The next morning, Lily was silently picking at her food. She knew she
should eat; after all, she had to play her best at the Quidditch game. It
was Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw and this year the Ravenclaws had a pretty good
team. Lily looked up from her plate of bacon and eggs and glanced around
the Great Hall. She sighed sadly as she saw kids laughing and joking around
with their friends. Just a few weeks ago she was one of them; joking and
laughing with the Marauders. The Marauders. Lily looked over at them. They
were, not surprisingly, sitting with Cassandra and her two lackeys. She
felt a jolt in her heart. Just seeing those three girls, the ones who had
personally taken it upon themselves to make Lily's life miserable, sitting
with her former friends, it just hurt her so much. Lily was just staring at
them until Remus felt as though someone was watching them and looked up and
met her eyes. Lily quickly looked down at her plate. It looked as though
Remus was about to get up and say something to her; but she was saved by
Dumbledore motioning her to come up to the teachers table so he could tell
her something. All this was happening and not a single soul saw a black
figure sneaking around near the Gryffindor table.
The minute Lily stood up and walked over to the teachers table, the black figure put something in her drink. Nobody noticed this because, well, nobody really paid attention to Lily at the Great Hall very often anymore.
"You wanted to tell me something, Headmaster?" Lily asked when she reached him.
"Yes, Miss Evans. I just wanted to inform you that there will be a prefects meeting tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. Could you please tell Mr. Potter this as well?" he replied. He noticed her face pale slightly, but she nodded anyway. As she was about to walk back to her seat, Dumbledore called out to her, "Miss Evans?" she turned and looked at him questionably, "Is everything alright? You've seemed a little distant lately." He could see she was debating silently to herself.
Finally she answered, "No, there's nothing wrong. I've... I've just been studying a lot lately."
Dumbledore studied her a moment as she fidgeted uncomfortable. Finally, he decided she'll tell him when she's ready so he said, "Ok. Don't work yourself to hard. And good luck on the Qudditch match today." She smiled, looking relieved, and nodded to him before returning to her seat.
When she sat down, she realized how dry her throat felt. She picked up her goblet of pumpkin juice and drained the entire thing in one gulp. She didn't notice the dark figure chuckle lightly to itself and walk unnoticeably closer to James. James and his friends were busy laughing at a joke and Cassandra and her two friends were discussing nail polishes. They didn't notice the black figure some up close to James' left side (he was at the end of his group so there was no one sitting on his left). But Lily noticed. And Lily also noticed someone putting something in James' drink. She widened her eyes, shot up out of her seat, and walked quickly over to him. He was reaching for his goblet, bringing it closer and closer to his lips.
"James!" Lily almost shouted. It startled the group and James put his drink down. Cassandra, Stacie and Kelly all glared at her. Sirius was looking down, not looking at her. Remus turned to look at her and smiled friendly. Peter was looking around, confused as always. James turned to face her, looking half mad, half curious. Lily didn't know for sure, but she thought she saw a bit of regret and guilt in his eyes. That look was quickly replaced by anger.
"What?" he replied coldly. Lily gulped and gathered up her courage. She sat down on his left and said in a shaky voice, "W-we've got a prefects meeting tomorrow morning at 10 a.m." as she was saying this, she was sneakily grabbing James' cup and holding it out of sight. No one saw her do this. James nodded curtly and turned back to his friends, ignoring her again. Lily sighed in half relief and half sorrow. She walked back to her seat and finished eating. Again, no one saw the black figure as it stepped out of the Great Hall, and no one saw it silently cursing himself for not making sure Potter drank form his goblet.
~*~*~*~*~
A half hour later, everyone was making their way to the Quidditch pitch in high spirits. Everyone, but Lily. She was in the locker room with the rest of her teammates, all of which were ignoring her. James was giving them one of his pep talks and was writing on a board that looked like the pitch. Lily was listening intently when all of a sudden she got a painful sting in her head. No one noticed as she closed her eyes tightly and breathed in deeply against the pain. 'Lily, you canNOT be getting a headache right before the game. Your team needs you. Just think of it as it's all in your mind. You feel fine, and your going to beat the Revenclaw team good.' She shook her head and focused her attention on James.
