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 Nine: Playing Detectives
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!
~By Cheryl Kemmeny~
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"I used to come here with Kevin when we were small and he would send a house elf to get food and it would take the elf forever so then we would leave to find the elf. Trust me David should do it to. His mother's elves are very stupid." so they waited for what seemed like hours until the elf came out and then David followed after about fifteen minutes. It went just as Lily said it would. They all made there way into the portrait and down the stairs. They were all scared of what they might find. Though nothing would have prepared them for what they saw. It was a dark dank room that reminded them of the dungeons of Hogwarts but worse. There were cauldrons, ingredients, and vials all over the room. There was blood on the walls and it smelt terrible. The place looked like a torture chamber or worse.
"G-guys." stammered Aoife "C-can we leave, this place is giving me the creeps."
"Its giving all of us the creeps but we need to find out what this wacko is up too."
"Excuse me Mr. I'm-not-scared-of-anything Black; we aren't all as brave as you!"
"Would you too stop bickering, we need to concentrate." scolded Lily
"Lily how the hell did you stomach staying down here?" inquired James
"Well, I didn't this is the chamber, we used to run through this part, and get to the slide before we saw anything."
"Slide?"
"Yes, James through the blood-stained portrait is a slide that leads to a house like level. Come on and I'll show you."
"I-I think I will wait here." whispered Aoife
"Okay we'll leave you here to be look out and when we hear you scream because he is torturing you we will all go hide and leave you there to die." answered Lily's voice and everyone looked at her in shock and Aoife seemed as if she was going to cry. "As if, there is no way I am leaving any of you here alone, we all go down and we all get out or I don't leave at all. Got it?" everyone shook there heads and waited for there next instruction.
"Okay, it's a slide and it is right in front of the portrait, it's a sudden drop and a fast one, it is straight down, and long. Hold on we will go one by one. I am going last no objections. Ladies you go first then the boys and I will follow." they all looked at her disbelieving her words.
"I promise now go, and when you land get up fast and run until you see a door, then scream safe. If you don't scream safe, those who are already down there are to do nothing and those up here are to do nothing, I will go and help you. I know what is down there and it isn't pretty, so take my advice. Everyone set?" the group nodded in agreement and Lily opened the portrait and sent Aoife down first. A soft thump echoed her landing and a few seconds later she screamed safe. This pattern continued until only James and Lily were left.
"Lily, I don't think you should go last, I mean what if he comes?"
"Stop molly-coddling me James I am not a flippin two year old, so please don't treat me like one. Do as I say and go." Lily abruptly pushed and unexpected James down the slide.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Thump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"James!? Are you safe?" called Lily
"What is this sponge thing?"
"James, no get away from there fast and when I say fast I mean it!"
"It isn't doing any harm."
"Listen to me you stubborn bastard move!"
"Alright, alright I'm going. . . . . . . Safe!" Lily then jumped down and it felt like she was returning to her childhood. Soon, enough after she landed she was running towards the safe zone, when the sponge thing (as James so kindly put it) grabbed Lily's leg.
"Shit!" cried Lily as she felt it take hold and pull her back to its center.
"Lily? Lily? Did you make it?" screamed Sirius.
"Oh, yea I am fine it just so happens that James woke our little friend up and he decided to pay me a visit."
"W-what friend?" squeaked Aoife
"Oh, an old friend, you lot wait there and I'll deal while I deal with him."
"Do you need help?" stuttered Sirius.
"No, don't worry about me I will be with you in a second." they waited and waited and then finally they heard something, it wasn't talking, or screaming or spell casting it was singing, it sounded like and angel and the words just floated over them so soft and smooth, it was heavenly..
(Okay this is written in Hungarian though I am not Hungarian, nothing against those who are, I wrote it phonetically so you could kind of understand)
Meend-nyi-yunk-nuhk el kell-men-nee
Ayl-yhen uh muh-jeeyahr suhbud-shahg!
