*Lily's POV (Dream)

She had a baby in her arms and for some reason she knew his name was Harry. She was scared. She was standing in a hallway with pictures of her and James everywhere. There was a yell.

"LILY, RUN!" Was that James? She looked down the hallway at where the voice came from. There was a flash of green as someone yelled AVADA KEDAVRA! Tears pricked at her eyes. There was footsteps coming from behind her and there was a part of her that wanted to believe it was James but she knew better. But for some reason she so badly wanted it to be James coming up the stairs to tell them everything was alright, that it's James coming up to hold her tightly and wipe the tears away, but she's not naïve, and frankly, irony had done enough to her that optimism wasn't an option anymore.

So she ran. Just as he had told her. She ran into what she presumed was Harry's nursery and kicked a box towards the door in an attempt to build further upon her barricade, but she was panicking, and she couldn't breathe, and her heart was threatening to jump out of her chest and she clutched Harry tightly to her, kissing his head and trying not to shake.

Time was a standstill as she stopped pacing. The footsteps had reached the landing, and she shut her eyes, and she let herself calm down, but it did nothing to relieve the tension in her chest. She put her cheek to Harry's and sobbed quietly. She carefully placed him in his crib and kneeled down next to him. She knew this was her son so she took the several minutes before her inevitable death to tell him she loved him, she would never leave him, she will always stand by him – until the end.

"Harry you are so loved. So loved. Harry, Mama loves you, Dada loves you. Harry be safe. Be strong."

The door opened and the only thing that allowed for her to separate herself from Harry was that in just a few moments - just a sacrifice later – she would be with James as she should be, and Harry would be safe – living the long life his parents gave for him and knowing that they never once left him. Not once. Not ever. If there was anything she was absolutely sure of, it was that Harry Potter would never be alone. She didn't know why she felt like this but she did and so when the hooded figure yelled she was no longer scared. But happy knowing her son was safe and she would be where she belonged.

AVADA KEDVRA! A flash of green and the she was plunged into darkness.

She awoke with a start but she wasn't awake. Just in another dream. She looked around and realised she was in her potions class room. There was three names on the board and the first two were crossed out and the last had a circle around it.

James Potter

Lily Potter

Harry Potter