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This is the second to last chapter of Lily's tragedy! Things will lighten up soon!
Chapter 9 Aftermath: Part 1
By now, James had to have Sirius and Remus help him keep Lily still so that the potion would go down her throat. It was quite a funny site actually. Three fully grown wizards and a very tall and strong witch having to have to work together to surpress the brutality of the petite red headed witch.
"Lils, this is for your own good." James said while kneeling in front of her.
"I don't care about 'my own good'! I just want to see my parents! I want to see my parents!" She cried, wringing out of her friends' grips on her. Allison sighed.
"WE care about your 'own good', Lily."
"I don't care. I want my parents! I want to talk to them." James gave out a sigh. (A/N: Lily sorta believed that her parents were dead earlier, but she doesn't want to so her denial took over).
"Fine, I'll take you to see them, but then I'm taking you straight home."
"Good call, mate." Remus agreed.
"We can take her home, James. You don't have to do that." Dasani offered.
"No, I'll take her home. She needs me." James decided with a finality in his tone that left Dasani no room to argue.
"Okay."
"Come on, Lily." James beckoned.
"Where are you taking me, James?" Lily asked the man who currently held her hand.
"To your parents." He stated simply.
"But we're heading for all the dead bodies."
"Exactly." (A/N: James is quite the blunt one isn't he?)
James took her over where two bodies lay on cots, covered with white blankets. He indicated for Lily to life the covers off the faces of the bodies. With shaky hands, Lily slowly lifted the covers off the first body.
Her hand dropped the cloth immediately as if it burned her. Her hand flew up to her mouth.
"Mummy?" Lily's voice cracked.
No answer. Lily finally came to her senses. (A/N: you don't have to read the big monologue of Lily's it's really unimportant to the story. She's basically gonna thank her parents for all they have done for her.)
"Mummy, you were always there for me. You helped me learn how to ride a bike without training wheels. You were there when I learned how to crawl, walk and run. You were there when I started kindergarten and every grade after. You were there for me when I received my Hogwarts letter. You were there to see me off at King's Cross when I was so nervous. You were a great person, Mummy. I love you and I'll never forget you." Lily trailed off, crying harder than ever before. James stood by watching her, knowing she had to do this herself.
Lily collected herself and folded the blanket over her mother's body so it landed on her chest. She couldn't bring herself to cover it again. She raised the cover off her father's body.
"Daddy, you, just like Mum, were always there for me. You were there when I was born, and when I first crawled, walked and ran. You were there when I rode a bicycle for the first time. You were there when I went and played soccer fir the first time. You were there when I got guitar lessons, singing lessons and horseback riding lessons. You were there when I started Kindergarten and grade school. You were there on the night of my school play 'The Sound of Music' when I played Gretal in fourth grade. You were also there when I for my Hogwarts letter and Petunia made fun of me. I love you so much, Daddy. You'll always be in my heart!" Lily didn't cover her father's body just like she didn't with her mother.
- - - - - - - - - With the Ever Sexier (than alf) Dasani () and Sirius
"She's really down."
"Naw, ya think?" Dasani snapped. Sirius stepped back.
"Sorry, hun. You just asked how she was doing, so I answered."
"I'm sorry, Sirius. I didn't mean to snap at you. I'm just really worried about her." Dasani apologized.
"James is taking Lily home now." Remus said walking up to the couple with Allison's hand in his.
"Really?" Dasani asked.
"Yes. It's a little past 2 in the morning. We all need sleep, but none as much as Lily." Allison said.
"Do you want me to take you home, Als?" Remus asked.
"Please?" she nodded. Remus nodded and prepared to apparate. The two bid goodbye to the other couple and disapparated.
"Me too, Sirius. I'm dead tired." Dasani said. Sirius nodded and the two disapparated as well.
- - - - - - - - - With a Disparaged Couple
"You know, Lils. We could stop by an ice cream parlor if you wanted. We could get some cookie dough ice cream to go." James said while walking beside Lily.
"No thank you." she said dully. Lily never turned down an offer for cookie dough ice cream and on top of that, neither of them had had a bite to eat since lunch.
James was worried. Lily had finally accepted the fact that her parents were dead, but now, it seemed as if she was dead as well. Yes, she was living, breathing, talking, and walking but there was no emotion in her voice, there was no thinking going on in her head. She wouldn't speak unless she was spoken to. She was like a zombie- Empty.
"Here we are, Lil." James said, once they got into Lily's room.
"Thank you." she said quietly-again, without emotion.
"I'll pick you up to take you to the library tomorrow." He said. "Get some rest." He exited the room and disapparated, but before he left, he distinctly heard soft crying from Lily's room.
- - - - - - With Dasani and Allison in Allison's room
"She's still crying?" Dasani asked.
"Dasani, give her a break. She just lost her parents. She'll be fine once she gets some sleep." Ally reasoned.
"Yeah, but she'd best go to sleep soon. All that crying is taking it's toll on her body's strength." Dasani said.
"I know."
"Well, g' night."
"Night." Ally said as Dasani exited her room.
- - - - - - - - The Next Morning
"Morning lads." Sirius greeted walking into the kitchen in the Marauders' flat.
"Morning, Padfoot." Remus and James replied with bagels in their mouths.
"Dasani owled earlier. We're all going to see a movie at 8:30 tonight." Remus informed. Sirius nodded.
"We're going to work really hard to make sure today goes just as any other day would. Nothing has changed." Sirius said. The other two agreed.
- - - - - - The Girls' flat (an hour later)
"Morning Lil-"Dasani and Ally began. Normally, their friend would be the first one up and preparing breakfast but today, she was no where to be seen. The events of the previous night hit them.
"Lily?" Ally called out.
"Maybe she's not up yet. She did have a long night." Dasani stated. "Should we go check? She might be needed at Mungos today."
"Sure."
When they went into their friend's room, they found her sitting against the window on the window seat, hugging a pillow and her knees to her. There wasn't even a dent in her bed.
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