Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters you recognize. But I do own the plot line of Bonds of Blood. Arabella Figg, Sirius Black, James Potter, Lily Evans, Peter Pettigrew and Harry Potter all belong to the wonderful goddess J.K. Rowling. And I'm saying this because I KNOW that she is either lurking on this site, or writing a fanfic! I JUST KNOW IT! Anyway…That's my disclaimer. Now on with the show…err…I mean story!
Her head was throbbing and her tongue felt thick and heavy in her mouth. Her arms were shaking as Lily pushed herself into a sitting position. She had been lying on something itchy and as she looked down, she reliezed it was straw. She put a hand to her throbbing head and a small moan escaped her lips as she ran her hand over a cut on the back of her head. Blood matted the hair by it. The last thing she remember was getting off the Hogwarts Express, then being pulled away from Bella and then that pain in the back of her head seconds before she passed out. As Lily reliesed why she and Bella had been running, she swore aloud. So, even after all that trouble, they'd still been caught by the Holders.
As the throbbing in her head subsided, Lily looked around. She was in a cell or at least, that's what it looked like. Cold, stone walls surrounded her on three sides, while bars formed a gate where the fourth wall should've been. The floor was hard and cold as frozen water to the touch. It was only now, when a gust of cold air hit her legs, did Lily reliezed she was no longer in her Hogwarts uniform. Someone, she shuddered at the thought, had undressed her and changed her into a pair of floaty blue pants, almost like those that a genie would wear and a small blue shirt that stretched tightly across her chest, but poofed out at the sleeves, like the pants. The clothes, a lighter blue then they had looked when she had first glanced at them, were nearly transparent and when Lily relized this, she let out a small sob. Suddenly, she felt silly. What was she doing, sitting here? Where were Kari and Rina? And Bella, where was Lily's blonde haired best friend? Already sold? Please god no. As Lily debated the idea that her friends were already sold off while she had been out of it, a cloaked figure unlocked the cell door and kicked her. Lily cried out in pain and she was sure the figure had smirked.
"Your awake. Good, you go on the block today then. With your friends, you mudblood bitch."
He spat the words and grabbed her by the arm, carefully. It almost seemed as though he didn't want to get any 'mudblood germs' on his gloves. She struggled to her feet, her legs wobbled. She hadn't used them for so long and they hurt so badly now. The cloaked man dragged Lily down a passage and pushed her into a room with about 20 other girls, all wearing the same clothes as she had on, but in different colors. Greens, golds, silvers and yellows were only a few among other colors. As Lily pushed herself to her feet again but her heart rose as she saw three girls huddled in a corner. Two of them had rapidly changing hair color and the other had blonde hair with streaks the color of a ravens feathers. She hurried over to them and tapped the blonde haired girl on the shoulder. The blonde girl looked around and let out a quiet shriek.
"Lils! We thought they'd already sold you off! Thank Merlin. Listen, we're going up on the stocks today. So, we'd better make the most of the time we have left, right?"
Lily nodded and joined the huddle of her three best friends. By now, all four of them had tears rolling down their cheeks. Kari's hair had finally stopped changing and had settled on a dark shade of blue. Katrina's hair was still flickering, one moment blonde, the next it was purple.
"I'm so sorry guys…I'm really going to miss you…"
Lily managed to find her voice for the first time since she had awoken. It was hoarse and had to get out through stifled sobs. A booming voice echoed in the room.
"LINE UP ACCORDING TO SIZE. SMALLEST IN THE FRONT!"
The girls all ran towards the door. Bella was 3rd from the front then Kari, Katrina and Lily was 6th from the front. They gripped each others hands for the last time before the door opened and they silently filed out, following the witch in front of them. They were stopped as the line approached a set of steps that led to a wooden platform. The first girl, a short, raven haired girl named Tasha was pushed up the steps by the cloaked figure at the front of the line. A cloaked man at the top of the steps pulled Tasha to the center of the platform. Sixty or seventy wizards, aging from 18 to 67 were cheering and hooting as Tasha stood in front of them.
"Tasha Ari Tare. Aged 18. 5'1. Not Fresh. Start bidding at 10 knuts."
The crowd went silent and a wizard in the back shouted 20 knuts. It rose to 3 galleons, then 7. 10, 14, 19 galleons. Tasha was looked more fearful by the second. As the bids hit 39 galleons it ended.
"SOLD TO JAKE GATA FOR 39 GALLEONS!"
