Lily sank to her knees. What are these feelings? Part of me is screaming that I love him, but part of me is screaming no you don't. I don't know what to do. Lily thought. Tears were streaming down her face as she lay down on the field. She lay there as rain poured down from the sky. Clouds had moved in and rain began to pour. Tears fell from her eyes until finally she fell asleep.

Harry was flying; moving through the sky. With every dip twirl and loop he smiled. Harry flew over Hogsmead and was moving as quickly as possible to where he was headed; to the Riddle House. Most would never set foot at that place, but Harry had too. Weeks before he had a dream in which he saw a very valuable possession being found and given to Voldemort and Poseidon. Harry knew where Voldemort and Poseidon would be so he was going to move quickly and get that possession. He didn't know if the two would be able to use it, but Harry couldn't take any chances.

This possession is the reason he left his family. He had to get it back and get back to his family. He had a bad feeling that a war was on its way and he had to get back to his children and his beloved Ginny.

He was almost to the Riddle House. He could see the roof of the house. Harry closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them and whispering, "This is where I will find it. This is where I will take my final stand against Voldemort."

Harry was not willing to die. He was ready to quickly get home. Harry flew for about 20 more minutes until he landed at the top of the hill in the Graveyard where Cedric had fallen to the evil of Voldemort. Harry shrunk his broom and made it weightless, before moving down the hill toward and run down house; a house that still haunted him in his dreams from time to time.

He quickly moved from the side of the house to a window. Inside the window he saw nothing. "Strange; I was sure they were here." Harry whispered.

"You would be correct, Mr. Potter. We are here," Said a familiar cold malicious voice. Harry turned toward the voice only to find the blood red catlike eyes that had haunted his dreams throughout his childhood. Voldemort…

Eyes blazing in the moonlight Harry spoke in a low dangerous tone, "You have something I want Riddle."

"Why Mr. Potter I don't what you're talking about." Voldemort said.

"I think you do and I want it back now, so I can get back to my family." Harry snapped.

"Oh do you mean this, Mr. Potter?" Voldemort asked while pulling out a small black stone. Harry's eyes widened and Voldemort just laughed. "Mr. Potter you can have this back, but you have to do something for me."

"No Riddle. I'd rather die, than help you." Harry snapped.

"That can be arranged Harry. Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Either way I will get what I want."

"I don't think you Riddle. Now give it up."

Voldemort shrugged and nodded once to the man next to him. The man next to him looked just like him as a teenager. With the black hair and blue eyes and good looks he could only be one person…Poseidon.

Poseidon pulled out his wand and a battle erupted. Harry was thrown back and through the window. Broken shards of glass lodged into Harry's arm and he yelled in pain. Curses, charms, hexes, and spells flew back and forth between the three wizards. With Harry's red light, Voldemort's green light, and Poseidon's blue there was no telling what was happening. Harry had blocked many of the spells by hiding behind a large table, but all of a sudden he heard "Bombarada," and quickly dove aside just in time as his shield was destroyed.

With a cry of rage Poseidon fought harder until finally Harry yelled, "Give it up Voldemort." Voldemort laughed a cold laugh and said, "Give it up Potter. You won't be getting this back anytime soon."

The battle raged harder, faster, and stronger. Harry knew it would only be moments before the two over took him, but he couldn't leave without that stone. "Crucio," rang through the area as the battle continued. Harry turned quickly to be hit square in the chest with the curse. Harry screamed in pain dropping to the ground in the process.

Tears streamed down his face as the pain increased. Harry continued to scream. Just as Harry thought he would die and his throat became dry the pain lifted and Harry lay there gasping for breath. Voldemort stepped forward and looked down upon Harry. Blood red met emerald green and Voldemort dropped the rock and whispered, "Kill him."

Harry tried to reach the rock, but Poseidon came toward him and whispered, "Avada-" Poseidon was cut off when the rock turned over three times and formalized 4 bodies. Poseidon and Voldemort froze and one of the bodies spoke, "Why don't you get the bloody hell away from my son." The voice was familiar to Harry. After the voice spoke a bright light filled the broken room and Harry fell to unconsciousness.

Hours later when Harry awoke he awoke to hushed voices. Lightly opening his eyes he took in a deep breath and tried to sit up. He was lying on the hard ground with a light blanket over him. He sat up to find that the voices were coming from 4 ghostly figures. Blinking a couple of times he looked down and found the small black rock that Voldemort had in his hand. His eyes widened when he heard him name come up in conversation.

