Hello everybody!
SO Sorry for the LONG wait. Also sorry that this chapter isn't up to scratch, I did have to start again and I guess that teaches me for not backing up my work.
Anyway, not to hold you up, here we go…
CHAPTER 13
Gangly men, cauldrons and discoveries.
"Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh. My. Gosh." Lily repeated. "What just happened?"
Lily paced the entrance hallway. Should I go back there? She asked herself. Yes. She made way to the door. No. I should go back to my dorm and think about what to do. And she turned back and walked the other way. Wait, I should go see him. Once again she turned to walk outside. No! I have to sleep on it. She turned back the other way. And so it went for a few moments before she made up her mind and sprinted up to Gryffindor tower.
I'll take the coward's way out.
Lily burst through the portrait hole and saw Peter, Remus and Sirius sitting by the fire. They looked up and she scanned the room for Abby.
She ran over to them out of breathe,
"Where's Abby?" She gasped.
"Upstairs. What's wrong?" But she didn't answer Remus, she just turned and ran upstairs.
"Abby! Abby!" Lily cried as she swung open the door to her dorm.
Abby was sitting on the bed smiling like maniac and humming to herself.
Scene change
Meanwhile James had run into the Gryffindor changing rooms. He had discarded his broomstick and was currently standing, fully clothed, in the shower. He had run in and walked up and down the locker rooms before running into the shower and fiddling with the handles. He turned the cold water right on and stood under it.
What now?
He sighed. The sudden realisation that the water was cold hit him. After he had just been in the rain it was not the best idea. He turned it in hot. While the feeling of numbness enveloped him he thought over what had just happened.
Am I dreaming?
He looked about.
No, no I'm not.
What am I going to do? Why the hell did I run? She said she loved me and I just took off…I'm SO stupid. I need to think of a romantic gesture to finish this and win her over once and for all.
SCENE CHANGE
"Abby! I need your help!" Lily cried.
"Hmm?" Abby asked dreamily.
"Abby!" Lily said hysterically. "Snap out of it, please?"
"Ok, I'm listening." Abby stood up and walked over to her.
"Why are you so happy?" Lily asked suspiciously, forgetting what she was there for one moment.
"No reason. What did you need to see me for?" She changed the subject.
"Oh…" Lily thought. "Well…"
"Spit it out." Abby laughed cheerily.
"I told him." Lily said quickly.
"You told him?" Abby asked confused.
"I told him." Lily stressed.
"You told him?" Abby asked shocked. "You told him?"
"I told him." Lily said sternly. "I told him." Abby fell over.
"What did he say?" She asked on the ground.
"I ran away."
"You ran away?" Abby asked shocked once more.
"I ran away." Abby stood up and shook Lily.
"YOU RAN AWAY?" Abby bellowed.
"But not before he told me he loved me too."
"And you ran away?" Abby asked.
"I ran away." Lily repeated slowly. "I ran AWAY!" She yelled.
"You ran away." Abby clarified.
"He told me he loved me and I ran away?" Lily repeated dumbly.
"Yes."
"I love him and he loves me…we love each other. Why am I still here?"
"Why are you still here?" Abby asked.
"You're right. What am I doing here? The guy I love just told me he loved me back and I just ran away? I'm so stupid sometimes. If you'll excuse me, I have something to take care of."
Lily walked out.
Abby sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Wait." Lily said walking back in. "Before I do that, I'm sorting everyone else out." She dragged Abby downstairs to the remaining three Marauders. James wasn't there.
"Before I go and fix what I've done, some people are going to admit their feelings to one another." Lily started.
"Who?" Sirius asked stupidly.
"Don't play dumb, you and Abby."
"Me and…me and…?" Sirius gaped. "WHAT?"
"We know you like each other!"
"I don't like her! No female can hold the attention of Sirius Black for long enough to be called like! I'm the ladies man!" He protested.
"Please. Abby, will you please get the ball rolling?" Lily asked.
"I don't like Sirius…" Abby said quietly, more to her feet then to the group.
