PLOT: Lily, the smart one who would never fall for someone like James Potter. But what happens when they spend a summer together does it lead to paradise or does it lead to complete and utter chaos.
In One Moment
Chapter Ten: Lo Siento
In One Moment how everything can change.
One Moment! How Fate can rearrange
Your life.
Nothing ever stays the same, it seems.
One moment, and that's the end of all your dreams.
One moment, and what was love can turn to hate!
One Moment, and suddenly its to late
~By Cheryl Kemmeny~
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"Okay, Aoife, just a peek." Lily then made her way towards the door "Mind if I open it?"
"No problem." answered Sirius. Lily then grasped the doorknob and turned, she let the door fly open and hit the wall. She looked around expecting to see nothing, but what she saw there made her drop too her knees and let out a blood curling scream. The others looked around the room, and were utterly disgusted. Aoife left to go throw up, James and Sirius walked over to comfort Lily and to stop her from screaming. Nula, Róisín and Remus all went to help Aoife.
"H-how c-could he d-do that?" sobbed Lily into James shoulder.
"I know maybe we should just leave."
"No, James I have to make sure it's real and not a mirage."
"Lils, we all saw it how could it not be real."
"I don't want it to be real and I need to see if it is." Lily then pushed herself away from James' embrace and walked deeper into the room. She walked to the wall that Kevin was hanging from. He was covered in blood. His hands were tied into the wall with chains and he looked like he had been through so much pain. There were cuts, and sores and scabs all over his body. He had been tortured. "Oh, Kevin I am so sorry." cried Lily as she walked towards his dangling body. When she was near enough she held her hand out and caressed his face. It was cold, cold like ice. He was dead. "I'm so sorry." she then stood on her toes and kissed him goodbye.
"Is he?"
"Yes, Sirius he's dead." Lily then proceeded to look around the room, occasionally slipping in the puddles of water or worse blood. Nothing seemed to faze Lily at that moment so her friends let her be. She came to a door, and carefully opened it. Inside was an unconscious Gracie. "Gracie not you too." bending down to touch her face she felt warmth, life. "Guys come here, come get Gracie." Remus made his way over and picked Gracie up and held her silent form in his arms. "I think I have seen enough, of this room." she ushered everyone out and went to say her final good-bye to Kevin. "I will never forget you." She leaned up and kissed his cold lips one last time. "Remus, can you and the girls bring Gracie back to the house and get her treated, and be careful not to get caught."
"Um Lily we don't know how to leave, I mean the slide it doesn't work backwards."
"Sorry, I forgot, come on the exit is over here." called Lily as she stepped out of the room, into the main room and went over to a little nook in the wall and pressed it forward. "Come along its through here." pointed Lily. "When you go in walk straight and until you get to a set of stairs and follow them, up to the portrait. Keep in mind there is no way you can access the slide from there, you may see it but you can not use it, so don't think of coming back down, any of you. Aoife you go first." so Aoife went on through followed by Róisín, Nula, Remus and Gracie. Sirius and James stayed behind with Lily. "Help me gather some books . . ."
"Well, well look at we have found Farleigh. Looks like the prize has been delivered to us, saves me from looking." Lily whirled around and came face to face with David. He was looking at her with a smirk of triumph on his face.
"You and your lazy ass couldn't do anything right, whether it would be to find me or to make a stupid potion. That's why you have Farleigh."
"Shut-it, no tramp can speak to me like that."
"She's not a tramp . . . oof!" James was cut short when Lily hit him in the stomach
"James keep your mouth shut and back into the passage way now." scolded Lily through gritted teeth.
"Lil, we have to get out of here now."
"Obviously, just tell Sirius to back into the passage then you do the same and I will be right behind you. Now go."
"I can't . . ." Lily then turned her head to the side careful not to take one eye off of David; she sent James a glare that immediately silenced him. James gulped under her gaze, and he swore to himself if looks could kill he would be dead twice over. "Okay, I am going." James retreated far enough into the darkness, so he could still see Lily but was far enough away from the room.
"Is my little Flower going to run?"
"I have no intention of running from you; I just wanted to get my friends to safety." Lily abruptly turned and kicked the wall back into place. Shutting out her friends and trapping herself and David inside.
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"Lily!" screamed James as he saw her kick the door shut. "Fuck it, Lily open up!" he cried while banging his hands against the cold rock. When no one answered he started to punch the wall until he felt pain. He had caused his knuckles to bleed from the impact, of flesh against stone.
"James, man come on we have to get out of here."
"Padfoot, she is in there alone with a guy who killed his own brother and defenseless. She has no wand on her."
"Come on let's get out of here and see if we can open the passage down again. Come on the faster the better." The two of them turned and ran down the passage at a sprint.
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"So Miss. Lillian has decided to give in?"
"Never."
"But you see, if I am correct you don't have a wand and I do."
"No, you see when we came down here your wand was left next to that caldron over there so I happen to have it here in my pocket."
"Clever put that wand will answer to my call. ACCIO WAND!"
"Oh, I forgot to mention I kind of stepped on it, and it broke." Lily pulled the wand out of her pocket. It was split in to, and right there and then she snapped the two half's again. It was in pieces there was no way he could ever piece it back together.
"Why you . . . ."
"Save your breath you can call me anything you want and it won't affect me. I have to ask you one question though, why me?"
