Okay: Here's my third chapter! I hope you enjoy it! Please give me some constructive critisism! This is my first FanFic. so I need it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter
Lily spit into the sink and rinsed out her toothbrush. She glanced at herself in the mirror and tucked a few loose strands of hair behind her ears.
"Hey Lil!"
Lily jumped and spun around, her toothbrush out as if it were her only defense. "SARA! You scared me! Don't jump up on me like that."
"Sorry." Sara said carelessly, moving closer to the sink. "Nice..." She added, glancing at Lily's toothbrush that was still up as though she were about to have a sword fight duel.
Lily smiled sheepishly and put her toothbrush on the counter. "Are the other two up yet?"
"Yep, they're changing now." Sara said, brushing her long, thin hair into a pony.
Lily nodded and walked out. She recruited Marlee and Katherine once Sara had finished grooming, and they all headed down to breakfast.
Lily took her place at her usual table and waited for her food to appear.
"Hey Evans."
Lily jumped and stopped staring at her plate to look up and see who had called her name. "Potter." Lily muttered and glanced away.
James sat down and looked earnestly at the Mauraders and other girls. They nodded in understanding and scooted down a few seats. He took a deep breath and ruffled up his hair a bit. "Lily...I don't know why you keep getting involved in situations you don't belong in. So, I just wanted to know why you can't stay out of mine and Snape's fights."
"I would if they were just yours and Snape's." Lily hissed through clenched teeth. "But it's four verses one! I don't find that fair. And, considering I'm a school prefect, I'd like to say I have a right in stopping you two."
"Evans, stay out." James said, his voice dangerously calm.
"No." Lily said evenly. "If you came to talk to me just so you can tell me to stay out while you torture another student, you've wasted your time. So, I don't see why we're still talking here."
"Me neither," James said. "I guess we're done then."
"Yeah, I guess we are." Lily snapped, turning back to her empty plate. The food appeared a few moments later, and Lily lunged for it eagerly. She grabbed as much as she could eat and looked around for a piece of toast. She glanced at the lone piece on the table. 'The last one!' She thought, thrilled. She reached forward to grab it, only as someone else did. She looked up to see who else wanted her toast, and saw, none other than the famous James Potter.
"Excuse me," Lily said angrily, never removing her hand from the toast.
"No, no, no, excuse me." James replied evenly.
They sat there for a few moments, with one hand on either side of the toast when Lily finally decided she had enough. She pulled the toast towards her, only to realize James was holding firmly on to the other end. Lily pulled harder, trying carefully to not tear the toast. James smirked at her and attempted to steal the toast from her.
"Okay FINE." Lily cried, "Let's both let go at the same time, and on the count of three, we'll both let go and then go for it at the same time. Who ever's hand is on it first, gets the toast." They both had no idea why a piece of toast was so important, but neither of them would give it up. It was as if they were proving themselves.
"Fine," James said. "Only we will BOTH do it this time."
Lily nodded and they both released the toast. "Okay," Lily said, "One...two..."
"Oh look! The last piece of toast!" Sirius squealed as he reached across the table and grabbed the desired toast.
"Three." Lily groaned.
"Sirius! What's wrong with you?" James cried.
Lily glared at James one last time before grabbing her untouched food.
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"Okay, Charms next." Sara said, guiding her three friends down the hall. The four girls reached the Charms room and yanked open the door. Lily took her seat towards the front of the classroom and looked around for the teacher. He came sweeping in, causing the whole class to go silent.
'Finally,' Lily thought, 'The last class of the day.'
James tried his best to pay attention during Charms, watching Lily carefully. Seeing how she always perked up when a question was asked, the way her quill was always poised for taking notes. They had been fighting so much lately, he hadn't had the time to admire her.
Lily Evans. The girl James has liked since first year. With fiery red hair to match her temper, with oval green eyes and a brilliant smile, Lily was considered very pretty. She had many friends, was a school prefect, and did very well in most of her classes.
James Potter. The boy Lily despised since first year. With short, black, untamed hair and a famous half grin. James almost always had a girlfriend, and was considered a heart throb among many girls. James too had many friends, and did very well in his classes without even trying. He had many detentions, and a reputation for one of the schools mischief makers.
James Potter and Lily Evans. Two well-known, lively teens. Their friends think they could be very good friends, or more. But Lily either doesn't see it, or refuses to see it.
Charms passed slowly, and when it was finally time to go the students practically leapt out of their seats, scurrying to be the first one out of the classroom.
The Gryfindors slowly made their way down to the common room, letting the feeling of no more classes that day flow over them.
