Chapter 5- The Pain of Lily.

The next day Lily, Christine, and Emilie got up in a sad mood. Their friend was leaving today and they had barely spent anytime with her well she was here. They were feeling horrible. They walked downstairs and saw Remus working on homework. James and Sirius were playing Exploding snap. Peter was watching them intently. The Marauders didn't notice that the girls had come down so they used it to their advantage. They walked to a dark corner and decided what spells they were going to use. Lily was going to use 'accio' and take James's card pile. Christine was going to use 'Engorgio' and make Sirius's thumb swell up. She was tempted to do his dead but decided against it. Emilie was going to use 'Mobilarbus' and move Remus's ink well across the room and his quill on the other side.

The girls counted to three and preformed their spells. The Marauders were confused, and they didn't understand why their stuff was going haywire. Suddenly they heard laughing from a dark corner. The figures stepped out of their cover and revealed themselves.

"You should have seen your faces they were priceless." Christine laughed.

"Yeah well you knew it was you the entire time." Sirius replied

"No you didn't Sirius. You gave such a bewildered look. And here you go James here are your cards back."

"Thanks Lily. Why did you do that?"

"It was too easy you didn't realize we had come down so we decided we would let you know." Emilie said.

"You could have just said 'hi' like a normal person." Remus informed.

"But it wouldn't have been as much fun Remus." Emilie pouted.

"So you want to get some breakfast before Divination?" James asked.

"Of course, James Potter only thinks of his stomach."

"What else would I think of Chris?"

"No comment."

The group headed down to breakfast. As soon as they sat down they broke out in a fight of which Quidditch team was better. Lily wasn't paying attention. She was thinking about how she was going to brake up with Ryan.

Classes went very slowly that day. They passed notes in every class except Defense the Dark Arts and Care of Magical Creatures. The Marauders noticed that something was bothering Lily but none of them had to courage to ask. Finally dinner came; the girls kept glancing at Lily as if they weren't sure if she would be ok.

Lily ate very little at dinner. She had lost her appetite with the thought of what she was soon going to do. She saw Amos rise and saw Ryan fallow Amos's lead. They left the Great Hall. Lily waited a moment then nodded to Christine and Emilie. She left the Great Hall and saw Ryan and Amos standing just outside it talking. Taking a deep breath in she walked over to them.

"Amos may I please talk to Ryan alone?" Amos look at Lily, there was something evil about his eyes.

"Sure, Ryan meet me at the usual spot when you're done." Ryan nodded and turned to lily a smile formed on his face.

"So Lils what do you want to talk about?"

"Well I wanted to talk about last night."

"Oh Lily I am so sorry. I didn't mean to get in a fight with Potter but seeing you in his arms made me so mad. I couldn't take it."

"But James and I are just friends."

"Since when did you call him James?"

Lily looked at her shoes. "Since yesterday."

"Lily what has happened you hated Potter. We all knew that. You and I were so close."

"What happened? You want to know what happened. A lot happened and most of it you wouldn't understand Ryan. I thought you always respected me and trusted my judgment." Tears started spilling down her face.

"I do respect and trust your judgment except being friends with Potter."

"Ryan Chambers you have no say in who I am friends with. You don't have to be friends with them. But you can not say that I can't be friends with them."

"Lily but I your boyfriend I have to spend time with them too. And I don't like Potter."

"Well then maybe you shouldn't be my boyfriend!"

"But Lily I l-love you."

"Do you or are you just saying that so I will stay with you. Why don't you go find yourself some other girl! Take her heart but don't ever try to fool mine again."

"What do you mean fool your heart?"

"I mean you fooled it into thinking I loved you but I don't. You treat me like dirt Ryan you yelled at my friends. You're not my boyfriend anymore."

"Fine have it your way for now, but Lily I promise you, your heart will belong to me again. Don't think that I won't try." He walked away with out looking back at Lily. She fell to the ground crying.

At the Moment Christine and Emilie came out. "So you did it?"

"Yeah Chris I did. I'm scared now he said that my heart would be his."

"Lily don't listen to him, let's go find the boys."

"I think I want some alone time Emilie."

"But but Professor Dumbledore said."

"Em I know what Professor Dumbledore said but I really need to be alone. I promise I'll meet you in the Common Room. I'll be there in a tiny bit."

"Ok see you in a bit." Christine and Emilie walked off. Soon the Marauders burst through the doors and fallowed Christine and Emilie. Lily walked the corridors for a little bit. She was on the third floor and she ran into someone. She looked up to see Severus Snape.

"Evans just the person I was looking for."

"Why were you looking for me Severus?"

"Well the Dark Lord wants you on his side. He has heard of you and so I came to recruit you. I promise you, you won't be the only Gryffindor Death Eater."

"What are you talking about?"

"There are other Gryffindor Death Eaters, I'm sure they would love the company. I know a few Death Eaters that would love your company."

"Severus get one thing through your head, I'M NEVER GOING TO JOIN THE DARK SIDE!"

"A poor decision Evans. You are staying on the loosing side. May be you will see things differently." Severus started hexing Lily. She was in so much pain. He took off the hexes. "So what do you think now Evans, will you join the winning side."