"Of course you do. You've been going on about how you like someone for ages."
"Not Sirius." She blushed. Sirius sighed in relief. That could have been awkward.
"What?" Peter asked. "Who do you like then?"
Abby mumbled something incoherent.
"Wait! We know you like each other! That's why we tried to get you two together." Lily said loudly. They were lucky everyone else was finishing up dinner.
"Even Remus agrees, don't you?" Peter asked. Remus looked away shyly.
"Remus has his own love worries." Lily said sympathetically.
"Who?" Sirius asked, this night is getting more confusing then that time we tried to figure why Peter was in a bikini.
"I don't know what she's talking about." Remus muttered.
"Come on, we ALL know you like Alice." Lily sighed. Everyone looked at her.
"What?" Was the collective response.
"Well, I guess only I know Remus likes Alice."
"I don't like Alice." Remus said in confusion.
"You do!"
"I don't!"
"You have been wondering around all love struck and confused for a while." Sirius agreed.
"I don't like Alice."
"You do!" Lily cried.
"WAIT!" Sirius yelled. "Wait a minute!" Everyone quietened. Sirius smiled.
"First, where is James?"
Lily turned bright red.
"Ok, we'll leave that question until later, as it may take some explaining." Lily let out a breath and Sirius raised and eyebrow. "You didn't kill him did you?"
"No!" She yelled.
"Ok," He held up his hands. "What is going on here? I've basically got, everyone thinks that Abby and I like each other but we don't. Abby likes some one else but no one knows who it is. Lily thinks Remus likes Alice but he likes some one else we don't know of. And Lily and James like each other but are not telling each other."
"Actually…" Lily started. Sirius gaped.
"Um…also, that's not entirely true." Remus coughed. "I know who Abby likes."
"Who?" Sirius, Lily and Peter demanded.
"Me." He grabbed her hand and the two shared a short but sweet kiss on the lips. The other three stood in amazement.
"Whaa?" Peter asked.
"Well we talked about it this morning and…we really like each other." Abby smiled brightly. "We were going to tell you later…but I guess now you know."
The three just stared.
"I didn't see that coming…" Lily whispered. "Not at all."
"Well, now that that's out of the way…Lily, I believe you have something to do." Abby grinned. Lily snapped to and sprinted out of the portrait hole.
"Will someone tell me what's going on around here?" Sirius moaned. "When did everyone get so confusing?" He asked as he looked to Peter, who had passed out from an information overload.
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Lily ran through the corridors of Hogwarts, desperately searching for James. Looking back she should have checked the Marauders map, it would have saved a lot of trouble. She didn't know why she checked the classrooms. Why would he be there? She checked the Quidditch pitch, the locker rooms, the lake, the owlery, her friends would be in the common room, she checked the infirmary also and she couldn't find him. She had tried to check the kitchens but there was a sign that said some sort of magical repair going on down the hallway that led to there. She shrugged it off and guessed if it was blocked he probably wouldn't be there anyway. She wished she had brought the map.
"So stupid." She muttered to herself as she opened the door to another empty classroom. She walked in and saw a door to a joined classroom. She opened it expecting the same result. It wasn't empty this time.
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What to do, what to do… James sat in the kitchens. He had long since performed (miraculously) a perfect drying charm and made his way to the kitchens.
It has to be spectacular. It has to show how I feel. It has to say 'I love you and always will'. It has to prove my love. Jeez, who is being cliché now?
He bit into a chocolate.
What if she didn't mean what she said?
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Two hooded figures grabbed her arms.
"It's about time." One mumbled. "She headed down this hallway ages ago."
"Quit whining. Our lord will be pleased we have her." Lily saw there was a third beside them.
"Let go." She struggled. She used her many years of Quidditch training and beating up against James to free herself from their hold. She ran to the other door only to find it locked.
"Come on, girly, we aren't stupid." One of the people laughed. He was twirling a wand in his hand. She tried the door she had come through, but a quick "Alohomora" from the man and she was trapped.
