Remus and James led the way through the somewhat dark yet warm forest as Lily and Olaf followed. Poor Lily was still shivering, and even though it felt warmer on the outside, she still felt bitterly cold on the inside. Olaf was distracted by all the greenery, and kept saying "Oooh look a pretty flower!" and "Ohhh look how big that tree is!" James looked back at Lily, and frowned as he saw her shivering and struggling to keep warm despite the warmer environment they were in, and slowed down to walk next to her. He put his hand through his hair again, and asked "Are you okay?" Lily nodded and said "Y-yeah, I'm fine." She smiled to show that she was alright, but it wasn't very convincing, and James said "We'll be there soon." They continued walking quietly for a little while, and then James said "So, um, Lily, you should probably know a little bit about our family before you meet them. They took us in and made us part of their family, really when we needed it most," Lily said with a small but genuine smile "Really? That's so sweet." James smiled and said "Yeah, they are wonderful, but I should warn you: They are very, uh, forceful. Not in the bad way, they are overwhelmingly, um, loving? And-" and he continued to ramble to correct himself, until Lily interrupted, saying "James," and he said "Yes?" "They sound like a very warm, caring family. I can't wait to meet them," she said as she smiled at him, and he smiled back. Remus watched the whole conversation, and smiled at them, but as he looked ahead his smile turned into a look of concern. He'd grown to love her as the little sister he never had, and James had fallen head over heels (or, in his case, hooves) in love with her, and hoped that his family could help her.
After a short while they reached a clearing, where there were many boulders scattered around. James and Remus smiled and walked right in saying "Hey everyone! We're back!" and started talking to each of the boulders, while Lily and Olaf looked at the two brothers as if they were crazy. Olaf whispered "Psst, Lily! They're crazy! I'll distract them while you run! Because I love you I insist you run. Right now. Really go before you catch their craziness!" Lily, who was too surprised at what she saw, didn't do as Olaf suggested, and said "Uh..James? Remus? You're talking to a bunch of-" but she didn't finish her sentence; the ground started shaking beneath their feet, and all the boulders were rolling to where Remus and James were. They all suddenly popped open to form little rock people, and one of them shouted "My babies are home!" Remus and James smiled got down to its level and said "Hi Bulda!" and hugged her. All of the rock people started telling them about the happenings and asking questions as Lily recognized what they were and said "Aww! They're Trolls!" She smiled as all the trolls stared at her and Olaf, and Bulda shouted "IT'S A GIRL!" and the trolls all shoved her to where James and Remus were, and Bulda asked "So which one of you is she with?" Remus blushed and pointed to James, and James said "Wait-" but they ignored him and Bulda said "Ohhhh my baby's growing up so fast! When did you two get engaged? When's the wedding?" Lily and James looked at each other and started sputtering "Uh, well I uh, you see," "Nonono, he is just um, uh, a-" while Olaf said "Yay they're engaged! Wait, you two are getting married?" and Lily said "No Olaf, James and I are just-" Bulda interrupted and said "I know! We'll have the wedding here!" James and Lily were whisked away immediately by the trolls: The females with Lily, the males with James. Lily was fitted with a mossy cape with flowers along the border of it, some colorful crystal necklaces, and a grassy-flower tiara. Bulda told Lily "You are a beautiful girl, and you have a good soul, I can tell, dear. You'll be good for him." Lily smiled and was about to explain their situation, but then the male trolls came in and had also fixed James up with a mossy, grass bordered cape and a tall grass crown. James was trying to explain their situation as well, but when he saw Lily he stopped talking, and looked at how beautiful she looked, and Lily blushed.
Soon the two were shoved in a hole in the ground so they could be at the level of the troll priest, and Remus stood behind the two, trying not to laugh while Olaf played with the troll children. The troll priest said "James, do you take this girl to be your trollfully wedded wife?" and James and Lily said in unison "Wait, what?" and Lily suddenly couldn't breathe, and fell over as James caught her, and said "Lily!" Remus and the trolls gasped and looked concerned, but then suddenly the troll king rolled up to them and said "There is strange magic happening here." Remus and James said gratefully "Grand Pabbie!" and Pabbie nodded to them, and had a grim look on his face as he said "Give her hand to me." James helped Lily up, who weakly gave Pabbie her hand with James's help. "Lily, your life is in grave danger. There is ice in your heart put there by your brother." Lily gasped, and Remus asked, "But, you can remove it, can't you?" Pabbie shook his head sadly, and said "No, I'm sorry. There is only one cure for this," Lily asked weakly "What is it?" Pabbie looked to her and said "Only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart." Lily murmured to herself "An act of true love…Severus. He n-needs to kiss me!" She fell back down as she lost her breath once again, this time the other half of her hair turning almost completely white: Only a few strands were still red. James and Remus gasped with the trolls, and James said "Moony, help us out of here," Remus nodded and did so quickly, and said "James, we'll take turns riding on each other: You can change into your stag form and we'll ride on your back. Then when we're halfway there, you two can ride on mine. We should take turns so one of us doesn't get too worn out, it's a rough journey, especially since we have to hurry," James nodded and said "Yeah, good plan. Let's go," Olaf said "Yay another journey! I'll slide next to you guys." James nodded and turned into his stag form and Remus sat on him, and then put Lily in front of him, so he could hold onto her as they rode, as she was in no condition to hold on by herself.
