Hey guys here is chapter 4. I would like to thank each and everyone of you that has either Favorited me, or my story. Your reviews and everything are what helps me go on with this story. The next chapter or two will go back and forth from the present and the past. It will also go into more detail about how exactly the Potters survived. Hope you all enjoy this chapter.


It was morning as Lily and James Potter were sitting in the living room talking to Daniel and Emma Granger about old times and about the Granger's jobs. Daniel and Emma met while in college and it was love at first sight to them. They both were going for Dentistry and both passed with flying colors. It was after college that Daniel was called to action. He had joined the army to help with the war effort. He was then chosen for the British Special Air Services, aka, S.A.S. He was then trained for every type of fighting from Hand to Hand all the way to explosives. At the same time Emma decided to go into business with another school mate of hers. Daniel and Emma were married three years after college in a small church located in a small town called Godric's Hollow. It was also the same church that James and Lily Potter were married at.

"So you are telling us that in college, it was you Daniel that put the frog in the cafeteria salad bar." Emma Granger asked with a stern glare. He nodded and then added "Yes, although, at the time I thought that it was dead. I did not mean for it to come alive and jump into the Performing Arts Professor's tray." James and Lily were laughing so much that they had to put down their tea.

"Well, for your information, Daniel Granger that frog not only jumped onto her tray, it also jumped from her onto table and the girl next to me knocked her soda all over my books, that I had to then pay for." At this James was now on the floor and lily was holding her sides. That only lasted a minute until they noticed Hedwig fly into the room. She landed in front of Lily and held out her leg for her to grab. Once lily took it, Hedwig flew over to James and glared at him then flew over to the table where there was a bowl of owl treats waiting for her.

Lily slowly read the letter then growled. "What is the matter lily? Is it the kids? What happened?" The questions were coming from everyone and she slowly handed the letter to James then stood up. "The kids need us to come to Hogwarts, I think that you should come along." Daniel and Emma looked over at each other and agreed. Lily left the room and came back with two necklaces. "These necklaces are made by the elves. They let Non-Magicals a way to see the Magical world. Once you put these only you can take them off. They also have a little protection on them as well. If you truly want to go with us, all you have to do is put them on and rub some of your blood onto them. This will allow the necklace to bind to only to you." They nodded and cut their thumbs and let the blood collect on the golden globe that was the emblem. After a minute Lily nodded and healed their hands then grabbed Emma's hand while James grabbed Dan's. "We are going to apparate to a village then walk to the school. Once you are there, no one will know that you are Non-Magical unless you tell them. Also James and I will be hidden under a cloak that will make people not want to look at us. It will also affect you all so please do not get far from us. If you do, all you have to do is follow the main road North East. You will see us there." They nodded and James handed Lily a long white cloak. As she put it on her face disappeared. She held out her hand for Emma to grab ahold of and James did the same for Daniel. Once they did they quickly turned on the spot and Emma and Daniel felt the tight squeeze then they were outside of a place called "The Three Broomsticks' answered James at Daniel's inquisitive look 'it is a pub that sells non-alcoholic drinks and some alcoholic ones also." They then headed up the main road towards Hogwarts.

As Daniel and Emma walked along the path they noticed some differences between James and Lily that were not there earlier. For one James walked with more determination than she has ever seen him, while Lily also had that determination but also with some hesitance. To the Grangers it seemed as though they were walking into a fight or something. When asked, Lily said "That might happen. Just so you know, this is the first time we have shown the world that we are back. Some people might not like that. If there is a fight just stay close enough to grab the kids and run but far enough as to not get hit with anything." Lily also told them what was enclosed in the letter from Harry. Emma and Daniel were not happy but understood that incident was not normal and that Lily and James were going to handle it. By the time that they had finished talking to Lily about the incident they saw the most wonderful sight they ever thought to see. They looked up to see Hogwarts with the morning fog just now rising. They stopped for a moment to take in the scenery then headed inside the giant doors.


