Lily looked round her room. It didn't seem so long ago that she was doing this. And the next time she was going to be back, it was going to be for six whole weeks.
"Saying goodbye again?" Lily looked round at the intruder; her dad came in and sat with her on her bed.
"It seems so weird." Said Lily looking round the room, her new books, and her record player. All the things she was going to miss. "It's getting easier though." John looked at Lily looking round the room, and then out the window. She looked so much liked her mother, the same wavy hair, same bright eyes, the same eye shape, but the green suited her dark red hair and slightly pale skin.
"You know. Your mother comes in here every day." Said John.
"Does she?" Lily said surprised. Her dad nodded.
"I used to come home from work and find her sitting in here." Said John, "She used to wave me and your sister away to work and school and then come in here." John pushed some of Lily's hair back that was falling in her face.
"The first few times I found her in here she was in tears." Said John. "She really misses you, you know."
"Why didn't mum let me come home then?" asked Lily.
"Because, like she said Lily, you were meant to fly." Said John. He placed an arm around her.
"She said there was nothing left here for me though?" Said Lily, "But I have you, and Tuney." John laughed lightly.
"True, you do have us here." Said John, "But, that's it. Lily, you are very smart."
"Am not."
"Yes, you are. I stopped helping you with your homework last year." Said John, "You were meant for better things than Cokeworth. You were, meant to spread your wings and explore the world." Lily caught her dad's eye.
"The world was meant to know, Lily Evans."
"What if I like Cokeworth?"
"Lily, you don't." said John, "As you said, the only people you know here are your family. And one day, it won't be enough for you to come back."
"But it will." Said Lily, "I will I'll always come back, I'll never leave home." John laughed again.
"No Lily." he said, "You'll grow up, find a boy, have kids, or you might get a fantastic job somewhere doing something with magic that you love." Said John. "But for now, you're still my little girl. Although." He looked at her head to foot.
"You don't look so little anymore." Lily laughed and hugged her dad. "I'll always be little." Said Lily.
"That reminds me. Have you got over your boy trouble?" He could see Lily's face drop a little. She gripped her sheets a little more tightly.
"I'm over it." said Lily. "I need to, focus on my work, it was a stupid crush, nothing more."
"Oi, you two!" Lavender was leaning on the door frame. She was smiling and then walked into the room.
"We have to get going if we want to get to London."
"Your mums right." Said John standing up. Are you all packed?"
"She's my daughter." Said Lavender, "She packed the night before, didn't you." Lily smiled and pulled her trunk out from underneath her bed.
"All done." She said.
"It's like living with two of you." Said John to Lavender as he walked out of the room. Lavender looked round Lily's room, and then her eyes fell on her daughter. Big, bright green eyes. Long, dark red hair that curled naturally. Her petite frame.
"Come on you." Said Lavender, "Where going now." Lily picked her trunk up and followed her mum out of her room. She took one last look before closing it.
The Marauders Proudly Present James Potter In: The Marauders Year One
Chapter Twenty Five
Muggle Power
Written By Chambers10
"Please Master James." Said Daisy tugging on his arm. "You have to get up!"
"Daisy, please go away." said James sleepily as he tried to roll over.
"If Master James refuses to get up. Then I will have to use force." Warned Daisy.
"You won't." said James. He had hardly finished before he was hoisted up into the air and thrown across the room. James, suddenly aware, landed like a trapeze artist onto his floor. He glared at the elf that started to walk out of the door.
"Glad to see you awake Master James." She said. "Now get ready. We you have a busy day ahead of you. James walked out of the room to.
"Has Dante been back yet?" he asked.
"I'm afraid not." Said Daisy. "I'm sure the Master and Mistress will be fine."
"Easy for you to say." Said James.
"See you when I get back." Said James hugging Daisy.
"Take care Master James." Said Daisy, "And no more letters from school about your behaviour." James smirked. The old elf smiled and patted James on the back.
"I will write to you to let you know when your parents are back."
"Thanks." James stood up and walked onto the train. He walked down the carriages till he came to a free compartment. He threw his bag in and sat down on the seat. He started to flick through the pages of Quidditch weekly when he heard a knock.
"You really are the elusive one." said Dorcas as she sat down opposite him. "I really do hate to think where you go when you don't want to be found."
"He goes home." Said Sirius walking in and sitting next to James, "See, I could be an Auror with these profiling skills."
