A/N: Finals....finals.....finals......I hate finals!!! Two weeks left of
school and I have a stupid final tomorrow, the next day, then on Tuesday,
and I have two on Wednesday!!! Plus, I found out that I got a 50% on a
timed writing essay in Language Arts, and for once I was trying really
really hard!!! I can't believe it. But...whatever. I'm just...ashamed.
That's all. I always get good grades in Language Arts.....
Ugh...I don't feel like writing right now. I feel like working on my
website some more, but my stepdad is on the phone right now while he takes
up the PS2 and the TV...and all that he left for his children was the
computer (which I greedily took).
Oh, yeah! I saw the best preview for the third HP movie!!!!
Yesssssss!!!!!!! Hermione doesn't just slap Malfoy, like in the book, she
PUNCHES him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOOOOOOOHHHHH
YEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chapter Dedication: Not that it really has to do anything with Miss Ness Lupin at the moment, but she has helped me a lot with this story, even if she doesn't know it. Also, it was recently her bday, and since she lives hundreds of miles away from me I can't exactly give her any other present....
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: GET DUMBLEDORE
"I don't get it." He said, in a slightly amused tone.
"Get what?"
He put a finger to his lips and indicated for her to follow him into a side corridor while two Death Eaters passed. He waited for their footsteps to fade before saying, "Why did you hit him? It seemed like you hit him...because...because he...insulted James."
Lily's eyes became wide.
"What?" Harry asked, looking worried at the expression on her face.
Lily was silent for a moment, utterly perplexed, then she stammered, "I...I hadn't realized....why did...?....what...?...."
Harry looked sympathetic. Perhaps the small smile that appeared on his gaunt face jogged Lily back to reality, because she suddenly thrust her nose in the air snobbishly and said, "It was just a reaction. I just felt sorry for him, that's all."
Harry laughed openly at this and Lily dropped her nose a few inches.
"It was just the heat of the moment, you know, Harry?" She said, looking up at him as they walked along, "It just happened. Snape has been laughing at me for years. I guess I just got tired of it."
Harry muttered something. "What?" Lily said.
"I was just saying that I know what you mean."
"How so?"
"I get tired of other people who I don't like all the time."
Lily laughed. "Oh, so have you ever beaten anyone before?"
"A few times."
Lily couldn't think of anything to say and they fell into silence again. Their footsteps echoed off the walls. Lily wondered why nobody heard them.
"Harry," Lily said cautiously. Harry grunted slightly and Lily went on. "Why are you so quiet all the time?"
Harry glanced at her, eyebrows raised. Lily instantly wished that she hadn't asked him. But he just sighed and looked down at the floor.
"Nothing that I want to talk about." He muttered.
"Why not?"
"I don't know."
Lily couldn't help but think that James had never in his whole life sounded like this. He had never felt anything near to depression. Harry was different. Maybe that was why Lily liked him more than she liked James. Harry was different. Anyone with a brain would be able to tell.
But then, that was another thing. The reason why he was different was harder to process. Harry had gone through too much in life. He was in a position that he didn't want to be in. He dealt with what he didn't want to deal with, which was everything.
Harry had grown up much too quickly.
And his friends? The people that he lived around? The people that he talked to everyday, saw everyday, loved. They were not like him. They were like each other. Harry was not like them. Maybe at one time he had been. But they're lives were muffled compared to the gaping windy hole that Harry's life seemed to have become.
At least that was what Lily thought.
Now the positions were switched. Lily felt sympathy for him. Something that he didn't want, but she didn't know that.
"Harry, you'll be fine."
Lily didn't know why she'd said that. It had come out. Motherly instincts, she supposed. Something warmed in her chest. You'll be fine. That sounded nice.
Lily remembered something. Her mother told her that same short sentence all of the time. She had told her that everything would be fine after Petunia's boyfriend, Vernon, had threatened her. She had told Lily that all would be well when her aunt had been sick. She had told Lily that she would be fine after she'd awoken from a nightmare...
