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Chapter Two:
Harder to Breathe Is there anyone out thereCause it's getting harder and harder to breath.
Is there anyone out thereCause it's getting harder and harder to breath.
Maroon 5
Lily's POV
I dashed out of the marauders compartment and hurried after my friends.
"Shelby, Chlöe" they both turned around to see me running at them with great speed.
"Hey guys what's up?" I asked but then saw their sullen faces. "What's wrong" I followed up with.
"We saw you in there," said the blonde, out of the two.
"Chlöe what are you talking about?" I asked.
"How about you tell us." The other, brunette, named Shelby said plainly.
"Shelby, I have no idea what you are talking about!" I tried to lie it was not working well.
"I am talking about who you were sitting with… those… marauder freaks! Why were you sitting with them?" asked Shelby angrily.
"Well, I needed to sit somewhere, and I couldn't have well sat with you two snogging the air out of god knows who those pricks were" I said enraged.
"Snogging? Where?" we heard a voice come up from behind. "Did I miss it?"
It was Sirius black and two of his goons. Surprisingly James wasn't there, it was just Remus and Peter.
"Shove it black!" I sniped as I turned around.
"What was that? Did the Ice Queen just get even colder? I didn't think it was possible, but then again, anything is possible." Sirius said cheekily.
He winked at Chlöe, she claimed to hate his ass, but when he was around, she just couldn't help but blush. I tried to ignore my friend's hypocrisy, however it wasn't that hard.
'BANG!'
Sirius acted as the hero and jumped on top of us girls to 'protect' us, Remus following in action and Peter was nowhere to be found. The corridor of the train was filled with bright green light. Then all was normal again. I was not happy.
"Black get off me, now!" I tried to scramble out from underneath Sirius.
"Fine blame the man who tried to protect you." Sirius smirked.
I just realized his arms had been around my chest and groaned.
"You've grown Evans!" Sirius smirked as Remus let out a HA.
"UGH! Shove off black" I snarled.
Chlöe then chimed in as she pointed behind Sirius and me, "Hey, what's that green light?"
We all turned to see the marauders compartment lit with the faintest of green lights; in fact as we looked at it, it went out completely.
"JAMES!" Sirius yelled as he ran to the compartment, everyone else followed suit. He now knew exactly what that whole bang and a green light was about. Remus also knew as he looked over at the panicked Sirius as they both ran.
James' POV
The other marauders had just left, and I was by myself. I shut my eyes to block out the light that was surprisingly coming form the window; it was usually raining when we came up here.
'Lily Evans was in my arms. I was touching Lily Evans' I thought and laughed at how perverted that could be. 'Wow that would be nice' laughing once again. 'And she was actually smiling, because of something I did. I never thought the day would come. WOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR!'
I sat there relaxing for a few minutes when I heard five 'POPS.'I opened my eyes to find five death eaters in the compartment.
"What the hell," my anger rising at the sight of the people who had recently killed my baby sister, and worked for the man who killed my parents.
"SECTUMSEMPRA!" a tall death eater yelled (fortunately for them the compartments were soundproof, so unfortunately for me, nobody could hear anything going on.)
I could not dodge in time and was soon thrown against the window, which surprisingly did not break. Blood poured out of my nose, and a rather large cut on my chest. I tried my best to get up knowing that I was probably about to die. I did not have my wand, they had just taken it from my grasp with a disarming spell. I soon remembered who was standing in front of me and how much I loathed them and their ways. My fingers began to tingle, and then they started to twitch. I focused all my anger and the energy that I had left into my hands. Then out of nowhere, bright green streams of light burst through the room from my fingertips. Soon I heard a loud Bang! Soon enough the whole room was bright green. The room soon gained it normalcy, and I saw five people (death eaters to be exact) dead on the floor. I had no idea what happened but I was to tired to care right now they were dead and I was on my path to becoming so as well. I soon fell unconscious into one of the benches. Leaving six bodies, five dead, and one… almost dead.
Lily's POV
We soon arrived at the marauders' cabin. The blind was up and we could see James lying there unconscious, or dead. Sirius quickly opened the door, revealing five hooded men lying on the floor.
"They're dead," I quickly said.
