A/N: I know! It's been a really long time between updates! I'm not sure what I think of this chapter...It's kind of rushed in parts...But I finished it and I just finished! So here it is. Please tell me what you think! Next chapter will most likely be about Voldemort Jr. and his merry band of Death Eaters.

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Lily Potter and the Beginning of the Third War Chapter 7: Answers

Harry heard his daughter's yell and came sprinting into her room, wand out, to see her curled in a fetal position under the covers. Tears were streaming down Lily's cheeks as she turned to look at her dad.

"What's wrong, sweetie?" Harry asked calmingly as he sat on the bed and pulled Lily into his arms.

She hiccupped, "There was an a-a-attack. On a p-p-place called Utopia."

Harry's eyes widened, by now James and Albus had come in to protect their sister and Ginny had joined Harry on the bed. "Sweetie, I need you to tell me what you saw," Harry said softly.

Lily nodded and began talking. When she finished James and Albus looked scared and horrified. Ginny and Harry exchanged a glance before Harry stood up.

"I have to get to the office. If this really happened we're in a lot of trouble…" he began.

Ginny nodded, "I'll notify the Order and the DA. If this is another Dark Lord we need to be ready."

Albus and Lily both looked at their parents confused, sure they had heard stories about the war but they had never really been told much about the Order or the DA. They didn't even know they still existed…

James looked grim. In fourth year, for History of Magic, he had to write about the Second War and his parents had decided to tell him about the Order and the DA.

Harry gave his daughter one last hug before walking out to his own room. The boys followed after making sure Lily was okay.

Ginny sighed and held Lily close, "Lily, are you okay? Do you need anything?"

"I'm fine mum," Lily smiled weakly. "It just felt so real and I was watching through the eyes of a little six-year-old…"

"I know. You're only 11, you shouldn't be caught up in this…" Ginny murmured. "I'm going to go get dressed and contact the DA. Are you okay if I leave?"

Lily nodded. The moment Ginny walked out, she jumped off the bed and closed the door she grabbed her phone and texted Cassi and Orion, telling them what had happened. She could feel that Orion was awake and had seen her dream. He would be able to fill Cassi in on everything else. Lily quickly threw on jeans and a sweater before heading downstairs.

Harry was sitting at the table writing a letter. He looked up as Lily entered and smiled reassuringly at her. Of all the people in the house, Harry was the one who understood best what nightmares like the one Lily had just had could do to a person…

Harry finished writing the letter and sent it off with Hercules, the family owl. He stood up and stretched, "I have to go into the office and get a team together to check on Utopia…" Harry began walking towards the fireplace when Lily stopped him.

"Um…Dad, can I come with you?" she asked in a small voice.

Harry looked at his daughter debating. He most definitely didn't want her to see the carnage if there was anything…but he understood being kept out of everything. Ginny walked in at that moment and looked at her daughter and husband.

"Please," Lily pleaded. "I have to see…Even if it's bad."

Harry looked at Ginny who shrugged before saying, "I know you and I both understand being kept out of the loop. If she feels she can handle it, I'm okay with her going. Assuming what she saw in the dream was real, she won't be exposed to anything else and if it wasn't it will allay her fears."

Harry took a deep breath and nodded, "On one condition, Lily, you have to let me put a Disillusionment charm on you. Oh, and you have to do everything I say."

Lily nodded, "Okay."

The two stepped over to the fireplace and Harry picked up a fistful of Floo Powder.

"MINISTRY OF MAGIC!" he said as he stepped into the flames. Lily followed suit and soon both were standing in the atrium of the ministry.

Harry led Lily to the lifts where they rode to the Auror Department. Inside there were a total of four aurors on duty (two junior, two senior), twice the number during wartime. They were all running around answering and sending owls.

When Harry walked in Benjy Pearson jumped up and began speaking quickly, "Sir, the fire alarms charms went off in Utopia as did the intruder charms… We've received no word about what has occurred."

Harry nodded, "Yes. I know."

No questions were asked about how Harry already knew about the event. They were used to their boss having information before they did.

"We already called in the senior staff and a few of the junior aurors. They should be here in a few moments," another Auror, Anne Jenkins, stated.

Harry nodded. "Good. As soon as every else arrives inform me. We are going to Utopia with a full squad. I'm going to send my daughter to the minister's home and notify him of the situation. I will be in my office reviewing the information we have."

The four aurors looked at the red head standing next to their boss. They had been wondering but hadn't asked about her. They figured they would find out in time.

Lily followed her father into the office.

"Lils, I need you to go to Percy and Audrey's house and get your uncle. Tell him there was an attack on Utopia and he needs to get her immediately," Harry told Lily.

