A.N./ Okay so I finally thought up a name for the sequel and thanks to all the reviews with people suggesting names they were all really great but after I posted, I then figured out a name for the sequel. It will be called: Only Time Will Tell. What do you guys think? Okay here's the next chapter! Tried the P.O.V. stuff and a lot of you didn't like it, I really didn't either…but I needed a bit of a change.


Chapter 49

At ten minutes to two o'clock, James kept looking at the door…no more like staring at it was like it.

"Prongs," Sirius said laughing. "You're not even married and you're paranoid about her showing up. How do you think us married blokes feel?"

James glared daggers at a laughing Sirius Black and Frank Longbottom, "Oh yeah wait until you get the old ball and chain." Frank said to James elbowing Sirius as Sirius nodded with him.

"Stuff it will you? It's not like Lily would ever accept a marriage proposal from me anyways."

Sarah Potter smiled as she saw that her brother, Lily, and their friends had already left Hogwarts for Hogsmede. It would make it easier for her to sneak to The Three Broomsticks to Floo home to visit her mum. Today would be her mum and dad's anniversary and she knew how down her mum would be, so she'd got for a short visit to help her mum's spirits raise.

"What time is it Lily?" Alice said from behind her changing room door, in fact all of the girls were in separate changing rooms. But they were all close so they could talk amongst one another. Silly thing how they had all started out getting Valentine presents for their significant other and then they ended up buying themselves stuff to.

"Hello! There's a sale, we've got to shop!" Alice said as they saw all the sales signs as they entered town, "It's like a sign from the shopping gods! Their saying, 'You're all gorgeous, filthy rich, and have legs! Go bloody shop'!

Yes it was a bit odd that Alice believed in a 'shopping god,' but then again that was Alice.

"Ten minutes to two! Oh Merlin! We've got to get back into our clothes and checkout and hurry to The Three Broomsticks!"

"We've got to hurry up so we get there in time!" Alice said as she tried to gather everything up as soon as she could.

Gabriella chuckled from the other side of her, "Are you kidding yourself? You saw how long the line was when we got here. We'll lucky to be able to leave here by two thirty."

"Where is she!" James said starting to pull his hair out as his friends tried to calm him down, well all his friends except Peter. Peter really hoped something bad happened to the filthy Mudblood, then she'd be totally out of his life and he wouldn't have to worry about You-Know-Who killing off his best friend. "It's two thirty! She said she'd be here at two!"

"You know girls," Frank laughed. "They lose track of time when their shopping."

"What if something bad happened to them!" James asked really starting to freak out now and Peter couldn't believe how retard a stupid Mudblood mad his friend react.

"Nothing bad happened James, we would have seen everyone run out of here in a freak frenzy."

"But Sirius psycho bitch of a cousin and her gang love to mess with Lily and the rest of the girls."

"Yes we all know that," Remus said nodded trying to console his friend. "But we all know Lily could take that resident bitch Bellatrix with her eyes closed."

There was a bell ring and Lily walked in with her friends, Sirius ran over to Lily and dragged her over to James. "EVANS WHERE IN BLOODY HELL HAVE YOU BEEN!"

"Yeah worry about the redhead, don't worry about your wife." Cassidy said with sarcasm dripping off of every word.

"The only reason I'm glad to see her is because James has been driving us bonkers for thirty minutes, as you ladies are thirty minutes late."

"Gee thanks Sirius," Lily said rolling her eyes and turned to look at her boyfriend. "What's wrong James?"

"I was scared about you," he said gathering up his Lily Flower in his arms. "I was worried that something happened because the four of you were late."

Alice chuckled holding her husband's hand, "Are you kidding me? Only Hogsmede weekend for the rest of the year and the coolest store is having a major blowout sale! Of course we were there and it was packed! That's why we didn't make it here until now."

"Uh huh, spending all my money aren't you?" Sirius said narrowing his eyes at his wife.

"Dream on, I have my own money."

