"Hey dad, I have a question."
"Shoot."
Lily took a deep breath and looked at her dad. "I keep seeing Kris. I saw him in the Chamber Of Secrets, and I saw him at Draco's house last Christmas. I don't think I'm hallucinating."
Harry bit his lip and nodded. "I don't think you're hallucinating either." He sighed and set his book on the table. "What's happened is some of the most powerful magic that exists. And quite frankly I have no idea how you've managed it. We're going to have to call Lupin, see if he knows what to do."
"What is it?"
"I'm not sure how to explain it, or how to fix it." He got up and went to the fire, tossing a pinch of blue powder in, he called Lupin's name. The older man stepped out of the fire immediately, smiling.
"What's going on you two?"
"Kris isn't dead." Harry said flatly. The smile on Remus' face faded almost immediately.
"Oh dear." He said. "What have you explained?"
"Nothing. I have no idea how to explain it. At all."
"Go figure." Ron said, coming down the stairs.
"What are you doing in my house?"
"Eating your food, drinking your beer, wearing your bathrobe and getting hair in your jacuzzi."
"More than likely."
"So what's going on down here that Harry can't understand?"
"Kris has been appearing to Lily."
Ron blanched. "Oh no. Not again?"
Lupin nodded. "What's going on?" Lily asked, suddenly scared.
"There is a sort of bond, between all wizards, but it's only truly forged at death. When your grandfather died to save your mothers life, she created a very strong bond with him, one that saved his life more than once. This bond was stronger than most, partially because it grew everytime he was attacked by Voldemort," Ron flinched. "And partially because the bond between mother and child is incredibly strong to begin with. So this bond was passed on from your father to you. This is where it gets complicated. Voldemort created the bond when he killed your grandmother. Just as the bond was passed from your father to you, it was passed from Voldemort to Marit. But your bond had to be passed to someone. Normally it was passed to a child, but apparently your bond was passed to Kris. Unless- " Lupin paused. "I wonder. When we found out whether Olof Svenson was Marit's father, did we find out who was Kris' father?"
"Um, I'm not sure. It might have been somone else."
"Well if Kris is Voldemorts son as well, then that means Voldemort's bond wuld have been passed on to him."
"But what does this have to do with Lily?"
"She carries Voldemort's bond as well." Remus said. "Which is why you've been seeing him. You have abond with Kris, and we have, if we're lucky, six days to rescue him from wherever he may be. You're lucky, you can communicate with him. When Harry was given a chance to save Lily he was to small to do anything." Remus sighed and smiled. "But we can do something for Kris. Did you ask him where he was?"
"He said it was a terrible place. He didn't get much more descriptive than that."
"What was he wearing?"
"The robes he was buried in." Lily said.
"Yes. Alright, I know exactly where he is. Harry, we need a shovel. We have to exhume Kris' body."
"No! Ew! Gross, can't we do it without exhuming or whatever?"
"No Lily, we can't. Not if you want to save his life."
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They crept through the cemetery like grave diggers which, Lily reminded herself, they were. She turned away as they slowly dug Kris' coffin away, not turning back until she had to. "Now what?" She asked Remus.
"Now, we go back to Edil. You stay here and wait." And before Lily could ask any questions, the Disapparated. She sat with the coffin, dazed and afraid. Not knowing what she was waiting for, she began to cry. And when she started to cry, Kris appeared, as he had before.
"What is the matter Lily?" He asked. She looked up and saw him leaning against the wrought iron gates of the cemetery.
She stood up immediately and realised what she had to do. She flipped the coffin lid open and was shocked to see that there was not a rotted corpse in there, but the body of Kris as he had been the day he died. "Come here. You have to come here, get in here. You have to get back in your body."
Kris nodded slowly and walked over to the pine box. He lifted his leg over the side and suddenly the body -Kris- stood and climbed out of the casket. Lily's eyes grew wide and she reached out. Her hand made contact with the soft cotton of his robes. "You're alive!" She tossed her arms around him, crying softly. "Oh my god."
They waited almost half an hour, no words between them, before Remus, Ron and Harry returned. "You did it." Remus said, smiling widely.
"We have our Beater back!" Harry said.
"You did it." Remus repeated.
