LILY'S P.O.V

Lets get this straight right now. Yes, I am the precious little baby Lily Luna Potter in the eyes of my family and the entirety of the wizarding world. Or at least I was, but that is in the past. The thing is, now everybody views me as the abandoned runaway who must have screwed up. But they didn't know a damn thing. So now I am going to start on my life story and you had better be prepared.

Its going to be a bumpy ride.

LILY'S P.O.V

So this is where I am going to start my story. In a sleezy pub in muggle Wigan. Yeah, you can tell I must have sunk low to resort to the land of the pies. (A/N: No offence intended guys!) This pub has been my sanctuary for the past almost two and a half years or so. The landlord of the pub took me in when nowhere else would, gave me a job when most shunned me... Anyway that isn't important. What is important is that I am making it on my own. Sorry, I'll stop rambling and get on with my story.

"Nige, what can I get you my friend,' I directed at one of the regulars as he strolled in with a few colleague for their usual beer after work, 'and if I hear you say my number I can only promise to spit in your drink."

Nigel leaned across the table in the same way he has for the past three or so months and took my hand which he kissed. "Oh petal my dear sweet beautiful petal, one day you will give in to this charm and then I will have you hooked." His usual drinking buddies up at the bar roared with laughter at the same repetitive joke. "Oh sweet cheeks, I'm going to need another pint for my brand new pal, Al. Haha it rhymed!".

"Sure thing Nige. Wait you have friends, or did you make this one up?" I winked at my regular as I poured his pints.

"Oh you do make me chuckle flower. Flower I'd like to you meet my frie-" As he spun his friend around I froze.

"Oh my god" Nigel's friend Al turned around and froze, his jaw dropped as he looked at me. Except he wasn't just Nigel's friend Al. He was Albus Severus Potter. Otherwise known as my brother Al.

"Albus"

Crap

ALBUS' P.O.V

Today was the start of a new day. A brand new start. All that the muggle society knew was my family were famous for some reason they could never seem to remember, coincidence I think not. For this exact reason it was in the wizarding world that I would be offered jobs simply for the name of the family. However now I am in a place where nobody knows me and nobody has certainly ever heard of Harry Potter or Albus Severus. Now I can just be Al. A normal person, not celebrity 'son-on-the-Boy-who-Lived'.

So first shift and they are already dragging me down to the pub for an after work drink. The only reason I agreed to go was because if I didn't they would more than likely view me as some pretentious snob of something. All I need is a gin and tonic. Muggle drinks don't have the same effect as firewhiskey but I don't want a heavy hang over tomorrow after my first day. Anyway I highly doubt a muggle pub in the middle of Wigan would have wizard alcohol. In fact, I think the nearest family with magical blood, or connections to the wizarding world, is Preston which is something like half an hour away. So here I was at a bar, after work, with people I worked with. Fun?

"Nige, what can I get you my friend and if I hear you say my number I can only promise to spit in your drink." The voice of what I could only assume to be the bar tender sounded familiar to me. I couldn't place her voice but I knew that the slight ring to it was familiar. Maybe I'm just hearing things.

I could hear Nigel, the man I now work with, attempting and failing to flirt with the bar staff. "Oh petal my dear sweet beautiful petal, one day you will give in to this charm and then I will have you hooked." The men I came in here with roared with laughter. "Oh sweet cheeks, I'm going to need another pint for my brand new pal, Al. Haha it rhymed!".

"Sure thing Nige. Wait you have friends, or did you make this one up?"

"Oh you do make me chuckle flower. Flower I'd like to you meet my frie-" I felt Nigel grab my shoulder and spin me around.

"Oh my god" I semi-froze as I felt my jaw drop. I knew I recognized that voice.

Lily.

"Albus"

"Hey Lil" I awkwardly waved at her, still in shock that she was stood right in front of me.

"How do you two know each other?" Nigel asked. At this point several of the other people from work had turned around to take notice of whatever the hell was going on.

"Er, she is kind of my baby sister,' I scratched the back of my head in confusion, 'I just haven't seen her in yonks."

I could hear Lily mutter under her breath, 'not a baby Al."

"Oh so you havent met little -" Lily cut Nigel off mid sentence.

"Al, I think we need to have a chat, in private. Now."

HARRY'S P.O.V

"Mr Potter, do you have a statement for the Daily Prophet regarding the death of Bellatrix Lestrange?"