Peter narrowed his eyes and sat watching the others talk about their little conversations that were stupid and childish. Maybe 'she' was right, maybe the life he'd been living wasn't right for him. Remus was a halfblood, his father had been muggle but his mother had been pureblood. Halfblood wasn't as bad as a Mudblood, but it still wasn't as good and noble as a pureblood. Peter didn't understand how purebloods like James, Sirius, Frank, Alice, Cassidy, and Gabriella could stand to be around a filthy Mudblood like Evans.

Unfortunately all of Peter's friends didn't think any less of Evans because she was a Mudblood and Peter knew if he brought it up he'd lose the best friends he'd ever had, James, Sirius, and Remus.

"Something bothering you Wormtail?" Sirius asked frowning at one of his best friends.

He just shook his head, "Nope. Just a stomach ache, I'll see you guys later." Peter got up and walked out of the Three Broomsticks.

"Pete's been pretty distant lately hasn't he?" Remus asked frowning after his friend.

"Now that you mention it, he has been." Sirius said nodding.

"I agree," James followed.

"Okay," Cassidy said grabbing her husbands hand. "Butterbeers have been drunken and now it's husband/wife time."

"Bye Prongs!" Sirius yelled as his wife dragged him out of the door.

"I agree with Cassidy," Alice said giving Frank an odd look. "Let's go and have a nice, fun day together. Just you and me." Frank followed and Remus and James chuckled.

"Remus?" Gabriella cooed, "Mama is in town and wants to meet us at Madam Padifoots."

Remus nodded, he hadn't met Gabriella's mother and yet she was dying to meet him. True Remus didn't know any Spanish, but he'd been studying a book and he could cast a spell that would let him speak Spanish to him as if he'd know it his entire life.

James turned to Lily, "Guess it's just you and me love."

"Guess so," Lily said shrugging. "But of course I'm not complaining."

"You mind if we go visit my mum?"

"No I don't mind at all, but how would we get there? I don't have an Floo powder, do you?"

James shook his head, "No but I can probably borrow some from a friend. Hang on, I'll be right back." True to his word, James returned in about five minutes.

"Wow!" Lily chuckled not believing her eyes, "How did you….?"

"What can I say? Madam Rosemerta loves Sirius and me!"

"Should I be jealous?"

James shook his head, "She sees us as the sons she never had."

"Okay, let's go!"

But when Lily and James got there, Lily wished in Merlin's name that she'd never agreed to come. As soon as they entered the room through the fireplace James fell to his knees and Lily began to scream.

In front of them, by the fireplace were the dead bodies of Grace and Sarah Potter.

But then there was a cackle that chilled Lily to the bone.

"I was hoping I'd run into the two of you! The Mudblood and the idiot that loved her!"

"What have you done!" James yelled furious and getting in front of Lily to protect her.

"I told you your families would suffer if you didn't break it off with the Mudblood, so now I've killed your sister and both of your parents."

Lily contemplated on asking why he hadn't gone after her sister and as much as Lily knew that Petunia hated her, Lily felt better knowing she had at least someone in her family left.

"I've killed all the Potters and family of you, Mudblood. Now it's time to see the two of you die, but first I'd like to play with the two of you."

Lord Voldemort pointed his wand at Lily, "Crucio!" Lily began to feel her body being torn and thrown in every direction possible, she could even hear herself screaming and feeling tears stream down his face. 'Come on Lily, you've got to block out the pain,' she told herself. 'It's all in your…."HEAD!"

James and Voldemort stopped dueling for a brief moment and both looked at Lily amazed, she'd fought off the curse. Only very strong witches or wizards could do that, but most fainted from the pain.

"If you weren't a Mudblood you'd be a wonderful Death Eater."

"I'd never join your side!" Lily yelled and then spit on him, "I'll never defy Professor Dumbledore!"

The death curse was thrown at Lily but she ducked in time, "Stupefy!" Voldemort locked up for a few seconds but then came back and began to curse her.

