AN: Well, I'm back. I am so so sorry that it's been so long since I've posted. I don't really have a good reason other than that I was really busy and really stuck. The good news is that I have the rest of the story planned out, so I shouldn't have any problems with getting stuck again! So since it's been so long, I'll keep this note short so that you can get to the story. If you forgot, as I did, what had happened in the story, I'll give a little synopsis. Lily had been chased by a man in a black cloak after she came upon a meeting of Hogwarts Death Eaters. She hid in a tunnel with Sirius and they kissed. Lily remembered kissing Sirius before, and she was upset. James came to comfort her.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. If I did, I wouldn't have kept you waiting 6 months for this next chapter. Sorry again!
Chapter Thirteen
Lily was running down the corridor, blurring past burning torches set in the walls, portraits filled with snoozing witches and wizards, and suits of armor. She could just barely hear the sound of feet behind her over her straining heartbeat. Glancing behind herself briefly, she caught sight of a black cloak swishing around the corner, gaining on her. She turned back to look in front of her and speed up, feeling the strain in her muscles, the panic making rational thought impossible. The only word that repeated over and over again through her brain was RUN!
Lily was just about to turn a corner when she ran into a solid body. She looked up into the cold, red eyes of Renwood. She tried to jerk her body away before he could grab her, but she hesitated for a few seconds, and his hand clamped down on her arm. His grip was so tight it was cutting off the circulation to Lily's arm. She felt panic rising up her throat like bile. How was she going to get herself out of this situation?
"Oh Lily, "called a hissing voice behind her, close enough to tickle her neck. Goose bumps rose along her skin and she began shivering uncontrollably. Renwood turned her around, gripping both of her biceps firmly, and she saw the black-cloaked man standing in front of her, his eyes glinting sinisterly in the eye-holes of his mask.
"I'm so glad you could join us," he hissed, smiling evilly.
A scream ripped out of her mouth, and she heard it echo through the hallway. She prayed that someone would hear her, but she didn't have much hope.
"Now, mudblood, don't scream. We haven't even gotten to the good part yet," said the man in the black cloak, whipping out his wand. He turned it on her and smiled at her again before hissing, "Crucio!"
Lily felt her body spasm in pain. Renwood let go of her arms and she fell to the floor writhing on the cold stones. She screamed and screamed, watching the black cloak coming closer and closer to her.
"Hey! Stop it!" cried a masculine voice. Lily could hear footsteps hitting the stone floor and she looked up to see James charging towards them. He held his wand in front of himself as he ran, a fierce look on his face.
"I was only going to kill the mudblood, but I guess I could take care of a blood traitor first," called the hissing voice. He turned from Lily and faced James. Lily tried to scramble up and help James, but Renwood took the opportunity to kick Lily in the stomach. Lily screamed, feeling her ribs crack. In that instant after Lily screamed, James' eyes met Lily's eyes, but before he could even blink, the man in the cloak had whipped his wand through the air, screaming, "Avada Kadavra!"
The hallway erupted with green light, and Lily watched in horror as James crumpled to the ground. Lily screamed and tried to get up again, but the man in the black cloak had turned around already and was bearing down on her with his wand, an evil smile still etched on his face. Lily screamed and screamed.
"Lily! Lily!" said a voice, startling her. Her eyes popped open and she saw a dark figure standing before her bed. She backed up against her wall, clutching her pillow in front of her as she screamed. She tried desperately to remember where she had put her wand before bed.
"Lily, it's just me," said James in a worried voice. A shaft of moonlight moved over his face as he leaned over to peer into her eyes. Lily saw that his hazel eyes were filled with concern.
"Oh, James," said Lily, leaping up from her bed and throwing herself at his chest. He bobbed backward with the impact, but he put his arms around her and held her tightly. Lily felt his bare chest warm against her shivering body. She took deep breaths to calm her erratic heartbeat. She felt a flood of warmth travel through her body as she looked up at him. She instantly felt safe because he was there.
"I'm sorry Lily. I didn't mean to scare you," said James apologetically, pulling back slightly so that he could peer into her eyes. "Are you alright?"
"I don't know," said Lily honestly, rubbing her bleary eyes with the tips of her fingers. She wished that James's presence could remove the images of her dream, the images of the past night, but they stayed with her.
"What happened?" asked James, placing his fingers under her chin and tilting her face upward. Lily could feel that her eyes were filled with unshed tears, and she closed them, trying to blink them away. She had cried enough the night before. She didn't want James to think she was weak.
