Previously:

She also saw something incredible. She was swaying faintly and her eyes were growing heavy, but she was one hundred percent positive that what she was seeing was true.

Headmaster Dumbledore stood boldly in front of Voldemort, wand at ready, and looking more furious than she had ever seen him before.

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She let out the breath that she had been holding, feeling as though a huge weight was lifted off her shoulders. Although the said relief was soon replaced by exhaustion and confusion. She didn't know what she was supposed to do. Should she get out and run back to the train? How long could she stay inside this bubble thing before it popped? Would it kill her when it popped? She was just so tired she couldn't think straight anymore.

 Feeling as though she was outside her body and watching the scene unfold right below, she saw herself call out questioningly, "Dumbledore?"

"Stay where you are, Lily!" he shouted over the storm, not at all turning his back on the Dark wizard in front of him.

Lily crawled back into the glowing bubble obediently. She couldn't see anything at all inside there, just whiteness. She felt her heart beating rapidly inside her chest, the previous torture spell on her really taking effect. Fatigue weighed heavily on her shoulders. Her head started to spin and, at that second, she collapsed, much like her boyfriend had moments ago. She had failed to realize during this time, that her necklace was glowing brilliantly pink.

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From outside the bubble, Dumbledore and Voldemort stood face to face, both looking ever so furious.

"You cannot protect your students forever, old fool!" Voldemort shouted out, a hint of nervousness in his voice, for he knew very well that if at that moment he and the elderly wizard in front of him engaged in a duel, he would most definitely loose.

"Perhaps not," Dumbledore responded calmly yet forcefully, "but while they are under my order, I will do anything in my power to keep them safe. You will be in Azkaban by the time I am done with you, Tom!" he shouted. As if to prove his point, aurors started to appear with popping sounds all around. Voldemort took an involuntary step back and turned his head wildly around, surprised.

Voldemort hissed angrily. "Mark my words, Dumbledore. This isn't over. One day…one day, I will destroy you!" With that, he disappeared right before one auror's stunning spell hit him.

Dumbledore stared at the spot Voldemort just disappeared from, letting out a sad sigh. Screeching, crying sounds coming from the train next to him proved that more than half of the students were scared out of their very minds. Aurors poured into the train, checking all the compartments for any Deatheaters. Unfortunately, they found that none, not one, had went against Voldemort's orders and stayed.

A sudden though jolted Dumbledore out of his trance. He turned quickly around to face the mysterious bubble that contained Lily. When Dumbledore had first received the owl right in the middle of his meeting with the professors, he had been shocked. After actually reading the letter; he really couldn't believe that he had been so foolish as to let the Head boy and girl take care of an entire train full of students. Right as soon as he finished reading the plea-filled letter begging for some help, he immediately took action and floo'd down to Hogsmeade and as quickly as he came, apparated to the location the letter had given him.

He appeared there right in time to see a silvery, glowing bubble materialize right around the fallen Lily Evans and a very much recognizable green jet of light bounce right off of it. He wasted no time to gawk at the extraordinary sight of the mystifying bubble that had actually blocked an Avada Kedavra curse. He instead turned his attention to the owner of the said curse. Voldemort himself looked just as surprised as Dumbledore had been to see his curse fail.

So, after all that was said and done, the only unanswered question was in fact the baffling glowing phenomenon. Dumbledore moved forward towards the bubble and called to it, "Miss Evans?"

He received no answer. A sudden burst of thunder and a flash of lightning happened in the dark, dreary sky above them. "Miss Evans?" he tried again.

But again, there was no reply.

Dumbledore walked forward, more and more nearing her. Hesitantly, he reached out his hand and touched the bubble, shocked when his hand went straight through it. Not wanting to waste anymore time, he quickly moved his head inside and saw that Lily had passed out sometime during his short conversation with Voldemort. He was also a little befuddled to see her lily necklace going from a pink glow, back to its normal color. Brushing all else aside, he was quick to pick her up and pull her out of the bubble. The bubble disappeared as soon as Lily was completely out of it.

He took a second to heal her the best he could at the moment. It turns out that he was no Madame Pomfrey, but at least he managed to wrap her burnt arm into bandages and take care of a nasty gash on her forehead. He finally surveyed the scene around him with curiosity.

A few people were outside now, not at all caring about the downpour of rain landing on them. Aurors were attempting to calm some of the children. Many students had turned their lost, but relieved eyes to him.

And then, Dumbledore smiled slightly as something caught his eye. Misters Black and Pettigrew were running towards him and Miss Evans, and Mister Lupin supporting the wobbling Mister Potter following closely behind.

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"She caught it!" Sirius exclaimed gleefully, a little shaky from all that was going on.

"Peter, support his head!" Remus exclaimed as they both pulled the unconscious James through the enlarged window.

Peter was panting, desperately seizing James' arms. He and Remus managed to place his form on the seats to the side of them. Sirius' face then went white as Remus and Peter joined him at the window, their faces loosing color as well.

"Oh Merlin," Remus breathed, feeling like he were in a terrible nightmare.

"Lily," Sirius whispered.

Though neither of them realized it, Remus and Sirius' necklaces that Lily had given them were glowing yellow and blue, respectfully.

