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Chapter 8
* 31st of October, 1981 *
"LILY! HARRY! ARE YOU READY?" James called up the stairs.
"James, honey? Can you come up here?" lily called back
James mumbled and climbed up the stair to see what she wanted. It was Halloween and they were supposed to be at the Ministry's annual Halloween Ball. It had been a rough year. The attacks had increased and James was finding it increasingly difficult to balance being at home and at work. Lily was always saying that he was missing Harry's childhood, and every time she said it, it cut away at his heart. He loved his son even if he didn't know how to show it.
James walked in to lily holding a very upset one-year-old baby boy. "James I think he has a fever. I don't think we should go."
James walked over to her and took Harry from her arms. He placed a hand on his forehead. He was burning up. "Your right he is sick but we have to be at the ball."
"Well what are we going to do with Harry? Sirius is out with Remus tonight, it's the full moon."
"We'll call Peter." Harry started to cry.
"We can't leave him with Peter. Peter can barely take care of himself let alone a child." Lily objected.
"Lily we don't have a choice. I'll go call him."
Peter flooed over as soon he was called and after Lily left specific instructions as to what to do James and Lily left for the ball not even contemplating what was about to happen.
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AN: this is why I said that this story was Major AU so just go with me here. I don't want to confuse any one.
1. We all know about the prophecy right? Well in the fifth book Harry was on the right path.
2. Lily and James never went into hiding in my story, because James is the minister of magic.
3. Peter never betrayed the Potter's. But he is a death eater. He was the leak that I was referring to in Sirius' letter, but he renounced the dark lord and now works for Dumbledore and won't go against his word. He is kind of like Severus.
I just wanted to clear all of that up before you read the next part.
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Peter couldn't believe it he had to take care of Harry. He could barely hold the baby let alone take care of him. And on top of that Harry was sick he didn't need this. Lucky for him Lily had already fed the boy. All he had to do was get Harry to sleep.
Peter walked over to Harry's play pin and picked him up. He carried him upstairs and put him down in his cradle.
"Alright Harry it's time for you to go to sleep."
Harry looked at him as if he were crazy. The baby was still wearing his baby blue jeans and sweatshirt. Harry knew that he needed to be changed in order to sleep and started wailing. "Muuuuummmmmmmmyyyyy."
Peter picked the baby up and tried to hush him. Then he realized his folly and walked over to Harry's dresser and got a pair of blue PJ's. When Peter tried to get him changed he found that it wasn't as hard as he thought. Maybe it was because Harry was sick.
When Harry was changed Peter put him down in his cradle. The baby just stared at him expectantly.
"What do you want?"
Harry giggled. He liked this game. Make the man guess what you want. Women could always guess. By men never could. He especially liked to play this game with Padfoot. He was truly helpless. But Harry thought that playing with this man, who daddy liked to call Wormtail, was going to be very fun.
"Do you want a bottle?"
Who was this man kidding A bottle? Harry shook his head back and forth vigorously.
"No. How about a new dipper." Lord he hoped not.
Harry just giggled. Boy was he off.
"Would you like your." he looked around and spotted a stuffed penguin. " Your. Uh. Stuffed. Thing?"
What did this man think he was a ten month old? Please. He blew a raspberry to show that was most defiantly a no.
Peter looked around for some sign of hope when he heard a loud band form down stairs.
Peter grabbed Harry and held him close protectively. Lily would kill him if he left Harry unattended. Then he started to walk toward the door to the hallway very slowly. Just as he was about to open the door it burst open. Harry started to scream at the loud noise.
"Well Wormtail what a pleasant surprise. I was hoping to find the minister here. Oh well. Be a good boy and just hand me the baby and I might spare your life." It was Lord Voldemort in the flesh. Peter made the mistake to trust him once; he wasn't about to do it again. Harry wasn't his to hand over and he knew that Lily and James would die to protect their child so he would too.
"NO!" he shouted. He would never give in he had done that before. It took giving in to realize why he was placed in Gryffindor. He was no coward, not any more. He wasn't going to betray Lily and James. Not this time. Not ever.
"Well as you wish. Avada Kadavera." Peter fell to the floor and along with him so did Harry. Harry didn't really know what was going on all he knew was that this man interrupted his game. And he was pissed.
