"Serverus! What are you doing?" I say, rushing over to him.

"She's- she's gone."

"I'm sorry."

"No, you're sorry for James, nobody knew Lily like I did."

"You don't know anything about me."

"You'd be surprised."

"Serverus, this isn't the place for this, I'm calling a truce until we Lily and James are buried, why are you here?"

"I accept your truce and because I wanted to see Lily one last time."

"Oh,"

"You aren't a very good friend, what were you doing, you weren't here when I got here."

"There are things more important than mourning the dead"

"Like. What."

"Like taking care of their son?"

" Why is that any of your business?"

"Why do you care?"

I think you should leave" I say, looking around. 'blood.' I think.

"Why?"

"Someone's here" I say, still looking for the source of the metallic smell.

"Okay, bye Kristine"

"Bye Serverus" I say as he disapparates. I see a cat under the crib and I scoop it out. "Hi Daisy, I'm not having the best day either, here, let's mend that leg, Episkey" I say, running my hand over the still-bleeding leg. I turn the ring around and whisper, "Lily and James." They appear.

"Kriss? What's wrong?" Lily says, I can tell she's panicking.

"Lily, they took him to Petunia's"

"Will you or Sirius ever get to be guardian?"

"I don't know, I'm sorry."

"You didn't do anything wrong Starry. He'll be strong enough."

"I'm not worried about him. But I am worried about him, I'm afraid he'll come back."

"He will. But you'll be ready Kriss, we have faith in you."

"I'm scared. If I can't even win an argument with Dumbledore about Harry, how am I going to be a decent parent?"

"You'll be fine Kriss," Lily says, putting her hand on my shoulder. They disappear. I take Daisy back to the school.

"Kriss? What happened?" Remus asks. I put Daisy down and hug him.

"I think he'll be back."

"How?"

"Nothing with darkness is different, at least it doesn't feel different, like water does."

"Oh no."
"He's weak though. Nearly dead. As close as he can get, with the Horcruxes."
"So, he's dead?"

"No, he can't die, I would have killed him years ago otherwise."
"I'm glad you're safe."
"I wish I could have saved them."
"I know Kriss, but you can't, you just need to accept it."

-NINE YEARS LATER-

"Krissy! It's time for you to go!"
"I'm coming!" I say.

It's been nine years, so much has changed. The school is fully operational, Roan, Winter and Flame all work for us. We sort students based on their powers, and when a student has multiple powers, they go into whatever group they want. Today, I'm going to pick up Harry, I doubt that the Dursleys will let him come willingly, but I am willing to do anything. I apparate to the porch of 4 Privet Drive and I knock on the door. I see an older Petunia looking at me.

"Kristine" She says, acknowledging my presence.

"Petunia, I have come to ask you for a favor."
"I don't do anything for freaks."
"Well, you'll like my offer then, won't you?"
"What is it?"
"Where's my godson?"
"Oh, underneath the staircase. He did not make breakfast at exactly six- thirty this morning."
"And did he eat?"
"No, why should he? He did not make our breakfast, why should he get his?"

"Petunia, you don't understand, do you?"
"That the freak shouldn't eat because he didn't do our food right?"
"Where is he?"

"I told you, under the staircase." She says, I see a large boy walking down the stairs. He stops and jumps on the stairs nearest to the bottom.

"Wake up!" he yells, still jumping.

I walk to the door in the staircase, I open it and see a very skinny boy with jet black hair and green eyes.

"Excuse me, who are you?" He asks me, obviously scared of me.

"This is headmistress Harper."
"Actually, it's Headmistress Lupin, in case you didn't notice, Rem put a ring on it. Ten years ago."
"Well, I don't care. She's taking you to a school far, far away from here. I hope you like the cane. And the belt" Petunia says, no doubt imagining what that would look like. I shoot her a withering glare. If looks could kill, she'd be dead.

"No, you- you can't make me go."
"Okay, Vernon! The freak won't leave our house!"
"Ok! Ok! I'll go" He says, standing up. Only then do I notice how small Harry really is.

We walk outside and I disapparate.

"Excuse me, miss, where are we?"

