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Post by JAMES POTTER on May 4, 2011 18:42:56 GMT -5
"You honestly think that this cloak will get ruined? It's not made of some hair, or a hex of sorts." In fact, it was the rare cloak told in stories - the cloak given to a distant reletive of James from Death itself. Then again, not many people believed that tale, but James knew it was true, and that's all the mattered to him. "This cloak won't wear out anytime in the near future, Firefly. It has many, many good years to it."
James continued walking, even with her confidence, James wasn't going to let her stay. He would knock her down a flight of stairs before letting Bellatrix, or Avery near her. Okay, he wouldn't be so careless as to knock her down stairs, but he would be sure to be the aim of fire before they went for Lily. James knew that Lily would be a greater target than he would, mainly because of her 'blood status'. "Say what you want," he didn't look over to her, mainly because he was trying to stay serious, "but you won't be there if soemthing happens. Good shot or not, Bellatrix isn't one to not use an unforgiveable. Especially on a student like you." She had to be aware of that, didn't she? Lily was one student of the many in Hogwarts that MANY of the Slyths were trying to be rid of. Many of those Slyths were waiting to be done with Hogwarts just to get the Death Mark on their arms. To that James thought of them as insignificant bugs, and he couldn't wait to join the Order alongside Dumbledore, Sirius, Remus, and many others that were against the 'purification' of the magical world.
"I won't step on your toes, Firefly." He now looked back to her with a grin. "If I do, set my heels on fire so I learn my lesson, got it? Or we could just say I was trying to learn to dance and I continuously stepped on your toes. That way no one needs to know about our 'watching over Sniv- I mean Severus' mission." He was being more careful with her than he would with anyone else. Why? Normally he'd called Severus 'Snivellus' and not care what anyone thought or did. But, since he fell off that broom, since they went wandering in the forbidden forest, since he actually spent more time with Lily.. the less he actually wanted to mess with Snape. He saw that it hurt Lily, really hurt her, when Snape called her a Mudblood. He saw how much it really bothered her when he messed with Snape. He was tired of seeing those pained looks on Lily's face.
James kept his pace even, his strides weren't too long, nor was he too fast. Though, he was hoping to catch Peter in the act of betrayal, James was still hoping that he wouldn't see that. That Peter was in his animagi form just spying on the Slyths. That, however, is a false hope, and James knew that. It'll be alright, Potter! Worry moer about what the Slyths are up to than Peter. Worry more about Severus' plans with Bellatrix and how you can help Lily than about Peter! He kept telling himself over and over again.
After a few minutes, they finally arrived at their destination - an old pubb that's been in Hogsmeade since the time is was founded. Taking in a breath, James waited before someone else opened the door, so it wouldn't cause any attention to form around the two under the cloak. "Lily, I'm sure you know of this pubb, but there's a place behind the counters - a doorway - that's where we have to enter the stair way. We could just go up the normal stairs, but we won't get very far with trying to open that door. We need to sneak behind the counter and through that doorway, then up the other stairwell." He had tried it before with Peter, Sirius, and Remus. Normally they got Peter to go up the stairs and tell them any information they'd find useful for pranks, or just for Order business. Lately, James had a feeling that Peter was with-holding information from the Marauders. At that, Peter would know about James' cloak, the map, and how they would find any information out about the Slyths. Would Peter tell on Lily and him if Peter saw the two? Or would he ignore them? James hoped for the second, but couldn't be too sure.
Someone finally began to enter the Pubb, James smiled a bit before grabbing Lily's hand. "Come on. Now's our chance. Don't get too close, but don't let the door close on you."
