Dumbledore sat in his office contemplating exactly what would happen to the wizarding world now that the threat of Tom Riddle was no more. William Potter would be raised as a hero but that wouldn't be a good thing in the long run. Tom would return and seek out William. The prophecy was made valid, however, meaning William would be the one to vanquish the dark lord once and for all. He would have to figure out how the best way to prepare him for that would be. Then there was the matter of young Harry. From what Dumbledore had gathered he should've been crushed by the cave in, but he somehow survived. In fact, not only survived but had started to emit a magical presence as well. Not just a normal presence, but a tainted presence, one that was eerily familiar to Dumbledore. This raised some serious problems for Dumbledore. He had to figure out exactly how that presence got there, and he feared the worse. He had always had some assumptions of how deep into the Dark Arts that Tom Riddle had delved and he believed he found his answer with Harry, or more accurately, in Harry.

He had only come across a few references about horocruxes in his life yet he had reason to believe that Voldemort made several to ensure his immortality. Now Dumbledore had the dilemma of Harry Potter, the brother to the boy who lived, possessing a horocrux within him. How would he ever tell Lily and James that they must kill one of their own sons in order to ensure that the Dark Lord could in fact be destroyed once and for all?

No he decided, he had been wrong before why couldn't he be wrong now? Even if he wasn't he did not want to be hasty to act with an object as unstable as a horocrux. He would do much more research before he decided on anything. Yet, in all this thinking a new question emerged: why did the soul fragment latch onto Harry and not William? This left a very nonplussed Dumbledore. It must be related to how William survived the killing curse that was cast by Voldemort. And this line of thought raised even more questions. The Potter questions were surrounded by just that. Questions and Questions and more Questions!


Lily Potter was in a dilemma. She was happy that Lord Voldemort was finally gone, if only temporary and that her family had survived the bloody war. However, she could not help but feel saddened by the fact that James's family was ripped away from him and so was his other "family". She could never forgive Peter Pettigrew for his actions, yet, she could only speculate how James must feel.


James Potter was furious, joyful, depressed, hopeful but all together somber. His son had saved the wizarding world, no matter if it was a temporary matter, but in the process betrayals were revealed. If only it was just that damned rat that had betrayed them all, but alas, James had also betrayed his friend Remus. James and Sirius had deduced that there was a leak in the order and that it was from a circle of their friends. James and Sirius had noticed Remus gone for long periods of time and could not help but become suspicious. James wished that he had had the heart to go and confront Remus or Dumbledore about it but he did not want to know the answer. He wanted to think that Remus would never betray him and the Marauders. Remus never did, but James did. He never trusted Remus like he used to and always when a leak was mentioned his thoughts drifted towards the werewolf. He knew that he needed to apologize and own up to his responsibility but he feared the retribution.


Sirius Black was pissed off. Like James he had suspected Remus to be the traitor, yet he never confronted the werewolf out of respect to James and his insecurities. He blamed James for those insecurities, for allowing that drift to grow between him and Remus. He hated Pettigrew for his cowardliness. Pettigrew had always looked up to them and followed them around. Yet, it was because of James he was part of the group, not just a worshipper. They were a family, and Pettigrew tore it apart. Sirius hated himself for being so easily led astray.


Peter Pettigrew hated his luck. He had just guaranteed his new life as an outcast. By giving the location to the Dark Lord, he cast away his old friends. With the Dark Lord's downfall he was cast away by his fellow Death Eaters. He was welcome nowhere. Just like before Hogwarts.


Remus Lupin was shocked and furious. He loved the twins and the Marauders were his only real family. And Peter Pettigrew, a kid he stood up for since they met on the train tried to take it all away. Lucky for him only half of it was lost. Remus wished that he and Wormtail could talk soon on a night with a full moon.


Severus Snape was relieved. His love was alive, yet he knew that she must be in some emotional turmoil over the happenings. Severus swore that he would punish the one responsible for putting his beloved Lily through this torment. Peter Pettigrew better was his back!


William Potter loved his new life, for he loved attention. He did not know why he was getting all the extra attention but he loved it. People would come and play with him whenever he wanted, he had lots of friends and he always got presents! Lots and lots of presents!


Harry Potter was shunned, by all but his parents and his parents' good friends. His brother got lots of attention while he got very little. He got no presents while his brother got lots of them. His brother had lots of people come play with him on all of William's new toys. Yet, none of this mattered to Harry because what he missed most in the world was his best friend, his big brother William. Harry's love for his brother was so deep rooted that he would do anything for his brother, and little did he know that he gave everything for his brother with the one hope that he might once again get his best friend to play and laugh with him.