"James I'm taking Harry up to bed." Lily whispered as she held the sleeping 2 year old in her arms.
"Dont worry I'll look after Evan." He replied with a smile as he held the 4 year old girl who was engrossed in the children's beginner spell book her parents had gotten her. Her full name was Evangelina but everyone had called her Evan for short.
"Ak...acaio!" She shouted and James laughed at her mispronunciation but was proud none the less at how bright she was for her age.
"Accio darling." He corrected her when there was a sudden knocking on the door. He placed Evangelina on the floor as he eyed the front door wearily. "Go hide." He whispered to her as he stood and began to advance, pulling his wand out of his pocket and holding it in front of him at the ready as the young girl scurried towards the kitchen to find a cupboard to hide inside when she stopped suddenly and thought of her mum and little brother.
"But daddy what about Har-" she began when the kitchen door behind her seemed to explode inward and send gusts of wind rushing inside and knocking her into the tiled floor of the kitchen.
"Lily they're here!" James yelled as the dark lord and his minions advanced into the house from the kitchen where Evangelina laid covered in debris and stunned. Voldemort looked down at the girl with a smile, her green eyes filled with innocence and fear, two of his favorite things.
"Kill her, Bellatrix." He said with a grin as his faithful female companion stepped forward with her wand raised and a smile on her lips.
"As you wish my lord." She cackled.
"Stupefy!" James yelled, knocking the Lestrange woman off her feet and away from the young girl. "Evan run!" He called to his daughter as he yelled out spell after spell in order to make a path for her to escape. One after one, the death eaters fell to James wand but more came to take their place. Finally a small dent had been made that Evan could see and she ran for it, twisting her way through fallen and standing enemies that her father battled off and avoiding their arms as they tried to grab her.
"Not so fast ." Bellatrix voice called once Evan managed to take one step out of the ruble tat had been a door minutes earlier. She grabbed the young girl tightly by her arm.
"Let go! Mummy, daddy!" She screamed as tears began to well up in her eyes.
"Mummy and daddy are dead, dearest." Bellatrix said with a grin leaning down so she was eye level with the child and laughing. As Evangelina broke down into sobs, Bellatrix stood, her wand pointed at the child as she took a deep breath. "Avada..." Evangelina looked up at her with glistening green eyes, so innocent and scared, and Bellatrix froze. She'd killed many people both young and old but for some reason she couldn't bear the thought of killing this one young girl. "Obliviate." She finally called and the sparks flew out, hitting Evangelina and a suddenly serene look came over her face for a brief second before she looked up at Bellatrix confused.
"Mummy?" She asked her so delicately, so frightened at the mayhem going on around her, and all Bellatrix could do was smile.
"Yes my dear?" She responded kneeling in front of the child once more.
"I want to go home, I'm scared." She said going over and throwing her arms around Bellatrix neck.
"Yes Cruella, we're going home." She said as her arms slowly engulfed themselves around her tiny body, she smiled into her hair as she stood with her in her arms, then apparated away from the scene.