And Lily's mother was right. So why couldn't Lily be right? After all, even though Harry was sixteen and taller than her by at least three inches, Lily was still his mother. Everything would be fine.
"You know Harry," Lily said after a minute of silence, "I don't think James is all that bad. I've learned to live with him."
Harry smiled. "Well I'm happy for you...Mum..."
How very strange it felt to hear that word.
"So maybe there's hope for us, eh, Harry?" Harry nodded, Lily smiled mischievously and continued, "Just one question: Are you sure that You-Know- Who killed us? Might we have just murdered each other?"
Harry laughed, "I don't think so."
"Ah...well....if you come out of that dilemma then I'm sure marrying James Potter is worth it." Then Lily quickly changed the subject. Even on joking terms that prospect seemed not only impossible, but worthy of nightmares. "So...you really care about Hermione and Ron then?"
"What?" Harry said, looking confusedly down at her, "Of course I do!"
Lily snorted at the furious look on his face, "I'm just kidding, Harry! Settle down..."
As Remus Lupin, in his cell, felt the full moon coming, Moony was beginning to feel its call. Goose bumps shivered up his arms.
"Oof!" Harry grunted, surprised, as something red, gold, black, and very thin toppled into him from a stairway to their right.
Lily smirked at the very disheveled James who was lying there on top of the equally disheveled Harry. If it hadn't been for James' Quidditch robes she wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between the two.
"'Lo, Potter." Lily said, still smirking widely more as James helped himself up. Harry stood up next to him. James was an inch or two taller than Harry.
"Hello." James said pleasantly, dusting his front and looking at them both.
Harry wasn't smiling. He said, quietly, "Where are my friends?"
The grin on James' face faded. He looked uncomfortable. "Come on," He muttered, beginning to walk down the corridor to where Lily and Harry had come from, "Let's get back to Snape's chamber. I'll tell you about it on the way."
They began walking, and as they did, James told them what had happened in a whisper.
"We were looking for you, Harry. We went down to the prisoners' cells first, then we came up and started looking through corridors. Somebody, a Death Eater, found us. I sort of heard him coming first, and I wanted to use the Invisibility cloak, but it was gone. I think I've lost it." He looked extremely strained over this news (unfortunately, though, Lily didn't care much). "Well, the Death Eater started chasing us. He stunned Ron and Hermione, and kept chasing after me for a bit. I hid in a room after a bit and he came along, dragging Hermione and Ron along after him. He was sort of talking to himself and them at the same time. He thought I was you, Harry, but said that he didn't have to look for you anymore. He said that Ron and Hermione were a good enough catch."
James glanced sidelong at Harry, who was looking crestfallen.
"We'll go find them." James said. And that was that.
As soon as Severus entered the room his mind was made up. Go get Dumbledore. Go tell someone....that was all that he could do....the only thing that would work....
He pushed open the door and nearly screamed in fury at the obvious loss of more people.
Everyone in the room must've noticed his anger, because they didn't say anything and were smoothly avoiding his glare.
He choked down his anger with difficulty and spoke in a shaking voice, "If any more of you leave this room I won't be there to save you. I'm going to get Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix. Potter may not be much for wisdom, but he's particularly good at getting out of trouble. When he gets back tell him that if he doesn't stay he'll have a lifetime of detention which he won't be able to escape from. Do not go to get anyone else."
REVIEW RESPONSES
TO: Sapphire Riddle-I want you to say: Goobie-Goober-Ala-Kazam. Just kidding. Thanks Sapphire. I really appreciate it when you read my stories.
TO: Silvercrystal77-Poor Snape....Anyway, the problem with this is that I keep forgetting that it's partly a romance! I put more adventure and angst, even though it's not even supposed to be angst. Do you want more romance?
