Story Title: Love of Two Generations: The First
Chapter Title: The Unexpected… Or Expected…
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.
The movie 'Goldfinger' is based on the novel written by Ian Fleming, and the screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Paul Dehn, therefore I do not own it.
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…
Publishing Date: April 10, 2004
Author's Note: Please don't hurt me… I've been extremely busy with school, Writer's Craft, Drama and Band. And to top those off, very bad writer's block, making it hard for even my classes... I'm sorry! But here's the next chapter… I really hope you like it! I know I don't update very frequently, but I've hardly had time to breathe lately.
In relation to the movie 'Goldfinger' in the disclaimer: I was going to use 'Rocky', but I found it was made to late to fit in with the timeline I've chosen.
"Sirius! Sirius have you seen Lily?" Marie questioned Sirius, running up behind him and latching onto his arm. She looked up at him, hope in her eyes until Sirius shook his head. She leaned her head on his arm and took in a deep breath, "She's not here Sirius. She went to the loo right before the alarm sounded and she hasn't come down yet."
Sirius looked down at Marie, worrying slightly. He called Remus over and told Remus what Marie had told him moments before. He waited for Remus' calm reply, but when he wasn't given one and a strange expression lined Remus' face he nodded and looked down at Marie's confused and worried face.
Sirius closed his eyes before taking Marie's hands from his forearm and giving them to Remus. "Remus, take her to the Ministry Buildings, I'm going to find Prongs and Evans." Remus nodded slightly and took Marie's hands, squeezing them slightly.
"Be careful, would you Padfoot?"
Sirius looked back at his friends before sinking into the large group of students, giving them a small smirk, and mouthing, 'of course'. He slowly moved out of sight, leaving Marie and Remus alone in the middle of the throngs of people. Marie looked up worriedly at Remus, feeling the grip of his hands weren't comforting enough.
"What does he mean he's going to go find them? He- he can't possibly think he's going to go out there. If he's caught, he's got to go up against a Death Eater alone, does he even care?" Marie nearly yelled, wide-eyed. She moved to follow Sirius but was held back strongly by the boy to her side, and pulled into him.
"Marie, he knows what he's doing, despite what you may think," Remus told her before she set her head onto his chest, looking towards the way Sirius had left. "I hope you're right…"
"One… two… three!" James hollered, leading Lily out from the statue and jumping out right in front of Voldemort and the three followers he had surrounding him. "You know, now that we're here, I'm not sure this was a good idea," James whispered out of the corner of his mouth to Lily. Lily followed him, holding her wand in front of her. She looked down at her hand quickly, watching it shake unconventionally before looking back into the face of The Dark Lord.
Vicious laughter rang through the corridor, "I thought I had dealt with you at Christmas Lily Evans. I suppose I'll have to make sure I kill you this time."
Lily closed her eyes tightly, taking in a breath before opening them again. To her left there was a bright shock of light from James' wand. She watched it quickly shoot towards Voldemort's hand, sending his wand flying. Lily quickly looked from James to Voldemort, waiting for his next move. She kept her wand held in front of her, pointed at the men in front of her. She gripped it tightly until her knuckles were white and watched as the snake-like man nodded to his followers and soon they were in battle.
Lily sent spells towards the men in front of her, dodging and guarding other spells that were shot at her, James beside her doing the same. It was five minutes of this until a scream rang out through the corridor causing all spells to stop and heads to turn towards James Potter's squirming body.
"James!" Lily hollered, throwing herself onto the floor beside him, trying to stop his pain without touching him. "Let him go!" She screamed loudly at the wand holding Voldemort, glaring a glare that would kill any human being. Lily looked back down at James just as he slowly stopped moving and his breathing became rapid and laboured. "James, are you alright?"
"Get away from him Miss Evans, he's none of your concern. The only thing you should be concerned about right now is your own well-being," Voldemort stated, changing his wand's aim to her just as two of his followers came up beside her, pulling her away from James. She squirmed roughly until she heard her robes rip slightly along her right shoulder. She stopped as Voldemort took a few quick steps forward, holding his wand to her neck.
"Let him go and you can kill me. You must leave this school," Lily ordered, pulling her head back slightly to get away from the point of the wand. A shock of pain ran up her right arm after saying this causing her to flinch slightly.
