The Blue Pool
Chap. Whatever
Flashbacks
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The bell rang loudly. All the students got up and left. Hermione left to go to Arithmancy while Lily, Remus, Ron, Peter and Harry went to Divination. Sirius and James were still nowhere to be found. So they climbed the winding staircases to the Divination Tower. They climbed up the ladder and went into the circular room. James and Sirius were dancing some strange song and doing some random dance. Prof. Dumbledore had told everybody in the Great Hall that morning that James was Harry's long lost brother. Lily and the other Marauders, oh yeah, Snape too (A/N: gag) were now exchange students from a small school in London.
This world,
This wo-orld is cold,
But you don't,
You don't have to go.
You're feelin' sad,
You're feelin' lonely,
And no one,
Seems to care.
Your mother's gone,
And your father hits you,
This pain,
You cannot bear.
But, we all,
Bleed the same way as you do,
And we all,
Have the same things to go through.
Hold on,
If you feel like letting go,
Hold on,
It gets better than you know.
Flashback
A thirteen-year-old Lily Evans ran into Diagon Ally. She was finally allowed to go shopping by herself. Amber was going to meet her later at The Shining. So, Lily decided to get some ice cream. She walked into the ice cream store. The first thing she noticed was the Marauders. They were all sitting around a table looking grave and serious.
"Don't worry about it, James," Sirius was saying, trying to comfort James who was moving his ice cream from one side of the bowl to the other with his spoon.
James let his arm fall to his side. He had his hoodie sleeve rolled up. Lily could see quite a few bruises on his arm. They looked fresh and painful.
Josh, James' twin brother, put a comforting hand on his brothers' shoulder. "Sorry," he murmured.
"It's not your fault!" James snapped.
"I could have stopped them…I-I-I." Josh's voice broke. He looked upset.
"They always do it, J. Don't beat yourself up about it! No need for two of us to be predisposed of!" James said, trying to lighten the mood.
Josh smiled weakly and mumbled something unintelligible.
This time it was James who put a comforting hand on Josh's shoulder. His hand was wrapped in a bandanna that was soaked with what looked horribly like blood.
"Lose a fight, Potter?" someone asked from behind Lily.
Lily spun around and came face-to-face with Severus Snape.
James laughed forcefully. "If you don't shut the hell up the only person losing a fight here will be you!" he threatened.
"Are you threatening me, Potter?" Snape asked idiotically.
"Yah think Einstein?" James barked.
Snape gave James the evil eye then walked away.
"Prat," Sirius muttered.
"Can we help you Miss Evans?" James asked turning towards Lily.
His left eye was black and there were tiny scars where shreds of glass must've broken and gone towards his eye.
"W-w-w-what happened, James?" Lily asked.
"Nothing," James said hurriedly. Then, he turned on his heel and stormed out of the ice cream shop.
End Flashback
Lily had forgotten that day. How could she forget? James' face had been so badly bruised. Looking at James now, you'd never guess that he'd been so badly abused. His face was a mask. His eyes were walls. Walls that you couldn't knock down.
Your days you say they're way too long,
And your nights,
You can't sleep at all,
Hold On.
You're not sure what you're waiting for,
But you don't want to no more,
And you're not sure what you're looking for,
But you don't want to no more.
But, we all,
Bleed the same way as you do,
And we all,
Have the same things to go through.
Hold on,
If you feel like letting go,
Hold on,
It gets better than you know.
Don't stop looking,
You're one step closer,
Don't stop searching,
It's not over.
Lily remembered something. When her family had rented a beach house in Florida. How could she forget! The Potter's house was right next to theirs!
Flashback
The Evans family climbed up the porch of the beach-house next to theirs. Mrs. Evans had insisted that they meet their new neighbors. On the porch you could hear somebody yelling inside the house.
"YOU WORTHLESS-"
WHAM!
"PIECE OF-"
THUD!
"SHIT!"
BANG!
"YOU'RE A DISGRACE!"
There was a final THUD! and the tinkling sound of glass breaking. Then there was only silence. A few minutes later footsteps could be heard in the hall. Then the door swung open. James stood there. He stood stalk still. Lily could've sworn that he'd stopped breathing.
There was a huge gash on his forehead that was bleeding rapidly. A black eye was slowly blooming. Then, he came to his senses and sprinted off the porch. He stumbled and halfway down the road he fell, but pushed himself up and kept on running.
Mrs. Evans grabbed Lily's hand and led her off the porch.
End of Flashback
Ho-o-o-old O-o-on
What are you looking fo-or,
What are you waiting fo-or,
Do you love what you're doing to me-eh?
Go ahead, what are you waiting fo-or?
Hold on,
If you feel like letting go,
Hold on,
It gets better than you know.
Don't stop looking,
You're one step closer,
Don't stop searching,
It's not over.
Hold on,
If you feel like letting go,
Hold on,
It gets better than you know.
Ho-o-o-old O-on
"New song!" Sirius exclaimed.
"I Just Wanna Live?" James suggested.
"Excellentay!" Sirius said.
James laughed and rolled his eyes.
I need an alarm system in my houseSo I know when people are creepin' about
These people are freakin me out (These days)
It's getting hectic everywhere that I go
They won't leave me alone
There's things they all wanna know
I'm paranoid of all the people I meet
Why are they talking to me?
And why can't anyone see?
I just wanna live
Don't really care about the things that they say
Don't really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
I rock a law suit when I'm going to court
A white suit when I'm getting divorced
A black suit at the funeral home
And my birthday suit when I'm home alone
Talking on the phone
Got an interview with the Rolling Stone
They're saying, "Now you're rich and now you're famous,
"Fake ass girls all know your name" and
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
Your first hit aren't you ashamed
Of the life, of the life, of the life we're living
I just wanna live
Don't really care about the things that they say
Don't really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live
Stop your messing around, boy
Better think of your future
Better make some good plans, boy
Said every one of our teachers
Look out, you better play it safe
You never know what hard times will come your way
We say, where we're comin' from
We've already seen the worst that this life can bring
Now we expect it everywhere that we go
All the things that they say
Yeah we already know
I just wanna live
Don't really care about the things that they say
Don't really care about what happens to me
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
I just wanna live
Don't really care about the things that they say
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
I just wanna live
Don't really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live
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