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Chapter 23

Lily gripped James's hand as hard as she could, she knew James was right the Death Eaters were most likely after them. There were students at this school that she knew for a fact were Death Eaters or would soon one day be a Death Eater. Most likely spying for Lord Voldemort to see if James and Lily were still together or not, and when he found out that James and Lily were still close ordered this attack at the Halloween Ball.

As Lily was being pulled by James down the hallways she noticed that they weren't going the usual way to the common room, "James!" She huffed out of breath from running so fast to keep up with him. "Where are we going? The Gryffindor Common Room is the other way."

James nodded, "Yes Lily I know that, but we're going this way."

"Why aren't we going directly to the Common Room?" She asked, "If you believe this Death Eater attack was to come after us, shouldn't we be headed to the Common Room right now? It would make logical sense."

"It would, but we're not sure that Voldemort hasn't recruited someone from Gryffindor house as one of his Death Eaters, they could be waiting for us in the Common Room right now ready to attack. We're going somewhere no one would expect and where I can lock the door and they can't get to you or me."

"Where's that?"

"Where I found you the day you found out about your Grandma Rose's funeral."

"The Room of Requirement?" Lily questioned.

James nodded, "Yes."

"But what if someone knows we're there."

"Who would know that we're there? Well, except for the Marauder's. I know Sirius, Remus, and Peter, they'll begin to worry about us and look on the map to show that we are in here. That's the only way someone could know where we are."

"Are you positive? If we go back to the Common Room our other house mates will be there, and Professor McGonagall should be there soon too."

"Lily do you trust me?"

"What?" She asked wondering why on Earth would he ask her this.

"Do you trust me?" James repeated.

"Yes, yes of course."

"Then follow me and don't ask anymore questions."

Lily nodded as she was being pulled each and everywhere by James, but she knew that she would be safe no matter where he brought her."

After they had entered the Room of Requirement had transformed into a dark blue room with stars painted on the top that moved every few minutes. There was a queen size, four poster bed in the middle of the room and James led Lily to the bed. He pulled her close to him as they both stared up at the stars, while both of their minds were going a million different ways a minute.

"James?"

"Um?"

"What are we doing here at the Room of Requirement?" Lily asked James again.

"Because no one could plot us here, except the other three Marauder's. No one else can plot us here, and I've locked the door so no one could come in here…we'd have to leave first."

"I hope you're right," Lily sighed. "James, I'm scared."

"Of?"

"What might happen…you know about us…or families…because of us being together. You know because of the whole Voldemort thing."

He leaned down and kissed her forehead trying to soothe her. "Don't be Lily, as long as you're in my arms you are safe."

In Gryffindor Common Room…

Professor McGonagall was talking and addressing the Gryffindor Prefects of what they were to do. "Alright, we teachers have to join Professor Dumbledore and Mr. Filch check the school. Head Boy, Head Girl, and all Seventh Year Prefects will help us. Seven Year Prefects please go meet the others in Professor Dumbledore's office, he'll give you your instructions on what is to happen tonight. Fifth Year Prefects are to check to see if all First, Second, and Fifth year students are present. Sixth Year Prefects are in charge to check for all Third, Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh Year students. Any questions?"

"One of the Sixth Year Prefects aren't here," Came a voice that annoyed Cassidy too much for tonight.

"What do you mean Miss Westbrook?" Professor McGonagall questioned.

"Lily Evans never returned to Gryffindor Common Room after the dance."

"Who was her date?"

"James Potter."

"Where is Mr. Potter?" Professor McGonagall asked turning on Sirius now.

"No clue, haven't seen him since before the wall exploded at the dance."

"So both Miss Evans and Mr. Potter never returned back to Gryffindor Common Room?" McGonagall asked looking at Cassidy and then to Sirius. In which both teenagers nodded.

"Alright, since Miss Westbrook is next in line after Miss Evans rank…she will help Mr. Lupin. Miss O'Brian, Miss Martinez, Mr. Black, and Mr. Pettigrew; I need to speak with you now outside the Common Room now."

Remus, Alice, and the Fifth Year Prefects got lists from Professor McGonagall to check to make sure the rest of Gryffindor students were in Gryffindor Tower. Professor McGonagall walked out of the Common Room first and then was followed by the other four fifth year Gryffindor students. Professor McGonagall closed the Fat Lady's Portrait after the last one stepped out.

"Explain, now." She said with her lip thinner than any of them had ever seen.

"Explain?" Sirius asked confused.

"Where Miss Evans and Mr. Potter might be?" Her voice rising.

"No clue," Cassidy said honestly. None of them had been able to get to the Boys' Dormitory yet to look at the Marauder's Map.

