HARRY POTTER
TIME TRAVELER

Summary – Harry opens a book in the Restricted Section and it transports him 21 years into the future, where he meets up with the future Ron and Hermione and their son, Eddie. Harry also meets Lily Potter, Harry's very spunky and caring future teenage daughter with a hot temper and a bit of an attitude. Harry wants to know about his future, but he feels that Ron, Hermione, Lily, and Eddie are keeping something from him; some very deep, dark secrets.

Disclaimer – I do not own Harry Potter, the characters, or the Harry Potter world. They all belong to the fabulous J.K. Rowling. However, while I do not own their names, the characters and the personality traits of Lily Potter, Eddie Weasley, Daris Malfoy, Christof Nott, as well as Asher Lazard and Robyn Andrews all belong to me.

Chapter 29- Complicated:

After a long, hot shower that was desperately needed, Eddie started walking aimlessly around the corridors with his hands in the pockets of his robes. He was consumed by his own thoughts; thoughts of Lily, her growing relationship and friendship with Harry, the duel that he had with Malfoy, and the story that his father had just told him.

Soon, these thoughts were beginning to give him a headache and finally started to pay attention to where he was walking only to find himself in the same exact corridor where he had dueled with Malfoy. Fortunately, Malfoy was not anywhere to be seen and he saw the classroom where Nott was locked up was now opened. Eddie peeked his head in and noticed that no one was inside. He sighed, knowing that Malfoy must have regained consciousness and let Nott out of the classroom.

Classroom…Eddie could not understand why that word was irking him so much…

Classroom…

Wait a minute! Eddie finally remembered that Nott was not the only person that he had locked inside a classroom during the duel; he had locked Harry inside a classroom as well and Eddie had never let him out.

He could not help but laugh out loud to himself as a result of his own carelessness and stupidity. Shaking his head and clapping his palm to his forehead, Eddie dashed towards another classroom down the corridor where he remembered locking Harry inside. With a skillful spin of his wand, Eddie took off the Anti-Alohamora Charm and opened the door. The sight of Harry behind the door made him want both to laugh out loud and cringe in fear.

Harry was standing there with his arms folded across his chest and his eyes were narrowed like slits; filled with anger and frustration in them. Despite Harry's obvious anger towards him, Eddie's emotions gave out and he could not help but burst out laughing, clutching on to the doorway for support.

"You think this is funny, do you?" snapped Harry, his eyes somehow narrowing even more. He took Eddie's laughs as a response, but Harry did not say anything; he continued to wait for Eddie to calm down. When Eddie finally regained his composure and looked up at his future godfather, Harry continued; "Tell me Eddie, what is so amusing about my future godson dueling with the son of the deadliest Death Eater with both his and Lily's life on the line?"

"It doesn't sound that amusing at all, actually," said Eddie smartly, an amused grin playing on his lips. Harry glared.

"It's not!" he yelled impatiently. "I've been sitting in this classroom would sick about you and Lily for two bloody hours!" Once again, Eddie could not help himself. He clutched on to the doorframe and continued to laugh. Maybe it was because he had managed to get Malfoy's blood and save Lily that made the situation so humorous. Finally, Harry could not fight his emotions either; Eddie's laughter must have been contagious because he too started laughing hysterically. It was several moments before either of them were able to take a breath, much less form words.

"Did you get Malfoy's blood?" asked Harry, once the pair of them had finally calmed down from laughing; though he secretly already knew the answer, otherwise Eddie would not be so happy. To his immense relief, his assumption was right when Eddie both nodded and smiled.

"You bloody believe I did," said Eddie proudly.

"How'd you do it?"

"I punched Malfoy in the nose and his blood started pouring out of it. I managed to transfigure one of the stones on the floor into a vial, got some of the blood, and ran off to find my mum and dad. Don't worry; the potion should be ready in about an hour. Lily is going to be fine, Harry."