"We did it." Lily said.
"Shoot."
Lily took a deep breath and looked at her dad. "I keep seeing Kris. I saw him in the Chamber Of Secrets, and I saw him at Draco's house last Christmas. I don't think I'm hallucinating."
Harry bit his lip and nodded. "I don't think you're hallucinating either." He sighed and set his book on the table. "What's happened is some of the most powerful magic that exists. And quite frankly I have no idea how you've managed it. We're going to have to call Lupin, see if he knows what to do."
"What is it?"
"I'm not sure how to explain it, or how to fix it." He got up and went to the fire, tossing a pinch of blue powder in, he called Lupin's name. The older man stepped out of the fire immediately, smiling.
"What's going on you two?"
"Kris isn't dead." Harry said flatly. The smile on Remus' face faded almost immediately.
"Oh dear." He said. "What have you explained?"
"Nothing. I have no idea how to explain it. At all."
"Go figure." Ron said, coming down the stairs.
"What are you doing in my house?"
"Eating your food, drinking your beer, wearing your bathrobe and getting hair in your jacuzzi."
"More than likely."
"So what's going on down here that Harry can't understand?"
"Kris has been appearing to Lily."
Ron blanched. "Oh no. Not again?"
Lupin nodded. "What's going on?" Lily asked, suddenly scared.
"There is a sort of bond, between all wizards, but it's only truly forged at death. When your grandfather died to save your mothers life, she created a very strong bond with him, one that saved his life more than once. This bond was stronger than most, partially because it grew everytime he was attacked by Voldemort," Ron flinched. "And partially because the bond between mother and child is incredibly strong to begin with. So this bond was passed on from your father to you. This is where it gets complicated. Voldemort created the bond when he killed your grandmother. Just as the bond was passed from your father to you, it was passed from Voldemort to Marit. But your bond had to be passed to someone. Normally it was passed to a child, but apparently your bond was passed to Kris. Unless- " Lupin paused. "I wonder. When we found out whether Olof Svenson was Marit's father, did we find out who was Kris' father?"
"Um, I'm not sure. It might have been somone else."
"Well if Kris is Voldemorts son as well, then that means Voldemort's bond wuld have been passed on to him."
"But what does this have to do with Lily?"
"She carries Voldemort's bond as well." Remus said. "Which is why you've been seeing him. You have abond with Kris, and we have, if we're lucky, six days to rescue him from wherever he may be. You're lucky, you can communicate with him. When Harry was given a chance to save Lily he was to small to do anything." Remus sighed and smiled. "But we can do something for Kris. Did you ask him where he was?"
"He said it was a terrible place. He didn't get much more descriptive than that."
"What was he wearing?"
"The robes he was buried in." Lily said.
"Yes. Alright, I know exactly where he is. Harry, we need a shovel. We have to exhume Kris' body."
"No! Ew! Gross, can't we do it without exhuming or whatever?"
"No Lily, we can't. Not if you want to save his life."
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They crept through the cemetery like grave diggers which, Lily reminded herself, they were. She turned away as they slowly dug Kris' coffin away, not turning back until she had to. "Now what?" She asked Remus.
"Now, we go back to Edil. You stay here and wait." And before Lily could ask any questions, the Disapparated. She sat with the coffin, dazed and afraid. Not knowing what she was waiting for, she began to cry. And when she started to cry, Kris appeared, as he had before.
"What is the matter Lily?" He asked. She looked up and saw him leaning against the wrought iron gates of the cemetery.
She stood up immediately and realised what she had to do. She flipped the coffin lid open and was shocked to see that there was not a rotted corpse in there, but the body of Kris as he had been the day he died. "Come here. You have to come here, get in here. You have to get back in your body."
Kris nodded slowly and walked over to the pine box. He lifted his leg over the side and suddenly the body -Kris- stood and climbed out of the casket. Lily's eyes grew wide and she reached out. Her hand made contact with the soft cotton of his robes. "You're alive!" She tossed her arms around him, crying softly. "Oh my god."
They waited almost half an hour, no words between them, before Remus, Ron and Harry returned. "You did it." Remus said, smiling widely.
"We have our Beater back!" Harry said.
"You did it." Remus repeated.
"We did it." Lily said.