Frank put his arm protectively around his wife as Dumbledore explained to them about the prophecy made about their unborn child.
After Dumbledore got done talking Alice looked up at her husband with worry in the her blue-grey eyes.
"Now, as I said," Dumbledore continued. "There is no way that we know for sure this is about your child. It could also be about another child, a boy, due to be born at the end of July."
Both Frank and Alice knew who the other child was to be and neither of them would wish this fate on James and Lily's unborn child either. Alice loved her best friend, loved her more than anything, but the thought of losing her child when someone else could lose theirs was almost too much to think about the fact that it was Lily's child.
"Nothing's going to happen to us, of the baby," Frank reassured Alice. "Right Professor?" He asked, his voice choked with fear.
"I assure you, Frank, Alice, I will do all in my power to protect the both of you and your child. Tom will not lay a hand on any of you."
oooOoooOoooOoooOooo
Dumbledore called Frank, Alice and young Neville to his office early one morning.
"Has He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named been caught?" Alice asked as they headed towards the fire place to floo to Hogwarts.
"I hope he has been. I don't want Neville to have to live in a war-torn world," Frank replied. He looked Alice deep in the eyes. "I love you and Neville more than anything. If anything happens, it means that I have done everything physically possible to protect you."
"I know," Alice replied simply.
When they got to Dumbledore's office, his blue eyes seemed sad and far away.
"Professor? You called us here?" Frank asked.
"Ah..." Dumbledore said. he motioned to a couple chairs. "Why don't you have a seat?"
"Is something wrong, Professor?" Alice asked.
"Frank, Alice, I have to bring you some bad news. I regret to inform you that Tom chose which child to target."
"No, no, no, No!" Alice muttered.
"Alice, Tom did not choose to target little Neville here. Unfortunately, that means that he targeted James and Lily Potter's son, Harry. James and Lily lost their lives protecting Harry, but..."
"NO!" Screamed Alice. Sobs racked her small frame. She screamed over and over and sobbed their names. "No! Not Lily! She was my best friend. Not Lily!"
"I really do know the pain you are feeling, Alice, but you have to remember that I too knew James and Lily and I was exceptionally close to both of them.
"As I was saying, both James and Lily died the night of the thirty-first, but Harry James Potter, the one that Tom was targeting, survived. He was not harmed apart from the fact that he lost both his parents and the he was, as I understand it, touched by a very powerful curse because of the scar that it left on his forehead. It's in the shape of a lightning bolt. All of the wizarding world will know who he is before he does." Dumbledore sighed. The look had not yet left his eyes.
"Professor? Where is Harry now? We would take him in and raise him for James and Lily. I think they would have liked that," Frank suggested.
"I appreciate your willingness to take Harry in, but he is going to live with his aunt, uncle, and cousin in Little Winging, Surrey. I hope they will take good care of him, just like I know the both of you would.
"Now, when Tom tried to kill Harry all of the love that Lily had shown him by not standing aside rebounded and made Tom disappear. I believe that he will be back, but for now, you and your family should be safe. We will still make some precautions, but it was, after all, Harry he chose to target, not Neville."
He looked around the room at the young couple. Alice was holding her year old son close to her chest with tears streaming down her face. Frank had an arm around Alice, pulling her close to him. His other arm was on his son's back, softly stroking.
"I truly am sorry,"Dumbledore said as they rose to leave the room. "I truly am."