"Mr Potter, cosy night in or night on the town?"

"Mr Potter-"

"Okay thats enough. Bellatrix Lestrange is dead and thats all there is to it. And cosy night in, not that the fact would hold any significance to the death of one of the most notorious and dedicated death eaters to walk this earth. Now, I would like to go home and join my family so any questions you may have can be directed to my assistant here who will write them down. Depending on if I feel like they are worth my time answering I will do so by owl around noon Monday. Thank you for your time."

And with that I apparated out of the interview room straight onto the street of my house. When the Second Wizarding War (WW2, not to be confused with the muggle World War Two) was over I was informed by Gringotts and the Ministry that I had inherited Potter Mansion. Of course Ginny was thrilled when I suggested we move in not long after being married. And so it was here that we raised all three of our beautiful children and our surrogate son.

Opening the front door I shout "Gin, I'm home."

"In the Kitchen" comes the reply. And so I head towards the kitchen.

"Hey Gin, what you been up to?" I kiss her on top of the head.

She turns around to hug into me pulling me even closer "I went out to Diagon Alley with Astoria to get a few pieces for the Ministry Ball. Then I have just been baking for the rest of the day. Try a snikerdoodle. Its something American muggles eat apparently."

"I will later. Gin, have you thought about what is this weekend?"

"Its Lily's birthday. She is turning the big 2.0. It feels like just yesterday I gave birth to my little girl. Oh god Harry I miss her"

"Me too Gin, me too." I held on to Ginny resting my head on top of hers.

Its been over two years since we got a letter from Headmistress McGonagall to inform us that our daughter dropped out of Hogwarts. By the time we had made it up to the school to try to talk her out of it she had gone. Nobody knew where or why. Not even one of the 7 family members that lived in the same castle as her. Her best friend and cousin Dominique Weasley (daughter of Bill and Fleur and my neice) couldn't even tell us where she had gone. All she could tell us was that Lily was acting very strangely for the past few days and had almost become a shell of herself. Then the same day she dropped out she got an owl and rushed straight off to Professor, sorry, Headmistress McGonagall. She took everything with her, including clearing out her Gringotts bank account. Except for us. We got left behind.

LILY'S P.O.V

I lead Albus out of the bar of the Wellfield into the back function room. Good Godric I could really do with a drink right about now.

"Listen Al, you need to leave and not come back. I have a life here and I am not going to leave so just it give up. But I don't want you to tell anyone, please Al I'm begging you not to say a word. I'm happy here on my own. I have worked so hard to make it this far, I'm not going back. Just go home." His face grew sad, he appeared to be almost tired and as though he had aged 5 years by the end of my sentence.

Tears started to fall down his face as he spoke. "Lil we are your family. You need us. We need you. Mum and Dad have been going crazy without you, thinking the worst. Heck Lily, for a while we thought you were dead, none of the owls could find you. You have no idea what its like without you, how hard it is with you gone. James is refusing to marry Blair until you get back, which by the way means they've been engaged for about three years. I think Nana Weasley and Mum might just go insane trying to convince them. Vic and Ted have some amazing news for you, I can't tell you what but trust me Lil you need to hear it. You can't just ignore us Lily. We're your family. You need us. Please, just come home with me."

"Al I have a home, here, in Wigan. Things have changed since Hogwarts, since I was 17. I am a different person now and I have responsibilities that take priority over my happiness. I am sorry Al, I know its not what you want to hear but it is important that you just leave me alone."

I turn to walk back out to the bar when I hear a mumbling. Something hits me in the back and I start to fall. And with that everything went black.

ALBUS' POV

I scoop Lily up into my arms and lay her onto the worn out looking sofa. Walking back into the front of the bar I turned to look for the owner. He spotted me and headed over.

"Where is our Lil? She is needed back out on the bar"

Scratching the back of my head I turned round to glance briefly back at the room where my sister had collapsed, "er, she isn't exactly feeling too good. Do you know where she lives? I'm going to take her home in my car out in the car park."

He looked a bit disgruntled but finally went and gave me a slip of paper with her address on it. With that I went into the back room, picked her up and apparated outside the house where Lily apparently lives.

The brick house stood two storied tall with beautiful white framework. The garden, clearly well cared for, had a winding stone path in the grass that lead to the front door. A Gryffindor red door. 237 Beech Tree Road. The house had a black gate with what I suspected would be a couple dozen wards.

