A/N- Hey! Ok, this next chapter has a lot of sayings from my last chapters.
Just to warn you that you may not remember some of them. If you want, re-
read some of the last chapters. Hope this update isn't too boring. Enjoy!!!
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"B-but I thought you loved me!" screeched the shrilly, high voice of a 5th year Hufflepuff by the name of Jessica Throne.
"Now, Jess, be reasonable. When did I say that I 'loved' you?" Sirius asked exasperatedly.
"Well, you said you 'loved' my hair like this!" she replied, nearing hysteria.
Sirius raised his eyebrows and said, "That's a tad different than saying that I love you, Jessica."
"Aha!" Jessica screeched, causing Sirius to wince. She pointed a shaky finger a Sirius and made one last, half insane attempt, "See? See, you just said it. You just said you love me! You just said it! Don't deny it!"
Sirius shook his head and said slowly as he turned to walk away, "I'll see you around, Jess."
Sirius walked back into the Gryffindor common room where James, Remus, and Peter were all studying like mad. He plopped down on a chair next to James and took out some textbooks.
"I never thought I'd see the day when Sirius Black cracked open a textbook willingly." Remus muttered, not looking up from the parchment he was writing on.
"Hilarious, werewolf boy. I never thought I'd see the day when the teachers went 'completely' off their rockers, but what can you do." Sirius replied, dryly. Then he said with frustration in his voice, "See? I can't even come up with a decent comeback anymore! Those teachers are sucking the life out of me!"
James shook his head, not looking up from his book, "Sirius, honestly, could you 'ever' come up with a decent comeback 'before' this?"
Sirius 'hmphed' and started reading his textbook.
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It was around 2 o'clock in the morning by the time all of them were done studying and could finally head off to bed.
"I'm beat." Peter said through a yawn.
"Same here." Remus said, plopping down on his bed without even changing into pajamas.
"'Night, guys." James mumbled, half asleep already.
"'Nighty night." Sirius replied sleepily. The next minute, the room was filled with snores.
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The next morning, James found himself in Charms class practicing his Shrinking Charm. He half-heartedly flicked his wand in the correct movements. Hard as he tried, he couldn't fully concentrate on the spell. He felt so guilty. It had been a full week since he had gone to visit Lily. The work had just been piling up on them and without her to help them out; it took them forever just to finish one assignment. Of course, they still had help from Remus, but one man can only do so much. Usually, it was Remus and Lily helping out the other three when James and Sirius hadn't been paying attention that day in class. Now, with just Remus, let's just say it wouldn't be surprising if Remus went gray from all this stress.
Remus nudged James to get his attention. James snapped out of his thought and looked at Remus questionably.
"What's with you today?" Remus whispered so the teacher didn't hear.
"I'm thinking about Lily. We should try to make time to see her today. Pass that to Sirius and Peter as well." James whispered back. Remus nodded and did just that. Sirius looked over at him and gave him two thumbs up to show he agreed. Just then, the bell rang and James gathered up his books and joined his friends out the door.
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The Marauders arrived at the hospital wing in between classes. This seemed to be the only time they could actually manage to see her.
Walking up to her bed, James noticed that the flowers on her bedside were wilted and dying. He realized with a pang in his heart, that no one had been around to change them for her. Not that it was anyone's fault, they were so busy studying and doing their homework that they barely had time to sleep.
"We don't come around here enough." James spoke out, saying his thoughts.
"We've been busy. It's no big deal." Sirius said, shrugging his shoulders.
James sighed and said, "Yeah, I just feel guilty, that's all." And he went over to her bedside and took out the flowers, replacing them with fresher ones.
"Have you guys finished the Transfiguration homework yet?" Remus asked, taking a seat on the bed next to Lily's.
Peter gasped and said, "I forgot about that!"
Sirius and James groaned and said, "So did we!"
Remus said, "You guys better get it done; it's due tomorrow morning."
"Yeah, but when can we finish it?" James asked desperately.
"Should we go and start it right now?" Sirius asked.
"I think you probably should." Remus said.
James sighed and said, "Here's another time when we have to ditch Lily.
With that said they each kissed Lily's cheek and dashed out the door to the library. It was a good thing Potions didn't start for another hour.
~*~*~*Back With Lily*~*~*~*~
Madame Pomfrey was checking on her newest patient. It seemed that a first year found it adventurous to take on the Whomping Willow Tree by himself.
"Now I'm going to have to fix this bone. I'll be right back with the potion. Don't go anywhere." Madame Pomfrey said sternly.
"Excuse me, Madame Pomfrey, but...is that Lily Evans?" the first year asked timidly.
Madame Pomfrey turned around to look at what the boy was pointing to. She turned back to him and said, "Yes, that is her. Why do you ask?"
