James looked from Dumbledore to Trewalney and back. An order? Wait was he supposed to hear that? He looked at Dumbledore who gave him the tiniest wink. He looked to see if everyone else had heard it too. Kal, Remus and Sirius were watching Dumbledore who had also winked at them. However Talee and Dalyce and Fudge were looking at Trewalny as if waiting for her to say more.
"Sir...is Lily going to be ok?" asked James quietly
"If Tera has her way she will be, don't worry James." Said Dumbledore
James nodded and looked away. Sirius was staring out the window while Kal and Remus were holding hands and staring at the ground. They were the only couple that was not broken up yet. James looked up and you could almost see the gears working. Lily needs me now...Tera might need help. I'm going to find her...tonight. As if Sirius had read his thoughts he whispered to James "Don't go after her". James just looked at him. Nothing would change his mind now. Dumbledore looked at all of them and said
"I advise you to get to bed. School will be starting in..." he looked at his watch "5 hours. I believe you have potions first? Your professour would not want you to get late."
Kal, Remus, Sirius, James, Talee and Dalyce nodded and headed down. Talee and Dalyce went the opposite way of James and crew but they all were talking about the same thing.
"James don't do anything stupid." Said Kal
"Don't look for her." Said Remus
"Don't go after Tera." Said Sirius
James looked at them all in surprise. They had all read his mind.
"I am going after her. Nothing you say or do will stop me." Said James determindly
"Well if you're going...so are we." Kal stated
"Really? Thanks guys."
"All of us will have a better chance against V—Voldemort if we're together." Said Kal
They arrived at the portrait hole and after submitting to a hand scan and body scan and wand check walked in. Kal collapsed on the couches and fell asleep but for James and Sirius, sleep was miles away.
Tera sat on the ground and began to think. James, Sriius, and maybe even the rest of the Marauders are restless... at least I think they are. In the end I don't think that I can save them from Voldemort... but in the meantime should I look for their help, or seek for them to stay away from him? Do I really have the authority, or even the right to make them stay away? In the end, what I do... Will it make a difference? Tera's head began to hurt from thinking hard about everything. I want to do this alone... but I know that I can't keep them away forever... away from Voldemort... and Me. They'll never find me, I think that they need help to help me. I really want to do this alone though... this WILL be against my better judgement...
"Well, I'd better hope that this works out good," she muttered. Then she said a quick incantation and imagined the Marauders (including Kal) in front of her.
"What the?" asked a familiar voice.
"So, do you guys want to help me find Lily? I think she's... that way," Tera said, pointing at a small gap in the trees.
Kal looked at Tera and frowned
"How'd we get here?"
"Magic." Said Tera in the same mystical voice she had used with James and Sirius a while ago. Kal shook her head and said
"So lets go find Lily."
They set off into the woods with Tera in front of them. Unaware of Dumbledore watching them.
Dumbledore peered into the crystal globe and saw Tera and the Marauders and Kal walking into the forest. Trouble awaited them
Lily walked down passages following Linkers head. He finally opened a large door and bowed low.
"Master is in here ma'am. May Linker be of any help more?"
"No thanks Linker. Bye!" said Lily smiling
Linker bowed again and hurried away to where Lily thought the kitchens were. She braced herself and walked in. She was greeted by Voldemort himself who was acting quite courteous. She didn't notice the smug way that he was looking. He pulled out her chair and she sat down. She was starting to get suspicious. He didn't tell her what had happened until after the main course.
"Now Evans...I have a question...will you be my queen?"
Lily was speechless. He sighed and said "I thought this might happen."
"NO!" yelled Lily now outraged
"Well I don't think you have a choice." He snapped his fingers and some cloaked figures walked in holding what looked like...the marauders and Tera and Kal!
"Now I will ask again will you be my queen?"
"No!" said Lily
"Crucio." Said Voldemort without emotion. One of the figures fell to the ground twitching and yelling. It was James.
"JAMES!" yelled Lily scrambling from her seat. It was like an invisible hand was holding her down. James looked up and said "Lily."
Lily looked at Voldemort who was watching with a cruel satisfaction.
"Now will you be my queen? Or would you like to see your friends suffer?"
