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Prologue

Dumbledore sat behind his large desk. His gaze was focused on the letter he now held in his hand.

Dear Professor Dumbledore,

I am sure you are quite surprised to be receiving a letter from me. It has come to my attention that you are in dire need of a new Charms teacher. As I was quite advanced in the subject I offer my services to you and Hogwarts. My husband, would love to be able to take over the Defense Against the Dark Arts subject as well.

Normally I would ask you in person, but due to certain circumstances we are unable to do so. We still have not forgiven you for what happened but we are willing to aid our former school.

The only request that we make is to allow our children to attend Hogwarts. We will be in contact. Hedwig, my son's owl, is the only one able to reach us. She will return within a week to pick up your message. I suggest you refrain from trying to track her or us in any way possible. We do not hold you in such high esteem as we once did.

We are more then willing to teach at the school.

Sincerely,

Lily Potter

He reread the letter over and over again. Was it true? Were the Potters actually alive and well? He thought to himself. If so then I have a lot to atone for.

Dumbledore sighed heavily as he began to write his reply.

Dear Mrs. Potter

I was quite shocked to receive this letter from you. It was said that none of you made it out of the house that Halloween night. This news is quite a shock to an old man such as myself.

I suppose this means Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin are with you as well? If that is the case then this does not surprise me in the least. I am sorry to say that I had no idea what was to come of the situation at hand.

It would be an honor to have you and your husband teach at our school. It would also be a pleasure to have your children here as well. I will speak with Minerva as soon as possible about getting your quarters made up immediately.

As you know, the train leaves on the first of September. I am also aware that you probably know the criteria needed for each child. If not, then I will be sending all seven letters for each year just to be sure.

I hope to see you all soon.

Sincerely,

Headmaster Dumbledore

With that done he gathered the letters for each school year and proceeded to tie them together for Hedwig to take when she returned. He removed his half moon spectacles from his face and placed his face in his hands.

Professor McGonagall swept into the room. "You asked to see me?" She asked as she took a seat.

"Indeed I did. I have just received a very interesting letter," he said as he held up Lily's letter for her to read.

She quickly took the letter and scanned it over. Her eyes grew wide as she realized exactly who had sent this letter. "But aren't they dead? How can this be?"

"Apparently a lot more happened that night then we were told. Lily and James seemed to have escaped with their son and have moved out of the country. Wherever they are they have been well hidden."

"What does she mean by not trusting you?" McGonagall said in a stern voice. Lily had always been a favorite of hers. In all of her years of teaching she had never seen a student with so much potential as she had with Lily. James was always quite good at Transfiguration and he had bested Lily a few times throughout their time at Hogwarts.

"That is a matter for another time," he said sadly. "They are coming to fill the post of our Charms professor and Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"Severus will not be happy about that. He has wanted that position for years. He also never got along with James if my memory serves me correctly."

"It does and there is little I can do about that now. I have already accepted them at their new post. They will be bringing their children along at the start of this years term."

"I see, I shall get to work on their quarters right away," Professor McGonagall said as she left the room. She descended the stairs and turned down the hallway.

It was fifteen years ago that Voldemort had attacked the Potter residence. They thought the entire family had been killed that night. Sirius, Peter, and Remus had disappeared that night but not before the entire world knew that Peter had betrayed two of his friends. A letter had been waiting for her when she had returned home that night. It detailed the events that had more then likely occurred that night.

For the first time during that war she had spent the entire night crying. She had gotten close to the two of them and had even been there when they were married. It had really hit home for her to lose them, all of them.

Alice and Frank had been devastated. They had brought their son with them to Hogwarts the night their house was attacked. The two had come to speak with McGonagall that night about what they could do to preserve Lily and James' memory.

They had been lucky. They returned home and took their belongings and fled. No one really knew where they had went but had returned when Neville turned eleven so that he could attend Hogwarts. Alice became one of the healers that worked with Madam Pomfrey in the hospital wing, and Frank was the professor for Ancient Runes.

No one had seemed to be the same after that. The war still raged on and Voldemort seemed to be worse then ever. It seemed as if all hope was gone. That was, until she had read Lily's letter a few minutes before. Wherever they had hidden for the last fifteen years, it seems they have decided that it was time to face destiny.

Minerva was no stranger to the prophecy, having been told by Lily in that letter. It seemed that their son, who had been attacked that night along with them, was now returning to destroy Lord Voldemort.

She could only hope that they knew what they were doing.

A/N: Hello, hello, hello!!!! Alright, like Deadly Curse this one will be updated ONCE a week, only on sunday while Deadly Curse is Saturday. With Twist drawing to a close I thought what the heck here is this one. The reason these two come out slower is because I am working on them together and Deadly Curse is much lengthier .

But also big thanks to my beta and I have now gotten a second who will have one hell of a time going over all of The Return and Deadly Curse so cheers to you all and I do hope you enjoy this story as much as I do. It's a bit more exciting and a lot more well brutal later on. Thanks to all who read.

Seritha