I forgot to put this in the other chapters but JK Rowling created the characters (except the obvious ones I made up myself) Harry Potter is hers =( I wish he was mine ;) lol
I felt like part of this family right then and there. Now I feel like I have to protect them at whatever the cost.
Albus' POV
We all moved into the Great Hall, Da had told us the meeting was set for three days from now and we would all be in attendance. I grinned and made my way over to my best friend Erik Carter, I fist bumped him and sat down next to him.
"Hey bro how are you?" Erik was from the states, having transferred here in his 2nd year when his dad was transferred to this Ministry. "How's Erinna?" He lowered his voice to a whisper.
"She's alright, she told me I have to find another girl to be sweet on, that I'm to great to live my life alone." I rolled my eyes.
"She's right ya know. But besides that what's Pen doing here? There are a lot of the old Order people walking around, something going on?"
"Kind of...I can't tell you yet sorry mate."
"Bah alright. Back to the girl topic check out Hannah Kirik she's been making goo-goo eyes at you for 2 years now!" He pointed out a shy Hufflepuff girl to me. I turned around to face her and she blushed hiding behind her pretty blonde hair a blush coloring the back of her neck. "She's like the hottest girl in Hufflepuff in our year! And she's smart and down to earth. I mean look how shy she is? Its super cute. Not my type though, I like bold women." Erik winked at Tracey McLaggen and she giggled and winked back. I laughed at him. "I bet you can't ask her out." Erik smirked at me, "5 galleons AND you can have my glass chess set you've been keen on.
"Keep the chess set Da got me one for my birthday but yeah make it 7 galleons and that pack of sugar quills in your bag and you got yourself a deal." I got up and walked over to the Hufflepuff table and I saw Hannah's friends whisper to her excitedly I sat next to her and she looked up her blue eyes looking at me in shock. "A-Albus, do you need something?" She said in her soft voice, I smiled and shook my head. "Is something wrong?"
"Kind of, you see my Da has this ball at his house every year with friends and Order members, basically people he's met throughout his life. Mum wants us all to have dates this year and I would be honored if you would accompany me to Hogsmeade next week and then the ball at his house in another month, that is if you want to." I blushed at her laying my head playfully on the table to catch a better glimpse of her as she ducked behind her veil of hair. I reached up and moved some of the hair out of her face and smiled. "How about it?"
"Y-yeah alright."
"Great! I'll send Yuri my owl to you with a formal invitation to the ball and would you do me the honor of having lunch with me at my table tomorrow?"
"I'd like that." She smiled softly.
"Good. See you around Hannah." I smiled and turned around to walk back to my table, looking up at the staff table and sending Da a wink. He chuckled and shook his head and turned to mutter something to Uncle Neville who ended up snorting into his drink. I cocked my eyebrow and my dad mouthed 'later'. Erik high fived me and slipped me what he owed me under the table.
"Good job mate!" he said loudly.
"Hey Al, I saw that." Lily came skipping over with Scorpious at her heels. I chuckled at him and shook my head. "Finally, even I heard that she likes you and I'm in second year!"
"You heard it from Rosey didn't you?"
"No..Scor told me..." Scorpious chuckled and shrugged his shoulders before picking Lily up princess style and carrying her back to the Slytherin table. "Scorpious!" She squealed. I chuckled and shook my head again before finishing up dinner and walking up to the head table.
"Okay Da what made Uncle Neville laugh so hard?"
"I was just telling him, how they got their flirting skills from their mother and NOT me. I was rubbish with the ladies." Da winked. Uncle Neville laughed.
"Only thing you could catch consistently was the snitch wasn't it mate." I laughed and walked back to Erik. I smiled, maybe Erinna was right, but I still loved her. This was going to be hard.
? POV
"Is it time?" Hissed a voice in the clearing. THE clearing, was wear Harry James Potter destroyed Voldemort 16 years ago it looked like a war zone still due to all the dark magic that was casted around the area. Muggle repulsion charms surrounded the area to make sure no Muggle saw the damage that was done. In the shadows a little man cowered before the shadows.