"Or an A rate stalker." Said James flicking through a page of his magazine.
"Hey Dorcas, I'm so glad I found you." Evans came into the room. "Did you hear about…" she suddenly stopped talking.
"Yes, Lily?" said Dorcas.
"Never mind." Said Lily sitting down next to Dorcas.
"Enjoy the rest of your holiday Evans?" asked Sirius.
"It was ok I guess." Said Evans. "It's nice to be home again."
"Did you enjoy the party?" asked Dorcas.
"It was…great." Said Lily. "It was really nice. I've never been to a wizarding birthday before."
"So long as you enjoyed it. Though you should have come to James's after." Said Dorcas.
"I didn't want to intrude." Said Evans, "Besides, I don't think that Leanne liked me a lot."
"She doesn't like a lot of people." Said James. He wanted to say she was intimidated by girls prettier than her. But it would have been inappropriate.
"Where's Izzie?"
"She flooed back." Said Dorcas. "Along with Jessica, surprise, surprise."
Lily woke up with a big smile, it now felt second nature to wake up to the sound of the birds, the sound of the water on the black lake. It used to be a sound of dread, but now one of comforting. Lily picked her wand up from the bedside table and muttered a spell that drew the curtains and let the sun light kiss her now stretching body. She then rested on her palms and looked at her dorm mates doing the same thing. Lily smiled and pulled her duvet across and her feet on the floor.
"Morning everyone." She said cheerfully.
"Someone's happy." Said Sarah.
"It's a beautiful day." Said Lily smiling. She grabbed her towel and some clothes as she walked towards the door.
After a quick breakfast, Lily was walking with her friends towards the DADA room. It was another class they shared with the Slytherin's which was ok because she could see Sev. Though he was now sitting with the boys from his house. Apparently solidarity was rife when it came to dealing with Potter and his gang. Lily sat down next to Dorcas and got her books out.
"Ok guys." Professor Heath addressed the class "Today, where going to be practising one of the most useful charms in your arsenal. The shield charm."
"Stop looking over at him." whispered Dorcas. "He'll pick up on it."
"Why can't I stop?" whispered Lily exasperated. "With that…stupid hair, and…adorable eyes." she whispered as he turned round to talk to someone.
"Lily! Snap out of it." said Dorcas sharply. Lily moaned and looked up at Professor Heath who had been talking the entire time.
"What was the charm again?" asked Lily.
"Anciletego." said Dorcas.
He told the class to practice the shield charm. Lily's shield was a small blue shield that disappeared after a couple of seconds, more than enough to repel small red sparks.
Lily didn't join with the practice, she was confident that she could do it (And not the fact that Potter wasn't either, and that if he couldn't practice, so could she.)
"Ok. Let's try out first pair, Uhm…Black, Meadows." Lily prodded Dorcas to get up. She walked over to the front with Black.
"Ok, I want Black to fire red sparks, Miss Meadows, you will then use the charm to protect yourself, understand?" both nodded.
"Right, ok. On my three."
"One." Lily saw both Dorcas and Black draw their wands and look at each other.
"Two." Lily felt a tightening in her stomach, the anticipation was thick in the room as the two friends stared each other down.
"Three!"
"Scintillae!"
Red sparks shot out of Black's wand. But Dorcas revealed a small red shield that blocked the sparks.
"Very good, very good." Said Heath as Dorcas and Black sat down.
"Thank fuck that worked." Said Dorcas, "Otherwise it's a one way trip to the hospital wing." Lily nodded in agreement, they watched as more and more pairs went up. Even Sev's charms were very strong, though he did look a little sad at the fact it wasn't Lily who he was paired with.
"Ok, now…Evans and Potter next." Lily looked over at Potter who was lounging in his chair. He looked over at her and winked. Lily shook her head and stood up and with him walked to the front of the room.
"Please take this seriously." Said Lily. "I've been looking forward to this."
"I'm touched. If you wanted a duel all you had to do was ask." Said Potter.
"The lesson, Potter." Said Lily rolling her eyes. "I want to at least try and get this right."
"Don't worry." Said Potter as they reached the front. "I'll go easy on you." He winked and walked to the right, while Lily walked to the left.
"Ok guys." Said Heath. "Mr Potter will fire the sparks, while Miss Evans will provide the shield. Ok?"
"Yes professor." They both said. Potter pointed his wand at her. Suddenly, Lily's mind went blank. What was the spell, she didn't know, she needed to tell the professor she wasn't.
