Author's Note: Because people have asked, the songs that have been used in this story are "Monster" by Meg and Dia, "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters (I had the acoustic version in mind), and "Broken" by Seether featuring Amy Lee. The rest of the lyrics are by me. Also, I hate to say this, but my updates will probably slow to as little as one chapter a week. I am remarkably busy, and I just started the play Romeo and Juliet at school, so I'm just so booked up! The song in this chapter is "You" by Breaking Benjamin.

"Where's Lily?" James asked worriedly, looking around the Charms classroom.

"Maybe she decided to skive off for once," Sirius shrugged, doodling aimlessly in his notebook.

"She'd never skive off for one," James said with a shake of his head, "and Charms is her favorite class."

"You don't think she's hurt, do you?" Remus asked with concern. Sirius immediately brushed the idea off.

"There's no way. Look, there's Loraina and Delilah. She's probably right behind them."

When Loraina and Delilah searched the classroom in search of their redhaired friend and could not find her, they turned to the boys, Delilah blatantly ignoring Sirius.

"Where's Lily?"

"We don't know. I thought she was with you," James said, running his hand through his hair.

"We figured she came to class with you," Loraina said, biting her nails.

"I'm sure she's fine," Sirius and Delilah said certainly at the same time. They looked at each other for a moment, before Delilah narrowed her eyes and looked away.

"I have a weird feeling about this," James continued, looking distinctly uncomfortable.

"You're just the overprotective boyfriend," Delilah scoffed, rolling her eyes. "Lily is just fine, I can guarantee you."

When, by the end of lunch, Lily still had not shown up, all of them, even Sirius and Delilah, ran up to the Heads' dorms to check on her. They found no sign of Lily, but what they found in her room was chilling.

Things were thrown about, her wand snapped in half on the ground beside her bed. The bed sheets were entirely ripped off, the dresser was overturned onto the ground, and a chair was broken into several pieces. The most disturbing was the blood on the floor and various pieces of furniture.

Loraina grasped onto Remus, burying her face in his chest. Delilah walked over to the bed and fell onto it numbly, while Sirius watched her with concern in his eyes. Remus was comforting his girlfriend, and James...James was beginning to lose it.

His head was spinning, he couldn't breath; something terribly bad had happened to Lily, and some bastard had hurt her. He turned, slamming his fist through the wall with an angry shout. Delilah jumped up from her place on the bed and hugged the now sobbing boy, while Loraina leapt up to help her friend comfort the boy she had become to regard as a brother.

Suddenly, James leapt up, Delilah and Loraina falling away from him, onto the ground. Delilah yelped in surprise, and Loraina squeaked as her head collided with the broken chair.

"Ow," Loraina said softly, touching her forehead lightly. James growled, punching a hole in Lily's wall. Loraina backed up, her eyes wide, while Delilah grabbed at James's arm.

"You need to calm down," Delilah said gently. He turned on her, a fire in his hazel eyes. She swallowed in sudden fear and took a step back to stand beside Loraina.

"Calm down?! I don't want to fucking calm down! The girl that I love is fucking missing, Delilah. Who knows where she is or what's happened to her! So don't you tell me to fucking calm down!"

"You aren't the only one who cares, James!" Delilah cried, no longer cowering behind Loraina. She stepped up and crossed her arms defensively. "She's my best fucking friend! If anything, I care more than you do!"

James gritted his teeth and hissed, "You could never care more then me."

Delilah and James began to scream at each other. Sirius and Remus looked at each other, not sure what to do. Loraina's eyes were filling with tears and she suddenly pushed them away from each other.

"STOP IT!" she screamed. "PLEASE, JUST STOP IT! NEITHER OF YOU ARE GOING TO HELP LILY BY FIGHTING!"

They looked at her, surprise in their eyes. Loraina shook her head, letting a couple of tears escape before she turned and dashed from the room, leaving silence in her wake.

"Who was that?" Remus asked suddenly but slowly. "Because that, my friends, was sure as hell not Loraina."

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Remus dashed out after her after his statement, trying to think of the places she could be. He found her curled up behind a statue, crying lightly. She had drawn her knees up to her chest, lying her face on them.

"Rain? You all right?"

"No," she said, pouting slightly. He couldn't help but smile a little as he sat down beside her and pulled her toward him.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not really," she mumbled, nuzzling into his neck.

"Okay."

And so they sat, in comforting silence, for a good three hours, holding each other. Loraina smiled as he kissed her lightly, heading to the library to finish an essay. Leaning against the statue, she watched him walk away. He's all I ever wanted. And he's mine.