Harry and Hermione decided to forgo the exercise and running this morning as they had way too much energy as they knew what was to come this morning, or rather who, was to come. They walked to the Great Hall in silence and were the first to arrive. They sat down in the front of the table and started to eat. The only the other people be in the Great Hall this early were all the Professors except Snape, Quirell, and Dumbledore. They watched as all both Snape and Dumbledore came into the Great Hall at the same time. They both looked over at Harry and Hermione and glared. Harry and Hermione just ignored them and continued to talk about their homework. The other students began to arrive and slowly the Great Hall was becoming more and more full. It was just after Ron and Neville sat down and started to eat when Dumbledore quickly turned to McGonagall and whispered something to her. Harry grinned at Hermione then they both turned towards the once closed doors.

The sound of the doors opening got the attention of the students but it was who was behind the doors that everyone was staring at. Inside the doors stood four people, two were wearing regular clothes or as some students were calling them "Muggle Clothes". It was the other two that really drew the attention of the students. They were both wearing pure white robes but the hoods were creating a shadow over their faces. The Clothed figures stepped forward and said "Albus Dumbledore, we were called here to sort something out. What happened last night was not a good reason to give out charge detention so either revoke the detention or face our wrath." The taller, and clearly male, of the two said. He spoke in a voice that was both quiet and loud, but was clearly masked by the shadow.

Albus stood and replied "I do not take threats lightly sir especially from those that hide their faces from me. So show your faces or you will be removed from this school physically." The female of the two replied to his threat and said "You really want us to do that Dumbledore. I do not think that you will like the results." Albus just glared at the voice and said "Remove them or you will like the results." Harry and Hermione both smirked and watched as the two removed their hoods.

The Great Hall was once more in an uproar though this time it was in shock. There stood two people that should be dead but was clearly not. Professor McGonagall stood in anger and raised her wand "YOU DARE TRY TO COME IN HERE IN THE DISGUISE OF TWO OF MY FAVORITE STUDENTS AND FRIENDS. THEY ARE HEROES AND YOU MAKE FUN OF THEM. YOU, YOU, YOU….." She started to yell in English then she went into Scottish. Snape looked just as mad, but it was Dumbledore that actually did anything. He raised his wand and hit them with a light blue spell but nothing happened. He glared at them while James laughed. "Do you really expect us to be fake, old man. I will prove that I am who I say I am. You Professor McGonagall caught me one time as I was trying to prank some Slytherins. You were in your cat animagus and transformed to yell at me. I was trying to be funny but I got you to let me off by giving you a whole bag catnip. You grinned and started to smell it then ran down the hall yelling, Mine, my own, my precious." Professor McGonagall just started to blush, which was a first for anyone seeing her blush, but still nodded at the statement. Lily looked over at Professor Flitwick and said "You once told me Professor, that the only reason that you even started to teach was because this is the only profession that you could actually work for and not get discrimination for your nationality." He too nodded in the affirmative. Then both he and Professor McGonagall ran down the hall towards the two people, she was followed by all the other professors except Snape, Quirell, and Dumbledore.

Once she was there, she grabbed Lily and James and hugged them and started to cry. As this was happening Hermione and Harry walked over and stood beside Hermione's parents and watched the reunion unfolded before their very eyes. Although the Happiness could not last because that would go against everything Dumbledore tried to ever accomplish. He walked over just far enough to not be considered a threat but far enough away to dodge anything that came at him. "James, Lily, while I am glad to see you I am wondering how you lived. I couldn't find you and just assumed that you were dead. Although you never shown yourself. Are you that inconsiderate that you would leave young Harry alone, as you all lived a nice lifestyle without him? That was very wrong of you." Albus looked like he had more to add but was saved from putting his foot any farther in his mouth by Lily. "You think that we wanted to leave our child alone in this world, you goat loving old fool. When Voldemort attacked us we fought back. He did kill us but we were brought back. However when we got back to our house we could find Harry at all, we looked everywhere for him. Someone had taken out child and we just could not find anything about him. When we did find him it was a blessing that our baby was brought back to us. As for what happened in this castle last night, well, I will tell you this. If you had anything to do with the troll's getting in then you will have to have someone right your will, because this is the second time something has happened to our son where you are somehow involved." Lily then walked over to her son and hugged him.

It was not in his nature for Dumbledore to keep his mouth shut, after all he was the leader of the light, and everyone had to tell him whatever he wanted. "Well as good as it is for you to be here I must say that you cannot be Mr. Potter's gaurdians. For one you are supposed to be dead and for two his muggle guardians would never give him to you at all." James just chuckled at this "oh yeah is that right, well you might want to look at this paper. This paper is a copy of the legal paper that is filed with both the Magical and Non-Magical Governments. It basically states that his previous guardians signed over all his rights back to us. So yes that means we are his guardians." James handed the paper to McGonagall and she then walked it over to Dumbledore. He read over it then nodded his head solemnly.

