Chapter 8 - Dance the night away
Winner: Wolfmoon won the competition from last chapter. Only two people got the right answer. There will be more competitions coming when I think of them.
A/N: I'm only saying Lily's presents because they're important and the others aren't. Showtime....
"MERRY CHRISTMAS LILY!!"
Lily groaned. "Carly please let me sleep. You promised you wouldn't wake me up until at least 7."
"That's right I did promise that. And the time is now 7:45am."
"Okay, okay, I'm up, I'm up." Lily looked at the foot of her bed and shrieked in delight. "PRESENTS!"
Carly rolled her eyes. "Now why didn't I just scream that out? You would've woken up straight away."
Lily stuck her tongue out at Carly and grabbed the present closest to her. (A/N: Let's just assume that Michelle and her group arrived back at Gryffindor Tower so late that they fell asleep in the Common Room explaining why they aren't in the dorm) The card read:
Our darling Lily,
Merry Christmas to our little witch
All our love always
Mum and Dad
Lily grinned and tore into the present. Out fell some muggle clothes that Lily had been looking at over the summer, three new spell books and underneath them was a large photo album full of photos starting when Lily was born. Lily smiled softly while flicking through a couple of the photographs then turned her eyes to the other presents still sitting at the end of her bed, begging to be unwrapped. The next present Lily grabbed was surprisingly from Petunia. The card attached said:
Here's some of your stuff freak. You'd better come home at Easter to get the rest of it because after that you're never coming back to my house.
Petunia Evans
Lily was confused. Why was Petunia sending her stuff? And why did Petunia mean by "my house"? It was Lily's house as well. Wasn't it? Lily opened her package to find things from her room. Books, teddies, photos, posters and a tape with all her parents' favourite songs. This confused Lily even more. She shook her head and picked up her present from Carly.
Inside was a photo-frame that had a picture of Lily and Carly just after they met in first year and a photo of the two of them that had been taken just a few weeks ago. It was just a simple silver frame with the words "Best Friends" on it. The present hadn't had a card attached but stuck on the corner of the frame was a note that said:
Li
Best friends forever
Carly
Lily walked over to Carly and hugged her tightly. "Thank you," she whispered. They broke apart and linked pinkies. "Best friends forever," they said together. Lily looked back at her bed and saw another present there. She picked it up curiously. 'I wonder who this is from,' she thought, 'I usually only get presents from Mum, Dad and Carly.' Lily found the tag and read:
Dear Lady Lily,
Merry Christmas. You aren't allowed to feel guilty about this since it's from all four of us and we won't take no as an answer. You have to keep it.
The Marauders
Lily unwrapped it and pulled out a Comet 50 broomstick. It wasn't the best or most expensive broomstick but it was a very good one. "Oh my God how did they afford this?" Lily said out loud.
Carly looked over and gasped. "They gave you one two?"
"Apparently."
"Come on let's go have breakfast. The guys are probably already there."
Lily and Carly walked down to the Great Hall laughing, gossiping and planning fun for Christmas. They sat down next to the Marauders. Everyone at the Gryffindor table stared. The two fifth year outcasts had just sat next to some of the most popular guys at Hogwarts. Lily, Carly and the Marauders were oblivious to the stares and whispers.
"Thank you guys so much for the broomsticks!" Carly exclaimed.
"You guys shouldn't have. They cost way -" Lily started but Sirius interrupted,
"Lady Lily did you read the card? We said not to feel guilty." Lily rolled her eyes.
"Fine, fine," she smiled, "Look mail's here."
An owl dropped a letter in front of Lily. 'What's this?' Lily thought, 'I wasn't expecting mail today.'
Dear Ms Evans
It is my grave duty to inform you that your parents, Crystal and Ian Evans have passed away. They were both shot last night by a muggle serial killer who escaped from prison. I am very sorry for your loss.
Bartemius Crouch
Minister of Magic
Lily stared at the letter in shock.
"Lily what is it?" Carly asked concerned.
Lily didn't reply but stood up still with the shocked expression on her face. She kept walking until she ran into someone. A girl helped Lily off the floor.
"Lily, are you okay?" the girl asked. Lily looked at her but didn't say anything. "Lily? It's me. Marnie Rae. We met at the last Prefect meeting." Lily looked away and started walking again. Marnie watched her in confusion for a few moments then went for breakfast.
Lily kept walking. Somehow she made it back to her dorm. She picked up her photo album that she had only received that morning off her parents. Lily went back to the Common Room and sat down in her favourite chair, a big, comfy, red one in front of the fire. Lily began to go through the photos slowly and started thinking. Petunia's letter made sense now.
