They all woke up, or were woken up by Lily rather, and went down to breakfast. Tera yawned loudly.

"How much longer til the weekend?" Tera asked, spearing a peice of sausage.

"The rest of today," Kal responded automatically. Apparently she had the entire schedual always memorized.

"Yess!" Tera cheered to herself. "I can't wait for potions!"

"And why would that be, this time?" Lexi asked.

"Oh, I learned a new kind of hex," she said secretively. She then grabbed her bag and left the table before the rest of them, heading towards their first class.

"Hi, Tera!" yelled something that pelted Tera in the side. She looked down to see Talee.

"Hullo, Talee!"

"Yup. I just figured I'd say hi."

"And, of course, nearly knock me over?"

"Of course! Always," Talee grinned and ran back over to the table. Tera shook her head and continued towards Divination. She ascended the silvery ladder and called out who she was and that she was here for class a bit early. She didn't get a response.

"Professor Trelawny?" she asked again. No answer. She decided to just sit down on one of the chairs and wait.

Her friends came, class started, and the Professor still did not come. Tera took a deep breath and knew, mostly because the class was getting out of hand and she'd been hit three times in the head with paper airplanes that were magically propelled, she'd have to take over the class.

"Ok class," Tera said standing up. "Today we'll be doing... Crystal balls?" Tera made up on the spot. Everyone became quiet and stared at her, it was really unnrving. "On the shelf to the righte are crystal balls and their holders, please get them out," she said in a clearer voice. She conducted the class until it was over and everyone left.

"Did the professor leave you in charge then, Tera?" Lily asked.

"Actually... She never came so I just took control..."

"I wonder where she went?"

"Where ever she went, I'm sure as heck glad it's there and not here," James said, and Sirius agreed.

Tera nodded, not really listening. She decided silently that she'd check out the place during her spare time to find out where the professor had gone. Tera walked around the class. After convincing herself that everything was ok she walked up the stairs

"Professor? Are you here?" Tera looked around. Then she saw a note

Ms.Riddle,
Professor Trelawney has been taken away for her own safety as she has made a prophecy that could be of great use to the Dark Lord. You by now should have taken over the class. A substitute should be sent soon

Albus Dumbledore

Tera sighed. She was going to have to teach the class by herself. She walked back into the classroom. She stood around. She didn't know really what to do. The class (thankfully) ended soon and Tera ran out. Sirius followed with James in tow.

"That wasn't horrible."

"Thank god!"

"Where's Trelawney?" asked James curiously

"Somehwere.."

"Oh..." and they walked towards Charms. Lily, Kal and Lexi were waiting for them.

"How was Divination?" asked Lily mockingly as she had found the subject stupid.

"Not bad...Tera here had to teach." Said Sirius nodding at Tera. Lily gave Tera a look which clearly said, tell me later. They walked in as the bell rang.

"Today class you will be laerning about the Hair Charm."

"What is that?" called out somebody

"That will be what ypu will find out." The whole class was spent researching. Apparently the hair Charm had the ability to grow or reduce hair. Lily who had mastered the Charm immediately cause Remus' hair to grow to his knees. He growled and turned Lily's to her feet. Lily gasped and muttered the counter charm as did Remus. They earned 20 points for Gryffindor even though they were not supposed to try it.

Tera refrained from the temptation of making Sirius covered in hair all over. She saved that treat for Malfoy, seeing as he was in the class. The professor turned away and Tera inconspicuously did the charm, making Malfoy look like a blonde abomable snow-monster. Class ended, with Lucius still covered in hair seeing as the professor couldn't remove it- a special charm- and they headed off to the next class. Potions.

"Drat it. I hate potions," Sirius muttered.

"Think of it as being stuck in a room with Slytherins when they're not expecting anything," Tera slyly suggested.

"What are you going to do to them?"

"Oh, you'll see soon enough."

They entered the classroom and Tera waved her wand, apparently doing nothing.

"Looks like that attempt bombed, then," came the comment from her friends. Little did they know...

The Slytherins walked in and sat down in their seats. They all began coughing as if something unpleasant was smelling strongly. Tera smiled satisfied and turned to the Professor. Class was spent making a complicated potion meant to drain out the color from your sight, not permanent, of course. When class finished there were several color-blind students.

"Professor," Malfoy asked, "may I please go to the Hospital Wing?"

"To remove that silly hair charm? Yes Mr. Malfoy."

Tera giggled and knew that her spells were becoming better and more effective, seeing as the spell had lasted two classes so far.

Lily felt sleepy. So very sleepy. But she knew that she couldn't fall asleep. Not in class. Not now. But her body disobeyed her and stopped. She slumped over. James hit her lightly but when Lily did not stir he knew something was wrong.

