Not Always
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A/N: Hope ya like! R/R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: Lily's day job and undercover job aren't going to great. But when her past shows up to meet the present, what else will go wrong? Who are the people from the past and what do they have to do with Lily?
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I couldn't take it any longer! Who was this guy?? Why did I keep running into him? Why was he so familiar?!?!
Wait, I should start at the beginning. I'm Lily. Lily Evans to be exact. I'm the owner of the Trojan Inn in Hogsmeade. I'm twenty two years old and, of course, a witch.
Now usually I'm friendly with all my customers but this one was really making me mad! He kept calling the office and complaining about all the things wrong in his room. We weren't a five star hotel, but we weren't that bad! In fact we had been rated as the finest place in Hogsmeade! So whoever this guy was, was really annoying me!
So the next time the phone rang (a/n: yes I realize that magic folk don't have phones but these are magic phones.ok?) I was about to scream. I picked up the phone and yelled into it, "NOW what's wrong?"
I heard a confused voice at the end. " Lily? Are you ok?"
I nearly dropped the phone. It was Eric. " Eric, I'm so sorry! I thought it was some one else!"
I heard a laugh and I breathed a sigh of relief, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing. You just sounded so annoyed!"
I knew he couldn't see me through the phone but I glared into it anyways.
"Lils, I know you're glaring at me." He said laughing even harder.
"Eric! Its not THAT funny!"
"Yeah it is!" he argued back.
"Whatever. Now what did you call about?" I said, getting impatient.
"Lils, calm down. I just called to make sure we're still on for tonight!" he said.
"Of course! " I practically yelled into the phone. "Why not?"
"Oh nothing.just making sure." he said uncertainly.
Something was up and he wasn't about to tell me what.
"Ok , whatever. I have to leave now, Eric. I've got people waiting. See you at seven?"
"Yea, sure." He said.
I hung up the phone only to come face to face with a very angry person. This person was at least six feet tall; he had black hair and ice blue eyes; and seemed very ticked off about something.
Why does he look so familiar? I hope its not a complaint. With my luck, he'll be one of those office inspectors.great.
"May I help you?" I asked him politely, making sure to smile a lot.
"Yeah, you could." He said. Uh oh, this isn't going to be good. "You see, I had a reservation for room 19 here. But the people at the other desk can't seem to find it. Where is your manager?"
"They couldn't find your reservation?!?! But that's.that's impossible! We've never lost one before! Here let me look." I said trying to calm him down.
He nodded and I went and looked in our books.
"Now what is your name?"
"Black. Sirius Black." He responded.
I thanked god that my back was to him. My eyes were about to pop out of my head. Sirius Black?!?! HERE?!?! Oh good god! I must call Bella later.
"Oh, Mr. Black! Here's your reservation. I'm afraid the front desk might have lost it, because for one thing you aren't in room 19."
"I'm not?"
"No sir. You are in the guest suite number 3. Here is your key. I hope you enjoy your stay and call the front desk if you need anything."
His startled face made me want to laugh. But I kept a straight face as I handed him the key.
"Thank you." He said, turning and picking up his bags.
Suddenly my phone rang again. I picked up.
"Evans? This is Headquarters. We need you in here pronto." A dry voice said.
I sighed, " Jerry, I can't come right now! I've got customers!"
"You know that the boss won't like this." He said in his very American accent.
"Whatever. I'll be there in a few minutes."
"It's an extremely urgent meeting, about.you-know-who." He said practically in a whisper.
"Oh. Alrighty then. I'll be there as soon as I can find someone to take over for me here." I said hanging up the phone.
I picked the phone back up again and dialed my apartment. Rachel White picked up.
"Rach? It's Lily. I need you to do me a favor. Can you come in right now? I've got a meeting to go to."
"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute." She said groggily.
I shook my head as I put the phone down. Sleeping in on a Friday until ten- thirty? Only Rachel would do something like that!
Rachel was a pretty girl with blondish brownish hair. She had brown eyes and stood at a height of 5'0. She had an innocent look that was very deceiving. She was a party animal and loved every minute of her wild and crazy life.
When Rachel appeared (exactly one minute later) she was dressed in a white skirt, extremely short I might add, with a black button down shirt. She had on her black heels that elevated her up to a height of 5'5.
I quickly said bye to her and apparated into the Auror Headquarters.
I found myself outside the main office, in front of the secretary's desk.
"Hi Stacey." I said walking in the big black glass door.
"Hey Lily." She smiled at me.