"N-n-not yet my liege there is still much to do and the time is not right to summon you."
"Riddle failed me all those years ago, do not dare to disappoint me. I will come to finish the job that Death had started all those years ago. I will destroy the line of the three brothers once and for all and master the Hallows!" The voice thundered. The ground shook and smoke rose from the ground. The little man shook with fear.
"Remember to bring me a child of Ignatius, preferably someone The Master of the Hallows would come running to. List his kin!"
"H-he has 2 older sons, J-James S-s-Sirius and Albus Severus. T-then his younger boys Gemini and A-aries."
"No the young men will be able to fight and the children are useless to me, they will be guarded by their mother and her kin correct?"
"Y-yes my liege. B-but there is his daughter. Young Lily Luna."
"Ah yes, bring her to me when the time comes. The blood of a Pervell heir, or even better a virgin Pervell heir, will create a wonderful gateway to release me into this world will it not...Wormtail?" The voice laughed its icy laugh and Wormtail hesitantly chuckled along with it into the night.
GINNY POV
"MAMA!" I heard the twins cry from their nap upstairs at the Burrow since we spent the night and all. But this cry sounded different it sounded scared and in pain. "MAMA MAMA!" I ran upstairs with Charlie's wife Tasha at my heels. I threw the door open and hugged my babies tightly.
"Gem, Ari what's wrong baby what happened?" I rocked them in my lap. Tasha surveyed the room to make sure there wasn't anything around that could have hurt the boys, her wand out.
"The Shadow! It wants Lily!" Aries answered.
"A man was helping them a Worm man!" Gemini wailed at me. I shhed them and rocked them until they fell asleep. I turned to Tasha who looked at me with wide eyes.
"Zey are talkeeng about zis prophecy yes?" She said in her heavy Romanian accent. I nodded and ran to get my traveling cloak and to the Floo.
"Watch them for me Tasha, I need to warn Harry. HOGWARTS HEADMISTRESSES OFFICE!" I shouted into the fire.
"Goodness! Mrs. Potter is everything alright?" Mcgonagall was in the middle of lecturing two students for something.
"The twins had another dream where's Harry?"
"Teaching-Ginny!" She shouted as I ran out the door to Harry's classroom. I ran through the door without knocking
"Now its impo-Gin? Love whats wrong? Is it Aries? Gemini?" Harry was holding a small sized version of a sphinx.
"Oh Harry..." I ran into his arms as he set the sphinx in its cage and cried into his chest. "The twins know what it wants!" Harry stiffened and turned to what looked like Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff 3rd years.
"Class dismissed." Harry ushered me into his office and shut the door and cast privacy charms on the room. "Okay love whats wrong?"
"The twins woke up crying from a nightmare, they told me The Shadow wants Lily."
"No...How..."
"They said a Worm man was helping them Harry..."
"Wormtail!" Harry roared as he began pacing the room. Wormtail had escaped Azkaban through a confusion with the guards, a new guard had forgotten to cast the anti animagius charm when they were moving him to another cell causing him to be on the run for the past 2 months. Harry had been searching for him in his spare time, still maintaining his Auror position at the Ministry. I stood and grabbed his arm gently.
"We need to tell the kids."
"Why my Lily? Why my baby girl?" Harry whispered looking up at the ceiling and let a lone tear escape his piercing green eyes. I held him tightly in my arms and made the same shushing sounds that I had with the twins.
"It'll be okay."
"I hope so..."
LILYS POV
I was in Transfiguration with Professor Tolly when Da walked in and went straight to me. I stood up when he knelt down in front of me. Now I was short I was only a bit shorter than Mum who stood at 5'5 and when Da knelt down he was looking up at me but his head was level with my chin. "Daddy?" He hugged me to him tightly and let a tear run down his face. I saw Mum follow behind him and began talking to Professor Tolly in hushed whispers. Professor Tolly nodded.
