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Chapter 12
"James! JAMES RICHARD POTTER! OPEN THIS DOOR THIS INSTANT!" Lily yelled at the door as she pounded her fists as hard and fast as she could against the old oak. A loud thunk came from inside then some shuffling and then the door creaked slowly open. A mop of hair covered skewed glasses and an overly large tee shirt hung halfway down James' legs that were covered in long, baggy, plaid pajama bottoms. Lily stifled a giggle and pushed him inside and dragged Keely in with them.
"What? Why did you wake me up this early?" James whined but Lily only walked quickly around the small apartment, checking every room.
"Ok, here's the deal. You need to get dressed and pack you most valued possessions and clothes. We have to leave as soon as possible. Dumbledore sent me a letter and he advised us to go into hiding." James nodded and ran down a dark hall. Lily followed him with Keely a few steps behind. Watching him half-hazardly throw things into a suitcase made Kelly cringe slightly but she shook it off as a bad feeling washed over her.
"Mama. I got a bad feeling." Lily patted her head and tried to reassure her that everything would be ok but Kelly still felt it. Click, the sound of the suitcase closing snapped Keely from her thoughts.
"How do we get where ever we're going?" James asked.
"Dumbledore said someone would show us the way." Lily said in slight worry. "But who? He said no one else did or could know about this." Lily pondered this but looked down as she felt a tugging at her sleeve.
"I know." Keely said and picked up her suitcase and walked out of the room. Following close behind Lily and James watched as the little girl went into a trance-like state and began to lead.
It had been nearly three and a half hours the trio'd been walking and Lily was beginning to ache. She glanced at James and saw how tired he was. Looking at the back of Keely's head she wondered if the small black-haired girl even noticed how long it had been since they bean walking. Probably not. She's probably got a spell on her thanks to Dumbledore. Lily sighed and continued to walk.
Yet another three hours passed by and Lily was about to fall asleep walking. All too suddenly Keely stopped in front of a thick bunch of large redwood trees. Lily and James would have run into the poor girl if they hadn't opened their dreary eyes at that moment. Keely turned around quickly to check that her parents were still there and that no one had followed them then turned back. Walking carefully into the grove of trees as to not disturb anything Keely tiptoed into a grassy clearing, filled with beautifully scented flowers. Creeping up to one of the several trees closely surrounding the clearing Keely ran her hand along the trunk at her eye level then stopped her traveling hand. Muttering something to herself her parents watched in amazement as a large opening appeared in the tree. Keely motioned for them to come forward. Tentatively Lily stepped forward and looked at her daughter. Keely stepped into the opening and disappeared from sight, Lily yelped and would have dove after her daughter if James hadn't grabbed her around the waist and stopped her from following their daughter.
"What are you doing?" Lily asked exasperatedly trying to struggle free of his grasp. Pointing up at the sky Lily saw what he wanted her to see. The sky was flushed with color, brilliant crimson, gold, royal purple, and a midnight blue that was slowly fading away into a fluffy blue. Lily turned to James and smiled at him, wrapping his arms around her James returned Lily's smile.
"Thank you for that moment James. I love you so much. I'm so sorry for everything I've put you through." Lily said softly and in reply James gave her a gentle yet passionate kiss that promised more.
"We had better go." Lily said a bit breathless from the sensation his kiss gave her. James smiled mischievously at her breathy voice and took her hand and together they stepped into the never-ending darkness of the tree's opening. With a soft gasp from Lily, James tightened his grip around her waist as the began to spin through a whirl of colors, finally stopping in front of an old, worn kitchen with an elderly man, with a certain twinkle in his eye, sitting in a chair across from a little black-haired girl, with a continuous smile on her face and in her bright hazel eyes, chatting amiably, they turned to greet the newly arrived couple.
