Story Title: Love of Two Generations: The First
Chapter Title: A Slight Change In Thought?
Disclaimer: All people and recognizable places belong to and were taken out of J.K. Rowling's amazing mind. Plot and some characters belong to me.
Author: Chewy
Summary: In a world of Witches, Wizards, Trolls, and magnificent Beasts, the tale of four different people unravels to engulf the world in luminosity. Can true love blossom from true hate? Can two opposites come together to form a bond so powerful it could save the world? Only TIME can tell…
Re-publishing Date: July 15, 2005
Author's Note: The day before the sixth book comes out and I'm editing my own little story that will probably be blown to bits tomorrow and will have to be labelled, "AU". Alas, I still want to write it, despite the next novel. I hope you like this revised chapter, smile.
Reunion: n. meeting of people who have been apart; v. bring or come together again after a separation.
The sun shone bright in the sky and the jade of each blade of grass around Hogwarts gleamed in the light in a sea of emerald green. The grounds were vacant of any students as all were heading to lunch in the Great Hall and a single horseless carriage was steadily making its way from Hogsmeade Station to Hogwarts holding two passengers inside.
Sitting on either side of the carriage and peering out the windows into the forest between the village and the school the redheads sat in silence. Each glanced at the other to ensure they hadn't fallen asleep as they made the trek towards the mystical school. It had been a long train ride from London to their destination and it was understandable that sleep could take them.
Jake Evans leaned out the carriage window looking behind and in front of the moving vehicle always transfixed by how exactly the horseless carriage moved. He leaned back in yawning clearing his eyes of any dust and turned to his identical brother, "excited to see Lils?"
Mark turned to Jake and smiled, "Of course! Didn't get to see her much this summer. I'm also interested in how Hogwarts is without us!" Mark put on an inferior look grinning at Jake with immense pleasure before blowing out the air he held and chuckling.
"Lily said something in her last letter about four boys coming close to beating our detention record so I think the school's in good hands. Of course then she started to ramble about how 'much of an arse their 'leader' is'," Jake shrugged and laughed loudly setting a hand onto his chest, "Good ol' Lily, never a dull moment. I don't know what I'd do without her."
Mark smiled weakly knowing the threat of the rising dark lord was immanent. He looked down at his hands as they gripped a bag at his feet before looking back out the window at the bright sky above them. A grand grin spread across his face as the carriage came to a halt.
"We're here!" he exclaimed throwing open the carriage door and hopping out. He grabbed the rest of his luggage and waited for Jake to gather his before both walked quickly up the steps to the giant door only glancing behind them once at the departing carriage.
Mark flung open the door and walked inside, his luggage trailing behind him and Jake behind that. They stopped in the entrance hall and looked at what they had left three years before. "Just as we left it," Mark muttered under his breath. He let his bags drop to the floor and took a deep breath, "Home…."
Beside Mark, Jake was looking up the steps listening for the unique laughter of his little, baby sister. He smiled when he saw the radiant head of red hair turn the corner and come into the Entrance hall.
"Lily!" he shouted out, sprinting up the staircase two at a time. Lily turned quickly and spotted her brother running towards her so she ran towards him and engulfed him in a bear hug. "Oh how I missed you Lils," he mumbled into Lily's ear as he pulled her close. Lily smiled and pulled away from her brother giving him a giant smile and jumped slightly when Mark cleared his throat beside the two.
"Do I not get a hug?" he questioned. "You can't hog her for yourself Jake." Jake let a boisterous laugh escape his lips as Lily turned and engulfed the other twin in an enormous hug knocking the air from his lungs.
Marie laughed behind them, "Oh thank god. She wouldn't stop talking about you two visiting."
Jake laughed at her and gave Marie a hug too, "Hey kiddo, how's school been?" Marie nodded in reply patting the man on the back.
"Now let's take a look at you," ordered Mark. He held Lily at arms length and looked her up and down. He smiled, "I know something has changed but I can't describe it." He paused, an almost painful expression covering his pale, freckled features. "Oh, that's it! What have you done to your hair?"
"You hate it," Lily said reaching to cover it up and biting her lip.
