A/N: sorry about how long it took to update but I got struck with writers' block. Please read this and review it!
Serindraxx
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I guess I gotta give part 2 of my confessions
If I'm gonna tell it then I gotta tell it all
Damn near cried when I got that phone call
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As James and Lily walked out of the room, Sirius glanced up to see their bleak expressions.
"Is she…?" he began, unable to finish as a sob racked his body.
James nodded, and handed Lily over to Remus, who looked unsure as to how he was to handle the situation.
He sat down next to Sirius, shocked to see the new level of maturity in his best friend's eyes. This wasn't his friend from twelve years ago; no it was a person grown up enough to understand what is to be expected of him.
"The last thing she said to me before I came and got you guys was 'It doesn't matter, as long as I had you." And he hadn't had her, not really. He had had an illusion of her.
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The funeral was quiet; not too many people were there. The Marauders and Lily were sitting in the back of the church, away from the body of their best friend.
When it was over, Lily seemed glad to get out of the stuffy church. And she wasn't the only one.
James and Sirius never joked about death. It was one of those things previously agreed upon, after James's and Lily's parents died.
Lily looked up at the clear sky, uncharacteristic to her mood. It wasn't fair, not at all. She wanted all her friends together when she got married, not watching from above.
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"I have decided…"
Everyone looked up at the unexpected voice behind them.
Dumbledore looked around and repeated, "I have decided not to lay low like we first intended."
Lily shook her head in disbelief. Dumbledore had something up his sleeve and she didn't care to hear it, not so soon after her best friend's death.
James glanced at her, realizing again that they weren't married yet. They had had their wedding interrupted when Michelle had fallen.
"What do you want from the rest of us?" Sirius asked, managing to keep his voice steady though everyone sensed his anger.
"Want? What do you mean by that, Mr. Black?" Dumbledore asked, sounding puzzled.
"I don't think any of us are ready to go out there after only a week of missing Michelle," Lily said, and sounding very sure of herself. James looked at her in admiration.
Sirius and everyone who had been there for Lily and James's wedding nodded, each understanding in his or her own way exactly what that would mean if things changed.
Only one person did nothing in the face of his friends' feelings, and he scampered as soon as it became clear his cover could be blown.
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Voldemort nodded, his expression thoughtful. Severus shivered as the cold malice in the air became unmistakable.
"So… they are finally doing something are they?" he murmured, crooning to his snake.
Peter Pettigrew nodded, too frightened to speak for too long. He didn't like having to be the spy for Voldemort but it couldn't be helped. It would most likely be the last thing he did anyway.
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"Okay, explain to me why we are on guard duty tonight of all nights, and so soon after the death of my girlfriend?" James asked, even though Michelle hadn't been his girlfriend when she died.
Lily shrugged, wrapping her arms around her shoulders and sighing in pain. She had forgotten about the cracked ribs she had sustained when fighting off Voldemort the last time he showed up.
James looked at her, concern showing on his face.
She waved him off and continued to stare straight ahead. It was getting cold and she wanted to get guard duty over with.
Just as she opened her mouth to say this to James, her heart froze. Standing in front of them, broad as the tree they were hiding behind, was a man wearing a hood over his eyes.
"So the little spy was right," he said, his voice menacing. Twirling his hand and walking away, Lily felt herself being picked up bodily and an old pillowcase was forced over her head.
From the sounds going on around her, she judged that James had been forced to wear a pillowcase too.
Oh, please, she thought, let someone come for us.
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The day was almost over when Sirius looked at Remus. "They've been gone an awfully long time," he said, worry written on his face.
Remus looked at the clock and then at his watch. It had been an awfully long time. Maybe something had happened and they had forgotten to call.
But just as he started to say this, the phone rang. He got up and answered it.
The worried voice of Alice Longbottom reached his ears. Where was Lily and why wasn't she calling? Wasn't it bad enough that they had already lost Michelle and Serindra? Was Lily trying to get herself killed too?
"Alice, slow down. We don't know where they are and we haven't heard from them either."
"You haven't heard from them? I wonder what went wrong," Alice mused, said goodbye and hung up.
"Now I'm getting worried," Remus said out loud.
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Meanwhile, James had managed to get his hood off and was taking a look around. They were in a basement, it looked like.
He looked around to see if he could find Lily. He hadn't heard a peep out of her since the guard had told her to shut up.
"Lily where are you?" he whispered. And then he saw and heard movement from the corner.
"If anyone hurt you, Lily, I will personally bash their heads in," he vowed.
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These are my confessions
Just when I thought I said all I could say
My chick on the side said she got one on the way
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A/N: okay, what do you think of the update? I hope you liked it. Please review and let me know; but no flames.
Serindraxx