"No, no, no. I remember what happened last time I allowed that. No, this time I will make sure you're both killed." Lily closed her eyes, watching Voldemort nod faintly to the two men holding her. She didn't want to find out what they were going to do. She nearly held her breath as she felt herself being pulled backwards, and her back hitting the wall roughly.
"Let… let her… go," Lily heard James mumble as he began to lift himself from his spot on the floor. Lily's eyes flew open to look at the struggling boy; she made to move towards him but was quickly pulled back by the cutting of her restraint and her captor's hand still strongly gripped to her elbow. She was thrown against the wall again; watching James as he slowly hoisted himself up to stand.
"Let her go," he spoke again, gradually bringing his wand up to point at Voldemort. "I'm not as weak as you may think," he spoke menacingly, glancing at his outstretched arm. Lily watched his fingers move slowly along the grip of his wand, holding so tightly his knuckles were white as ivory. "Let her go."
"Professor! There's news from the dungeons, my sister and James Potter have not been accounted for," Jake Evans spoke worriedly to the Headmaster. "I need to go look for her," he explained hurriedly, and running off as soon as the Headmaster nodded his agreement. Spells passed through the Great Hall, just as Dumbledore turned to speak to Jake the House Points metres shattered, causing glass and sand to travel through the hallway.
"Look for anyone of the students that are missing!" Dumbledore shouted after him, "I'll follow within moments!" Jake turned around lightly to nod towards him before running through the entrance, jumping around spells and over fallen comrades. He came to the Grande Staircase and began sprinting up two steps at a time, running straight into another body as he reached the top. Jake fell to the floor, landing roughly on his buttocks. He looked up quickly, drawing his wand and pointing it at the boy sitting across from him in the same position.
"Sirius Black! What do you think you're doing?" Jake questioned, outraged. He stood quickly, helping the boy up and looking around, and down both hallways. He peered up the rest of the stares seeing movement.
"I'm looking for James and Lily, they didn't go to the dungeons," Sirius spoke quickly.
Jake turned to Sirius swiftly with wide eyes, "you need to go back downstairs and to the Ministry Building with everyone else." Jake began to run up the stairs but was stopped quickly by Sirius' angry voice.
"No, I'm going to look for them too," Sirius glared at Jake before turning and going to search on the second floor. Jake rolled his eyes but continued to travel up the stairs to the seventh floor: Gryffindor Tower. It was minutes before he finally reached the top and had to stop to catch his breath. "I'm getting too old for this," he mumbled before slowly creeping through the door to the corridor.
Lily watched the strength of the boy slowly begin to leave him, but he continued to stand straight, his wand pointed. She bit her lip, watching for Voldemort's reaction, listening for his piercing laughter. The laughter never came.
"Now Mr. Potter. You don't honestly think you can take myself, and three Death Eater's do you? You do?" Voldemort asked as James' face became more stern, his arm coming up from where it had begun to droop slightly. Voldemort's face hardened, and he began to walk towards the boy. "You have become too arrogant in your life Mr Potter. It may be a good thing if I were to shrink that head of yours considerably, less hassle for anyone else."
"Stay where you are, I am not afraid to do something stupid," James spoke menacingly; gripping his wand tighter, if it was possible. Lily watched the exchange with wide eyes, waiting for the other's response, and hoping it didn't lead to Potter's death.
"I'm well aware of that fact Potter, I've been watching you. I must say, you're interesting, always doing something unexpected, always caring for someone unexpected." Voldemort's eyes flickered towards Lily suddenly, causing her to bite her lip hard. "It's the worst thing to do you know, fall in love when you're well aware that your life is on the line. It's possibly the most obvious thing; the bad guys always go after the ones you love most. Don't you watch muggle movies?"
"Not regularly, no," James responded almost calmly, his anger only shown by the small shake in his voice. Lily made to move again when she noticed James stumble a little, but was again held back. "I don't know what you're talking about either, there's no one unexpected."
"Oh, of course, no one. So, you wouldn't mind if I did this," Voldemort began, raising his wand and pointing it directly at Lily, "Crucio". Lily fell to her knees in pain, clutching her hands as every muscle ached. The man holding her dropped her quickly and watched as she squirmed, never opening her mouth to scream. The pain suddenly eased and she opened her eyes to look up.
