When Lily awoke she had a groggy head and her wrists were bound tightly behind her. She tried to stand up but discovered her ankles were also bound, but to the stiff legs that held the chair up. Her sleeves had been ripped from her shirt and her arms were tied firmly to the arms of the wooden chair using both magic and heavy ropes. The gag had been removed though and as Lily's eyes adjusted to the scene, a slight moan escaped from her lips as she recognised her company. They were all Slytherins from various years. She'd heard that they were all in some form of cult but she'd just assumed that was viscous rumour, until now of course. Her location suddenly became obvious; it was Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Lily mentally screamed as she realised no one would ever find her up here.
"Feeling the heat are we Evans?' Lily recognised Marcus Lee from the year above. He'd had to re-do his final year three times already.
"Well what do you think Lee? I've been kidnapped, gagged and thrown into a sack, but no, I'm perfectly chilled!" Lily snapped back.
"Don't anger us Evans, cus unless you haven't noticed we're2 in charge here. So shut your mouth or we'll shut it for you" he snarled. "Serverus, you're up! Don't forget the mute charm either."
"I'm not stupid Marcus, and you should of told me it was her we were messing with. Never do this to me again, are we clear?" Snape spat out.
"So are you backing out Snape? She's a filthy little mudblood who belongs in the gutter and we all know that, even you do now she hangs round with that piece of scum Potter. Just get the knife out Serverus, and do it."
"Serverus?" Lily's eyes instantly brimmed with tears as they stared into the eyes that had one belonged to her best friend. Now, they stared back at her, hollow and empty.
"Shut it mudblood. Muffilato" Serverus grunted. The air nearest the walls rippled and the walls instantly became soundproof. The largest guy from the corridor appeared next to Lily and tightened the rope around her right arm. Serverus pulled a pocketknife from his cloak and flicked it open. He then proceeded to shorten the distance between himself and Lily. Her tears began to swiftly fall down her face and as the knife was an inch from her skin she began to howl and beg.
"Please Serverus! Please don't hurt me, you don't know what you're doing can't we go back to the way it was over summer? I'm really sorry about James but it was unavoidable, you're one of the best friends I've ever had and I don't want to lose you! Can we just put all of this behind us and start again?" Lily's face was ear streaked now and she was shaking with fear.
"You made your choice Lily after summer when you chose Potter over me. You have no place in this world, you're a disgusting breed and I can't stand the sight of you" Serverus growled. Then he spat at her. She was still crying at the blade began to slice her arm near the wrist, but on the other side. The blood began as a drizzle and soon progressed to a gush as Snape carved letters into Lily's skin. Her shrieks of pain rattled the toilet doors whilst the Slytherins stood there and smirked, although some of the girls grimaced at the sight of the blood. The floor around the chair became bloodstained as did the chair and Lily's jeans. After about ten minutes of slow painful torture, Lily's screams faded away and she began to feel dizzy. The knife had stopped for a while and Lily could just make out the word in capital letters on her arm: MUDBLOOD. Silent tears began to flow as Serverus advanced towards her again and she tried to beg but no words would come out. Crosses were slashed across her shoulder as if to warn others that she was a danger. He then moved to her ankle and created an anklet shape of tiny hearts with his knife. He stopped momentarily to wash the knife and Lily thought it was over, but then he moved behind her and clutched a handful of her hair. That was the final straw.
"SERVERUS! Stop please! This isn't who you are and you know it! Leave my hair and let me go. I won't say anything to anyone I swear, just leave me alone." Lily was screaming now and tears of frustration, anger and pain were hurtling down her face.
"I won't ask you again Evans, shut up." Then Lily's hair began to fall to the floor
"Sev, we can stop now. She's got the message." Sneered Marcus. "Now you listen here you piece of filth. You mention this to anyone and we'll get Potter next got it?" Lily nodded weakly. "So consider yourself officially cleansed by the worthy elites." Marcus then proceeded to tip a bucket of water over Lily's head and all of her clothes. "Now muggleborn, we're gonna change this round a bit. You're going to spend the night here and early in the morning one of us will bring you a uniform to wear for the rest of the day and you can carry on like nothing's happened got it? We'll bring some bobbles too so that you can sort out your mop. Jed, fetch the chains." Lily's wrists and feet were untied and were left bleeding from the burns; they were then clamped with tight chains and she was lead to the basin with the broken tap and chained to the pipes. The Slytherins filed out laughing and joking. Serverus wouldn't meet her eye as he left, but Marcus was the last to leave and he came and sat next to her.
"You know, for a muggleborn you're actually quite fit. Fancy a snog and a play?" whispered Marcus and Lily thrust the chains at him causing him to hit the floor. "I get it, you've had a hard evening. I'll be here to pick you up in the morning…and to walk you to class." He rose and slunk from the room. Lily lay there, bleeding and battered. She didn't know what to do or who to trust? It must have been set up by someone, maybe Peter? She didn't know, all she wanted was to hug James and breathe in his mossy smell. To make matters worse, Moaning Myrtle flooded the place for the umpteenth time that year.