A/N: Yo yo yo. Hooray school is over.

Disclaimer: Hmmm nope it's not mine. JK Rowlings.

Chapter 12 of After the Quidditch Game

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Things were changing quickly in the wizarding world and muggle world. There were much more stories in the Daily Prophet about disastrous events happening along with deaths of beloved wizards. Lily was still reeling in shock about the whole Petunia incident. Her heart was feeling heavy at this point of time, thinking about what had happened and the things her sister had said to her.

James had been most supportive along with Sirius but Lily needed to get home and back to her flat to mull things over. For some reason memories of her parents were empowering her dreams when her weary head would hit the pillow. Why all of a sudden was she feeling a sudden yearning for them she didn't know. Perhaps it was the breech between her and Petunia. In the past her parents could usually patch up there arguments but not anymore.

Another thing that was slightly unnerving her were the unusual dreams she was having in the evening. She was dreaming a lot about a camp with faceless teenagers and then Death Eaters tearing up the camp. There were the usual nightmares about terrible things happening to the people in the Order, the people she had come to be friends with.

One dream (or nightmare) stood out particularly to Lily as she sat back on her chair with a cup of tea in one hand. She had dreamt about a small muggle village and she saw Death Eaters come and tear it apart. She had seen the death, destruction and fear in the peoples faces for they didn't know what was happening.

But the most terrifying part was that the next day when she opened the Daily Prophet she had read about a very similar event happening in a small muggle town. Could she, Lily Evans perhaps be having premonitions about things to happen?

Lily laughed out loud in a hoarse voice and then shook her head. My mind must be thinking of funny things from the lack of sleep I'm getting Lily thought to herself. She feared the nightmares she was having when she slept so she stayed up as late as she could reading books and watching the television.

But today was one day that she was going to try and forget about all the confusion and fear swirling around her life. It was New Years Eve and her, Julia and Elissa were going to do a bit of shopping in London. That evening they had gotten tickets to a really hot dance club and Lily was excited to go with her friends.

Elissa had invited her Greek boyfriend to come with her to the club so Lily (a nudge from Julia as well) decided to invite James, Sirius and Remusto come to the club. Peter was busy at work so he wasn't able to come.She was certain it would be a fun night out together for all of them and would help take the worry off of James and Sirius's mind as well.

It had recently come to the attention of Sirius, James and Lily that there was a spy in the Order's midst. Moody and Dumbledore had come up after the latest meeting and told them. Very few in the Order knew already and that's how Dumbledore wanted it to be.

Lily shook her head as she finished the rest of her somewhat cold tea and then stood up to get washed up. Julia had stayed over at Elissa's flat the night before so they were going to meet Lily in Diagon Alley.

She walked down the hall and closed the bathroom behind her. Slipping off her clothes she turned on the shower knob and hot water came rushing through the tap. Lily scowled as the hotness burned her hand and then she adjusted it. Lily then stepped into the shower and began wetting her hair and washing herself up for the day.

Twenty minutes later Lily stepped into her room with a pink towel wrapped up with all her wet hair in a turban like appearance. Lily giggled at her reflection as she sat down to comb her hair out. Lily picked up her wand and then flicked it so her hair was now tumbling down in a soft sheen of auburn.

She slipped on a pair of black pants and a green v-neck long sleeved shirt. Pulling on her white corduroy jacket she jammed on a green toque and pulled some gloves on. Lily grabbed her purse and then was gone, apparating to Diagon Alley.

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Lily looked up to see that she had appeared right in front of Gringotts, the most reputable bank for magical people. Lily herself had an account but that day she was not in need of a visit there for she had plenty of money in her brightly decorated purse.

She glanced up the street trying to see any familiar faces and then moved on to go up to the Leaky Cauldron where Julia and Elissa had told her to meet them for a drink before going shopping. The wind was blowing slightly but luckily it wasn't snowing quite yet. Lily liked winter at the beginning but then she slowly would get bored of the cold weather.

The Leaky Cauldron looked busy enough as Lily pushed open the door and was greeted by Tom. He grinned at her toothily and then showed her the table where her friends were. She smiled thankfully to him as he found the table where they were at through the hordes of people in the room.

"Lillllllllly!" Julia said excitedly as she squeezed her friend's arm. Lily smiled at her and sat down next to a slightly frowning Elissa. Lily noted she was reading the Daily Prophet.

"What're you frowning about Liss?" Lily asked as Tom came back with a warm cup of tea. She poured in some milk and watched as the color of the tea went from dark to a creamy brown.

