A few weeks later, Harry Potter turned sixteen. He was awoken to someone throwing a pillow at him repeatedly. Harry tried his best to block out the beatings, but to no avail. As he dared to open an eye, he saw his father beaming at him.

"Morning, my sixteen year-old son, how're you feeling?" he asked.

"Go away" he mumbled as he put his head under his pillow. Unfortunately, it didn't work as James simply pulled the pillow up and Lily took the opportunity to tickle him. Harry laughed hysterically.

"N-NO! St-Stop!" James grinned as he took a hold of Harry's legs and Lily took a hold of Harry's arms and together, they pulled him down the stairs.

"What are you doing?" Harry questioned, whilst struggling against his parents.

"We're going to give you a lovely wake-up call" Lily told him.

"But I'm already a-a-awake!" he yawned, but fought to keep his eyes open, his parents were up to something. As they walked outside, Harry's eyes widened. Their swimming pool, which was normally steaming from heat, was now occupied with several ice cubes. Harry screamed and struggled to get out of his parents' grip.

"NO! PLEASE! NOT THE SWIMMING POOL! ANYTHING, BUT THE SWIMMING POOL!" He screamed. Lily and James grinned evilly as they slowly lowered him into the pool, while he was kicking and screaming.

"Stop acting like a big baby!" Lily scolded him. As his entire body went into the pool, he stopped screaming and looked at his parents in confusion.

"It's hot!" he cried.

"Well, we put a warming charm in it. We told you we were going to give you a wake-up call and that was it" Lily said as she stifled a giggle "The look on your face was priceless!"

"Happy Birthday Son!" James shouted as he bombed into pool and splashed everyone. Lily shrieked as her pajamas were soaked.

"I'm going to get you for that James!" she yelled as she ran forward and dived into the pool. Harry laughed as Lily came up for air.

"Mum, you're still wearing your pajamas!" Lily and James both noticed it too as James started laughing hysterically. Lily merely shrugged it off and took the opportunity to dunk James' head under the water, while he wasn't looking. He came up sputtering.

Harry laughed and quickly got out of the pool.

"CANNON BALL!" He shouted as he bombed into the pool. Lily screamed as she was soaked once again. James took his glasses off and tried wiping them with his hands. Lily tutted.

"James! Wiping them with your hands isn't going to work! They're wet! Here" Lily took out her wand and muttered the spell to repel water "There!" James kissed her on the cheek, then swam after Harry.

"I'm coming to get you!" he said and laughed evilly. Harry grinned as he quickly got out of the water and rushed into their broom cupboard. Grabbing a hold of his Firebolt, he mounted it and took off into the air.

"Come and get me then!" Harry yelled. James' jaw dropped.

"Hey! No fair! You're not allowed to fly!"

"Harry! I think you should go and put something else on other than your boxers' sweetie, your friends will be arriving later!" Lily shouted from the ground. Harry seemed to notice this as well as he blushed and quickly descended to the ground and then rushed into his room to get changed.

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As Harry took off into the air, once again, he watched as his father quickly took off from the ground also.

"Hey Prongs Jr. How about a game of Quidditch, but only using the Snitch?" James questioned.

"Sure Prongs Sr." Harry smirked as Lily released the Snitch and they both sped off after it.

As it neared the evening, James and Harry both flew back down to the ground, their faces flushed from flying around all day.

"Hey! Jay, Emily, Hermione and Ron didn't show up today!" Harry exclaimed. James patted his son on the back.

"I'm sure you'll see them later on. After all, it's your birthday today" Harry nodded as they both entered Godric's Hollow. Everything was dark, Harry looked confused.

"What's happened?"

"Looks like we've had a power cut" James told him, but Harry couldn't help feeling suspicious. As soon as they stumbled into the living room, the light's came on and there was a huge shout of "SURPRISE!" Harry stood there, speechless. Everyone was there! The Weasley's, The Lupin's, The Black's and Hermione. Harry swallowed. Lily walked up to him and hugged him, then she stood behind him. Harry just carried on staring.

"Well, this is uh, I mean, th-thanks you guys" and with that said, he buried his face into his mum as he burst into tears.

"Aw, poor boy, I don't think he's ever had a surprise party before, I'm guessing it must be rather overwhelming for him" Mrs. Weasley said, looking at the boy sympathetically. As Harry pulled away from his mum, he turned to everyone, looking apologetic.

"I'm sorry; whatever must you all think of me?"

"It's understandable mate" Ron said, clapping him on the back. Hermione and Emily both enveloped Harry in hugs.

"Harry Birthday Harry!" Harry grinned as everyone hugged him. Sirius clapped him on the back and ruffled his hair. Lupin shook his hand; James kept ruffling his hair and calling him "Prongs Jr"

"Hey Harry!" Jay yelled as he pulled a party popper "When are you gonna have your first shag then?" Harry blushed bright red as he mumbled something.

"What?" Jay asked, over the music.

"I said that only you would ask something like that!" Harry shouted. Jay grinned.

"Yeah, well, I'm unique!"

"You can say that again!" Emily shouted. Jay laughed.

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Cherry blearily opened her eyes, feeling terrible. She felt awful. Her day had been getting worse all day. She sat bolt upright when she realized that she wasn't alone.

