Midnight

"Lily! Wake up!" James whispers.

You sit up in your hospital bed and look around. No one's there.

"James?"

"Yeah?" comes James's voice, but you still don't see him.

"Where are you?" You feel a slight pressure on your bed and gasp.

"Lils! Calm down! It's me!" James pulls off a cloak and was sitting on the edge of your bed.

"Don't do that! And what is that?" you say, pointing at silvery cloak laying on the bed.

"Invisibility cloak. It's been in my family for years. C'mon." He picked you up and covered the both of you with the cloak.

He carried you all the way out to the Quidditch pitch.

"Why are we here?"

"Up for a little one-on-one?" he asked tossing the Quaffle from one hand to the other.

"Ummmmmmmmm...I don't have a broom," you say, thinking of an excuse to get out of this. When James said 'date', Quidditch wasn't what had come to mind.

"Here," James says, walking over to the broom hold and pulling two out. "Mine"-he handed the other one to you- "yours."

"I'm not a good Chaser."

"Nor am I. Just fifteen minutes. That's it. Then we can go to the kitchens and get some food."

"Oh, alright!" You mount the broom and push off.

James tossed the Quaffle up and you grabbed it and headed towards the goal posts. You shot and scored. That was easy!

"Show off," James muttered.

"No more than you." You smiled at him.

"Okay. I get it. Let's make this more interesting. If you beat me, I'll rejoin the team. If I beat you, you have to...hmmmm. What do you have to do? You'll have to...Oh! You'll have to pronounce your love to me at breakfast the morning you come back!"

"You're mental. Potter, but deal. I'll beat you."

"Don't be so sure."

You play for a while and you end up scoring six shots for every one he makes.

Then, James in possesion of the Quaffle, you notice something on the ground. You finally realize that it's a Bludger and it's going to hit you! You swerve, but not fast enough and it hits you. You scream and fall over 500 meters to the hard ground below...

James POV:

You get ready for your date with Lily. It was going to be awesome! You were going to sneak into Hogsmeade and into some of the shops. Some of them stayed open pretty late.

You went for your cloak, but it was missing. "Curious," you mumble and continue to search for it. Still nothing.

Just then, Peter busts into the dorm, wheezing and wide-eyed.

"What's wrong with you Wormtail?"

"L-L-Lily i-is..." He was breathing too hard and couldn't finish.

You grab his robes and shake him. "What's wrong with Lily!"

"L-L-Lil-Lil-Lily i-i-is m-m-mis-missing fro-from the-the Ho-Hos-Hospital W-Wing!" he panted.

"She's what!" you, Remus and Sirius yell.

"Sh-she's m-m-missing!"

"How do you know that!" you yell.

"I-I her-heard P-Pro-Professor M-Mc-McGonagall s-say it! The-the Qu-Quidditch st-stuff i-i-is m-missing fr-from the cl-closet, t-too!" Peter was having a hard time catching his breath. You release his robes.

"We have to find her!" Remus says, fear in his voice.

"We'll use the cloak, and-"

"No, we won't. It's gone. Someone stole it."

"Prongs!"

"NOT MY FAULT!" you snapped at Sirius.

"Guys, do you see that?" Remus says, pointing out of the window.

You run to the window, which looked over the Quidditch Pitch. "Who in their right mind would be playing Quidditch at this hour!" Sirius stated.

"We found the missing equipment, and I have a feeling that we're gonna find Lily and whoever stole the equipment and Prongs's cloak there, too." Remus turned. "But how're we gonna get out there without being caught?"

Sirius moved a trunk and there was a small hole in the wall that led to a slide, which led to the outside.

"How'd you find that?" Remus looked shocked that you and Sirius had kept this from him.

"Moony. You would have sealed it up and it would have been unusable. Now, it comes in handy. There's also one to the girls dorms." Sirius grinned, answering Remus's unasked question.

"Stupid git!" Remus smacked him in the back of the head.

You three (Peter stayed behind to cover for them) slid outside and ran for the pitch. You see two figures hovering in the air. You recognize one instantly as Lily. The other looks farmilliar too...It was you!

"Malfoy..." you growl to Sirius.