When the team made its way to the pitch cheers were heard all around the stadium. Lily could hear Peter commentating over the loudness. The Ravenclaw team was already there and had their brooms ready. The Gryffindor team took their brooms as well and the teams took their position. Proofessor Hooch, the new flying teacher, made her way onto the pitch and stated she wanted a nice, clean game from all. Then she blew the whistle and the game began. (A/N- I'm not sure how to write a good Quidditch game, so bear with me. It'll probably be a short one.) Eric took hold of the quaffle and made his way to the goals. He passed to Molly when he saw Kelsey Kirk coming his way. Molly caught the quaffle and made the goal. "10- 0 Gryffindor" Peter shouted. The game went that way for quite some time. Lily was just sitting on her broom, looking bored. The other two chasers weren't passing her the ball at all. Since she had nothing better to do, she just decided to wait and watch just incase they needed her help. That was when things got weird.
Lily felt the pain in her head again, only this time, she felt it in her stomach as well. 'Maybe the pumpkin juice was bad this morning, or something.' She thought to herself as she felt her stomach tight. She looked around the stadium and saw Dumbldore, McGonagall and the rest of the teachers watching the game from their seats. Dumbldore looked over at her and caught her eye. He gave her a small smile. She managed a weak one in return. Then she turned to watch the rest of the game. In a matter of seconds, things got weirder. Lily looked around and saw a blugder zooming around. That wasn't very weird at all. The weird thing was, Sirius nor Remus followed it and tried to hit it towards the other team. Lily also noticed this bludger was going 'a lot' faster than normal. She looked around, trying to catch sight of Sirius of Remus. She saw them a few feet away, but...it looked like their brooms weren't able to move. They tried to jerk them, but they wouldn't budge. They looked at each other, confused. Lily then rested her eyes on James, who was busy looking for the snitch, not noticing the problem. Molly had just scored another goal and Eric was giving her a high five. Derek, their keeper, was busy yawning and not paying attention. Then, Lily saw something that made her heart skip a beat. The blugder was heading straight for James. James saw this and appeared to try and move out of the way, but his broom was stuck as well. If James didn't move out of the way soon, he would surely be dead. That bludger was strong enough to break bones, and it was going quick enough to knock him off his broom. They were about fifty feet up in the air. No human could survive that kind of a fall.
All this was going through Lilys head in a matter of seconds. Then, in a moment of understanding, Lily knew what she must do.
Her eyes widened in shock. "JAMES, LOOK OUT!" she was yelling as she sped her broom closer and closer to James. He looked over at her, his face pale and fear in his eyes, he didn't comprehend what was happening. Everyone stopped what they were going and looked in horror at what was happening. All except two people. One of which was the person in the dark cloak that morning.
Time seemed to go by in slow motion for Lily. If she really had been listening hard, she could distinctly hear the soft melody of 'What a Wonderful World', her father's favorite tune before he died. (A/N- If you can, I suggest playing the song in the background while you read this. But hey, just a suggestion) Inch by inch she was closer to James. She saw him finally realize what was about to happen. He glanced at the speeding bludger then back at Lily. His eyes widened in fear. He started to mouth 'NO!' but she didn't listen, she just gave him a sad smile. She pushed him and his unmoving broom with her small hands out of danger and she herself got hit right in the chest. The cracks were so loud, she was sure everyone in the stadium could hear her bones break. With the soft melody still playing in her mind, she fell off her broom, still in slow motion. She knew she was about to die. She grabbed her locket subconsciously; she hadn't taken it off since Sirius had given it to her for that Christmas. All her memories flashed before her eyes.
~/Flash/~
Her first day of kindergarten.
"Hello, and what's your name?" Mrs. Brooks asked the little redhead in front of her.
She answered shyly, "My name's Lily."
"And why are you crying, Lily" she asked.
"I miss James. He's not at this school." The little girl replied.
~/Flash/~
"Daddy?" a little girl age four came up to her father and asked softly.
"Yes, Princess?" he replied, looking down at his precious daughter from his chair in their living room.
"Can you watch this movie with me?" she asked, holding up Peter Pan.
The father smiled, "Sure, pumpkin, put it in."
