Disclaimer: If you think I'm JK Rowling or trying to steal her stuff-- you are stupid.
A/N Sierra can't write no more, so sorry. Err...Don't take that to the extreme, she's got a serious, humongous, stupendous, colossal, gigantic, unbelievably terrible, horrible, rotten, nasty, annoyingly bad case of Writer's Block! Sierra just can't seem to get herself to type more then a disclaimer (or author's note). It's not pleasant, and she feels awful, so forgive her! She's trying to get this chapter out.
Really, I just got truly stuck on this chapter...I'm having trouble thinking of a good way to raise Davy Gudgeon from the dead the way I want--he won't be the same is about as far as I've gotten. It's going to be very vague I guess. I think the reason for my problem is probably the fact that I didn't want to rush into the biggest parts of the story. My beta-reader (Y. Kuang) and I were discussing how some people rush into the climax of stories, and I already knew I didn't want that, so...If I have my way with this chapter it should prep you for the big bang--well maybe more like the main scene, but many more big scenes will happen after, this is probably the big bonker--well actually this is a small chapter--still getting to it the main thing-y, didn't I already say that?
High School Sucks...but the people are cool-ish.
Wish me luck! And reviews always help me write, they just plain give me ideas and I don't know why. Maybe I should just glue my butt to the chair so I get this DONE!!!!
OTHER notes...Um, my wisdom teeth are coming, maybe they'll make me smart and less 'dumb blonde'
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What Happened Last Time We Tuned In:
I think I know what he's doing. Lily 'said' to James.
What? James 'said' back.
He's going to try and become immortal somehow, by using me--Oh dear we're here. Lily told him as she came into a room that was lit by dozens of candles floating in the air.
What? Lily tell me what's going on! James demanded.
Oh God... It's Davy! He's dead... Oh shit... Lily's thoughts held sadness that even James could hear.
Lily, keep telling me! Explain to me what's going on! James ordered her, and Lily didn't answer for a long time and when she did her voice was shaky and afraid.
They... They're raising him from the dead...
Chapter 17 Attempted Escape
(A/N I hope you can tell the obvious that this is Lily and this is James. James is the slant/bold and Lily just the bold, for thoughts.)
They're raising him from the dead!? James repeated, his voice filled with horror.
Yes. Even Lily's head voice sounded squeaky.
I believe that's impossible, that can't be it. James said in his mind.
Well that's what seems to be going on! It's my boyfriend--ex-boyfriend. Davy Gudgeon, we were always an on off kind of thing. He's a Death Eater too it seems. He was most definitely dead and now he's twitching and--oh! Lily stared, there were 13 Death Eaters standing around Davy's dead form, and they were chanting something over and over. Lily couldn't make out the words.
What? You dated a Death Eater!? James exclaimed.
JAMES! That's not the point here, pay attention to the fact that they're turning him into an undead creature! Lily screeched to James' mind.
I was! James said unconvincingly.
James couldn't see the anger on Lily's face, but it was evident in her 'voice'. James, how do I stop this? They can't do this! I mean it's illegal for one! They banned this years and years ago, because the creatures they created were of the devil! Lily's head voice held panic that hit James hard.
Well, I don't know, are you by any chance being restrained? James inquired.
Of course! Two bulky henchmen got me by the arms, and Remus has three--he's putting up quite a fight actually. Is there anything I can say that might stop it? Is there anything you have that might let you escape--run here and do something?! Lily knew this was bad, and she had no idea as to why Voldemort would want to mess with this kind of thing--it seemed of no use to him...But then again Voldemort hardly ever made sense and this could very well be something of great importance then something besides scaring the dickens out of her!
In actuality, Lily and Remus were in a chamber, so far down below the last one that James would probably never be able to get there in time without getting lost or caught. Lily had a good guess as to where they were. It was an apparent wizard home, probably one from the old medieval warring days, most likely used as a prison for the owner's opponents that were imprisoned and tortured.
I don't think there's anything I can do, Lily. James's voice held the hopelessness Lily felt as well. Lily? James tried, but there was no answer.
What James didn't know, was that the ritual was complete and Lily, Remus and all the Death Eaters were now face to face with one incredible beast-y from Hell.
The normal handsome lines of Davy's face were contorted into a gruesome sneer and his brown eyes were a vivid yellow with black lines slashing through them. The once, dirty blonde hair, was now infested with snakes, and the devil's imprint had been burnt into his forehead...And there was no explaining how disfigured his body had become, and his skin was white with death, but he moved and stared at them all with nefarious eyes.
Lily had belted out a loud, earsplitting scream and Remus had gone white in terror and stopped struggling. Lily felt sick to her stomach, and suddenly took the moment to vomit on the Death Eater restraining her. Lucky for her, he took no offense in it, and just cleared it away with his wand, and then quickly emptied the contents of his stomach too, it was a very grotesque sight.
Finally, one of the Death Eaters approached to Lily and Remus and spoke, "Do either of you want this to be your fate?"
Neither of the two in question replied or made any notion as to having of heard.
