Summary: Lily forgives Severus for calling her a "mudblood" in their fifth year. Lily and Severus get together and soon she finds herself pregnant. What will happen to her and her child? And what do Lily's older brothers have to do with her and her children? Severus not Harry's father. Vampire Severus

Chapter 4: Hogwarts Express

The day before Lily and Remus were to leave, both teens were packed. Later that night, they checked to make sure they had everything.

The next morning, everyone was up by five thirty to make sure they were able to get out on time. After breakfast at six, they had to wait for the Potter family to arrive, as they were to arrive between seven and seven thirty so they could travel to King's Cross together.

"Lily, want to play Chess, Exploding Snap or something? Anything to pass the time away?" Remus asked, already bored of reading.

"Oh, why not. How about chess, I want to learn how to play better."

Ray, who had been reading one of his wildlife books, stopped to watch Lily and Remus. As he and Jack had taught Lily the point of the game, they had never taught her any strategies.

Ray watched the first few games where Lily lost horribly.

'I need to teach her some strategies,' Ray thought as he got up to move closer to Lily and Remus and help her after seeing her lose the first four games.

"Here, let me help you, Lils. Next time you come home, Jack and I will teach you some strategies, okay?"

"Great!" Lily said, her voice full of sarcasm.

"Evans! Fancy seeing you here. How's life been since we last saw each other?" James said when he saw Lily sitting near Remus.

"Hello Potter, Black," Lily said politely inclining her head in acknowledgement of them.

"Well, shall we get going? We want to beat the traffic. Remus, Lily, ride with the Potters and we'll take Ray and Jack in our vehicle. Could you boys load up the trunks in the car and we'll be ready to go," Mr. Lupin said.

James, Sirius, and Remus loaded the trunks, climbed into the vehicles and waited for the parents to finish up talking and get into the cars.

After waiting ten minutes, the Potter parents and the Lupin parents got into their respective vehicles and drove to King's Cross station.

Upon arrival, James, Sirius and Remus went and grabbed four trolleys. When they got back to the cars, they boys, including Ray and Jack, loaded the trunks onto the trolleys and they headed inside the train station.

"Remus, Lily, you two first. Quickly, now. James, Sirius, you two next. Jack, we can see some gift in you, just link arms with Mrs. Lupin and you can walk through too. Ray, same for you, just with Mrs. Potter. Then we'll go through afterwards. Okay, Hun, Jack, go on. Ray and Mrs. Potter, follow… now." After Jack and Ray were completely through the barrier, Mr. Lupin and Potter walked through.

"Jack, Ray, what the? How'd you…? Wow! Hey, Mr. and Mrs. Potter, thanks for the ride here, I greatly appreciate it. Mr. and Mrs. Lupin, thanks for letting us stay with you. I hope it wasn't too much trouble for you guys," Lily said as she went over and shook hands with them.

"It was no trouble at all. We're glad to help in any way we can. When Remus said that he knew you from school, we knew that we had to help," Mr. Lupin said. The train station was beginning to get even more crowded than it had been at nine thirty and it was ten o'clock now.

An hour later, the train whistle sounded, signaling that the train was to leave within the next minute or so. Remus, James, Sirius, and Lily all bade their good-byes and climbed onto the train.

The parents of Remus and James stood waving to the teens as the train started moving down the tracks. James, Remus, Sirius, and Lily leaned out of a window and waved good-bye to their family and friends until they could no longer see them.

"Hey, Evans, would you mind answering a few of my questions about what happened to your parents?" Sirius asked, wanting to know the details about what happened from someone that was actually there.

"Actually, Black, I'd rather not talk about it as the pain is still there, and very painful. Oh, I've come across a bit of information that may interest you," Lily said as James and Sirius lead the way to their compartment at the end of the train.

"Really? What kind of information? And why would we be interested in it?" James asked in return.

"Yeah, and I don't care that he is what he is. I bet you two have said so to him many times, huh? I mean, it's not his fault he is what he is."

"What a minute? Are you talking about Remus and his furry problem?" Sirius asked in astonishment as realization hit him of who she was talking about.

"Yeah, she found out during the summer when I disappeared for a while as she was living at my place. She said that she'd even hang with me during that time," Remus explained as they entered their compartment.

"Really? She'll hang with you during then? Well, James, what you think? Should we let her in on the secret and become one of us?" Sirius said as they shut the door to the compartment so as not to be disturbed.

"Hmm, why not? She knows the more dangerous part," James considered.

"She knows about you guys being animagi. I told her about it, figuring that since she already knew about me, that she should know why you two and Peter disappear also. Hope you don't mind."

"That fine, though -" James was interrupted by the compartment door opening to reveal Pettigrew coming in. "Hey Wormtail, what took you so long? Normally you're the first in the compartment."

"Had to get away from Malfoy and his crones. Had me cornered," Pettigrew panted as he closed the door.

