wow, do i suck at updating or what. im soorry this has taken soo long to get up. but ive been soo busy with volleyball and school. blah. but ill have another update up shortly. i promise. but since im updating now, reviews would be lovely.
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Chapter Five: The Wedding
"Tomorrow is Halloween already," stated Camryn, as the girls sat out by the lake, admiring the last of the sunshine and warmth that would probably be at Hogwarts.
"I'm so ready for that feast," Dinah said, rubbing her stomach absentmindedly.
"You're starting to sound like Black," Lily said, completely absorbed in her Ancient Runes text.
Dinah glared at Lily, who didn't notice. "It's not fair that you two get to go to the wedding," complained Kaelin.
"If I could I would take all of you," Lily said earnestly. "But I don't think Petunia would like it if I brought four other people. She probably didn't even want me at the wedding. Needless to say she would be mortally terrified if I brought more 'freaks' home with me."
"Your sister sounds like a lovely person," Jensen observed.
"She's the best!" Lily exclaimed sarcastically.
"Hey Cam," Kaelin said drawing the brunette out of her daydream, "how was studying with Remus yesterday?"
A knowing twinkle appeared in Kaelin's eyes. "What are you trying to get at?"
"Everyone knows he fancies you," Dinah dragged, "it's so obvious."
"Yeah," Jensen said, "even I noticed it."
Lily smiled. Camryn had never had a stable relationship. Come to think of it, Camryn has never had a relationship, just acquaintances. It would be nice for her to settle down with someone like Remus Lupin.
"Whatever," muttered Camryn. "You guys have no idea what you are talking about."
"You're talking to us," Dinah said astonished, "your best friends and the best people for setting people up!"
Camryn did not look convinced, so Dinah focused her gaze on Jensen. "What about you Lime? Any boys you particularly fancy?"
Unease passed Jensen's face. "Oh come on," probed Kaelin, "there has to be someone you fancy. I mean, Hogwarts does have its fair share of the male specimen."
Jensen laughed. "Not anyone in particular," Jensen lied through her teeth.
Lily found this interesting. Why would Jensen want to lie about someone she fancied? Lily can't remember a time when she was that ashamed to fancy someone. Trying to find some trace of something on the girls face, Lily said, "Well you have to think someone is good-looking."
The girl sighed, knowing she wasn't going to be getting out of this one. Jensen mumbled something incoherent to ever living thing on earth.
"Lime, you are going to have to speak up love," Camryn said easily.
"Fine, fine," she sighed, this seemed to be taking a lot out of her. "James."
Shrieks followed the one word sentence. "James, James Potter?" Kaelin asked, surely she had heard wrong.
"The very one," Jensen mumbled, blushing. Jensen glanced around at her new friends trying to see how they took the news. Dinah and Kaelin looked thrilled but somewhat apprehensive. Camryn held a look of utter disgust on her perfect features. And Lily… Jensen couldn't read Lily. Her face was as blank as a wall.
"Well, lord knows James could do with someone other than an airhead," Dinah said attempting to ease the sudden stiffness.
Jensen could barely smile. For some reason she felt like she had betrayed her friends, Lily in particular. She knew the whole history of Lily Evans and James Potter, how could she not? But during those Quidditch practices, Jensen had found that James wasn't as heartless as Lily always claimed him to be. She found herself looking forward to Quidditch more and more just to spend time with James, even though she was certain he couldn't have cared less about her.
"I say you talk to him sometime this week," Kaelin stated. "Since all the new schools are coming in, talk to him before he finds some foreigner to seduce."
"Preferably on the first when I will not be here," Lily said. "I particularly do not wanna witness this exchange."
A cloud of disappointment hung over Jensen. Dinah glared at Lily. "Emer, just because you have an utter dislike for him doesn't mean Jensen can't like him."
Lily fell silent for a moment, then nodded. Jensen sighed in relief, somehow this made her feel tons better knowing that Lily approved. "I just don't want to see you get hurt."
Tears welled up in Jensen's eyes. No one had ever cared if she was hurt by some guy. They would have wanted her to get hurt, but no, with Lily and these girls they truly cared about her and wanted to make sure she wasn't forgotten.