Lily sat there until lunch looking at photos. Carly and the Marauders had been searching for Lily for hours when they finally went up to the Common Room to find Lily staring into the fire.
Carly walked over to her. "Li what's going on? What did that letter say?"
"They used to love sitting in front of the fire. Not talking, just the two of them sitting there in pleasant silence." With that Lily got up and walked out of the Common Room taking her album with her.
~*~*~11pm~*~*~
Lily returned to the empty Common Room late that night. She tiptoed into the dorm so as not to wake the sleeping girls, found the tape Petunia had sent her and went back downstairs. She sat down in her chair and transfigured a log into a tape player. She put in the tape and listened to the music letting childhood memories flood her mind.
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Upstairs James couldn't sleep. He lay in bed thinking about what had happened that day. They had searched all day for Lily but neither the Marauders nor Carly had been able to find her. They had even consulted the Marauders' Map and Lily hadn't been on it.
As James listened to Remus and Peter's light breathing and Sirius' heavy snores he heard soft music drifting up from the Common Room. He got out of bed and went to investigate. He stopped on the stairs though when he saw Lily. He sat down and just watched her.
She had just stood up and began slowly dancing to the song "You don't send me flowers". It was this song that produced the most memories. Lily remembered how her parents would dance together to this song every chance they got. Her parents had once said that they had danced to it at their wedding.
As Lily danced the tears that had been building up all day burst out. Lily didn't stop though. She kept dancing with tears running down her face. Now that she had started she couldn't stop. She had to keep dancing and the tears just kept coming. When her parents' tape ended, Lily walked over to the tape player and put on a tape that was full of songs with fast beats and rock music. Lily went back to dancing out her emotions. She didn't go to bed that night, Lily just stayed down in the Common Room and danced the night away.
James was too far away to notice that Lily was crying. He just sat there watching her dance and thinking what an amazing dancer she was. (A/N: Lily is not going to be a Mary Sue, she just happens to be a good dancer. When you do 5hrs a week for 6 years you get good.) Eventually James fell asleep on the stairs not long after Lily put on the rock music. One of his last thoughts was that although Lily was an unbelievable dancer, she had to be in some sort of pain to be dancing the way she was. What James wanted to know was why Lily was upset.
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Read and Review its all you gotta do.
Winner: Wolfmoon won the competition from last chapter. Only two people got the right answer. There will be more competitions coming when I think of them.
A/N: I'm only saying Lily's presents because they're important and the others aren't. Showtime....
"MERRY CHRISTMAS LILY!!"
Lily groaned. "Carly please let me sleep. You promised you wouldn't wake me up until at least 7."
"That's right I did promise that. And the time is now 7:45am."
"Okay, okay, I'm up, I'm up." Lily looked at the foot of her bed and shrieked in delight. "PRESENTS!"
Carly rolled her eyes. "Now why didn't I just scream that out? You would've woken up straight away."
Lily stuck her tongue out at Carly and grabbed the present closest to her. (A/N: Let's just assume that Michelle and her group arrived back at Gryffindor Tower so late that they fell asleep in the Common Room explaining why they aren't in the dorm) The card read:
Our darling Lily,
Merry Christmas to our little witch
All our love always
Mum and Dad
Lily grinned and tore into the present. Out fell some muggle clothes that Lily had been looking at over the summer, three new spell books and underneath them was a large photo album full of photos starting when Lily was born. Lily smiled softly while flicking through a couple of the photographs then turned her eyes to the other presents still sitting at the end of her bed, begging to be unwrapped. The next present Lily grabbed was surprisingly from Petunia. The card attached said:
Here's some of your stuff freak. You'd better come home at Easter to get the rest of it because after that you're never coming back to my house.
Petunia Evans
Lily was confused. Why was Petunia sending her stuff? And why did Petunia mean by "my house"? It was Lily's house as well. Wasn't it? Lily opened her package to find things from her room. Books, teddies, photos, posters and a tape with all her parents' favourite songs. This confused Lily even more. She shook her head and picked up her present from Carly.
Inside was a photo-frame that had a picture of Lily and Carly just after they met in first year and a photo of the two of them that had been taken just a few weeks ago. It was just a simple silver frame with the words "Best Friends" on it. The present hadn't had a card attached but stuck on the corner of the frame was a note that said:
Li
Best friends forever
Carly
Lily walked over to Carly and hugged her tightly. "Thank you," she whispered. They broke apart and linked pinkies. "Best friends forever," they said together. Lily looked back at her bed and saw another present there. She picked it up curiously. 'I wonder who this is from,' she thought, 'I usually only get presents from Mum, Dad and Carly.' Lily found the tag and read:
Dear Lady Lily,
Merry Christmas. You aren't allowed to feel guilty about this since it's from all four of us and we won't take no as an answer. You have to keep it.