You watch the trunk on the ground and see a bludger missing. You notice it flying near the ground and you watch it veer upwards and hit Lily head on. You hear her shreek and watch her fall to the ground, lifeless. You try to run to her, but Remus and Sirius are holding you back.

"What the hll do you think you're doing!" you hiss at them.

"If you go charging over to her, Malfoy will see!" Sirius whispered.

"So!"

"Summon his broom and beat the st out of him!" Remus reasoned.

You pulled out your wand and summoned the broom. It zoomed to you along with yourself on it. (Malfoy you, not you you.)

"What the hll did you do to her, you filthy, insolent, dirty bd!" you roar at him. He looked pretty scared.

"I know it's you Malfoy! What did you do to her!" the mirror you yelled at you.

"WHAT!" you scream again. "Malfoy, you lying bd!"

"I'm lying! I'm the only one with an invisibility cloak and keys to the Quidditch Closet."

"You stole it in Herbology! I cannot believe you!" You slugged him in the face and let him fall to the ground whimpering and crying. His hair was turning white-blonde again.

You heard yelling and saw some of the Professors in the distance.

"Watch him!" You darted off into the darkness, wand out, in case any of Malfoy's cronies were around.

You reach Lily. There was blood all around her and she was unconcious. She was cold the touch and her lips were blue. "What has he done to you?" You pick her up and see Remus running towards you.

"GO GET PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL!" you yell at him.

He turns and runs towards the Professors.

You see a huge gash on Lily's face. You press the sleeve of your robe against it to slow the flow of blood,

McGonagall runs to you.

"Potter! Why is she out of the hospital wing in the first place!"

"I-I..."

"Get her back to Madame Juniper and I want to see you in Headmaster's office by one o'clock!"

You obey and head off to the stone gargoyle. You've been there too many times, and you could find it in your sleep.

You knock on the door and hear McGonagall's sharp voice.

You cautiously open the door and seat yourself on the vacent chair in front of Dumbledore's desk. Fawkes flies down and lands on your knee. You pet his head and stare at the two Professors.

"James-"Dumbledore starts, but McGonagall cuts him off.

"Potter! What you did was irresponsible and dangerous! You could have killed yourself. You claim to love Miss Evans, and yet you put her in this type of danger! Do you even know why we have spotters at Quidditch practice!" Her nostrils flared dangerously and her eyes glinted with rage in the dying fire light.

"Minerva, calm down. James, is there a resonable answer to this?"

"Yes," you answer shortly.

"Can we hear this explanation?"

"You can, Headmaster."

"Minerva? Do you mind checking on Miss Evans?"

McGonagall stormed out of the room, slamming the door, waking a few of the portraits on the walls.

"What happened, James?"

"I asked Lily on a date and she accepted, so I told her that I'd get her around midnight. I went for my Invisibility Cloak (Dumbledor was the one who gave it to you) and it was gone. Then Peter Pettigrew runs into our dorm and says Lily is missing from the Hospital Wing. So we went out of our secret escape and onto the pitch. I saw Lil get hit with a bludger and I was at the other end of the field. It wasn't really me. It was Malfoy and he made a polyjuice potion and transformed into me to trick Lily because he claims to fancy her. So I summoned his broom and he didn't let go. He hurt Lily and I punched him. I know I shouldn't've, but I didn't think! Then Remus and Sirius watched him as I went to fetch Lily's body. There was a huge pool of blood around her head and I just want her to be okay!" You finish the story and look at the wary Headmaster. You wiped your eyes. It was amazing that you and Lily hated each other a few days (about a week) ago.

Dumbledore looked at you. "We'll talk to Mr. Malfoy about this."

"He won't admit it!" you yell.

"We will use a truth potion on him."

You looked at him. You knew looked pitiful with your glasses slightly fogged and your hair all messed up.

"Go to sleep, James. Lily will be fine. You lived, did you not?"

You looked at Dumbledore, a curious expression on your face at his reasoning. The old man had some queer logic. "I wasn't hurt like her. Plus, I can handle more than she can. I get nailed by a bludger at least twice a game!"

Dumbledore gave a nod. "Now, If I am not mistaken, which I have known to be in the past, there is someone waiting on you in the Common Room. Sleep well, Mr. Potter."