*(Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or places in Harry Potter. They are all owned by JK. Rowling and I have not used them for any profitable means in any shape or form.) Well folks let's see how Harry reacts to seeing his dead mother in front of him alive and it not being a dream. Oh and I'll be switching point of views from time to time.*
(Harry's pov (point of view in case you don't know))
Harry was beyond stunned. He wasn't sure if he was alive. He had the feeling like it a dream like when you go to a party and stand near the speakers and dance till around midnight and you can't tell if the party happened or not. His eyes looked up into the woman only a few inches taller than him and saw his eyes staring back at him. It was true…he did have his mother's eyes. They were the exact shape and size that it scared him.
"Harry…is that really you?" The woman asked again looking desperate. He saw the emotion in her eyes and he thought he saw something in them that looked like he was her last hope before losing a grip on all reality.
He took a step back and looked furious at her. "So." He started looking at her with pain, hatred, and misery in his eyes. "This is how He's going to finish me? Voldemort thinks he can send some Death Eater into my house pretending to be my mother somehow thinking that I would go off with you thinking my mother has returned, when in fact you're going to take me too him and he'll murder me without any hope of me surviving?" His voice started to raise threateningly and he felt like he was about to explode with rage and the room itself started to shake. But, he had to control himself…he couldn't let his anger get the best of him not with his hearing and everything, If he did something now he would find himself in probably Sirius's cell knowing his luck. "HOW STUPID DOES HE THINK I AM?" He shouted at her with his wand pointing at her chest. The woman looked at the verge of tears.
(Lily's pov)
Lily was about to cry. Her son had just screamed at her thinking that Voldemort had sent her so she could bring him to Voldemort to kill Harry. Her son thought she was a Death Eater in disguise. How could she convince her son that this was not a dream, that this was not a trick, that she was alive? She then pulled out the parchment Dumbledore had given her.
"Dumbledore himself gave that to me though! Please Harry you have to believe me!" I cried. Harry took the parchment and looked it over He then held it too the moonlight too see if that would discover something then the bedroom light by holding it directly underneath the light bulb but, nothing. He shoved it back to her and said. "It could still be a trick! How can I tru-" He was interrupted by a tapping at the window and saw a snowy white owl with a letter in her claw.
(Harry pov)
Hedwig was tapping on his window. I opened quickly with my wand still pointed at her and took the parchment. I noticed Hedwig land on the stranger's shoulder and hooted in what sounded like happiness? I lowered my guard a bit since; Hedwig was known to attack enemies on sight and animals could always tell whether someone was using magic to alter their appearance or not. (How he remembered that from Professor Binns is beyond him) He looked back at the parchment and it was from Dumbledore. I tore it open and read but, still kept a steady eye on the stranger.
Dear Harry,
I'm sure by now you have met a woman that looks exactly like your mother. I assure it IS her and she is alive. How though I cannot say. If you still have your doubts about this person then ask her the question below since only the real Lily Potter could answer this question since it was a riddle she beat me at in a contest many years ago.
(Lily's pov)
Harry was looking at the letter from Dumbledore at least I think it was from Dumbledore since I noticed his unusual handwriting. I swear he may be the greatest wizard alive but, his handwriting is worse than a Muggle doctor's and that is saying a lot. The owl kept looking at me with joy and hooted happily at me.
"It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?" Harry asked suddenly looking suspicious at me.
"What?" I asked him with a confused look.
"If you are whom you say you are then you can answer this riddle that you beat Dumbledore did years ago."
It took me a second and I suddenly smiled thinking of how I stumped Dumbledore with that one in a game at a Christmas party for the Order a year before Harry was born. It was my favorite one that I used a lot growing up.
"Nothing. Nothing is greater than God, nothing is more evil than the devil, the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing and if you eat nothing you'll die" I replied smiling at him.
(Harry pov)
I looked down at the letter and she said the exact same thing word for word. And at the bottom Dumbledore wrote.
"I also put a charm on here so she couldn't use magic to summon it too her or use magic to see through the paper to look at the answer."
Sincerely yours
Albus Dumbledore
My hand began to shake and I found myself dropping the paper and stumbling backwards towards the window. I looked at this woman and I felt tears about to fall in my eyes but I on long enough to utter a sing word that was barely a whisper.
"Mum?"
