"Peter, so nice of you to join us," said Dumbledore drawing up another
chair beside Sturgis.
"I arrived in time to hear you cry for volunteers, I would have come in, but I didn't wan to interrupt anything," Peter said nervously.
"So are you willing to act 'spy' with Sturgis? It will be a dangerous mission. But, I dare say, if you succeed in your task and we defeat this evil power you will receive much glory," smiled Dumbledore.
Peter walked over to the chair that Dumbledore had drawn up for him. He looked nervously around. "Pretty big turn out," he mumbled.
"Yes, I was quite pleased with the vast number of people who were interested. Unfortunately a few people, such as Lily's friends, Gloria and Amy, could not be present tonight but they were interested in joining," Dumbledore said.
Lily smiled to herself. She could always count on Gloria and Amy to stay by her side. "So what exactly are we going to name our selves?" asked Hagrid.
Many people looked puzzled. "Well we are obviously a group now. We need a name to identify ourselves with," agreed Mrs. Longbottom.
"I shall have to think on that one," said Dumbledore stroking his beard.
"I think we should take a group photo. Then we can know who to inform about the next meeting," said Moody.
"Why don't we just have everyone sign a piece of parchment?" asked Remus.
"Parchment can easily be tossed away without a thought. A picture would be less likely to be thrown out. And besides any traitors in the room would be able to wipe their names off of the sheet at any time," snarled Moody.
"Alastar, I don't think that we will have any problem with betrayal," commented Molly Weasley.
"Okay, a picture it is then. Who has a camera handy?" asked Dumbledore.
"I have one upstairs, I will go get it," said James leaving his seat.
"I don't think that Sturgis and I should be in the..."
"Non sense Peter! No one is going to know what we are planning. We could say it was a reunion of some sort," said Remus.
Peter was about to protest when James came running down stairs with the camera. "Everyone gather over here by the fireplace," he said making the camera levitate in the air. It would only take the picture when James signaled.
They all smiled and were blinded by the flash. "Get me a print of that photo, James!" called Moody.
"We should all like a copy," said Aberforth.
Shortly after, everyone started leaving either by floo powder or by apparating. Sirius stuck around for a while eating the left over cookies. He left after they were all gone, expired dung bombs in his arms.
Lily let out a long sigh as she flopped onto the couch. James made the chairs disappear and sat down next to her. Lily leaned her head onto his shoulder. James wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his lap. She sighed again, leaned her back against him, and put her arms around his neck. It had been a hard day.
Lily looked into the kitchen and could see a lot of dishes cluttering the sink. James saw what she was looking at and as soon as she started to move he tightened his grip around her and kissed her neck affectionately. "Get them tomorrow, its ten already," he whispered into her ear. Lily smiled and leaned back into him and kissed his neck. Tomorrow was going to be another long day.
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It had been two days since the meeting when the next attack happened. It was on the front page of the prophet. A small wizarding family called the Doufs was murdered last night. This was the first reported case of a child dying. That was what really bothered Lily. Who ever was killing these people didn't care what age they were. It was all very depressing and after a while she just stopped reading the prophet all together.
Lily was depressed by that last attack, but two days later there was another attack that had caused her to lock herself in the bathroom for a whole day. Rain, one of Lily's best friends, had been driven to insanity. Luckily she was still alive thanks to her muggle neighbors, but she was forced to make St. Mungo's her new home. Lily went to go visit her friend as soon as the shock wore off.
James was left at home to fend for himself. He was now very glad that Lily had taught him how to use all of the muggle cooking devices, other wise he would have starved. Lily was at the hospital day and night with her friend Rain and James was left home alone which he hated. There was no one to talk to except for the pictures on the walls, which were beginning to get very annoying. All he had to look forward to was Quidditch practice on Tuesdays and the next meeting on Saturday evening.
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It was Saturday morning during breakfast and James had just convinced Lily to stay home for the day when Dumbledore apparated in the corner of the kitchen. Lily jumped up and threw her fork across the room when she saw him appear. "Good gracious!" she yelled now pulling her hand over her heart.
"I am sorry for dropping in like this, but I am afraid that the meeting tonight will have to be cancelled. Moody said that he had a feeling that something would go wrong, well you know him relying on his dark magic detectors and what not. Well that is all, and Lily, I am so sorry about your friend," he said.
Lily nodded, "The sooner we find out who it is, the better."
