Chapter II
Plans Unravelled
Disclaimer: No I don't own Harry Potter...insert witty remark here.
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A teary eyed Lily returned to her parents, her mother asked her what had happened but Lily was too distraught to talk and promised to explain later, her mother had unfortunately gotten word back from Petunia stating that she wanted nothing to do with those freaks,
Lily quickly explained what had happened and explained how she expected chaos to rain down upon her, now she was away from the house, she realised why she was so worried, Voldemort body had been destroyed, his life wasn't just ripped from him, but his body had been completely destroyed, she had also heard him scream, the Avada Kedavra was instant, Lily didn't know what to make of this but she knew one thing for certain, she needed to get away...and fast.
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Albus Dumbledore considered himself a laid back individually but even he had his limits and at the moment he was currently wishing he was addicted to something stronger than sweets.
It had started several hours ago when his devices monitoring the Potter's home suddenly went haywire, Albus knew what this meant, Tom Riddle had attacked the Potter family, he let out a small sigh, he was saddened that two such bright people had to be sacrificed but it was for the greater good,
Albus knew that Thomas had taken steps to achieve immortality had Dumbledore strongly believed he had created an Horcrux and the prophecy concerning the young Potter boy now meant he was now the one that would have to finish the dark lord,
At the moment Albus wasn't sure whether young Harry had finished Tom off last night or not but he would soon find out, he was the great Albus Dumbledore after all,
Having searched the Potter home however Albus felt his blood rise as whilst there were two dead bodies neither one was a Potter, upstairs in the toddlers room laid a dead Tom Riddle and across from him was surprising enough Remus Lupin, Dumbledore wasn't the most revered wizard in Britain without being intelligent,
It appeared his suspicions about Remus had been incorrect, the man had obviously fought Riddle before dying but that didn't answer the question of where was the Potter's,
He cast detection charms all over the house but it didn't show any one else currently in the house, he needed to contact Sirius as fast as possible and see if he had any information on where the Potter family was, he looked back at the bodies one last time feeling a slight guilt and annoyance, something would have to be done with the bodies but he needed to salvage his plan before anything else.
With one last sigh of annoyance he quickly left the home and apparated away to Black's flat, upon entering the young man's home and discovering no one was home he plopped a lemon drop into his mouth attempting to calm his anger.
His plan was spiralling out of his control and he didn't like it, he was well aware that Sirius and Peter had switched places as the secret keeper but he had planned to use Black as another pawn to eliminate the threat of him raising young Harry,
Right now Albus wasn't even sure if the Potter parents had perished or not and he hated what might happen if they hadn't, Albus rubbed his temple had started to formulate another plan just in case the worse had happened,
Leaving the flat Albus left for Hogwarts but placed a ward on Black's home so he would know when the boy returned, Albus Dumbledore left in a huff unable to believe how badly his plan had fell in to tatters.
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James began to stir as he struggled to open his eyes due to the light from the window killing his eyes, a sudden pounding in his head brought on the hangover from the previous night he spent with Sirius getting royally pissed, after about eleven O clock however everything was a blank so it came as a bit of a surprise to James to discover the naked girl in bed with him was not his wife,
The Young women in question was blonde, not a red head like his wife and suddenly James got a look at the sleeping women's chest that almost helped him overcome his hangover, with a surprising amount of grace James quickly snuck out of the bedroom and began making his way quietly down the stairs, reaching the living room he found his best friend naked on the sofa with some other girl, he gently tapped Sirius on the top of the head,
"Don't...do...that" Sirius said dangerously, James rolled his eyes,
"Come on you idiot we need to leave before these two wake up" James hissed quietly,
Sirius began to stir and gently escaped the grip of the girl,
"Why exactly are we sneaking out?" Sirius asked as he quickly dressed,
"Oh I don't know, maybe the fact that I'm married might have something to do with it" James replied venom laced in his voice,
"Sweet Merlin last night you did nothing but complain about her and now you feel guilty"
"Hey I'm still a guy and have needs, but if Lily finds out about this she'll leave for good" James replied,
Sirius shook his head before finding out he had his own hangover, James took pity on his friend and apparated Sirius flat all the while coming trying to come up with a way to get back in Lily's good graces unaware that his now ex-wife was currently on the other side of the planet.
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Albus had tried to busy himself with work all day but he kept looking over at the instrument that would begin to glow and buzz when someone entered Black's flat, after a couple of hours it began to do just that and with a speed very surprising for someone of Albus's age he quickly flooed to the boy's home, upon arriving he discovered that his plan hadn't just fallen apart it had been chewed up and buried.
