Okay, so, decent response...

Heres how its going to go:

There will be one chapter per year until Harry starts at Hogwarts, and then... it all depends on the story line.

Andddd, it'll probably have some of the same events(the stone, the chamber, buckbeak(i have an idea for third year... :D), tri-wizard, etc.)

So, si.

This is another blah chapter, and also the only other prewritten one, so from here on I've got to write them. M'mkay?

M'mkay.


Exactly one year had passed since the death of James Potter, and Voldemort had not been seen since that night.

Lily, now the mother of two children: Harry James Potter and Katherine Lily Potter, had resorted to shopping in muggle markets to avoid getting attacked by admirers of her son, 'The-Boy-Who-Lived.'

Yeah? Well how come James couldn't have been 'The-Man-Who-Lived'? She would often think bitterly.

It wasn't that she was still the girl who lost her husband a year ago, it really wasn't. Sirius and Lupin were there for her constantly; in fact, the three(along with the kids) now lived together.

The thing that Lily really hated, however, was that she had lost James.

Harry would ask every morning if his father had returned yet, and every morning Lily was reminded of her loss.

However, every day the pain in her chest got smaller, and she prayed that it would eventually disappear completely. But she knew it wouldn't.

"Lily!" Lupin called from the end of the aisle. She looked up at him, and when she was what he was holding, grinned. "Look! This store has them, too!"

"Yes, Moony," she giggled, patting his shoulder. "I guarantee you that every muggle store will have non-flying brooms and electronics."

"Yes, I know but- wait. What are electronics?"

"A whole year and I've yet to get us a TV or microwave," she muttered to herself. "Tell you what. After this store, we'll go to an electronics store and we'll get some appliances for our house."

Remus' lips turned up in a smile. "Okay!"

Suddenly, a two year old boy sprinted around the corner, shortly followed by a much taller man, black hair growing longer than normal. "Harry!" he called, finally reaching the boy before scooping him up in his arms. "I've got you, now!" Sirius grinned, causing Harry to let out a giggle, reaching out for Lupin.

"Help!" he cried towards his uncle figure. His pleas were soon drowned out by his own laughter, until finally his godfather placed his feet back on the ground. In less than two seconds he was off towards the end of the aisle again.

"Harry!" Sirius groaned, turning to chase after him once again.

Lily rolled her eyes and looked at her daughter who was sitting in the cart. "Kitty, why do I bring these silly boys to the store with us?"

"You know you love us," Lupin grinned as he retreated back down the aisle to put the muggle items back.

She wasn't really sure why she brought them, she realized, as she placed the loaf of bread in her cart.


After that, Christmas approached fast and before Lily knew it she was wasting half of her galleons, spoiling her children.

"Mummy! Mummy!" Harry cried, running into his mother's room, early Christmas morning.

"What, baby?" she asked groggily, rubbing her eyes.

"It's Christmas!" Harry grinned, running back out the door and into Sirius' room.

Lily pulled herself into a sitting position, looking over at the crib against the wall. Katherine was sleeping, still. She had been a heavy sleeper, ever since the day she was born. Of course, she was only born July fourteenth, making her only a little over five months old.

Lily took her daughter out of her crib, gently, and carried her down the steps of their house.

Since the death of James, the house at Godric's Hollow had not been touched, meaning it was still looking exactly as it had when they left it.

They were now living in a house just outside of London, and they were also making new wizard friends.

For example, a while back, in Diagon Ally, Sirius had come sprinting from the book shop, explaining how he had just met a family of nine, and, although one of their sons was starting Hogwarts this year, they also had a son Harry's age, and a daughter Katherine's age.

"Lily!" Sirius came running towards the twenty-two year old wildly.

"Yes, Padfoot?" she asked irritably as she took a spoonful of ice cream. Most of the time when she was annoyed she would call Sirius 'Padfoot' rather than Sirius.

"I found someone you might like to meet," he grinned. He picked Harry up, running his fingers through his godson's hair, long enough to conceal his lightning bolt shaped scar. "Come with me."

Sighing, Lily grabbed her daughter and followed closely behind Sirius. "I swear, if this is another of the people you pranked at Hogwarts..." She trailed off, heading into the bookstore. She heard the sound of Lupin's voice and looked over towards him. He was standing with seven red heads, though it looked as if the tallest was holding another.

"-and though I assume- ah! Here they are!" he exclaimed, looking up.

