The Missing Marauder

by theslytherinmarauder

' My name's Lilah Darcy' 'And I'm here to save you' she smirked at the boy who looked just like her former best friend. Well apart from his eyes. His eyes were of another friend of her's... Lily Welcome to the life of Lilah Octavia Darcy and her past, present and future.

4. 3- Number Four Privet Drive

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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="bcab980bac09a15d4f85e41f0924f5d1"Lilah became enraged by this sentence immediately. She was stood outside Number Four Privet Drive and knew instantly they were talking about Lily Evans. It took Lilah all her willpower not to storm in there./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="9a9fc0c2337276b23e55f22919730e02""Complaining of a busted gut from laughter. Or an excuse to skip class, your father a broken jaw, well it was a broken jaw at one point. And your mother usually pulled muscles from throwing things. In the end things worked out though and they were unbelievably happy. Harry, they loved you so much. All of us did. We still do. They may be gone but they live with us. In here." She pointed to her chest, her wand falling out of her pocket./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="5bb557d8a195b4125944da019fc25064"Harry read the article his eyes widening as he found out some of the details of Black's arrest. Harry looked at the man's face and shadowed eyes once more. He resembled what Harry saw as a vampire. Harry himself had never seen one but he had read and seen photos of them countless times in his defence against the dark arts classes. Black looked exactly like one and scarily so did Lilah. Harry tried not to panic as countless scenarios raced around his mind. Maybe it's just a characteristic of pure-blooded families. The pale skin. The eyes. Harry attempted to re-assure himself./p
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