Disclaimer: I unfortunately do not live in a castle in Scotland and I am NOT JKR! I own nothing!
A/N: I realize that I forgot the disclaimer in chapter one so sorry about that. I finally figured out how to format this right so it should be a bit easier to read this time. Enjoy!
Chapter 2 - Misunderstandings and Confusion
Harry Potter was just finishing off his day in the Auror department, and was getting ready to head over to the apparation point in the office. As he walked, he wondered about the unusualness of the event. Normally he would just walk down to the Atrium of the Ministry and Floo home, but today there was a nagging desire to apparate. He supposed that this change in his routine was just a consequence of exhaustion, the office had him working non-stop and his sons were never ending bundles of energy, and with Ginny being pregnant he tried to give her as much of a break from them in the evenings as possible. He also told himself that he wanted to avoid the stares today, the stares that still followed him constantly, even nine years after he had defeated Voldemort. Maybe the reason was that he just desperately wanted to be at home with his wife and sons.
He got to the apparation point, and with a wave to a fellow Auror and a turn, he was gone.
At Potter Cottage, Lily and James and Ginny were still caught in a stalemate that seemed to last hours, but was really only a minute or two. The tension was building between the three, and none of them knew who would be the first to attack, but none wanted to be the one to kill without cause. So they stood stock still, wands pointed at each other, waiting for the worst to happen.
Lily and James were fuming, and trying to figure out who this girl was, and how she was able to get into their home. They were also trying to devise a way of getting 'Harry" back without hurting him. Ginny, meanwhile, was trying to decide what to do with these imposters, and hoping she could have it all taken care of before Harry got home. She was also a bit nervous, as she was outnumbered and she had to protect her sons, one of which she had yet to find. Everything came to a head when Albus was the first to speak.
"Da!" Albus cried upon seeing James. He couldn't understand why his dad was standing right in front of him and hadn't said hi yet. He also wanted to know who the strange lady was.
"Yea buddy it's me, you're ok." James responded to the child's call.
"Don't talk to my son! Who are you?" Ginny yelled at the two. She was done with the silent tension that had settled around her. This was her house and her family, and she wanted to know who it was that was threatening that, even if it was the last thing she would do.
"You're son! That's my son! And how dare you come into our house, trying to kidnap him, and then have the audacity to call him yours!" By this point Lily had had enough. She just wanted her son back in her arms and this girl out of her house.
"Who are you and why do you look like Lily and James Potter? If you think that you can enter MY home and threaten MY family looking like them then you have another thing coming!" Ginny was beginning to get really confused. If these people were just trying to hurt Harry, then why would they claim this was their house, and that Albus was their son?
"We look like the Potters because we ARE the Potters! Something you knew very well when you came here and took Harry. How you got past Sirius I will never know, but it is a technique that you will not spread to your little Death Eating friends or to your precious master! Now hand Harry over to me and I may let you live long enough to get a trial and a lifetime sentence in Azkaban." James fumed.
At this statement, Ginny got even more confused than before. These two acted as if Albus was Harry, and they really were her deceased in-laws. But that wasn't possible…right? People couldn't be raised from the dead.
Ginny, however, did not get much time to think on it. Right then, she heard the pop of apparation right between the couple and herself. It took her a nano second to realize that it was Harry home from work, but before she could say anything in greeting, it was too late.
As soon as James heard the pop of apparation, that was it. Nobody had the ability to apparate in to, or out of, the cottage. Not even him, his closest friends, nor Dumbledore himself, had the power to break through the wards the headmaster had set against apparation. To get through them, someone had to be using very powerful, and probably very dark, magic against them. So when the pop was heard, he did not give the intruder time to attack, he fired.
"REDUCTO!" he yelled, and the spell shot from his wand towards the man in front of him.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Hi All! I am soooooo sorry for the late update! School got crazy and all of a sudden I haven't updated in a month! Once again I am so very sorry. I will try not to leave it so long between updates again. Anyway, I hope you liked the new chapter. Please let me know what you think in a review. Short or long, good or bad (as long as it is constructive criticism) it is all appreciated. Also if you have an idea about the story, let me know. I can't guarantee that it will happen, but I can try to fit it in.