He spoke with awe in his voice, "I've never seen her close up before. My brother, Fletcher, talks about her all the time. He says she's really nice."
Madame Pomfrey smiled slightly at the boy. "Yes, well, anyway I'll be right back with the potion. Stay here." And then she walked off to get the medicine.
In the next few minutes, something horrible happened that would be sure to stick in the little boy's head for the rest of his life. He was looking around the hospital wing and suddenly, he heard loud, fast beeping sounds. He turned to the source of the noise and found himself looking at the machine next to Lily's bed. He turned pale when heard the beeping speed up.
"MADAME POMFREY! MADAME POMFREY! Something's wrong with LILY!!!" he screamed.
In a split second, Madame Pomfrey was out of her office with a bottle in her hand. She took one look at Lily, dropped the bottle, and rushed forward to the bedside. She looked wildly around and then rested her eyes on the first year. "Mr. McDermott, run and find the Headmaster. And hurry!"
The first year didn't need telling twice. He was out of the wing in a flash, leaving behind the worried nurse and the unconscious patient.
~*~*In Lily's Mind~*~*
Lily and James were walking hand in hand down a forest. It was a beautiful, sunny day. The two didn't have a care in the world. James looked quite handsome in a plain, white t-shirt and blue jean shorts. Lily looked as though she had stepped right out of a fairy tale. Her long red hair was trailing down her back, little braids here and there. She was wearing a white, lacey dress that came to her mid-calves. James had just picked some flowers and arranged them into a crown.
He turned and placed it on her head while she giggled delightedly. He whispered to her, "My little princess."
She smiled at him lovingly and took his hand once again. "My prince." She said softly.
They walked around for a while until they came across a lake. She looked over at James, who was smiling mischievously. Knowing that smile all too well, she quirked an eyebrow and said, "What are you planning, James?"
Without answering her, he just took her other hand and pulled her with them as they both fell in the lake. Screaming in surprise and delight, she splashed around with him.
They continued this for a while. That was when Lily noticed a change in scenery. She was no longer in the forest, and James was no longer with her. Instead, she was facing a man that looked as though he were a snake in a human disguise. She also noticed that she had a wand in her hand.
The snake-like man had just said a word and Lily fell to the ground in excruciating pain. He pulled his wand away from her and the pain was gone.
"What do you want with me, Voldemort?" she asked, anger in her voice.
"I want you dead." The man replied.
"Why?" she asked.
"A prophesy. One that I can terminate if I kill one of you seven." Voldemort said coldly.
"You will never kill us. I'll make sure of that!" Lily shouted bravely.
"You won't as long as I'm around." He said. Then he said a few more words and Lily suddenly felt very strange.
She looked up to the clouds. It was lightning and raining, but in front of the storm, Lily could see pictures of all her past occurrences. The more recent ones, the memories from long ago. Each one was vanishing right in front of her. Vanishing right from her very mind.
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Falling, falling, closer and closer to the green, green grass...Gone.
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Music. A lovely tune her father always listened to...Gone
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James' horrified face...Gone
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The Quidditch game where no one was passing her the quaffle...Gone
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Talking to Dumbledore about a Prefects meetin...Gone
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"What, are you going to cry, Evans?" "MUDBLOOD! MUDBLOOD! MUDBLOOD!"...Gone
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"Aw. I guess you're not so popular anymore, huh Evans." Cassandra said snottily...Gone
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"Lily, we never want to talk to you again. You are no longer a fellow Marauder... or friend. Stay away from us."...Gone
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"Don't pretend you don't know what we're talking about. We know it was you who told Malfoy about Remus' condition."...Gone
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"WHAT!? SNAPE 'FANCIES' LILY!?...Gone "
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"Oh, like, great." She said, snottily, "It's, like, the ugly, mudblood Evans." "Glad to see your vocabulary has improved over the summer, Cassandra."...Gone
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"Another good point. (laughs) I-I've GOT IT! 'I'll' do my 'own' homework for a month." Sirius replied...Gone
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"Me?! I'm a prefect. I don't believe it." James exclaimed...Gone
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"I'm a PREFECT!" she exclaimed...Gone
Faster and faster memories shown in the sky. Faster and faster the memories vanished from sky and mind. All second through forth year memories faded. First year memories came and gone.