"I had a dream that the man in the black cloak was chasing me," Lily mumbled, feeling embarrassed. She felt like a little kid, getting so worked up about a stupid dream.
"Oh, Lily," said James, pulling her tightly against him again. She felt his chest moving against hers as he breathed and she rested her head on his shoulder, pressing her fingertips into his back.
"He killed you, James," said Lily. She couldn't keep the image of James lying unresponsive in the corridor out of her head. It terrified her even more than the threats the man in the cloak had made.
"I'm right here, Lily, and I'm not going anywhere," said James, sitting down on the edge of the bed and pulling her down beside him. He put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her into him so that her head was resting against his shoulder.
"I know," said Lily, staring up into his warm hazel eyes. James' presence was the only thing that was keeping her from having a meltdown. As long as he was here with her, she knew he was safe.
"I wish I could make you feel safe again, Lily. I wish I could find that disgusting Death Eater and make him pay," said James through gritted teeth. Lily felt a thrill go through her as she saw his protective expression at the same time that she felt like rolling her eyes at him.
"You do make me feel safe, James. When you're near me I feel like nothing bad could ever happen to me," Lily said quietly as she gazed up into his eyes.
"That's because I would never let anything bad happen to you. I know you don't remember me, and I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable, but I really care about you, Lily. I want to be near you as much as you'll let me," said James, a blush creeping over his cheeks as he spoke.
"There's so much I want to know about you, James. I wish I remembered everything about you, everything about our past. But I know without a doubt that I care about you. And I want to spend as much time with you as I can, too," said Lily, feeling how true the words were as they left her mouth.
James beamed at her and reached up, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. Lily looked up at him, at the way the moonlight was falling over his bare chest, his hazel eyes, lightening them. For a minute she thought he was going to kiss her, but then he just rubbed along her jaw with his thumb before stepping back. She felt tingles travel all up and down her body and she felt her knees go weak. She stumbled a bit and James reached out a hand to steady her.
"You look really tired, Lily. You've had a really long day. Do you want me to go?" he asked quietly, gazing at her with concerned eyes.
"No!" said Lily suddenly, beginning to panic. As long as James was there, she wasn't afraid, but she had a feeling that as soon as he left the fear would descend upon her again. As soon as the protestation was out of her mouth, though, she felt her face get hot and knew that she was blushing deeply. "I mean, you don't have to go right away. I don't think I could sleep now anyway."
"Ok," said James with a bright smile at her. "So what do you want to do?"
"How about we just get to know each other a little better? I want to know everything about you," said Lily shyly.
"Careful, Lily, you might inflate my ego," said James with a smirk on his face.
"Just sit down and start talking," commanded Lily, rolling her eyes at him.
James sat awkwardly on the edge of Lily's bed and Lily sat beside him. They talked for a long time, and Lily didn't know how much time passed. They talked about everything at it was effortless. After a long time Lily started to feel her eyes drifting closed. She tried to fight against it and keep her eyes open, but she just couldn't do it.
"Lily, I'm going to go. I don't want to keep you awake any longer," said James quietly.
"No, don't go," mumbled Lily in a sleepy voice.
"But you can barely keep your eyes open. I'll see you in the morning," said James, pushing himself off the bed.
"Please, James. Could you stay here tonight?" asked Lily, a blush growing on her face. She probably wouldn't have asked if she was more awake, but her tired brain wasn't filtering what she was saying.
"Of course, Lily," said James in a smiley voice. James stroked Lily's hair and then kissed her forehead before saying, "Goodnight Lily. Sweet dreams."
Lily drifted off to sleep with a smile on her face as James' voice got softer and softer and finally she couldn't hear it at all.
"Lily!" said a cheerful voice from above her. Lily jolted awake and peered blearily up at Hannah, who was standing at the side of her bed closest to the door, a beaming smile on her face. Lily groaned and shoved her head into her pillow as the bright light flooding in through her window made her tired eyes water.
"Go away," she mumbled into the pillow as she curled her legs into her chest and breathed deeply.
"I told you that we should have waited another hour," said Carrie to Hannah.
"And I told you that we have to help her. This is important," said Hannah anxiously.
"I'm with Carrie on this one. I think we can wait a few hours to talk about the Death Eaters," said Lily with her eyes still closed, shuddering as she heard the hissing voice again.
"Death Eaters?" asked Hannah.
"You don't know?" asked Lily. She sat up and stared into her friends' curious expressions.
