Disclaimer: The characters are from the imagination of the brilliant woman named JK Rowling… my characters are from me, and so is my plot but that's all I own!

Authors Note: You have no idea about how bad I feel for not updating, I've been lazy and so extremely busy that I haven't quite had the time! I'm so sorry and I can't stress that enough! I'm going to try to update at least once a week from now on!

Chapter Fifteen: Opals

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It was a dreadfully hot mid-May day, too hot to stay inside that is. The second classes were over it seemed as if people just bolted out the doors to get onto the grounds so they could relax, and have fun. The excitement that school would be over in just about a month seemed to be everywhere, some people where happy to be getting out of school, while others, especially the 7th years were sad to be leaving such a wondrous place.

Just like everyone else James and Lily were ecstatic to be done with classes for the day. The second Slughorn let them out of classes, they dashed to the Gryffindor common room, dropped off their book bags and headed out for a mid-afternoon stroll.

Lily loved being with James because he took her to new and exciting places, and new everything and anything about Hogwarts. Not only was he smart but he was handsome as well, and Lily told him this every single day. Sometimes she would ask herself why he picked her, but she would think about it so hard that it would make her head hurt, so in the end she would always have to stop.

Likewise James loved Lily's wittiness and her willingness to test him even though they were dating. And she was so beautiful, which was always a plus with her auburn red hair and almond green eyes. She has also hated him for the previous five years, and the fact that she had given him a chance had never ceased to amaze him.

They walked almost around the whole lake, in perfect silence, not saying anything. Someone once told James that true friendship was when you could sit not saying anything and be perfectly comfortable with it. That's how it was with them, and the two of them were enjoying every second of it.

Finally Lily said "James, I'm the luckiest person on earth, you want to know why?" he grunted in response "because I have you as my boyfriend, and I love you more than anything in the world" she glanced over to see his response and he looked into her eyes to see if what she had said was true. The second he did so he knew she wasn't lying, so he smiled and bent down to kiss her.

She reached her arms around his neck and he ran his fingers through her silky hair. Both of them were so happy that they didn't realize when Lily took a step back and hit a fairly large rock and tripped backwards over it. She hit the soft grass and started laughing at how silly the circumstance was.

She felt something strange on the small of her back though and moved a little bit to find once of the prettiest necklaces that Lily had ever seen. It had a gold chain, and a fairly small opal pendant.

When Lily looked into the pendant the colors reflected at her, and though she wasn't sure if she could tell or not but it looked like there were faces reflecting in and out of view.

"Hey James, look what I found!" Lily exclaimed "can you help me put it on?"

James looked at the necklace, and it really was very pretty, and 'Lily deserves something with that much beauty', he thought. So as she turned her back to him and handed him the necklace he took care to make sure he put it on just right, and in just the right clasp and everything.

When she turned back around, he couldn't believe how stunning it looked on Lily. He stood there gaping at her until she gave him a weird look and asked "what are you looking at?" in a teasing sort of way.

They continued their walk, with Lily's new necklace sparkling in the sunlight, and in James's eyes it added to her radiance.

Suddenly Lily was frozen mid-step she looked around her and it seemed as though time had stopped still. She took a step and was moved at such a rapid pace that she couldn't tell left from right. And it occurred to her, the necklace was some form of time turner, a time turner that she couldn't control.

The as quickly as it started it stopped again. And she stood there looking at herself at her Hogwarts graduation ceremony; she was walking up towards the podium to receive her diploma of completion of all seven years. But Lily noticed something just slightly different about herself when she was walking, there was a shiny gold badge pinned to her dress reading HG or head girl.

She watched herself walk up to the podium and shake Dumbledore's hand with her right and receive her diploma in her left. (AN: we have to practice this every year haha, I swear I'm a pro by now, just kidding sort of) Then Lily continued watching as she herself walked over and whispered "sonorous" and started making a speech.

As soon as the words started coming out of the older Lily's mouth, the present Lily was whisked backwards into reality. She went back into her body with what seemed like a thud, and it was as if it never happened. Time had literally stopped while she was visiting the future.

And then she was back to talking with James, yet she couldn't remember what they had been talking about or anything of the sort. She stopped dead in her tracks and looked over at James. He eyed her suspiciously and she tugged at her necklace, at cool as it was to know she was head girl, she was happy with her life right then and there. 'Oh no! What if when that vision takes place, I'm not with James anymore? That would be horrible!' Lily thought to herself.

She realized that she wanted to keep seeing these visions of the future, that she didn't want them to ever stop. This necklace was the best thing she had ever found in her whole life. Oh she didn't want to loose it, so she would take it off and put it in her pocket for safe keeping.

When Lily Tried to take of the necklace it wouldn't budge, the latch was permanently sealed, and it had shrunk so it was form fitting to her neck so she couldn't move it over her head. She was stuck with these visions, even though she liked them, forever or at least until the necklace had felt like it had shown her enough.

"Oh my goodness James, you would not believe what just happened, it was the most amazing thing" he gave her an amused look and asked "what is it?"

"Well you know that necklace? Well we were walking just about two minutes ago and all of a sudden time seemed to stand still, like your foot was in the air, stuck there for a few minutes or so. And then before I knew it I was racing forwards, but it wasn't like I was moving my feet or anything! I was moving in time!" Lily was just at the peak of her lovely little tale when she stopped at the look on James's face.

"You don't believe me do you?" she asked in inquisitively.

"No I do, well sort of, oh just finish your story already. But there's one thing you gotta realize love, I'm a marauder so its hard for me to not believe anything, so yes I think its possible, so now continue."

