Summary : Because of some strange and strong power, the Potter's survived that night and now Adrienne Potter is 11 years old and ready to start her first year at Hogwarts, along side her good friend, Orion Black.
The atmosphere in Godric's Hollow was peaceful and light as the small and young family sat in the living room.
James Potter was seated on the floor, moving his wand a bit to control the range of toys flying around above his head to amuse his 1 year old daughter, Adrienne Potter, who was giggling and clapping her chubby little hands together in delight.
Lily Potter sat on the sofa, an open book lay forgotten in her lap, as she watched her husband and daughter with fond and loving bright emerald green eyes.
Adrienne reached up as far as she could and made grabbing motions with her little fingers, trying to get her daddy's wand, but she was unsuccessful because she was so small, but instead of being frustrated, this seemed to entertain her and she carried on trying to get the wand.
James grinned at the small and angelic giggles coming from his daughter and it made his heart swell with a fatherly love, and he lowered the toys slowly, but made them spin around quickly in a circle.
Adrienne made a grab for one of the toys and she managed to get a small toy snitch, and her small cherub face was triumphant as she held it in her small hands.
James beamed proudly " A seeker this one, Lils " he said, pride unmistakeable in his voice.
Lily let out a small laugh but she smiled widely as well.
Adrienne grinned around the toy snitch, which she had just put in her mouth and was now chewing on it.
Suddenly, something changed, and it was as if someone was knocking on an invisible door, but then it was like someone had forced their way through the door.
Time seemed to stop for James and Lily, as their horrified eyes met in a silent message, he was here, Wormtail had betrayed them.
James leapt up, breaking the seemingly frozen time, and he looked at his wife, who was also on her feet and picking up their daughter, " Lily, take Adrienne and run, I'll hold him off " he said, his Auror training kicking in.
Lily held Adrienne to her chest, and her lovely eyes were wide as she stared at her husband, " James... " she trailed off, not knowing what to say. This was probably the last time she would ever see her beloved.
James' hazel eyes softened " I know, Lils " he said in understanding, and pressed a gentle and loving kiss to his wife's petal lips, " I love you, my Lily Flower, forever " he said.
Lily's eyes filled with tears " I love you too, James " she said shakily, before she turned and ran from the room, holding her daughter to her chest.
James followed after her and saw that she was already half way up the stairs, he turned around and faced the front door, he brandished his wand like a sword and prepared to battle.
There was a small but bright flash and the door violently slammed open, and it was barely hanging onto the hinges, but that did not matter, only the dark cloaked figure standing in the doorway, glowing crimson eyes visible under the darkness of the hood.
James pushed down the fear he had and pointed his wand straight at the most powerful darkest wizard in history, " Expelliarmus " he said.
The cloaked figure moved slightly and the light was deflected away easily, " You think you can defeat me, Dark Lord Voldemort ?" came an amused rasping voice from under the hood.
James narrowed his eyes.
" Do not be a fool, Potter, I will only make this offer once, join me and I shall spare your life " rasped Voldemort.
James let out a laugh " as if I would join you, I would rather not be a slave " he said, and fired off another spell.
So the duel had begun.
Upstairs Lily was just outside of the nursey when she heard the sound of things being blown up and destroyed, she had the overwhelming feeling to go and help her husband, but one look at her strangely quiet daughter, she knew she had to do as James said and keep their child safe. She entered the nursey and looked around for a place to hide her daughter. The wards were still up, so she couldn't apparate away.
Suddenly, the sounds from downstairs stopped.
Lily stopped looking around and listened intently, not realising that she was holding her breath, as she waited for a sign as to who it was. She soon heard quiet footsteps coming up the stairs followed by the sound of a material brushing against the floor, and she felt her heart stop, James was dead. If it had been James coming up the stairs, he would have been running out of concern for his family. No, it was Voldemort coming up the stairs. She released a breath, but the air felt icy in her lungs and it travelled threw her veins until it reached her stomach, where it coiled into a horrible feeling.
The footsteps drew closer until they stopped outside of the door.
Lily couldn't take her eyes off the door as she tightened her grip on her daughter, and just underneath the door in the gap, she saw a bright flash of light that she recognised. She spun around so that her back was facing the door, and she hunched over slightly to protect her daughter, just as the door was blasted off it's hinges. She set her daughter down in the crib and slowly turned around to face what would surely be her death.
