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Chapter 6
Lily was packing and talking to Blair. They were leaving for the Christmas holidays the next afternoon. Lily, Blair, and the marauders, as James, Sirius, and Remus were so inclined to call themselves, had become thick as thieves. The girls were still thinking of a name for their part of the group and were leaning towards the boys' idea of the marauderettes. They were making plans of seeing each over the break. Blair wanted to meet Rose, whether she was awake or not. Blair had wavy black hair that had a bluish tint to it and it came down to her shoulders. Her eyes were a dark blue edging on violet and were wide and innocent, though she was anything but. She was the one that came up with most of the plans for the pranks. Lily and Remus were the ones who found the right spells to do. Sirius and James were the ones with the ideas. They were doing extremely well in all of their classes. Remus and Lily were the top of their class just as the hat had predicted.
Lily was finished packing and reading one of her fantasy novels when Sirius came running in. She looked up and raised an eyebrow at her friend. Lily marked her page and walked over. Sirius was bent over at the waist panting. Lily walked him over to Blair's bed and sat him down. Blair just stared bewildered. Lily looked at Sirius and waited for him to calm down. "Why'd you come running in here like a pack of dogs were chasing you Sirius?" She asked.
"Well James got called to Dumbledore's office and you are supposed to go too. James told me to run over here to get you and tell you that you were supposed to go." Sirius explained. Lily nodded and walked swiftly out the door.
She was confused. She was sure that she hadn't done anything wrong… lately that is. Lily racked her brain trying to think of what could have happened. She reached the gargoyle that stood in front of the entrance to Dumbledore's office. She'd forgotten to ask what the password was, so she guessed. "Uhm… Licorice whips?" The gargoyle didn't move. "Lemon drops?" Lily grinned when the gargoyle moved. She walked up the stairs leading to Dumbledore's office and knocked on the door. "Come in," was the response. Lily opened the door to see James, her mom, whom she had decided to call her and Harold that on Christmas, and her dad all sitting in chairs and looking excited, well except for James who about as much as Lily did, which was nothing. "Hello Professor, Aunt Mel, and Uncle Harold. What are doing here? I thought that we were going home tomorrow."
"Well, Ms. Evans you were but I believe that you wouldn't mind going home early for a certain reason." Dumbledore's eyes were twinkling.
"Lily, James, we have some great news for you." Melony said and waved Lily to come sit with her. Then she turned and looked at Harold and motioned for him to tell James and Lily.
"Well, Melony and I were visiting Rose in the hospital today. We were telling her how you two were doing when her hand started twitching. We waited and her eyes started to open. We called in Marie and she checked her over. Marie said that Rose was healthy and wasn't in any danger of going back into a coma. When Marie left we started talking to her and she seemed to know who we were. Lily," Harold looked at Lily and saw a shocked and joyous expression on her face, "your sister woke up and wants to see you."
Lily just looked at her dad. She understood what he was saying but she couldn't believe it. Everything was going through her mind to fast for her to even make sense of anything. Rose is really awake, was her last thought before everything went black.
She heard voices and she started waking up. When she opened her eyes she saw her mom and dad looking down at her as well as Professor Dumbledore and James. They all had concerned looks on their faces. "What happened?" Lily asked. She was confused. She didn't remember why she her parents were here and why she was in Dumbledore's office. She thought hard and suddenly she remembered everything. "Is Rose really up?" She had excitement in her eyes. When all the adults in the room nodded their heads with smiles on their faces, Lily jumped up and pulled James into a dance around the room. She was laughing and hugging James as they moved.
James was startled when Lily suddenly grabbed him and started dancing with him. It was like the day she had gotten her letter only this time she was a lot happier. Then he got into it too and finally joined in the dancing. James was as happy as she was. Melony and Harold just stood there grinning from ear to ear. They'd never seen Lily as happy as this. Melony wrapped an arm around Harold's waist the same time he wrapped and arm around her shoulders. They looked at each other and grinned. Melony leaned her head on Harold's shoulder and just watched her children and waited in quiet excitement to see her third child again. Harold couldn't help but feel that this was the best Christmas gift they could have received. He beamed when Lily bounced up to him and hugged him.
"So… When do we get to go see her?" Lily bounced up and down on the balls of her feet, her pony tail bouncing along with her, letting a few curls go astray among her face.
"Well you need to go get your trunks and tell your friends bye so whenever you get back here we're going to head straight to Mungo's." Melony said smiling.
"Okay, come on James. You still have to finish packing and we've got to tell Sirius and Remus and Blair what happened otherwise they're going to be worried." Lily ran out, dragging James behind her.
Harold and Melony smiled as they watched the two kids run down the hall out of sight. They turned back to Albus. They saw he had a slight frown on his face and immediately knew something was wrong. "Albus, is something wrong?" Harold took the liberty of asking him what was wrong.
