Lilly was currently hugging Harry tightly to her chest like she never wanted to let go, Harry cried softly in his mother's arms his head was hurting and he didn't know where his brother was. There was a small lightning bolt shaped cut on his forehead, and three bodies in the nursery. One belonging to Lord Voldemort and the other two belonging to the Prewetts twins who had been babysitting Harry and Charles. At the moment Lilly, Sirius, Remus, and Albus were gathered around the kitchen table waiting for James to finish changing Charles dipper.
James walked into the room a little latter Charles on his hip and a stressed look in his eyes.
"Char!" Harry cried smiling his pain forgotten about.
Charles smiled widely and waved to his brother, James passed Charles to Remus so that the two boys could be closer.
"How long until the aurors get here?" James asked.
"They should be here any minute" Sirius answered.
"I really do need to talk with you" Albus said his voice grim and there was no twinkle in his eyes
"What is it Albus?" Lilly asked
"For Harry's safety I think that it would be best for Harry to live with the his aunt and uncle"
"No!" Lilly hissed looking furious
James looked from his mentor to his wife he was conflicted he really wanted Harry to be safe but surely they could keep him safe couldn't they? Harry chose that very moment to smile up at his father the now dried blood on the lightning bolt shaped cut, drove home that no matter how hard they had tried to keep Harry safe it hadn't worked.
James took Harry from his wife and held him to his chest so far he had ignored Dumbledore trying to reason with Lilly. Walking around the table James shocked everyone by passing Harry to Dumbledore.
"James?" Sirius whispered trying to break his friend from his brooding
"Take him Albus" James whispered
"No James!" Lilly cried
"Now Albus before I change my mind!" James snapped storming from the room tears in his eyes
Albus quickly stood and disappeared with a crack.
Remus quickly left the room to find out why James had just done what he had done taking with him a crying Charles.
"Lilly?" Sirius started placing a hand onto her shoulder
"Don't, Don't you dare try to defend him" Lilly whispered her voice deadly
"I'm not going to" Sirius said softly
Lilly anger suddenly turned to sadness as she came to terms with what her husband had done, at this time she wasn't sure if she could forgive him. Lilly stood and left the room Sirius quickly following, worried about what was about to happen.
Lilly found James and Remus in the family room Charles was in his playpen chewing on a cloth book. Lilly was shocked to find that James was crying in all the time she had known James she had never seen him cry, James was always so strong he never let anyone see him cry and yet here he was crying as Remus hugged him.
"Lilly" James acknowledged
"Why?" Lilly demanded
"We can't keep him safe Lilly" James whispered "We tried but we failed"
Lilly had no words she couldn't express how she was feeling, she had just lost two good friends to Voldemort before her son somehow defeated the same man. And then her husband sent her son away...He was wrong about not being able to keep Harry safe wasn't he?