A/N: Thanks for the reviews! Sorry I have been taking longer and longer lately. Stress has been drinking up all of my…creative juices. And that stress has been caused by like fifty billion assignments and tests at school. But anyways I'll try to get the next one out fairly sooner. Tootles.

Disclaimer: D'you really think it's mine? Of course not. JK Rowlings.

Chapter 10 of After the Quidditch Game

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Lily was deep away into a colorful dream. She was walking up a hill and then saw a bunch of cabins scattered around the site. It looked like a campsite…? Lily shook her head and felt an unknown presence pull her to one cabin in particular. She laughed lightly as she saw a teenaged boy run out the cabin chasing a girl with a can of whipping cream.

The boy yelled out, "I love this muggle stuff!"

She stepped into the cabin and smiled slightly at the mess inside. There were four big trunks half opened spilling out contents such as robes, wrappers of chocolate frogs and a broom. Lily's brow furrowed at the wizardness showing itself quite clearly. She walked out of the cabin and saw a bunch of kids in the air having a game of Quidditch.

A lot of them looked quite foreign, some were dark skinned and others were pale as if they came from different parts of the world. Lily walked closer to take a look at the kids playing but then her vision went blank. All of a sudden a pain hit her in the head and she fell down on her feet as she heard screams in the air. She opened one eye painfully and saw that the kids were now on the ground unmoving.

Lily's eyes widened as she saw the unmistakable black robes and masks of Death Eaters. Moody had shown her pictures they had managed to snap of them. Lily let out a strangled scream as the Death Eaters kicked aside children and looked at them. One of them looked up and stared at her menacingly and started walking towards her.

Lily stood up even though her head was pounding painfully. Oh God this had better be a dream. She balled her fists and glared at the man walking towards her. He raised his wand and opened his wand to utter a sound. Lily let out a scream and ducked, but when she fell to the ground it was if the ground went with her for she was gone from the campground. It was dark again.

Lily stood up from her bed breathing heavily. She groped her hand around for her wand and flicked the light on. Cold sweat was mingling on her face as if they were tears that had fallen during the dream. Lily gulped for air as she breathed in and out tightly. Pulling her blanket she wiped the wetness from her face and she fell backwards on the bed

What an odd dream. But why did she feel such familiarity when she was in the dream? Lily placed a hand on her forehead and then slowly willed herself to fall back asleep.

Perhaps she was just having so much excitement than usual these past days with James and Sirius. All of Sirius's blueberry eating contests must have just triggered something in her brain to have such odd dreams. Yes that must be it. Of all the things Sirius wanted to have a contest with blueberries. Odd boy.

Lily let out a quiet laugh and then turned on her stomach placing her head on the plump pillow. She closed her eyes and thought of what they had been doing lately. Her, Sirius and James had been having snowball fights and gone flying in the snow. It had actually been quite fun. James parents hadn't been home at all. Lily thought it seemed odd but didn't ask questions because it looked like it was normal from the attitudes of Sirius and James.

Last night they had discussed that they would go Christmas shopping since it was in a few days. Lily had decided she was going to get Sirius a hat but she didn't know what to get James. This boy had pretty much everything so what could she get him?

Lily sighed in her pillow and then fell back asleep.

James and Sirius had just gotten all cleaned up and were now in the kitchen eating syrupy pancakes. Lily was getting washed up because the three of them were going shopping that afternoon.

"Sirius man what should I get her?" James asked with a frustrated sigh as he pulled a hand through his messy hair.

"Now Jamesie you have to learn to be independent. I'm not always going to be there to give you advice on woman since everyone knows I'm the expert." Sirius said through a mouthful of pancake that James was surprised he could talk.

"Sirius!" James said exasperatedly as he drank his juice up moodily.

"Yep that's my name." Sirius said grinning at James. He noticed James hastily open his mouth to say something so Sirius cut across him and said, "Don't break a nail James, here I'll help you go shopping today ok?"

"Gooooooood morning!" Lily said exuberantly as she stepped into the kitchen with a grin on her face. She had finally gotten out of the shower and her hair was in a high ponytail. She was wearing a pair of dark denim jeans and her dark green cashmere sweater.

James looked at Sirius nervously and said, "Morning…did you hear anything?"

"Maybe." Lily said with a mischievous smile. She walked over and took a blueberry muffin off the table.

"Weeeeell it's not like we were talking about anything important, eh Prongs?" Sirius asked with a laugh and he elbowed James lightly.

James merely glared at Sirius and than looked up at Lily with a charming smile.

"So we gonna go shopping today?" Lily asked casually.