She fumbled in her robes for her wand to open the door, but it had been taken, and the only thing she managed to find was the figure of a small turtle dove.
"This won't end well." She muttered to herself as two of the three grabbed her and dragged her to the fireplace.
"Veil kard rold diheyawa." A man pulled out floo powder and spoke to the fireplace before he was engulfed by flames.
"Stop struggling." One growled but she still thrashed about.
"Stupefy." Another said and she fell limp. "Always works." It couldn't be seen but surely a smirk was plastered over his face.
One of the hooded men pulled out a handful of power, floo powder, and stepped into the fireplace.
"Veil kard rold diheyawa." He cried and was engulfed by flames.
"I don't know why he insists on that name for the place. It's so hard to remember and to say." The other mumbled and followed suit, awkwardly, with Lily in his clutches
Up in the seventh year boys' dormitory, on top of a certain head boy's trunk, a small turtle dove figurine glowed such a bright silver the whole room was alight. It was a pity the room was empty.
SCENE CHANGE
"Where's Lily?' Abby asked confused.
"How should I know?" James asked glumly. She probably didn't mean what she said. She was probably caught up in the moment.
"You should know because she went looking for you about three hours ago."
"Why?" He asked not daring to hope.
"To fix the mistake she made by running from you. To tell you that she loves you and doesn't want to let you go."
"Really?" James' head snapped up. "She was serious? She really meant it?" He asked hopefully.
"YES! She's been in love with you for a very long time."
James' face broke into such a grin that Sirius was sure his face was going to crack.
"Wait…Lily left about three hours ago and she should have found you by now." Remus said with a furrowed brow.
"Where were you?" Sirius asked.
"The kitchens."
"She would have checked there." Abby said worriedly.
"Where do you think she is?" Peter asked, he had awoken from the shock earlier.
"Surely not still looking. I will get the map for my dearest Prongs so he can find his Lillian." Sirius grinned and darted upstairs.
"I need to make this right." James sighed.
"What did you do after Lily ran?' Abby asked curiously.
"Lily ran?" James asked. "I didn't see her run, as soon as the words spilled from my mouth and she replied I got the hell out of there."
"What? She told you she loved you and you took off like a coward?" Remus asked.
James' reply was cut off when Sirius stumbled down the stairs.
"You-you-you g-guys should s-s-see this." He stuttered, in a very un-Sirius-Black-like way.
James raised an eyebrow and followed him up. He was aware of his other friends behind him. He pushed open the door to his dorm and was greeted with blinding silver light.
"My eyes! Jeez, Padfoot, what is that?"
"Er…James…" Remus tried. James was shielding his eyes and the others were looking at the object. James took his hands away.
"What? Wh-" He stopped as he saw what the light was illuminating from. He had on one clear thought as he rushed over to the turtle dove. My Lily is in danger and I'm going to save her.
"Lily." He whispered as he grabbed the piercing hot turtle dove. There was a shimmer and he heard his friends protests but with a 'ping' and a glint he vanished into thin air.
SCENE CHANGE
"Ommf." James gasped as he hit the ground.
"Mr Potter, glad you could join us." A hooded figure laughed. Death eaters.
"Lily!" James cried. Lily was lying unconscious next to three hooded men.
"The Dark Lord said you would find a way here." One said.
"What did you do to her?" James yelled. "WHAT DID YOU DO?" He ran to her side. "Lily!"
"She will be fine. Shut your trap."
"Get her up now!" James growled. Without warning he lunged at one of the figures.
He punched and kicked any part he could before he was hit with a spell.
"Petrificus totalus." A Death eater spoke.
James went rigid as a board but he could still see.
The guy he had beaten stood up. "Stupid boy. You'll get what's coming to you."
The death eater who had shot him with a spell picked him up. "Unscramble the damn anagram."
"Get his wand." James felt someone get his wand from his robes.
"He's got a damn mirror in here. Vain prat."
"Leave it with him. Where's my wand, I need to shift the letters don't I?" James saw writing on a door like thing.
