Lily's POV
I stopped running when I had run out of breath. I didn't know how he knew my true last name, but I think someone else did. I was already in the dungeons, so I swiftly made my way to my father's office. Classes had let out and I knew he would be grading papers.
I knocked on the door before opening without permission to come in. Father was behind his desk looking irritated until he noticed it was me. "Lily?" he asked, "What is it Flower?"
"Harrison Evans knew my real last name," I said, "How could he possibly know that?"
"Lily-," Father said.
"How did he know Father?"
"I cannot tell you. I promised someone," he said going back to his papers.
"Who did you promise? Draco? Uncle Lu? Uncle Tom? Who?" I asked. I was getting irritated at this information being kept from me.
"You!" Father said finally snapping, "I promised you!"
The pain from earlier was coming back. I closed my eyes again, but this time I put the balls of my hands against my temples to stop the pain.
"I-I don't think I can do this Daddy," I heard my voice say, "I can't deal with the pain. All these memories of Harrison and the love I've felt for him… it hurts Daddy it hurts so much! I just want to forget him."
"Daddy," I said with a quivering voice, "What did I do?"
"You wanted to forget Harrison Evans. So you did," Father said as he stood and walked up to me. He pulled me into his arms, "I'm so sorry Little Flower. With all the stress of being around the boy and the boredom you've been going through, must have unlocked them."
"I'm scared Daddy!" I cried into his robes, "I'm scared and I hurt Daddy!" He held me closer to him and hugged me tighter.
"I'm so sorry my Little Flower. So sorry," I could barely hear the hitch in his voice as he buried his face in my hair. He sat down and pulled me into his lap. Though I was 15, turning 16 in just a couple of weeks, this made both him and me feel a little better.
My head was still pounding inside my skull. I just wanted the pain to go away. How many more headaches were to come? Will visions come with the voices? I didn't know, and I wasn't really sure I wanted to know.
Dumbledore's POV
She was here! She was so close to my grasp, but not close enough. She was in Slytherin house, and almost constantly surrounded by the snakes. I let out a small growl as I thought about her.
I never knew how beautiful the spawn of Snape would be. She was a gorgeous young lady. I shook my head trying to rid myself of these thoughts. I needed her for a greater plan. I will get her one way or another.
I growled again as I thought about the Potter brat. I knew he knew about my plans for him, and he would not cooperate. I even tried to use the imperious curse on him, but he bounced off without even trying. His will was stronger than even my own.
I sighed. I needed to visit my new toy.
I got to Grimwald Place without any trouble, and went down to the basement. Elizabeth Crimson was still there, and she was still chained to the wall.
"I'm sorry to say Elizabeth that you have outgrown your importance," I said to her. Now that I had her daughter within the walls of Hogwarts, I no longer needed her. "Do not think that your death will be painless." I let the evil face that was under the mask come through.
"You do not think that my family will let you near my daughter," she growled. This was going to be fun.
Lily's POV
I was still sitting in Father's lap when the sun had set outside. The day had gone terribly. Though my tears had stopped some time ago, the pain in my head had not ebbed away.
My head was laying on Father's shoulders when I felt something happen. It was as if a small piece of my heart had rotted away and died. I knew what had happened. Father felt it as well.
"Mommy!" I cried, tears anew streaming down my cheeks. My mother was dead, and the pain coming from my heart was paralyzing.
I heard the floo fire up and heard two sets of footsteps come closer to us. I also heard the door open and slam shut. Draco, Uncle Lucius, and Uncle Tom had felt it too. Family did not end with blood, and my mother proved that. She had made such a connection with these people that they all knew she had gone from this world.
I looked around at the three men surrounding my father and I. They all had tears welling up in their eyes, but I knew the tears would not fall. They thought that Father and I were the only ones with the right to shed them. My father for the loss of his soulmate, and me for the loss of my mother.
I felt Daddy's arms wrap around me tighter and his face get buried back into my hair. Though he would not show anyone else his tears, he showed them freely today. In front of the four people who he trusted most in the entire world, he sobbed for the life of his lost love.
He's had so many losses in his life: his freedom, his best friend, and now his soulmate.
We just sat in silence until it was time for curfew when Draco and I had to go back to the dorm rooms. I looked around to see all my roommates asleep and I pulled out a shirt. The shirt that belonged to my mother. I put a preservation charm on the piece of clothing and held it close to my nose. It smelled of her perfume, and with the addition of the preservation charm, it always will.
I climbed in and closed the curtains around me. I cried until I fell asleep with my mother's shirt wrapped in my tight embrace.