"Well, that's a question I would have expected you to ask me first. But it's not very important right now, are you okay?" I ask

"Yeah, fine, fine"
"Harry, are you hungry?"
"A little." He says sheepishly.

"What are we still doing here then? We're going to the kitchens!" I say, walking over to a staircase. We go down and walk into the kitchens. "Hello Hankie"
"Master Lupin, what can Hankie get for you?"
"Summer! Amber! How many times do I have to tell you not to eat in the kitchen!" I shout. They laugh and walk away. I turn back around to the house-elf "Can we have breakfast please?"
"Of course!" He says. He brings back plates of food. Harry and I sit down at the table.

"Mum!" Lily asks me
"Is he here yet?" James adds

"Lily, James, this is Harry." I say, gesturing to the boy trying to shrink back into the seat.

"Oh my goodness! What powers do you have?" Lily says, charging the poor boy.

"Excuse me?" He asks

"Let me explain Harry, your mother Lily, was a very clever witch, actually, I'd say reckless. She looked for a way to gain powers that would protect her from us during the full moon. She went looking for them one night, while she was staying with Remus and I, and she was actually able to get them. That in itself is hard to do, but for humans, she was most likely going to die. She didn't know that, but she came back with powers that no human had ever had before. She is what we call elemental."

"Wait, is that why I can make water appear?"
"Yes. I know, I can control fire, and light."
"Do you know what I control?"
"Water, darkness and emotions."

"What does that mean?"

"I'll tell you later, eat up" I say, I watch him slowly pick up a cinnamon roll.

"Wait, I can eat this?"
"Umm, yeah? Did you expect me to eat in front of you and not let you have any?"
"Sort of"
"Who would do that? That's a horrible thing to do to anyone"

"Do I ever have to go back to the Dursley's?"
"No. But you do have to go to Hogwarts in two years."
"What? But- I thought this was a school?"
"It is, but you're human. Nobody else here is."
"What do you mean?"

"Come on, I'll show you." I say, we walk out and I show him around. He looks at the centaurs and shakes his head and closes his eyes.

"This isn't happening, it can't be"
"Kriss! How long did it take you to talk to Petunia!" Remus asks, running over to me.

"Hi Remus!"
"My goodness, Harry, hi"
"Why does everyone know who I am?"
"We're not everyone, besides, we have a different reason than everyone else."
"What's everyone else's reason?"
"You supposedly killed Voldemort as a baby."
"But you don't believe that?"
"No, when a master of an element dies, the element becomes harder to work with, sad almost. It happened to water twice in my life, but never darkness. If he had really died, darkness would be like that." I say, looking down.

"Oh. Well, what's your reason then?"
"Lils was my best friend, James was like my brother. Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs with aids from Mistress Starry. That's us. The Marauders."
"Do you miss them?"
"Some of them, but others, not so much." I say. Remus grabs my hand I squeeze it and rest my head on his shoulder.

"Expelliarmus!" Someone shouts from behind me, Remus is knocked back. I turn around, drawing my wand, to find my little sister.

"Wow Roan, so mature" I say, pointing my wand at the centaur

"We've been over this, no PDA's remember?"
"You are a horrible person."
"I can live with that."
"It's not like we were snogging, we were talking about the Marauders."
"Sorry"
"No you aren't."
"Exactly."
"So, apologise."
"Oh my goodness! You're Harry Potter! Awesome!"
"Roan, don't you have a class to teach?"
"Possibly. I'll see you later" She says, she walks away.

"Who was that?" Harry asks me.

"That was Roan Harper" I say, "She's a teacher here"
"So, do you let anyone in here?"
"No, the opposite, remember when I said you were the only human here?"

"Yeah?"
"Well, that's because there are Centaurs, Vampires and Werewolves here, and it wouldn't be safe for anyone else to be here."
"But, what about me?"
"You aren't exactly human either, you are elemental, and you can't be bitten by a werewolf, and your blood is poisonous to a vampire"
"How do you know that?"

"I just do"
"Okay?"
"Come on Harry, what one of your elements do you want to harness the most?"
"Water?" He asks

"Okay, here we are." I say, pointing to a building.

"Wait, what?"

"You're going to be staying in here until you're old enough to go to Hogwarts."

"But, why?"

"Because, this is your new home."