"Molly," Sirius greeted, nodding at her.

"Hello, Sirius," she smiled back. "I assume this is family you ran to get? One with a boy Ron's-" the youngest looking boy looked up at the sound of his name, tilting his head, "age, and a girl Ginny's?"

"Yes," he nodded. "Sorry if Moony here bored you while I was away," he smirked, setting Harry down.

"Oh, no worries, he didn't bore us at all." Molly smiled. She turned to Lily. "Hello, I'm Molly Weasley."

"Hello," Lily greeted. A smile flittered across her lips. "I'm Lily Potter, this is my daughter, Katherine, and that is my son, Harry."

Something flashed in Molly's eyes, but she simply smiled and nodded. Her son, however, looked stunned. "Harry Potter?" he asked for clarification. Lily sighed and nodded, looking at Harry and pushing invisible hair away from her forehead. Harry did the same to his, but with his actual hair. Molly and her oldest son gasped, looking closer at Harry to see if the scar was completely real.

"So, this is him?" the oldest asked his mom.

"Yes, dear." Mrs. Weasley said shortly. She turned back to Lily. "You'll have to excuse Bill," she said. "He doesn't really have a sense of restraint when it comes to anything."

"No, no," Lily giggled. "It is fine. We've actually met people who wanted his autograph."

"And bloody mad people they were," Sirius added on.

"Might as well run around with only half a brain," Remus agreed, bending down to ruffle Harry's hair to cover the scar again.

"Well, we must get together sometime outside of a book shop! And Remus here says you were born to a muggle family?"

"Yes," Lily confirmed.

"Arthur will be delighted!" she smiled. "He is just fascinated by muggle technologies."

Lily smiled, shifting her weight onto her left leg. For once, Sirius wasn't lying when he said it was someone she would want to meet.

She smiled at the memory. That was on August twenty-sixth, and since then they had gotten together around fifteen times. Ron and Harry were fast friends, and neither of them was ever happy when it came time to leave. Ginny and Katherine were perhaps the loudest when it came to parting, though no one knew why.

Sirius and Lupin were always attacked by the four year old twins, Fred and George, and begged to tell them stories of their pranks performed at Hogwarts. Bill was usually near Ron and Harry, watching Harry with wide eyes, as if he was the most amazing thing he'd ever seen. Charlie and Percy were usually playing together, though Percy was always strict with 'play'.

"Happy Christmas!" Sirius and Lupin cried together as Lily entered the kitchen. They both leapt to their feet, Sirius giving her a quick peck on the forehead while wrapping an arm her shoulders. Remus, who was holding Harry, gave her a quick one-armed hug.

"Mummy!" Harry cried, reaching for her. Sirius took Katherine from her, cradling her as Lily took Harry.

"Happy Christmas, Harry," she grinned, pecking him on the nose.

"Happy Christmas!" he smiled widely. "Is Daddy home yet?"

Sirius' chest tightened and he had to sit down, as did the others. Lily's eyes swam in tears as she shook her head ruefully. "No," she sniffed, "Daddy isn't coming home."

"Where is he?" He asked worriedly.

"He's in a 'better place'," Sirius growled bitterly.

"'Better'?" Harry repeated. "Then why don't we join him?"

"Oh, Harry," Lupin shook his head woefully; "you don't want to join your father."

"Why not?" He asked defiantly.

"When we say 'better' we mean it's only better for him." Lily explained.

"Oh."

Finally, Katherine stirred and began crying. The mood was nearly ruined, but of course the word 'presents' brought Harry back to his senses, along with a very excited Sirius.

"Come on!" He called over excitedly to Harry, waving him into the living room. Harry ran into the other room, sitting on the chair. Yesterday, they had gone over the rules of Christmas: sit in a chair and wait to be handed his presents.

Each time he was handed on he jumped up and down excitedly.

By that night, he had eight muggle appliances from his mom, a play wand and broom from Lupin, and candies from Sirius.

He also had a story book that was sent by the Weasleys'.

This is a picture perfect Christmas,

Lily thought to herself as Sirius tossed her a present, but its only picture perfect. It could only be perfect if James were here.

She unwrapped a maroon sweater from Remus, and closed her eyes tightly.

Oh James, why did you leave us?


Gahhh; I don't know if this whole chapter is going to come out in italics, and if it does, sorry!

Anywho; review. (: