Oh, that makes me sad. Only one person reviewed my new story! Oh well, I'll post this chapter anyways. Thanks for replying, Anna B. the Greek! This chapter's for you.
Oh, and if the chapter doesn't make sense at first, read to the end, because I explain it at the bottom.


Forgotten Prophecy: Chapter 2

Baby Christine Erased

October sunlight streamed through Lily and James' bedroom window in the Potter mansion. James woke first, breathing in the fresh lily-of-the-valley scent in his wife's hair. He carefully removed his arm from around his wife's waist, and slid silently out of bed. Looking at the clock, he realized that the alarm should have gone off an hour ago. He was late for work!

He flew into the bathroom, and showered as fast as he'd ever showered in his life, mixing up the shampoo with the liquid body wash, but he didn't care. He had to get to the Aurors office in 10 minutes! Thank Merlin he could Apparate. He practically jumped into his work robes, and flew out the door with a quick kiss on Lily's forehead; she was just waking up. On second thought, why wasn't she coming with him?

"Come on, Lily, we're late for work!" he said as he grabbed his briefcase.

"Oh, shit!" she said, and she leapt out of bed, grabbed her wand from the bedside table, and pointed it at herself, and within moments, her hair was twisted into a cute ponytail, and she was wearing her work robes. Why hadn't James thought of that?

"Let's go," he said, and they dashed out the door. Once they were in the entrance hall on the first floor, they Apparated together to the Ministry of Magic. You see, the entrance hall was unguarded from unwanted Apparators, but only the Potters knew that.

Pop! The pair arrived in the designated Apparition area, and proceeded to dash towards the Aurors office. Upon glancing at his watch, James realized that they had 30 seconds to get to the office.

"Alright class, today we will be –"

"Sorry we're late!" James gasped as he and Lily slid into their regular seats. They were AITs – Aurors in Training.

The instructor fixed them with a stony glare. "As I was saying, for the next two weeks, we will be studying Stealth and Tracking. Please open your textbooks to page one hundred and forty six."

Lily obligingly drew out her book, but felt like she was forgetting something; something very important. She dug into her bag and brought out her Remembrall. She squeezed it, and it informed her that she was forgetting nothing. She shrugged, and came to the conclusion that it was simply in the rush of the morning that she thought she was forgetting something. Perhaps it was half her brain, because she could not concentrate on the lesson.


That night, the two joined the elder Potters for dinner. Mya and Lily were engaged in a pleasant conversation on cauldrons, occasionally interrupted by Atticus' views on the subject. James, however, was eating in silence.

'Something is missing,' he thought to himself. Glancing around the table, he realized that the pepper wasn't sitting by the salt shaker. 'That must be it,' he thought, shaking his head.

"Skittles!" he called and the tiny house-elf appeared beside him.

"Yes, Master?"

"The pepper shaker isn't on the table."

"Sorry, Master, I'll get it Master." Skittles vanished with a crack, and was back moments later with the pepper shaker.

"Thanks," he said, taking the pepper from Skittles. She bowed, and left the room; she had to finish cleaning up the kitchen.

"So what do you think, James?" Lily asked him, interrupting his thoughts.

"What?" he asked, jerking back to reality.

"How many children do you want?" she asked him impatiently.

"Well, I suppose two or three," he told her honestly. He'd always wanted a child. The more the better though. "Why?" he asked.

"Well, your mom suggested turning one of the upstairs guest rooms into a nursery if you wanted kids."

"Of course I want kids!" he smiled at his wife. 'I've wanted to have your children since 4th year,' he thought to himself. She smiled, satisfied, and James went back to his potatoes.


Later that same night, Lily and James were getting hot and heavy in their bedroom.

"Shall we forgo the protection tonight?" Lily asked James mid-kiss.

"Why?" he asked, a naughty smile on his face.

"You said you wanted children," she grinned.

"Well, why don't we," he said, and returned to kissing Lily. Pretty soon, the sparks were flying.


"This is the end of our two week unit on Stealth and Tracking," the Auror instructor said. "I'm going to give you an exam tomorrow on all that we've covered since the start of our unit two weeks ago. I expect top marks, as this will count towards your final grade."

"Yeah, but we won't actually know if we pass until the final exam," James whispered to Lily and Frank, who were sitting beside him.

"No kidding," Frank agreed. "Why do they even bother giving us these stupid unit tests?"

A very green Lily simply nodded in agreement, not trusting herself to open her mouth. Her verbal abstinence did not last long however.

"I'm going to do some oral review for the first hour of today's class. Then I will leave you to study silently, before taking you into the training room. How about we start with you, Mrs. Potter? What is the basic theory of the Disillusionment Charm?"

Lily took a deep breath, praying that she could keep down her breakfast. "The basic –" she began, but was interrupted by her breakfast coming up. She vomited all over her desk. "Scourgify," she muttered, embarrassed, and the sick vanished. "Sorry," she whispered.

"Would you like to leave, Mrs. Potter?" the instructor asked.

"Um, no, I'll be fine," she lied through her teeth. "Can I answer the question?"

He nodded, "Go ahead."

"As I was saying, the basic theory of the Disillusionment Charm…"

James wasn't listening. He was too busy jumping to conclusions. She was nauseous? Did this mean that she was pregnant? Hmm… he looked at his watch. Ten o'clock was still technically morning, right? If she was, he was going to be a dad! They were going to be parents! Wow, his mother would be so shocked. Their first child!

Meanwhile, Lily finished answering the question, thinking the same thing. She did not focus on the review at all until it was time for lunch.

"You're dismissed, be back in an hour," the instructor said; the same thing he'd said since the beginning of September, two months ago.

"James," Lily hissed, "Come with me, I need to stop at the drugstore!"

With that, they Apparated into a hidden alleyway, and dashed into the drugstore, panting, Lily grabbed a pregnancy test off the shelf. She paid with muggle money, and the pair dashed back to the alleyway. They Apparated into the ministry, and went to find a bathroom. James waited outside the door.

After what seemed like eternity, Lily came out of the bathroom, white faced and beaming. She threw her arms around James, and whispered, "I'm pregnant!" before squealing as quietly as possible. People walking by were staring quite rudely.

James grinned, and hugged her as tightly as he could. Then, he stepped back, and held her at arms length. "This is so great!"

They went back to class, unable to contain themselves, and told all of their friends.


That evening, Lily phoned her parents. "Mom, guess what!" she shrieked over the phone. The news spilled out, and her parents couldn't wait to see her again. Something in the back of Lily's brain told her that this wasn't right, her parents wanting to see her again. She went along with it anyways, but the nagging feeling in the back of her mind said otherwise.

It was as if Christine had never existed. No one knew about her. No one knew that Lily had been pregnant, not even Lily herself. The past nine months were completely changed. All from a simple wish made in desperate times.


For those of you that don't understand, basically what happened was that when Lily made the wish to forget everything that had happened, she did. But her wish also caused everyone who knew about Christine, and Lily's pregnancy has forgotten as well. Their memories have been rewritten, if that makes sense. Anyways, I hope you liked the chappie, and I'll post more soon.

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