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LILY MARIE EVANS
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Post by LILY MARIE EVANS on May 5, 2011 12:06:07 GMT -5
James was going on, talking of pushing her out of the way, keeping her from the death eaters. She just hushed her mouth. It was obvious he wasn’t going to let her defend herself but she would anyways. Lily wasn’t slow with her wand, she was top of her class for a reason and it showed in all of her work. Still the red head kept quiet as she moved with him towards the tavern. She caught up quickly with him, moving in the same manor as him. She didn’t even bump anyone. A rush of adrenaline was pushing through her system making her excited as she bit in to her bottom lip, holding back a curling smile as she sat outside the tavern with James.
So this spying thing wasn’t so bad anymore. She was getting the hang of it. Or at least she thought she was until he nudged her pointing to the door as one person reached the door. She was supposed to follow them and not get caught or hit by the door. Swallowing hard the red head nodded. “Sure, I can do that.”
Taking a deep breath, Lily moved with James in to the open swinging door. She carefully took an extra step forward, avoiding a hit from the door narrowly as she pressed in to the cloak trying to avoid any contact with Potter if that was even possible. As they made it in though, she let out a heavy sigh of relief resisted the urge to do a happy dance as she closed her fingers in a fist.
“Yes, made it.” She chimed softly trying to keep quiet so as not to attract attention to her or Potter. The tavern was darkly lit, it was also full of dark looking people and others who didn’t look so happy. She grimaced and looked over to James with a curious look on her face. How exactly were they going to get behind the bar counter? And up the stairs? She wasn’t quite sure but she moved in that direction anyways, slowly pacing her steps towards the bar top. He moved with her and the two of them managed to get around the counter top without hitting a soul but they came a little too close for comfort as soon as one customer moved too close to Lily. She backed down and moved behind the counter top, hooking her hand around Potter’s as she pulled him gently with her towards the staircase.
The two moved around the corner and she breathed a sigh of relief once away from the heavy bustling of the tavern. She grinned pressing her back in to the staircase wall with a heavy heart pounding in her chest. “That was harder than I expected.” She spoke softly glancing down to her hand for a moment in his. She carefully pulled her fingers from his own. Her hand felt cold after that but she ignored the feeling and glanced up the stairs before she glanced back to James.
“Up here right? They’re going to be somewhere up there?” She barely waited for him to answer as she moved up the first step. There was a heavy sensation of anxiety, wanting to know just exactly what Sev was doing behind closed doors.
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Post by JAMES POTTER on May 5, 2011 19:28:22 GMT -5
He was actually impressed with her - first time under the cloak, and she didn't even slightly move against another person's clothing! Even Sirius and James hadn't pulled that off. Well, actually, they would purposely knock right into people just to see their reactions and how they'd freak out when they would see no one there. The two even caused a fight to break out between two seven year Ravenclaws because of it. Then again, the two had also figured that they were looking for a reason to fight, James and Sirius just gave them the perfect excuse. I James' eyes it was a sad excuse for a fight - not even a single fist landed on the other person! Taking in a breath, James let it go once he knew Lily and he were safe in the tavern.
"Not bad, Firefly." He grinned wide, speaking quietly so she could hear, though, with the volume of the drunkards and houses of Hogwarts, it was pointless to be so quiet. However, James knew that it was better to be safe and quiet than to be loud and obnoxious, especially under the cloak. "You're actually passing the 'spying/protection' class with flying colors, Firefly." He chuckled softly, following her, this time, to the back counter - the back room - of the tavern. It was poorly lit, just as James had remembered it to be. James felt the cloak slightly swipe a drunken fool, mainly because that fool about knocked into Lily. She wasn't bad, he had to admit. Pretty sly, light on her feet, and really quiet. By now Sirius and James would've bursted into laughter. Feeling the slight tug of Lily's hand made his heart jump. He knew it was so he would keep up to her, but he hardly expected that to even happen.
