Lily went through the movements of the day but her mind was on something else entirely; that faint wisp of magic in the air. She had recognized it but she just couldn't put her finger on it.
It nagged her and she knew that it would nag her until she found it out. But, she sighed; she could not trace magic wisps. There had to be more of it or she could not trace it. The days went by and autumn turned into winter.
The corridors turned dark and drafty and the outdoor classes were hell frozen over. Leo and Tear had taken refuge in Lily's room where they were always welcome and Lily kept the fires going even when she wasn't there with an everlasting fire charm.
Classes were no problem but Lily had a dark feeling. Something was going to happen and when it did hell was going to break loose. But damn it her Seer blood wasn't letting her see anything and it was annoying her to death.
People soon learned to avoid Lily if they liked their hair the color it was and not singed or burnt completely off. Then disaster happened. James came down with a severe case of the flu and there was a very, very important game against Slythrin coming up the following day.
Problem: THERE WAS NO BACK UP SEEKER! The entire team was in frenzy about what to do. There was no way they could forfeit but that was what they would have to do if they didn't get a seeker soon.
Lily heard this and she really needed something to lift her moods, she went to visit James with a proposition. James was lying in the hospital bed, looking pretty miserable and sick. She walked over and lounged against the door waiting for him to notice.
He did. He turned his head and his red-rimmed eyes widened in surprise. He tried to say something but all that came out was a hack. Lily shook her head, "its better if we speak like this."
James looked at her suspiciously then hesitantly sent back, "why exactly are you here?" Lily took a seat in the chair beside, "I have a proposition for you since you are the Capitan of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team." James raised an eyebrow, "and why would that interest you?" "Believe it or not I am pretty good at the sport.
Its sad watching your team try to find a seeker. How about I fill in this game. If we lose, you'll get to follow me on one of my haunts." James' eyes took on a wicked light, "but what if we win?"
This was when she smirked, "you get to do my homework for a week, and I take all N.E.W.T classes, for an entire week of my choice." James weighed the pros and cons and decided, "deal."
They shook hands and they both ignored the sparks that jumped at the contact, "but why?" Lily stood, "I need something to do or I'm going to go insane." With that she walked out of the hospital wing, thus sealing James to a fate of a sleepless night he really didn't want to endure.
Sirius was speechless. Lily Evans was going to play temporary seeker at one of the most important Quidditch games of the year? This confused the hell out of Sirius, until he saw her play.
She hadn't said a word to their scoffs and muffled laughs. She had merely released the snitch from the case, waited a few minutes, and then launched off her broom. She had flown with the easy grace of practice and had stayed in the air for a few seconds before she dove, straight at Sirius.
All the while she was in complete control of her broom while diving at a 90-degree angle towards Sirius' head. Everyone had scattered except for Sirius who was rooted to the spot.
At the last second she pulled up so that she brushed Sirius' head be not an inch and when she came back up she held the snitch in her hand. That had all of the muffled snickers and scoffs dying into pure amazement.
They had thought that only James could pull off a move like that. So she was at each practice but no one else, with the exception of McGonagall, knew who their backup seeker was. Not even Dumbledore. The date for the match was coming quick and the team was getting nervous.
Lily didn't seem the least bit ruffled and always was at practice early and with the calm air of confidence. Finally the morning came and the entire team was nervous. They wouldn't eat anything and they had barely gotten any sleep.
But Lily wasn't in the least bit worried! For the first time that year she came down to breakfast and sat at the Gryffindor table. She ate like a starving trucker, which had everyone staring in amazement.
Then they all filed down to the Quidditch field. Tension was all but shimmering in the air as the Gryffindor team piled into the locker room. No one had seen Lily come in with them but she was there. Sirius gave a pathetic excuse for a pep talk and they waited for the whistle to blow for them to come out.
It blew and they all flew out in a foray. There was a collective gasp as everyone saw who the backup seeker was. The game began and at first Slythrin led but that soon changed with Lily partially damaging the Slythrin seeker, Knott, by having him follow her right into a goal post.
The game went on and on and two hours later there was a sudden silence. Lily had dove with Knott not two feet behind her and steadily dropping. Then there was an eerie silence that had nothing to do with the match. 10 dementors filed down on the field, not making a sound or breath.
Lily suddenly pulled up where she would have hit a dementor had she kept diving. She had the snitch clasped in her had but her face was anything but triumphant. It was murderous and pain filled.
The dementors tried to get near a first year student who had come out to the field late. The kid was frozen in place, unable to move. Lily whirled on her broom but even if she would have dove she would not have made it there in time.
Dumbledore was trying to get there but he too would not make it in time. Lily pulled out her wand and pointed it at the dementor from 60 feet in the air, "Expecto Patronum". It wasn't said very loud but everyone on the Quidditch pitch heard.
An enormous white light erupted from Lily's wand. It took shape when it reached the ground. A white panther raced towards the boy and dementor. It leapt and bit the dementor's throat causing the dementor to screech an inhuman sound and disappear in a cloud of decay.
The cat did the same to the others and they too disappeared. Lily landed by the shell shocked boy and pulled out a Hershey's bar, "eat." Was all she said. The boy was barely able to get the chocolate in his mouth but he immediately looked better.
Lily turned her head to look where the dementors had come from. She had a sinking suspicion as to where they had come from and she didn't like it. Tom, what are you up to and why?
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