Recap: Sirius died and met James in the alley. They are on their way to meet up with Lily.
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Chapter 2
Sirius closed his eyes, with James standing beside him, and let go. He felt his feet leave the ground like he was floating on thin air. Everything felt so much better inside him, like nothing could ever go wrong and he could do anything.
The ground once again felt solid, but Sirius was too afraid to open his eyes. He didn't want to face Lily and he didn't want James to be gone either. He slowly opened his eyes and was relieved to see James still standing beside him. He looks around and takes in his surroundings, it all looks the same but different. The main difference is the sky is no longer bright blue with white fluffy clouds, it's just white, bright white. James and Sirius are standing in a small street leading out of a village and everything around them is clean, perfect and full of vibrant colour. As took in everything he finally recognised the street they were standing in. Sirius tried to fight back the tears resurfacing but failed. He turned his head away from James hoping he hadn't noticed when he felt his hand grasp his shoulder.
"It's alright" he said in a quiet voice.
"I…I haven't been here since…" he trailed off as he wept.
"Would you like to come in, I understand if it's too hard for you".
"No…no it's fine, I just need a second" Sirius knew he couldn't avoid this forever and took a deep breathe to calm himself. He took a step forward and James followed with his hand still on Sirius shoulder. As they reached the gate to Lily and James' house at Godric's Hollow, Sirius stopped and James stepped past him and opened the gate and held the front door open for him. He followed James closely, not wanting to touch the house that destroyed his life in one night. He couldn't understand why they would want to live in the house they were murdered in. The house looked as good as new, not a scratch on it let alone a huge hole in the roof where the nursery was.
"Lily darling" James called.
"I'm coming" Lily called back.
Sirius stepped into the house and tried not to look at the ground where his best friend's murdered body laid years before. From what he saw the house looked exactly the same from what he remembered before that night.
Lily suddenly appeared in the hallway. She looked so full of life even though she was dead, with her radiant smile filled the whole room. Her beautiful red hair sitting by her shoulders and magnificent emerald green eyes still created the stunning picture that is Lily Evans Potter.
"Sirius, how wonderful to see you again" she said cheerfully, walking up and hugging him. He opened his arms and hugged her back tightly. A tear slipped from his eye and ran down his cheek. Lily saw it as she pulled back and wiped it away with her hand. "Everything is alright now, Sirius, look at me". Sirius struggled to meet her eyes but when he did she continued. "I know you blame yourself for what happened, but WE don't blame you and never will; it wasn't your fault we died". Lily sounded so calm and relaxed, not the slightest ounce of anger or shame. "Come on, let's go have some tea". She took hold of his hand and pulled him towards the kitchen with James following behind.
Sirius and James sat at the counter while Lily stood on the other side. "Is there anything in particular that you want?"
"Do you have any firewhiskey?" he asked not meeting her eyes.
"Sure, do you want tea James?" she asked as she pulled down 2 mugs and turned the kettle on.
"Lils, why do you do that, you don't have to anymore"
"I know James, but I like to, it gives me something to do"
"You don't need something to do you, you have me" he winks.
Lily rolls her eyes "Well it makes me happy, isn't that what you want" she smirks.
James gets up and kisses her "Of course it is"
She hands Sirius his drink and he downs it in one. "Thanks, so umm, what are you talking about?"
"Well here you don't have to cook or shop or anything, you just think of what you want and there it is. Food, drinks, new clothes or even a house" Lily gestures her hands to the house around her. "It also works to go somewhere, though it's just like apparition except no splinching". She stops and hands James his tea and sits down beside him.
"Whoa slow down, so you just have to think of something and its there, that's it?"
"Yep, watch" James looks at the counter and a tray of delicious biscuits appear.
"Wow, Prongs that's amazing, let me try". Sirius looks at his glass but nothing happens.
"It takes time, try closing your eyes, with practice all you will have to do is look at it".
He closes his eyes and thinks of his glass full of firewhiskey. When he opens them it's full and he downs it whole for the second time. He can feel it kicking in and his body relaxing they more the talk. "So you can apparate here"
"Sort of, it works the same but it's a lot easier and you don't need to know exactly where you want to go, anyone can do it" Lily said smiling, sensing Sirius calming down.
"What do you mean anyone?" Sirius asked slightly confused.
"Muggles, they think it's amazing, like nothing they have ever seen, but we know better".
"So muggles are here too and they still don't know about magic, how come?"
"Well there is no need to, anything we can do they can do and it's a lot easier then waving a wand and saying an incantation"
"But you still have your magic and wand don't you" Sirius unable to control the desperation in his voice.
"Of course, your magic is inside you so you don't lose it when you die, it's with you forever and our wands are upstairs in the drawers."
Sirius closed his eye and concentrated. His wand appeared in front of him and he picked it up and hugged it tight with a smirk on his face. He felt a hole in his chest fill as he held his wand close; he was a true wizard again. Placing it back in his pocket he winked at James, who rolled his eyes.
"How are you taking all of this?" Lily asked with caring eyes
"Well the firewhiskey certainly helped" he joked. "It's ok, a lot to take in, but at least I'm back with you two again" he smiled looking at both of them. "How did you both take it?"
"We took it quite hard, with leaving you, Remus and especially Harry behind. But we got through it together and it helped knowing we died protecting each other and taking down Voldemort along with us" James said proudly. "But we not once wanted to leave it like that, you in prison, Remus having to lose everyone at once and deal with his furry little problem on his own and leaving poor Harry in the care of Lily's sister. We never wanted any of that to happen". Sirius nodded unable to say anything in response.
There's a moment silence when Sirius finally asked "So…why did you pick this as your house if you could pick anything?" unable to avoid the question any longer.
"Well that's easy" Lily replied "it was our house, the place we wanted to spend the rest of your lives and now we can"
"Makes sense I guess. You don't have any bad memories from the house" Sirius said trying not to sound accusingly.
"Pads" James said not knowing what to say as Lily looked slightly taken back.
"I'm sorry, you just don't know what I went through that night and I've had to live with it my whole life".
"But you don't have to live with it any more Sirius, we never blamed you for our death and we know what happened, we saw it" Lily said firmly to illustrate her point.
"What do you mean you saw it?"
"We went back and watched it and it helped us to come to term with it"
"You can do that, how?" Sirius asked eagerly.
"Just think about it, a time, a place, a person, even an emotion can take you somewhere."
"An emotion, so you just think of someone when their sad or happy or scared and it takes you there?" Lily nodded her head; glad to see he was catching on. "Hmm, well I want to go see my death. I don't really know what happened and I'd like to find out" With that Sirius stood up and closed his eyes thinking hard about his death.
Hope you like this chapter, I know it might seem boring but I had to answer all those questions. It will pick up hopefully in the next chapter. Will update soon :)
