Silent Night
By Animorphalite
A/N: Hi! This is a songfic to 'Silent Night' about the night Voldemort came
to the Potter's house.
I am not meaning to be blasphemous, to all you religious peeps out there. I
just thought this was a cool idea. If I've offended anyone, I'm sorry.
Silent night
Holy night
It was October 31, 1981. At a little house in Godrics Hollow Lily and
James Potter were sitting in armchairs next to the fire. Harry was asleep in
his crib upstairs. He was worn out from the Halloween party they had had
earlier. All the Potter's friends had come, Mr. and Mrs.Weasly and their
children, Sirius and his new girlfriend, Remus, and Peter. They had only
left an hour ago. Lily and James were sitting silently, lost in their own
thoughts, when a loud noise made them jump. They shot out of their chairs
and stared, openmouthed, at the door. It had been smashed to smithereens.
Standing in the entranceway was a tall, black, cloaked figure. "Hello," he
said,"or rather, goodbye." It was Lord Voldemort.
All is calm
All is bright
"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off!"yelled
James, standing in between Lily and Voldemort, brandishing his wand. Numb
with terror, she obeyed. Lily ran up the stairs and into Harry's room. She
could hear the fight going on below and sobbed helplessly as she picked up
Harry. She heard a piercing scream from downstairs, and maniacal laughter.
Harry woke up and started crying. She reached for her wand to disappearate
to Sirius's house, but it wasn't there. She froze in shock, and then
remembered: she had left it downstairs. Lily stood frozen, and then she
heard the sound of feet clomp-clomping up the stairs.
Round yon virgin
Mother and child
"Looking for this?" Voldemort asked, twirling Lily's wand in his hand as
he stood in the doorway watching them. "You know what I'm going to do? I'm
going to kill your son with your own wand. And I'm going to make you watch."
Lily shielded Harry with her body."Please, not Harry." she begged
"Please--I'll do anything--"
"Stand aside, you silly girl, stand aside now!"
"Have mercy! Please, take me, kill me instead! Not Harry!"
"Move, you foul Mudblood!"
"Not Harry, not Harry!"
Voldemort lost his patience. He muttered " Avarda Kedavera!" There was a
flash of brilliant green light, a rushing sound, and Lily fell to the floor.
Holy infant
So tender and mild
Voldemort kicked over Lily's body and picked up Harry. He started crying
louder. Voldemort pointed his wand at Harry's forehead and repeated the
killing curse. A jet of pure white light shot out of Lily's wand and carved
a lighting bolt on Harry's brow. It then ricocheted off of him and enveloped
Lord Voldemort. He started to scream. What was going on? This wasn't
supposed to happen! Suddenly there was an explosion and the whole house blew
apart. Voldemort disappeared in a final flash of light.
Sleep in heavenly peace
Harry lay, all alone, on a charred blanket next to the blackened remains
of his mother. His forehead was covered in blood. He screamed and cried for
hours, though he didn't fully understand how much he had lost that night. He
was only a baby, after all. In time, he stopped crying. He nestled next to
his mum and fell into an uneasy sleep, dried tear tracks on his face.
Sleep in heavenly peace
By Animorphalite
A/N: Hi! This is a songfic to 'Silent Night' about the night Voldemort came
to the Potter's house.
I am not meaning to be blasphemous, to all you religious peeps out there. I
just thought this was a cool idea. If I've offended anyone, I'm sorry.
Silent night
Holy night
It was October 31, 1981. At a little house in Godrics Hollow Lily and
James Potter were sitting in armchairs next to the fire. Harry was asleep in
his crib upstairs. He was worn out from the Halloween party they had had
earlier. All the Potter's friends had come, Mr. and Mrs.Weasly and their
children, Sirius and his new girlfriend, Remus, and Peter. They had only
left an hour ago. Lily and James were sitting silently, lost in their own
thoughts, when a loud noise made them jump. They shot out of their chairs
and stared, openmouthed, at the door. It had been smashed to smithereens.
Standing in the entranceway was a tall, black, cloaked figure. "Hello," he
said,"or rather, goodbye." It was Lord Voldemort.
All is calm
All is bright
"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off!"yelled
James, standing in between Lily and Voldemort, brandishing his wand. Numb
with terror, she obeyed. Lily ran up the stairs and into Harry's room. She
could hear the fight going on below and sobbed helplessly as she picked up
Harry. She heard a piercing scream from downstairs, and maniacal laughter.
Harry woke up and started crying. She reached for her wand to disappearate
to Sirius's house, but it wasn't there. She froze in shock, and then
remembered: she had left it downstairs. Lily stood frozen, and then she
heard the sound of feet clomp-clomping up the stairs.
Round yon virgin
Mother and child
"Looking for this?" Voldemort asked, twirling Lily's wand in his hand as
he stood in the doorway watching them. "You know what I'm going to do? I'm
going to kill your son with your own wand. And I'm going to make you watch."
Lily shielded Harry with her body."Please, not Harry." she begged
"Please--I'll do anything--"
"Stand aside, you silly girl, stand aside now!"
"Have mercy! Please, take me, kill me instead! Not Harry!"
"Move, you foul Mudblood!"
"Not Harry, not Harry!"
Voldemort lost his patience. He muttered " Avarda Kedavera!" There was a
flash of brilliant green light, a rushing sound, and Lily fell to the floor.
Holy infant
So tender and mild
Voldemort kicked over Lily's body and picked up Harry. He started crying
louder. Voldemort pointed his wand at Harry's forehead and repeated the
killing curse. A jet of pure white light shot out of Lily's wand and carved
a lighting bolt on Harry's brow. It then ricocheted off of him and enveloped
Lord Voldemort. He started to scream. What was going on? This wasn't
supposed to happen! Suddenly there was an explosion and the whole house blew
apart. Voldemort disappeared in a final flash of light.
Sleep in heavenly peace
Harry lay, all alone, on a charred blanket next to the blackened remains
of his mother. His forehead was covered in blood. He screamed and cried for
hours, though he didn't fully understand how much he had lost that night. He
was only a baby, after all. In time, he stopped crying. He nestled next to
his mum and fell into an uneasy sleep, dried tear tracks on his face.
Sleep in heavenly peace