Previously:
Lily walked up to one of the sinks in the middle of the room and said something to it. Her voice was hard and cold, sounding like a snake's slither. Moaning Myrtle widened her eyes and flew back into her toilet when she saw the stalls begin to move.
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Lily just stood there absently. Her necklaces were lighting up the dimly lit bathroom. The noise in the room was rather loud, but it didn't faze her one bit. The sink she had spoken to seemed to be the only one moving. While the others just stayed the same way, that sink lowered and then there was a big hole in the ground. Without hesitation, Lily walked robotically forward and dropped into the hole.
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From another part of the castle, James and Sirius were goofing off and joking around as quietly as they could without being caught by Filch.
"Geez, Sirius, you sure there's anything left?" James said when he saw Sirius gobble up two candy bars at once. Sirius stopped his actions, a pastry halfway to his mouth, and looked at James dumbly. James rolled his eyes and said exasperatedly, "Stop eating all the food. I think you may have eaten all of Honeydukes already."
Sirius just smirked and said in a little boy voice, "But mummy, I'm a growing boy." James snorted with laughter and Sirius laugh jollily as they continued their way back to the Gryffindor tower.
"We'd better shut up or Filch will definitely catch-." James started to whisper as they walked up the stairs, nearing closer to the portrait of the fat lady, but didn't get a chance to when Sirius cut in.
"James, your necklace is glowing!" James looked down, startled to find that indeed Sirius was right. His necklace 'was' glowing blood red. Noticing something else, James snapped his head up and widened his eyes.
"So is your!" he exclaimed, not caring if anyone caught them anymore. Sirius looked down as James did and gasped. His was glowing a bright blue.
"What the bloody hell is going on?" Sirius yelled.
"I don't know, but we have to get back to the tower. Maybe Lily would know something. After all, she bought these for us." James replied frantically as they both ran under the invisibility cloak the rest of the way.
When they got to the portrait, they were met with another surprising sight. Remus was sprawled around on the ground, appearing to be sleeping. That wasn't all. His necklace was glowing a pale yellow color.
"This is beyond weird." Sirius muttered as James dropped to the ground and began shaking Remus.
"Remus! Moony, buddy, you alright?" James shouted. The fat lady woke up with a start and looked at the scene around her. Muttering about reckless kids, she fell back to sleep instantly.
Remus moaned as he opened his eyes, looking dazed and confused. James was still shaking him as he muttered "Huh?" then, in a more bold, stern voice, he exclaimed "Lily...where's Lily?"
James looked at Sirius and they exchanged confused glances. Sirius looked back down at Remus and asked, bewildered "Isn't she in our dormitory?"
Remus, now fully awake, shook his head wildly and started to explain what had been going on since they left for Honeydukes. The blood drained from both James' and Sirius' faces as he continued with the story.
"She just...left, like a zombie?" James asked.
Remus shook his head, "I don't know. It sure seemed that way. She walked out of here, seeming to not even notice I was talking to her, but when I mentioned that I was going to get Dumbledore for help..." he trailed off.
"She somehow put you to sleep." Sirius finished for him, bewildered.
"But that wasn't all." Remus continued, the other two looked at him, "Right before I fell unconscious, I saw a green snake with glowing red eyes standing in the place of Lily."
James and Sirius fell silent as they both took thoughtful expression on their faces; an act that would have been simply hilarious to Remus if it weren't such a serious topic.
"What do you think is going on?" Remus asked James after a moment, still a little weak from the sleeping curse.
"I don't know." James said, shaking his head perplexed. "But, I do know one thing. Lily is somewhere in the castle, most likely in danger...and it sounds like Voldemort may have something to do with it."
"You're right." Remus answered, an understanding look on his face, soon to be replaced by a fearful look, "How are we going to find her?"
"I think we are all forgetting one little thing." Sirius said with a confident gleam now in his eye. The two looked at him, questioningly. "Let's check the map." James and Remus looked like they were just told the answer to a hard problem.
"Oh duh!" James shouted as he jumped up and said the password to the grumpy fat lady, and ran in with Remus and Sirius following close on his heel.
