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Hello! I am soooooooo sorry for the update after like two months but I'm trying to get a little better at it. Thank you to everyone who added this story to their favorites and story alerts and a special thanks to JamesFreakingPotter for being my first reviewer! So without further ado I give you chapter four (which is shorter than my other chapters, sorry )

Chapter 4- The Beginning

James POV

Sirius and Remus were up in a flash. There was no stopping them. I was right behind them as soon as I began to actually think clearly again. How DARE this person hurt my Lily Evans? Does he think that he will or might seriously have a chance at getting away with this? I mean, the whole school loves this girl and obviously would hate anyone who hurt her. Not to mention that two of the Marauders were her friends and another one loved her beyond imagination.

When we reached the exit to the Great Hall, my parents stopped us. "You guys can't see her," my mom said apologetically.

Sirius was absolutely furious. "What do you mean we can't see her?" he screamed. The whole room was silent looking at us.

"Sirius," I said calmly, putting my hand on his shoulder, not wanting to gather too much attention even though we had already done it.

"People! There is no reason for you to be paying any attention to us at all! Mind your own business and get back to your lives," the ever so-daring Kathy yelled. This girl summed up everything pretty well and it made me happy that Lily had a friend like her.

The Great Hall slowly filled up with noise again and Lily's friends came over to us. "Okay. Why can't we see her?" I directed my question towards them assuming that they would have tried to see her first but were stopped.

"It's not like we know Potter," Marlene said with a nasty voice that surprised me. We were pretty good friends, so I'm guessing that Lily had told her about what I said.

"She is unconscious and Madam Pomfrey is trying to make sure that everything in her body is fine seeing as she was tortured pretty bad," my dad said, answering our unvoiced questions.

"What happened to her?" Remus asked curiously.

"She was tortured with the Cruciatus Curse and another that resulted in a lot of blood and we have identified as Sectumsempra. A lot of young witches and wizards have been using it these days and it's quite scary," Mom said. I narrowed my eyes. Snape came up with that curse.
"Then she was Stupefied."

"Who was it that tortured her?" I asked with venom in my voice.

"Avery," my mom answered. "James don't do anything stupid sweetheart. Stay calm." She knew that I would flip out on anybody who would ever dare to hurt Lily.

"Immediate action will be taken to find and expel him," Dumbledore said from behind me. I hadn't even realized that he was there.

"You mean you lost him?" Sirius asked incredulously.

"Sirius, Hogwarts students are already becoming Death Eaters. They perform some pretty tough Dark Magic," my dad said. Sirius paled considerably. I understood because his brother was a Death Eater.

"I must go and reorganize the students coming in for the Sorting," Dumbledore said. I had forgotten about that and my cute little sister who was going to be sorted.

"We should probably go file a report on this," my dad said, getting back to business. "Son, don't do anything rash. He'll get what he deserves. And from what I've heard about Lily, she'll want you to leave him alone." My dad was right, so I just nodded to him.

"Tell Alexa to write us where she get sorted," my mom said. Me and Sirius scoffed.

"Mom, she'll obviously be a Gryffindor," I said.

"Yeah Mama P. She's got the Gryffindor fire blazing in her eyes. I see it all the time," Sirius said jokingly, but I knew that he was absolutely serious, no pun intended. My parents just rolled their eyes and turned around, unamused by our antics.

We all went back to the Gryffindor table where we sat down quietly, the girls still not having said anything. Neither could the rest of us, honestly. We were all just so worried about Lily. The doors of the Great Hall opened and in came little first year kids, my sister amongst them. Professor McGonagall put the Sorting Hat on the stool and I saw it open its wide mouth but didn't hear the words coming out of it. All I could possibly think about was Lily. How was she? Was she going to be okay? When I saw that git, Avery, he was going to wish he was never born. Damn Snivellus for inventing that cursed spell.

"Potter, Alexa," McGonagall said, and those two words caught my attention. I turned around, excited to see where exactly my sister would be put. Lexi got up and walked to the stool nervously. As soon as she put the hat to her head it yelled: GRYFFINDOR! The whole table erupted in cheers. Of course because they had just gotten the phenomenal Potter's sister in the house. Me and the Marauders cheered loudly with the rest of the table.

"Told you she's got that Gryffindor fire in her mate," Sirius said.