"Well. Hello Harry what will your parents think when they come home and find that their precious baby is dead?"
Harry didn't like this guy who did he think he was coming in and stopping his game. Harry blew him a very wet raspberry. Spit flew all over the ugly man's face and he found this very funny so he started to laugh.
"That wasn't the right answer. Avarda Kadavera!"
Harry knew those words and knew that they made Wormtail fall down. Harry didn't want to fall. The green light hit his forehead and Harry screamed. He saw the green light fly back at the ugly man and he fell down too. But as he fell he disappeared.
Harry was alone he didn't like alone. He tried to wake Wormtail up but nothing worked. He was alone all he wanted was him Mummy and Daddy to come home, but that was who knows when. Harry started to cry. Why did he have to be alone?
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Severus was walking down the fourth floor corridor when he felt it. His dark mark flared to life the pain was worse than it ever was before he doubled over in pain. What was happening? As soon as the pain began it ended. Severus pulled back his sleeve to examine it and found that it was gone. His dark mark was gone. But that didn't make any since. If it was gone that ment.
Severus ran as fast as he could to Dumbledore's office. When he entered the office he found the old headmaster talking to one Bill Weasley. He hated the boy, but not nearly as much as his younger brother Charlie.
"Albus I must talk with you immediately. In privet." Severus wheezed.
"Bill we will finish this conversation later." The red head got up and left quietly. After he closed the door Severus pulled up his sleeve to show Dumbledore.
"He's gone Albus. He's gone. There is no other explanation. He is gone."
"Who?"
"Who do you think, the Loch Ness Monster? The Dark lord, sir."
"Are you sure?"
"Look at the damn mark. It's gone. Almost invisible, see." Sev thrust his arm out for examination.
"Very well I shall go to the ministry this instant. Good night Severus." And Albus left.
Severus was happy for the first time in a long time. Now he could be with his Raven. Albus didn't have any excuse to keep him from his son any longer. He would finally be able to mourn in peace. With out any questions asked.
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At the ministry's ball every thing was going smoothly. Only a very worried Lily Potter was up set.
"James I just have a very bad feeling that something's happened." She complained to her Husband for the hundredth time.
"There is nothing that Peter can't handle. I'm sure that every thing is fine. Please try and be calm please?"
"I just have a very bad."
James cut her off, "feeling. I know. If there was an emergency Peter would have called for help. So please enjoy the Party."
"MISTER POTTER!" a man from the door way called. He weaved his way through the people in the Hall to stand in front of the husband and wife pair. "Sir?"
"What is it Mark?" James snapped.
" I'm sorry to interrupt the party but there has been another Attack."
All the commotion in the hall stopped. "And where may I ask was it this time?" James ask quietly.
"Sir we aren't for certain what happened but we do know that the Dark lord has been destroyed in the battle."
"Where did the attack take place?" James asked more forcefully. If the Dark lord had really been killed it was most likely a fight with Dumbledore that killed him. And Dumbledore was at Hogwarts. "Was it at Hogwarts?"
"No." the young man was shaking. He didn't want to be the one to bare this news. "It was at Godric's Hallow we don't know of any survivors."
James stood still. How could hey attack his home. They had so many wards. Then it struck him Peter and Harry were the only one's there. Harry.
He turned to Lily she was white as a sheet.
"Lily they said that they don't know of survivors maybe they missed Harry." James tried to comfort Lily as best he could but she wasn't responding.
"James. Harry he could be ."she couldn't finish.
"Lily lets go look for him he is probably safe and sound." He grabbed hold of her hand and apperated both of them both to the potter mansion that was known as Godric's Hollow.
Lily set off at a run she had to find Harry. She first looked on the bottom floor and when she found nothing she ran up stairs she was too scared to call out for Harry knowing full well that he might not answer. She saw that Harry's door was open and stopped. She was scared of what she would find in there. She slowly walked to the door. And she peeked in side she saw Peter lying dead on the floor and pulled away. She knew that Harry was dead just like Peter. When she heard it the small cry of a baby. She ran in to the room and she saw him, her little Harry on the floor crying. She ran to him tripping over a wand in the process. She picked him up and called out to James. He ran up the stair and found Lily holding what he thought was there dead son but when he saw that he was crying rather loudly he nearly cried himself. He was safe and Voldemort was gone.