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Her birthday receiving her locket, her photo album, her quotes book, her Alice in Wonderland book. Going out to the lake for the whole day...Gone
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Her lavender with white trimmed room at the Potter manor...Gone
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"Mr. and Mrs. Potter!" she exclaimed, running towards them...Gone
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"Just remember, you're not alone." James said on the train...Gone
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"We all live on the same street, Lilz. We'll be seeing each other everyday." Sirius exclaimed...Gone
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"You've been such a good friend this year James. The best actually." She said as she kissed him on the cheek...Gone
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The tears finally fell. She put her head in her hands and sobbed quietly. The four quickly gathered around her and comforted her. "I m-miss them so much."...Gone
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"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." Remus told her...Gone
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"Lily?" he asked softly. She let out another sob and said in a chocked voice, "They're gone, James. M-my parents are gone. They left me." He rushed over to her and sat next to her, engulfing her in a comforting hug...Gone
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"Oh yeah, and we both think that we should become animagi." Sirius finished, nonchalantly...Gone
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"'One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.' She says that a lot also." Lily said...Gone
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"Think of it this way, Remus." She reasoned, "You transform, what, once a month? And at that time, it's not really you anyway. And if it is, it's not as though you can help it." She shrugged, "It's not your fault. You didn't ask for this, did you?" He shook his head slowly. She snapped her fingers and shrugged again, rationalizing. "See? You didn't ask to be a werewolf; it's not your fault."...Gone
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"I know what you are, Remus."...Gone
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"I have an announcement to make. Lily Evans will 'not' be accepting any offers to the Christmas Ball. So STOP ASKING!!!"...Gone
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"Wow! A ball!" Lily said, "I've never been to one before."...Gone
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"Thanks for setting your 'protectors' on us, Evans. Just remember, you may not always have them around to stand up for you." Cassandra said, angrily...Gone
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"There is no way we could ever be mad at you, Flower." Sirius, Remus and Peter nodded in agreement.
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"Yeah Lils, your just like a sister to us." Sirius said, flinging an arm over her shoulder in an act of friendship.
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"CONTRACTIOUNS INFINITE!" Immediately, everyone in the Great Hall stopped talking at once, seeing the Marauder's newest prank. Snape was no longer Snape. Snape was a fairy. Not a real fairy, mind you. He was dressed in a green pixie dress and even had little wings. He looked ready to kill when he realized what he was wearing. He opened his mouth to shout out something that would have made his mother die of shock, but all that came out of his mouth was nursery rhythms.
"Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and can't tell where to find them
Leave them alone and they'll come home,
Bringing their tails behind them"
When he finished, he looked as sour as ever and his face was scarcely close to that of a tomato. Everyone, other than the Slytherians and some of the teachers (McGonagall and Graves 'the Potions master and head of Slytherian house'), were laughing good-naturedly. "Hey Mother Goose, try looking up your ass, maybe you'll find your sheep up there!" someone shouted out, earning a stern glare from McGonagall. "Love the look, Tinker Bell!" a girl from the Ravenclaw table shouted. "Always knew you were a fairy, Sarah! Oops I mean Snape!" a third year Gryffindor boy shouted after.
Then, Malfoy stood up, indignant, though no one could really see him. He was about two feet tall and dressed in a leprechaun outfit. "Hey Darby O'Gill, where's your little people?!" another student shouted out. Another kid, he must have been a muggle-born because he knew the jingle, shouted out, "Heart, stars, horse-shoes, clovers, and blue moons," some more people gather in, "pots of gold, and rainbows, and the red balloons." Malfoy, like Snape, tried to shout out some bad words, but when he opened his mouth, he started to say in an Irish accent, much like the muggle commercial:
"They're always after me Lucky Charms!"
Most of the kids didn't understand what he meant by that, since they weren't muggle-born, but nonetheless they found it absolutely hilarious. After the laughter subsided, everyone turned their attention to Avery, who had yet to attempt to talk. He glared daggers at everyone, especially some Hufflepuff girls that shrieked quite loudly, "Like, oh my God, his hair is, like, so cuter than mine!" Another boy from the Ravenclaw table shouted, "Hey Barbie, look down to your right and you'll find your Ken!" (meaning Malfoy). Avery opened his mouth, forgetting what might happen if he did so, and he started to sing in a ditzy voice: "I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation"
Again, only the muggle-borns had ever heard of this so they were the ones laughing the loudest. Although, whether they knew the song or not, everyone else was laughing as hard as they could. You could hear the words "Queer." And "Cross dressers." among the crowd of people.
