Hey! Finally! Another chapter up! What's it been, a month or so? Well, enjoy!
Reviewers:
Fuzzy:
Serenity? That's a really pretty name; sounds very graceful. It reminds me of that girl in Sailor Moon, but I think her name was Serena.
Hpandfriendsrultheworld:
Lol, I totally agree with your name! Roxy or Kristielle? Those are very unique names and true, I've never met anyone named either of those names! Sarah isn't that boring, common, but not boring. It's actually a very pretty name if you think about it. It's better to have a common name than a really weird name… at least I think so. It would be a bother if no one could pronounce your name.
Man eating plant:
Hahaha, that's so weird! I've never known any girl with the name Charlie or James…I suppose it does work. Elspeth? Gosh, people are coming up with weird names these days…
KrAzYkEwLgUrL:
You can see now that I am indeed working on my next chapter, but I type slow! It's not my fault. I used to update like really soon, maybe in like two or three days, but now its getting slower. I have no idea why(
Nicky:
Autumn's such a pretty name! I used to know someone named Autumn, but then she and I lost contact. It's so colorful!
Ilikeoliverwood:
A pageant? I don't know why parents do that to their kids! I mean some kids like it, so that's ok, but other kids are practically forced by their parents to do that. Besides, all that makeup on a kid is really freaky…no offense or anything.
IcyCrystal:
Don't worry, Carly's not gonna be transsexual (what does that mean anyway? I know bisexual, gay, or lesbian in the case of Carly). Is it like both a guy and a girl? Whoa, that is so freaky—
Flame Of Desire:
Lucky! Do you ever visit France? My friend did, and she said Paris smelt bad (sorry if that offends you) but how is that even possible? My family came from halfway around the world too, so you can probably figure that I'm not at all American…
GrYfFiNdOreVeR:
Gosh! Don't you just hate it when the computer does that? It's so freakin' annoying! Of course, then my dad always reboots the computer, but that doesn't make me happy either. It totally wipes out anything I have saved, like my stories for instance…
Feda:
Yes, everyone in the contest thingy is a wizard, or witch. But that doesn't stop them from going to muggle places. And thanx for your review 'oh great one'. Lol.
StephMarie:
It's represented by city, but Carly's an exception. I'll explain better in later chapters, but her real city that she's representing is actually Venice, Italy. So technically, she's Ms. Venice. As I said, I'll explain more as I go, and I hope it's a bit clearer. Contests are so confusing. Maybe I should've just limited it to people from England…oh well, too late now…
WoW-Girl:
Don't worry, Remus is gonna come in soon. But I thought it would be more interesting to introduce Sirius first, cuz' you know how HE is.
LaLa:
Unfair! Gosh, I absolutely luv that name! It's the coolest. Tell your cousin I totally envy her…or not. She might think I'm a lunatic then
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Do I need to put in a summary? No, sorry people, not this time. But I will put in a recap, just in case you forgot, cuz' it took me such a long time to update.
Disclaimer: It's so hard thinking of new things each time, so I'll just stick to the original. I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters in those series.
Chapter 7
"I'm a Quidditch player, and Prongs here could have been one too if he hadn't gone on hosting all this whatnot. We're both aurors on the side too. And damn good ones if you don't mind me saying," Sirius bragged.
"Aurors?" Lily asked
James shrugged. "Yeah, but we only go on the super dangerous missions and stuff. The normal ones can usually be handled by regular aurors."
"Really? I wanted to be an auror, but I decided to continue with school first and then go into the ministry," Lily leaned back against a tree. "It's only fair. That's why I'm here."
"Well, I do suppose you have to go to training school, but that's no sweat. The rest is really easy…when you're not risking your life fighting Voldemort that is," Sirius commented. "But that is what aurors do."
"I know," Lily said. "I wanna fight."
"No! Go away!" Lily cried. She turned up her radio louder. Ever muggle loving.
"Lily! I'm worried about you!" Carly yelled through the door. "This isn't like you! What's wrong? Can't you talk to me? To Bella?"
Lily pressed her hands to her ears.
Lily cried even harder. Damn those Ministries of Magic! They don't know how to do anything! When she got back from the picnic, she discovered a note…a letter to be more precise. From the Ministry of Magic. She knew what it was right away.
Why else would the Ministry be writing to her?
But she picked it up anyways…
And now regretted that with her life.
Her aunt was dead.
Dead.
Dead.
Dead.
There was nothing left. Her father had died ages ago, and despite the affair, Lily and aunt had been closer than ever after the death. It was something they both had lost. Her a father, and her aunt, a brother.
She buried her face in her pillow.
Immediately after that, she refused to see anyone, or go anywhere. Carly, being the great friend that she was, was worried, and called Lily several times from her suite. When Lily didn't answer, she went down there personally…only to find that Lily refused to let her in.
The radio was disturbing several people around her. But she didn't care. What mattered anymore? It was all gone.
The radio cut off. Lily looked up. James Potter was in her room with his arms crossed.