Harry stared at Eddie for a minute, his face emotionless, stone cold and hard as he let Eddie's words slowly but surely sink into his brain. He looked dazed; completely out of it, as though he were walking in some kind of trance. Eddie bit his lip and looked at Harry with the utmost concern.

"Err…are you okay, Harry?" asked Eddie cautiously. "You don't look well…I thought this would be good-" But Eddie was unable to finish his sentence as Harry, still looking rather dazed, strode towards the redheaded boy and pulled him into a fierce brotherly hug. Eddie was gasped and rather stunned at Harry's sudden display of affection.

"Harry?" Eddie choked out, clearly embarrassed. "Harry, for Merlin's sake, quit hugging me! This doesn't look…right." Harry chuckled at Eddie's implication and pulled away, looking into his face, holding him by the shoulders.

"Eddie," whispered Harry, his voice shaking with emotion. "You saved Lily's life. I don't know how I can ever thank you…"

Eddie scrunched his freckled face and looked at Harry thoughtfully for a moment, as they he were deeply contemplating something, before giving a resonating sigh.

"You really want to thank me, Harry?" he asked carefully. Harry nodded eagerly.

"Anything…"

"Fine," started Eddie, his voice firm and concise. "If that's the case, all I want you to do is to be careful of the choices you make in your future. It's no secret, not even to you, that you break Lily's heart in your future. Quite frankly, it kills me to see her hurting so bad. So please, be mindful of your decisions. That's all I ask."

With that, Eddie brushed past Harry and headed towards the hospital wing, looking at his feet, leaving a very curious and astounded Harry behind.

"Hermione? HERMIONE?"

A harsh voice was shouting urgently throughout the corridors of the Hogwarts castle. Hermione, who had fallen asleep while resting her head at the edge of Lily's bed, nearly jumped out of her seat and gasped, clutching her heart. She recognized that voice immediately and gave a soft smile. Madame Parks had come out of her office at the sound of the voice with an amused grin as she glanced over the Headmistress.

"I knew it was only a matter of time before he showed up," she said affectionately. Hermione nodded softly before getting up and walking towards the doorway of the hospital wing, her cloak billowing behind her. Madam Parks returned to her office, knowing that they would want some privacy.

When she opened the door, Hermione was pleased to see an elder man standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame, panting for breath. It was obvious that he had been running frantically; too frantically for someone his age. But, she could not help but smile at the sight and reached over to the figure and pulled him into a fierce, comforting hug.

"Sirius," whispered Hermione, hugging him tightly. "You're here."

"Of course," stated Sirius, his voice croaking as he pulled away from the hug. "You owled me claiming that something was wrong with my Lily flower. Why wouldn't I be here?" Sirius caught a glimpse of Lily lying peacefully in one of the beds of the hospital wing. At the sight of her, he gently pushed Hermione away and dashed over to Lily's bed, kneeled beside it, and grasped her hand tightly.

"What's wrong, Hermione?" asked Sirius quietly. "What's going to happen to her?" He looked up at the Headmistress, and to his immense surprise, she was smiling and he felt his deep seated temper snap.

"What is so amusing?" he asked impatiently. "My daught-I mean…Lily is hurt…possibly dying and you're smiling?" Hermione did a double take at what Sirius had almost said and she looked at him, at first astonished, but her look melted into one of tenderness and affection. She reached behind his head and stroked the graying hairs on the back of his neck comfortingly.

"Lily is going to be fine, Sirius. She was placed under the Sueno Curse but the blood of the attacker was attained and the potion is being made as we speak," explained Hermione gently, comforting the elder man. "And Sirius, you should not be ashamed to call Lily your daughter." Despite her reassuring and heartening words, Sirius looked down at his feet, looking almost ashamed.

"Well, she practically is my daughter, isn't she? After all, my coward of a godson never took care of her," snapped Sirius angrily and bitterly, looking closely at Lily. Since he was too busy staring at her sleeping form, he failed to notice Hermione go deathly pale and widen her eyes in horror.