"Then I suggest you don't try anything funny or mess anything up when the Ceremony begins tonight. That was the only real reason for showing you this." Lily finally recognized the voice as Lucius Malfoy's. "Though, pure amusement had a lot to do with it, I see you enjoyed it Miss Evans." He gestured to the previously vomited on henchman and laughed coldly. Lily bit her lip to keep from screaming at him in hatred, and to stay away from getting into trouble so soon, because her mind was already forming a plan.
"Shall we take the werewolf back to his... quarters?" Lucius asked no one, "Take him up there and be sure to lock him up tightly with Potter, or else the consequences might be ugly. "Evans can't be with them remember? She goes in a cell on her own." With that Lucius took off and left Remus and Lily alone with the other Death Eaters, and the two who held Lily and the three for Remus made their way up the long staircases.
James? Lily tried finally.
Oh thank God your okay Lily! I thought they'd done something to you! James' voice found Lily with awkwardness in it's tone.
James, I have to explain something to you, and very quickly or it might not work. Now might be my last chance to do this...
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(A/N, *Sierra rejoices to have finally been able to have written something on this story!* Kiss my butt goodbye writer's block!)
Dumbledore had long since left Isabella and Sirius alone and they were both talking about what could be going on with their friends.
"My best guess is that they're going to kill or turn someone into a werewolf with Remus--maybe kill Lily that way, and then James is probably undecided because he was just a tag-along." Sirius proposed.
"Maybe, but then again it could be that they are going to make as many werewolves as possible and set them out on the world and slowly torture Lily and James by trapping them in a room with all of them!" Isabella's idea seemed a bit out of the ball park, but the two had no idea what was happening in the least bit.
"Perhaps...But we simple folk could never even begin to calculate what was going on inside that evil master mind's head that we all call You-Know-Who." Sirius sighed dejectedly and leaned back tiredly. He hadn't slept all night, and it was now lunch time.
"We should probably get some sleep." Isabella offered turning the chair Sirius sat in into a bed, and then turning the sofa she laid on into a bed as well, and then conjured up some blankets and pillows for the both of them. "This way, if anything happens we'll be notified immediately and no one will be able to trace us back home and neither of our lives will be in danger."
"Hey! I just thought of something, they could've been after me or Peter all night and since we were always with the Ministry or together they couldn't catch us! Maybe it's one giant plan to get rid of the Marauders."
"Maybe...But not likely, what's special about the four of you?" Isabella asked through a yawn as she cuddled her pillow and began to fall asleep."
"Oh, we're special in our own way...They don't call us Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs for nothing." Sirius and Isabella were soon both in deep sleeps, but that didn't scare away the nightmares that plagued them both. Neither of them knew that they shared the same dream, it was lucky for them that that day was filled with so much magic that many images were capable of entering the mind--true images...
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In their dreams, Sirius and Isabella both found themselves in a similar place, if you could call it that. It was mostly filled with dark figures and objects that had no distinct shape, but the evil of them was easily felt.
At first no sound could be heard, but it seemed like something was going on--a huge preparation, it was just something a person could feel, by the tenseness the figures that moved gave off. The movement of the figures got faster and faster, but never clearer.
Suddenly a burst of colors exploded from no where and a emerald green figure seemed to be the center, and an amber and red color fueled into it. It was remarkably beautiful, but had an eeriness that made Sirius and Isabella think over of not going near it.
Then just as quickly as they had appeared, the colors disappeared, and in their place a lone figure dwindled over where they were and Sirius and Isabella went over to investigate the figure.
As they got closer it seemed the figure got clearer and clearer--and the two both recognized the figure to be a person, one James Potter to be precise.
Sirius abruptly reached out to grab at James, but couldn't even touch James, so Sirius and Isabella just looked on as to what James seemed to be doing.
He held a wand in his hand desperately trying to do something as he knelt over --something. And then a black figure came up behind James, and dragged him away out of sight and the colors burst out around the two and Isabella and Sirius made a run for an escape.
And then the area around them was seeable-- they were in a desert, bare of anything but sand and marks all over it. A few Death Eater were there and holding James back and Lily, Remus, Voldemort--and many unknown figures were laid out in an orderly fashion on the ground and looked very much--dead.
Isabella had just enough time to comprehend where they were when she woke up with a yelp.
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"Sirius! Sirius! Wake up-." Isabella cried pouncing on Sirius' bed/chair.
"I'm awake, I'm awake! God, you just woke me up from a terrible nightmare." Sirius shook his head to clear his thoughts.
"I know where they are! I know where they are! They're in the Sands of Death Desert!" Isabella squealed. "We have to inform someone immediately! This could be life or death Sirius! And..." Isabella glanced at her watch. "It's already dark outside and the moon has risen!"
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(A/N And I'm still going! Yes! Yes! YES!! I was really getting worried about my writing ability, I hope you are getting the time jumps.)
~Why Peter Pettigrew Was Late To Meet Lucius~
"Pettigrew? You're the one picking these up?" Severus asked suspiciously.
"Yes." Squeaked the shorter man.