~/Flash/~
"MUMMY MUMMY!" a five year old yelled, excited. Her mother rushed into the room.
"What? What is it dear?!" her mother asked.
"I read the book. I can read!" her mother swept her up into a big hug.
~/Flash/~
"James, please don't go. You're my bestest friend." Lily of age six pleaded.
"I know. You're my bestest friend too, flower." he said. "But I have to go. Don't worry. We can always write to each other. And who knows, maybe one day, I'll be back."
"(Sniff) ok James. Bye" she whispered the last word
"Bye"
~/Flash/~
"Lily, hun, are you alright?" her mother asked the six year old.
She sniffed and looked up, tears were streaming down her face. "No, I miss James."
"Lily, you can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of your loss, or you can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift you have- life itself. I know you miss James, but you need to go outside, play, do something. It's been two weeks; you can't sit around and mope. Please go and play." Her mother urged.
Lily sniffed again, wiped her tears and smiled, "Ok, mommy. Thanks, I love you."
~/Flash/~
The eleven year old, Lily's eyes widened in shock as she read the letter. "Mum! Daddy!" her parents rushed into the room.
"What is it, Princess?" her father asked, concerned.
Lily smiled in disbelief, "I-I think I'm a witch."
~/Flash/~
It was about ready time for Lily to go. Petunia looked over at her and glared. Lily sighed and said, "Petunia, why do you hate wizards so much?"
"Because they're not normal." She replied. Then her expression changed a little. She got up and walked over to Lily. "Why do you have to one of them? Why are you leaving us?" she took Lily by surprise.
"I'm not leaving you guys. I'm just going to school, it's not like I'm leaving the family." She replied. Surprising her, Petunia hugged Lily, almost stiffly. Then as quick as she did it, she let go of her little sister, well, ex little sister now. She turned around and said quietly to herself, "You are leaving the family. In my heart, as of now, I have no sister." She didn't mean for Lily to hear it, but she did.
~/Back to the Present with James/~
"LILY!!!!!!!!!" James screamed in terror as she was knocked off her broom.
"Sh*t" Sirius whispered, horrified.
"Oh God." Remus breathed as he watched her fall.
Dumbledore was trying everything in his power to stop her fall, or at least lessen it. 'There's dark magic on her!' Dumbledore realized with terror. He couldn't stop her fall; something was making sure of that. On his right, he heard McGonagall gasp and the teachers all around him having similar reactions.
With a sudden jerk, the three brooms all came back to life. James took action.
Everyone held their breath as she continued to fall.
Lily was still conscious, though not fully alert, as she continued to fall. Flashbacks were still playing themselves through her head. And the melody. The sweet melody was still playing, though coming to an end. As she waited for the last second of her life, she blinked once and took in her last breath. The music ended.
James tried racing his broom down, but it was too late. With a sickening 'thud' she hit the ground. His heart thudded painfully in his chest as a tear made its way down his cheek. He, Remus, and Sirius raced as fast as they could down to where her lifeless body was sprawled around. Everyone came soon after.
James raced over to her and gathered her in his arms. "Lily!" he gasped and he checked her pulse. He almost fainted with relief when he heard an almost non-existent one. He turned to Sirius, Remus, and now Peter. "She's alive."
He saw similar reactions on almost every face there. Then he saw Dumbldore make his way over, with the rest of the teachers.
"Minerva, fetch Madame Pomfrey. Quickly!" Dumbldore said, the twinkle gone from his eye.
No one saw two people still in the stadium, looking quite proud of themselves.
~*~*~*~*~
In the common room thirty minutes later, James, Sirius, and Peter were all worried to the extreme. James was pacing the floor, Sirius was hovering near the portrait hole, Peter was looking sad, but stupid. Remus stayed close to the hospital wing, waiting for any information. At that moment, the portrait swung open and Remus walked in, looking worried and tired. James and Sirius rushed towards him.
"What happened?!"
"Is she ok?"
"Is she alive?!"
"What did Madame Pomfrey say!?"
Remus held his hand up to stop the flow of questions. He had a frown on his face and asked quietly, "I don't know anything yet. Dumbledore thought it best if I came here and waited with you."