Lily nodded, "Just one problem, how am I getting there?"

Harry grinned at his daughter, "With this." He picked up a quill from his desk and touched it with his wand. "Portus," he muttered.

"To come back, either Apparate with Percy, or touch this and say return," Harry finished.

Lily gave her dad a small smile before taking the Portkey. She felt the tug behind her navel and found herself standing in the living room of her aunt and uncle's house.

"Uncle Percy! Aunt Audrey! Wake Up!" Lily called as se ran up the stairs. She reached the master bedroom and threw open the door.

Percy stood up and grabbed his glasses. When he saw Lily he sighed, "Lily, you scared me! I thought you were a Death Eater…"

Lily just looked at her uncle calmly, "My Dad sent me. You have to come to the Ministry immediately!"

Percy sprinted to the wardrobe and then to the bathroom where he began getting dressed. "What happened?" he demanded.

"I had a dream about an attack on a place called Utopia. So Dad and I went to the Ministry and all the fire and intruder alarms in Utopia had gone off. The aurors haven't heard anything from Utopia."

Percy nodded as he exited the bathroom fully dressed. He kissed Audrey on the check and flicked his wand at a scrap of paper. Words appeared and the paper floated to land on Percy's pillow.

He turned to Lily, "What am I supposed to do with you?"

Lily smiled slightly, "Take me back to the Auror office."

Percy looked dubious but acquiesced in the end. He knew Lily would get back somehow; it would most likely be illegal and dangerous too…

"Grab my arm," he commanded. With a 'pop' they were gone from the room.

The Auror Headquarters were in a state of organized chaos. The rest of the aurors had arrived and were bustling around.

Percy and Lily arrived in the chaos and immediately headed to Harry's office. After a brief discussion Lily was Disillusioned and the group of Aurors set out to Utopia. They Apparated to the outskirts of town and made their way in slowly, forming a circle around the town then shrinking it, much like the Death Eaters had.

The entire town was in ruin. Many of the homes were still flaming in the winter air. The once pristine snow was dirty with ash and blood and yet the night was deathly silent.

The Auror force met up in the center of town and, after establishing there was no longer a threat, split into pairs to search the wreckage.

Harry removed the Disillusionment charm on Lily and had her lead he and Ron through what she saw in her dream.

They followed the exact path that Lily had seen until they came upon the body of the little girl and her brother. Lily broke down sobbing when she saw the bodies. Everything she had seen was true…A bunch of people had killed an entire, peaceful town, in cold blood.

Harry held his daughter as she wept. When she had calmed down, Harry pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and tapped it before handing it to Lily. She immediately glowed and returned home where Ginny did the best thing a mother can to comfort her daughter: Pulled out chocolate ice cream and a happy movie.

Later that morning Ginny took the kids and Flooed to the Burrow. Arthur had been called into the Ministry as well as Ron and Percy. For the majority of the morning it was just the Potters, Hermione and her kids, Audrey and her kids, George's family, Charlie's family, and Bill's family. Around 11 o'clock the men arrived from the Ministry.

Lily hung to the back as the rest of the family interrogated those who knew anything about the attack. Not once did her dad nor her uncle mention her involvement. Although they would never admit it, they knew it would be bad if it got out that Lily had seen the attack…

Harry had spent much of the day dwelling on the fact that there was no Seer blood in either his family or the Weasley's. The last time anyone had had visions of events in either family was Harry seeing inside of Voldemort's mind.

Since he knew Lily had never had a chance to turn into a Horcrux or develop that type of bond with anyone, something was most definitely going on with his daughter.

After the celebration at the Burrow, the Potters returned home. Harry spent much of his time at the Ministry, working tirelessly to find the culprit responsible for the attacks in September and again in Utopia. He feared the return of a new Dark Lord.

The signs were the same as they had been before…just more pronounced: disappearances (Marissa Lockhart had been missing for six months), murders (the three attacks in September), and attacks (the massacre of Utopia).

On December 29th, the Ministry issued an official statement about events of Christmas Eve. In their statement they claimed that part of their ability to launch such a quick response was due to the information of a confidential source. Also, there would be a monument built to all the people who had perished in the town.

Lily managed to convince her parents to allow here to visit Malfoy Manor a few times. Together she and Cassi researched in the library, sometimes accompanied by Orion and often followed by Aquarius. They looked for any and all information about the connection between Orion and Lily and how to stop it as well as the reason why Lily was having visions.

They managed to find a book on how to perform Occlumency. Lily and Orion began practicing each night before bed and their "cross-overs" into each other's minds had become less and less frequent.

There was only one explanation for why Lily was having visions…but it made no sense with her family history: she apparently was a Seer….

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