"What the hell Potter? Get out!" she shrieked. She threw her pillow at him, which he deftly caught. "How the fuck did you get in here anyways!"
"Ms. London, your music's disturbing some of the other contestants," he said. He sat down on the foot of her bed. "Therefore, I had no other choice but to get the master key and open the door, because obviously, you weren't responding to the complaints." He seemed like he was discussing the weather.
"Who the hell cares about them!" she wiped her tears, furious that he would see her like this.
James looked around at the mess in her room. She had broken several things.
"Wanna tell me what's wrong?" he asked, again, in that calm soothing voice. It was driving Lily crazy.
She laughed hoarsly, almost maniacally. "I didn't even tell Bella, or Carly. What the hell makes you think that I would tell you?"
James looked at her with his warm hazel eyes. "Who died?"
Lily looked up. "What?"
"Who died?" He repeated again. She stared at him in disbelief, then looked away.
"My aunt," she said, her nose turning red and her eyes watering. "She died." Lily felt an urge to tell him everything. She needed to get it all out. "You know, she and I used to always go to this park when I was little. She pushed me on the swings." Lily sniffled. "One time, I fell, and I cried. She hugged me and said that she loved me." Tears broke out on her face.
James didn't move.
"When my mum and that bastard had their stupid affair, I ran away to my aunt's house because she was the only one who truly cared…" Lily hugged herself. She used to sing me a lullaby when I went to sleep. My favorite movie was Anastasia at that time, and we used to play duchess and princess, and she—she used to sing that song.
Dancing bears,
Painted wings,
Things I almost re—member…" Lily's voice cracked. "And then that last part…
Soon you'll be,
Home with me,
Once upon…upon…," Lily struggled back tears. "Once upon a December.
I loved her so much…more than my own mom." She sniffled. "She was always there for me, and she never backed out or said how stupid I was. She raised me like a daughter because she didn't have any. But in the end, my mum demanded me to be sent back to her. I never saw her since."
She got up and took a picture out of her trunk. She shoved it in James's hands and pointed. James saw a picture of a homely lady, with a little Lily in her arms. Two men were standing beside them. "Look, there she is. She was so sad when her husband and my dad died. Did you know? My dad and my uncle were driving in the same car, when some drunkies hit them. Their car flipped over and resulted in immediate death. Look, there's my uncle," she said.
James just looked. "You know, most people have pictures of their parents, but you have a picture of your aunt and uncle. You must have been really close with them, no?"
Lily made a weird noise. Crying and laughing. "Of course! My mom had an affair with her boss and that day, my dad left the house. There was so much yelling, and I of course was scarred for life." She paused dramtically. "But when I went outside, I chased after my dad, and we both went to my aunt and uncles house. They were the only living relatives of ours left. Other than mom of course."
"Is that why you want to fight against Voldemort?" James asked, tilting his head toward her.
"No," she said. "I wanted to be an auror for a long time, but…this has definitely made up my mind. Here, read the letter."
James scanned over it.
Dear Ms. Evans,
We are sorry to inform you that you aunt, Mrs. Lynia Evans, was murdered at 9:26:56 PM yesterday night. Your mother has also been informed. If you have any questions regarding this event, please feel free to stop by the Ministry. Again, we are sincerely sorry for your loss.
Mishelda Griffield
Department of Magical Investigations
James laughed dryly. "It's exactly like the one I got when my parents were killed."
Lily looked up. "Really?"
"Absolutely. Not one word's different." James shrugged. "My parents got killed right after seventh year at Hogwarts. It's kind of like your relationship with your aunt, but with my parents instead. My dad was always busy, and my mom was such a great mom, but I got into a fight with them right before I left for training, and when I came back, they were gone, just like that. Personally murdered by Lord whats-his-face."
"Your parents must have been a big threat if they were personally murdered by Voldemort," Lily remarked softly.
James closed his eyes and rubbed them. "They were important. I'm an auror only because my dad was. He was one of their top aurors and directed every movement against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. I don't know about my mom, but I guess since she was with my dad, she was murdered too."
Lily hugged him softly, her hands lightly around his waist. He looked down at her in surprise.
Lily giggled. "Well, if your dad wasn't always home, you must have not gotten a lot of hugs right?"
"I got them from my mum sometimes," James said. "But then she decided that I was too old or something. Or maybe it was me, but whatever, I stopped getting them in sixth year."
"Awww…poor Mr. Potter," Lily grinned, then sighed, falling into depression once again. "I'll really miss her."
"I know," James said, pulling her into a hug. "I know."
They just hugged in comfortable silence for a few minutes, until James said, "So London—"
"Lily."
"What?"
Lily laughed, a true genuine laugh. "My name's Lily."
"Ahh…so the great mystery about your name is finally revealed is it?" James mocked. "Ok then Lily, are you ready to let your friends in?"
Lily thought for a few seconds and then nodded. "Yeah. I suppose Bella and Carly were really worried?"