Jake grabbed her hand in midair, "We love it! It gives you a more…" he looked at Mark, "mischievous look. I wouldn't change a thing!" He gave her another hug kissing the side of her head lightly. The four continued down the steps and stood in front of the Great Hall doors catching up slightly before Lily and Marie had to go to classes.
"Samantha can I talk to you later? I'm in a hurry to go… get my stuff for class!" begged James, pulling his arm from the grip of a very attractive blonde Hufflepuff.
Remus rolled his eyes as Sirius laughed before looking over into the middle of the Entrance hall to see Lily and the other three. "God, I wish she would stop doing that," breathed James dusting imaginary flecks of dust from his cloak. "That girl is incorrigible."
Sirius nodded still laughing. He looked over to Lily with a confused expression and looked back and forth between her and her older brothers, "Holy buggers, it's the Evans twins," he breathed out incredulously. Sirius hurried over and put an arm around Lily's shoulders and smiled up at the two boys. "Evans, aren't you going to introduce me to these two well-known idols of mine?" the tall boy questioned nudging her with his other arm in the ribs.
Lily raised an eyebrow and pushed Sirius off of her roughly, "no" she choked out. James smirked and caught Lily's eye as Remus and himself slowly walked over to the group. Lily looked down quickly and bit her lip just as the two boys stopped within the circle.
"Mark, Jake this is Remus Lupin," Lily introduced, waving a hand towards Remus. He smiled and shook both of their hands nodding towards each.
"Oh, and this imbecile is Sirius Black."
Remus gave Lily a small smile and shook his head as his colleague shook the hands of the two twins, a smile radiating off his face. Jake shook his head and looked at Remus, "Remus Lupin. I've heard some interesting things about you in my time." He paused looking the boy over, "it's an absolute pleasure to meet you."
"Remus buddy, how's the shack treating you these days?" questioned Mark as if the two were old friends.
Remus shrugged and laughed nervously, "you know. Same old, haven't torn it down yet." Mark laughed clapping on the back pushing him forward slightly.
James quickly cut in to the conversation and took Jake's hand in his, "I'm James Potter. I assume you've heard of me? Lily's probably told you many stories, good ones I'd hope." James released Jake's hand and took Mark's smiling arrogantly. Mark gave a weak smile and let go of James' hand staring down at it for a moment. Lily rolled her eyes and shook her head to the ground before turning away.
"Now Lily, why do you roll your eyes at me? I'm just being polite," insisted James. He draped his arm around her shoulder and tilted his head onto hers. Lily snorted loudly and pushed him off of her rather furiously.
"Polite?" She questioned with an eyebrow raised. "That's not polite, that's conceited. 'I assume you've heard of me? Lily's probably told you many stories'? Please, any stories I'd mention your name in, Potter, are stories where I found your head mounted to the wall. I'm surprised you can fit your ego into Hogwarts." Lily let out a great breath and shivered in fury.
"You want to know something else? While we're on the subject of you! You're a player! You date a girl for a day then dump her like she's a piece of rubbish. And you question why I won't give you a chance," she stated as if it were obvious, "because of that! You toy with people! One minute you're sweet and caring, the next you're a conceited jerk!"
"Now Evans I think you're overreacting just a b-," James tried to interrupt but was interrupted himself. His brow furrowed as Lily took a few steps towards him and pointed her finger threateningly at his chest.
"You have no feelings, do you? Or if you do, you don't consider anyone else's and…you act on impulse making it impossible to know exactly what is going to happen! I mean, sometimes that's good but you take it too far!" She took a breath and James ran his hand through his hair and she smacked it away.
"Will you stop with your hair? It's fine, and you running your hands through it is just…" she paused for a second thinking for the word then yelled with her last ounce of energy. "… MADDENING!" Lily turned on her heels and stomped off and out of eyesight.
James gripped his hair in his hands violently shaking his head before hitting himself repeatedly on the forehead, "stupid, stupid, stupid!" He sighed and looked up to the view of Marie towering over him. Small as she was to him, when she was angry he was five feet smaller.
"Not again Potter! What is your problem? Do you enjoy it when she yells at you?" Marie shouted and ran off looking for Lily.
