A.N./ Welcome to Only Time Will Tell, the sequel of Time After Time. I doubt this fic will be as long as the first one, but this fic will finish Lily and James's seventh year. Lily and James's wedding, life, birth of Harry, losses of friends and loved ones, and will end with Lily and James's deaths.
Chapter 1
"Black!" Severus Snape eyeballed his acquaintance Bellatrix Black, "Why would you bring him here!" Snape said motioning towards Peter Pettigrew. "He's one of our enemies, do you really want to kill tonight?"
Bellatrix left Peter's side and began to get very close to Snape, it was obvious she was trying to use her body to get her way. "Ah, Sevvie!" Bellatrix squealed with that high pitched voice of hers, while she ran her hand up his chest. Fury erupted inside of Peter.
"Get him out of here Black! He's best friends with Potter and his comrades, we don't have the patience for blood traitors and Mudblood lovers."
"Oh no I hate Mudbloods too," Peter stood up.
"What!" McNair said eyeballing Peter, "Since when?"
"Forever, I'm a Pureblood and I know how much more superior we are to them."
"What about the blood traitors you hang out with?"
Peter sighed showing frustration, "They weren't blood traitors when I first became friends with them. What was I to do? They were my roommates, I had to join friends with them."
Snape left Bellatrix's side and got as close to Peter as he could, "Once Potter and his little gang started hanging out with Mudblood and her friends, why did you ditch them then?"
"I wouldn't have any other friends and they were my roommates, I couldn't just call her a Mudblood right then. Prong…Potter, Black, Lupin, Evans, Martinez, Westbrook, and Longbottom would have all hexed me into oblivion."
"He's got a point Sevvie," Bellatrix said going to stand between Peter and Snape.
"So why come to our meeting tonight?"
"Bella told me that I wasn't one in a million that thought that all Mudbloods should be taken off of the face of the planet. Bella told me there were lots of other people that shared the thoughts that I had and that I should come along in this meeting with her. Isn't there suppose to be someone to talk to us tonight?"
"Yes the Dark Lord's right-hand man," Bella nodded.
"Who would that be?"
"Lucius Malfoy, my brother-in-law."
Lucius Malfoy arrived in black robes, with the hood drawn, and a mask over his face. "Hello my master's loyal, young servants," but he didn't continue on as usual, he'd spotted Peter. "What is that doing here?"
"Pettigrew?" Bellatrix asked.
"Yes! He's a blood traitor as is all of his pathetic friends!"
"No, I hate Mudbloods!" Peter stood up for himself, second time that night and most likely the second time in his entire life.
"Oh really? Then how do you put up with Evans?"
Peter rolled his eyes and his facial expressions showed you how much he did truly hate Lily Marie Evans, "I only put up with her because she is Potter's girlfriend and all of Potter's gang like her."
"Then why do you put up with Potter's gang?"
Peter laughed coldly, "Are you kidding me! I share the same room with them here at Hogwarts, if I was to betray them now they'd kill me in my sleep."
"So stab them in the back while they've got their head turned," Malfoy said nodding knowingly. "Sounds like a true Death Eater," Malfoy turned to Bellatrix. "You were right Bella, he will make a fine Death Eater for our master. When I go to the Master's lair tomorrow, I will tell him of this new man that would like to join us. I'll let you know master's answer within the week."
"No on to the reason that our master sent me here for, he feels that some have you have become worthy enough to be taken in as a true Death Eater and not the puny trainees we have you as now."
"Oooh," Bellatrix cooed while batting her eyes.
"We will be attacking Hogsmede very soon. We are trying to shake up that Mudblood loving fool, Dumbledore. Master hasn't given me an exact date yet but he just wanted me to let you guys know and to get ready. So far the only official Death Eaters that we have out of you guys is McNair and Snape."
"I'm ready!" Bellatrix said standing up and thrusting her chest out.
"Again I have no push on the Dark Lord's choice, I shall inform Snape of our next meeting." Then Lucius Malfoy apparated away.
Everyone began to leave, but Peter and Bellatrix stayed back.
"Wouldn't want Lestrange to hear about you staying back with another man," Snape said looking at Bellatrix knowingly.