He flew up the stairs to his dormitory and burst open the door. As he noticing Peter shaking with fear, he ran to his chest and took out the map. Remus and Sirius crowded around and Peter stood up from his bed curiously.
"James, Sirius, what's going on?" Peter whimpered.
"Dunno Pete." James mumbled, studying the map he was holding intently.
Sirius sighed, frustrated and said, "I'm not seeing her, Prongs." Remus shook his head, agreeing with Sirius. James groaned and dropped his hands to his sides.
"What are we going to do? We 'have' to find her." Remus asked seriously.
James put his hands up to his face, groaning again. A few seconds later, he exclaimed, "Peter, go get Dumbledore! Tell him the whole story about Lily turning all robotic and walking out of the dormitory to someplace. And also tell him that this is Voldemort's doing." Peter nodded, shaking slightly in fear and scampered off. "Remus, Sirius," James said, turning his attention to the other two, "You two and I will separate and see if we can find her. If one of us does locate her, bring her straight to Dumbledore's office." They all broke out into a run, leaving their dormitory down the steps and out the portrait hole again, amidst the Fat Lady's shouts of protesting youngsters these days and their lack of respect.
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Lily fell through the hole at incredible speed, an action that would make any person in their right mind scream in fear or alarm, but Lily just kept her blank face, hair whipping around her face. Not even blinking once.
The next second, Lily was on the ground. Mindlessly, she got to her feet and started walking expertly through the pitch black with the exception of her glowing necklaces. She turned non-visible corners, ducked under short walls, without once bumping into anything.
In the background, someone might hear the sound of water dripping, other than that, all the sound that was made was Lily's feet.
It took about fifteen minutes before she got to a place that wasn't completely black. As she turned another corner, she stopped her walking suddenly.
In front of her was a large open area, rocks and dirt and stone as walls, and a large puddle of water in front of a stone-built snake. Not showing any sign that she was aware of any of this, Lily just stood there, stiff as a robot.
There was a man dress in black robes, standing close to the water, observing something in a large bowl standing in front of him. The bowl was a murky grey, perched upon a snake shaped stand. Lightness was reflecting upon the man's face when he looked into it.
The man himself was more of a snake as well. Two slits and red orbs were acting as eyes and a nose for the face. He was smirking before he suddenly said, without looking up from the bowl, "I was expecting you." He looked up, still smirking coldly and said, "Come, my dear." He motioned his hands over to his side. She moved robotically over to him. "Yes, right over here."
When she was by his side, he turned back to the bowl. Without a word, he snapped his fingers. Lily suddenly gasped and shook her head, appearing as though she just woke up. Her eyes were no longer blank and her expression was one of shock and confusion. She looked around dazedly.
"Huh? What?" she breathed out. Looking at her surrounding, she whispered, feeling a little scared and nervous, "Where am I?" It was then she noticed there was another man in the large area, standing next to her with his back turned to her. Frowning, and narrowing her eyes, she asked a little more boldly, "Who are you?"
He smirked and turned around, causing her to gasp at his appearance. "Why, hello, my dear. Feeling better?" She didn't realize the cold, sarcastic tone he was using.
"I guess. What happened?" she asked, still glancing around the unpleasant surrounding.
"Tell me, my dear," he started, not bothering to answer her questions. A twisted smile started to form on his face as he looked at her frightened expression, "Do you want your memory back?"
That caught her attention immediately. Looking at him cautiously, she asked, "How do you know about that?"
"All you have to do to get your memory back," he said smoothly, intentionally not answering her question, "Is put that necklace in this bowl." He pointed to her pink glowing locket then to the bowl he was looking into. Lily instinctively grabbed both necklaces and held them tight. His lips curled and he said in an impatient voice, "Do it if you want your memory back."
Lily, biting her lip unsurely, unclasped her locket. Holding it in her hand, she looked at it uncertainly. She looked back up at the man, who was sneering at her while she wasn't looking, but changed his expression quickly to one of consideration when he saw her looking at him. Hesitantly, she stepped over to the large bowl. She was about ready to drop the locket in when she abruptly stopped asked the now annoyed and irritated man, suspiciously, "How did you know about my amnesia? And 'who' are you?!"
