HELLO ME WONDERFUL REVIEWERS! HOW ARE YOU? WELL, I HOPE THAT YA'LL ENJOY THIS CHAPTER! I LOVE CHRISTMAS BREAK! IT ROCKS! I HAVE SO MUCH MORE TIME TO UPDATE! OH, FEARTHEDARK10, PLANS CHANGED SLIGHTLY IN THE PLOT. READ, REVIEW AND ENJOY EVERYONE!!!!!!

potterfan: thank you. i never realized i made Lily seem like a loser. i hope in this chap she isn't.

Sweet Misery-23: trust me, i'll finish this. i love to write so i'll finish it.

missmcweir: she needs a break once in a while. : ) i like pajamas!

secludeddark: i'm glad you like it!

vickiicky: i'm glad! you've had a very busy day/week/thing. James is just a big dolt sometimes.

sumrandumperson: you see! nah, Sirius is just second in command. sorry i didn't make that very clear.

Pia O'Leary: it's no problem, i understand.

fearthedark10: ok, whatever you say. ; )


CH.2

A Single Tear

"Mommy! Don' leave me!" Keely cried as Lily put the two year old into Charly's arms.

"I'm sorry baby. Mommy has to run to the hospital and help people. You understand, don't you? You'll be with Aunt Charly, and I know she'll spoil you rotten!" Lily tried to cheer the crying child, but to no avail. She shot Charly a 'help me' look. Charly simply shrugged her shoulders.

"I'll tell you what." Lily smiled. "Tomorrow I'll take you out to that new movie. We'll spend the whole day together, no interruptions. Just you and me." Keely put a tiny fist to her eyes and wiped them dry, nodding.

"Alright then. Will you be a good girl for Aunt Charly?" Lily asked, kissing the girl on the cheek. Keely nodded again and Lily disappeared with a pop.

"Ok, what do you say to some hot chocolate and a game?" Charly asked the little girl.

"Yeah!" Keely yelled and squirmed out of Charly's arms and ran into the small apartment. 'Sirius shouldn't be back until late tonight with the attack and all.' Charly thought as she set the child on the kitchen counter and took two mugs out of the cabinet. Smiling she added choco mix and warm water and stirred.

"Yum!" Keely grinned ear to ear as she took a sip of the chocolatey liquid. Charly jumped up and stared down at her.

"We forgot the marshmallows!" she said in feigned shock. Keely laughed at how dramatic Charly could be. Charly rushed back to the cubards and searched through them for about a minute. Finally she pulled out a bag of mini marshmallows and walked back to the round table. Keely squealed in excitement and began to bounce in her seat as Charly poured some marshmallows into her mug.

"Oooh! Goody!" the little girl cried happily. "Now we get to play a game!" Charly smiled happily, she loved Keely almost as much as Lily. 'She's gonna turn out to be just like her father.' Charly thought. 'Of course, she'll have to be as smart as her mother.' Charly laughed as the little girl ran from a closet that held games, carrying Cranium. (A/N: I love that game!)

(Saint Mungos)

"Lily! You're here! You are an angel, thank you for coming. We just have too many victims from the attack." Melanie Sanchez, a receptionist, cried as she ran to the young Healer.

"No problem, Mel." Lily lied as the two women hurried down the hallway. Lily pulled on her coat and gloves as she went, pulling her hair into a messy bun. Melanie handed her a chart and pushed her into the waiting room.

The waiting room looked like a war zone to Lily. Men and women, alike, stood or sat, bloody and bruised. A small boy with tattered clothing cried into a young womans' coat as a nurse spoke to them. Lily assumed a family member had died. 'Poor little guy, so young and experiencing so much pain.' Lily thought as she stopped in front of a barely conscious woman.

"Are you from the attack?" Lily asked quickly. The woman nodded painfully and Lily levitated her onto a nearby stretcher. Calling another Healer Lily began to heal some of the deeper gashes.

"Get my boss. He needs it more." The woman whispered in a hoarse voice and pointed toward two men that had just appeared. One of the men lay limp in the others arms. Lily looked at the other Healer and he nodded, letting her know he could handle the woman on his own. Lily walked toward the limp and bloody man.

"My go… What happened to him?" Lily asked as she approached. The limp man looked like a train had run over him he was so bloody.

"Attack." Was all the other man could get out. Lily nodded as she summoned a stretcher. As the man was laid gently onto the stretcher she noticed his glasses. 'Those remind me of James. No! I must concentrate on this mans life!' Lily scolded herself. There were no rooms available so she had to heal this man in a hallway. The man that had carried him in followed Lily as she rolled the stretcher into a lees- crowded hallway.

"Can I help in any way?" the man looked very worried. Lily felt sorry for the man.

"Yes, could you grab some fresh gloves from that box?" Lily asked the man so he could feel useful. Stripping off her used gloves Lily threw them in the trash and put the fresh ones on. Taking out her wand she pointed to the mans' bloody shirt and muttered a spell. The shirt disappeared, leaving only his torn flesh underneath. Lily closed her eyes for a moment.

