Sorry this is rushed. I needed to finish before my exams. I figured I owed you an update.
Chapter 14
"That's Voldemort." Sirius screeched.
"Shh." Abby hissed at him.
"Oh, right." Sirius smiled.
"It seems that you four are on time. I have been awaiting a foolish rescue attempt for some time."
The group stayed silent.
"No one going to speak up?" Voldemort challenged. "You are unlike your friends."
Sirius had his eyes fixed on the cauldron behind him.
"That is one giant steaming cauldron." Sirius said hysterically. "I mean, it is giant. And steaming. Also it is a cauldron"
"Very clever Mr Black. It is a shame you did not follow in your families footsteps. We could use a thinker like you." Voldemort laughed.
"I am not sick like them." Sirius scowled and withdrew his wand.
"Expelliarmus." Voldemort drawled lazily.
"Hey!" Sirius cried. "HEY! That's my wand."
"Well, guess what? It's now my wand." Voldemort laughed cruelly.
"Lame." Sirius coughed. Voldemort glared.
"Put them in the cage!" He bellowed. Immediately several people raised their wands and they were put whisked into a small cramped cage.
No one said a word as they frantically tried to make room to breathe in the cage. When all of the friends finally had room they noticed two other friends occupying some space.
"Took you long enough." Lily mumbled.
"Now how do we get out?" James asked. "Where is Dumbledore?"
"Well…the thing about that is…" Abby trailed off.
"Yes?"
"He kind of…doesn't…know we're here."
"WHAT?" Lily and James screamed. Not only were they separated by Peter's body, but now they find that they had no hope in escaping.
"He…wasn't very helpful." Sirius said snootily. "Never mind that. We need a plan to get out of here!" He said as Voldemort cried for more peanuts to be added.
The others murmured a few thoughts.
"Alohomora." Abby tried but she was rewarded with a zap. "I guess this cage is magic proof."
"WAIT A MINUTE!" Sirius cried.
"What?" Remus asked hopefully.
"Are peanuts a fruit or a vegetable?" Sirius asked.
Everyone sighed in anger.
"They are a nut." Remus said slowly.
"Yes but everything that grows has to be a plant, vegetable or fruit right? So what are peanuts?"
"They are a nut." Remus repeated.
"How do peanuts grow anyway?" Sirius asked ignoring him. "Like on a peanut tree or in a nut sack undergoing?"
"I don't know."
"I will have to do some investigating into that one."
"DAMN IT Sirius! It's too bloody small in here and I'm dying of oxygen loss! I don't want to hear your stupid question! I'm NEED air! I'm going to DIE!" Remus cried hysterically taking huge breathes. Then he realised he was wasting oxygen so he stopped breathing and held his breath.
Abby eyed her man nervously. "Remus?" She asked as he turned a funny shade of red. He shook his head.
"Moony?" James tried. Remus was turning purple by now.
"Remus! You bloody twat!" Sirius tried. Remus let out his breath and instantly screamed.
"I can't do it! I can't hold my breath! Soon we'll use up al the oxygen and slowly we will suffocate!" He cried frantically.
"Remus! There are holes in the cage!" Lily said loudly.
Remus stopped mid scream. "Well, yes. I knew that!" He squeezed past Sirius and put his head against a bar. "Ha ha. Just testing you."
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"It's almost time my pets." Voldemort echoed slightly.
"Didn't you say that awhile ago?" James asked. He had manoeuvred his hand so that it held Lily's tightly.
"Don't get smart with me boy."
"Shouldn't there be more meat. You need more fat on you. Us few won't nearly take away your gangliness." Lily quipped.
"You five will be plenty enough."
"There are six of us." Remus counted.
"I have no time for such petty things a muggle math!" Voldemort yelled embarrassed. "I have just come over here to ask if you have any last words."
"Shouldn't you do that just before you cook us?" Lily asked.
"Who is the evil genius here?" He asked. "Me."
"Wait…" Abby said puzzled. "Cook us?"
"Yes. It seems you too have cottoned onto my marvellous plan! I will cook you all in a wonderful soup and feast on you!" He laughed! "What a feast it will be."
"That's just plain sick." Remus spat.
"You may see it as sick but I will make an example of you! Who would be more feared than the man who, not only killed six teenagers, but ATE six teenagers?"
"I can see your logic…" Sirius started and everyone started at him in shock. "What?" He asked. "I can see his logic."
"Well, thank you Mr Black."
"But, it is completely unhygienic. I mean, we could make you sick. You could die and then how would you be feared. From the grave?" He asked slyly.