To make matters worse (for the three Slytherians) letters, bright red and gold letters, spelling out the words 'Gryffindor's #1!'. While everyone was still distracted by the message, Lily and James slipped out of the curtains and snuck over to the Gryffindor table, where Sirius, Peter and Remus were laughing so hard, tears were coming out of their eyes. When Lily and James slipped into their seats, they immediately started talking to them, "Brilliant! Simply brilliant. Who, again, came up with this clever prank?" Sirius wheezed out...Gone
They walked in silence, side by side, for a couple of minutes until Lily said, almost timidly, "James what's a mudblood?" James turned to look at her, fury in his eyes. "Where'd you hear that word?"...Gone
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She snuggled up to him, feeling safe, "I really missed you James." she said quietly after a few moments of silence...Gone
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Cassandra laughed, cold and patronizingly, "No No No. I obviously gave you the wrong impression that I'd want to be friends with some ugly red-head like you." Cassandra's friends giggled and laughed at Lily...Gone
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James heard an 'eek!' sound and in less than a second, all four of them, including Sirius appeared from behind the tree. Lily, Remus, and Peter just stared at Sirius opened mouth. Then in a split second, they were rolling on the grass howling with laughter. Sirius may have just been worse than James. The little ballerina that stood before them was wearing a scowl... along with a 'pink' tutu with 'pink' tights and 'pink' bows in it's hair, which was in two matching pigtails! The ballerina... a.k.a Sirius... just stood there and waited for the other three to calm down...Gone
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Lily rolled her eyes, then an idea formed in her mind, "James, if you don't turn around right now, I'm afraid I may 'accidently' let a certain secret slipped that I'm 'positive' you've never told anyone else." then she leaned up again his shoulder and whispered in his ear, "James 'Clarence' Potter..." James panicked and turned around.
"You wouldn't dare!" he said, but his words fell on deaf ears because the moment he turned around, Lily, Remus, and Peter were all doubled up with laughter. And who wouldn't? James looked absolutely hilarious! A lavender, fluffy bunny with glasses! That's what the three saw when he turned. He had the ears and buck teeth and everything.
"J-James! Y-you l-ook like t-the... Easter Bunny!!!" Lily managed to sputter out...Gone
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"Malfoy acually 'punched' you! Oh, I am going to kick his a-" James started to shout.
"James, it's fine. I'm perfectly alright." Lily interupted him...Gone
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"'You' came up with 'the' look!"...Gone
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"James?/Lily?" they both said in unison.
Remus and Sirius exchanged confused glances with each other. Then looked back at the two when Lily had jumped up off her seat and the two hugged each other, looking terrified the other one would disappear...Gone
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"MELLY!" Lily jumped up a hugged her old neighbor. Melanie laughed at Lily's sudden outburst...Gone
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"Sooo. You all know each other. What are your names?"
"Oh yeah. Sorry about that. My name is Remus Lupin, he's Peter Pettigrew. That there is Sirius Black and he's James Potter."
'James Potter? James... Potter?... why does that sound so familiar?'
"What's your name?" James asked. James also thought she looked really familiar. 'Red-hair, green eyes... red-hair, green eyes...'
"Hmmm? Oh I'm sorry. I'm so rude. I'm Lily. Lily Evans." 'Lily Evans. It sounds so familiar. Where have I seen her before?'...Gone
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The boy continued to glare at her, not saying anything. Lily continued to look at him. He looked so familiar to her, but she couldn't place where she had seen him before. The boy had greasy hair, with a hooked nose and very black eyes. Her eyes widened in surprise. 'Greasy hair...' She suddenly laughed, disbelievingly.
"Snape!" she said, rudely. She hadn't seen Severus Snape in 3 years, since she moved. He had still been as dumb as ever when she left. Now three years later, she realized he hadn't changed a bit from the first time she met him, when she walked up to her and started to pick on her. "Evan?" he said angrily. He glared, if possible, harder at her. She had stopped laughing by now. She had raised one of her eyebrows, smirked slightly and said, "Well well well. Severus Snape. Long time no see, eh?"
"Too bad it didn't last to long, mudblood." he growled.
She glared at him, "Trust me, Snape. The feeling is more than mutual."...Gone
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The first time she met Mr. Potter. The first time she met Mrs. Potter. The first time she met Melanie when she babysat her...The first time she met James. All these memories were slipping out of her grasp and she couldn't do anything about it. She went through all her memories of her babyhood. Her parents brought her home from the hospital and she met her sister Petunia for the first time. The first time her father held her. The first time her mother held her. All her memories of her mother and father slipped away.
Then...her identity slipped away and she was left in darkness.
A snake-like man she didn't know was standing in front of her with what appeared to be a stick in his hand. She just looked at him confused. Then, he raised his wand and said two words she's never heard of before.
"Adava Kadavera!" She felt pain for about a split-second. Then all she saw was light.
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A/N- Ok, that chapter was extremely sad. Don't worry, Lily doesn't die. Well, I guess all there is left to say is review.
*"Lily." A soft voice echoed. "Mum?"
*"Headmaster! It's Lily!"
*"James? Something wrong?" "No, I just have this feeling."
*"S-she's dead."
*"It's not your time yet."
*"I-I don't understand Dad."
*"I'd better go find Mr. Potter and his friends"
*"Wait a minute. What is going on?"
