"Is there something you're not telling me James?" Dumbledore asked.

"Headmaster...Lily..." James stood up and looked at them both. "I know who it is."

"Who is it?" Lily asked.

"Voldemort has a niece..." James replied.

Lily's memory flashed back to the day of a hogsmeade visit...to Winnie the House-elf who once belonged to..."Uncle Thomas...Tom Riddle...Voldemort..."

She looked up at James and he nodded.

"Yes Lily..." He knew that she has figured it out.

"Professor...I believe your killer is Katherine Browning. Kate to her friends."

"No...no..." Lily said. "I don't believe you...Kate couldn't have...she was...with me last night...at least I think she was. I mean...I don't remember but Ruth said she was with me last night."

"Lily you don't know what happened last night...Ruth doesn't know what happened last night." James said.

"What?" Lily was now completely confused.

"I'm going to leave you two alone now." Dumbledore said as he started to walk away. Before he walked out of his office into the next room, he said to James "I think now is the time to tell her everything."

James saw down again and looked Lily in the eye. "Lily do you remember anything that happened last night?"

"No...I don't." She said.

"What do you remember?"

"I remember...I was in the courtyard and...and I was...attacked...I think. And the next thing I knew...I was in my bed and it was morning."

"I'm sorry Lily...I'm sorry I had to do it."

Lily jumped up and said "You? It was you? You attacked me?" She stared to back away from James

James stood up and walked towards her. "No...Lily...you don't understand."

"No...you're right I don't understand. I don't know who you are anymore. I mean...first you recieve that package, and then...no, you want to know what I think James?"

"What...what do you think Lily?"

"I think that you're the deatheater. You're trying to frame Kate, aren't you?"

"Lily calm down...you don't know what you're saying."

"AREN'T YOU?" Lily screamed, she was freaking out now.

"Lily calm down."

"HOW CAN I?"

"Lily please I'm begging you."

"NO! JAMES I KNOW! OKAY I KNOW! I SAW YOU IN THAT ROOM IN THE LIBRARY!"

James stopped walking towards her. "You know?" He asked.

"I know..." Lily reached for her wand and pointed it towards him. "I know that you're trying to turn to the darkside...I saw that book..."

"No...Lily I'm not turning to the dark side."

"Then why were you in there?"

"I think it's time that I tell you everything...from the beginning. Please...sit down." James said.

Lily looked at him not sure if she should trust him or not.

"I won't hurt you." He said.

She backed towards the wall and slid down. Her body was almost lifeless as she sat on the floor. James came over and knelt down in front of her.

"You were right Lily...that night by the lake...I'm not who you think I am. I'm not the James you thought you knew, but I'm not evil like you thought either."

"Then what are you?"

"I'm in a society called the Order of the Phoenix. We were started about a year ago by Dumbledore. It's a secret society that was made to destroy Voldemort."

"How come I never heard of this?"

"Because we didn't believe you had enough experience."

"What do you mean? I have just as much experience as you."

"No...Lily you don't. Ever since I could walk I've been training to be an Auror. My father is an Auror."

"So tell me about that room...that book."

"Some people in the order are undercover as Death Eaters. The room was the library of one of these undercover spies. We use that book to communicate. He slips in a message for me, and I am able to retrieve it. And I know by the color of the package, and the way it's address to me which book, and which page to look on. That daythe page I tore out contained a family tree, the Riddle family tree. Voldemort had a twin sister, whom no one knew about. she was separated from him shortly after birth. She married a man named Browning and had Kate. After Kate's parents were killed he, sent a death eater to take after her and teach her. No one knew that she was in fact a death eater. She has powers that no other students at this school has. So last night..."

"what happened last night?" Lily asked.

"Well I needed proof that Kate was indeed a death eater, so I'm sorry Lily but...I used a polyjuice potion to transfer into you, I had to do some investigating to make sure that she didn't just have the same name as Voldemort's neice by any chance."

"You could have told me...I could have helped you out."

"Yes but...no one could know about the order...but now Lily we want you to join us."

"Join the Order?"

"Yes...Lily join the order...we'll defeat Voldemort together."

"Please Lily join us..." Dumbledore has come into the room.

Lily thought about it and nodded. "Whatever it takes to defeat him. I'll join."

James smiled and gave her a hug.

"I'm glad I know the truth now." Lily smiled. "But what about Kate? Why did she kill Robbie?"

"She wants the top students at this school to join her...but a muggle-born is no use to her." Dumbledore said.

"And that's why you're in danger." James said.

"James will accompany you." Said Dumbledore.

"Accompany me where?" Lily asked.

"To a place where you'll be safe." Said Dumbledore.

"Until we can catch Kate and all her followers, you wont be safe at this school. You'll have to go somewhere else for the time being." Dumbledore said.

James and Lily walked back to the common room to pack their things. James whispered in Lily's ear, "I'll always protect you...no matter what."