The man now gave into his rage "How," the man said as though it were obvious, "It is because 'I' am the one that took your memory from you in the first place. Don't you remember?" he asked mockingly.
"Who are you?!" she demanded nervously, clutching her locket as tight as she could in her hand. Her breaths started to come in ragged, short gasps as she back away from him in fright.
He sneered, starting to grow angry. "I am the person that will cause your destruction. The man who is feared by all!"
Her eyes widened and she put a hand up to her mouth to stifle a scream that was threatening to erupt, "You're...you're Voldemort, aren't you?" she said breathlessly, her face paling considerably as her eyes quickly darted around the area for any chance of escape.
Voldemort smirked coldly and said, "Such courage. A Mudblood like yourself dares to call me by my name."
Lily looked back at him, glaring hatefully, "Thanks to you, I have no reason to fear your name. I can't remember 'why' I would fear you, now would I?" She was inwardly begging he fall for her trap. She thought she had succeeded for a moment.
Voldemort's face twisted into a warped smile and he said as he took his wand out, "Well, my dear Mudblood, I believe your right. You really 'do' have no reason to fear me. Would you like me to fix that for you so you can be properly afraid?" 'Yes!' she thought to herself, 'It worked! He's going to give me my memory!' But then...
Voldemort started to laugh. It was such a cruel laugh; shudders went up and down Lily's spine. It sounded like fingernails scratching on a chalkboard. "Or," he went on, "I could help you create some 'new' memories. One's that will result in you defiantly fearing me." Lily's eyes widened again in horror.
"Crucio." He spat. The reaction happened instantly. She fell to the ground, twitching with absolute pain. It was like a thousand knives were piercing her skin simultaneously. Her mind tried to force herself not to scream, but her body acted on its own and soon she was letting out ear-shattering cries and tears were streaming down her face. Then, just as suddenly as the pain started, it stopped. She was breathing heavily on the ground, too weak to stand at the moment.
"Is that enough to fear, Mudblood?" he spat out. She didn't answer, just panting as though she couldn't get enough precious oxygen to her lungs.
A few seconds later, she managed to get to her feet. She swayed a bit, but she balanced herself immediately.
"What do you want from me?" she demanded weakly.
Voldemort pretended to think about that for a second. "Well, my goodness. I guess, despite the prophesy, I could ask you to join the dark side, but I think I probably already know the answer."
"Never." Lily answered defiantly.
"Yes," Voldemort said in a low frosty voice, "I expected that much. So, now all I want with you is to 'die'."
Lily panicked for a moment, and then said in a shaky voice, "You don't really think that everyone will just forget about me." In a louder, more forceful voice, "People 'will' realize I am gone, and when they do, they will know it was you. Dumbledore will know right away what happened."
"And what will he do about it, hmm?" he asked in a mock-sympathetic voice, "Do you think he'll come up to me and slap me on the wrist for my bad behavior? I've got news for you, filthy Mudblood; he won't be able to do a thing about it. I have been killing people for quite sometime now, without being caught once. I think I just 'might' get away this time.
"After all," he continued, smirking once more, "I did get away with murdering your parents."
Lily clenched her jaw, eyes filling with tears. So that was how her parents died. In the hands of this maniac.
"But," Voldemort said faking thoughtfulness, "I suppose I 'could' let you live. All you would have to do is put your locket in the bowl."
Lily was again aware of the locket she held firm in her hand. Why was this so imperative to him? It must be something big.
Well, if it so important to him...
"Not a chance." She said loudly, and boldly.
Voldemort sneered and shouted so loudly that Lily could here it vibrate against the rocky walls, "Put the locket in the bowl!"
Lily jumped a little in alarm. Closing her eyes, swallowing hard, and taking deep breaths to stop her panting, she put her locket safely in the pocket of her pajama bottoms. Opening her eyes defiantly, she shouted just as loud as he did moments before, "NO!" She then ran forward and knocked the bowl to the ground. An act both extremely brave and daring...or extremely dumb and stupid.
When the bowl hit the ground, it shattered to a million pieces and what appeared to be billions of transparent images started to fly around the area.
