Chapter 39- The Mirror
"Lily! We're going to get out of this," James said, happily jumping up. She landed in the mud while he did a victory dance clutching the small mirror.
"How do you figure that, James?" she asked miserably.
"This," he said, shoving the mirror to her face happily.
"It's a mirror. James, I don't think looking at ourselves is going to help anything. Now, maybe Sybll's gift would be better," Lily said, looking at Sybll.
"What gift?" James asked.
"Her gift to travel back in time," Lily said.
"I've thought about that," Sybll said quietly.
"And?" Katy asked impatiently.
"It doesn't work anymore. I think Voldemort tapered with all my powers," Sybll said.
"Damn," Lily muttered.
"Is anyone going to listen to me? I have our way out!" James said.
"Fine. James, how are we going to get out of this?" Katy asked numbly.
"I told you. This mirror. It is a two-way mirror," James said.
"Wow, those are rare," Sybll said.
"So rare, only two were made," James said.
"Who has the other??" Lily, Katy, and Sybll asked excitedly. "Dumbledore? Remus?"
"No, even better. Sirius," James said. The three girls slouched back into the mud.
"Sirius? Sirius is going to save us? You do realize, he may not even have the mirror with him," Lily said.
"He always has the mirror with him," James said.
"What's going to happen though? We don't know where we are. We don't have our wands. There is no way of communicating where we are," Katy said, pointing above their heads to the steel cage and full moon.
"Oh my god, full moon. Sirius and Remus are in the Shrieking Shack. Maybe even Peter too. They won't have the mirror with them, " James said, putting his hands on his head and pulling at his hair in anger.
"Why did I have to be stupid and suggest that we become Animagus? Why?" James asked the sky.
"You're an Animagus?" Sybll asked curiously.
"No!" Lily and Katy answered together.
"We'll be dead by the time Sirius and Remus get back, so really, what's the point in hiding anything?" James asked them. "I was a stupid fifth year who could become a stag. Why? Why did Sirius and Peter have to do it too? Now, when we need them, they're off transforming."
"James Potter! You know you'd be out there too if you could. You go out there to help your poor friend Remus and you know it," Katy snapped.
"I know. I just don't want to die. I don't want Lily to die. I don't want you guys to die. We're too young. We have so much more life to live," James said. Lily started crying at the thought of dying. James pulled her closer and let her cry on his mud stained shirt.
"None of us want to die. And we won't. We need to make a plan. A plan to get Venus distracted and for James to run. I doubt she has any spells on this clearing," Katy said.
"You know, you're right. She didn't do anything special before entering it. I doubt she thinks we could escape," Sybll said.
"Well, she's not the only one," Lily muttered.
"Lily Evans! If you talk like that again, I will have to slap you. You never give up. We just need to make a plan. And with you and James here, the plan should be quite good," Katy said.
"I hope so," James said.
"Ok, this is what I'm thinking," Katy said, explaining their plans until morning.
"Rise and Shine my sweethearts," Venus' wispy voice shouted above their heads. She looked down at their sleeping figures drenched in dried mud and blood. She laughed.
"We had quite a night, didn't we?" she asked.
They all remained silent, as if drained of any energy. It didn't require much acting to pull that one off. They were hungry and didn't have much sleep. James doubted she was going to feed them at all.
"Well, no one happy to see me? You get to get out of this," she said merrily. Katy glared at her in disgust.
"Now there's that look I missed," Venus said happily.
"You are by far the shittiest professor I've had the pleasure of meeting," James said happily, as he left the cockpit.
Lily, Katy and Sybll had already been exited from the hole. Venus glared at him and slammed his head into the steel cage, which had been set next to the hole.
"You bitch," he said as he touched his head. She smiled. Blood was running down his face. Lily took a step forward to go comfort him but was pushed down by a pink light.
"Miss Evans, this is Death Row, not Love Connection," Venus said.
