(JILY) MARAUDERS AND VALKYRIES : THE FALL OF SERPENT

63. King of Forest(comfort)

"Really what you two do, I can never understand, how has he gotten so weak and injured again, you should stop duelling. I would have complained to Headmaster but he informed me that you two will be taking lessons from him, so I should be ready for you two," said Poppy as she put a goblet full of potion in Lily's mouth. James was sleeping in the next bed.

Though they had successfully hidden all significant injuries, still he was not all okay thus they had to bring him here and Lily admitted Lily too.

"Dumbledore said that?" asked Lily.

"Yes," sighed Poppy pushing a goblet of Potin in James' mouth. "He also asked you two to meet him in his office once you both have healed."

"Can we meet them now?" asked Sirius.

"No, you can meet them in the evening only," said Poppy. "Out now."

"It seems we both will break the record of spending most time in the hospital wing," said James in a weak voice from his bed.

"It looks so," said Lily. "Luckily, it's Sunday so we didn't miss any classes."

"Luckily? That's bad. I would have given anything to avoid classes these days," frowned James.

"Exams are near, Potter. How can you think of bunking classes?" Lily shook her head.

"We are only revising concepts now, Evans. I don't need to revisit those things which I already know," 

"You are arrogant. We all need revision, it's the most important weapon against exams,"

"It's March, Lils, exams are months away." 

Lily felt a pang and bit her lips, they all had received a letter about James' parents' declining health from Marl's mother, it was written that both of them were now very very weak and were unconscious for half the time. She has asked James to visit his parents after getting permission from Dumbledore.

Also, the six months were ending now, so Lily knew that any day the bad news would come, she turned to look at James who too had realized that six months were coming to an end.

"I will be with you James, until the very end," she said to him, he turned to look at her and smiled.

"Thanks for saving my life,"

"I would never let anything happen to you and besides you protected me from his spell too, if it wasn't for you we would have been dead,"

"What happened there do you know, after we left?"

"It's all in Daily Prophet today, there was not much damage, two death eaters were killed and four Aurors and some other people were badly injured. Dumbledore arrived there just after that and Voldemort flew away," Lily told him. "They're right as long as we have Dumbledore our side can't be defeated."

James lifted his head a little and looked and found that only they both were in the hospital, "I saw another memory and it's bad news, I have to talk to Dumbledore soon but I am not in the state to walk up to his office."

"What it is?" asked Lily worried.

"Not here, I can't risk it here, I will tell you later," said James looking up at the ceiling. Lily wished she could be in his bed and hold him. 

James was asleep when their friends came, Sirius was angry for not meeting James awake, they talked for half an hour and then left. 

Lily got up from her bed and sat next to James, seeing him sleeping peacefully, though looking ill, she remembered that night when she thought that was their last night but here they were safe for the moment.