"NOOOO!!!" Voldemort shouted. Lily stared around in wonder. The images were like pictures, moving pictures that made actual noises. All the pictures started to move around her, spinning so quickly that it made a bright, transparent white funnel around just her head. All the talking from the images created a buzzing sound when they were all together. Lily gasped, feeling overwhelmed.
She caught a look at one of the pictures and saw a little girl that resembled herself, talking to a little boy that looked like James, in a tree house. Lily heard what the two were saying.
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""James, please don't go. You're my bestest friend."
"I know. You're my bestest friend too, flower. 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"
"Bye"
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She gasped. 'James? So it is him. That must mean...my memories!' she thought to herself incredulously. The images were her memories that were floating around her head!
Then, one by one, each image started to go into her ears. She grasped her head with both hands, fell to her knees, closed her eyes tightly, and gasped at the tremendous, lifting feeling she got. Overwhelming feelings took over her body as she started to remember, second by second, each little detail of her life. Despite her eyes being closed, she could tell that the lightness seemed to darken around her.
Then, all of her immense feelings stopped and she passed out right there on her knees while her hands still grasped her head.
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A few minutes later, she came to.
Cautiously, and confused, she opened up her eyes slowly. She noticed that her hands were grasping her head and she was resting on her knees, on a dirty and rocky ground. She looked up slowly and immediately gasped.
Lord Voldemort! Right in front of her! He was standing a few feet away from her, eyes blazing in fury. 'What is going on?' she thought to herself. How did Voldemort get her here, and why couldn't she remember what was happening.
She weakly raised herself to her feet. As soon as she got to her feet, she took a wary step back from him.
Voldemort looked absolutely livid. How dare a Mudblood destroy his plan and still live! Those images and memories inside that bowl were very useful to him, and she sabotaged it! He grasped his wand in his hand very tightly. Slowly, shaking with rage, he raised it up to eyelevel and said in a low, very dangerous voice, "I will most certainly enjoy killing you, Mudblood." He then shouted, "Adavera Ked...
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Lily walked up to one of the sinks in the middle of the room and said something to it. Her voice was hard and cold, sounding like a snake's slither. Moaning Myrtle widened her eyes and flew back into her toilet when she saw the stalls begin to move.
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Lily just stood there absently. Her necklaces were lighting up the dimly lit bathroom. The noise in the room was rather loud, but it didn't faze her one bit. The sink she had spoken to seemed to be the only one moving. While the others just stayed the same way, that sink lowered and then there was a big hole in the ground. Without hesitation, Lily walked robotically forward and dropped into the hole.
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From another part of the castle, James and Sirius were goofing off and joking around as quietly as they could without being caught by Filch.
"Geez, Sirius, you sure there's anything left?" James said when he saw Sirius gobble up two candy bars at once. Sirius stopped his actions, a pastry halfway to his mouth, and looked at James dumbly. James rolled his eyes and said exasperatedly, "Stop eating all the food. I think you may have eaten all of Honeydukes already."
Sirius just smirked and said in a little boy voice, "But mummy, I'm a growing boy." James snorted with laughter and Sirius laugh jollily as they continued their way back to the Gryffindor tower.
"We'd better shut up or Filch will definitely catch-." James started to whisper as they walked up the stairs, nearing closer to the portrait of the fat lady, but didn't get a chance to when Sirius cut in.
"James, your necklace is glowing!" James looked down, startled to find that indeed Sirius was right. His necklace 'was' glowing blood red. Noticing something else, James snapped his head up and widened his eyes.
"So is your!" he exclaimed, not caring if anyone caught them anymore. Sirius looked down as James did and gasped. His was glowing a bright blue.
"What the bloody hell is going on?" Sirius yelled.
"I don't know, but we have to get back to the tower. Maybe Lily would know something. After all, she bought these for us." James replied frantically as they both ran under the invisibility cloak the rest of the way.
When they got to the portrait, they were met with another surprising sight. Remus was sprawled around on the ground, appearing to be sleeping. That wasn't all. His necklace was glowing a pale yellow color.
"This is beyond weird." Sirius muttered as James dropped to the ground and began shaking Remus.
"Remus! Moony, buddy, you alright?" James shouted. The fat lady woke up with a start and looked at the scene around her. Muttering about reckless kids, she fell back to sleep instantly.