James and Lily took turns throwing curses, hexes, and jinxes at Lord Voldemort and about an hour later they began to make him tired. But they couldn't shake him off. Then James remembered something that his father had said to James, the last time James had seen his father alive. 'For a curse that Voldemort made himself, he's very weak to."

"Crucio!" Voldemort began to scream and James saw Lily's eyes widened as she looked back and forth between Lord Voldemort and James. When James finally took the curse off of Voldemort his eyes got wide at James as if he didn't believe that James held such power for such a young man. Voldemort vanished as soon as he threw his cloak around him.

"James," Lily whispered looking at him in an expression he couldn't quite place. "How?"

"How could I throw an Unforgivable Curse?"

"No," Lily said shaking her head. "How did you know?"

"Dad told me the last time I saw him, as if he knew I'd face him one day," James looked behind him and saw the dead bodies of his mother and sister still lying there. Lily knew what he was thinking.

"James we need to contact Dumbledore, do you have any Floo Powder here?"

He nodded, "Mum's room on her fireplace. You can contact him in there."

"And what about you?"

"I need to be here with my mum and sister."

Lily nodded, she knew he needed time to grieve and how he needed to be alone at the moment.

"Professor Dumbledore! Professor! Where are…."

"Miss Evans?" Came a confused Headmaster on the other side of the Floo Network, "How in Merlin's name?"

"No time to explain now, you need to get a hold of some Medi-wizards immediately, Sarah and Grace Potter are dead."

"Oh my. And James?"

"Grieving downstairs over their dead bodies, we are at the Potter Mansion. They weren't dead long before we got here."

"How long have you been there?"

"Long enough to fight Lord Voldemort for the second time."

"I'm sending over some Medi-wizards, Aurors, and members of the Order. I need you and James to go to St. Mungo's with the Medi-wizards, they need to make sure the two of you are okay."

When Lily got downstairs she was amazed to see Medi-wizards there already there, but James refused to let go of his mum's hand and he was holding Sarah's face close to his chest.

Lily leaned down to his level, "James." He looked up with tears flowing from his eyes and Lily felt her heart break as she felt her own tears beginning to stream. "Love, the Medi-wizards need to take them."

"I…I have no family," he let them go after he kissed both of their foreheads and he brought Lily down to his lap and held her as close as he could. "I have no family…I'm an orphan."

"So am I," Lily said trying to cheer him up.

"As much as Petunia and you hate each other, at least you know she's still alive. I have no family, I'm all alone in the world now."

Lily brought James's head to her chest and she rocked back and forth, "I'll give you a family James. I'll give you a family," James was too stunned by her words to say anything. He just nodded and let her hold him.

"Miss Evans? Mr. Potter?" They looked up to see their Headmaster standing before them, "You haven't visited St. Mungo's yet?"

James shook his head, "The Medi-wizards just left."

Dumbledore frowned, "They left two hours ago."

Lily and James were surprised at how fast time had flown, but Dumbledore continued. "I went up to St. Mungo's to check up on the two of you and you weren't there. I figured the two of you were still here. I really need to get the two of you checked out and back to Hogwarts, it is not safe here."

Lily got up and James got up too, but you could tell he didn't want to leave. He didn't want to believe that he'd lost his father, mother, and baby sister in a four month span. And in that four month span Lily had lost her mother and father. Being seventeen wasn't easy at all.

James and Lily returned that night at nine thirty in the Headmaster's office, "Hello again." He said staring at the two of them, waiting for a response.

"Hello Headmaster," Lily said looking at him and James could only wave.

"I'm expecting the two of you are exhausted from today, it has been a long day for the both of you. I'll talk to the two of you tomorrow, I suggest you go to sleep." James and Lily nodded as they began to leave the Headmaster's office, "James I have informed your teachers that you will not be attending the next few days lessons, as you need to grieve and will have to plan for all the funeral arrangements."

James only muttered two words, "And Lily?"

"Miss Evans can join you if she wants, but she too will have to catch up on her school work."

