CH. 15 Dark Closets and Darker Corridors

(Frank)

After the holidays, time seemed to speed up. Suddenly, it was late March and Frank Longbottom was getting ready for his auror-prep exams. It was to determine whether or not he would get into the training program. Alice had also received the pamphlets from the ministry informing her of the tests, so at least they were suffering together.

Frank couldn't believe how lucky he was to have her. She was fierce and brave, and unafraid to show her true self. She was the most beautiful girl he'd every seen, both inside and out. She even won over his mother, and Augusta didn't like anyone.

He had no clue what Alice saw in him. He was awkwardly tall and his nose was a little too long. He almost threw up the first time he asked her out. He was a virgin before they slept together, so he was pretty sure she had to be lying when she said he was the best she'd ever had. He knew she hadn't slept around a lot, but she wasn't a virgin.

But even though Frank didn't understand what she was doing with him, he'd never let her go. He wanted to be that guy that she deserved, so he would try to become that. And he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

"Frank, are you listening?" Alice waved a hand in front of his dazed face. These thoughts, and thoughts of a certain small box sitting in his desk drawer, had been occupying his mind that past few days.

"Sorry Al, what'd you say?"

"I said, I'm pregnant." She folded her arms across her chest.

"WHAT!?" The whole library turned to look at them. Alice burst into laughter.

"Only kidding. But you deserved that. What is with you? Have you not been sleeping? You've been so out of it lately."

"Nothing. Nothing sorry. Yeah I guess I am just a little tired." He lied.

"Okay, well why do we wrap up a little early tonight?" She smiled.

"Sounds good to me." They put their books away and headed toward Gryffindor tower. Frank changed his mind, and took her hand, pulling her toward the kitchens.

"Have I ever told you how great you are?" She asked as she ate a treacle tart.

"Yes. But I still don't understand why you think so." He took a bite out of his apple.

"Well let's see. You're fearless," She began counting off her fingers. "You have the biggest heart of anyone I know. You make me feel safe, and you make me laugh. Oh, and you are sexy as hell." She blushed, but giggled. "And it is absolutely adorable that you don't see it."

"You are delusional, my love." He took her in his arms and kissed her on the forehead.

"Come on, you goof." She grabbed his arm and led him out of the kitchens. Once they were in the empty corridor, she turned around and kissed him, grabbing his cheeks to pull his face down to hers. It was passionate, and too quickly she pulled away. She started jogging and looked back at him, giving Frank a sexy wink. He knew where she was headed, but he jogged a few paces behind her anyway.

Finally, Alice found her destination. She opened the door to the broom closet and stepped in, leaving the door open.

Frank smiled, waiting a moment to play along with her game. Then, following her in, he shut the door and said "Lumos." A second later, Alice jumped him.

She wrapped her arms around his neck to pull his tall figure down to hers. Instead of bending down, Frank took her legs and lifted her up, pressing her against the wall. She gasped and wrapped them around his waist.

"Oh, Frank." She sighed as he kissed her neck and began to unbutton her school blouse. She rolled her hips into his, her skirt hiking up.

"I love you Alice." He said in a husky voice as she unbuttoned his shirt and started loosened his tie.

"I love you Frank Longbottom." She whispered, running her hands up and down his chest, and then moaning as he grasped her breast over her bra. Alice could already feel the spot between her legs heating up. He made her feel more wonderful than any man ever did. She unbuckled his belt and put her feet back on the ground as she pulled his trousers down. Then, getting on her knees, she pulled down his pants, letting his large cock spring free.

She looked up into his eyes as she stroked him a few times and he threw his head back. Then, without warning, she took his whole length into her mouth.

"Oh fuck, Alice!" He grunted, thrusting into her mouth. She continued for a few minutes, bobbing up and down until he couldn't take it anymore. He leaned over and pulled her up so he could kiss her. Roughly, he removed her knickers and shoved two fingers inside of her.

"Oh god! Oh god!" She lifted one of her legs to wrap around him so he could gain more access and he added another finger, grabbing her breast with his other hand. He pumped in and out, in an out, faster and faster. She was so wet.

