Hogwarts?
By: SotMoon*
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Authors Note: Hey, I'm back. Well, as one of my Reviewers said that they didn't understand last chapter. Well, I am trying to stress that Voldemort is trying to kill James and Lily, and I'm trying to quicken the time that the Fidilius Charm will be cast.
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Lily hardly could stand staying inside all the time. It had only been a few days since the attack, but yet she still felt like a caged animal. Lily walked as fast as a Pregnant woman could to the window and looked out sadly. It would be a few hours until James came home, so she in a chair by the window and looked outside.
It was quite a beautiful day, and Lily wished she could go out. She looked to the left of the Front Yard and looked over to the small birdbath to see two small birds in it. She smiled and then looked at her garden. Weeds were beginning to sprout around in the small garden, and she ached to go out and pull them up. She made a mental note to get Tabby to pull up the weeds.
Lily finally tore her eyes away from her Garden, and stood up and went back to her original seat on their large maroon couch. Lily propped her feet up on it's matching footrest, and sighed quietly. She looked up at the clock that was on the wall that was beside her and noticed that James should be home at any moment. Had she been dreaming of going outside for that long?
The front door suddenly opened, and James stepped into the house, brushing off his work robes. He sniffed the air to see what Tabby was cooking for dinner, and then hugged his wife. Lily gagged and James let go.
"Did I strangle you?" James asked brushing some of Lily's fiery hair back from her face.
"No, I just want to go outside," Lily whined looking outside. "My garden is horrible, I want to walk in the woods…I'm only staying in the house to protect the baby, or else I'd be out there right now. I need outside, James!"
James looked sympathetically at Lily then he remembered what he was going to tell her in the first place, when he walked in the door. "Lily? I was going to tell you this anyways, but I just remembered. How would you like to stay at Hogwarts until Harry is born? It's much safer for you and Harry. I just need to owl Dumbledore, and we'll go to Hogwarts at noon tomorrow."
Lily's face lit up and she smiled, a true smile. Not like the one she had put on for the last few days. She called for Tabby, and they walked down the hall, talking about what Lily should pack. James sighed, and walked across the room.
Truthfully, James hadn't asked Dumbledore if Lily could stay. Things had become quite dangerous in the Wizarding World, and another Auror had found some serious information. Voldemort was after Lily. James could only guess that it would be heart-breaking to him to see Lily die, so that was his guess that's why Voldemort wanted her dead. That's another reason why Lily had been attacked. To get at James.
James walked across the room, almost tripping on Lily's footrest as he went. Looking around the desk for parchment, he finally remembers where it is at, and opens the Cabinet above the desk, and takes out a piece of parchment, a quill, and some green ink. James smiled at the inkbottle. He remembers he got the ink because it matches Lily's eyes. After a few minutes James held up his letter in triumph and began to read it over to see if there were any mistakes. It read:
Dear Dumbledore,
How are you? Things are not that well here. Lily is in great danger, and I was hoping that you would let her stay at Hogwarts until Harry is born. Voldemort is growing stronger, and is growing in his allies. You can hardly trust anyone in these days. Lily was attacked just a few days ago, if you hadn't heard. She was snatched from our very home. Things are not safe here, and I think it is my entire fault. They are after Lily because of me.
Sirius is gone on some job, and I can't find him or else Lily could stay with Sirius. So, can Lily stay at Hogwarts? She would be more than happy to talk to Professor Flitwick again. Please don't tell Lily what I have written.
Sincerely,
James Potter
James put the letter into an envelope, and then sealed it and walked upstairs and into the Harry's future room. James smiled when he went into the room. It had only taken a few flicks of his wand to fix the room up, but it still felt like forever to the father-to-be. The room was clad in Maroon and Gold decorations. In the middle sat the bassinette that was given to Raven and Sirius by the unknown person. Sirius said it was only right for Lily and James to have it, since he himself would never marry, or have children.
James snapped out of his daze, and walked over to where Loki, Harry's future owl sat. The bird was the most beautiful owl James had ever seen and he thought that Harry had to have it. The bird was a dark black; it almost looked blue in the light. The strange thing was that its eyes were a crystal blue color. James tied the letter to the Owls leg, and then watched Loki fly into the purpling horizon until Loki turned into a small dot.
James walked out of the room, and clicked off the lights as he went. He heard Tabby and Lily talking down the hall, so he walked down the hall looking at pictures of the Marauders, Lily and Raven as he went. He stopped at the end of the hall and looked at his favorite picture out of all the pictures in the house, maybe in the world. It was a picture of Raven and Lily. Raven was about eight months pregnant, holding onto her stomach and smiling at the camera. She was waving frantically. Lily was standing next to her with a banana in her hand, a devilish grin on her face. The picture Lily put the banana on the floor, and it suddenly turned into Sirius.
After staring at the picture for awhile, the picture people sat down, too tired from waving so much. James walked through the door to the Master Bedroom and saw that Lily was fussing over what to take still.
"Oh I don't know if I should take the Green Maternity Robes or not," Lily said as she stuffed her pajamas into her bag. When Lily turned around Tabby grabbed the clothes, re-folded them and put them neatly into the bag.
"Take the green, it matches your eyes." James said as he folded the green robe and put it into her suitcase. "It looks great on you,"
Lily turned a brilliant shade of red and smiled meekly. Tabby at this point knowing that she should go, went downstairs to make dinner. A few hours later Lily and James were lying in bed, Lily completely asleep, dreaming dreams of going back to Hogwarts. But James was awake, thinking. 'When Voldemort comes into complete power, I will have someone to trust if I die. The Marauders will take care of Lily. The Marauders are the only ones I trust, other than Dumbledore. Man, I love those guys…'
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AN2: God, James is set up for heartbreak isn't he? I wonder if he thought about Peter being a little prick after the Charm was cast? Ah. Well…Peter's an ass.