Chap 6: Prophecy Reveals
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The previous night Sirius received a patronus from Minerva informing the urgent meeting of the order at the headquarters, but as he was presently in France hunting down some death eaters, he couldn't attend the meeting. Remus was also unavailable for the meeting, it being the time for full moon. Sirius was utterly shocked to read the headlines of the daily prophet the next morning. He immediately left for London. He arrived at Grimmauld place and tried to contact James and Peter but to no avail. He contacted Remus, though very much tired he flooed over.
"Hey, Sirius" Remus said with a smile and hugged his friend.
"Hi Remus" Sirius hugged him back, Remus looked tired...
"I thought you were in Egypt? Did you read the prophet?" Remus asked.
"Ya, I just returned. I contacted James and Peter too. But didn't get a response. "
"I didn't attend yesterday's meeting."
"Do you know who the auror is that died yesterday?"
"No, maybe James knows. We should go ask him and then we all can celebrate."
"Ya, of course. After all the Voldemort is dead. And then we all can go on a long vacation." Sirius winked and Remus grinned.
"You will never change Sirius. Go get ready I will go make some breakfast and then we'll leave to meet James and then Peter. "
"Hey please make something nice. I'm quite hungry." With that Sirius left to get ready.
Remus went in the kitchen and started making some pancakes for him and Sirius. He was getting it plated when Sirius arrived.
"Wow, Remus. You know what, if I can't find a girl to marry I'm going to marry you." Sirius took a seat smiling at Remus and started eating his pancakes and Remus chuckled.
"I'm not going to marry you Sirius under any circumstances." Remus told him and he pouted in response.
They ate their breakfast and flooed over to Potter house at Godric Hallow. They both were shocked to see the destruction and feared that something was terribly wrong here. Their stomach was in a twist. They took their wands out and looked for any signs of their friends. They shared a look and could see the fear in each other's eyes. They flooed over at the ministry, which was in a uproar with the victory celebration. They searched for James and Peter and couldn't find them even there.
"Hey Sirius, Remus" a sound came from their left. It was one of Sirius and James friend from their department. He greeted the two nervous people with a grin. And offered them a drink both denied.
"Hey, have you seen James or Peter? And who died?" Sirius asked perplexed all sort of negative thoughts in his mind.
"No I haven't seen both of them. And I don't know who died I have arrived just now. They must be around.
Now both Remus and Sirius were having bad thoughts about their friends and feared it. They left to ask Albus. And apparated to hogsmead. They made their way towards Hogwarts, not talking with each other. All sort of thoughts were coming in their mind and none of them was ready to accept that.
The moment they steeped in Hogwarts, knew something was terribly wrong. They made their way towards their destination, to find answers to all the questions running in their mind Dumbledore's office. They found him in his chair behind his desk deep in some thoughts. They looked around his office and found a crib. That was it. They couldn't bear any more thoughts in their mind. There was already a turmoil in their mind. They just blurted out.
"Albus, what happened?" fear prominent in their voice.
"I was thinking about you two. Have a seat." He motioned them to have a seat with his famous twinkle missing. They did.
"Albus, we couldn't find either of James and or Peter. James's house at Godric hallow is devastated." Remus explained.
"Where are all of them? Are they alright?" Sirius asked.
"Lily and Harry are here. They just went to infirmary to get Harry checked." Albus informed.
"What happened to Harry? Is he hurt? And where are James and Peter? " Sirius inquired.
"Calm down Sirius. You both need to stay calm."
"Albus are you going to answer our questions or not?" Remus demanded losing his calm stupor.
"Peter was with Voldemort before he was defeated. And he granted access of Godric Hallow to Voldemort." Albus told them sadly ready for the outcome.
"WHAT? You can't be serious. No, peter can't do such a thing." Sirius yelled.
"I think you have got some wrong information Albus. Peter will never do such a thing to betray James. He is our friend." Remus exclaimed.
"I know that. But because of him James is not between us today." Albus broke the news.
It took both of them a few seconds to get the line fixed in their brain and think about it. Did Albus just say that James was dead? This can't be happening. He is not serious. He is fooling us. Sirius wanted to scream at the top of his voice. First betrayal by peter then James's death, this can't be happening in one single day. He must be hallucinating. There was silence for few minutes as they both needed time to think what they just heard.
"Albus, are you sure?" Remus was the first to break the silence. His eyes glistening with unsheded tears.
"You just lied that James is dead, didn't you? Just say you lied." Sirius screamed.
"It breaks my heart to tell you that it's true. James died defending Harry and Lily yesterday. I called for the order meeting but you weren't present there."
It was all that had taken Sirius and Remus to control their tears. Without any reluctance they sheded the tears that had been in their eyes for a while now. They couldn't believe their own ears what they were hearing nor could they believe their one friend had betrayed the other just under their nose. Peter was behaving odd, but they couldn't believe that this was the reason behind it.
"I m going to kill peter for this. How could he do this to James...!" Sirius accused with tears still in his eyes.
"James trusted him so much. We all trusted him so much ." Remus added.
"It came as a shock to me but Lily witnessed it herself. Voldemort told her that peter was the one and Severus confirmed it." Albus added.
At that precise moment Lily and Harry entered his office. Harry on Lily's hip and Lily looking dejected. She looked up to see Sirius and Remus and gave them a sad smile. Harry who was eating a candy given by Madam Pomfrey looked to see his two uncles and started wriggle to get down.