"Scintillae!"
The red sparks came towards her, her mind still blank, one word stood out, it was pounding inside her head. It was worth a shot.
"PROTEGO!" Lily shouted. A blue pulse erupted from her wand, it was almost ten times as big as anything anyone else had produced. It absorbed Potter's Sparks with no trouble and was firing towards him. Lily watched wide eyed as it descended on him.
"PROTEGO!"
A red pulse erupted from Potter's wand. It was almost like Lily's. It flew towards her pulse. They smashed together, the two shields providing a purple meeting point.
Lily didn't know what she was doing, but put all her force into the shield, she looked up at Potter who was doing the same. Lily could feel resistance and tried to rectify that, she pushed more and more.
KRAKK
Both looked up to see the floor around them splintering. Lily pushed more, and could feel the same resistance pushing back.
KRAKK…KRAAAAAK
The floor was starting to crack more, bigger, more violent cracks. Out of the corner of her eye she could see people in the front of the room get up and run to the back, followed swiftly by everyone else.
"What's going on?"
"How are they doing that?"
But she's a muggle born, how could she?"
It was starting to hurt, Lily's arms, her legs, her whole body was hurting now. She looked at Potter, the strain on his face was there to.
Another particularly violent cracking sound drew her attention to the wall. There was a crack in the wall making its way up towards the roof. A couple of stray pieces fell from the roof, but there shield charms made the debris bounce off. The cracking sound became louder and louder, more debris falling from the ceiling.
Lily was breathing sharply, and then, it came too much. She stopped, and the shield imploded on itself. It shot out a purple wave before disappearing altogether. She fell to her knees, almost passing out with exhaustion. She looked up, the small platform was covered in black soot. Lily looked at her trembling hands and saw the dirt on them.
She breathed deeply and looked up at Potter. He too was covered in black dust, but on one knee with his head facing down. She could hear his heavy breathing, and then he looked up at her.
Lily had no idea what she had just done. She then looked at her classmates at the back at the room. She then saw something on their faces, an emotion that she had gotten used to over the years. But one she hadn't seen here before.
Fear.
She looked at Professor Heath who was watching her, as if he'd just seen her in a new light. Lily then looked at Potter again who was on his feet and walking towards her. Still breathing deeply, he held his hand out to help her up. Lily looked at it, then the destruction around her, and then to her friends who were still looking at her strangely. Lily looked at the hand again, she looked up at Potter's face, which looked normal.
She turned round and ran out of the room. She could hear her name being called from somewhere behind her, but she kept on running. What had she done? It was like the lorry and the incident with her school all over again. She'd screwed up, and everyone was afraid of her, again, she'd sworn that this was going to be different. But trouble seemed to follow her everywhere.
She saw a door and opened it. It was a broom cupboard; Lily pulled the door shut and locked it magically. She then sat down and pulled her knees towards her. She wasn't crying, not like when she apparated everyone from her school away, she knew what she had done now.
Put why didn't she stop it? Why did she push back at him. Why did she want to prove that she was better than him?
"Evans." Professor Heath knocked on the door, "Come on Evans, open up."
"I'm sorry." Said Lily quickly, "I didn't mean to it."
"Evans, its fine." Said Heath, "It wasn't your_"
"DON'T YOU DARE SAY IT WASN'T MY FAULT." Shouted Lily. "It was me…I did it."
"Look, open up or I'm getting professor McGonagall." Lily just shook her head and looked down at the floor.
"Professor, can I talk to her?"
"Potter?" Lily's picked her head up, what was he doing here?
"No, you go back, this doesn't require you."
"Look, maybe I can help."
"Drop it Potter." Said Heath sternly. "I'll deal with this." Lily got onto her knees and pressed her ear against the door.
"Look, can I just talk to her." said Potter, "Maybe I can help."
"I said-"
"Potter?" Lily found her voice, she heard whispering from behind the door and then someone fall to their knees.
"You ok in their Evans?" it was Potters voice.
"No." said Lily,
"Ok…what's wrong?" Lily looked down at her hands that where still covered in dust. She looked at the door.
"Potter, what happened?" asked Lily, "One minute you fired the sparks, and then…"
"Ah yeah," he said, "That." Lily sighed.
"What was that?" there was a pause.
"A bloody powerful shield charm." Said Potter. Lily smiled and laughed slightly, she could hear him chuckle from the other side of the door.
