A/N: Thanks for the wonderful reviews. I am very happy that you all liked it. This chapter will most likely be about two or three months after Lily and James became Aurors. Like I said, I think I'll focus more time on their last year than the years leading up to it. I want to try and capture how much they loved their son. This story is going to be more about them being parents than it will be about just them. I am not sure whether I'll do an epilogue or not. If you wish, I will. At the end, if you all deem it necessary, I just might. So, I hope you enjoy. Please review.

Catch My Fall

Chapter 10-The Prophecy

Lily, James, and Katy learned a lot of things since becoming Aurors. They learned that the Ministry had no idea on Voldemort's recent whereabouts. Also, the spy had yet to be discovered. Currently, that was the mission the Aurors were working on.

They also learned one crucial thing; Mad Eye Moody was very paranoid. He barely trusted his own Aurors and he was always on guard. James suspected this had to do with the large chunk missing from the man's nose. It would be hard not to be paranoid after that.

Order meetings were very inactive, seeing as the spy had yet to be revealed. Dumbledore seemed unusually alert and he seemed to be withholding knowledge from everyone. James assured Lily it was just stress, but Lily knew better. She didn't pester as it wasn't her place, but every now and then she invited Dumbledore over for dinner. He had yet to accept, but always asked for a rain check.

Upon returning home from a long day's work, Lily and James passed out on the couch. James kissed Lily as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"What's in store for us tonight?" she asked him.

He tried to think back to any prior engagements they had made.

"Well, since Sirius isn't here, we must have had plans," James said, scratching his head. "It can't be Remus and Katy. The two of them are visiting her parents and twin brothers. I remember Moony went shopping to buy the two of them jokes from Zonko's. He asked for advice from an expert."

"Plans," Lily strained, trying to remember. "Who could we possibly have plans with?"

"Moody never invited us to dinner, did he?" James questioned warily.

"God no," Lily said. "Could you imagine how awkward that would be? Eating dinner with my boss. I think I would have to pass.."

"Eating dinner with my boss," James relayed. "Would Frank be considered our boss?"

"Frank and Alice!" Lily remembered, smacking her forehead. "Quick, shower and get dressed. I'll owl the restaurant and tell them we're on our way."

"For only being twenty years old, we sure do have bad memories," James pondered.

"Shower! Now," Lily ordered, pointing a finger toward the bathroom.

.X.

As the two of them strolled into the restaurant, they apologized countless times to the other couple.

Frank and Alice were glowing, not at all concerned as to Lily and James' tardiness. Alice's blue eyes were sparkling, dancing with a light Lily had not seen before. Lily wondered what could make her this happy.

"So, Alice did you get that raise you wanted?" Lily asked, pondering if that was the reason her friend was so ecstatic.

"No," Alice said in a very serene voice. "My boss is a cheap skate who can't remember my name."

The smile didn't fade from her face as she said these words. Frank was also grinning.

"Did the two of you get a pet?" James asked, finding another reasonable explanation.

"I break out in boils at the sight of anything covered in fur," Frank explained, still joyous and merry.

"Did someone place a Cheering Charm on the two of you?" Lily inquired.

"No," they said together.

"Won the lottery?"

"No."

"Won a free vacation?"

"No."

"Invented a new substance that grants world peace?"

"No."

"Dear Lord," Lily cried. "Why are the two of you so happy?"

She realized just then that she had stood up and several people in the restaurant were now looking at her.

"Excuse my wife," James apologized. "She's not all there, if you catch my drift."

Lily rolled her eyes and then looked back at Frank and Alice. "Out with it."

"I'm pregnant!" Alice cried, showing off every one of her sparkling white teeth in a large smile.

Lily got up and hugged her, James shook Frank's hand.

It appeared that Lily and James were very happy for the Longbottom's. Inside, a different emotion was occurring; jealousy.

.X.

"Why didn't we ever think about children?" Lily asked.

James sighed. He knew exactly why they hadn't discussed it. There was one good, perfect reason the topic had never lingered into their conversation.

Sirius.