*"I'm sorry, boys." "No"
*"S-she's stable. But...that's impossible."
*"Poppy, are you alright?" "I believe, she's back."
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"B-but I thought you loved me!" screeched the shrilly, high voice of a 5th year Hufflepuff by the name of Jessica Throne.
"Now, Jess, be reasonable. When did I say that I 'loved' you?" Sirius asked exasperatedly.
"Well, you said you 'loved' my hair like this!" she replied, nearing hysteria.
Sirius raised his eyebrows and said, "That's a tad different than saying that I love you, Jessica."
"Aha!" Jessica screeched, causing Sirius to wince. She pointed a shaky finger a Sirius and made one last, half insane attempt, "See? See, you just said it. You just said you love me! You just said it! Don't deny it!"
Sirius shook his head and said slowly as he turned to walk away, "I'll see you around, Jess."
Sirius walked back into the Gryffindor common room where James, Remus, and Peter were all studying like mad. He plopped down on a chair next to James and took out some textbooks.
"I never thought I'd see the day when Sirius Black cracked open a textbook willingly." Remus muttered, not looking up from the parchment he was writing on.
"Hilarious, werewolf boy. I never thought I'd see the day when the teachers went 'completely' off their rockers, but what can you do." Sirius replied, dryly. Then he said with frustration in his voice, "See? I can't even come up with a decent comeback anymore! Those teachers are sucking the life out of me!"
James shook his head, not looking up from his book, "Sirius, honestly, could you 'ever' come up with a decent comeback 'before' this?"
Sirius 'hmphed' and started reading his textbook.
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It was around 2 o'clock in the morning by the time all of them were done studying and could finally head off to bed.
"I'm beat." Peter said through a yawn.
"Same here." Remus said, plopping down on his bed without even changing into pajamas.
"'Night, guys." James mumbled, half asleep already.
"'Nighty night." Sirius replied sleepily. The next minute, the room was filled with snores.
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The next morning, James found himself in Charms class practicing his Shrinking Charm. He half-heartedly flicked his wand in the correct movements. Hard as he tried, he couldn't fully concentrate on the spell. He felt so guilty. It had been a full week since he had gone to visit Lily. The work had just been piling up on them and without her to help them out; it took them forever just to finish one assignment. Of course, they still had help from Remus, but one man can only do so much. Usually, it was Remus and Lily helping out the other three when James and Sirius hadn't been paying attention that day in class. Now, with just Remus, let's just say it wouldn't be surprising if Remus went gray from all this stress.
Remus nudged James to get his attention. James snapped out of his thought and looked at Remus questionably.
"What's with you today?" Remus whispered so the teacher didn't hear.
"I'm thinking about Lily. We should try to make time to see her today. Pass that to Sirius and Peter as well." James whispered back. Remus nodded and did just that. Sirius looked over at him and gave him two thumbs up to show he agreed. Just then, the bell rang and James gathered up his books and joined his friends out the door.
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The Marauders arrived at the hospital wing in between classes. This seemed to be the only time they could actually manage to see her.
Walking up to her bed, James noticed that the flowers on her bedside were wilted and dying. He realized with a pang in his heart, that no one had been around to change them for her. Not that it was anyone's fault, they were so busy studying and doing their homework that they barely had time to sleep.
"We don't come around here enough." James spoke out, saying his thoughts.
"We've been busy. It's no big deal." Sirius said, shrugging his shoulders.
James sighed and said, "Yeah, I just feel guilty, that's all." And he went over to her bedside and took out the flowers, replacing them with fresher ones.
"Have you guys finished the Transfiguration homework yet?" Remus asked, taking a seat on the bed next to Lily's.
Peter gasped and said, "I forgot about that!"
Sirius and James groaned and said, "So did we!"
Remus said, "You guys better get it done; it's due tomorrow morning."
"Yeah, but when can we finish it?" James asked desperately.
"Should we go and start it right now?" Sirius asked.
"I think you probably should." Remus said.
James sighed and said, "Here's another time when we have to ditch Lily.
With that said they each kissed Lily's cheek and dashed out the door to the library. It was a good thing Potions didn't start for another hour.
~*~*~*Back With Lily*~*~*~*~
Madame Pomfrey was checking on her newest patient. It seemed that a first year found it adventurous to take on the Whomping Willow Tree by himself.
"Now I'm going to have to fix this bone. I'll be right back with the potion. Don't go anywhere." Madame Pomfrey said sternly.
"Excuse me, Madame Pomfrey, but...is that Lily Evans?" the first year asked timidly.
Madame Pomfrey turned around to look at what the boy was pointing to. She turned back to him and said, "Yes, that is her. Why do you ask?"
He spoke with awe in his voice, "I've never seen her close up before. My brother, Fletcher, talks about her all the time. He says she's really nice."