Veil kard rold diheyawa
What does that mean? He thought.
He saw one death eater find his wand and stand up while the other held him up. The guy with the wand touched his wand to a letter and shifted it.
"Stupid anagram." He muttered. The other guy lowered James to the floor and started to levitate him and Lily before James could see the finished words.
SCENE CHANGE
"Whaa?" Lily asked as she came to. "Where am I?"
"I don't know." A familiar male voice spoke.
"James?" She asked uncomfortably.
"Yes. I came to find you."
"Oh." She said embarrassed.
"You're awake." A man said as he entered the room. "Tie them up." He said to two other men who had been with him.
As the death eaters tied their feet and hands to large sticks Lily was strangely reminded of Island natives carrying a freshly killed pig back to their tribe.
"Do you feel like a pig?" She asked curiously, forgetting all awkwardness between them.
"Indeed." James mused. "Indeed."
The death eaters took through to a large room. Lily wondered why they didn't levitate them, it would have been easier.
"What are we doing here?" James asked.
"I don't know." Lily said slowly. "But I don't like the looks of that…"James looked up to a huge cauldron that was bubbling.
"I wonder what that is for." He said thoughtfully.
"Wonder no more…" A silky voice hissed. A tall figure entered the room and the death eaters, who were carrying them in the sticks, dropped them to the floor.
"Ooof!" Lily said as she hit the ground.
"Diffindo." The voice hissed and the ropes tying the two to the sticks were cut. Lily slowly raised her eyes to meet the man.
He looked vaguely familiar and Lily looked to James and saw he obviously know exactly who he was.
She turned back to the man and took in his appearance. He looked middle-aged and rather angry and powerful. He had red eyes and was quite pale. Lily thought he would be rather terrifying if he wasn't so…lanky.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"Hold you tongue Mudblood." He hissed. She was reminded of a snake somewhat. James stood up, awkwardly, and gave Lily his hand. She took it and felt so much better than before. As she stood beside James she realised nothing could harm her while she was with him.
"Now, for those of you lesser beings…" The man looked at Lily, "let me introduce myself. I am Lord Voldemort." The safety that filled Lily moments ago vanished. Nothing can hurt me…except that.
Suddenly a giggle rose in her. It was small and insignificant but it started to bubble inside her and slowly grew and grew. Soon it was a small chuckle, then a whimper of a laugh. Finally she was laughing aloud, leaving James to fear her sanity and Voldemort and his faithful minions to glare at her and wonder at her defiance.
When she finally stopped then she saw everyone was looking at her, "Sorry, I just didn't expect the evil guy who everyone was scared of to be so…gangly." James looked at Voldemort, he was sizzling. James cocked his head and chuckled a bit too. He was gangly. The two burst into peels of laughter.
"SILENCE!" Voldemort boomed. "You will do well to keep quiet."
"Why are we here?" James asked, ignoring his advice.
"I am to make an example of you." Voldemort laughed a high pitched cackle.
"What is the cauldron for then?" Lily asked.
Whilst they had been talking and laughing the giant cauldron had been bubbling furiously. There were death eaters surrounding it and they would occasionally levitate some sort of substance into the cauldron.
"You will see. You will see."
"Knott! Bring me the book. I need to see what is next."
A hooded man scuttled over with a book in hand. He handed it to his master, trembling the whole time.
Voldemort dismissed him and opened the book. Lily wondered what sick spells it held that he would use on them. Surely nothing worse than the unforgivables.
She tried to get a glance at the cover and succeeded. At first she thought it was a misprint but as she squinted to see better it all clicked.
"You're going to EAT us?" Lily yelled. Voldemort snapped the cover of '101 ways to cook ones enemies' and glared. "Are you INSANE?" She shouted.
"There is a fine line between genius and insanity, my dear Mudblood." Voldemort hissed.
"Don't call Lily that." James growled. Voldemort ignored him.
"You have cottoned onto my plan, I see. I knew you would. Yes, I will be cooking you."