Watching Lily lean against the staircase, James turned away from her and looked around to be sure they were alone. "Hm" was all he managed for a moment. "Haha. It's not easy. But, you get an 'A' for good behavior, being light on your feet, and, most importantly, you didn't even hit somebody! Pretty outstanding, if I do say so myself." His brows pulled together at her rush to get up the stairs, her hand letting go of his so she could walk alone. James merely nodded, looked behind them, then pulled the cloak off of them. James folded the cloak up and shoved it into his light bag. He had hardly forgotten the fact that her bag was still on his shoulder, not that he minded, really. It gave him another excuse to stay with her. "Yes, up the stairs. But.. be careful, they're old. Walk where the nails are. The stairs are starting to break in the middle." His own feet moved on the sides of the steps, avoiding the 'U' shape of the elder stairs.
Why was it THAT hard to let go of her hand? He held it before to pull her along with him, so what made that any different? Probably the fact that SHE was pulling him along. Biting the inside of his cheek, James followed her up the steps, to the top of the case. His finger set against his lips, a sign to be quiet. "We're on the other side of the wall. You have to be very, very quiet. Especially if someone is near the wall." James' hand set against the fragile wall cautiously as he took in a breath. Just behind that wall is Peter Pettigrew, Bellatrix, Avery, Mulciber, Malfoy, and Severus Snape. What are they up to? James knelt beside an old barrel, carefully moving it, he glanced at the small hole within the wall. Looking up to Lily, he looked back to the hole, his way of telling her to look. His teeth were clenched already, but they clenched more at the two words he first heard: Death Eater. He hoped Lily had missed that much. The voice belonged to Malfoy, but, still, there were two people in there that James and Lily were worried about. Who were they loyal too?
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LILY MARIE EVANS
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Post by LILY MARIE EVANS on May 6, 2011 0:10:26 GMT -5
He complimented her and Lily felt he smile breaking over her lips as she leaned back in to the wall smiling up to Potter as she felt her heart racing. She was getting good at this bending the rules a little. She felt a rush of excitement through her veins and nodded her red head up to him with a laugh. “What else did you expect from me Potter? I am at the top of our class you know.” She looked around with him making sure no one was close by as he moved for the steps first showing her the way to walk up the old steps.
Mimicking his moves, she stepped on the outer edges of the steps quietly distributing her weight as she moved up behind him. He hushed her as she walked behind him for what seemed like eternity, following him up along the stairs. Her steps were slow and crooked as she moved along the steps, now biting on to her bottom lip as the sudden excitement was gone and now dread was filling her stomach like lead.
She had bad feelings welling up inside of her, pushing down on her stomach and keeping her grounded as they moved close to the paper thin wall. He turned with a finger to his lips and knelt down pushing a barrel out of the way. Lily squinted down to see a sliver of light coming from a hole in the wall. She frowned wondering how badly she wanted to see in that hole. She wanted to see the evidence for her self, but was she really prepared for it. She knelt down quietly next to James. Her shoulder hit his gently and she squinted an emerald eye to look in to the hole. There were familiar voices and then unfamiliar voices but Lily was only looking for one. She was looking for Severus.
There were hands up, robes rolled up and tattoos on their arms from what she could see. She nudged James over a bit, trying to listen more as she frowned. Her insides were going cold and she felt heavy as she waited to see Sev’s arm.
Carefully she reached up pulling at the silver chain around her neck, un-tucking it from her school blouse as she felt the silver ring fall in to her palm for a moment. She kept her fingers around it, making sure Potter didn’t see anything behind a curtain of red hair and her palm covering it. Part of her wanted to rip it off and storm in to the room throwing it at Severus. Then part of her wanted to rejoice as she waited to see Sev’s arm.
“You don’t think…” She whispered almost silently up to Potter close to his form so he could hear her. “He’s got that mark do you?”
Lily waited for the answer, teeth raking in to her bottom lip as she looked back up through the hole in the wall seeing Sev’s arm but not the inside of it. There was no telling if he had the tattoo like the others. There was no telling what he was doing with the others but it was all bad news. She just knew it was going to be the answer she never wanted to hear. Her fingers dropped the ring back on the inside of her shirt wanting to make sure no one ever saw it until she saw that tattoo.
