Marlene grumbled. After apparating into Hogsmeade halfway through the city Lily had collapsed. Marlene now carried her so that her head, two arms, and some of her chest hung over her left shoulder and her feet, legs and lower stomache hung across her right. As Marlene shifted her grasp on Lily's ankles and wrists she mumbled to herself. Deep down though she was concerned about Lily. As Lily's head hit against Marlene's arm Marlene felt a trickle of something warm and wet run down her arm.

"Please just let it be sweat, please."

As she glanced down she saw a trickle of blood running down her arm. Marlene then pleaded it was her own blood not..

"No I won't think it." She turned to look at Lily's head. Her skin had become so fragile when it hit Marlene's arm it not only bruised but the blood had seeped out through the skin. What had been a slow stumbling walk quickly turned into a flat out run. It turned into a race. A race for Lily's life.

As Marlene started to run two figures stepped into the auror department of the ministry of magic. The guy at the head desk of the auror compartment looked up. He had scruffy brown hair and a beard. With yellow rimmed eyes this man looked frightfully like a lion!

"Hello Scrimegrour." Dorcas Meadowes greeted the lion man cheerfully.

Scrimgrour quickly asked

"State your name and business. Wait aren't you a friend of Lily's?" Dorcas turned and winked to her companion subtly.

"Yeah I guess you could say that. The name is Dorcas Meadowes, I'm here to make an inquiry." She leaned over the desk, put on her most serious look and looked Scrimgrour right in the eye.

"It's about her."

"You mean..."

"Yeah, I need to talk to Moody, ASAP."

"Right on it Miss Meadowes." As Scrimgrour walked off Dorcas turned to her partner.

"Harry go ahead and let down your hood." Harry stopped looking around and looked at her. Harry laughed.

"I'm sorry," he said as he let down his hood "I'm just afraid they'll recognize me. Dorcas suddenly whipped around her hazel eyes hard.

"Name, bussiness, and saftey question, now." Only then did Harry notice that a wand was pointing at the throat of an old man with a very chiseld face. Harry squinted and scanned this face with a missing nose.

"It's okay Dorcas, it's him" Without even turning around Dorcas asked

"How do you know?" A quick reply was returned

"I'll tell you later." The man rolled his eyes.

"Potter, look Miss Meadowes you needed to talk to me."

"Sure did mister Moody. Lily's in trouble. She has been getting messages over the summer from a particular hissing gentleman. I need you to put two at least two aurors for the rest of the summer at my disposal so that I can protect her." She leaned over the table to talk to him.

"Listen Moody I need the best of the best. I better get it or else. I'll find a very creative problem to create for the ministry. Preferably one that involves a lot of paper work." Moody stood up.

"Mr. Potter may I speak with you for a moment?"

A young girl walked in the door. Just as two people stepped out of the kitchen.

"Lily you were supposed to be home fifteen minutes ago..." A teary eyed brown haired girl with purple eyes looked up at them instead. She rushed over to Lily's mother and started to cry.

As Mrs. Evans soothed Jade, Mr. Evans walked over and closed the door. When Jade finally stopped crying she looked up. A smiling face looked down on her, a smile that Jade was going to cause to disapear faster than any magic ever could make it.

"Mr and Mrs. Evans, you guys are going to need to sit down." as they sat Jade took a deep breath.

"We were on our way home, a little early actually, and we were attacked." At this a collective gasp was heard. Surprisingly though it was not Mrs Evans but Mr Evans eyes that filled with tears. Mrs. Evans had a strange look on her face like suddenly Jade had announced that she now had to carry the whole world on her shoulders.

"Matthew calm down. She just said they were attacked." She turned her attention back to Jade.

"What happened dear?"

"Welll. Lily did some impresive magic but over strained herself so now she is in the hospital wing at Hogwarts. She should be fine." Jade stood up. "But don't count on it. I'm gonna go. I've gotta go find some people who can help us." She apparated leaving two people there in shock who needed to be alone.