"Damn straight," I responded. In the end, there were thirteen new Gryffindors: 7 girls, 6 boys! When the Sorting was over, Alexa came and sat between me and Sirius as Dumbledore stood up.

"I think that we have had enough excitement for today," Dumbledore said while looking at our table, his eyes twinkling. "Let us dig in and enjoy our feast!"

Foods of every kind appeared on our plates as usual. My sister looked around her in wonder and amazement, but could anyone blame her? We were all like this when we came to Hogwarts.

The girls still hadn't said a single word, their faces were all pale, and Marlene was not eating at all. They couldn't make me worry about both Lily and them! "Marlene, shouldn't you eat something?" I suggested.

Her head snapped up and she gave me the most ferocious glare that she had ever given anyone in her life. "You know what Potter? After what you said to Lily, you have absolutely no business with her! Okay? You hurt her and when you hurt my best friend, you hurt me too. So don't even think about trying to make me feel better. I don't want anything to do with you. The only thing that's stopping me from hexing you into the next century is Lily. Because I know that if I hurt you, she just might never speak to me again. Because I know that deep down, she really does care about you and love you. And I supported the two of you getting together, but now I'm not so sure." As she was saying all of this, her eyes filled with tears and I had never seen Marlene cry before. As soon as she finished, she shot up out of her seat and didn't give anyone a chance to say anything back to her.

We all just stared after her, shocked. Marlene never cried. I guess I understood since Lily is her best friend with a bond like me and Sirius. Speaking of Sirius, he was looking after her with a longing and worried expression. "Should I go talk to her? I really am so-" I began but was interrupted by Kathy.

"Do you honestly think that she's going to want to talk to you?" Kathy yelled incredulously. Great now I had two of Lily's friends on my bad side. I watched warily as Kathy took her cup of pumpkin juice in her hand and walked to my side of the table. After making sure that no teachers were looking, she proceeded to dump the full cup on my head. Guess I deserved that. "That's what you get when you mess with my best friend," she said, turning on her heel and stalking away.

"Hey!" Alexa yelled.

"Lexi, it's fine. Don't worry about it, I deserved it," I said.

"But that was mean!" I chuckled.

"Don't worry. I'm just going to go change," I said, excusing myself.

"We're sorry about that James. I don't think she really meant it," Elizabeth said, trying to comfort me.

"Yeah, well I hope she did," Macy said, getting up with Alice and walking after Kathy. Now that really shocked me. Macy was always so shy. After giving me an apologetic look, Elizabeth went after them while I went up to the boys' dormitory in the Gryffindor tower.

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At breakfast the next morning, the girls still had haunted looks on their faces so I knew that Lily still hadn't woken up. Now I felt like shit. I was getting more and more worried about her as everyone kept giving me furtive glances. Then the Great Hall quieted down for some reason. Turning around, I saw Dumbledore up with a grave look on his face. That look could never be good.

"As we all know, we are in dangerous times and you don't know who to trust," he began. "Lord Voldemort is on the rise and he is collecting followers. Do not, and I repeat do not, feel the need to join him or be pressured into it either. I strongly urge you to protect and stand by each other, and say no when the time comes. If we are behind one unified idea, then we can save the lives of thousands of Muggles and Muggleborns around the world." This was getting really serious. Since Dumbledore finished what he had to say, the Great Hall began buzzing and discussing what he had just shared.

McGonagall came over to Gryffindor table and handed out everyone's schedules except for me and Sirius. When we gave her a questioning look, she said, "The Headmaster would like to speak to you."

Sirius and I turned to look at Dumbledore who was staring at us. We both got up and walked to him. "Mr. Potter and Mr. Black, I need to discuss Ms. Evans with you. As you know, the Death Eaters are targeting Muggleborns, and Ms. Evans is a very bright witch. They will stop at nothing to have her with them. I need you two to protect her and look after her. You must be wondering why I'm choosing you two. It's because I know that the two of you will take better care of her than anyone else."

Lily POV

I woke up screaming. I was choking, couldn't breathe. Gasping for air, I tried to sit up but in the end all that resulted was a shattering pain in my head. The screaming wouldn't stop. Then my body went limp and everything went black.

I hope you guys liked it! I'm sorry it's short and for the late update! Please please please review!