Lily spat mud out of her mouth and felt it stinging her cuts. She attempted to get it out, but her hands were full of mud too. Katy bent down to try and help her but was kicked in the ribs by Venus. What Venus didn't know of, was James' quick ability to heal. He was up and making his way towards her. He punched her in her back and took her head and shoved it into the mud, just as she had done to Lily.
"Lily, get the mirror," he hissed at her.
Lily shook her head. Katy gave him a look.
"One of you, get the goddamn mirror. Now!" he said angrily.
"You have longer legs than us," Katy said. "Your mirror, your escape. We trust you."
James looked at Lily with tears. He never cried, but he knew that for once, it was ok. She nodded.
"Go," she whispered.
"Now!" she shouted.
Venus was still keeling in the mud and Lily and Katy took her wand. Katy threw it at James. He caught it by reflex and sprinted into the forest. He was gone within seconds.
Sybll walked forward and had a rock in her hand. She looked questionably at Katy and Lily for approval.
"Do it," Katy said.
Sybll slammed the rock against Venus' head. Then she spit on her.
"What was that for?" Lily asked.
"I just don't like her at all. It felt good, though," Sybll said.
"Well, keep going. I'll work on these nails," Katy said. She had kneeled down and was pulling the nails backward, so they were falling off.
"Here Lils, take these. They're razor sharp," Katy said, throwing the red pieces of nail at Lily.
"Ew, Katy, those are fingernails," Lily said, stepping away from the pieces.
"Now is not the time to be delicate. Lily, pick up the goddamn nails. We have to use what we can. Do you want her to regain consciousness?" Katy asked.
"I have a better idea. Let's throw her in with the dogs," Lily said.
Venus' fingers were twitching, grasping mud. No one seemed to notice, as Katy had stood to talk with Lily. Sybll saw this. Within an instant Sybll had shouted "Katy watch out!" and Venus had stood and thrust mud into Katy's eyes. She had kicked the shin of Lily with her sharp heels and was turning to Sybll, looking to pull out her wand. When no wand was in her hand, she looked at the emptiness in shock.
"Where did you bastards put my wand?" Venus screeched.
"I don't know. It's your wand, isn't it? Us losing it is near impossible," Sybll said.
"No it's not. Where's Potter? He has my wand, doesn't he?" Venus screamed.
"You're quick," Lily said, taking on James' cockiness in place of his absence. He had always told her, if there's no defense, you go down proud, talking your way into their minds. It got to people.
"Oh dearies. You made a big mistake. You see, originally, only Trelawney and Potter were supposed to come, but you two got dragged along for the ride. The big beef was with Potter. But now, he's gone. And you three let him escape," Venus said.
"What are you going to do? There's three of us and one of you. Me and Katy are quite able and Sybll
doesn't look like she's incapable of hitting you. We don't care that you're our professor anymore. Like
you said, while we're here, you're our headmistress. And we're not taking your shit anymore lady,"
Lily said, hoping James had run as far as he could away from that place.
James had the mirror clutched to his hand and was running as fast as he could, making note of where he had gone with a piece of scrap parchment he had transfigured with Venus' wand. He had made it to resemble the Marauder's Map, but showing the location of the torture chamber.
He knew he couldn't get to Hogwarts in time, but he did have an approximate idea of where Venus was holding the others. He pulled out the mirror, seeing the sun shining and knowing Sirius was in class. But then again, he was in McGonagall's class.
"Sirius Black," he panted into the mirror, still running, and shoving the parchment into his robes.
Instantly, the face of his friend appeared into the mirror. He was smiling and appeared to be walking the halls. James heard a voice, "What's that hon?"
He was with Halle.
"Prongs, where are you? How did you manage to get out of class? Lily and Katy are gone too. But I suppose you knew that. Why wasn't I in for the prank?" Sirius asked.
"This is no prank. We're in the forest," James said impatiently.