Lily smiled slightly at Jensen. It had only been a couple months since they have met, but she knew that befriending Jensen was by far one of the most intelligent things she has done of late. A bell sounded over the grounds, signaling the end of their free period. Each girl hurried off in a separate direction seeing as none of them had the same class at the moment. Lily took the staircase down to the Dungeons, double Potions was awaiting her in the gloomy undergrounds. The worst part about double Potions was the fact that she had to spend more time in the presence of James Potter. Lily gagged just thinking about it.
Entering the Potions dungeon meant endearing another two hours of Professor Slughorn doting over her. The first couple years Lily had loved the attention Professor Slughorn gave her. She soon found out that nearly everyone thought she was a teachers pet, and from that time on she tried to bring as little to no attention on herself since then.
Lily seated herself at the table in the back corner, where she usually sat. Her fellow Potions partner, Timmy Greenbow, was already placing his cauldron on the burner.
"Hey Lily," Timmy said softly, as she dropped her bags onto the table top.
"Hey," said Lily, feeling her heart flutter.
"Good morning class!" Professor Slughorn said brightly, hurrying into the classroom. He waved his wand and instructions immediately appeared on the black board at the front of the classroom. "Today we will be concocting a very difficult Sleeping Draught. Ten extra points to the student who finishes first. Begin!"
With that, Lily bustled through her ingredients and quickly began to stew over her cauldron. Surprisingly, Potions was one of her better classes, right along with Charms, Transfiguration, and Ancient Runes. Defense Against the Dark Arts was one of the classes Lily found herself having trouble in.
"Your potion should be about a blue hazy mist at the moment," Professor Slughorn instructed, moving between the tables to examine the contents of the cauldrons.
Slughorn stopped by Lily's cauldron and a whoop of glee escaped him. "Miss Evans, excellent. It's the perfect color and texture! Keep it up!"
Lily heard a noise from her side and turned to find Severus Snape glaring menacingly at her. Lily knew that Potions was by far Snape's favorite subject, besides DADA. He hated to be outsmarted by Lily in anything. A small crept onto Lily's face. Take that Snape! She felt like yelling at him.
The only thing she and the Marauders had in common were their utter dislike for Severus Snape. He was an ugly, malicious grease ball in Lily's opinion. She glared at him until he resumed writing little side notes in his Advanced Potion Making copy. Lily rolled her bright green eyes and continued with her potion.
By the end of class, Lily's potion was a shimmering gold emitting a heavenly smell. Slughorn clapped his fat little hands all too excitedly declaring Lily the winner of the contest. Snape hissed at her as she passed his table.
"Always the winner," said Timmy, smiling.
"I can't help it," she said. "It's just too natural."
Timmy chuckled. "I'll see you in Defense."
"Okay, that is one class I cannot get good marks in," moaned Lily.
"Oh the perfect Lily Evans having trouble in a class!" he exclaimed. "I'm shocked!"
"Oh, shut up Timmy," she said, swatting his arm.
Was she flirting with Timmy?
"Hey," he said, packing up his books, "if you ever need any help, just ask. I'm not half bad at Defense, unlike other classes. Maybe you could help me out with Charms sometime?"
"Okay," Lily said, feeling herself heating up. "Thanks for the offer."
Timmy nodded and exited the class.
Lily noticed that Potter hadn't said one thing to her the whole class period as she began packing up the rest of her ingredients. She spoke too soon, Potter ambled up to her, glaring at the retreating back of Timmy Greenbow.
"What Potter?" Lily asked, not feeling at all in the mood of a fight, she was too happy.
James shifted awkwardly. "I heard that you're going away on the first." Lily's eyes blazed at him. How had he found out? "Don't get your panties in a bunch. Dinah told Sirius, who in turn told me. It's not a big deal. Just, look out for yourself. After the train, you don't know what could happen."
"Potter, I hardly doubt that Voldemort would come looking for me at a Muggle wedding," Lily said positively. James didn't wince as Lily mentioned the Dark Lords name. He found it entrancing that Lily would say the name in the first place; he thought only he and Dumbledore were the ones brave enough to say his name.