I carried Lily up the path and knocked on the front door. I found no keys in her bag that the pub owner handed me so I could only assume that she would have a room mate of some sorts who could let me in. And as I rapped on the door a face appeared to look through the translucent glass pattern before unlocking it quickly and rushing to check on Lily.

"Oh my God, Lily! What happened? Quick, get her inside and onto the sofa. First door on the right" and with that I heard the door get closed behind me as I headed into what I could only assume was the living room.

I lay Lily down on the black fabric corner sofa and turned to look at the woman who let me into her house.

"Hello my name is, erm, Albus', I held out my hand, 'and you are?"

"Danni and I know who you are. Now what the hell are you doing here."

JAMES' P.O.V

Blair was brushing her beautiful chestnut hair by the mirror sat in her Ravenclaw blue silk pyjamas. They were an anniversary present from my parents almost three years ago, I got Gryffindor red and Blair got Ravenclaw blue. What can I say, I dated a girl with as much house pride as me. I met Blair in my fifth year and we started to owl over the summer before my sixth year. Before Christmas of my sixth year she was my girlfriend. Then almost three years ago when I signed for the Chudley Cannons, a fact that made my Uncle Ron the happiest man alive, I got down on one knee and proposed to the love of my life.

"So what did you say the plan was tomorrow?" Blair turned to face me. Good Godric she was beautiful. She walked over and sat in bed next to me, cuddled straight into the crook of my arm. I was one lucky man.

"Everyone is just getting together for a big family meal. We're gonna celebrate Lily's birthday and just hope that she is celebrating it somewhere else thinking of us. Oh, I forgot to mention Al sent me a patronus about an hour ago. Said he had a big surprise for tomorrow. He'd better not have bloody well got somebody pregnant. I don't think Mum could take a surprise pregnancy, she is only just about okay with have a surrogate Grandchild, she'd lose the plot if she had a biological one. Which by the way my beautiful fiance, we have dibs on doing." Turning out the flight I kissed my fiance on the lips and fell asleep. Tomorrow was going to be a long day.

LILY'S P.O.V

My head was absolutely pounding. I leant over and picked up the glass of water that was on the table by my head. That was when I realized, I was in my living room. Last I remembered I was in the pub talking to Albus. He used a spell on me. The little shi- My thoughts were interrupted by a noise. I could hear laughter and chatter coming from the kitchen. I heaved myself up off the sofa and slowly walked towards the noise rubbing my head.

"So next thing we knew she had purple hair and a nose piercing. We persuaded her to get rid of it before Nana Weasley saw but we have plenty of pictures."

"Oh God, I can just picture Lil doing something like that. Sophia is exactly the same, one time she wanted cookies and knew we hid them in the top cupboard. In her attempts to get the cookies she managed to pull the flour down all over her head. She traipsed into the living room leaving a trail of flour swearing she was Caspar the friendly ghost." They were laughing their heads off."

"Wait a minute, who is Sophia?" Al asked.

"Erm, nevermind, just a friend. Forget I said anything." I could tell by Danni's voice she was panicking. I guess its time he knew.

"She's mine"

"What? Oh Lil your up" Albus turned around to face me as Danni gave me a warm smile of encouragement. I could do this.

"Sophia, erm Albus, she's mine, my kid I mean. Sophia is my daughter." Albus just sat there looking at me as though I was a centaur with two heads. "Sophia is my daughter. She is a year and a half old and she is my entire world. Before you even start asking the questions one thing you should know. Scorp is not the father but please don't ask who is."

"Lil I don't even know where to start. What- why- how? Wait don't answer that, I know how babies are made. Jeez Lil, you'd have been 17. Holy Hufflepuff my sister pregnant at 17. Is that why you left?" I nodded my head.

"Al is complicated." Danni nodded her head. She knew the whole story.

"Come on beautiful you know you like me,' HE had whispered into my ear,' can't you feel it? I want you too."

"Lily I have to ask you to do something. Come back. Please. Just come to the birthday meal. Mum needs you. I need you. We as a family need you back. Just consider it please? Look I gotta go, I told mum I'd be back by 10 and its ten to. I'll see you tomorrow, please?"

I nodded my head.

Time to go home.

A.N: Thanks guys for reading. Any thoughts, questions or ideas you may have please let me know. I could always do with a bit of help :)