Chapter 17: Climax

"Before leaving for Christmas, I want to do some important thing"

"What's that?"

"I was planning to create a map with all the paths and details about everything for the final year project" Sirius told the group.

"But it is illegal. It is like crossing the rules. Let me tell you about my project. This is regarding helping the students" Lily told them.

"Now she sounds like Hermoine" Larry told Harry.

"Come on Lily. This is so fun, helping. Students are allowed to keep their projects with them" James tried to convince her.

They completed their project and named it as "Marauder's Map".

"Thank god. We have to combine with all the houses to do this project otherwise what I would have done" Peter cried.

They all hugged before leaving for their last Christmas holidays. They decided to come back early to spend some time at school.

They were on the Hogwarts train. The group and the compartment everything was same as the first day. But their bond grew stronger.

"Are you sure about that? Narcissa is having crush on you?" Peter asked Severus.

"But Severus have his eyes on someone else" Sirius moved his eyes towards Lily who is seeing through the window.

"Shut up" James shouted.

"What if we do this?" Lily suddenly turned towards the boys.

"What?" Severus and James asked in unison.

"We can go to meet Voldemort in his place and do something" Lily said.

"Something like talking peace right?" Peter stammered.

"Yes. Maybe" Sirius rolled his eyes.

Severus and Lily decided to go and buy some chocolates from trolley witch. On the way, they overheard Lucius Malfoy conversation with his friends.

"I'll try for both of them. Both Narcissa and Lily" Lucius said.

"But it seems both the girls are trying for Severus. What you going to do for that?" one boy asked him.

"Anyway you don't like mud-bloods then why Lily?" another boy asked him.

"Come on boys. I'm not gonna live with them for my whole life, I want them only for one night" Lucius told them.

Severus and Lily opened the door and the door thudded.

"The girl I was expecting with the boy I don't expect" Lucius infuriated.

"Enough" Lily pulled her wand and "Ossio Dispersimus"

Lucius' hands changed like rubber and he started to yell.

"What's happening here?" a beautiful girl entered the compartment.

"Narcissa, see what your friend had done to me" Lucius glared at Severus.

"Why would you do that to him? You know the mending spell, please do it Severus" Narcissa pleaded to Severus who stood still.

"Not after what he told Cissy. I'll never do that. I wish I could do something better than this. I want to burn him alive" Severus told.

"He is our friend. We are more like a family. We don't want to hurt him like this" Narcissa cried.

But Severus didn't react to it.

"I didn't expect this from you. We are not friends anymore. I hate you" Narcissa stood near Lucius to support him.

"Could you please write a letter about this to my dad now" Lucius asked Narcissa who nodded and left.

"You'll pay for this. Both of you" Lucius smirked at them.

Severus and Lily walked out of the compartment after punching him in the nose.

"Don't worry about what he told. He is just a piece of junk" Severus held Lily's hands.

"Still he is your friend. You should tell him what's good and bad. It's not him. It's the way he was grown up. The words he talked is because where he come from. It's not his fault. You should change him. 'Cause friends will do that. They help to become the better us" Lily told and asked him to promise that he'll change Lucius into a good man.

"How you can do that Lily? How are you being kind with everyone? You forgave the one you shouldn't never forgive" Severus asked but Lily just smiled at him.

"Promise me this is forever" Severus asked her.

Lily rested her head on Severus' shoulder. They were sitting in their compartment. Lily and Severus separated as soon as they heard the door opening. The boys opened the door with hands full of chocolates.

"Molly is beautiful. Isn't she? When you two will get married. You'll make such a cute couple" Lily told Arthur Weasly.

Both them were pushing their trolleys in 9-3/4th platform.

"Soon Lily. I'm waiting to see what's your choice will be!!!" Arthur turned and saw the group of boys. James and Severus were coming at the front without talking.

"I need to think about it. Now, I need a favour. I need your floo powder" Lily whispered.

"I'll give you on one condition, you should marry my best buddy James Potter. Will you?" Arthur raised his eyebrows and searched in his bag.

"What if I chose Severus?" Lily laughed and took the floo powder from his hands and left.

They used the floo powder and reached London to find Voldemort's house.

"Got it. Mr. and Mrs.Voldemort's house" Sirius read the name plate.

They knocked the door and waited. A lady with dark eyes, dark hair opened the door. She smiled widely and her white teeth was in contrast for her black lipstick. The house was completely dark and cool.

A man in his thirty's came smiling. This is not the man they expecting to be Voldemort. He was handsome with black hair and grey eyes.

"I told you. They'll come" Mrs.Voldemort told him.

"I never doubted your talent, Ashley" Voldemort touched her cheek gently.

"Come in, kids" Ashley smiled.

"What's the purpose of visiting?" Voldemort asked.

"Why asking the question if you already knew the answer?" Lily replied him.

"To ask a thing that's never gonna happen… Peace" Ashley's kind voice disappeared.

"If we don't get what we ask, we'll fight for it" James stood from the sofa they were all sitting.

"It's not you talking, it's your teen blood. Let teach some lesson to that blood. Let me teach you how to behave to your future king and queen" Voldemort pulled out his wand.

Everyone hid except Peter who was injured by his spell.

"We should end him" James hissed.

"Like killing?" Sirius shocked.

"No" Lily and Severus shouted.

But James already shouted "Avada Kedavara" and he hit by Peter who was lying down. The wand pointed at Ashley and she fell down. They escaped before Voldemort turn to them.

Larry and Harry were elasticised and dragged. They were standing in the dark room near basin. When they came out, they saw Dumbledore reading a book through his half-moon spectacles.

"How was the flashback?" Dumbledore asked pleasantly.

"I'm hungry. How many days we were there?" Harry asked.

"Only two hours"

"Two hours? Like watching a movie?" Larry wondered.

"It's lunch time. Meet you at great hall" Dumbledore left.

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