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JAMES POTTER
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Post by JAMES POTTER on May 6, 2011 8:43:06 GMT -5
James kept his back against the wall, attempting to hear the voices in the room. Something felt wrong, and it wasn't the pain in his back from the fall a few days earlier. No, there was something wrong. Death Eaters never showed their marks in public places,especially to only aspiring Death Eaters, but why were they doing so in the tavern to one another? Something was terribly wrong. James' brows were pulled together as he tried to sort out the feeling, but the light brush of Lily's shoulder tore him from his thoughts.
The sliver of lights reflected off of something - some sort of chain? He couldn't tell. Lily was always good at use her thick red hair as a curtain - her way of shutting people out. "The mark?" He listened to her question, only repeating part of it. How could he answer that? With the truth? Or should he be an ass and make an arrogant comment? James chose to keep his mouth shut for a moment. That sinking feeling was growing, and he didn't like it. James lightly tugged Lily away from the hole. He moved a bit towards the hole, he didn't try so hard to peer through it as Lily had, he kept back. James had learned his lesson quite well when a drunk fool decided to try and blind James when Sirius and him were pulling pranks on them.
"I can give you two answers - my arrgogant one, or what I think is the truth. Which one do you want?" His voice was very low, even he could barely hear himself. James' eyes flickered to each arm that held the mark; Bellatrix, Avery, Mulciber. Even Malfoy didn't have the mark - possibly because of his year in Hogwarts, but what about Severus? What about Peter? Biting the inside of his cheek, James caught sight of another mark, but he couldn't tell who it belonged to. He did know, however, it wasn't Peter. Sirius and James had done a nasty prank on Peter alone in their second year - Peter's arm had a huge scar from it. From what James knew, that could leave one person - Severus. He wasn't going to tell Lily, was he? It was a mere assumption. That was the same problem he had with Peter - he was assuming the worst; he kept it secret from the other Marauder's. He needed to do the same with Snape.
James noticed her tucking away whatever it is she held in her hand. His mouth opened slightly to ask, but, at the same time, he didn't want to know. Not that he was curious, but he had a gut feeling this curiousity was the sort that'd kill the cat, so to speak. James heard the movement of feet in the other room and Malfoy's voice: "We weren't followed by anyone! That Mudblood girl wasn't even careful when she was trying to keep an eye on Severus! There's no way she got through without anyone noticing her!" James about bursted through the wall at the sound of Malfoy's words. His hand clenched into a fist, "Malfoy's gonna get it." He muttered through clenched teeth. "..wait." James counted the cloaks again, but one was missing. The same person under the cloak that had been eerily quiet for some time now.
James grabbed the empty parchment from his bag, quickly set his wand against it, and silent said the incantation. His eyes scanned everywhere for Peter's name, but he didn't find it in the other room, but close by. Close enough that Peter would know James and Lily were on the other side of the wall. James grabbed the barrel, put it back in its place, and pulled Lily up. "Lily.. we have to go. Now." He grabbed the cloak from his bag and threw it over Lily, but not himself. Catching glimpes of a tiny pair of eyes just after he had done so, James felt his heart sink. "Wormtail, if I were you, I'd hold my tongue and tail real close. REALLY close." Lily wouldn't understand, but the rat did and it fled fast. "James wasn't sure if Peter had seen Lily, but he heard a big bustling sound from the room next door. Someone changed back from their animagi form. "We've overstayed our welcome." James grabbed Lily from under the cloak and pulled her down the stairs with him. He kept a hold of her, hearing a ton of footsteps falling down the other set of stairs. "Great." He knew what may happen - a ton of Slyths will end up at the bottom of the stairs and they would see James, but not Lily. Stopping at the middle of the stairs, James took Lily's bag off his shoulder, and handed it to her from under the cloak. "Be quiet." He ordered her, heading back down the stairs. She was just as arrogant as he was when it came to use of a wand, and she was stubborn too, but he still hoped she would understand what he was doing and why he was doing it.