Standing in the wreckage of the doorway was a dark cloaked figure that seemed to radiate darkness, a wand was pointed at the floor, loosely held in the grip of a bony white hand. Crimson eyes scanned the room until they landed on the crib that was partly hidden behind the red-headed witch.
Lily swallowed slightly and straightened up, refusing to show fear to the wizard who had killed her husband.
Voldemort glided into the room " I do not have time for this, girl, move or I will kill you " he said, sounding bored.
Lily shook her head " No, I will not let you harm my daughter " she said bravely.
" You need not die, girl, simply step out of the way and give me your daughter " said the dark wizard.
Lily let out a laugh that was slightly hysterical " you think I would let you kill my daughter? I would rather die " she spat.
Voldemort raised his wand " Move, I will not ask again " he ordered coldly.
Lily shook her head, feeling panic rise within her, " Please! No! Not my daughter! Take me! Kill me instead " she pleaded.
" Avada Kedarva " said Voldemort, almost lazily.
Lily saw the sickly green light travelling like a bullet towards her, and she let out a high pitched scream before it hit her, but unnoticed by either of the two adults, a silvery-white shield shimmered faintly around her form, and once again unnoticed, it absorbed the spell, before it dissapeared. She felt a sharp pain all over her body before she collapsed, unable to resist the darkness that over took her mind.
Adrienne's eyes glowed silvery-white, before returning to their original color of an unnaturally bright shade of green. She looked at the still body of her mother and whimpered " Mama " she said.
Voldemort stepped over the body, and he was so focused on the baby, that he did not notice the slight rise and fall of Lily's chest. He pointed his wand at the Potter child, " Good-bye, Adrienne Potter " he said coldly, " Avada Kedarva " he repeated the words in the exact same tone as before.
The sickly green light rushed towards Adrienne, who's eyes darted to the oncoming deadly light, and something stirred deep within those eyes, and just as the spell hit, causing a terrible pain in her head, it rebounded off of her.
Before Voldemort could feel triumph, he saw the rebounded curse coming towards him, and crimson eyes widened before the spell hit him. He let out a horrific noise as his body was hit with a tidal wave of pain and it exploded, leaving behind a pile of dust, ash and a black cloak. A black shadow fled from the room.
Adrienne let out a piercing cry of pain as blood trailed down her cherub face, coming from a raw looking lightning bolt shaped cut on her forehead.
Underneath the wreckage in the hallway downstairs, a groan was heard and some things were thrown out of the way, and James Potter saw up, bruised and bloodied, but still alive. He shakily got to his feet and looked around at the wreckage, and was confused at how he was still alive, he had seen the Avada Kedarva come at him, he had felt the pain, but he was still alive. Before he thought anymore into it, he remembered his family " Adrienne, Lily " he gasped, and shot up the stairs to find his wife and daughter. He came across the destroyed door to the nursey and his stomach dropped, he walked in and his eyes widened.
The once lovely nursey was in ruins, everything looked as if it had been in the way of an explosion, and there were small fires around.
A feminine groan came from somewhere in the room.
James immediately looked at where it came from and saw Lily moving slightly, he let out a breath of relief and hurried over, dropping to his knees and pulling off a bit of the ceiling which had obviously fell and landed on her.
Lily sat up and blinked, but when she saw James happiness filled her eyes, " James " she gasped in pure happiness, and threw her arms around her husband.
James hugged her back, unable to express his joy.
The hug was interrupted by the familiar cry of their daughter, but it did not bring them joy because it was filled with pain.
The young parents were on their feet in seconds.
Lily saw the cut on her daughter's forehead and gasped " Adrienne " she said, picking up her daughter and hugging the baby to her chest, " oh my sweet Adrienne, you're ok, you're alive " she sobbed in relief.
James wrapped his arms around his family and closed his eyes, not bothering to stop the tears of joy that fell down his tanned cheeks.
Lily let out a small sniffle " James, where is Voldemort ?" she asked, reluctantly pulling away from her husband.
The Potter heir just remembered the dark wizard and looked around, his eyes came to rest on a smoking heap of a black cloak and dust, " I think I found him " he said.
