The Power Within

Chapter One: An Innocent Child

Flashback

"Let me go!" Lily Potter struggled against her captors.

"Now why would we do that? We're going to have some fun with you. Of course, only after our Lord." The dark-cloaked men started laughing.

They dragged Lily into a room that had only a single bed in the middle of the room. They shoved Lily onto the floor.

"Our Lord will be with you soon." One of the men sneered and shut the door.

Lily curled up into a ball in the corner. Several minutes later the door opened. Lily looked up into the red-slitted eyes of Lord Voldemort.

End Flashback

"I'll be back in a couple of hours, James. Can you take care of Harry for that long?" Lily teased her husband.

"Don't worry Lily. I'll be fine. You just find out why your so sick." James Potter said to his wife while holding their one year old son, Harry.

Lily nodded and walked out the door and to the car where Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, friends of both Lily and James since their first year at Hogwarts, were waiting to escort Lily to the doctors. Lily's doctor was Mark Pomfrey; Hogwarts' nurse's, Poppy Pomfrey's, brother.

"Hey guys." Lily greeted Sirius and Remus.

"Hello, Lily." Said Remus.

"Hey Tiger lily!" Sirius called from inside the car.

Tiger lily was Lily's honorary Marauders nickname. They had given it to Lily in their third year at Hogwarts.

"Ready to go?" asked Remus.

"Yes." Lily confirmed as she got inside the car.

"Hopefully it's not anything harmful." Sirius wondered out loud.

"Hopefully it's something trivial." Lily commented.

Lily didn't know how far from the truth she was.

At the Doctors

"Well, Lily. It's nothing dangerous of harmful." Started Mark Pomfrey.

"Thank Merlin." Lily sighed in relief.

"Lily… I hate to bring this up because I know it's so painful for you to remember… but…how long ago did you say you had been kidnapped and raped?" Mark asked Lily hesitantly.

Lily stiffened. "Two-two months. But what does… no. Please no. Don't tell me…" Lily's eyes widened in horror.

Mark sighed and confirmed her fears. "Lily, you two months pregnant. It's not James'"

Lily broke down. "NO! no… I can't be!" Lily cried into Sirius' shoulder.

"Is-is it a boy or a girl?" Lily sniffed through her tears.

"It's a girl. Lily, you have to tell James. This is too big to keep from him. If you try and pretend the baby's his… when he finds out…"

"I know. I will tell him. I'm… just afraid he might try to make me get an abortion. And no matter who's child it is I can't do that. It's innocent, it hasn't done anything."

"Don't worry, Lily. We'll be there when you tell James." Remus said.

"Yah. Don't worry! Even if he wants nothing to do with you we'll always be therefore you. No matter what!" Sirius said with a hardly ever seen serious expression on his face.

"Let's go tell James."

At Potter Manor

"We're home!" Lily called as she entered the house.

Sirius and Remus were right behind her.

James poked his head around the kitchen doorway. "Hey. You're just in time. I just finished lunch. Oh! Moony, Padfoot! There's enough food here if you want some."

"Thanks, Prongs. We'll take you up on that offer." Said Remus.

"Cool." James ducked back into the kitchen to set up two more places at the table. Remus pushed lightly on Lily's back getting her to move into the kitchen. After everyone sat down and had put some food on their plates, James asked the question that Lily didn't want to answer.

"So, what did Mark say was making you so ill?"

Lily put down the forkful of food that had been halfway to her mouth.

"Lily? What's wrong?" James asked worryingly after seeing her hesitate.

"James… do you remember when I was captured two months ago?" She asked finally.

"Of course I do!" James answered.

"We'll I'm…I'm…Pregnant." Lily let out the breath she had been holding.

There, I told him

James was stunned. "Your… pregnant?" was all he could say.

Lily nodded.

"Is it… is it mine?" James asked, hopeful.

Lily started to cry. "Mark says it's not." Was all she managed to say through her tears.

"So, it's Voldemorts?" he asked for confirmation.

Lily nodded.

"Then you are going to get rid of it!" James said with finality.

"No James!" Lily cried out.