Alice ran her fingers through Frank's smooth hair as he finger-fucked her pussy. The pad of his thumb joined his other fingers and rubbed her bundle of nerves and she cried out, cumming against his hand.

Frank smiled at how beautiful she was when she came. Without waiting, he lifted her up again, and pushed his erection inside her.

"Shit, you're so wet." He said into her shoulder. She wrapped her arms around his back, and was pretty sure she would leave scratch marks.

"Yes yes yes! Don't stop!" He was pounding into her, going deeper each time. In and out he thrusted, and she ground her hips against his. They were both sweating immensely now, and he knew they were both close.

"Cum for me baby, come on." He sucked on her neck, then rubbed her clit with his free hand.

"Oh merlin I'm cumming Frank!" She grabbed his neck. "Frank yes don't stop! Don't stop! Yes yes yesssss!" She threw her head back, squeezing around him. Alice was in total ecstasy; she lost herself and could've sworn she saw purple. She heard him grunt and thrust one more time until he spilled himself inside her, twitching from aftershock as well.

Frank finally pulled out and set Alice back on the ground. He gave her a quick kiss then smiled.

"So fucking sexy." She said, stroking his bare torso. When she had seen him shirtless for the first time, Alice had to admit she was pleasantly surprised. His clothes must've been loose and, now that she thought about it, he did wear excessive layers, because he was secretly very toned.

He laughed and kissed her forehead as he watched her button up her blouse.

"I suppose I'll take the compliment. Did you put a silencing charm on the door by the way? If not, we're in big trouble."

"No worries, I put a charm around the closet. We're good."

"Oh, good. Not that I don't love hearing you scream my name." He smirked as they walked down the hallway.

"Frank!" She giggled and he squeezed her waist. "You are so naughty."

(Peter)

"Shhh Peter your feet are so loud. We're gonna get caught." Sirius whispered.

"Shove it up your arse Padfoot. I didn't even want to do this." Peter retorted. He was so sick of being bossed around by everyone he knew.

He, Sirius and Remus were on their way to the head's dormitory. They had the map with them, but unfortunately James had the cloak in his room. Peter wished he was back in his bed, sound asleep. But apparently they needed him for this.

They finally reached the lion portrait. He gave a growl and a giant yawn and looked down at them.

"Speckles." Sirius whispered. The lion nodded and the portrait swung open.

"Bloody hell, Lils." The three boys stood frozen. Lily, naked from the waist up, was kneeling in front of James. He sat on the couch with his eyes closed as she went down on him. Their homework was in a messy pile, all over the floor.

"I owe you ten galleons, mate. Her tits are definitely better than Sally Hunt's." Sirius said, chuckling. Peter stared at Lily's beautiful chest then looked at the wall.

"PADFOOT!" James opened his eyes and Lily looked at them in horror. "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE?" He stepped in front of Lily while shoving his manhood back into his pants.

"We need you and your cloak. It's been too long since our last prank and things are getting dull. Although I must say this little interaction spiced things up a bit." He winked at Lily. She flicked him off then looked at Remus and Peter, who were looking anywhere but her.

"It's okay guys, I'm dressed." She laughed.

"Oh, sorry. Hi Lily." Remus smiled.

"So what is this prank?" James interjected.

"We'll explain on the way. But it'll be worth your blue balls."

"Nothing is worth the blue balls."

"Come on, James this could be fun!" Lily walked toward the boys. "I want to help."

"Really?" James and Sirius said together.

"Yeah, it'll be exciting."

"All right, you can take Wormtail's job." Sirius said.

"What? Why?"

"You just said you didn't want to be here, Pete." Remus replied.

"Yeah, well, maybe I changed my mind." Peter couldn't believe they were just throwing him away for Lily. All he ever did was try to please them, and they were simply tossing away his friendship. They were also going completely against marauder code by letting her in on a prank. There were four of them, not five! She shouldn't even know about the map.

"Can I do it just this once Peter?" Lily pleaded.

"Fine." Peter said calmly. "I'm pretty tired anyway, so I'll see you guys tomorrow." He lied, turning and walking out. I'll show them a real prank; he thought as he walked down the corridor, making his way toward the dungeons.