"Lily take your stuff and go with your father. Harry I'll message Hagrid and have him send James and Scorpious up and for Professor Vane to send up Albus."
"Thank you Frank, I had Fawkes go get Mione and Ron they'll be here soon." Da picked me up with all my things and carried me away.
"Daddy..whats wrong?"
"I'll tell you when Scorpious and James get here. Aunt Hermione is getting a memory from the twins right now and they'll be here soon." Just as we reached his office Mama was there with Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron. James, Albus and Scorpious walked in right after us. Da put me down and I ran to Scorpious and sat on his lap.
"Mate, We'll get through this. She'll have every Auror on security detail for as long as it takes." Uncle Ron said to Da as he clasped him on the shoulder.
"Ronald be realistic, we can't have the Aurors be our personal body guards just because Tonks is the head of the department and you're her second. Besides Lily's here under Harry, Neville and a bunch of other peoples protection." Aunt Hermione chastised. Mum nodded in agreement.
"Mr. Potter what's going on? Why would Lily need that much protection." Scorpious asked Da. Da sighed and sank into a chair, not before summoning his Pensive and pouring in a vial he took from Aunt Hermione.
"Go on, Lily, Albus, James and Scorpious. Take a look and you'll see what has us all upset." Da said as he sank even deeper into his chair. I whimpered as he looked twice his age. Scorpious held my hand and dove into the Pensive. My brothers followed and what we saw made me scream in horror and cry in Scorpious' arms. My brothers and boyfriends stiffened and roared in protest against the memory. Suddenly I felt us being pulled back into Da's office. I was crying into Scorpious' neck as he held me tightly to his chest.
"I won't let him touch her. I WON'T!" Scorpious roared.
"That slimy no good son of a-" James began ranting
"JAMES SIRIUS POTTER IF THAT WORD COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH I WILL HEX YOU INTO NEXT TUESDAY!" Mum shouted.
"I can't believe it! Hasn't he learned? He did this to Pop now Da and us? I will make that pathetic excuse for a man crawl for mercy." James seethed. Albus sat in a chair contemplating to himself and I began to calm down as Scorpious rubbed circles into my back. Uncle Ron went over to Da and sat on the arm of his chair. Aunt Hermione sat with Mum who was trying not to cry.
"Da, I've been thinking. This thing, it mentioned Ignatious Pervell correct?"
"Yes son it did."
"Then I think I know who we're facing Da. But I need to do a bit more research to be sure. Aunt Mione I need your copy of Beedle the Bard." Albus asked politely. He was in what I liked to call Mind Mode.
"Of course dear." Aunt Mione pulled it out of her famous beaded bag and gave it to Albus. "Here you are dear. Albus turned to a page and began scanning the words quickly.
"Now in the story Death is what apparently met the brothers at the bridge correct? But in my research about animals or beings that lead to death there is the "Reaper" A being that can live for thousands of years it can-"
"Send messages and follow through with the commands of death. The existence of this creature is not confirmed and is most likely linked to Muggle folk lore." Aunt Mione finished.
"Right. But listen. I think that this is THE Reaper from the story, Death had sent it to collect the brothers so he had taken on the form of death. But this Reaper had failed to bring him all three brothers therefore failing his mission. If I had to venture a guess Da, I think he wants revenge against our family because our ancestor survived. Ultimately humiliating it."
"That...is genius." Aunt Hermione whispered. Da had leaned forward throughout Albus' whole speech and nodded when he finished.
"Excellent son! I don't know where you get your brains from I really don't." Da shook his head. Albus blushed and shook his head.
"I'll do whatever it takes to help Lily and all of you. I may not be the best fighter but at least I'm good for something."
"Son you will always be helpful and important to this family. Never doubt that." I had been holding on to Scorpious the whole time when Da finally looked at me with nothing but concern.
"Lils...Princess you haven't said anything. Are you alright."
"Why does it want me?" I whispered as Scorpious clutched me tighter.
