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Ch28: Fighting and Transforming
Lily got up the next morning quite early, she couldn't sleep the only thing on her mind was that of MI-5. She wondered if James would be her new partner or perhaps one of the other guys. She quickly went to the bathroom and got changed for school. She grabbed her schoolbag which was quite hefty for just carrying two text books. She didn't think much of it seeing as the seventh years were receiving a lot of homework. She went down stairs and saw a note on the table. She picked it up.
"Hey lily morning hope you had a good night's rest I went to meet Sirius and Remus in the Gryffindor common room, we'll wait for you.
Love James"
Lily smile at the note and headed to the common room. She came to the portrait and said the password. The portrait swung open and lily entered. Remus, Emily, Sirius, Alicia, and James were sitting around.
"Hey guys, where's peter?" Lily asked seeing that he was no where to be found.
"Uh I don't know we think he headed downstairs early." Sirius said. Lily walked up to James and kissed him on the cheek.
"So are you hungry?" He asked grabbing her side and pulling her towards him.
"Actually not really, but I'll come with you to breakfast."
"Oh, Okay." James said. He grabbed Lily's hand and they all made their way to the great hall.
They entered and sat near the middle of the table with Frank and Alice. Lily looked up from pouring herself some juice and spotted Peter sitting with the Slytherins.
"Why is Peter sitting over there?" She asked putting the jug of juice down and looking over to the slytherin table.
Everyone turned to look in shock.
"Oy, Wormtail! What are you doing sitting with them?" Sirius blurted, which gained the attention of part of the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables.
The pudgy seventeen year old boy turned around from the group to look at Sirius.
Peter fidgeted for a couple of seconds before he said anything,
"I 'm sitting over here now with people who; respect me." He uttered not looking into Sirius's sharp gray eyes.
"Respect?" Sirius exclaimed turning to James and Remus with a shocked expression.
"Peter we respect you." Remus said
Several students turned away in annoyance with another Slytherin versus Gryffindor brawl.
"NO not really, you don't, but I have found new friends, who respect me."
"Respect, I don't think Snivellus even know how to respect someone let alone anyone." Sirius exclaimed getting angry at his friend's remarks, accusing the marauders of not respecting him.
"Shut up Black, at least we don't treat him like dirt." Snape said defending Peter.
"Treat him like dirt, we have never treated you like dirt, how dare you make those accusations." James exclaimed now getting angry.
"What ever Potter, I'm with a new crowd, deal with it." Peter said. James, Sirius and Remus looked away for they didn't want to start shouting in the Great hall, in front of the staff.
"Potter?" James asked himself,
"He never addresses me as Potter." He said quietly aloud.
The group ate in silence. Until it was time to go to class. They arrived in class and sat together while peter sat with the Slytherins, even Professor Slughorn thought it was a bit different that Peter wasn't hanging around with the marauders.
The class was given their assignment and every one got to work. Lily paired with James. They began to brew their potion. It was half way into class when a loud ringing noise was heard in the classroom. Everyone looked up to see what it was. Professor Slughorn also looked up.
"What is that?" he asked looking around at the students. Lily looked down into her purse and saw a white glow coming from inside her bag. She bent down and picked up her back. She rummaged through it.
"Miss. Evans what is that?" Slughorn asked.
Lily got a hold of what was ringing and lighting up, it was her cell phone. Lily's eyes widened.
"Lily?" James asked
"Sir, can I take this outside?" Lily quickly asked.
"No you may not, turn it off." He said getting annoyed with the three tone ring.
"Sir I need to answer it." Lily said.
"Then answer it here." He said
Lily looked down. The screen showed the code of K4181. Lily took a deep breath and clicked the yes button. She held the phone up to her ear and began to talk.
"Hello, this is Bernice." She said, she looked around and saw several of the students' reaction to her new name.
"Hello Ms. Bernice, this is Mr. Riddle." Said a calm, yet rough voice on the other line.
"Hello, how may I help you sir?" Lily said turning away from Slughorn.
"Where are you right now?" Riddle asked
"I' am at work and you?" Lily asked turning around once more with a serious expression.
"Ha, very funny Ms. Bernice, But you needn't to know where I am at the present moment. I would like to reschedule our travel arrangements if possible." He said twisting his wand in between his skinny fingers.
Lily walked over to her bag and pulled out her purse which she had just realized was in there.
"Well Mr. Riddle, when would you like to reschedule?" Lily asked paying no attention to James's expression. James turned to Sirius who had a curious expression.
"How about, um, well when is it good for you since you are leading the trip." He said
"Um let me check my calendar." Lily said. She began flipping through her pocket calendar.
