A/N a lot more action, a stupid decision Lily makes, and her lucky escape. Lily The Auror Returns!!!...for one mission anyway. Some sadness, some happiness (Harry grows in tummy...) heehee, and some funny stuff. This story will probably reach 32 chapters. I need that long to get him born and stuff lol. ok, here we go.
At lunch time, she couldn't stand the waiting anymore, her urges as a former auror were too strong. She had to help.
She frowned, hurried upstairs, told Susianna that she was going to find him, and gave Remus' necklace to her as she ran into the hallway, her heart in her throat.
She apparated to Hogwarts and hurried to Dumbledore's office.
No one was there.
She searched the top of his desk for clues...finding just what she needed.
" Do not know when I will be back. I am at Malfoy's house at the moment. Dumbledore." she read out loud.
She patted her tummy, frowned, and apparated to where her husband might be: Malfoy Mansion.
When she got there, there were several skirmishes going on. James was in a particularly gruesome one, where he seemed to be coming out the worse.
Lucius Malfoy had James' wand and was shooting spells at him right and left, while James tried to take him down bodily.
Lily hurried over, whipped out her wand, and glared at Lucius.
"Expelliarmus! Stupefy!" she shouted.
James' AND Lucius' wands flew into her hands, and Lucius fell to the floor.
"James, catch!" she shouted, as she threw his wand.
He caught it deftly, had Malfoy tied up with a spell, and he hurried over to Lily.
"What are you doing here?" he asked worried.
"I came to help." she said stubbornly.
"Lily, you know you shouldn't---ARGH!!!" James cried in pain as he was hit in the back with a spell.
He fell over, gasping in pain.
Lily whirled around to face his attacker.
"Avery. We meet again." she said coolly, before pointing her wand at him.
"Expelliarmus!" he shouted, taking her wand. But that didn't stop her.
She rushed at him, kicking him forcefully in the stomach, causing him to double over in pain.
He ran at her, but she was too quick. She punched him in the face and hit a certain spot on his neck with her hand, causing him to pass out.
Her wand was trapped underneath him, which left her helpless as Lestrange's wife ran at her, raving like a lunatic.
Lestrange, whom Lily had faced before...and severely injured, wanted her revenge. And unfortunatly, Lestrange knew of Lily's condition.
"You'll pay you bitch!" Lestrange screamed, hysterical and insane.
"JAMES!" Lily shrieked, scared for both her AND he baby's life.
James' head whipped around, and he took in the sight.
Lestrange, a manic grin on her face, pointing her wand at Lily, who was backed against the wall, helpless and without her wand.
"Shit." he muttered and he sprinted as fast as he could across.
"STUPEFY!" he yelled once he got close enough. For good measure, he also threw in "Furnunculus!"
Lestrange fell, James beckoned Lily over to him.
"Where's your wand?" he asked her, almost shouting because he had been so worried.
"Under Avery. He took it down with him when I knocked him down." she said, shaking.
James kicked Avery's unconcious body over, harder then necessary. He stooped down, grabbed her wand, handed it to her, and stared hard at her.
"Why are you here? WHY?" he asked her severely, his worry making him angry.
"I was worried about YOU, if you really must know." she shouted back, her eyes filling with tears as she yelled.
"You shouldn't be here." he said angrily.
"My duty as a wife is to be by your side. Always. Through anything. And here I am. At your side, whether you like it or not." she said, her eyes flashing with love, hurt, and her red headed temper.
"You know you're screwing up everything we planned. You're risking yourself and this baby, for one mission....sometimes I don't understand you Lily." he said, dread settling in his heart when he saw the determined look on her face.
"I'm a woman, you're not supposed to understand me." she said, her head held high.
"You're so bullheaded." he said, calming down a bit when he saw how hurt she looked. "And thats why I love you."
With that, he kissed her quickly and hurried back to the remaining Death Eaters.
Lily glanced at the unconcious Death Eaters, grouped them all together, put a few spells on them, and had Arabella Figg take them back to the dungeons at Hogwarts.
James was in a particularly ferocious battle with MacNair, who was quick to use the unforgiveables and other dangerous curses.
