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Chapter 7- White Lilies"Checkmate," said Lily, leaning back into the squishy red chair she was sitting in. She started smirking at Elle's reaction at her winning…again.
"Damn it, Lily! That's five games in a row…let me repeat myself…FIVE TIMES!!" Elle held up her hand, and then stormed off. Everyone heard the dorm door slam shut.
Lily looked around the room. "So…who wants to challenge me on now?" Everyone backed away except Rebecca.
"Now, let me warn you Lily. I've been playing wizards chess since I was six," she said as she walked over and sat down.
"Yeah? Well, I've been playing muggle chess since I was five," Lily smirked. "You'll have a tough time beating me!"
"Right…c'mon, lets play!" said Rebecca. A few people came over and watched, but mostly people just kept on talking.
"White goes first, remember?" said Lily, who was black.
"I know…I'm just thinking," snapped Rebecca.
"Whoa, no need to get snappy!" Lily said protectively. She looked down at the board. Rebecca was thinking hard. People started leaving. Lily wasn't mad about this; they didn't HAVE to watch their game.
As soon as everyone left, Rebecca came out of her trance.
"Lily, are you worried about that note?" She looked concerned.
Lily waved her hand. "Nah, it was probably just some sort of prank or something. Of course I'm not worried!"
"Well, in any case, I still want you to be careful. I mean, if that note was true, then you're in real danger!"
"I know"
"Ok. Pawn to A2."
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"Damn it, Lily! You're too good!" Rebecca stormed off. Everyone in the common room was staring at her.
Lily shrugged. "So what if I learned at an early age?" She magically put the chessboard away and repaired the pieces with the reparo spell. Then she trudged up the stairs into their dorm.
Elle was lying on her bed reading a book. Katie was nowhere to be seen…she had probably broken into the Quidditch shed, and taken a broom. She was a Quidditch fanatic. Rebecca was staring at her pillow.
"Hey Lily, um…Beck just told me you beat her too," Elle had an odd look on her face.
"I used to be the best," mumbled Rebecca.
"Don't take it personally, Beck!" Lily's face broke into a grin and she went over and almost killed Rebecca by hugging her so hard. When Lily finally let go, Rebecca gasped for breath.
"Don't…do that…again…" said Rebecca, still gasping for air.
"Sorry," said Lily shrugging. She went and sat down on her bed. A couple minutes later, Hilary walked in and threw herself on her bed.
"Hey Hilary, where's your Slytherin friends? Don't you usually hang out with them…?" asked Elle, confused.
"Yeah, but they turned on me…they said it was because the stupid, ratty old hat put me in this house," answered Hilary, looking sour.
"Aww, that's too bad!" said Rebecca sarcastically.
"Yeah, well they said they would kill me if I told you guys I know whose plotting to kill Lily…" Hilary's eyes went wide and she put her hand to her mouth. Elle and Rebecca were gaping. Lily just was shocked.
"Someone is actually plotting to kill me?" said Lily, just above a whisper. Hilary stood up, ready to run for it.
"P-please d-don't hurt m-me…" Hilary whimpered. It was too late. Elle and Rebecca had gotten up and pinned Hilary against the wall.
"Tell me who it is, and then I won't hurt you," Rebecca growled. Lily was even more shocked. Elle and Rebecca had never acted like this; even Katie had never acted like this before. Actually, if Lily thought about it, Katie had acted like this a couple times before. So had Rebecca, she had tormented James before.
"I'm not telling you," said Hilary, fighting back. Elle and Rebecca pushed her against the wall harder. "Ouch…" Hilary whimpered.
"Tell us now, and if you don't…we'll tell your Slytherin friends you squealed," Elle looked satisfied. Hilary's eyes had widened, and she was shaking her head.
"N-no…anything but that…they'll hex me!" said Hilary, scared. Lily had never seen Hilary begging a fellow Gryffindor. It was one of life's many miracles.
"Then tell us who it is!" said Rebecca, threatening her.
"Fine! A couple of my friends, Fred Ross and Jake Lilt, want her dead. They said they knew her from before Hogwarts. There, you happy?" Hilary spat in Elle's eyes. Elle fell to the ground clutching her face in pain. It must burn to have someone spit in your eyes.
Once one person was off of her, Hilary tried to escape, but Lily had jumped up and grabbed her robe.
"How are they going to kill me?" growled Lily. Hilary was obviously scared; she had always had her Slytherin buddies right behind her to back her up. She wildly flailed her arms, but it didn't work.
She didn't hit Lily, or escape. Lily tightened her grip on her.
