First of all I just want to say a big thanks to all of you who have read this story. 66 views in under 24 hours. Wow. Thanks you for reading and to those of you who reviewed, thank you for such positive feedback. I don't really do this to get views and reviews and stuff, I just do it because stories pop into my mind and I just HAVE to write them down. So thank you and here is the second chapter for What if...
It had been about a month since Frank and Alice's funeral. Lily and James had taken to having Neville on the weekends, to give his grandmother a break. James had discovered that he hadn't been seeing things at the funeral. Neville had a small lighting scar on his forehead. Harry was nice to him and the two boys played well together. Molly Weasley would occastionally come over with her daughter, her youngest son and her twins. Little Ginny was only a few months old so she couldn't play quite yet. Harry and Ron got on well whilst the twins, Fred and George caused havoc. It was a very busy time. The Order was getting more and more reports of death eaters now that Voldemort was gone. It was new years eve when this really started to effect them. The letterbox clattered and a letter adressed to James fell on the welcome mat. The Order had taken to using muggle post and writing there letters in code. If a muggle looked at the letter, it would look like a cheery letter from James' mother asking him how he was, but to a wizard it was nothing of the sort. Harry had been put to bed and Neville was spending new year with his family. James heard the clatter of the letter box and got up to get it. He immediatly ripped open the letter and said, very loudly, "BLOODY..." Lily came in and interrupted him. "What is it." She saw the letter in his hand and knew it wasn't good. "Dumbledore wants me for a mission." he said quickly re-scanning the letter. "For how long?" Lily was starting to get worried, she had never seen James this upset before. "Three months. They want me to go after Sirius' delightful cousin Bellatrix." Lily's mouth fell open. "Three months." she mouthed. She took the letter and looked at it quickly. "They want you to leave tonight". James took Lily in his arms and said "I love you so very very very much. I want you to listen" Lily nodded "I..I..If I don't come back" Lily cut him off "You have to come back. You HAVE to" Lily yelled. James kissed her and said "I'll try Lily I'll try." Then there was a knock on the door...
"POTTER!" Mad Eye Moody's voice bellowed through the house. James reached and opened the door. Moody immediatly barged in and said "Come on boy, we're leaving" James looked at him "what now?". "NO IN THREE WEEKS TIME!" Moody bellowed. "We have to leave NOW!" James turned to say something to Lily, bit she wasn't there. He turned to the stairs and saw Lily carrying a sleeping Harry. "I thought you should say goodbye" Lily murmered. James placed a kiss right on Harry's forehead and then turned and kissed Lily. It was a long kiss. "Sorry to break up this little heartfelt goodbye, but we have some death eaters to catch." Moody growled. Lily and James broke apart and Lily hugged him and whispered in his ear "I love you too" before kissing him on the lips once more. Moody went out the door and James followed him closing the door and blowing Lily a kiss. The door shut and Lily looked down at her sleeping son and started crying. It was a miracle that Harry was still asleep. She didn't want to put him back in his crib and so when Sirius came in the next morning he found them both curled up on the couch, fast asleep. Sirius chuckled at the sight.
DAH DAHHHHHHH. I know there wasn't much about Neville in this part but I really want to concentrate on James and Lily's lives before I go on about Neville's life. Remember reviews are like cookies but better :O :D