It was one of those days where all of us actually had the day off. It was great. Nothing from the order to do. No Auror training. No healer training and all holidays for at least a week. My friends and I had decided to have a picnic so we had gone to a small hidden area between some hills where the Muggles weren't likely to find us. Sirius and James had their brooms and were talking about the latest quidditch match. Remus was sitting scribbling things on a piece of parchment. He hadn't recovered from Jenny leaving him and he looked ill and pale all month like he was going to transform that night when it wasn't a full moon. He liked to bury himself in Order work whether he needed to or not. None of us had seen Peter for a while and though he replied to our owls. I think he was still a bit annoyed that Kiana had gone to Akzaban. As much as I didn't like the Slytherin I had to admit she made Peter happy and I felt kind of sorry for Peter. It was one thing having your girlfriend in China, another thing having her in Azkaban.
Lily and I lay stretched out on the grass. It wasn't the same without Jenny. Lily and I had made a point of meeting at least once a week and having a girls night. On these nights the boys had decided to have a boys night as we threw them out of the house on that day. Lily and I weren't wearing much, I was wearing a pair of shorts and a cropped top while Lily had settled for a skirt and an equally short crop top. Annoyingly Lily had lost weight so her figure was absolutely amazing, how she managed to do it. She had a perfectly defined abdomen and I was so jealous.
"Have you lost weight?" I asked Lily. She smiled with her eyes shut.
"Yes" She told me with a grin.
"How?" I asked her. She tapped her nose and glanced in the sky.
"How can the boys play quidditch? It's too hot to do anything!" Lily said putting her arm over her eyes. At the end of her arm her hand was bandaged tightly after she had had a run in with Voldemort a few days ago while working with the Order. It was scary when we had all been told that Lily was in St. Mungos, well at first we just thought she was doing some of her practical until that voice crept into my head again. I was starting to control that voice and it was becoming more and more useful. I opened my eyes and looked at where Sirius and James were racing around on their brooms.
"They're Sirius and James, they can do the impossible!" I told Lily. Lily muttered something and went quiet. I turned to Remus. "How you holding up?" I asked him. I got a mumbled reply, "Really? That's amazing." I sat up properly. Lily turned to look at me. "Remus you have to talk."
"No I don't." Remus said. I heard Lily sigh.
"April, leave him alone." She aid putting a hand on my arm. I had tried to get Remus to open up for a while but strangely all the boys seemed to be going to Lily as their confidant…even Sirius was going to Lily!
"I just want to know." I said. I sometimes felt a bit left out though Lily told me what was going on at our girl nights. Lily looked at me and I nodded. I lay back down again and put my head against Sirius' bag. I watched Sirius flying in the air and smiled. I loved watching him fly like that. I closed my eyes again and spread my arms by my side.
"How do you think Jenny is doing?" Lily asked. None of us had heard from our favourite Chinese girl. I heard Remus putting down his parchment.
"I don't know. I reckon she's sitting in her garden tanning herself." I said.
"While she's nine months pregnant?" Lily asked. I laughed.
"Ok, maybe not." I said, both Lily and I laughed. I thought I even heard Remus chuckling.
"I got a letter from Zhao the other day." Lily said randomly. "Apparently Cho is a bit of a handful."
"Did he mention Jenny?" Remus asked hopefully.
"Only that she's barely coping." Lily said. "I did some research at the library about Werewolf babies. It's a handful for the mother because apparently the babies change slightly inside the womb on full moons. Not completely because obviously the babies are still developing but it's supposed to be incredibly painf-" Lily stopped herself. "It's not nice. I wish she would come back. We could help her."
"Well she doesn't." Remus said. I felt my heart go out for him, I really did. The poor man had been through enough. I felt around for his hand and held it tightly.
"She'll be ok." I said holding his hand tightly. Urgh, Lily was right, it's way to hot. Even trying to keep hold of Remus' hand was an effort. How did we manage to work through this kind of heat at school?
"Hello gorgeous." Came James' voice on Lily's side of me.
"Hello." Lily said. I opened my eyes and glanced over and saw James laying down next to Lily on his side. Lily was smiling as James took her hand and their hands lay on her stomach.
"How's your hand?" James asked.
"Still painful but I'll live through it." Lily said. She grinned and leant up to kiss James. Watching the two you'd never have thought that they had gotten married, they were exactly the same now as they had been this time last year.
"Where's Sirius?" I asked James, sitting up.
"Raiding the picnic basket." James said looking at where a large black dog had his face in our picnic basket. I picked up my wand and sent a few sparks at him. The Dog yelped in surprise and turned. He growled and then turned back to the basket.
"I swear, he doesn't care about me anymore." I said loudly. The dog turned and looked at me. He ran over and jumped on me pushing me to the ground. I laughed as Padfoot licked my face.
"I'll see you guys later. I'm going to go." Remus said. Lily started to get up.
"Are you sure?" She asked. "You can stay if you want."
"No, I have to get this to Dumbledore." Remus said holding the parchment up to show us before disapparating. Lily frowned once he had left.
"Maybe we should tone down the whole couple thing around Remus." She said with a frown. I nodded my agreement and James showed his agreement by kissing the back of Lily's shoulders. Padfoot suddenly became heavier and I was pushed back down again as Sirius appeared and weighed me down.
"Sirius get off, you're heavy!" I said. Sirius didn't move and just sat on my stomach.
"Yeah I suppose but it's not our fault he knocked up his girlfriend and she left." Sirius said.
"You have no heart sometimes." I said hitting him. "Now get off me." I said. Sirius turned and almost lay down on top of me.
"Make me." He said with a cheeky grin. I gave him a fake annoyed sigh and grinned.
"No Sex." I threatened. His eyes narrowed.
"You wouldn't." He said. James laughed and Lily grinned.
"I would." I said. Sirius looked rather annoyed and rolled off me. I sat up and put my arms around his shoulders.
"You're an evil girlfriend. Telling my friends you love them and not me. You haven't said you love me for ages." Sirius pouted.
"I'm sorry." I said as if addressing a baby. "Would you like me to say it more often?"
"Yes." He said with a grin.
"Then be a good boy." I said cheekily.
"Can't we copy them." Sirius said nodding at Lily and James. I swear, even though you couldn't tell they were married when they were with me and Sirius they seemed to think it was perfectly fine to just act like we weren't there. I rolled my eyes and picked up my wand. I muttered a spell that caused a blast of cold water to come out of the end. Lily gave a scream of shock and bolted upright.
"April!" She shouted. James looked quite annoyed and took off his shirt. Lily had gotten the full blast of the water so he wasn't as wet as Lily. Sirius and I burst out laughing and I started rolling on the floor.
"Sirius control your Girlfriend!" James said annoyed. Sirius was laughing too hard to say anything. Lily put a hand to her absolutely soaked top.
"Great!" She said with frustration. "I haven't got my wand with me and I don't have anything to change into."
"Well you could maybe just take your top off and let your top dry, just wear your bra." Sirius said. Lily looked at Sirius. Sirius was sitting there twiddling his thumbs. He looked so innocent…not. I was used to seeing Lily in her underwear, having had to share a dorm room with her for seven years and obviously James was her husband so saw her naked anyway.
"He'll do something, I know he will." Lily said nodding to Sirius.
"What? Me? No way!" He said too quickly to be convincing.
"Well I really don't mind" James said. He put a hand on Lily's leg and smiled at her. Lily looked to James.
"Why are we having this conversation?" Lily asked, sitting down again but on the other side of James where it was dry. I smirked.
"Because my boyfriend is a pervert." I said. Summoning the picnic basket and looking for something nice to eat that Padfoot hadn't destroyed. Lily scowled and James put his arm around her.
"Don't worry." He said. "I'll dry you off." James said getting out his wand.
"Wait, no! Why?" Sirius asked. James looked at him
"Because I don't want you eyeing up my wife." James said. I chuckled at this as I found a sandwich that seemed to be whole. James performed a drying charm on Lily and she looked quite happy.
"Thanks." Lily said giving James a kiss. James pulled her onto his lap and Lily kept her arms around him.