James nodded and he stood up to put his dishes in a silver box that then spit them back out a second later all shining clean. Ahh…magic

"Yep, we want to bring you to the wizarding village called Hogsmeade. It's near Hogwarts and we would always visit on our weekends back in the day." Sirius said with a grin, reminiscing.

"Wicked." Lily said enthusiastically.

The three of them got up and cleaned the remnants of breakfast from the table. They got into their appropriate winter attire and went to apparate to Hogsmeade. All of a sudden the three of them were standing in the kitchen concentrating hard then they turned and quite suddenly they were in Hogsmeade.

Lily looked around with a smile on her face. It was lightly snowing as they walked down the crowd-infested street. Some people pointed at James when they saw him and others came up boldly to him, asking for autographs. Lily felt a grin slip on her face and Sirius traded her with an amused grin as well.

Finally James was free from his fans and they stepped into a cozy nook called the Three Broomsticks. Inside the cozy tearoom they were, or you could say James was bombarded with attention.

Sirius had a smirk on his face and let out a bark of a laugh since he was fully used to this attention his mate got. Lily followed him to get a drink. Sirius greeted Mme. Rosmerta with a flirtatious smile that she returned. Lily rolled her eyes laughing and than they went to find a table in the back for the three of them to sit at.

James finally made his way to their table with a sheepish grin on his face.

"Finally got away from your stalkers.. ehem.. fans?" Lily asked with a raised eyebrow.

"For now." James said cockily and he took a swig of his butterbeer

"Dear Jimmy always has always been too popular for his own good." Sirius said sarcastically and then grinned at James.

Lily took a sip of her sweet warm drink as she looked around the room for familiar faces but she didn't see anybody. James and Sirius got into a conversation about the new seeker on the Bulgarian team. Out of the blue a young woman came over to their table, her gaze set on James.

"You're James Potter I'm assuming." The woman asked in a light teasing feminine voice

"You assumed correctly." James said with a grin.

"Would you give me an autograph?" The woman asked.

"Sure." James said easily. Lily had a feeling she knew where this was going.

"Could you sign here?" The woman asked with a purr as she pointed at her chest that was revealed by the low cut shirt. James looked at the woman with raised eyebrows but nonetheless complied. Lily glared at the woman but she took no heed because after James had signed his name she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Lily cleared her throat and saw the young woman look at her.

"James is this your girlfriend?" The woman asked in an accusatory voice.

Sirius grinned as James began to splutter. "Uh…well…you see." Lily however broke across his uncertain thoughts and said sharply, "No. Anyways I've gotta go do my shopping. Meet you guys back here at 4." And with that Lily got up and pulled on her creamy touque, her emerald eyes glittering as she looked at James and then walked out

The woman looked at James and then whistled. "Looks like she's mad."

When the woman has walked away James turned to Sirius and said, "What d'you reckon Padfoot?"

"Dunno mate. Women are confusing people."

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Lily sighed frustratingly as she walked into another store. She wasn't sure why she was feeling agitated. Why was she getting that twinge of jealously and urge to slap the random gold digging woman who kissed James?

Lily pinched her nose to stop the headache that was coming. She looked up to see that she had entered a wizarding clothing shop. Lily walked over contently looking at the new winter styles. She picked out a dark blue toque for Sirius. Strolling around she went over to the handsome scars on some shelves.

She fingered through them and than found a handsome dark green soft wool scarf with grey wool mixed in it. Lily picked it up and knew that this would look stunning on James. It wasn't the most exciting gift but she knew he had probably experienced his share of exciting Christmas gifts.

She walked over to the counter with a lighter heart. At least she had gotten her Christmas shopping all down. Her, Julia and Elissa had already exchanged gifts before they went their separate ways. Lily had received the white toque from Elissa and a bottle of her favorite perfume from Julia.

As Lily stepped out of the door she began to walk down the street. One of her light bagged packages flew out of her hand and out towards another street. Lily sipped over to it and than quieted down when she heard voices.

"Will you come and take the pictures?" A man said in a cold drawl and the hairs on the back of Lily's neck rose as she recognized the speaker.

The woman replied back with doubt, "And you say I'm going to benefit from it? How exactly?"

"I'll tell you, lets just find a more private place to talk." Luscius said with a suspicious glance around. Lily quickly grabbed her bag and fled the area, not wanting to stay and chat.

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"Padfoot we've been to like fifty billion stores and I still haven't found anything for Lily." James said in an agitated voice and he pulled his hand through his already tousled hair.

"You're the one who didn't like anything. I had plenty of suggestions you just didn't listen to me." Sirius said in a regal tone as he pushed his long black hair out of his eyes.