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Post by LILY MARIE EVANS on May 6, 2011 12:08:54 GMT -5
“Give me the truth.” Lily whispered softly as James pulled her away from the hole. She frowned a bit by being taken away from the hole but she let him take his turn. She pressed her back in to the wall as she gently crossed her arms over her chest. She frowned watching him as he muttered something of Malfoy which made her raise a fine eyebrow trying to get closer to hear but she couldn’t hear anything, which made her frown as she pressed her back in to the wall.
“That’s all I want.” She murmured, “I just want the truth.” Deep down she wanted the truth, she wanted to know what Severus was doing in there with them all. She wanted to know if he was associating with them, moving with the death eaters. It was already proof he was following them around but now if he was actually moving with them-- she felt betrayed.
He had promised her the summer before he was not going to be part of them. He promised he was different. Still now she was wondering if Sev’s promises ever meant anything. She frowned and took a deep breath trying to ignore the feeling of tears surfacing. Her head tilted up to the dingy ceiling as she held back a shuddering breath before she watched him get up and push the barrel back against the wall. For a moment she looked curious before he threw the cloak over her form. She squeaked for a second as he grabbed her moving her down the stairs. Her feet stumbled for a moment before she felt him pushing the bag in to her hands.
For a moment anger flooded in to her system, he was trying to cover her up, keep her hidden and safe like he had told her earlier. She dug her wand out of her bag and watched as he hushed her. He told her to be quiet and headed back down the stairs. No way was she going to let him do this alone. Lily had got him to go with her. He had opted to follow her and Severus. Now she was getting him in to trouble and there was no way she was going to let him go alone. She waited until he descended down the steps before she pulled the cloak off of her form. Lily folded it carefully and put it in her bag as she hooked the bag over her shoulder and quietly crept down the first two steps trying not to make a sound as she pulled her wand out.
Lily Evans was an exceptional witch and she was about to prove it to anyone who got in the way just for the truth. She reached down around her neck and pulled the silver chain with the ring around it. She pulled until the silver snapped and she followed behind Potter before she moved down to the last step.
“ I told you I wasn’t going to go leave you.” She spoke from behind knowing she was not listening to him as there were pounds of footsteps not far off. “No matter what.” Lily’s fingers tightened around her wand and the palm with the ring in it, keeping it hidden for a moment as she moved her way to the last step.
Secretly her insides were flooding with fear, no longer petrified with anger but now with nothing but fear as she waited for James to either push her away of the death eaters to throw a curse her way.
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Post by JAMES POTTER on May 6, 2011 12:38:32 GMT -5
"You're a fool, Evans." He shook his head as she quietly stepped down the last of the stairs. "You want the truth? You need to get back under that cloak, because Bellatrix isn't going to hesitate. I threw that cloak over you to keep you from being hit." His teeth clenched, hearing footsteps move closer to the pair. The arm, the arm with the mark, he knew it was Severus' and he found the truth - Peter was planning on helping the Death Eaters. Peter exposed that truth the moment James saw the look in his eyes. Peter was either afraid of the Death Eaters, or he realized he was caught betraying the Marauder's. That wasn't what hurt James the most - though it stung him. What really hurt was the fact that Peter could've seen James hiding Lily, that James had the cloak and the map on him. Not just that, but Lily didn't trust James' decision to hide her. "Lily, you are the top of the class, the most brilliant witch I've ever met. You're smart, very smart, but.. right now, you're being an idiot." She wanted the truth, didn't she? It was a harsh truth, but he had to tell her.
"Lily, I do think Severus is part of the Death Eaters, and I don't want to be the one to tell you that. However, he will run and hide the moment he sees you. That, or Bellatrix will make Severus be the one to hurt you. I don't want either of the two to happen." James' eyes looked to the chain in Lily's hand, and the wand she was clenching in the other. What was she holding? No, he didn't want to know.