"Know what?" asked Carrie curiously.
"Sit down, it's a long story," said Lily, sighing.
Carrie walked around to the other side of the bed to sit beside Lily, but she paused halfway to the other side.
"Lily, do you know that Potter is sleeping in your room?" asked Carrie, raising an eyebrow at Lily. Lily turned over and was slightly surprised to see James sleeping on a mattress beside her bed. He was snoring lightly and was tangled in the sheets. His bare chest was visible in the light streaming in through the open window and Lily couldn't help smiling at the sight. It was much sexier in the daytime when she could see it. She wondered when he had conjured the mattress.
"Oh, um, yeah. I had a nightmare last night and he came to check on me," said Lily, her cheeks turning red, "he stayed over so that I wouldn't be afraid."
"Don't you think you would have felt safer if he shared your bed? I know I would," said Carrie, staring down at his muscular chest as if entranced.
"Excuse me!" said Lily, whipping her head around to glare at Carrie.
"What? I'm kidding. He may have brilliant muscles, but he's still an irritating git," said Carrie, rolling her eyes at Lily.
"Anyway, weren't you going to tell me something, Hannah?" asked Lily, turning to look at Hannah, her gaze lingering for a moment over James's gorgeous bare chest. She couldn't quite focus on Hannah for several seconds afterward.
"I was going to tell you about the Halloween party the Marauders usually throw and was going to ask if you wanted to go shopping in Hogsmede with us today. We usually go early so we can get good costumes," said Hannah, "but maybe you already have plans." Hannah glanced over at James and Lily blushed again.
"No, I don't have any plans," said Lily, wondering suddenly why James hadn't asked her to go to Hogsmede with him. She had heard that was where many of the students went on dates. "I'd love to go shopping with you. Let me just get ready."
"Great! We'll let you get ready and say goodbye to James," said Carrie with a wry smile on her face. "Meet us in the Great Hall for breakfast when you're ready."
"See you soon," said Hannah as she and Carrie left the room, chuckling slightly at Lily's embarrassed face.
Lily debated whether or not she should wake James before she took a shower, but he looked so peaceful and so deep in sleep that she didn't want to ruin it for him. She crept out of her room and took a quick shower. As soon as she got out of the shower she realized that she had forgotten to take clothes with her into the bathroom. She was tiptoeing back to her room when she heard the door of the common room burst open.
"James," Sirius bellowed from the common room. His eyes swept across the common room and he froze when he saw Lily standing near the bathroom door in nothing but a towel. Her cheeks reddened and Sirius looked quickly away.
"Is James up yet?" Sirius asked, still not looking at Lily.
"Er, no, do you want me to wake him up?" asked Lily, remembering the kiss she had shared with Sirius the night before and feeling really embarrassed. She had seen the look he had given her before he looked down.
"That's ok, it's a dangerous job, with loss of life or limb very possible," said Sirius, smiling awkwardly, turning to go to James's door.
"Oh, er, he's not in there," said Lily quietly to the carpet, wondering if the situation could get any more awkward.
"So where is he?" asked Sirius curiously. Lily flushed an even deeper crimson and dreaded explaining the whole situation.
"Lily?" asked James blearily as he rubbed his eyes and walked out of her bedroom. His hair was messier than normal, sticking up all over. "Oh, hey Padfoot."
"Hey Prongs," said Sirius with a curious expression on his face.
"Well, I'm going to go change," said Lily, unable to stand the tense atmosphere any longer. She walked quickly to her room, feeling that both guys were watching her as she walked across the common room. She shut the door behind her and collapsed on her bed for a minute, unable to decide if she found the situation more humorous or more mortifying.
"So who do you think the man in the cloak is?" asked Hannah suddenly from across the Gryffindor table. Lily had just told them in whispers about what had happened the previous night. Lily felt nervous as Hannah's voice broke through her thoughts even though there were only a few people in the Great Hall. She glanced around to make sure that no one was close enough to hear.
"I don't know, Hannah. I told you that I don't have a clue," said Lily in annoyance. It definitely wasn't the first time that she was asked that question. Sirius, James, and Dumbledore had all questioned her the night before, and now her friends wanted the answer to that question, and Lily wished that she knew, but the only thing that really stuck in her memory was his chilling, hissing voice.
"But the Slytherins called him Professor, right?" asked Hannah, peering up at the staff table where a few teachers were quietly eating with the Daily Prophet spread out in front of them.