Remus moaned as he opened his eyes, looking dazed and confused. James was still shaking him as he muttered "Huh?" then, in a more bold, stern voice, he exclaimed "Lily...where's Lily?"
James looked at Sirius and they exchanged confused glances. Sirius looked back down at Remus and asked, bewildered "Isn't she in our dormitory?"
Remus, now fully awake, shook his head wildly and started to explain what had been going on since they left for Honeydukes. The blood drained from both James' and Sirius' faces as he continued with the story.
"She just...left, like a zombie?" James asked.
Remus shook his head, "I don't know. It sure seemed that way. She walked out of here, seeming to not even notice I was talking to her, but when I mentioned that I was going to get Dumbledore for help..." he trailed off.
"She somehow put you to sleep." Sirius finished for him, bewildered.
"But that wasn't all." Remus continued, the other two looked at him, "Right before I fell unconscious, I saw a green snake with glowing red eyes standing in the place of Lily."
James and Sirius fell silent as they both took thoughtful expression on their faces; an act that would have been simply hilarious to Remus if it weren't such a serious topic.
"What do you think is going on?" Remus asked James after a moment, still a little weak from the sleeping curse.
"I don't know." James said, shaking his head perplexed. "But, I do know one thing. Lily is somewhere in the castle, most likely in danger...and it sounds like Voldemort may have something to do with it."
"You're right." Remus answered, an understanding look on his face, soon to be replaced by a fearful look, "How are we going to find her?"
"I think we are all forgetting one little thing." Sirius said with a confident gleam now in his eye. The two looked at him, questioningly. "Let's check the map." James and Remus looked like they were just told the answer to a hard problem.
"Oh duh!" James shouted as he jumped up and said the password to the grumpy fat lady, and ran in with Remus and Sirius following close on his heel.
He flew up the stairs to his dormitory and burst open the door. As he noticing Peter shaking with fear, he ran to his chest and took out the map. Remus and Sirius crowded around and Peter stood up from his bed curiously.
"James, Sirius, what's going on?" Peter whimpered.
"Dunno Pete." James mumbled, studying the map he was holding intently.
Sirius sighed, frustrated and said, "I'm not seeing her, Prongs." Remus shook his head, agreeing with Sirius. James groaned and dropped his hands to his sides.
"What are we going to do? We 'have' to find her." Remus asked seriously.
James put his hands up to his face, groaning again. A few seconds later, he exclaimed, "Peter, go get Dumbledore! Tell him the whole story about Lily turning all robotic and walking out of the dormitory to someplace. And also tell him that this is Voldemort's doing." Peter nodded, shaking slightly in fear and scampered off. "Remus, Sirius," James said, turning his attention to the other two, "You two and I will separate and see if we can find her. If one of us does locate her, bring her straight to Dumbledore's office." They all broke out into a run, leaving their dormitory down the steps and out the portrait hole again, amidst the Fat Lady's shouts of protesting youngsters these days and their lack of respect.
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Lily fell through the hole at incredible speed, an action that would make any person in their right mind scream in fear or alarm, but Lily just kept her blank face, hair whipping around her face. Not even blinking once.
The next second, Lily was on the ground. Mindlessly, she got to her feet and started walking expertly through the pitch black with the exception of her glowing necklaces. She turned non-visible corners, ducked under short walls, without once bumping into anything.
In the background, someone might hear the sound of water dripping, other than that, all the sound that was made was Lily's feet.
It took about fifteen minutes before she got to a place that wasn't completely black. As she turned another corner, she stopped her walking suddenly.
In front of her was a large open area, rocks and dirt and stone as walls, and a large puddle of water in front of a stone-built snake. Not showing any sign that she was aware of any of this, Lily just stood there, stiff as a robot.
There was a man dress in black robes, standing close to the water, observing something in a large bowl standing in front of him. The bowl was a murky grey, perched upon a snake shaped stand. Lightness was reflecting upon the man's face when he looked into it.
The man himself was more of a snake as well. Two slits and red orbs were acting as eyes and a nose for the face. He was smirking before he suddenly said, without looking up from the bowl, "I was expecting you." He looked up, still smirking coldly and said, "Come, my dear." He motioned his hands over to his side. She moved robotically over to him. "Yes, right over here."