"It thinks you're going to be the easiest to get to. Wormtail told it that your brothers are either too old and can fight back or too young and over protected. However he didn't count on you being just as protected as them because I will not leave you or let you out of my sight."
"Nor will I. I won't let anything happen to you Tiger Lily. You have my word on it." Scorpious whispered in my ear soothingly.
"Okay..." I nodded. "I guess there isn't much for me to do is there?"
"Harry you thinking what I'm thinking?" Aunt Hermione smirked.
"DA?" Daddy smirked back.
"It's the only thing I can think of. You start the DA again make it more of a fun club for the whole school when in reality you're training everyone, mostly our kids to fight back."
"Excellent Mione you're still the brightest witch of our age."
"I call brightest wizard!" Albus laughed jokingly." I smiled at my family and stood up tugging Scorpious along with me.
"Daddy me and Scorpious are going to go. He's going to walk me down to Charms with Professor Flitwick." I pulled him out with him barely having enough time to grab our bags. I had slowed down when we turned the corner and stopped. Scorpious dropped our bags on the floor and gently pushed me against the wall his leg parting mine gently so he could comfortably lean over me. His body was gently pressed against mine making me shiver.
"Lily..."
"Don't Scor...I'm not supposed to be afraid...I'm a Potter...We don't..." He silenced me with a kiss that made my knees weak his tongue battling for dominance against mine.
"It's alright to be scared Lily. I'll protect you." He whispered as if afraid he'll ruin the moment with any loud sound.
"Its not me I'm scared for." I whispered back caressing his face.
"I will always come back to you." He whispered huskily before kissing me again.
"Oooooooohhh Potty Potter will not want to be seeing this!"
"Peeves if you don't get out of here right now I'll use that hex Uncle Moony taught me again!" Peeves zoomed away after making farting noises over our heads.
"Come on let's get you to class alright?" Scorpious chuckled, kissing me on the forehead and collecting our bags from the floor. I smiled following him and excitingly telling him about the more use I had turned into a tea cup in Transfiguration, my worries temporarily forgotten.
JAMES POV
We were still in Da's office when Lily ran out with Scor on her tail. I was shaking in anger, why did they want to harm my baby sister? I wouldn't let them. I'll destroy them first.
"James...son are you alright?" Da asked.
"Jamie, calm down buddy this is somewhat like Voldemort all over again isn't it Harry. Except James is actually here to lend us a hand this time." Uncle Ron joked nugging me slightly. I smirked at him and pushed back.
"Sorry if all I did during that battle was cry my eyes out Uncle Paws! I was just born you know." I felt a little less tense after that. My Uncle Ron always knew how to calm me down, he said I was way too much like my Da sometimes. "I'll train to be my best though. That I promise."
"Me too. I may not be a fighter like you Da, but I swear I won't disappoint you." Albus said standing up holding the book tightly to his side.
"You could never do that Albus. You're my son, you being here alone is making me the proudest man alive. I carry you with me always." Da pointed to his heart and his tattoos. I smiled, thinking of making that a tradition with Potter men, getting tattoos. But that for another time.
"Oh CRIPES! I'm late for my lunch date with Hannah!" Albus bolted out of the room and I chuckled.
"Hopefully he finds what you have Tails."
" He keeps mumbling something about an Erinna...I don't know who he could possibly mean."
"Hmm that's a really old name. I'll look into it. I swear I've read it somewhere." Aunt Hermione muttered.
"I'll see you lot later. I'm going to find Teddy and Victoire and explain to them the situation, they'll pass it to the rest of the cousins and we'll have Lily protected where ever she goes." Da nodded. I left the room after kissing my Mum and Aunt goodbye and hugging Uncle Ron. I grabbed my Da's shoulder and nodded at him. He smiled and put his arm around me. I grinned and left without another word.
Okay so...I MAY not be deleting this story...I'm getting reviews from more and more of you and it made me a bit happier. Thank you magicman22253 for being the first person to tell me to NOT delete this story! He was featured as Albus' bestfriend =) Anyway Rate and Review! KAY THANKS LOVE YOU ALL!