"James" Lily said weakly, " He has a scar on his head."
James walked over looking sadly down at his friend. His son on the other hand was not. He was safe and sound. When James saw the scar he almost fainted. It was glowing a faint green. He grabbed Harry from his mother to get a better look.
"Lily this isn't right. This scar. We sometimes found marks on you-know- who's victims just like this. There was only thing in common with all of them is that they were hit with the killing curse." Before Lily Had a chance to let this information to sink in, Albus Dumbledore burst through the door.
"Lily James is Harry alright?" Albus was most worried about the boy. If anybody knew what he did Harry would probably be thrown in to solitary confinement and be used as a lab rat for the rest of his life. Despite what people thought he really did want to make sure the boy was happy. After all he didn't want another Dark Lord.
"Yes he's fine, but he dose have this odd scar on his forehead." Lily said in a rush. "Albus what dose it mean? Can we remove it? I want Harry to lead a normal life."
"I'm afraid that covering it would be out of the question. It would mess up the charms and they would be weakened to the point that when Harry is about 12 he could break through the charms and we might not be able to replace them."
"I don't care."
"Don't you understand Lily, if we cover it the charms will fail."
"I don't care." Lily was determined " If what James told me is true. Then Harry survived the killing curse. That would make him famous and he doesn't need that. I want him to lead a normal life and if that screws up the damn spells than so be it."
Albus knew he was fighting the loosing battle and that his plan was falling down around his ears. "Alright Lily. You win." He picked Harry up and cast the spell. The scar was gone. He didn't really cover a scar though he filled in the hole. The charms he cast were intended to act as he real skin and by replacing it he weakened the original spell. Why did Lily have to be so God Damn stubborn?
He left the potter residence with the truth in his heart; to the world Peter Pettegrew killed the dark lord. No one would know the truth. Harry would have a normal life at the price of what he had desperately tried to prevent. Ravenus Snape-Black would be with his father and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
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Well, Well, Well did that make you happy? I hope you all liked it. Please review kay.
Review. Review. Review.
Thanks for the reviews I will do responses next chapter 'kay.
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Chapter 8
* 31st of October, 1981 *
"LILY! HARRY! ARE YOU READY?" James called up the stairs.
"James, honey? Can you come up here?" lily called back
James mumbled and climbed up the stair to see what she wanted. It was Halloween and they were supposed to be at the Ministry's annual Halloween Ball. It had been a rough year. The attacks had increased and James was finding it increasingly difficult to balance being at home and at work. Lily was always saying that he was missing Harry's childhood, and every time she said it, it cut away at his heart. He loved his son even if he didn't know how to show it.
James walked in to lily holding a very upset one-year-old baby boy. "James I think he has a fever. I don't think we should go."
James walked over to her and took Harry from her arms. He placed a hand on his forehead. He was burning up. "Your right he is sick but we have to be at the ball."
"Well what are we going to do with Harry? Sirius is out with Remus tonight, it's the full moon."
"We'll call Peter." Harry started to cry.
"We can't leave him with Peter. Peter can barely take care of himself let alone a child." Lily objected.
"Lily we don't have a choice. I'll go call him."
Peter flooed over as soon he was called and after Lily left specific instructions as to what to do James and Lily left for the ball not even contemplating what was about to happen.
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AN: this is why I said that this story was Major AU so just go with me here. I don't want to confuse any one.
1. We all know about the prophecy right? Well in the fifth book Harry was on the right path.
2. Lily and James never went into hiding in my story, because James is the minister of magic.
3. Peter never betrayed the Potter's. But he is a death eater. He was the leak that I was referring to in Sirius' letter, but he renounced the dark lord and now works for Dumbledore and won't go against his word. He is kind of like Severus.
I just wanted to clear all of that up before you read the next part.
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Peter couldn't believe it he had to take care of Harry. He could barely hold the baby let alone take care of him. And on top of that Harry was sick he didn't need this. Lucky for him Lily had already fed the boy. All he had to do was get Harry to sleep.
Peter walked over to Harry's play pin and picked him up. He carried him upstairs and put him down in his cradle.
