The Family Who Lived

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I wish I did, but I don't own anything

you recognise. Most of it belongs

to J.K Rowling.

Chapter 2: Ten years later...

"Harry? Harry, it's time to get up," a soft feminine voice calls through the door.

Harry Potter was very famous. He was ten years old and yet everyone new of him. You see, Harry Potter was The-Boy-Who-Lived, the saviour of the wizarding world. He defeated the greatest Dark Lord to have ever lived at only one year and three months old, and he is the only known survivor of the dreaded killing curse. This curse is meant to be impossible to block, to be hit by it means instant death. The day this happened, Harry almost lost both of his parents (Lily and James Potter) and the roof of his home was blown off as a result of the attack. The family was betrayed by their very own best friend, Peter Pettigrew, who's been missing for ten years.

After the attack on Godrics Hollow, the Potter's moved into the muggle world along with the Longbottom's and their best friend's Sirius Black (once his name was cleared, as he had been blamed for being a follower of Voldemort- that is, the darkest wizard ever- and the betrayal of the Potter's) and Remus Lupin. They all lived as muggles for five years before returning into the wizarding world. Harry had a lot of magical power that he lost control of multiple times. He turned his teachers hair blue once, another time his mother cut his hair and he didn't like it, but he went to bed anyways and when he woke up, it had grown back again. Once during lunchtime at school, a group of bullies were chasing him and then all of a sudden, he was on the roof of the school kitchens!

Now the family of three lived in a large house in an area where lots of wizarding families lived. Sirius and Remus lived next door to them, and the Longbottom's lived just two streets away. Harry had made some muggle friends, including one very smart girl the same age as him named Hermione Granger.

"Harry?" The voice calls again. No answer.

"Alright then, you leave me no choice..." The voice fades away and you can hear the footsteps padding down the stairs. One minute later, you can hear multiple people pounding up the stairs and the door leading into Harry's bedroom bursts open.

You would think that you would see people standing in the door, wouldn't you? But that was not the case. In the doorway, one man with sandy hair and scars all over him stands next to a lady with bright red hair and emerald green eyes. That was normal. What wasn't normal was the fact that there were two other people, well, more like presences accompanying them. Two animals.

The first was a shaggy black dog, twice the size of the usual dog, with it's tongue flapping out the side of its mouth. Beside the dog was a stag.

Yes, there was a stag in the bedroom that belongs to an ten year old boy. Keep in mind that this house was in the middle of London.

This unusual group of people were expecting to see a young Harry Potter lying in bed fast asleep. What they weren't expecting was to get pranked.

The bed was completely empty and messy, there were toys all over the place and clothes were strewn about the room. It looked as though someone had been kidnapped.

"Harry? Harry, where are you?!" Lily Potter started to freak out.

The stag changed into a man whose name was James Potter, more commonly known as Prongs. James started frantically searching the room, along with the sandy haired man (who was known as Remus Lupin or Moony) and the black dog, now a black haired man (a.k.a Sirius Black or Padfoot).

A sudden explosion made all four occupants of the room jump and spin around towards the door. In the door stood a young boy with jet black hair, circular glasses and bright emerald eyes that were glinting mischievously. In his hands were two toy guns, one Nerf gun and one water gun. Harry.

"I will do nothing unless you put your hand where I can see them!" He yelled.

All four adult slowly put their hands up, not seeing the trick in his words. Immediately, Harry started spraying them with water and shooting them with toy bullets which could leave bruises if you take them fully. Yelping, Lily hid behind the door while Sirius, Remus and James hopped around the bedroom, dodging bullets and getting drenched in the process, all while Harry was laughing his head off. He didn't notice when the weapons started to float and target Lily. He was too busy laughing to realise he was doing accidental magic again.

"Harry! Go target your father!" She shrieked.

"Ummm... Lils? You might want to look up..." James said, looking a little worried for Harry's sake.

Lily slowly looked up until she saw the two toys floating in the air and her son lying on the floor, laughing his head off. Realising what was going on, she sat there, shocked. The three men looked at her wearily, wondering if they should hide or not.

Slowly Harry stopped laughing and looked up, only to see his mother watching the two toy guns that were trained at her. Realising what happened, he gasped, flew up, and literally bolted out of the room, presumably to find a hiding place.

"Harry... James... POTTER!!!!!!!!!" She shrieked from her place at the floor. "I'm so going to get him for this," she says to the three men standing around her.

"Llliiillllyyy!" Sirius whined, "He did a bit of accidental magic. So what? At least you now know he isn't a squib."

"Continue whining like that, Siri-Bear, and you'll find yourself some accidental magic," she said sweetly. "Now, James, will you please go find our son? We have to leave for the zoo soon, and I want him to shower and get some breakfast before we go." With that, she turned and whisked out of the room.

Lily didn't mind the accidental magic when it was directed to someone else, but if it was going for her, your best option was to run and hide for a while until she cooled down.

James found Harry hiding in the cupboard under the stairs. This wasn't a good thing because the last time James checked, there was a boggart in there. A boggart was a shape-shifter, it turned into whatever you fear most. Harry was as white as a sheet when James found him, and he looked a little bit sick, so James picked him up and carried him into the kitchen.

The moment she saw her son being carried into the kitchen by her husband, all plans of revenge were swept from Lily's mind.

"James, where did you find him? And why is he so clammy and pale?" Lily rushes over to Harry, enveloping him in a big hug.

"He was under the stairs and the last time I checked, there was a boggart under there."

"Harry, honey, you're all right, nothing is going to hurt you right now, ok? I promise you. Do you want to talk about it?" Lily soothed Harry while James made him a cup of green tea.