"See, why aren't we like them?" Sirius said. "They never argue." Sirius said to me. Lily and James laughed slightly and I passed Lily a sandwich.
"Where would the fun be if we didn't argue?" I said cheekily.
"And Lily gives James kisses for no reason." Sirius said pouting slightly. I gave him an evil smirk and continued to eat.
"They're married." I answered. Sirius and I had been a bit distant recently and to be honest I really didn't feel like having sex all the time like I used to. Sirius was great and everything but all he seemed to think about was sex and sex and even more sex. There's only so much I personally can have. I loved him and I really cared for him but I didn't know if I could carry on a relationship based on sex.
"Then we'll get married." Sirius said casually.
"No it's fine." I said. Sirius grinned.
"Good because I really don't feel ready to get married yet."
"Neither do I. I want to live life a bit." I said.
"We are living life." James said.
"Yes you are but married life." Sirius said like it was something disturbing. "You're stuck with Lily forever." I hit Sirius lightly.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked Sirius with a smile.
"It means that we can have fun and they cant." Sirius said. I laughed at that while Lily broke off a piece of her sandwich and threw it at Sirius.
"You're evil you are" She said with a smile. James pulled her closer and Lily let him cuddle her. They were actually a really cute couple like that. I wish I had a guy like James. Sirius picked up a piece of fruit and threw it at Lily.
"Don't throw things at me." Sirius said. Lily laughed and hid behind James as Sirius continued to throw food.
"James stop him." Lily said. The boys laughed and James tackled Sirius to the floor. Lily came over and sat next to me.
"It's nice isn't it?" She asked.
"What is?" I asked her I looked into her eyes and smiled. "Yeah. Everything just seems right now." I said. "Well apart the fact that half our friends are depressed."
"Or missing." Lily added, referring to Peter.
"Yeah." I said. Despite the fact that three of our friends weren't there. James and Sirius suddenly turned into their animagi and faced each other.
"Oh no." Lily said rolling her eyes. Obviously this was a regular occurrence for Lily. Padfoot and Prongs seemed to come to some kind of agreement and Prongs trotted over.
Hey, lets go back. came James' voice in my head.
"Ok." Lily said getting up and stretching. Prongs delicately licked her exposed stomach. Lily laughed and bent over to pick up the picnic basket but Sirius picked it up. I got my wand out and pointed at the mess we'd made.
"Scourgify." I said. The mess disappeared and Lily mounted Prongs like he was a horse and held onto his antlers. "Hey, why do you get a lift?" I asked her with a smile. Lily put her arms around Prongs' neck and kissed his fur,
"Because he loves me." Lily said. "Don't you Prongs?" Prongs nodded and gave me what I guess was a deer version of a smile. Padfoot nudged my legs and I took a step forwards. I started walking next to Prongs while Padfoot ran to the house.
"Here." Lily said shifting herself so she was sitting nearer Prongs neck. She offered a hand and I got onto Prongs' back behind Lily.
Are you two trying to kill me? James' voice said.
"Yes Prongsie, I'm trying to kill you before I can give you a child." Lily said sarcastically.
Don't call me Prongsie Lily and I laughed. I looked at Lily.
"You want a child?" I asked her.
"I don't know." Lily said thoughtfully. "Since I got married I've been feeling slightly different like, I don't know, I don't feel like I'm nineteen. I feel like I'm older." I looked at Lily surprised. She felt older then she was? How could she?
So we've been practicing for a baby Lily hit Prongs. Well this is the end of the ride, Muggles ahead. I hopped off the back of Prongs. Lily got off a bit more gracefully and waited for Prongs to turn back into James before taking his hand and giving him a smile.
"Yeah, what were we talking about?" James asked. I laughed at James' lack of short term memory.
"Practicing for babies." I said with a smirk.
"Can we please move off this topic?" Lily asked.
"Oh yeah, Lily wants to have a baby, he's going to be such a handsome baby." James said.
"Move off topic!" Lily said a bit more urgently. I felt like teasing Lily a bit more and looked at James as we walked back to the house.