"Thank you captain obvious! Besides we don't care about them, remember." Sirius said pointing at James who he was now sitting next to and about to reach for a pulse.
James' face was bloody, thankfully his head was pointing down otherwise he could have choked himself to death, that is if he was not dead already.
"Well?" asked Remus worried.
"IT'S ALIVE!" Sirius yelled, with a joking tone.
I being muggleborn knew about the movie Frankenstein, but Sirius? How would he know anything about muggle TV and movies, but then again he was 'Sirius- full-of-surprises-Black'
Remus and Sirius high-fived, as the rest of them just looked at the five dead bodies on the floor with scared faces.
"What about them?" asked Chlöe, as she pointed to the dead death eaters?
"Ah, yes they might strike up attention. We probably should do something about them," said Sirius, taking his eyes off James for the first time. "Remus has you got this?"
Remus nodded, keeping his eyes on James wounds, he was tending to them the best he knew how. However, James was sill losing a lot of blood and fast.
"Shouldn't we just get some help?" I suggested.
"Ah yes, well that's one way around it. I did not think about that. Thanks lily" Sirius said as he smiled.
I was shocked, 'he called me by my first name, and he was smiling at me too. Wow he has a nice smile' I thought but then shut my eyes, to rid myself of my insane thoughts. After all this was Sirius Black. "Your welcome" I managed to say, a smile would have been over the top. After all I have a reputation as ice queen to keep up.
Sirius and I ran out of the cabin to find help. We were not running but walking quite fast. I think Sirius was looking at me, but every time I looked over at him he walked on a bit faster.
'Why would he all of a sudden smile at me? Five minutes go he was calling me ice queen'"You know you are quite smart" Sirius said not making eye contact.
I thought I was dreaming did Sirius Black just compliment me? Just to make sure I said, "you mean for an ice queen, right?"
This smacked him in the face and he did not know what to say.
Sirius' POV
'Quick think. What do I say? Why does she have to be so smart" I thought.
'Why don't you say no, she would know what to think' a voice in my head said.
'I can't say no, she might being to think things' I answered my conscience.
'Like that you like her maybe, that you want to shag her senseless. You do like her don't you?' the voice asked.
'Yes, I mean, what are you on about? I don't like her. She is the ice queen and I have a reputation to keep.' I came to my senses.
'Yeah and would only give you more attention. You of all people should be jumping at ht chance to her in bed'
I thought about this for a second and then smiled, 'that would be nice wouldn't it' I looked over at her 'ok fine I like her, but she can't know! And James can never find out, he would kill me'
'Then don't let them find out' my conscience said sardonically. 'Oh, and by the way, she is probably awaiting your answer'
'Shit' I still did not know what to say, so I said the first thing that came to mind. " No" she looked at me and smiled for the first time in… well ever.
I then realized what I said.
'Wait ago thickhead. What happened to not letting her know you like her? It's a good thing I'm in here. Only God knows what you would do to her if I wasn't.'
I only smiled at what the voice had just said.
"Your quite smart too, if you put your mind to it" Lily said out of nowhere. I wasn't sure if she was talking to me or not but I looked around me just in case. We had now come to a complete stand still. Part of me was saying to get help for my best friend, but then the other part said 'stuff James, Remus can deal with him.' "Yes I am talking to you" Lily told me as I looked back at her. She was smiling again, and it was driving me 'potty!' I wanted to snog her right then and there, but knew I shouldn't. What if someone saw, worse what if James found out, and worst of all what if she didn't like it.
'Control yourself Sirius. Wait just wait.' I said to myself. I could see things getting awkward, silent and awkward, Two of the scariest things known to the male species. (A.N. totally true, I actually asked a few of my guy friends this and they totally backed me on it, lol!)
Lily's POV
I could feel myself turning pink, but wasn't going to let it happen.
"Aren't we supposed to be getting help for your idiot friend?" I was back, the Ice Queen was back. Well I think I was a level (maybe a few) below 'Ice Queen' but I was back nonetheless.
Sirius' POV
'She had to go and ruin it didn't she' I thought while walking about three steps behind her. 'Wow she has a nice ass'
"Sirius, look a cabin for the teachers, what are they doing on the train? It is Potter's and mine's job to monitor the train." Lily said slightly aggravated.