TO: Sariah Greenleaf-You like evil cliffies??? NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
TO: LJstagflower4e/JCtigerwolf4e-Strange thing is, I wrote that before I saw that particular trailer. All I ever saw in the trailers before a few days ago was Hermione holding her wand up to him...coincidence? I think not...(hehe). Of course you know that James and Lily were married. Not trying to offend or anything. But anyway, I fixed it, so there!!
TO: jennifer-I'm bad at updating!!!! Bad bad bad....
TO: ChantalWintersMoonWater- Wow. I don't know what to say first. I guess, first I must thank you for giving me one of the best reviews that I've ever received. Let's see...what else.....I'm not exactly the biggest fan of James and Lily...that was just where this story started. And I agree with you about Harry. I hate it when he's suddenly all-powerful, and nobody explains why. How stupid. I do know that Harry has several different personalities that sort of intermingle with the main one that he has. There is the very heroic part of him, the quiet side that he's been showing lately...many others...but Rowling has rarely shown his dark side. He does have an evil side. The closest that Rowling's ever gotten to showing readers that side was when Harry went after Bellatrix in the fifth book. He displayed great power that I'm not sure was "good power". Good reasons, I suppose, but bad intentions. (I particularly like that side of him, but...whatever) Before the fourth book came out I started about ten of my own ideas as to what is so special about Harry. There was one having to do with Lily, one having to do with a prophecy (it wasn't like the real one, though)...there was one in which Harry was related to Voldemort....I think I made up a family tree for that....The point is, I do know that Harry has a dark side. I don't think I'll display it in this story, but I write these stories all the time, and all that you told me in your review are already starting more ideas in my head....I'd really like to talk to u in another form than review responses, so maybe you could tell me ur email address?
TO: Ness Lupin-NO FAIR! I'm over here all still fifteen until October!!! Grrrr.... P.S. Happy bday!
TO: Makalani Astral-I'm getting confused with how to work out the story. I thought of all these things and it's still kind of hard to connect them. I agree whole-heartedly about the "Astral" part of your name, though it doesn't seem to be helping me in school much . And thank u for the compliment, although all of my description seems to be depressing the story a bit...
TO: J.E.A.R.K.Potter-Thanks much, much.
TO: supernova8610-Thanks for reviewing!
TO: krazykiwikatie-Thanks for reviewing, and I'm sure that after my stupid final exams I will be able to update without guilt
Chapter Dedication: Not that it really has to do anything with Miss Ness Lupin at the moment, but she has helped me a lot with this story, even if she doesn't know it. Also, it was recently her bday, and since she lives hundreds of miles away from me I can't exactly give her any other present....
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: GET DUMBLEDORE
"I don't get it." He said, in a slightly amused tone.
"Get what?"
He put a finger to his lips and indicated for her to follow him into a side corridor while two Death Eaters passed. He waited for their footsteps to fade before saying, "Why did you hit him? It seemed like you hit him...because...because he...insulted James."
Lily's eyes became wide.
"What?" Harry asked, looking worried at the expression on her face.
Lily was silent for a moment, utterly perplexed, then she stammered, "I...I hadn't realized....why did...?....what...?...."
Harry looked sympathetic. Perhaps the small smile that appeared on his gaunt face jogged Lily back to reality, because she suddenly thrust her nose in the air snobbishly and said, "It was just a reaction. I just felt sorry for him, that's all."
Harry laughed openly at this and Lily dropped her nose a few inches.
"It was just the heat of the moment, you know, Harry?" She said, looking up at him as they walked along, "It just happened. Snape has been laughing at me for years. I guess I just got tired of it."
Harry muttered something. "What?" Lily said.
"I was just saying that I know what you mean."
"How so?"
"I get tired of other people who I don't like all the time."
Lily laughed. "Oh, so have you ever beaten anyone before?"
"A few times."
Lily couldn't think of anything to say and they fell into silence again. Their footsteps echoed off the walls. Lily wondered why nobody heard them.