"Oh yees Lily would've REALLY liked that super all-star pack of dungbombs." James said in a sarcastic voice.

"Not only that but I think she would've really liked that-" Sirius began to say but James quickly cut him off.

"I'm serious. Now if we don't find anything in here I don't know what I'm going to do." James said tiredly and they quickly pushed into the store as they both spied a group of wild young teenaged girls looking for James.

They had entered a noisy pet store. James grimaced at the choruses of bird screeching and the squeaking of the wheels as the rats ran. There was a colorful parrot in the middle of the room squawking very loudly. Sirius walked over it with a grin on his face.

James walked to the back of the room and looked at the animals with a look of disinterest. There were a few fluffy rabbits sleeping together and a ferret in another cage. James eyes swooped around and than his eyes caught on a little kitten walking daintily around.

James crouched down and looked at the kitten. It was pure white and the creepy thing was it had emerald green eyes. Almost like Lily's just a shade darker. James looked around wildly for Sirius and said, "Padfoot! C'mere."

Sirius came back with a slight disgruntled look on his face. The parrot had bitten him. "What is it Prongs?"

"Check this kitten out." James said excitedly.

Sirius raised his eyebrows at James enthusiasm and then bent down grumpily to look at it. A second later he resurfaced and said, "Righteous."

"I know, I think I've found the gift." James said and than he walked over to the cashier to explain he wanted to buy the kitten.

20 minutes later James and Sirius were strolling down Hogsmeade. The kitten was in a little wicker basket and James was laden with kitten toys, food, hygienically needs for it and some treats. He decided to go home and get Sirius to meet Lily since he didn't want her to see the kitten.

Sirius waved to him and than walked around to find Lily. He found her walking away very fast from someplace with a nervous look on her face.

"Alright Lily?" Sirius asked as he put an arm around her.

"Oh..um yeah I guess so." Lily said in a quiet voice. Sirius looked at her with a calculating expression but he decided not to question.

"James had to go home early for something so I told him we'd meet him there" Sirius said with a grin on his face. The two of them apparated and they appeared at the bottom of the driveway.

Lily walked around with her mouth open as she caught snowflakes. She began to giggle when she saw Sirius looking at her with a funny expression.

"What are you doing?" Sirius asked incrediously.

"Catching snowflakes. C'mon try it!" Lily said enthusiastically and she walked around vigourusly for more snowflakes. Sirius joined and soon they were shouting at each other when they got a snowflake.

"27th! Lily said in a loud voice.

"Not fair you started before me." Sirius said in a sulky voice as he walked around in the snow.

James pushed open the door and saw the two of them running around like idiots their mouths opened widely facing the sky.

"What are you fools doing?" He yelled from the doorway.

"We're having a 'catch the most snowflakes' contest. Come and join us Prongs." Sirius yelled back.

James rolled his eyes and then grabbed some winter clothing to keep him warm. The three of them had a serious snowflake competition the rest of the afternoon. Sirius claimed to be the winner but Lily said she got more snowflakes. For some reason James did terribly.

The next few days until Christmas were busy. Lily, James and Sirius were mostly found outdoors catching up on what James called childish games such as sledding and snowball fights. Of course he didn't refuse when they dragged him away from his little office.

Finally the day of Christmas Eve came and the three of them were found out late in the afternoon finishing a game of Quidditch. It had been an intense game of Quidditch in the snow. Lily acted as the keeper, Sirius the beater and James the chaser. It was quite entertaining and they all called it quits when Sirius almost clubbed James in the head when the snow began to fall too thickly.

Lily ran up to her room of the Potter's and locked the door so James wouldn't walk in on her again. She stripped of the wet clothing and then waved her wand at her freezing body. It was immediately dry and she slipped into some warm cords and a thick yarn sweater.

Lily pulled a headband through her hair and than she ran down the stairs. She looked at her watch and was surprised to see that it was four thirty in the afternoon. James had told her earlier that morning that his parents would finally be home from their work though it would probably be late.

She had wrapped her gift to Sirius and James and the gifts were lying under the tree the three of them had decorated yesterday.

"Boo!" Sirius jumped out from behind the staircase and Lily stuck her tongue out at him. James came up behind the two and said, "Real mature."

Lily gave him a shove and then waltzed into the kitchen to eat some dinner. Tonight there was a big bowl of fish chowder. In a basket there were homemade smelling rolls and the bowls were set out. Lily, extremely hungry from all the Quidditch playing that afternoon grabbed a bowl and filled it up. She took a roll and than went to sit in the living room where the tree was to eat her food.