After Halle died, the two of them had held an unspoken agreement not to make things any harder for their friend. Bringing a child into the equation could do just that. Sirius hadn't only lost his wife, he had lost his daughter as well.

"You know why," James whispered. "I only wish it wouldn't hurt him."

"I know," Lily sighed. "I love Sirius, he's a dear friend. It's been almost a year and a half. He can't expect us to put our family on hold?"

"Sirius never expected us to put anything on hold," James reminded her. "We did this because he's our friend."

"It can't hurt to try though, can it?" she asked him, raising an eyebrow.

"I like the way you think, Mrs. Potter," he said, scooping her off the couch and carrying her into their bedroom.

.X.

Two weeks later, Professor Dumbledore was speaking on behalf of the lack of activity Voldemort had shown for the last couple of months. He suggested that he was planning something, something no one else knew of.

Lily felt faintly nauseous, finding it hard to pay attention to the words her old professor was speaking. She felt cold sweat drip off of her face and she felt James' concerned glare come from beside her. Katy picked up Lily's hand and led her into the bathroom. James followed the two of them, excusing himself from the meeting. Dumbledore nodded.

When he entered the bathroom upstairs, he heard his wife vomiting. He looked in to see Katy scooping up her auburn hair and filling a glass of water from the sink.

"I'll take over from here," James offered, relieving Katy of her duties. Katy stepped aside, although she didn't leave.

"This looks strangely familiar to me," Katy mentioned, watching Lily wipe her mouth off on a towel.

"Must be food poisoning," Lily commented.

"What did you eat for lunch?" James asked.

"A banana," Lily replied.

"You can't get food poisoning from a banana, can you?" he asked Katy, trying to figure it out himself.

"I don't think so," Katy said, scratching the back of her blonde head. "Was this banana an old banana?"

"No," Lily answered. "I just bought it at the market on the way to work."

"She did," James remembered. "I was there, but I was off buying sweets."

"Typical," Katy muttered. "Are you feeling any better, Lily?"

Lily nodded, lying. James and Katy appeared to believe her for the moment. She got up, feeling her head become dizzy in the process. As James helped walk her back into the meeting, they noticed everyone had left.

Voices could still be heard though. They turned the corner to hear Professor Dumbledore speaking with Frank and Alice.

"It has come to my attention that the two of you are expecting," Dumbledore said, in his casual tone.

"Yes, that's right," Frank said, squeezing Alice's hand.

"A couple of months ago, I witnessed something truly unexplainable. At the time, I had no idea as to what the relevance was. Now, upon hearing your news, it is hard not to connect the two," the old man continued on. James, Lily, and Katy remained stationary, listening intently.

"What are you talking about, professor?" Alice asked worriedly. "Is something wrong with my baby?"

"Not that I know of," Dumbledore honestly answered. "When interviewing Sybll Trelawney for the position of Divination at Hogwarts, a mysterious circumstance arrived. She made one actual prediction; not intentionally of course. If I'm doing the math correctly, you're due in mid to late July?"

"Yes," Alice said warily. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Everything," Dumbledore said. "If you may, I have brought along my pensieve in order to recall the precise wording of the prophecy."

"Prophecy?" Frank questioned nervously.

"Yes," Dumbledore supplied. He picked his stone basin from the ground and took the lid off of it. With a prod from his wand, the figure of a young Sybll Trelawney appeared.

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies.."

"The two of you have escaped Voldemort's grasps three times?" Dumbledore asked.

"Y-y-yes," a slightly shaken Frank answered.

"As far as my knowledge goes, I am almost positive that Voldemort does not know of this prophecy," Dumbledore informed them. "I feel it necessary that the two of you know this. This should not alter your lives for the time being, but eventually, this may come into play. You're the only ones compatible to this description."

At these words, Lily rushed up the stairs to the toilet once more. Dumbledore's head turned sharply to the sound of James running after her. He saw a fearful Katy Jones around the corner, holding her hand to her mouth.

"That's where you're wrong, professor," she whispered.

A/N: So? I do hope I'm not rushing this too much. If I am, I apologize. Lily still has 9 months of pregnancy to go through. Please review.