Severus tried not to growl in anger and handed the vials over to the man. "Take care of them and don't drop them--or you might just get yourself blown up." Severus added with a smirk, the two men had met at the edge of the Forbidden Forest and it seemed the the blonde had a strong fear of it and Severus. In other words, Severus was going to scare Peter as much as possible for pay back for the torture the shorter man and his friends had put Severus under during their school days.
"You know Pettigrew, being a Death Eater is a difficult job--all the secrecy, you can't tell anyone." Severus said slyly, keeping yet another smirk off his own face.
"I-I know Snape." Peter's high tenor voice stuttered.
"You'll have to be careful not to slip up--because if you do, well I'm sure not even you dearest, closest friends will not hesitate to turn you into the Ministry, including Lupin; the soft hearted git." Severus added under his breath.
"I haven't slipped up once! And I'm not the one who fraternized with the mudblood!" Peter snapped, apparently, being a Death Eater had given him some much needed confidence, this was a great annoyance to Severus.
"And if you aren't really careful with who knows what you are, or you'll find your brethren will turn you in just as easily as your enemy." Severus voice was thick with the hatred he'd had for the man for almost 10 years.
Peter eyes Severus suspiciously and his eyes flashed with just as much hatred for the taller man as the other held for himself. "I'll look out for that. Goodbye Snape."
Yes, indeed Severus would never report the man--it was a waste of time to capture him and report him and the short man was of no threat to any one, just a pitiable messenger boy.
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~The Present Once More~
Lily that's the craziest idea ever, it'll never work! You'll get yourself killed--or Remus! And maybe even myself. James exclaimed when Lily had told him her plan.
Who's to say we won't all be dead my the morrow? Lily countered. James made no reply and Lily continued, Remus and I might just get to you, but hopefully we'll be able to put a stop to this nasty plan and get our butts out of here! Escape is the only way. Lily told him again, her plan for escape was vague and not very safe, but it was they're only chance.
It's too dangerous Lily! I forbid you to do it! James ordered.
You can't stop me! You're the one trapped in a cell upstairs! Lily yelled at James once again in her mind.
Well, it's your fault I'm here.
"Guilt will get you no where." Lily replied firmly, not noticing she'd said it out loud as well as to James. The six people around her eyed her warily, wondering just what kind of schizophrenic illness she'd developed.
Guilt will get you to Azkaban. James said in a sing-song voice that held bitterness to it, and they both suddenly wondered how they're conversation had gotten so harsh.
Being thought guilty will get you to Azkaban, but only for terrible crimes. Lily said stiffly in an attempt to defend herself.
James' voice snorted into Lily's voice, and it reminded her of a very irritated pig she'd once met at a petting zoo. I still think you shouldn't go through with it, it's too dangerous!
Oh shut it! I've been planning on dying all day and you aren't going to ruin it for me by turning all parental on me! Lily snapped angrily, almost falling over a step because she wasn't paying attention, and then she noticed it was now or never. Step 1 in escaping, run as fast as you can in the opposite direction and hope no one notices.
Lily then put her plan into action, whilst grabbing Remus' hand and dragging him back down the stairs with her, the Death Eater henchmen left to stare in wonder at such an abrupt attempt of escape.
Remus and Lily were running, and Remus kept casting curious glances at Lily as to what they were doing, but didn't bother to say anything and just followed her down the many, many stair cases and hallways that existed in the large prison.
All the while as they did this, Lily and James were arguing inside each other's heads.
NO! Lily turn back and turn yourself in while you can still find you way back! James screamed inside her head, making Lily's head hurt.
I think they're chasing us now... Was Lily's scatter brained reply.
LILY! If my friend or you gets killed, what do you think will happen to ME!? James tried desperately to persuade her from her crazy plan of escape.
Remus and Lily were beginning to pant and sweat from the effort, and not to mention the pressure they felt for getting caught or not getting caught.
James, if you haven't noticed I'm rather busy now. Lily told him exasperatedly.
Does it seem as if I care!? Just get your-- Nothing more could be heard.
James? James? Lily tried, but it didn't work. She was alone with her thoughts once more. Lily took a deep breath and spurted on farther.
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A/N Sierra is quite pleased to have written something finally! She's very, very sorry for not updating in so long, but...sometimes you just can't! I was quite pleased with this chapter, and I hope to get lots of reviews for it or else...
LILY GETS SENT TO AZKABAN!!
Well, it may or may not happen, right now I'm leaning towards not, but then again it could be really awesome to have her go and then get her out and then...Well but it could also be really neat to not send her to Azkaban...
Hmm...Let's try for...1450 reviews?? or like in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue?? Hint. Hint
High School makes it down right impossible to have time to write anything at all! It's very annoying! Homework takes up all my time and the rest of my time I would like to spend sleeping or being with my friends. BUT, I mangaged to get creative late Saturday night at type this, so off it goes to my beta-reader!
ONCE more I'm SO Sorry for the long wait, and not long enough chapter, but writer's block overwhelmed me!
*~Sierra~*