Time Travel

Chapter 8

Two weeks passed after the two people from future came back in past to change everyone's future. Sirius didn't reply to any of Narcissa's letters, she sent a letter every other day. After waiting 10 days, she went to Potter Manor only to come back without any success as Lily didn't let her meet anyone. Snape still believes Lily is an angel and James is an asshole.

Holly can see that Narcissa is longing to have her son with her at home even though he is from the future. But, Draco won't leave her alone and stay at Malfoy Manor. She told him many times that she can take care of herself but he is very stubborn. Narcissa didn't say anything but she can see in her eyes.

Holly went to dinner with Rabastan and Rodolphus, they are just like Weasley twins even though they are not twins. Draco came along with her but stayed silent most of the time. Rodolphus thanked her for helping them even though they killed and tortured in the future. They talked while eating about random things, The Lestranges gave her a small gift before she left. It was their mother's chain, it is a simple chain with a star shaped pendant with diamonds and sapphires on it. She thanked them and accepted the gift and put it around her neck.

Holly is now visiting Rabastan alone, she sent Draco to meet Narcissa and Lucius. He didn't want to go but she sent him anyways. She flooed to Lestrange cottage and waited for Rabastan to come. He came to the room within a few moments. He smiled when he saw her.

"Holly, I was not expecting you. Com on. Let's go and talk in the living room." Rabastan led her to the living room. She sat on the armchair while he sat on the couch opposite her. An elf brought them some tea.

"I know I'm asking too much but I want a favour from you." Holly asked while sipping her tea. Rabastan looked at her as if she is crazy.

"Holly, you are going to save us from going to Azkaban and from Dark Lord. You can ask anything." He said to her with a small smile.

"Can I stay here with you for some days?" She asked him. "I can see Narcissa wants Draco to stay with her but he won't leave me alone and go. So if I stay here, then I'm not alone right? So, I was thinking maybe I can stay here. I don't want to intrude, but-"

"Holly, You are not intruding. You are always welcome to stay here. But, I don't think Draco will agree to that." Rabastan pointed out.

"Don't worry. I'll convince him." She grinned at him. He laughed, they talked for some time about her family, she went back to her room to wait for Draco. She sat down reading one of the books Draco got her.

Draco entered the room after an hour and sat down beside her. She smiled at him and asked about what he did at the manor. He grinned and told her about the seeker match between him and Lucius which he won, obviously as he is better than his dad. He spent some time sitting with Narcissa in the garden and talking with her.

"Draco, you like spending time with them. Why don't you stay at the manor with them? They will be happy too." She said to him as he finished talking, his happy expression changed to blank when she said that.

"Holly, we already talked about this. I'm not going to leave you alone." He said firmly. "I'm not going to be alone Draco. Look, I went to Rabastan's while you went to your parents." He cut her off before she can say why she went.

"You went to him alone? Why did you go alone?" He shouted at her. Holly can feel his anger and worry. She sighed and laid her hand on his arm and squeezed it gently.

"Draco, I can take care of myself and Rabastan is not going to harm me. He is a nice person. He is not a death eater and is not going to be one. Anyways, I asked him whether I can stay at his cottage till we talk to my dad and others. He agreed. In this way I won't be alone and you can stay with your parents." She told him calmly. "No, Draco. I won't listen to anything. I'm going tomorrow morning and you are going to Malfoy Manor. We can still meet, you can come to the cottage whenever you want. Rabastan told me that he has no problem."

Draco looked at the wall in front of him. He didn't like it one bit, Holly staying with Rabastan, what if she gets close to him? What will happen to him? He loves her. He don't want to lose her, but if he says no now, She won't like it and will be angry at him. The only way to stop Rabastan and Holly getting together is to talk to James Potter as soon as possible. He nodded his head and started planning how to talk to James Potter without alerting Dumbledore and Lily Evans.

Lily exited the floo and smiled at Dumbledore. She gave him the letters that Narcissa sent to Sirius and told him about her visit to Potter Manor. Dumbledore smiled at her.

"Very good, Lily. You just have to marry James as soon as possible. We don't know what else they will try to talk to them. We don't want anyone to find out about love potions and compulsions." Dumbledore told her.

"I'm hinting James about wedding from a week by talking about how I like my ring. He went out before I came here. I think he went to get my ring." Lily said him eagerly. Dumbledore nodded.

"Move out from the house as soon as you get married. You can stop pretending to love James when you move out. I will give you the required compulsion potions to add into his food. He will be an obedient puppy." Dumbledore chuckled. "James Potter will never know what hit him even after his death. Also, you have to get pregnant as the ancient and noble house' lady you need to give the house a heir or heiress."

"I don't want to get pregnant by that prat." Lily almost whined. Dumbledore sighed.

"I know you don't like him. most of the houses demand the newly wed wife to the house to give a heir or heiress otherwise mostly within five years of marriage they can cancel your marriage." Dumbledore explained her calmly. "About the child, once it is born, we will make a marriage contract for her so that it won't be a problem for us in the future."

Lily was not happy but still nodded at that and left back to Potter Manor. She was met with Dorea when she exited the floo. Dorea smiled at her before going to the floo. Lily sneered at Dorea's back before going to her room. She has to sleep with him now, touching him and kissing him was so difficult without hexing the git but now she has to have sex with him. She sighed, maybe shopping might help her to forget about it for now. She went out taking James' Gringotts pouch that he gave her for shopping.

