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CHAPTER SIX "Complete Control"

Lily felt happy and encouraged by Severus' visit. She didn't realize until now, but she had missed him terribly. He was always a true friend who she could talk to and share her feeling with, until James came along. She could share things with him that she couldn't share with James, and even if she did, he didn't want to hear it.

She found herself thinking about Severus' eyes as she headed back upstairs to get her wand before going to see James. The way they sparked when he saw her. James' eyes never did that. Perhaps with distaste, or anger sometimes, but never with love, like Severus.

Lily cursed herself again. How could she have been such a fool not to see it before, and instead have to endure five years with James when she could have been happy {and Severus could have been happy too, she reminded herself}.

Lily suddenly wanted to call Severus back, to fold herself into his arms and apologize to him, to let him know that it was over with James. The pull was so strong she actually felt herself going back to the door, but she knew he would be gone already.

There was a loud, cracking knock on the door, and Lily jumped. It couldn't be Severus could it? She had told him to come back tomorrow, there was no reason for him to be standing behind that door...

But Lily found herself eagerly pulling open the door, hoping to see those eyes again. But instead, there were two pairs of eyes there, attached to two people she hated most in the world.

"Hey, sweetheart," James said, and Lily's heart froze.

James stepped inside, and Sirius followed, closing the door behind him.

"What is he doing here?" Lily gestured to Sirius. For some reason, she felt terrified.

"He's just helping me out with something," James grinned that lopsided grin of his, walking closer to Lily, who had stepped back.

"I want you to leave," Lily said shrilly, feeling in her pockets for her wand. But that's right, her wand was upstairs.

"No, I don't think so," James said quietly, and Sirius snickered.

"I don't want to be your girlfriend anymore! We're done! I don't like the way you treat me, so I'm ending this." Lily said, trying not to let her fear enter her voice, keeping Severus' face in her mind to encourage herself. "Go on, leave. I don't want to see you again."

"Well, that's too bad, Lily, because it's not up to you. It's up to me." James raised the bottle he was holding and swirled the black contents. They sloshed against the sides, looking like an evil black cloud trying to escape. "This is for you, Lily. I made it today. This will prevent you from ever leaving, so you'll stay with me forever."

Lily gasped, and ran toward the stairs, thinking if somehow she could get to her wand, she would be alright. She was more then a match for James with magic. But Sirius quickly flicked his wand, and Lily felt her ankle pulled by an invisible hand. She fell to the floor, and James kneeled beside her quickly. Lily tried to scramble away, but Sirius grabbed her arms and held her down.

"Let me go!" Lily screamed, and tried to kick James, but he sat on her legs.

"Don't worry, Lily, soon it'll just be you and me forever. Maybe we'll even get married." James guffawed loudly and pulled the cork out of the bottle. Fear rose in Lily,and she struggles harder, trying to push James off, but he was too heavy.

"Wow, she really is a fighter, James. I can see why you want to keep her. You were always into feisty women," Sirius said, trying to maintain his grip on Lily.

"Open wide, sweetheart," James said.

She turned her head away, and squeezed her lips shut tightly. Whatever this black liquid was, it couldn't be good. She knew that they would get it down her throat eventually, but she wasn't going to just give up. She suddenly thought of Severus; now they would never be together. She would be stuck with James forever. She would never know true love. Tears rolled down her face onto the carpet as James grabbed her chin and twisted her face around so that she was looking at him. She fought as hard as she could, but it was useless.

"Open your mouth," James said again, but Lily kept her lips sealed shut.

"Fine, if you want to do this the hard way," James released his hold on Lily's face and took out his wand. "Crucio!"

Lily screamed; it felt like knives were being stuck in every part of her body, it felt like her flesh was being torn off, like she was being burned alive...

James took advantage of Lily's open mouth to pour the black potion down her throat. She coughed, choking on the bitter liquid, and couldn't help but swallow most of it.

Sirius looked at James in admiration. "That was a brilliant idea, Prongs. I would have never thought of it."

James smiled, then said, "Let's see if this works now." He got up off Lily's legs, and Sirius released her arms. They stared at Lily for a moment, ready to react if she tried to run away again, but she lay on the rug, her red hair splayed around her, and her eyes dull and terrified-looking.

"I think it worked!" Sirius said excitedly. "Now put the Mind Control charm back on her, too!"

James performed the spell, and then willed Lily to stand up and come over to him. Her mind seemed weak again, easily controlled. It seemed as if Lily were fighting desperately with herself to stay where she was, but eventually she got up and stood in front of James.

"See?" James said, twisting a lock of her hair between his fingers. "Everything will be fine now."

James pressed his lips against Lily's and she felt like throwing up. She tried to pull away but she couldn't.

"Sirius, I think this combination might work. It seems like the potion strengthened the charm. Maybe she won't be able to become immune to it again. I might be able to completely control her now. Who knows what I can make her do? I can't wait to experiment." James said, breaking the kiss. "Thank you for finding the potion."

Sirius grinned. "Thank my parents, who had the book in with their collection of dark literature."

"Could you give us a minute, Sirius? I want to talk to Lily in private, get some things straight." James said, and Sirius nodded, stepping back outside to wait.

As soon as Sirius left, James turned back to Lily, who felt fear rising in her like lava, burning her insides. What was he going to do?

"I want you to understand what you did was wrong, leaving me in front of the bar. It makes me look bad. And if I look bad, that's means you're gonna look bad too." James slapped Lily as hard as he could, and left an angry red mark on her face.