"Oh.", was all they could manage to say. Then they saw Remus' eyes flash.
"Now I want to know what was really going on with you two and Lily!" Remus shouted, starting to get real angry. Both boys jumped at his sudden outburst.
"Um..." James said.
"And I want the truth." Remus said, uncharacteristically impatient.
James looked over at Sirius, who nodded. James sighed and said, "A couple of weeks ago, Lily said something to Malfoy." James stopped and Sirius took over for him.
"She told him about you, Remus. About you being a werewolf." He said.
"I'm sorry, man." James said, looking to the ground. Sirius closed his eyes. They were both so torn between being angry at Lily and being worried about Lily. James was really confused. Lily just saved his life, risking her own in the process. Why did she do that? After the way we were treating her, she still saved his life.
Remus' brows furrowed in confusion, "Lily didn't tell." James and Sirius' heads snapped up.
"What?" James asked. Peter squeaked a little in the background.
"Lily didn't tell Malfoy. Peter did." Remus looked over at Peter who nodded his head in conformation, "He even told me himself and apologized a lot."
"He did!?" Sirius demanded.
"Yeah, I told him that right after he got back from the hospital last week." Peter came over and replied for Remus.
"Wait." James said suspiciously, "You didn't tell us? Why not? You knew that's why we were mad at Lily."
"No I didn't. I just knew you were mad at her. You didn't tell me why." Peter rationalized.
Sirius made a frustrated movement with his hands, "Then why didn't you 'ask' us? You were just mad at Lily for no reason?!"
Peter squeaked and stuttered, "W-well, e-everyone was mad at h-her, so..." his voice trailed off.
"So you just decided to be mad at her as well." James finished for him, looking angry.
Remus didn't want them to start fighting and another thought popped into his mind, "Wait, 'everyone' is mad at her?"
"Yeah." Sirius answered, "Pretty much the whole school."
Remus looked confused again, "Why?"
That question seemed to be unanswerable. "We honestly don't know. We didn't tell anyone why we were mad at her, no one else really had any reason to hate her."
Sirius looked puzzled as well, "Think we should ask Dumbledore about this?"
They agreed quickly and headed off to find the Headmaster.
~*~*~*~
A/N- phew. Wasn't that chapter so sad? Please don't hate me. And please review! (People, I only got four reviews this time. Tut tut) Here's the next preview.
* "I've figured out why the whole school was acting this way."
* "Well when will she wake up?" her silence caused the boys to panic,
"Madame Pomfrey, when is she going to wake up!?"
* "How is she, Madame Pomfrey?"
* They got expelled for all their crimes they've committed in a matter
of weeks.
The minute Lily stood up and walked over to the teachers table, the black figure put something in her drink. Nobody noticed this because, well, nobody really paid attention to Lily at the Great Hall very often anymore.
"You wanted to tell me something, Headmaster?" Lily asked when she reached him.
"Yes, Miss Evans. I just wanted to inform you that there will be a prefects meeting tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. Could you please tell Mr. Potter this as well?" he replied. He noticed her face pale slightly, but she nodded anyway. As she was about to walk back to her seat, Dumbledore called out to her, "Miss Evans?" she turned and looked at him questionably, "Is everything alright? You've seemed a little distant lately." He could see she was debating silently to herself.
Finally she answered, "No, there's nothing wrong. I've... I've just been studying a lot lately."
Dumbledore studied her a moment as she fidgeted uncomfortable. Finally, he decided she'll tell him when she's ready so he said, "Ok. Don't work yourself to hard. And good luck on the Qudditch match today." She smiled, looking relieved, and nodded to him before returning to her seat.
When she sat down, she realized how dry her throat felt. She picked up her goblet of pumpkin juice and drained the entire thing in one gulp. She didn't notice the dark figure chuckle lightly to itself and walk unnoticeably closer to James. James and his friends were busy laughing at a joke and Cassandra and her two friends were discussing nail polishes. They didn't notice the black figure some up close to James' left side (he was at the end of his group so there was no one sitting on his left). But Lily noticed. And Lily also noticed someone putting something in James' drink. She widened her eyes, shot up out of her seat, and walked quickly over to him. He was reaching for his goblet, bringing it closer and closer to his lips.
