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Then the lady continued. "And the interest rate climbing to 32%pa, this vault has accumulated approximately an extra two and a half billion dollars since September 11. Eventually Lily rose to her feet once more and managed to walk slightly through the vault. Inside everything was so orderly for something that was supposed to house so much money. Lily watched in shock as all the different draws disappeared and heirlooms – swords, bows and arrows, three wands, shields, rugs, goblets, two crowns, several capes, a pair of fencing foils with really intricate Potter crests used for handles.
Lily turned back to the swords section and fell in love automatically with a ruby and golden encrusted dagger that sat in the middle of the collection. Even the blade was made of solid gold. Lily picked it up along with the sheath that lay underneath and hooked it onto her belt. Only then did she feel the burning sensation that was evident on both her hands. Only then did she look down to find two Potter family emblems burnt into her hands. The colours were even evident.
Lily smiled before grabbing a small sack and asking the assistant to direct her to where the money section was. After being shown where the money was, Lily was very sceptical about taking it. After learning what doing that did at her home, she had learnt very early on that she had to work for her money. It was that point that James and Sirius walked into her vault already bundled up with wallets full of notes and oddities that they had decided to take with them.
When James saw his girlfriend be very timid when coming in contact with the draws and draws of money that had been put there, he wandered over there and said to her "Even if we lived the good life for ever, we would not put a dent in this vault, but we've got two others next to it. But we are going to be careful, buy several properties under different names and make sure that we keep moving. So settling down in a huge mansion and wearing rings and incorporating ourselves in the muggle stock market to make this wealth expand anymore is just not possible at the moment."
Lily nodded to gesture to James that she understood and he just smiled. The three eventually left the bank that was around the corner from the wizarding alley and then continued on back to the hotel. When they eventually arrived, there in the foyer stood six people dressed completely in black who looked like they were surrounding someone important.
They were bodyguards. Then when Lily walked inside the hotel first, Voldemort made himself known. He saw the female third of the trio walk inside and noted the two Potter emblems that were burnt onto her hands. Voldemort just laughed knowing that the three were so deeply ingrained into the Potter family when he killed James's father that the Phoenix who was the chosen portrayer of their family made sure that it only chose good, courageous souls that would not cause for the Phoenix to fly away. Because that was why the emblems were burnt into every members body. To remind them of what they had to stay loyal to. That they were part of a family no matter how large or small and such a strong and pure line it was. That anyone would be proud to be a part of it.
But Voldemort couldn't for the life of him understand why it would put an emblem on a muggle. The phoenix was usually very particular about who it pulled into the Potter family by blood. Even those who married into the family never had the emblem burnt into their hands by the phoenix. This woman had to be something else.
Little did Voldemort or even James know that Lily was no muggle. As a matter of fact she was a descendant of Taliesin Pen Beridd and Merlin. The Phoenix accepted the girl instantly, and Black being a pure blooded wizard of many generations was also instantly accepted. The three had all entered into the hotel by now and James and Sirius had tried to push Lily behind them.
They eventually managed to move into a line and construct their defence. The Slytherin heir began to move forward making mind notes on his adversaries but not necessarily worrying about what would happen to him. And so when the three adults joined hands and their eyes flashed a solid golden colour, Voldemort didn't even notice how much trouble he was in. Suddenly he found himself on the ground across the other side of the hotel, his wand in splinters in his hand and every bone in his body rather badly broken. The dark wizard was shocked at how much power the three wielded. So shocked, he apparated away followed by his death eaters to regroup and to try new strategies.
A pair of clapping hands was heard from one of the lounges in the foyer and James went to investigate. Two elderly men where sitting there, both looking a lot like Dumbledore. James stood back a tad and watched as both men stood up and seemed to search for someone. Then when they found who they were looking for, both seemed to let out a gasp of relief.
James looked questioningly at the two elderly wizards before growling out "Who are you?" James eyes glowed golden and another man appeared. This one had black hair, and deep midnight blue eyes, his robes looking rather regal and expensive. All three men seemed to nod to each other and before Sirius or James could reach Lily, all three of them disappeared.
No one heard anything from the three Gryffindor heirs for the next seven months. They missed the first six months of their seventh year and two others had been declared Head Boy and Girl in their stead.
But what seemed to shock Remus was that there still seemed to be a Stag and Grim waiting for him when he came to the Whomping Willow for his monthly transformation. Remus knew though, inside that his friends would never leave him. And what made it even more strange was that there was a lily white phoenix that often sat on James's shoulder. It must have been Lily.
But Christmas came and the day before hand, Remus and Peter were in Hogsmeade buying Christmas presents for their friends, all the while wondering where they were going to send the gifts when an amazing burst of light emitted from the centre of town. There six people appeared. Two of them looked elderly like Dumbledore, one looked remarkably like James only about thirty years older and had smiling lines around his eyes.
But what brought tears to Remus's eyes was a bundle of red hair that threw herself at him. He looked down to find Lily with her arms wrapped tightly around him and tears leaking out of his eyes. "Remmy, I missed you so much. How have you been?" Remus wiped the tears out of her eyes before whispering "I think you know exactly how I've been Ms Phoenix." Lily's eyes widened before she looked down sheepishly. Then a voice made her turn around "Lily, we're going now, we'll see you and your friend at the end of the year okay" Lily turned around and nodded before running and giving the two men a hug "thankyou Grandpa's." The two men chuckled before watching as James wished Godric goodbye and the three disappeared.
Remus walked up to his three best friends and suddenly they were brought into a four way hug. Eventually when they all pulled away, they continued through Hogsmeade picking up little trickets and answering questions that Remus had, like, who those people had been. Lily had smiled and then answered her friend "Remus, those three men are our ancestors, Taliesin Pen Beridd, Merlin Evans and Godric Gryffindor." Remus just shook his head before his head exploded with the information. Eventually they returned to Hogwarts that afternoon and Remus noticed how much James and Sirius had changed.
James's eyes seemed a more golden then brown colour. Lily's emerald eyes seemed to twinkle, quite a lot like Dumbledore's and Sirius constantly had white lightning flashing through his eyes. In fact, they all did, but James's was scarlet, and Lily's was silver. Dumbledore had taken them to his office after he had realised that they had returned but James came back not half an hour later replying that he had told the headmaster nothing. That no one was to know anything unless they went there themselves. And it was true. Remus knew that asking questions was pointless, the three of them were as tight as a safe and knew that if he was to find out at the end of the year, then he would.
Authors Note: It starts to get interesting now. I've got all sorts of stuff roaming around in my head. I've just got to get it into some semblance of order.
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