Chap 5
"I said before that the chances you were given were not chances to survive. As you saw, the Dark has a way of always gettings his intended ending."
Before she could stop herself, Lily blurted out, "Then why did you allow me to go back?"
"You went back to nothing. From that moment on the porch my people had you. We needed to show you what would come to pass no matter what you did. And yet, everything you saw...none of it has happened."
"But you said I had chances. What did I have the chances to do?"
"To change whatever you would. To do everything you could, and still see what will happen no matter what."
"So, my family, we're still alive. But we'll eventually die, right?"
"All things will eventually die."
"Why did you go out of your way to show me that? To show me that my family is doomed no matter what I may choose to do?"
"Our people still have some power left within us. When we return you to true time, for this place is ultimately timeless, we need you to do our bidding. To protect the One."
"I do not know who the One is. But I will protect my son."
"Both you and your husband must still die. That cannot change."
"What do I do to save my son?"
"Unlike what you have just experienced, time is not that elastic or breachable. There is only one timeline, and once something has occured there is nothing that can be done to change it. In real time, there are no second chances. You will only have one opportunity. When you hear Voldemort approaching, you must let everything play out like it did the first time, for this was the intended timeline."
"Then how do I protect him?"
"My people, as our last dying act before we perish as the Phoenix, will bestow in you our last breath of power. As The Dark utters the curse to draw your last breath of life, the power will be enough to protect the One, and severely injure the Dark. But your thoughts must be only on Harry and his safety when the curse is said. By this, in that instant, your love for him will be the link through which the power passes from him to you. And the power, once saving him, will be enough to damage the power of the Dark enough to allow the One to grow up into his powers."
"You could have just asked me to do this. If James and I...if we are to die anyway I would of course save my son."
"There is a small catch. When we give you our power, you will feel like no mortal has ever before felt. You will feel God-like, undefeatable. And your instinct will be that you could easily kill Voldemort, and in effect save your whole family. This is not true. You must trust us that this was not the intention of time, and that it will backfire horribly. You must accept the death of your husband and yourself. Use the power to do not anything except to save the One. That is why we showed you what we did. We showed you that time has a purpose, and that the power is enough to alter it enough to allow the One to live. But time as a force is to powerful to allow three to live who were destined to die. Do you understand?"
"I have only one last question."
Seah knew. "You wish to know why you were chosen as the Mother, why we chose you to carry the power and pass it to the One. It is not an easy anwer. And it is one that you will probably never know."
Lily nodded. "I am ready."
"Then, with the last power of my people, I will send you back to the moment when we took you. Remember, you have only one chance. You must use it wisely. Good luck."
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Ok, there is only one more chapter (although I'm slowly feeling that a short epilogue may be in order) so stay tuned!
"I said before that the chances you were given were not chances to survive. As you saw, the Dark has a way of always gettings his intended ending."
Before she could stop herself, Lily blurted out, "Then why did you allow me to go back?"
"You went back to nothing. From that moment on the porch my people had you. We needed to show you what would come to pass no matter what you did. And yet, everything you saw...none of it has happened."
"But you said I had chances. What did I have the chances to do?"
"To change whatever you would. To do everything you could, and still see what will happen no matter what."
"So, my family, we're still alive. But we'll eventually die, right?"
"All things will eventually die."
"Why did you go out of your way to show me that? To show me that my family is doomed no matter what I may choose to do?"
"Our people still have some power left within us. When we return you to true time, for this place is ultimately timeless, we need you to do our bidding. To protect the One."
"I do not know who the One is. But I will protect my son."
"Both you and your husband must still die. That cannot change."
"What do I do to save my son?"
"Unlike what you have just experienced, time is not that elastic or breachable. There is only one timeline, and once something has occured there is nothing that can be done to change it. In real time, there are no second chances. You will only have one opportunity. When you hear Voldemort approaching, you must let everything play out like it did the first time, for this was the intended timeline."
"Then how do I protect him?"
"My people, as our last dying act before we perish as the Phoenix, will bestow in you our last breath of power. As The Dark utters the curse to draw your last breath of life, the power will be enough to protect the One, and severely injure the Dark. But your thoughts must be only on Harry and his safety when the curse is said. By this, in that instant, your love for him will be the link through which the power passes from him to you. And the power, once saving him, will be enough to damage the power of the Dark enough to allow the One to grow up into his powers."
"You could have just asked me to do this. If James and I...if we are to die anyway I would of course save my son."
"There is a small catch. When we give you our power, you will feel like no mortal has ever before felt. You will feel God-like, undefeatable. And your instinct will be that you could easily kill Voldemort, and in effect save your whole family. This is not true. You must trust us that this was not the intention of time, and that it will backfire horribly. You must accept the death of your husband and yourself. Use the power to do not anything except to save the One. That is why we showed you what we did. We showed you that time has a purpose, and that the power is enough to alter it enough to allow the One to live. But time as a force is to powerful to allow three to live who were destined to die. Do you understand?"
"I have only one last question."
Seah knew. "You wish to know why you were chosen as the Mother, why we chose you to carry the power and pass it to the One. It is not an easy anwer. And it is one that you will probably never know."
Lily nodded. "I am ready."
"Then, with the last power of my people, I will send you back to the moment when we took you. Remember, you have only one chance. You must use it wisely. Good luck."
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Ok, there is only one more chapter (although I'm slowly feeling that a short epilogue may be in order) so stay tuned!