God that girl smiled too much, I thought to myself.
I walked through the door to find everyone in a meeting. I turned red (one of the bad things about being me.I turn red faster than lightening) and muttered incoherently.
My boss, Robert Dessing, looked at me and asked me to have a seat. I grabbed the first chair and plopped into it.
"What's going on?" I whispered to the lady next to me, Melanie.
Melanie shrugged, "I don't know. He hasn't told us yet."
I mouthed an "O" and sat back in my seat. Dessing began to talk.
"We've had another murder."
I sat up in my chair.this was getting interesting.
"Done the same way as last time, I'm afraid. Whoever this is, he or she is good. Very good. But who is it? No one knows. Not a clue was ever left behind. Not a single clue! This has to be the first time in history for something like this to occur! All we know is that this person leaves their mark."
"You mean like Voldermort?" I asked nonchalantly. I heard Melanie gasp behind me and Dessing paled slightly. It was a NAME. People can't be afraid of a name. Whoever heard of that? It was plain insane! Being afraid of a name???
"Yes, Lily. Kind of like the dark lord. But this mark is different. Although it does include a skull, there is no snake. Instead, a lion is there. But yet, no one has figured out what this means. A lion? What does that symbolize? It only has good meanings!"
I rolled my eyes, "Sir, actually, for all we know, the lion could A) be a spoof that was put up to lead us on the wrong track, away from the clues of the real killer or B) it means that the lion had something to do with either Hogwarts or Gordic Gryffindor."
Dessing seemed to be thinking this over. "Yes, well Lily. That brings me to my point. The only real clue we have is the lion. So we have decided to send someone undercover to Hogwarts, or to a place where they think they know where this murderer is."
"And just who would do this job?" I asked surprised. "You will, Miss Evans. See me after the meeting for details." Dessing said. "You may all go now."
I stood there shocked. Me? Again? How many times did we have to do this?!?!
"But sir! I only just came back from the last mission three days ago!" I complained.
"I know Lily, but you are one of our top agents and we NEED you to go." He said looking frustrated. Did I tell you that Dessing is only 26 years old and practically head of this place? Not only is he young, but extremely good-looking. He has blond hair that sometimes falls in his clear blue eyes. He's really tall, 6'0 with a great all year tan and a killer smile. Its really a wonder how he never has a girl-friend.
I looked ashamed but then agreed, "Fine Dessing. But after this? You owe me BIG TIME! Now tell me what I have to do! I need details here! DETAILS!"
He smiled, making me practically melt. "I knew you'd agree. Well first off, everyone recognizes you, so we're changing you're appearance."
"WHAT?!?!" I screamed. I liked my red hair and green eyes thank you very much.
"Sorry, Lily but they have to go." He said. He took out his wand and pointed it at me. I squeezed my eyes shut. When I opened my eyes, I saw him smiling at me. I looked in the mirror to see a blonde girl standing there.
"Now for your eye color." He said.
"NO WAY!" I screamed.
"Lily fine. I'll make you a deal. I'll let you keep your green eyes, if I can change their shade only, ok?" He said, a sly smile on his face.
"Ok. Fine. As long as they're still green." I said, sounding like a five year old throwing a tantrum.
He muttered some words and I saw my bright forest green eyes turn a lighter greenish-blue color.
I turned back to him and sighed, "Now what?"
"Well you see.." He started smiling. I groaned, this had to be bad. "You see Lily. You'll be going to Hogwarts alright, but not as a teacher."
"WHAT?!?! You mean.you mean." I stuttered.
"Yes, Lily," He said slowly, "You're going there as an exchange student."
"Oh my god!" I said about to throttle him.
"Lily calm down. Its ok. I've talked to Dumbledore and the teachers and they agree not to give you any testes or anything but I'm afraid you will have to study.but you understand right?" He said giving me puppy dog eyes. I hated those puppy dog eyes right now, even though they were melting my insides into caramel.
"Yeah, yeah.anything else?" I said trying to sound like I was upset.
"Oh yes, one more thing.you will not be doing this mission alone." He said.
I raised an eyebrow.
"A really good auror has just graduated from the school and he's just about your age too." Dessing continued.
"Oh really?" I said trying to sound interested.
"Yes, Lily. May I present to you, James Potter." He said, pointing to the door behind me.
My heart stopped dead. NO. This was not possible. He couldn't possibly be here. I slowly turned around to see an equally shocked face staring back at me. It was Him. I blacked out.
How was it?? R/R!!! I really need the feed-back!
Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling own anything you recognize.
A/N: Hope ya like! R/R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: Lily's day job and undercover job aren't going to great. But when her past shows up to meet the present, what else will go wrong? Who are the people from the past and what do they have to do with Lily?
~*~
I couldn't take it any longer! Who was this guy?? Why did I keep running into him? Why was he so familiar?!?!
Wait, I should start at the beginning. I'm Lily. Lily Evans to be exact. I'm the owner of the Trojan Inn in Hogsmeade. I'm twenty two years old and, of course, a witch.
Now usually I'm friendly with all my customers but this one was really making me mad! He kept calling the office and complaining about all the things wrong in his room. We weren't a five star hotel, but we weren't that bad! In fact we had been rated as the finest place in Hogsmeade! So whoever this guy was, was really annoying me!
So the next time the phone rang (a/n: yes I realize that magic folk don't have phones but these are magic phones.ok?) I was about to scream. I picked up the phone and yelled into it, "NOW what's wrong?"
I heard a confused voice at the end. " Lily? Are you ok?"
I nearly dropped the phone. It was Eric. " Eric, I'm so sorry! I thought it was some one else!"
I heard a laugh and I breathed a sigh of relief, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing. You just sounded so annoyed!"
I knew he couldn't see me through the phone but I glared into it anyways.
"Lils, I know you're glaring at me." He said laughing even harder.
"Eric! Its not THAT funny!"
"Yeah it is!" he argued back.
"Whatever. Now what did you call about?" I said, getting impatient.
"Lils, calm down. I just called to make sure we're still on for tonight!" he said.
"Of course! " I practically yelled into the phone. "Why not?"
"Oh nothing.just making sure." he said uncertainly.
Something was up and he wasn't about to tell me what.
"Ok , whatever. I have to leave now, Eric. I've got people waiting. See you at seven?"
"Yea, sure." He said.
I hung up the phone only to come face to face with a very angry person. This person was at least six feet tall; he had black hair and ice blue eyes; and seemed very ticked off about something.
Why does he look so familiar? I hope its not a complaint. With my luck, he'll be one of those office inspectors.great.
"May I help you?" I asked him politely, making sure to smile a lot.
"Yeah, you could." He said. Uh oh, this isn't going to be good. "You see, I had a reservation for room 19 here. But the people at the other desk can't seem to find it. Where is your manager?"
"They couldn't find your reservation?!?! But that's.that's impossible! We've never lost one before! Here let me look." I said trying to calm him down.
He nodded and I went and looked in our books.
"Now what is your name?"
"Black. Sirius Black." He responded.
I thanked god that my back was to him. My eyes were about to pop out of my head. Sirius Black?!?! HERE?!?! Oh good god! I must call Bella later.
"Oh, Mr. Black! Here's your reservation. I'm afraid the front desk might have lost it, because for one thing you aren't in room 19."
"I'm not?"
"No sir. You are in the guest suite number 3. Here is your key. I hope you enjoy your stay and call the front desk if you need anything."
His startled face made me want to laugh. But I kept a straight face as I handed him the key.
"Thank you." He said, turning and picking up his bags.
Suddenly my phone rang again. I picked up.
"Evans? This is Headquarters. We need you in here pronto." A dry voice said.
I sighed, " Jerry, I can't come right now! I've got customers!"
"You know that the boss won't like this." He said in his very American accent.
"Whatever. I'll be there in a few minutes."
"It's an extremely urgent meeting, about.you-know-who." He said practically in a whisper.
"Oh. Alrighty then. I'll be there as soon as I can find someone to take over for me here." I said hanging up the phone.
I picked the phone back up again and dialed my apartment. Rachel White picked up.
"Rach? It's Lily. I need you to do me a favor. Can you come in right now? I've got a meeting to go to."
"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute." She said groggily.
I shook my head as I put the phone down. Sleeping in on a Friday until ten- thirty? Only Rachel would do something like that!
Rachel was a pretty girl with blondish brownish hair. She had brown eyes and stood at a height of 5'0. She had an innocent look that was very deceiving. She was a party animal and loved every minute of her wild and crazy life.
When Rachel appeared (exactly one minute later) she was dressed in a white skirt, extremely short I might add, with a black button down shirt. She had on her black heels that elevated her up to a height of 5'5.
I quickly said bye to her and apparated into the Auror Headquarters.
I found myself outside the main office, in front of the secretary's desk.
"Hi Stacey." I said walking in the big black glass door.
"Hey Lily." She smiled at me.