"pafoo, mooie" Harry exclaimed happily.
Sirius leaped out of his seat and took Harry from Lily in a swift move. And hugged Harry tightly. Remus hugged Lily and patted Sirius on the shoulder. He just hugged them both along with Harry and all three of them started shedding tears. Lily broke her resolve not to cry but couldn't control herself at that moment. Harry looked confused at his uncles and his mother and he was on the verge of crying when Dumbledore took Harry from Sirius.
"ganpa?" Harry asked Dumbledore pointing at his uncles and mother. Dumbledore understood Harry's gesture but was speechless. What should he tell this little toddler? Would he understand the intensity of his losses? Or what kind of the danger he is in?
I have to enlighten Lily with the prophecy. But can I tell her in front of Sirius and Remus? They will need time to accept this. Maybe this is not the right time for them to learn all this. They are just acquainted with the news about their two best friends. They surely need time to adjust to this. Maybe then I will reveal the prophecy to them. But certainly today is not the day.
"Sirius, Remus calm down. You can't just lose control over yourself. You have to do many remaining jobs James wanted you to complete. He would not appreciate to see you all broken down." Albus consoled them.
"You are right Albus. I will not leave even one death eater around in open. Whatever it takes me to do, I will do it for James." Sirius declared.
"That can be dealt with later, Sirius. For now you need to gather yourself. Take some rest and try to accept the truth as soon as possible." Albus gave a sad smile.
Sirius before leaving, glanced at Lily gesturing her to come along. This didn't go unnoticed by Albus and he interjected, "I have to talk some matters with Lily." This was enough for him to know that Lily won't be accompanying them and hence both left with a half hearted face.
When they left, Albus suggested Lily to settle in the guest quarters. He insisted her to get done with the morning chores and meet him back here for breakfast. Lily did as instructed and joined for breakfast resting a sleepy Harry in the crib. Sometime later Severus returned back to Albus office, showered and dressed. Albus wanted to reveal the whole prophecy to Lily in presence of Severus. When Severus was seated and Lily sipping tea, he started
"Firstly, Severus, would you care for some tea/coffee/lemon drop?"
"No thank you Albus. I just had my breakfast."
"Albus, I wanted to ask you something. I was thinking about it the whole night but couldn't get to ask you." Lily said.
"I would be much happier to solve any of your queries if they are possible for me." Albus replied with a small smile.
"Harry is just 15 months and how was he able to cast such a powerful shield that caused the killing curse to rebound and its dismissal of no one but the dark lord himself? And he suffered from nothing but just magical exhaustion? " Lily asked voice full of concern.
"I was having the same thoughts this morning when Severus gave me his memory of the night. I am not sure what happened but I have a theory. Harry caused accidental magic which is too rare to occur let alone this strong. But he did so and hence the magical exhaustion."
"But isn't he too young to do such a thing? Will he be fine after all this?" enquired Lily. Severus was grasping all of this.
"It's just a theory I have Lily at this moment but I will let you know if I gather any information on it. And as far as Harry is concerned he will be a normal child. He will be a powerful wizard one day though." Albus looked at Lily who just nodded.
"Okay then, I have summoned you two here again to reveal the prophecy concerning Voldemort and Harry." With that Severus's face dropped.
"Severus, your knowledge about the prophecy was just the half. Here's the full prophecy as seen by Trelawney. "
"The one to defeat the dark
Will be born
As the month of July dies
The one will have to cause
The greatest deed of all time
Very small though
For it has to pay great depts.
Life still be endangered
By the followers of dark
The followers of dark will try to rise
Dark again to power
The traitor of light with the dark
Help the rise
The unknown traitor to dark
Supporter of the light
Will cause it to cease."
Lily was swallowing the line as they came by, and was shaking with fear as it struck in her brain. Severus was perplexed as the last lines somehow depicted him. Albus was watching both of them for a specific reaction. He expected the same reaction which they were having. It would make the further suggestion acceptable by both of them.
"Albus this can't be true. A prophecy on my son….! He was destined to defeat Voldemort." As she was speaking she was shaking more and more.
"Calm down Lily. I know all this is getting too fast but you have to accept it and act accordingly." Albus said soothingly.
"Albus are you sure? The remaining prophecy is true?" Severus asked with keen eyes.
Albus understood what he meant to say by that and nodded. Severus sighed.
"I think you two should leave together. That would be convenient as far as Harry's safety is concerned." Albus suggested. Lily looked up astonished, not believing on what she was hearing now. Severus gave him a have you totally lost it look.
"Albus you must be joking." Lily said with a cruel expression.
"Lily, Harry will be safe only with Severus as he is completely trusted by the death eaters. They won't attack him there." Lily gave Albus an exasperated look but was touched by the care in his eyes. Lily looked over to Severus who was highly uncomfortable even with the thought of it.
"I'm ready to do so only for HARRY'S SAKE, if it is fine with Se…Snape." Severus turned to look at her in horror. This was the first time she addressed him by his surname. Had they become so formal?
Severus didn't understand what to say. Accept Lily and Harry in his life? Or deny the proposal only to hurt Lily? This had been the dream of his life for so many years now. After some thoughts Severus exclaimed
"I'm fine with it." Albus grinned with a usual twinkle in his eyes.
A/n(2):- my vacations have ended and I will start my college from Monday. Please understand me and cope up with me. I will not be able to post every Saturday like before. But I will post on alternate Saturday instead… please guys review….