"That doesn't mean he won't try," Potter said, moving to the door. "Keep you're eyes peeled at all times, okay?"
Lily didn't have time to reply as Potter swept out of the dungeon before she could. Putting Potter's words aside Lily walked the many flights back up to the Great Hall where she found her friends already eating.
"How was Potions?" Dinah asked Lily, grabbing a chicken leg.
Lily glared at her. "You told Black that we were leaving this weekend?"
"It's just Sirius, who was he going to tell?"
"Potter."
Kaelin looked at her curiously. "Did James come up to you and ask you about it or something?"
"He did come up to me," Lily said sitting by Camryn, "but he warned me."
"Warned you?" Camryn asked worriedly.
"He thinks Voldemort is going to show up at my sisters wedding," Lily said easily. A collective murmur rose with her friends.
"That's ridiculous!" exclaimed Jensen.
"James is just trying to obviously get a rise out of you," Dinah said.
"Yeah, it's not like he was serious," Kaelin added.
Lily nodded. But she couldn't shake the feeling that Potter knew something that she didn't know. And she didn't like that.
"Dinah are you done packing yet?" Lily asked irritably. They had been scheduled to meet Professor Dumbledore in his office ten minutes ago to use his fireplace to travel to Lily's house in London. "We were supposed to be there forever ago."
Dinah emerged from the girl's dormitory with a single bag. "I'm ready."
"That's all, what took you so long!?" Lily asked incredulously.
"I had to put a charm on my bag to make it fit all my stuff but to keep looking like this," said Dinah exasperatedly. "I'm not as gifted with Charms as you are."
Lily huffed. "Come on, everyone will be coming back from the feast soon. We don't want them to see us."
It had been Dumbledore's idea to have Lily and Dinah leave that Halloween night while everyone was at the feast as to not draw attention to them missing the next morning. The two girls hurried along the corridors to the stone gargoyle.
"Sugar cube," Lily said firmly, the gargoyle sprang to life. The girls stepped into the moving stairs and allowed them to rise to the Headmasters office.
Dinah brought her hand up to the door but Dumbledore's low voice said, "Come on in Miss Evans and Miss McKey."
The girls entered Dumbledore's office, mouths hanging wide open. Pictures of previous Headmasters and Headmistresses occupied most of the wall space. While the rest of his office held many different objects and trinkets. One such trinket was whirring softly, Lily wanted to take another look at it but Dumbledore instructed them over to the fireplace.
Dumbledore stuck his long fingers into a tin withdrawing Floo Powder. "I will be expecting you back here no later than five o'clock tomorrow evening. I have arranged for a Portkey for the two of you to use. You will arrive outside the Three Broomsticks and Professor McGonagall will be there to accompany you up to the castle."
"Sir," Lily said, "what is the Portkey going to be?"
Dumbledore extricated an old newspaper out of thin air. He handed it to Lily who quickly hid it in her bag. "It won't initiate until tomorrow at five o'clock. Do you have any questions?"
Dinah and Lily looked to each other. "Thank you, once again Professor," Lily said.
"No problem Lily. You two have fun!" With that he threw the Floo Powder into the fireplace. Instantly the normal yellow flames turned to high green ones.
Lily stepped into the fire and said clearly, "144 Spinners End." The last thing she saw was Dumbledore and Dinah's faces looking at her before she closed her eyes tightly. She predominantly hated the sensation of Floo Powder. It usually made her feel like tossing up her latest meal.
Lily fell out of a fireplace, coughing. A bustle of people surrounded her as she stood up shaking soot off herself. "Lily darling!" Mr. Evans, Steve, exclaimed, picking his daughter up into his arms. "How are you dear?"
"I'm fine Dad," Lily said. The arrival of Dinah sent Lily back to the floor as Dinah had fallen out of the fireplace in exactly the same place Lily had.
Laughing, Dinah and Lily stood again. "Dad, this is Dinah. Dinah this is my dad. She's the friend I brought back."
"Excellent!" he said heartily. Dinah already liked him.
"Where is everyone else?" Lily asked, her eyes searching the barren room.
"Bachelorette party, Andrea set it up for Petunia."
"Where's the troll baby?"