"Where did you learn to do it?" asked Potter,
"…It was the first spell I ever used." Said Lily thinking about it. When she thought back it was the first spell she ever used. When the lorry smashed into her.
"How did you use it?" asked Potter.
"When I was eight…I ran into the road, and this lorry was on my road." Explained Lily. "It came towards me, I screamed, and that word was in my head."
"Protego?"
"Yeah." Said Lily. "The shield crushed the front of the truck."
"Wow." They fell into another silence.
"Potter."
"Still here."
"Why where they afraid of me?" asked Lily. There was another silence, unlike the others, this one was tense.
"Maybe they didn't realise just how powerful you are." Said Potter. "Why do you think they were afraid?"
Lily thought for a moment, the whole incident reminded her of the lorry. The look on everyone's faces, the fear, the way they all thought she was a…
"They're afraid of me because I'm a freak." Said Lily. To her surprise, she heard him laugh.
"If that's what you think, then I'm a freak to." He said, "Hell, everyone here's a freak."
"What do you mean?" asked Lily.
"Evans, here, you aren't a freak." Explained Potter, "You are a witch, like every other girl in this place. They were afraid, because for a muggleborn, you are very powerful."
Lily shook her head, no, no that couldn't be it.
"You forget that everyone here is just the same as you." Said Potter, "We only get scared of magic when someone shows extraordinary power that we never knew they had." Lily was thinking it over in her mind.
"So, were not afraid of you, we don't think you're a freak. We just now know not to get on the wrong side of you."
"Really?" asked Lily.
"Really." Said Potter, "…Look, why don't you open the door."
"What about the classroom?" asked Lily. "I…we destroyed it. Aren't we going to repair it?" She heard Potter laughing again.
"It's magic, Evans." He said, "It's already fixed." Lily looked at the door handle, she then pulled out her wand.
"Alohamora." She whispered. She placed her wand back and opened the door. The first thing she saw was Potter's dust covered face. Then she saw the crowd around her.
"You ok?" he asked. Lily looked up at him and nodded.
"Good." Said Potter.
"Everyone's looking at me." Said Lily quietly.
"Then act as though it's just me and you." He said. Though it would be very inappropriate to start messing up his hair and just feeling him close to her. Then she remembered that girl he was with.
"Oh, and, Er, here's your bag as well." He said holding it up. Lily smiled. "I didn't think you'd want to go back." Lily laughed and shook her head.
"You were right there." She said taking it from him. "Thanks, I'm gonna…" she looked down at her dust covered herself and then at Potter.
"Go have a shower." She said.
"Yeah, you, Er, better go." He said. Lily placed her satchel over her shoulder and walked away from the crowd. She could feel eyes on her, but she found that she didn't care as much as she should. She turned round and still saw his eyes watching her, she smiled into her shoulder and walked away.
"She really did that?" said Dumbledore moving round the back of his chair.
"Headmaster, I know what I saw." Said Heath. "That sort of magic from a pureblood witch is unheard of, if she is a muggleborn…then I have to think maybe."
"Maybe what?" asked Dumbledore. Heath bit his lip in frustration. "I assure you Damien, she's as muggle as they come."
"She and Potter displayed power that not many seventh years can produce." He said, "I don't care what you say. There dangerous."
"Dangerous how?"
"Don't be dense Albus." Said Heath. "You know as well as I do what happens when power goes unchecked."
"I am confident that they will be able control their abilities."
"But what if they do something like that again." said Heath. "Their kids for Merlin's sake, you promised their parents they would be safe." Dumbledore rasped his fingers on the back of his chair.
"The Evans girls parents especially." Said Heath, "She especially needs special training. You know it better than I do, so why are you resisting. Because if you don't get to her now, you know who will." The men stared each other down.
"What are you implying?" Heath looked around the room, even though they were alone, he didn't want to risk it, these where desperate times.
"I may longer be a member of Team 7." He said, "But I still keep my ear to the rail on stuff like this."
"You've spoken to Alec again, haven't you." Said Dumbledore.
"It came up in conversation." Said Heath, "He needed some contacts for America, we started to talk. Know anything about Leviathan?" Heath could see Dumbledore's jaw physically lock under his beard.
"I thought you might of." Said Heath, "So you know that they are recruiting wizards and old Grindewald loyalists, word is there going to start going for the beasts next."