"Alright Harry it's time for you to go to sleep."
Harry looked at him as if he were crazy. The baby was still wearing his baby blue jeans and sweatshirt. Harry knew that he needed to be changed in order to sleep and started wailing. "Muuuuummmmmmmmyyyyy."
Peter picked the baby up and tried to hush him. Then he realized his folly and walked over to Harry's dresser and got a pair of blue PJ's. When Peter tried to get him changed he found that it wasn't as hard as he thought. Maybe it was because Harry was sick.
When Harry was changed Peter put him down in his cradle. The baby just stared at him expectantly.
"What do you want?"
Harry giggled. He liked this game. Make the man guess what you want. Women could always guess. By men never could. He especially liked to play this game with Padfoot. He was truly helpless. But Harry thought that playing with this man, who daddy liked to call Wormtail, was going to be very fun.
"Do you want a bottle?"
Who was this man kidding A bottle? Harry shook his head back and forth vigorously.
"No. How about a new dipper." Lord he hoped not.
Harry just giggled. Boy was he off.
"Would you like your." he looked around and spotted a stuffed penguin. " Your. Uh. Stuffed. Thing?"
What did this man think he was a ten month old? Please. He blew a raspberry to show that was most defiantly a no.
Peter looked around for some sign of hope when he heard a loud band form down stairs.
Peter grabbed Harry and held him close protectively. Lily would kill him if he left Harry unattended. Then he started to walk toward the door to the hallway very slowly. Just as he was about to open the door it burst open. Harry started to scream at the loud noise.
"Well Wormtail what a pleasant surprise. I was hoping to find the minister here. Oh well. Be a good boy and just hand me the baby and I might spare your life." It was Lord Voldemort in the flesh. Peter made the mistake to trust him once; he wasn't about to do it again. Harry wasn't his to hand over and he knew that Lily and James would die to protect their child so he would too.
"NO!" he shouted. He would never give in he had done that before. It took giving in to realize why he was placed in Gryffindor. He was no coward, not any more. He wasn't going to betray Lily and James. Not this time. Not ever.
"Well as you wish. Avada Kadavera." Peter fell to the floor and along with him so did Harry. Harry didn't really know what was going on all he knew was that this man interrupted his game. And he was pissed.
"Well. Hello Harry what will your parents think when they come home and find that their precious baby is dead?"
Harry didn't like this guy who did he think he was coming in and stopping his game. Harry blew him a very wet raspberry. Spit flew all over the ugly man's face and he found this very funny so he started to laugh.
"That wasn't the right answer. Avarda Kadavera!"
Harry knew those words and knew that they made Wormtail fall down. Harry didn't want to fall. The green light hit his forehead and Harry screamed. He saw the green light fly back at the ugly man and he fell down too. But as he fell he disappeared.
Harry was alone he didn't like alone. He tried to wake Wormtail up but nothing worked. He was alone all he wanted was him Mummy and Daddy to come home, but that was who knows when. Harry started to cry. Why did he have to be alone?
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Severus was walking down the fourth floor corridor when he felt it. His dark mark flared to life the pain was worse than it ever was before he doubled over in pain. What was happening? As soon as the pain began it ended. Severus pulled back his sleeve to examine it and found that it was gone. His dark mark was gone. But that didn't make any since. If it was gone that ment.
Severus ran as fast as he could to Dumbledore's office. When he entered the office he found the old headmaster talking to one Bill Weasley. He hated the boy, but not nearly as much as his younger brother Charlie.
"Albus I must talk with you immediately. In privet." Severus wheezed.
"Bill we will finish this conversation later." The red head got up and left quietly. After he closed the door Severus pulled up his sleeve to show Dumbledore.
"He's gone Albus. He's gone. There is no other explanation. He is gone."
"Who?"
"Who do you think, the Loch Ness Monster? The Dark lord, sir."
"Are you sure?"
"Look at the damn mark. It's gone. Almost invisible, see." Sev thrust his arm out for examination.
"Very well I shall go to the ministry this instant. Good night Severus." And Albus left.
Severus was happy for the first time in a long time. Now he could be with his Raven. Albus didn't have any excuse to keep him from his son any longer. He would finally be able to mourn in peace. With out any questions asked.