The stranger nodded and I ran to her hugging forgetting everything the fake Moody told me (even though he was a Death Eater it was true.) I just hugged this woman that was my mother. The one I always wanted, the one I always needed to be there for me, to have all the bad things go away, and the one that cared for me because I was me…"
(Lily's pov)
I hugged my son for the first time since I "died" not caring about what was going on in the world. I could finally again be the "Lioness protecting her cub", I could be what my son wished for, what he wanted, and above all needed since I knew just by looking at how skinny he looked that it was a result of the Dursley's treatment. If I could I would take it all 100 times over if he could have grown up the way he should have…
How long we stood hugging each other I'm not sure but, finally after what seemed like an eternity we broke apart. He smiled and he truly was James's clone except for my eyes. He then looked away awkwardly and mumbled. "I'm sorry…I yelled at you mum…I was just shocked and confused." I smiled and replied. "It's alright Harry. I understand in fact if I were in your shoes, I would have cursed and asked questions later. And Sirius wondered why Moody said I'd be an excellent Auror." He paused and said. "Wait have you seen Sirius he's an escape con-" I cut him off by holding up my hand and he stopped within a millisecond. "Yes I have but, I don't know if we can clear him since he was charged for murdering 12 Muggles and…Peter." I finished saying very coldly. 'If I ever meet Peter again…he has something coming to him.' I thought.
(Normal pov)
Harry was looking around his room and noticed how messy it was. He then began slowly.
"So…what happens now?"
"We're going to the place you just saw on the paper….unless you want to stay here." Lily finished uncomfortably.
Harry looked at his mum as if she had lost her mind. "Okay no offense mum but, I think being dead for so long has messed with your brain. If I had an option to go against the Horntail again or stay here I'd rather go through that."
Lily laughed and said "You are your father's son alright…" She trailed off till she realized what he said last. "Wait what do you mean a Hungarian Horntail?" She asked looking mad. She knew he was James's son but, she hoped it wasn't to that degree. James would have jumped before the person could finish what would happen if he could go against a dragon.
"Ummm…I'll explain later mum. Let's just say that I was in the Triwizard Tournament last year." He said looking at his feet.
Lily looked like she was about to have a heart attack…Dumbledore told her he participated in it but, not was in the trials exactly…
"You are going to tell me what's happened throughout your life young man. And the WHOLE truth you better not tell me something else and I find out what you said wasn't the truth or you'll be in serious trouble!" She finished sternly. Harry looked scared since he had seen Mrs. Weasley go off and she was a red head and so was his mother…he prayed to God that not all red heads were like Mrs. Weasley otherwise he would take the dragon over an angry mother.
"I will but I'll need my friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger to help fill in parts that they'll know better than myself."
Lily nodded and asked. "So shall we pack your trunk and everything and get you out of here?"
Harry nodded and began packing everything by hand but Lily shook her head. "Harry why are you packing it the slow way when I can do magic to make this easier for ourselves? I'll also need to borrow your wand since mine broke." Harry nodded and handed her his wand.
She looked it over and said "Hmmm…we'll need to go shopping since you seem to not have many robes or even Muggle clothes. That and you look like you were hit by a stretching jinx." She folded up all of his belongings and bewitched the trunk to float down the stairs.
Harry followed behind and almost laughed out loud at the scene before him. His Aunt was unconscious, his Uncle was fanning her with a small fan from where he got no one could know, Dudley was nowhere to be seen. 'Probably still hiding in his room' Harry thought.
They walked around them but, at the door Harry turned to them and said.
"Good-bye…and…thanks for…taking me in." He said using all of his strength and will power to say that to his knocked out Aunt and his bewildered Uncle Vernon.
They turned to the driveway and saw a figure standing at the end of it watching them. It was Dudley.
He walked to Harry looking at him with a strange expression. Harry stared at him for a minute getting ready for any insults that were likely going to come from his cousin. However Dudley didn't move…he seemed to be in a debate with himself. He didn't stir till he held out his hand. Harry thought he was going to punch him so he got ready to dodge but it stopped with his hand open. Harry looked at the hand till he realized he wanted to shake his hand. Harry slowly brought his hand up. He slowly but, firmly shook hands with the person that made his life Hell at school before he attended Hogwarts.
"Thanks Harry…for…sa….saving my life." Dudley said quietly so Lily couldn't hear him.
"No problem and they weren't going to kill you just take away your soul which; would have been worse than Death." Harry whispered back.
Dudley nodded and walked back into the house looking back at Harry one final time and smiled at him till he closed the door.
Harry stood by himself thinking of what Dudley did…after 14 years of torture from him he…apologized in a way. Well that was as much as an apology one would get from Dudley Dursley. Harry smiled and turned to go with his mother.
They walked to the end of the street when Lily asked "What was that about?"
"Let's just say Dudley apologized to me." Harry said smiling back at Number 4.
"Grab onto my arm Harry so we can Apparate to Sirius's place." Lily said.
Harry did just that and with a pop they vanished as if they were never there.
*And we'll cut it there. So what did you guys think? Little bland in my opinion near the end but, I think it came out just fine. Till next chapter everyone! R&R please.*