"How's about Thursday, I can get all the equipment ready by then?" she suggested.
"Equipment?" he asked. Sitting up in his chair, he was surrounded by fellow death eaters.
"Yes equipment, like I said there will be no magic on this trip, remember?" Lily said looking towards a confused Slughorn.
"Ah yes I do, but I'd strongly think that choice over if I were you." He said.
"And why is that?" Lily asked folding her arm over her waist and putting her weight on her left hip.
"Because, Like you said their might be wizards their." He said smirking to the death eaters.
"Yes, I did say that, well I' am only allowing wands to come."
"Oh of course, wouldn't have it any other way." Voldemort said setting back in his chair.
"Very well Thursday it is I'll see you at eight o'clock in the morning at number six terrace street, London."
"Good oh and Ms. Bernice, do remember that I will be watching you" he forewarned.
"Yes I'll be watching you as well. Lily finished hanging up the phone.
She turned back to her table and slammed her fist in to the table hard, so hard she heard a crack.
"Damn it!" Lily exclaimed lifting her hand from the table. She threw her phone back into her bag.
"Ms. Evans, your hand, it's broken." Slughorn said pulling out his wand.
He said a few words, and her hand was magically healed.
"Who was that on the phone?" Slughorn asked looking at the very angered young witch beside him.
"No one," Lily said and stormed out of the room. Everyone looked at Lily until she could no longer be seen.
"Professor may I?" James asked
"Yes, and do tell me if she is alright, poor thing." Slughorn said. James quickly left the room with out even Cleaning up his cauldron. He ran through the corridors and up the stairs to the heads common room. He entered and didn't see Lily anywhere
"Lily!" James exclaimed climbing up the stairs to Lily's room.
Lily sat in her storage room rubbing her hand. She looked up once she heard her name being cried by James.
She turned from the door and looked into the mirror.
"Why did I say Thursday?" Lily asked her self.
"You still haven't duplicated the book, and the potion might not work." She told her self. Lily got up and walked to the door and in to the common room James came down the stairs and saw her. Lily looked up.
"Sorry about that." Lily said rubbing her hand once more.
"What did he say?" he asked walking up to her wrapping his arms around her.
"Nothing, I just made a stupid mistake of not giving my self or rather Ledford enough time to do something," Lily explained.
"Was that who I think it was on the thing you were talking into?" James asked not knowing the right word for telephone.
"If you thought Voldemort than yes you are, and I was talking on a cell phone." Lily clarified. Suddenly the portal door opened and the rest of the group came in.
"Lily what was that all about?" Remus asked.
"Nothing I just made a stupid mistake with the one who isn't to be named." Lily said pulling away from James's embrace.
"Voldemort that was him?" Sirius asked surprised.
"Yeah," Suddenly the door opened once more and three people entered, it was Frank, Alice and Dumbledore.
"Good afternoon, I hope you don't mind I asked Mr. Longbottom and Ms. Dashwood to come I need to speak with all of you concerning the exams you took yesterday." Dumbledore said as Frank and Alice took a seat with the others.
"Well congratulations, I have already mentioned this to Mr. Lupin and Ms. Templeton but all of you have Passed." He said cheerfully.
"Now the exam in which you took was a muggle exam, in which recruits of the very top secret MI-5 agency take."
They all looked around at each other confused.
"You all are being recruited to be MI-5 Agents just how Ms. Evans is one." He clarified seeing their confused looks.
"You have the choice of backing down from this offer, if in turn you decline, you will be forced to have a memory charm be cast upon you so will not remember a thing." He said.
The others looked around and thought for a moment.
"I'll do it." Frank said confidently.
"So will I," Alice followed.
James turned to Lily unsure of what to say.
"Once we agree we can't tell anyone about this correct?" he asked looking up to Dumbledore.
"That is correct Mr. Potter." Dumbledore said staking a seat opposite the group.
"Oh, we can't tell anyone?" Alice asked with a frown.
"No this is top secret, no one is to know, if one does find out serious consequences will be made." Dumbledore said looking over to Lily slightly.
"I'll join." James said defiantly.
"As will I." Remus said. Emily soon agreed as did Alicia and Sirius.
"Good, I'm glad. Mr. Lupin and Mr. Templeton you leave in four days for France, Ms. Evans explain to them the mission and to the others about training." Dumbledore said getting up
"Good day." Dumbledore finished and walked out of the room.
James turned to Remus and Emily.
"France?" He asked.
Remus looked to him.