"No…never…I will never join you…" Lily was clutching her side. She was in so much pain. Severus suddenly hit her. Then when she was out of it he started cursing her and hexing her. She couldn't take the pain. She stopped fighting and watch the blackness engulf her.

The Marauders, Christine, and Emilie were sitting in the Common Room the started getting worried. Christine stood up.

"I'm going to go find Lily. Any one else coming?" They all stood up.

"But Chris my sweet how will we know where she is?"

"By asking the portraits Sirius." Christine walked out of the Common Room. The first person she saw was a knight. She walked up to him.

"Excuse me?"

"Hello Mi' lady I am Sir Cadogan at your service."

"That is really nice. MY friends and I were looking for Lily Evans. Have you seen her?"

"Fiery red hair, pretty green eyes?"

"Yes that is her!"

"Fallow me!" The group ran after the knight they kept hearing him shout to him or something like that. They ran for a while then heard a cackling in the background. They heard a low moan.

"Everyone take out your wands." James whispered. Everyone did as he said and they started creeping to the sound. The first person they saw was Severus Snape he was laughing. Emilie looked to the ground and motioned to the others. There was Lily out cold. With out thinking James ran at Severus. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"

"Why if it isn't Potter and his friends. As you can see I am hurting Evans here."

"What did she ever do to you?"

"Why everything Potter, she did everything."

James couldn't resist himself. He hit Severus with all his might. Christine and Emilie went to Lily's side. Sirius and Remus were trying to stop James and Peter just watched it all happen.

"What do we have here? The Head Boy hurting someone. That doesn't seem right."

James stopped hitting Severus and everyone (except Lily who was unconscious) looked up to see Professor Stout, the DADA teacher. "Fallow me everyone you are going to Professor Dumbledore's office immediately. Everyone fallowed. Professor Stout preformed a spell that had Lily fallow.

"Dungbombs" Professor Stout said to the Gargoyle. It burst to live and moved out of their way. It was the second time that year that most the group had been to Dumbledore's office for something relating to fighting.

Dumbledore was watched as they came in. Professor Stout laid Lily on the floor and the group gathered around her.

"You may go now Professor." Dumbledore said. Professor Stout left the room and Dumbledore preformed the reviving spell on Lily. Her eyes opened immediately with a look of fear in her eyes. Will you please all take seats? Lily sat down in one of the farthest chairs. Snape went to sit next to her.

"Boys if you please sit across from the girls. I would like only Miss Knight and Miss Catella next to her." Everyone moved to where Dumbledore wanted too. "Now one by one I want your account on what happened today. I might as well start with Miss Evans. Do you think you are up to it?"

Lily nodded her head. "I was thinking alone. I know Professor you told us not to wander alone but I had just broken up with Ryan and he had said something to me that made me think. I wanted to be alone as I thought. I walked around and ran into Severus…" Lily continued to tell her account on what happened. Christine and Emilie flinched everyone she told of another curse or hex being put on her or what he had said. "…and then I blacked out I don't remember anything else. Next thing in knew I was in your office Professor." Dumbledore nodded.

"Thank you Miss Evans. I presume Miss Knight and Miss Catella your storied will be much like the others so if you don't mind would you take Miss Evans to the hospital wing."

"Yes sir." They said together. They helped her out of Dumbledore's office."

"Well we might as well presume in what we were doing." Dumbledore went down the line asking Remus, then Sirius then Peter. Each told of what had happened. What they had seen starting from Christine saying that she was going to go look for Lily to when Professor Stout brought them to his office. Dumbledore excused them to go to the hospital wing as well. The nodded and left. Now James and Severus were the only ones left.

"Well we can guess why you are here James. You had come with the group looking for Lily and you saw Severus here laughing. Then you saw Lily on the ground and you got mad and wanted revenge is that right?" James nodded. "Well then I think we should hear Mr. Snape's story then."

"Professor I don't want to tell my story in front of him!"

"But you must, you see that James is part of the group that just left they all care for Miss Evans very much. Besides Christine and Emilie he might even care for her the most so will you please tell me your tale?"

"Yes Professor, I was walking down the halls when a student asked me where Lily was. I said I didn't know. They told me that if I find her to tell her to join the Dark Lords side. I nodded not wanting to get in a fight. Then Lily ran into me and I remembered what my fellow student had said. SO I told her. She refused and I couldn't help it I started hexing her. Then Potter came and hit me."

"Mr. Snape I am afraid that that is not the truth, or at least it is only half the truth. First off you have feeling for Miss Evans so when you saw her. You wanted her on the same side as you. You thought that if she was on your side she might like you. So when you saw her you told her to join his side. When she refused you got angry and started hexing her trying to get her to join your side. Then Mr. Potter came and you got angrier. See I think that the problem here is that you both like very much the same girl. Who just had a brake up. This one girl is put on a lot of pressure. Mr. Potter you may leave. And Mr. Snape I would like a word with you."

James left Dumbledore's office afraid of what he had just heard. He walked into the hospital wing and saw all his friends. Then he saw Lily laying in one of the beds. Christine told him that once they had gotten there Lily fainted again almost instantly. Christine and Emilie started crying. The Marauders had a sad feeling to them. None of the seventh years realized that in a bed by Lily's was a third year Gryffindor who wanted to tell them an important story.