PLOT: Lily, the smart one who would never fall for someone like James Potter. But what happens when they spend a summer together does it lead to paradise or does it lead to complete and utter chaos.
In One Moment
Chapter Fourteen: It's your fault!
In One Moment how everything can change.
One Moment! How Fate can rearrange
Your life.
Nothing ever stays the same, it seems.
One moment, and that's the end of all your dreams.
One moment, and what was love can turn to hate!
One Moment, and suddenly its to late
And you find your hopes have turned to dust
~By Cheryl Kemmeny~
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"Where the hell have you been?"
"Reading." She answered casually
"Reading, and where did you manage that?"
"Well, let's see in the new library next to Magical Menagerie."
"Well why the hell didn't you come and find us then?"
"It wouldn't make any sense considering you were looking for me."
"Well we would have bumped into each other eventually."
"Yes, you see Potter that's the key word eventually it might of taken two or three hours for all you know."
"SHUT-UP WILL YA!" screamed Remus. Everyone turned to face a shocked Remus as he calmed down. "Well all you to every do is fight and its giving me a headache, so if you excuse me I will be waiting in muggle London with Lily for her parents, and if any of you want to come you may." With that he grabbed Lily pulled her into the Leaky Cauldron and out into the street. There friends soon followed and not a word was spoken for a good while.
"Any one know the time?" Lily asked
"Yea, its four o'clock why?"
"Well, Aiofe you know my parents they are extremely punctual and well it's highly unusual for them to be late."
"Well, maybe there is traffic."
"They always leave a half hour before they need to get somewhere to allow for traffic."
"Well . . ." her comment was cut off by a loud screech that was coming from a large black owl. The owl was heading their way and it stopped directly in front of Lily. "Lista? What are you doing here?" Lily asked the owl.
"Lista?" questioned James
"Yes, its my uncles owl, he came with us to Diagon Alley once and was fascinated by the owl he had to buy it."
"Oh."
(Lily speaks to the owl in Hungarian this time but I am not going to write it in Hungarian because it might be a little confusing just keep in mind everything she says the marauders, Aoife, Nula, and Roisin don't understand)
"What are you doing here? Geoff never sends post!" at that the owl stuck out his leg and beckoned for Lily to take it. Take it she did but she didn't open it. "In order for you to come find me it must be something urgent tell me!" at that the owl peered into her deep green eyes and her into his brown orbs. A light seemed to pass between the two like they were communicating. "No, no this can't be true! It isn't, and I will prove it follow me to my house." she screamed. It was just her luck that an empty taxi was passing by so she flagged it down and dropped the letter. She left her belongings and the letter behind with her friends and quickly departed.
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"Lily, wait!" called Remus, though it was too late she was already in the taxi. "Wait!" he called waving his hands in the air ,but she ignored him. "Guys why the hell did she do that?"
"How would we know I mean she didn't speak English when she was talking to the owl."
"Your right James, I mean she must be insane, I don't even talk to animals, food yes animals no."
"Sirius act your age for a moment something is seriously wrong with Lily, I mean she wouldn't leave all of her stuff here without a reason."
"James, maybe we should open the letter."
"Ro, what letter?"
"This letter." she answered waving it in front of his face. "Maybe it will tell us why she is so upset."
"Well Ro, she didn't even read the letter, so that can't be the answer."
"Wait Remus maybe she is right, I mean maybe the owl somehow told her what was in the letter."
"Well I guess it's worth a shot." So James ripped open the letter and read the contents out loud. " My dearest Lily, your witch of a sister Pet has informed me that your parents were attacked today in front of your house and your father is dead, and your mother has been brought to some weird hospital. Pet said that you were never to come home and if mom died she would kill you and your freakish friends. She's beyond boiling point and I say she will kill you."
"Um, guys I think Lily is in big trouble, maybe we should go help her."
"How Aoife I mean we don't know where she lives!"
"Well she has her name and address written inside her trunk come on and well look." They proceeded to open her trunk and find out where she lived the just didn't know how to get there. "Um, how are we going to get there?"
