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At the heart lies…

Chapter four: AVADA KEDAVRA

James met up with his family in the waiting room. They were lounging in the same corner, as they were when he had first came in. They were talking in low whispers and every once in a while they would look over their shoulder. It was his father, Jack, who called him over. James walked over to them as the group stood up and stretched.

"Come on," his father said, "We'll take you home to our place." Jack put his arm around James's shoulders and led him out of the hospital. The sun had set and the stars looked brighter then ever.

"Was that really a dragon in there?" Georgia asked. Her husband, Anthony had his arm wrapped around shoulders. James nodded. Georgia's eyes went large and she leaned more noticeably into Anthony's grip. "How is it possible? Has that ever happened before? I mean a dragon? I had always thought they were make believe."

"Yeah, well, nine years ago you didn't believe in magic," Sirius muttered. He turned to James who was looking back at the hospital. "James, what species was it-he?"

"There're more than one species?" Georgia cried.

James ignored her. "We don't know. I don't think its very common because I didn't recognize it but," he looked around to make sure no one was listening, "Lily saw it in the prophecy."

"What? She opened them?" Sirius asked.

James glanced to Lily's parents who were listening closely. "I'll tell you later," he mouth. He shouldn't have mentioned the prophecy in front of The Evens. Even if they were Lily's parents he couldn't really trust them because they had no protection against harmful spells that might tattle anything he had said in front of them away. "It's getting late," he said aloud.

"We'll walk home," Anthony said. He pulled his wife towards the sidewalk that led to there home. When they were gone the group left over, apparated home.

Lily lay still on her bed. She had her head staring directly in front of her but her eyes were trained on a spot on to her left. She felt like she was being watched and not like your average watching where you feel all self-conscious about your self but the kind when you felt like they're examining everything about you like they're studying to find your weakness.

She turned her head slightly to the window and saw a shadowy figure slowly move away view.

Nurse Betty walked by the front desk. A younger nurse stood behind it, filing papers.

"Make sure you write down names and times our visitors or patients show up. Extra security spells will go up in five minutes. If you need me I'll be on my coffee break." She said. The other nurse, whose name is Amelia, nodded.

Nurse Betty walked away which left Amelia by herself. She continued to file papers in silence when something crashed. The nurse looked up to see one of the empty food carts had fallen over.

"Hello? Betty, was that you?" she called. No one answered. The nurse walked over to the food cart. She kneeled down and turned the cart right side up. She stacked the trays on the top when she heard footsteps behind her. She grabbed her wand and whipped turned around. The torches lighting the room flickered and few blew out leaving dark shadows in corners. She barely noticed a white tail disappear into one near her left. Amelia walked over to it. She pointed her wand in front of her and shouted, "Lumos!"

A white cat. She let out a breath. It was only a white cat. She walked over to it and was about to pick it up when it clawed her hand. She felt the pain and looked down at her hand. There was no blood but the skin was peeling. She rubbed it before shooing the cat but it didn't move.

Amelia stared at it before she went back to her desk. She heard the soft pounding of the cat following her when it stopped there was a strange noise when warm breath touched her skin. Amelia froze. The breathing was interrupted as the stranger behind muttered something under his breath.

She felt an intense feeling of pain in her lower area. She looked down and saw a whole eating away at her stomach. As it got bigger she felt it eating at her inner organs and the blood climbing up her throat. She coughed and it dribbled down her chin. It was pure agony.

Lucius smiled as he watched his victim fall to the ground. He turned to the desk and searched through the parchments until he found the name Lily Potter. She was staying on the 3rd floor in room 312. He then walked quietly over the dead body to the hallway. At the end of the door was a bar gate with carved oak doors behind it. He crept over to it and opened the gates. The doors behind it automatically swept opened. He walked into the small room behind it and waited as the door closed. In the inside off to the side of the doors there was a lever sticking out of the wall. It was on the bottom so Lucius took hold of it and pulled up.

The room he was in took a sudden jolt and he leaned against the wall. His stomach curled and he knew the room he was in was rising.

Betty walked into the lounge. Several doctors were there collecting their things apparently on their way out. Betty walked past them when the air suddenly sparkled. Tiny golden specks appeared creating 3 levels of flat sparks around their knees, stomach and head. It stayed for a few minutes before disappearing. She relaxed. The sparks were the magic indicating the security spells. As long as they were up no deatheater or anything related to dark magic could enter.
Avery Nott directed his broom to the next window over from Lily's. He looked through the window. There were several women resting in separate beds. They were obviously mothers like Potter. He was about to open the window when a thought hit him.

This is a hospital. There are bound to be charms protecting it from break-ins. He sat there for a moment. Would the protection charms protect the place if he were to break a window? Probably, or not. Would the hospital even think to use spells against muggle ways.

Avery sat there contemplating his means of entry.

Betty walked out of the lounge back to the front desk. Amelia was nowhere. Something was wrong. She looked around and noticed that some of the torches had gone out. She walked over to the desk and stepped around it and froze. Amelia lay still on the ground. She was lying in her own pool of blood.