"Yeah, uh Dumbledore the other night after Hogsmead gave me and Emily a job for the order to do involving Greyback in France." He simply stated.
"Yeah, come with me, all of you I want to show you something." Lily said getting up from the sofa. They followed her. She walked to the portal wall and withdrew her wand and pointed it to the wall.
"Emerald Dancer." She said loudly. Suddenly a door magically appeared. Lily turned the knob and entered. The other followed. She opened the storage room and magically set seven more chairs into the room. They all took a seat.
"Alright, now that you all are registered agents, well almost, you will be using this room quite often. This is my storage room where I keep money, weapons, identification, and identities, or disguises. What Professor Dumbledore meant by training is that, you are now working for a muggle agency, which does not use magic, we rarely use it. All of you will be trained to use a gun, a muggle weapon, combat fighting, and self defense. And guess what I will be training you along with a friend of mine named Ben Croft. You also will be paired up in partners. Dumbledore with the suggestion of Alexander Langston who is the head director of MI-5 five has already said that Remus and Emily will be partners, as for the rest of you I'm not sure. Tomorrow we will all be going to head quarters for you all to meet the staff and Langston and you all will be issued alias's and identification cards." Lily explained quite quickly.
"Whoa." Frank said.
"Yeah, it's a bit overwhelming at first, but don't worry you'll catch on to things. Oh and by the way Friday starts your training here. Wear sweat pants and good running shoes." Lily said.
She got up and walked to the closet. She pulled out a box with stickers all over it. She came back to the group. She opened the box and took out seven pieces of folded paper. She hand one to each of them.
"These are the passwords for the Portal doors, memorize them. The last two numbers are the license plates of my cars, which are stored two blocks west of the muggle entrance in a parking garage, memorize those as well."
"But Lily none of us know how to drive." Alice commented looking up form the piece of paper.
"Yes I know you will learn." Lily said, the group talked more about their new jobs and asked lily numerous questions. It was soon time for dinner. They all went to the great hall and sat down. They peered over at the slytherin table and aw that the slytherins weren't there. They shrugged it off. The marauders were still angry from what had happened that morning.
-The dungeons-
"So the plan is set then tonight at eight o'clock" Bellatrix said. Lestrange, Snape, Narcissa, Malfoy and Pettigrew were all standing around whispering to each other.
"I know for a fact that Potter and Evans will e patrolling the halls and that Lupin, Templeton, Black, and Kingston will be in the Library" Lestrange said.
"How do you know they'll be in the library?" Snape asked looking up at Lestrange.
"Because I hear Kingston and Templeton talking and Potter and Evans her head boy and head girl and they have to patrol the halls.
"So you all will get to the four of them while Bella and I get Potter and Evans." Snape clarified.
"Yes."
"What about Madam Pince?" Peter asked joining in on the conversation.
"Good question Pettigrew, uh why don't you and Lestrange distract her while Narcissa and Malfoy deal with them." Bella said looking towards Malfoy and Narcissa.
"But then it's four to two." Narcissa said.
"Fine then Lestrange can join them." Bella said.
"NO, Peter will while Lestrange distracts Pince, then it will show us how loyal he is to us, isn't that right Peter?" the cool, calm voice of Malfoy said looking towards peter.
"Uh yeah of course," He said.
"Good then it's a deal." Bella said.
-Gryffindor common room-
"Alright its five till eight we should head off to do round's Lily said putting her things away. They were all sitting in the common room. Frank and Alice left to do homework.
"Alright, you guys can stay here if you'd like." James said turning towards his friends.
"Actually we were going to go to the Library and chat and maybe come up with new cover manes for the agency." Emily whispered.
"There's no need to whisper Emily the room is clean." Lily said smiling.
"I know it's clean, I just don't want anyone to hear." Emily stated picking up her things.
"No, when I say the room is clean that means it's safe to talk about the job." Lily clearly said.
"Oh." Emily laughed and grabbed Remus's hand.
Lily and James put their things away and left the common room. Alicia and Sirius along with Remus and Emily headed to the Library.
Lily and James began walking down the hall, it was pretty deserted.
"So, how are you?" Lily asked taking hold of James's hand.
James looked over and smiled.
"Good, it's sort of weird though." He began.
"What is?"
"Well when you first told me about all of this, and about my parents I started to wonder if I was one also, it's just a bit weird that I am, who my father was you know?"
"Yeah, well. How are your parents by the way you haven't said much of them since they left a month ago." Lily said.
"That's because I haven't heard from them. Dumbledore occasionally calls me in and tells me they are fine, but other than that I don't really know."