He sighed, closing his eyes, listening to the footsteps just around the corner from the two. "If you want to be seen, fine." Hearing the footsteps stop, James grinned wide and turned towards the Slytherin crowd, standing in front of Lily. "Hello Bellatrix, Avery, Malfoy, Mulciber, Snivellus, and" he paused for a moment, his grin turning into a thin line, "Peter." He felt as though venom was coming from his mouth. His gaze met each of theirs - particularly Bella's. "Who would've thought we'd meet here, Ay?" He could tell they weren't too impressed with him, or Lily.
"Oh look here, if it isn't Potter and the mudblood. Bellatrix's voice always seemed more high-pitched and fowl to James than any of the others. She was more menacing, and one of Voldemort's better soldiers. James knew that if anyone were to strike first, Bellatrix would be that one. "Care to indulge us with the sad excuse you two have come up with for spying? Or should I just hex the daylight's out of you?" James grabbed his wand and held it loosely in his hand.
"Well isn't this new? Bellatrix is actually asking questions. What? Going soft now?" That was it, she pointed her wand straight towards James, but she moved it to Lily instead. James' eyes went wide for a moment before he shouted a hex he only used two times - for pranking purposes - "Oculatero!" A beam of light shot at Bellatrix, blinding her for a moment. That was enough to get the others angry. "If any of you had a shred of intelligence, you'd lower your wands and leave." Their faces turned sour, but none tried to flee, Bellatrix screamed at them to let her be the one to take care of the two. Her hands covered her eyes, probably in hopes it would help, but it was Severus that stepped forward, moving Bellatrix out of the way. James' teeth clenched tight. "Snape." He was attempting to be somewhat civil, but it was hard, very, very hard. James waited for Lily's reaction, but, at the same time, he didn't want to see it.
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Post by LILY MARIE EVANS on May 7, 2011 14:09:24 GMT -5
Lily’s head whipped up as if James had slapped her. His truthful words stung and she felt stomach tighten and she frowned up to him for a moment before she shook her red head. She had wanted the truth hadn’t she? She told him to tell her the truth and he was giving his truth whether or not she wanted to hear it. Though he was obviously upset she had moved from his hiding spot. Lily wasn’t going to let him be caught in a corner alone by the little death eaters. She narrowed her emerald eyes but not before he pushed her behind his form. Part of her wanted to swat at him for being over powering but the other part of her was thankful he was being so nice.
“I’m not ashamed of who I am.” She spoke softly to his words of her being seen. Lily hated the foul term of mud blood but she never found herself wishing to be anything else. She swallowed hard as he pushed her behind him not fighting her on her chance to make a stand for her self. Still maybe it was for the best after all. He was trying to be nice to her, even after all the times she had called him Toadling and a bully. The bully was being sweet.
Footsteps rounded the corner and Lily could see barely past Potter’s shoulder, biting in to her bottom lip as she looked right in to the eyes of her best friend. Severus Snape had first come to Lily at the park in Spinner’s End. She met him with Petunia, spying on her doing so called magic. They were best friend from the start and eventually his feelings grew but Lily was starting to question her own. She was his friend but now she wasn’t even sure she could hold that friendship together. Not with the way he was looking at them, standing on the other side with them.
Someone was talking and James was answering but Lily wasn’t paying them any mind. Her eyes were on her best friend, her fingers were tight over the ring in her palm as she felt the anger bubbling her system. He had promised her so much. He had promised her the change in his ways, that he didn’t follow the Deatheaters around. For heaven’s sake he had asked her to marry him. She felt the sting of tears touching her emerald eyes before she could let the tears go, James moved. There was a hex and Lily took a step back before she held her wand up pushing Potter aside for a moment.