"You're never going to be able to leave me again. You're going to do what I say and enjoy it. Because from now on, you are my possession. I own you."

Lily tried to shake her head, but she couldn't, no matter how hard she tried.

"I had you under my control for most of the time we were together, you know." James said, and made Lily sit down on the couch. "Didn't you ever wonder why you did whatever I wanted when you were with me? It was a dark charm, Lily, and it worked perfectly until you started fighting it, becoming immune. That night at the bar was the last straw. You broke through even if you didn't know it. So I found this potion. And using them together, well, the results are wonderful, wouldn't you say?" James slapped her again, but Lily couldn't pull away, or cry out, because James wouldn't let her.

Lily was stunned by his words. She had been under his mind control? Was that the reason she always had an odd feeling when she was with him? Why she always did what he wanted, without even thinking why she was doing it? But it was nothing compared to the feeling she was having now; she could feel something strange coursing through her body, like electricity. If she understood correctly, James had been using this mind control charm on her, and when she had started becoming immune to it, he had found this potion, and then mixed the two. Who knew what the result would be? Maybe she would eventually become a slave, lose all of her individuality, her spirit, her thoughts, and do whatever James wanted, without even trying to fight.

She was a fool for not telling Severus. He might have been able to help her. They couldn't gone to the Ministry, or something. But she had wanted to fix this by herself, because of her pride and stubborness, and where had it gotten her? She might even die from this combination of Dark Magic.

Lily felt James release his hold on her mind for a moment, and she pleaded, "James, please. Don't do this. Let me go. I won't tell anybody."

"Oh, but you will, Lily. I know you. You'd want to make sure I didn't hurt anyone else. Besides," James said, sitting next to her. "I want you all to myself." James kissed her again, and she felt revolted. Tears trickled down her face.

James pulled away, and stared thoughtfully at Lily for a minute. "Now, I don't know how this is going to work if I leave you alone. You might tell your parents about this, so I guess we're getting married. You can come live with me, and stay in the apartment. You'll always be there when I need you." James smiled, and cracked his knuckles, and Lily felt terrified. Being locked up in James' apartment, waiting for him to come home so he could do whatever he wanted to her...never being able to get away.

But I don't want to marry you, Lily thought. I hate you, and I want Severus to come save me and take me away from you.

"We have to make this look convincing. I can't just take you now. So you can start packing, and tell your parents tonight that I asked for your hand in marriage,"

Asked? Lily thought. More like took,

"And you're going to move in with me right away, because you're so happy and excited. You've been waiting for a proposal forever, tell them. And I finally proposed." James slid a finger down Lily's cheek and continued down her neck to her collarbone. Chills ran down Lily's back.

"I'll try to control your mind, but I don't know if it'll work from a distance, so you'd better not try anything. If you do, well then you'll have to pay the consequences." James said menacingly."I have to go now, but I can't wait to come back tomorrow for my bride-to-be, and sweep her off her feet." James stood up, and looked down at Lily on the couch. Lily stood, feeling James pulling her up.

"Just remember what I said. Think about the ones you love before you try and save yourself, Lily, since you're so into saving others. Remember, they aren't magical. They can't protect themselves from me. Oh, speaking of magic, I think I'll take your wand too, so you can't try anything." James raised his own wand, and summoned Lily's wand from upstairs and tucked it into his pocket.

"And just as a reminder not to ever, ever disobey me again," James suddenly swung his fist as hard as he could, his punch full of the anger that she had caused him to feel when she left. It connected with her abdomen. Lily heard something crack, then a tremendous pain in her middle.

"I'll see you tomorrow," James touched Lily's pale face and smiled. "This next stage of your life is going to be better then you ever imagined."

James left the house, with Lily's wand in his pocket, and her life in his hands.

Once James' left, she felt his control on her slacken a bit, although she still felt like she was tied to him. Lily collapsed on the couch and cried until she didn't have any tears left in her, trying to ignore the shooting pain in her abdomen. When she was done crying, she used her shirt to wipe her face, and slowly raised it to expose her stomach.

On the left side of her ribcage, an angry purple and yellow mark marred the landscape of Lily's smooth white stomach.

She thought he might have broken a rib, because as she ran her hand over the swelling bruise, she felt a raised bump that hurt terribly when she prodded it. It hurt when she stood, and when she breathed. But she couldn't go to the hospital. If she let outsiders in, she might have to 'pay the consequences'. She would just have to deal with it. Maybe James would heal it for her. But he probably wouldn't. He would enjoy seeing her in pain, and preventing her from doing anything about it.

She went to the kitchen, walking slowing, to get some ice. Maybe it would numb the area a bit and bring down the swelling.

Emotions swirled within her; she was afraid, and angry at James, but also frustrated with herself. How could she be this stupid to make the worst decision of her life? The decision of going out on that first date with James had completely ruined the rest of her life. Now she would marry him, and never be able to see how things would have gone with Severus. Lily was almost tempted to see if she could go to Severus for help, but she was afraid that James might find out somehow and she'd have to pay the consequences. She would not put it past James to kill her family. No, it would be better or her to suffer, then to get her family{and Severus} involved, and have them suffer too. She could see clearly, as if on a t.v. screen, her mother, father, and sister, screaming as James tortured them with the Cruciartus. Then he would kill them slowly with horrible dark spells, courtesy of Sirius' dark books. And she imagined Severus trying to defend her, save her, but James destroying him, cursing him until nothing would be left.

She couldn't let that happen. She would just have to deal with it, just like she was dealing with the broken rib, and 'pay the consequences' of going on that first date with James Potter.

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