The Daily Prophet the next morning reported the death of little old Mrs.
Redner. It gave a brief summary of her life and a list of her personal
achievements. Mr. Redner had an interview posted about the nights events on
page three which cleared up the rumor that one person was killing everyone.
Mr. Redner stated that the murderer wasn't alone. His side kick locked Mr.
Redner inside of the cellar and he heard a crash and heard voices talking
to each other. One sounded worried while the voice that he recognized as
the man who locked him up sounded confident.
Lily woke up in the morning to find the bed empty. She looked over at the clock and saw a note on her night stand. She sat up and unfolded it. Of course, it was from James. It read:
Dear Lils,
I had to go over to Sirius' house for a bit. His brother is having serious problems and Sirius thinks that something may be wrong. I hope we can sort out the problem soon.
Love you always,
James
Lily sighed. It looked like she was going to have to fend for herself for the time being. She dragged her feet across the floor and went into the bathroom to get herself ready for the day. Lily got out of the shower and rubbed off the steamy mirror of her vanity. Realizing that he had forgotten her clothes on top of her dresser she wrapped her towel around herself and went back into her room. She closed her bedroom door, got dressed, and headed back into the bathroom to apply her makeup and style her hair.
A bird was singing outside of the window. Lily ran over to the window, mystified at what type of bird would be out singing two weeks before Christmas. She grinned when she saw a beautiful gold finch perched on her window sill. She opened the window, held out her finger to the bird, and brought it inside. The gold finch began to glow and turned into Lily's friend Amy. "So nice of you to fly by," Lily said.
Amy got up off of the ground and dusted herself off. "That was a long cold flight, but I had to see you," said Amy.
"What's up, Amy?" Lily asked.
"Well I heard that someone was expecting," she giggled.
Lily blushed. "You heard correctly."
Amy squealed. "Oh my gosh! I thought that Gloria was pulling my leg!"
"Since when has Gloria been known to lie?" Lily laughed.
"Well I don't know, it's just the fact that we are all so young," said Amy flopping on Lily's bed.
Lily hadn't thought of this before. She was only 18. "I hadn't thought of that before," she said frowning.
Amy smiled a fake smile, "Come on, you can handle it. At least you are married to someone who, unbelievably, has common sense."
Lily cheered up a bit. "So how has it been going with you and Sam?" she asked. Sam was Amy's boyfriend that she had had since the end of her 7th year at Hogwarts.
"Oh, everything is great. I get to meet his parents next week. Well you know how they are, rich and proper. I hope they like me because if they don't they'll find someway to get rid of me," said Amy.
"Don't worry Amy, they'll love you, there is no reason for them to hate you," Lily said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Besides, I have nothing to hide," she said. Then changing the subject she added, "So, do you know if it's a boy or a girl yet?"
"Well, we only found out about 3 months ago, so not yet," said Lily.
"Well you have to think of names for it!" said Amy sitting up on the bed rolling her eyes at her.
"James and I haven't talked about names yet," Lily said.
"So, you have known for three months and haven't told anyone yet?" she asked.
"Well, we didn't want very many people to know just incase something happened," said Lily.
"Did you at least tell your parents?"
"No, they would totally flip out! But James' parents know. Well you know James, he couldn't keep a secret if his life depended on it."
"You are going to have to tell your parents eventually."
"I know I just don't want to tell them yet."
"Can you imagine the look on your sister's face when she finds out?" laughed Amy.
Lily smirked. "Petunia would be furious and maybe even a little jealous on the inside. She and Vernon have been trying for the longest time to have a child, but they haven't succeeded yet, although this jealousy would be covered up with crude remarks."
Amy put on her best Petunia voice and said, "Can't wait to see what this child is going to look like."
Lily laughed. It did sound like something Petunia would say. "Oh I can't wait to see what some of her children are going to look like; especially if it has Vernon's eating habits!"
Amy laughed and clutched her stomach. "Better make sure to stock up on food when they come to visit," she said between laughs.
"They'll never come here, especially if we have a young witch or wizard in the house!" said Lily.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James walked into the house and heard giggling coming from over head. He shook his head, Amy must be over. He would know that laugh anywhere. It had haunted him all through his days at Hogwarts, but it did come in handy. Amy's laugh was the signal to jump out of the way to avoid one of Lily's hexes.
He walked up the stairs and into his room to find Amy and Lily sitting on the bed laughing. "Not talking about me, are you?" James laughed walking over to the bed, sitting next to Lily.
"Of course not sweetie, we are talking about my sister," said Lily.
"Usually when you talk about your sister you have tears of rage pouring out of your eyes," James teased.
Lily playfully hit him. "We are making fun of her, thinking about what her children will look like," she said.
James wrinkled his nose. "I think that we should make it illegal for her to have children. They would be able to give this new dark power a run for its money; it would be able to kill with just one look. Our world is doomed."
Amy laughed even harder and fell over on the bed. James slipped his arm around Lily's waist and pulled her close. She leaned against him and heard Amy's laughs becoming distant as she breathed in his aroma of the outside air.
A/N- Sorry it took forever for me to post the chapter! It took me a while to start it and as soon as I finished I went to post it and my computer wouldn't let me onto fanfiction.net. I guess one of the reasons it took me so long to post was the fact that I just realized a few nights ago that I had to kill Lily and James at the end. I don't want to, but I have to in order to stay with the plot that J.K. Rowling has already set up, but I have decided that I am definitely writing a sequel. Chapter 13 should be up in a little while, but I have decided to post only once or twice a week so I can write the chapters to the best of my ability, instead of posting 2 chapters a day like I did when I first started (I wish I could still do that!) !!!!!!