Madame Pomfrey smiled slightly at the boy. "Yes, well, anyway I'll be right back with the potion. Stay here." And then she walked off to get the medicine.
In the next few minutes, something horrible happened that would be sure to stick in the little boy's head for the rest of his life. He was looking around the hospital wing and suddenly, he heard loud, fast beeping sounds. He turned to the source of the noise and found himself looking at the machine next to Lily's bed. He turned pale when heard the beeping speed up.
"MADAME POMFREY! MADAME POMFREY! Something's wrong with LILY!!!" he screamed.
In a split second, Madame Pomfrey was out of her office with a bottle in her hand. She took one look at Lily, dropped the bottle, and rushed forward to the bedside. She looked wildly around and then rested her eyes on the first year. "Mr. McDermott, run and find the Headmaster. And hurry!"
The first year didn't need telling twice. He was out of the wing in a flash, leaving behind the worried nurse and the unconscious patient.
~*~*In Lily's Mind~*~*
Lily and James were walking hand in hand down a forest. It was a beautiful, sunny day. The two didn't have a care in the world. James looked quite handsome in a plain, white t-shirt and blue jean shorts. Lily looked as though she had stepped right out of a fairy tale. Her long red hair was trailing down her back, little braids here and there. She was wearing a white, lacey dress that came to her mid-calves. James had just picked some flowers and arranged them into a crown.
He turned and placed it on her head while she giggled delightedly. He whispered to her, "My little princess."
She smiled at him lovingly and took his hand once again. "My prince." She said softly.
They walked around for a while until they came across a lake. She looked over at James, who was smiling mischievously. Knowing that smile all too well, she quirked an eyebrow and said, "What are you planning, James?"
Without answering her, he just took her other hand and pulled her with them as they both fell in the lake. Screaming in surprise and delight, she splashed around with him.
They continued this for a while. That was when Lily noticed a change in scenery. She was no longer in the forest, and James was no longer with her. Instead, she was facing a man that looked as though he were a snake in a human disguise. She also noticed that she had a wand in her hand.
The snake-like man had just said a word and Lily fell to the ground in excruciating pain. He pulled his wand away from her and the pain was gone.
"What do you want with me, Voldemort?" she asked, anger in her voice.
"I want you dead." The man replied.
"Why?" she asked.
"A prophesy. One that I can terminate if I kill one of you seven." Voldemort said coldly.
"You will never kill us. I'll make sure of that!" Lily shouted bravely.
"You won't as long as I'm around." He said. Then he said a few more words and Lily suddenly felt very strange.
She looked up to the clouds. It was lightning and raining, but in front of the storm, Lily could see pictures of all her past occurrences. The more recent ones, the memories from long ago. Each one was vanishing right in front of her. Vanishing right from her very mind.
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Falling, falling, closer and closer to the green, green grass...Gone.
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Music. A lovely tune her father always listened to...Gone
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James' horrified face...Gone
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The Quidditch game where no one was passing her the quaffle...Gone
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Talking to Dumbledore about a Prefects meetin...Gone
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"What, are you going to cry, Evans?" "MUDBLOOD! MUDBLOOD! MUDBLOOD!"...Gone
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"Aw. I guess you're not so popular anymore, huh Evans." Cassandra said snottily...Gone
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"Lily, we never want to talk to you again. You are no longer a fellow Marauder... or friend. Stay away from us."...Gone
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"Don't pretend you don't know what we're talking about. We know it was you who told Malfoy about Remus' condition."...Gone
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"WHAT!? SNAPE 'FANCIES' LILY!?...Gone "
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"Oh, like, great." She said, snottily, "It's, like, the ugly, mudblood Evans." "Glad to see your vocabulary has improved over the summer, Cassandra."...Gone
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"Another good point. (laughs) I-I've GOT IT! 'I'll' do my 'own' homework for a month." Sirius replied...Gone
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"Me?! I'm a prefect. I don't believe it." James exclaimed...Gone
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"I'm a PREFECT!" she exclaimed...Gone
Faster and faster memories shown in the sky. Faster and faster the memories vanished from sky and mind. All second through forth year memories faded. First year memories came and gone.
