-1Sacrifices for Love
- Encounter: Part 1-
A redheaded figure groaned as a sudden blast of sunlight hit her face. 'Stop it…' Lily grumbled and buried her face into a deliciously soft and fluffy pillow, her gorgeous red hair splayed over the covers. 'Noooooo.' she moaned as she felt her warm blanket taken away from her.
'Lily, wake up. Now!' A dark haired woman in her mid twenties demanded, hands on hips to show how irritated she was.
'Just one more minute Esmeralda…'
'Don't you one minute me.' Esmeralda warned, stepping closer to the pitcher next to Lily's bed. 'Sir Sinclair wants me to wake you up this instance, his guests are arriving shortly and he needs you to entertain them.'
At the mention of his name and the word 'guest', Lily quickly got up, stretching languidly as she tried to hide a yawn. 'Alright already. Now please leave my room.'
'Gladly.' Esmeralda said and with a flick of her dark mane over her shoulders, she sauntered out of the room.
Childishly sticking her tongue out, Lily swiftly went to a large wardrobe and rummaged for clothes, relieved at Esmeralda's disappearance. "Like Hell I'm going to wear that." Lily thought, glancing at the outfit that was laid out for her. It was a pretty baby doll dress that ended three inches above her knee, made of the highest quality material. It was a shimmering white that was quite transparent, cream coloured lacy lingerie was provided for her, a push up bra and high cut underwear, quite scanty really.
Putting on a pair of grey fitting jeans, black silky camisole and lastly her black boots, Lily was ready to go, quickly pulling out her wand and changing her appearance so she was not recognizable. Opening the window with one foot on the ledge, her heat pounded as she heard footsteps getting closer to her room. Nimble as she was, the jump from two stories was easy, she adeptly landed and made a run for it. Grabbing a broom that she had hidden earlier in the bush, she dashed deeper into the forest enclosed around the manor before mounting it. She wasted no time and kicked off into the sky, just as a doorknob was turned and a scream of frustration was heard.
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'What is this?' James asked, sceptical at the object that he was holding. Eyeing a fat lolly that was a suspicious brilliant blue with swirly patterns on it.
'Go ahead and try it James.' Sirius encouraged, his obsidian eyes gleaming maliciously.
'I don't think I want to…' James said. 'I don't know what you're up to but I'm not eating th-' James almost chocked as Sirius quickly moved to shove it in his mouth, he had no choice but to swallow it. Remus shook his head in amusement as Sirius was jumping up and down, a triumphant look on his face.
'Well, how was it?' Sirius inquired eagerly.
James made a face as it was horribly sour, he suddenly had this absurd thought that he was feeling quite blue. And to Sirius's joyful sounds of glee, he had a feeling that maybe it wasn't such an absurd thought after all… Running to the corridor to check his appearance in the mirror, to his horror he found himself… well blue. Luckily, his skin still remained the same tan colour, however it was different story for his hair… and eyebrows and eyes and even his tongue… His precious black messy hair, his pride and joy, the trademark that made him the awesome James Potter was now a cobalt blue. James ran his fingers through, each and every strand was undoubtedly that horrible shade.
'SIRIUSSSSSSSSSSSS. I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!' James hollered, Sirius stopped sniggering and realized he was in trouble. He gave a very unmanly squeal as he began running away, trying to get away from the enraged blue-haired monster.
Remus sighed at the pair, rolling his eyes at them. It was so typical during these holidays, Sirius always manages to anger James in some way and the hunt was on. Usually, items tend to get damaged and broken. A breaking sound of China was heard, a testimony to Remus's thoughts. Usually, it was up to Remus to break it up before more devastating effects occurred.
'Hey, aren't we supposed to meet up with the girls at Diagon Alley? Like… right about now?' Remus reminded them, glancing at his watch.
'Oh crap!' The two boys said in unison, James's hands were wrapped around Sirius throat who was grabbing onto James's arms, trying to push him off.
'You know how they get when we're late.' Remus warned with a smile of amusement as he watched the duo quickly letting go each other and scampering off to get ready. It wasn't long before the three were gathered in front of a grand looking fireplace. Grabbing some Floo Powder off the mantle and throwing it into the fire, James stepped into the green flames first and in a clear voice, announced 'Diagon Alley.' and disappeared.
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Lily stepped down from the broom and landed safely into an alley, 'Reducio' she muttered and the object shrunk, easily fitting it into her pocket. Dusting herself off, Lily sighed as ran her slender fingers through her hair, trying to smooth it as it was windswept and messy. Grabbing a lock of hair, she brought it closer for examination. "Blonde hair huh? Not too bad, might actually look good on me." Lily thought, releasing the strand and flicking her new mane of silky ash-blonde hair over her shoulders.
"Now, time to shop!" Lily thought happily, crystal blue eyes gleaming as she exited the alleyway and stepped onto the cobblestone streets of Diagon Alley.
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James had a strange feeling he had forgotten something important. Very important indeed… He kept getting weird looks from all the passer-bys and even little laughing children were pointing at him. "What in Merlin's name are they staring at?" James thought in frustration, grabbing a fistful of his hair…
Realization immediately dawned on James, his mouth soon twisted into a scowl and he felt like throttling something, more like someone actually. Soon he heard a door opened behind him and barking laughter soon followed. Clenching his hand into fists, he had the sudden urge to ram his knuckles into a certain black-headed friend of his. James turned around, his now shocking blue eyes were glinting evilly as he thought of wicked ideas he could do to his fellow friend. Unfortunately, girly laughter tinkled in his ears and another wave of realization hit him.
'Sirius!' James said in a panicked tone, clutching onto his friend's collar in a desperate manner. 'I need you to lie for me. Tell Cynthia that I'm horribly horribly sick, I can't even get out of bed. Tell her that I'll make it up to her next time, and I'm thinking of her while I'm nearing the brink of death or something ridiculous like that.' James told him, the sounds of girlish laughter approaching.