"James!" Lily almost shouted. It startled the group and James put his drink down. Cassandra, Stacie and Kelly all glared at her. Sirius was looking down, not looking at her. Remus turned to look at her and smiled friendly. Peter was looking around, confused as always. James turned to face her, looking half mad, half curious. Lily didn't know for sure, but she thought she saw a bit of regret and guilt in his eyes. That look was quickly replaced by anger.
"What?" he replied coldly. Lily gulped and gathered up her courage. She sat down on his left and said in a shaky voice, "W-we've got a prefects meeting tomorrow morning at 10 a.m." as she was saying this, she was sneakily grabbing James' cup and holding it out of sight. No one saw her do this. James nodded curtly and turned back to his friends, ignoring her again. Lily sighed in half relief and half sorrow. She walked back to her seat and finished eating. Again, no one saw the black figure as it stepped out of the Great Hall, and no one saw it silently cursing himself for not making sure Potter drank form his goblet.
~*~*~*~*~
A half hour later, everyone was making their way to the Quidditch pitch in high spirits. Everyone, but Lily. She was in the locker room with the rest of her teammates, all of which were ignoring her. James was giving them one of his pep talks and was writing on a board that looked like the pitch. Lily was listening intently when all of a sudden she got a painful sting in her head. No one noticed as she closed her eyes tightly and breathed in deeply against the pain. 'Lily, you canNOT be getting a headache right before the game. Your team needs you. Just think of it as it's all in your mind. You feel fine, and your going to beat the Revenclaw team good.' She shook her head and focused her attention on James.
When the team made its way to the pitch cheers were heard all around the stadium. Lily could hear Peter commentating over the loudness. The Ravenclaw team was already there and had their brooms ready. The Gryffindor team took their brooms as well and the teams took their position. Proofessor Hooch, the new flying teacher, made her way onto the pitch and stated she wanted a nice, clean game from all. Then she blew the whistle and the game began. (A/N- I'm not sure how to write a good Quidditch game, so bear with me. It'll probably be a short one.) Eric took hold of the quaffle and made his way to the goals. He passed to Molly when he saw Kelsey Kirk coming his way. Molly caught the quaffle and made the goal. "10- 0 Gryffindor" Peter shouted. The game went that way for quite some time. Lily was just sitting on her broom, looking bored. The other two chasers weren't passing her the ball at all. Since she had nothing better to do, she just decided to wait and watch just incase they needed her help. That was when things got weird.
Lily felt the pain in her head again, only this time, she felt it in her stomach as well. 'Maybe the pumpkin juice was bad this morning, or something.' She thought to herself as she felt her stomach tight. She looked around the stadium and saw Dumbldore, McGonagall and the rest of the teachers watching the game from their seats. Dumbldore looked over at her and caught her eye. He gave her a small smile. She managed a weak one in return. Then she turned to watch the rest of the game. In a matter of seconds, things got weirder. Lily looked around and saw a blugder zooming around. That wasn't very weird at all. The weird thing was, Sirius nor Remus followed it and tried to hit it towards the other team. Lily also noticed this bludger was going 'a lot' faster than normal. She looked around, trying to catch sight of Sirius of Remus. She saw them a few feet away, but...it looked like their brooms weren't able to move. They tried to jerk them, but they wouldn't budge. They looked at each other, confused. Lily then rested her eyes on James, who was busy looking for the snitch, not noticing the problem. Molly had just scored another goal and Eric was giving her a high five. Derek, their keeper, was busy yawning and not paying attention. Then, Lily saw something that made her heart skip a beat. The blugder was heading straight for James. James saw this and appeared to try and move out of the way, but his broom was stuck as well. If James didn't move out of the way soon, he would surely be dead. That bludger was strong enough to break bones, and it was going quick enough to knock him off his broom. They were about fifty feet up in the air. No human could survive that kind of a fall.
All this was going through Lilys head in a matter of seconds. Then, in a moment of understanding, Lily knew what she must do.
Her eyes widened in shock. "JAMES, LOOK OUT!" she was yelling as she sped her broom closer and closer to James. He looked over at her, his face pale and fear in his eyes, he didn't comprehend what was happening. Everyone stopped what they were going and looked in horror at what was happening. All except two people. One of which was the person in the dark cloak that morning.
