Chapter 5:
Priori Incantatem
A man and a woman walked, along the winding road out of Hogsmead, towards Hogwarts. The man with sapphire blue eyes, and unruly jet black hair, walked with his arm draped around the woman's shoulders. She twirled her long red hair around her finger, while her emerald green eyes, searched her surroundings.
"James, what do you think happened to Harry? I remember seeing him kill you. Then I ran with Harry in my arms to the nursery. Voldemort tried to get me to move out of the way, but I kept shielding Harry, then I saw a flash of green light. That's all I remember," the woman told the man named James. "We've been trying to figure it out for almost tow years now, but I still think our best bet is talking to Dumbledore. He'll be in sixth year.if he's still alive. Dumbledore will be able to tell us. At least we have our wands. Lily, don't cry, there's hope that he's alive," James said to Lily. "I want to know how we're alive now, if Voldemort killed us," Lily asked her husband. "I don't know, but we'll ask Dumbledore," he told his worried wife.
They'd been living as muggles, not casting a single spell for almost two years, after they'd woken up in the ruins of a house. The house, looked suspiciously like their old house, Godric's Hollow. The moment she'd woken up Lily had asked her husband where Harry was, when he said he didn't know, they made the decision to live as muggles under the names of Lillian and Jameson Smith. After hiding the wands they'd found in their pockets, they both got jobs, and rented an apartment. Every night, they tried to figure out what had happened.
Two years later, they were no closer to solving this mystery, than they'd been when they'd started. So they decided to get their wands out and cast a few untraceable disguising charms on themselves, and go to Diagon Alley to get a few things. They then made their way toward Hogwarts.
They were jolted out of their thoughts as they reached the gates to the magnificent castle. "Well here we go," James said, and in a commanding voice said to the gates, 'OPEN!" The obedient gates obliged to James' command. The couple strode up the lawn to the great oak doors of the castle. Lily knocked three times on the doors, and stood back as they opened to allow her and her husband to enter.
The pair walked into the entrance hall, and up the marble staircase, stopping at the stone gargoyle they knew to be the entrance to the headmaster's office. "Now we need the password, James you were in his office the most, what kind of passwords did he use?" Lily questioned her husband. "It's a candy, it was always was a kind of candy, wizard or muggle," he answered. "Um.lemon drops, Fizzing Wizbee, Pear Drop, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Cockroach Cluster, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, um.no, how about.Sugar Quill," Lily said naming different wizard candies, relieved when she got it right. They stepped onto the moving staircase, and waited until they reached the top. They knocked twice before the door was opened and in front of them, was Albus Dumbledore.
"Oh my god! How did you two get here?" Dumbledore asked the people who were standing right in front of him. They were the last two people he ever thought he'd see again.
"We don't know, we woke up in the ruins of a house two summers ago, we've been living as muggles, trying to put our memories together," Lily told the Headmaster. "We remember everything about the night Voldemort killed us, but our memories stopped at a flash of green light, which was the killing curse," James said. Then Lily, her voice quivering asked the question that had been on her mind for nearly two years, "Albus, what happened to Harry?" "Come in and sit down and I'll explain everything," Albus told the couple.
After they'd all sat down, Albus cleared his throat and began. "Harry survived the killing curse, leaving Voldemort but a spirit, for fourteen years anyway the world was free of Tom Riddle. Then just before the end of his fourth year, he was whisked away by portkey, to the Riddle Mansion in Little Hangleton. At the time this was where Voldemort was hiding. With the help of his loyal servant, Wormtail, he returned to full power. Harry just barley escaped. Last year he escaped Voldemort for the fifth time, after failing to rescue his godfather from Voldemort's cronies. He is at the Dursley's house with his friends right now. I believe they're heading to Diagon Alley this afternoon with Petunia and Dudley."
Lily and James Potter were amazed at what their son had accomplished. "Who are his friends?" James asked the headmaster. Albus smiled before he answered, "Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, and Luna Lovegood. I believe that he is dating Ginny Weasley now." "Can we meet them at the Leaky Cauldron, Albus?" James asked. "I don't see why not, I'm sure he'll be eager to tell you of all his adventures, I'll inform Remus, and have him bring everyone to the Leaky Cauldron," Albus told them.
"I still don't get how we got here though," Lily said. "I believe that the Priori Incantatem that occurred between Harry and Voldemorts' wands, that caused your shadows to appear, brought you back to life, but there is no way to be sure," he told the Potters'.
Dumbledore rose and went over to the fire. He threw some floo powder into the grate, stuck his head into the emerald flames, and called "Moony's Place!"