"Professor! Lily...she's not..." he trailed off looking panicky

"What?" snapped the irritated professor

"Lily...shes asleep but..shes not waking up..." Kal turned to look and felt sleepy and lightheaded. Unaware of her surroundings she too slumped over. Tera and Lexi were the last to fall asleep but they knew something was wrong. Soon every one of the Marauders girlfriends and Lexi were slumped over. James, Sirius and Remus started to panick...panick and become very annoying.

"Potter, Lupin and Black take them to the Hospital Wing."

"Ok." They said and quickly picked them up. Sirius took Tera and Lexi. They arrived at the Hospital Wing and put the girls on 4 beds close together.

"Madam! We have patients!"

"What? Oh dear god!" said Madam Pomphrey as she saw the girls' ashen faces. "What happened?"

"It was like they-," started Sirius

"Fainted and they-," said Remus

"Wouldn't wake up." Finished James. While they were talking Madam Pomphrey was observing.

"Seems like a weak version of the heart stopper." She muttered

"Heart Stopper?" cried Remus

"A weak version...it didn't kill them...at least not yet...well we have to act fast." She said suddenly all business. She hurried around. James, Sirius and Remus did what they could to help but obviously there was nothing they could do.

"Madam? Can we stay?"

"Of course.."

Sirius sat between Tera and Lexi while James sat beside Lily and Remus with Kal. All they could do was hope Madam Pomphrey could save them. Tera's face grew steadily paler. Sirius looked at Lexi whose face was also pale, but not as much. Lily and Kal didn't seem as pale as Tera either. Maybe it was just because he loved Tera while he looked at her she looked worse than the rest.

"Who would do this?" James asked, staring at Lily.

"Isn't it obvious?" Remus asked, laughing without mirth. "Who else would stop their hearts? Who else is powerful enough too?"

"You mean..." Sirius began and he looked back down at Tera, "Voldemort or the death eaters?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying," came the grim reply.

"But why?" James asked, still staring at Lily. "I thought that he wanted them alive, to use Tera, to marry Lily, and to torture Lexi for betraying him?" his voice grew heated with the very thought of Voldemort with Lily.

"Maybe it's not them he's trying to get at," Sirius suggested, remembering Tera's pessimisstic yet usually correct thinking. "Maybe he's trying to get at us."

"Maybe he's just doing this until we do something to ourselves, enter suclusion, suicide maybe. Then he'll bring them back so we're out of the way...?" Remus suggested. They continued grimly wondering what happened while Madame Pomfrey feverishly bustled about, trying to cure them. After what seemed like days the girls' breathing seemed to slow. Their eyes fluttered but didn't open. The guys dozed off. Madame Pomphrey woke them up in the morning

"Get up and get to classes."

"But...its Saturday!"

"You need to go sleep in your own rooms." Said Madame Pomphrey firmly

"We'll be back." Threatened Sirius

"Shoo!" said Madame Pomphrey waving her hands around. The guys walked out dejectedly. Snape and Malfoy watched from the shadows.

"They did not seem sad enough for them to be dead." Hissed Lucius

"They are still alive...Dark Lord will come for them." Replied Snape

"And that shall be the end of the mudbloods."

"I hear master wants to marry Evans."

"Evans? The mudblood? Why can he not choose a pureblood for example Bellatrix?"

"Sh...he may hear you." Whispered Snape and they walked out of the shadows cautiously

Tera felt confused. She tried to open her eyes but something pulled her back. It felt so nice to lay there... sleep. She didn't want to get up- ever. Something whispered and garanteed peace for her, the sleep of Eternity. She rested and fell further into the realm of sleep which, if deep enough, was death itself.

A face kept on appearing in her mind but she did not know who's. If it were not for that to concentrate the remains of her brainpower on she might have died a whole lot sooner. She thought that she knew the face, but couldn't place it. He had long black hair, a pale face, smiling black eyes...

Voldemort easily escaped the traps carefully set to catch him or other evil beings entering the Hospital Wing and the school. He had no problems fooling the old matron and taking what he now claimed as his- Lily, Lexi, Kal, and Tera.

James had a sudden urge to go see Lily again. Sirius and Remus turned at the same time. They felt as if...something had gone wrong. They pulled out the Marauders Map and saw Lily, Lexi, Kal and Tera moving. Beside them was another name. Tom Riddle. Their blood ran cold. They raced against time. Only time separated them. James glanced down. The names had vanished. Sirius and Remus had seen it too. They all sat down on the floor knowing there was nothing they could do.

Lexi felt a tug at her eyelids. She opened them halfway but closed them immediately as a bright light burned in her eyes. She tryed to turn but it was if she was chained in place. She forced her eyes open and gasped at what she saw. Her legs were chained together and chained to the headpost. As were her arms. She should have been able to move but..there were chains crisscrossing across her chest. She lowered her head and saw Tera start to stir beside her.

"What..where..are we?" Lexi stuttered

"In my brothers...house."

"But we're not in the dungeons."

"We're in the...guest room..or one of them."

"Why?"

"No...no..clue." said Tera. Then she noticed the bonds. "Damn you Voldemort!"