The Marauders
Lily unwrapped it and pulled out a Comet 50 broomstick. It wasn't the best or most expensive broomstick but it was a very good one. "Oh my God how did they afford this?" Lily said out loud.
Carly looked over and gasped. "They gave you one two?"
"Apparently."
"Come on let's go have breakfast. The guys are probably already there."
Lily and Carly walked down to the Great Hall laughing, gossiping and planning fun for Christmas. They sat down next to the Marauders. Everyone at the Gryffindor table stared. The two fifth year outcasts had just sat next to some of the most popular guys at Hogwarts. Lily, Carly and the Marauders were oblivious to the stares and whispers.
"Thank you guys so much for the broomsticks!" Carly exclaimed.
"You guys shouldn't have. They cost way -" Lily started but Sirius interrupted,
"Lady Lily did you read the card? We said not to feel guilty." Lily rolled her eyes.
"Fine, fine," she smiled, "Look mail's here."
An owl dropped a letter in front of Lily. 'What's this?' Lily thought, 'I wasn't expecting mail today.'
Dear Ms Evans
It is my grave duty to inform you that your parents, Crystal and Ian Evans have passed away. They were both shot last night by a muggle serial killer who escaped from prison. I am very sorry for your loss.
Bartemius Crouch
Minister of Magic
Lily stared at the letter in shock.
"Lily what is it?" Carly asked concerned.
Lily didn't reply but stood up still with the shocked expression on her face. She kept walking until she ran into someone. A girl helped Lily off the floor.
"Lily, are you okay?" the girl asked. Lily looked at her but didn't say anything. "Lily? It's me. Marnie Rae. We met at the last Prefect meeting." Lily looked away and started walking again. Marnie watched her in confusion for a few moments then went for breakfast.
Lily kept walking. Somehow she made it back to her dorm. She picked up her photo album that she had only received that morning off her parents. Lily went back to the Common Room and sat down in her favourite chair, a big, comfy, red one in front of the fire. Lily began to go through the photos slowly and started thinking. Petunia's letter made sense now.
Lily sat there until lunch looking at photos. Carly and the Marauders had been searching for Lily for hours when they finally went up to the Common Room to find Lily staring into the fire.
Carly walked over to her. "Li what's going on? What did that letter say?"
"They used to love sitting in front of the fire. Not talking, just the two of them sitting there in pleasant silence." With that Lily got up and walked out of the Common Room taking her album with her.
~*~*~11pm~*~*~
Lily returned to the empty Common Room late that night. She tiptoed into the dorm so as not to wake the sleeping girls, found the tape Petunia had sent her and went back downstairs. She sat down in her chair and transfigured a log into a tape player. She put in the tape and listened to the music letting childhood memories flood her mind.
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Upstairs James couldn't sleep. He lay in bed thinking about what had happened that day. They had searched all day for Lily but neither the Marauders nor Carly had been able to find her. They had even consulted the Marauders' Map and Lily hadn't been on it.
As James listened to Remus and Peter's light breathing and Sirius' heavy snores he heard soft music drifting up from the Common Room. He got out of bed and went to investigate. He stopped on the stairs though when he saw Lily. He sat down and just watched her.
She had just stood up and began slowly dancing to the song "You don't send me flowers". It was this song that produced the most memories. Lily remembered how her parents would dance together to this song every chance they got. Her parents had once said that they had danced to it at their wedding.
As Lily danced the tears that had been building up all day burst out. Lily didn't stop though. She kept dancing with tears running down her face. Now that she had started she couldn't stop. She had to keep dancing and the tears just kept coming. When her parents' tape ended, Lily walked over to the tape player and put on a tape that was full of songs with fast beats and rock music. Lily went back to dancing out her emotions. She didn't go to bed that night, Lily just stayed down in the Common Room and danced the night away.
James was too far away to notice that Lily was crying. He just sat there watching her dance and thinking what an amazing dancer she was. (A/N: Lily is not going to be a Mary Sue, she just happens to be a good dancer. When you do 5hrs a week for 6 years you get good.) Eventually James fell asleep on the stairs not long after Lily put on the rock music. One of his last thoughts was that although Lily was an unbelievable dancer, she had to be in some sort of pain to be dancing the way she was. What James wanted to know was why Lily was upset.
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Read and Review its all you gotta do.