The wind hit his face with full force ,the cold January air making him shiver, yet he walked on. It was 30 January,and the cold weather was at its peak. People did not dare to step out of their cosywarm homes,yet he barely noticed,as the man walked down the winding street towards the cemetery .He passed a statue,which was now 20 years old,and stopped to stare,to savour their faces,as he always did whenever he visited this particular he walked on ,the echoes of the life he should have had engulfed him againhe imagined celebrating his birthdays and Christmases with them,ad maybe with a little sibling or two in tow...he might have had all that,but one man,one monster had robbed him of shook his head,it was in the past now ,and he had a new life to look forward to...he walked through the kissing gates of the cemetery...and walked to the place where he had become a regular visiter in the past 3 found their tombstone,made of white marble,and traced the words again
James Potter,born 27 March 1960,died 31 October 1981
Lily Potter,born 30 January 1960,died 31 October 1981
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Then he turned to the graves next to them,they had been constructed barely three years ago...He looked at Sirius' body had never been found,true,but Harry felt that he deserved a grave,even if only as a tribute,a mark of respect to read the words on the empty grave,words which truly described his godfather.
Sirius Black,born 15 November 1959,died 18 June 1996
The brightest star in a world of darkness.
He then turned to the graves of his friends,Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks Lupin,both of whom had died in the final battle three years ago,leaving their son,Teddy,his godson,barely a month old,an had sworn then and there that Teddy would not have the childhood he hadhe would bee loved,be safe.
He spared a tear or two for these people who would have been his family,had they not been ripped apart...
But enough,he turned to the grave that belonged to his mother,and conjured a bouquet full of white bent towards the grave and gently laid the beautiful flowes on the grave,alongwith a card three year old Teddy had madeafter Harry told him that it was thebirthday of a person who would have been an aunt to him,and that she was Harry's smiled at the had convinced Ron to write 'Happy Birthday Aunt Lily and Uncle Harry's mom!' on top of a picture Teddy had made of Lily Potter after seeing a picture of hers.
"Happy Birthday, mum" he whispered, as tears started leaking out of his eyes...he felt a thin arm encircle his waist and turned around to see his fiancé smiling at him "Figured you would be here" she said. "Teddy's getting anxious that his godfather has been away from him for over 10 minutes" we both smiled "Come on Gin," he said "Lets go home" and with a last, long look at the graves, Harry and Ginny dissapparated to The Burrow, where Teddy, Andromeda and Harry were supposed to join the Weasleys for lunch...
...far above them, the Marauders, Lily, and Dora smiled down at the two of them. Tears were running down Lily's face as she watched her son and daughter-in-law-to-be Potter put an arm around his wife, kissed her head, and whispered in her ear "Happy Birthday, Lils"