'Alright Prongs. You can trust me.' Sirius said, patting his frenzied friend on the back. 'I'll tell Cynthia exactly what you told me.'
'OK. Good. I'll be hiding then.' James spoke and shoved Sirius forward and made a run for it.
'Hi Laura.' Remus smiled sweetly as he greeted his crush, who smiled shyly back at him.
'Hey Remus! Sirius!' Cynthia greeted. 'Where's James? I could have sworn that I saw him a moment ago.' Cynthia looked around, trying to locate him, Sirius walked in front of her, blocking the view.
'Nope, sorry. No James here I'm afraid.' Sirius said, shaking his head in a sombre manner. 'You see dear Cynthia, I'm afraid that's he awfully ill. Yes, the poor bloke. Lying in bed moaning in pain even as we speak. You should see him! What a horrible and pitiful sight, our James is. Can't even get out of bed, each breath is hurting him. Yes, yes. The poor guy.' Sirius continued, trying to pull off a sad look upon his face.
'Really? Oh my poor James!' Cynthia moaned but her jade eyes narrowed, 'Well, if he is sick, what is he sick with?'
'Only the worst type of ailment possible! He has… Polkamania!' Sirius announced, struck by his own genius.
'Polkamania?' Cynthia asked with a slightly confused look on her face. 'I have never heard of that before.'
'Well… that's because it's new. New type of disease, very hard to cure I'm afraid. Has polka dots all over him.'
'Polka dots? What colour?'
'Hmm… It's blue. Giant electric blue spots all over him.' Sirius nodded vigorously, dark eyes glinting happily. 'I have neve seen anything like it. Quite deadly I'm afraid.'
'My dear sweet James! Is he going to be alright?' Cynthia asked with concern etched on her face.
'Oh James? I'm sure he'll be alright. He's a good man he is. Nearing the brink of death and he's really sorry that he can't come and see you. Even wanted to make it up to you. Says he's thinking of you and missing you horribly.'
'Oh really? That darling! Always so sweet. Tell me more, what happens when one gets… Polkamania?'
'Erm… Well, the patient starts off with this itch you see… and…' Sirius continued on, describing the horrors of this terrible malady as the group moved on, poor Cynthia gasping and moaning all the way.
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Lily stood outside Flourish & Blotts, admiring the golden tomes on display through the glass window, she gazed in delight at the wondrous volumes of bounded parchment with decade old leather and the magical knowledge that it held. She was almost drooling at the sight. She was so absorbed at the wonders of a book that she had failed to notice a certain young man with blue hair running down the streets, sending frightened children to cower behind the skirts of their mother. This young man was in fact James Potter who was running in a way that only a mad or extremely desperate man could run.
'Ooof' Lily cried out, the wind knocked out of her as something hard seemed to have crashed into her. Lying sprawled on the ground, blonde locks everywhere, Lily moaned in pain. Something heavy seemed to be lying on top of her, and it seemed to be… breathing.
'Ahh-' Lily opened her mouth to scream but a hand immediately covered it and muffled the sound.
Opening her eyes and fluttering her long eyelashes, Lily gazed at the being that had hastily 'bumped' into her. She looked upon a blue hair creature with the same coloured eyebrow and outrageous unreal blue eyes. Lily frowned slightly looking at how extremely messy this thing's hair was. Was it even natural to have it that way? Well beside the fact that this 'creature' had colours of blue, it still had a nicely shaped human face. A very nice-looking face in fact, it had strong and high cheekbones, a perfectly straight nose and quite a masculine jaw. The weird eyes that she was gazing into seemed to be showing concern.
'Are you alright?' James asked. His breathing still heavy after so much running.
'Yes, I guess.' Lily replied, still looking at him with uncertainty.
'That's good.' James remarked, his tall and lean frame still covering most of her body. In fact, he was actually quite close to her face; he examined every single pretty little detail about her… The way her eyes shone, the pouty and pink lips, the soft hair, if he didn't know better he might have thought that he was entranced.
'Well, umm…' Lily mumbled.
'Yes?'
'Well, I was wondering if you could… Sort of get off me… You're kind of heavy.' Lily blushed slightly and looked away; he was starting at her quite intensely.
'Damn! How embarrassing. Sorry about that.' James muttered and got up. Giving her his hand to help her.
"His hands are really warm. Kind of rough and big too. It's almost like… It fits mine perfectly." Lily thought unthinkingly as she brushed herself off.
"Who is she?" Was the first thing that came to his mind, looking at her full form, the slender build and all the features that made her seemed so perfect. "I've never seen anyone like her before."
'Umm… I guess I'll be going then.' Lily said uncertainly.
'Right. See ya.' James replied, in a dazed like state. He watched her turn around and walk away, he almost reached out and grabbed her. Somehow he had this feeling that he should never let her leave him. James shook his head, "What am I thinking?" He pondered, watching her enter Flourish & Blotts and the door that closed shortly after. James sighed, running his hands through his hair, a habit of his that always helped to keep the messy state of his hair.
James shrugged the weird feeling off his and walked away…
Author's Note:
Well this is Part 1 of Encounter, not much action eh? Did not plan to end it like this at all, I have written like 2000 words. I have a feeling this chapter might be quite long for me to write so I'll split it into 2 parts. So if I originally was going to make it into 1 chapter but it'll be like 4000 words, which is not much but quite an accomplishment for me.
Keep reading! I'll put it up in my Profile what revised Chapter, I have posted up.
You don't seriously think that James is gonna walk away from her do you? It's Encounter Part 1 so Encounter Part 2 would obviously mean more of them together