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Just an idea that popped into my head, no idea where its going, although I do have some vague ideas in mind. Stay tuned!
Chapter 1 - 31 October 1981
"Take Harry and flee" called James, as the front door to the Godric's Hollow house was blown in. Lily had her infant son in her arms as she ran up the stairs.
"You're no match for me Potter" cried the shrill voice of Voldemort.
She barricaded herself in Harry's bedroom, listening to the chaos that was happening downstairs. The love of her life was fighting off the most powerful dark wizard in history.
"James!" she called, "James, just disapparate! Get out of there!" she yelled, hoping he would hear her and get a chance to leave.
The chance of James out-duelling Voldemort was slim, but Lily had to hold onto hold onto hope that he could at least fend him off long enough to get out.
She listened with her ear against the door as curse after curse was sent back and forth, hitting objects in the living room smashing windows.
"AVADA KADAVRA" came the roar of Voldemort, along with a green flash that illuminated both levels of the house and shone underneath the door. Lily jumped back from the door and hoped beyond hope that James was alive, but with the ensuing silence, she knew.
Lily Potter would not go down without a fight, but she had to keep Harry safe. She placed him in his crib and cast a Patronus sending the doe urgently to Dumbledore, alerting him to the fact that they had been betrayed and Voldemort had found them. She had confided in him just that day that Peter Pettigrew had been the Secret Keeper and was now realising what a huge mistake it was entrusting him with something so significant. They had suspected he had been up to something when he began disappearing at odd times and not telling them where he had been, but Lilly, James and their friends thought perhaps he had a girlfriend he didn't want to tell them about. Now she could see, Peter was a spy!
Lily heard the soft footsteps of Voldemort approach the room she had barricaded herself in and stood by the window. She knew that she stood little chance of beating this crazed lunatic in a duel, but she knew that if she waited till the right moment, she could cast a protective spell upon Harry and at least try to keep him safe.
"Let me get the boy and you can go free" came the voice of Voldemort, just outside the doorway. Lily held her breath, hoping he would think she disapparated.
"I know you're there, I can sense your magic" he called, as he burst through the door of Harry's bedroom.
Lily stood in front of her son, holding her wand high in front of her. She knew she stood little chance against this monster, but if she didn't try, James' death would be for nothing. She cast that thought away from her mind as she shot a curse at Voldemort and a protective spell at Harry.
"You're quick, I could use someone like you in my ranks. Join me and I will spare you both" Voldemort said, flicking her curse out of the way like it was a buzzing fly.
"I will never join you. Nor will my son. I would rather die!" she spat, sending another curse his way, non-verbally.
"Have it your way… Avada Kadava!" he called, pointing his wand at Lily Potter's chest.
In the split second before the curse hit Lily Potter's body, she could have sworn she saw James standing behind Voldemort. She braced for the impact, knowing there was nothing she could do, she couldn't have gotten out of the way quick enough even if she tried, she just hoped that Dumbledore would get there in time to save Harry.
As the green jet of light hit Lily, she felt herself fall backwards, the room seemed to explode with light and noise. She heard Harry cry out, as a second curse was sent his way. She knew it was too late. All three of them were dead. Voldemort had won, and he had prevented the prophesy from coming true.
Seconds passed, and Lily was vaguely aware of herself laying on the carpet. She could feel the soft fabric of the woollen floor on her face and although her ears rung, she could hear the sound of Harry crying. She felt her wand in her hand and her hair on her face. She dared to open her eyes, fearing that she may find herself to be dead, but when she did, she saw that she was exactly where she had been, seconds before. Was she alive? How could this be? She wondered, as she pulled herself into a seated position and crawled to where her son sat in his crib.
"Harry? Are you ok my boy?" she asked, softly.
Harry pointed to a pile of black robes nearby on the floor and Lily retreated from them in shock. Those were the robes that Voldemort was wearing.
Looking back at her son, she saw that he had a mark on his forehead that was bleeding. She stood and scooped her son into her arms, cradling the frightened boy to her chest.
"It's ok Harry, Mumma is here" she soothed looking around at the room which had been almost completely destroyed. Part of the wall was gone, and she could feel the night air on her face.
Minutes later, or seconds maybe, she couldn't tell, there was a noise downstairs and Lily held her breath once more.
"Lilly? It's me, its Albus Dumbledore" came a voice.
"Oh professor…" Lily cried out, heading down the stairs towards the voice.
"Don't come down here, I am certain you do not want to see this" he said.
Lily entered the living room anyway and froze when she saw the lifeless body of her husband laying on the floor, his eyes still open and his wand still in his hand.
"oh… James, no, James, oh my god…" she sobbed as she knelt down beside him.
"professor, you've got to help him… Please" she sobbed as she looked up into the face of the only man she thought may be able to help.
"I'm sorry Lily, James is gone" he said, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"No, he can't be, he can't be… We were going to have another baby… I can't do this alone… He's the love of my life, please!" she pleaded, knowing deep down that it was no use. James was dead.
As Lily sobbed beside the lifeless body of her husband, she was vaguely aware of the sound of a motorbike arriving out the front.
"Sirius?"
"James? Lily?" Sirius called.
"In here… We're in here" Lily called, unsure how Harry's god father would react to the news that his best friend was dead.
"Is everything ok? The house… I got word from Dumbledore..." Sirius froze as he entered the living room and took in what was before him. "What… James? Lily? What happened?" Sirius asked.
"We were betrayed Sirius… Peter… is working for him and he told him… where we were... He came in and James… James told me to take Harry upstairs… I ran, and I was going to… disapparate but I thought that… maybe James could defeat him… once and for all... They duelled for a little while… and I heard… I heard the killing curse... Then it was quiet…" she sobbed.
Sirius knelt down beside Lily and Harry, pushing James' hair from his face. It wasn't much use, as James' hair did whatever it wanted anyway.
Tears streamed down the cheeks on Sirius and Dumbledore, who had conjured a chair for himself watched on.
"I heard him come up the stairs and he burst through the door. I tried to duel him, and I cast a protective spell on Harry. He asked me if I would join him. Told me that he would spare us both if he joined. I refused, and he cast the killing curse at me. It hit me here…" she put her hand on her chest and felt a warm sticky substance beneath her shirt. She looked down and saw that she was bleeding from a wound that was shaped like a lightning bolt, similar to the one that Harry now had on his forehead.
"You're bleeding…" Sirius said, worry on his face.
"It's ok, I'm ok"
"You say, Voldemort cast the killing curse at you?" came Dumbledore's voice.
"That's right, I heard him say it then saw the green light come towards me" she said, as she brushed her fingers against her husband's face. "I fell down and I thought I was dead. I heard him cast one at Harry too, but I guess I blacked out or something. When I opened my eyes, I was alive, Harry was alive too. The room was a mess and Voldemort's robes were in a pile on the floor. I don't know what happened professor. I really can't tell you how we both managed to survive those curses" she said.
"Curious" said Dumbledore.
"There's one other thing… When he shot that curse at me, I could have sworn I saw James standing behind him. That's why I was so shocked when I came down and saw that James was… He's…" she didn't finish the sentence, instead, sobbed even harder than before.
"Very curious indeed" said Dumbledore.
"What's curious?" asked Sirius.
"I will need to look into this a little more, but if I am not mistaken, James sacrificed himself for you, which prevented you from dying and by taking the curse yourself, you intended on sacrificing yourself, which has saved Harry" he said.
Confusion registered on Lily and Sirius' faces as they took in this information.
"What happened to Voldemort then?" Lilly asked.
"I believe the curses both rebounded back onto him" Dumbledore said.
"So, he's dead?" Sirius asked.
"I don't think he is gone forever, but for now, he is dead" Dumbledore said.
The four of them sat in silence for what felt like hours, saying their goodbyes to James. It had probably been only thirty minutes before Dumbledore cleared his throat and spoke.
"We better be going soon. I expect the muggle authorities will arrive shortly" he said.
"You're right… But… I can't leave James. What do we do?" Lilly asked.
"Saint Mungos is best I think" he said, taking out his wand. He levitated the body of James Potter into the air, before placing a hand on his arm and turning into thin air.
"Buh Dahd" came the small voice of baby Harry. It made Lily cry harder. He had recently learnt to say "bye", and "dad" had been a favourite of his for a while now.
Sirius put his arm around Lily's shoulders and pulled her and Harry close to him.
"I'll take you home to my house. What do you need?" he asked.
"Um, I'll just gather some things I suppose, here take Harry" she said, handing the boy over to his god father.
Lily headed upstairs to the room where, just that night, she thought she had died. As she gathered up some toys and clothes for Harry, she found herself wondering just what their life would be like, without James, with a new baby on the way and with nowhere to live.
She shrunk two suitcases full of things for Harry and one for herself, put them in her pocket, and headed back downstairs to. Sirius was singing to Harry as he began falling asleep in his arms. Lily know that she would have to rely on people like Sirius to get her through the next few days and more than likely, the next few years.
She placed her hand on Sirius' shoulder and he stood from where he was seated on the lounge, kept Harry in his arms, held onto Lily's arm and turned on the spot.