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Lily Potter (goodatcharms) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-10-21 16:00:00

Entry tags:

lily potter, severus snape

Who: Lily and Voldemort, Severus
What: Lily faces her fear
Where: A denser part of the park
When: Late afternoon
Rating: Not too high, a little magic violence?
Status: Incomplete, closed

She had given Luke a kiss on the forehead, muttered how much she loved him, before walking straight out the door. She couldn’t look back or she would be likely to change her mind and she had to do this. People wouldn’t be safe with him here and if Bellatrix was also then how long until they gathered their strength and began to hurt others? It was a god send that, to her knowledge, no one had been hurt yet. Now the only problem was to find him. She had no idea how she had managed to stay safe hidden at Jamie’s flat but she had and she was glad to know that. It meant Luke would be safe.

She had left just before lunch and had kept walking. He was bound to find her eventually since he always did back home. She just had to bide her time and eventually he would turn up, she was sure of it. She had just reached an emptier part of the park when she heard the unmistakable sound of someone apparating behind her. She could fool herself into thinking that someone had come to stop her but that chill down her spine made it clear it was far from that. Before she had the chance to turn she felt a spell hit her back and she went flying forward, landing straight on her stomach and bashing her head against the grass below. She was just lucky it was grass and not something a lot more solid but she knew that she wasn’t going to be so lucky as to only have a grass stain there. She would probably have a pretty bad scrape and bruise if not worse.

Lily, however, was lucky enough to be use to having the crap kicked out of her by the thing behind her and recovered quickly, pushing herself up a little shakily as she fired a spell be hind her. One that apparently missed her target. Standing up, she faced him and refused to let the fear in her heart show in her eyes. But with one look at him, the slight smug smile on his face, she knew that he could tell. And it was what he wanted. Fear can make a person weak and Lily had many things to fear.

Before he had the chance to speak, she pointed her wand and a jet of light left, once again proving useless. He must have cast protego, something like that had to have been done. But she didn’t stop, she kept firing wordless spells at him until he knocked her back once more, this time the back of her head colliding harshly with the ground below. Her head began to spin and when she finally managed to fully realise what was going on she heard him mutter the end of the cruciatus curse and pain ripped through her. Screaming out, she tried her best to fight it only for him to end it when it pleased him, starting the pain once more moments later.

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old_prejudice
2011-10-21 05:08 pm UTC (link)

Severus was almost afraid to go out. Ever since he'd heard of the Dark Lord's arrival, he'd been having visions of Lily's death at the Dark Lord's hands on a nightly basis. He'd also had visions of James' death in the same manner, only those were followed by dreams of Lily's grieving face, turned upon him in unforgiving accusation.

Only, it occurred to him, it wasn't fear that made him dream such things. Or at least not only fear. It was guilt. And something had to be done about it. Severus knew that Lily would not sit idly by, she would likely try to confront the Dark Lord, and he had a sickening feeling that if he went out, he would find her. But he dared not tally.

His suspicion was confirmed when he wove his way through the wooded area and saw that familiar figure looming over a screaming body--and a flood of mixed emotions surged through him. Picking up a fallen branch, he apparated behind Voldemort and swung the solid piece of wood at his adversary almost before he stopped to think. He knew it would take more than a beating to defeat the Dark Lord, but if he disrupted the sorcerer's concentration, perhaps he could distract him long enough for Lily to escape. "Run, Lily! RUN!"

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goodatcharms
2011-10-21 05:48 pm UTC (link)

Before she knew what was happening the intense pain gave way to a pain a little less duller and someone was yelling at her. It took her a moment, she had to regain the strength after all, before she managed to lift her head and see who it was. She just had to be grateful that her body had been through so many duels plus childbirth that it was getting use to surviving for a longer stretch of time.

"Sev?" she mumbled quietly as she pushed herself up to sit and then, a little wobbly, to stand. "Sev you have to go."

She glanced at the cloaked form on the ground, ignoring all the pain through her and the, quite obvious, blood trickling from her head. She looked back at Severus before kneeling to grab her wand quickly, pointing it straight at Voldemort.

"Please, Sev, if he knows you helped me he'll kill you."

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	old_prejudice 2011-10-21 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	Severus had dropped the branch, and now stood brandishing his own wand at the dark lord as he recovered from the stunning blow. "I don't care," he said, "Let him kill me. I won't watch you die again." Nor did he want to live a lie any longer. Not here. Not if he had another choice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	goodatcharms 2011-10-21 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	"I won't have you killed!" Though this wasn't something she had anticipated, standing by Severus with both wands ready to fight against Voldemort. It was something she wished she didn't have to be so surprised by also. As he began to rise, she moved closer to Severus. "Go!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	old_prejudice 2011-10-23 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	"No." Severus' voice was quiet, but firm. Determined. "I won't leave you alone again." He was supposed to be her friend. Friends didn't leave each other in the lurch the way he'd done so many times. "You have a family, Lily. They need you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	goodatcharms 2011-10-23 04:02 pm UTC (link)
	"And what kind of mother can I be to Luke if I let a friend die?!" It was only after she said 'friend' that she realised the word had left her. Her eyes turned fond, though the seriousness was still there. "Help me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	old_prejudice 2011-10-24 03:10 am UTC (link)
	"Why do you think I'm here?" Severus asked, a wry undertone to his words suggesting laughter that never quite reached the surface. He flicked his wand from his sleeve, and shouted at the dark lord, "Expeliarmus!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

goodatcharms
2011-10-24 07:28 am UTC (link)

Her eyes were staring at Voldemort and she almost missed what Severus was saying. As he flung him back, she turned her glance to her old best friend before grinning and walking a little closer to Voldemort. She could feel herself walking taller all of a sudden, as if she was no longer being held back by the fear of him. She didn't have to fight this alone and if she had others, especially here, there was no way Voldemort could ever hurt her or her family. But her gaze was still on Severus, making her miss the form on the ground disappear.

{OOC: I thought that worked, if not let me know}

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