Lily, seeing an opening, rushed into the throng and started throwing curses at the Death Eaters who were rushing to help MacNair 'finish James off.'
After getting three of them down, her strength started to wane.
Seeing that all but one Death Eater were gone, she sank to the floor wearily.
"LILY LOOK OUT!" James shouted.
Lily whipped around, only to see Nelson, pointing his wand at her and leering unpleasantly.
Lily fumbled for her wand.
"You're too late." Nelson said manically.
"AVADA KADAVRA!" was shouted from across the room.
Nelson fell to the ground, unmarked, but unmistakeably dead.
Lily was narrowly missed by the spell, and she fell to the ground, shaking as the realization came over her.
James rushed over and wrapped his arms around her.
She sank against his chest and shook.
James buried his face in her hair, shaking, thanking God he had seen her before it was too late.
He rocked back and forth on his heels, comforting Lily, comforting himself, and slowly realizing what he had just done.
"I am bullheaded. Stupid too." Lily said, smiling once she had recovered somewhat.
"No. Not stupid. Never stupid." James said, smiling back, pushing Nelson to the back of his mind.
He had done what he had to do, and for some reason, he couldn't feel too bad about it as long as he still had Lily...whom he had commited murder for.
"Lets go home." James said softly, and apparated them both to Godric's Castle from their position on the floor.
Sirius apparated there too, arriving just after them.
He ran his fingers through his hair and grinned ruefully.
"Well that was close." he said, making light of the situation.
"Yeah it was." James said, pulling himself to his feet.
He scooped Lily up in his arms and carried her up the stairs, Lily protesting weakly.
"I can walk." she mumbled.
"No you can't."
"I can so!"
"Nope. Look at you! You're shaking like a leaf!"
"You!" then she pounded him weakly on the arm, making him laugh.
"You're impossible." she said crossly.
"Ah, you know you love it." James replied, laughing at the look on her face.
"Hmph." she replied, not knowing what to say.
"I love you Lily." he said, grinning.
"if thats an apology, I forgive you." she said, laughing as he layed her gently on her bed.
"Night." he said, kissing her lightly.
"Night." she said.
James started to walk out.
"James?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks."
Pause.
"I would say no problem...but..." (James)
Pause.
"Your welcome. I couldn't let him take you." (James)
Pause.
"The woman of my dreams, and our unborn child going like *snap* that. I couldn't let it happen." he finished.
Lily didn't reply, and James walked out of the room.
The next day, it seemed that they had both silently agreed that they would not talk about yesterdays events, unless it was to comment on its success.
They were getting used to Godric's Castle home, but they were glad that they would be leaving soon.
"Was it successful yesterday?" Susianna asked quietly at breakfast.
"Very. James what was it, 20 Death Eaters we caught? I myself took down 5." Lily said, grinning.
"Almost got herself killed 3 times." James put in, laughing.
"Ok mister, 'my wife saved ME twice yesterday', don't get too cocky." she said, poking him in the stomach.
James rolled his eyes.
"Are you feeling ok this morning Lil?" Susianna asked, her eyes worried.
"Actually I am feeling wonderful. At five months along, thats almost a sin, but its the truth!" she exclaimed happily.
"Its kind of cool, isn't it, to have another life relying solely on you, isn't it Lil?" Susianna asked.
"Its wonderful. I just can't wait until he's born." she said, patting her tummy affectionately.
"He. How do we know its a he Lily?" James asked, eyes twinkling.
Her mind drifted back to the letter from Godric Gryffindor.
"I just know. I am 100% positive that its a little boy." she said, very sure of herself.
"I'll take your word for it." James said, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her in for a kiss.
"Oh gag. All you two do is kiss and say I love you." Sirius said, laughing, as he entered the room.
"You're just jealous. I love you Sirius." Lily said, laughing as she walked over to her friend and gave him a good morning hug.
"Hmm. Morning Lily." Sirius said, eyes laughing as much as he was as he returned the hug.
"Morning Si. Where's Aria?" Lily asked as she went back to her cooking.
"Mmm, I think she went up to the Ministry to drop something off, she said she'd be back by lunch." he replied, his expression darkening a bit.
"What do we plan on doing today?" Lily asked.