Time seemed to go by in slow motion for Lily. If she really had been listening hard, she could distinctly hear the soft melody of 'What a Wonderful World', her father's favorite tune before he died. (A/N- If you can, I suggest playing the song in the background while you read this. But hey, just a suggestion) Inch by inch she was closer to James. She saw him finally realize what was about to happen. He glanced at the speeding bludger then back at Lily. His eyes widened in fear. He started to mouth 'NO!' but she didn't listen, she just gave him a sad smile. She pushed him and his unmoving broom with her small hands out of danger and she herself got hit right in the chest. The cracks were so loud, she was sure everyone in the stadium could hear her bones break. With the soft melody still playing in her mind, she fell off her broom, still in slow motion. She knew she was about to die. She grabbed her locket subconsciously; she hadn't taken it off since Sirius had given it to her for that Christmas. All her memories flashed before her eyes.
~/Flash/~
Her first day of kindergarten.
"Hello, and what's your name?" Mrs. Brooks asked the little redhead in front of her.
She answered shyly, "My name's Lily."
"And why are you crying, Lily" she asked.
"I miss James. He's not at this school." The little girl replied.
~/Flash/~
"Daddy?" a little girl age four came up to her father and asked softly.
"Yes, Princess?" he replied, looking down at his precious daughter from his chair in their living room.
"Can you watch this movie with me?" she asked, holding up Peter Pan.
The father smiled, "Sure, pumpkin, put it in."
~/Flash/~
"MUMMY MUMMY!" a five year old yelled, excited. Her mother rushed into the room.
"What? What is it dear?!" her mother asked.
"I read the book. I can read!" her mother swept her up into a big hug.
~/Flash/~
"James, please don't go. You're my bestest friend." Lily of age six pleaded.
"I know. You're my bestest friend too, flower." he said. "But I have to go. Don't worry. We can always write to each other. And who knows, maybe one day, I'll be back."
"(Sniff) ok James. Bye" she whispered the last word
"Bye"
~/Flash/~
"Lily, hun, are you alright?" her mother asked the six year old.
She sniffed and looked up, tears were streaming down her face. "No, I miss James."
"Lily, you can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of your loss, or you can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift you have- life itself. I know you miss James, but you need to go outside, play, do something. It's been two weeks; you can't sit around and mope. Please go and play." Her mother urged.
Lily sniffed again, wiped her tears and smiled, "Ok, mommy. Thanks, I love you."
~/Flash/~
The eleven year old, Lily's eyes widened in shock as she read the letter. "Mum! Daddy!" her parents rushed into the room.
"What is it, Princess?" her father asked, concerned.
Lily smiled in disbelief, "I-I think I'm a witch."
~/Flash/~
It was about ready time for Lily to go. Petunia looked over at her and glared. Lily sighed and said, "Petunia, why do you hate wizards so much?"
"Because they're not normal." She replied. Then her expression changed a little. She got up and walked over to Lily. "Why do you have to one of them? Why are you leaving us?" she took Lily by surprise.
"I'm not leaving you guys. I'm just going to school, it's not like I'm leaving the family." She replied. Surprising her, Petunia hugged Lily, almost stiffly. Then as quick as she did it, she let go of her little sister, well, ex little sister now. She turned around and said quietly to herself, "You are leaving the family. In my heart, as of now, I have no sister." She didn't mean for Lily to hear it, but she did.
~/Back to the Present with James/~
"LILY!!!!!!!!!" James screamed in terror as she was knocked off her broom.
"Sh*t" Sirius whispered, horrified.
"Oh God." Remus breathed as he watched her fall.
Dumbledore was trying everything in his power to stop her fall, or at least lessen it. 'There's dark magic on her!' Dumbledore realized with terror. He couldn't stop her fall; something was making sure of that. On his right, he heard McGonagall gasp and the teachers all around him having similar reactions.
With a sudden jerk, the three brooms all came back to life. James took action.
Everyone held their breath as she continued to fall.
