Sable Destiny

By: Michiru Lee

Prologue

Bold- thoughts

Italics- spells

Disclaimer: I do not in any way own Harry Potter. Thank you.

It was the screaming that woke up the young, one and a half year old, long raven-hair girl from her slumber. With her golden eyes see scans the room to see the light in the hallway. 'Daddy is angry again,' the girl thought to herself. Slowly she lowered herself from her bed leaving a stuff snake behind and made her way to one of the hidden passages that led to her father's chambers. The girl only had just learnt of the passage from her new habit of exploring around the house. Soon she had reached the door that peaked into his chambers, but she had never seen her father. But she knew his voice very well.

"So Wormtail why would a pathetic thing like you come here tonight?" her father asked in a low menacing tone.

A small quivering man could be seen from where the girl was hiding, his teeth were big in the front, and he seems to twitch at all the noises around him. She could see how his eyes dart about the room trying not to face the person he was looking at.

"W… Wh… Why I ca…came to give you the Po… Pot… Potters, my lo… lord," he stuttered as he bowed down.

"Crucio!"

Wormtail sheiks in pain as the spell hit him and started to twist on the floor. The girl had heard her father use this spell a lot as well as the one that would kill the people who came into the room. She watched as Wormtail stopped moving and spoke again.

"B… But ma… master! The Po… Pot… Potters had ma… made me th… th… their secret kee… keeper. They tho… thought th… that th… this move would tr… trick you into go… going after the wr… wrong wi… wizard. I can sh… show you whe… where they li… live with the b… boy," he stuttered some more.

A brief silence meet this news and the girl decided to turn and leave. It was then she heard her father laughing with a glee he hasn't had for along while. She smiled at his laughter and wondered when her mama would finally let her see the man to the voice she started hearing since she started walking.

James Potter was lifting his only child in the air with a smile on his face. The young one year old boy looked just like him at that age with his unruly black hair, but the emerald green eyes shone just like his mother's. The boy laughed as his father threw him up into the air in such a gleeful matter that the noise attached his mother from the other room.

"James! Stop throwing that child around and get over here!" Lily Potter exclaimed to her childish husband. "It is time for Harry's bedtime already." She gave a laugh herself at the sight of the laughing Harry in the air. James caught Harry in his arms for the last time and handed the crying boy to his mother. The fireplace in the living room lit into a roaring fire of jet green flames and a figure appeared there that had ruffled black hair.

"Ello Prongs!" the man greeted with a huge smile. James smiled back and gave the man a bear hug.

"Padfoot! It is good to see you tonight!" James greeted to his old friend.

"Ello Sirius," Lily greeted as she tried to calm Harry down in her arms. "Does work bring you here tonight?"

"Unfortunately Lily. You Know Who has been spotted around Hogsmeade and the Minister wants his top aurors to check it out," Sirius replied.

"And what does Dumbledore say?" James asked.

"Not to get Fudge mad and to do what he says. He didn't believe when Dumbledore told him that You Know Who is still in his hideout," Sirius said.

James gave a sigh at this and walked over to Lily and kissed Harry on the forehead. He then kissed Lily on the cheek. He felt a strange longing in his heart as he parted from the kiss. It was like he would never see his wife again. Lily smiled at James and cradled their son in her arms. He was wide awake and holding his hand out to his father. Sirius went over to the fireplace and made the fire appear again and grabbed some powder from a pot.

"The Hog's Head!" he shouted in the flames as he disappeared in a rush.

James gave one last look at his wife and son together and enter the flames himself. He threw the powder into the flames and yelled, "The Hog's Head!" in a clear voice and disappeared with a whirl of his cloak.

When he came out of the fire he saw Sirius and Remus standing with the owner of Hog's Head which happen to be Albus's brother Aberforth. The Hog's Head was a shabby place, but most of the Order used it as a gathering point for anything that had to do with Hogwarts or Hogsmeade. Moody also came out of the fire and greeted the three marauders.

"Fudge must have something stuck up his ass tonight if he didn't listen to Albus," Sirius said as the four exited the Hog's Head. There they meet up with Kingsley, Dawlish, Proudfoot, Savage, Reed, and Tonks who were scouting out the area.

"Any news Kingsley?" James asked his co-worker.

"Nothing yet, Fudge was sure that his information was correct. Got it as a tip off from someone," Kingsley said.

"Tip off? I don't like the sound of that at all. Wands out boys, we are going to get into a fight," James said as he took out his wand.

It was just then twenty five death eaters appeared around the group with their wands raised. They all wore their black robes with the skull masks. James backed up a bit into Remus and readied himself for a battle as well did the rest of the aurors. At first there was an odd silence among the enemies, then hexes flew though the air towards the other side. The aurors started casting their stun spells while the death eaters started using the crucio spell. James had a bad feeling that the Death Eaters were stalling for something.