Steve gave his daughter a stern look. "Matthew is spending the night at his grandparent's house. We thought it would be best for him to get a good night sleep."
Lily nodded not caring in the least where the troll was. She was highly exhilarated that no one else was in the house tonight. "Okay Dad, I'm going to go show Dinah the basement."
"Alright, I'm going to turn in Lils," Steve said, yawning. "I'll be waking you up around seven."
"Night Dad," Lily said hugging her father.
"Night Mr. Evans!" called Dinah.
"Are you ready to see the basement?" Lily asked, no longer able to contain her excitement.
"Bloody hell Lily," Dinah breathed, "I'm coming to your house more often."
Lily had shed her robes and school clothes and now donned skin tight yoga pants and a loose long sleeve shirt with a pair of ice skates. She was sliding slowly along the fresh ice, it felt so good to skate. Dinah was standing on the side, watching in awe as Lily did complex patterns and jumps that looked humanly impossible.
"This is my sanctuary," Lily said peacefully. "Come on!"
"Merlin no!" exclaimed Dinah, shaking her hands in front of her. "Quidditch is my thing, I don't skating would suit me well."
Lily smiled. "I'll teach you."
"Lily!" Petunia's voice boomed from the stairs. "Turn that awful music down! And Daddy says its time for bed! You have to get up early tomorrow!"
Lily glared in the direction of her older sister's voice. Dinah sniggered. "You can show me more some other time."
"Lily dear," Steve said, rousing his sleeping daughter, "come on darling, it's time to get up."
Lily groaned. "Just a couple more minutes Dad."
Steve chuckled. "Lily, now."
Reluctantly, Lily threw her blankets off. "And your dress is hanging over there." Her father pointed somewhere to the left of him. "Petunia expects you ready at eight. She says she wants all her brides' maids ready for pictures."
Lily bolted up in bed. "Brides maid!?"
"Petunia didn't tell you?" Steve wondered.
The redhead shook her head. Dinah was beginning to stir in the bed next to her. "No, she obviously didn't."
"Well, I expect you to be on your best behavior."
With that, Steve exited the room followed by a soft click of the door. Lily turned to Dinah, outraged. "Brides maid! Is she kidding me? My dad must have made her do it. She would never have wanted to make me a bride's maid. She wouldn't want me to ruin her little wedding by being some sort of freak."
"Lily, it's not that bad. Maybe the dress is really pretty," offered Dinah, moving to the area where the dress was hanging. "I take that back."
Lily didn't even want to look at the hideous dress. She made Dinah take it off the hanger and help her get into the dress. Once or twice Dinah made a sound but Lily couldn't identify it as horror or pleasure.
"Emer, you can open your eyes now."
One emerald eye opened at a time. Lily gasped. "Oh my Merlin," the girls said together.
"It's beautiful," whispered Lily, fingering the silky fabric between her fingers.
"It was more than pretty," Dinah stated, making Lily twirl in front of the mirror.
That was an understatement. The emerald colored dress matched Lily's eyes perfectly, making them pop more than usual. It was a strapless dress that hugged Lily's figure down to its every curve. It was completely simple, but the simpler it was the more beautiful it seemed.
"So I guess my sister doesn't have horrible taste," Lily admitted, checking herself out in the mirror.
"Curls?" questioned Dinah, grabbing her wand from the bedside table.
"Definitely." Dinah made a simple flick of the wrist and Lily's hair fell into long gorgeous auburn curls. Dinah turned her wand to her own head and her light brown hair instantly became stick straight.
"What are you going to wear?" asked Lily.
"Kaelin lent me this dress," she said, fiddling with her knapsack. Out of the tiny brown bag appeared a long red and white dress. "It's nothing too fancy. You know how I can't stand dresses as it is."
"It suits you well."
A pounding interrupted their conversation. "We're leaving for the church in five minutes," Petunia screeched at them.
Five minutes later, Dinah and Lily had clambered down the stairs and into the limo that was waiting outside of the house. Petunia's other bride's maids were just as Lily suspected, disgusted with her and Dinah.
"Couldn't you find a proper date, Lily?" one of them chuckled, pointing at Dinah.
