Okay everyone, just some news. Natural Magic is not a re-write of Shadows in a Darkened Heart, because I am continuing with both of these stories. Thank you.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter books or characters or anything else in them... the characters and plots I make up are mine, though. (My disclaimer will probably change every time I write a chapter).
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Lily, after the birth of Dante, or Harry, as he would be known by every other person that didn't know his real name, tried to put numerous Glamour charms on him. Instead of working, however, they only gave 'Harry' the knowledge that he couldn't stay in his natural form in public. So, doing the only thing he could, he changed into his other form (A/N: yes, he has two forms... one is his natural and one is what he was supposed to look like regularly), surprising both parents.
"He just did magic, James! He looks like you," Lily said, pride in every word.
"He looks like both of us, Lily, look at his eyes."
Harry Potter's eyes were startling emerald green orbs. He had a mop of raven black hair on his head, but instead of being wildly untameable like James', it was straight, soft, and manageable.
His face didn't have any of his parents' features yet, but only because he was just born and it was cute and round like any other baby's. So, happy, Lily and James took baby Harry back home to their house (No, not Godrics Hollow. Thats their hiding-from-Voldie house) in Spain to meet up with Sirius, Remus, and Peter.
"Home!" James said, loudly, so all three men sitting on the couch jumped up and ran toward them.
"How'd it go, James, Lily?"
"What took you so long?"
"Is that... awww he's so cute! What's his name?"
"Shush, all of you. His name is Harry. Harry, meet Sirius," Lily said, putting Harry into Sirius' awaiting arms and making sure he wouldn't drop him.
"Awwwww, I think he likes me. Yes, I'm your Uncle Padfoot. That's your Uncle Moony and that's your Uncle Peter." Sirius said in a baby like voice, as Harry gurgled happily and looked up at him. Then he carefully let 'Uncle Moony' hold Harry.
Remus was more quiet than Sirius was, though, and Harry stared up into his Uncle Moony's seemingly big, amber eyes, and gurgled once again.
Something strange happened, then, as Harry was passed on to Peter, and after Lily had showed a nervous Peter how to carry a baby, make sure Harry was OK and step back, Harry started wailing. Loudly. Nervous once again, Peter quickly handed the crying baby back to Lily, where he stopped crying immediately.
"Well that was quite odd," Lily said, "why don't we stop the introductions from now on and eat? You guys must be starving."
"Yes ma'am. I'm starving. What are we going to eat?" Sirius said, as everyone rolled their eyes. Sirius was always hungry.
---o---o---O---o---O---o---o---One year later, after James and Lily went into hiding and chose Peter as their Secret-Keeper. After Harry Potter cried when Albus Dumbledore held him… the day of October 31…
"Can you say 'Mum', Harry? Please say your first word for me. Say 'Mum', please?"
"Mmmmm," Harry tried.
"M-u-m," Lily said, showing Harry how to say the words with her mouth, opening it and closing it dramatically. Harry giggled and clapped his hands.
"Your never going to get anywhere with that," James joked. He's going to say 'Dad' first, right Harry?"
"Mum!" Harry said.
"Hey! That was totally unfair! When are you going to say 'Dad' then? How come mum's are always first?" James pouted.
"Dada." Harry said then, smiling and giggling happily.
"That's much better," James sighed in relief, "Let me go tell Sirius."
After James had left, Lily brightened up and kissed Harry on the forehead, unknowingly right in the middle of his hidden pentagram tattoo.
Harry giggled sleepily, and yawned. He held his arms up for his mother to carry him and, picking him up, Lily shouted to her husband, who had just said goodbye to Sirius.
"I'm going to put Harry to bed, ok? He must be tired out from his Halloween party. I swear the next time you make everyone come as vegetables and dress Harry up as a pumpkin I'm going to tie you all down and make you eat REAL vegetables the whole night," Lily smirked, "Good things I've got pictures of all of you drunk this time, though."
"Oh Lily you wouldn't make us eat…. Oooh can I see them? Maybe I can send some to Sirius. He would love those…"
Just at that second, there was a blast at the door that shook the whole house. Lily and James quickly turned pale.
"Lily! It's him! Take Harry and run! I'll… I love you, Lily, and you too, Harry."
"No, James, don't say that! Don't—" Another bang, and the door cracked a little.
Lily looked frantically at James.
"Lily, RUN!"
"I love you, James Potter," and with that, Lily ran up the stairs, only looking back when the door blast open. Harry, now wide awake, looked curiously at the snake-like being that came through the door, but couldn't inspect him much because Lily closed and locked the door to his room.
With Harry in her arms, she searched frantically around for the emergency Port-Key, but couldn't find it anywhere.
"Avada Kadavra!"
More tears leaked from Lily's eyes, and all too suddenly, the door to his room blast open and Lily turned and faced her enemy. Wiping the tears away, she stood up defiantly and took out her wand, still holding Harry.
"It's been a while, Lily," Voldemort hissed, as he pointed his wand at her. "Avada Kadavra!"
Lily tried to dodge, but a bright white orb surrounded her and Harry instead, and for a few seconds held strong, but then died out and disappeared quickly.
Lily looked around Voldemort was still there, and madder than ever. Lily took a split second to look down at Harry, and saw that he had turned back into his natural form, but he looked worn out. He had blocked the Avada Kadavra. "That's my Dante," Lily whispered, "I love you."
"It's not possible," the Dark Lord hissed, and, trying again, said the words that brought death. "AVADA KADAVRA!"
This time there was a white light, but it faded and left right before it hit Lily straight in the heart… she had been holding Harry with her right arm, so he wasn't affected.
Lily collapsed, and Harry toppled onto the floor. "Mum?" He said. When he got no answer, he looked at the Dark Lord, tiny wings opened in defensive position.
Thinking about the fact that this boy had a form as abnormal as his daughters, he shook his head. He had to be killed. "Avada Kadavra!"
As the green light blast from the pointed wand, it zoomed towards Harry, and as if in slow motion, Harry's pentagram got brighter, and the green light was absorbed into Harry's body and disappeared. For a split second, nothing happened.
But all of a sudden, there was a bright flash of light, an inhuman scream of pain, and then there was darkness.
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Kiara Kassidy Riddle felt a snap in the middle of her forehead. She didn't know its significance, but something had happened. Something.
Draco stared at Kiara questioningly, but then smiled and gurgled in Kiara's direction, and handed her something that was in his hand, which happened to be a little toy witch on a broom that was tiny and spun around in circles in the air and laughed gleefully and kind of evilly.
Both toddlers laughed and followed the witch with their eyes. Kiara understood what the witch meant though, it was a birthday present. Ever since Draco and Kiara had met, they had been almost inseperable. Draco was like her big brother, literally. His birthday was in her same year, only on June 31 instead of October 31.
She smiled at him and gave him the biggest hug she could, and caught the witch and put it in a pocket of her dress, which happened to be a good idea because all of a sudden there was a great bang in the Riddle manor and Lucius Malfoy came in the room in a rush, picked both kids up, and rushed out again. Kiara Kassidy Riddle wouldn't see her father for a while.
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Well, my sis is waiting (quite impatiently) to get on the computer, so this chapter might be shorter than I'd hoped. Anyway, I hope you liked it, and I will continue writing more chapters probably tomorrow or the day after that at most.
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