Elissa sighed as she placed the newspaper down and took a long drink of tea. Finally she said, "You haven't read the Prophet today?"

"No. I don't get it brought to our flat anyways. You know I never really bothered with the news." Lily said indifferently.

"Yeah well you might want to bother yourself with it today...Lisa wrote an interesting article about you and James." Elissa said with another sigh.

Lily's eyes narrowed as she quickly took the newspaper from Elissa and her eyes scanned the article that had been written.

Potter with heartbreak?

Oddly enough James Potter has been tired out and nervous these past few days and we wonder whether it has to do with his intense relationship with Lily Evans. I remember her well from Beauxbatons as a heartbreaker so this could be a silent agonized scream from James and a hint about breakup for the young famous Quidditch player. More on pg 4 and advice from professionals about relationships. Lisa Spangeil

Lily looked up from the article, her emerald eyes blazing with anger. "Who does she think she is? She remembers me from Beauxbatons? A silent agonized scream from James? I don't know about breaking hearts but the next time I see her I'll be breaking-"

"Lily calm down. Your red headness is taking over." Elissa said with a slight smile and Lily took a breath knowing Elissa was right.

"Don't let her bug ya Lilybunny. She's just jealous of you from Beauxbatons cause all the guys would look at you and not her. Geesh she's a major grudge holder and she really needs to get over it!" Julia said flipping her hair back out of her face.

Lily sighed and rested her chin on her hand as she looked off into space. She never liked the tension between her and Lisa at Beauxbatons. She had tried to fix it and be friendly towards her but Lisa was always cold and sarcastic towards her throughout their seven years there. Lily didn't quite understand.

But did she really want Lisa to ruin her perfectly fine day that she was going to go shopping with her friends and then dancing that evening? It would be a waste of good time meant to have fun. The article bothered her yes but she wouldn't let it ruin her day completely.

"C'mon lets go shopping." Julia said patting Lily's hand and pulling her up along with her and nodding to Elissa to follow them.

The three of them made their way out of the crowded place and Lily put some coins on the counter for the tea she had purchased.

Since they were going to a muggle dance club they decided to head over into muggle London to shop for some interesting outfits to wear that evening. Lily wanted to shock James tonight with a sexy head turning outfit. The evening promised a night filled with fun and laughter.

The first store they stepped into was called Jenny's. Lily walked over to some appealing tops and began to make her way through the ones hanging on a rack. She looked through absolutely scandalous ones with sayings on the shirts that she wouldn't even let Sirius or James eyes fall upon.

Lily's hand caught on one shirt in particular and she took it off the rack examining it closely. It was a short dark green halter top and it had a shimmer to it. Lily smiled with triumph and she went over to the jeans section of the store. However she couldn't find a pair of jeans to go with her top that she had found.

"Ohhh Lilybunny did you find something already? I like!" Julia said as she looked at the top Lily picked out.

Elissa came over with a hot red mini-skirt along with a black tube top. She seemed to have her outfit all picked out Lily thought. But of course not as Julia soon shrieked, "SHOES!"

So Elissa and Lily paid for their finds and then followed Julia out to find some shoes. They came upon a small nook of a store down the street that carried shoes so they all entered with grins on their faces as they talked about that evening.

Elissa immediately found a sexy pair of black heels to wear with her outfit. They were only 1 inch high since she was tall as it was. Lily browsed around and surprisingly found a pair of tan shoes with little beaded embellishments on the top. It had a bit of a heel making Lily feel a bit taller than her usual 5.4

Julia around but didn't find anything to her interest. She had about a hundred shoes at home so it was quite possible that she would find a likeable pair there when they got home.

They quickly left than the store and Lily checked her watch as they headed down the street to find another clothing spot for Lily and Julia. It was already 4:47 in the late afternoon! Lily pushed open the door and the warmth flew over her cold cheeks as she walked in the back where the jeans were. Luckily she found a pair she was looking for. They were faded bellbottom jeans that fit snugly all the way down.

Julia purchased a short dark teal navy mini dress and then they were off to home to get ready for the evening. It was an evening full of promise and nothing was going to mess it up. Not that Lily knew of.

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Lily ordered a pizza when they got home to her flat and Julia's. She went to her room and assembled the outfit that she was going to wear on her bed. She smiled excitedly and then went to take a quick shower leaving the pizza money with Elissa.

