Story Title: Love of Two Generations: The First
Chapter Title: The Walls We Build
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: August 25th, 2004
Author's Note: Yay, another chapter! This one isn't as long as the others were but it's... the rest of the cliffhanger from the last chapter! Umm... personally I think this part was really surprising and I have no idea where it came from when I originally wrote it. But I'm not sure if people will yell at me for it... or if they'll love it. So please review! Here are a few of my thank yous
Ani464: Thank-you for the suggestion and I'll take that into introducing other characters to come! 9 reviews so far, so that's not too bad... anyways I have a few more one shots going at the moment if you want to take a peek. Thanks for reviewing!
guest type person: Yea, I was told my original was confusing but I wasn't too sure how to fix some things. Any suggestions would be very thanked!
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James paused before lowering his wand, "Let them go and take me." Voldemort smirked and nodded towards two of his men to take James. James pushed them away and stared at Voldemort with diligence, "Promise me you won't hurt them."
Voldemort's smile widened at this and he nodded, "You have my word." The two Death Eater's on either side of James took his arms as Voldemort released Remus' neck and another Death Eater took him to stand beside Sirius.
"You can't James!" insisted Sirius. He struggled against the Death Eater now holding him, stomping on his foot roughly. The man grunted and shoved him into Remus, Lily being pulled to stand beside the two
Voldemort cackled loudly and motioned towards the three, "Escort the other three to the gate and prepare Mr. Potter for the ritual." The two men beside James grasped his arms tighter and pulled him to where Lily was standing. Lily looked at him worriedly as she was pulled from the dark tower chamber after Sirius and Remus.
"Oh, and before you exit the castle gates," He paused for a moment. "Be sure to kill them," Voldemort added almost as an afterthought turning away from James nodding once again at the three men holding Sirius, Remus and Lily.
"No!" James screamed struggling again in the Death Eater's grips. "You promised!" Voldemort laughed a high wretched laugh as the three were pulled out of the room and down the staircase.
"That's the thing about promises Mr Potter, they're easy to break," Voldemort airily explained.
At hearing this Lily, Remus and Sirius began to thrash about in their captor's arms. Sirius being closest to the bottom of the staircase managed to struggle free quickly banging his head roughly against the man's and sending him careening down the spiral stairs. Lily, unable to struggle free jumped on the man's foot causing him to let go in pain before she could turn around and kick him swiftly and painfully in the groin. The Death Eater keeled over whimpering and holding his private falling after his comrade.
The man holding Remus had gripped him with his forearm around his neck and gripped him tightly. Remus managed to loosen the man's grip enough to place his mouth on his forearm and bite down loosening the thug's grip even more so.
"Duck!" Lily exclaimed making Remus stoop low as Sirius gripped her under the arms and gave her support as she lifted her legs and kicked the man in the nose. All three moved to the left and let the large man fall down after the other two, unconscious. Lily, Remus, and Sirius ran back up the stairs quickly and stood in front of Voldemort, wands drawn.
"Get out of here while you still can!" James ordered struggling once again in his captor's grips.
"We're not leaving you here with this psycho!" replied Sirius loudly, glaring at Voldemort venomously.
"Psycho am I?" asked Voldemort. "Let him go," her ordered to the two Death Eater's holding James. James pushed them away roughly and tried to make his way over to Lily and the others. He was stopped by Voldemort's arm in front of him and Lily's voice resonating across the walls.
"Finish the little 'ritual' you started," she began, glancing a t James every few words. "But let Remus, Sirius, and James go. And I mean really let them go. No breaking a stupid promise and I won't try to escape. I'll go through with it until every last drop of blood has left my body as long as you let them go first." James looked at Lily, shock lining his expression begging her with his eyes to reconsider, but to no benefit. Sirius and Remus stood in shock behind Lily their mouths hung open.
Voldemort smirked at her, "You assume I won't break this promise as well?"
Lily shook her head in dismay, "No, I know you will. That's why to ensure their escape I'll escort them to the castle gates myself. No guards. Then you can finish the ritual and you can have whatever it is you're after; power, the world. Whatever."
James shook his head ardently, "No, you can't do this Evans."
Voldemort nodded, "Sounds like a fair deal. Their small, useless lives for the Wizarding World. But... I'm coming with you." Voldemort dropped his arm and allowed James to walk to Lily's side.
She gave a brusque nod, "Fine."
Fifteen minutes later five figures could be spotted exiting the giant castle. The moon cast long shadows across the dewy grass. Evil as it was the castle in the moonlight was beautiful. They stopped at the large gate to the castle and the Dark Lord stood ten feet back as Lily said her final good-byes.
Lily hugged Remus and Sirius thanking them each with a kiss on the cheek. They stepped back as she turned to James and became quiet.
