Because," Abigail paused, she really didn't want to say this with James in the room. "Well, because the letter told us that if you didn't stay away from James, then he'd kill us and you."

"That's your reason not to tell me?!" Lily asked horrified.

"I didn't want this to mess up what you had with James. He adores you, and I know you deeply care for him, I can see it in his and your eyes."

"Mrs. Evans," James said, Lily had forgotten he was even here. "There's only one way to settle this." James hateed to do this, he turned to look at Lily. "Lily, when we get back to Hogwarts, after the Halloween Ball, we just won't see each other or hang out anymore."

"No James," Abigail had stood up. "This is the reason I didn't owl Lily. We want her to be happy, and if she's happy seeing you, then she will see you."

Lily walked over to James and held his hands in hers. "James, you are the sweetes, kindest boy that has ever been put in my life. I don't want to lose what we have together."

"Yes, I know. I don't want to either, but you can't lose your family."

Lily smiled at him, "And I won't, I'm sure Dumbledore could put some wards on the house."

"Most likely," James agreed.

"Lily dear, we don't need it. Don't worry about us, if we happen to die then that was our time to go. God sets those times for us, there's no way you can prevent it."

"But mum, Dumbledore could help!" Lily tried.

"Dumbledore could help us with what?" Blake Evans asked walking into the room carrying a tray that held four cups of tea.

"To put wards on the house to make sure you and mum will be alright, so Voldmort can't murder you while I'm away at school. Either that or I have to give up Hogwarts and James."

"Lily, no!" Abigail yelled still standing. "You can not leave Hogwarts or give up James."

"Then let me talk to Professor Dumbledore about putting wards on the house."

"But Lily..."

"Abby," Blake said. "These seem to be the only options that we have. And if we get wards on the house then we're protecting Petuina and Lily when she's home on vacations."

Abby sighed, "Fine Lily, but don't con your Headmaster into this."

"He'll most likely suggest it mum."

"Alright Lily," Abigail sighed. "You talk to your Headmaster and then send us an owl, alright?"

Lily nodded and the two teenagers touched the rubber duckie again and were on their way back to Hogwarts.

Meanwhile at the Potter's Mansion in the Wizarding part of London, there was a tapping on the window of Mr. and Mrs. Potter's master bedroom.

"Harold, do you hear that?" Grace groaned.

"Yeah, what's that pecking noise?"

"I think it's an owl."

Harold Potter sat up and rubbed his eyes, slipping on his glasses. "Who'd be sending us an owl at this time of the night?"

"An order from Dumbledore likely," he went on. "Another attack on muggles." Harold walked across the room to where the tapping was coming from. Harold took the letter from the owl and read it, "Honey I was wrong. I've got to go out, Auror business for the minsitry."

"You have to leave now? In the middle of the night? These demands are becoming wilder and wilder."

Harold handed his wife of twenty years the letter, "Yes I know dear. But our world is becoming crazy with this new Dark Lord. I'll take a shower, pack, then go to the office." Harold left the room and Grace began to read the letter.

Dear Mr. Potter,
Sorry to disturb you durring the middle of the night. There has been another attack by the new Dark Wizard, Lord Voldemort, and his followers the 'Death Eaters'. We do need your assistance as we are calling out all Auror's to the field. Plesas respond to this immediatly.

Secretary of the Minister of Magic
Charlize Macalley

An Order From the Minister of Magic

Harold came out of the shower to see his wife sitting cross-arme staring at him, "What did I do now, Gracie?"

Grace sighed, "Must be nice to be a wife of a man that isn't an Auror."

Harold flicked his wand and his bag began to pack itself. "Grace, I thought you got over that a long time ago. You had to when Grindelwald was around."

"I got use to it, I never got over it."

Harold chuckled at his wife, "I'll be alright, I promise. I do always come home to you, James, and Sarah. Don't I?"

"Yes, but I worry myself to tears sometimes."

"Well you shouldn't. Now you shut those pretty little eyes, I'll be back as soon as I can." He leaned down to give his wife a sweet kiss good-bye. "I love you."

Grace's eyes began to fill up with tears, "I love you too, Harry."

A while later, Grace Potter was almost back to sleep when there was a tapping on her window again. Grace got up and smiled, probably a brief 'I love you', from Harry. He always did that kind of sweet thing, after all of these years.

Grace took the letter from the owl, but Grace noticed something wasn't right here. The text looked as if it was written in bood, but she still read it.

Mr. and Mrs. Potter,
I just wanted to inform you that your fullblood son is on the verge of asking a mudblood to be his girlfriend. If your son, James Potter doesn't stay awya from that filthy mudblood, Lily Evans...well I might have to convince him to back away. Fear for you family, because you might be the next I split up by death.

Lord Voldemort

Grace gasped and stared at the letter. She ran to the fireplace and Flooed to the only person she knew that could help her family out, Albus Dumbledore.

