Lily lay in a small meadow in the Forbidden Forest with Leo and Tear at her side. They had wrestled and fought until the edge of her anger had receded. She wasn't embarrassed at the school knowing she had been raped. It didn't matter.
That had been the thing that Tom had told her when she had started to go into depression after she had recovered. 'You can't change the past anymore than you can change the present.
You could change the future and you know that the most since you have most of the Seer blood in our veins. Choices make up the future but not the past. Dwell in the past, Lily, and your future will be bleak and colorless.'
Those were his exact words, she mused as she stared at the stars. When she had come across him in the ally all those years ago she had sensed the darkness in him. The sheer amount of it had frightened her but she had seen things that would make any sane person plead suicide so she had confronted him.
They had talked and found the blood bond. He was feared in the Wizarding World as Voldermort but she didn't fear him. When she had finally let him into her heart their Seer blood had activated and they had seen it, her death and the death of her soul mate that she didn't even know. Her death at his hands.
They had accepted it and cherished the time together. So for the first time in a while she reached out through their mental connection, shielding her thoughts from him, and spoke, "Tom?" "Lily. Are you alright?"
She smiled at his voice, "yes I am alright now Tom. I thank you for stopping me in there. It seems the legendary temper that runs in our blood took advantage of me." She heard his mental laugh, "Of course blame it on the temper. Just be careful Lily. I see what will happen and the dark side is not for you.
Be careful you don't come over unconsciously." "I will Tom. I love you. Take care." "I love you too Lily. Take care yourself and get out of that forest and into the castle where it's warm."
She chuckled at his demanding tone he always took when he wanted her to do something. She stood and motioned to Leo and Tear, "I'm heading in. Thank you for helping me work off my anger. I'm sure Mimi has a treat in the kitchens for you two."
The panthers made a feral grin, which made a lot of teeth into the concoction and said their thanks and took off. Lily made her way through the forest like it was her own room, watching she didn't step on any nests or traps.
She exited the forest and the crescent moonlight fell upon her graceful features. The clothes she had run off in had been scratched and bloodied with her battled with the cats and had to be disposed of.
She always had a spare in the meadow where she had them protected from the inhabitants of the forest. She didn't go into the Entrance Hall but into a passage way at the side that lead to the four way passage where she took the north to the Head Girl room.
She entered and immediately went to her dresser to grab clean clothes and entered the bathroom. IT was empty so she locked both doors and cranked the shower on as hot as it would go, tossed her clothes, and stepped under the scolding spray. She didn't even suppress the moan of joy.
James heard the shower go on and knew it was Lily. He went into the spare room and told Moody, who was talking into the fire to someone. He nodded and James left and waited in the common room for her.
She came down about 10 minutes later in black, hip hugger, flare jeans and a long sleeved red shirt. She looked from Remus, who had joined them earlier with Dumbledore, Moody, and them James himself. She cocked her hip on the arm of an armchair, "well I get my own personal reception committee.
Don't think I'm going to apologize for Black, I didn't kill him and he deserved it." Dumbledore nodded, "I understand that Miss Evans and I wouldn't ask that of you. Mr. Black deserved what he got.
But I have to ask, why didn't you kill him. It was clear that spell that was at your fingertip would have killed him if you had issued it." She looked at Dumbledore, "my cousin chose that time to pop into my head giving me the pros and cons of transforming my power like that.
It showed me why I don't kill, even for survival." She caught his questioning look and answered it before he asked,
"my power is so immense that if I do an act of evil, killing someone, torturing an innocent with out qualm, any act that would leave a blackened soul, it would cause the balance of my power to shift to darkness and it would erupt without the control I use to balance it and would cause darkness to flood the world and the elements to cause havoc and destroy the world slowly."
That explanation had everyone gaping. Dumbledore recovered first, "and you keep sane how?" She grinned, "Sheer will and love for my cousin and you Moody.
Now if we are done with this interrogation I assure you that my power is under control but if someone pulls another prank like that I can guarantee nothing. I'm hungry so I'm off to the kitchens so adios." And just like that she left the staring group after wondering what the hell to think of this new Lily.
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