After the Quidditch Game Chapter 6: Scary Ordeals and Witches, a harry potter fanfic

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Chapter 6

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Both Quidditch teams kept playing thinking that it was some crazed fangirl of James yelling for him. The commentator didn't even say anything but James turned around for he had recognized Lily's voice but didn't get away in time. Lily looked with her mouth wide open as the green light hit James into the chest. His eyes had a surprised look to them as he lost control of the broom and he pummeled to the ground.

Lily watched as players from James team flew down to the ground to try and catch him and then instinct finally kicking in Lily whipped out her wand and twisted it violently. James broom slowed down but still hit the ground with a sickening thud, dust curling up around his unmoving body.

The rumble of panicked voices and screams began to fill the air until everyone had gone completely ballistic. People all around Lily scrambled up from the seats shoving and pushing desperately trying to get out of the stadium for there was a skull in the sky with a snake protruding from it's evil mouth. The Dark Mark representing a Death Eater being at works nearby.

Lily glanced up and down the rows trying to format some kind of plan to get her down to the pitch. She needed to see James to see that it couldn't be true. A fierce twist pulled deep inside her and she slid sideways out of her isle only to come face to face with Luscius Malfoy.

"How I've wanted to meet you Ms Evans. A pleasure." He said his face twisting into a cold smirk, his gray eyes boring deep into Lily's probing her secrets.

Lily tore her eyes from his and hissed in a shaky voice, "You son of a bitch."

"Don't befoul your mouth with such vulgar words darling. He shouldn't be dead, just half alive. Not that I didn't want him to be dead but the Dark Lord doesn't want him dead yet. Surprising, I would want him gone firstly." Luscius said with a cruel laugh.

A small bundle of hope flashed inside of her but she quickly diminished it, not wanting the heartbreak if it wasn't true. Lily glared at him and opened her mouth to curse him even more but he beat it to her, "Now let it be known to you that the Dark Lord wants your talent on his side. Know that if you refuse people around you will be in danger." And then he apparated in front of her causing her to stamp her foot in frustration.

Lily began to run through the crowds of people, shoving them aside as she stumbled over some not quite remembering if she apologized. Lily finally got to the ledge and leaped down before any of the extra security Auror's could stop her she landed on the pitch.

Looking wildly around she immediately saw where James limp body was laying, motionless. Lily ran over to him pushing in through the little crowd of the Bulagaria team who were speaking in heavily accented tongues and the England team who were talking anxiously with the Healers.

Lily felt an eruption that had been waiting to come out since she saw Luscius utter that disastrous curse and she felt a few salty tears rolled down her face staining them with moisture. She choked back a sob and ignored the Coach who was looking at her as if she was crazy.

"No." Lily whispered out hoarsely as she looked at his emotionless face and closed eyes.

She let out a real sob and laid her head on his unmoving chest, her tears dampening James Quidditch robes. Lily lay there but then felt a hand stroking her head very lightly. Her heart seemed to freeze right in its spot as she slowly looked up to see the unmistakable pained hazel eyes of James.

James hand came up and he rubbed the tears away from her face looking at her with a different emotion set in his eyes. A tear leaked out of Lily's eye and she opened her mouth to say something but he beat her to it.

"What'd you think, I died on you?" James asked breaking into a grin though he slightly grimaced as he pushed him up with difficulty. Lily gave a cross between a sob and laugh as she felt the relief break like a dam through her. He was okay; he was still there with them, with her.

"I thought you were dead, what did you expect me to think when that slimeball sent that horrible curse at you?" Lily asked in a shaky voice taking the hand he offered her and stood up wiping her face.

"Quidditch team members are always placed under heavily protected spells. It just so happens Dumbledore put one on me a well awhile ago, though it does save me from death no doubt my body will be smarting for a few days." James told Lily in a low voice.

"Thank God." Lily said, her respect for Dumbledore growing larger.

"Maybe you should go find Julia. I'm going to have to talk with these Healers and my coaches and stuff before I can leave. They'll have a hay day if I don't at least stay for a few minutes so they can give me a good check up. The reporters will go nuts, as they have just witnessed an attempted murder on a Quidditch player so of course I'm going to have to play the story up that this guy sent that curse my way because he was jealous or something. I'll come and find you afterwards. Shouldn't take too long." James said tiredly.

"Okay. Don't forget." Lily said as she smoothed her hair over anxiously feeling her nerves slowly leveling down.

"I won't." James said and then he headed over to the crows of wizards watching him with wide eyes. They all burst into conversation and began questioning James when one of the bolder Healer's grabbed him and shoved him into a chair before stuffing a piece of chocolate in his mouth.

Lily looked up and around at the stadium and squinted her eyes looking through the hordes of people. Her eyes fell on the spot where Luscius had been sitting. Of course, he had apparated immediately after he had exchanged words with her.