"Bloody brilliant job your doing too, you know what with one of you half dead and you almost reaching the point of insanity" I said laughing. The last part was not entirely true, but I had to get her back for ruining the mood earlier.
And here it came, "I AM NOT INSANE!"
"No of course you are not darling. No one would ever think such a thing of you" I said mockingly.
"Do I really act insane?" she asked as she peaked over to me, scared that she already knew the answer.
I held my thumb and index finger about an inch apart and said "just a tiny bit."
She sighed, unhappy with herself and said, "come on, let's go in there and get help," she was pointing towards the closed door. Its blind was shut and it said, "teachers only" on the wood in gold letters.
"We can't go in there! We could get in trouble" I shrieked, not believing what had just come out of my mouth.
"And you call yourself Sirius black! Honestly… men" she shook her head.
The truth was that I was not afraid of getting in trouble come on I am 'the Sirius trouble for a middle name Black.' However I was afraid of who would be in the compartment, I hate all teachers and they all hate me, it is a widely known fact.
"I am Sirius Black, and I am not afraid-" I looked at the word 'teachers' and gulped, but then regained my Gryffindor courage and pushed her out the way. "Move over Evans, this is a job for a man"
I reached for the doorknob, but could not turn it before she said, "oh you are so brave. Do be careful. You never know when there could be a killer teacher on the loose. Do take care of yourself, why I just don't know what I would do if you got… detention" she said putting the back of her hand to her forehead and made a fainting sound.
I remembered the time; I hung out with Joe Churchill, a muggleborn. We watched this thing called a T.V. and he put in moobies or movies, one of the two.
I found it amazing yet very odd, you could see the people but they could not see you. What a punishment it would be to stuck in a plastic box where people would watch your every move, scary thing if you ask me. (A.N. yes very scary) anyways, there was this one movie, (that's the name I think) where the people had these funny accents, Joe said they were from America, from the south moreover and that's how they talked over there.
Remembering this, I decided to put it to use and mimic the accent as bet I could, "now don't you worry little lady. This here man is gonna be just fine, ya hear" (A.N. no this is not an insult to the south in fact we used to live there and have a bit of that accent so no hard feelings ya here)
She just stared, and we both started laughing.
"Well after you, your macho-ness!" she giggled stepping away so there was a clear walk way to the door.
"Why thank you milady." And I opened the door.
"MR. BLACK! CAN'T YOU READ? IT SAYS THAT ON THE DOOR FOR A REASON!" it was Professor McGonagall.
Lily was still outside, and when I turned around for help she was not there, she must have chickened out.
Inside the room was Professor Flitwick and a man I had no idea who he was. "Why? You were not doing anything were you?" I had on a disgusted face as I said this.
"Detention Black for inappropriate questions" McGonagall said.
"No! Professor he is with me" Lily popped out of nowhere.
"I am afraid you are too late, Ms. Evans. Whether you were in the company of Mr. Black or not, It did not prevent him from his rude questions. The detention remains Sirius" McGonagall said.
I sighed accepting the punishment when I remembered the reason for being here in the first place.
"Professor. There has been an attack. James has been hurt. He is going to be fine but I think he needs some help."
The two teachers and unknown man (whom I assumed to be a new teacher, seeming at his choice of where to sit) ran out of the compartment and down the corridor, searching for our compartment.
"LAST ONE ON THE LEFT!" I yelled to them. They were at least fifty paces ahead, seeming as they were running (or whatever old people do, maybe they jog) and we were walking in confidence that everything was going to be fine. "So Evans, why did you let me suffer inn there?"
"Sorry, I could not help myself. You just had to be the macho one, and do things your way. And I knew without me you were bound to say, or in this case ask something stupid and I knew without me there you would get detention. And who am I to deprive myself from one of the main pleasures in my life" she said smirking evilly.
"Oh so now you get pleasure from me?" I asked smirking as my smirk disappeared.
"You know what I mean you prick!" she said regaining her smile.
"You're on my list Evans." I said smirking once again.
"Ooh, should I be scared?" she asked jokingly.
"How about ECSTATIC!" I said enthusiastically.