"I see what you're trying to do. I see, and it won't work. You will never fool me!" he vanished. Again.
"I think maybe he's lonely." Lily pondered. "That's why he keeps coming over here."
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"We really need a plan." James said tugging Lily's hand.
"But WHAT?" Abby asked.
The group stood, uncomfortably, in thought.
"How about-" Sirius started but was silenced by the group.
"NO!"
"What about if we create a diversion?" Peter asked.
"Like in almost ALL the stories I've ever read with an evil genius?" Lily asked.
"It's so cliché! I like it." James grinned.
"And the distraction?"
"They took my wand." Sirius sighed.
"And mine and Lily's. Plus we wouldn't stand a chance with wands against Voldemort." James agreed.
"Who needs a wand for our kind of distraction? I saw this once in a muggle movie…"
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"I don't see why I have to do this!" Lily complained.
"Me neither!" James protested.
"We already agreed. You and James got us into this mess and obviously James can't do it." Remus sighed frustrated.
"But-" James began angrily.
"No buts. We agreed."
"She could get hurt! It's dangerous and disgusting!"
"She'll be ok. And if she doesn't do it we're eaten so really she can't be even more hurt." Sirius argued.
"I don't-"
"It's ok James." Lily said quietly. "I'll do it."
James looked furious. "Like hell you will. I won't allow-"
Sirius put his hand over his mouth. "Shh. He'll hear you. Look, if Lily gets into any trouble then we'll be there. Nothing will happen to her."
James' reply was muffled by Sirius' hand.
"Good. I'm going to lower my hand now so be quiet."
"I can't believe you're willing to do this!" James burst at Lily. "I'm not letting you do this to yourself. The very thought makes me nauseous. I never…"
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"The time is now." Voldemort said dramatically.
Sirius quickly slammed his hand on James' mouth to stop his still ongoing babbling.
The door to the cage swung open and immediately the six were thrown out into a heap on the ground.
James jumped up immediately n and Abby quickly cast a silencing charm.
"What's wrong with you, Potter?" Voldemort hissed at James' wordless mouthing.
"He's getting a cold." Sirius supplied. "I told you we would make you sick."
"Never mind that." Voldemort said with a flourish and turned to the four death eaters that weren't in front of the cauldron. "Take them to the cauldron."
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"Now, any last words?" Voldemort asked.
The six friends had been led up to the cauldron. There were four death eaters still adding vegetables and the four death eaters who led them over were moving over that way, Voldemort could handle the teenagers on his own.
"Can I ask a question?" Sirius asked him.
"Ask away, Black. It is, after all, your last few minutes."
"Are peanuts a vegetable or a fruit?"
Voldemort just looked at him.
"Sirius!" Lily chided. "Don't waste his time with such trivial questions. Can't you see that Lord Voldemort is a genius and shouldn't have his time wasted with such unimportant questions?" She smiled at Voldemort. James felt his stomach lurch and he wasn't alone.
"For a Mudblood you know genius when you see it."
"Well, that's only because I'm looking at the greatest genius of all time." She smiled largely.
"I see you have come around to my way of thinking." He smirked.
"I was always on your side. I was just playing hard ball." Lily winked. "I just admire the way you come up with these ideas. I mean your brain must be enormous." She walked up to him and touched his arm. "I love that. Intelligence is a great quality."
"I suppose I am very intelligent. It does take a great mastermind to come up with this sort of a plan." He boasted.
"I especially like the cauldron. It's so huge." She turned him towards the cauldron. "In fact it's the biggest cauldron I've ever seen."
"Well…" Voldemort actually sounded a little sheepish.
"Don't be modest. What inspired you to come up with this idea? I would love to hear it." She silently cursed the person who thought of this plan.
"I guess it all started when I was nine…" He started off, completely forgetting about the others. She guessed they had been right. Voldemort was just starting out his rage and reacted well to compliments on his evil genius. "I had always had a terrible fascination for carrots…" Lily just nodded along with the occasional awe-struck comment.
"Well…then I couldn't just leave it that way. I mean, I thought about it but then I said to myself-"
BANG!
"Incendio." She heard someone say.
Voldemort's large cloak started to catch a flame.
"My cloak!" he wailed as he reached for his wand.
"RUN!" She heard James yell. She vaguely figured someone must have removed the silencing charm from him before she ran like hell. The others were just mere feet in front of her and running like they had a werewolf on their tail.
She quickly glanced back to see the death eaters all shooting spells and Voldemort extinguishing his cloak before pointing his wand at them.