"So, how is my friend now that you've seduced her?" I asked with a cheeky smile
"She's the best, probably one of the most-" James started to say, playing along with me
"I'm standing right here!" Lily said loudly.
"We know." James said leaning over slightly and kissing her on the lips.
"Then why are you discussing our…personal life?" She asked. I laughed.
"You tell me everything anyway." I told her.
"I know but I don't want you talking to my husband about it…it's disturbing." She said in a weaker voice. "Oh, never mind." She said giving up. She started walking a bit faster and tripped over. "James!"
"It wasn't me." James said. I felt someone's gaze on my back and turned around at the same time as James did. There were four figures standing in front of us. I felt a sharp pain go through my head.
"Hello my darling girls." Said that snake like voice I tried to repress.
"He's here." Lily gasped as she got to her feet, her hand at her head like she had felt the pain too. James put an arm around Lily and held his wand tightly.
"Aren't you a clever little mudblood." Said a figure, lowering his hood. I had to try and repress the urge to scream. "We meet again Mrs. Potter." Lily glared at him and held onto James tighter. She didn't have a wand and was therefore pretty defenceless.
"What do you want?" I said. I tried to keep my fear suppressed like I did on raids.
"Them. You can go." Voldemort said looking at me.
"No." I said.
"Then you can die with these Mudbloods. KILL THEM!"
"Run!" James shouted. I turned with Lily and James and ran for the house. Now, I'm not usually the one to run but right now it just seemed like the right thing to do. We were nearing the path that led to the house when a black dog came bounding towards us with a wand in his mouth. He stopped at Lily and dropped the wand in her hand. He quickly turned into Sirius.
"Lets take these bastards" He said. He looked like he really felt like hurting someone. We all turned to face the deatheaters. Four against four, I could work with this, it was better then my usual odds of three on one. I was the first to make a move.
"Expelliarmus" I shouted.
"Protego, Crucio!" I dodged out of the way and both spells, including my disarming charm, went crashing into a grass bank. The deatheater pointed his wand at me. I threw a few charms at him and then tried to stun him but he managed to dodge them all. Ok, this deatheater was better then the usual ones. I took a few steps back and felt something catch my feet and pulled them from under me. I hit the floor so hard my head rang, even if it was only grass I hit. I shook my head and felt magical ropes tie themselves around me. I rolled over and tried to look around. The others were fighting against the deatheaters. Jets of light crisscrossing the area of grass. I felt the deatheater push me over with his foot.
"STUPEFY!" I shouted as I rolled onto my front and aimed my wand at the deatheater. I rolled back over and saw the deatheater on the floor. "SIRIUS!" I screamed. Sirius turned and ran towards me. "Get me free." I said urgently. Sirius untied me while ducking a curse.
"I can't." He said tugging on the ropes and causing me to wince.
"Try cutting them-" We both ducked as a large portion of ground exploded by my head. I'm in trouble. I've never been in this position. I felt Sirius tugging on the ropes a bit more urgently. Suddenly I was lifted into the air and I felt Sirius' shoulder in my stomach. Sirius had picked me up and placed me on his shoulders.
"What's happened to Lily and James?" I asked him.
"Protego!" Sirius shouted. He turned so that I could see Lily on the grass next to a wounded James.
"James!" I shouted. "Lily, behind you!" I shouted. Lily turned and managed to curse the deatheater behind her moments before the deatheater got her with a curse. Voldemort appeared to be the last one standing and he approached Lily and James. Lily's eyes widened and she covered James slightly.
"No," She said.
"Get out of the way girl." Voldemort said. He used his wand and magically moved Lily out of the way. I took a sharp breath and Sirius turned around. I had to twist slightly to see. Sirius hurled every spell, curse jinx and charm he knew at Voldemort. He succeeded in distracting Voldemort for long enough to let Lily get to James' side. Sirius also managed to undo the ropes around my body and he set me down as Voldemort approached us.
"Do you honestly think you can stop me?" Voldemort thought. I saw Lily quickly doing a few healing spells on James while we had Voldemort distracted. I turned back to Voldemort. Uh oh, we were in trouble. I took a step back and tripped over.