When she was by his side, he turned back to the bowl. Without a word, he snapped his fingers. Lily suddenly gasped and shook her head, appearing as though she just woke up. Her eyes were no longer blank and her expression was one of shock and confusion. She looked around dazedly.
"Huh? What?" she breathed out. Looking at her surrounding, she whispered, feeling a little scared and nervous, "Where am I?" It was then she noticed there was another man in the large area, standing next to her with his back turned to her. Frowning, and narrowing her eyes, she asked a little more boldly, "Who are you?"
He smirked and turned around, causing her to gasp at his appearance. "Why, hello, my dear. Feeling better?" She didn't realize the cold, sarcastic tone he was using.
"I guess. What happened?" she asked, still glancing around the unpleasant surrounding.
"Tell me, my dear," he started, not bothering to answer her questions. A twisted smile started to form on his face as he looked at her frightened expression, "Do you want your memory back?"
That caught her attention immediately. Looking at him cautiously, she asked, "How do you know about that?"
"All you have to do to get your memory back," he said smoothly, intentionally not answering her question, "Is put that necklace in this bowl." He pointed to her pink glowing locket then to the bowl he was looking into. Lily instinctively grabbed both necklaces and held them tight. His lips curled and he said in an impatient voice, "Do it if you want your memory back."
Lily, biting her lip unsurely, unclasped her locket. Holding it in her hand, she looked at it uncertainly. She looked back up at the man, who was sneering at her while she wasn't looking, but changed his expression quickly to one of consideration when he saw her looking at him. Hesitantly, she stepped over to the large bowl. She was about ready to drop the locket in when she abruptly stopped asked the now annoyed and irritated man, suspiciously, "How did you know about my amnesia? And 'who' are you?!"
The man now gave into his rage "How," the man said as though it were obvious, "It is because 'I' am the one that took your memory from you in the first place. Don't you remember?" he asked mockingly.
"Who are you?!" she demanded nervously, clutching her locket as tight as she could in her hand. Her breaths started to come in ragged, short gasps as she back away from him in fright.
He sneered, starting to grow angry. "I am the person that will cause your destruction. The man who is feared by all!"
Her eyes widened and she put a hand up to her mouth to stifle a scream that was threatening to erupt, "You're...you're Voldemort, aren't you?" she said breathlessly, her face paling considerably as her eyes quickly darted around the area for any chance of escape.
Voldemort smirked coldly and said, "Such courage. A Mudblood like yourself dares to call me by my name."
Lily looked back at him, glaring hatefully, "Thanks to you, I have no reason to fear your name. I can't remember 'why' I would fear you, now would I?" She was inwardly begging he fall for her trap. She thought she had succeeded for a moment.
Voldemort's face twisted into a warped smile and he said as he took his wand out, "Well, my dear Mudblood, I believe your right. You really 'do' have no reason to fear me. Would you like me to fix that for you so you can be properly afraid?" 'Yes!' she thought to herself, 'It worked! He's going to give me my memory!' But then...
Voldemort started to laugh. It was such a cruel laugh; shudders went up and down Lily's spine. It sounded like fingernails scratching on a chalkboard. "Or," he went on, "I could help you create some 'new' memories. One's that will result in you defiantly fearing me." Lily's eyes widened again in horror.
"Crucio." He spat. The reaction happened instantly. She fell to the ground, twitching with absolute pain. It was like a thousand knives were piercing her skin simultaneously. Her mind tried to force herself not to scream, but her body acted on its own and soon she was letting out ear-shattering cries and tears were streaming down her face. Then, just as suddenly as the pain started, it stopped. She was breathing heavily on the ground, too weak to stand at the moment.
"Is that enough to fear, Mudblood?" he spat out. She didn't answer, just panting as though she couldn't get enough precious oxygen to her lungs.
A few seconds later, she managed to get to her feet. She swayed a bit, but she balanced herself immediately.
"What do you want from me?" she demanded weakly.
Voldemort pretended to think about that for a second. "Well, my goodness. I guess, despite the prophesy, I could ask you to join the dark side, but I think I probably already know the answer."
"Never." Lily answered defiantly.
