Inside Summary: Lily is alive and so is James! Everyone is alive, and has their souls and sanity. Lily got pregnant with Harry out of wedlock and decided that she would raise Harry traveling around the world, and James got married. There's your lay out.
Disclaimer: Joanne Kathleen Rowling owns Harry Potter and his associates, I own nothing but a few students and Harry's grand-parents!
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"Mama, look! It's an owl! What's an owl doing in Japan, Mama?! What would it be doing!?" Harry was jumping up and down excitedly, obviously over-joyed at his first owl sighting.
Lily paled. What would a tawny owl be doing in Japan in summertime? Was it here to take away her baby, her little Harry? By God, he was only elev-ten, his birthday wasn't for another two days.
Walking up beside her Harry, she opened the window for the tawny owl. It swooped in, Harry nearly squealed, giddy with surprise.
Smiling a little, she untied the letter from the owl's leg. It looked at her lazily with blue eyes, sticking out the leg farther and hopped a few inches away from Harry. He was now looking at it, eyes wide, saying, "Look, Mama, it moved! It moved!"
Lily giggled some what at Harry, ruffling his hair with one hand while the other was holding to parchment letter.
Harry's eyes had finally caught sight of the letter, he looked interested for a moment, considering, then it faded and he turned back to the owl. The owl hooted pathetically.
"Hold out your arm, Harry, she'll jump on. Take her to the kitchen and get her some water in a bowl. Maybe she'll like you better then." Lily said softly, smiling as the Boy-Who-Lived held out his arm carefully.
Then owl gave a warning look to him, then stepped onto his hand and climbed to his shoulder. Harry was beaming with pride. Carefully, he walked to the kitchen and faded from view.
As an after-thought, she bellowed, "Not the glass bowls, either!" "But, Mama!" "No buts! Owls are twitchy creatures and so are you!"
He groaned, but she could hear the chink as the glass connected in the cabinet and laid still. Still smiling but pale, Lily turned to her letter.
"Ms. Evans, we would like you to fill in a History of Magic Position at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as Professor Binns is on retirement for the next four years. You can also be with your son the first four years of his education with us, we are sure that he will try harder to succeed with you there by him. Most children are braver in that disposition. We are also hiring James Potter and Sirius Black for a two-pronged Defense Against the Dark Arts position, Remus Lupin and Alice Longbottom for two positions as helpers for Rubeus Hagrid in the Study of Magical Creatures lessons. Your friend Severus Snape will also be here, for Potions. We hope you will except this, and we expect to see your son, Harry James Potter in August. Your form is in this package, as well as your son's information for his Hogwartian years. Sincerely, Professors McGonagall and Dumbledore."
Sighing, Lily's color returned a little, but not much. Harry's first year was this year, and James, Sirius, Severus, and Alice were all in different positions at Hogwarts. How in the seven levels of hell was she supposed to keep her secret safe?
Surely James would find it, or maybe Sirius or Severus. Alice already knew. She and Frank had helped Lily as best as they could during her pregnancy with little Harry, and Frank had coaxed Harry into walking with a chocolate-chip cookie. Frank had taught Harry his first words, 'My Mama'.
Lily owed a lot to them, and often she and Harry flew from wherever they were in the world to them just for Harry and Neville to play. Neville was too small for other-children's likings, and Harry was just barely an inch taller than him. They could be found tackling Frank together, always working in unison.
Once, when Lily had gone for some groceries for her stay with the Longbottoms, she saw Alice come out of the bathroom, soaking wet in her own clothes and chasing Harry and Neville. She, Alice, and Frank had caught the two naked boys with cookies. They were wild for cookies.
Lily chuckled, thinking a visit to the Longbottoms anytime soon would work her responsibility and dexterity. "Mama! The owl's trying to get back outside!"
Smiling, Lily replied, "Well, open a window and let her go! We can go get you an owl if that's what you want, the new school you're going to says you can have a rat, owl, or a cat! Which do you want?"
Harry returned, let the bird fly, then said, "A new school?! Awesome! I want an owl, a pretty one with amber eyes and snow-white feathers with a little gray, you know, Ma?! That would be so cool!"
Harry jumped onto the sofa beside his mother, and hugged her. Lily hugged him back, her color coming back as she forgot about her old school friends.
Standing up, she said, "Come on, baby, you can sleep with me tonight." Harry grinned and said, "I want that owl for my birthday, Mama."
Lily laughed, and she and Harry proceeded to move to the most comfortable bed in the house.
"I love you, Mama." "I love you, too, baby."
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