"DON'T LILY!" screamed Tera and KalLily looked at them shaking... All her friends were yelling different things at her...if she said yes he MIGHT let them go but if she refused...they would die a cruel and painful death...she couldn't take that chance. She looked up and noticed everyone staring at her. Voldemort was surveying her as if she was a piece of chicken he was going to buy. She looked at all her friends. She cleared her throat. Everyone was staring...moving forward to hear her answer.
"Voldemort..I accept." Then she burst out crying. Damn! Wrong thing to say! Tera thought desperately.
"No!" she cried, barely being able to believe Lily's stupidity. Talking about stupidity, wasn't it you who wanted to bring these guys? You, Tera, should be the one feeling pain right now... now James or anyone else. I know... I know. "He's just going to hurt or kill us anyways Lily!" Tera yelled.
"Alright then," said Voldemort with a smug smirk on his face.
Tera was furious with herself and burnt inside with guilt. It was very plain that if someone didn't control her anger soon everyone could be hurt.
"Tom," she tried to say calmly, forcing her anger level down.
"I thought that I told you to NEVER call me that again!" he snarled. "I think you need to learn how to listen!" he said while smirking again. "Crucio!"
Tera waited a second then felt the touch of white hot knives pressing into her skin. Instead of falling to the ground screaming in pain she gritted her teeth because she would not let Voldemort have the satisfaction of knowing she was in pain. Her mouth began to twitch and she squeezed her eyes shut, trying to block it out. Trying to think of something else... But it seemed too strong. With tears forcing their way under her tightly squeezed eyelids she dropped to her knees and gasped.
Lily cried out and ran to Tera. She broke through Voldemorts barrier and knelt down beside her. She held her hand. She wouldn't stop twitching. She turned onto Voldemort and yelled
"STOP IT!" he looked surprised and his wand lowered a little. Enough for Tera to scramble to her feet. Lily walked straight up to Voldemort, something she would never had dared to do before, she said in a deadly calm voice
"I said yes now let my friends go."
"Afraid I can't, its like my sister said I'll kill you all soon enough."
"Sooner or later...yes anyway I say that they will be treated like guests."
"Guests? Are you crazy?" sputtered Voldemort enraged. He stood up "I will not have prisoners stay as guests."
"It is now also MY home so I demand that they stay. In a guest room." Lily flashed him a smile which everyone saw was fake. Her eyes flashed dangerously...everyone who knew her, knew that look.
"Very well...but any funny business and they are in the dungeon." With that he walked out of the room, yelling for Linker and Trix. As soon as he was out of sight she rushed toward James. She sat down beside him. She held his hand in hers.
"I am so sorry James."said Lily with tears squeezing out of her eyes. She felt his hand close over hers
"I would never blame you. I say that you should have kept saying no. I could take it."
"Who said I was thinking about you?" said Lily playfully while punching his shoulder. "Oh I'm soooo sorry James." She said as James winced
Sirius looked at them and said in a sarcastic tone
"As much I hate to stop this touching reunion...I think Winkers and Floppy are here."
"Sirius! Their names are Linker and Trix. Get them right."
Tera quickly thought about the pain she'd just felt. If she fell towards Voldemort's spells that easily then she dreaded to think about what would happen if she went up against him.
"Hi Linker!" Tera tried to say brightly, after all, she'd known the house-elf before.
"Hello," he muttered not making eye contact. "Linker is to show Mistress Tera to her room, if she'll follow Linker," he squeeked.
"And Trix shall show the rest of you to your rooms if you'll follow Trix!" squeeked the second house-elf.
"Er- Am I supposed to be away from everyone else?" Tera asked, wanting the house-elf to be wrong.
"Master's orders, Miss."
"Alright," Tera muttered back before quickly waving good-bye to the others. Linker began going down a hallway that lead in an unpleasant downward direction. Tera looked around as light began to grow more and more scarce. Linker snapped up a light.
"Miss, your room!" he squeeked as he opened the door. Then he ran off before Tera could get a word in edgewise, she shrugged figuring he had other duties to attend to. She opened the door again and groaned when she saw all of the other near-by doors to hers. The other doors seemed to house (only now and then) other people. Unpleasent people. Tera's room was by all of the Death Eater's. At least they can't be here all of the time... after all they have to go to school. Don't they?