Cried the cloaked wizard. Tasha's face broke into a smile and the girls in line all smiled to. Tasha and Jake had been secretly in love with each other ever since they had first arrived at Hogwarts. Jake had been a second year then while Tasha had only been a first year. But every day for six years they would stare at each other while the other wasn't looking, they'd talk about nothing and Tasha would often ask for Jake's help on homework, even though the fifth smartest girl in the year. And when Jake had left, Tasha had been devastated. But now, they were together again. And even though most of the girls in the line still felt horrible, and they had good reason to, they now had a little spark of hope in their hearts. As the next girl was called up, Lily turned looked at Bella, who was getting more nervous by the moment. Putting a hand on her friends shoulder, Lily smiled gently at Bella. As the girl in front stepped down from the platform, Bella gulped, flashed her ring at her friends and stepped up to the platform. Almost immeadantly, hectic bidding stared. No denying it, Bella was a pretty girl. The bidding rose from 5 galleons up for 65 in a matter of minutes. But one cry of "130 Galleons" drove off all competition. Bella looked around, dumbstruck that someone would pay 130 galleons for her and Sirius Black stepped out of the crowd. Bella's face fell as she stepped down from the platform. Lily smiled softly and whispered "good luck" to her best friend.
Kari and Katrina went up next. As twins, they were sold together. Both of them had rapidly changing hair colors now. A different color ever few seconds. Bidding rose at a fast pace. 20, 30, 70 galleons and the bidding stopped there. Remus Lupin stepped out of the crowd, a playful smirk on his face. Kari and Katrina both looked horrified as they stepped down and followed a cloaked wizard into a shack made of bamboo, with Remus following them, still smirking. And now it was Lily's turn.
She took a gulp of air and climbed up the stairs. They felt hard and cold under her socked feet. As she moved across the platform to the middle, she looked out over the sea of wizards. She nearly gagged as she approached the cloaked wizard. He stank of body odor and axe (A/N: Yeah, I know Axe wasn't around back then by who cares!). She coughed and he glared at her before starting to yelling again.
"Lilith Mari Evans. Aged 18. Fresh meat, to all the experienced boys out there."
Lily shut her eyes. Couldn't they just say 'virgin' instead of treating her like an animal. 'Fresh meat' it sounded so…ugh. But she opened her eyes as the bidding began, looking around at the frantic bidders.
"We'll start at 20 galleons for this lovely young thang"
Cried the cloaked wizard. Lily scowled. Thang, was that even a word?
"30 galleons"
"40!"
"50!"
"55!"
"90!"
"120!"
"135!"
"149!"
"200!"
A voice echoed from the front of the pack and everyone stopped yelling. The wizard looked astonished as a dark-haired wizard stepped forth. Lily blinked, trying to figure out who this wizard was. She didn't think she'd ever seen him before. But then again, she couldn't see his face. An oversized hat kept that part of his body in shadow. The cloaked wizard seemed to come to his senses.
"Sooldddd!"
He cried and he was met with a tirade of groans. Lily frowned and stepped down from the platform, heading towards the cloaked witch who was motioning her and her new master towards the wood shack. Once, Lily chanced a glance at her 'master' only be met by his oversized cap flopping lazily. She hurried up and entered the shack as the woman opened the door. Inside was another cloaked wizard, holding a knife over a table. An open book lay on the table. Lily recoiled as she saw the bloody knife, but was shoved roughly forward by her 'master'.
She stumbled slightly into the cloaked wizard and hr grabbed her arm. Holding the knife to her wrist, he made a small slit on her arm. Blood oozed gently from the wound. The dark-haired man held out his arm and the cloaked wizard made a slit on her "masters'" wrist as well. Then, grabbing her wrist, he began to chant in an odd fashion, pressing Lily's wrist against her "masters'". Her blood oozed into the slit on the man's wrist and his blood oozed into her arm. She could barely hear what the cloaked man was chanting now.
Her eyes were fixed on her 'master'. Just a moment ago, she had caught him glance up and had seen a flash of hazel before he'd looked away. It was only when her master grabbed her uninjured arm that she relised the ceremony was over. And then she knew what had happened. She had been blood bonded to this stranger, her master. And there was nothing she could do about it.
A/N: I'm realllyyyy sorry it's been taking me so long to update. It's just I'm having trouble balancing school work and writing. Some people who are in my classes know that. And I know that at least two of them coughjoshandmattvcough are reading one of my ficcies. Well, sorry for not updating for soooo long and I'll update again soon! I promise!