"Lily stop it you know we have to go back we can't stay here. We are only here to answer Harry's questions and make sure he gets back to his family safely." A strong voice said.

"James, please I just want to meet my grandchildren. Can't we stay for a little bit when we get back? Besides I am sure Teddy would love to see his parents. Please James. Please Jamie." A woman's voice pleaded. Harry got to his feet and walked over to the four people.

Harry took a deep quiet breath and then spoke, "Where's Voldemort and Poseidon?" The four people rounded on him quickly and one woman moved toward him quickly and spoke, "Oh Harry. Harry my baby boy."

The people behind her all spoke one at a time. "Harry, my son, it is so good to see you awake. How are you feeling?" James said.

"Wotcher Harry." Tonks said.

"Why Harry Potter you just have a habit of getting into trouble. It seems much hasn't changed since I died." Remus chuckled. Harry smiled wide when he saw his parents but his smile faded quickly when he saw Remus and Tonks.

It was pouring. No one had seen Lily in hours. The last she had been seen Nick had told her she loved him. It had started to rain and everyone thought Lily was with Nick, but when Nick showed up two hours earlier without Lily they had started to get worried. Nick had told them that she was probably just celebrating the fact that she had finally broken his heart. They didn't worry about it, but it was almost curfew and Lily still wasn't back.

Fear had set in where confidence had left when Lily didn't return. Finally at 9:30pm James stood up and said, "Lily is never gone this long. Something isn't right. I'm going to go find her." Ginny, Teddy, and Albus agreed and moved out to find their baby sister. They had spread out all over the castle and grounds. They moved as quickly as they could search for Lily.

James was running all over the school searching for Lily. He as checking every office and classroom, asking every student and teacher that came by, and checking every passage way to find Lily. He had been looking for almost an hour when he moved to the grounds in the freezing rain. He scoured the grounds yelling, "Lily! Lily, where are you!"

He was about to give up when he saw a heap of something on the ground on the north side of the castle. With fear in his heart and eyes James sprinted to the heap to find its Lily. James quickly picks her up and realizes she's stiff as ever and shaking. James puts his wand to his throat and whispers, "Sonorous." With that spell his voice is magnified and his voice rings through the school and grounds, "I've got her. Meet me at the Hospital Wing." With that said He canceled the spell and took off toward the Hospital Wing.

He had just got out of the rain when he heard a small cough come from his arms. James looked down to find Lily coughing and moaning. "Hang on Sis, we'll be there soon."

Lily started to cough again and James ran faster. Entering the Hospital Wing James found Teddy and Albus standing there waiting with Madame Pomphrey ready. The school nurse ran forward and directed James to a bed and when she was laid down Madame Pomphrey started her work. James, Teddy, and Albus never left her side except for bathroom and to get Ginny.

"Harry what's wrong?" Lily asked.

"It was my fault. My fault all this happened." Harry whispered. Harry then sat down and pulled his knees to his chest resting his head on his knees. James went over to his son and knelt down and said, "Harry look at me."

Harry didn't move. It was like he was 16 again instead of 25. James spoke again, "Harry look at me." When Harry didn't move this time James snapped, "Harry James Potter look at me when I'm talking to you." Harry's head snapped up like his was 16 and he had done something wrong. James smiled at his son and continued, "It is not your fault me and your mother died. We wanted to die for you. We love you. I would go back and do it a hundred times if it meant you would live one more minute. Do I wish I could've watched you grow up? Yes, but that doesn't mean I regret dying for you. I know your mother feels the same way because we've talked about it when we found out one of us may not make it through the war. So don't you think for one minute I regret saving your life."

When James was finished Remus came forward and sat down by Harry and asked, "What is that's bothering you pup? When Sirius was on the run and all you had was me we could always talk and even after Sirius died we could still talk. So what is going on?" When Remus called Harry "pup" James and Lily looked at Remus weird. Remus shrugged and looked at his friends and said, "It's a name I started calling him in the summer after his 3rd year when we got close. He got real upset one day after a long beating and he ran away from his aunt and uncles. I tracked him down to find him at the park a few blocks away sitting on the swing. I noticed the swing; it was the one you guys took him to when you came to visit Mrs. Figg. I sat down on the swing beside him and said, 'What's up pup?' After that is just stuck."

Remus sat there waiting until finally Harry spoke, "It's my fault you died. If I had just given myself up, then maybe you would have lived."