Professor McGonagall was getting impatient, "Do you think you might have some what of an idea where Mr. Potter and Miss Evans might be? As I am responsible to have them here in Gryffindor Common Room, not somewhere within the castle where I do not know their location!"

They all gulped and it was Gabriella that spoke this time, "Professor. We are as worried about Lily and James as much as you are. We know about the threat to them against You-Know-Who. I saw Lily and James with Remus just minutes before the blast, but after the blast everyone ran and we didn't see them at all. I looked as hard as I could, as I am afraid for my friend's well being. But like we've all told you tonight, we have absolutely no clue where they might be."

"Very well," she said sighing and nodding her head. "When you get in contact with Mr. Potter and Miss Evans, let them know that they are to contact me as soon as they come back to Gryffindor Tower. Understood?" They all shook their heads yes, and when Professor McGonagall left the four teenagers looked at one another in awe.

"What do we do now?" Peter asked completely confused, "We have no clue where Lily and James are…or if they got hurt…or what might have happened."

Sirius rolled his eyes, "Stuff it Wormtail. We don't need to worry because we have the Marauder's Map to find out where Lily and James are."

"Oh," Peter looked stumped. "Then why didn't we go look at the map when we got here?"

Cassidy rolled her eyes, she couldn't stand being around people that were too stupid to be alive. Sirius shook his head with laughter, his friend really needed to think more. "Wormtail we would have looked at the map, but McGonagall started harassing us about James and Lily before we could look on the map to find out where the two lovebirds are."

Peter's nose rolled up, "You…you don't think their doing the…deed?"

Cassidy really had enough of his stupidity, that now her short temper was getting the best of her. "Do you ever shut up Peter? Hell no their not doing that, Lily has morals. I don't know about James, but I do know Lily does. And if James wants to keep Lily around, they won't be doing that. Got it?"

Peter nodded afraid of her, Gabriella began to laugh. "Geez, Cassie. Think you could be a little more harsh."

Cassidy rolled her eyes and entered back into the Common Room with the others following. Cassidy went to her usual place to sit, Sirius sat in the seat between Cassidy and Lily's spot, Gabriella sat on the loveseat, and Peter went upstairs. Peter was still felt very stupid, and then the fact that Cassidy had just told him off he'd rather go up to his bed and sulk.

"Well?" Cassidy said turning to look at Sirius like he was stupid.

"What the hell?" He asked standing up, "Is it your time of the month?"

"WHY DO YOU ALWAYS ASK THAT WHEN I'M PISSED? No I am not on my period! I thought we were coming back in here so you could go get the map and see where Lily and James were!"

"Oh yeah!" Sirius said giving his one thousand watt smile and running upstairs to retrieve the map.

When Sirius returned he had a buldge at his stomach. Cassidy and Gabriella knew it was James's invisibility cloak. Sirius sat down beside Cassidy and took the map out, by then Alice was upstairs taking a shower and Remus had joined Gabriella on the loveseat.

"You done with Prefect duty Moony?"

"Yeah Padfoot, where's Prongs and Lily?"

"Room of Requirement."

"What would they be doing there? They know we're all suppose to be in Gryffindor Tower, and everyone knows that the collapse was a Death Eater attack. So why on Earth would they be in the Room of Requirement?"

Remus's eyes lit up and he looked at Sirius he understood now. "Isn't it obvious?" Remus asked.

"What obvious? I'm completely confused," Gabriella sighed.

"Don't worry Gabby, so am I and that's a first." Cassidy said wanting answers and wanting them now.

"Care to tell them Moony?" Sirius asked.

"I think you should you figured it out before I did."

"Alright." Sirius began, "James took Lily there for a reason."

"That son of a bitch!" Cassidy screamed jumping up, "He knows all the bullshit she's had to go through and he's going to try that?!"

"No, No!" Sirius said jumping to his feet and pulled Cassidy down to hush her up and get her to calm down.

"The reason James took her there," Remus's turn to try. "Because you can't track where their at."

"What?" Gabriella and Cassidy asked both very confused.

"Well, the Marauder's Map is the only known map to know exactly where the Room of Requirement is. We were the only known people to go to the Room of Requirement on purpose, most people just run into it and never know that they go back all the time. James took Lily to the Room of Requirement."

"But why?" Gabriella asked, "I'm still confused."

"No one can plot where their at…well no one except us because we have the Marauder's Map. James can lock that door and on one else can get into it until Lily and James leave. James knew that if he took Lily there he'd keep the both of them safe, and we'd all worry about where they were…so of course we'd go and look on the Marauder's Map and find out where they were. It's the perfect plan…don't you agree?"

Cassidy shook her head yes, and Gabriella spoke. "Yeah it really makes since, and it would be something smart like James to do that."

"So when do we go and get them?" Cassidy said turning to her boyfriend.