"Aww, are you jealous Sevvie?" Bellatrix asked batting her eyes at her classmate.
"In your dreams," Snape said rolling his eyes in disgust and walking off. Bellatrix smiled as she always got such a joy by pissing Snape off.
"You don't think he'll tell Rodolphus do you?" Peter said as he began to get nervous, Rodolphus had graduated last year and he'd always been a big man. A foot and a half taller than Peter and a whole lot stronger.
"No, he knows that Rodolphus trusts me more than life it's self. He knows that he could tell Rodolphus and I could just bat my eyes and he would only believe me."
"Around your little finger?"
"But of course," Bellatrix said batting her eyes at Peter. "That's how I like all of my men."
"How many men do you have?" Peter asked as he began to feel jealous.
Bellatrix shrugged, "Just you and Rodolphus."
Peter nodded and said, "So I guess we should be getting back to our respected dormitories." Peter began to walk towards the Hogwarts castle, but Bellatrix held him back.
"Our respected dormitories, huh?" Bellatrix gave him a too familiar look, "Peter Pettigrew, you've wanted to shag me since the first time you saw me first year. You think now that I know what a good shag you are, that I'm going to just let you walk away from me."
"No?" Peter said with a smirk crawling onto his face.
"Excellent Pettigrew."
"But where can we go?"
"Hagrid is off on some business for Dumbledore, we could go use his shack. Merlin knows he never gets any, so his cabin will finally see some action!"
Peter and watched as Bellatrix made it in the Hogwarts Castle doors and then he began to walk towards the castle, he knew it was way past curfew. If Peter ran into James, well James would just let him go and remind Peter that curfew for Seventh years was at eleven, 'yes he'd remind him like I was a bloody child!'
If Lily caught Peter, she tell him that she would give me a detention but if he didn't say anything to anyone she'd let him go just this one time, but to remember curfew was at eleven. Damn Mudblood! How dare she speak to Peter like I'm a complete idiot, she would crash and burn! Peter hoped that he would be the person to deliver her and her friends on a platter.
Get rid of that damn Mudblood, blonde slut, crazy Spaniard, blond bimbo and her dumb husband. Once those idiots were gone, it would be The Marauders again! James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all of again.
"Peter?" Remus's voice came from behind Peter as he had just walked through the castle doors.
"Remus," Peter said smiling and turning around to his 'friend.'
"What are you doing out so late?"
"Thought I'd take a stroll around the castle."
"But you said that hours ago, before I had to go on Prefect watch."
"Oh yes," Peter said trying to find the best lie, in his head. "Well I took a stroll and then fell asleep by the lake, and I just woke up and realized the time."
"Hurray and get back to our dormitory, I think James and Sirius were talking about an End-Of-Term prank. You know after O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s."
"Really!" Peter said enthusiastically, "I thought you guys said we weren't because James was going to attach the old ball and chain?"
"Well that's what we figured, but Lily said that it would be a true end of the year if the Marauder's didn't go out without a bang. Cassidy and Gabriella agreed too, so none of us are going to get in trouble with the girls."
Peter rolled his eyes, "You guys have to get permission from your girlfriends now to actually do something cool? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!"
"Pete!" Remus said angry that Peter would talk so badly about his best friends and the girls, "We don't have to get permission from the girls but we like to make sure it's okay with the girls first because it makes them feel like we are letting them in with our lives."
"Whatever," Peter said rolling his eyes. "We've got school in the morning and I need to sleep as we've got classes in the morning, later Moony." Peter walked off and left Remus in awe.
"That was odd," Remus said looking oddly at his friend walk off.
The next morning for breakfast Peter wasn't present, "Something really odd happened last night." Remus said eating some French toast.
"What?" Sirius asked stuffing his face with breakfast sausage, eating like his Animagus form.
"Sirius could you please quit eating like that! It's disgusting!" Cassidy said rolling her eyes at her husband.
Sirius ignored his wife, "What was so odd Remus?"
"Pete last night."
"What about Pete?" James asked eating his scrambled eggs, "Did you see him last night during your patrol?"
"Yeah," Remus nodded. "Ten minutes before I got off patrol Pete came strolling in."