Severus stepped forward and she felt her heart breaking as she spoke to him quietly knowing everyone around them was listening. “Don’t you step any closer.” The red head spoke quietly as she kept her wand up. Lily was much shorter than Severus but she kept contact with him as she stepped in front of James.
There was the feeling of tears but she kept them in. Holding herself together for just a bit longer to speak to him. “Why are you with them?” She asked softly. “I thought you weren’t one of them Sev.”
Her eyes were searching his. She knew Potter was close behind her but she kept speaking to him. Letting everyone know their business. “You told me you were not going to be with them but you are.”
“Lily, its not like that. They respect me, unlike your new friend here. Why are you even here with him?” Of course Severus was going to bring Potter in to this but she wasn’t listening. She was only hearing what she wanted to hear. She was only hearing the respect of the death eaters. She frowned and pulled her hand up opening the fingers with the ring in her palm, the silver chain had tangled around it.
“I can’t marry you.” She spoke listening to her voice crack as she tried to hold herself together. “I won’t be near you!” Her fingers clutched around the ring before she threw it right at her former best friend. Now the secret was out, everyone had heard her. Lily had been secretly engaged to her best friend for several months now as she broke off the secret engagement. Her heart sank low in her chest as she felt Potter go rigid next to her. Maybe she should have warned him not to stay around. Maybe this wasn’t the smartest move after all. She had given her best friend the benefit of the doubt, however she didn’t even think of how this would effect the boy standing next to her. Lily avoided looking to him. Her wand was still up as she pointed it to him shaking as she spoke.
“Lily…”
“You leave me alone.” Her wand went from Severus over to the others as she shot them a look. “Just leave Severus.”
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Post by JAMES POTTER on May 7, 2011 14:54:00 GMT -5
He didn't want to hurt her, that was the last thing he ever wanted to do to Evans, but she had asked for the truth, and he told her what she wanted, and didn't want to hear. He couldn't blame her for not wanting to hear what he had said - he didn't want to see Peter with the Death eaters.. but that's where he was.
After hexing Bella, James felt Lily move him aside to face Severus for herself. First he wanted to pull her back, but this part was for her to deal with. The other Slyths weren't going to make a move without Bellatrix's orders. 'Don't you step any closer' were the first words she said to Snape and her voice was cracking right there. James felt the evil glare from Severus, not that he cared, James got that glare from Severus on a daily basis. However, this time it wasn't because James pulled a prank, but because he was on the same side of the building as Lily while Severus was on the other side.
'Lily, its not like that. They respect me, unlike your new friend here. Why are you even here with him?" James nearly stepped forward to knock the daylight's outta him, but he didn't move. This time, it wasn't between James and Severus. This was between Lily and Severus, James and the other Slyth's were merely by-standers. Taking in a sharp breath, James saw the chain and the ring that it was wrapped around. THAT was why Lily was here, that was why she was spying on Severus, the reason she ditched James that night for the boy. His teeth clenched, his body went rigid as she spoke of breaking an engagement. He felt himself crumbling on the inside - yes Severus and Lily's engagement was broken, but they were engaged. He could tell that his features would show how he felt on the inside. He wanted to walk out and leave Hogsmeade and hide in the Shrieking shack for a few days. His teeth clenched tight but he couldn't move. He watched the other Slyths take in James' expression with glee before they walked out, helping Bellatrix as well. His hand tightened around his wand, wanting to blast something - a way to get out of there.
James' view went blurry for a moment as he tried to take it all in: Lily had let him go along with this spying - he didn't care if he called it that anymore - just to find out her and Severus were engaged? Was it a plan of hers to get James away from her? She wasn't that cruel, was she? He never saw her for being someone to do that. He snapped back into reality to see Lily shaking and practically crying. He looked to Severus noticing he was deciding whether to stay or to leave. James looked down for a moment before finally getting his body to move a few steps to Lily's side. His hand set against her arm to move it to her side. "Lily, it's enough." He had a gut feeling that she would hex Snape through the wall if he took a step closer to her. "Snape, leave, or I'll be the one to hex you outta here." It was a warning, a fair one at that, and James heard silent footsteps move slowly away. James didn't bother to look at Snape or at Lily. Attempting to put a half-smile on, James spoke quietly "Accio cloak." Out from her bag, James' cloak moved into his hand and he shoved it back into his bag.