Dumbledore nodded to James and Lily and quickly disapparated. Lily went over the living room and picked up the fork that she had flung and sat back down next to James at the dinner table. James sighed with relief. Another free evening and this time he would have Lily to keep him company. "So what are your plans for to night?" he asked.
"Nothing really, just sit around I guess," Lily said smiling. "I'm full," she said pushing away her left over scrambled eggs. She looked over at the pile of dirty dishes. Lily went over to the kitchen window and closed the drapes. After being sure that no one could see inside, she flicked her wand and the dishes began to wash themselves. She was sincerely glad that she had learned magic.
James walked up behind her and slipped his hand around her waist. Lily sighed and leaned into him. They swayed back and forth for a while as Lily stared into space and James leaned his head on her head to breathe in the aroma of her vanilla smelling hair. Lily closed her eyes relaxing and taking a break from the recent devastating events.
James led her slowly over to the couch in the living room and sat down with her on his lap. Lily curled up into a ball, hugging her arms around James' neck with her head under his chin. She closed her eyes as she felt sleep began to swallow her. James noticed that she was asleep and laid her down on the couch, curling up next her putting his arm around her shoulder with his nose touching hers. The couple lay sleeping on the couch not aware of what else was happening in the world around them.
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Peter walked into the house that was described to him in the note his master had sent to him. It was pretty big, but the family who had lived there had died long ago making it the perfect place for a meeting not meant to be over heard. Peter saw a light shining through a crack of a door in the hallway ahead. He walked towards it swallowing nervously. He pushed open the door. "Peter, your late," said a cold voice coming from the couch.
There sat a tall man with dark brown hair wearing tattered wizard robes. "My lord, I have some news," said Peter approaching the couch.
The man turned around, his gray eyes surveying Peter like an x-ray machine. "Well, don't keep me waiting, spill it!" he said, raising his voice.
"They are wising up to you. They know how you have been killing people and they are plotting against you."
A/N- Thank you to Ayla for helping me figure out the Weasley's ages. At this time Bill is 5, Charlie is 3, and Percy (who I failed to mention earlier) is 1. Mrs. Weasley would probably be pregnant with the twins soon....hmmm...thinks to self that could be part of the story....Well I am back in school after the weekend so the posts might not be as regular, but I am trying my best to keep them coming! You know how it is, the moment you find something that you like doing, the teachers pile homework on you. Life is unfair!
"I arrived in time to hear you cry for volunteers, I would have come in, but I didn't wan to interrupt anything," Peter said nervously.
"So are you willing to act 'spy' with Sturgis? It will be a dangerous mission. But, I dare say, if you succeed in your task and we defeat this evil power you will receive much glory," smiled Dumbledore.
Peter walked over to the chair that Dumbledore had drawn up for him. He looked nervously around. "Pretty big turn out," he mumbled.
"Yes, I was quite pleased with the vast number of people who were interested. Unfortunately a few people, such as Lily's friends, Gloria and Amy, could not be present tonight but they were interested in joining," Dumbledore said.
Lily smiled to herself. She could always count on Gloria and Amy to stay by her side. "So what exactly are we going to name our selves?" asked Hagrid.
Many people looked puzzled. "Well we are obviously a group now. We need a name to identify ourselves with," agreed Mrs. Longbottom.
"I shall have to think on that one," said Dumbledore stroking his beard.
"I think we should take a group photo. Then we can know who to inform about the next meeting," said Moody.
"Why don't we just have everyone sign a piece of parchment?" asked Remus.
"Parchment can easily be tossed away without a thought. A picture would be less likely to be thrown out. And besides any traitors in the room would be able to wipe their names off of the sheet at any time," snarled Moody.
"Alastar, I don't think that we will have any problem with betrayal," commented Molly Weasley.
"Okay, a picture it is then. Who has a camera handy?" asked Dumbledore.
"I have one upstairs, I will go get it," said James leaving his seat.
"I don't think that Sturgis and I should be in the..."
"Non sense Peter! No one is going to know what we are planning. We could say it was a reunion of some sort," said Remus.
Peter was about to protest when James came running down stairs with the camera. "Everyone gather over here by the fireplace," he said making the camera levitate in the air. It would only take the picture when James signaled.
They all smiled and were blinded by the flash. "Get me a print of that photo, James!" called Moody.
"We should all like a copy," said Aberforth.
Shortly after, everyone started leaving either by floo powder or by apparating. Sirius stuck around for a while eating the left over cookies. He left after they were all gone, expired dung bombs in his arms.