"I... It was him, Mum, he killed you and D-Dad," Harry chocked out before dissolving into a wave a tears. Lily rocked backwards and forwards with him, murmuring reassuring words to him and eventually the colour returned to his face and he had finished a breakfast of waffles and green tea.

"Do you still want to go to the zoo today?" Lily asks.

Harry's face lit up at the mention of the zoo. Harry was going to the zoo with his friends Ron Weasley and Neville Longbottom for his and Neville's birthdays, which were a day apart.

"Yeah! I want to see the lions first, m'kay?" Harry nodded fervently.

Lily and James laughed at their son's antics. He had so much of his Dad's personality and looks, yet so much of his Mum's attitude and concentration. Once his mind is set on something, he will in no way, shape or form change his idea. To put it simply, he was extremely stubborn.

An hour later, the small family were waiting in their living room in front of the fireplace. Being wizards (and witches), they had their own peculiar ways of transport. Travelling through the Floo Network was the easiest of these.

The Floo Network worked quite simply. You took a hand full of Floo Powder and threw it into the flames, said where you were going, and walked straight into the fire. To get anywhere, however, there must be at least one fireplace in the area that is connected with the system. All the fireplaces of the wizarding world were generally connected, with only a few not connected.

Just in that moment, the flames turned green and a young lady fell out of the fireplace, followed by a man a few years older than her and a young boy of ten.

"Neville!" Harry leapt up to help his friend up off the floor, while Lily and James did the same for Neville's parents, Alice and Frank Longbottom. The two boys sped out of the room (most likely to play wizards chess), while the four adults started to catch up.

Alice and Frank Longbottom were in the same predicament as Lily and James were all those years ago. They were messing about in their home with baby Neville when suddenly they were attacked. Alice and Frank were in the wizarding hospital (St. Mungo's) for two years before they could raise Neville, so Lily and James took him in. Frank's Mum Agusta Longbottom would have done it, but her husband had only just died and she caught a case of the Dragon Pox, so she trusted the Potter's with her grandson.

Alice Longbottom was a very pretty lady. She had short blonde hair, a round face and a really bubbly personality. She was Lily's best friend in school and still is.

Frank Longbottom was the love of Alice's life. He was tall and he had short brown hair. He was more laid-back than Alice, so he balanced her out very nicely.(*)

Ten minutes later, the flames turned green again and a women a few years older than Frank fell out, along with her son.

"Harry! Ron's here!" James called up the stairs while Lily and Alice started talking animatedly to Ron's mother, Molly Weasley.

The Weasley's were a large family. There was Molly and Arthur, the parents, and there was seven kids. In order from oldest to youngest, there was Bill, then Charlie, followed by Percy, there was the twins Fred and George (or Gred and Forge), Ron came next and last but not least, Ginny. The Weasley were well known to be low on money, so the Potter's, being as rich as they were, made monthly donations to th Weasley family vault in Gringotts bank (the wizarding bank, located on Diagon Alley).

"Hullo, Ron!" Harry and Neville burst through the door. They both had ash all over their faces.

"Harry! What did I say about exploding snap? Look at the state of the two of you!" Lily scolded. She immediately grabbed a brush and started brushing him down, Alice doing the same with Neville.

Once she was finished, she told Harry to go fetch his backpack because they were leaving. Harry obediently went to his room, Ron and Neville following him.

"How are you all?" Molly questioned.

Molly was a short, plump lady with bright red hair and freckles all over her face. The whole Weasley clan looked the same, except all of the boys were very tall.

"Oh, we're all perfectly well, thank you. How is Arthur? I hear the office is busy," Lily said.

"Arthur? He's probably fast asleep at the moment. They had them working from nine in the morning till three in the morning yesterday, there was a big problem down in Derbyshire. Something about farm tools floating about and doing all the work on their own, I think. When do you to go back to work? You'll be teaching Harry this year, that'll be weird!" Molly replied.

When they returned to the wizarding world, Lily and James both got jobs at Hogwarts. Harry, being only five at the time, came with them and helped Lily a little. James took up the position of Astronomy Professor while Lily took up the place of the Muggle Studies Professor for a number of years before changing to assisting Madame Pince and Madame Pomfrey in the Library and the Hospital Wing.

"Yeah! That's going to be awkward for him too, he'll be being taught by his own dad! James, just do me a favour and don't embarrass him please, I would hate for him to be teased any more than he's going to be because of his parents," Lily said.

Just then, the flames turned green and Arthur Weasley's head showed up in the grate.

"Lily? James? Are you there?" He yelled.

"Arthur! What's up?" James leaned down to the fire.

"Is Sirius there?" He asked. James nodded. "Tell him to that he's needed at the Ministry urgently. There's been an emergency."

James walked swiftly out of the room while Molly, Alice, Frank and Lily leaned closer to the fire.

"Arthur, dear, what's going on?" Molly asked.

Arthur's face was a mixture between ecstatic and grave. Taking a deep breath, he turned to Lily.

"Peter Pettigrew has been captured."

A/N: New chapter!! This is a very long one so it took a long time to write. I know I've left you all on a cliffhanger, but it is necessary for the storyline. Please review, it'd mean so much to hear your opinion on how the chapter went!

Till the next chapter,

Art.with.ap

P.S: I got the idea of Astronomy Professor from Yugioash so don't think I'm taking all the credit.

*I don't actually know if I've described Frank right. I did some research but I ended up going off of the picture in a way, modifying small bits and I also made up the other information about him as there are no descriptions on their personalities that I can find. The same with Alice, I changed her hair and I feel like Lily and her would have been best friend's. Please tell me if there needs to be a change! Thanks!