"Stupefy." Sirius shouted
"Protego." Voldemort countered. The spell blasted into Sirius throwing him backwards. I turned to watch Sirius. I would usually be able to fight but for some reason I just felt terrified, maybe because I was fighting Voldemort.
"Sirius." I said. I turned to look at Voldemort. "You bastard." I said. That was it, forget the wands. Girls shouldn't do this but scrap what girls should or shouldn't do. I ran head first into Voldemort and we both rolled to the ground. I felt my hand brush against Voldemort's skin and I felt a cold ice like feeling go up my arm. It crept up my arm and I closed my eyes in pain. It felt like I'd put my arm in a bucket of liquid nitrogen! I heard Voldemort snigger and he pushed me to the floor.
"So you're the one that's getting all my messages." He said. I lay on the grass and looked at Voldemort. "I was hoping I'd do more damage. It appears it didn't work. No matter." He turned and glanced at Lily and James. James was getting up rubbing his head.
"Lil-"
"Silencio!" Voldemort said, pointing his wand at me. I felt the coldness spreading through my body and I started shivering, even if it was a hot day it didn't effect the coldness. I felt it spreading down my back and up my neck. I closed my eyes. After that I don't remember what happened.
I woke up in a strange bed. It was a little hard but the pillows were so comfy. My body was aching, burning. You know that feeling when you've been playing in the snow so your hands are freezing then you go inside and they suddenly get really warm as they thaw? Well that's what I felt as I lay in the bed. I was too painful to move. I listened to the various noises and from the silence and the distance bustling of Muggle vehicles I guessed I was in St. Mungos. I heard someone pulling back some curtains and some gentle footsteps. I tried to move some of my limbs but nothing was responding. Nothing wanted to move.
"Sirius, you should go home." Came Lily's voice quietly.
"What time is it?" Sirius asked groggily like he'd just woken up. "How long have I been here?" I felt something move on my bed.
"Since April was brought in." Lily said gently.
"How long have I been here?" I muttered. I felt someone hug me tightly I clenched my teeth together and winced.
"April!" Sirius said. I let out a painful moan and tried to move my head.
"Don't move." Lily said. "Sirius get off her, you could make her worse." I guessed that it was Sirius holding me tightly. I felt him let go and Lily's hand on my forehead. "Ok, normal temperature here." She muttered.
"Are you on your training?" I muttered.
"Yes. It's the practical time." Lily said. I managed to open my eyes just a crack and was blinded by the light that poured in through the crack in my eye lids that I closed them again.
"I feel like I've just thawed." I muttered.
"Well that's effectively what we've done." Lily said. "You were like ice before we thawed you. We got you here just in time, you could have died" A few warning lights switched on in my head. I nearly died!
"Spongy ice." Sirius said. I felt my heart speed up a bit more at his voice.
"Can you dim the lights?" I asked.
"Of course." Lily answered. I opened my eyes again and it was a bit darker, dark enough for me to open my eyes without being blinded. Everything was out of focus and blurred. I could make out a shape above me, a big blob of light blue and a mass of red. I blinked a few times and everything became a bit clearer. Lily smiled at me. Her hair was tied back and she had a clipboard in one hand her wand in the other.
"How you feeling?" Lily asked me.
"Other then the freshly thawed feeling?" I asked. Lily grinned. I felt someone hold my hand and saw Sirius appear in my line of vision.
"Hey beautiful." He said. I smiled and he bent over to give me a kiss. I drank in the kiss. I nearly died, I might never have been able to kiss Sirius again. I tried to return the kiss but my lips didn't seem to want to work in that way. Lily sighed happily.
"I'll come by after my shift is finished in about-" Lily checked her watch, "-half an hour. I'll have a half hour break before I have to go to the library for my study session on Magical bugs."
"Fun." I muttered. Lily gave me a smile.
"I know. Absolutely thrilling" She said sarcastically. "See ya in a bit." She bent over and kissed me cheek. I turned and saw Sirius smiling at me. My neck hurt slightly.
