Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters. Just my own imagination.

AN: The italicized parts are flashbacks and thoughts. Sorry if it's unclear which at times.

Chapter 2

LILY POV

There were shapes everywhere. Moving, crowding. There were screams, so many screams. Voices, so many voices. They all sounded so harsh. One of them cried out something, she couldn't understand it at first, but when she saw the green flash, she knew. But the screaming continued. Why wouldn't the screaming stop. Why couldn't it stop?

"Lily!

Lily!

Lily!"

"Lily!"

"Lily!"

"Lily! Come on break out of it!"

"Lily!"

"Lily! Mum, why won't she stop screaming?"

"Lily!"

"I don't know Remus. It's like she's having a night terror, like you used to have after Greyback."

"Please stop! Please!"

"Lily!"

"What could make her like this?"

"Lily!"

"Just try and comfort her Remus. We're almost home. Just try and comfort her."

"Lily! Please stop it! She's just a child!"

"Come here Lily. It's ok, you're safe now. Shh. Sh…."

Strong but gentle arms held her. She was being rocked back and forth. The screaming quieted until all that was left were heart wrenching sobs…"…Mum. Where are you? Why aren't you here?"

REMUS POV

Lily had finally quieted down as they turned into the long drive up to the house. She still clung to my shirt with a grip so tight her knuckles were white. Still sobbing quietly. I held her and rocked back and forth. I turned slightly to Mum. "What happened to her to make her react like this Mum?"

"I don't know love. Whatever it was it was this girl was hurt more than she shows. It wasn't just losing her childhood friend."

"No. Definitely not."

"Remus, we have to make sure she sleeps. I don't think she has in a long time."

"Why's that?" I looked down at Lily to see if I could see any signs of sleep loss.

"How quickly she fell asleep here in the car. You can tell she's been fighting it. And the crying, it's washed the makeup from under her eyes. Can you see the black bags starting to show?"

I looked closer. There definitely were darker bags under her eyes that I hadn't noticed at first. But as I thought I realized something. "Mum. She's had those bags since Christmas. I remember James seeing them when she got back and worrying himself over them. He finally got the nerve to say something to her about them, and I stopped noticing them after that…"

Mum pursed her lips. "We'll keep and eye on her then. Something happened and I'm guessing over Christmas. Whether or not the night terrors started then we may never know, but I'm guessing that they didn't start like this until the shock of losing her friend sunk in."

I nodded slowly, understanding what she was meaning. I gently shifted to try and put Lily in a more comfortable position on my lap, and that's when I realized. "Bloody hell."

"Remus! Language!"

"No Mum. She's really thin. She barely weighs anything. And her back look." She slowed the car as we went around the last curve. When she looked at Lily's back that I had shifted so that she could see, she gasped.

"Remus. You can see her spine; all of it all the way down her back. Do you remember seeing her eat at all since Christmas?"

"I don't know Mum. She sits away from us to keep away from James. I've never seen her at meals unless he decides to pester her. But by how much of her bones that are showing, I'm going to say she hasn't."

I looked again to my Mum's face as we pulled up in front of the house. I hadn't seen her so worried since I told her that James, Sirius, and Peter knew that I was a werewolf. She parked the car and threw open the door. "Quickly Remus. Get her inside the house. Take her to the guest room and get her settled on the bed. I'm going to check her to make sure there aren't any other injuries or problems that she's been hiding."

"Mum?"

"Those were screams of pain. Not loss or fear, but excruciating pain. That much pain, loss of sleep, and not eating for so long, I'm worried she's extremely sick and I need to make sure it's not becoming fatal, if it already isn't."