Nanettez: Why can't they just get the house elves to bring something for Harry?
Good question! This will be answered in a later chapter.
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"Mama!," Harry said excitedly and then began to move up and down.
Severus turned to see what the commotion was about.
Lily was awake.
Severus quickly made his way back over to Lily with Harry. By the time that they made it back over to her, Lily already had her arms out, reaching for her baby. He gladly obliged and passed Harry off to his mother. She hugged him tightly and rocked him back and forth.
"Oh, I am so happy you are alright my sweet boy!", she cooed to him.
After a few moments with her child, Lily looked up to the man who was still standing by her bed, waiting patiently.
"James is...gone?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
Severus silently closed his eyes and nodded. "I'm afraid so, Lily. I am so sorry."
Lily shut her eyes and tears began to stream down her face. "You know," she said, "I had hoped that it all had been a terrible dream." She clutched Harry to her and sobbed.
Severus sat down on the bed next to her and hesitantly wrapped his arms around her shoulders. "I truly am sorry," he told her, "We may have quarreled during school and absolutely loathed each other, but I had never wished him to be dead."
"It wasn't supposed to happen like this," she cried, "We had cast the Fidelius Charm- oh no," she said and covered her mouth with the hand that wasn't supporting Harry. "Peter outted us. I can't believe it…we shouldn't have trusted him. He and James had been such good friends in school and Sirius would have been too obvious…" she rambled.
"Peter Pettigrew? Peter Pettigrew was your Secret Keeper?" Severus asked incredulously.
Lily nodded.
This was awful. Well, of course it was awful but Lily could not have possibly known how awful it truly was. Severus had seen Pettigrew attending the Death Eater meetings over the course of the past year. He had been feeding information about the Potters to the Dark Lord for almost a year. He had assumed that the Potters had known of Pettigrew's involvement with the Death Eaters and discontinued their contact with him. How could he not have seen this! It should have been so obvious but he had just assumed. The Potters had certainly placed their trust with the wrong person. For Severus, it was almost painful to think about.
"I'll kill that rat," Severus said through his teeth. Neither Lily nor Severus knew if he truly meant it or not.
"I'm afraid that someone has already beaten you to it," a familiar voice said.
Lily and Severus both turned their attention to Dumbledore who was now standing at the foot of Lily's bed.
"Peter Pettigrew is believed to be dead. He and 12 muggles actually. However, the only proof that the Ministry has of Pettigrew's involvement is a single finger," the Headmaster explained.
"Is the Ministry completely sure that he is dead?" Severus asked.
"They are currently searching for any living trace of Peter Pettigrew."
"Under normal circumstances, I would never wish death upon anyone. But after what he did to my family, I hope he is gone," Lily said.
Severus laid a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "You and Harry will be safe. No matter the outcome."
Harry looked up and smiled at the mention of his name. Severus gave him a small smirk in return.
"There is one more thing," Dumbledore said, "Sirius Black has been sent to Azkaban without trial for the murders of Peter Pettigrew and the 12 muggles."
Dun dun dun...
It's a little shorter than I would have liked but here it is. Thanks again for reading and I do love reviews!
