Tanie's brother's funeral was going to be held at a small cemetery in the wizarding village that her parents lived in.
I had only ever been to 2 funerals in my life and they were my parents conjoined and James's fathers. My parents died in a fire at the hospital they both worked at when I was only 13, so I barley remembered it, and since then I had been living with Tanie and her family.
James father, Harold Potter, died directly by the hand of Lord Voldomort late in our 7th year.
It was held at the potter mansion, in a large cemetery on the property that contained all of his ancestors.
Flashback
James, Sirius, Remus, Peter and I all arrived at the gates of the Potter Mansion by portkey a day before the funeral.
I stood next to James holding his hand in mine and my luggage in my other hand.
We stood there for a minute until James finally spoke up.
" Dotty" he said. With a little 'poof' a tall old elf appeared. Her face was streaked with tears and she looked miserable, my heart went out to the poor creature.
'I feel so sorry for it' said a voice in my head.
When the elf saw James her eyes light up a slightly. She bowed to us.
"Master James I is so very happy to have you home" squeaked Dotty, James nodded his head.
"Lily take Sirius's hand' James said quietly as he took on of my hands. I turned around and saw that Sirius was connected to Remus who was connected to Peter.
"Quick Lils I don't like holding Remus hand it doesn't make me feel very manly" he said eyeing where his hand meet Remus. Remus rolled his eyes and I took Sirius's free hand.
I turned my attention back to James. I rested my head on his shoulder and smiled at him and I was truly touched by his efforts when he gave me a small smile back.
James took Dotty's hand and a second later we were standing in the entrance hall of the Potters Mansion. Soon after were had entered we were bombarded by house elves all wanting to take our coats and luggage.
A small, wide -eyed elf struggled her way through the mass amount of her fellow workers and came up to me. She bowed and when she looked up I could see that she, like Dotty, had a tear streaked face.
"Hello miss, my name is Missy and I is going to be taking care of anything you need while you are here, if there is anything Missy can do for you just call Missy and Missy will be there" she said.
"Thank you Missy, my names Lily and it a pleasure to meet you" I replied.
After greeting Mrs. Potter, many tears and hugs, a large dinner and more tears we all headed off to bed.
That night I could not get to sleep, I had always had problems with sleeping in beds that weren't mine and I didn't have James so it was even worse.
After a while I grew fed up and tossed my legs over the side of my bed.
"Missy" I whispered. I heard a little 'poof'. I turned my bed lamp on and I saw Missy standing right in front of me.
"What can I do for you Miss Lily?" she inquired. I stood up and put on a long white, silk gown and turned back to Missy.
"Missy can you please take me to James's room" I asked the small creature. She nodded her head and I followed her out of the room.
5 minutes later found us just outside of a handsome wooden door. It was much larger than all the other doors surrounding it.
"Is that all I can do for you miss Lily?" the elf said as I opened the door.
"No thank you Missy, you go have a good night sleep". I turned back to the door and entered the room. I was very dark but I could still make out a couple shapes. I saw a large bed in the middle of the room sitting in-between two wall windows that led out to a balcony.
I heard a ruffling sound, suddenly light filled the room and I saw that it was at least four times bigger than the room I had been in.
"Poss?" Said the groggy voice of James. I smiled at my nickname and turned to James. He was sitting up in his bed, shirtless and holding up his lit wand.
I walked over to his bed and crawled in.
"I couldn't get to sleep," I said. He nodded in understanding, put out his wand and I cuddled up to him. I felt so safe and warm in his arms.
"I love you," I said closing my eyes.
"I love you too," He said and we both fell asleep in each other's arms.
People all around me were crying madly. Not one eyes was dry. Currently I was being comforted by Remus as I cried into his shoulder.
James and Sirius were standing over by Mrs. Potter talking to many people who had wanted to offer their condolences. The funeral had been long sad and beautifully done.
Most of the time James had not let go of my hand or kept my directly in his sight.
I lifted my head off of Remus shoulder and saw Mrs. Potter coming this way. I Stood up from my seat and was immediately engulfed in a hug. Mrs. Potter and I stood there for a while hugging and crying, talking without words. What felt like hours later I pulled away when I felt a hand on the middle of my back. I turned around and saw James, I jumped into his arms.
Later on James, Sirius and several other men I did not recognize, carried the coffin into the woods and over to the Potter cemetery.
We watched the coffin being lowered into the ground and everyone threw flowers onto it.
The wizard who had performed the ceremony said a simple spell the coffin was covered by a mound of dirt and a gravestone saying:
Harold Jacob Potter
Born 1902
Died 1977
A loyal husband
A caring father
A brave man
Mrs. Potter walked toward the grave with a large bunch of exotic, wild, colourful flowers. She placed them on the marble stone, said a quiet 'I love you' and walked away.
There was silence as tears poured.
End of Flashback
I sat next to Tanie holding her hand and crying as her mother went up to the stand and started to speak.
"Thank you all of you for coming, I'm sure Aaron would have appreciated it. The worst thing for a mother is to let go of her children, and I'm sure for those of you who have experienced it know what I mean, no mother wants to bury her children." She let out a little sob and continued. "Aaron was a great man, and I'm not just saying that because he was my son, he always had perfect grades, many friends, girls falling for him, he was supportive and understanding, he was funny and yet still a dedicated worker-"
There was a sudden scream and people stated to run around everywhere. I turned to see what people were running from and saw tones of death eaters. I momentarily froze and then pulled out my wand sent and alert to the Ministry and joined the fight.
I shot as many spells as I could; I was making my way into the middle of the scene.
In the middle of all the commotion I saw a tall figure that appeared to be the one in charge. I made my way towards. I shot a spell at them and sent them flying into the death eater in front of him. In the process his cloak came flying off and tangled it's self up in the other death eater.
'Awesome I got two birds with one stone' I smirked but my smirk soon vanished as the scene unravelled and I saw who I had just attacked. My heart stopped and more tears came streaming down my face.
I stood there for a while just staring into those familiar eyes, the messy hair, tanned skin and firm chest.
"James" I whispered. He turned away from me and disappeared into the fight. I mimicked his actions a short while after and continued firing spells where I could.