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James and Sirius sat having a quick cup of tea whilst waiting for the hangover remedy to cool down to drinking temperature, they were currently talking about Quidditch when their former headmaster appeared out of the fireplace,
"Ah Sirius I'm glad you back I...James your here?" The old headmaster said unable to mask the surprise in his voice as he felt his little world come crashing down around him,
"Err good morning Professor, what can I do for you?" James asked tiredly, Albus was unable to grasped what was going on here, James didn't appear at all concerned about anything that was happening,
"James where are Lily and Harry?" Albus blurted out, James raised an eyebrow in confusing,
"Still at her parents I would assume, don't worry professor I'm going to apologise later, I'm just giving her time to calm down, I'm sure it's just her hormones or something" James replied,
Albus was even more dumbfounded, He assumed from the device he had monitoring the Potter's meant they had been the ones attacked, he decided to just come out and explain what had happened,
"James I'm sorry to tell you this but it appears that Voldemort found his way inside you home last night" Dumbledore explained as sadly as he could, James and Sirius were on there feet both shouting out "what",
"Yes I had your home monitored in case of something like this, It appears there was a battle of some sorts there and...I'm sorry to tell you both this but...your friend Remus didn't make it", Both men wore a look of shock on there faces,
"All this time, I thought he was the traitor" James said, Sirius nodded in agreement,
"You know what this means right?" Sirius replied,
"Yeah, looks like the rat really is a fucking rat" James spat out, Albus intervened he didn't like being ignored,
"Well there is also some good news, I'm happy to say it looks like Voldemort has finally perished" he said a sad smile on his face, Both of them looked even more shocked but that quickly turned to cheering and dancing from the two younger men,
Albus was getting annoyed now, Albus didn't want Sirius and James knowing about the prophecy but it was the only ace he had left,
"Boys, I'm sure you both very happy to hear the news but I'm not certain we have seen the last of the Voldemort" he said breaking the good spirit,
He went on to explain all about the prophecy and that he believed that Harry was the only one who could save them all, James eyes became star crossed,
"Wow just think my son a saviour, but what happened last night then?" James asked,
"I'm not sure of anything at the moment James, we must go find Harry and Lily before we can put together what happened,
James lead both men outside before apparting them all to Lily's parents.
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After arriving at the Evans home, the three men discovered it was abandoned and no furniture was left, none of the men could wrap their heads around this, even if the Evans had moved they couldn't have had all there furniture moved that quickly,
Albus felt a headache coming on and unlike his companions it wasn't from an hangover, what was going on here and why wasn't he in control of this,
"James were Lily's parents moving home?" he asked, James shook his head,
"No I was here only last night when that and nothing looked boxed up or anything" he replied truthfully unable to understand where they might be,
"Hey Prongs doesn't Lily have a sister?" Sirius asked, James looked thoughtful,
"Yeah she does but I doubt she'd go there, her sister absolutely hates magic with a passion, and that walrus of a husband of hers is even worse" he replied,
Albus averted his eyes pretending to look around, his plan had been to convince Petunia Dursley to take in young Harry in hopes the boy would become a willing tool for his plan,
"Is there any other place Lily might go James?" Albus asked, James shook his head, "I can't see her being at her sister's but there is a slight chance I suppose",
"Very well let's be on our way" Dumbledore sighed and with his two former students left for there next destination.
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Petunia had a very sower look on her face as she answered the door to a set of people she never wanted to see or have anything to do with, she didn't want her little angel Dudley anywhere near these types, why would they not leave her be,
"What do you want?" she snarled at the three men, James glared at her, how dare this bitch talk to him like this,
"Believe me I don't want to be here but is Lily here by any chance?" he asked,, it was almost comical to see the look on the women's face turn from disgust to disbelief,
"Even if that...women did show up on my doorstep I wouldn't allow her into my house if my life depended on it" she spat at them, Albus however was not one to be put off track,
"Mrs Dursley, your parents home is empty, have they moved recently?" he asked politely,
"Oh so they did move" Petunia shook her head in disgust,
"My parents called the other night, going on about some supernaturalness and needing to leave, I can't believe my parents got involved in your world" she said in disgust,
Albus suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, the day had not gone as he had planned at all and the child of destiny was gone,
"Mrs Dursley, did you parents say where they might be going?" Albus asked politely as possible trying to maintain a friendly atmosphere, to his disappointment however this seemed to anger the women even more,
"No, and I can't believe they just up and left, I swear if it had been me they wouldn't have done all this!" she spat out, old resentments seeping through the cracks,
James carried on questioning her whilst Albus began trying to piece his puzzle back together, he wasn't the most powerful and respected wizard in the world for nothing, he was soon placing a new plan together when the slam of the door shocked him momentarily,
"Well that could have gone better" Sirius remarked, James shook his head, how could Lily do this to him, He was James Potter, one of the most sought after men in Britain,
"Well what do we do now?" Sirius asked, James at the older member of the party hoping the wise old man would have a suggestion,
"We may need to accept the fact that Lily and young Harry are lost to us my dear boys" Dumbledore said sadly, James soon went red faced at the idea of a women leaving him like this, he was about to go off on a tangent when Dumbledore raised his hand to signal for silence,
"Fear not James, I have a plan", James crossed his arms in annoyance whilst Sirius just stood there trying to comprehend everything that had happened so far,
"Well what's your plan Professor?" James asked unable to believe there was a way out of this,
"Follow me to my office my boy, but tell me what do you think of the title "Vanquisher of Voldemort?"
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A/N
Okay short chapter, to be honest I was going to just add this to chapter 1 but it just passes my 2000 word mark rule so it gets it's own chapter.
Anyway guys welcome back and I'm sorry it's been a while but my writing mojo hasn't been there for a bit plus life caught up yadda yadda yadda, you know the drill,
Still anyway, This story will hopefully be picking up speed a little more now, I know mostly where I'm going to be going with this and I hope I can get it finished before the end of next year.
Also thanks to everyone who voted on my poll but I'm going with my own idea, also big thanks to JKArcanus and Cocoagirl3, I'm taking both their suggestions for the Baby girl Evans names and be naming her Violet Diane Evans, like it or not it's staying.
Don't have much else to say at the moment other than hope you all had a good Christmas and best wishes from me for the new year.
See you guys next year
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