"We nearly lost you." Sirius said, holding my hand tightly. I was managing to control more body parts and I squeezed his hand gently and smiled at him.
"What happened?" I asked him.
"Well I'm not totally sure, I was stunned. Lily's the only one who saw everything."
"James?"
"His memory is a bit fuzzy. He got hit by a few powerful curses." Sirius said. "I was really worried. When Lily had revived me you were just lying on the floor like you were asleep but when we touched you…you were as cold as ice, colder if that's possible." Sirius said. I scowled and lifted my arm. It felt really heavy and it was a little painful. I touched Sirius' cheek. It had some stubble on it so it was rough.
"Help me sit up." I said moving my hand away. I suddenly felt so active, like my usual self. Sirius moved up and put his hands around my waist and lifted me slightly so I was leaning against the headboard of the bed that I was lying on. I looked into his eyes and an image of my lying on the grass flashed through my mind. I shook my head very slightly and pulled him in to a hug. I just wanted to hold Sirius. I changed my mind. I didn't want to have someone else in my life. Sirius was great, he was everything. I nearly didn't see him again. Sirius put a hand on the back of my head and kissed my cheek.
"It's ok." He whispered as if he sensed my sudden change in mood. I held him tighter and buried my face into his shoulder. He smelt slightly worse then usual but if he'd been by my side for a while he probably hadn't showered. I thought over what I remembered before I passed out. 'I was hoping I'd do more damage. It appears it didn't work' I frowned and pulled myself closer to Sirius. I reckon I must have been cutting off his air supply. If I was he made no indication that it was affecting him.
I sat in Dumbledore's office with Lily and James. We had each been summoned to talk to Dumbledore to talk about Order business. I played with my wand anxiously. Lily was sitting next to me and was looking slightly worried. She had come straight from St. Mungos so she had on her Healer robes while James and I had on our Trainee Auror robes. Dumbledore was sitting on the other side of his desk stroking Fawkes fondly.
"I guess you are wondering why I asked you here?" Dumbledore asked.
"It crossed my mind." Lily said. Dumbledore nodded and looked at us gravely.
"First I would like to ask April, what did Voldemort say after you had your accident?" Dumbledore asked.
"I was hoping I'd do more damage. It appears it didn't work" I said, recalling the now vague memory, even though it had been two weeks ago. I frowned and looked up at Dumbledore. Dumbledore nodded.
"Do you know what this means?" He asked. I shook my head and looked at Lily. She didn't look like she knew what Dumbledore was leading onto.
"What is it Professor?" I asked him. Dumbledore frowned.
"I believe that you have been receiving Telepathic messages from Voldemort?" I nodded. "Could you please tell me what kind of things he's been saying?" I opened my mouth to tell him but everything had gone from my mind. I racked my mind. I knew what he had been telling me, what had he been telling me. What had that voice been saying.
"I can't remember." I said slowly. I didn't remember! AH! Stupid memory, how did I manage to get into Auror training when I couldn't even remember messages in my head.
"I thought you said that he was trying to convert you." James said, leaning forwards so that he could see me. Something in my mind clicked.
"Yes! He's been trying to convert me since the NEWTs" I said holding my hand out slightly. "He's been telling me to betray my friends and that one of us is a traitor, that he's managed to turn one of us."
"You can trust me when I say that no one has turned." Dumbledore said sincerely. I nodded, I felt comforted at those words.
"So no one is working for Voldemort?" I asked.
"No April." Dumbledore said. I slouched in the seat relieved.
"Thank Merlin." I muttered.
"So he was trying to split us all up?" Lily asked.
"Yes, I believe he was but why I cannot figure out though I have an inkling." Dumbledore said. I frowned, did that make sense?
"Well, he succeeded in making Jenny leave." Lily said darkly.
"That was Jenny's choice." Dumbledore said, "and I can tell you that she gave birth to a healthy baby boy last night" I looked up as did Lily. I leaned forwards on my seat.
"How do you know?" I asked him. Dumbledore held a piece of parchment in his hand and passed it across the table. Lily and I both took it and held one side each.
Dear Professor Dumbledore.