"Harry do you really think if you had given yourself up there wouldn't have been a fight? Harry you knew how Voldemort worked, if you would have given yourself up he would of killed you and then come for us. So don't you blame yourself; if it's anyone's fault its mine for not being more alert of Bellatrix." Remus said.

With a nod Harry laid back down to try to get some more sleep before they set off for home. He looked at them and Lily said, "As long as you hold that rock we won't go anywhere." With a nod Harry laid down and fell asleep.

"How's she doing?" Ginny asked.

"She's doing just fine. I'm not going to sugar coat it for you Ginny because I know you can take it. If James wouldn't have found Lily when he did she could have gotten really sick and possibly died." Madame Pomphrey told her.

Ginny nodded and looked down at her daughter. Ginny brushed her hair out of her face and kissed her head. She wanted so badly to talk to her daughter. What had she been thinking? Out in the cold and rain; she could have been seriously hurt. With tears in her eyes Ginny stood up and walked across the room to where there was her daughter's school bag. Ginny pulled out some parchment, ink, and a quill. With these items she sat back down by her daughter and begun to write a letter to her husband.

As she finished writing the letter she left her daughter's side heading to send her letter. With a small smile on her face she climbed the many stairs finally entering the room. She looked up spotting the snowy white owl that was the family owl. With a smile on her face she called down Hedwig and tied the letter addressed Harry, and whispered, "Take to Harry, Hedwig. Please find him." Ginny watched as Hedwig flew through the orange and golden sky.

Harry was sleeping. He was just waking up when he heard Lily say, "James look what is that?" Harry sat up and groaned at being woken up. He had always hated being woke up. He rolled his eyes as James replied to his wife, "It's an owl Lils. You know those thing that carry messages…sheesh."

Sirius laughed as Lily snapped, "I that James; but that owl is coming at us." By now Harry was fully awake and standing up looking where everyone else was. Only when he looked out he didn't see just any owl. "That's Hedwig." Harry said.

Everyone looked at Harry liked he'd grown another head and Harry said, "That's our owl. What's she doing here?" Everyone shrugged and waited as Hedwig flew through the sky getting closer and closer every second.

She entered and Harry caught her. With a smile Harry untied the letter addressed to him and recognized the perfume on the envelope. He only said one word, "Ginny…" Everyone looked at him and Harry opened the letter as Hedwig sat down. He then began to read aloud:

Dear My Love,

I know you said you had to do this, but is it really worth leaving your family? I am sitting every night in our bed with your pillow in my arms waiting for the night when we can be together again. Every time you would leave on your missions I would remember my 7th year when we were apart and I didn't know if you would return to me. It seems to me this is worse than all those lonely nights, because this time I have to stand strong in front of our children while they train to save the world. It reminds me of standing in the Room of Requirement and watching you duel. It is breaking my heart. I am writing this letter to you hoping you are okay and hoping you are thinking of me. I love you so much. Please if you can send a letter back with Hedwig so I know you're safe. Come home soon.

With all my love,

Ginny

When Harry had finished reading he looked up to see his parents and friends standing there. Lily was the first to speak, "She sounds wonderful Harry. I wish we could meet her, but as James likes to remind me we are here to answer your questions and escort you home."

"Your mother's right Harry, she does sound wonderful. You should write her back and tell her you're safe. Tell her you'll be home as soon as possible." James told Harry.

Harry smiled and then asked, "Where am I to get any parchment?"

"Good lord, Harry. Are you a marauder's son or not? There has to be some parchment around her somewhere." James said and then moved around the room. No one spoke for a few minutes before James cried out, "Here we are. I knew it." Harry turned to find James pointing to a desk drawer. Walking over Harry finds ink, parchment, and a quill.

Harry smiles and sits down and begins to write:

Dear Ginny,

It is good to hear from you even if I didn't expect it. When I saw Hedwig I knew it had to be you. It is with a heavy heart that I write these words. I may not be back as soon as I planned. I have talked to who I had to talk to, but there is something else that has come up. I'm sorry I can't explain more, but I want you to know that I love you with all my heart. I think of you all the time. Please don't cry I'm safe and will be home soon. It is not safe for you to write to me. I will write to you as soon as I can…watch for an owl.

All my love,

Harry

With a small smile Harry folded it up and addressed it, Ginny. He then stroked Hedwig and she flew out the room. Harry smiled and sat down. Silence filled the area. Quiet…

Finally Harry got to his feet and said, "Well come on then. We need to get away from this place." The dead looked at each other, but followed Harry anyway. They followed him as he got on his broom. He took off and the four dead followed him soaring through the sky.