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Her birthday receiving her locket, her photo album, her quotes book, her Alice in Wonderland book. Going out to the lake for the whole day...Gone
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Her lavender with white trimmed room at the Potter manor...Gone
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"Mr. and Mrs. Potter!" she exclaimed, running towards them...Gone
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"Just remember, you're not alone." James said on the train...Gone
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"We all live on the same street, Lilz. We'll be seeing each other everyday." Sirius exclaimed...Gone
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"You've been such a good friend this year James. The best actually." She said as she kissed him on the cheek...Gone
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The tears finally fell. She put her head in her hands and sobbed quietly. The four quickly gathered around her and comforted her. "I m-miss them so much."...Gone
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"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." Remus told her...Gone
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"Lily?" he asked softly. She let out another sob and said in a chocked voice, "They're gone, James. M-my parents are gone. They left me." He rushed over to her and sat next to her, engulfing her in a comforting hug...Gone
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"Oh yeah, and we both think that we should become animagi." Sirius finished, nonchalantly...Gone
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"'One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.' She says that a lot also." Lily said...Gone
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"Think of it this way, Remus." She reasoned, "You transform, what, once a month? And at that time, it's not really you anyway. And if it is, it's not as though you can help it." She shrugged, "It's not your fault. You didn't ask for this, did you?" He shook his head slowly. She snapped her fingers and shrugged again, rationalizing. "See? You didn't ask to be a werewolf; it's not your fault."...Gone
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"I know what you are, Remus."...Gone
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"I have an announcement to make. Lily Evans will 'not' be accepting any offers to the Christmas Ball. So STOP ASKING!!!"...Gone
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"Wow! A ball!" Lily said, "I've never been to one before."...Gone
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"Thanks for setting your 'protectors' on us, Evans. Just remember, you may not always have them around to stand up for you." Cassandra said, angrily...Gone
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"There is no way we could ever be mad at you, Flower." Sirius, Remus and Peter nodded in agreement.
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"Yeah Lils, your just like a sister to us." Sirius said, flinging an arm over her shoulder in an act of friendship.
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"CONTRACTIOUNS INFINITE!" Immediately, everyone in the Great Hall stopped talking at once, seeing the Marauder's newest prank. Snape was no longer Snape. Snape was a fairy. Not a real fairy, mind you. He was dressed in a green pixie dress and even had little wings. He looked ready to kill when he realized what he was wearing. He opened his mouth to shout out something that would have made his mother die of shock, but all that came out of his mouth was nursery rhythms.
"Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and can't tell where to find them
Leave them alone and they'll come home,
Bringing their tails behind them"
When he finished, he looked as sour as ever and his face was scarcely close to that of a tomato. Everyone, other than the Slytherians and some of the teachers (McGonagall and Graves 'the Potions master and head of Slytherian house'), were laughing good-naturedly. "Hey Mother Goose, try looking up your ass, maybe you'll find your sheep up there!" someone shouted out, earning a stern glare from McGonagall. "Love the look, Tinker Bell!" a girl from the Ravenclaw table shouted. "Always knew you were a fairy, Sarah! Oops I mean Snape!" a third year Gryffindor boy shouted after.
Then, Malfoy stood up, indignant, though no one could really see him. He was about two feet tall and dressed in a leprechaun outfit. "Hey Darby O'Gill, where's your little people?!" another student shouted out. Another kid, he must have been a muggle-born because he knew the jingle, shouted out, "Heart, stars, horse-shoes, clovers, and blue moons," some more people gather in, "pots of gold, and rainbows, and the red balloons." Malfoy, like Snape, tried to shout out some bad words, but when he opened his mouth, he started to say in an Irish accent, much like the muggle commercial:
"They're always after me Lucky Charms!"
Most of the kids didn't understand what he meant by that, since they weren't muggle-born, but nonetheless they found it absolutely hilarious. After the laughter subsided, everyone turned their attention to Avery, who had yet to attempt to talk. He glared daggers at everyone, especially some Hufflepuff girls that shrieked quite loudly, "Like, oh my God, his hair is, like, so cuter than mine!" Another boy from the Ravenclaw table shouted, "Hey Barbie, look down to your right and you'll find your Ken!" (meaning Malfoy). Avery opened his mouth, forgetting what might happen if he did so, and he started to sing in a ditzy voice: "I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation"
Again, only the muggle-borns had ever heard of this so they were the ones laughing the loudest. Although, whether they knew the song or not, everyone else was laughing as hard as they could. You could hear the words "Queer." And "Cross dressers." among the crowd of people.