"All right, from now on I'm just… not going to say a thing," James mumbled looking at his feet in defeat. Jake and Mark nodded before turning and following Marie to look for their younger sister. James looked up at Remus with a hopeless look before nodding, "C'mon guys, help me find her. It's my fault she's run off."
Remus and Sirius nodded and went off in two different directions, James shook his head and went another; she could've circled around anywhere. James could faintly hear Sirius commenting to Remus, "that's no way to win her over."
Kiss: v. touch with the lips in affection or greeting; join lips with a person in love or desire.
Hours had passed since Lily met up with her older brothers and Marie. They had caught up to her minutes after she'd run off, stopping her in the corridor. She'd told them she needed to be alone; she needed to cool down. Nodding to her they had left her to go pay Professor McGonagall a nice little visit. Somehow after that she had slowly made her way to the Astronomy tower.
She gazed up at the stars searching for constellations. It was a quarter moon and the glow from it seeped in through the tower windows glowing against Lily's skin. She looked up and pointed out each constellation whispering the names as she went, "Ursa Major, the Little Dipper, Big Dipper, Draco, and…oh where is Aquarius?" she asked bringing her arm down.
"Aquarius," whispered a deep, familiar voice from behind her. She heard a quick footstep just as a large hand came into view pointing the constellation out to her.
"Oh," she replied as her heart raced. Lily had realized who was standing so close behind her as soon as she heard his voice. She didn't want to speak with him but found she had no choice, as he hadn't moved. She turned around slowly to face the gleaming eyes of James Potter.
"Evans," he breathed, looking down at her through his hazel orbs. She could feel his breath on her cheek and she turned away from him leaning against the ledge of the tower. She looked down at the Hogwarts grounds and the top of the dark forest.
"I've been looking for you, I was worried. Your brothers said you were OK, but I had to see for myself."
She looked up at him with a puzzled expression on her face, "Y-you were worried… about me? After I shouted at you?" She looked down again her brow furrowing as she began to fidget with her hands and bite her lip.
"Don't look so surprised," James paused and took a step back looking out into the night sky. "Sorry for being the way I am. I didn't realize I annoyed you so," he paused again looking down. Lily noticed a faint smile on his face and he took a step towards her again and she took a step away. "I don't mean to annoy you to the point of explosion. I just can't help how I act most of the time. I mean most of the stuff I do is just to get your attention." He chuckled lowly
Lily rolled her eyes, "Then why are you such a prat about it?"
"Well, you're different from other girls and I don't know how to act around you. So I end up unconsciously being a… 'prat'," explained James giving Lily an innocent smile.
Lily laughed heartily and took a step towards him, "Just be you…." James drew in a long breath and nodded. He looked down at Lily and she looked out the window peering at the stars again.
James took another step towards Lily and suddenly lost motor control of his limbs. Moving of their own accord, he found himself reaching up and taking Lily's face in his hands. He gazed into her shocked emerald eyes as he felt his own slowly close just as his lips met hers.
Lily gasped as his lips enclosed hers and found she nearly crumbled to the floor. She closed her eyes tightly and allowed James to kiss her slowly. Her eyes shot open soon after and she took a step away from the boy and untangled herself, breaking all physical contact.
James opened his eyes as Lily pulled away, dropping his hands to his sides.
"I - I have to go," Lily gasped out before she ran from to tower followed by James's frantic cries after her. She sprinted back to Gryffindor Tower and in through the portrait hole only partially hearing the voices of Marie, Jake and Mark calling after her.
She stopped only when Marie caught her arm and turned her around, "Lily, what happened?"
Lily looked at her and shrugged quickly before smiling, "Nothing, everything's peachy. But, I'm really tired and I need to get my beauty sleep." She took a few steps back into the room and kissed Jake and Mark's cheeks quickly and gave Marie a hug.
Marie continued to grip Lily's wrist in her hand. "Did you talk to Potter?" she asked. Her eyes scanned Lily for any sign of displeasure or complication.
Lily broke from her grasp and nodded, "Yes. He found me, said he was sorry and I left. He's walking around the school now I suppose," she insisted before turning up the stairs with a fake smile on. "Night guys!" she called down to them.