"Sirius, I don't think this is the time or the place to go into it right now," said Hermione sternly, though her voice quivered slightly; so slightly that Sirius did not notice. "I know how you feel about him but I will not have you talk about my best friend like that in front of me or under the roof of this school. It's just…not appropriate."

Sirius tore his gaze off of Lily and looked at her suspiciously, with a raised, curious eyebrow. Hermione tried to keep her face indifferent, but knew that she had failed miserably. At that giveaway look on her face, Sirius let go of Lily's hand and stood to his feet slowly, still looking at Hermione skeptically.

"Since when are you so keen on speaking in his defense?" asked Sirius slowly, articulating his words carefully. "Do I need to remind you of what he-?"

"You don't need to remind me of anything, Sirius," said Hermione quickly, not being able to hear the words that she was sure he would say, or shout. "Let's drop the subject and concentrate on Lily. That is the most important thing right now." Sirius nodded in agreement and returned his attention to the sleeping girl in the bed.

"You said you managed to get the blood of the attacker?" asked Sirius curiously. Hermione nodded proudly. "How?"

"It was Eddie…it was all Eddie. He managed to get the blood of the person who had attacked her by apparently dueling with them. I honestly couldn't get much out of him or Ron for that matter, but he managed to get it. Snape is making the potion right now and it should be ready very soon.

"So you meant what you said before? Lily is going to be okay?" asked Sirius through a choked voice, color coming back into his face and his eyes beaming; twinkling with hope and joy. The look caused Hermione to smile. She recognized it as the same look that he had given Harry on his graduation day from Hogwarts…all those years ago.

"Yes, Lily is going to be fine," said Hermione reassuringly. At those words, Sirius let out a heaving, dry sob and practically jumped on her as he hugged her tightly, pulling her off of her feet.

"Oh Hermione, where is that boy of yours?" Sirius asked, smiling into her bushy brown hair. "I swear, I'm going to buy him so much Honeydukes candy that he's going to be bleeding chocolate. Oh bloody hell, forget Honeydukes, I'm buying the entire Quidditch Supplies store! Where is he? I need to give him all of the money in my vault." These comments caused Hermione to laugh out loud.

"Oh please, don't do that!" chuckled Hermione, as Sirius set her down from the hug. "Ron and I have enough trouble controlling that boy when he is in either of those stores. The last thing that we need is for you to buy either of them for him." They both shared a short chuckle before turning to look at Lily's pale face, smiling hopefully at the thought that she was going to be just fine.

"Mum?" a voice called out from the doorway. Sirius looked up as Hermione turned around to see Eddie standing in the doorway. He had a relieved, yet small smile playing across his lips; his chestnut eyes twinkling.

"Oh, hello, Ed," said Hermione smiling. Before anything else could be said or done, Sirius made a mad dash for Eddie and pulled him into the tightest hug that Eddie had ever felt in his entire life.

"Padfoot?" Eddie managed to choke out. "Padfoot, you're crushing my rib cage."

"You saved Lily's life," whispered Sirius, beaming and pulling away from the bone-crushing hug. "I owe you everything, Ed."

"Forget it," said Eddie with a shrug. "I didn't just do it for you…or for Lily." Eddie looked over at Lily's bed and smiled affectionately to himself, not taking his gaze off of her pale face and golden blonde hair. It was a look that neither Sirius nor Hermione failed to notice and they grinned knowingly at each other.

The touching moment was interrupted though because at that moment, Snape came bursting into the hospital wing, carrying a large, steaming goblet filled with an orange, brownish liquid. Eddie glanced and sniffed at it, not envying Lily for having to drink that.

"The Suenolion Potion is ready, Headmistress," he said quickly. Snape's face was impassive but the second he laid eyes on Sirius, it transformed into a nasty, evil glare; and Sirius just glared right back at him. One would think that after so many years of fighting in the war against Voldemort and putting up with each other in the Order that the two grown men would come to some sort of truce. But that was definitely not the case. As long as Snape held a grudge against anyone with the last name, 'Potter,' Sirius would hate him right back with a strong passion. Lily once claimed that Sirius' dislike for Snape was so strong that words would not be able to describe it. However, this was not a one-sided affair; Snape felt the same exact way towards Sirius.