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At the ministry's ball every thing was going smoothly. Only a very worried Lily Potter was up set.
"James I just have a very bad feeling that something's happened." She complained to her Husband for the hundredth time.
"There is nothing that Peter can't handle. I'm sure that every thing is fine. Please try and be calm please?"
"I just have a very bad."
James cut her off, "feeling. I know. If there was an emergency Peter would have called for help. So please enjoy the Party."
"MISTER POTTER!" a man from the door way called. He weaved his way through the people in the Hall to stand in front of the husband and wife pair. "Sir?"
"What is it Mark?" James snapped.
" I'm sorry to interrupt the party but there has been another Attack."
All the commotion in the hall stopped. "And where may I ask was it this time?" James ask quietly.
"Sir we aren't for certain what happened but we do know that the Dark lord has been destroyed in the battle."
"Where did the attack take place?" James asked more forcefully. If the Dark lord had really been killed it was most likely a fight with Dumbledore that killed him. And Dumbledore was at Hogwarts. "Was it at Hogwarts?"
"No." the young man was shaking. He didn't want to be the one to bare this news. "It was at Godric's Hallow we don't know of any survivors."
James stood still. How could hey attack his home. They had so many wards. Then it struck him Peter and Harry were the only one's there. Harry.
He turned to Lily she was white as a sheet.
"Lily they said that they don't know of survivors maybe they missed Harry." James tried to comfort Lily as best he could but she wasn't responding.
"James. Harry he could be ."she couldn't finish.
"Lily lets go look for him he is probably safe and sound." He grabbed hold of her hand and apperated both of them both to the potter mansion that was known as Godric's Hollow.
Lily set off at a run she had to find Harry. She first looked on the bottom floor and when she found nothing she ran up stairs she was too scared to call out for Harry knowing full well that he might not answer. She saw that Harry's door was open and stopped. She was scared of what she would find in there. She slowly walked to the door. And she peeked in side she saw Peter lying dead on the floor and pulled away. She knew that Harry was dead just like Peter. When she heard it the small cry of a baby. She ran in to the room and she saw him, her little Harry on the floor crying. She ran to him tripping over a wand in the process. She picked him up and called out to James. He ran up the stair and found Lily holding what he thought was there dead son but when he saw that he was crying rather loudly he nearly cried himself. He was safe and Voldemort was gone.
"James" Lily said weakly, " He has a scar on his head."
James walked over looking sadly down at his friend. His son on the other hand was not. He was safe and sound. When James saw the scar he almost fainted. It was glowing a faint green. He grabbed Harry from his mother to get a better look.
"Lily this isn't right. This scar. We sometimes found marks on you-know- who's victims just like this. There was only thing in common with all of them is that they were hit with the killing curse." Before Lily Had a chance to let this information to sink in, Albus Dumbledore burst through the door.
"Lily James is Harry alright?" Albus was most worried about the boy. If anybody knew what he did Harry would probably be thrown in to solitary confinement and be used as a lab rat for the rest of his life. Despite what people thought he really did want to make sure the boy was happy. After all he didn't want another Dark Lord.
"Yes he's fine, but he dose have this odd scar on his forehead." Lily said in a rush. "Albus what dose it mean? Can we remove it? I want Harry to lead a normal life."
"I'm afraid that covering it would be out of the question. It would mess up the charms and they would be weakened to the point that when Harry is about 12 he could break through the charms and we might not be able to replace them."
"I don't care."
"Don't you understand Lily, if we cover it the charms will fail."
"I don't care." Lily was determined " If what James told me is true. Then Harry survived the killing curse. That would make him famous and he doesn't need that. I want him to lead a normal life and if that screws up the damn spells than so be it."
Albus knew he was fighting the loosing battle and that his plan was falling down around his ears. "Alright Lily. You win." He picked Harry up and cast the spell. The scar was gone. He didn't really cover a scar though he filled in the hole. The charms he cast were intended to act as he real skin and by replacing it he weakened the original spell. Why did Lily have to be so God Damn stubborn?
He left the potter residence with the truth in his heart; to the world Peter Pettegrew killed the dark lord. No one would know the truth. Harry would have a normal life at the price of what he had desperately tried to prevent. Ravenus Snape-Black would be with his father and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
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