Marlene ran faster and faster. Suddenly in her place was a black jaguar with a delicate Lily strapped to her back. Faster and faster the jaguar ran until it came upon the gates of Hogwarts.

"Rowwwwwwwl, ROOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWL." Suddenly juguar stood up and where it had stood a young woman with hair as dark as its fur stood in it's place.

"HEELLP, please." The doors to the school of legend opened and Proffessor Dumbledore stepped out.

"No time to talk professor, follow me. She once again shifted into the form of a jaguar and started to run. She ran for what seemed like ages ,Lily's life flashing before her eyes and the walls and floor flashed around her. She continued this pace until she reached the hospital wing. Quickly she morphed back and realized that she was all alone, she had lost professor Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey was at St. Mungo's helping out.

"Perfect" She placed Lily on the bed and started to take care of her. Careful to place her in the moonlight that would speed up the process she prepared what she needed. With her catlike eyes to see in the dark she quickly shoved two tubes down Lily's throat enabling her to breathe and be fed. This was met that told Marlene that Lily was still semi-concious. Marlene summoned a dreamless sleep draught and poured it down one of the tubes. Lily's eyes shot open and then rolled back into her head. Marlene quickly took out three tiny bottles. One was golden when she opened the bottle she slipped one down the tube and down her own throat. Felix Felices. Luck in a tube. Marlene felt as if a little voice in her head popped up. And immediatley started invading her thoughts. 'The green one first dear, then the pink one. Wait five minutes. Then add this special mixture of memory drought, newtscales, thought drought, owl feathers, a sturdy rope, a piece of her gown ,you know which one, and one of your own hairs. Marlene summoned all of the items to her. She knew from the voice in her head that after she added the now purple mixture what she had to do.

The sweet juice seemed to sing as it went down the tube in Lily's throat. Suddenly she started to jerk, and sweat, she was having a seizure. Marlene swiftly used a green and blue glowing dagger to gut deep across integral veins. She grimaced as she did the same to a thrashing Lily. In one swift movement she grabbed Lily's hands and pressed their bleeding arms together. Lily stopped and fell on top of Marlene. Marlene fed her life force into Lily.

"Sister, share the burden. Sister share the pain. If you don't we both will perish." Lily shuddered and her eyes rolled. Going deeper and deeper into the magic. Both she and Lily started to glow and with the moonlight showing on both of them they collapsed Marlene locked into the fight to keep alive with Lily and Lily fighting in her mind for a release.

As Harry was walking back over toward Marlene a brown haired girl appeared out of thin air. She looked upset and impatient it was clear that she wanted to leave.

"Marlene, a moment of your precious time." The brown haired girl asked sarcastically.

"Sure." They walked a short distance away before the girl with the brown hair started to talk.

"Call him over here please. We need to get the Aurors and fast.

"Sure Jade. Harry come over here please." Harry trotted over to them.

"You called?" with an annoyed eye roll she responded.

"Cut to the chase. We know Mad Eye assigned the Aurors. Who are they?"

"Harry quickly replied for the time being we have a girl named Emily Presip and me." As Dorcas looked skeptical Harry hastened to reassure her.

"No, no, no. I know her. One of the best in disguise and very... gifted with difficult spells. She's one of the best." Jade cut in.

"I had no idea you are an auror."

"Certified and trained." Harry turned to Dorcas. "The next step my fair lady." Dorcas hastily blushed and said we apparate as soon as this Emily gets here. A girl with blond hair quickly walked towards them. She looked to Dorcas. In a soft voice she began to speak.

"I have a portkey that will take us directly to the front gates of Hogwarts in five, four, three," All the girls reached for the book in her hand, "two, one," and all at once they were gone.

Four people gracefully landed and Emily put the book away. Dorcas being the first to recover immediately started towards the great doors. As she flung them open she talked over her shoulder.

"Lily's life force is fading. Marlene is attempting to bind it to her. We need to get there now." She briskly strode down the corridors with Jade on her heels. Emily looked at Harry and shrugged. Harry shrugged back and hurried to catch up to the girls who were now running in the direction of the hospital wing.

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