A/N: Here's the revised second chapter. The old disclaimer still applies though. I don't own any of J. 's characters, scenes or fluff but Irrisa is my character :)
Power of the Mage: Blast to the Past
Malicious Intentions
Sun filtered through the curtains of the window preparing to wake the occupant of the room. Too bad for the sun, the occupant was already up and about for the day. Lily Potter was pacing back and forth in her daughters room. The only sound you could hear besides her feet on the carpet was her mutterings.
"Can I really do this? I can't have her stay here if he's actually going to act on his threats! But…it's my daughter…" She walked over and looked down upon the sleeping image of her daughter. After staring at her and memorizing every feature she came to her decision.
Just that morning Lily had noticed that James was in a worse mood than normal and he had kept making comments that put her on edge. That was where her previous dilemma had arisen from. Over the last couple months Lily had been hoping to get through to her husband and have him at least accept their daughter was his with no luck. She had slowly got the sinking feeling that her daughter would have to leave. This tore her in two. On one side she loved her daughter more than life itself and swore to protect her and on the other she still loved her husbands, faults and all. She had first played with the idea of sending Irrisa away but there was no where to go. Just having the last name Potter would cause animosity towards her in this time. She had then got this sudden crazy idea and had been researching it every since. After many calculations she had finally come up with the right spell/rune combination the only problem being one thing. There was no way to test the theory. She had been ground to a sudden halt and had thrown out the idea. Now that idea came back to her more sudden than before. At this point there was no choice; tested or not she would need to go through with the spell and hope for the best. After taking a deep breath she moved away from the crib and started to pack anything she thought her daughter might need..
"Clothes. Yes."
"Diapers, and other necessities. Yes."
"Toys. Yes"
"The letters. Yes."
After confirming she had grabbed everything she thought necessary she moved the bag over by the door, took one last look at the crib and her daughter, and went down stairs.
Meanwhile…
"God damn it! Why is there always a shit load of paperwork!" James cursed, slamming his quill down onto his pile of papers.
"James, watch your language." Sirius said, unthinking. Remus' head snapped up knowing where Sirius was going.
"Why should I, Padfoot?"
Sirius Black sighed. "Because, Prongs, you have a daughter now and you need to watch your mouth around her."
"What daughter? I have no children, Padfoot."
Sirius's eyebrows rose above his hairline as Remus frowned.
"What do you mean James, you have a daughter." Remus said slowly and calculated.
James, disregarding the change of formality, yelled " I HAVE NO CHILDREN!"
"JAMES HAROLD POTTER!"
James and Remus turned to see Sirius standing with a look of seriousness hardly ever seen on his face.
"You are being a prat! So what if your first-born is a girl? She is your daughter and it is your responsibility to be a father to her!"
"How dare you accuse me of not doing my responsibility! Your one to talk Sirius! Look at your family!"
Silence descended upon the room as Remus and Sirius sat stunned at what James had just implied. James then continued on oblivious to what he had just unleashed.
"It won't matter soon anyways. Soon the stain that thing has brought upon the Potter name will be cleaned any everything will return to how it used to be."
Remus sucked in a breath. "James, you aren't suggesting what I think you are."
"Yes I am, Moony. By tomorrow, I will have no daughter."
Remus' whole demeanor changed and became more determined. He had realized there was no reasoning with his friend so he would have to do it the hard way. "I won't let you drive yourself farther into idiocy. Until you can grow the hell up please refrain from contacting me and if you do have any sort of contact you are to call me Remus. The friend who called me Moony wouldn't be acting this idiotic. Now excuse me, I have to go and let Lily know of her husbands threat towards her daughter." At this Remus turned around and started to walk out of the room. He never made it to the door.
"Stupefy!"
Remus was hit in the back from the stunner and fell to the floor.
"James! What are yo-" Sirius outcry of surprise was cut short.
"Petrificus Totalus!"
Sirius also fell to the floor, unable to move.
James walked over and looked down at Remus. "I won't have you interfering. Now excuse me, I have a previous engagement to attend to."
With that James left the room, leaving the two furious aurors on the floor to try and find a way out of this mess and warn Lily.
Back at the Potters Home
"There."
Lily lowered her quill and read over the second letter she had decided to write once more to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything. When she was sure that she hadn't, she placed the letter inside the envelope. The letter was for whoever found Irrisa. The original letter was for Irrisa herself when she was older and able to understand the situation. She placed the envelope in the bag of supplies with the first letter so that whomever found Irrisa would see it. She looked up at the clock to see that it was only 2:34pm. James wouldn't be home until 6:00pm so she figured she had time before she had to say goodbye to her daughter.
CRASH.
Lily's head whipped around and she became scared. Who was here? She crept out of the room quietly and looked down the stairs. Her eyes widened when she saw James standing in the doorway looking furious. His head went from left to right and Lily realized that he was looking for her and Irrisa.
She quickly ducked back into the room, grabbed the bag and letter then quickly and quietly ran to the crib and grabbed Irrisa. Irrisa was unnaturally quiet which made Lily think that she somehow knew that it was imperative that she remain silent.
"And what, pray tell, are you doing dear wife of mine."
Lily froze and turned around to see her husband in the doorway.
"What do you think you were going to do? Handing her over to someone else won't solve anything" James asked.
"Yes James I was going to hand her over to someone else but you are mistaken if you thought it wouldn't make a difference. Now move, I don't want to hurt you."
"That should be my line. Now you see, I came here to fix this disgrace upon the Potter name and I intend to stick to my plan!" James then lunged at Lily and tried to grab Irrisa but wasn't quick enough to out maneuver his wife. Lily, quicker than James could blink, had taken out her wand and pointed it at him.
"Expelliarmus!"
James went flying back into the wall, his wand flying out of his hand and into the corner. Lily took that moment to run past him and out the door. James quickly recovered from the brief dizziness and rushed over to the corner to grab his wand and followed Lily out the door.
Lily had made it halfway across the living room when James entered and shouted out a spell that locked the door on the other side. Lily then had no choice but to turn and stare at James.
"There, you see. It's pointless to run. I'm happy to see you understand that."
"James…"
"Come on, Lily. Give me the baby. You see how this…thing…has come between us. If we get rid of it everything can go back to normal." James pleaded.
"You want me to give up my baby so that you can be happy? What about me? No Jamaes. Nothing can return to normal. I have seen what you can be and it scares me. I'm sorry James. I can't stand who you've become just because you became a father to an innocent baby girl." Lily's voice cracked with emotion.
"You don't know what you're talking about. Lily, give me the baby and I promise everything will be al-"
"NO!"
"Lily!"
Lily took a deep breath and started to chant a complicated string of spells that James couldn't even begin to understand. As her chanting was continuing several runes previously drawn in anticipation for this spell started to glow.
James realized that he needed to stop the spell so he tried to rush to Lily and interrupt her only to be thrown back by an invisible barrier.
As her chanting came close to the end Lily started to glow a pale blue. Within seconds the room was filled with wind, the vortex centered upon Lily.
As Lily finished the last words of her chant a small portal opened up in front of her.
As the portal opened Lily prayed. "Please, Merlin. Send my daughter somewhere safe and protect her."
Lily then kissed Irrisa's forehead, and with her tears cascading down her face, sent her daughter through the portal. A flash blinded both Lily and James for a couple of seconds and when they looked back after it died down, the portal had closed taking Irrisa with it.
A/N: Yay revised chapter 2 complete. Again let me know how the revision went and any ideas are good too! :)