She let out a sigh and then looked around for the bright blue sweater Julia had put on that morning. Lily squinted her eyes sorting through the dozens of people remaining in the stands and then caught the sight of the red cap pulled over Julia's head in support for England.

Breathing a sigh of relief that Julia hadn't been trampled Lily ran up to the stands to find that Julia was anxiously awaiting her as well. "He's okay." Lily said and that's all she needed to say. Julia's face softened and she let out a shaky smile.

"Some Quidditch game eh? I tried to follow you but a crazy stampede of people blocked the way." Julia said as she tucked a piece of Lily's hair behind her ear.

"It's all good." Lily said in a tired voice.

"Yeah they went pretty ballistic." Julia said stepping away from Lily looking at her.

"I'm not surprised." Lily said shuddering at the thought of James being dead.

"Here he comes. I'm gonna leave you two so you can talk okay? I'll be back at the flat tonight and we'll talk." Julia said squeezing Lily's hand and then apparating.

"It's all good. I just escaped from the Healers so we should get out of here before they decide I'm not okay. And of course before the deranged reporters ask me some more idiotic questions. Jeez the things they come up with." James said grinning slightly.

"Are you okay?" Lily asked looking up at him, concern etched in her face.

"Yeah. Just sore." James said sincerely.

"Let's go to my flat for the afternoon. None of those deranged reporters will find us there and we can have some lunch." Lily said grimacing at the few people in the distance with those big wizarding cameras clutched in their hands and the flashes emitting from the cameras.

"Right on." James said grinning as he turned to see what Lily was frowning at. Lily took a hold of James hand and then they apparated to her flat appearing right into her sitting room. James collapsed on the recliner with a thump and Lily slid onto the couch.

They sat there in silence for a few minutes letting the excitement from the pitch die down a bit. Lily looked over to James and saw the look of concentration on his face. She decided to go make them some sandwiches for lunch. Lily crossed the room and entered the tiny kitchen and got out some ingredients.

She heard a shout of something come from the sitting room and she popped in there again to see James watching her TV screen with an incredulous look and glee on his face. Lily laughed as she returned to the kitchen knowing that would keep him entertained. All of her pureblood friends from Beauxbatons would always have fun with TV. Who could not like television even if you weren't brought up with it?

Lily poured two tall glasses of water and then came back into the sitting room to see James watching some football. He looked quite interested in it actually. Lily laughed and handed him his glass of water before sitting down on the couch with him.

"Having fun?" She asked him taking in his look of glee.

"This is wicked. What is this whole contraption thing?" James asked her with a confused look on his face as he gestured to the TV.

"You wizards are so deprived from the magnificent wonders of television-"

James interrupted her "emotion filled" segment about it and said, "Yeah yeah get to the point."

Lily mock glared at him and said, "Fine. That there is a television and what you have heard by now it's a brilliant muggle invention. It broadcasts shows on it at different times of the day. Coincidentally you are on the sports channel."

"I see. I am definitely purchasing one of these elecktonics." James said knowledgably nodding his head."

"It's electronics dear." Lily said in a comforting way smirking at him.

The two of them watched football and both got quite into it. By the end of the second half Lily and James were both yelling at the television hoarsely. James didn't really know the rules to the game that well but he was still already quite passionate about the game.

"That's offside you barmy old codger!" Lily yelled at the television shaking her hand.

"Barmy old codger? Where'd that come from?" James asked but then shut his mouth when he saw the look Lily shot him. The two teams were England and Argentina playing and Argentina was up by one. Argentina had a really extraordinary goalie and defense so it was hard to get through.

James suddenly looked up and said, "What time is it?" Lily looked up at her wristwatch and it read 4:36 in the afternoon. Geesh what an eventful day! Her first Order meeting and then the Quidditch game where James was almost murdered. Good lord!

"D'you have to go?" Lily asked as she watched him stand up and stretch out his pained muscles. "Yeah I totally forgot, my parents wanted to get together with me in like 20 minutes. But don't forget about our detective work this Friday. You're going to have to make yourself unrecognizable. I'll be around to pick you up at 8 ish." James said smiling at her with his hazel eyes.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Lily asked looking up at him with slightly worried eyes. "I mean we could always do our little detective work another evening."

"Nah I'm good, we need to get this done. Thanks for not freaking out at the Quidditch game." James said quietly pulling a hand through his hair. Lily smiled at him and then pushed him out to the front entrance.

"I'll see you then." James said and then he kissed her on the cheek in a friendly way but Lily didn't see the look in his eyes. James opened the door and then closed it waving her goodbye. Lily went back into her sitting room and slunk down onto her futon closing her eyes. It had been pretty unnerving to see James on the ground not moving earlier. Was this what she was playing into by being accepted into the Order?