That was a yes without him saying yes, and Lily and James headed back to the common room. Lily was surprised not to see all of their friends waiting in the Head's Common Room to tell James how sorry they were for his loss. But then she figured that Professor Dumbledore asked them to let James be for the night and that they could talk to him in the morning.

Lily knew that Sirius would be grieving tonight as well, after all Harold and Grace Potter had been like the parents he'd always wanted and they always treated him as their second son. Sarah had always been the loving younger sibling he wanted and now all of the Potters, except James, had been swept out of his life.

Lily sat in the Common Room looking at the fire as James began his way to his bedroom and when he realized she wasn't following him he stopped, "Lily? Aren't you coming?"

"I figured you needed sometime to yourself."

"I'm afraid of what I'll do if you leave me alone."

Lily stood up, "Let me change and I'll meet you in your bedroom."

He nodded and walked to his own bedroom as she began to change, there was a letter on Lily's bed with Cassidy's writing. Ordinarily Lily would read it instantly, but James was in pain and she couldn't leave him alone for too long. Cassidy's letter would just have to wait until the morning.

When Lily entered James's room, all the candles were out and his hangings were around him. Lily muttered a spell to light the candles back up and James opened the hanging to see her, "I thought you weren't coming."

Lily looked surprised by his answer, "James I would never leave you when you are hurting so badly. You've always been there for me and now it' s my turn."

Lily crawled in bed with him and she snuggled close but he rolled away, but was back with a bouquet of lilies, her favorite.

"Thank you James."

"Did you just say that to make me feel better?"

"No," she said shaking her head and setting the flowers on the bedside table beside her. "I really like the letters and my thanks is true."

"No, not that."

"Then what?"

"When you said you'd give me a family, were you being serious?"

Lily smiled and kissed his forehead, "Of course. I love you."

"You really want to spend the rest of you life with…"

"You," she said kissing his lips this time. "I want to give you a family, that is if you want to start one with me."

"Of course," he said smiling for the first time since they found his mother and sister dead.

James pulled out a gorgeous diamond ring that was squared but had four princess cut diamonds in the middle, "James!" She gasped.

James crawled out of bed and got down on one knee, "I know this isn't the dream proposal. Lily Marie Evans, will you be my wife?"

Lily began to cry and jumped into his lap, "Of course!" She began to plant kisses all over his face and he slipped the ring on, a perfect fit. Lily drew her hand back and just gazed at it, it was so gorgeous! "When, when did you get it?"

"It was my mum's."

"James, I couldn't."

"It was meant for my sister. I knew mum, dad, and Sarah would want you to have it. As long as you agree to be my wife forever and ever."

"Of course!" She smiled kissing his lips.

"We're going to be married!" James asked excitingly.

"Yeah!" Lily giggled.

"When?"

"Well talk about it tomorrow James, we need to get some sleep."

"I always told Lily that while we were in Heaven that we'd be looking down on her, and now look!" Abigail Evans said happily as she had just seen James Potter, love of her daughter's life, propose marriage to her youngest daughter.

"I always knew that they'd get married, as soon as James introduced me to her. James has raved about her for years, but I knew she was the one. I knew she'd be the one to take care of my James." Grace Potter said sitting next to her husband and her daughter Sarah on the other side of her.

"I'm glad my princess will be marrying a good man, James will be a fine husband." Blake said nodding in approval.

"I've always loved Lily and I wish we could be down there with them to congratulate them." Harold said looking down at the two teenagers snuggled up asleep in James's bed.

"I always wanted to help Lily plan her wedding," Abigail said sadly.

"I always wanted to help James," Grace said smiling. "I always wanted to be present and crying my eyes out."

Abigail nodded, "Me too."

"We'll be there," Sarah said smiling at Blake, Abigail, Grace, and Harold. "We'll be there spiritually, and in their hearts.

"James?"

"Huh?"

"You know their still with us?"

"Yeah," he said kissing her forehead.

"In our hearts."

"I love you Lily."

"I love you too James."

"You still sure you want to marry me?"

"More sure than I've been in my entire life."