I do not wish to be in the order anymore. I have now got a responsibility I wish to carry out with all my attention. I am very tired as I write this, I have just been in eight hours labour. Giving birth to a werewolf's baby is a very tiring task. Please inform my friends, I can't bring myself to write to them myself.
Jenny Chang.
"Fawkes delivered it this morning." Dumbledore told us. I was rereading it then James decided he wanted to read it and snatched it from both Lily and me. I looked up at Dumbledore.
"Have you seen her?" I asked.
"No. She hasn't contacted me apart from this letter but Lee Chang had kept me informed of her condition." Dumbledore said with a frown. I felt a bit worried at that look. Dumbleore rarely frowned.
"What did she say?" Lily asked Dumbledore.
"It seems that the semi transformations inside her have left Jenny's internal organs in quite a bad condition. Most mothers of werewolf babies die during the pregnancy."
"I know." Lily muttered. I widened my eyes at this. She knew and she didn't tell me?! Actually she probably has told me I just probably didn't listen. James gave a noise of thoughtfulness.
"I'll tell Remus later." James said. Dumbledore shook his head.
"I don't think it would be very wise to tell Mr. Lupin. I did receive a message from Jenny through Lee that she wanted Remus to think she'd died because of her pregnancy."
"Why?" I asked him. Dumbledore merely shrugged.
"One thinks it is because she doesn't want him to go to China or to spend his life worrying about her." Dumbledore suggested but he carried on before any of us had a chance to think. "Lily, James how many times have you had near deaths with Voldemort now?" He asked. Lily and James looked at each other.
"Probably about twice." James said. He looked for Lily for confirmation now. Lily nodded.
"Yeah, about twice. Once on the way back from the Library and two weeks ago." Lily said.
"When I was on a raid for me." James said. Dumbledore nodded slowly and his frown deepened.
"May I suggest that you try to not have anymore encounters with Voldemort." He said.
"Well he tends to come to us." James said.
"Then may I suggest that you try and keep your activities as quiet as possible." Dumbledore said. Lily and James nodded.
"Why?" I asked. I knew it wasn't my business but I was curious.
"I cannot disclose that reason at this time and hopefully if you two keep out of trouble I will never have to tell you." Dumbeldore said. Lily nodded slowly and turned to James. What was Dumbledore talking about? Is that all he wanted to see Lily and James for? To ask how many times they had been attacked? I'd been attacked by Voldemort twice as well. What made Lily and James so special?
"I have to get back to training." James said suddenly getting up. I agreed and got up as well.
"I have to study for my assessment tomorrow." I said.
"Oh, damn, my assessment." Lily muttered. "I haven't learnt the different magical bugs." She said with a frown. Dumbledore's frown softened as he looked at us.
"It seems you have had a brain swap." He said. Lily and I looked at him curiously. The old crazy headmaster had a point. Lily used to be the one who studied all the time and I was the one who panicked.
"Good bye Professor." James said. Dumbledore got up and came around the desk to us.
"I would appreciate it if you didn't tell Remus that Jenny had her baby. I will comply with her request and tell him that she is dead only because I agree with what might be her logic. It would be easier if you pretended she was dead as well." Dumbledore said.
"I can't." I said, "She's alive and she's got a baby, I can't pretend she's dead!"
"I'm afraid you must or I will have to perform a memory charm on all three of you though I'd rather not." I looked at Dumbledore then at Lily. She was looking at me as well. I could see what she was thinking. She was thinking the same things as I was. We couldn't do that but we couldn't have a memory charm put on us. I looked away and gave Dumbledore the kind of hug you'd give a granddad.
"Please break the news to him lightly." I muttered.
"Of course." Dumbledore said patting my back.
A/N:-Ok the response to the last chapter is much better then I thought it'd be. I was half expecting you guys to hate it because I know there's a lot of you who like the whole Jenny/Remus thing. I'll have the next chapter up when my Beta is through with it. And the next chapter is from….let me check…the next chapter is from the POV of the one and only Peter Pettigrew, it is called The Good Kind Of Wrong……I kinda like that next chapter but it'll be up soon, hoepfully