Lily's eyes narrowed. She bit back the retort that was begging to be said. She noticed Dinah's hand was clutched very tightly around what could only be her wand which was now hidden in her overcoat. Lily's own wand was tucked inside of the little bag she was carrying. She didn't like the distant she was sharing with her wand, it made her feel vulnerable and uncomfortable.
The drive to the church couldn't have last any longer than Lily wished. She and Dinah pushed themselves out of the limo wanting to distance themselves as far away from the bride's party as they could.
Many relatives Lily hadn't seen in years were coming up to her. Asking her how she's been, where's she's been for so long, and how her boarding school was. Lily answered each question patiently, and was thankful that someone came to tell her that pictures were going to start at any moment. Dinah wished her luck. Lily grimaced as she was pulled away from her friend.
A bouquet of flowers was thrust into Lily's hands, and was told to smile. Pictures took half an hour, half an hour longer than Lily ever wanted them to go. Finally, the priest came to tell Petunia that they were ready to start.
Petunia let out a joyous scream. The other girls were excited as well. Lily merely yawned. She hated weddings. They were boring as hell to her. She was also trying to keep her eyes and ears at watch for any unusual movement.
Music filled the church, Lily walked down the aisle towards the ugly, fat oaf named Vernon Dursley. His piggy eyes narrowed at her as she walked to the side to stand. Lily smiled.
A door opened at the end of the church and two people entered. Lily couldn't make out who it was but she wondered.
"It couldn't be," she muttered. Lily glanced at Dinah to see if she had noticed the intruders, but found her friend chatting happily to her Grandma Mae.
Letting her suspicions slide, Lily faced Petunia who had just appeared at the end of the church with Steve Evans on her arm. Lily had to admit, the usual horsy Petunia looked beautiful in her long, flowing white gown.
"That had to be the longest wedding I've ever been to," moaned Dinah, leaning back in her chair.
Dinah and Lily were seated at a table in the hall where the reception was being held at. Lily's fierce eyes were still searching the hall, trying to catch a closer glimpse of who she thought she saw earlier.
"Do you see anything out of the ordinary?" Lily asked her.
Dinah glanced around, grimacing. "Besides the fact that one of your uncles is beginning to come a little too drunk, nope."
Steve appeared at Lily's side. "We need you to say something. And make it nice." He added as he saw the look on his daughters face.
Lily let, which felt like the hundredth time of the day, someone pull her along behind them. Steve pushed her in front of the microphone, a playful yet encouraging smile on his gracious features.
Suddenly overcome with stage fright, Lily glanced around nervously at all the people, people she hadn't gazed upon in years. There was her crazy Aunt Laura with all her ten children running about her. And Uncle Mark was drinking, not to anyone's surprise. Grandma Mae looked quite peaceful for some reason, sitting back in her chair a huge smile plastered on her weather worn face. Seeing all her relatives in one place made her feel confined. Don't get her wrong, it's always great to see the family, but too much of it at one time could be slightly overwhelming.
Lily took a deep breath, letting those thoughts leave her mind, bringing her hand up to the microphone. It squeaked loudly. Groans emitted from everyone in the tent. Lily apologized profusely, but something caught her eye. At the back of the tent, through the opening, Lily could make out a small group advancing the tent. Fear struck Lily. They were coming closer and closer. Lily sighed. They were just another group of family members. Lily instantly recognized her fat uncle Patrick, he couldn't be missed. Stupid Lily, she needed to stop being so paranoid.
Death Eaters wouldn't come to her sisters wedding.
"Sorry," Lily said again into the microphone, her voice bouncing off the tent walls. "I would just like to wish a very much needed congratulations to my sister, who has been able to find the love of her life. And everyone knows that that doesn't come by often." A collective murmur ran through the crowd. Lily smiled, feeling her confidence rising. "I haven't been around as much for my sister as I would have liked. But I would like her to know, that even though we do fight and we don't get along very well, she will always be in my heart. She is my sister after all. And to you Vernon, she's your problem now!" Laughter coursed through the crowd. "But most of all be happy with what you have now. You don't know how long you are going to have it. True love isn't easy to find, and you two have it. I hope you live a long, happy, and fulfilling life. To Petunia and Vernon Dursley!"
