It was fifteen minutes after I found out that Snape, Regulus and Bellatrix were planning to kill me, and I hadn't moved from where I sat. Back against a wall, shocked expression on my face. I'd stay there the whole night, if it wasn't from Remus, Sirius and Peter who went looking for me.

"Lily?," I heard someone ask. I didn't respond, too weak to even open my mouth.

"Lily? Where are you?," I heard again. It was Sirius' voice and I felt how my heart started beating again. I felt myself breath again.

"Sirius," I tried, my throat too hoarse to produce a sound. "Sirius, I'm here," I tried again. This time the sound was stronger and louder. Someone walked around the corner and I heard 'Lumos' to light the dark corridor.

"Guys! I found her!," Remus yelled. He kneeled next to me and hugged me. "It's going to be all right," he whispered in my ear. "Whatever it is, everything is going to turn out right."

"No it isn't," I sniffled. Right after Remus said those words to me, I couldn't stop my tears. "They… they want… They want to kill me." Sirius, and Peter, who just ran around the corner only heard my last words.

I didn't see how they glanced confused at Remus, and he shook his head, mouthing 'Later'.

"Maybe it's for the best if we went to the Common Room," Peter suggested. "Maybe she'll be able to tell us more there."

"Yeah, great idea," Remus said. "Can you walk, Lily?"

I shrugged and tried to stand up, failing miserably. I dropped almost immediately back on the floor, crying.

"I'll take that as a no," Sirius said concerned. He picked me up and carried me to the Common Room. "Here we go," he muttered as he put me on the comfortable couch in front of the fire. Still crying I muttered a thank you and lay my head down.

"Now, Lily," Remus began, "what happened? We saw you on the –"

"Remus, be careful whit what you say," Peter said.

"Shove it, Wormtail. It's Lily, she'd never betray us. She deserves to know," Sirius said sharply. Even in my fragile state I wanted to know where they were talking about.

"Saw me on what, exactly?," I asked weakly.

"The Map. We saw you on the Marauders Map," Peter sighed, surrendering. He dropped in the arm chair, right in front of me. He rubbed his eyes with his thumb and forefinger.

"The what?"

"It's some kind of ground plan of Hogwarts that we made by ourselves. But it shows more than just corridors. It shows every person who is in the castle. Where they are, who they are, everything," Remus explained.

"That's how you get in Hogsmeade unseen," I said, putting the pieces together.

"Indeed. And that's also how we found you."

"We saw how Regulus, Bellatrix and Snape stood together and how you stopped behind the corner. We also saw how you stayed there. Fifteen minutes long. And then we came to check on you," Sirius said.

"What happened, Lily?," Peter asked. "Tell us, maybe we can do something about it."

"Why would you think anything has happened?," I asked, being annoying.

"Blimey, Evans. We're not thick, you know. If we find you in a dark corridor, crying and unable to walk, something happened," Sirius snapped, rolling his eyes.

"Watch it, Padfoot," Remus warned.

"Right. Sorry. Just… Tell us what happened, Lily." I looked at Remus, and he nodded.

I sighed. This wasn't easy. But, I was not a Gryffindor for nothing. I collected all my courage and started talking. "I went to check on James in the Hospital Wing, and when I came back, I heard, Snape, Bellatrix and Regulus talking. Knowing that they can't be trusted, I didn't walk away, but I listened to their conversation. I heard how they were planning to kill someone. A Mudblood." Remus stiffened next to me at the word. "Me." I felt how the tears started burning behind my eyes.

"Wait. What?," Peter asked me.

"You heard what I said. They want me dead," I whispered. The voice I found earlier, was gone again.

"Lily, are you sure they said that?," Sirius said.

"Yes, they were saying that they wanted to kill me tonight, in order of the Dark Lord. But, because of the roleplay tonight, they couldn't because I'd be in the Great Hall and they were afraid of getting kicked out of school. So they decided to let me live, probably to kill me the next evening." Sirius clenched his fists until his knuckles were white.

"I'll kill them if they touch you," he hissed.

"I'll help," Remus suggested and Peter nodded in agreement.

"No, guys. We can't let them know we know about their 'mission'. We need to act as normal as possible. If we keep this to ourselves, we have an advantage," I said, ruining their plans to finally kill some Snakes.

"What? You're going to do nothing about it?," Sirius asked unbelievingly.

"Not yet," I corrected him. "Now we have the information, we have to use it on the right time, and not just in a whim. We have information about the Dark Lord. This isn't nothing, guys. This is valuable information. We need to be careful, and most of all, we can't be caught."

"You're right," Remus stated.

"Thanks, Remus, I knew I could count on you," I said, nodding at him.

"But that doesn't mean we can't… let them pay for it," he went on, ignoring me. Sirius, Peter and he started grinning. It was like they could read each other's mind, shutting me completely out for a minute. Then, Sirius turned to me.

"So, are you in or what?," he asked.

"I don't know guys," I hesitated when I saw the mischievous glint in their eyes.

"C'mon Evans," Sirius pushed. "Just a little revenge, it won't kill you. Besides, laughing is healthy."

I sighed. "I guess it wouldn't be that bad to have some fun."

"That's my girl," Sirius said happily.

"But," I went on, ignoring the 'oh no' sent from Peter and Sirius, "James can't know about this."

"Don't worry, Lily. Prongs will not suspect a thing," Remus guaranteed me.

"Then count me in."