To make matters worse (for the three Slytherians) letters, bright red and gold letters, spelling out the words 'Gryffindor's #1!'. While everyone was still distracted by the message, Lily and James slipped out of the curtains and snuck over to the Gryffindor table, where Sirius, Peter and Remus were laughing so hard, tears were coming out of their eyes. When Lily and James slipped into their seats, they immediately started talking to them, "Brilliant! Simply brilliant. Who, again, came up with this clever prank?" Sirius wheezed out...Gone
They walked in silence, side by side, for a couple of minutes until Lily said, almost timidly, "James what's a mudblood?" James turned to look at her, fury in his eyes. "Where'd you hear that word?"...Gone
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She snuggled up to him, feeling safe, "I really missed you James." she said quietly after a few moments of silence...Gone
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Cassandra laughed, cold and patronizingly, "No No No. I obviously gave you the wrong impression that I'd want to be friends with some ugly red-head like you." Cassandra's friends giggled and laughed at Lily...Gone
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James heard an 'eek!' sound and in less than a second, all four of them, including Sirius appeared from behind the tree. Lily, Remus, and Peter just stared at Sirius opened mouth. Then in a split second, they were rolling on the grass howling with laughter. Sirius may have just been worse than James. The little ballerina that stood before them was wearing a scowl... along with a 'pink' tutu with 'pink' tights and 'pink' bows in it's hair, which was in two matching pigtails! The ballerina... a.k.a Sirius... just stood there and waited for the other three to calm down...Gone
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Lily rolled her eyes, then an idea formed in her mind, "James, if you don't turn around right now, I'm afraid I may 'accidently' let a certain secret slipped that I'm 'positive' you've never told anyone else." then she leaned up again his shoulder and whispered in his ear, "James 'Clarence' Potter..." James panicked and turned around.
"You wouldn't dare!" he said, but his words fell on deaf ears because the moment he turned around, Lily, Remus, and Peter were all doubled up with laughter. And who wouldn't? James looked absolutely hilarious! A lavender, fluffy bunny with glasses! That's what the three saw when he turned. He had the ears and buck teeth and everything.
"J-James! Y-you l-ook like t-the... Easter Bunny!!!" Lily managed to sputter out...Gone
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"Malfoy acually 'punched' you! Oh, I am going to kick his a-" James started to shout.
"James, it's fine. I'm perfectly alright." Lily interupted him...Gone
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"'You' came up with 'the' look!"...Gone
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"James?/Lily?" they both said in unison.
Remus and Sirius exchanged confused glances with each other. Then looked back at the two when Lily had jumped up off her seat and the two hugged each other, looking terrified the other one would disappear...Gone
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"MELLY!" Lily jumped up a hugged her old neighbor. Melanie laughed at Lily's sudden outburst...Gone
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"Sooo. You all know each other. What are your names?"
"Oh yeah. Sorry about that. My name is Remus Lupin, he's Peter Pettigrew. That there is Sirius Black and he's James Potter."
'James Potter? James... Potter?... why does that sound so familiar?'
"What's your name?" James asked. James also thought she looked really familiar. 'Red-hair, green eyes... red-hair, green eyes...'
"Hmmm? Oh I'm sorry. I'm so rude. I'm Lily. Lily Evans." 'Lily Evans. It sounds so familiar. Where have I seen her before?'...Gone
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The boy continued to glare at her, not saying anything. Lily continued to look at him. He looked so familiar to her, but she couldn't place where she had seen him before. The boy had greasy hair, with a hooked nose and very black eyes. Her eyes widened in surprise. 'Greasy hair...' She suddenly laughed, disbelievingly.
"Snape!" she said, rudely. She hadn't seen Severus Snape in 3 years, since she moved. He had still been as dumb as ever when she left. Now three years later, she realized he hadn't changed a bit from the first time she met him, when she walked up to her and started to pick on her. "Evan?" he said angrily. He glared, if possible, harder at her. She had stopped laughing by now. She had raised one of her eyebrows, smirked slightly and said, "Well well well. Severus Snape. Long time no see, eh?"
"Too bad it didn't last to long, mudblood." he growled.
She glared at him, "Trust me, Snape. The feeling is more than mutual."...Gone
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The first time she met Mr. Potter. The first time she met Mrs. Potter. The first time she met Melanie when she babysat her...The first time she met James. All these memories were slipping out of her grasp and she couldn't do anything about it. She went through all her memories of her babyhood. Her parents brought her home from the hospital and she met her sister Petunia for the first time. The first time her father held her. The first time her mother held her. All her memories of her mother and father slipped away.
Then...her identity slipped away and she was left in darkness.
A snake-like man she didn't know was standing in front of her with what appeared to be a stick in his hand. She just looked at him confused. Then, he raised his wand and said two words she's never heard of before.
"Adava Kadavera!" She felt pain for about a split-second. Then all she saw was light.
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A/N- Ok, that chapter was extremely sad. Don't worry, Lily doesn't die. Well, I guess all there is left to say is review.
*"Lily." A soft voice echoed. "Mum?"
*"Headmaster! It's Lily!"
*"James? Something wrong?" "No, I just have this feeling."
*"S-she's dead."
*"It's not your time yet."
*"I-I don't understand Dad."
*"I'd better go find Mr. Potter and his friends"
*"Wait a minute. What is going on?"
*"I'm sorry, boys." "No"
*"S-she's stable. But...that's impossible."
*"Poppy, are you alright?" "I believe, she's back."