"Thank you, Professor Snape," said Hermione gratefully, taking the goblet from him and calling for Madame Parks. The nurse came dashing out of the room and hurried over to the professors, Eddie, and Sirius. "The potion is ready."

"Here. This calls for the professional," said Hermione as she handed Madame Parks the goblet of potion. Madame Parks nodded obediently as she bent down over Lily's bed, lifted her head, and placed the goblet to her lips. Gently, so as not to choke her, Madame Parks poured some of the thick, gooey liquid into her mouth and helped the unconscious girl swallow by arching her throat.

Both Sirius and Eddie anxiously moved to the side of Lily's bed and waited for her to wake up. Madame Parks motioned with her hands for them to take a step back but neither of them obeyed. Hermione clutched on to Snape's forearm tightly, desperately waiting for the potion to take effect. After about what seemed like forever, even those it was only a minute or two, to everyone's immense relief, Lily stirred. Eddie could feel his heart pounding hard against as chest as Lily gave a small groan.

"Wha…?" she whined as she rolled over and nuzzled her face into the soft pillow. "What happened?" But, her question was never answered because an extremely heavy object flew on top of her and hugged her tightly. Lily gasped, her eyes popping wide open and when she got over the shock, she let out a groan of pain. Regaining her composure, Lily looked down at her chest to see the figure of a human being hugging her as though their life depended on it and saw a bright red bushy head in her face.

"Eddie?" asked Lily, practically choking for air. "Eddie, in order to continue living, I need to breathe." Eddie realized how he could be suffocating Lily and immediately jumped off of her and looked at her as though she were some kind of miracle. Rolling her eyes at Eddie's antics, Lily slowly sat up, grabbed her glasses from the nightstand, and slipped them on her face. When her vision became clear, she could see Eddie, Sirius, Hermione, Snape (to her immense surprise), and Madame Parks were all standing beside her bed. Lily also noticed that Remus was unconscious in the next bed over.

"Bloody hell I feel like someone dropped their trunk on my head," groaned Lily. "What the bloody hell happened? One minute I was working down the corridor…and the next…it's just all…fuzzy."

Eddie suddenly felt relieved knowing that Lily did not remember who had attacked her because he knew that she would have given him some hell to pay.

"You'll be fine, Lils," said Eddie, giving her a bright and sunny smile. Lily almost grinned back at him but then remembered that the two of them were in a fight. She returned his smile with a narrow eyed glare, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Don't call me Lils," she snapped coldly. "Only my friends can call me that. I don't even know why you're here, Weasley."

Ever since Eddie had found out that Lily might die, ever since he kissed her in her sleep, ever since he dueled for Malfoy's blood, and since he had that conversation with his father, Eddie had forgotten that horrible fight that they were in before she was put under the Sueno Curse. Eddie also remembered the fight and Lily's anger towards him, causing him to look down at his feet, almost ashamed. Sirius and Hermione were extremely stunned over both of their reactions and just looked at each other wide eyed, neither of them understanding what was happening.

"Honestly, I don't know why I'm here," Eddie muttered, almost bitterly. He stuffed his hands into the pockets of his robes and chanced one more look at her. When he saw the cold-hearted look she was giving him, he knew he had no other choice but to turn around and leave the hospital wing; and that is precisely what he did. While he walked out, Eddie never took his eyes off of the floor. Hermione and Sirius looked at the door for a second; the same door that Eddie had just left through and then back at Lily. Observing the angry and cold look on her face, Sirius sighed and turned to Hermione.

"Do you have any idea what's going on?" he asked in a hushed whisper. Hermione simply shook her head, wide-eyed. Sirius ran a hand through his graying hair and gave Hermione a bemused smirk. "Do you want to take this, or should I?"