"Ah, so good of you to join me in the land of the living!" Voldemort hissed.

"Nice to see you too father" Cherry replied coolly "What do you want?"

"You lied to me!" his voice sounded cold. Cherry raised an eyebrow.

"Lied to you about what?"

"The baby!" Cherry paled, how did he know?

"What do you mean? I told you that the father of the baby is-"

"A half-breed!" he hissed again, looking more menacing that Cherry had ever seen him. She stared him down defiantly.

"So what if it is?" she yelled.

"Ah, so you admit it?"

"So what?!" Cherry screamed "You can't make me give it up! You can't kill it because it has a protection charm on it! So, what's the big bad Lord going to do about it?" she asked, tauntingly. Voldemort smirked at her.

"Eliminate the entire Lupin blood-line" Cherry's head snapped up and her eyes widened.

"What?! You *can't!*" she cried.

"Well, you lied to me! You deserve punishment"

"Just use the bloody Cruciatus curse on me then" Cherry spat. Voldemort grinned maliciously.

"That would be letting you off easily. No! The entire Lupin blood-line shall be eliminated as your punishment, or you can just simply do the assignment that I asked of you five months ago" Voldemort told her.

"Is that a threat?"

"Yes"

"Fine" she muttered bitterly "FINE! I'LL DO IT!"

"Does Severus know that the baby isn't his?" Voldemort questioned her. Cherry shook her head. She couldn't let Snape lose his role as a Death Eater.

"No father, he doesn't"

"Very well, I shall be back later" and with that, Voldemort disapparated from her apartment, leaving Cherry with tears streaming down her face.

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"Harry, Hermione's staying over the night. Mrs. Granger just got told me on the phone that they were having a night together, is that alright?" Lily asked. Harry nodded.

"Great!" Harry laughed as he watched Jay walk around the room, obviously a bit drunk from the Firewhiskey.

"Yo! I'm a doin' it doggy-style!" Jay slurred.

"What the hell-?" Ron questioned, looking shocked.

"Ronald Weasley! Watch your language!" Mrs. Weasley scolded. James laughed.

"Oh, Molly, leave it out, it's a party!" Mrs. Weasley crossed her hands over her chest, looking displeased. Emily giggled at Jay, who was still saying the same catch-phrase. Sirius let out his usual bark-like laugh as he watched his son act like a total prat. Rose tried her best to look disapproving, but the smile on her face deceived her. Logan was busy singing a few of his number one hits, while Ginny was giving Harry his birthday present. Harry opened it and smiled widely.

"The book on how to injure the opposite team members without getting caught" Harry read the book cover, grinned and gave Ginny a kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks Gin, this'll most definitely come in useful for the Quidditch matches" Ginny smiled and walked off, in search of Hermione.

"Hey Logan, where's Cherry?" Sally asked, noticing that she wasn't there. Logan shrugged.

"I dunno. I sent her a letter about it"

"Why don't you go and see her?"

"I don't know where she lives, she's moved house recently" Sally tutted and rolled her eyes.

"Typical" she muttered under her breath.

"Hey guys! Birthday cake time!" Jay shouted. Everyone burst into song, while Harry sat there, looking ecstatic. He blew out his candles and everyone cheered.

"Well, looks like we'd better go now" Mrs. Weasley said as she looked at her watch "It's 1:30 in the morning" All the Weasley's agreed, but not before Fred and George let off a couple of Filibuster's Fireworks, then they all left. Jay and Emily both looked tired as well.

"I think we'll go home" Jay told his parents "You guys can stay here, we'll go back home"

"Which one?" Emily asked "Yours or mine?"

"Mine" Jay replied and grinned. Emily rolled her eyes.

"See you guys later" and with a shout of "Black Residence", they disappeared.

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Around about two thirty in the morning, Harry and Hermione both fell asleep in each other's arms, after confessing that they both liked each other more than friends. Lily peeked in on them and smiled slightly.

"They're both fast asleep" Lily informed everyone else when she arrived at the bottom of the stairs "It's quite a peaceful sight actually"

Logan, was now by this time, snoozing slightly in the chair. Sally giggled as she turned to Lupin.

"He sounds just like you when you're asleep!" Lupin's jaw dropped.

"Not true!"

"Ya, know it's nice that the kids are all finding romance so young in life. It gives them something to do" Rose said with a smile on her face.

"Yeah"

"Hey, so what were you saying about-?" But whatever Sirius was about to ask, he completely forgot when somebody strode out of the fireplace, looking very ashen-faced. It was Snape and he looked rather shaken.

"Severus, are you alright?" Lupin asked, looking concerned.

"Something's happened" he replied hoarsely "I was too late and I'm so sorry"

"What do you mean; you were "too late"? What's happened?" Lily asked, looking worried. Snape turned to Sirius and Rose, looking apologetic.

"About half an hour ago, I received news that the Dark Mark was seen above your house" Rose gasped and clapped a hand to her mouth, while Sally looked terrified.

"What's happened?" Sirius repeated, his voice now wavering.

"When I went in to investigate, I found one survivor. I'm so sorry, but your son, Jay Black, is dead"