Dumbledore smirked evilly as Lily left, that stupid girl doesn't even know that she is just a pawn in his game, he will sacrifice her without any second thoughts if the situation occurs. She is nothing in front of the greater good. He laughed darkly. He will become a hero to the wizarding world if he kills Tom. He is no hurry though, he will wait till they are desperate and then kill him.

Severus was going to the apothecary for some potion ingredients when he saw red hair, not normal red hair, his lily-flower's red hair, which is a shade darker than the Weasley's. He followed her to talk as she entered a clothing store, not a normal one but the one where only rich purebloods go for shopping. He didn't care about that and went in.

Lily ordered the person who came to her as soon as she entered to show her nice dress which is costly and will look great on her for her engagement. The woman showed her a green gown with gold design, she said that the gold was real gold not some normal thread. Lily soon went to try the dress.

Severus who saw Lily go to try a dress asked the woman the cost of it as he wants to buy it for her as an apology for calling her mu- the vile word because of Potter.

"It's just 2000 galleons sir." The woman said with a small smile. Severus was shocked to hear that. 2000 galleons for one dress, Does Lily know the cost of it? She will be embarrassed if she can't pay for it. "Why is it so costly?"

"Madam wanted a costly dress for her engagement. The gold design the dress has is pure gold which we melted and used on the dress. Madam said she didn't care about the price and went to try it." The woman said to him.

Severus was now confused, Lily is getting engaged? To whom? Potter, it must be Potter. He thought to himself with anger. He must've forced her to do this. He waited for Lily to come out to talk to her. Lily came back with the dress in her hand and a big smile on her face.

"I'll buy this. This looks so good on me. I must look good in the pictures on my engagement. It would be on the front page of the prophet." She was talking excitedly that she didn't notice Severus who was almost gaping at her. She gave the woman 2000 galleons from the pouch and shrunk the bag and put it in her pocket.

"Lily" A voice stopped her when she was about to exit. She turned around with a smile but that turned into a scowl when she saw Severus. He called her a mudblood, that greasy git. He should be honored that Lily Evans was his friend, who will want to be friend to a person like him but still Lily talked to him, maybe she did only for her benefit but still she talked to him.

"What?" She sneered at him. He was more shocked when he saw Lily behaving like that. He made a mistake but Lily is a kind hearted person, she won't scowl or sneer at someone.

"I want to talk to you. Please, Lily. Just once. Please." He pleaded her. Lily looked at the woman who was looking at them, she didn't want anyone to think that she is cruel or something. She nodded and went out with Snape. Snape led her to a restaurant and asked for a private table.

"I don't have time, Snape. Just tell me what is it? You heard me, I'm going to get engaged. I have so many things to buy." She looked at her nails while talking to him. He blinked at her behaviour, why is she acting like this? Did Potter do something to make her like this? She must be on compulsions, Lily will never act like this.

"I want to apologize for what I said to you. Potter and his friends were irritating me all the time just because you won't go on a date with him. I didn't know what happened, I just said that to you. I'm sorry, Lily. I'm really sorry. Please forgive me." He begged her.

Lily looked at him coldly making him flinch. He never saw that look from her. She is not the Lily he knows, she is not the same one. Something happened to her. Potter did something to his sweet Lily. She was very good to him even when he was poor and wore second hand clothes. Severus swore that he will clean her off of the compulsions and love potions that Potter must've given to her to make her marry him and then he will get revenge on Potter and his friends. He will show everyone that Holly Potter is wrong and James Potter is evil while his Lily is the victim.

"I don't want your apologies, Snape. No friend of mine will ever call me that. I don't care why you called me that. Our friendship was over and I will never be friends with a greasy git like you. I don't even know why I became your friend at the first place." She said coldly to him.

It hurts, those words hurt badly. Severus felt his heart break as Lily said those words to him. Maybe, this is how she felt when he called her that word. He regrets his actions, he shouldn't have called her that. He should've controlled his anger. He shouldn't have lost his anger on Lily.

"Lily, I'm really sorry. I will do anything for you to forgive me." He pleaded her again. But, Lily just continued looking at him coldly. He can see that she won't forgive him and gave up. "Why are marrying Potter? You always complained to me how arrogant he is. Is he forcing you? I will help you even if you won't forgive me. You don't have to marry him because of fear."

"Shut up!! How dare you accuse my boyfriend of something like that? James would never do something like that to me. He is a nice guy who loves me. I won't tolerate you saying bad things about him." Lily shouted at him. Inside, she was feeling disgusted at herself for calling James her boyfriend but outside she looked angrily at Snape. She stood up and was about to leave when everything went black.

Severus apologized to her while lifting her from the floor and laid on the couch she was sitting. He placed some silencing, locking, privacy wards on the door. He turned towards her and looked at her with a small smile.

"I'm sorry, Lily. I have to see what potions that Potter fed you. Don't worry. You will be free of all the compulsions and love potions that Potter has given to you. I will make him suffer for everything that he has done to you and is making you do. I will save you. I love you, Lily. Always" He touched her arm gently and looked at her for sometime.

He then pointed his wand at her and said the spell which shows if the person is under any compulsions or potions. He grabbed the parchment that appeared and was shocked to read it. He looked at the unconscious person in front of him with wide eyes. He couldn't believe this. How could this happen? Did he do something wrong? He performed the spell again and grabbed the parchment. The results are same. His knees gave out and he fell to the ground with a low thud. He looked at her again.

"What should I do now?"