"I will never get used to this." She murmured and lifted her wand again. Muttering several different spells, Lily watched as many of the deep gashes began to close. As the last of the cuts turned into scars Lily carefully turned the man onto his stomach.

"Oh my." Lily breathed as she saw, what looked like, deep severs of his skin missing. Lily almost gagged as she stumbled backwards.

"Sir, please tell the woman at the desk down the hall to send about five more Healers down here." Lily ordered the man still standing behind her. As the man took off running down the hall Lily leaned against the wall to catch her breath. Closing her eyes tight she stood straight and reopened them. Taking a deep breath she began to figure out how she could heal this mans back. 'How can I mend this? If I don't do it soon he'll loose too much blood.' Lily snapped up as she remembered a spell she had read about during training, she had never been able to try it but she doubted she had much choice. As five more Healers ran down the hall toward her followed by the other man Lily shouted out to them,

"Have any of you ever heard of the peau absente spell?"

"I've never even heard of it." One of the older Healers, Nancy Carre, said as they reached Lily. Silently swearing Lily shook her head.

"It's the only thing I can think of to save this guy." Lily sighed in defeat.

"I have to agree with Miss Evans on this one." Jack Figgins said. "I've only heard the name and a very brief description but I think that's our only hope."

"The only problem is," Lily began looking at the man on the stretcher, "I've only read about it. I know how to do it, but I've never preformed it."

"It's the only thing we've got, plus you and Figgins are the only ones who've heard of it, and I don't think he knows enough to perform it." Kate Jenson said pointing to Jack. Lily nodded and turned toward the man again.

"We're losing him!" Hector Jones said in a rush.

Lily sighed and raised her wand. Saying a quick pray that the spell would work Lily said the words.

A bright golden light shot from her wand and engulfed the man on the stretcher. Lily heard a gasp come from inside the light and then it disappeared.

"What happened?" Jenson asked. Lily shook her head in amazement. "I have no idea."

"Did it work?" Lily and the other five Healers turned. They had forgotten about the other man

"I don't know." Lily said honestly, turning back to the stretcher and fearing the worst. Gasping in amazement she gently skimmed her fingers across the man healed back. A soft moan emanated from the man and Lily jumped back in surprise. Her hand at her heart Lily stepped forward and gently levitated the man onto his back.

"Sir? Are you back with us?" Lily asked softly as she touched his shoulder. The man moaned again, this time slightly louder.

"What happened?" he asked in a hoarse whisper.

"He's alive!" Jonathon Kern said in awe.

"You doubted me?" Lily smiled as the man tried sitting up in the stretcher.

"Careful sir. I still have to heal some cuts and bruises on your legs and face." Lily said lightly pushing him back down.

"I can see you didn't need our help after all." Carre chuckled lightheartedly. Lily sighed thankfully and began healing the rest of the mans cuts and bruises.

As she finished she turned to the worried man still standing off to the side and pulled off her gloves, putting on fresh ones again.

"I'm going to give you a quick check up to make sure you're ok. Is that alright with you?" Lily asked. Te man nodded and stepped forward. Lily sat the man on the stretcher up and indicated that the other man join him. Before sitting Lily waved her wand, the blood that had spread to the stretcher disappeared.

"Alrighty then." Lily said as she began to gently poke and prod the man who just sat down.

"What are your names?" she asked, smiling as she healed a small cut on the other mans cheek.

"Mine is Sirius and the moron who almost got himself killed is James." Sirius said pointing to a scowling James. Lily froze mid-heal and dropped her wand. 'James, James Potter?' she thought. 'There have to be a million different James' in the world!" she thought hopefully, but then it dawned on her, "But only one with a best mate named Sirius.' Lily groaned inwardly but simply picked up her wand and continued healing.

"Interesting name you got there, Sirius." Lily pretended not to have heard his name before.

"How are you feeling?" she asked turning to James. He just shrugged. 'Macho git.' Lily thought.

"Do you hurt anywhere?" she asked exasperatedly taking her gloves off and throwing them into a trash bin. James stared into her eyes and answered.

"Yeah, my heart." He said coldly. Sirius looked confused as Lily's face turned angry and defensive.

"Do you know this girl, James?" he asked. James' hazel eyes softened as he continued to stare into Lily's brilliant emerald eyes. A tear slid down her face and she collapsed on the floor, sobs racking her petite frame.

"What did you do to her mate?" Sirius asked as he knelt next to Lily.

"Sirius, it's me." Lily sobbed looking him in the eyes. "Lily." She said quietly. Lily stood wiping the tears from her eyes in much the same way her daughter had earlier that day.

"I love you Lily." James whispered. Lily just stood there hugging her arms and looking down. Sirius fidgeted and stared between the two. As she dropped her arms to her sides Lily looked straight into James' eyes. A single tear slid down her cheek as she disappeared with a small pop.