Lily turned her eyes to it aswell and she gasped " is that... ?" she asked, before looking at her daughter " did she ?" she asked in awe and amazement, had her 1 year old daughter defeated the most powerful dark lord in history?
James smiled slightly, filled with pride, " I think she did " he said, pressing a gentle kiss to the top of his daughter's head, " come on, we have to call the Order " he said seriously.
Lily nodded " Yes, and I will clean Adrienne up " she said quietly.
The small family then exited the destroyed nursey.
Not too long later, the once peaceful and quiet Godric's Hollow was now filled with Order Members, and once James and Lily had violently protested to Sirius betraying them, explaining that they had secretly changed Secret Keeper's, they were now sitting down in the living room. Well, only Lily, James, Sirius Black, Mia Black, Remus Lupin, Albus Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey were sitting down, the other Order members were upstairs looking at the remains of Voldemort.
Madam Pomfrey was carefully and gently scanning the strange shaped mark on Adrienne's forehead, which had just stopped bleeding because of a spell the medi-witch had performed, " This is definetly a curse mark, but I've never seen one like it, it's shaped like a lightning bolt " she said.
Dumbledore's bright blue eyes were void of it's usual twinkle, and were instead grave, " Yes, a mark like that is only created when the person has been touched by such evil and hatred " he said, not sugar-coating his words.
Lily let out a small noise and held her daughter closer.
James' eyes were worried " but Adrienne will be alright, won't she? " he asked urgently.
Albus smiled warmly " Nothing a little sleep won't cure, Mr Potter " he reassured his former student.
Relieved faces went around.
Sirius grinned, happy that his goddaughter was going to be fine, " See Prongs, Potter's are tough ones " he said confidently, having been James' bestfriend for 10 years, and he knew who stubborn Potter's were.
Albus sighed.
Remus caught it and stared at his old professor " is something wrong, Professor ?" he asked in concern.
Everyone turned to the old Headmaster.
" The mark will scar, she will have it forever " said Albus quietly.
Lily pressed a gentle kiss to the scar on her daughter's forehead.
James ran his hands threw his messy black hair " what will happen now ?" he asked.
Albus stood up " I will tell the Minister that Voldemort has been defeated, and I suspect that many celebrations will be happening, but there are still Death Eaters out there, and they will not be happy once they learn of their Master's defeat " he said.
" Most of them are cowards, they'll go into hiding " growled a voice from the door, and a man with grizzled brownish-grey hair walked in.
Sirius grinned " Moody's right, but we'll find them, Death Eaters may be strong, but they're not smart " he said.
Moody nodded " Black's right, it'll be our work for the next year " he said.
A small yawn escaped from Adrienne as she snuggled into her mother's chest, pale eyelids covering beautiful eyes.
Mia Black stood up, her golden blonde curls swaying with her movements and her pale blue eyes were warm and kind, " You can come and stay at ours for a bit, at least until you find another place " she said softly.
That made James and Lily pause, with all of this going on, they had forgotten about their destroyed home, " Oh, no, it's fine, we'll find somewhere else " protested Lily.
James shook his head " Lils, we'll stay with them, Adrienne's already falling asleep " he said.
Lily gave in for her daughter and nodded, " I am feeling a bit tired myself " she admitted, stiffling a yawn, as she stood up off the sofa, her daughter still held in her arms.
Sirius smiled " good, I'm sure Orion will love the company " he said, speaking of his 1 year old son, who was a few months older then Adrienne. He turned to his other bestfriend " you staying aswell, Moony ?" he asked.
Remus, very hesitant to leave the people who are family to him, nodded " yes, I will stay for tonight " he said.
Not too long later, the five adults and one baby were at one of the Black Manor's.
Lily carefully laid Adrienne down in a crib next to a cute baby boy with a head of black hair, and she had to hold in an Awww when the two curled up together in sleep. She quietly left the room and went into the bedroom she and James were going to sleep in.
James was waiting in bed for her, lying down and staring up at the ceiling.
The red-head climbed into the bed and snuggled up to her husband " I love you James " she said.
" I love you too, Lils " said James.
By the next day, it was known through-out the magical world that Dark Lord Voldemort had been defeated by 1-year-old Adrienne Potter, the-girl-who-lived.