"Harry," Lily said cautiously. Harry grunted slightly and Lily went on. "Why are you so quiet all the time?"
Harry glanced at her, eyebrows raised. Lily instantly wished that she hadn't asked him. But he just sighed and looked down at the floor.
"Nothing that I want to talk about." He muttered.
"Why not?"
"I don't know."
Lily couldn't help but think that James had never in his whole life sounded like this. He had never felt anything near to depression. Harry was different. Maybe that was why Lily liked him more than she liked James. Harry was different. Anyone with a brain would be able to tell.
But then, that was another thing. The reason why he was different was harder to process. Harry had gone through too much in life. He was in a position that he didn't want to be in. He dealt with what he didn't want to deal with, which was everything.
Harry had grown up much too quickly.
And his friends? The people that he lived around? The people that he talked to everyday, saw everyday, loved. They were not like him. They were like each other. Harry was not like them. Maybe at one time he had been. But they're lives were muffled compared to the gaping windy hole that Harry's life seemed to have become.
At least that was what Lily thought.
Now the positions were switched. Lily felt sympathy for him. Something that he didn't want, but she didn't know that.
"Harry, you'll be fine."
Lily didn't know why she'd said that. It had come out. Motherly instincts, she supposed. Something warmed in her chest. You'll be fine. That sounded nice.
Lily remembered something. Her mother told her that same short sentence all of the time. She had told her that everything would be fine after Petunia's boyfriend, Vernon, had threatened her. She had told Lily that all would be well when her aunt had been sick. She had told Lily that she would be fine after she'd awoken from a nightmare...
And Lily's mother was right. So why couldn't Lily be right? After all, even though Harry was sixteen and taller than her by at least three inches, Lily was still his mother. Everything would be fine.
"You know Harry," Lily said after a minute of silence, "I don't think James is all that bad. I've learned to live with him."
Harry smiled. "Well I'm happy for you...Mum..."
How very strange it felt to hear that word.
"So maybe there's hope for us, eh, Harry?" Harry nodded, Lily smiled mischievously and continued, "Just one question: Are you sure that You-Know- Who killed us? Might we have just murdered each other?"
Harry laughed, "I don't think so."
"Ah...well....if you come out of that dilemma then I'm sure marrying James Potter is worth it." Then Lily quickly changed the subject. Even on joking terms that prospect seemed not only impossible, but worthy of nightmares. "So...you really care about Hermione and Ron then?"
"What?" Harry said, looking confusedly down at her, "Of course I do!"
Lily snorted at the furious look on his face, "I'm just kidding, Harry! Settle down..."
As Remus Lupin, in his cell, felt the full moon coming, Moony was beginning to feel its call. Goose bumps shivered up his arms.
"Oof!" Harry grunted, surprised, as something red, gold, black, and very thin toppled into him from a stairway to their right.
Lily smirked at the very disheveled James who was lying there on top of the equally disheveled Harry. If it hadn't been for James' Quidditch robes she wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between the two.
"'Lo, Potter." Lily said, still smirking widely more as James helped himself up. Harry stood up next to him. James was an inch or two taller than Harry.
"Hello." James said pleasantly, dusting his front and looking at them both.
Harry wasn't smiling. He said, quietly, "Where are my friends?"
The grin on James' face faded. He looked uncomfortable. "Come on," He muttered, beginning to walk down the corridor to where Lily and Harry had come from, "Let's get back to Snape's chamber. I'll tell you about it on the way."
They began walking, and as they did, James told them what had happened in a whisper.