"So you know what to do, right?" Remus asked Lily. They had separated from James and Sirius when they left the dorm.

"Yes; we've been over it. Now go."

"Okay, okay. See you later."

Lily waved at him and started performing the spells she was told to do. She had to admit it was one of their more brilliant plans, and fairly harmless. It was a little difficult to do in the dark, but she figured it would be too risky to use a light.

When she finally finished, she was in one of the basement corridors so she had a long walk. She turned to leave when she heard footsteps, and thought it might be one of the boys. "Remus?" She whispered loudly. Sirius and James had taken the map and the cloak since they were doing the riskier areas. "James?"

"Out for a midnight stroll, Evans?" A cold voice said from the dark. Her stomach dropped as she heard more footsteps and she gripped her wand tightly in her steady hand.

"Something like that. Don't you and your friends have some death eater meeting to be at Avery?" Lily tried to keep her voice steady. Three more people came up behind the large boy with their wands lit. Ethen Mulciber, Rabastan Lestrange, and Regulus Black.

"Oh, she's feisty. I like 'em feisty." Mulciber said, a gleam in his eyes. Lily shot him a look and before she could respond, her wand was out of her hand. She saw Avery had wordlessly disarmed her and was holding it in his hand. She took a step back but he waved his wand, putting a rope around her ankles. She fell over.

"Look at that." Lestrange bent down, looking at tiny thong. Her skirt had gone up when she fell. "The mudblood bitch is a little slut."

"Black, get her up." Avery ordered. Regulus, without looking Lily in the eye, grabbed Lily's arms and picked her up so she was standing, then leaned her against the wall.

"We are going to teach you a lesson, mudblood. And after tonight, Potter will never want your dirty pussy again." Mulciber said, ripping her skirt and letting it fall to the floor. Lily wanted to cry, but she would not let them see an ounce of weakness.

"You four are fucking cowards," She said. "And James will love me no matter what." She began to yell out but before she could a silencing charm was put on her and she couldn't make a sound.

"Take the rope off so I can spread her legs. And hurry up." Lestrange ripped her shirt off as Mulciber held her hands against the wall. Lily felt the rope go away and she brought her knee up to Lestrange's crotch.

"Oh Fuck! God damnit you fucking bitch." He slapped her across the face, then pushed her on the floor and kicked her in the stomach. Lily screamed silently. They all laughed. "You think that's the best we can do mudblood?"

"Crucio!" Avery cried, pointing his wand at her. Lily rolled over in shock. She was in excruciating pain; she felt like burning hot knives were stabbing her all over her body. She would rather die than feel this pain a moment longer, yet it continued.

"I want to hear her scream. Finite. Crucio!" She could suddenly hear herself screaming now. The boys laughed around her as she cringed.

And then the pain stopped. Lily closed her eyes. She was trying so hard not to cry and she could barely breath.

"You guys, I think I hear something."

"Shut up Black, it's just the paintings."

Lily heard the unbuckling and unzipping of pants but she didn't have the strength to look up or struggle.

She felt rough hands pull down her knickers when she saw something in the corner of her eye. Avery had dropped her wand.

"You are such a filthy little mudblood slut aren't you?" She paid no attention to them. Just as Mulciber removed his boxers and began to lower himself to her level, she grasped her wand and yelled, "STUPEFY!" The boy flew down the hallway and landed in a heap on the floor. She put up a wordless shield charm before the other boys could do anything while she tried to stand up. When she finally did, she began taking down Avery, Lestrange and Black. Black wasn't putting up much of a fight, however. She was very weak and her reactions were slowing down.

"Petrificus Totalus!" She yelled. Lestrange was frozen and fell to the floor. She had been doing most of the curses and jinxes in her head, but everything was growing blurry and she needed to focus so she spoke aloud.

"SECTUMSEMPRA!" Avery yelled; his face contorted with anger.

"Lily!" She heard his voice just as she passed out.

"STUPEFY!" James yelled; and Avery flew back, hitting his head against the wall and slid down, unconscious.

"Regulus you piece of shit come back here!" Sirius called to his brother.

