Sorry, a lot more serious this chapter than funny but it is kinda important. It's mostly a set up for next chapter. 

Disclaimer: I don't think J.K. ever took this long to get out a chapter so ALAS! Proof that I am not she! :D

Chapter 14: Of Secrets and Broken Bonds

"Tuny! Tuny look at this!" A very young Lily Evans beckoned her sister over to her excitedly. She was crouching down on the grass looking at a little garden snake.

"What's wrong with it?" Her twin sister asked as she crouched next to her, looking at the little thing. Very cautiously she reached out and with her little finger poked the perfectly still snake.

"EEEEEEEP!" Little Petunia cried as she fell backwards in her surprise. "It's-it's … stone! The snake is made of stone! How did that happen?" Petunia asked wide-eyed.

"I don't know." Lily frowned down at the snake. "I don't like snakes. They scare me. I was just picking dandelions and there it was, slithering towards me." Young Lily's frown deepened. "But the next thing I knew …it was like that."

"Wow." Her sister said. Coming back to crouch beside her again, she poked the snake a little more. After a moment of deep thought, "Maybe it's a magical snake."

"Magical Tuny?" Lily asked with a sarcastic look far beyond her years. "Come on. We're turning six! We are WAY to old to believe in magic."

Petunia just laughed it off and stood up. "It would still be cool." Grabbing her sister's hand she pulled Lily up and started tugging her towards a playground. "Come on Lily! Lets go on the teeter- totter!"

"Okay!"

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"Punch Lily?" Lily looked over at James who was holding out a plastic cup of punch for her to take.

"Why not?" She said smiling, more to herself then to him. The party was in full swing and Lily (which she just now realized) had been left alone with the one and only James Potter … figures. "Where the hell did Spaz go?" She finally asked James, looking for something to say more so than information.

"A few minutes ago they both jumped up and said 'I love this song!' simultaneously so I guess they went off to dance," he replied, frowning at the crowd. "Ah, see? There they are." James pointed to the heart of the mob of dancing teenagers.

Lily could see the couple twirling and dancing for all they were worth, stepping in time to the bouncy, jazzy tune that had just started playing. "Have you noticed anything with Spaz lately?" James asked suddenly.

Lily frowned in thought. "What? In regards to Sirius? I have actually. They've been spending lots of time together and she's a lot more … bubbly." Then, without any warning what so ever, James keeled over with laughter.

"What's the matter with you?" Lily asked incredulously. If James could have answered he didn't. (How was he supposed to explain why the image of a litter of bright purple puppies popped into his head?) Well, whatever it was it must have been hilarious. James' laughter was contagious and before very long Lily was laughing with him.

"Why are you laughing?" James asked out of breath. But Lily didn't answer him. The mirth was slowly dissipating from her face and her shoulders slumped.

"That's odd, I thought little witches cackled." James turned around to look at the unfamiliar voice with a pale face. If he had somehow let their identities slip he would fail the whole damn class!

"Don't worry James." Lily said coming to stand between him and her twin sister. "She already knew."

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Harry Potter was nervous. He didn't know why, nor could he really explain the feeling to anyone else. He just had that feeling. You know, like the feeling you have when you're by yourself, late at night, the rain is pounding down and your boyfriend's an hour late for dinner. That feeling like your going to receive terrible news at any moment …

Harry rubbed his hands over his face and kept walking. He wanted so terribly to pull some ghastly evil on Snape. But, almost as if reading his mind, Dumbledor had slipped in a note at breakfast that mentioned it would be best to attract as little attention as possible. There goes my fun, he thought.

So here he was. Hermione and Ron had disappeared as well as Pettigrew (not that he wanted to hang out with rat boy anyways) and all the students were scurrying around doing their thing. So here he was, with that feeling.

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"Wow Petunia, you're actually talking to me. We must be growing." Lily said with a smile to her sister. But the smile was fake and sarcastic.

"You have a lot of nerve showing up here." Petunia said with the icy tone that Harry would later become so accustomed to.

Oh god, here it comes.

Be brave Lily.

James almost flinched at it but Lily only rolled her eyes. "Get over yourself, I have every right to be here."

She's wrong.

"Ha! That's a laugh! You know very well that if anyone knew what you and your disgusting little friends were then they would toss you on the street." She was keeping her voice pleasant and quiet now, to draw as little attention as possible from her peers. But her words were meant to cut through Lily like knives.

Lily knew this game and she played it well. "Well Petunia, I was invited to the school and the party. But keep it down, would you? I don't want my classmates knowing I'm sisters with a muggle." Of course she didn't mean it but Petunia didn't need to know that.

Ouch. Petunia didn't like that at all. She was supposed to be ashamed of her! Filthy little witch! So she pulled out her secret weapon and dealt the lowest blow she could. "Yes, well, seeing as you don't need to worry about muggle parents, all you have left to deny is me." She said with an ice-cold smile.

Oh God.

This always happened. Every time they saw each other ever since they were thirteen it took less than a minute for the true issues to come out and it was every girl for herself.

And they were merciless.

James had seen Lily mad but never quite like this. She was completely still. Pale as a ghost and staring at her sister through hard eyes.

"Don't you dare start this," Lily spoke quietly.

"But I don't even have to, do I?" The evil twin said with a smirk to match the malice in her words. "I don't have to. You know exactly what I'm thinking and what's worse is that you know it's true. You can try to deny it all you want but I know it's true and you know it's true and mom and dad … know it's true."

She's wrong!

"Your wrong Petunia." But Lily had already lost this battle. Her knees went weak and her voice was shaking out of all control. "Y-you c-can't screw me up with your llllies!"

She's so wrong!

"You know that mom and dad would still be alive if it weren't for you!" Petunia almost shouted. All pretenses had quickly vanished and she had come closer to Lily, red in the face and furious. It didn't matter anyways. The music continued playing and people went on dancing, all oblivious to the unfolding scene but James and a few peers close by.

YOUR WRONG!

"That's not …" Lily was trembling. All the anxieties and fears she always felt were finally bubbling to the surface and finding their escape through hot flowing tears.

"I'm not! If it hadn't been for your damnable magic they would still be here!"

STOP!

"YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" Petunia was crying too now, but that didn't impair her screaming. Neither did she notice the growing crowd of people watching the drama. All James could do was watch in horror as Lily was struck verbally again and again.

PLEASE TUNY!

"WE WOULD ALL HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF IF YOU HAD NEVER BEEN BORN!"

Please …

"YOU MURDERED THEM!"

… stop.

Petunia stopped her screaming, out of breath. But her last whispered words snuffed out the only remaining strength left in Lily's being. "I hate you Lily."

And that was the end. That was the finish. Her whole family was now dead to her … and it was her fault. She hated her once beloved twin sister right now, hated 'Tuny' for making her feel this way. She should feel this pain. This horrible remorse. If only she could give away some of this pain … Lily forced herself to stop crying and stand tall. With all the remaining pride she could muster Lily snatched out and gathered Petunia's collar in her shaking hand. When she had pulled her nasty sister close enough to count the few freckles on her long ugly nose she spat out exactly what she felt: "You, Petunia, are no longer my sister."

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Sorry the chapter is so short guys. I'll explain a lot in the next chapter when the team goes back to Hogwarts and I'll try to throw a bunch more comedy in alright? Kew.