Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with the process of the ingenious creation of Harry Potter.
At the heart lies…
Chapter five: Corollary
Lily woke up. She was laying in a room unfamiliar to her. She looked to her side and noticed a black animal curled up in a ball. It was Harry. She remembered why she had fallen asleep in here. She sat up and stretched. She let her hand brush the reptile's head. She then quietly got out of the bed and tiptoed out of the room.
The hall was empty except one man standing outside her room. Lily didn't move she stood exactly where she was and watched the strange man. He seemed to have noticed her for he turned his head to her and sighed.
"Mrs. Potter. Thank goodness you're all right. Every one has been looking for you." Lily walked closer to him.
"What happened?" She asked.
"A deatheater attacked a nurse and all the babies in the nursery were murdered." The man said sadly. "I'm sorry. You're child- none made it."
Lily shook her head, "No, no, no, no, my son he's alright-,"
"I'm sorry Mrs. Potter but non of the babies made it." The man said persistently, "I know its sad but you have to accept it."
Lily smacked him hard across the face, "You're an asshole," she spat. "Who are you?"
"I'm Mr. Brown, I work with the Daily Prophet," He said as he rubbed his face.
Lily looked at him silently for a moment then shook her head. She gave the reporter one last look before walking past him. She walked straight to her assigned room and attempted to close the door once she entered but the reporter had followed.
"Ma'am, please, could I have a few minutes?" He shoved the door open and Lily fell a few feet away. "I'm sorry," he stuck out his hand for her to reach but she refused to take it and helped herself up.
"No, go away," she said.
"Please, Ma'am. What made you think to leave your room last night?"
Lily let out a growl and got up again. She shoved the reporter lightly then walked out of the room. The hall way was still empty. Not wanting to be bothered by Mr. Brown again she made a dash to room Harry's room. She shut the door and leaned against it.
Harry was now up and standing still, watching her. She felt uncomfortable under his gaze. He looked slightly predatorial. He was sitting like a cat with his wings, which she had never seen opened, spread out wide behind his back. They were huge. Each at least the same size as him. He was breathing fast, too. He shook his head and let out a large sneeze.
Two large mushroom flames came together as he sneezed and set his bed on fire. Lily yelled slightly. Harry started to move and she honestly didn't like it. He was still staring as her but now he was stocking towards her with a manic gleam in his pearly white eyes.
Lily screamed again, and she fumbled as she attempted to open the door. She quickly came out and shut the door behind her. She held the door in place as she felt Harry pound against it. She didn't know why but she began to cry. Why was he doing this? She had never once dreamed that her day old son would try to kill her.
Mr. Brown heard for he left her room and began to walk towards her and apparently there were other people on this floor doctors, nurses, and people who she recognized as aurors had all started towards her, most she noticed had come from the direction of the Childs Ward.
"Lily." It was James. He broke through the people and Lily let go of the door as she clung to James. Sirius and Moody were there too, she noticed. She hugged James harder. "Where have you been? We have been looking for you we were afraid you were dead or they had taken you."
"Oh, James, I saw someone outside my window and it didn't feel right so I left and slept in here." She noticed that Mr. Brown had taken out a quill that was writing down everything she said.
James pulled from the hug, "In here? You slept in here?"
"Yeah, I heard-," All of a sudden the black baby dragon burst through the door. He seemed to have a cold because all he was doing was sneezing. A few people screamed as Harry accidentally set a portrait hanging on the wall on fire.
He shook his head and started to run through the crowd. A few aurors and others had grabbed their wands and were attempting to stupefy him but it was either missed or not strong enough but he did start to slow down and get a little drowsy. Five aurors at once pointed their wand at Harry and shouted the incantation at once. Harry froze before falling flat on his side.
Lily cried and rushed to her son. James followed. She ignored the reporter who now had a camera and was flashing away. A few aurors had tried to prevent her from getting close but she broke through.
"Is he all right, please tell me he's ok." She cried. James wrapped his arm her.
"Yes he will be fine. He's just stunned." Lily nodded.
Moody turned to the hospital's staff, "What the Hell is that," he pointed to the dragon, "doing in here?"