Lily was still conscious, though not fully alert, as she continued to fall. Flashbacks were still playing themselves through her head. And the melody. The sweet melody was still playing, though coming to an end. As she waited for the last second of her life, she blinked once and took in her last breath. The music ended.
James tried racing his broom down, but it was too late. With a sickening 'thud' she hit the ground. His heart thudded painfully in his chest as a tear made its way down his cheek. He, Remus, and Sirius raced as fast as they could down to where her lifeless body was sprawled around. Everyone came soon after.
James raced over to her and gathered her in his arms. "Lily!" he gasped and he checked her pulse. He almost fainted with relief when he heard an almost non-existent one. He turned to Sirius, Remus, and now Peter. "She's alive."
He saw similar reactions on almost every face there. Then he saw Dumbldore make his way over, with the rest of the teachers.
"Minerva, fetch Madame Pomfrey. Quickly!" Dumbldore said, the twinkle gone from his eye.
No one saw two people still in the stadium, looking quite proud of themselves.
~*~*~*~*~
In the common room thirty minutes later, James, Sirius, and Peter were all worried to the extreme. James was pacing the floor, Sirius was hovering near the portrait hole, Peter was looking sad, but stupid. Remus stayed close to the hospital wing, waiting for any information. At that moment, the portrait swung open and Remus walked in, looking worried and tired. James and Sirius rushed towards him.
"What happened?!"
"Is she ok?"
"Is she alive?!"
"What did Madame Pomfrey say!?"
Remus held his hand up to stop the flow of questions. He had a frown on his face and asked quietly, "I don't know anything yet. Dumbledore thought it best if I came here and waited with you."
"Oh.", was all they could manage to say. Then they saw Remus' eyes flash.
"Now I want to know what was really going on with you two and Lily!" Remus shouted, starting to get real angry. Both boys jumped at his sudden outburst.
"Um..." James said.
"And I want the truth." Remus said, uncharacteristically impatient.
James looked over at Sirius, who nodded. James sighed and said, "A couple of weeks ago, Lily said something to Malfoy." James stopped and Sirius took over for him.
"She told him about you, Remus. About you being a werewolf." He said.
"I'm sorry, man." James said, looking to the ground. Sirius closed his eyes. They were both so torn between being angry at Lily and being worried about Lily. James was really confused. Lily just saved his life, risking her own in the process. Why did she do that? After the way we were treating her, she still saved his life.
Remus' brows furrowed in confusion, "Lily didn't tell." James and Sirius' heads snapped up.
"What?" James asked. Peter squeaked a little in the background.
"Lily didn't tell Malfoy. Peter did." Remus looked over at Peter who nodded his head in conformation, "He even told me himself and apologized a lot."
"He did!?" Sirius demanded.
"Yeah, I told him that right after he got back from the hospital last week." Peter came over and replied for Remus.
"Wait." James said suspiciously, "You didn't tell us? Why not? You knew that's why we were mad at Lily."
"No I didn't. I just knew you were mad at her. You didn't tell me why." Peter rationalized.
Sirius made a frustrated movement with his hands, "Then why didn't you 'ask' us? You were just mad at Lily for no reason?!"
Peter squeaked and stuttered, "W-well, e-everyone was mad at h-her, so..." his voice trailed off.
"So you just decided to be mad at her as well." James finished for him, looking angry.
Remus didn't want them to start fighting and another thought popped into his mind, "Wait, 'everyone' is mad at her?"
"Yeah." Sirius answered, "Pretty much the whole school."
Remus looked confused again, "Why?"
That question seemed to be unanswerable. "We honestly don't know. We didn't tell anyone why we were mad at her, no one else really had any reason to hate her."
Sirius looked puzzled as well, "Think we should ask Dumbledore about this?"
They agreed quickly and headed off to find the Headmaster.
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A/N- phew. Wasn't that chapter so sad? Please don't hate me. And please review! (People, I only got four reviews this time. Tut tut) Here's the next preview.
* "I've figured out why the whole school was acting this way."
* "Well when will she wake up?" her silence caused the boys to panic,
"Madame Pomfrey, when is she going to wake up!?"
* "How is she, Madame Pomfrey?"
* They got expelled for all their crimes they've committed in a matter
of weeks.