A Bludger was hurtling toward Harry, slicing through the air.
Harry had no time to swerve and avoid the collision, he closed his eyes at the last fraction of the second, waiting for the tremendous BANG and an intense pain. The moment the Bludger was supposed to hit him, he saw Ginny's smiling face in his mind.
But the BAM never came. He opened his eyes and saw the Bludger shooting away from him.
What had happened?
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Ginny saw the Bludger shooting towards Harry, who was too late to do anything.
"No!" she thought desperately. "Please don't get hurt! NO!" she screamed out loud as the Bludger was a millimeter away from him.
The Bludger hit his arm that was protecting his face and
Bounced right off?
Ginny blinked.
"What in the world happened over there?" shouted Dean Thomas, who was commentating, voicing everybody's thoughts.
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The crowd murmured in surprise.
Through all the confusion, Harry saw the Snitch lingering near the ground. He burst forward, Matt Tirnel, who was now Seeker of the Hufflepuff Team, shot forward too.
Harry's Firebolt easily outstripped Tirnel's Comet, and Harry caught the Snitch.
"GRYFFINDOR WINS! 200-110!" roared Dean Thomas, dancing happily. The Gryffindors cheered and Ginny was hugging Harry, glad that he was allright.
In the stands, a tall wizard with a flowing white bears was watching them…
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As the Bludger hurtled toward Harry, Dumbledore saw the ring hanging from a chain on his neck.
The same ring James Potter used to wear.
He saw the Bludger bounce off Harry; just as it had with James…a long time ago.
He looked around for a certain redhead, and found her on her broom, frozen in midair as she watched Harry and the Bludger with fear in her eyes.
He saw the ring on her finger.
Ah…that explained everything.
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The question was, how had Harry gotten hold of those rings?
Dumbledore had assumed that Voldemort had taken the rings off of James's and Lily's fingers before he killed them. And then possibly destroyed them. Voldemort couldn't use them, he couldn't love.
But now Harry had those rings…
How did they end up somewhere else?
That was something to think long and hard about…
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After the party for Gryffindor victory was over, Ginny kissed Harry goodnight and immediately went to bed and fell asleep at once.
She was having troublesome dreams, though…
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A ring flew past her and she was crying.
"LILY! How could you do this? How could you?" shouted James angrily.
"Please, James! If you would just let me explain…" begging Lily, holding her son tightly.
"Explain what??? Why you killed a baby? Why you did the Abortion Charm? Is that what you want to explain?" hollered James.
"Look, James, I didn't know what else to do…Voldemort is after us, I can't be pregnant and have a baby now. I wouldn't be able to defend myself, or Harry, or you!"
"NO, you wouldn't have, Lily. That's my job. What do you think I was going to do? Sit around and read the paper as Voldemort attacked you?"
Lily was silent, tears running steadily down her face. She bent down and picked up the ring that James had thrown earlier.
"I'm sorry, James. I thought it was for the best." She whispered.
James let out a sigh and collapsed on the sofa.
Lily backed out of the room silently, put Harry into his carseat, got into her seat, and drove around. She passed Petunia's house. She stopped and got Harry out of his carseat and rang the doorbell.
Petunia appeared, very annoyed when she saw who it was.
"What do you want?" she snapped.
"I think I left some Exploding Soap in my old room, and I just remembered. Can I please get it? We wouldn't want the house to blow up, would we?" she said.
Petunia's mouth tightened but she nodded, plainly terrified. The mess a blown up house would make!
"Vernon will be home in an hour, you will have to be gone by then."
Lily nodded and went upstairs to her old room.
The floor was littered with toys and she could hear screaming downstairs. It sounded like the spoiled brat was having a temper-tantrum again…
She put Harry on the bed and sat on the floor. She lifted the loose floorboard and found her box with all the letters she had gotten as a girl from James. She read them again, remembering all the good times they had had. Tears splashing down her front, she put both hers and James's promise (not marriage) rings in the box. James had given them to her one night, along with the words 'I love you.'
She put the box back and picked up Harry, who was happily playing with Dudley's toys.
"I'm going now, Pet!" she called to Petunia.
She didn't wait for the reply and stepped out of the house. She got back into the care and drove to a moldy-looking motel.
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Ginny woke up, her face wet with tears.
What was that dream all about?
The fight…the rings...her ring!
She got up to get a glass of water. She looked at the ring on her finger. It twinkled at her, reflecting the moonlight. She set down her glass and got back into bed.
It was just a dream, after all.
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"Lily! Where the hell have you been? I've been so worried about you." Cried James relieved, rushing to her and Harry, hugging them fiercely.
He looked pale and exhausted.
"I had to get away of a moment, James…" Lily sighed.
"Don't ever do that again! I was worried sick! You disappear, upset after we had had an argument, and then you come back the next day. I've been asking everybody who knows you if they knew where you were! Except Peter, of course, and Sirius, they've both gone into hiding." He added as an afterthought.
"Are you still angry with me, James?" asked Lily quietly.
"I don't know. I guess you're right, we can't have another baby in these circumstances. I'm sorry Lily, but I just couldn't believe you did that…"
Lily cried, put Harry on the couch, and flung herself at James.
"I'm so sorry, James.." she sobbed. "I love you.."
"I love.."
James was broken off by a cackle of high-pitched laughter.
James recognized it at once…
"Lily! Take Harry and go! I'll hold him off! Go!" he shouted and Lily grabbed Harry from the couch.
"James…" she screamed.
"Go Lily! I love you! Now go! GO!!" he shouted again and Lily stumbled from the room with Harry in her arms.
Voldemort burst into the room.
James took out his wand.
"You don't think you can duel with me, do you, James Potter?" asked Voldemort amusedly, eyeing the wand lazily.
"You can't kill me, Tom Riddle." Hissed James.
"Crucio!" said Voldemort, and James twitched in pain. He would not scream. He would not scream..
"WHAAA!!!"
"What? Ah.. yes..Little Harry is upstairs." Said Voldemort, smiling his lipless smile and removing the Cruciatus Curse from James.
James panted heavily.
"Get out of the way, Potter. You don't haver to die…I only need your son." Smiled Voldemort.
"Never." Spat James and he raised his wand.
"Fool." Said Voldemort softly. "AVADA KEDAVRA!" he added, and James feel to the ground, dead.
Lily heard a thump.
"Please don't let it be James." She begged.
She heard footsteps on the stairs.
"That's James!" she convinced herself.
The door opened and Voldemort strolled in.
Lily froze and then flung herself in front of the crib in which Harry was lying.
"Stand aside." Ordered Voldemort.
"No!"
"Stand aside, silly girl." Repeated Voldemort, more forceful this time
"No! Please no!" begged Lily.
"Stand aside!"
"Not Harry, not Harry! Take me instead! Kill me instead!"
There was a flash of green lights and Lily Potter fell to the ground.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" cried 2 voices on either side of the Gryffindor Tower.
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guess who, guess who those 2 voices are? Hehe…this is a toughie!
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