"You were the belle of the ball, the gorgeous one, and I wanted you but you could never give me the time of day."
"Cause you were a stuck up bastard like you are now."
"Well, since neither of us can use magic what next?"
"I'll let you make the first move."
"Fine."
He sauntered over and went to grab Lily's arm, but she dodged him and rolled against the floor. "Your going to have to be faster than that." he was seeing red, now he charged towards her and hit her to the ground but he rolled off of her to the side. The two of them got up and he went in again this time Lily was ready for him and she moved to the side just as he was running by and kicked his back. He went flying into the bookshelves. He bounced back ready to fight.
Think Lily think he is twice your size and you really don't know how to fight. Think! I got it but I need to lure him over there.
He charged at her hard and she let him hit her.
Perfect.
She was pinned up against the wall by one of his hands the other one was moving along her body. "Who is winning now my sweet." He cooed while trailing kisses down the crook of her neck.
"I'm sorry to say it but I am." she then lifted her right hand up and jabbed her elbow, into his inner elbow. She slammed down hard causing him to lean forward. She then kicked up into his stomach, and when he was doubled over hit him with her elbow on the back, knocking the wind out of him. She then kicked him in the ass, and he flew into the room where Kevin was hung. She quickly shut the door, and locked it. There was no way he was getting out of there. "It seems so perfect that you should die there, at least you will have time to beg for your brother's forgiveness. I hope his presence haunts you and tears you apart. Lo Siento [I'm sorry] David, I don't want to put you through this, but I have no choice. I am sorry, I truly am." Lily then dropped the key in her pocket and with tears in her eyes, made her way to the passage and ran.
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"Will these stairs ever end!?"
"I don't know Prongs but we have to keep going." the boys continued to sprint towards the exit. When they finally reached there they saw the slide. James ran to it but there was a barrier blocking it off.
"What the fuck? Let me through."
"Prongs, do you remember what Lily said?"
"Yea, run and don't look back."
"No this Keep in mind there is no way you can access the slide from there, you may see it but you can not use it, so don't think of coming back down, any of you. Remember?"
"Shit, are you serious?"
"I do believe I am Sirius John Black."
"No I meant are you serious about what you just said, you doof."
"Yes, as serious as I am Sirius John Black."
"Whatever."
"Look mate the only thing we can do now is wait."
"I don't want to wait I mean she could be dead for all I know!"
"I doubt that very much mate, I really do."
"I hate waiting."
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Lily's breath was coming in short spurts now, she had been running for quite some time and she hadn't even reached the stairs yet. Though as tired as she was she ran her hardest, and as fast as she could. She eventually made it to the stairs. When she did she slowed her pace down a bit but kept running and she never once looked back. When she neared the top of the stairs she heard arguing.
Those voices they seem so familiar.
That's cause they are you twit.
I don't appreciate the voices in my head calling me a twit!
Well we are part of you so you called yourself a twit. Ha-ha!
Shut up will ya!
Fine, fine have it your way.
"Do you think she is okay?"
"James mate, if there is anyone who could take care of herself its Lily. I mean she could kill someone by glaring at them the wrong way. She is one scary person when made angry."
"Really? Well I don't believe that she could kill someone by glaring at them." Lily commented, making James look up with a smile of relief on his face.
"James, are you kidding me . . ." Sirius answered not realizing that it was Lily who had spoken, until he looked up and saw Lily standing in front of them. "Shit Lils, your back."
"Yes I am and in one piece."
"Let's keep it that way." James whispered as he engulfed her in a huge bear hug.
"Do I get a hug?" pouted Sirius.
"Of course." Lily then made her way the give Sirius a hug, her back facing James. So she didn't see the look of horror on his face when Sirius stuck his tongue out at him and daringly grabbed her ass. "Hey that wasn't part of the deal."
"I'm sorry it's . . . just I haven't been able to do that since school got out."
"Well don't do it in public."
"Sorry I just can't resist your beauty."
"Okay well, contain yourself." she then turned to James and saw the look of pure astonishment on his face. His best friend was hitting on his girl and she was flirting back. "Oh, poor Jamsie-wamsey feels left out."
"Yea, I mean you would flip a shit if I grabbed your butt."
"Well with all do respect Sirius and I have something that we don't so he can touch my butt."
"You've got to be . . ." he was silenced as Lily's lips descended on his.
"You and I have more, Sirius just gets to look and sometimes touch."
"How about looking but no touching?"
"Deal." replied Lily and James sealed it with a kiss, that was about to get very intimate but Sirius interrupted.
"Hey, don't I get a say in this!"
"No." answered Lily and with that she swept past him and out the exit.
"Tough luck mate." consoled James as he hit Sirius on the back
"Yea, yea if I had touched her in anyway you would have killed me."
"Exactly, now come on we don't want her to come looking for us." with that they left the dank dungeon passage behind them, and followed Lily back to Gracie Manor.
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A/N: Okay well, that is chapter ten. Sorry for the cliffy for the past few chapters but I thought I should put them in. I personally hate when people do that so I have no idea why I do it. Though it does get you to come back and read because you like it. The road is most certainly not over, so hang in there and I will try and update soon. Thank you so much for reading! I hope you liked it and I hope to read your reviews soon! Keep Reviewing
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Updated: 4/2/04
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE ORIGINAL HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS I ONLY OWN GRACIE MAONR AND EVERYONE THAT WORKS THERE AND HER SONS.