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Lily was sitting in a strange room, and she couldn't quite make out what it looked like. All she knew was that it felt cold, not literally, but it had a coldness to it. She felt like she shouldn't be here, and trembled in spite of the surroundings.

Lily hadn't seen anything remotely similar to this place, and honestly wished she hadn't been there in the first place. She felt like she was standing in a deep, dark hole, with no one there to save her.

Suddenly, she heard a voice. She could faintly recognize it, it was the same cold voice from her dream, it was Voldermort.

"Have you ever seen someone die?" he asked. She could feel his breathe against the back of her neck, it sent shivers up her spine. She didn't like him behind her, she didn't like not knowing where he was.

When Lily didn't answer, Voldermort said, "Answer me you silly girl!"

"No," Lily answered as she trembled beneath the intensity of the Dark Lord.

"Hmm, well, I hope you have an enjoyable first time," he snickered.

Lily's heart began to quicken, and she watched as Scarlett came into view. Scarlett was whimpering as she saw Lord Voldermort. He had an odd, twisted, almost smile on his face, as if he enjoyed nothing better than to torture those who were muggle-born and muggle-born supporters.

"Now, you filthy mudblood, tell me where he is, or this one dies," Voldermort yelled. His beady, red eyes seemed to glare into her soul, despising everything about her.

"Who?" Lily asked, and once again she was stuttering her words. Fear was overtaking her more now than ever before. She feared those eyes, she feared them more than his cold voice, more than the fate which would surely come, more than death itself.

"James Potter," Voldermort replied grimly, eyeing her every move. Lily could tell he see into her soul, see how affected her.

"I don't know," Lily cried.

He waved his wand, and suddenly Scarlett's hands wrapped around her own neck, strangling herself. Voldermort smiled at his ingenious plan of torture.

"Stop!" Lily begged.

"Tell me," he demanded.

"I don't know," Lily cried.

"Very well…Avada"

Lily's head shot straight up, and barely missed the bed above her own. She felt hot, and drenched with her own sweat. Her heart was beating furiously, and the adrenaline from the realistic dream was coming.

She took a few deep breaths, and tried to reassure herself that it was only a dream. Voldermort hadn't tortured Scarlett, he hadn't asked for James, and he certainly didn't murder her. Lily knew all of those facts were true, but she couldn't get how real the dream seemed to be. It really felt like she was there, felt like she had experienced the coldness, and had seen those red eyes.

Lily looked over at the clock by her bed, it read 1:30 a.m. Lily couldn't believe it, she had been asleep for no more than half an hour, yet her dream seemed to have lasted for hours in her mind.

Lily took a few more deep breaths, trying to get the imagines out of her mind.

However, it didn't work. Her brain was still focusing on the look of Scarlett strangling herself, and not being able to control it. So, Lily decided to do the only thing that may possibly work: she grabbed a book and headed down to the common room.

When she reached her destination, Lily saw that she was not alone. James was down there, his hand flying across a piece of parchment. She noticed piles of book surrounding his work space, and decided it would be best not to disturb him.

Lily was just about to turn back around and head back into her room, when she heard, "Lils, what are you doing?"

Lily's heart lightened a bit, just by him saying that, Lily knew she wasn't truly disturbing him too much. Or, he just needed an escape form what he was working on.

"Um, I was just going to do some reading," she responded while walking toward him.

"I'm guessing you couldn't sleep," James commented.

"Yeah," Lily admitted. "What about you, what are you doing down here?"

"Forgot about that Potions essay. Moony reminded me about an hour ago."

"Oh, well, I should go then," Lily said, but didn't move right away.

"No, stay," James told her as he pulled her down onto his lap. Lily felt a swift notion of relief come over her, just being in James' arms made her feel safe again. His strong arms were wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer to the warmth of his body. She lent her head into his chest, resting there for a while. They stayed like that for a while, just sitting in complete silence.

After some time, Lily finally turned herself around in his arms. She wanted to face him, she wanted to look into his eyes and see what he was thinking about. She saw a look of love, but it was also mixed in with eagerness. She knew he wanted to kiss her, she could see it. She could feel the need in the way he held her; gentle, but fierce with desire.

Before Lily knew it, his lips were on her own once again. His lips were soft, and had an ease to them which Lily desired more than anything else. His lips traced an outline along her bottom lip, begging for entrance. She complied with his wished almost immediately.

As the couple kissed, Lily felt that her fears were somehow being drawn out if her and into him. She knew it sounded crazy, but it truly felt like he was taking some of the burden off of her, and onto himself. It was exactly what she needed, she needed her fears gone, she needed to be kissed, but most of all, she needed James.

Author's Note 2: Hey everyone! Just wanted to apologize about the lack of updates, but for a long time fanfiction wouldn't even let me log on! Anyways, here's chapter 20! I know it's short, but I felt that if I added more, it would totally ruin the moment. And, also, just to let you all know, I am working just about every day this week (that usually doesn't happen, I usually work one day a week, sometimes I don't even work for a week) but that means that I won't be able to update as much a s I'd like to, but bear with me! Anyways, please review!