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A/N: Now, however mean Lily was to James, she's still a good and loyal girl with a conscience. After all, she did become Head Girl, didn't she? Enjoy!
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To Be Young Again
Chapter 7: Guilty Conscience
Lily Evans lay in the Ravenclaw girl's dormitories in her four-poster bed, pretending to be asleep but actually deep in thought.
Why did I blow up at Potter like that? she thought. It wasn't his fault, really. Sure, she wouldn't have gone out with him if it weren't for the dare, but she didn't have to rub it in his face. He probably already knew that and was trying to ignore it.
Now Potter'll hate me, of course, I gave him reason to, and…"
And what? said that nasty little voice in the back of her head.
And, well…it's not fair. I shouldn't just leave and forgot it ever happened. It would be wrong. She thought, staring at the ceiling.
And I can't live with the guilt. It was a mean thing to do. No one deserves that kind of treatment, no matter how inflated their head is. She winced at the thought.
And Potter will have to live with it too, and it's not a pleasant thing to live with, being rejected in such a brutal way. Of course I've never experienced it, but-"
See? said that nasty little voice. That's why you think you're superior to Potter and have the 'power' to reject him so harshly- you've never experienced being rejected by any boy, so you don't know what it feels like. You do know what you have to do, don't you? Give Potter a chance.
And Lily came to recognize that voice as her conscience.
*
The stag galloped across the stretch, it's hooves touching the silvery-white mist. It reached a halt at the bank of a lake. A hiss sounded off in the distance. A snake appeared, its long fangs bared and ready to strike. It drew back, and-
A snow-white dove, purer than anything, swooped down from the sky and appeared at the stag's side. The stag hadn't noticed much, just that the lake was beautiful at this time of night. It didn't see the snake in the grass, or the dove. The dove made a jabbing motion to the stag, and its attention was turned from the lake and the scenery to the dove. It reared in surprise, then calmed.
The dove turned to the snake, and before the stag could realize what was going on, the dove made a call more beautiful than anything, and made a motion to strike.
And then, as the snake turned its unsightly head toward the stag, with all its defenses down, gazing at the dove, as it had some kind of hidden beauty rather than its physical one, the snake reared its head, and-
The dove, as if nothing else mattered, stepped between the stag and the snake, and-
James Potter woke up, bemused and bewildered.
*
As James Potter awoke the next morning and saw the bags under his eyes, he was forced to remember his 'date.' And the cause of his near-insomnia, Lily Evans.
He looked around the boys' dormitories, and found that all the Marauders had left their beds. He jumped out of bed, ran a hand through his hair, then remembered his vow. He raised a hopeless attempt to flatten his hair, but was unsuccessful.
Then he remembered his dream. The thought of it perplexed him, and he didn't want a headache this early in the morning, so he let it drop.
"But what did it mean?" he wondered aloud before letting the subject drop.
"What did what mean, Jamesie?" asked a female voice from behind James.
"What the-?" James whirled around. Standing in the doorway to the boy's dormitories was none other than …
A/N: So how did you like it? Sorry it took me so long to update; I've been really busy. And I'm sorry the dream was crappy; I wrote it in a hurry. I dunno why, I guess I was in one of those fast-typing moods, you know? ^_^ And I need a name for that girl, if any of you have ideas. Sorry I left it there, I know I shouldn't have; it's cutting it short, but I couldn't write anything until I had a name and I thought some of you would kill me if I kept it any longer. So here's you short chapter. Better than nothing, right? ~_^ Come on, be optimistic! Oh, and due to a request, I'm gonna have the Marauders have their monthly adventure tonight, okay? I know they haven't been doing much lately. Please leave me a review!