Lily woke up in the morning to find the bed empty. She looked over at the clock and saw a note on her night stand. She sat up and unfolded it. Of course, it was from James. It read:
Dear Lils,
I had to go over to Sirius' house for a bit. His brother is having serious problems and Sirius thinks that something may be wrong. I hope we can sort out the problem soon.
Love you always,
James
Lily sighed. It looked like she was going to have to fend for herself for the time being. She dragged her feet across the floor and went into the bathroom to get herself ready for the day. Lily got out of the shower and rubbed off the steamy mirror of her vanity. Realizing that he had forgotten her clothes on top of her dresser she wrapped her towel around herself and went back into her room. She closed her bedroom door, got dressed, and headed back into the bathroom to apply her makeup and style her hair.
A bird was singing outside of the window. Lily ran over to the window, mystified at what type of bird would be out singing two weeks before Christmas. She grinned when she saw a beautiful gold finch perched on her window sill. She opened the window, held out her finger to the bird, and brought it inside. The gold finch began to glow and turned into Lily's friend Amy. "So nice of you to fly by," Lily said.
Amy got up off of the ground and dusted herself off. "That was a long cold flight, but I had to see you," said Amy.
"What's up, Amy?" Lily asked.
"Well I heard that someone was expecting," she giggled.
Lily blushed. "You heard correctly."
Amy squealed. "Oh my gosh! I thought that Gloria was pulling my leg!"
"Since when has Gloria been known to lie?" Lily laughed.
"Well I don't know, it's just the fact that we are all so young," said Amy flopping on Lily's bed.
Lily hadn't thought of this before. She was only 18. "I hadn't thought of that before," she said frowning.
Amy smiled a fake smile, "Come on, you can handle it. At least you are married to someone who, unbelievably, has common sense."
Lily cheered up a bit. "So how has it been going with you and Sam?" she asked. Sam was Amy's boyfriend that she had had since the end of her 7th year at Hogwarts.
"Oh, everything is great. I get to meet his parents next week. Well you know how they are, rich and proper. I hope they like me because if they don't they'll find someway to get rid of me," said Amy.
"Don't worry Amy, they'll love you, there is no reason for them to hate you," Lily said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Besides, I have nothing to hide," she said. Then changing the subject she added, "So, do you know if it's a boy or a girl yet?"
"Well, we only found out about 3 months ago, so not yet," said Lily.
"Well you have to think of names for it!" said Amy sitting up on the bed rolling her eyes at her.
"James and I haven't talked about names yet," Lily said.
"So, you have known for three months and haven't told anyone yet?" she asked.
"Well, we didn't want very many people to know just incase something happened," said Lily.
"Did you at least tell your parents?"
"No, they would totally flip out! But James' parents know. Well you know James, he couldn't keep a secret if his life depended on it."
"You are going to have to tell your parents eventually."
"I know I just don't want to tell them yet."
"Can you imagine the look on your sister's face when she finds out?" laughed Amy.
Lily smirked. "Petunia would be furious and maybe even a little jealous on the inside. She and Vernon have been trying for the longest time to have a child, but they haven't succeeded yet, although this jealousy would be covered up with crude remarks."
Amy put on her best Petunia voice and said, "Can't wait to see what this child is going to look like."
Lily laughed. It did sound like something Petunia would say. "Oh I can't wait to see what some of her children are going to look like; especially if it has Vernon's eating habits!"
Amy laughed and clutched her stomach. "Better make sure to stock up on food when they come to visit," she said between laughs.
"They'll never come here, especially if we have a young witch or wizard in the house!" said Lily.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James walked into the house and heard giggling coming from over head. He shook his head, Amy must be over. He would know that laugh anywhere. It had haunted him all through his days at Hogwarts, but it did come in handy. Amy's laugh was the signal to jump out of the way to avoid one of Lily's hexes.
He walked up the stairs and into his room to find Amy and Lily sitting on the bed laughing. "Not talking about me, are you?" James laughed walking over to the bed, sitting next to Lily.
"Of course not sweetie, we are talking about my sister," said Lily.
"Usually when you talk about your sister you have tears of rage pouring out of your eyes," James teased.
Lily playfully hit him. "We are making fun of her, thinking about what her children will look like," she said.
James wrinkled his nose. "I think that we should make it illegal for her to have children. They would be able to give this new dark power a run for its money; it would be able to kill with just one look. Our world is doomed."
Amy laughed even harder and fell over on the bed. James slipped his arm around Lily's waist and pulled her close. She leaned against him and heard Amy's laughs becoming distant as she breathed in his aroma of the outside air.
A/N- Sorry it took forever for me to post the chapter! It took me a while to start it and as soon as I finished I went to post it and my computer wouldn't let me onto fanfiction.net. I guess one of the reasons it took me so long to post was the fact that I just realized a few nights ago that I had to kill Lily and James at the end. I don't want to, but I have to in order to stay with the plot that J.K. Rowling has already set up, but I have decided that I am definitely writing a sequel. Chapter 13 should be up in a little while, but I have decided to post only once or twice a week so I can write the chapters to the best of my ability, instead of posting 2 chapters a day like I did when I first started (I wish I could still do that!) !!!!!!