"Black you pervert." And we both burst into laughter as we headed back to my compartment.
Lily's POV
We followed the two teachers and unknown man who had a black bag in his hand. I had a pretty good idea that he was a new teacher, probably potions master, after all professor Slughorn did 'retire' last year. Sirius and I weren't running, I think he had a good idea that Potter would live (unfortunately for me). We were walking in complete awkwardness that is until he elbowed me. I quickly looked up at him and he motioned his head so as to say, 'look up ahead.' I obliged and immediately burst in hysterical laughter. About ten feet ahead was a stout, tiny, gray-haired man attempting to run. It was Flitwick and he wasn't getting very far, His beard, which was just about as long as his own body kept tripping him. He would 'run' about five paces, trip, then did it all over again.
After much hilarity we finally reached the marauders compartment. We found Remus still healing Potter's wounds, and doing a rather good job too. Potter was not bleeding anymore, but his chest was still pretty beat up and bruised. Shelby and Chlöe were cleaning up the 'blood puddle' on the floor, making sure not to touch the dead deatheaters on the floor.
"What happened here Ms. Evans?" professor McGonagall asked me. Not Lupin, not Black, not my friends… me.
"Me?" I asked confused.
"Yes you Ms. Evans you are head girl, I expect you were with the head boy.
After all those are the rules for head boy and girl to sit together" she said sternly.
I was so stupid, how could I forget the rules already? Well at least I did not break the rules, I was sitting with him but then again I did leave.
"Um…" I could not just say I left. She expects me to at least try and get along with Potter, even though she knows about our 'lovely' past. I tried to think of something, I had never lied to a teacher before…
Nothing came, sure it was simple to think of one but actually speaking the lie was another story. I was at a loss for words probably about to get detention for one silly rule and I wasn't even at school yet.
"I see ms. Evans" she said disappointed, the stranger had now started to help Remus.
"Well, I am very disappointed in you. I thought I could count on you to try and make things work between Potter and you. I know you have your differences, but you also know the rules, so I am forced to give you –" McGonagall was cut off.
"No! Professor, she was with him!" Sirius shot out and my head instantly shot around.
My eyes were asking him what he was doing, and he answered as if to say 'just trust me.'
Sirius' POV
'God if she messes this up too, I am going to go ape.' I was waiting for somebody to say something now.
Lily and I were staring at each other, and McGonagall was looking at us as though we had just had eyesex.
It was Flitwick who got the conversation going again, when he motioned for Professor McGonagall to blink, by waving his hand in front of her face, (actually he was jumping up and down in front of her, he was much to short to wave his hand in front of her face).
"Oh yes go on Mr. Black" she said coming back to life.
"Oh well, Lily was sitting with James. She just got up to reprimand me."
"Lily?" McGonagall questioned the way I used her first name.
"Yes that is her name is it not?" I answered back.
" I suppose so," she said suspiciously. "So Mr. Black, tell me what were you doing wrong this time?"
Now I was stuck. I was silent.
'Don't say anything you might regret' my conscience told me.
'Who cares! I already have detention. What is another one going to do except maybe further my record, and get a certain redhead to go out with me' I answered silently.
'I thought we decided not to let her know that you like her what about James?'
'I'll sort him out' I answered my mind.
"I'm waiting Mr. Black." McGonagall said with her hands on her hips and tapping her foot.
"Oh I was um…" think Black think. " I was… I was … flying James' broom through the halls.'
'Nice going git' the voice said.
'Shut up! I told you, I don't care!'"Well so much for a clean start to the year, Detention Black. Now can somebody tell me what happened here?" she said impatiently.
I looked over at Lily and she was white with shock. I took this as a good thing and just smiled. Surprisingly her face regained its color and she smiled back.
Lily's POV
'Okay, what the bloody hell was that? Did Sirius Black just help me on his behalf? Did h e get detention for me? What is the world coming to? Next thing I know I will be in love with James Potter. HA! Yeah right. So now what? Sirius is an okay guy and I like h- wait a second what the hell was I just going to say?'
'I believe it was that you like Sirius Black' my conscience told me.
'No I did not' I fought, slightly appalled.
'Yes you do admit it'
'Do not, do not, do… do… do…' I was hesitating, and basically arguing with myself.