"You take Lily," said Hermione, "I'll talk to Eddie." With that Hermione started out of the hospital wing, followed closely by Professor Snape. Madame Parks simply shrugged and checked on Remus one more time before returning to her office. When everyone was out of earshot, Sirius pulled up a chair and placed it beside her bed, looking at her sternly.

"I know you just woke up, Lily," started Sirius, "but it looks as though we're going to have to have one of our infamous conversations."

"Why?" asked Lily curiously, as Sirius looked at her thoughtfully. "What's going on?"

"I think I'm the one who should be answering that question," said Sirius gently. Lily raised an eyebrow. "What's going between you and Eddie? Quite honestly, I thought you would be more excited to see your best friend." Sirius leaned back in his chair with a casual elegance as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"You know, Sirius," started Lily impatiently, her temper and voice beginning to rise, "I've been sleeping, practically dying, for the last couple of hours and the first thing everyone does as soon as I wake up is lecture me! This is bullocks!" Lily shouted impatiently. Sirius narrowed his at her.

"First off, watch your language," said Sirius, in a stern, monotone voice. It took all of Lily's discipline not to roll her eyes at him. "I don't need your attitude. Now you tell me, what is your going on with you and Eddie? He's your friend and I find your…attitudes toward each other rather unsual."

"Nothing is going on Si," said Lily sigh, shrugging. To Lily, that was the truth. She and Eddie were in a horrendous fight, so therefore, there was absolutely nothing going on between them. Lily had cut ties with him, cutting their friendship. However, Sirius clearly did not believe Lily as he made a disbelieving noise in his throat. Lily grew angry with his arrogance and dubious attitude.

"You know it's funny you should mention our attitude towards each other and that he's my friend," said Lily coolly. This caught Sirius' attention. "Considering that it no longer exists!" Sirius did not say anything; he simply stared at her, closing and opening his mouth. Lily had to hold back her chuckles because he resembled an aging, wrinkled fish. Whatever Sirius was expecting, it certainly was not that.

"Wait…Lily…you…and Eddie…WHAT?" Sirius asked, nearly shouting. His features showed that he was confused and shocked all at once. Lily looked amused at his reaction and just shook her head impatiently, rolling her eyes. "Lily, are you two are in a fight?"

"Yeah," said Lily coldly, "you could call it that."

"That's nothing," said Sirius, waving his hand. "You two are always fighting. I'm sure you'll get past it; you always do."

"I don't think so, Sirius," said Lily, shaking her head stubbornly. "Not this one…not this time." Sirius was about to retort, but then he saw the look in her emerald green depths. With this look, Sirius knew that Lily meant every word that she had said.

"Lily, you can't possibly mean that," said Sirius softly, trying to get her to see reason. "You and Eddie have been friends since forever…since the day he was born! I've never seen such a stronger friendship; it's even stronger than the one James and I had."

"Well, not anymore," snapped Lily bitterly. "He's prat and I won't stand for his prat-like tendencies anymore."

"Lily, what happened?" asked Sirius gently, yet curiously. "What caused this argument between you two?"

Lily realized that she should have just humored Sirius by telling him that she would try and work things out with Eddie. She did not think that he would ask her that question; that was the question Lily was dreading…and hoping that he would not ask. After all, she could not exactly say to Sirius 'Oh by the way, Harry Potter came from the future and Eddie was a prat to him, so now I'm positively furious with him.'

"Eddie…just…he lost his temper and said some things that just weren't true," said Lily, which in all honestly, was not far at all from the truth. "He just spread some horrible lies…"

"You're one to get mad at someone for losing their temper and saying stupid things," said Sirius reasonably. Lily rolled her eyes again. Not wanting to antagonize her any further, Sirius simply sighed. "What kinds of things did he say?"

"Honestly, Sirius, it really doesn't matter," muttered Lily impatiently. "Nothing can change what Eddie said…there's no way from him to take it back."

