Chapter Four

DC: I don't own Harry Potter

When Sirius and James returned they noticed their room didn't look right. James definitely saw a difference since he was in there only a few minutes before.

The walls were pink, the ceiling was red, the carpet was green, and on the walls in black writing was, "Lily's Tower". Also in littler writing below it was, "Like Gryffindor Tower only better, because there are only four people."

"Yeah…" Remus said to them. He was sitting on his bed with red sheets. Lily's bed was green. Sirius's was pink, and James's was black.

"Nice…color…coordination." James said. He was now sitting on his bed. "And is this silk?"

"Did she take your wand from you?" Sirius asked with a smile.

"No…she just told me what to write and color. She's still very bossy, you know." Remus answered.

Sirius wandered over to the farthest wall away from the door. On this wall was a doorknob. It was twisting around slowly, and before he knew it, it flew open. Lily was standing in the doorway to the bathroom, which was all white, with no windows. Just a magical torch, that burns out every time people leave the bathroom.

"I made the bathroom door look like the wall!" She exclaimed. "Cool, huh?"

Sirius nodded slowly. Lily smiled, and jumped onto her bed. She bounced a few times, and then came to a stop. "So what are we doing for the rest of the day?"

"How about…" James thought. "A tour of Hogwarts? You'll need to know where things are…since…er…you'll be going here pretty soon."

"Otay!"

Lily slipped on her sandals, and followed the three boys out of the room. She ooh'd and awed at portraits. She was so amazed at how they moved and responded to her questions. They showed her secret entrances, telling her that she didn't need to be going through them, but they might come in handy some day.

They showed her the kitchens. This too was not supposed to be known, but in case they became hungry during a time in between meals, or at night, they could come down here and ask for something.

Lily asked where grandpa lived. So they showed her the statue and the moving steps that led to Dumbledore's office. She said a quick hello to Dumbledore before the tour went on.

They went outside. By know it was getting dark, and close to dinner, but they gave her a tour of some of the grounds.

"That over there," Sirius said pointing to the forest. "Is the Forbidden Forest. It is forbidden, of course."

"Ooh! Who's that over there?" Lily asked pointing in the direction of Hagrid's hut.

"That is Hagrid the Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts." Remus answered.

"Keys?" Lily asked. "I like keys!"

"Looks like he's going to dinner. How about we go too?" James asked.

Lily nodded, and they went back inside. Now everyone was here for dinner. Really the only person who wasn't there for lunch was Hagrid, but now they could call it everyone. Lily got to meet Hagrid. She was amazed at his tallness, and was very shy at first. But after a talk with him, she started to talk more.

His name was Big Uncle Ruby. Hagrid liked the name, and played along with the rest of the staff and young adults.

"Could we go swimming tomorrow?" Lily asked, as the four of them headed down to their room. They decided it would be an early night.

"If everything goes okay in the morning, I'm sure it would be okay to go swimming." James answered.

"Then we could teach you how to swim!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Uncle Siri would do that with me?" Lily asked getting excited. "That would be fun!"

Lily slept in her own bed this time. The three boys stayed up. In the furthest corner of the room was a window bench. James got a chair, and he and Sirius played chess. Remus read.

Remus closed his book a half hour later. He wanted to take a quick shower.

Remus came back out ten minutes later, in his towel. "Shower broke…somehow."

"You broke it?" Sirius asked. "Well I'll look at it…tomorrow…"

"When did you become Mr. Fix-it?" James asked. Sirius shrugged.

"I guess three minutes ago."

After awhile, and three games later, they finally went to sleep. They guessed it wouldn't be that hard waiting for Lily to grow back up. They could actually make it fun.

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Just like they said, they were going swimming. It was around eleven when Lily had on her swimsuit, and her hair pulled up into a ponytail. She was ready for anything.

She looked at her 'uncle's' and 'daddy' disapprovingly though. They were just in leisurely shorts and tank tops. She put her hands on her hips, and shook her head at them.

"No, no. You have to put on your swimsuits. You can't go into the water like that."

So she forced them to put on their swimming trunks. James put his wand in his pocket, in case anything would happen, even though they highly doubted it. They told her they had to wear the tank tops, or they wouldn't go. She allowed that, and soon enough they were heading down to the big lake on Hogwarts grounds.

Remus, using James's wand, conjured up some floaties just for Lily. She still didn't know how to swim. Lily put them on, and waded into the water. The three boys just dipped their feet in for the moment. They talked as Lily played in the water.

"When do you think Lily will grow back up?" Sirius asked the two.

"I'm not sure, but it isn't that bad. Taking care of her and all." James answered.

"Yeah it is fun." Remus added.

Lily happily splashed about in the water. She stopped splashing and looked out into the lake. She could have sworn she saw something come out of it. She wanted a better look. So she started walking over, until she couldn't feel the bottom of the lake, and the floaties took over. James, Remus, nor Sirius saw her slowly going out into the lake, and farther from them.

"Yeah and after all this, I'm going to go home and sleep!" Sirius said.

"What's the point?" James asked. "You go to sleep here too."

"Yeah I know, but I get to sleep! I kind of miss home, not too much of Regulus though… I guess that doesn't even matter, I don't live with him!" Sirius said. They laughed, and looked down.

There was no Lily. They looked behind them, but only saw Hogwarts grounds. Why they looked behind them, I'm not sure.

"Help! HELP!"

All three of them whipped their heads around. Lily was towards the middle of the lake. From the looks of it, she was being pulled down by something. Her floaties were only helping her to a point.

"LILY!" The three yelled. They didn't bother taking off their tank tops, and dove into the water.

They were there fast enough, but she was slowly drowning because she was being pulled under. Remus held her up so she could breathe, and James and Sirius went under. There was a Grindylow pulling on her legs. It didn't look as though it wanted to let go. Sirius and James were under there for a while. Remus was having trouble holding her up, and kicked one of the two to hurry up.

Sirius was kicked hard in the stomach. All wind was knocked out of him. He had to come up for air.

"What are you trying to do?" Sirius gasped.

"Help me!" Remus said. The Grindylow was pulling Lily under again. His strength alone couldn't hold her up.

"Well you didn't have to kick me!" Sirius said, helping him hold Lily up. (Lily was being very quiet during the whole thing.)

"It was the only thing I could do to get your attention!" Remus argued.

James had his wand out now, and was jabbing the Grindylow in its side. He was also concentrating on a spell in his head. He had to do it fast, or he'd run out of air.

"Stupefy!" James concentrated hard on the nonverbal spell. His wand emitted red bubbles, and the Grindylow was forced away.

The Grindylow finally stopped holding onto Lily's ankles. Lily was almost thrown into the air, because Remus and Sirius were still trying to force her upward.

James resurfaced, and they took Lily to land.

All four of them lay there for a moment, trying to catch their breath.

"My ankle hurts." Lily cried.

They sat up, and looked at her ankles. They were bruised.

"Do your sides hurt?" Remus asked. "We were gripping them really hard."

Lily shook her head. James pocketed his wand, and Sirius lifted up his wet tank top, and looked at his stomach. There was a bruise. He held it, and slowly got up. James carried Lily. They slowly walked into Hogwarts, and towards the Hospital Wing.

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Lala Rue here, and Lily had an almost death experiance! Yay Lily is learning not to go off on her own...or did she? Well here is another lovely chapter!

I am on chapter eight...I think, but it's a so far interesting story!

Yay!

Well...I'll update soon if I can get some reviews!

Love, Lala Rue!

(PS: Poor Sirius)