Chapter five:
Sirius didn't tell anyone about what he had seen except for Mae and Remus. Mae thought it would be awkward for Lily and James after what had happened even though she didn't know exactly what had happened.
However Lily and James had decided to stay friends. "Is James a good kisser?" Mae asked Lily while they were getting ready.
The question took Lily by surprise. "Wha-," she asked. "Ohh, right." "Come on Lily you can talk to me if you want," said Mae. "I don't really even know what happened."
"Okay," said Lily. "I'll tell you, but don't tell anyone." "I don't remember what happened that night cause I was drunk." "The next morning I woke up in James's bed." "No nothing happened," she said seeing Mae's worried glance. "The next morning we were talking and it just happened." "Yeah, he's a good kisser."
Mae nodded. "I didn't think anything like that had happened," she said. The girls finished up and went downstairs unaware that someone had been listening to the whole story.
That morning at breakfast they watched Lisa kiss Malfoy on the lips. She tried to break away but Malfoy pulled her back for more until Professor McGonagall pulled them apart. They also watched as Jeff kissed Trish. When he was done he looked so disgusted that they had to laugh.
That day Lily felt out of it. She got detention for calling Professor McGonagall an idiot with grey hair. She hadn't even been angry at the teacher. She didn't know why she had said that.
During Charms she had made the pillows they were supposed to levitate zoom around the room chasing Professor Flitwick. She hadn't meant to.
During potions she spilled a boiling cauldron over Professor Snape's head. She definitely hadn't meant to do that.
By the end of the day she had received a month of detention. Her friends looked at her worriedly wondering if this had something to do with James.
She tried explaining to them that she hadn't meant to do those things but they didn't believe her and she didn't exactly blame them.
After dinner she decided to go and talk to Professor Dumbledore.
"I don't know, Professor." "I just keep doing things without meaning to." "I start to feel lightheaded and this voice in my head tells me to do it." "I tried to fight it but it didn't work." "I know this sounds hard to believe," Lily babbled on.
Then she looked up at Professor Dumbledore and saw something she had never expected to see in his eyes: fear. A moment later it was gone and Lily wondered if she had imagined it.
"Lily, I believe you have the Imperious curse on you," said Dumbledore softly. "Voldemort and his followers are the only ones who use that spell," said Dumbledore. Lily flinched when he said Voldemort."
"The curse that gives the sayer complete control over you," said Lily in awe. "Only some have managed to master it," said Dumbledore. "If someone told you to kill me right now you would do it." "If someone told you to kill yourself you would do it."
Lily's eye's widened in fright. "I'm glad you came to me," said Dumbledore. He took out his wand and said a spell. "You should be protected from that curse," said Dumbledore.
"Tonight I will work on putting up charms so that no one can use that spell in this school." "Thank you, Professor," said Lily still a little shocked that this was all happening to her.
"Lily, don't tell anyone who you wouldn't trust with your life about this," said Dumbledore still sounding calm. Lily paused at the door.
"Professor, does this mean that there is a spy at Hogwarts?" "It does indeed," said Dumbledore wearily. "You do not need to go to any of your detentions either," said Dumbledore.
Lily ran quickly back to the Gryffindor Common Room to tell her friends what had happened. When she told them they sat there staring at her in shock.
"That's why you've been doing weird stuff all day!" said James putting two and two together. Lily nodded. "But who would do this to you Lily?" asked Mae.
"Professor Dumbledore thinks that there is a spy for You-Know-Who at Hogwarts," said Lily. Yet again the four of her friends looked shocked.
"Do you have any idea who it is?" asked Remus. "No, but I bet it's a Slytherine," said Lily. "Do you have to go to the detentions?" asked Sirius. "No, Professor Dumbledore said he'd talk to the teachers about it." "He also said not to tell anyone that I wouldn't trust with my life."
"Are you okay?" asked Mae anxiously. "Yeah I'm fine," said Lily. She and Mae headed up to their dorm room. After checking that no one was in there with them.
"Why would they go for me?" asked Lily silent tears streaming down her face. Mae hugged her best friend. "I don't know Lily." "These are hard times." "We have to look after each other."
"I got an idea," said Lily wiping the tears from her eyes. "Let's do that blood thing that makes us sisters." "We basically already sisters anyway," said Lily. "Yeah," said Mae.
They both transfigured pillows into knives. They were about to cut themselves when the boys burst in. They eyed the knives and stood stock-still.