"Are you suggesting that Miss Evans might be a person of interest for them?"
"It's not a suggestion Albus." Said Heath, "It's a very real threat, if you take Evans and Potter, the two smartest pupils in the first year, and then Black and Snape as the next two. Even if one of those four gets recruited, you have a very big problem."
"Leviathan isn't the first group to do this." Said Albus.
"Don't you think I know that." Said Heath. "I spent the last twenty years breaking up gangs like this. But this one has more momentum than the others, they could turn out to be a real threat if left undetected."
"But they're not going to get a foothold." Said Albus. "I have it on very good authority that there not as prepared as you say. I know Alec Potter has been dissembling this gang."
"But there not dying quickly enough." Said Heath. "Do you really think a place as big as Hogwarts can keep a secret like this?"
Dumbledore frowned slightly, he sat down in his chair and looked at Heath with a hard stare.
"You honestly think that Leviathan will target a twelve year old?"
"These gangs will do anything to get ahead." Said Heath. "You have to keep an eye on her. Her potential is…it's scary, Albus." Dumbledore nodded.
"Will you keep an eye on her?" Heath nodded.
"Good."
The boys were sitting on their beds, the coal fire laminating the room adequately as they talked about what had happened earlier in the day. James though was sitting on his bed, his back leaned against one of the posts.
"I never knew she could do that? Did you?"
"So she has bigger balls than you as well as a bigger shield charm." Said Remus. "How does that make you feel?"
"Shut up." Said Sirius. "James probably scared her."
"She thinks she scared everyone." Said James.
"She has." Said Remus. All three looked at him questioningly. Remus sighed and put his book down.
"Look, she's a muggle born witch that just produced a shield charm most people can't do." Said Remus, "I bet a few people are going to look at that and think I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of her."
"You're forgetting that James made one just as powerful." Said Peter.
"But people will expect that from him." said Sirius. "Her on the other hand." Sirius let out a low whistle. "Girls who are good looking, brains and superpowers are rare in any time zone."
James sat up and looked at Sirius. "Do you fancy her?"
"What!"
"Good question." Said Remus. "Do you?"
"No!" said Sirius lying back down, and what are you doing?" he asked James who was writing.
"I'm writing to my dad." said James.
"What about?"
"Life." Deadpanned James. "Back to this Evans thing. She was just as surprised that she did it as anyone else."
"Wait, so she had no control over it?" asked Remus.
"From what she implied, I think so." Said James as he continued to write. "I kind of makes me think what else she's been able to do, or what she can do." All four looked at each other nervously.
"She could blow up the school." Said Peter.
"Stop being so melodramatic." Said James condescendingly. "Evans won't blow up the school."
"At least I hope not."
Lily was curled up in her bed. The curtains where drawn around her bed with the sun slowly setting behind her. Various people had come up to try and coax her down, but she didn't really want to speak to anyone. She was scared.
She always knew that her power was dangerous, here she though that she would be able to control it. But she felt like she had when she teleported everyone away from her school.
Dangerous.
It was the looks on everyone's faces that scared her more. She noticed it every other muggles face. But now on the faces of other witches and wizards, it seemed scarier to her.
"She hasn't eaten, she hasn't come down." It was Dorcas's voice. "I would get James, then there's Snape, there the only two people in this place she seems to listens to." Said Dorcas, "But since they can't come up and every other girls tried."
"No, you were right to ask me." It was Alice, Lily propped herself up on her elbow and listened with more intent.
"So what happened?" asked Alice. There was a pause, Lily assumed Dorcas shrugged.
"We were practising shield charms." Began Dorcas, "When she and James did there's, together they almost destroyed the classroom."
"They?" Another pause, a nod thought Lily.
"I would expect it from James, he's had to know magic, but Lily."
"But what."
"That sort of magic."
"From a muggleborn?"
"I didn't mean it like that."
"You just didn't expect it from her."
"…I don't think anyone did." Said Dorcas.
"Wait downstairs." said Alice. Lily heard footsteps and then a deep sigh. The door to the dorm opened and the sound of bare feet on the polished wood.
"Lily." Lily slumped back onto the bed.
"I said I don't want to talk to anyone." Said Lily.
"You talked to Potter." Reasoned Alice.
"…he saw what happened." Said Lily, "He was part of it." she heard Alice chuckle.
"So why are you so upset?" asked Alice.
Nothing. Alice sighed.