"Sirius! Go check on my family. I have a bad feeling something is amiss. I'm worried," he said to his best friend. Sirius gave a glance at James and saw the worried look in his eyes. With a nod he sent off a couple more stunners and made his way back to the Hog's Head to get to Godric's Hollow. James wanted to see him go, but another spell flew over head and hit Moody in the eye. The old auror fell over as blood hit the road. James clenched his teeth and sent a stun spell at the death eater who did it.

"Michi! Michi wake up girl!" a voice called as the girl was shook awake by a female figure. She opened her eyes to see her mother staring up at her. The soft brown eyes were filled with fear and her black hair was distraught about something. "Come on dear we have to leave now! Before those nasty people come," the woman called again.

"Mama…" was all Michi could say when the woman picked her up and carried her towards the door. The man that Michi recalled being Wormtail was shaking and fidgeting about.

"Hurry Bella! The aurors will be here any second!" Wormtail cried.

"Shut up Wormtail! You are lucky to be alive after what happen tonight! You led him to his doom!" Bella cried out as she held Michi closer. "This child has no father now because of you!"

There were cracking sounds throughout the house and Bella knew she was in trouble. The Apparation Ward was now broken and there would be no place to go. She would have to fight the aurors off to keep her child safe. Bella gave one look at Wormtail and handed Michi over to him. Michi didn't understand what was going on, but she started to cry. Bella then took a chain out from her pocket and placed it around the girl.

"Keep this close to you Michi. Protect it with your life for it belongs to your father," Bella said in a hush tone as she kissed her daughter. "Wormtail, take the child away and hide her where they can't get to her. Don't let them get their hands on our master's only child!" Bella ordered as she pointed her wand at the door.

Wormtail nodded and made his way to the window. With a flick of his wand a broom zoomed in front of him and he lifted off into the sky hurrying as fast as he could with the girl holding on tight to him. Shouts could be heard from below as he made his way away from the house. He could see flashes of light from a variety of spells, but then there was nothing. Bella had lost to the aurors and soon they would be upon him. He cast another spell and soon the shouts died off as he got further away, but where would he take the child?

Suddenly he remembered about what his master said about growing up in a muggle orphanage. It would be the perfect place to hide the child and then for him to go into hiding himself. No wizard that knew his master's secret would think to look at one of his most hated places to find the girl. With a smile at the plan, Wormtail flew off into the night looking for a place to land.

James stood shocked at the scene before him in his own home, well what remained of it anyway. Remus was next to him holding a sleeping Harry in his arms as James walked over to the bodies of Sirius and Lily on the floor. Lily looked so at peace with her eyes closed as if she was only sleeping.

"Ohh… Padfoot… Lily… How could this happen!" James cried out. He reached down and picked up Lily in his arms. "I should have stayed home instead of fighting the death eaters! I should have been protecting you instead of Sirius!"

Tears fell from his eyes as he cuddled his wife's body in his arms. He knew something bad was going to happen, but he didn't think of this. Voldemort himself had killed the two people he cared about the most. Peter had betrayed him and his family to Voldemort and he wasn't to be found either. Moody had lost his eye in the fight, but he would be okay, James had some injuries himself, but he didn't care about his wounds. All he could see was Lily and Sirius laying upon the ground.

"James, I know you are upset, but Harry needs you now more than ever," the voice of Albus Dumbledore said. "You are all he has left."

James looked up at Dumbledore and nodded slowly. He was right. Harry was his only family now. He would never grow up with his mother or godfather. He placed Lily back on the ground and took Harry from Remus without a word between the two friends. He looked down at his son to see the lightning shaped scar on his forehead.

"What happen to Voldemort? What happen to the bastard that did this to Lily, Sirius, and Harry?" he demanded at Dumbledore. Albus only looked down as if he was deep in thought and then looked at James in the eye.

"Voldemort is no more once his curse touch Harry, but I do not believe he is dead. Lily died to protect Harry and you should be grateful that Voldemort can do no more harm to you. At least for now," Dumbledore replied.

"Albus? Is there anything we could do about the scar on Harry's forehead?" Remus asked.

"No there isn't anything we can do, and even if there was I wouldn't do it Remus. Scars can sometimes help or they can be a curse depending on the person who has them." With that Dumbledore left the two men standing there in silence. James looked up at Remus with a look of rage.

"I swear that I will kill Voldemort for what he did to my family! I will kill him!" James shouted into the air of the cold fall night of October 31st.

To Be Continued…