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Chapter Snape's Warning
James and Sirius went back to the park a couple of days later, hoping Snape wouldn't be around. James sighed in relief when he saw it was only Lily.
"Hello, boys," Lily smiled.
Sirius and James waved and smiled back.
"Hi, Lily," they said.
Lily looked down, apparently embarrassed about what she was about to say. James wanted to say something, but before he could, Lily had all ready looked back up.
"I had a dream about you last night, James," Lily said.
Sirius looked at James, who was just staring at Lily.
"Really," James asked.
They all turned when someone began laughing. James moaned, seeing that it was Snape.
"A dream about Potter? It must have been a nightmare then," Snape said.
James was avoiding Snape's gaze as best as he could.
"Hi, Severus," Lily smiled.
Snape turned to Sirius, who nodded.
"Snape," Sirius said.
James looked over at Sirius, still not eyeing Snape.
"Black," Snape nodded.
And then something hit James. Something that he thought would change everything. He looked over at Lily, who gave a small grin.
"Was it a nightmare? If it was, I'll do whatever it takes to make it up to you," James said.
Her expression turned serious.
"Actually, it was. But you weren't the scary part," Lily said.
The three guys all lowered their eyebrows.
"Explain," James said.
Lily took a deep breath.
"Well, were talking in this house I didn't recognize. There was a noise. You told me to run. When I looked back, you were on the ground. And then I saw him. He was hooded in all black with a stick in his hand. I heard crying and then everything went dark," she said, eyes on the ground.
Snape glared at James, who was looking at Sirius, who was looking at Lily.
"It sounds horrible," Sirius said.
There was an awkward silence before Lily looked back up.
"It was confusing actually," Lily admitted.
"Well, dreams never really do make much sense, now do they," James asked.
He could feel Snape's eyes on him.
"That's true," Lily sighed.
"Lily," a voice yelled.
Lily moaned and turned back to James, Snape, and Sirius.
"Oh, that's my sister. I'll see you all tomorrow perhaps," she said.
Snape's eyes fell as Sirius turned to James.
"Yes, perhaps," James said.
They waited for Lily to be out of sight before letting out another word.
"What do you suppose that all meant," Sirius asked.
James looked from where he had watched Lily walk away.
"I have a hunch. I just hope I'm wrong," he sighed.
They turned to Snape as he cleared his throat.
"She doesn't know anything about us being wizards, or about the Dark Lord. Of course she would be confused," Snape said.
James turned and began shaking his head.
"It can't happen. I won't let it," he said.
Sirius, who didn't really understand what James meant, looked over at James.
"What's your plan," he asked.
James looked down.
"We'll have to tell her," he said.
The two began walking away.
"Hold it right there. It's against Wizarding Law to tell Muggles anything about us," Snape said.
James turned and walked up to Snape.
"And I suppose you're going to stop me," he asked.
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James turned in his bed to face Sirius later that night.
"I can't stop thinking about Lily's dream," he said.
Sirius looked down and sighed. James knew he hadn't either.
"Neither can I. It's too real," Sirius said.
James lowered his eyebrows.
"Real," he asked.
"Yeah. Lily wouldn't have recognized the house. Either it's my house, or we've already married and living on our own. The man in black's Vol…" James began.
Sirius jumped up out of bed.
"Don't," he yelled.
"Sorry… You-Know-Who. The stick in his hand is a wand. Sirius… he's going to kill us," James said.
Sirius began shaking his head.
"I… I don't want to believe that," he said.
"Nor do I, but…" James began.
He then went into deep thought. Sirius got up and walked over to James's bedside.
"What is it," he asked.
"The Fedalius Charm! We must've not been under the charm in the dream," James said.
"Makes sense," Sirius replied.
AN:
Of course James wanted to believe that the dream wouldn't come true. We all know what's going to happen.