"Oh,"
They continued walking and took away several house points from students who were making out in closets.
-Library-
"So are you all excited about the firm?" Alicia asked she was lying on Sirius's lap. They were sitting in the back of the restricted section on two couches.
"Yeah, I'm hoping to be able to help the ministry get rid of Voldemort." Sirius said. He looked over to Remus who was lying on the sofa with Emily next to him; Emily was reading another copy of les Papiers de clair de lune.
"What does it say today?" Sirius asked looking at Emily.
She looked up from the paper.
"Not much, just a few more attacks, not surprisingly a Davenport."
"Davenport?" Alicia asked.
"It's the only wizarding school for werewolves." Remus said.
"I went there in my first year then transferred when Dumbledore said I could come here." Emily said folding up the newspaper.
"Why did you leave?" Remus asked surprised that she had went there and then left.
"It was a school with mostly boys and they treated me and the other girls like crap, plus I was attacked on one of the full moons, by one of them, which turned me into a muscinian, hence why I am a muscinian." She explained
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, but at least you're here now and away from them." Remus said bending down and kissing Emily's rosy cheek.
Suddenly Emily sat bolt upright as did Remus.
"What is it?" Alicia asked getting up from her comfortable position on Sirius.
'Someone's coming." Emily whispered.
"Don't worry we have permission." Sirius said. Suddenly Narcissa Black, Lucius Malfoy and Peter Pettigrew came from behind the shelves.
They all stood up, quickly withdrawing their wands.
"Hello Malfoy." Sirius said in gritted teeth.
"Black," he responded.
"What do you lot want Alicia said stepping forward but was then shot back with a flash of light.
"Immobulus!" Sirius cried pointing his wand at Malfoy. Malfoy dodged the hex and forward on to Sirius.
"Petrificus totalus!" Remus exclaimed pointing at Narcissa. Emily was with Alicia trying to revive her from the first blow. Peter cam up to her from behind and petrified her. Remus spun around and saw what Peter had done. He pointed his wand at him.
"Expeliarmus!" Peter's wand flew out of his hand and to the floor. He spun around and Remus petrified him. Mean while Sirius was left to battle Narcissa and Malfoy.
Various curses and hexes were thrown between them, one of them causing Narcissa to fly into one of the book shelves.
-The corridor-
"Can you believe about the wolfethian war, I didn't even know it was going on?" James said as he and Lily walked.
"Neither did I, Emily nor Remus have mentioned it before, I was a bit surprised they even knew about it, but I guess Emily would because her parents were pure breeds, at least that's what she told me."
"Yeah," James said. They turned the corner and came face to face with Severus Snape and Bellatrix Black.
"Hello Potter." Snape said holding up his wand. James quickly with drew his, but Snape was too quick. James was shot against the wall. His back hitting hard against the cold stone. Lily withdrew her wand quickly and went after Snape but Black came after her. Black threw a hex at Lily causing her to fall. Bella came up to Lily and kicked her in the side. Lily rolled over in pain, tears coming to her eyes.
James managed to regain strength and lifted his wand, he yelled out a random curse causing Snape's body to lock. Bella turned around and undid the curse and turned back to Lily. Lily had gotten up off the floor and pulled back her arm and swung it towards Bella's jaw. Her fist met with Bella's jaw hard and Bella fell back wards, but Bella rubbed it off and flung her feet underneath Lily causing her to fall onto the floor. Bella then hit lily in the back with her foot. Lily cried out in exhaust and pain.
James saw what was going on and headed to Lily but Snape locked his body so he couldn't move and broke his glasses and nose.
-Library-
Remus got up and headed towards Narcissa but was shot with a strong hex that caused him to fall to the ground in pain. Emily ran to his side while Alicia went to help Sirius who had just been thrown to the wall.
Emily bent down and saw that Remus's eyes were yellow and his ear started to turn pointy. She quickly dragged Remus out of the room and into another part of the library, what ever the hex was that hit him, it was making him transform. Emily quickly formed a wall surrounding them. Remus began to shake profusely and transform. Emily then transformed at will and fought with Remus to keep him under control. She let out a loud howl letting them know that they had transformed. Sirius turned away from Malfoy as he heard the howls; he quickly looked to Alicia who had a bloody nose. She along with Narcissa looked up at the cry of the howl. Malfoy also looked up.
"Werewolf," Narcissa said and quickly got to her feet shoving Alicia into the wall.
Malfoy also shoved Sirius to the ground and ran out of the library with Narcissa. Outside stood Lestrange with Madam Pince he was keeping her distracted with the topic of being a librarian. Lestrange looked over as two students ran towards them.