"Sirius! Forget about Regulus right now. Look at Lily!" James didn't even know what to do. She looked dead; he had never seen so much blood in his life. She looked as if someone tried to slice her into pieces. But she couldn't be. He checked for a pulse and let out a sigh of relief. She was still alive.

"Let's get her to Madam Pomfrey." Sirius said. He waved his wand and the three boys had ropes on their wrists and ankles. "We'll deal with you lot later."

James took off his jumper and threw it over Lily to cover her while he carried her to the hospital wing.

"What happened?" Madam Pomfrey looked horrified as James lay Lily down on a bed.

"I'm not sure- there were some Slytherins that attacked her." She walked around, examining the wounds.

"Did either of you hear the curse? The one that did this to her?"

"Sectumsempra. It must've been made up or illegal because I'd never heard of it." James said. As they spoke, she was already moving through the wing to grab potions and creams and gauze.

"I see. Potter, I need you to go fetch Professor Dumbledore. I'm afraid I don't know anything about this curse and he may be her only hope." James nodded. "And Black, I know it's late but I need your help here. It looks like she's also suffered the cruciatus curse and we need to help administer something for the shock while I try to stop the bleeding. Go Potter!" James had stopped when he heard 'cruciatus.' How could they have used an unforgivable on her? He would make them pay. He sprinted toward Dumbledore's office.

Lily woke up the next morning feeling very stiff and very hungover. Except she didn't drink last night. She looked around to see a bright room with beds all around. She sat up and saw James asleep in a chair beside her. Slowly, it started to come back to her. Avery taking her wand, Lestrange ripping off her skirt. All of them taking turns torturing her.

"James." She said, her voice raspy from the screaming. He opened his eyes slowly.

"Lils! Oh thank god." He came to sit on the edge of her bed. "I was so worried, love." He tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. "I'm so so sorry. I'll never let anything happen to you ever again." He had tears in his eyes.

"It's not your fault, James."

"I know, but I was so scared. Lils, you don't know how it looked, I thought…I thought I might lose you."

"Going to take more than that." She smiled, but the pain was returning. "Could you get Madam Pomfrey? I think I need more dittany or something."

"Sure thing." He kissed her forehead. Lily felt herself doze off again as he walked away.

"Ms. Evans, how are you feeling?" The nurse asked as she brought a tray of supplies to the bedside.

"I've been better. The pain is starting to come back."

"Not to worry. Drink this." She handed her a bottle, and Lily drank. It tasted disgusting, but she felt relief instantaneously. "Mr. Potter, would you excuse us for a moment?" Madam Pomfrey began pulling the curtains around the bed.

"No, I want to stay."

"I'll be fine James. Actually, it would be great if you could get us some food." She knew he was starving and she herself was quite hungry too.

"Alright. I'll be right back." He left the wing.

Madam Pomfrey opened her hospital gown and peeled back the gauze to reveal her gashes. Lily looked down at them and gasped. She had a huge slash that went from the middle of her stomach to her upper back.

"Will it scar?" Lily felt vain asking the question, but she wanted to know.

"We're not sure yet, dear. It was an unfamiliar curse." She put a few drops of dittany on the slash, then another potion, then another. After the potions, she wiped some sort of blue goo over the wound, and finally, wrapped several layers of gauze around her torso again. The nurse sat down and wiped her sweaty brow.

"Lily. I'm going to ask you a difficult question and I need you to be honest."

"Yes?"

"Sweetheart, the inside of your thigh has scratch marks. Did they…did those boys..."

"No," Lily interrupted. "I stopped them just before they could, and then James and Sirius came to help." Lily still couldn't believe how close it had been. If she had reached her wand ten second later, the answer to that question would probably be different.

"Well that is a relief. Although they did use the cruciatus curse on you so that doesn't make me feel much better."

"What is going to happen to them?" Lily was tired again, but she wanted to know.

"Dumbledore is trying for expulsion, but the Board of Governers is saying it should be suspension."

"That's it!" Lily tried sitting up but her body felt heavy. "How could they do that? They could come back and do the same thing to someone else!"

"Nothing is final yet, Ms. Evans. For now, you should get some rest." Lily's eyelids felt very heavy again so she didn't protest.