"Lily, you really need to forgive Eddie, no matter what he said," said Sirius. "You and I both know that he didn't mean it. You can't just throw away fifteen years of friendship like that." Lily turned sharply at Sirius, narrowing her eyes dangerously. She suddenly felt like she was being backed into a corner; like she was being challenged.

"Oh yeah?" she challenged. "Watch me!"

"Oh don't give me that, Lily Julia Potter," said Sirius sharply. "There's no reason for you to be this stubborn. I mean, don't you realize what Eddie has done for you; what he did for you?" Lily frowned at him, crossing her arms across her chest and slumping back into her pillows defensively. She did not respond, so Sirius knew that he had gotten her attention and continued.

"Eddie got the blood from the person that attacked you with the Sueno Curse!" explained Sirius. Lily looked as though she had gotten slapped in the face and turned towards Sirius looking completely stunned.

"What?" she gasped. Sirius did not say anything, but simply nodded slowly. "How…? Or rather…why would he…why did he do that?"

"How Eddie did it, I don't know. All I know is that he probably went through a lot to get it. The person who did put the curse on you most likely didn't give it over willingly. There is no doubt in my mind that Eddie probably had to fight hard for it," said Sirius, grinning slightly. Lily suddenly became very interested in the thread of her blankets. Suddenly, Sirius was not sure if he should answer why Eddie worked so hard to get the blood of Lily's attacker. He knew that Eddie's feelings were growing much stronger for Lily than mere friendship. So, he knew he had to choose his words carefully.

"As to why he got the blood of your attacker," started Sirius slowly, "you're his best friend, Lily. He cares about you so much; just like you care about him. He'd do anything for you and you know you would have done the same for him." Lily bit her lip and hesitated for a moment before nodding slowly.

"Bah!" shouted Lily as she slumped back into her pillows, her fingers rubbing the bridge of her nose. "Sirius, why does life have to be so complicated?"

"If only I had the answer to the question, Flower," said Sirius, shaking his head, placing his hand over hers. She smiled up at him, grateful for his presence and squeezed his hand in return. After several moments of silence, Sirius pulled his hand away and looked at Lily quite somberly. "So, what are you going to do about Eddie?" Lily let out a groan of frustration.

"I'll thank him, but I refuse to be friends with him; not after what he said," said Lily firmly. Sirius rolled his eyes, but he could not help but chuckle.

"Oh, what's the point in trying to change your mind?" asked Sirius, throwing his hands up in defeat. "You're just too stubborn for your own good." Lily smirked at this comment and looked at Sirius with amusement.

"I'm stubborn, huh?" she asked, still grinning. "I'm stubborn like my grandfather, eh?" Sirius laughed out loud and nodded eagerly. Lily decided to take advantage of his sudden good mood. "I heard…uh…I was told…Ron and Hermione always told me that…that…"

"That…what Lily?"

"That…that my dad was rather stubborn as well…" said Lily nervously, his voice trailing off. She chanced a glance at the older man sitting at the foot of her bed. Sirius was frowning deeply with a boiling anger in his ice blue eyes.

"I thought he was stubborn and strong hearted, but I was wrong," snarled Sirius, his voice trailing off. He stood up and turned away suddenly, causing his chair to topple over loudly. Lily knew that he had turned away only to make sure that she did not see the tears forming in his eyes. Lily looked at her hands and closed her eyes tightly, bracing herself for the next question that she was going to ask him.

"Sirius, why do you still hate my dad so much?" asked Lily quietly.

Sirius hastily rubbed his eyes and turned to stare at her. It was clearly etched on his face that he did not understand why Lily was suddenly asking these questions about Harry. Lily knew that if she maybe got some of these answers out of Sirius, there would be a chance for him to see him. She knew that seeing Sirius meant a lot to Harry and she knew that Sirius would feel the same. In all honesty, she only wanted the best for both of them and she knew that confronting one another would be the best for them.