The two gaped at him.
"WHAT!" James roared. "Why the HELL would you do that?"
"I need to make an example of the two of you." Voldemort replied unfazed. "Just think, you two, the most known and loved students in your school, head boy and girl, eaten by the dark lord. Every one will fear me. Everyone will know me and no one will dare stand up to me."
"You have mental issues." James spoke slowly. "EAT US? YOU'RE GOING TO EAT US?"
"I am going to eat you." Voldemort nodded.
"You need fattening up anyway." Lily spat. Voldemort narrowed his eyes.
"You will be the first course."
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"Damn it. Damn it. Damn it." Sirius repeated.
"What are we going to do now?" Remus asked.
"WHY did he do that? Abby wailed. "We could have found her but now…we have NO idea where they are."
"We have to go and see Dumbledore." Remus said gravely.
The four quickly marched out of the room to tell the Headmaster of the students disappearance and the glowing turtle dove.
SCENE CHANGE
"Lily…" James spoke softly.
They had been locked in a magical cage in the corner of the place while the cauldron was prepared.
"Yes?" She asked. She had been staring at the cauldron for some time now.
"About…before."
"What about it?" She asked dazed.
"When you said…what you said. On the quidditch pitch." Lily closed her eyes and turned to him.
"I know I'm stupid," She sighed. "I shouldn't love you but I couldn't help it. I shouldn't but I do."
"You do?" He asked, his tone higher than usual. Lily opened her eyes and nodded.
He lowered his head to hers and pressed his lips firmly to hers for a rough, needy kiss. When he pulled away she gaped.
"You…you…you…and then…we…?"
"Lily…"
"James-" He held up a hand.
"Please, don't interrupt me."
"Ok."
"Lily, in all my life I never thought I'd fall in love with my best friend. I remember when we first met was the happiest moment of my life. When we first fought I was so sad that I might loose you. Even now while I'm talking to you I feel so terrified that you don't really feel the same way and that it's just a caught up in the moment thing and I'll loose you forever over this. All through my life, ever since I met you, I've felt so confused and full of emotions but I wouldn't trade any moment with you for anything. I love you Lily."
Lily smiled a watery smile.
"Don't be stupid." She grinned and hugged him. "You'll never loose me like that. You planned that speech didn't you?"
"Maybe." He said shyly. "Just a little." He held her hand tight and smiled at her.
"So sweet." They heard Voldemorts mocking taunt. "I see you two are finally aware of your feelings." He spat the last word out like a curse. "I myself have never been much for feeling, such a muggle thing."
"No one would ever love you anyway." James glared.
"Maybe so." Voldemort spoke angrily, "but look where love has gotten you. If you didn't love this Mudblood, you wouldn't be here. You wouldn't have come to find her. You would have lived. If she didn't love you she wouldn't have come looking for you and fallen straight into my trap. You see, love just causes trouble."
"I'd rather die then not love her." James spoke passionately, holding her hand even tighter, as though it would keep her safe.
"Well, that's a good thing then. You will get your wish."
He dramatically turned on his heel and left, robe billowing after him.
"It's a pity we didn't sort this out before we were going to be eaten by a lanky Voldemort." Lily sighed.
"You don't suppose he has Cacomorphobia?" James asked.
"What's that?"
"Fear of fat people. Maybe that is why he is so lanky."
"Hmm…perhaps."
"SILENCE!" Voldemort spoke from behind them.
"Didn't he just leave?" James asked.
"I think so."
SCENE CHANGE
Abby stared at Remus.
Remus stared at Abby.
Sirius looked at Dumbledore.
Peter looked at the floor.
Dumbledore sat with his hands peaked and did some fast thinking.
"Well…well…"He coughed. "I will contact their parents and the ministry." He spoke calmly while he was trying to hide the panic from the students. "We will alert you if anything else happens. You may go."
The four walked out, angry that their headmaster didn't help them.
Dumbledore threw a handful of powder into the fireplace and called Professor McGonagall.