"I can't let you do this Evans. I'm not going to let you die because of me," James whispered worriedly, he gripped her wrist and slid his hand down until he held hers and squeezed lightly.
"You don't understand Pot... James. It's me or all of us and you were about to do the exact same thing. There's no way all four of us will get away and... I'm the person he wanted. You put all three of your lives on the line for no reason."
"They chose to come," James whispered. Lily looked down at the ground and sighed. James lifted her chin lightly and looked into her eyes gripping her hand tighter, "Would you like to know how I found you?"
She sighed and raised an eyebrow stepping away from him making him drop her face. "Please, enlighten me."
"The 'Saviour'. It worked... and I found you."
"James..." Lily breathed. "Thank-you. Thank-you but it didn't work out how you wanted it to. I'm sorry for always ruining your fun and your life. Now that I'm gone you won't have to worry." She took another step away from him and squeezed his hand before trying to drop it.
"You're not listening to me!" He took two steps towards her, standing very close. "I like you in my life. I like never knowing what to expect from you and never knowing if you'll ever return my feelings." A tear rolled down Lily's cheek and James wiped it away with the pad of his thumb. "Lily, I lo-."
"Are you quite finished yet?" Voldemort's voice boomed through the darkness.
Lily looked to Voldemort then back to James and stood on tiptoes and hugged him. "I'm sorry," she whispered into his ear as she hugged him tighter. She kissed his cheek before pulling away. She began to take a few steps toward Voldemort before being caught by James again. He gripped her hand and pulled her to him before taking her face in his hands and lowering his lips to hers for a short, chaste kiss.
He leant his forehead on hers and whispered, "Run."
Lily gave him a questioning look and turned away from him once again. She turned to Remus and Sirius once again and hugged them good-bye. She turned back to Voldemort and began to walk towards him and nodded, "Let's go."
A singer, clear tear ran down Marie Finnegan's flushed cheek as she sat in an overstuffed chair in the Gryffindor Common Room, her knees pulled to her chin and her arms crossed. The small fire in the hearth began to die out leaving a slight glow on Marie's dark skin and the glimmer of her tear. She sat pinching her left arm, rocking back and forth.
She had told James what she really thought... and she knew it was her fault he and the other two had left. She pinched her arm harder, sniffing and letting her head fall onto her arms. She briefly recalled memories she had shared with Lily in the summers and regretted not having enough.
They had spent holidays at each other's houses since they met in their first year. Every summer they had gone swimming with Lily's brothers and her own in the pond behind her house. Taken trips to France and Spain and Marie couldn't help but feel those adventures were over, that she would never see her friend alive again.
She sobbed into her arms squeezing her body tightly trying to relieve herself of the pain. Nodding off to a rough sleep in the Common room not too long after her last thoughts before slumber were of herself and Lily...
They turned back towards the castle walking from the three waiting at the gate watching their backs. Lord Voldemort grasped Lily's arm tightly ensuring that she could not escape but Lily's thoughts were somewhere else. Why had James told her to run? If she had Voldemort would surely have killed them all. She looked to the ground as she walked only slightly noticing Voldemort's grasp on her upper arm and the silver metal shining in the moonlight close to her abdomen.
Her eyes opened widely at the large ray of red light that streaked across her vision. Time slowed as Voldemort released her arm and stumbled to the right ripping her robes. She turned in a whirlwind of red and ran towards the three boys motioning towards her a look of urgency adorning her façade. She ran as fast as she could away from the Dark Lord towards the three. Time stood still. Feeling a large jolt of pain in her lower back her eyes opened wide as she took a last look at James' face before falling at his feet in pain and losing consciousness.
James yelled in disagreement at what he saw and grabbed Lily's arms pulling her body from the ground. Grabbing the old sock Remus held out to him and Sirius he felt the familiar tug behind his navel as the three were transported by portkey directly to St. Mungo's.
James stood dumbstruck holding Lily in his arms looking at her face as he felt the warm red liquid seep from her back to the white floor beneath him. He watched as Healer's ran to him directing him to a stretcher and motioning him to let go of the girl that he held in his shaking arms.
"James," Sirius gasped out taking Lily from him and placing her on the stretcher. James walked to Lily's side as the Healer's began to take her away and he walked quickly beside her grasping her hand in his own.
"Lily?" he whispered grasping her hand tightly noticing her blood on his own hand. A single tear fell from his eye onto their hands as the Medi-Wizards tried to ask him to leave, "Lily sweetie, you have to come back to me." His grasp finally broke and he watched in shock as he was left in their wake with Sirius and Remus standing at his sides. "Lily...?" he whispered to the air before leaning dejectedly onto Sirius' shoulder.
"Lily?" called a soft voice from behind her. "Lily sweetie, you have to come back to me." The voice seemed heavenly and she turned around to see a small figure drawn out by light.
"Mum?" Lily questioned squinting into the light. She took a step closer, "Mummy? Is that you?"