"Good-night Lillikins!" chorused Jake and Mark. Marie turned to the two glaring. "Well, the two of us are off now, busy day of visiting today; another tomorrow. Night Marie," they said in unison attacking her from both sides giving her a quick peck on each cheek.
Marie shook her head and gave them both hugs, "All right old men. We'll see you bright and early. Have a good sleep!" Marie trudged up the stairs after Lily as Jake and Mark left the Common Room and made their way to their own rooms on the second floor. After a short run in with James, a firm grimace plastered on his features they continued on, discussing it in hushed whispers.
James continued to walk down the corridors very slowly making his way to Gryffindor Tower. He passed the classroom that Evans and he had argued in the other day on his way back and noticed five dark figures speaking in a corner. He crept up to the door and opened it just enough to hear the conversation, he sunk against the wall and listened to the five speak.
"Master wants the girl dead or alive," ordered a feminine voice dripping with power.
"Bu' what if we can't get 'er?" questioned a deep and slightly idiotic voice that sounded closer to the door.
There was the sound of someone being hit before the female spoke again, "then we'll just have to try harder."
An extremely slimy voice spoke next sending shivers down James's back. "Her brothers are visiting for the week. We'll have to distract them to get a hold of the girl."
"Blast! We'll have to think of something even if we have to wait until they're gone. Master will not be pleased with this, which of us will tell him?"
"You will," there were a few seconds of laughter before another spoke.
"Why don't we wait until next year then? That way master can get her himself and the blood will be fresher if she ends up being killed. There will be less work for us also," the slimy voiced man suggested. James looked down at his hands thinking about what they were saying before the female started to agree with the man.
"The prophecy does say that to prevent this you have to use his or her blood. It will be easier to get hers. The fresher the better. It won't help much if she's locked up in a cell for months."
"Brilliant! We'll start planning as soon as possible. I'll show Lord Voldemort as soon as the plans are done, even you two couldn't mess it up then. He'll be sure to welcome us into his inner circle. Come now, we wouldn't want to meet up with that mudblood lover Dumbledore now would we?" finished the female. As the five figures made their way out the door James slumped back into the shadows and hid his head in his robes.
He looked up when the five were nowhere to be seen and quickly ran back to Gryffindor Tower ducking into classrooms as patrolling professors passed. He quickly arrived in the Common Room and sprinted up the boy's staircase, threw open his trunk and lifted his broom and invisibility cloak from the centre. He threw on the shimmering cloak and jumped on his broom and flew up the girl's staircase to the sixth year girl's dormitory. He slowly and carefully opened the door and peered in making sure the door didn't creak.
James looked around at the five beds and entered very quietly making his way over to what he thought was Lily's bed. She was all right just as he had hoped she'd be, sleeping peacefully with a small smile on her lips. He removed the shimmering cloak and looked down at her moving a short strand of her crimson hair from her forehead and bending down to lay a kiss on her cheek.
He sat down on the side of her bed and watched her, she breathed heavier than in the day and she made a small noise every few seconds batting her lips together as if she was eating a luscious fruit or kissing a pair of luscious lips. He smiled before jumping up quickly as she started to stir in her sleep. He quickly threw the invisibility cloak over himself and stood against the edge of the curtain around her bed.
Lily's eyes opened slowly and she sat up not noticing James as she stretched, looked at her watched and laid back down sighing and stared at the top of her bed. James chuckled softly as he watched the scene, only Lily could wake up this early, or late and not be tired at all.
He gasped as she sat up turning her head in his direction looking directly into his eyes. She reached out and touched the cloak with her fingertips before getting a grip on the silky fabric and yanking at it. She gasped loudly in horror before squirming to the opposite side of her bed covering herself with her comforter.
"What the hell are you doing in here?" she questioned, outraged.
"Lily? Who are you talking to? Go back to sleep," came the drawling voice of Marie from a bed across the room. Lily closed her bed curtains quickly and put a silencing charm up glaring at James.
"I - I can explain everything," stuttered James. He glanced at her leg poking out from the comforter as he held his hands up in surrender.
"Well you better start," Lily ordered as she glared at him. James mused to himself silently, that glare was one Lily Evans saved specifically for him, James Potter.
Worry: v. (cause to) be anxious or uneasy; annoy or bother.