Professor Snape was still standing, in shock, at the staff table as the exchange was going on but now was slowly walking toward Lily. "Lily?" Snape asked gently. Snape knew that it was her but the eyes that looked at him were different. No longer did they hold any type of love for him; no it was far from that. In those eyes he could only see Hate and Disappointment. "Whatever you have to say Snivellus, can be spoken to me not to my wife. You will not speak to her or even so much as look at her anymore, do you understand." James said in a voice that demanded acceptance. "Why Lily, what did I ever do to you?" Snape asked. "You know exactly what you did." Lily replied in a neutral tone. Snape did not like that answer and raised his wand to strike at someone when he was cut off by Professor Flitwick "if that wand even so much as points in their direction I will not stop them from doing anything to you." Snape lowered his wand then quickly turned around and left the Great Hall.

James Potter was still waiting for Dumbledore to correct his detention from last night. "Well Dumbledore are you going to correct the detention or do I have to take it to the board?" Dumbledore thought for a second and even though he wished that he would take it to the board he just decided to give in. "The detention is overruled, and it has been stricken from the records." James nodded then turned to Harry and Hermione and said "Well kids, seeing as we are here why don't we show Daniel and Emma around and meet everyone?" Hermione quickly nodded and grabbed her parent's hands just as Professor McGonagall exclaimed "That is a great idea. Why don't we have the rest of the day off to celebrate the return of two war heroes! " The wholes school began to cheer, though no one knew if it was because classes were canceled or the fact that they heroes were back.

As Hermione showed her parents around Professor Flitwick asked the one question that everyone wanted to know "How can the Grangers even see this place if they are Muggles?" Lily just smiled and said "That is our little secret, now let's go meet you friends Harry." Harry nodded and followed Hermione with his Parents in tow. As everyone was talking to the Potters or the Grangers, no one noticed Professor Quirell quietly sneak out of the back of the room.

It was only mid-day and the Potters and Grangers were eating lunch when there was a steady sound of footsteps coming from the Great Hall doors. Of course the Potter's knew that this would come but just not this soon. The doors to the Great Hall were almost torn off their hinges with the waves of people coming in. In the front of the group was someone that was once a very good friend and comrade in the first war. "Amelia, how have you been?" asked Lily to the red haired women that was leading the pack. The women named Amelia stopped and looked at Lily like she was studying her then she grabbed her up in a hug. As the two women were hugging James took the time to look around at those that came to see the "Parents who lived". The crowd consisted mostly of reporters, although there were a few that were old friends, and some that were not welcome at any time. Those were like Cornelius Fudge, Ludo Bagman, and Barty Crouch. Though James did not see the one friend that he so wanted to reconnect with; Sirius Black. That was the one thing he had tried to do since his return, was find out what happened to his two best friends from school.

"Ah, Mister Potter, it is wonderful to see you and the wife alive and doing well." Cornelius Fudge said, in a fake cheery greeting, as he held out his hand; which did not get accepted. James looked at him for a second then replied "Yes, it is wonderful that we are alive and well. I was just wondering what happened to my best friend Sirius Black?" The entire Great Hall stopped talking as they waited to see what would happen. The Minister pulled his bowler hat from atop his head and began to twist it in his hands as he replied "Well Mister Potter, you see it was like this; after you both had died and we could not find your bodies, and of course you did not show up we found him after he killed your other best friend Peter Pettigrew along with 12 muggles. When we found him he claimed that it was his entire fault that you all were dead and so he now resides in Azakaban Prison." As he said this he watched as James Potter's entire demeanor became defensive. "If he was put into Azakaban, why then, is there not one shred of paper about his trail that back this story up, at the Ministry?" James asked as Lily walked over to where he was standing. The Minister of course looked around in nervousness, but he was saved from the answer by Barty Crouch. "He was not given a trial because when arrested he confessed that he was cause of your deaths and also it was a known fact that he was your secret keeper." The entire Great Hall held their breath as James Potter glared down at the minister and his lackey. "He was not our secret keeper, Pettigrew was; but even then that does not give the courts the right to process someone under without a trial. Now I want him given a trial immediately and if he is not then you will have the wrath of the Potter's to deal with." He then swept by the minster and walked over to Professor Dumbledore and was about to say something then decided against it. "Sirius Black will be given a trial as soon as he can be brought over, Mister Potter." Exclaimed Amelia Bones as she as glaring at the Minister. She then walked over to a girl in Hufflepuff and gave her a hug then quickly walked out of Hogwarts, presumably to go get Sirius out of Azakaban. The reporters were having a field day with little bit of news, and they all ran over to James and Lily to ask question after question about everything. James and Lily answered some then they turned around and left the Great Hall with Harry, Hermione and the Grangers in tow.