"To Petunia and Vernon Dursley!" the crowd chanted back.
Lily took a swig of her champagne and stole a glance at her sister. She was surprised to see tears glistening against her well powdered cheeks. The sister's met and embraced each other like they haven't in years.
"Lily I'm so sorry for all the mean things I said to you," Petunia gushed.
"It's okay," Lily said hugging her sister. "I understand."
Lily seated herself back down by Dinah. "So where did all that come from?"
She shrugged her shoulders. "I have no idea."
Sooner than a thought could even run through Lily's mind, a flash of green light crossed the entire tent, hitting Steve Evans straight in the chest. Lily let out a terrible scream. Without even a second thought, Lily and Dinah jumped to their feet, wands raised out in front of them. Lily attempted to run to her father, but Dinah stopped her. "Not now," Dinah said softly.
The people Lily saw walk in before her speech were on their feet. Her supposed Uncle Patrick now had a thick wand out in front of him. They aimed their wands on Petunia and Vernon.
"PROTEGO TOTALUM!" Lily pointed her wand at the couple and shouted with all her might. "How they hell did they find us here?"
"I have no idea," Dinah said pushing people to get out of the way, sending a Stunning Spell at one of the Death Eaters.
Everyone was screaming now, it didn't seem to help Lily's concentration at all. First thing in her mind was her family's safety. Which she now realized, were most of the people in the tent.
"There's too many of them," said Dinah, advancing on a stout looking man, "for only the two of us."
"We're going to have to try," Lily said, sending a spell at the fake Uncle Patrick. He collapsed instantly.
Another pair of Death Eaters were closing in on them. Out of nowhere, two sets of red beams hit their attackers. Lily and Dinah whipped around to see two boys hurrying toward them.
"Sirius, James what the bloody hell are you two doing here?" shouted Dinah.
"Didn't think we would let you two go to a wedding all by yourselves now, did we?" James attempted to crack a smile.
"How did you know this was going to happen?" Lily asked, thankful that someone else was here to help them. The anger she had at first sight of them vanished immediately.
"Dumbledore," Sirius said simply.
Lily didn't have time to suppress her anger at Dumbledore, seeing as they were soon hounded by at least five Death Eaters.
"Sorry to break up your little reunion," a woman said pointing her wand at Lily's heart, "well come to think of it, I'm not sorry. CRUCIO!"
Pain like never before pierced Lily's body. She heard James yell some spell at the woman, and the pain subsided. Two hazel eyes bent down to meet her green ones. "Are you okay?" he asked, fear masked his face.
Lily nodded. "Stupefy!" A Death Eater had been creeping up on James.
"Thanks," he mumbled to her, helping Lily onto her feet.
Someone ran passed Lily shrieking. She noticed it was her Aunt Laura, all her children following in her wake. Grandma Mae was being pressed into the corner of the tent. Lily jumped up and ran to her. Brandishing a small, thin wand, Grandma Mae muttered a jinx that made her attacker fly twenty feet in the air and fall to the ground with a sickening thud.
Lily stood there, dumbfounded. "G-Grandma Mae?"
"Where did you think you got it from?" the old lady said smiling.
"But you're not a blood relative," Lily said, still not taking in what she had just witnessed.
"Ah, blood smlood," Grandma Mae said airily, "doesn't mean anything. Now come on, I haven't got my normal spark seeing as I haven't used magic in so many years."
"Where can we take them?" asked Lily, running along the elderly woman. "There is nowhere safe enough for them."
Grandma Mae grabbed a wine glass off the table. "Portus," she whispered. The wine glass turned a vibrant shade of blue. "Grab anything, send them to my house."
Lily obeyed. She grabbed everything she could, turning it into a Portkey. She instructed the groups of people to touch it and they will be safe. Nearly everyone was out of the tent now.
"Impedimenta!" Lily heard Dinah shout. Dinah, James, and Sirius were being circled by no more than ten Death Eaters.
"Grandma, can you finish the Portkey's?" she asked, nervously glancing to her friends.
"Yes, yes," she said hastily, "go help your friends!"
"Locomotor Mortis," Lily said quietly to the closet Death Eater. His legs locked and fell.