James snorted. "Understatement of the century. Wouldn't leave me alone. Threatened to beat me to a bloody pulp if I didn't come talk to you."
Lily gave him a friendly push toward the door. "Then let them in! We wouldn't want you to be all blue and purple would we?" James smiled and unlocked the door.
"LILY!"
Blonde hair shrouded Lily's view of everything. "Gerroff me Carly. I'm fine now."
"How could you! Me and Bella were so worried! And you didn't care!" she wailed, starting to cry. "Do you know how worried we were about you? Bella would've been here but she had to go to some conference. You freakin ass!"
"Hey!" Lily protested.
"But noooo…we had to get Potter to get you out! And I can't believe he actually did it!" she said.
"Hey!" James protested this time.
"You morons! You talk for way too long! All that time I was waiting for come in! For two bleeding hours!" Carly shrieked. "What happened?"
"My aunt died," Lily looked on the verge of tears again. Carly gasped.
"The aunt that you were really close to?" Carly asked.
"What other aunt do I have?" Lily said pointedly. Carly hugged her tightly.
"I don't care if you aunt or mom dies. Don't you ever, ever scare me like that again girl," she sniffled. "I was really worried!"
"Ok then, since this is all done, I've gotta go to that conferencethat's almost over," James said.
Lily opened her mouth to apologize, but James stopped here. "I missed it for good reason," he assured her. "Bye Lily. If you need to talk again or anything, I'm here ok?" He closed the door with a snap behind him.
"Bye James," she said quietly to the closed door. Carly nudged her, and winked.
"So it's James now, is it?"
"Shut up!" Lily whacked at her. Carly laughed before coming serious once more.
"So really, are you okay? I mean, I wouldn't really know, because, ya know, I don't have anyone that I was close to dying, but this—" Carly stopped. "I'm not making you feel better am I?"
Lily blew her nose in a Kleenex. "Not really," she mumbled. "But you gave it an okay try."
Carly pouted. "Only okay?"She grinned slyly. "Li-ly…." She taunted.
Lily groaned and layed down on her bed. "I knew this was coming," she moaned. "I knew it. Come on. Get it over with."
"Oh my gosh! Really?" Carly squealed. "So, what did happen while you were distressed and Potter was in here with you…alone?"
"Nothing!" Lily insisted. "We just talked about…stuff."
"Uh huh," Carly shook her head. "Not good enough, what kind of 'stuff'?"
"Nothing!" Lily said again. "We just talked about our pasts and what happened, because you know, James's parents died too, and it just feels good to talk about something like this to him. It feels like he understands."
Carly looked thoughtful. "You know, if it weren't for the fact that you were mourning over your loss, I would beat you to a bloody pulp for that statement."
Lily laughed nervously. "Not that you and Bella aren't good either, because, um…"
Carly slapped Lily's back playfully. "I'm sure that James was much better," she grinned, putting and emphasis on James.
"Carly! It's not like I like him like that! You know!" Lily protested. "I just—don't feel like he's such an insensitive jerk anymore."
"Yeah, okay, I'll except that…for now," Carly said deviously. Lily sighed. When was she ever going to live this down?
Carly grabbed her arm. "Cummon. Let's go see if Bella's done with the conference. She was really worried too ya know. You arse." She paused. "I also heard that the judges were here…wanna go see who they are?"
Lily laughed. "Better not get your hopes up!"
"Well you heard what James said," Carly smiled. "Not all of them are old."
"Doesn't mean any of them are hot," Lily said.
"True," Carly conceded. She grabbed Lily's arm, and was about to march out the door, when Lily stopped her.
"Wait," Lily took her arm and went back to the bed to pick up a picture. She looked at it sadly and kissed it. "Bye," she whispered softly. Carly put her arms around Lily. "You gave me so much strength when I was little, and I'll do best to live up to your expectations. I just—I'll miss you so much." Fat tears dropped down her cheeks. She walked over to the trunk, opened it, and then slammed it shut again, locking it. Lily grabbed her wand.
"Alright," she said, wiping at her tears. "Let's go."
They were walking down the hall, when they ran into someone who was wandering the halls, but even so, in a haunty way. Like he owned everything.
"Um…hi," Carly said timidly. "Are you lost?"
He turned around and smiled. Lily shifted uncomfortably. "Yes," he said in a smooth voice. "I'm supposed to be at the convention, but I can't find that room. It's a really big place."
"Oh, well, we're two of the contestants. We can show you," Carly offered. The man nodded gracefully.
"Of course," he said, accepting their help. "I would be most thankful if you would."
"I'm Carly, and this is Lily," she said again.
He looked at each of them carefully. "Such lovely names for such lovely young ladies." He smiled again. "I'm one of the judges. My name is Lucius. Lucius Malfoy."
Lily and James are even closer than before. Bit more of their pasts revealed.
Hope you liked it.
Who should Carly end up with?
I have an idea, but just checking with ya'll.
Cya next time!
Hazardous.