'TOO' my mind yelled.
'Oh no, I do don't I?' I felt a frown coming on, but I was still staring at Sirius and I hand not blinked in minutes so I did that instead. 'Oh what am I going to do now'?
'Snog him senseless' my conscience added.
'You should be his conscience not mine. This was not supposed to happen. What if someone finds out? What if he finds out? He would so put that to his advantage!'
'Then don't let him find out' my mind said logically.
'Now that is the first thing you have said that is to my liking. Yes I think that will work I will just not tell anyone' I said to myself.
'Ha you keep a secret, whatever''Oh do shut up' I yelled to my conscience.
Sirius was still smiling at me, and I felt my cheeks going red, but then McGonagall broke in.
"Ahem. Hello! Explanation please." McGonagall said getting very irritated.
"Well we were outside in the hallway, as you know, so we are not one hundred percent sure but-" I was interrupted.
"It was the Avada Kedavra, professor" Sirius butted in sullenly.
"And how do you know, I thought you were being reprimanded" McGonagall said sternly.
"Hey I am not stupid okay! Bright green light and a bang, what else could it be?" Sirius was angry.
"Alright, Black no need to have a hissy fit" McGonagall said.
I looked at Potter, a little worried. I tapped the "oldish" woman on the shoulder, "um, Professor what is going to happen to Potter?"
"Don't worry Ms. Evans. Ezekiel have you got this?" she was talking to the stranger, who merely nodded.
Then I saw Flitwick and him walking out the door, followed by a floating body. It was Potter.
"Where the bloody hell are you taking him?" Sirius raged.
"Language Mr. Black, and there is no need to worry. Mr. Potter is being taken to the castle by a special portkey made for an unconscious person. He will be fine he just needs Madam Pomfrey's care. Besides this way we can get the chance to talk" McGonagall said.
"You say that like it is a good thing." He mumbled, I don't think the Prof. heard, but I sure as hell did, and couldn't help but smile.
The train had now stopped and just outside our window, I could see Flitwick conjuring something that looked like a stretcher. I soon saw Potter being laid down onto it, then the stranger and Flitwick merely touching it, and it was gone with a 'poof'.
Now we're alone (Shelby, Chlöe, McGonagall, Sirius, five dead men and I, yes the death eaters were still there).
"Now have a seat everyone.'
Shelby and Chlöe immediately sat next to each other and the Professor next to them, leaving me with Sirius. It was either sit next to him (which I didn't find to be that bad of a thing, but I couldn't let him know this,) or sit on the floor with the dead men.
Sirius' POV
Lily Evans was sitting next to me and not putting up a fight, this was a first.
"Now was is this talk about the Avada Kedavra curse?" Prof. McGonagall asked. She didn't seem at all nervous about the dead deatheaters on the floor like Chlöe and Shelby were.
She was directing the question to Lily, but I just had to butt in.
"It was performed on somebody in the compartment. I'm not sure who, but I know what that green light meant." I said.
"Potter." I heard Lily say.
"Potter?" McGonagall started. "But how did he survive it, that's impossible."
I saw something just then, that caught my eye. It was hanging out of one of the deatheaters pockets. It was James' wand. I didn't hesitate to pick it up. When I moved to do so the room went silent. I pulled it out of the pocket and found it had been snapped in half.
"How could James have performed it with a broken wand? Or no wand at all for that matter?" Shelby asked.
"I don't understand, Potter should be dead if he was hit with that curse." McGonagall said in confusion.
I then remembered a vital piece of information. I had only seen him use it once, but once was enough in this case.
"Wand-less magic." I slowly said to myself. "It was James. He killed the deatheaters."
"Mr. Black, what are you talking about?" the Prof. asked.
"James killed the bastards!" I said extremely excited.
"If I hear that foul mouth one more time Black, you will have detention for a week, let alone two days!" McGonagall sneered at me.
I shrugged her threat off, "Whatever, point is Prongs killed the deatheaters."
"Please use his proper name Mr. Black. Now is you would be so kind as to tell us how you know this." The teacher asked.
"WAND-LESS MAGIC!" I screamed.
Everybody's eyes were on me now…
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