"I'm afraid, Harold, that Lily and Rose are not safe. I heard rumors that the deatheaters that got away from you are going to come back for both of them. I caution you to keep a careful eye on them until they can do magic outside of school." Then Albus smiled. "Rose was going to receive the same letter that Lily had but due to the past circumstances we didn't send it but now she can come and she can catch up with the help of our staff and her friends." Melony and Harold had grim looks on their faces from hearing that their two children were not safe. The expression lightened a bit when they heard that Rose was going to be a witch also.
Lily called out the password when they reached the portrait. She and James dashed into the common room and up to the boy's stair case. When they entered the room they saw Sirius and Blair playing a game of exploding snap and Remus reading a book on his bed right next to them. All three looked up when they heard the door open. Confused, they stared at Lily and James' bright smiles and eyes. Then they just gapped when Lily started to hurl all James' clothes into his trunk. Lily was a normally neat person so Lily just randomly tossing clothes into a trunk was a weird sight.
"Um, Lily, James, what's going on?" Remus asked gently.
"Yeah, you guys get called to Dumbledore's office then you both come back practically bouncing out of your shoes and Lily isn't packing neatly. It's just weird guys." Sirius was trying to see the bigger picture but he just couldn't.
"Well, it's nothing bad. We're not going to be riding the train with you guys. My mom and dad were in Dumbledore's office and they're taking us home. Well not straight home, but I think Lily wants to tell you guys that part." James grinned and was a little amazed at how fast Lily was getting the packing done. He hadn't had to lift a thing yet and was afraid that she'd bite his head off if he tried to help her.
"Okay James, walk around and make sure you're not leaving anything you need to bring home." Lily smiled at the others. "Okay you guys remember how I explained about my sister Rose and how she was in a coma."
Sirius and Remus nodded but Blair caught the use of the past tense. "Was? Lily did Rose wake up?" Blair squealed when Lily nodded. Then Blair ran up and she hugged Lily. Blaire felt her shoulder getting wet and noticed that Lily was crying and couldn't help but cry with her friend.
Remus and Sirius just looked on with smiles and confused looks. They were extremely happy for Lily but they'd never seen Lily and Blair act like such…well, girls. The two always seemed ungirlly. Right now they were hugging, crying, and talking too fast for Remus or Blair to hear. It was kind of funny actually.
"Um, Lils, I think we need to get your stuff and haul it to Dumbledore's office so that we can see Rose." James said and picked up his trunk. He watched Lily run out the door and say a frantic goodbye to everyone. He walked to the door said his own goodbyes then walked out. When he got to the common room, people looked at him like he was nuts. Everyone else was leaving the next day so no one actually finished packing. It was kind of odd to see a trunk in the common room before the day they were leaving. James just shrugged and waited for Lily to come down from her room with her trunk. He saw her coming down while levitating her trunk behind her.
Lily's heart was beating fast with excitement. She couldn't wait to finally be able to talk to her sister. It was like seeing a lifelong friend after ten years. She ran up to James' side and started walking as fast as she could while tugging her trunk along. She reached the door first and walked in. She beamed at her parents. "We're ready. Let's go! I want to see Rose. She's got to be confused. I just know it. We have to go!"
"Alright, munchkin, we're going to drop off your trunks at the house then head to St. Mungo's." Harold ruffled Lily's hair and smile at her. He hoped she wouldn't have any reason to be sad for the rest of her life. He was going to see to it that she didn't. "Thanks, Albus. We'll take Rose shopping over the break and bring her back to get sorted." Harold threw the floo powder in and shouted the name of the Potter's home. He let his wife and kids go first. Then looked back at Albus and went himself. They made it home and made sure to put the trunks away from the fireplace for when they returned home, then flooed straight to St. Mungo's.
James was bouncing up and down when they made it to the reception area. He was overly excited that Rose had finally woken up. He wasn't worried about Lily not wanting to stay because that was just how she was and both girls had no other place to go. He was worried that Rose wouldn't like him as much as Lily did. He looked at Lily next to him to see the biggest smile he'd ever seen come from her on her face, it even showed dimples. He also saw that her eyes were brighter. He knew that everything would turn out okay, it just had to.
Lily was as excited as James but she wasn't worried that Rose wouldn't like James. She knew that Rose would like having a brother as much as she did. She and Rose were more like twins than friends. She just didn't know what to do if Rose wasn't going to Hogwarts. They'd never been apart for a whole year.
"Thanks Holly. We'll see you on the way out." Harold waved then led the rest of his family towards the room Rose had been moved into over the years. He was holding onto Melony and Lily's hands and had James walking in front of him. He was as excited as the kids and could also feel Melony's excitement. He held open the door for his kids and wife as they walked, or ran, into the room. He smiled when Lily and Rose squealed upon seeing each other. He watched James walk up behind the two of them and wait for Lily and Rose to be done.