"Yes," Voldemort said in a low frosty voice, "I expected that much. So, now all I want with you is to 'die'."
Lily panicked for a moment, and then said in a shaky voice, "You don't really think that everyone will just forget about me." In a louder, more forceful voice, "People 'will' realize I am gone, and when they do, they will know it was you. Dumbledore will know right away what happened."
"And what will he do about it, hmm?" he asked in a mock-sympathetic voice, "Do you think he'll come up to me and slap me on the wrist for my bad behavior? I've got news for you, filthy Mudblood; he won't be able to do a thing about it. I have been killing people for quite sometime now, without being caught once. I think I just 'might' get away this time.
"After all," he continued, smirking once more, "I did get away with murdering your parents."
Lily clenched her jaw, eyes filling with tears. So that was how her parents died. In the hands of this maniac.
"But," Voldemort said faking thoughtfulness, "I suppose I 'could' let you live. All you would have to do is put your locket in the bowl."
Lily was again aware of the locket she held firm in her hand. Why was this so imperative to him? It must be something big.
Well, if it so important to him...
"Not a chance." She said loudly, and boldly.
Voldemort sneered and shouted so loudly that Lily could here it vibrate against the rocky walls, "Put the locket in the bowl!"
Lily jumped a little in alarm. Closing her eyes, swallowing hard, and taking deep breaths to stop her panting, she put her locket safely in the pocket of her pajama bottoms. Opening her eyes defiantly, she shouted just as loud as he did moments before, "NO!" She then ran forward and knocked the bowl to the ground. An act both extremely brave and daring...or extremely dumb and stupid.
When the bowl hit the ground, it shattered to a million pieces and what appeared to be billions of transparent images started to fly around the area.
"NOOOO!!!" Voldemort shouted. Lily stared around in wonder. The images were like pictures, moving pictures that made actual noises. All the pictures started to move around her, spinning so quickly that it made a bright, transparent white funnel around just her head. All the talking from the images created a buzzing sound when they were all together. Lily gasped, feeling overwhelmed.
She caught a look at one of the pictures and saw a little girl that resembled herself, talking to a little boy that looked like James, in a tree house. Lily heard what the two were saying.
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""James, please don't go. You're my bestest friend."
"I know. You're my bestest friend too, flower. 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"
"Bye"
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She gasped. 'James? So it is him. That must mean...my memories!' she thought to herself incredulously. The images were her memories that were floating around her head!
Then, one by one, each image started to go into her ears. She grasped her head with both hands, fell to her knees, closed her eyes tightly, and gasped at the tremendous, lifting feeling she got. Overwhelming feelings took over her body as she started to remember, second by second, each little detail of her life. Despite her eyes being closed, she could tell that the lightness seemed to darken around her.
Then, all of her immense feelings stopped and she passed out right there on her knees while her hands still grasped her head.
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A few minutes later, she came to.
Cautiously, and confused, she opened up her eyes slowly. She noticed that her hands were grasping her head and she was resting on her knees, on a dirty and rocky ground. She looked up slowly and immediately gasped.
Lord Voldemort! Right in front of her! He was standing a few feet away from her, eyes blazing in fury. 'What is going on?' she thought to herself. How did Voldemort get her here, and why couldn't she remember what was happening.
She weakly raised herself to her feet. As soon as she got to her feet, she took a wary step back from him.
Voldemort looked absolutely livid. How dare a Mudblood destroy his plan and still live! Those images and memories inside that bowl were very useful to him, and she sabotaged it! He grasped his wand in his hand very tightly. Slowly, shaking with rage, he raised it up to eyelevel and said in a low, very dangerous voice, "I will most certainly enjoy killing you, Mudblood." He then shouted, "Adavera Ked...
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A/N- ooohhhh! A cliffhanger! I'm so sorry about the shortness and quality of this! And I'm also sorry for the lack previews, but that would just ruin the cliffhanger. Instead of the previews, I will answer some of the reviews. I'm sorry if I don't answer one of yours. I appreciate them all, nonetheless. Please review this chapter!
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Again, everyone, I am sooooooooooo sorry for leaving you with another cliffhanger. And with such a short chapter! I'm terrible, I know. I just hope people will review anyway.