Ayl-yhen uh huh-zuh
Then the singing stopped and Lily appeared in front of the group. "Come along now we don't have all day." spoke Lily as she approached the group and opened the door. They then entered the lower level. It was exactly like Lily said a home. Though this one had been altered much to Lily's disappointment. There were operating tables, torture devices, and poisons. It was a death chamber. There was one other room, leading off of it and Lily was afraid to go in.
"Oh, my god what has he done to this place!" cried Lily
"You mean it wasn't all this creepy?" questioned Sirius
"Obviously not if I used to spend time down here, now listen we need to find what he is up too, so spread out and look for anything out of the ordinary."
"Like all of this isn't out of the ordinary?" commented Róisín
"I think she means as in like something that would give us clues to what he is up too."
"Thank you Remus, but we aren't all as smart as you."
"This isn't a time to bicker, we need to look and get out of here fast. We have no idea when he could comeback."
"Sorry, Lils."
"Save the apology, Róisín just look."
The search was on they took apart bookshelves took down the names of some of the books, destroyed the poisons, and the potions strong enough to kill someone, or harm them severely. They must have been there for over two hours when they finally discovered something, absolutely horrifying.
"Lily, maybe you should come see this." called Nula. Lily carefully looked up from the book she was reading and looked to where Nula was standing. Her mouth opened in horror as she saw the board Nula was standing next to. It was a full of pictures, all of them where of her. Pictures from when she was a toddler, to the other night at the ball. All of her mothers Christmas cards, and pictures they had sent Gracie where on that board along with physical information.
"You have got to be kidding me." Lily whispered as she touched the picture of her and Kevin when they were younger.
"Nope, this stuff is very much real." answered Nula
"That was a rhetorical question."
"Oh."
"Why would he do this? It makes no sense that he would hurt me but still treasure me, like I was a prize."
"Treasure you?"
"Yes, Aoife treasure me, he has all to the pictures my mother sent to Gracie and the ones they took of Kevin and I. He kept them . . . ."
"Stole them!" coughed James
"He seems to treasure me but hate me all the same. He wants what he can't have that is why I am a treasure. Treasure is always something that you can't have. You always have to take it by force. He can't have me so he is taking me by force not caring if he is hurting me as long as he has me."
"What's your point?"
"Stop acting stupid, James. My point is he can't have me because he knows I don't want him, so he will try and take me away from everyone no caring who he hurts in the process."
"Okay, I don't know about the others be personally I have no idea what you meant, so you want to clarify it?" asked Sirius
"Okay, let's put it in terms you will understand. Let's use a girl for example, considering that is all you guys think about." James, Remus and Sirius all started to object but Lily silenced them with a glare. "Say you are completely and utterly obsessed with a girl and you would do anything to get her, even if it meant hurting others you love, even that girl. You would do it because you want her you treasure her. She is your treasure and you need her. Get it?"
"Yes, but I have to say we don't always think about girls, I mean . . . ."
"Shut-up will ya Sirius. You are giving me a headache."
"Sorry Ro."
"Keep looking around a bit more and then we will leave okay."
"Sure." answered the group. They looked around a bit more, finding nothing new, until Sirius shouted he found something.
"Oi, over here I found something. It's a door or something like that."
"A door?" questioned Lily though she already new it was there she just ignored it. "It would be best if we didn't go in there."
"Why is little Lily-kins scared?" taunted Sirius
"I am not scared . . . just scared of what I might find."
"Well there must be something interesting in there." commented James
"Well, lets not find out can we just go I have a bad feeling about this."
"Lil, we need to find out what he is up to come one just a little peek, to see if it is anything serious."
"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.
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WHAT DID SHE SEE!!!!! USE YOUR IMAGINATION!
A/N: Okay well, that is chapter nine. Hope this clarified a few things. It's still going to be a long ride, but hang in there and I will try and update as sooooon as I can. 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: 3/14/04
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.