"Sirius," Danielle said standing up. She looked around. Pictures she had never paid attention to before now stood out vividly in her vision. Herself and Lily at the Potter's wedding, laughing, James and Sirius the day they graduated Hogwarts. Herself, Lily, and the rest of the Marauders standing together smiling before the real war had begun. Of course, it had been going on, but before they had gotten involved in the Order and everything else. "Lily?" she said again.
She walked around to see Harry, crying still, though softer now. She walked towards him looking at him curiously. She noticed the small scratch on his forehead, bleeding ever so slightly. "Oh Harry," she took another half step forward, and then looked down at her feet.
Lily laid there on her back, beautiful, blank, almond shaped emerald eyes staring unblinking up at the ceiling. Her red hair lay sprawled behind her on the floor. She realy was beautiful. Danielle saw now why every kid at Hogwarts had wanted Lily to be his girlfriend. Once again, Danielle knelt, took her friend's hand and tried to check for a pulse. She felt nothing except cold clammy flesh beneath her shaking fingertips. "I've never been good at that," she said, trying hard to smile back tears. "Checking a pulse. I could never feel it and it was always strange trying to check the heartbeats of my parents when I was eight while they talked me through it step by step and I could never do it. I always wanted to find it, but I never could. Now I wish more than ever that I could feel a pulse Lily." She clenched her teeth and swallowed hard.
"Lily what about Harry?" she asked her friend? Lily—," she inhaled sharply trying hard not to cry. "Lily please." But Lily did not respond, she made no indication that she could hear her friend, and as it was there was no reason she should make that indication, for she could not hear a word.
For the first time Danielle recognized the roaring sound, very close by. So close in fact that the sound might be in the backyard. Suddenly and unexpectedly, an enormous shadow erupted out of nowhere from the blackness now gathering outside the back door.
Danielle jumped to her feet faster than a bird taking flight and drew her wand, as the door was pulled slowly open. Twice the size of a normal person, Rubeus Hagrid stood in the doorway.
"'ello Danielle," he said, stepping into the house and closing the door behind him. "You 'eard 'fore I did I suppose."
Danielle swallowed hard, trying to keep her voice from shaking, "I was here the whole time," she said, "me and Sirius. We went for a walk and," she allowed herself a few seconds to keep her breath. "We heard her scream. I came back in here and," she stopped again, "and here they are." Despite her protest tears filled her eyes, "Damn!" she said, wiping her eyes with her sleeve.
"'s all right," he said consolingly patting her as gently as he could on the shoulder, so that she had to fight to stay standing. "I saw 'im. Sirius, 'e gave me 'is motorbike. Said 'e didn't need it anymore.
"Strange," Danielle said, "So Hagrid, what are you here for?"
"Dumbledore sent me. Said I'm ter pick up little 'arry 'ere and take 'im ter 'is aunt and uncle's 'ouse in Surrey."
"Aunt as in Petunia?" she asked. She had heard Lily say this name before. Petunia, Lily's sister, whom Lily had never liked much, and, as far as Danielle could gather, who despised Lily in every way for being a witch. "Hagrid, you can't take him there. She's not a good person to be dropping Harry off with."
"Got to Danielle," He said, picking Harry up gently out of the chair, "Dumbledore's orders."
"I'd take him," Danielle offered.
"Can't, Sirius said the same thing, Dumbledore said 'e's ter stay with 'is aunt and uncle."
"They wouldn't mind if I took him," Danielle protested.
"I don't doubt that," Hagrid said, "but."
"Petunia would be horrible to him. She always hated Lily."
"It's not my decision," Hagrid said, wrapping Harry in a blanket and preparing to leave.
"Where's Sirius?" she asked, suddenly remembering, "You saw him did he say where he was going?"
"Said he wanted to find Peter. He said Lily and James were dead so I said ter 'im I already knew and I was on me way to go and get Harry. He said the same thing you did. 'where are you going to take him?' I told him 'he's ter go with his aunt and uncle and he told me what you did 'I'll take him' I told him what I told you, 'Dumbledore's orders Sirius,' I said, 'he's ter go ter 'is aunt's. So that when he gave me the bike and said 'e was goin' ter look for Peter." Hagrid said.
"Peter as in Peter Pettigrew? Worm—," she stopped short. Hagrid didn't know about Wormtail being Wormtail, or any of the others, not that he would mind, but that would be a long story she did not have time to tell. She had to find Sirius just then.
"That's what 'e told me," said Hagrid. He pulled a pocketwatch out of one of the many pockets in his jacket and surveyed it for a few seconds. "I'm late," he said, stuffing the watch away again.
"For what?"
"Fer meetin' Dumbledore." And with that, he simply turned around, climbed onto the motorcycle and rode away into the almost complete nighttime darkness.