"Werewolf, there is a werewolf in the library Pince!" Narcissa exclaimed running to her.
"Oh my . . ." she began and ran into the Library.
"Everyone get out!" She shouted. The entire room of students looked up with frightened looks; they followed her demands and left immediately.
Madam Pince ran directly to the Head Master's office as fast as she could.
Sirius transformed into a dog and followed the sounds of fierce howls and fighting. He went around the corner and saw a stone wall. He ran back to Alicia and transformed to himself. He unpetrified Peter, unwillingly and picked up Alicia they made their way to the library entrance just as Dumbledore, Slughorn, Madam Pomfrey and McGonagall entered.
"Professor, Remus and Emily are both transformed but I thin Emily made a wall barrier around them.
"You three report to the hospital wing and stay there." Dumbledore ordered. Pomfrey and McGonagall entered the library and headed to the back.
-The corridor-
Lily got up and kicked Bella in the stomach. Bella fell over. Snape turned away from the petrified and now bleeding James. He withdrew his wand from his side and aimed it at Lily. Lily quickly turned around and leapt herself off of the ground, doing a barrel roll landing on the other side of Narcissa. James looked up and saw Lily go after Snape fan kicking him in the face. She fell sideways and hit the cold stone floor, he quickly pulled himself up even though he was in a lot of pain and whirled around, hitting Lily in the chest. Lily flung backwards hitting the stone ground. The wind was knocked out of her. She looked up at a very angered Snape who had blood dripping from his lower lip. He bent down and grabbed lily's shirt. She grabbed a hold of his writs and was lifted up off the floor as she was lifted she lifted her head bunting it in to Snape's. He fell back wards and lily dropped to the floor. She scrambled over to James and released him. She helped him get up.
"Thanks, you alright?" he asked picking up his wand from the ground. He turned and saw Snape unconscious on the floor.
"You hit pretty hard, whoa." James commented. Suddenly Argus Filtch entered the corridor with Mrs. Norris. Lily looked up.
"What have you two. . ." he started, but Lily then cut him off.
"Get Dumbledore now!" She demanded. Filtch just stood there surprised by her demand.
"Go!" James said. Filtch quickly scrambled off. Within a few minutes the teachers arrived.
"What on earth happened here?" Slughorn asked, looking down at Bella and Severus's bodies.
"They attacked us sir with numerous hexes, we managed to defend ourselves through muggle tactics." Lily said strongly. She looked up to Dumbledore who had just arrived to the scene.
"Professor, take these two students to the medical ward. Mr. Potter and MS. Evans come with me." Dumbledore ordered. Lily and James obeyed. They followed him in silence all the way to his office. They entered.
"Now tell me what happened." He said firmly.
"We were patrolling the halls sir, when we turned into the corridor we were met by Snape and Black, Snap threw a hex at James then I started at him but was cut off by a hex that was thrown at me from Bella." Lily explained.
"I see, and you two used muggle tactics, well you did Ms. Evans to defend yourselves?"
"Yes sir." James said whipping the blood from his nose.
"Both of you go to the hospital wing, the others are there as well." Dumbledore said.
"Others, sir?" James asked.
"Yes it appears that Mr. Snape's and MS. Blacks friends ganged up on the other marauders, Ms. Templeton and Ms. Kingston as well, although Mr. Lupin and Ms. Templeton are in the Library transformed." He said standing.
"Transformed," Lily exclaimed.
"Yes Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall found a Moonlight box at the scene. Mr. Black has told us it was directed at Mr. Lupin and Ms. Templeton Transformed at will to protect the others. Now go to the Hospital, I will talk to you more tomorrow."
Lily and James left the office hand in hand with their wands by their side. They walked into the ward and found Sirius and Alicia lying on the beds near the end of the ward. They rushed over. Alicia was asleep and Sirius lay awake. He looked up.
"What the hell happened to you two?" he asked looking up at the roughed up couple.
"We were attacked by Snape and Bella. How's Alicia?" James asked.
Sirius looked over to the sleeping girl who had scrapes on her face and hands.
"She was hit with a cruccio, by Narcissa, that evil bitch." He said.
"Where's Peter?" Lily asked.
"He took off, Pomfrey healed him."
"Where's Remus and Emily, were they injured also?" James asked looking about the room.
"Uh, well a moonbeam was shot at Remus we think, because Emily took him away from me and Alicia and they transformed in the library." Sirius said.
Madam Pomfrey soon came over and healed James and Lily and sent them to separate beds beside Sirius. They slept there for the night.
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