She turned back and saw the door close by. The others were waiting for her.
She was making way to the door. To freedom. Almost there.
Dance.
That voice. It was commanding her. Commanding Lily.
Stay and dance with me.
She stopped.
"Lily?" Remus asked as he saw her stop.
Dance with me.
You want to dance.
"Come on Lily Flower! Run!" Sirius cried. Lily was still. She was lulled by the silent music. Calling to her.
Dance with me.
Dance.
"Lily!" Abby cried. Everyone else was at the door.
"LILY!" They were frantic but she couldn't break the trance.
Dance with me.
Dance with death.
Dance.
"Go." Slowly a voice made through. James.
He was ordering the others to leave. "I'll get her."
James quickly headed back as the others, reluctantly, made their way though the door.
"Lily!" He cried running. "LILY! COME ON!"
Voldemort watched the foolish boy. The dark lord just didn't understand why some people let this silly notion of love control them. He'd have to teach him a lesson.
"CRUCIO!"
As the curse hit James Lily was awoken from her trance.
"JAMES!" She screamed. "NO!"
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"Let me go!" Sirius cried as Peter and Remus tried to restrain him.
"No! James can handle it." Peter said quietly.
"He can't! He's my friend and I won't let this happen to him."
"He's right." Remus said. "He can't handle this no matter what he says."
"We have to go back!" Abby said. "We haveto save our friends."
"Let's go." Sirius ordered.
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"Let him go!" Lily screamed. "Leave him alone and you can have me."
"I will have you anyway, m'dear." Voldemort smirked.
"But you will not have me willingly. Wouldn't it be easier if I just went with you?" She asked quietly.
Voldemort thought about this as Lily stared as James unmoving form.
"No. I think I will just have you both."
"You'll never have him if I have anything to do with it." She said through gritted teeth.
"That's the problem," he sighed. "You don't have anything to do with it."
"Why kill him?" Lily pleaded, silent tears running down her cheek. "Why?"
"Because I can, little Mudblood. I have the power and I will do as I please." He grinned evilly.
"I'll join you." She said quietly.
"What was that?" He asked suspiciously.
"I'll join you." She spoke louder.
"Why would I want a Mudblood to join me?" He scoffed, but Lily could tell he was thinking it through.
"Just think," she spoke determinedly, "Dumbledore's head girl joins Voldemort. No one will suspect it. I will be under your full command and do whatever you wish and I must be powerful and smart or I wouldn't be head girl, which is something you want on your side."
"And you would do that?"
"As long as you let James free and he stays unharmed." She agreed.
"But you would never see him again. I would forbid it." He glared.
"I know. So long as you swear he would remain unhurt."
"You are willing to give up your life, your soul, to me to save this boy even if you don't see him again?" He asked unbelievingly.
Lily looked down at James' form again.
"Yes." She said angrily.
"Throw the Mudblood her wand." He ordered. Lily caught her wand in her hand.
"Once our wands touch it is a Wizard contract. You can no longer back out." He smiled ruefully. "I will own you."
"I understand." She said quietly.
I love you James. I'm sorry.
Lily took a deep breathe and wiped away the streams of tears.
Voldemort grinned wickedly. "Let's get to it then." He put his wand out.
Lily closed her eyes and wished it all away. She wished it was a dream. However, when she opened her eyes she was still stuck in the same place with Voldemort staring eagerly at her.
She nodded and moved forward.
"No!" She heard a voice. She turned quickly and saw James. He must have awoken while they were bargaining. He quickly transformed into a stag, which caught Voldemort off guard, and rammed into the Darn Lord.
"Get them!" Voldemort yelled as he stood up. "They are not to leave here."
"They will if we have a say." Sirius smirked from behind him. He had retrieved his and James' wands from the Death Eaters.
"Mr Black-"
"Take Lily and run!" Sirius cried at the stag. The stag waited for Lily to mount him and ran off.
Abby, Remus and Peter were already battling the Death Eaters and from what Lily could see they were doing well. She shot spells at the Death Eaters backs as she rode off to the door.
"Not so fast." A Death eater halted their path. "Cruc-"
"Stupefy!" Remus cried at the Death Eater. "Get out of here!"
James didn't need to be told again as he ran Lily right out the door.
He was thankful that there were only two Death Eaters left fighting but swore as soon as he saved Lily he would be back to get his friends away from Voldemort.
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"Now what Mr Black?" Voldemort laughed. "How will you get out of this one?"
"Stupefy!" Sirius cried put it had no affect.