Lily let out a long sigh as she flopped onto the couch. James made the chairs disappear and sat down next to her. Lily leaned her head onto his shoulder. James wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his lap. She sighed again, leaned her back against him, and put her arms around his neck. It had been a hard day.
Lily looked into the kitchen and could see a lot of dishes cluttering the sink. James saw what she was looking at and as soon as she started to move he tightened his grip around her and kissed her neck affectionately. "Get them tomorrow, its ten already," he whispered into her ear. Lily smiled and leaned back into him and kissed his neck. Tomorrow was going to be another long day.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It had been two days since the meeting when the next attack happened. It was on the front page of the prophet. A small wizarding family called the Doufs was murdered last night. This was the first reported case of a child dying. That was what really bothered Lily. Who ever was killing these people didn't care what age they were. It was all very depressing and after a while she just stopped reading the prophet all together.
Lily was depressed by that last attack, but two days later there was another attack that had caused her to lock herself in the bathroom for a whole day. Rain, one of Lily's best friends, had been driven to insanity. Luckily she was still alive thanks to her muggle neighbors, but she was forced to make St. Mungo's her new home. Lily went to go visit her friend as soon as the shock wore off.
James was left at home to fend for himself. He was now very glad that Lily had taught him how to use all of the muggle cooking devices, other wise he would have starved. Lily was at the hospital day and night with her friend Rain and James was left home alone which he hated. There was no one to talk to except for the pictures on the walls, which were beginning to get very annoying. All he had to look forward to was Quidditch practice on Tuesdays and the next meeting on Saturday evening.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was Saturday morning during breakfast and James had just convinced Lily to stay home for the day when Dumbledore apparated in the corner of the kitchen. Lily jumped up and threw her fork across the room when she saw him appear. "Good gracious!" she yelled now pulling her hand over her heart.
"I am sorry for dropping in like this, but I am afraid that the meeting tonight will have to be cancelled. Moody said that he had a feeling that something would go wrong, well you know him relying on his dark magic detectors and what not. Well that is all, and Lily, I am so sorry about your friend," he said.
Lily nodded, "The sooner we find out who it is, the better."
Dumbledore nodded to James and Lily and quickly disapparated. Lily went over the living room and picked up the fork that she had flung and sat back down next to James at the dinner table. James sighed with relief. Another free evening and this time he would have Lily to keep him company. "So what are your plans for to night?" he asked.
"Nothing really, just sit around I guess," Lily said smiling. "I'm full," she said pushing away her left over scrambled eggs. She looked over at the pile of dirty dishes. Lily went over to the kitchen window and closed the drapes. After being sure that no one could see inside, she flicked her wand and the dishes began to wash themselves. She was sincerely glad that she had learned magic.
James walked up behind her and slipped his hand around her waist. Lily sighed and leaned into him. They swayed back and forth for a while as Lily stared into space and James leaned his head on her head to breathe in the aroma of her vanilla smelling hair. Lily closed her eyes relaxing and taking a break from the recent devastating events.
James led her slowly over to the couch in the living room and sat down with her on his lap. Lily curled up into a ball, hugging her arms around James' neck with her head under his chin. She closed her eyes as she felt sleep began to swallow her. James noticed that she was asleep and laid her down on the couch, curling up next her putting his arm around her shoulder with his nose touching hers. The couple lay sleeping on the couch not aware of what else was happening in the world around them.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peter walked into the house that was described to him in the note his master had sent to him. It was pretty big, but the family who had lived there had died long ago making it the perfect place for a meeting not meant to be over heard. Peter saw a light shining through a crack of a door in the hallway ahead. He walked towards it swallowing nervously. He pushed open the door. "Peter, your late," said a cold voice coming from the couch.
There sat a tall man with dark brown hair wearing tattered wizard robes. "My lord, I have some news," said Peter approaching the couch.
The man turned around, his gray eyes surveying Peter like an x-ray machine. "Well, don't keep me waiting, spill it!" he said, raising his voice.
"They are wising up to you. They know how you have been killing people and they are plotting against you."
A/N- Thank you to Ayla for helping me figure out the Weasley's ages. At this time Bill is 5, Charlie is 3, and Percy (who I failed to mention earlier) is 1. Mrs. Weasley would probably be pregnant with the twins soon....hmmm...thinks to self that could be part of the story....Well I am back in school after the weekend so the posts might not be as regular, but I am trying my best to keep them coming! You know how it is, the moment you find something that you like doing, the teachers pile homework on you. Life is unfair!