"What? You want to keep the child of the bastard who raped you? The child of the Dark Lord!?!" James jumped in anger and disgust.

"James, listen to me." Lily started. "Don't ask me to get rid of this child. I just can't do it. This baby is innocent! I can't just kill an innocent child!" she pleaded.

"It doesn't matter if it's innocent! It's still Voldemort's child! It doesn't matter if it's innocent now! One day it won't be. It'll join him and help him kill us all!" James yelled at Lily.

"James. Calm down." Remus reasoned.

"Not you too?!? Can't you all see?!" James was hysterical. "It needs to be killed now! Before it has a chance to grow up!"

Lily bowed her head. "I'm sorry James. I can't do it."

"Then get out! I don't want the spawn of Voldemort to be in my house!" He spat at Lily.

"Please James. Please." Sobbed Lily.

"No! Get out now!" James yelled.

"How dare you, James!" Sirius stood up and said to James. "Do you know what Lily had to go through? How much pain she went through to get back to you and Harry? And you won't even help her through this!?! It's not all about you, you know!" Sirius was angry.

"I won't help raise the next Dark Lord." James now spat at his once friend.

"One, It's a girl. Two, Just because it's Voldemort's child doesn't mean it will turn out like it's father. And three, I want nothing to do with you any longer." Said Remus from where he was comforting Lily.

"All of you out! And you," He spat at Lily. "Expect to receive divorce and custody papers. I will not let my son grow up anywhere near that spawn!"

Lily just cried harder.

"Out! Now!"

"Let us get Lily's stuff and we'll be gone." Remus countered.

"Fine."

Half an hour later Lily and her stuff were in the back seat of Remus' car. Sirius was already in the front seat while Remus was saying a couple of last words to James.

"Your pathetic. I thought you loved Lily, but I guess not. You didn't deserve her." Remus turned around, got in the car, and drove away.

Nine Months Later

"Push Lily. Push!" Poppy Pomfrey said encouragingly to Lily.

Several seconds later a baby's cry erupted.

"Here you go, Lily. A healthy baby girl." Poppy handed the bundle to Lily.

Lily smiled as she looked down at her new baby daughter.

"She's beautiful." Said Sirius, who was looking over Lily's shoulder.

Lily smiled. Sirius and Remus had been there for her these last months as they had promised. Serverus Snape, another friend from Hogwarts, was also there. He, Sirius, and Remus had put aside their differences and had become friends.

Lily turned to Remus. "Would you be her uncle, Remus?"

Remus nodded.

"Hey! What about me?" exclaimed Sirius.

Lily laughed. "I haven't forgotten you. Would you be her godfather?"

Sirius beamed. "Of course!"

Lily looked at Serverus. "Serverus." Lily bit her lip. "Would you… I mean…would you like to be her father-figure?" Lily said in a rush.

Serverus was stunned. "Why me? Why not Sirius or Remus?"

"I'm not trying to be rude Sirius, Remus, but. Sirius, your not serious enough and Remus. Your more suited to be an uncle. Serverus. You are the best person for the job. Plus… before I fell in love with James, I had a crush on you. After James divorced me I realized I really hadn't loved him the way I though I did. What I mean to say is, I like you, Serverus and I would like to have a relationship with you." Lily held her breath.

"Lily. You don't know how may times I have dreamed you would say that you liked me. I would be honored to be the father of your daughter. I would also like to have a relationship with you. If that's ok with Sirius and Remus." He finally said after a moment.

Sirius and Remus smirked.

Lily was glowing with happiness. "Now. What should we call her? Any ideas?"

"Iris"

"Orion"

"Lillian"

They all looked at each other and laughed. They had said it at the same time.

"Then I name her… Irrisa Lillian Orion Iris Evans."

Poppy wrote the name down on the certificate, duplicated it, and gave the original to Lily.

"I'm going to go send the copy to the Ministry. Lily, get some rest. Everyone else, leave!" Poppy said before she left the infirmary.

Everyone said their goodbyes and left Lily alone so she could get some rest. It was three in the morning after all. Several minutes later, Lily was fast asleep.