A man with brown hair flecked with gray, was sitting at his kitchen table, reading the mornings Daily Prophet, when Albus Dumbledore's head appeared in his fire. "Remus, I need you to go to Diagon Alley and bring Harry and his aunt, cousin, and friends, to the Leaky Cauldron, I'll be in a private parlor with a surprise for all of you, can you do it?" Albus asked. "Sure, and may I have a clue as to what the surprise is?" Remus replied. "All I can say is that you will meet an old friend once again," Albus told Remus with a mysterious glint in his twinkling blue eyes. "Ok I'll meet you at 3:30 at the Leaky Cauldron," Remus agreed. "Thank You, I'll see you soon," Albus said before his head disappeared from the grate.
I wonder what the surprise is. His clue was, 'you will meet an old friend.' The only old friends I want to meet are James, Lily, or Sirius, but they're all dead. He pondered this thought as he finished reading the prophet, and then went to get ready to leave for Diagon Alley.
"Well, Remus said he'd bring them all to the Leaky Cauldron, oh by the way, Harry discovered that Dudley, Petunia's son, is also a wizard. He'll be starting Hogwarts this year. James if I do remember correctly, you topped your class in DADA when you were at school, so I was wondering if you'd like to take up the vacant position of DADA professor?" Dumbledore asked the former Marauder. "Sure, what books did you assign?" James asked, wanting to know what he had to work with. "I thought it wise to assign several books for DADA, so after considering lots of books, I assigned the book you two wrote about Voldemort, and Curses and Jinxes Everything You Need to Know. I think you might want to use some of the books the previous DADA professors assigned for a wide variety of material," Albus told his new professor. "Thanks Albus," James told his old headmaster. "Lily, I was also wondering if you would like to teach charms, because Flitwick has resigned to work with the Order more," the ancient headmaster asked his former Head Girl. "Sure Albus, I'm assuming that you have assigned the standard charms books," she asked Dumbledore. "Yes I did. If you don't mind me saying, I think that you'll get along with Ms. Granger and Ms. Weasley quiet nicely, they both love to read and study," he told Lily. "Thank you, well let's get moving, should we cast the disguising charms on ourselves again?" Lily asked. "I think that would be wise, if Voldemort doesn't already know of your existence, it's better that we keep it that way, for now," Albus told his former students.
Lily and James cast the charms in themselves, and the three Professors flooed to Diagon Alley.
A man and a woman walked, along the winding road out of Hogsmead, towards Hogwarts. The man with sapphire blue eyes, and unruly jet black hair, walked with his arm draped around the woman's shoulders. She twirled her long red hair around her finger, while her emerald green eyes, searched her surroundings.
"James, what do you think happened to Harry? I remember seeing him kill you. Then I ran with Harry in my arms to the nursery. Voldemort tried to get me to move out of the way, but I kept shielding Harry, then I saw a flash of green light. That's all I remember," the woman told the man named James. "We've been trying to figure it out for almost tow years now, but I still think our best bet is talking to Dumbledore. He'll be in sixth year.if he's still alive. Dumbledore will be able to tell us. At least we have our wands. Lily, don't cry, there's hope that he's alive," James said to Lily. "I want to know how we're alive now, if Voldemort killed us," Lily asked her husband. "I don't know, but we'll ask Dumbledore," he told his worried wife.
They'd been living as muggles, not casting a single spell for almost two years, after they'd woken up in the ruins of a house. The house, looked suspiciously like their old house, Godric's Hollow. The moment she'd woken up Lily had asked her husband where Harry was, when he said he didn't know, they made the decision to live as muggles under the names of Lillian and Jameson Smith. After hiding the wands they'd found in their pockets, they both got jobs, and rented an apartment. Every night, they tried to figure out what had happened.
Two years later, they were no closer to solving this mystery, than they'd been when they'd started. So they decided to get their wands out and cast a few untraceable disguising charms on themselves, and go to Diagon Alley to get a few things. They then made their way toward Hogwarts.
They were jolted out of their thoughts as they reached the gates to the magnificent castle. "Well here we go," James said, and in a commanding voice said to the gates, 'OPEN!" The obedient gates obliged to James' command. The couple strode up the lawn to the great oak doors of the castle. Lily knocked three times on the doors, and stood back as they opened to allow her and her husband to enter.
The pair walked into the entrance hall, and up the marble staircase, stopping at the stone gargoyle they knew to be the entrance to the headmaster's office. "Now we need the password, James you were in his office the most, what kind of passwords did he use?" Lily questioned her husband. "It's a candy, it was always was a kind of candy, wizard or muggle," he answered. "Um.lemon drops, Fizzing Wizbee, Pear Drop, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Cockroach Cluster, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, um.no, how about.Sugar Quill," Lily said naming different wizard candies, relieved when she got it right. They stepped onto the moving staircase, and waited until they reached the top. They knocked twice before the door was opened and in front of them, was Albus Dumbledore.