"Do, what she did flag down one of those black cars and get in."
"How about you do it Aoife."
"Fine." She made her way to the curb and flagged down one of the cars and they threw Lily's stuff in the trunk and decided who would go get her and then they would all meet up later. They decided James, Aoife and Remus would go and they would meet them at the hospital once they found out what it was. It took them a good twenty minutes to arrive at her house. They all clamored out and made they're way to the front door and saw it was ajar so they stepped in. They walked down the hall and heard screaming coming from the back of the house. They silently made there way towards the kitchen and saw through the patio doors Lily screaming at some girl and a guy was sitting in a lawn chair watching them.
"You freak it's because of you dad is gone and you better pray that mom is okay!"
"What do you mean my fault Pet? I mean at least I was here for them! I wasn't gallivanting with my more than ugly boyfriend!"
"Why you little wench! That school of yours has corrupted you! You're a freak, and I they come for me Lily I will haunt you for the rest of my life!"
"How can you if they kill you?"
This was parley a screaming match and Lily's friends were astonished, I mean she had blown her temper with them but she was going all out. This was her own sister I mean what could she have done to be treated like this.
"Well I'll . . . . I'll find a way!"
"What did I do Pet, huh? What did I do to get you to hate me and ridicule me and make you treat me like shit?"
"What did you do? What didn't you do? I mean you were always the perfect one and the innocent one. They praised you for being a witch Lily while you were away! Never once did I hear good job Petunia, no it was always you should do as good as Lily. They were comparing me to you and I am four years older for Christ's sake!"
"So that's your reason? Envy, you envy me."
"Envy you no, despise you hate you yes. You are a freak! You and your witch friends, you're all freaks!"
"I think you're jealous!"
"Of you, never."
"Really, I think you are jealous because I don't look like a horse faced bitch who was run over by a truck!" The look on Petunia's face was one of complete and utter rage as Lily kept throwing out insults. "You're jealous of my grades, and that I had friends, and people didn't think I was a stuck up bitch!"
"No Lily I am not jealous of you I have friend's grades and the love of my life which is more than I can say for you."
"Yea, your friends probably bitch about you behind their backs and your love looks like he ate a killer whale I mean he doesn't even have a neck."
"Why you bitch!"
"Shut-up Vernon this is my fight! Lily I have heard enough of your ranting and raving you just have to face the fact that you killed dad and put mom in coma! Face it Lily it is all your fault!"
"No, no, no" she chanted over and over again, and then she hit Petunia "Stop, it wasn't my fault it wasn't!" though while Lily was ranting Petunia stood on her feet again and attacked Lily. Soon their verbal fight had escaladed into a full fight. Punches were being thrown by Lily and Petunia was pulling hair and slapping her. It was chaos. Vernon went in to pull them apart but all he got was a good kick in the mouth, so the boys decided to interfere. They quickly pulled the girls apart and Remus gave a kicking and twisting Petunia to Vernon, who spat in his face. Remus did nothing but walk over to Lily which made Vernon twice as mad. James was holding a shaking Lily close to him as she sobbed into his chest.
"This can't be happening he isn't dead!" she started to pound on his chest and he let her. She kept going until he felt her knees buckling so he slowly lowered her to ground, while Aoife assessed the damage that had been done. There was nothing but a few scratches, Lily seemed to fair better than Petunia. She had a black eye and a swollen lip along with scratches all along her body.
"Shush Lily its going to be okay." James assured her while rocking her back and forth. Remus and Aoife went inside to get some ointment and bandages leaving them alone with Pet and Vernon. This wasn't going to be good.
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A/N: Okay well, I know I am evil for stopping it there but I decided to because I am tired. Oh, well don't worry I won't keep you hanging for long the next chapter should be here by Saturday. That's 1/24/03. So review, review!!! Thank you so much for reading! I hope you liked it and I hope to read your reviews soon! Keep Reviewing
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Updated: 1/19/04
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