Prologue
"Dad! Stop it!" I cried, looking at my father with Harry on his lap while he puffed clouds of smoke from the tip of his wand. Harry was laughing while trying to grab them in his tiny fists. I was seated on my Mom's lap as she and I watched Dad and Harry play. Dad looked at me and smiled, soon I was floating above the floor, giggling all the while. "Dad!" I laughed as I flipped around and landed back on Mom's lap.
"Alright, enough play, its past bedtime you two." Mom said, picking me up and then setting me on my feet. She then picked up Harry from Dad and then kissed his cheek, while I looked away. Dad then stood up and tossed his wand down on the sofa before stretching and yawning. Mom began taking us up the stairs, me crawling up beside her, trying not to fall. Suddenly the front door burst open. I looked up at mom and saw fear.
"Lily, Take Harry and Amber and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off!" Dad shouted up at us. Who was he talking about? It wasn't long before mom was hurrying me up the stairs and into Harry and I's room.
"Avada Kedavra!"
Mom began screaming and crying at the same time before setting Harry down in the crib and piling boxes in front of the door.
"Mom? What's wrong?" I asked, sitting next to the crib. She quickly picked me up before kissing my forehead and setting me in the Crib with Harry. She picked up Harry and kissed him on the cheek before the door burst towards us. There was a figure there in a cloak, he pointed his wand at mom who had dropped Harry in the crib with me and flung her arms wide, as if to hide us from the person.
"Not Harry! Not Amber! Please not them!" Mom cried out.
"Stand aside, you silly girl . . . stand aside, now." The voice was like a hiss from a snake I had stepped on once.
"Not them, please no, take me, kill me instead -"
"This is my last warning -"
"Not Them! Please . . . have mercy . . . have mercy . . . Not Harry! Not Amber! Please – I'll do anything -"
"Stand aside. Stand aside girl!"
Suddenly a green light exploded from the persons wand, and mom fell forward. She didn't move. "Mom? Mom…MOM!" I cried rushing to the bars of the crib, but I couldn't get out, I was so short…a three year old couldn't climb over these bars without help. It was them I noticed Harry had not said a thing during this whole episode, so I looked at him as he stared at the stranger. "Harry?" I whispered. It was then that he began to cry. The man had pointed the wand at Harry's forehead. My eyes widened. I grabbed Harry and backed up and away from the edge of the crib, the man just kept coming forward.
"Avada Kedavra!"
I felt a burn on my arm and cried out, just like Harry did at the same moment. It hurt so much, and tears ran from my eyes, not only from the pain, but from mom…and dad as well…they weren't coming back. I hugged Harry tighter and cried. The man had vanished and it was just us. Harry was crying louder and louder, so I looked at him and saw a lightning bolt cut into his forehead, it was starting to bleed, So I began to lightly wipe it away.
It wasn't long until I began to smell smoke. My eyes burnt and I saw flames. It was hot in here, and I couldn't get out. I held Harry tighter, and closed my eyes…then nothing…