"Expelliarmus!" She heard and saw James yell, aiming for Voldemort. He deflected the spell easily, sending it back to James, knocking the wand from his hands. James stood, wandless, staring at the man in front of him. Lily gasped as she tried to stand at the shoot of pain up her side.
"Idiot boy! Don't you understand? You are no match for me! I am Lord Volde-" suddenly he was on the floor. Lily looked up quickly, seeing James standing menacingly over Lord Voldemort, before picking up his wand. He looked up to Lily and the three men surrounding him now, then down at Voldemort.
"I guess you've never seen 'Goldfinger', good movie."
"Where are they? Padfoot should have found them by now…" Remus mumbled under his breath. They sat on the edge of the large group of students in the basement of the Ministry Buildings. Marie sat beside the sandy-haired boy, gripping his forearm tightly, watching the students around them react to the situation.
Choruses of "it's actually happening," "You-Know-Who is actually at Hogwarts," and "What about the Professors?" surrounded the two students. Marie looked up at Remus worriedly, "Something's wrong. Something's happened."
Remus wrapped his arm around her protectively, pulling her closer and kissed the top of her head. "It'll be alright, as long as Sirius gets there in time."
Voldemort's men slowly moved in towards James' weak form, ready to pounce. James looked up quickly just as a voice came from the end of the corridor.
"Step away from him or else," the three men slowed before turning towards the voice of Jake Evans. "I said, step away," he spoke again, slowly walking towards the group with his wand drawn towards the men. The three men in black cloaks slowly backed away, letting James step away from the fallen Voldemort towards Lily.
James lifted his wand from the floor where it had landed before and also began pointing it at the three men as he continued to walk backwards towards Lily. His back hit the corridor wall beside her and he slumped slightly, his wand arm dropping beside him. '
"Now, get out of here. Albus Dumbledore will be here at any moment, if you prefer to be here when he comes, so be it." Jake lifted an eyebrow at the three men as they exchanged glances before running past him down the corridor and around the corner. Jake walked over towards the unmoving Voldemort and looked down at him before continuing to where James and Lily stood.
"James," Lily breathed, placing her unchained hand on his arm. "We need to get you out of here," Lily ordered worriedly, looking to her brother for help. Jake lifted his wand to the metal cuff that was beginning to slice into the redhead's wrist and watched as it opened swiftly and her arm dropped.
Lily moved to help James stand better but was stopped by his hand and a shake of his head. "I just need a minute to recuperate," he spoke softly.
"Well, you'd better take that moment quickly," came Voldemort's snake like voice from behind Jake. Voldemort wiped a small amount of blood that had trickled from his nose before continuing, pointing his wand directly at Lily. Her eyes widened considerably, watching his wand. "… Or watch her die." James stood straight and glared at the thing in front of him, glancing at Lily.
Voldemort's laugh reverberated through the corridor, sending shivers down Lily's back as she continued to watch that wand. "You evil man," she began, taking a step forwards. James moved to stop her but she pushed his hand away.
"Do you get off on this? Frightening students, threatening people, killing muggles and muggleborns? Are you that much of a psycho that the only way you can feel good about yourself is when you make people feel less than nothing? You're not 'all powerful.' You're just a common schoolyard bully with a stick." At this point she stood two feet away from the man, staring dangerously into his narrow, snake-like eyes, while also paying attention to where his wand was pointed.
"Miss Evans, step back from Mr. Riddle," Albus Dumbledore's voice came from the right of Lily. She looked over at him, grabbing Voldemort's wand in the process and turning it up towards himself. "Mr. Potter, please bring Miss. Evans away from Tom," Dumbledore's calm voice called once again. Lily let James pull her back towards the corridor wall, and stand close beside her, Jake on the other side.
"Tom, you're making a very grand mistake," Dumbledore turned towards Voldemort. He took a large step towards the serpent man, staring at him coolly with his ice blue eyes.
"No, you are," Voldemort spoke menacingly, lifting his wand towards Lily and James once more. In seconds James was standing in front of the cowering Lily, waiting for the blast of green light to travel through Voldemort's wand towards him. "AVADA…" A blur of a dark figure scurried in front of James and Lily at the last second, omitting the green blast into his body. "…KEDAVRA!"