"This isn't what it looks like," said Lily finally. "What are you doing?" asked James hoarsely. "We're making each other blood sisters," said Mae.
The boys sighed in relief. "You guys scared me," said Sirius. "I'm glad you care," said Mae to Sirius. "Of course I care," he said. "You two are my friends."
"Thanks mumbled Mae. "Anyway," said Remus. "Professor McGonagall announced that a big supporter of You-Know-Who got into the castle and we're not allowed to come out of the common room until they tell us we can." "Who was it?" asked Lily quickly. "Ben Armstrong," said James the anger clear in his face.
Lily looked at the other two boys confused by why James should be so angry about this. James seeing her look said, "I used to have an older sister sister Amanda, but he killed her during one of the battles.
Lily and Mae gasped. Sirius and Remus looked grim.
The next morning Lily got up. She saw that Mae's bed was empty. She went over to look and found a note.
We have your friend. If you ever want to see her again come to the Shrieking Shack tonight. Don't bring teachers with you or we'll kill her.
Lily gasped and screamed. James, Sirius, and Remus came running up to her room. Lily grabbed on to James's shirt. James hugged her.
"Remus look at the note," muttered James seeing a note on the ground. Remus and Sirius read it. Sirius looked worried. He showed it to James.
James gasped in surprise. "What are we going to do?" asked Lily now shaking. "We'll think of a plan," said James.
By that night they had made a plan.
Lily, James, and Remus entered the Shrieking Shack with Sirius following under James's invisibility cloak.
When they got to the end of the tunnel a voice shouted, "Expelliarmus!" Their wands flew out of their hands. Sirius managed to hold on to his as planned.
The man came and grabbed them. He took them to the end of the tunnel. They saw Mae sitting tied up sobbing into her hands. She had bruises all over her body.
Lily tried to break free and run to her but the man held hard.
A different man came in behind them. "I'm Ben," he said evilly. "This is Jack, and you are?" Suddenly he noticed James. "Ah." "I remember your sister," he said sneering.
"I'll bet you do!" shouted James. "No need to shout!" said Jack. "We didn't need all of you." "Just the red haired one," he said. "Shut up," roared Ben advancing on Jack. "Don't tell them our plans.
"Now they all have to be killed!" "What a waste of time!" Sirius took this as his chance and yelled the disarming spell to the two death-eaters.
Their wands flew out of their hands. Sirius grabbed the wands and tossed Lily, James and Sirius their own wand.
Ben laughed as Sirius took his cloak off. "Oh, it's just the nasty blood traitor," he mocked Sirius. Sirius tried to curse him but Ben threw up a defence spell.
"He knows wand-less magic," Sirius warned the rest of them. Soon curses were flying everywhere. Jack had blocked out after Sirius hit him with the punching spell.
Finally they cornered Ben and but the body-bind on him. Sirius had suggested they do worse but then he saw how bad Mae needed to go to the nurse.
"I'll get Dumbledore," said James. "You stay here and watch Mae!" Soon James came running back with Professor Dumbledore and the nurse Madam Tarty who quickly magicked Mae onto a stretcher.
Professor Dumbledore asked the other four to come to his office and explain to him what had happened. After they had told them what they knew Professor Dumbledore sent them back to their dorms telling them that Mae would be okay and to come back the next morning.
Lily and the Marauders slept on the couch all night. When they woke up the next morning they got dressed and deciding that 5 o'clock was to early to bother Dumbledore went to eat breakfast.
None of them ate much as they were thinking mostly of Mae. They finished up and went to see Professor Dumbledore.
He told them that Mae was okay, but that she was having some emotional problems. He told them that they could visit her if they wanted but it had to be one at a time.
Ben and Jack, the people who had kidnapped Mae, had been put in Azkaban.
Lily walked in to see Mae. He opened the curtain for the bed and sat down next to Mae.
Mae opened her eyes and began to cry onto Lily's shoulder. "Do you wanna talk?" asked Lily softly. "He beat me, then he put the cruciatus curse on me," she cried out.
Lily gasped. She hugged her friend and sat there with her for 15 minutes. She went outside. "Madam Tarty says she needs to rest for a while," she told the others. "She said that you could come back later."
The others nodded. "Is she okay?" asked Sirius. Lily nodded. She explained to the others what Mae had told her. They were shocked that something like that had happened to Mae who had always been sweet and nice to everyone.
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