God that girl smiled too much, I thought to myself.
I walked through the door to find everyone in a meeting. I turned red (one of the bad things about being me.I turn red faster than lightening) and muttered incoherently.
My boss, Robert Dessing, looked at me and asked me to have a seat. I grabbed the first chair and plopped into it.
"What's going on?" I whispered to the lady next to me, Melanie.
Melanie shrugged, "I don't know. He hasn't told us yet."
I mouthed an "O" and sat back in my seat. Dessing began to talk.
"We've had another murder."
I sat up in my chair.this was getting interesting.
"Done the same way as last time, I'm afraid. Whoever this is, he or she is good. Very good. But who is it? No one knows. Not a clue was ever left behind. Not a single clue! This has to be the first time in history for something like this to occur! All we know is that this person leaves their mark."
"You mean like Voldermort?" I asked nonchalantly. I heard Melanie gasp behind me and Dessing paled slightly. It was a NAME. People can't be afraid of a name. Whoever heard of that? It was plain insane! Being afraid of a name???
"Yes, Lily. Kind of like the dark lord. But this mark is different. Although it does include a skull, there is no snake. Instead, a lion is there. But yet, no one has figured out what this means. A lion? What does that symbolize? It only has good meanings!"
I rolled my eyes, "Sir, actually, for all we know, the lion could A) be a spoof that was put up to lead us on the wrong track, away from the clues of the real killer or B) it means that the lion had something to do with either Hogwarts or Gordic Gryffindor."
Dessing seemed to be thinking this over. "Yes, well Lily. That brings me to my point. The only real clue we have is the lion. So we have decided to send someone undercover to Hogwarts, or to a place where they think they know where this murderer is."
"And just who would do this job?" I asked surprised. "You will, Miss Evans. See me after the meeting for details." Dessing said. "You may all go now."
I stood there shocked. Me? Again? How many times did we have to do this?!?!
"But sir! I only just came back from the last mission three days ago!" I complained.
"I know Lily, but you are one of our top agents and we NEED you to go." He said looking frustrated. Did I tell you that Dessing is only 26 years old and practically head of this place? Not only is he young, but extremely good-looking. He has blond hair that sometimes falls in his clear blue eyes. He's really tall, 6'0 with a great all year tan and a killer smile. Its really a wonder how he never has a girl-friend.
I looked ashamed but then agreed, "Fine Dessing. But after this? You owe me BIG TIME! Now tell me what I have to do! I need details here! DETAILS!"
He smiled, making me practically melt. "I knew you'd agree. Well first off, everyone recognizes you, so we're changing you're appearance."
"WHAT?!?!" I screamed. I liked my red hair and green eyes thank you very much.
"Sorry, Lily but they have to go." He said. He took out his wand and pointed it at me. I squeezed my eyes shut. When I opened my eyes, I saw him smiling at me. I looked in the mirror to see a blonde girl standing there.
"Now for your eye color." He said.
"NO WAY!" I screamed.
"Lily fine. I'll make you a deal. I'll let you keep your green eyes, if I can change their shade only, ok?" He said, a sly smile on his face.
"Ok. Fine. As long as they're still green." I said, sounding like a five year old throwing a tantrum.
He muttered some words and I saw my bright forest green eyes turn a lighter greenish-blue color.
I turned back to him and sighed, "Now what?"
"Well you see.." He started smiling. I groaned, this had to be bad. "You see Lily. You'll be going to Hogwarts alright, but not as a teacher."
"WHAT?!?! You mean.you mean." I stuttered.
"Yes, Lily," He said slowly, "You're going there as an exchange student."
"Oh my god!" I said about to throttle him.
"Lily calm down. Its ok. I've talked to Dumbledore and the teachers and they agree not to give you any testes or anything but I'm afraid you will have to study.but you understand right?" He said giving me puppy dog eyes. I hated those puppy dog eyes right now, even though they were melting my insides into caramel.
"Yeah, yeah.anything else?" I said trying to sound like I was upset.
"Oh yes, one more thing.you will not be doing this mission alone." He said.
I raised an eyebrow.
"A really good auror has just graduated from the school and he's just about your age too." Dessing continued.
"Oh really?" I said trying to sound interested.
"Yes, Lily. May I present to you, James Potter." He said, pointing to the door behind me.
My heart stopped dead. NO. This was not possible. He couldn't possibly be here. I slowly turned around to see an equally shocked face staring back at me. It was Him. I blacked out.
How was it?? R/R!!! I really need the feed-back!