All attention turned to Lily. A wicked smile appeared on the face of the woman James had fought off earlier. "Miss Evans, just the girl we were looking for," she sneered. "Expelliarmus!"
She was too quick for Lily. Her wand flew out of her hand and into her attackers. Now defenseless, Lily felt increasingly weak.
"Bellatrix?" Sirius asked incredulously.
Bellatrix Black merely laughed. "My dear baby cousin, how lovely it is to see you. I see you haven't changed much. Still hanging around with this riffraff," she said motioning to James, who was now bound tightly in invisible ropes, struggling to break free.
"What do you want?" Lily asked firmly.
"Master requests for us to bring you to him," Bellatrix said a note of disgust in her voice, twirling Lily's wand in her hand.
"Why?"
"Master did not specify," a man said close to her. "We just do what we are told."
Lily closed her eyes, wishing she had her wand so she could Stun them or something. She kept thinking in her head, stupefy, stupefy, stupefy. The man closest to her dropped to the floor. Her green eyes snapped open.
Bellatrix whipped around, mouth hanging open. "What did you just do?" she demanded. "Did you just Stun Avery?"
Lily shook her head, wondering herself if she had just done that. "Someone get him up." Two men attempted to pick up Avery. "He's been Stunned," one of them said. Bellatrix narrowed her black heartless eyes on Lily. "Powerful you are no wonder Master wants you."
Wishing that she could untie her friends, Lily continued to stare straight at Bellatrix. She would not be intimidated by her. Dinah moved her arms, noticing the invisible ropes had been released. Lily took this as her chance. She lunged at Bellatrix. Completely unaware of Lily jumped on her, the pair fell to the floor. Allowing Lily's wand to escape her grasp. She jumped on her wand and quickly returned to her feet. "Expelliarmus!" she shouted at the man holding the other wands captive.
Each wand flew back to its respective owner. Lily grabbed a fork from a table nearby. "Portus." The fork changed from its original silver to a vibrant blue.
"Come on," Lily urged her friends, "grab on."
The Portkey shone a brilliant shade of blue, and she felt the familiar jerk in her stomach. They landed, on the ground, in front of the Three Broomsticks. Not moving for a minute, Lily was able to catch her breath and examine her friends' wounds.
Sirius clutched at his arm, his upper arm bleeding profusely. Lily pointed her wand at the wound, muttering words that no one could understand. Sirius' wound healed. "Thanks Evans."
Lily nodded. Dinah sported a black and blue mark on her face. Other than that, she looked injury free. Lily turned to James and gasped. He had a huge gash running down the length of his face. Lily did the same to his wound as she had done to Sirius'. Lily could not heal it all the way, a little scar still traced down his cheek.
"Thanks," James said.
"So, exactly why were you two at my sister's wedding?" Lily asked, standing.
"Well you see," Sirius began, "Dinah here informed us about these little notes that you were being sent."
"I knew that you knew, but why did you come?" Lily asked.
James said, "We told Dumbledore about them, and he thought it was best that we went along too. Secretly of course, he knew that you wouldn't like the idea of us coming. We were supposed to keep our eyes out for Death Eaters."
Lily couldn't argue with that. They did save their lives. "Who was that little old lady?" Sirius asked amused.
"My Grandma Mae," Lily said. "I never knew she was a witch."
"Is she on your side?"
"No, she is my step-mum's mum."
Dinah slapped her head. "I should have known! When she was talking to me, she kept asking things about if I went to school with Lily, and if I liked it there, and if I was learning a lot."
"Well, she saved us too."
"I think everyone got out okay," Sirius said, they were now making their way back up to the castle.
Lily's heart dropped. She had completely forgotten. She turned on the spot. "Dinah, I have to go back, my dad."
"Lily, it's done," Dinah said softly. "We can't bring him back."
"Dinah, it's my dad!" she shouted at her friend.
She stood, determined on Apparating back to the scene of the crime. Dinah pulled her back to her, making sure Lily would not Apparate.
Grief poured out of Lily. She couldn't hold back the tears now. A pair of strong arms held her close. She buried her head into James' chest. "We need to go tell Dumbledore."