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Hermione2012: aww, I'm so sorry because this story is near to the ending. But maybe I could do some little magic (winks).
CHAPTER 20: AGAIN?
"James, no!" Lily shouted as she found herself standing on top of a high building. "Don't jump!"
"Lily!" James gasped, looking at her. Lily saw that James would not really jump; he was holding a bottle of poison. "What are you doing here?"
"I want you to drop that bottle this instant, James Potter," Lily demanded in a mother-like way.
"It's too late, Lily. I am here to pay for everything," James said in a monotone.
"Pay for what?" Lily repeated.
"I did bad things to you before, and until now," James said from afar. "And you don't want to see me again, after you knew what I have done before. But believe me, Lily, I did it for your good."
"What good, James?" Lily cried, tears streaming down her eyes. "If you try to kill yourself, I'll also die. There's no good in store with that!"
"Lily…" James whispered. With no other thoughts in his head, he dropped the bottle, the thing falling down the building.
Lily ran towards James, hugging him tight in a way that James was suffocating. "Why are you doing this?" she asked, crying.
James took hold of Lily and said, "You know, Lily, you're really unpredictable."
Lily looked at James. "What do you mean?"
James smiled gently. "Before, you told me to leave you alone because of the bet. I lost this bet, Lily. Now, I decided to go, you stopped me."
"But, James, I did not mean it!" Lily apologized. "Really, I'm just a little mad at that time." She touched his face. "You know I won't leave you, not ever."
"I know," James replied. "A little mad? You're always like that, Evans. Uncontrollable, and stubborn," James continued.
Lily smiled in embarrassment. "I know. But that's the way you like me, right?"
"You know, I really knew that you love me," James said smugly.
"Why did you say so?" Lily replied sarcastically, an eyebrow raised.
"Because you never left when I requested you to stay with me," James answered. He reached out to embrace Lily when there was a green flash.
"Avada Kedavra!" a voice shouted. It was Janice. "Oh, together again," she said in an innocent tone.
"Janice, how did you…?" Lily started to ask but James immediately pulled her to the side.
"We left you under Dumbledore's guard!" he shouted.
"Well, let's just say that we got some of his white hairs for an hour," Janice said. "Besides, we're not here to talk about that. We're here to talk about your wedding," she pointed her wand to the couple and continued, "in hell. Avada Kedavra!"
James pushed Lily away and he jumped away to duck the spell. Quickly, Lily took out her wand and said, "Janice, you're always unfair."
"Do you want me to be fair, Lily? Let's have a duel, then," Janice invited, posing the dueling pose and ready to bow. "Oh, trust my, Lily. When you bow, I won't kill you."
Lily bowed, though her eyes were fixed to Janice. "No, Lily!" James shouted from the side. Lily looked at him sadly. She smiled and waved her wand, causing James to float in midair. He was inside a gigantic shield bubble.
"I'm sorry, James. This is my fight," Lily replied.
"Let's start," Janice said, her eyes widening crazily. "Crucio!" she shouted.
Lily gasped and said, "Protego!"
The curse bounced back and made the ground shake. The two women started to exchange curses and jinxes and thankfully, Janice did not resort to using the Killing Curse.
"Why aren't you using the Avada Kedavra?" Lily asked sarcastically.
"Well, I just want you to suffer before I kill you. Destroy your beautiful face. I think that's the best, Incendio!" Janice shouted, flames erupting from her wand. Lily jumped out of the way and placed her head to the ground. She looked up, her face stinging. A part of her cheek was burned. She touched that part.
"Well, if I manage to burn all of your face, dear James won't love you anymore," Janice said. "He only sees beauty."
"That's not true!" Lily shouted. She disarmed Janice. All at once, Janice ran to her and started to attack her manually to get her wand back. Anything. In return, Lily kicked and punched her as she can, trying to be fair. "Is that all?" she asked.
"No, of course," Janice said. She took out a glowing silver knife and stabbed Lily. Because of this, she managed to get her wand back.
Lily whimpered in pain. "What did you do?" she choked out.
"I think you don't have the chance to live, Evans," Janice said. "Even if you best friend is the best healer in the world. I dipped this dagger," she showed it and the red blood of Lily turned dust and disappeared, "in the Immunity Potion. You will not be cured."
"No!" Lily shouted. She muttered an incantation the sent Janice zooming out and down the building. However, as she held a pole for her dear life, Janice also muttered an incantation that popped the shield bubble of James.
"Say goodbye, Lily," Janice cried crazily as she let go of the pole where she was holding on.
"James!" Lily shouted. She attempted to save him but she's suffering from loss of blood. Thinking blurrily, she jumped and embraced James, causing her to fall down that building with him.
a/n: so, will they die (what a dumb question)? I think we will find a character that you thought was a mere extra in the earlier parts of the story. Caught you off guard, huh? Everything's got a reason…