Remus held onto Lily tightly, trying to keep her warm, but she still shivered violently, and seemed to have trouble breathing. Remus frowned, and watched as Lily kept fading in and out of sleep, her normally sparkling emerald eyes growing a darker shade of blue each time she opened them. In a short time they reached the halfway point. James stopped and Remus picked up Lily bridal-style, while James transformed back into a human. Remus handed Lily carefully to James, and transformed into his wolf form. James sat on Remus with Lily in his arms, and James wrapped his scarf around Remus's neck to make a makeshift collar so he could hold on to him as they rode. Olaf asked, looking concerned "Do you think she's gonna be okay?" James looked at her, her lips now slightly blue, and her beautiful face contorted in discomfort in her sleep and he frowned and told Olaf honestly "I really hope so, Olaf." Olaf frowned himself, and said "We've gotta hurry, then." James nodded and after he put his beanie hat on Lily's head, (at which Lily gave him a small smile that he didn't notice) he said "Let's go, Moony." With that, they were off.
Back to a few hours ago…
Sirius stood in the grand foyer, tears in his silver eyes that wouldn't fall: He just hurt his sister again. How could he be so careless once again with his powers? Yes she was stubborn, but she had always been like that, and he should have been more in control of his powers. That's why he was trapped in his room for years, after all! His lack of control over his powers also caused Gryffindor to freeze! How could he possibly save his people now? He started pacing back and forth, and kept chanting to himself "Conceal, don't feel, conceal, don't feel!" but the longer he panicked, the more icy spikes grew from the walls, and enchanted fires broke out on the icy floor.
Outside his palace…
"Alright, when we get to the doors of the ice palace, get into position to attack." Severus said to his small army of men as they followed him across the bridge. They were stopped in their tracks when a giant ice dragon had flown in, and stopped in front of them, roaring. As the icy beast roared, a blue fire came from its mouth, and the men had to roll out of the way. Severus noticed out of the corner of his eye that the Duke's two men had snuck around the dragon and went into the castle. Severus knew what they were going to do, so he dodged the dragon's fiery breath and used his sword to cut off the dragon's right leg, causing the dragon to topple over and roll off into the gap underneath the ice bridge. Severus ran in after the Duke's men, and when he came in, he saw Sirius trapping both of the men in an ice spike prison. Severus drew his sword once again, and pointed it to Sirius's throat, and asked "Where is Lily, you monster?" Sirius, who didn't expect Severus to be there, said "I don't know!" Severus said "Are you telling the truth, or are you too ashamed to admit you killed her with your own sorcery?" Sirius made a sword of ice, and used it to get Severus's away from his neck. "How dare you think that I would kill my own sister!" Sirius exclaimed as Severus and Sirius clashed their swords. The two were now in a sword fight in which Sirius slashed Severus on the cheek, while Severus slashed Sirius on the leg. In the midst of the battle, Sirius noticed out of the corner of his eye that one of the men he had trapped in the icy prison had a crossbow pointed straight at him! He narrowly avoided Severus's swipe, and threw a fireball at the crossbow that the man held, burning it as the man quickly dropped it. Severus took Sirius's moment of distraction, and knocked Sirius's sword out of his hand, and once again held his sword at Sirius's neck. Severus said mockingly "I could kill you this way, you know. It'd save you from the torture I have waiting for you back in Gryffindor. But lucky for you, I shall wait, and relish that moment when it comes." With that, he conked out Sirius with the handle of his sword, and freed the two men from their prison as he said "You two will carry him back to Gryffindor. I will be watching you very closely to ensure that I will be the only one to rid Gryffindor of this monster, and not let that incompetent rat of a man take the credit for it. Is that clear?" The two men nodded and picked up the unconscious Sirius as the group headed back to Gryffindor.