"Well, yeah. But I've only had two days of classes since I lost my memory, and I wasn't exactly paying special attention to the professors in case they turned out to be Death Eaters. But I think I would remember his voice," said Lily hopelessly. She really didn't want to think about any of this anymore. She didn't want to think about the war that was waging outside of the protection of the castle walls. She didn't want to realize just how much of an illusion her feeling of safety was.
"But he could have used a spell to alter his voice. He had to have known it was a risk to hold Death Eater meetings right under Dumbledore's nose. He wouldn't have wanted to be easily identified if he was caught," said Carrie suddenly, looking over her bowl of cereal at Lily and Hannah.
"It just gives me a chill to know that someone who's teaching us is so evil," said Hannah.
"So what are we going to do about it?" asked Carrie.
"Do? We're not doing anything. Don't you think Dumbledore will figure out who it is?" asked Hannah nervously.
"But what if he doesn't? Maybe Lily should investigate," said Carrie.
"No, she shouldn't, Carrie," Hannah said a bit louder, "that guy is dangerous! Lily shouldn't put herself in even more danger!"
"Can we talk about something else?" asked Lily impatiently. Horrible images from the dream she had had the night before rose to the surface of her mind and she didn't want to see them again. She shuddered as she saw James lying cold and dead on the floor and the man in black robes advancing on her.
"Of course, Lily. How about you tell us a bit more about what happened last night between you and a certain Marauder," said Hannah with a smirk.
"Ooh, finally we get to the good stuff," said Carrie, shoving her bowl aside. She stared intently at Lily, just as Hannah was staring at her.
"What? Nothing happened. Black just found us a hiding place and we talked a bit. That's all," said Lily, feeling her heartbeat accelerate. She forced herself to keep eye contact with both girls and to refrain from fidgeting. She would keep the secret that she had kissed Sirius until she died.
"Why are you talking about Black? We want to know about Potter! Don't think that you can worm your way out of telling us all the juicy details about what happened between you and Potter last night," said Hannah.
"Oh, you caught me," said Lily, feeling herself calm down. She realized there was no way that Carrie and Hannah could know anything about her and Sirius. "He told me that he'd always protect me and always keep me safe. Isn't that sweet?" asked Lily, who was reliving the moment. The feel of his calloused thumb along her jaw and the way he had looked at her with such sincerity and feeling when he had promised to always protect her.
"That is sweet, but we really want to know if he kissed you," said Carrie with a smirk on her face.
"No, he didn't kiss me," said Lily, who felt a little disappointed as she wondered why he hadn't.
"Oh," said Hannah, looking slightly disappointed. "Well, he's probably waiting for the Marauder's Halloween party."
"Oh, yeah, that would be romantic," said Carrie quickly, smiling encouragingly at Lily.
"Well, are we ready to go to Hogsmede for some shopping?" asked Hannah happily.
"Sure, let's go," said Lily, glad that there was a distraction from thinking about the fact that James hadn't kissed her yet.
"Merlin, I forgot my money!" said Carrie in exasperation as she searched through the pockets of her clothes.
"Well, we can go get it with you," said Hannah.
"No, I'll just go grab it and meet you in Hogsmede," said Carrie. "Don't find any cute costumes until I get there!"Carrie hurried up the stairs outside of the Great Hall, and Hannah and Carrie headed out of the massive doors onto the grounds of Hogwarts.
The leaves were swirling colorfully in the wind as Hannah and Lily walked to Hogsmede. There was a slightly chilly breeze and it brought bright pink spots onto each girl's cheek. Despite the chill, it was beautiful with the sun shining onto the lush green grass, and once Lily reached the little village of Hogsmede she was blown away by the sight of witches and wizards roaming up and down the street and at the quaint shops that they passed.
"So we should probably go into the costume shop first, before all the Hogwarts students get there and take all the good costumes. If I have to be a vampire again I'm going to stay in my room during all of Halloween night. It's really uncomfortable wanting to bite my friends all night long!" said Hannah, laughing, remembering the previous year when she had clamped down on the neck of the boy she was slow-dancing with. He still wouldn't look her directly in the eye whenever they passed each other in the hallway.
"Sure," said Lily, still busy watching the street in awe. Hannah grabbed her arm and tugged her towards Be Not Yourself, the costume shop, which was directly next to Honeydukes, a sweet shop by the looks of it.
