Chapter Nine: Let the Fire Burn
TRIGGER WARNING! Mentions, slight descriptions of physical and emotional abuse!
Author's Note: Thank you to those people who read, review, favourite and follow my story! It's very much appreciated and I love the support! Just thanks again and I will be making a bigger effort to pick up on simple grammar mistakes because there really is no good excuse from me for bad grammar as it seriously annoys me! Thanks again! You are all so awesome!
To address Colonel92's review: Nott is/ was meeting Lily in a week because he got to her more than I explained and because he knew she wouldn't tell anyone because she doesn't like to let people worry about her problems. Also in the flashback Lily is SEVEN not FIVE! I'm terribly sorry if I wrote that! Thanks for following my story :) Thanks for pointing it out!
Disclaimer: I love Harry Potter because isn't it more than just a series of books because to me it is! J.K Rowling owns it and I love her for it! All rights to that stunningly talented writer that we all love!
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LET THE FIRE BURN!
Harry Potter, 38, was spotted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in a heated argument with his youngest and only daughter, Lily Luna Potter who is aged eleven. The argument was the only argument that is been confirmed from Harry Potter, in his entire lifetime, so what caused this fiery argument?
Our sources say that Harry had grabbed his daughter from History of Magic and they had gone for fifteen minutes before Lily had stormed into the room, looking angry. Fifteen minutes later Harry came in as the bell rang. The sources say that Lily stormed past her father and he called her back. She refused to go to him three times before Lily Luna told her father she said no and didn't he understand that. She told him it was because she was eleven and said they both knew it she was older than that.
Harry then yelled that he didn't want her to feel pressured which prompted the youngest Potter to shout at her father that she didn't feel pressured because she was not her father. Her brothers, the oldest James Sirius, 14, and Albus Ruebus, 13, came to stop the argument. She was said to glare at them before turning to the father and yelling (directly from the source) "I don't want to talk to you ever again! Until you can accept the fact that I'm not you, daddy. I'm-"
The people of Hogwarts were in for a shock when the ground began to shake underneath them! Sources say that Lily Potter had looked at her father, her mother Ginny Weasley, 37, Hermione Weasley, 38, and Ron Weasley, 38, before running off and the ground had stopped shaking.
So what was this argument about? Why was Harry Potter, the Hero of the Wizarding World, fighting with his youngest child? Why was Lily Potter so angry? Why didn't Harry want his daughter to feel pressured? Why couldn't her brothers help her? Will she ever talk to her father again?
And why was Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron at Hogwarts? Is there something more to the kind-hearted soul that is Harry Potter's daughter, Lily Potter?
Daily Prophet Gossip Correspondent: Dylan Skeeter
There was a picture to make it even worse. It was a moving picture of Lily and Harry yelling at each, while the sea of people watched on. The picture was moving to show James and Albus and it stopped and started from the beginning.
Lily tore the front of the newspaper and placed it in her pocket. Almost every student around her was reading the article, sneaking glances at her. She put her head in her hands and felt someone sit next to her. She looked up and saw her brothers James and Albus.
'Want to go on a walk?' James asked. Lily nodded immediately and stood up.
'I'll see you in the common room?' Cassie asked. 'To do the DADA project?'
'Sure,' Lily said, giving her a slight smile. She followed James and Albus outside and they went to the Quidditch Pitch. She sat in the middle of the pitch and gestured her brothers to sit next to her. They joined her without hesitation and Lily looked up the sky.
'They told us you know,' Albus said quietly, 'after dad left to go talk to you. Mum and Uncle Ron and Hermione took just us two and sat us down, and told us about it.'
'We wanted you to know that we didn't care,' James said, 'it doesn't really mean anything.'
'And we wanted to talk to you about something else.' Albus added after a few minutes of silence.
'What is it?' Lily asked.
'It's-' James said, hesitating, 'Cassie, your friend, she came and talked to us after mum talked to Albus and I and- well she said you've been- acting weird in the mornings.'
Lily's stomach dropped. Of course Cassie would notice that. She was more observant than any person Lily had met.
'What- what do you mean?' Lily asked, hoping her voice wasn't going to go up an octave.
'She said that you arrive in the Great Hall all pale and white and that you wake up early,' Albus said, 'and Hugo said the same. Said that you didn't talk at all and you seemed off to the fairies.'
'They also added that by the middle of the first lesson you seemed yourself.' James added.
'I- well-' Lily said, trying to think of a plausible excuse, 'I just- just miss home. I should be fine in a few more days.'
'Lily,' James and Albus warned.
'Guys its' okay,' Lily smiled, 'come on, let's get the others and play some Quidditch.'
'Okay,' James smirked. He waved his wand and a bright colour came out of his wand and went to the castle.
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Lily Potter looked at her roommates, who were still asleep and she sneaked out of her bed and put her robes on. She quietly exited the dormitory and slowly walked out of the common room and down the corridor. She didn't want this. Nott was becoming more and more difficult to keep out of her most private and secret memories, especially the ones about her families past, especially the one that the public didn't know.
It had been two months since the incident with her father, and finally the gossip had stopped. She wasn't the weird Potter kid anymore, she was Harry Potter's daughter, something that was strange. She was doing well in all her classes, and her friendship with her year level mates had improved greatly.