The figures face came into her view and Lily gasped out before running to the woman clad in a white gown. The woman smiled and nodded, "Yes it's me. You have to go back Lily, you can't leave him alone." Lily's brow furrowed as the woman continued, "His heart is more fragile than anyone can see. He's worried about you sweetie. He's crying for you."
"Who?" Lily asked grasping her mother's arms tighter. "Who's worried? Why can't I stay? I've missed you so much!" She hugged her mother tightly as if there were no tomorrow and inhaled the familiar scent of lilies in her mother's dark red hair. A tear fell from her closed eye onto her mother's dress and she pulled away, "We've ALL missed you, daddy's been so sad."
Fern Evans looked down at her daughter with a small smile wiping the hair from her face. "You've grown so much. You're no longer my little Lily Flower, so beautiful. I can see why he loves you. Why he cares so much."
Lily looked up at her mother with a questioning expression, "What do you mean?" Lily stepped back and looked down at herself, "I'm not beautiful... not as beautiful as you." She ran her hands through her hair and realized it was no longer short and gaped at her mother.
Her mother stepped towards her and took her hand in hers, "You have to go back to him Lily darling. Not just to him, to your father and brothers. And Petunia... she needs you. They all need you. It's not your time to come to me yet," Fern explained.
Lily shook her head and took a step back bringing her hands to her face. Fern embraced her daughter tightly whispering calming words into her ear. "You just have to let him in and he'll protect you. 'The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy.'"
Professor Dumbledore had arrived at St. Mungo's minutes after the four teenagers had arrived and stood speaking to a Medi-Wizard that had taken Lily to an emergency room. Sitting James in the waiting area Remus and Sirius had left, claiming they were going to the small cafeteria for Pumpkin Pasties and ButterBeer. After half an hour without the presence of Sirius or Remus Professor Dumbledore came to sit beside him.
"Mr Potter?" questioned Dumbledore. James looked up from the spot he had been staring at on the floor and peered up at his Professor. "James. They may not be able to revive Ms. Evans. The knife that hit her was coated in a reduced poisonous substance called Gelsemium. It's usually a drug used as a sedative by Muggle Physicians but in this case it could cause paralysis or death. If Ms. Evans wakes up... she may never walk again."
The Professor paused to review James' expression, "The knife also punctured her lung causing it to collapse. The Healer's can't stop the bleeding and due to the reaction to the poison she's having a harder time breathing. We may lose her..."
James looked to the floor again hoping that what Dumbledore spoke of was untrue and that Lily would come running around the corner into his arms. He lifted his head slightly to glance at said corner but reluctantly let his hopes fall. He turned to Dumbledore, "Can I see her?"
Dumbledore nodded slightly at his request and as James stood took his wrist in his hand, "She won't be able to speak to you. She's gone into a coma."
James nodded and gave the professor a small smile, "Then I'll be sure to say good-bye." Walking away into the nearby hallway he passed a lone Healer as he searched for Lily's room. He walked past each door peering in looking for the shock of red wondering why Dumbledore hadn't informed him of her room number and why he hadn't asked. James finally came to a door with a sign posted on it, 'L. Evans'. Opening the door slowly and gazing in he saw her limp form splayed out across the bed and a large pole with a little bag of liquid attached to her arm.
He entered and took the seat beside the bed and gripped her hand in his like he had done when they had arrived. He pulled the chair closer to the bed and rested his elbows beside her lifting her hand to his lips. He squeezed her loose hand to signify he was there before resting his head on the back of it.
He closed his eyes and spoke slowly, "I'm sorry Lily. I'm sorry for everything... all that I've ever done to annoy you. I tried to save you, to help you and I ended up practically getting you killed. I just wanted to show you that there is such a thing as love; you just have to find it. I was sure I found it in you but you said it yourself, it's fake. If..."
James paused to wipe a tear that fell from his eye. He took a deep shaky breath, squeezing her hand tightly once again. He looked at her closed eyelids, "If it was real I could've saved you. Love's supposed to conquer all..." His voice slowly rose as he began to yell at himself, "I could've gotten you away from him. You wouldn't be here... lying before me at the gates of heaven."
He took a deep breath and dropped his head to the mattress gripping Lily's hand firmly, "I wanted you to love me. I wanted you to know I cared about you. I wanted you to realize that you're not just some challenge for me. You started out as one... I can be honest about that but this year you changed... I ruined your life and I'm sorrier than I could ever say." Sobs racked his body as he sat beside her still, bandaged form.
James potter hadn't cried since he was seven and had let no one think he could; but at that moment he couldn't hold back. He cried, allowing the pain he felt for Lily leave through his tears and spill onto the light blue sheets his head lay on. He let his tears fall in a cry that he had needed for years and as he cried he drifted off into a peaceful slumber.