"How many times do we have to go over this?" said Sirius, his voice no longer humorous. "I don't want to talk about it, Lily."

"We need to talk about it, Padfoot! Now more than ever." said Lily almost desperately, her voice full of concern. She repeated her question: "Why do you hate him so much?"

"I have my reasons, and you know that," he said firmly. Once again, he turned his back on her. Lily sighed, knowing she was not going to get these answers out of Sirius easily, but she needed them. So, she tried with a different approach.

"What if you had a chance to change that?" asked Lily. "What if you had the chance to change everything you have ever felt about my dad in the last few years?" Sirius turned back around and looked at her abruptly, raising an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?" he asked slowly.

"What if you had the chance to talk to Harry again?"

"Ha, there would be no talking!" snapped Sirius, grabbing his wand and raising it into the air threateningly. "I would hex him to-"

"…at fifteen years old…" Lily interrupted him quietly.

Sirius stopped what he was saying about hexing Harry and simply stared at her. His aging face was now emotionless, expressionless; completely blank. But, his eyes…his ice blue eyes were filled with so much emotion that Lily could not place it. In his eyes, she saw sadness, hope, anger, hate, and even love. It frightened her; there was just so much that Lily could not read it all, nor did she want to. Finally, Sirius took a deep breath and returned to his chair at the foot of her bed. Lily listened intently.

"I…I honestly don't know whether I would kill him, talk to him, embrace him, hate him, or love him…I don't know…" whispered Sirius. "There is a part of me that would probably want to hex him to death. But, there is another part of me that would want to hug him and never let him go…" Sirius' voice trailed off, but he literally gulped down his emotions and continued.

"After all, he wasn't like that in his fifth year. He didn't make those mistakes. He still had this innocence about him and he was filled with so much love and goodness. That was the time when he was the true son of James and Lily Potter… my true godson." Sirius finally gave out and buried his face in his hand, his emotions and internal agony finally eating up at him. Lily just placed her hand over his and looked at him with concerned and loving eyes. "Oh, I don't know, Lily; my feelings towards your father are just all so complicated. I honestly don't know what I would do…"

"I know it's complicated, Padfoot," said Lily softly; smiling in a manner that she hoped would be comforting to him. "Trust me, I do know. I feel the same way towards my father; I don't know whether to hate him or to love him. But, I have to say, these past few of months have truly helped my feelings become less complicated. I can only hope that you have the same chance that I do."

"How have these last couple months been helping you?" Sirius asked curiously, cocking his head to the side. Lily smiled.

"A transfer student came here," she said truthfully. "And he's truly been a great help; almost therapeutic." Sirius shrugged and did not say anything. There was an awkward, pregnant pause and Lily thought that the conversation was about to become moot.

"Why are you asking me all of this anyway?"

"What?" asked Lily nervously, looking up at Sirius with wide-eyes; her heart and lungs dropping into the pit of her stomach. She was not sure if she was ready to tell Sirius the truth, nor was she sure that he was ready to receive it.

"There has to be a reason," said Sirius. "Why are you asking me what I would do if I saw my godson as a fifteen year old?"

At that precise moment, the door to the hospital wing burst open and standing in the doorway, huffing and puffing from running, was a tall, skinny boy with untidy jet-black hair, bright emerald green eyes that were framed by black, round glasses, and scar was visible through his bangs; a scar that was shaped like a bolt of lightning.

Standing in the doorway of the hospital wing was none other than Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived. Lily felt Sirius suddenly grasp her hand painfully tight. Harry's eyes widened when he saw Lily and Sirius.

Lily looked at Harry for a moment before slowly turning to look at Sirius's astonished face. There was nothing she could do; she sighed.

"That's why…"

A note from the Jitterbelle. A pretty evil cliffhanger if I do say so myself but this chapter if finally revised! Please, read, review, and enjoy! I appreciate the reviews!

Coming in Chapter 30 – Sirius's reaction and a secret room…