"Oh, why've you gone there buddy? Today's actually not a bad day. Adams is out sick and we have a substitute teacher," Sirius said.
"She's not sick, only twisted," James said. He saw Sirius' bewildered face.
"What happened?" he asked.
"She took us, Padfoot. She took me, Lily, Katy, and Sybll Trelawney," James said.
"Where did she take you? Do you want me to get Dumbledore?" Sirius asked.
"Yes, any teachers. Any Ministry. Anyone. We need help. I have a map, showing where we are. I only just escaped. But I got the bitch's wand. I have to go back and fight. But, we need Dumbledore. Look at the map," James said, holding up the map to the mirror, for Sirius to study.
"She's got you way in there. Let me make a copy," Sirius said.
He borrowed some of Halle's parchment and magically made a new map, exactly as James' was. All the years of practicing mapmaking had actually come in handy for something other than sneaking out.
"Ok, James, go protect the girls. We'll be there as soon as possible," Sirius said.
His face was gone in a small second. James wished Sirius was here with him. It made him stronger. But now, he had Lily. She made him stronger. Lily.
He started running in the opposite direction towards the clearing. He had the wand and he was ready to use it. He was going to get all four of their wands back.
He was running and he could see the familiar trees. He looked at the map, he was close. He slowed down. He needed to sneak up on her, catch her off guard. He was there and he peeked around the trees, He saw Lily being dangled above the dogs cages.
He lifted his wand and muttered, "Wingardium Leviosa."
Even from such a distance aways, he caught her with Venus' wand. Lily was in mid-air. He levitated her to the ground, where she hit Venus square in the eyes, but was about to be hit with the Cruciatus Curse. James could not let that happen. He muttered Protego and went to Venus. The spell stopped half way. He heard Lily go, "My wand must know I don't like you." James walked around in the forest until he was directly near them. He was preparing to make his entrance.
He stepped out and heard Lily trash talking Venus Adams.
"Atta girl," he thought.
He smiled. He loved that woman. He would not let her die. Venus was distracted and James ran up behind her, making sure he didn't make any noise. When Venus started talking he listened for a moment, signaling Lily to be quiet. She acted as though he wasn't there and looked Venus square in the eye.
"Your beloved Potter isn't here to save you. Killing you would almost be as satisfying as killing that pain in the ass," she said. She raised her wand and was about to mutter, "Avada Kedavra" when her wand flew out of her hand. James had muttered "Accio Wand." Lily's wand had flew into his hand and he threw it to her.
Venus turned around and saw James and gasped, speechless.
"I believe the phrase is, 'Good morning Sunshine,'" James said, pointing his wand at her heart.
Lily, who was excellent at Charms, summoned the other three wands. They broke through the window of the Shack. She threw James, Katy, and Sybll their wands. James held two at Venus' heart.
"I don't think killing you would give me enough pleasure, Anus, I mean Venus," he said. Lily, Katy and Sybll had their wands pointed at her as well.
"I am an Auror. If you do anything whatsoever to me, you will all be expelled and sent to Azkaban," Venus threatened.
"Sorry, that doesn't work on us. We know your past," Katy said.
"And I do believe Lily and I have spots reserved at the Ministry as my parents replacements. It sure would have been fun working with you, bitch," James said.
He turned around to see Dumbledore, Sirius, McGonagall, Cornelius Fudge, Alastor Moody, and Frank Longbottom. How they
had gotten there was a mystery, but James knew Venus would not be hurting anyone anymore.
A/N: Next chapter you learn the truth of Venus' mysterious circumstances at Hogwarts. She reveals all in depth before being sent off to face her punishment. Please review!
Another Note: This story is NOT my best. I wrote it two years ago when I was 13. It was my first fan fiction. I simply post it because I am proud of how far I've come since then and I'm proud I actually wrote 60 chapters on my first go. It may not be the best, but some of the plots I do appreciate (even if they're not ALL that realistic). So please, give it a shot.