"Bring my husband back?" Susianna asked hopefully, fingering the necklace at her throat.
"Oh my. I almost forgot about him." Lily said laughing. "Sorry Re!"
She muttered a spell, and Remus grew and grew and grew until he was normal size again, sitting in Susianna's lap.
He jumped up, turned around and kissed his wife, mumbling words in her ear.
She laughed.
"Benjamin! Daddy's back!" the 7 month old baby Benjamin squealed and crawled over to his daddy, making baby noises the whole way.
Remus scooped him up and started playing with the baby in his lap.
"I heard you guys talking about the Death Eater suicide mission yesterday. I'm glad it went well." he said, while the baby pulled on his ear.
"So am I." Lily agreed wholeheartedly.
"What do we want to do today?" Sirius asked, bringing up an earlier subject.
"Well, Remus and I are going to bring Benjamin to my parents house, if thats ok." Susianna said, watching her husband, eyes glowing with happiness.
"Thats a good idea James. We should go see your parents." Lily said, looking up at her husband.
"They still don't know, do they?" James asked, smiling.
"Nope. We should have told them first. Now I feel terrible." Lily said glumly.
"They won't mind. We've been quite busy, they'll understand." James told her, kissing her forehead.
"And what the heck am I supposed to..ohhh I will work on my motorcycle. She's just about fixed." he said suddenly.
"Ok, James I am going to go upstairs and change, I'll be down in about 20 minutes." Lily said as she hurried out of the room and up the stairs.
Half an hour later, they were in the Potter's (James' parents) house, greeting his parents.
"Oh its so good to see you!" Mrs Potter exclaimed, then she saw Lily's enlarged stomach and gasped. "Are you?!"
Lily nodded happily.
"Oh thats wonderful!" she exclaimed, hugging Lily (in the only way a ghost can...brrr cold), then James exuberantly.
"Oh James we're so proud of you!" his mother said, looking at her son with glowing eyes.
"Thanks mom. It's good to see you." he replied, smiling at her.
"Where are my manners? Come in and sit down, Lily you can have that seat, its the most comfortable..I remember how constantly uncomfortable I felt when I was pregnant with this one." she said, pointing at James.
"Thanks." Lily said, grinning at Elaine (James' mums name.)
They discussed Voldemort (by name, mind you), the weather, James' siblings, and Lily's current favorite topic, the baby.
"What are you going to name it?" Elaine asked eagerly, almost as if it were her own baby on the way.
"Harold James Potter," she said, glancing at the senior Harold Potter, James' father, "or Angel Rose Potter."
"Oh I do love those names! A grandmother at last!" she exclaimed happily, patting Lily's hand.
"I do like the name Harold." Harold Potter said, speaking up, laughing.
They all laughed.
"We thought it most fitting." Lily said, grinning.
James was soon deep in conversation with his father, and Elaine was eager to hear about everything going on in the pregnancy.
"Actually, aside from the morning sickness, its been going very well. I am most pleased. Susianna tried to tell me horror stories about her own pregnancy." Lily said, laughing happily.
"Oh thats wonderful. I am so incredibly happy for you two. It couldn't happen to a better couple." Elaine said sincerely.
Lily smiled, eyes shining.
"James here gave me the worst trouble. I knew he'd be a Quidditch player, thats for sure. Kicking and punching constantly. I thought I was going to have a puppy instead!" she exclaimed, laughing lightly.
After they had eaten lunch with the Potter's, they regretfully told them that they had to, in order to have some time with Lily's parents as well.
"Well it was wonderful seeing you two! Lily I will owl you soon! James, you better owl me!" Elaine exclaimed, hugging them both.
"Bye!" they all shouted as Lily and James disapparated, hand in hand.
One morning in early April (her 6th month of pregnancy), Lily was sitting on the floor, playing peek a boo with Benjamin, both of them giggling like crazy.
"Oh he's so cute Sue." Lily said, grinning up at her friend.
"You're great with him." Susianna replied, watching the two amusedly.
"I just can't wait until I have my own to play with too." Lily said, glancing down at her growing tummy.
A/N OK t-3 months till Harry is born! YAY!!! Please r/r!!!