Life at Hogwarts was amazing expect for Nott. He tried to get as many memories as possible from her but it never worked. She had always been able to block him, even if it came with a price of her physical health.
She slowly walked to the tree and saw Nott standing there, looking annoyed.
'Thought we'd try a different method today,' Nott smirked. Lily looked at her wand. She always wondered why she didn't use it against him but despite being more powerful than Merlin if the Prophet was true, she didn't know many spells past first year, other than cleaning spells her mother used.
'What do you mean?' Lily asked.
'There is many different types of Legillimency, Potter,' Nott said, twirling his wand, 'I'm sure you know the story of the mudblood aunt of yours. How Bellatrix Lestrange, etched what she really was onto her arm, correct?'
Lily felt her blood drop. She knew that story of her aunt quite well. It had horrified her when they had sat them down to tell them. Her Aunt Hermione wore long sleeved t-shirts most of the time to cover it, not because she was ashamed to be a muggle-born but because she wanted to move on from her past.
'I- I know of it,' Lily said quietly.
'Good, Potter,' Nott smirked, 'I will get you to talk, no matter the cost.'
Lily took her wand out and pointed it at Nott.
'No,' Lily said, 'no, I'll break the sound charm,'
'No you won't,' Nott said, raising his wand. Her wand left her hand and she looked at him. 'Now, where, were we?'
Lily tried to escape his grip but was unsuccessful. She started to panic. She didn't want this. Why was it her? What had occurred to this boy to let him do this?
'You don't have to do this,' Lily said, 'trust me,'
'I'm doing this for my mother,' Nott said, 'and for the Dark Lord. Your family has done great horrors to this world, and I'm going to make them pay by taking at the special daughter.'
'I don't know what I've done!' Lily said. 'Or my family! Please, I won't tell anyone!'
'You killed my mother!' Nott spat. 'When you were seven. My father and Uncle saw it with their own eyes. Your father killed the Dark Lord and his followers and your family followed that suit.'
'I didn't kill Pansy Parkinson! My father didn't kill Voldemort!' Lily said desperately.
'Who killed them?' Nott said raising an eyebrow.
'Voldemort was killed from his own killing curse that rebounded off of my dad's spell. Parkinson- I don't know, but I didn't kill someone when I was seven. I don't like to see people harmed, in anyway.' Lily said.
'Crucio!' Nott yelled. Lily screamed as the pain of over a thousand hot knives hit her skin. She looked at her right arm and saw a letter starting to form on her arm. B. He was going to write Blood-Traitor on her arm. The pain intensified as the B came into view.
'What are you doing?' Lily cried.
'Getting you to talk,' Nott said, 'and I don't care how long it takes. I will get the answers today and my father can get his answers about your father from you himself.'
'NO! PLEASE! STOP!' Lily yelled, screaming as the second letter appeared on her arm.
'Tell me the correct answers to my questions then,' Nott said, 'how did your father kill the Dark Lord? Why does he want the Death Eaters? What is the Prophecy I keep hearing in your mind? And why did you murder my mother?'
'I didn't kill her!' Lily screaming, the third letter appearing, even more painfully. She wanted this to end. For it all to end so the pain would stop. It was the first time she didn't understand something; why was she so important to the Death Eaters?
'You did!' Nott yelled. 'You murdered my mother when I was seven! I WANT TO KNOW WHY! My mother loved me, she was killed because of Harry Potter's daughter, and I WANT TO KNOW WHY!'
The fourth and fifth level appeared with intensified pain. She screamed louder than before and Nott just glared at her with such an evil look, she was terrified even more.
'I don't remember!' Lily cried. 'I don't remember why!'
'Not good enough!' Nott spat, his eyes glinting. 'CRUCIO!'
The pain grew worse as his anger spilled, showing in his face and voice. She was growing hoarse from her screams and the word sat, glittering in the sunlight from the blood. Her blood. Blood-traitor scarred her skin, yet Nott had none of his answers.
'CRUCIO!' Nott screamed. Lily tried to scream yet it didn't leave her mouth.
'I can't,' Lily said, hoarsely, 'kill me, please,'
'You know what?' Nott said, smirking evilly. 'Gladly.'
'Do it quickly,' Lily muttered, closing her eyes.
'Avada-' Nott yelled but a voice yelled out.
'Lily! Lily! Lily Potter! Where the hell are-' Lily knew who that voice belonged to. Professor McGonagall. Lily moved her head slightly to her right and saw Minerva saying a few quick spells before running for them, sending a cat-like Patronus to someone.
'What are you doing?' Minerva asked, walking over to them. Nott laughed and looked at her as McGonagall ran for them.
'I'll get you again, Potter!' Nott said, before disappearing before their eyes. Minerva was too slow to catch him and instead ran over to her.
'What happened?' Minerva asked. 'Professor Longbottom told me you hadn't come for Herbology and Miss Malfoy said that she hadn't seen you all morning.
'The Death Eaters are back.' Lily muttered. 'They're back, Professor and they want me.'
'Why?' Minerva asked.
'Because I'm special,' Lily whispered quietly, hoping that the impending darkness meant that she was moving on to the next life.
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Author's Note: I know this chapter was dark and I skipped a lot of time, but I needed it to get here, so you could understand the next chapter! Please leave a constructive review, favourite and follow! I might not be able to get another chapter up for a while so sorry for the cliff hanger!
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