Chapter 27

"HELP! PLEASE! SOMEBODY! HELP US PLEASE!" Katie screamed, she didn't want to die like this. The flames were edging closer around her and the boys.

"Don't worry Katie, we're not going to die," said James putting his arm round her for support, "We're going to get out of this, we have to!"

"HELP! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" screamed Sirius, who was panicking and about to have a panic attack.

"SIRIUS?" came a voice from somewhere outside.

"MUM?" Sirius answered back.

"NO YOU IDIOT! IT'S GEMINI! I'LL GO FIND HELP IN THE TOWN! LILY WILL STAY HERE!" she yelled back and made her way back down to Hogsmeade.

"EVANS?" James yelled.

"YES?" she yelled back.

"THANK YOU!" he yelled back. Lily was so touched that she forgot her previous anger and started trying to remember spells that put out fire, Remus would have known what to do in this situation. She edged closer to the fire, terrified but determined.

As Lily got closer she felt something move, she looked down and the necklace that her grandmother had given her for Christmas had lit up. She moved closer and the light began to encircle her whole body.

She was nervous but her instinct told her to reach out into the fire. She did and it simply moved away, the necklace had created some sort of force field around her that didn't allow the fire to harm her.

Lily ran inside the burning building and located the three victims who were trapped inside, they were wide eyed with shock as she rushed through, covered with a blue light.

"Erm, if we all hold hands I think that this light stuff should protect us all" Lily said, she grabbed hold of James and sure enough he became coated. Lily led the way out of the building and onto the hillside where they were greeted by Gemini, Professor Dreamstone and half the population of Hogsmeade. They collapsed in a heap on the ground, gasping for breath when Professor Dreamstone began to talk.

"I don't want to hear excuses now but, back up to the castle, all of you!" No one argued but simply followed, their heads bowed in shame.

"Thanks again" James whispered to Lily.

"No problem" she answered and smiled back.

When they reached the castle they were all sent to bed and were told that they would be dealt with in the morning. All five children were shattered after their ordeal and did as they were told except Lily couldn't sleep. She lay in bed staring at the necklace on her bedside table. It glistened in the moonlight but there didn't seem to be anything magical about it.

Lily reached out to pick it up but dropped it on the floor. She looked around and hoped the noise hadn't woken anybody up, it hadn't the other girls were still just a mound in the duvet steadily moving up and down.

Lily went to pick up the necklace when she noticed that the back had sprung open and a note had fallen onto the carpet. She unfolded the tiny piece of paper and read:

Dear Lily my dearest granddaughter,

I don't know when it will be when you read this and whether I will still be alive so I shall explain everything now. If I have given you this necklace it means that you are a witch, close your mouth Lily, you look like a goldfish!

Yes it's true, I do know about the magical world but I could never be part of it and that is because I am a squib. A squib is a person who has magical parents but is unable to do magic themselves. My mother, who was a very good witch gave me this necklace to give to the next witch in our family, if there ever was one and if not, to keep it a secret.

This necklace will protect you from danger, all types of muggle danger and magical danger. Wear this necklace and I will know you are safe.

Love from

Grandmother Ruth

Lily blinked and read the message again, it couldn't be true, could it? She carefully placed the necklace down again, put the note back inside it and went to sleep thinking about the night's events.