Lily glared at him for a minute before continuing and then finally said "Ok so then, I could finally see everything around me, and it was a day very much like today but, it was in the future!" at this he gave her a strange look, and she glared back at him with a look that very plainly said 'let me continue!' "So anyways we were at our Hogwarts graduation and it was my turn to go up and receive my diploma of completion of all seven years when I noticed something. There was this shiny badge on my chest, not just the prefect one which I already wear, but the one with the initials HG."

James looked at her shocked, was she lying, no of course she was telling the truth. But head girl was such an honor, and it was an honor that he himself knew he would never ever get. He was too much of a trouble maker, and he knew it. But all the same he felt a pang of jealousy that Lily was going to get a lot of fame, and even though he would still be her boyfriend, he wouldn't quite be in the spotlight though he would be close to it. But this would be her chance to shine, and he was proud of her for that.

"Wow Lily that's great! Do you think this thing really works and it really does show you the future?" he asked.

"Well I can't be sure, obviously because that won't happen for a whole year. But in my heart I believe it is…" she answered thoughtfully.

"Well I want to try it on! Maybe I'll see something good in my future too."

Lily once again tried to take it off but it just wouldn't work "well there seems to be an issue with you seeing everything. The necklace seems to be permanently attached to my neck with some sort of brilliant charm, until it decides it has shown me all it needs to show."

James looked at her, slightly disappointed that he couldn't see into his future, but he also knew that she had no control what so ever over the matter, so he decided to leave it at that. Maybe some of what she would see would include him, in fact he was sure of it.

So they continued walking hand in hand during the glorious mid-Spring day. They were filled with happiness, especially Lily with her newly recovered information about her future. Then when the sun started setting James led her off into the Forbidden Forest.

"James we aren't allowed to be in here its off limits to all students who do not wish to die a most painful death, at least that's what Dumbledore says" James glanced at her, smirked then continued walking.

"Excuse me, what are you smirking at, I don't see any reason for it and I think it's rude! Just because I'm a prefect, and I know I'm known for my goody two shoes reputation, doesn't mean I can't reinforce the rules."

"Love, I'm a marauder, I've been in the Forest at least a thousand times, if not more, and I certainly don't seem to be dead quite yet do I? I mean you must have been in here at least once!" James said in an amused sort of voice.

He tugged at her hand and whispered "come with me" and so she followed him. For a while he followed the trail ahead of them, then he took a sharp right turn and she continued to follow him. Then they went off trail, and finally he stopped, looked around, and turned to the left again. And just ahead there was a sort of clearing, and then at the edge of that a sort of cliff thing.

Lily gasped, it was breathtaking, below her was a valley with lots of trees and soft green grass, and a crystal clear river that she could almost see perfectly from about thirty feet up.

"Wow James, this is gorgeous, thank you for taking me here" James took out his wand and said a spell that Lily didn't know, probably because it was one of the marauder ones she thought. Well either way, out of James's wand popped two sandwiches, pumpkin juice, and plenty of sweets, and a blanket for them to sit on.

It was delicious, and cozy. She looked up at James and he grinned at his luckiness. Lily matched his grin with a big smile and the same thoughts.

After they had finished the feast, the sun was almost completely set, but there was a slight glimmer of pink that still hung in the air. Lily snuggled closer to James and put her head on his shoulder. He put his arm around her, then lifted up her chin and gave her a short sweet kiss. They broke away, then just sat there in silence completely content.

Lily was the one who broke the silence. She started to sing. Her voice was one of the best James had ever heard. The song went like this:

If life was all a fairy tale and all was good and bright,

And then the witch would come and make everything night.

The prince would go to rescue the damsel in distress

And he would ask her…

If I were to die, would you even look twice?

If I were to disappear from this earth, would you even cry?

If I were to leave this place would you come with me too?

But the real question is:

If I were to love you, would you love me too?

If I were to kiss you, would you kiss me right back?

Is this love so true,

That we can be together forever.

And laugh the night away,

Make love till midnight, and be there to stay.

If I were to love you…

James just stared at her in amazement. She was such an awesome singer, it was a talent he knew she was good at, but not that good. "Wow where did you learn that Lily?" James asked her.

"I wrote it when I was younger" she beamed with embarrassment, and red rushed to her cheeks and she blushed furiously. "I don't know, we were so quiet, which was nice, and it felt like the right moment or something."

James smiled; he loved how random Lily could be at times. Then for the second time that day, time stood still. Lily felt a rushing feeling once again.

This time she was looking at about a nineteen year old version of herself. The older Lily was standing in a room working on this big red curtain, under a huge arch. "You know" the older Lily said "I'm not sure how the veil is going to work, I mean really what is the point of it?" the younger Lily glanced at the colleague that the older version of her was talking to. She couldn't believe her eyes! It was Katrina!

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Authors note: ok I know it took me forever! But I've been so busy! My mom had surgery yesterday, so I've been friend hopping, as for who I'm staying with. So I finally got the chance to post this. I'm going to post one every Saturday, if possible. Please don't kill me for the wait. Ok now I know you are all probably grumbling at how lazy I am, but could you please review? It would make me soooooooooo happy! You don't even have to say nice things, just say your opinion! Thank you tons!

Oh and also I know this was kinda a weird ending, sort of cliffie, but I swear I'm going to end the vision in the next chapter, but I felt like I had to post something, and it seemed like an alright place to stop. Oooh and I wrote the song, and if you don't understand how it's a song (like the lyrics or something) give me your email and I can send the song to you (like me singing it.)

Flora