"Lily."
"What?"
"I'm your friend." Said Alice, "Friends help each other."
Still, nothing.
"You know." She began, "I was just like you once. Yes…I got my letter and my parents had no idea how to react, nor my sister, you should have seen her face, so jealous."
"You have a sister?" asked Lily.
"Yes, younger by two." Lily propped herself up and turned to Alice's voice.
"Is she at Hogwarts?"
"No." said Alice sadly. "She didn't get her letter at eleven and has hated me ever since. Accused me of keeping it for myself."
"Anyway." Said Alice, "Before I got my letter, I started to do strange things. But I'm sure you know what that's like."
Lily nodded to herself.
"I used to be able to turn things hot just by looking at them." continued Alice, she then laughed. "And one birthday, when I blew out candles on my cake, I turned the cake to ice." Lily laughed as well. The Alice's died down slightly.
"But…for every funny thing that happened, there was something dangerous as well." Lily stopped laughing as well.
"When I was nine. There was boy who used to bully me." Said Alice, her voice very reminiscently "He used to tease me for being smart." Lily was now warped by the story, it was like her life before Hogwarts.
"Anyway, one day, he was really bullying me." Said Alice, "I mean, him and his idiot friends where throwing stones at me while I was reading." She took a deep breath. "I took refuge in this, wooden play area. Thinking they would just go away, but they kept on throwing things at me. One stone hit my head, and I was really angry, so angry that I somehow set it on fire." There was a pause from Alice.
"What happened?" asked Lily.
"I got a huge burn up my side." Said Alice. "The boys didn't help me. They thought I was better off dead."
"That's horrible." Said Lily, but thinking that Wendy would probably have done the same thing to her if she was in the same situation.
"There is a reason why I'm telling you this." Said Alice, "Because, when I first started here, I was bullied by the Slytherin's for being a…well, you know." Lily nodded to herself.
"And my, pyrotechnics flared up one day and I set a corridor on fire when they were teasing me." Said Alice, "In my first year." Lily could sense a lesson coming on.
"And like the boys before them, they scarpered."
"How did you get out?" asked Lily.
"Frank saved me." Said Alice. "He heard what went on and saved me." There was another pause. "But Lily I was so upset, that I… locked myself in a cupboard."
"Why?"
"The same reason you did." Said Alice, "Because it brought back so many bad memories for me. But also rumours started as well."
"What rumours."
"Fire starter." Said Alice, "No one wanted to socialise with me because they were afraid of what I could do. Especially since I was a muggleborn. Like you. They thought I was the most powerful witch here."
"But you're a prefect now." said Lily, "How did you gain there trust." Alice laughed softly.
"There not aliens Lily." said Alice, "I'm sure James told you that they only now know that you aren't to be fooled with."
"They were scared of me though." Said Lily, now hugging her knees.
"People have been scared of me my entire life, I don't want to be scary to people." Her breathing started getting heavy.
"I, I want to be liked, respected, I want to be…" she trailed off.
"You want to be what Lily?" Lily sighed.
"I want to be loved." She said. The looked down at her feet, letting her hair fall in her face.
"But if I'm more powerful than other people. Then there only going to be afraid of me."
"Being powerful isn't necessarily a bad thing." Said Alice, "Because…this is how Professor McGonagall convinced my parents to let me come here. She said that my power was like a wild fire, it can destroy everything in its path unless it's controlled." There was another pause from the older girl.
"Because your power just needs controlling, and you'll never know how much it needs unless you push yourself. Because the only way you get stronger and more in control, is when you keep pushing your limits." Alice pulled back the curtains and looked at Lily.
"I know how hard this is." She said shuffling closer to her. "I know it all seems scary now and that you are alone. But you're not." Lily looked up at Alice.
"You are never alone. I would have killed to have someone older than me to guide me." Lily looked back down again and sighed.
"Did you ever hear about me?" asked Lily.
"Funnily enough, I did." Said Alice, "The girl of steel. Who wrapped a lorry around her." Lily smiled shyly.
"It was very big news where I lived." Said Alice.
"Was it?"
"We keep an eye out for things like that." Said Alice. "Now come on, where going to get some food, according to Dorcas you've not eaten anything." Lily sat up from her bed rubbed her neck.
"So, how do I control it?" asked Lily.
"As I said." Alice placed a hand on her shoulder, "You have to keep pushing your limits."