The costume shop was already bustling with people when Hannah and Lily reached it. It was fairly small, and Hannah and Lily had to shove through the crowds just to enter the shop. Lily felt overwhelmed as she was surrounded by a ton of witches who were fighting over costumes and a few wizards who were looking harassed by the crowds. Lily looked at the couples with a frown on her face. Why hadn't James asked her to Hogsmede. He could have been there with her right now, laughing with her at some of the more ridiculous costumes. Lily shook her head and tried to relax. She was going to have a fun day with the girls and she was not going to think about James. Hannah and Lily walked around as much as they could, pointing out some of the stranger costumes to each other.
"Look, Lily, you could go as a bogey," said Hannah, pointing to a disgusting green colored costume.
"No thanks," said Lily, wrinkling her nose.
After several minutes of walking around and thinking about different costume possibilities, Lily spotted a section of muggle costumes. She saw a witch costume and laughed out loud at the pointy hat, green face paint, long nose, and mole that came with it. Lily showed it to Hannah, but Hannah just rolled her eyes, muttering about muggles being so clever. Lily's eyes fell on a Snow White costume. It had a short yellow skirt, white knee-high socks with a red bow on each, a blue blouse with puffy red and white sleeves, and it came with a long, wavy black wig. Lily remembered dressing as Snow White when she was a little girl, and she wondered what her parents would say if she wore a costume like that.
Lily turned, glancing around the shop when a streak of sunlight hit a sparkly white costume that was hidden beneath the Snow White costume. Lily walked over to the wall of muggle costumes and pulled the costume out. She gasped when she set her eyes on the costume. It was gorgeous, with a gauzy white skirt, a corset top with shiny silvery piping, and the most gorgeous pair of wings that were iridescent, changing color as they moved in the light.
"Lily, what do you think of this basilisk costume?" asked Hannah with a raised eyebrow.
"I think the boys would be petrified just looking at you," said Carrie, laughing as she walked up to them.
"Funny," said Hannah, rolling her eyes.
"Did you find something, Lily?" asked Carrie, peering at the costume that was held in Lily's hands.
"I think so," said Lily with a smile on her face.
"Lily, that's gorgeous!" asked Carrie excitedly, dragging Lily to the fitting room.
Once Lily had the costume on, she immediately felt beautiful, but she also felt slightly uncomfortable. The skirt was shorter than anything she could remember wearing. The top was just cut low enough to get a glimpse of a bit of cleavage. She opened the fitting room door a crack so that only Hannah and Carrie could see her wearing it.
"Lily, you look amazing!" said Hannah, beaming happily at Lily.
"Wow, you have to get that!" said Carrie.
"I don't know, do you think it's too short?" asked Lily, fingering the gauzy skirt.
"I'm pretty sure James wouldn't think it's too short," said Carrie with a smirk on her face.
"It's not too short, Lily. You look amazing," said Hannah kindly. "But if you're uncomfortable in it you can keep looking."
Lily looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. Although she felt slightly uncomfortable, she did think she looked really good and she thought the dress and wings were absolutely gorgeous. She thought about James and wondered how he would react when he saw her wearing it. She imagined him beaming at her again.
"No, I think I've found my costume," said Lily.
James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were wandering through the Halloween shop that had been created just for the month of October. They picked through the objects, searching for anything that could be scary. The Marauder's Halloween party was always known to make the girls scream, and that was their goal. Each year they tried to make it scarier and scarier, and this year would be the most over-the-top scary party they had done because it was their last year.
"Are you sure we should be throwing a Halloween party this year?" asked James as he walked by tons of massive spiders all kept in a cage.
"Why wouldn't we?" asked Sirius, looking like James had just sprouted another head. James looked to the side and saw that he had sprouted another head, a head that had flayed skin and blood all over it. He was walking by a charm fan that blew scary or creepy looking things onto whoever stood in front of it.
"Because, Pads, Lily was really freaked out last night. With the war going on I'm not sure that people want to be scared," said James, looking at rolls of spider webs, trying not to show how much he cared for Lily.
"But people need a night to let loose and forget about everything going on outside the castle, and our Halloween party is the perfect thing to get people to forget about Death Eaters and Voldemort for a night. Instead of being scared about things that are real and serious, they'll be scared about spiders falling from the ceiling and goblins jumping out at them," said Remus from behind James.
"People are afraid of Sirius," said James with a wry smile on his face.
"So Prongs, what were you doing in Evans' room this morning?" asked Sirius loudly with a smirk.
"So Padfoot, what were you doing talking to Evans while she was only wearing a towel this morning?" asked James with an edge to his voice.