"At ten to midnight?" Lily asked as she stopped eating her cereal.
"Yeah."
"Doesn't he know curfew is at eleven! He could have gotten in so much trouble! Did you give him detention?"
"Yes he knew curfew was at eleven, yes he could have gotten in so much trouble, and no I didn't give him a detention Lily."
"And why not!"
"He said he'd been out for a stroll and fell asleep. By the time he woke up it was past curfew. I felt bad that he fell asleep outside that I just couldn't give him a detention. He seemed really perturbed about that we'd said the other night."
"What did we say?" James asked looking from Remus to Sirius.
"Well you weren't there."
"Okay, what did you two say in front of him?"
"Well," Sirius looked at Remus for help but Remus let Sirius take this one. "Pete asked when our next prank would be and I told him there wouldn't probably be another one because you proposed to Lily."
"What do I have to do with your pranks!" Lily asked outraged that she was being used as their escape goat.
"Well you've got to admit Lils, that since you and Prongs got back together our pranks have slowed down. I just thought that the old ball and chain would slow him down."
"Are you kidding me!" James asked outraged that they'd say that about Lily.
"Wait James," Lily said holding James back. "The guys have a point, just because I'm Head Girl and I've always been by the book and since we got back together you guys pranks have slowed down."
"I couldn't agree more," Peter said sitting down at the table for breakfast with them. "Remus told me last night that we're going to do one last big thing before graduation."
"Yeah," James said as the idea of a prank brought music to his ears. "And it wasn't just me dating Lily that slowed our pranks down, we've been really busy all year. Head duties, homework, preparing for N.E.W.T.s, and we've all been to numerous funerals. Both Lily and I have had several heartbreaks this year too."
A bell rang, "Five minutes to class." Alice said standing up and they all headed to their first class of the day, Transfiguration with the Ravenclaws, in which Alice's husband was in.
Everyone began to pile in class put Lily pulled James back, "Can we speak for a moment?"
James kissed his fiancée's forehead, "But of course my love. What's going on?"
"Can we schedule a Prefect meeting tonight after dinner?"
"Of course," James chuckled at Lily. "What's the occasion?"
"Schedule the last Hogsmede trip for this term."
"Okay," James nodded. "I thought the last one was on Valentine's day?"
"Well I talked to Professor Dumbledore last night while you were studying with Sirius and he agreed with me that a Hogsmede weekend right before graduation would be a good idea."
"Sounds good to me too," James said smiling at his beautiful fiancée. "So when will the Hogsmede trip be?"
"Well, as we graduate on June sixteenth. N.E.W.T.s, O.W.L.s, and End-Of-Term exams are the week of May twenty-eighth, I say we have the Hogsmede weekend the following week."
"Perfect," James nodded. "We'll inform all the prefects of the meeting at lunch, now let's get to class."
Lily and James were sitting in the Prefect's lounge waiting for the prefects to show up for the meeting. They were about fifteen minutes early, and as the fifteen minutes passed by the rest filed in.
"What did you want with us Evans, Potter?" Seventh year Slytherin prefect, and resident bitch Bellatrix Black asked moodily.
"We have decided to have one last Hogsmede trip," Lily said smiling and ignoring Bellatrix's mood. James just watched her in amazement, to think that the Lily Evans would be his wife in a few months, and that they'd live happy ever after, was just amazing.
"Great," the other seventh year Slytherin prefect Severus Snape said sarcastically.
"So when will it be?" Seventh year Gryffindor prefect, Cassidy O'Brian-Black asked excited.
"The week after N.E.W.T.s, O.W.L.s, and End-of-Term exams are done with.
"That's perfect!" Seventh year Gryffindor prefect, Remus Lupin nodded.
"Great idea!" Seventh year Ravenclaw prefect, Frank Longbottom smiled at the happy couple before him.
"Wait I thought that the Valentine's day trip was the last one," Snape said as he always hated Hogsmede weekends.
"I talked to Professor Dumbledore and he agreed with James and me that the trip would be a great relief for everyone after all the exams," Lily said smiling that she'd got all of the kinks out.
"What will the date be?" Bellatrix asked grumpily.
"May fourth," Lily said and then looked up at James. "Anything you'd like to add?"