They had just walked into the Gryffindor common room when Lily said "Thank Merlin we got away from those jackals." James chuckled and Hermione asked "If you do not like the reporters why even talk to them in the first place?" Lily looked over at her as she sat down and replied "because, Hermione, even though reporters are a nuisance, they will help us get what we want. If the Minister knows that we have talked to the press, he will be less likely to try and get this over quietly. Also it insures that Sirius will get his trial done fairly quick maybe in the next day or so. This way he can save his public image by pretending to help us out, by getting our friend out of jail. The longer Sirius is in jail the more people will talk and wonder if maybe the ministry has done this to other people. If that happens then the minister could be sacked and he does not want that at all." Hermione nodded then sat down beside Harry and pulled a book out of her bag to read.


Amelia and Cornelius were waiting on a row boat in fog so thick that you could not see your hand in front of your face. They were going to a place that very few wanted to even talk about, let alone go too. That place was called Azkaban. This place was the most secure prison that the magical community had to place prisoners. It was guarded by those that do not sleep nor eat or drink. These "guards" were creature called dementors. These creatures were so foul that no one wanted to even be near them. They emitted an aura that made your see your worst fears and it sucks all your good emotions out of you. While they do not eat food or partake in any known food supplement, they do get nourishment from the fear and emotions that you give off. They also are how the prisoners that are given the death penalty are executed. The act is called "the Dementors Kiss" it does not kill the person per se. It sucks out your soul so while the prisoner is still alive "technically" they do not have any form of motor skills or mental state to do near anything except breath. These creatures are under the control of very few people. The minister, the head of the DMLE and then the warden of Azkaban are the only ones that can tell them what to do and even then they are very stubborn. The warden is also in command of a squad of ten Aurors.

It was these Aurors that Cornelius and Amelia came into contact with first as they stepped off of the boat onto the dry dock. "Minister, Madam Bones. The Prisoner that you requested is this way if you will follow me." An Auror said from the side of the dock as they walked into the prison. They both nodded and followed him to the correct cell. As they walked to the cell they let their mind wander. Amelia was trying to figure out just what to say to someone that was locked away for ten years. Cornelius was thinking of ways to use this as good publicity for the next election. "Here he is Sir, Ma'am." The Auror said as he pointed to the prisoner.

Sirius Black emaciated and was pale from the lack of light. He had long scraggly hair and it was really dirty. It was his eyes though that caught Amelia's attention. She had seen plenty of people that had been in Azkaban for this long and their eyes were lifeless. Mr. Black's eyes though held a sign of hope and light in them that made Amelia feel that she could anything. "Mr. Black you are to be transported to the Ministry for trial. You will not try to escape or you will be killed. Is that clear?" Amelia said and Sirius nodded his consent and said "About time".
He was then shackled and taken from his cell. They were walking to the boat when a hand stretched out and grabbed his leg. Amelia and the other Aurors in the group all raised their wands to see Bellatrix Lestrange trying to pull Sirius down to the floor. They quickly stunned her and then picked Sirius up from the ground and continued on their journey.

As they made it to the boat Sirius said "I think that I need to sit down". He swayed then was caught by Amelia and she sat him down on a chair. He was looking through the fog thinking that he might just get to finally see his god son. He already knew that he was a free man, now all he had to do was just get to dry land and then to his trial. He then felt very weak and as he fell from his chair he saw the one thing that he wanted to see dry land but his last thoughts before he his world was brought into darkness was that maybe it was too late to see his godson and that he would just have to let Lily and James yell at him when he saw them on the other side.