When You're Alone
By: Accalia Silvermoon
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter! If I did, Remus would have married Harry instead of Nymphadora Tonks!
Lily Potter stood in the nursery, putting her fifteen month old son Harry to bed. Harry started to cry. "Hush, Harry", she soothed. "It's okay. Mommy's here. Go back to sleep."
She started to sing, her soft voice floating through the air.
" When you're all alone,
Far away from home,
There's a gift the angel sent,
When you're alone.
Every day must end,
But the night's our friend,
Angels always send a star,
When you're alone."
Lily stopped suddenly, listening intently. There it was again.
A creak of footsteps on the stairs echoed slightly.
"At night, when I'm alone,
I lie awake and wonder,
Which of them belongs to me?
Which one, I wonder.
The stars are all my friends,
Till the night-time ends,
So I know I'm not alone,
When I'm here on my own.
Isn't that a wonder?
When you're alone,
You're not alone,
Not really alone."
The door burst open. Voldemort stalked into the room, turning his wand on Lily and Harry..
"Not Harry! Not Harry," Lily begged.
"Stand aside, girl," the Dark Lord snarled.
"No! Not Harry," Lily insisted.
Voldemort sighed. "Very well," he said pointing his wand at Lily.
"Avada Kedavra!"
The curse hit Lily and she slumped to the floor, face frozen in terror, emerald-green eyes wide and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"Mommy!" Harry screamed.
Voldemort pointed his wand at Harry.
"Now for you, baby Potter!" he sneered.
"Avada Kedavra!"
The curse hit Harry's forehead and bounced off, hitting the shocked Dark Lord, who disintigrated into ashes.
Harry started crying, his forehead bleeding from a lightning bolt shaped cut where the curse had struck.
Eventually, the baby's cries turned into hiccups and finally stopped as he fell asleep.
THE END