"Wormtail, you know not to go around them, they'll only embarrass you more so than what we did to Snape," James said, making room for Pettigrew to sit next to him as there was no room to sit near Lily and Remus as they had taken a few books out and spread them across the seat between them. James then filled in Pettigrew about Lily possibly becoming one of the Marauders.

Lily sat reading a book about animals as she still wasn't sure about what her animal was. As she read, she took notes and soon found herself with the possibilities of a wolf, a fox, a cheetah, and a tiger.

'Great, now when I get to the school, first thing is to go to the library and gather books on the animal options.'

"So, Evans, now that you're done reading, what are the possibilities of your animal?" James asked while he, Sirius, and Pettigrew played Exploding Snap.

"Well, I could be a wolf, a fox, a cheetah, or a tiger. I'm guessing that your nicknames deal with the animagus that you are," Lily said putting her books away in her trunk.

"Okay, James, you came up with our names, so you can think of a name for her. A name for each until we know which for sure. Let's see, a wolf-" Sirius started.

"Black, I'll know for sure what animal within the next few weeks as I'll be getting books about each animal until I know which fits me. I know what to do up until the change. That's when and where you guys come into play; helping me change into my animal. After that, then a name can be given to me. No sooner. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to use the loo." With that, Lily stood and walked out of the compartment.

'Now, to find Severus.' Lily traveled down the train and found him near the middle sitting alone. She knocked upon the door of the compartment and slowly began to open the door.

"Severus, it's Lily. May I come in? I wish to speak with you."

"Very well. Make it quick," Severus's voice came, sounding uncomfortable for the briefest moment.

Lily finished entering the compartment and shut the door behind her. She sat down across from Severus. She played with her hands, that laid in her lap nervously as she thought of what to say first.

"Severus, firstly, I wanted to say that when I received your letter telling me that you'd join You-Know-Who, I wasn't completely shocked, but surprised that you'd tell me. Second, as I finished, I realized that I had forgiven you. I wanted to tell you at that moment, but knew it'd be better in person. I also accept your apology and hope that you can forgive me for being such an idiot at the end of last year," Lily spilled out, in a practiced speech like voice.

Severus sat stunned on his side of the compartment; his mouth opened and closed like that of a fish trying to breath in water, but finding none.

After five minutes of stunned silence, Severus finally spoke.

"Wow, Lily, I never expected you to accept my apology, especially after I saw you with Lupin in Madam Malkin's."

"I was with Lupin as his family was kind enough to take me and my brothers in after the DE attack that killed my parents and kidnapped my sister. My brothers and I stayed there for the rest of the summer. My brothers then started looking for a place to live a week later as they knew that, even though welcomed, they couldn't live there forever."

"The other two people that were with the Lupins and Potters, were those your brothers?"

"Yes, somehow they were able to get through. I think it might be because they possess a bit of magic themselves, but wasn't strong enough for them to come to school."

"Wow, that's truly cool. So, are you now friends with Potter," he said the name with menace, "and his cronies?"

"With Lupin, yes, Potter, Black, and Pettigrew, no, but I can see that they are great and loyal friends, no matter what or who you are. When they become friends with someone, they are truly loyal to that person," Lily replied.

They sat in a comfortable silence, enjoying the presence of the other. After what felt like an hour, Severus spoke.

"Can you answer something for me?" At Lily's nod, he continued. "Do you happen to know why they sneak out once a month, especially Lupin?"

"Yes, I do, but I can't tell why because I've promised not to. Promise me you won't go and try to find out why, even if they tempt you," Lily pleaded.

Severus pretended to think for a moment. Lily sat during that moment of hesitation, wringing her hands in her lap in anticipation.

"Very well, I won't go find out, even if they tempt me, I promise," Severus finally said, having enjoyed her nervousness.

"Thank you. "

"Lily, I need to tell you one thing. This last summer, before joining Voldewarts, he had us do something to show we were loyal to him. For me, it was…" and Severus went into his story about him joining Voldemort.

"Wow! He made you do that? I'm not surprised, just shocked that you'd do that to yourself. Well, I better get going before they come look-" Lily began though didn't get to finish as the compartment door opened to reveal James and Sirius coming in.

"Snivellus!? Why you holding Evans captive? You've already humiliated her once, you won't get the chance to do so again," James said.

"Potter, he wasn't holding me hostage. Now, if you don't want me spreading your secret, you'll leave him alone whether I'm around or not. Got it?" Lily said with a very serious stern look, like that of McGonagall, on her face.

"Crystal clear, Evans!" James and Sirius said in unison.

"Good, now, shall we go back to your guys' compartment?" Lily said with a small smile.

James and Sirius turned on the spot, knowing that it wasn't a question but a command, and left to go back to their compartment.

"See you 'round school Sev, and don't get into trouble with your Death Eater cronies," Lily said with a smirk on her face.

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