Sirius shook his head no, "Love. I'd love to go after them now as much as you do, but we don't want to risk it until we know that there are no more Death Eaters roaming about."

"No more Death Eaters roaming about?" Cassidy cackled, "Are you kidding me? We know half of Slytherin House is either already a Death Eater or will soon join and be a Death Eater. So there is no way we can wait until there are no more Death Eaters roaming about. So does that mean we'll never go and get them."

Sirius sighed, "Alright. Alright, I'll go and get Lily and James; you have to stay here."

"WHY?!"

"Because it's already crowded with three under the cloak, there's no way we'll be able to hide four of us under here." Sirius began to dig in his pocket and pulled out a mirror giving it to Cassidy, "Here's a tool James and I use to talk to one another. We never go anywhere without it. James will have it on him, just say 'James Potter.' And he'll answer it…it's kind of like Muggle Walkie-Talkies."

"Do you know for sure that their in the Room of Requirement?" Cassidy questioned.

"Yeah the map said so."

"Get James in the mirror and ask him, then you can leave the mirror with me and go and get them. Deal?"

Sirius caved in, "Fine. Deal. Give me this mirror," he took the mirror to get in touch with James. "Prongs? Hey Prongs can you hear me?" Much to Cassidy's surprise James's face appeared and James was talking to Sirius over the mirrors.

"Padfoot! You looked at the map yet?"

"Yeah, I know where you guys are at. Door locked?"

"Yeah."

"Where's Lily?"

"Sitting next to me, you coming to get us with the cloak?"

"Yeah, McGonagall is looking for the two of you. Your both in tons of trouble for not coming to Gryffindor Tower. She wants to talk to the two of you as soon as you get here."

"Fine," James said rolling his eyes. "Come and get us…you taking your mirror?"

"No Cassidy is going to hang on to it. When I come to the door, I'll give the secret knock on the door, alright?"

"Nice, see you in a few Padfoot."

"Later Prongs."

"You sure you want to do this by yourself?" Remus asked his good friend.

"Yeah I kind of have to. Four won't fit under James's cloak, and you need to stay here as you're a Prefect and McGonagall will most likely be back soon."

"And what do we do when McGonagall asks where you're at?" Cassidy said giving him death glares, but holding on to his mirror with dear life.

"Tell her I got sleepy and that I'm sleeping in my dormitory, I put a snoring charm on it. So if she goes upstairs she'll hear snores. If she goes and looks and I'm not there…I'll only get detention. I'm not worried about it."

Sirius began to walk out of the portrait hole and when he was outside he put on James's cloak and took out the map to make sure he didn't bump into anyone on his way to get James and Lily from the Room of Requirement.

In the Room of Requirement…

"Why were you talking to that mirror as if it was a person?" Lily asked sitting down next to him, she'd been checking out the room that they were in.

"Because I was talking to Sirius," James said as if it was the obvious.

"What?! How?"

"Don't tell me I never told you about the mirrors."

"Mirrors?"

"Guess I didn't," he sighed. "Well Sirius and I found these mirrors right before we started Hogwarts at Zonko's Joke Shop in Diagon Alley, this was before the one in Hogsmede was built. Well we were just looking and there were these mirrors, and at first we thought it was like you show it to a girl and they see a hideous person. So we were really excited about it and when we went up to the counter the woman at the register told Sirius and I what they did."

"What do they do?" Lily asked getting into the story.

"Well, their kind of like…well…oh yeah, Muggle Walkie-Talkies."

"How do you know what a Muggle Walkie-Talkie is?" Lily questioned him with her right eyebrow raising up in wonder. "You said that Sirius and you never paid attention in Muggle Studies."

James shrugged, "Well we do pay attention sometimes."

"Okay so you just talk at them."

"Well yeah, I can talk to Sirius in them and I can see him and he can see me."

"So you could get a hold of him right now and see where he is?"

"Well…no."

"Why not?"

"Well you see that was the only Cassidy wouldn't come with Sirius is if she had Sirius mirror so he could contact her as soon as he was with us."

"Why couldn't Cassidy come with Sirius?" Lily asked James, she really wanted to see her best friend right now.

"It's really tight squeeze with three people in it, but there's no way on Earth we could fit all four of us."

"So Cassie had Sirius's mirror right now?"

"Yeah," James said shrugging his shoulders. "Why?"

"Could I see your mirror and talk to Cassidy real quick? I know she's probably worrying."

"Sure," James said handing it to her and Lily just started at the mirror and then turned to James.

"How do I contact Cassidy?" Lily asked looking at the mirror oddly, as if Cassidy would just pop up.

James chuckled, "The most important thing and most simple I have not told you. To contact Cassidy just look into the mirror and simply say 'Cassidy O'Brian' and she'll appear and you'll be able to talk to her as if she was right here."

