It was a quiet and sunny day; a day you in which would usually go to the beach or celebrate a child's birthday party, but the cautious aura of the wizards in Godric's Hollow glued families to their doorsteps. Even the bravest souls moved in groups of five or more. Today in particular a group of Aurors by the names of James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, Frank Longbottom, and Arthur Weasley were making their way into Diagon Alley.
"Neville's going to his first year of Hogwarts tomorrow," the grim voice of Frank popped in as the five friends sat down at a small table infront of Julie's Coffee Shop.
"Mine too, it is good to know he'll have same one he can actually trust," the messy haired red head brooded.
"I'm thinking of not letting him go…"
"Trust me Frank, I know that thought, I had the same when I sent Macaria," little Peter quickly added in, "but how much safer can Ron be at home?"
"Agreed, you shouldn't be too worried when there are still mud-bloods in Hogwarts," Sirius Black signed with deep correlation.
James shot both men a pitiful sigh and opened his mouth to say something.", but Sirius quickly interrupted and said "He agrees with me," with a sharp look at James clearing saying 'we discussed this already.'
"Macaria and Percy are prefects right?," Frank slides in, breaking James and Sirius's eye contact.
"Yep!" Peter jumps in enthusiastically!
They all share a small laugh, but it ends quickly as another cold wind blows in.
"Did anything special happen at home, Sirius," Arthur muffles in a voice that could only be heard if you were trying to hear it.
"A lot, but it all involves around the things going on in the department. Maria Monteith's family was found dead in their beds, last week and then about nineteen hundred muggles went missing in China."
"I'm not surprised," Frank added readily, ,"The Dark Lord is moving fast, he is already attacking the Chinese Orbital Wizarding Government."
"B-But, the Chinese are more advanced in-in….?"
"Potions and Charms," Sirius supplied, "their even worse than east Africa when it comes to defense."
"We all know England has only lasted this long because we've made peace treaties with the Death Eater Ranks in France." Arthur muffles again.
"Even so, with our increasing number of Muggle-bo… Mudbloods they're bond to wage war, soon." Sirius added, then in a hushed whisper, "We best talk about DA matters in a more enclosed area." He shot a side glance at a black phoenix nested on a near-by perch.
They silently gave small nods.
James smiled wide and smoothly using both hand symbols and creative language asks everyone over to dinner at his house.
They all agree eagerly, and began making their way to Longbottom's house.
Alice, Frank's wife, was busy playing with her youngest son Michael, who is two years old, when Neville begins shouting about his father's return.
She smiles ruefully and tells both boys to make it upstairs before reaching for her wand.
As usual, she opens a small eye hole and points her wand directly into it after pecking.
"Prove you are my husband!" She commends with inflicting force.
After deep examinations, the five men were allowed to step into the simple and yet homely living room.
The two boys immediately jumped into their father's arms.
"You're back early, Frank" Alice smiled.
"Yes, darling," Frank agrees, "We didn't stay as long as planned, another customer was in the area."
"Julie's barely has customers?" Alice said worried.
"Not the pedestrian type, that's for sure," Peter smiles good-heartedly.
"That reminds me, Paranoid much, Alice", James smiled good-heartly
"Basic protocol, James," Alice signed…
"We do it every time, I come home," Frank added, "you don't?"
"No way the order has worse security then you entrance, alone."
"Well, my house sort-off does…" Peter added hopefully
"Well, Potter here, has invited us all over, but you'll have to drop me off first," the black dog of the group peeps up, successfully changing the topic of the conversation.
"You're not coming?" Arthur inquires.
"Can't, Mittens has finally gotten pregnant, as the new dad, I've got to take responsibility."
"That's fine, Molly and the kids should be their anyhow," Peter muttered, "Then all we have to do is get my mischief at the cottage."
By dinner time the four families had gathered for dinner in the Potter Manor. Lily Potter and Molly Weasly made a basic dinner salad, soup and thick bean porridge. They baked chicken and to add the party atmospheric James, Damion, and Rose expertly line the entrance and diner room with prankish traps.
After they finished eating they all broke up into separate little groups having normal everyday conversations while the kids played Exploding Snap and Wizard Chess.
"They look so happy," Arther commented off handy gazing longingly at his children.
"I hope this war ends before they have to fight in it." Peter adds, his squishy little eyes circling the room, the whispers, "I heard he had child while in the homocraft, with another one of them."
James nodding instantly understanding that he was talking about Remus. It was a while ago that the Ministry had formed the Werewolf Annihilation Project. W.A.P. for short they quickly began capturing and killing Werewolves all around Europe. It was good for the Order because they no longer had to worry about the werewolf population and good for James because they had long realized there was a spy in their mist of friends.
"H-He h-had a werewolf child!" James stummered shocked.
"No," Peter added, "he had a normal child."
The third men exchanged shocked looks at one another and Arther asks in a shakily voice, "What are they going to do to it…"
"Don't know," Peter mumbled, "But, I don't think they'll treat him fairly, probably…"
"That's wrong!" James nearly shouted, flooded by the memories of his childhood with Remus and guilty toward the way he pushed away one of his closest friends.
"We have to do something," He finished
"I know", Peter mumbled again, "I was hoping to talk to Sirius about it, he could pull some strings, Black family heir and all that…"
"I'll tell him tomorrow," James agreed.
Lily Potter, Alice, Frank and Molly were engaged in a battle of wits and gambits, the topic ( Children and Marriage )
"That, you mean that snotty no good Vela!" Alice exclaimed
"Yes," Molly added with obvious distaste, " Bill proposed to her."
"Well, that's wonderful," Lily said, and was given very funny looks by the other adults, she blushed but quickly explained, "We I married James, everyone thought the something about him and now we… we're a family."
"Umm", Alice nodded her understanding, but…
"But, Lily, she has clearly subdued Bill," Frank crops in. "No man, would marry her on free-will, I have seen her walking with her French friend from Beauxbatons. Not to mention the Death Eaters control France and they are as prejudice as… the worst kind of prejudice!"
"It's true, Lily, when she came to visit our house, she said she thought it was a Half-Blood's who would say that without having the same ideals as followers of You-Know-Who."
"Well," Lily said frowning now, "I understand, what do you plan to do about it?"
Molly instantly reached out, " I've been thinking about that a lot and I want your opinion, it is this little plan my boys thought off."
"They planned to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _"
When Molly was finished all three members of the audience were speechless,
."Well, that's some plan," Frank at last added, "I bet Greg and Forge thought of it…
The four talked on about the mysterius plan and other things, until Molly decided it was time they head home, she went to pick on her childern and Frank when to tell Arther, his family was going to leave.
As they left Alice asked one deafing question to Lily:
"If Harry were here, and alive… he would be going this year too, wouldn't he?"
Lily gave sad smile, "When I think about how he could had been different, if I had protected him and helped him enough, how he wouldn't have went to him and helped them. I have blamed myself so many times, but in the end, I never know what would have happened if I don't get past the past I can't move forward and when I do see Harry again I hope that he would have forgiven me, for no being their when he needed me most, for driving him away, and for all the pain we have caused each other. I want to see him again, I want him to be an Order member and help stop You-Know-Who yes, but I can't be selfish. Maybe then, Harry will forgive me.