"What are we doing here?" asked Lily as she woke up. Kal looked up too. They both looked scared to be where the were.

Tera looked at the others and knew that they had no present hope. Their wands weren't even in the room and they were too far apart to touch eachother and maybe share magic.

"Guys... don't worry. I swear to you I won't let him do anything," Tera said to them. She meant it, too.

"But why are we here?" Kal asked.

"Well, he wants to marry Lily, likely torture Lexi for turning on him, and use me for something or other. Yet he brought you too. Hm. We must be here for a dual purpose, perhaps to make the Marauders weak or try to come after us. All seven of us stand a far better chance, but seperated like this, with us out of commission..." Tera trailed off of her speculating.

"But why would he leave us all in the same room?" Lily asked.

"Maybe so we can ask eachother what we think will happen, become gloomy, not want to escape because we believe him all powerful and think he's won. Those were the things he enforced us to use as weapons: fear, doubt," Lexi said.

Tera tried squirming in her chains and rope but it was of no use. She couldn't even move. She was chained down and then a bunch of rope was tightly strapping her down. Suddenly she had an idea.

"Guys... I might be able to get free," Tera said, excitedly. She tried calling up on fire and she got a spark. She tried again and this time directed the spark at the rope binding her. It caught fire and slowly began to burn.

"Tera, you're going to burn yourself!" Kal warned in a near yell.

Tera ignored her. Soon the ropes were burnt away and Tera called away the fire before it could burn her. Now she had only to deal with the metal chains. But she felt drained from calling the fire and her near death experiance. She slumped over. Everyone had their limits- why did hers have to come now? She tried again to be rid of the chains and she got rid of them, partially. Her left arm was free as well we the right side of her body- discluding the arm.

"Thorny situation..." she muttered. Then they all heard footsteps in the hall.

"So, Tera, did you believe that you could escape? Well, I see you nearly have but no matter. No better time for torture then when your victim is weary and unable to fight back."

Tera heard her friends gasp and knew that if he did torture her, she wouldn't be able to save them. Lily galred fiercly. She battled against chains and cried out when they bit into her arms and legs. Voldemort paused momentarily and looked at Lily who took this oppurtunity to yell

"Why are we here!"

"My sister here already told you...except for dear Kalistra's fate, which will be revealed shortly." Kal shuddered, frightened. Lily glared and said

"Why not just bring me? And Tera? Its not as if Lexi and Kal did anything!"

"Nothing? They have done more than you know...involving a certain prophecy, that your Divination teacher had made."

"Professor Trewalney's been put into protection." Muttered Tera

"Yes...now back to business... crucio!" he said and at the last moment shot it at Lexi who screamed. As he watched with cruel satisfaction while everyone watched in horror.

"You..vile...loathsome..." started Lexi but broke off as another crucio curse hit her. He stopped soon fortunately for Lexi and walekd towards Lily. Much to everyone's surprise he unchained her. As he unchained her he muttered "Imperio." And Lily was under his control. As if to prove it he said

"Get up and walk to your rooms...beside mine." Lily stood up mechanicly and walked out. Shooting a satisfied look at the room he left after strengthining Tera's bond.

"You will pay dearly for doing this to my friends!" Tera yelled after Voldemort as he left the room. He paused and slowly turned around.

"I think that you will be the one to pay, Tera."

"Just let them all go! Please!"

"What would you do for me in return?"

"An- anything. As long as you never again harm them in some shape or form or get your vile cronies to do it for you!"she said, desperately. She could tell that Voldemort was thinking about the offer seriously. "Or make them do anything against their will," she added in for good measure, remembering where Lily was headed off to.

"Intriguing... But why would you do that?" he puzzled.

"Because I love them."

"Bah," he waved his hand, "You are not worth so much for me to give away everything, everything!"

"What else could I do to change your mind?"

"Nothing, torture is much easier, and I'll lose less..." with that he walked out of the room.

Lily felt an unknown prescence in her mind. She heard voices...hers and someone elses. She began to fight. No way she was going that easily. Her mind wasn't obeying her and she felt mad. Her mind had never betrayed her before. She arrived at the room and saw a house elf there

"Linker!" she cried in surprise as her mind was freed

"Yes misses...its Linker."

"Are...you my maid or whatever?"

"I am here to serve missus."

"Please...call me Lily."

"Yes..Ms.Lily." he said her name as if afraid he would get burned. He looked down and showed her around the room. It was lavish and Lily liked it but nevertheless it was still a prison. Before he left he said

"Miss Lily is required to eat breakfast with master and get fitted for wedding dress tomorrow."

"Wedding dress! He's still getting married to me?"

"Yes...why wouldn't master?" Linker asked puzzled. Obviously he hadn't heard about the fight.

"No reason." Said lily quickly. She didn't want Linker to be afraid of her.

"And missus will have Abrax guarding door at all times." He said gesturing to a huge white dog.