Summery - Lily and James were not killed by Voldemort and Harry grew up with loving parents, very different from how he would have grown up had they been killed that knight. Find out how he ends up and finds love with one of his best friends and how tragedy strikes when Hermione is struck with a curse that makes her disappear and makes her change into somebody she is not.

A/N: This is the first and last time I'm going to do a disclaimer so listen up I own none of the characters created by J.K Rowling or any of the other stuff she so cleverly wrote about.

Chapter 1

They had just defeated Voldemort.

They had just done what everybody had thought impossible.

Slowly Lily and James sat up green and brown met then both looked to the cot that sat in the corner of the room to where their son Harry sat smiling at them like they had just started playing a game of peek-a-boo.

Lily and James both got up and walked over to baby Harry's cot, Lily picked up Harry and her and James hugged him tight all three of them hugged as tight as they could as James and Lily thought of how it could have been so much different had they not survived or if Harry had not survived.

No that didn't bare thinking about thought Lily she was just so happy that they had all survived that Lily, James and Harry could continue to be a family, a family that could grow, love and laugh together.

After 10 minutes of silence Lily and James heard the distinct sound of people apperating into their house. Panicked Lily placed Harry back into his cot James ran to the door closely followed by Lily both wands held out in front of them.

"No you stay here and look after Harry, I couldn't bare it if I lost any of you two." James said with a terrified look in his eye

"I'm coming with you" said Lily "you need back up"

"No I said stay here" he said more forcefully "let me check it out then I will call you if all is OK"

Lily sighed "OK but call if you're in trouble you don't know what could be down there" Lily looked just about ready to cry and James didn't blame her the last hour had been mayhem and even he was getting tired.

James crept down the stairs he saw figures moving through the dust and he knew that Voldemort must have blown half the house down.

Through the dust came voices, voices that were very familiar to James it was the voices of Albus Dumbledor and Mad Eye Moody.

"I just hope that at least one of them survived Alistair" James herd Albus saying

"I do too but let's face it half the house has blown apart and this is Voldemort we are talking about" Alistair replied.

James knew that in most circumstances this would be true it had been seen so often lately but James couldn't help but think that Alistair seemed to have no faith in him or Lily. James decided he would speak before the two men were upon him and think he was a death eater or Voldemort and curse him into next week.

"Albus, Alistair it is me James. Lily and I are fine and so is little Harry" James said shakily

Dumbledor and Mad Eye ran to the base of the stairs wands pointed at James.

"Oh James thank Merlin it is you and you are well. How on earth did you escape? The dark mark hangs eerily over this house, forgive us we thought we would not find you all alive" Albus said

Albus followed James upstairs whilst Alistair went to get rid of the dark mark. Once up in Harry's room Albus took Harry, James and Lily back to the order headquarters where they could have a nice bath and get into clean clothes before they told of their ordeal.

Once in clean clothes they start to tell of the happenings of that afternoon where all those present found out how Voldemort had gained access to the Potter's house how he had forced his way in before trying to slay them all. However his plan had not gone according to plan and nobody could understand how he had finally been taken from the world.

Neither Lily nor James could remember what spell had been cast to kill him if any had been cast or not. All they could remember was seeing Voldemort shoot the killing curse their way before a blinding white light shone through the room to bright for anyone to look directly at. It had lasted only seconds before disappearing. It had taken several seconds for Lily and James to realize that Voldemort had disappeared gone without a trace, there was no body, but at the same time they instinctively knew that he was not coming back that he had gone forever never to return.