Betty rushed to her side and grabbed the young woman's arm. She took her index and middle finger and pressed them against Amelia's pulse. There was nothing.

"Oh, God, Amelia," she breathed she stood up and shook her head, "How could this have happened. She then rushed to the closest office with a fireplace. She grabbed some floo powder and threw it into the fireplace. She stuck her head in and yelled "Ministry of Warfare!"

Three Marauders and James's parents landed in the large mansion that belonged to the wealthy Potters. James looked around. He could see Sirius, Remus, and his parents but no Peter.

"Where's Peter?" He asked. Sirius looked around just noticing their clumsy friend was not with them.

"Yeah where is he?" Sirius asked.

Remus just shrugged, "He might've just misapparated."

"Doesn't that hurt?" Charla asked.

"Nahh," Sirius shrugged, "He does it all the time."

The group walked over to the family's living room. James immediately rested on the closes couch. "Today sucked," he mumbled.

Charla gave her son a sympathetic look. "It's been a long day for you, no doubt."

James nodded.

"James, what exactly did you see when you opened the prophecies?" Sirius asked. He took a seat on the couch and Remus sat next to him. Charla and Jack took a seat on another couch in the room. They all waited silently and patiently for James to speak.

James waited before speaking. "I only saw the first. It said that a child born to a family who has defied Voldemort three times will have power to destroy him. It said he would be born at the end of July. Around this time." He stopped. Harry. "Harry!" He stood up, "Oh my God! It's Harry!"

"Wait, James," Sirius said, "Neville Longbottom was born this month, too, it could be Neville,"

"-And Nevilles family was attacked, for all we know Voldemort could be sending his army to St. Mungos now to kill Lily and Harry!"

Lucius exited the room when it reached the third floor. He was now searching for room 312. He searched the doors for the number when he heard something coming from room 311. Interested he looked in. It was a room full of 3 women resting silently on their assigned bed. He looked over and saw Avery Nott floating out side on a comet 260.

Lucius rushed to the window and opened it, "What the Hell are you doing out there?" he asked. "You should already be with the woman. She's only in the next room," he whispered.

"Don't you think I know that, Malfoy?" he asked. He crept into the window, "I didn't want to wake-," He stopped speaking. Red sparks were centering him. Lucius's eyes went big

"The security charms! You set them off, you idiot!" he shouted.

"Lets hurry, Let's get out of here," Not was about to climb back out the window When Lucius pulled him back.

"Not so fast, we still have a mission," he whispered. He pulled Avery towards the door, "We only need to kill one of the parents to stop them from breeding any more weapons. And we definitely need the handle the kid. I'll take care of the mom and you can take care of the baby."

Avery ran down the hallway anxious to get the mission over with. He ran towards the children's ward. There were several areas dealing with child diseases and illness but none having to deal with babies. He ran all the way to the end when a large window caught his attention. He looked through it and saw several babies sleeping in tiny flat beds.

He smiled before entering. The babies didn't even notice him. He pulled out his wand and pointed it at the first baby and whispered, "Avada Kedavra," the child who had been sleeping silently let out its last breath of air. Avery studied it for a moment before pointing his wand at the next baby.

Lucius crept into Lily's room and was greeted at the sight of emptiness. He looked around and couldn't find her anywhere.
Lily had snuck out of her room as soon as the figure in her window had left. She didn't know how but she was positive it was a deatheater. She had decided to go in the opposite direction from which he moved. She moved down past rooms 313, 314, and 315 when she heard the familiar breathing of her son. She walked to over to room 316 and opened the door. She could make out the familiar shape of her son sleeping above the sheets. He was lying roughly on a bed not made fit for him. She quietly walked into the room and shut the door behind her.

Lily walked to Harry's bed and sat next to him. He squirmed uncomfortably and she pulled the blankets over him.

Betty waited in the office when Aurors entered the room. There were about ten of them assembled the room. Some flooed and others apparated and every time red sparks would flare up.

"I know there in the building," she cried, "I saw her. She was had a giant hole in her stomach. She was dead and now he is going to go and kill more people!"

"Are you sure it was a man?" One of the aurors asked.

"I don't know," she said.

"Ok lets spread out." The auror said. The rest nodded then left the office. "Johnny, stay here with Betty." An auror with brown hair nodded and waited as the others left the room.

Lucius checked the room a couple more times but he could not find a trace of where The Potter had gone, but he could find none. He ran out the door into the hallway. He could see Avery coming towards him from the Childs ward.

"Please tell you have some good news," Lucius asked.

Avery smiled, "I couldn't tell which one was theirs so I killed them all." He smiled. The side of lucius's lips twitched. "Good, but the mother is missing."

Avery lost his smile, "Oh God, we got to get out of here. We'll deal with her later but the aurors are bound to be here any moment.

Lucius nodded, "Aright lets go," Te two men rushed back to room 311 past the peaceful, sleeping mothers and out the window.