"Oh my god! How did you two get here?" Dumbledore asked the people who were standing right in front of him. They were the last two people he ever thought he'd see again.
"We don't know, we woke up in the ruins of a house two summers ago, we've been living as muggles, trying to put our memories together," Lily told the Headmaster. "We remember everything about the night Voldemort killed us, but our memories stopped at a flash of green light, which was the killing curse," James said. Then Lily, her voice quivering asked the question that had been on her mind for nearly two years, "Albus, what happened to Harry?" "Come in and sit down and I'll explain everything," Albus told the couple.
After they'd all sat down, Albus cleared his throat and began. "Harry survived the killing curse, leaving Voldemort but a spirit, for fourteen years anyway the world was free of Tom Riddle. Then just before the end of his fourth year, he was whisked away by portkey, to the Riddle Mansion in Little Hangleton. At the time this was where Voldemort was hiding. With the help of his loyal servant, Wormtail, he returned to full power. Harry just barley escaped. Last year he escaped Voldemort for the fifth time, after failing to rescue his godfather from Voldemort's cronies. He is at the Dursley's house with his friends right now. I believe they're heading to Diagon Alley this afternoon with Petunia and Dudley."
Lily and James Potter were amazed at what their son had accomplished. "Who are his friends?" James asked the headmaster. Albus smiled before he answered, "Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, and Luna Lovegood. I believe that he is dating Ginny Weasley now." "Can we meet them at the Leaky Cauldron, Albus?" James asked. "I don't see why not, I'm sure he'll be eager to tell you of all his adventures, I'll inform Remus, and have him bring everyone to the Leaky Cauldron," Albus told them.
"I still don't get how we got here though," Lily said. "I believe that the Priori Incantatem that occurred between Harry and Voldemorts' wands, that caused your shadows to appear, brought you back to life, but there is no way to be sure," he told the Potters'.
Dumbledore rose and went over to the fire. He threw some floo powder into the grate, stuck his head into the emerald flames, and called "Moony's Place!"
A man with brown hair flecked with gray, was sitting at his kitchen table, reading the mornings Daily Prophet, when Albus Dumbledore's head appeared in his fire. "Remus, I need you to go to Diagon Alley and bring Harry and his aunt, cousin, and friends, to the Leaky Cauldron, I'll be in a private parlor with a surprise for all of you, can you do it?" Albus asked. "Sure, and may I have a clue as to what the surprise is?" Remus replied. "All I can say is that you will meet an old friend once again," Albus told Remus with a mysterious glint in his twinkling blue eyes. "Ok I'll meet you at 3:30 at the Leaky Cauldron," Remus agreed. "Thank You, I'll see you soon," Albus said before his head disappeared from the grate.
I wonder what the surprise is. His clue was, 'you will meet an old friend.' The only old friends I want to meet are James, Lily, or Sirius, but they're all dead. He pondered this thought as he finished reading the prophet, and then went to get ready to leave for Diagon Alley.
"Well, Remus said he'd bring them all to the Leaky Cauldron, oh by the way, Harry discovered that Dudley, Petunia's son, is also a wizard. He'll be starting Hogwarts this year. James if I do remember correctly, you topped your class in DADA when you were at school, so I was wondering if you'd like to take up the vacant position of DADA professor?" Dumbledore asked the former Marauder. "Sure, what books did you assign?" James asked, wanting to know what he had to work with. "I thought it wise to assign several books for DADA, so after considering lots of books, I assigned the book you two wrote about Voldemort, and Curses and Jinxes Everything You Need to Know. I think you might want to use some of the books the previous DADA professors assigned for a wide variety of material," Albus told his new professor. "Thanks Albus," James told his old headmaster. "Lily, I was also wondering if you would like to teach charms, because Flitwick has resigned to work with the Order more," the ancient headmaster asked his former Head Girl. "Sure Albus, I'm assuming that you have assigned the standard charms books," she asked Dumbledore. "Yes I did. If you don't mind me saying, I think that you'll get along with Ms. Granger and Ms. Weasley quiet nicely, they both love to read and study," he told Lily. "Thank you, well let's get moving, should we cast the disguising charms on ourselves again?" Lily asked. "I think that would be wise, if Voldemort doesn't already know of your existence, it's better that we keep it that way, for now," Albus told his former students.
Lily and James cast the charms in themselves, and the three Professors flooed to Diagon Alley.