Lily and Remus on the other hand, made their way to Dumbledore's office quickly, they had a prefect meeting in a few minutes.
"What do you think this meeting is about?" Lily asked as they reached the stone gargoyle.
"I don't know," Remus admitted, "He never has these meetings in his office."
Lily nodded and looked at their gargoyle for a few moments before beginning to giggle. Remus gave her an amused look and recovered quickly. "How long were we going to stand out here before realizing we don't know the password?"
Remus began chuckling and shrugged, opening his mouth to reply.
"Not long." Came a calm voice from behind them. Remus and Lily turned around to see Dumbledore, standing there in his half moon spectacles.
"Come in." Lily and Remus nodded and, once the gargoyle had leapt aside, shuffled into his office. "Take a seat, please." Dumbledore said, gesturing to the empty chairs on the other side of his desk.
Lily glanced around for a while before noticing that she and Remus were the only ones there. "Um…" Lily said, clearing her throat.
"Ah, yes," Dumbledore said, nodding slightly. "You must be wondering why you are the only prefects here." When Remus and Lily nodded, he continued. "Well, this is in fact, not a prefect meeting. I told you two that so we wouldn't have any questions before you got here."
A silence followed where Remus and Lily glanced at each other uncertainly. "Sir." Remus said after a while. "If this isn't a prefect meeting, what is it?"
"It is, Mr. Lupin, what I would like to call a meeting yes, but a different sort." Lily opened her mouth to ask a question before he shook his head. "Questions later, please. As I was saying, you are here to help me discuss something."
Remus and Lily's eyes widened as Dumbledore let out a slight laugh. "Yes, yes, why haven't I asked my Professors here instead? The reason for that is, I thought I needed a student opinion." Dumbledore placed his fingers together lightly. "My reason for calling you here is…" Dumbledore heaved a sigh as if what he were about to say were a burden. "Voldemort."
"Voldemort?" Lily repeated softly, looking up into the eyes of the powerful, aging man. "I've heard of him, heard of his power, but why are we here to talk of him?"
"He is growing more powerful than we could have imagined, and I'm sure you two have heard stories."
Remus and Lily nodded before Remus spoke at last. "I don't understand sir."
"Yes, yes, neither do I, but what we need to discuss is what to tell your houses. I have already had the prefects of Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw in here, and you are the last two to hear this." He sighed again. "You need to inform your houses about Voldemort and his power. Tell them to be on the alert, and Hogsmeade is cancelled until further notice. Give them no reason to worry, but to be alert and brave. Voldemort has been killing and recruiting followers all over. This is the safest place to be, yet I fear, it is not safe enough."
Remus and Lily took in a sharp breath. He wanted them to tell their fellow classmates all that?
"Sir," Lily said suddenly. "Why not ask the heads of houses to do this?"
"Ah yes, a very good question indeed. Most of the other houses have had their heads deliver this, but, I am afraid that your heads, Callie and Brad, find themselves far more busy." He gave them a look that told them they shouldn't ask anymore questions. "Of course, if you do not want to deliver this message, I quite understand, seeing as it is a great burden."
"Please sir, it would be an honor to deliver such an important message." Lily said. She glanced at Remus and he nodded, looking once more at Dumbledore.
"Yes, sir. I would like to deliver this message." He said.
"Brilliant, just brilliant. I knew you two would be up for the job. I ask you two to deliver it by Wednesday this week, therefore it gives you tonight and tomorrow to decide what to say."
Remus and Lily nodded again.
"Okay then, goodnight." Dumbledore finished.
The two sixth years stood up and bid farewell to Dumbledore.
Once they were outside of the office they both began talking in hushed whispers.
"I never knew Voldemort was this bad!" Lily said.
"You didn't?" Remus asked, looking surprised. "He is, I've heard my parents talking about him all the time. It's not good Lily. Something bad is happening."
Lily nodded slowly. She didn't know that being cut off from the magical world during breaks would cause her to not know such important information.
"I don't know how we're going to say it to them without making them panic. I mean, Dumbledore said it to us and it still came as a shock."
Remus nodded. "I don't know what we're going to say either Lily, but we'll figure it out."
"I hope."
"We will," Remus confirmed. "It will all be okay soon."
"I hope." Lily said again.
A/N: What do you think? I know, I know, my chapters have been verrryyy short! I will make them longer! They'll be more interesting too, so, please stick with me! Thanks to all those who Read and Reviewed. If you haven't, please do! But if your just reading to read, as i used to do, thats okay too! K BYE:
