Lily Potter a young woman with fiery red hair, intelligent emerald green eyes and a slim slightly muscular figure and a very obvious bump stood staring out the window but not actually paying attention to what was going on as her mind was elsewhere, she was thinking of the war her world (the wizarding world) was currently going through and how she wished she could be out helping to fight but instead she was in hiding with her husband and young son, she sighed softly turning away from the window, to face her husband, James had messy black hair and warm hazel eyes and an athletic build due to years of playing Quidditch and recently completing his training to be an Auror.
"James, do you think we made the right choice?"
"About what love?"
"About going under the Fidelius charm, hiding like cowards!" Lily exclaimed
"Lils we did what we had to do to protect Harry from Voldemort (Lily shudders involuntarily) we might not believe in prophecy but we already know he does" James explained gently.
Lily kissed James softly and walked over to the couch passing Harry playing with his newest toy from his Uncle Moony: a dragon that blew bubbles; popping them as they passed him. As Lily sat down, Harry turned and crawled over to her, Harry was James' double but with her eyes, and asked to be picked up; she obliged picking up her one year old and sat him next to her. He then decided to lay his head on her lap and reached to gently pat her belly.
"Baby," Harry mumbled
"That's right sweetie, Mummy has a baby in her belly,"
(Dumbledore's Office)
Albus Dumbledore was many things, Supreme Mugwamp (the head of the international confederation of Wizards) Chief of Warlock of the Wizengamot, Leader of the Order of the Phoenix and Headmaster of Hogwarts.
Albus considered himself as a powerful leader of the light and also as the figurehead for the greater good, ever since his very public defeat of Grindelwald the Ministry has looked to him in times of need, with Voldemort and his followers on the rise it was once again his time to shine, or at least it would be if that damned prophecy hadn't been made.
~~~~~~~~Start Memory~~~~~~~~~
Albus was sitting in the Hog's Head a pub nursing a butterbeer waiting for the applicant for the newly opened Divination position at Hogwarts; he heard the bell above the door and saw a young woman with wild frizzy hair milk bottle glasses with many layers of clothing covering her thin frame.
"Ah you must be Sybil Trelawney?"
"Yes I am, I knew you would be here." Replied Sybil hiccupping
"Well we did arrange to meet here for your interview."
"Yes but I knew before arriving that you would be here before me with a drink already ordered."
Albus sighed rolling his eyes not that the young lady noticed. It took all of 10 minutes for the Headmaster to conduct his interview, quickly realising that while being the great-great-great-granddaughter of Cassandra Trelawney Sybil did not inherit her gift as she claimed.
"I'm Sorry my dear but I am afraid you are not right for the position," Albus said rising intending to get back to the school hopefully before the end of lunch.
"What please give me a chance!" the young woman exclaimed
Ignoring the Sybil Albus turned getting ready to leave when Sybil spoke again but her voice was different it now sounded deeper and like there was more than simply her speaking, He turned back to her but she wasn't looking at him, her eyes had taken on a slightly fogged appearance.
"Those to vanquish the Dark Lord approach... Power of the Moon and Protector... born to those who have thrice defied him... Born as the seventh month dies,"
Albus heard someone leave and rush to the door but paid them no mind, to focus on what was being said.
"The Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, He shall posses powers the dark lord knows not... power to protect, She not yet born to be protected...Those to vanquish the Dark Lord approach" (Thank you to Sailor Light Angel for the Prophecy )
Sybil seemed to come back to herself suddenly her eyes clearing and moving to the headmaster,
"Ah I'm sorry Headmaster did you say something?"
"Yes I have decided to reconsider you for the position of Divination Professor, if you could please be ready start at the beginning of the new school year and I will arrange for rooms to be prepared for you."
After agreeing on a date for Sybil to come to Hogwarts Albus left the Hog's Head and started on the walk back to the School the Prophecy in his head.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End Memory~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once again the headmaster was going over the prophecy in his head,
He knew of two couples who had defied Tom 3 times, Frank and Alice Longbottom and James and Lily potter, Frank and Alice have a son born on the 1st of August, but the prophecy mentions a second child, James and Lily also have a son Born on the 31st of July and Lily was currently pregnant with the couple's second child. He had informed both families of the prophecy and both were now in hiding, the only thing currently that he couldn't understand was the power of the Moon, did this mean that the second child would be born under a full moon or did it have a more obscure meaning, he decided to do a bit more research on Moon lore before coming to a final conclusion.
"Albus I need your help." Minerva McGonagall his the deputy head cried storming in to his office
"Minerva what seems to be the problem" Albus smiled
"It's peeves he is dropping water balloons filled with oil in the grand staircase and a student has been injured!"
"I will speak with the Bloody Baron and see if he can keep Peeves from pulling his prinks in the halls, Which student has been injured?" Albus said rising from behind his desk to go the the dungeons to speak with the Baron.
"Anne Montgomery a she is a second year Ravenclaw who has broken 3 ribs because of that damned poltergeist," exclaimed Minerva following him out.
