(James' POV)
"Lily!"
"Katie I'll get you out of there," Sirius yelled from somewhere next to me.
Katie was frozen still, her mouth hanging open, her eyes out of focus and her breathing deep and slow. Lily's hand was still above the sand bout sinking fast. It seemed like everything was moving in slow motion , except me. "Accio rope!" came from my mouth. Time seemed to have stopped completely. The only people moving where Lily and me, although the only part of Lily that he could see was her fingers.
Just as her fingers disappeared the rope came flying right at me. In one swift move, I caught the rope tied it to a tapestry with trolls beating a up a man (the man said something but I didn't hear him), I quickly tied the rope around my waist took a deep breath heard from somewhere in the distance, "James don't," and dove head fist into the sand.
By the time I did all that Lily had completely gone under. Since I knew I would be able to see in the sand I immediately started to look for her. She was right something was dragging her down. It's bony hands clutching her ankle it's ugly eye holes were pitch black staring up at me, or at least I think that they were. My eyes widen in fear as I realized what it was.
A skeleton. But how can there be a skeleton in this? They were going to make one but when they tested , it was too dangerous. I could only think of one answer. Sirius, must have gotten it somehow. I cursed him in my head. I swam as fast as I could to catch up to Lily, I was loosing air in my lungs. I rolled my eyes remembering that I was the Prince of ground and I could breath underground. I took a deep breath and pelted toward the skeleton and Lily. After what seemed like an eon, I was in reaching distance of Lily. Her eyes were closed her chest wasn't moving told me all I needed to know, she was almost dead. I grabbed her wrist and swam as fast and as hard as I could. I looked back to see that we weren't moving. The skeleton was still holding Lily's ankle. With my free hand I dug in my robes for my wand and then shouted the first spell that came to my mind, "Stupefy!" the skeleton froze glaring at me. I started to swim upward as fast as I could when another skeleton grabbed my foot. What? This isn't happening when they made Quick Qubbley's skeleton quicksand they only put one skeleton in it not two. "Stupefy!" I yelled again. This time no less then ten skeletons appeared. I've got to get out of here. She, un-like me, cant breath under ground. I lifted my hand thought of what I wanted the ground to do, and as swiftly as I could I brought my hand down. Instantly, Lily and I started to fly toward the surface with the skeletons following.
A few seconds later we broke surface. People where surrounding the quicksand pit. "Someone pull us-" we went under again. The skeletons had caught up with us. I struggled to the surface again. "Pull us in," I yelled, but as soon as I finished we went under again. I felt a great tug at my waist and we started to back up, but then the skeletons pulled us back down. Well, now we know what it feels like to be a tug-of war rope. I couldn't use my powers to help us get away from the skeletons, because they had a hold on Lily so I had to use both hands to hold her waist.
"Give us the girl," a cool, creepy voice said from below me.
"No!" I yelled. "Why do you want her anyway?" I had figured out where the voice came from. One of the skeletons.
"My master wants her. Now give us the girl and I wont hurt you," the skeleton demanded.
"No! I wont give her up to her evil betraying brother."
While we where talking, the rest of the skeletons backed off and Lily and I where slowly being pulled up to the surface. "My master has no remaining family," the skeleton sneered..
"Then why dose he want Lily? Tell me that!" I yelled.
"I never ask my master anything little boy. All that my master said was-" I didn't hear what else the skeleton had to say about his master because with one last heave Lily and I where pulled to the surface.