"Yes?" She asked. She had her head in the fireplace and looked as though she had just been grading tests or something horrible.
"Minerva," Dumbledore spoke gravely. "We are in a spot of trouble. Voldemort has the two. He knows…"
"He knows…" She repeated.
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"Your time is almost up." Voldemort spoke coldly.
"So you're going to make us into soup then?" Lily asked.
"You will speak when spoken to Mudblood." Lily gripped James' hand tightly so he didn't yell at him. "I'd say you have thirty minutes, at the most." He laughed cruelly and disappeared.
Lily bit her lip. Realisation that they wouldn't be saved was just kicking in.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye." She said in a raspy voice.
"Don't say that. Don't EVER say that. It's not goodbye. We'll get through this. I'm not going to loose you." He promised. James brought her hands to his face, kissed them softly and held them tight.
"How do you know?"
"Trust me." He said sternly.
"Why?"
"I will get you through this. I promise." He pulled her close to himself. "Please trust me."
"I trust you." She said determinedly.
"Good. We need a plan…"
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"Dumbledore was acting odd." Sirius said voicing everyone's thoughts.
"Yes." Peter said dumbly.
"I'm not sitting there and letting what ever or whoever has them in danger kill them." Abby spoke.
"What are we going to do?" Remus asked.
"We need to find them."
"Wait! The mirror!" Sirius fished around in his pocket for something. "Aha!" He pulled out a square mirror.
"The mirror!" Remus smiled. "Of course."
"James Potter." Sirius spoke firmly. "James Potter."
"Why isn't he answering?" Abby asked.
"I don't know. Maybe-" Sirius was interrupted.
"SIRIUS!"
SCENE CHANGE
"What's the plan?" Lily asked.
"Well-"
"James Potter." He heard a voice from his pocket.
"What's that?" Lily asked.
"James Potter."
"Is that…your mirror?" Lily asked hopefully.
James pulled out the square piece of glass. He checked around for any sign of people watching.
"It is." He grinned.
"Well…tell them where we are."
"SIRIUS!"
"JAMES! LILY!" Sirius grinned. "Where are you?"
James turned to Lily… "Where are we?"
"I have NO idea."
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"It's them." Abby gushed with relief as they talked into the mirror.
"Are you in a cage?" Sirius asked confused.
"Yes." James spoke quietly.
"Who has you?" Sirius asked ready to go and beat the entire of Slytherin until they released his friends.
"Voldemort." James said seriously. Everyone stood in silence and Sirius shot down his previous idea.
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"Wait." Lily said. "I remember the name of this place. Before I was stunned they flooed here. It's called something like, Viel card rolled dieyawa."
"Veil kard rold diheyawa." James said certainly, pronouncing each syllable. "I saw the name on a door."
"Well, we will be right there." Sirius said.
"No!" Lily and James said together.
"You can't come. It's too dangerous." James said.
"James is right. You'll be killed. Tell Dumbledore."
"Ok. Do you just floo there? Dumbledore will need to know."
"No. Once you do that there is a door with the writing on it. It's an anagram I think. One of the men had to unscramble the words to get in. Move the letters around with your wand."
"Ok. We will go and tell Dumbledore then." Sirius said.
"Goodbye." Lilly and James said.
"I hope they're not too late." Lily said as she hugged James fiercely.
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"Dumbledore won't help." Remus said.
"We aren't telling Dumbledore. I'm going to get them myself."
"It's dangerous." Peter squeaked.
"You don't have to come. Anyone with me?" Sirius asked.
"Me." Remus volunteered. "James and Lily have done too much for me to desert them now."
"Me too." Abby grinned. "They're great friends and I'm not loosing them." They looked to Peter.
"Me too." He said quietly.
"Good." Remus grinned wolfishly. "Let's get going."
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"Right, now all we do is wait…and Dumbledore and a few highly trained Aurors' will be here in no time." Lily said happily.
"That is SO bollocking." James exclaimed. Lily stopped.