Stepping into the shower she used her favorite coconut shampoo and smoothing conditioner. She hummed softly as she stepped out of the shower and put the towel around her hair like a turban. Lily pulled on her bathrobe as she finished drying herself then opened the door and left it open so it wouldn't be so steamy for the next person.

She found Elissa and Julia already in the kitchen munching on the pizza so she grabbed a slice and poured herself some water as she sat down next to them.

"Yumm I haven't eaten pizza in a long time." Julia said with her mouth full of the delicious food.

"Me neither. All Kadmus has been cooking is his native Greek food." Elissa said with a smile at the thought of her lover.

Lily chewed her pizza thoughtfully remembering when Elissa had begun dating Kadmus. It was probably eight months ago that they had met. Lily supposed it had been love at first sight because she was with Elissa having dinner with her and Elissa spotted him. Surprisingly he came right over and then they began chatting. It all seemed to go from there.

"Kadmus is fit!" Julia said with a grin as Elissa raised an eyebrow at her. Julia just raised her hands up and smiled.

"Yep he's nice looking." Lily said with sweet smile at Elissa.

"Okay, okay I know something that will make sure you guys stay away from him. I've meant to tell you awhile ago but there has been so much going on that I haven't had a chance...Kadmus and I are...well we're engaged." Elissa said with a shy smile uncertain of how her friends would take this.

"Elissa!" Julia exclaimed in an excited voice but her eyes were wide with amazement as well. Lily as well exchanged a surprised look with her friend.

"Oh my frig, you're the first one whose getting married! Are you sure you're ready Elissa? You guys are so young, we all are." Lily said with careful precision as she talked. She didn't want to insult her friend.

"I'm pretty yeah. I love the guy…he makes me so happy." Elissa said and she looked down at her hands as she talked.

Lily smiled warmheartedly and she put her hand on Elissa's hand. "If you're happy then we're happy right Jul?"

"Yep! How bout we chat about this wedding later cause it's time to get ready for the night eh?" Julia said with sparkling blue eyes and she grinned eagerly.

"Ok then!" Elissa said with a smile as well and she went and followed Julia to her room where she was going to get her makeup done.

Lily shook her head with a slight smile at the eagerness of Julia. She was the partier out of the three of them. Lily enjoyed a good time once in awhile and tonight she was in the perfect mood for it, especially with James.

As Lily was just clearing away the rubbish from the pizza she heard a slight tapping on the window and to her amazement it was an owl she had never seen before. A snobbish pure black owl with a white spot on its head.

Se felt her insides immediately go cold with nervousness as she went to open the window. Whose owl was this? Lily brought a hand tentatively towards the owl and it snapped at her. She jumped away from it and glared at it as it dropped the scroll and then flew out the window.

With slightly shaking hands she slowly opened the scroll and read it with unbelieving eyes.

Miss Evans,

It is time you should know about a certain piece of information concerning James Potter and your relationship with him. I've noticed the past few months you have grown closer towards him and it pains me somewhat to tell you that he is playing you up.

Why you ask? But of course it is quite simple. Albus Dumbledore overheard a prophecy made about you and he knew that the Dark Lord would want you in his position, for you have powers you know not of yet but soon will.

Back to subject I'm going to tell you bluntly. Dumbledore told Sirius and James to find a girl named Lily Evans with auburn colored hair and bright emerald eyes. Is it too big of a coincidence that they were both at the Quidditch match when you first met both of them? Hmmm indeed.

The Dark Lord would like to speak to you about these certain powers you a muggleborn have. Don't be so trusting towards your peers in the Order. I know there is a spy just as you and a few others do.

Lucius Malfoy.

Lily's eyes filled with tears as she finished the last of the letter and she angrily swiped them away with her hand. She swallowed tightly and walked quickly to her room and locked the door as she pulled the towel off her head savagely.

Tonight was the night for revenge. When she would arrive at the club with Elissa and Julia he wouldn't know what hit him when he would see her. Oh no, he wouldn't be able to touch because she wasn't going to let him near her. But when he did she would then confront him and ask him why he did this to her.

Why did stuff like this happen to her?

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A/N: Finally I'm done this chapter. And this is when the wheel starts really rolling. Lots of stuff to happen in the next few chapters. I'm going to New York City for two weeks. I'm leaving tomorrow so I'll be gone. But if you guys review a whole bunch then maybe I'll pop out another chapter during my stay since I'll be in contact with a computer. Hope you're all having a good summer so far! Tootles.