Both their eyes also did something a little…unusual. In their irises, what appeared to be little flashes of lightning sparked. And, when they ironically both blinked at the exact same time, Peter's eyebrows skyrocketed seeing Voldemort's killing curse bounce off of something magnificent. A bubble, more like a shield of some sort, had appeared right around Lily. Sirius and Remus both stared with awe and bewilderment at the scene outside, their necklaces fading.

"What just happened?" Remus asked quietly.

"I-I don't know," Peter answered, trembling violently, "where did that bubble thing come from?"

Sirius' eyes were as wide as saucers, "Did that thing just block an unforgivable curse?"

A groan from behind them pulled them all from their trances. Sirius was first to whip around and rush to James' side.

"Prongs, mate, you alright?" he asked, shaking his shoulder a bit. James' face scrunched up in pain.

"Lily." He whispered.

"I think she's alright, James." Remus answered. James' eyes slowly opened and blinked into focus.

"Sirius, Remus, Peter?" he asked confusedly. "What am I doing here?"

"Whoa." Peter squeaked at that moment. Sirius turned around and saw Peter standing back at the window again, his eyes twinkling in curiosity.

"What is it, Wormtail?" Sirius asked, walking forward. Remus helped James up from his laying position on the seat and supported him over to the window.

Sirius breathed a sigh of relief, "About time."

"Who sent him the letter? Last time I checked, I never finished it." James asked no one in particular.

"What letter?" Peter asked.

"Never mind." James replied nonchalantly as he watched with bated breath as Dumbledore and Voldemort exchanged a few angry words with one another. Aurors suddenly started to pop up all around.

"Maybe they'll duel," Sirius said with wide, anxious eyes.

"Probably not." Remus answered, "Even Voldemort isn't foolish enough to duel with Dumbledore."

As to confirm his answer, Voldemort disappeared with the swish of his cloak.

"We'd better try our luck and attempt to get off this train." Remus said.

"Where's Lily?" James spoke, his voice bordering on the verge of panic as his eyes searched the outside. His gaze fell briefly on a glowing bubble.

"Inside that bubble thingie." Sirius replied swiftly right before he opened the compartment door. Luckily, the halls were clearing out as aurors took the children off the train and some were questioned about what had happened. Sirius bolted down the hall, Peter following, while Remus and James hobbled down as quickly as they could.

"Lily's alright, isn't she?" James asked worriedly to Remus as he helped him hop off the train.

"We think so. The most bizarre thing happened, though-," Remus started, but was cut off as they reached Dumbledore's side. James' breath caught in his throat as he let go of Remus and dropped to his knees to Lily.

"Is she alright?" Sirius asked Dumbledore.

"She'll be just fine, Mr. Black," Dumbledore answered with a small smile.

"What on earth was that bubble thing?" Remus asked. But Dumbledore didn't answer.

"Whatever it was just defied Wizard logic." Sirius muttered.

"Wait, I'm confused-," James started, but was interrupted by the Head boy and girl rushing over to Dumbledore.

"Professor-,"

"Headmaster-,"

They both started to speak at the same time in high pitched, rushed tones.

"What on earth happened-,"

"-we saw Lily in that-,"

"-Voldemort and death eaters-,"

"terrible. Absolute chaos-,"

"How did you-,"

"-Curtis sent an owl-,"

Dumbledore finally raised a hand to stop their flow of words.

"I think it's time to start this train up again. Don't want to miss the feast, do we. And I believe that we have some frightened first years to sort out." The old man stated wisely.

Frank and Shelia nodded quickly and tensely, rushing around and trying to get children back on the train.

Dumbledore then turned around and looked around for something, leaving the Marauders to stare at him curiously. After a few moments of him searching, Dumbledore sighed and bent down. Sirius and James exchanged looks when they say Dumbledore taking off one of his black boots. He took his wand and pointed it at his boot, muttering a few words. Then, he turned back to them and said in a serious voice, "Take this portkey. It will take you near the Infirmary at Hogwarts. When you get there, I want you to tell Madame Pomfrey to check Miss Evans and Mr. Potter over. Tell her I will explain things to her when I arrive."

They nodded to him and Peter took the boot from his hand and the rest all touched it. A few seconds later, they felt a tug on their naval and then they were off.

Dumbledore turned and busily began to move some of the children onto the train.

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A/N- not very long, I know. Sorry. I hope you liked it, it wasn't as thrilling as the other chapters, I'll try to work on that. Well, I guess I'd better get on with the preview things.

*"Dumbledore said that he'll explain everything as soon as he gets here."

*"You boys scurry along off to the feast."

*"And when does the feast start?"

*"I just can't get the picture of that killing curse hurling towards Lily out of my mind."

*"It's all Malfoy." "Oh, I'd have to say that Voldemort played a tiny role in all of this."

*"You can see it in their eyes."

*"If I could, I would resign my position."

*"What on earth was that bubble thing?"

*"That bloody Rita Skeeter."

*"Where's Lily?" "Where else? The library."

*"What's he doing here?!"

*"That was about the biggest load of crap I've ever heard in my entire life."

*"I don't trust him."

*"I don't believe it."

*"They can't take you away!"

*"Some Christmas this will be."

*"Peeves, put down the water balloons!"