Sirius and James followed suit and then all of them were sitting in the living room eating the delicious chowder. Lily set down her bowl and than sat back on the couch her head was right sleepy. She sat back with eyes closed half listening to Sirius and James chat about the upcoming World Quidditch Cup.

She fell asleep on the couch and felt her drifting into another dream. This time she was walking around a muggle suburban and the scene seemed like an oddly horrifying disaster. Lily heard screaming and than a fire burst on one of the big buildings nearby.

Lily began to run to the building and jogged up the stairs afraid of the scene that she was going to find. Lily smelt smoke and something else she couldn't place as she reached the top of the stairs. Pushing open the door hesitantly a scream escaped from her mouth of the scene that met her eyes.

Young toddlers were running around and there were men in masks. Some were on the floor, the blood pooling around them reciting the story of what had happened. Lily ran and pushed one of the men down who was about to kill a child. He looked up at her menacingly through the creepy mask and advanced on her.

She scrambled away but someone grabbed her ankle and she fell down hard onto the ground. He was going to get her, she needed to get out of there! Just when he was opening his mouth to say the killing curse the scene began to fade into blackness but she heard the haunted screams of young children and people. A blast of green light illuminated her dream and then she was awoken again cold sweat saturated on her face.

"Lily, you okay?" James concerned voice came and Lily swiped a hand to clear the blurriness. James took her clammy hand and then began rubbing it hard.

Sirius came with a glass of water and handed it to her. She took it and drank it quickly. Somehow she knew that something odd had happened because they wouldn't be hovering around her like this. "How long have I been out?"

"Six hours. We thought you just fell asleep from the game but then you started thrashing around and screaming." James said in a concerned voice.

"Oh god." Lily said placing a hand on her forehead as she felt a pending headache taking over.

"My parents are going to be home any minute. They sent us a note but you can go up to bed now if you're not feeling well." James said and Lily smiled at him thinly and put her hand over his.

"It's okay. Just a bad dream." Lily said nonchalantly but her insides were feeling nauseous.

Just then a few pops were heard in the kitchen and then a feminine voice was saying, "Sirius, how nice to see you again." A male voice followed and James ran out to the kitchen.

Lily frantically smoothed her hair down behind her ear. She was finally getting to meet James parents and she had just woken up from a nightmare. Wasn't she just going to be full of lovely chat!

Lily stood up as James parents walked into the room with Sirius and James behind them. James mother had light brown hair that was in an elegant twist. She had James big hazel eyes framed with the beautiful long lashes. She came up to her and said, "It's lovely to meet you Lily. You can call me Cynthia."

Cynthia moved forwards and to Lily's shock she gave her a sincere hug. Lily blinked back sudden tears at being hugged like this because it had been a long time that she hadn't.

"Nice to meet you too Cynthia." Lily said in a quiet voice.

"Smashing to meet you Lily. I'm John." He said with a serious smile and gave her a handshake.

He was a tall man with dark black messy trademark hair. He had dark green eyes that had a sparkle in them misleading someone from his serious outlook. She hid a smile as she saw the similarities between her father and James. Though if it had been the other way around her father would've been scrutinizing James.

They all sat down and Cynthia waved her wand in a complicated twirl. Delicate glasses of decaffeinated tea came flying out towards each person.

"I'm sorry we took so long getting here. It's been real busy these past few days at the Ministry. John and I are Aurors so we've had our hands full. Than to top it all off tonight there was a horrible disaster in a muggle town." Cynthia said in a saddened voice as she sipped her tea.

"Oh that's too bad Mum. Did you have to go and check it out?" James asked as he took a drink of his tea.

"Yes your father and I had to go. It was at a daycare in a little town called Surrey. Very devastating because the Death Eater's that we know had hit their target and killed 20 toddlers there." Cynthia said seriously.

Lily stood up suddenly feeling something cold inside her freeze her all the way up. "D'you have names of who have been killed?"

John slid his hand in his pant leg pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and than handed it to her. Lily's eyes slid through the early edition of the Prophet and than slid onto the couch dumbly.

"Oh god." Lily said and than the darkness pulled her down.

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A/N: I can't believe it took my three weeks to get this out! That makes me aggravated but seriously, my weekly schedule is unbelievably busy and when I get home from all my activities I do homework and then fall asleep at like a really late hour. So I'm usually sleep deprived and what not.

I am sorry though that it took this long. One more month of school for me so then I'll be able to write write write. I do sort of want to get this all done before the end of this summer.

Anyways enough yakking about me. Tell me how you liked this chapter. Ohhhh cliffie and interesting hints in here that you should take heed of. Tootles. Oh and REVIEW! You don't know how nice it is to go in my inbox after an intense day of school and dance to find reviews in there.

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