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Elissa spread open the Daily Prophet the next morning. She didn't read the Prophet on a daily basis but for some reason this morning she had an urge to go out and buy it. Her brown eyes widened as she saw who was on the front page. A blown up picture of Lily kissing James on the cheek in a more secluded woods was in black and white.

"Oh shit." Elissa said looking at the widely stretched article. It read:

James Potter, a new girlfriend?

As we have already seen a glimpse of a girlfriend of James Potter I can say we can confirm this sadly to all those admirers out there. This picture shows the evidence of him having someone special and we have her name! Lily Evans and for all of you who don't know her (you probably wouldn't) she went to Beauxbatons. With me as well! She was rather…charming. I just hope James doesn't get his heart broken by her as I've witnessed it before. We're going to have to watch out for everyone's favorite Quidditch player! More on page 6, 9.

Lisa Spangeil

"She had got to be kidding, Lily broke someone's heart in Beauxbatons? That's bullshit as I've never heard before. It wasn't Lily's fault that Lisa's boyfriend saw Lily and then totally lusted over her. Definitely not Lily's fault that Lisa's boyfriend tried to put the moves on Lily.

"She's just jealous from that long ago. How mature." Elissa muttered darkly flipping back her blonde hair and tying it into a ponytail.

Elissa got up from the table and folded the newspaper up and put it into her purse. She had better get over to Lily's flat and give her a heads up on this article for she was sure that Lily didn't get these delivered to her flat. Scowling at the article Elissa pulled on a navy sweater and then headed into her sitting room was so she could floo over to Lily's.

Stepping into the grate Elissa pinched a bit of the green powder into between her fingers and then dropped it in the fireplace yelling, "Lily's flat!"

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Lily drank her orange juice tiredly. She hadn't gotten that much sleep the evening before as her night was corrupted with menacing nightmares that shook her awake sweating and tangled into the sheets. Not having enough sleep didn't agree with Lily either, she was pale and there was dark circles under her eyes.

Taking a bite of her toast Lily put a hand underneath her chin and looked into space for awhile. All of a sudden she heard a loud thump in her sitting room and then heard someone coughing. Lily stood up immediately all awareness on, her wand out ready in her left hand. Walking quietly she entered the sitting room and then saw that it was Elissa.

Elissa looked at Lily with a surprised expression on her pretty face, seeing Lily look so rugged but alert with her wand in her hand pointing at Elissa.

"Think I was some intruder eh Lil?" Elissa asked stepping over to where Lily was and giving her a tight hug looking her into the eyes.

"You okay?" Elissa asked with concerned eyes hoping that Lily hadn't already seen the paper that morning.

"I'm fine. Just a bit tired though." Lily said sincerely smiling at her friend that she hadn't seen in quite a while.

"Well sit down for a bit. I've something to show you and Julia. Let me go get her." Elissa said pushing Lily into the chair with a smile and then walking off into the hall to get Julia. Soon she was back with Julia who had just gotten out of the shower. Her hair was up in a towel and a bathrobe was wound around her.

"What's so important that you made me get out of the shower?" Julia asked rolling her eyes playfully at Elissa.

Elissa didn't respond but pulled out the newspaper and handed it to Lily with a serious look on her face. Julia walked over to Lily with a curious look on her face and slid onto the couch with her to read the article. Lily's eyes narrowed as her eyes slid over the short segment on the front page and the picture.

"What a nasty little liar that witch is." Lily said staring at the newspaper vehemently.

"Aw that's my innocent Lily not letting a swearword befoul her pretty little lips." Julia said grinning.

"Shut the hell up." Lily said crankily.

"Lilybunny!" Julia whined holding a hand to her mouth in pretend shock.

"Stop whining Jul. You'd be pretty ticked off if you just found out that Lisa wrote up this idiotic article about you and James while stating that you were a player and would most likely break James heart. So basically now the world is going to send me hate mail." Lily said darkly.

"If she says anything bad about our Lily, Julia and I'll go have a word with her. And I'm sure James would as well." Elissa said winking at Julia but keeping an eye on her friend.

"How reassuring." Lily said sarcastically but smiling a little. Lily told the girls she was going to take a shower and she locked herself and slid down against the wall feeling slightly depressed. Lisa had found out about her, now the whole world knew who she was. Most likely she would be receiving some hate mail in the next 24 hours. Not to mention she was sick worried about James and the risks about this Order.

Oh well, I'll prove myself to the world and James when we get to this mission and get some information against those Death Eater's that work for Voldemort. We'll see what they say then. But Lily still felt a small tear slide down her face.

A/N: I know I said I was going to put the mission up in this chapter but I felt I should cut it off there. But if you guys review a whole bunch you might see the next chapter pop up real soon in the next week. Thanks so much for the reviews so far. Poor Lily. Tootles.