"We were looking for you, Harry. We went down to the prisoners' cells first, then we came up and started looking through corridors. Somebody, a Death Eater, found us. I sort of heard him coming first, and I wanted to use the Invisibility cloak, but it was gone. I think I've lost it." He looked extremely strained over this news (unfortunately, though, Lily didn't care much). "Well, the Death Eater started chasing us. He stunned Ron and Hermione, and kept chasing after me for a bit. I hid in a room after a bit and he came along, dragging Hermione and Ron along after him. He was sort of talking to himself and them at the same time. He thought I was you, Harry, but said that he didn't have to look for you anymore. He said that Ron and Hermione were a good enough catch."
James glanced sidelong at Harry, who was looking crestfallen.
"We'll go find them." James said. And that was that.
As soon as Severus entered the room his mind was made up. Go get Dumbledore. Go tell someone....that was all that he could do....the only thing that would work....
He pushed open the door and nearly screamed in fury at the obvious loss of more people.
Everyone in the room must've noticed his anger, because they didn't say anything and were smoothly avoiding his glare.
He choked down his anger with difficulty and spoke in a shaking voice, "If any more of you leave this room I won't be there to save you. I'm going to get Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix. Potter may not be much for wisdom, but he's particularly good at getting out of trouble. When he gets back tell him that if he doesn't stay he'll have a lifetime of detention which he won't be able to escape from. Do not go to get anyone else."
REVIEW RESPONSES
TO: Sapphire Riddle-I want you to say: Goobie-Goober-Ala-Kazam. Just kidding. Thanks Sapphire. I really appreciate it when you read my stories.
TO: Silvercrystal77-Poor Snape....Anyway, the problem with this is that I keep forgetting that it's partly a romance! I put more adventure and angst, even though it's not even supposed to be angst. Do you want more romance?
TO: Sariah Greenleaf-You like evil cliffies??? NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
TO: LJstagflower4e/JCtigerwolf4e-Strange thing is, I wrote that before I saw that particular trailer. All I ever saw in the trailers before a few days ago was Hermione holding her wand up to him...coincidence? I think not...(hehe). Of course you know that James and Lily were married. Not trying to offend or anything. But anyway, I fixed it, so there!!
TO: jennifer-I'm bad at updating!!!! Bad bad bad....
TO: ChantalWintersMoonWater- Wow. I don't know what to say first. I guess, first I must thank you for giving me one of the best reviews that I've ever received. Let's see...what else.....I'm not exactly the biggest fan of James and Lily...that was just where this story started. And I agree with you about Harry. I hate it when he's suddenly all-powerful, and nobody explains why. How stupid. I do know that Harry has several different personalities that sort of intermingle with the main one that he has. There is the very heroic part of him, the quiet side that he's been showing lately...many others...but Rowling has rarely shown his dark side. He does have an evil side. The closest that Rowling's ever gotten to showing readers that side was when Harry went after Bellatrix in the fifth book. He displayed great power that I'm not sure was "good power". Good reasons, I suppose, but bad intentions. (I particularly like that side of him, but...whatever) Before the fourth book came out I started about ten of my own ideas as to what is so special about Harry. There was one having to do with Lily, one having to do with a prophecy (it wasn't like the real one, though)...there was one in which Harry was related to Voldemort....I think I made up a family tree for that....The point is, I do know that Harry has a dark side. I don't think I'll display it in this story, but I write these stories all the time, and all that you told me in your review are already starting more ideas in my head....I'd really like to talk to u in another form than review responses, so maybe you could tell me ur email address?
TO: Ness Lupin-NO FAIR! I'm over here all still fifteen until October!!! Grrrr.... P.S. Happy bday!
TO: Makalani Astral-I'm getting confused with how to work out the story. I thought of all these things and it's still kind of hard to connect them. I agree whole-heartedly about the "Astral" part of your name, though it doesn't seem to be helping me in school much . And thank u for the compliment, although all of my description seems to be depressing the story a bit...
TO: J.E.A.R.K.Potter-Thanks much, much.
TO: supernova8610-Thanks for reviewing!
TO: krazykiwikatie-Thanks for reviewing, and I'm sure that after my stupid final exams I will be able to update without guilt