-In Dumbledore's office-

"Of course Miss Evans, that is a brilliant idea. I will talk to Professors McGonagall and Flitwhick and this weekend the three of us will put up a few wards on your home for your parents, sister, and of course for you when you are there on vacation."

"Thank you so much Professor, you have no idea how much this means to me!" Lily said smiling from ear to ear.

"Well you may be..."

All of a sudden James's mother was covered in soot and in a hump on the grate of Dumbledore's fireplace. "Grace?" Dumbledore asked completely surprised.

"Mum?" James asked.

Grace grasped Dumbledore's arms witha piece of parchment still grasped in her hands. "Harry's gone, Auror business. This turned up about thirty minutes after he left." Dumbledore took the parchment, read it, and did the same charm that he had on Lily's. It took made green smoke come out, and Dumbledore placed it on his desk.

Grace ran over to James and was hugging him and kissing his forehead over and over again. "Mum? What's wrong?"

"Plenty," Dumbledore said shaking his head handing the letter to James to read.

"Oh dear. What's so wrong with Lily and me if we want to date?"

"Don't worry James, or Grace." Dumbledore turned and looked her in her eyes. "We'll put some wards on the Potter and Evans homes this weekend. James, Lily I suggest you head to bed. Grace you may stay in a room here tonight since your so shaken." She nodded, James went to hugh is mother. The teenagers left Dumbledore's office and headed to Gryffindor Tower.

"James, I'm scared." Lily said with fear flashing in those brilliant green eyes that usually made hime melt inside.

James wrapped an arm around her waist, "It'll be okay Lily. I promise I won't let anyone hurt you."

Lily stopped walking before they got to the Fat Lady, "What did we do?"

"What?" James aksed trying ot console her again.

"Why doesn't Voldemort want us to be together? Why does he bug us? I want to be yours, I'd like to tell people that you're my boyfriend."

James pulled Lily close to him, "We can still have that. Screw Voldemort. Be mine Lily, be my girlfriend." He pulled her into a passionate kiss before she could reply.

He nibbled her top lip, in which she allowed him access into her mouth. Their kiss grew from friendly to hunger. Lily pulled away minutes alter speechless.

"We need to get some sleep, James. It's midnight," James nodded and rested his head on her forehead.

They entered the Common Room, their friends had already made it up to bed. Jamea nd Lily parted at the door. Lily hit the showers and cried until there were no tears left to shed. She stepped out of the shower and pointed her wand to her wet hair for a drying spell. She dressed and began to climb into her bed, it was already occupied though. Cassidy was sitting up in it staring at her friend.

"Lils, are you okay? I heard what's going on...I also heard you crying in the shower."

Lily held up her hand, "Not now."

"Lily come on, you can't hold all these emotions up inside you."

-Meanwhile-

James was crawling into bed when he heard three voices mutter, "Lumos." James turned around to see his three best friends looking at him.

"Spill," Sirius said.

"Not now," James sighed.

"Yes, James now." Sirius tired again.

"I said, NOT NOW!" James roared closing his draperies. He needed to be alone.

"Well when your ready, we're here for you." Remus said.

James just needed to be alone. Voldemort was after Lily's parents, her horrible sister, his parents, Sarah, Lily, and himself. And only because Lily and himself wanted to date one another? Why couldn't they be happy and be a couple? What was wrong with them? Were they not worthy to be happy?

-Back in the Girls' Dormitory-

"I know that, but I can't...not right now." Lily sighed running her hands through her hair.

"Lils."

"No, Cass. No." Lily got up and left the room. She went down the staircase and to the Boys' Dormitories. When Lily go to James's bed and opened the draperies...

"Damn it Siruis! I said...Lily? Lily what are you doin in here?"

"I don't want to be alone, I want to be with you. Can I sleep here with you tonight?"

"Of course," James moved over, and lifted the covers for her. He then closed the draperies around them. He laid on his side and she snuggled up tho him, as close as she could. James had on flannel pajama pants that were a bit short. He could feel her smooth, shaven legs...as she was only wearing a tank top shirt and short boxers to bed. "Lily are you alright?"

She nodded into his bare chest, he smiled. He never thought he'd have Lily Evans in the same bed as him. "Just hold me," she mumbled.

"I'll never let go," James said kissing the top of her head.

She spoke again sometime later and James had that she was already asleep. "Yes."

He pulled back to look at her, "Yes? Yes what?"

She giggled softly, "Yes, I'll be your girlfriend."

"But our families..."

"Unless you don't want to..."

"No it's not that Lil...okay. I just don't want you to regret..."

"I won't, I promise."

"Alright," he leaned down to give her a sweet kiss. He smiled driffting off to sleep. Smiling because the beautiful Lily Evans was his girlfriend, finally.