6It was their fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Lily Evens sat in the
Gyrifindoor common room in an animated discussion with James Potter about that days charms lesson
while Remus Lupin and Sirius Black played exploding snap and Peter Petigrew snored loudly in a near
by arm chair.
Just then Alanna came bouncing in and sat down next to Lily her waist length copper-red hair was neat
and tidy though her hazel green eyes were alight with excitement and the pink flush to her usually pail
cheeks told the group that she had been running. Alanna and Lily were best friends and alike enough to
be twins, though Lily's coppery hair was longer and wavy and always in disarray whilst her friends was
ruler-strait and permently tidy. Also Lily had large jade green eyes which seemed to always have a
misgevious sparkle and Alanna's face was adorned with dower calm hazel eyes giving her a sensible
serene look at all times; an impression which was shattered after only one meeting. Both girls had ivory
pail skin and a few freckles on their petit noses, not only were the alike in appearance they walked talked
and thought as one! Their friends often joked that the pair shared a collective brain; they could finish
one-another's sentences and always knew where the other one was.
Sirius Black was the first to speak after Alanna's abrupt yet amazingly silent arrival,
"So what's got you all exited then?" he asked. Alanna fought furiously to get her breath back enough to
pass on her news and managed to gasp out
"7th years…hair…sprouting…funny" before collapsing in a fit of wheezing-giggles,
"Okaaaaay Alanna has obviously decided the problem with the English language is all those pesky
words!" James Potter said looking bewildered
"Any one else make sense of that?"
all eyes turned to Lily who sighed rolling her eyes
"She meant that that she say a lot of 7th years sprouting grass and flowers instead of hair after someone
used the germinatius charm on them and it was very funny!"
At this point the 'sleeping' Peter snorted and turned his face into the armchair so the group couldn't see
his triumphant grin.
"Right, and why didn't we get all that from 5 words?" demanded Sirius sarcastically.
The two girls answered in unison:
"Because we are superior life forms"
at this all the boys rolled their eyes then Remus spoke for the first time
"Where was this any way?" Alanna gave a vague wave to the north and Lily translated
"By the lake" after exchanging a brief glance at this interpretation all the boys (except the 'sleeping' and
now exceedingly happy Peter) and Lily left through the portrait hole and went out to the lake determined
to see this for themselves.
As soon as they were out of sight and an exhausted Alanna had left for her room Peter jumped up and
followed the others out of the portrait hole to give the signal.
The rest headed for the lake and on seeing the unfortunate victims couldn't stand up for laughing there
was now not only plants replacing their hair and eyebrows but they were binding their ankles to the
ground and when, on seeing the group of friends, tried to call for help plants sprouted from their
mouths and blocked any speech.
That was the final straw for Lily, James and Sirius they were helpless with laughter but Remus was
acting very oddly he was backing away from the unfortunate students and mumbling. When, after he
had calmed down, James asked him what was wrong he mumbled something about hay fever and fled
back to the castle. He of course had recognized the plants adorning the figures in front of them as
Wolfs Bain and while the remaining fifth years shrugged the figure in the bush smiled, so the information
was accurate the boy was a were wolf. Interesting. Then the signal from the school could be scene and
shaking all other thoughts from his mind he raised his wand.
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The three came-to in a small room to find their hands bound behind her backs and no means of escape
forth coming. Lily groaned; her head hurt her terribly but making the sound seemed to be the worst thing
she could have done. A drawling voice spoke from behind them
"I see that you are awake and that is all to the good. But not pleased with your accommodations I see?"
a note of sickly fake concern entered their tormenters voice at this last statement and all the children
fought to turn around to see their captor.
"Let me save you the trouble" and they herd footsteps a gasp escaped all their mouths as they looked at
the vaguely red flat nosed serpentine host.
"I see my reputation has preceded me," said the vision,
"you no doubt know who I am." At this point Lily remembered herself and forced her self out of the
stupor of shock she was in, Her emerald eyes gleaming defiantly she spat the stated
"We know who you are only you and your" hear she spat again before continuing
"Followers would have to chain a captive before confronting them" Lily's voice was steady and anger
filed showing no sign of fear but James and Sirius either side of her could feel her trembling.
To their surprise Vodimort (A/N as that is who it obviously was duhh) started to laugh,
"Strong words for one so young and scared" he sneered and lowering his grotesque face Lily's ear he
hissed,
"We could do with some one with those qualities."
As Voldimort seemingly mused the possibilities of such a switch Lily shuddered; it wasn't the snake like
tong flicking in and out tasting the air as he spoke or the beady red eyes glistening from the unnatural
form in front of her but the thought of becoming what he was that violated her to the very core and
disgusted her entire being.
"What?" the note of sickly fake concern was back "Don't you want to be on the winning side my dear?"
finally Lily's famous temper reached its end and in a voice trembling with fury and her face milk white
she ground out in a dangerously calm voice
"I am not your anything and I will thank you to remember it and I wouldn't join you if all the world
depended on it!"
her usually laughing jade green eyes were as direct as voldimort's own beady ones and as she looked
him in the eye he was first to brake the gaze.
"A very apt statement little girl"
there was no laughter in his voice now, no mocking or other wise
"And for that you can go first" as he spoke he lifted his wand and began "AVADA…"
END OF CHAPTER 1
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