"Uh uh." Voldemort smirked. "Surely you didn't think that would work."
"Glacius!" Sirius tried. "Petrificus totalus!"
Voldemort just laughed mercilessly. "You cannot harm me."
"The hell I can't!" He lifted his leg and kicked Voldemort right between the legs. Voldemort fell to the ground with a painful 'oof!'
Sirius took this as his chance and ran as fast as he could, with his friends close behind.
He looked back to see some of the Death Eaters rising and Voldemort standing.
Just as he reached the door he heard shouts of curses but thankfully the friends made it in time.
"I was beaten by the dumb one!" Sirius heard Voldemort cry as he ran through the door. "How did he beat me? He is dumb." Sirius was momentarily offended and considered going back there to show Voldemort what he was made of but shrugged it off as he would like to live.
"You're back!" James cried as he turned from helping Lily.
"You bet! And you have some explaining-"
But Sirius was silenced by the sound of James hitting the floor unconscious.
"I guess he's tired or something." Lily supplied meekly. "Let's get out of here."
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"How did he transform!" Voldemort demanded of his Death Eaters. "How?"
They stood in silence, fearing his wrath.
"Knott! Explain!"
"Well…Mr Lord, it s-seems as though t-the boy, Potter, he is an illegal…An i-i-illegal animagus. A s-stag, my lord." He bowed.
"Come on Lily Flower! Run!"
The Death Eaters watched in fright as his face transformed from anger to wonder.
"Oh my, the stag and the flower." Voldemort said in amazement. "They are the two from the prophecy." He smiled evilly. "This works well for me. Very well, indeed. They haven't heard the last of me." He laughed cruelly.
And indeed they hadn't.
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James sat up straight and felt his head spin.
He was surrounded by white.
He gathered in his surroundings.
White walls.
White curtains.
Lily.
White roof.
Lily? He turned back to her and she smiled happily.
"I was hoping you'd wake up soon you big wimp."
"I'm not a wimp!" He protested weakly. "You're the-"
But he was cut off as she pulled him closer to her and kissed him as passionately as she could. He felt the warmth return to his body as he was filled with a roaring heat. He kissed her back with every ounce of enthusiasm he possessed and soon the couple broke apart, gasping for breath.
"Well…" Lily started, blushing. "That was…"
"Fantastic." James supplied. She broke into a grin.
"I think we can improve on that." She smirked. "Let me show you…" She smiled mischievously and moved in.
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"Finally, you two got your act together!" Sirius was so happy when Lily and James walked out of the hospital wing, hand in hand that they were sure he was going to cry. "Lily and James are dating!" He exclaimed joyously.
"Finally!" Peter put in grinning.
"It's about time." Sirius said, suspiciously rubbing his eyes.
"Are you crying, Padfoot?" James asked.
"No!" He said defensively. "I have something in my eye." He then went back to proclaiming, "You two admitted it! You admitted you like each other!"
"Please, I knew he liked me all along." Lily laughed. "It was just a matter of time before he fell for my charm."
"You wish." James argued. "You fell for my charm first."
"No way."
"Yes way."
"No way."
"Yes way."
"No-"
But James quickly silenced her with a kiss.
"Get a room." Peter complained.
"Good idea." James winked and pulled Lily off down the hallway, still hearing Sirius' cries of happiness.
They flung open a classroom and quickly hurried inside.
James leaned in again but he was stopped by a voice.
"Excuse me, this room is taken." He turned to see Abby and Remus, looking rather aggravated at being interrupted. Their clothes were ruffled and their hair was a mess.
Lily laughed at James' shocked look and led him out of the classroom.
"…………WHAT?..." James asked when he finally found his voice.
Lily laughed and ruffled his hair.
"I-I-I guess Operation Burgundy fox is off." James spoke slowly, looking away from the class that held the snogging couple.
"You bet, sparrow." Lily smiled and hugged him tightly.
"When did that happen?" James asked shocked.
"Long story." Lily smiled.
"We've got all the time in the world, turkey, all the time in the world." And he brought her in close for a breathtaking kiss and upon hearing the codename Lily didn't even flinch.
And so one chapter of the legendary story of Lily and James drew to a close, with the fateful friends becoming lovers and yet so much more. Their relationship did not wither and ruin all they had worked for; neither would their remarkable friendship ever be forgotten.
In fact, later on, while the group of friends all looked back on their adventurous ride over the years, they all agreed they wouldn't change a single thing.
Now, while that was the end of one part of their tale it was only the beginning of the greatest tale of all…
THE END