Dr. Gregiles stepped foreword, "It's uh the child of Lily and James Potter." He said.
Moody looked over at the couple. He raised an eyebrow, "Which one of you would care to explain?" Lily just shrugged and James just blinked stupidly. "Lets go, he then shouted to two Aurors, "Take him and hold him in high security."
Lily and James both got up tiredly and followed him. The crowd broke apart and the aurors escorted the couple out of the hospital. Everyone apparated to the Warfare department. Moody led the two to his office he the told the two aurors who had Harry to put him in one of their interrogation rooms.
Lily and James waited for Moody to return. They had taken the same seat as before and Lily was once again sitting on James's lap. They waited silently when Moody returned. He looked tired and much more weary. He sat down at his desk and stared at the couple.
"What did that doctor mean the dragon was yours?" He asked.
James shrugged, "Lily . . . gave . . . birth . . . to it," he said slowly thinking about what he had just said.
Moody looked at them. "I don't know," He said slowly. He looked at Lily and felt that he shouldn't say anything about the prophecy. Enough people know about it. He thought. "It just happened."
Moody stared at them and appeared as if he was trying to read their mind.
"Sir, do you think we can talk to Dumbledor?"
"Well we had to cancel his arrival since you two broke the prophecies but I can see if he'll come. Moody stood up and walked to his fire place he grabbed his flew powder and looked as if he was about to throw it in the fireplace when he thought better of it and went to go use another fireplace. This left the Potters alone again.
Lily rested her head on James's shoulder tiredly and closed her eyes.
Moody found himself using Longbottom's fireplace he threw his floo powder into it. He stuck his head into the fireplace and shouted Dumbledor's office. He was instantly hit with soot as he reached the man's office.
Dumbledor was sitting behind his cluttered desk and was searching over what looked like newspapers. He looked up as Moody cleared his throat.
He smiled tiredly, "Good morning, Alastor," Dumbledor folded his papers up and placed them neatly on his desk. He got out of his chair and walked over to Moody's head.
"I don't see what's so good about it." He said. Dumbledor didn't say anything but there was a twinkle in his blue eyes.
"I trust, Alastor, You didn't come hear to make small talk. Am I right?" He asked.
Moody nodded, "Lily and James Potter have something important to discuss with you. What, I don't know."
"Would it have anything to do with this morning? Its all over the Profit." He pointed back to the sack of papers on his desk." Moody just shrugged. "Then I'll be right over."
Moody stuck his head out of the fire and waited as Dumbledor's Body emerged from the fire. He watched silently as He brushed the dirt and ash from his bright purple robes. He then pulled his pointy hat that matched his purple robes off and dusted it.
He then turned to Moody, "Well take me to the happy couple."
Moody nodded and led the way out of the office to the room right next to it. "In there," he said.
Dumbledor entered the room to find two of his past students sitting in the two chairs in front of Moody's desk. He closed the door behind him, which caused the two to look his way.
"Professor," James said.
"Hello, James," Dumbledor said. He smiled comfortingly at them and walked to Moody's desk. He tried to look omniscient but inside he was really confused as to what was really going on. James gave a half-hearted smile. "Now what do you need to talk to me about?" he asked.
"The other day me and Lily were looking at the prophecies," James purposely left out the fact they were not suppose to be in the office, " And one said something about a boy being born and having the power to defeat the Darklord."
"Wait!" lily called. She spread her hands out in front of herself as she realized something. "The Longbottoms! The prophecy described them perfectly." She said, "Maybe the attack on them was to get at their son, uh, Neville."
"Lily," James said slowly, "The prophecy also described us."
"What?" Lily asked. Dumbledor watched silently between them.
"When you were at the hospital Sirius told me That Voldemort was after us too." Lily looked horror-stricken, "And it makes sense because we were with them when they defied him three times."
Dumbledor nodded, for once in his life clueless, but he refused to show it. "What did the second prophecy show?" James looked at Lily.