"Nope," James shook his head. "You covered it all. Remus could you pass these flyers to the Seventh year prefects of all the houses, and we need you guys to put these on your House Common Room. Okay, you guys are excused."
Remus passed the flyers to Bellatrix Black, Frank Longbottom, and Hank Abbott; the rest all got up and left.
"Ready to go back to our common room?" James said seductively.
"Yeah!" Lily said enthusiastically, "I need to talk to you about some Wedding preparations." Lily obviously didn't catch what James's intentions had been, but he shrugged it off and agreed to help Lily with the upcoming wedding preparations.
Head Common Room
"So we graduate on June sixteenth and so I thought, maybe we should get married on June thirtieth. What do you think?"
James smiled and kissed Lily's fiancée's forehead, "Perfect. Whatever you want, it's yours."
"Really!" Lily asked as her eyes began to sparkle, "Can we get married in the church where my mum and dad were married in and the church I was raised up in?"
"Lovely my love."
"I since it's only four months until our wedding, I was wondering if you would mind for our first time to be on our wedding night?"
"Come here," James pulled Lily into his lap and he began to smell her hair and then looked straight into her brilliant emerald green eyes. "Of course it will be okay if we wait until then."
"I just know how we got really close that night," Lily blushed. "I was acting like a hussy."
"You were just upset, it's not like you wanted to again or anything."
Lily shook her head, "You're wrong James. I've thought about you and me so many times before and after that. My mum waited until she was married, as did both of my grandmothers. I feel like I'd be failing them if I didn't too, you understand don't you?"
"Of course. Your happiness comes way ahead of sex, Lily Flower we could be married all of our life and if you never wanted to have sex I'd be fine with that too."
Lily smiled and kissed her fiancée passionately hard on his lips, "I love you."
James chuckled and his cheeks turned a slight pink, "You just can't kiss me like that."
Lily giggled and snuggled into his chest and after a while James realized that her body was shaking against his as if she was crying. James pulled her face upward so that he could see her lovely porcelain face, and he'd been right Lily had been crying.
"Why are you crying lovely?"
"I don't have a place to live after this," Lily said as James whipped her tears away from her face.
"Of course you do," James said kissing her forehead and pulling her close.
"Where? If you think that I can move back into my parents house, you are wrong. I told you that I was going to empty the house out after I graduate and sell the house. I could never live there again. I couldn't sit there and let all the memories hit me, I'd die of depression."
"I know," James said nodding and holding her closer. "I don't expect you to live in your parents house. Yes, I remember you saying that you had to sell it after we graduated."
"You don't expect us to live in your mother's old house do you?" Lily's eyes widened, "There's no way I'll make you suffer like that."
James smiled at her, "No. I intend to sale both the Milan and London home. As a matter of fact I got a letter this morning with a price from someone who wants the Milan house."
"You already have them on the market?"
"Yes, and it's a good price. I agreed to meet with them soon, and I guess I'll do it on our Hogsmede weekend."
"Could I go with you?"
James kissed Lily's lips, "Of course love."
"I always wanted to see the Milan estate, Sarah use to go on and on about it."
James smile a sad smile, "Yes that was Sarah's favorite house. Mum had always agreed to give it to Sarah after she graduated Hogwarts."
"I'm sorry I brought her up."
"No," James said shaking his head. "I like to talk about them, you know I don't want to forget them. There was this little cottage right outside of Wizard London, that I've always had my eye on. In a little neighborhood called Godric's Hollow, an all Wizarding neighborhood. The house I've had my eye on isn't in the best condition, but it wouldn't take much to dress it up. It's two stories, but I haven't seen the inside."
"Sounds wonderful," Lily's eyes sparkled. "When can we see it?"
"Hogsmede weekend before we go meet the potential buyer for the estate in Milan?" James offered.
"Okay," Lily smiled. "But where do we go before we get a home?"
"Well I've got enough money to have us stay at the Leaky Cauldron."
Lily's nose scrunched up, "That place is a bit shabby. I've got tons of Muggle money and I know this cute little hotel right outside of Wizarding London."
"Hey!" James said excitingly, "Maybe it's close to the house."
Lily shrugged, "Maybe."