"What are they going to do?" asked Lily. Hilary didn't answer, but bit Lily's hand instead. Lily felt a sudden rush of pain and she let go of Hilary. Rebecca lunged for her, but Hilary still escaped.
Elle crawled over to lily, who was tending her bleeding hand. It turned out that Hilary had bitten Lily down to the bone, and it was bleeding heavily.
"C'mon, lets go to the Hospital Wing to stop the bleeding," Elle offered. Rebecca helped Lily up while Elle went over to the door and peered out.
"It seems that our lovely friend Hilary has run out of the common room," she said sarcastically. When the three of them walked down the stairs, everyone was quiet. Some of them were staring at Lily's bleeding hand. Lily tried to cover it up by sticking it in her pocket, but the blood leaked through the fabric anyways.
A few people were staring at Elle's red and puffy eye. A couple of people were staring at Rebecca, but there was nothing really wrong with her. Slowly, the three of them crossed the common room and slipped out.
"I knew they hated me, but why do they want me dead?" asked Lily quietly to herself. The truth was, she didn't know why Freddy and Jake wanted her dead. It wouldn't do them anything. Just their favorite target for pranking and tormenting gone.
"Hey, it looks like we have a murder mystery here, except the person were investigating isn't dead yet," teased Rebecca, smiling.
Elle slapped Rebecca. "C'mon, Beck, this is no time for fooling around. There IS someone trying to kill Lily, that note was real! Lily is in real danger!" Elle glared at Rebecca and hit her again.
"Ouch…" said Rebecca, rubbing her arm. They were silent until Katie showed up, hair wind blown and nose a deep shade of red.
"Hey guys, what's up?" asked Katie.
"Someone is trying to kill Lily. We got some information from Hilary," said Rebecca. Katie eyed their wounds.
"Ew, did she give you those?" asked Katie, pointing at Lily's hand and Elle's eye. Elle and Lily nodded.
"Gross" Katie walked with them to the Hospital Wing, and Lily noticed someone in a bed. It was Remus Lupin. Lily wondered why he was here, but then she considered. He looked sick and pale. Just overall…sick.
Madame Josè came out of the office and gasped at Lily's hand and Elle's eye. Even Rebecca's arm was starting to bruise. Only Katie seemed to be unhurt. Madame Josè went into her office and brought out 3 potions. Elle, Lily, and Rebecca downed them. Katie was chanting 'chug, chug, chug…' while they were drinking them. This made Lily laugh and some of the potion sprayed out of her nose right onto Madame Josè.
Madame Josè just smiled and shooed the laughing girls out of the Hospital Wing and into the hall.
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When they got back into their dorm room, their temporary defects had disappeared. Lily was grateful that she was a witch and one gulp of potion could cure just about anything. She had a scar though, but that didn't matter.
Lily was surprised to see a bouquet of beautiful flowers sitting on her pillow. It was only when Lily got closer to them did she notice that they were lilies.
"Hey, lilies for Lily! I wonder who they're from?" said Katie.
"Cough James cough," said Elle. Rebecca and Katie started laughing.
"Stop it you guys. I think they're beautiful!" Lily ran to get some water, and she came back with a spare caldron filled with water. She gently put the flowers in the water and put them on her bedside table.
Suddenly, Hilary burst in just as Lily was leaning down to smell them. Hilary's eyes widened with fear.
"No! Lily, don't smell them! It's a trap!" said Hilary, gasping for breath. It seemed like she had just run all the way up to Gryffindor Tower.
Lily pulled her head away from the flowers and stood up straight.
"Why can't I smell them?" she asked demandingly.
"Because…that's what…Fred and Jake…want you to do," she gasped.
"Oh, and these flowers are supposed to kill me?" asked Lily sarcastically. Hilary nodded. "And I should believe that you, of all people, want to save my life?" Lily continued on. Hilary nodded again. Lily crossed her arms and sighed.
"So, I'm supposed to believe you've turned over a new leaf?" Lily asked.
"Yeah," said Hilary.
"Ok…um…so you've ditched your Slytherin friends?"
"Yeah"
"So who are you going to hang out with now?" asked Lily.
"Hopefully…you guys?" said Hilary quietly. Lily looked over to where her friends were standing. They all shrugged.
"I…I don't know, Hilary. I mean, you saved my life, but you bit me! You spat in Elle's eyes too. Maybe you should just…spend some time with yourself for a bit," said Lily.
"What? And look like a loner? No way! I'll go find some new friends," Hilary spat at them. She stood up and walked out the door, slamming it behind her.
"That girl is bloody impossible," stated Rebecca. Lily nodded and threw the lilies out the window.
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(A/N) Okay, this chapter was starnge...and the next chapter is even stanger....you have been warned.
Rittzi