"Makes since," Lily said smiling. "Cassidy O'Brian!" And James figured Cassidy's face appeared when Lily gasped. The girls started talking about how fun the dance had been with their dates until before the collapse of the wall in the Great Hall and then James started to tune the girls out. Not intentionally, of course.

James Harry Potter had a lot of things on his mind at the moment. The collapse of the wall in the Great Hall had been just feet from where Lily and he were dancing that night. He'd known as soon as it started to crumble that it was a Death Eater attack, but the question that was swarming in his head was, was this really an attack to warn Lily and himself? Was this a way of Lord Voldemort's people telling Lily and James to back off their relationship again?

The main thing wondering on in his mind was would this actually get worse? James and Lily were just friends when the threatening letters started showing up with their parents and Lily. But now James and Lily were an item, and James was sure what he felt for Lily wasn't just like…he knew, but didn't know how, that it was more. Much more.

But he couldn't love Lily Evans, could he? No he couldn't. For her sake. Voldemort was so threatened by the two when they were just friends, if they started to fall in love…they'd really be in trouble. But then again one can not stop feelings for another that one feels, correct?

As Lily gapped away with Cassidy, James felt a smile spread across his face. If he did love Lily Evans it wouldn't be a bad thing…well except the whole Voldemort thing. James had really been there for her since Lily's Grandma Rose died, and he wanted to be there for her forever. Everything about her put him in a trans…as if he was being hypnotized.

And then James heard the special knock, it only meant one thing.

"Oh Merlin!" Lily gasped, "Talk to you later Cassidy." Just like that the mirror went blank. "Who knows that we're here?" Lily asked fear starting to take over her voice.

"Sirius," James chuckled taking his mirror back and walking across the room to let Sirius in. "The Marauder's secret handshake."

"Oh," Lily said. Now feeling a little goofy for getting all worried about who could be at the door. Of course it wouldn't be Lord Voldemort, there's no way he could get in the castle with Professor Dumbledore around. It was rumored that Professor Dumbledore was the only Wizard that Lord Voldemort had ever feared, but then again you never know as it was a rumor.

James opened the door to an invisible person, and when he closed the door and locked it again; Sirius took off the cloak. "Blimey! That wasn't an easy trip, teachers swarming everywhere! Mrs. Norris followed me for a good ten minutes. Prongs are you sure she can't see us when we're under here?" Sirius had asked for the millionth time.

"Positive, now lets get back. McGonagall must be going out of her mind."

"Trust me she is, really ticked off. Won't be surprised if the two of you get a detention."

"A what?!" Lily gasped and the boys turned to her.

"A detention," Sirius said shrugging it off.

Lily began to tear up, "B…but I've never had a…detention."

"Got to have one sometime," Sirius said patting her back and throwing the cloak over the three of them.

James did feel guilty of course, it had been his fault if she did get detention. He'd brought her up here, trying to save her. He thought she'd understand that…he'd rather live and get a detention then be in a box. James would defiantly need to talk to Lily. The three stepped into the hallway, invisible and started on their journey to Gryffindor Tower.

In a far distance…

The Seer sat quietly waiting for her master to ask if the plan had gone well, in which some of it had and she knew that when he found out it didn't work completely he'd get very angry. Her master sat in front of the fire with his hands stroking his snake, as if it were a dog or cat. After what seemed a life time he called her.

"Seer?"

She stood up and approached him, "Master you called?"

"The mission tonight, how well did it go?"

"The wall went down as it was intended to, many were hurt and now in Hogwarts Hospital Wing."

"Potter and the Mudblood?" He asked shrilly.

The Seer gulped, she knew it coming as soon as she said it. She didn't know why he always got so angry with her, it wasn't as if she was the one completing the missions, she just told him what had or what would happen. "Escaped," she sighed. "I couldn't find out where they escaped to the hall filled up after the wall fell and everyone scattered like ants."

"Complete confusion?" She nodded, "Well at least something happened. That crackpot Dumbledore can't just pin that it was an attack on Potter and the Mudblood. It can look as just an attack on the school."

"Ah, but Dumbledore already knows. Potter and the Mudblood disappeared after the collapse, but I know for sure none of your followers there captured them."

"The ones responsible for this mission, have they all checked in?"

She nodded, "Yes sire. All went well, they were expected at all. Some of them put themselves and their dates in harms way to not look in on the mission."

"Very impressive, their learning. But they still didn't finish the mission I gave them, so there will be some punishment. I will not rest until Potter is away from that Mudblood!"

The Seer's lip curled up, "Even if it includes death?"

He looked at her oddly, "Of course even if it includes death, hell I'll kill them myself if I have to."