Ok, I'm only going to write this once, as I just reloaded all ten chapters in the past 15 minutes:

I OWN NOTHING!!! All characters belong to J.K. Rowling. The only thing I can lay claim to is my imagination.

A/N: Up until an hour ago, the first five chapters were all rolled into one. PLEASE RE-READ. I will be expanding the first few chapters (or at least attempting to) within the next few days or so.

Chapter 1: Lily's Return

Lily stood up and wiped the dust and dirt from her black robes. As she looked around, she realized that something had gone wrong. She'd meant to Apparate to the back yard, but it looked like she'd been thrown off course into the front yard instead. Before she could think of what could possibly have happened, or what to do, a voice shouted from behind her.

"Hey lady, move it or lose it!"

As Lily turned around, she was shocked to see that her house was no longer behind her. Instead, there was a completely different house in its place, and she was standing in the middle of the driveway. Without a word to the poor man trying to drive himself to work, Lily walked away, puzzled as to where she was. Her heart began to race as memories of what had just happened began to come back to her. When she'd heard Voldemort cast Avada Kedavra, she had thrown herself in front of Harry and Apparated as quickly as she could. Now that she realized that Harry wasn't with her, she worried that something terrible had happened. She ran to the nearest mailbox and read the address she found. According to the address, she was still in Godric's Hollow. She tried to Apparate home, but whenever she opened her eyes, she found herself standing in the same driveway she'd found herself in just a few minutes ago. Now she knew something was wrong. She frantically ran up and down the street, looking in vain for her house, but it wasn't there. She had no idea what had happened, but she knew one person who might have a pretty good idea. With a soft 'pop' that made people in the neighborhood glance around in wonder, Lily Apparated to the Burrow.