Lily stood beside James while he walked after Trix. She stopped after a moment. Tera was getting led a different way. She grimaced, knowing that her 'husband' to be had something to do with this. She walked away from them all muttering "Be back." She then walked down after Tera and Linker. She saw the place Tera was being held and at once ran up to Linker. She grabbed Tera's arm
"Thank you Linker. But there has to be a mistake. Tera is NOT staying here."
"Master's orders miss."
"Well since I'm going to be mistress soon I demand that she stays with everyone else."
"Mistress? You is geting married to Master?"
"Unfortunately yes." Said Lily while grimacing
"Then Linker has no business to be disturbing miss." Said Linker and bowed out. Lily pulled on Tera's arm and dragged her upstairs.
"Won't you get in trouble with Tom for this?" asked Tera
"Well since I am his fiancee, I'll consider this a...uh...wedding present."
Ter just shook her head. She knew Lily. She could be very persuasive. Like on dance night. She got Tera to wear make up. It seemed so long ago. Lily dropped Tera off with the rest and went to find Voldemort.
"Where's Lily going?" asked Kal
"Finding my brother." Said Tera
"That woman never ceases to amaze me." Muttered James.
Tera shook her head and tried again to forget the painful moments after Voldemort had uttered the word: crucio. She felt a cold shiver run down her spine which caused her stomach to summersault. She thought about it hard but she believed that Tom was still there somewhere in the corrupted heart of Voldemort. She had to believe. It was one of the few things left that she had to believe in.
"Tera," Sirius said, seemingly reading her mind, "he's not who he was before!" he always had been able to read people. But Tera was very easy to read once you'd found out about her deepest fears and worries. The only problem was understanding them.
"But," Tera started, "I know he'll come back some day! He will!" when she said it it was obvious that she hardly believed it any more.
"Tera," Sirius said, angrily, "stop it! Ok? All he's going to do is hurt you! You have to fight him, and to fight him you have to let go of your brother, ok?" she just continued to sit there. Slowly she shook her head and tears brimmed in her eyes.
"He has to come back though," she whispered. A moment later she felt a sharp sting in her cheek where she'd been slapped.
"He won't, Voldemort lives now. Tom has died."
Tera sat there and let the words sink in. Tom was gone... forever. He wasn't going to come back. All those times she'd been worried about him were for nothing. He was gone... She looked up and smirked.
"Thanks. I think that it's high time I got back at Voldemort for everything he ever did." a mischiveous glimmer shone in her eyes. Inside she still hurt a bit but she knew the only way she could ever feel better was to move on. She hardened her heart because she did not want to be hurt. Not again. "Anyone have suggestions?" she asked.
Now that was the Tera he was used to. Sirius smirked and beckoned to the rest of the group. They wall sat down in a circle.
"How 'bout capturing him and then hanging him in the courtyard?" suggested Kal
"Too easy? How about..." this went on for a half hour until they decided to explore...
Meanwhile Lily was standing in front of Voldemort's study with an apprehensive look on her face. She gulped and grasped the door handle. It swung open almost immediately. She walked in and stood in front of Voldemort.
"I moved—," she tried to say but he cut off her
"Yes you moved my sister, did I tell you that this is STILL is my house and I will not tolerate disobedience!" he looked so mad that Lily shrank back. She quickly regained her composure and said
"Are we getting married?"
"Yes in...1 weeks time."
"Then I am basically your wife, and guys listen their wives!" Lily's eyes flashed dangerously
"You know that I can break the engagement and then stick you and all your friends in the dungeon right?" he said quietely
"Then do it."challenged Lily
Voldemort looked at Lily with red eyes that were shining more brightly than ever. He waved his hand and a piece of glass flew up in the air. He muttered "Releasous" and the glass started to spin in circles so quickly that it was a blur. Then he smashed a jeweled goblet and the jewels floated upwards and into the swirling glass. The spinning slowly stopped and in his hand was a ring with gems set into it.
"Engagement ring." He said smirking at Lily's amazed face. Instead of taking it Lily backed away
"I can also break the engagement. You know that right?" she smiled at his face and walked out
He cursed and threw the ring down. The door opened again and Lily's head was in the doorway.
"You will not touch Tera OR my friends, and by the way, you should learn to control your temper." She smirked and closed the door.
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