A/N Oh the irony!! I turned the TV on, and I see Harry Potter. It`s the first movie, and Hagrid is explaining to him about Voldemort. It`s the part with the flashback of Lily protecting Harry. Except I don`t really get the channel. It`s all blurry. I can only see pieces of it. OK, I`ll stop blabbing. I would like to thank all my reviewers, and will post something at the end of the chapter. One last thing, I wrote in an authors note that I was having trouble uploading. Well, I`m starting to get the hang of it, but the first chapter might have changed a bit. This chapter is mostly fluff.



Disclaimer: It`s all J.K. Rowlings.


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James walked into the house after a long days work. As a member of the Order of the Phoenix, James had many late night meetings. Lily was also a member, but had stayed to help Lisana as she was still blind. He walked into the living room to find Lily lighting the hearth. Walking over, James wrapped his arms around her waste and rested his head on her shoulder. Lily turned around, knowing the meeting had been long.

" Any news?" she asked embracing her husband.

" Well, I think we can expect a quiet Christmas."

" Good."

" How are Lisana and Harry?" asked James.

"Harry has been helping Lisana around all day," Lily smiled.

Suddenly, there was a loud crash outside the door. James and Lily whipped around to hear some impeccable language. The next moment Sirius walked through the door, hair moused, hand cut with a scratch, and a grin spread across his face.

" Did you know that you have a flower pot three feet to the left of the door?" he asked.

"Actually," said Remus from behind him, " It was more like HAD."

"Still, you`d think the flowers would have died. It is the middle of winter." said Sirius.

Lily rolled her eyes. "The flowers have been charmed, Sirius."

"Yes, Lily, I know I have charm, thank you." He replied with a smile.

"Shut up Padfoot," said James in a good natured way.

" How is Lisana?" asked Remus.

"Still can`t see," said James solemnly, " And she is so......depressed it seems." Sirius looked thoughtful for a split second, and dashed up the stairs. The rest followed him, curious to see what he was up to. James entered Lisana`s room. Harry was sitting on the bed, laughing. Sirius had transformed into a dog, and seemed to be chasing Lisana all over her room. He was careful not to chase her into anything. She was laughing so hard, she fell to the floor in hysterics. Sirius barked happily, chasing his tale in circles. Lisana bolted up, shock on her face.

" I can see!" she yelled jumping happily. Every seemed surprised expect Sirius. He transformed back to human, grinning like a maniac.

" How did you-" began Lily.

"In all honesty, I just thought it would be a sufficient way to have fun," said Sirius.

"Oh, right," said James sarcastically, " Now, what did you really do, Padfoot."

" Ah, my dear Prongs, that is for me to know, and you to find out.... Just wondering if you ever heard the term the greatest medicine is laughter?"[A/N: It goes something like that]



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It was finally Christmas Eve, and there was much to be done. Liana and Lily were baking cookies, pies, and fudge. Lily`s best friend, Blaise Cine, was helping them. Her and her daughter, Blaire, were spending Christmas with the Potters this year. Just last spring, Mr. Cine, was killed by a Death Eater attack, and Lily new they would need some company on Christmas.

James and Sirius were trying to put up the Christmas lights outside. Lily, just to be difficult, told James to do it the muggle way. No magic. She never allowed magic on the holidays. To her, it just wasn`t the Christmas spirit. After a lesson on how to use a ladder(this happened for the past eighteen years because James was incapable of learning muggle things) , Lily left Sirius with the first aid kit. Remus, Harry, and Peter had volunteered to look for a Christmas tree in the woods.

Meanwhile, back in the kitchen, Blaire was stirring the cookie dough, when Lisana, who slipped with an egg in her hand, tumbled into her. Blaire fell over backwards. The egg hit her with a smack, smashing all over her.

"Oh, so that`s how is it, is it?" said Blaire to a snickering Lisana. Standing up, Blaire scooped up some flour and launched it at Lisana. Lisana ducked, and the flour hit Lily. Lily, thinking the flour had been from Blaise , flung a spoon full of uncooked fudge at Blaise. Blaise turned just in time to get it full on in the face.

"Oh, now it`s on," said Blaise. Soon milk, eggs, dough, uncooked fudge, and baking soda were flying around the kitchen.

Sirius walked up to the back door, and opened it. He quickly closed it again as James walked around the corner. He decided to let him find out about the food fight for himself.

"What are you standing out here for?" asked James. Sirius had gone to get some more band-aids as he and James had used all the ones out of the first aid kit.

"Well," said Sirius as innocently as possible, " This is your house, Pongs. I wouldn`t want to intrude."

"Padfoot," said James in a confused voice, " You don`t even knock when you come over. Usually you just barge in and head for the fridge. Why the sudden change?" But Sirius was saved from answering by the approaching Harry, Remus, and Peter.

"Hi Dad," said Harry.

" Did you get a tree?" asked James to his son.

" Can I climb it?" asked Sirius.

" Sirius, dogs don`t climb trees," said Harry.

" Sure they can!" said Sirius indignantly, " Haven`t you heard the muggle stories about how these people called- firefooters or something like that- they always pull the dog out of the tree when it gets stuck."

"No Sirius, they pull CATS out of the tree," said James rolling his eyes.

" Be quiet Padfoot, and help us get the tree into the house," said Remus grinning.

James walked through the door, and WHAM! He was immediately covered with food.

An hour later, James, Sirius, Lily, Blaise, Remus, and Peter were preforming spells to clean up the kitchen, and themselves.

"What about us?" asked Harry covered in so much flour, that he looked like a ghost. Laughing, Lily preformed a spell to clean them up, too.

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"Good-night everyone," Lily said walking up to bed. Everyone decided to stay at the Potters, because they didn`t have anywhere they had to be. So, with a house full of friends, Lily walked up to bed.

Today had been one of the greatest days in a long time. After the food fight, they had decorated the tree. Lily also went out to inspect the lights James and Sirius had put up. Most of them hung to the ground, but the men were happy with what they had done, and she didn`t want to discourage their hard work. Then she joined the others at the fireplace with a cup of hot coco. They talked about Quidditch, pranks they had pulled at Hogwarts, the day they had became Animagius, and other happy days. Before she new it though, Lily was crying. She had told herself many times not to dwell on the past. Not to dwell on what was, and the world that used to be without Voldemort`s threatening power. How carefree her life was. How she could laugh so simply, and mean it with all her heart. She angrily whipped her eyes for doing so.

James, who had been watching Lily with concern, now walked over to her. Her took her gently by the arms, and turned her to face him. She smiled back a him, knowing he understood her reason for crying and her anger for it.

" You know," he said quietly, " Sometimes we need to look into the past so we can move on with the future. It doesn`t always mean we`re dwelling on it. It just means we`re trying to get over that obstacle that binds us to our grief." Lily smiled a teary smile and hugged him.

"I love you," she whispered to him.

"I know," he said, " I love you, too."

A/N: Ok, I like that for ending a chapter, but I am plaining on adding the next chapter within a day or two, because I said this would be longer. The next is going to be more fluff. I have to have some fluff in this story.

To all my reviewers, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! I really was insecure about how this story would be thought about. It really mixes Harry`s life. Someone asked if Lisana had a scar on her forehead. No she doesn`t. I`m thinking of writing a pre-sequel to this to explain why the Potter`s didn`t die.

Also to my reviewers, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated . I would give you credit if I used them in my fic.

To any one who feels liking flaming me: Make it worth my time. Don`t just tell me you hate it. Tell me why and what you would do if you were writing this story.