"Did you just say bollocking?" She asked, looking at him weirdly.
"No! That would be stupid. It wouldn't even make sense." James cried flustered.
"Thought so." She said, regaining her happiness. "I always knew I'd fall for a stupid one."
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"Now…" Sirius stood in front of the fireplace clutching some stolen floo powder. "What was it again?"
"Um…it was..vell card…something something." Abby said uncertainly.
"No! Venture carpet moonflower rock." Peter cried.
"No!" Sirius cried. "I remember! Valorise porridge sugar jupplenuff!" He said excitedly.
"No! It was-" Peter was cut short by Remus.
"Veil kard rold diheyawa." He said warily.
"Why would it be that? It's just stupid." Sirius put in. "That's way off."
Remus rolled his eyes.
"Wait! That does sound familiar…" Abby said thoughtfully. "Let's give it a go." Remus kissed her softly on the lips.
"Thank you."
Sirius rolled his eyes and laughed while Peter bushed uncertainly.
"Veil kard rold diheyawa!" Sirius cried from the fireplace.
Then he was gone. In a flurry of flames.
"Let's hope that's right." Remus said as he stepped into the fireplace.
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"OOF!" Sirius cried as he hit the ground with a thump.
"OFF!" he cried as Remus landed on him.
"OAF!" He cried as Peter then landed on top.
"GOOF!" He cried as Abby joined the pile.
"WOOF!" He cried as he transformed into his animagus form and got the hell out of under there.
He ran over to the other side of the room and transformed, holding his stomach.
"That's it! You three are going on DIETS!" He cried hysterically. "As soon as we get out of here! DIETS ALL AROUND!"
"Please, as if you could last without food." Remus snorted. The three got to their feet.
"There it is." Peter said quietly.
There, before their eyes, was a magnificent door like wall. Across it letter were scrambled in what looked like pixie blood.
'Veil kard rold diheyawa'
"Now what?" Abby asked.
"James said something about an anagram…anograte?" Sirius tried.
"Anagram." Remus corrected. "We have to arrange the letters to get the real words."
"Sounds like thinking to me." Sirius said painfully.
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"Not long now." Voldemort hissed.
"But the soup isn't near done." Lily said puzzled.
"No, the soup comes later. First we are having some guests."
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"Can I substitute a c with a k, even if there is no c?" Sirius asked.
"No." Remus sighed.
"What about a j for a-"
"No." Remus cut him off. "Ok. What have we got so far?"
"Veil…something…" Abby tried.
"Um…Veil something drak something…" Peter tried.
"Evil dark lord hideaway." Sirius said deep in thought.
Huh?
"What?" Sirius asked when he noticed everyone staring at him.
"How did you do that?" Remus asked.
"I don't know." Sirius shrugged. "It was easy."
Sirius withdrew his wand.
"What now…"
"We arrange the letters." Abby said.
"Go there." Sirius cried at the letter 'V'." He tried again. "Go there!"
"Maybe we just drag them across…" Remus wondered. He took out his wand. He placed his wand on the letter 'V' and dragged it so it fit into place. Slowly he rearranged the words to spell 'Evil dark Lord Hideaway'.
"Nothing is happening." Peter said.
A sharp ray of light appeared and the door started opening.
"Oh." He said dumbly.
"Right…what I'm thinking is we sneak in there, find Lily and James, rescue them without too much fuss and get out of their before Mr Voldemort comes along." Sirius said standing in front of them.
But the three were too entranced with what was behind him to pay any attention.
"What?" He asked, as he turned to follow their gaze. "What is…" He trailed off in awe.
The door had opened and before them was a giant steaming cauldron. Death eaters were hurriedly levitating what Sirius could only think were vegetables, giant vegetables, into the cauldron. He could slightly see a cage that held two people, which he assumed his friends for lack of other thoughts, and it looked pretty invincible to him.
"It seems this will be harder than I previously thought." He said aloud.
"You are correct, Mr Black." The voice was cruel and icy. A voice that only a Dark Lord could manage.