"Relax, Prongs, it's not like Padfoot was kissing her," said Remus, laughing at James' ridiculous over-protection of Lily.
"Evans may drool at my feet and beg me to be with her, but I know she's yours, mate, so I'll let her down gently," said Sirius in his joking voice.
James paused for a second and then lunged for Sirius, knocking him to the ground in the middle of the shop. Peter and Remus just rolled their eyes, watching as James and Sirius wrestled on the floor, knocking down objects that were on tables around them. Witches and wizards were dodging around them, shooting them dirty looks.
"Come on, Pads, Prongs, stop wrestling and let's get the stuff for the party," said Remus in exasperation. James and Sirius wrestling might have been funny the first few times, but after seven years, it was getting pretty old.
The wrestling continued for a few more minutes as if Remus hadn't said anything. Finally Remus cast a shield charm in between them and they were flown apart and kept apart by an invisible barrier.
"Now let's go, I'm starting to get hungry," said Remus, stalking down the aisle and not bothering to see if the rest of the Marauders were following him.
After a half-hour Hannah had found a fairy costume that she liked, and Carrie had chosen the Snow White costume that Lily had rejected. Lily suspected that Carrie was more drawn to the tight skimpy outfit than the actual character, because Lily had to explain who the costume was and tell her the story. They purchased their costumes and walked to the Three Broomsticks for some lunch with their stomachs growling. Along the way to the pub they ran into the Marauders, who were coming out of a Halloween shop. They were each carrying a ton of packages and Lily figured that they were supplies for the Halloween party.
"Hi, Lily," said James, smiling at her around a big box that he was carrying.
"Hi, James," said Lily shyly, remembering the awkward morning they had, with James sleeping bare-chested on her floor and meeting James and Sirius in the common room with only a towel around her body.
"So did you sleep well last night?" James asked, walking beside her.
"Yeah, I didn't have any more bad dreams," said Lily, blushing slightly as she remembered dreaming about kissing James. And then she felt frustrated because she wondered why James hadn't kissed her yet.
"Oh, you know, Carrie, we should probably take our costumes back to the dorm so they don't get dirty," suggested Hannah.
"But I'm hungry," said Carrie.
"Come on," said Hannah. She took the costume in the garment bag from Lily and towed Carrie back up the street.
"You know, Sirius, Peter, we should take these packages back to the castle. We wouldn't want anyone to get a glimpse of what we have for the party," said Remus.
"Moony, I'm starving," whined Sirius.
"I'll buy you a butterbeer when we get back," said Remus pointedly.
"Fine," growled Sirius. He levitated the box and bags that James had been carrying and they followed him up the street.
"I think this was a set-up," said James, grinning down at her.
"I think you're right," said Lily, glad that she got the chance to be alone with James. Maybe she would finally get that kiss she had been dying for.
"I don't mind, though," said James. "Come on, I'll buy you some lunch." James grabbed Lily's hand and towed her to the Three Broomsticks where they sat at a small table in the back corner of the restaurant.
"Lily, are you still afraid?" asked James after a few minutes of small talk.
Lily sighed and looked down at the table and traced her finger over the table. "I'm not afraid when I'm with you, but when I'm alone," she trailed off, looking up into his hazel eyes.
"I got you a present, to help with that," said James, pulling a brown paper bag out of his pocket. It was the size of an envelope, and Lily turned it over wondering what it was. "Open it."
Lily peeled back the paper and saw that she was holding a mirror like the one Sirius had pulled out of his pocket the night before. She looked up at James with a beaming smile on her face.
"Now whenever you're afraid, you can call my name into the mirror and I'll come find you," said James, smiling down at her.
"Thank you James," said Lily quietly, feeling her eyes stuck in James' eyes. They were going to kiss now. She could feel it. They were leaning closer and closer together, their eyes drifting closed.
Their lips were just about to touch when screams and flashes of light erupted from the main street. Lily and James jumped apart and turned to the main street to see complete chaos where it had been a normal day just a few minutes before. One of the walls of the costume shop where Lily had been a few hours ago was blasted off, costumes littering the street, scared and injured people screaming, and black-cloaked people were laughing. Above the rest, Lily could hear the hissing voice of the man in the black cloak.
AN: So I hope you enjoyed that chapter and I hope that you stick with my story. I promise that there will be more pranks, more fluff, and more drama, more adventure, and more excitement! I also promise that I will update at least every two weeks. So don't give up on me yet.
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