Chapter 4
Lily opened her eyes, and immediately panicked. Her luck had run out! She was no longer on that porch. She had been give two extra chances to save her family and she had failed each time. Her mind started to swirl with new thoughts, when it suddenly occured to her where she was. While it was not the porch, she didn't think it was the afterlife...All around Lily was white. No shadows, no dimentions. Lily wasn't even sure why she appeared to be standing. If she was simply in this...white...then she should've fallen through to the bottom of wherever she was.
Looking to her pocket, she wasn't surprised to see that her wand had not traveled with her. Just when she was about to think of what she could do next, she sensed something. Instinctively, she turned around, and found herself face to face with another woman.
The woman looked human enough, with long blond hair (for those of you who care I'm using a visual image of Galadriel from Lord of the Rings to help me desribe her) that was almost white like a Veela's. Her face was calm and slender, as was the rest of her body. She was tall, and wore a robe as white as the place around her. She also seemed very graceful, and very sure of herself. Every part of her seemed almost to blend into the surrounding whiteness. The only part that stood out and allowed Lily to focus was the woman's clear blue eyes.
Lily wasn't sure, but she almost felt the woman's mind invading her own, taking in her memories and knowledge. Then, Lily heard a beautiful but almost sad voice reach out from the whiteness. The woman's lips did not move, but Lily never doubted she was the speaker. "Do you know why you are here?"
"I know not," Lily replied. "I know not anything. I know not where I am, when I am, what has happened to my family, or why anything has occured at all. I am even unaware of myself. Am I dead?"
The woman ignored her question. "You were given chances."
"Yes," Lily said in a whisper, her eye's tear-filled. She had been opportunities to save her family, and she had wasted them. How foolish she had been! And now her husband and child...
"You think that these were chances to survive. They were not."
Lily tried to keep control of her mind in order to concentrate on the woman. "Who are you?"
"My name is Seah." Then there was a pause. "Do you know your's?
"My name?" Lily asked.
"Yes. A name is a sign to show who we are on a most basic level. Do you know who you are?"
Lily obviously knew her name was Lily Potter, but she doubted that this was the intended answer of Seah. "I do not understand."
"You are the Mother. Chosen to be the Mother of the One."
"Harry?"
"His name by your standards is unimportant. What is important is that within him is the spirit of my people, a dying people. We are as air, invisible, yet constant. But our time is fading. For untold time we have kept the powers of the Dark at bay within the world as you know it. Now as time passes we grow old, and weak, unable to fulfill our duty. Our people will die, and for a beief moment, the Dark will prevail. But then, like a Phoenix, the One, whom you call Harry, would grow to defeat the Dark. With him our people would be reborn from the ashes, and with time we would again grow to help guide the world to peace again."
"I have so many questions..." Lily said so quietly she could almost not hear her own voice.
"You need not speak. I can hear and understand all. Allow me to explain further. The One, who will defeat the Dark and renew life to my people, is our only hope, our most important purpose. But the Dark grew more powerful than we could ever foresee, and he himself sensed that the one who would eventually destroy him was present. He knew your son, Harry, was the One. That is why he has persued your family ever since Harry was born. To destroy the One as a child, when he was defenseless, would ensure his rule over the world forever. That must not be allowed to happen."
"I will let no one hurt my child," Lily thought, knowing Seah could hear.
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Lily opened her eyes, and immediately panicked. Her luck had run out! She was no longer on that porch. She had been give two extra chances to save her family and she had failed each time. Her mind started to swirl with new thoughts, when it suddenly occured to her where she was. While it was not the porch, she didn't think it was the afterlife...All around Lily was white. No shadows, no dimentions. Lily wasn't even sure why she appeared to be standing. If she was simply in this...white...then she should've fallen through to the bottom of wherever she was.
Looking to her pocket, she wasn't surprised to see that her wand had not traveled with her. Just when she was about to think of what she could do next, she sensed something. Instinctively, she turned around, and found herself face to face with another woman.
The woman looked human enough, with long blond hair (for those of you who care I'm using a visual image of Galadriel from Lord of the Rings to help me desribe her) that was almost white like a Veela's. Her face was calm and slender, as was the rest of her body. She was tall, and wore a robe as white as the place around her. She also seemed very graceful, and very sure of herself. Every part of her seemed almost to blend into the surrounding whiteness. The only part that stood out and allowed Lily to focus was the woman's clear blue eyes.
Lily wasn't sure, but she almost felt the woman's mind invading her own, taking in her memories and knowledge. Then, Lily heard a beautiful but almost sad voice reach out from the whiteness. The woman's lips did not move, but Lily never doubted she was the speaker. "Do you know why you are here?"
"I know not," Lily replied. "I know not anything. I know not where I am, when I am, what has happened to my family, or why anything has occured at all. I am even unaware of myself. Am I dead?"
The woman ignored her question. "You were given chances."
"Yes," Lily said in a whisper, her eye's tear-filled. She had been opportunities to save her family, and she had wasted them. How foolish she had been! And now her husband and child...
"You think that these were chances to survive. They were not."
Lily tried to keep control of her mind in order to concentrate on the woman. "Who are you?"
"My name is Seah." Then there was a pause. "Do you know your's?
"My name?" Lily asked.
"Yes. A name is a sign to show who we are on a most basic level. Do you know who you are?"
Lily obviously knew her name was Lily Potter, but she doubted that this was the intended answer of Seah. "I do not understand."
"You are the Mother. Chosen to be the Mother of the One."
"Harry?"
"His name by your standards is unimportant. What is important is that within him is the spirit of my people, a dying people. We are as air, invisible, yet constant. But our time is fading. For untold time we have kept the powers of the Dark at bay within the world as you know it. Now as time passes we grow old, and weak, unable to fulfill our duty. Our people will die, and for a beief moment, the Dark will prevail. But then, like a Phoenix, the One, whom you call Harry, would grow to defeat the Dark. With him our people would be reborn from the ashes, and with time we would again grow to help guide the world to peace again."
"I have so many questions..." Lily said so quietly she could almost not hear her own voice.
"You need not speak. I can hear and understand all. Allow me to explain further. The One, who will defeat the Dark and renew life to my people, is our only hope, our most important purpose. But the Dark grew more powerful than we could ever foresee, and he himself sensed that the one who would eventually destroy him was present. He knew your son, Harry, was the One. That is why he has persued your family ever since Harry was born. To destroy the One as a child, when he was defenseless, would ensure his rule over the world forever. That must not be allowed to happen."
"I will let no one hurt my child," Lily thought, knowing Seah could hear.
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Only two more chapters to go!