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 Fifteen: Interrogations
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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"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. Vernon looked ready to kill Lily. He was cradling Petunia, who looked like a stick in his arms, and glaring at James. He knew what James was and was disgusted, this house was going to be his and Petunia's now, and he wouldn't stand for their kind near it. He placed Petunia on the chair he had been occupying and walked over to Lily and James. He stopped when he was five feet away, he didn't want to get to close to filth like them.
"Get out of my house!" he declared, and this got Lily's attention right away and she stopped crying. She pushed herself out of James' embrace despite his protests and walked closer to Vernon.
"Your house? You aren't even part of the family, I should be telling you to leave, not the other way around."
"Well listen you wench, your dad is dead and your mum is probably going to follow, so that means the house will be Petunia's and we are getting married so it would make the house mine as well."
"My mother is not going to die! Now leave my house!"
"Whose going to make me? Surely not the other freaks you brought with you." James didn't take this remark too lightly and made to attack Vernon but stopped when he felt Lily pull him back.
"You're better than him, walk away. We need to find the others and get to the hospital. Vernon, where did they take mom?"
"I don't know your kind came and took her away somewhere."
"Saint Mungos." whispered James.
"What?"
"That's the wizarding hospital, come on I know how to get there lets go." Without another word he pulled Lily back into the house and they bandaged her up. Soon after the four off them set off the St. Mungo's
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"Evans?"
"Yes, it's my mother's last name." Lily told the patron.
"Oh, yes she was brought in here about and hour ago, she is on floor four, spell damage, room 453."
"Thank you." without another word to the patron, Lily raced towards the stairs followed by James, Aoife, and Remus. Lily was taking the steps three at a time, and it was getting harder for Aoife to keep up. She wasn't used to this much physical activity. There must have been over four hundred stairs, but they made it up all of them in record time. When the boys and Aoife reached the floor Lily was no where to be seen. So they made their way to room number 453. When they entered Lily was leaning over the bed her mother was lying on and there were about five or six Aurors there. Two of them were Mr. and Mrs. Potter, along with Aoife's and Nula's parents and brothers.
"Mum, Dad, what are you doing here?" asked James.
"We should be asking you the same thing, but considering the circumstances. . . ." his father's voice trailed off as he looked over to where Lily was crying over her mother. "I am assuming she is your friend?"
"Yea, dad she is."
"Well then, how did you arrive here?"
"Dad, not now."
"James I think this is a perfectly good time . . ."
"I hate to be rude Mr. Potter, but if you two are going to bicker, can you do it somewhere else?"
"I'm sorry dear, sometimes my husband doesn't think before he acts."
"Well, its okay . . . . .. Erm, how did she get here and why are you here?"
"We brought her in. We got there a little too late for your father but we were able to save your mother in time." replied Mrs. Potter
"Well as long as my mother's okay, everything will be back to normal."
"What about your father though?" asked James
"Oh, well he really isn't my father, he is my stepfather. My real father left my mother two years ago, and then she married Steve."
"You don't even care that he is gone?"
"Well, James, it's like this, I don't really know him because I am away half the year and most of the summer, so I don't see him at all."
"Oh." was all that he could say
"Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Potter and Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer, and Daryl and Adam." while she was thanking them she hugged each one in turn, before returning to her mother's side.
"Lily I think we should tell you what happened to your mother and stepfather." Mr. Potter stated, though before Lily could answer James cut in.
"Dad this isn't the time, I mean . . . . ."
"James she needs to know."
"I already do." interjected Lily he voice sounding hoarse from crying, and everyone looked at her startled until Adam spoke.
"How could you I mean, you just got here and we did a memory charm on your sister and her boyfriend."
"Well, I don't know exactly what happened but I know who did it and why."
"Would you care to elaborate?"
"Big words Adam, your sister might not understand what you are trying to say." commented Lily trying to break the tense mood that had settled over them, and to her surprise they all smiled. "Sure, I'll tell you what I know and then you can tell me what happened."
"Okay then."
"Well my step dad is a wizard, amazing right? Well not really my mum met him at Diagon Alley while I was in my second year. She had an affair with him, which caused Dad to leave, and then she married him. Though she didn't know Steve was a deatheater, and he was doing an undercover job for The Dark Lord. His job was to get me to join his ranks, he said and I quote You have the makings of being great, come with me and together we will rule."
"So your mother married a guy who was using her to get to you?"
"Yea, but then he actually fell for my mother, which is why he married her. He continued with his plan and was about to complete it when he thought about how much it would hurt my mom if something happened to me. So he denied the Dark Lord and went into hiding. So that's why he wanted his head, and my mother's because she corrupted him."
"Interesting."
"You find him killing my step dad interesting?"
"No, that he wants you."
"Adam, what are you talking about?"
"Well you have to have some amazing power for him to want you . . . . ." the look on Lily's face seemed to give away that she was hiding something so he asked her again. "You don't have any do you?" for a few moments there was nothing but silence until she spoke.
"Erm, kind of."
"Kind of? What does that mean?"
"Well, I can kind of talk to and sort of control animals."
"Kind of and sort of or can you."
"Alright Adam, you are so pushy, I can okay!" she screamed and then looked at everyone as she calmed down, and started to cry. Seeing her cry James ran too her side and held her in his arms. He then shooed everyone out of the room, and told them she needed time. He held her for a while after everyone left until she started to calm down, and then he released her and placed her on the couch.
"You need some rest."
"Do you have to go?"
"Not if you don't want me too." when he finished speaking she beckoned him towards her and pulled him onto the couch with her. He held her close and wrapped his arms tightly around her and the two of them fell into a dreamless sleep.
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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 tomorrow or the next day. 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: 1/26/04
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE ORIGINAL HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS I ONLY OWN THE POTTERS (EXCEPT JAMES) AOIFE'S FAMILY AND LILY'S PARENTS AND FRIENDS.