James watched carefully as Remus gathered his stuff together, he was going for another visit to see his mum. James was sitting on his bed and looked up at one of the lunar charts he was using for astronomy. Full moon tonight, again.
"Well, I'll see you guys when I get back." He said packing the last of his things. James also looked at Remus's eyes, they were baggy, and tired. It also looked like he had lost weight, if that was even possible. Remus was a stick figure, and yet weight seemed to falling of him, even though he ate like a horse.
"Have a nice trip mate." Said Sirius patting him on the back.
"Yeah, take care." Said Peter doing the same. Both then looked over at James who was still deep in thought about his theory, his dad would back him up.
"Stay safe pal." Said James before going back to his work. Remus walked out with madam Pomfrey. As soon as he exited, Sirius turned on James.
"You have to find a way to deal with your trainee Auror brain." He said.
"The signs are all there." Said James untroubled.
"Yeah, put still."
"Sirius, you said not to confront him, I haven't." said James.
"Don't pick hairs mate." Said Sirius.
"Right, ok, he goes and sees his mother every month at full moon, nothing weird or creepy about it. Ok." Said James trying to pacify Sirius.
"That's better." He said, "Now, more importantly. We need another prank, the last one was suburb."
James looked up at his ceiling deep in thought, another thousand and one things running through his head.
"What are thinking about James?" asked Sirius.
"You asking me that I need to curb my little Auror brain, I'm just hoping my Dads ok."
"I'm sure he's fine mate." Said Sirius.
"It's been weeks." Said James, "What if there not ok?"
"They will be." Said Sirius, "Never let you down before have they."
"Yeah, you, Er, better go." Potter said. Evans placed her satchel over her shoulder and walked away from the crowd.
Herschel Gibbs looked around as curiously as everyone else at what had just transpired. The Evans girl had just shown remarkable power for a mudblood. Gibbs looked around and sulked away from the crowd with his bag.
But it was Potter he was mainly interested in; he had shown the same amount of strength, if not more. Potter could easily go a couple of more levels before giving in; instead, he had to keep pace with Evans.
"Hey Gibbs!" Mulciber came up behind him. "Where you going?"
"Out, I need to see someone." He replied. He left him standing dumbfounded as Gibbs made his way out of the castle. He now understood why gossip travelled round here so fast, there were people already talking about it. About how strange for a muggleborn to show that sort of strength. Gibbs walked into the grounds. He looked over his shoulder to make sure he wasn't being followed as he went towards the forest.
He looked around again before walking in. After a five minute walk he came to an old wooden cabin. It was built wonkily with green moss growing on the side of it. He looked around again before knocking on the out of frame door. The was a few minutes of eerie silence before the door crept open, the hinges groaning as the darkness within revealed itself to him.
Gibbs walked into the hut, and the door groaned shut. As it did, a candle flickered on. The same grizzly face was now seeable in the light. His red beard and cut eye where in view as he looked up at Gibbs.
"So." He said, "What news do you bring me?"
"Well, you said to keep an eye out for something weird."
"Yes." said Murdoch. "So…"
"Oh, yeah, right. Well, in my defence against the dark arts class, we had to use the shield charm." Murdoch nodded. Permitting him to go on.
"Anyway, when Potter did his with a girl called Evans, they almost destroyed the entire room." The figure looked up at Gibbs.
"I even got the memory for you." He said pulling out a small glass vial. He gave it to Murdoch who inspected it.
"She's powerful; maybe you should try recruiting her."
"What's her heritage?" he asked. "The name Evans doesn't ring a bell."
"Well…she's a muggleborn." Said Gibbs. Murdoch sighed.
"Clearly not if she can do this. I'd say her mother hasn't been as faithful as she could have been."
"Why her mum?"
"Magical heritage is passed through the Mothers genes." Said Murdoch. "Even the slightest contact can bestow magical powers." Gibbs nodded.
"So…what now?"
"I wait." He said.
"Still? You've been doing this for months, why don't you just grab him?" Murdoch smiled, it was unnerving in the wand light.
"This is the face of a wanted man." Said Murdoch, "But…I know him, he'll come to me, and when he does, then I'll snare him."
"You've never met him." said Gibbs.
"He's too much like his father." Said Murdoch looking at the pictures of James Potter. "And I know his father quite well. While he's in America trying to catch my ghost," he ran a hand over a picture of James jumping through the forest.
"I'm going to make his world crumble."