I didn't go back to bed that night. I kept on thinking about Lily. I couldn't lose her. I don't think I'll survive it. If Snape killed her…
I couldn't even think about it. I had to find a way to stop Snape. I just didn't know how…
"James!" A voice came from behind me. "You haven't been up the whole night have you?"
Padfoot jumped on the couch beside me, putting his feet up on the table in front of him.
"Snape is going to kill Lily." I said. I was more saying it to myself than to Padfoot. I wanted to make sure that I was still alive.
"WHAT!" I swear Padfoot almost fell off the couch. "THAT BLOODY…" At this point in the journal, Padfoot calls Snape various curse words. When we pick up the story again, everything is just as it was before Padfoot started cursing, except the surprised look on James' face. "Whew! I've been wanting to get that out of my system."
I was startled at Padfoot's outburst. I felt the same way about the bloody baboon, but Padfoot just went all-out.
"So, what? When has SNAPE ever followed through on any of his threats? Who told you? How do you know it's true?"
"Well, Lily told me. And Snape did follow through on that time when he said he'd put a vibrating curse on out underwear. That was one of his mistakes. Too bad I grew out of those…anyways; I don't know what I'm going to do. I do know that you and I are going to follow Lily around, while Moony and Wormtail stalk Snape. We can only hope we can stop it before it starts."
"What about me and Wormtail?" Moony came into the common room, followed by Wormtail. "Stalking out Snape? What, are we going to make him fall into a vat of chocolate pudding again or something?"
"No, you bloody cow. Snape says he's going to kill Lily." Padfoot said.
"Correction: Snape says he's going to kill Lily while making me watch, kill me, and then kill himself." I said.
"Oh. Well, the killing himself part I would actually want to see." Moony said.
"THIS ISN'T FUNNY, LUPIN!" I said, and in my rage I stood up, knocking over the table. "Goddamnit, he's talking about killing Lily! Do you think I can just let him do this?"
"Whoa, James. Whoa. Calm down." Padfoot said.
"DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! HE COULD HAVE HER RIGHT NOW!"
"No, he can't." A voice came from the stairway, "Sit down, James. I'm fine. I'm right here." Lily walked toward me.
I grabbed her hand. "Lil, I just don't want anything to happen to you."
"Then just let me go." Lily said, the tears in her eyes making the emerald green brighter. "Please, James."
"You make it seem so easy, Lily. I can't just 'let you go'. If I let you go, I won't be able to live with myself. I'm not going to let Snape get to me. I'm going to protect you, Lily."
"Then you'll die trying!" Lily said, taking her hand out of mine and storming for the portrait hole. She opened it and turned to me. "You can't protect me all the time. Even if you do, he will find a way." She turned and left.
I took a few minutes to gather my thoughts. Then I turned to Moony and Padfoot.
"Go after her, but don't let her see you, whatever you do. Don't let Snape come within ten feet of her." They nodded and left.
"What am I supposed to do?" Wormtail asked.
"You and I are going to stalk out Snape."
A/N: I'm sorry it has taken me a long time to write this chapter. I've been working on some other pieces. I have a site now. My pen name is Phoebe Hall.Go to fictionpress and read my three stories. I also have one poem on there. It's really cool, so check it out! I will be putting a new story on here soon, so keep checking here! It will also be Harry Potter, but me and a few of my friends will be sucked into Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It's gonna be good! Please comment!