She answered, "Only I saw it." She looked at Dumbledor, "I was in a well and there was this boy and a brim of light at the ceiling and… and a voice, calling down… I don't remember what it said though. And then a dragon. The same dragon as Harry but bigger."
"What do you mean same dragon as Harry?" Now he was really confused.
"I don't know how this is even possible, apparently Harry," Lily looked lost on how to explain it, "is a dragon and," She paused looking at Dumbledor, "Andhatchedfromanegginsideofme!"
"Oh, ok," Dumbledor said, still confused. "A dragon," he muttered to himself before shaking his head and coming back on track. "What did the boy look like?"
Lily looked at James and he gave her a smile to continue. "He looked like James," She answered.
Now James was looking confused. 'Finally' Dumbledor thought. He knew exactly what happened or will happen. "Where is your son now?"
"I don't know Moody put him under high security, wherever that may be." James said.
Duumbledor got up and strode over to the door. He opened it and exited with Lily and James following him. He looked around the larger room and spotted moody talking to and auror. He looked over to them and shooed the auror away. He then walked over to them.
"So?" He asked.
"I was wondering if we could look at Harry?" Dumbledor asked.
Moody shook his head, "Dragon workers are coming in and send him off to a colony in his native land."
"What?" Lily and James shouted. They stared at the man in disbelief and betrayal.
But Dumbledor looked excited, "So you know what species it is?" Moody nodded.
"He's a 'Claret Belly, They live in the mountains." He answered. "All around the western belt, The Ring of Fire. You know its amzing. Some claret bellies are evolved to live in water. But when we were observing Harry he doesn't have that ability."
"Take us to him," Dumbledor said.
Moody nodded then led the way out of the large room and into a slim hallway with Lily and James trailing behind. A few aurors passed their way sending the confused couple glances. Dumbledor smiled behind them and put a hand on both of their shoulders. The couple relaxed with the touch of the man they came to know as their grandfather.
Moody stopped outside a metal door. There was a red sign that read with white letters that said IB (Interrogation Room B).
"In here," Moody said. The group followed in and was met with a tiny room with one chair in the corner and a one-way window. The group knew if you were to look in through the other way you would only see your reflection. Through the window into the next room sitting by himself on top of a table, with a tiny light hanging from the ceiling on top of him, was Harry.
Dumbledor walked up to the mirror and stared intently at Harry and as if sensing eyes on him whether it is from a different room, Harry began to shake his head and flex his wings.
"Hiding the fact the fact that Lily Potter has just given birth to a dragon and her family is known to be enemies of Voldemort wont go over well with him and his minions," Dumbledor said.
Lily shook and James wrapped his arm around her and the two stared with a strange expression at their child.
Dumbledor then without a word left the room. The group left watched him then enter the room with the baby dragon. Harry immediately stood up when he noticed him and let out a snarl baring his teeth. Saliva dripped from his teeth and his colorless eyes held a hungry stare. He slowly advanced on him much to the same way he had done to Lily earlier.
Dumbledor stood strong and pulled out his wand. He pointed it steadily at Harry as he arched his back ready to pounce. Dumbledor could already see natural dragon reflexes working their way through him. He raised his wand and Shouted, "Artemium Glamouse!"
Harry Froze and let out a screech. In the other room the Potters were pressed against the glass with baited breaths. Harry stopped screeching and weakly tried to move away from Dumbledor as if out of fear. His body began to shrink and the skin looked as if it was softening. His wings disappeared and his horns faded away back into his skin.
Lying now in front for everyone to see was a newborn baby crying uncomfortably. Dumbledor walked over to him and picked him up. A Few moments later, Lily and James rushed into the room and stared wide-eyed at the baby in Dumbledor's arms. Moody followed slowly.
"Oh my God," Lily said quietly. She froze as she saw her baby as a human. James moved closer to dumbledor and opened his arms. Dumbldor placed Harry securely in his arms. James stepped back and stood next to Lily.
Harry let out a wail and Lily awoke from her stupor. She stared at Harry and smiled. "Is he real?" She asked.
The professor nodded.
"Oh my God," Lily repeated. She let her hand pull out and she touched Harry's face and he slightly calmed down.