"Looks like you don't need my help anymore." He turned from her and headed towards the stairs. He didn't know what to do - stay with Lily, or walk out? His feet stopped and he turned towards her. "Firefly," Even he was debating whether or not to move next to Lily, but, unlike Snape, James did and he wrapped his arms around her, not caring if she'd push him away or not. "Sorry, for what I said, and.. all of this." He didn't know why he bothered to walk back and give her a hug. In fact, this is one of those moments where he thought he had finally lost his mind, but he knew she didn't want to really be alone - no one did. He, on the other hand, wanted to leave. He wanted to walk out and not look back, but he couldn't do that to Lily. He couldn't leave her in tavern with a group of Slyths just down the stairs. Even if he still felt himself crumbling on the inside, he wasn't going to leave her alone. Not yet. Not until he knew she would be at Andromeda's side - with someone she trusted and probably needed. "I'll take you to Andromeda, if you'd like?" He felt the emptiness in his tone as his voice moved passed his lips. His voice didn't crack - he wouldn't let it - but it was empty, and ready to break, just as he felt at that moment.
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LILY MARIE EVANS
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"Nobody breaks my heart, and anyways why would I want that?"
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Post by LILY MARIE EVANS on May 7, 2011 15:30:36 GMT -5
The world around her was spinning as she felt the words leave her lips telling Severus to leave. Still she felt the blood rushing through her ears as James protected her once more. He told Severus to leave and the only thing Lily felt was empty. Her eyes were stinging with tears but she refused to let them fall as she turned her head up to the ceiling watching her former best friend and fiance back away. Her insides were on fire before James spoke. Lily almost forgot Potter was there helping when he spoke up. His words were calm but she knew he was hurting. It was really all her fault wasn’t it? She had brought Potter along, she had made him spy on her fiance with her. She was a terrible persona wasn’t she? With a heavy shudder she looked over to him as he left.
Though he didn’t make it too far as he turned back towards her. His arms moved around and she felt the urge to shove him off and scream at him. Her world was crashing, slowly but surely crumbling down around her, hitting the ground the sound of glass shattering but she gave in. Lily’s red head fell in to Potter’s shoulder as she reached up and wrapped her arms around his back. She felt the heavy and the tears were starting to fall but she kept her head up to stop them from falling.
Then his words hit and she reached up and wiped a hand under her eyes as she shook her head. “Don’t be daft Potter.” She spoke softly trying to get a grip on her voice as she pushed down the complex emotions building. “Its me who owes you the apology.”
Lily owed him a whole lot more than that.
He was being the friend she needed when he usually was the arrogant bully. She carefully leaned up on the tips of her toes and brushed a kiss to his cheek as he offered to take her to Andromeda.
“No thank you.” She answered pulling back away from him and out of his hold. Lily took a deep breath trying to keep herself in control as she moved back up the steps for her bag. She snatched her bag up and called over her shoulder to Potter.
“Just go, I’ll be fine.” She called to him as she moved down the steps two at a time, the red head didn’t want to linger, she wanted to get away from this place as soon as possible. She wanted to go drown herself in a sea of books, hide in the back of the common room and possibly never see the light of day again.
Lily fled past James not looking back as she moved her way out of the building. She didn’t care anymore about getting out unseen. Her eyes were already flooding and she left. Her hands shoved the door open as she moved out the back of the establishment feeling the cold October wind blast her in the face as she made her way back to the Castle. She couldn’t face James Potter or Severus Snape anymore.
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