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Delilah padded into the common room that night at two in the morning. She wasn't able to sleep, not with Lily missing and James demanding to join the search efforts. He was still trying his absolute hardest to get in on the search, but no one would let him. She was dressed in a pair of red flannel pajama bottoms, a fitted black T-shirt and black slippers completing her look. She heard a light strumming from the couch and stopped.

My hands are broken,

And time is going on and on, it goes forever (how long).

So I got high and lived all that life that I've taken all for granted.

My hands are broken,

And time is going on and on, it goes forever (how long).

So I got high and lived all that life that I've taken all for granted.

Promise me you'll try

To leave it all behind,

'cause I've elected hell,

Lying to myself.

Why have I gone blind?

Live another life.

You. You.

The only way out

Is letting your guard down and never die forgotten (I know).

Forgive me, my love,

I stand here all alone, and I can see the bottom.

Promise me you'll try

To leave it all behind,

'cause I've elected hell,

Lying to myself.

Why have I gone blind?

Live another life.

You. You.

You. You.

You. You.

She recognized the deep, husky voice singing immediately. There was a different quality to it, something that made her heart hurt. He really did miss her. And if she was honest with herself, she missed him, too. But she just couldn't do it. Not like this. Not after everything he had done.

"Nice song," she said, as coldly as she could.

"Delilah," Sirius whispered, standing up and knocking his guitar to the floor.

"Sirius," she said, her voice at a normal level, full of harshness. He winced but began to speak again, nevertheless.

"I..I was an idiot."

"Yeah, I noticed," Delilah said, her voice sarcastic and drawling.

"Delilah, please," he said, his voice desperate. "I know you still love me, too."

"No," she said softly. "I don't."

"I know that you do!" he exclaimed.

"I loved who I thought you were Sirius," she said. "I still love that guy. But you aren't him."

"Yes, I am. I made a mistake, Delilah. But please, just one more chance."

"No," she said, her confidence beginning to waver.

"Is that all you can say?"

"No," she said stubbornly. "I can say that you're a total jackass and that you broke my heart. You're so egotistical that you expect me to just go crawling back to you, but I refuse. You aren't worth it, and we both know that you'll just do it again."

"NO! Delilah, I swear to you, I will never do it again."

She let out a bark of humorless laughter. "Am I expected to believe you? You cheated on me, Sirius."

"I know," he said, his voice strained. "And I regret it every second of every day. It was a moment of weakness. That past is the past, Delilah."

"No," she said, pushing him back as he came closer. He suddenly grabbed her and kissed her, hard. She struggled away and looked at him, her broken heart in her eyes. Sirius suddenly felt a pang in his heart; she looked so hurt, so betrayed, and it was all his fault.

"Delilah..."

"No," she whispered, a hint of teary thickness sneaking into her voice, "I can't do this. Not right now. My best friend is gone, and you broke my heart; you can't just do this. I...I can't."

She dashed back up the stairs, and Sirius collapsed onto the couch, his face in his hands. For the first time since he left his parents' house, a tear fell down his face.

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"James?" a sweet, soft voice asked, gently pushing his door open.

"Yeah?" he said, his voice choked.

"Are you okay?" she asked, lightly touching his shoulder.

"No," he said. "I...I keep thinking about what they could be doing to her. Dumbledore is positive it was Voldemort's people."

"No," she breathed. "What would they want with her?"

"It could be anything," James said. "She's the smartest girl in Hogwarts, and a muggleborn. She's a huge threat to them, if she chooses to join the war when she's seventeen. Then there's the fact that she's just muggleborn."

"But why her?"

"I..I don't know."

"I miss her already. I'm worried about her."

"Me, too," James murmured. "I would trade places with her in a second if it meant that she would be okay."

"James," a voice said, entering the room. "I found a...Oh!"

They both separated, realizing how compromising their position could look. Loraina had her arms around his waist, his head on her shoulder, her head on top of his.

"Remus!" Loraina said, standing off the bed quickly, brushing her hair out of her face.

"Um.."

"It wasn't what it looked like, Mate," James said quickly, ruffling his hair. Remus blinked a couple of times.

"Okay."

He then turned and walked away, leaving a confused James and a worried Loraina behind him.

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A redhead awoke blearily, her head pounding. Blood was blending with the deep colors in her hair, and her skin was covered with cuts and bruises. She groaned as the metal door to her cell opened.

"Ready for some more fun, mudblood?" a deep voice sneered. She sat up, opening her eyes fully and staring him down.

"Give it your best shot," she said. "Orion."

The man dropped his wand and it clattered to the floor.

Author's Note: AH! I can't believe I didn't update for so long! Expect much faster updates.