~~~~~~~~~Time Skip Halloween 1981~~~~~~~~~~~
It was Halloween and Lily was restless she had forgotten how uncomfortable the last weeks of pregnancy were. James was sitting on the carpet playing with Harry to tire him out as much as possible before putting him to bed when they both felt the wards around the house collapse.
"Lily take Harry and run!" said James handing the almost sleeping child to his mother and moving the two towards the stairs, when the front door was blasted off its hinges.
Lily had just diapered over the top of the stairs when the silhouette of Lord Voldemort appeared in the door, sending a quick stupefy to James Potter he walked past the now unconscious auror and up the stairs to what he guessed was the nursery, Inside he found Lily Potter standing protectively in front of her son her wand pointed at the Dark Lord,
"Move aside you stupid girl and I won't hurt you,"
"No Please not Harry he's only a baby!"
"I said move aside, are you really willing to risk the life of your unborn child as well as your own?" came Voldemort's silky reply
"I won't let you hurt either of my Children,"
"Well now you have fortified the lives of both, AVADA KADAVRA!"
At the same moment Voldemort cast the deadly curse Harry opened his eyes and a shield erupted and surrounded him and his Mother the light that radiated from the shield made it impossible for Lily to see the sickly green curse rebound back towards its caster, the dark lord was dead before he hit the ground,
It was then that Harry started to cry and Lily picked up her son the comfort him and saw the bleeding lightning bolt shaped cut on his forehead.
Wand in one hand and Harry on her hip Lily cautiously exited the nursery and descended the stairs her heart beating rapidly wondering if James was still alive, once at the bottom of the stairs she quickly scanned the room and saw James on the floor at the same time she heard the distinctive crack of multiple people apperating in to the area surrounding the cottage.
"LILY! JAMES!" the desperate cries of Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were unmistakable,
"IN HERE!"
"Lily, thank Merlin you and Harry are ok, but where's James?" Sirius asked sounding both relived and worried,
Lily points over to where James is lying, Sirius rushed over to his brother in everything but blood while Remus took Harry from Lily,
"He's breathing!" Sirius exclaimed happily and cast a spell to bring James round,
"LILY!"
"James it's alright Lily and Harry are both fine,"
"Th they are?"
"Yes look they're next to the stairs," Sirius replied pointing to the three
James stood and rushed over to his wife wrapping his arms around her and then taking Harry from Remus,
"Lils what happened?"
"I'm not exactly sure, one second I was sure we were about to die and then I couldn't see anything but I could feel the power radiating off of Harry, then the light faded he was dead and Harry was crying with his head bleeding," turning to Sirius and Remus "I thought I heard more people arriving?"
"You did, Professor Dumbledore is here as well, He is securing the area outside to prevent any muggles wandering over." Remus explained.
"Well I guess we should go outside and explain that Voldemort is dead so that we can start rounding up his Death Eaters."
The group left the house to join the other members of the order,
"Lily, James are both and Harry ok?"
"What happened?"
"You should both go to St Mungo's"
"I think before anyone leaves that we should find out what happened to Lord Voldemort," Albus announced,
Lily repeated her view of events to the leading up to the death of the Dark Lord to those gathered around her, once she was finished before all hell could break loose Dumbledore took charge,
"Well it seems that the prophecy was about young Harry, I think that the best course of action is once Lily has given birth to the that the baby and Harry be sent to live with Petunia and her husband,"
"Excuse me, you're kidding me right?" Lily Exclaimed,"
"I'm afraid not, it will be the only way for them to have normal lives,"
For the first time in her life Lily thought the Headmaster was crazy
"My sister and her husband both despise magic, you can't really think James or I will actually let you take our children from us because if you do then you belong in the mental health ward at St Mungo's,"
"I'm sorry Lily but it's for the greater good," Albus said talking to the young mother like a child.
"I'm sorry but that's not happening," James said moving to stand in front of Lily and Harry.
"I'm afraid you don't have a choice, I will give you a few minutes to say good bye to Harry and then I will arrange for him to be taken to Petunia's and once the baby is here I will do the same," Albus said, things will go his way, once the boy arrives at Petunia's he will erect wards to prevent anybody finding him, he will need the boy to be malleable and ready to do want he needed.
"Albus I think your forgetting that I am the head of the Ancient and Noble house of Potter if you try to take Harry or the baby once its born I will declare a blood feud and bring to light every single secret to light," James Snarled, "Come on Lily lets take Harry to St Mungo's to be checked over,"
James and Lily walked over to the road with Sirius and Remus behind them; James took out his wand and called for the night bus which once its passengers all on took off in to the night.
~~~~~~Later That Night~~~~~~~
Albus was furious, after extensive research he had come to believe that the power of the Moon the prophecy referred to was the Imperium Silver Crystal an extremely powerful magical object that had been lost during the fall of the Moon Kingdom. He believed that somehow Harry had accessed this power and harnessed it to kill Voldemort.
And now because of the traitorous actions of the Potters that power was now out of his grasp.
After reading the original 1 – 11 chapters I realized just how bad they are so I will be updating and revamping The Moon goes to Hogwarts so be sure to keep an eye out for changes to the old chapters as well as new ones