Lily looked at Rose and immediately started running and laughing. She made a running jump onto the bed. She pulled Rose, who was crying and laughing, into a tight hug. They held onto each other in a vise like grip. Lily started crying too. She was so glad to have her sister back. Then she pulled back and looked into Rose's teary eyes. "Oh, Rosie, I'm so glad you're back. I thought I'd never get to talk to you again." Lily had stopped crying and was grinning from ear to ear.
"I'm sorry Lils. I could hear you but I couldn't talk to you. I know everything that's happened, or at least what you guys have told me. I'm so happy that you're a witch. You and I always knew that you were just a little bit weird." Rose smiled wide and laughed with Lily. Then Rose turned to look at the Potters across the room. She gave a small smile then waved for them to come over. Rose was nervous that now that she was up they'd make her and Lily live in a foster home. She hoped that they wouldn't but she wasn't too sure.
James grinned when Rose waved them over and gave a running jump much the same as Lily but he didn't need as much of a jump because of his height. He laughed when he caused Lily and Rose to bounce a little with the bed. He grinned at Rose. "Hey Rose! I'm James." He waved at her from behind Lily.
"I know. You're going to have to explain exactly what quidditch is and how you play it. I think Lily tried to explain it one day and she didn't do a very good job." Rose smirked at Lily who stuck out her tongue. Then she turned to James and smiled. "So how 'bout it?"
"Well since Lils here did such a bad job I figure I could take pity and help you out." James' eyes widened when Rose hugged him, then he hugged her back. "Okay, so now that you've officially met me," James said as he pulled back, "the two old people over there would be the parents." James smirked at his parents when he called them old.
"James just you wait until you get this age and then we'll see how old you feel and hello Rose. We're so glad that you're feeling better." Melony smiled then ruffled her son's hair. Her heart soared when Rose grinned back at her.
"Thanks, it feels great to finally be up. Well," Rose looked at everyone around her, she saw an extremely happy Lily and everyone else looked happy too, "when can I go home? I do believe that I'm perfectly fine." She smiled at everyone and swore she could see tears in her Aunt Mel's eyes.
Melony did indeed have tears but didn't let them fall. Harold noticed and smiled. "Well, Rose I think that the healers want to keep you for one more night to make sure that you don't go back in to a coma and then we'll be able to take you home." Harold smiled when he saw Rose pout, and then remembered that he and Melony would have to go shopping for Rose's Christmas present. "Well Rose I think that me and Mel are going to go finish our Christmas shopping so we'll leave Lily and James to keep you company." Harold smiled at Rose and kissed her and Lily on their foreheads and ruffled James' hair. He waited while Melony kissed each child then hugged them and walked towards him. He took her hand then kissed it and they walked out hand in hand.
Lily and Rose sighed happily when they saw Harold kiss Melony's hand. They turned to each other and giggled. Lily looked at James and saw a confused look. She laughed and hugged him. "You know James I think that you're going to have your hands full with us two. Then you have to worry about Blair when we go back to school. You're going to be extremely stressed out." Lily smirked.
Rose looked at Lily like she had three heads. Didn't Lily know she wasn't going to the same school? "Uh, Lils? I don't think I'm going to go to Hogwarts. I never got a letter saying so."
"You will don't worry. I have a feeling that you will." Lily smiled and hoped that the feeling was right.
"Well whatever feeling you have, Rose will still be our sister." James smiled as Rose hugged him. He could get used to having two sisters. He'd have one more to mess with and help him prank his parents during the summer. "Rose, I do believe that it's time to start corrupting you as much as I have with Lils."
"I'm already corrupted no need to try anymore. If anything you'll be the one being corrupted." Rose smirked.
"Well then that's less work for me."James smiled then had an idea. "Who wants to play a game it's getting kind of boring."
"I do!" Lily bounced in her seat. "How are you going to get a game? Aunt Mel isn't here." Lily asked confused.
"The nurses. They can't resist my charm." James said.
"What charm?" Lily said and she and Rose both laughed.
"Ha ha." James said as he jumped off the bed and opened the door. He was gone for ten minutes before he came back in. he was holding a deck of muggle cards and a chess set. He smirked. "See I told you my charm is irresistible."
"Once again James, what charm?" Lily said faking exasperation. They laughed and James set up a chess game. He and Lily played first so that Rose could see how wizard's chess was played. Then Rose went against James. They were still playing games of chess against each other when Harold and Melony came back in.
"Well Lily, James, it's getting to be eight and I think that it's time we let Rose get some rest for the big day tomorrow. She needs to be ready to go bright and early tomorrow because we're taking her shopping for clothes and everything she's going to want in her room." Melony said and smiled when she saw Rose's eyes widen. She kissed Rose on her forehead then helped Lily get off the bed. Lily waved to Rose one last time then followed Melony out. Harold was waiting for James. James hugged Rose before jumping of the bed and waving. Harold hurried up and kissed her forehead then followed James.