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Recap:
"Wait, wait, wait he wants to use your magic to destroy us?" Lily asked confused, "Why does he want to destroy us?"
"I have a strange theory…" Dumbledore said looking at his calendar and flipping through it. The date today was October third. He stared at Lily and at James tapping his chin before speaking. "Last week I had an interview with a new Divination teacher…"
Chapter 52: The End
"Wait…wait…wait…you're telling me that Lily's pregnant with a baby that holds the fate of the entire muggle and wizard population?" Remus said waving his hand in front of James' face. (AN: we all know what Dumbledore told them. About the prophecy and everything else. I am just too lazy to go up to my room and get the book and write it all down again. Go read book five if you have no idea what I'm talking about.) After Dumbledore had told him about the Divination teacher James had promptly fainted along with Peter. Sirius was sitting in his chair petrified and Lily was staring at Dumbledore with wide eyes.
"Well it's a theory." Dumbledore said, "If you wouldn't mind Lily I can run some simple spells to make sure." All Lily could do was nod. She was getting dizzy with all the thoughts running in her mind. She was only eighteen. Her mum was going to kill her. She was only eighteen. She wasn't even married yet. She was only eighteen. She was going to kill James. She was only eighteen. She was brought back to reality by a rumble from her stomach and a blue light that came from it. "Congratulations it's a boy." Dumbledore said with a sad smile. Remus stood abandoning James and becoming the voice of reason again,
"There could be many babies born as the seventh month dies." Remus said.
"There is that too, but I believe that Voldemort has already marked Harry as his equal."
"Why would you say that?" Carly asked taking James' place in pacing,
"Think about it," Remus answered, "He has been defeated by James and Lily once. James and Lily are very powerful. They are linked to some very powerful people too. Such as yourself, Sirius, and Dumbledore and if I remember correctly you are the center of all of it Carly."
"What do you mean?" Sirius whispered,
"He means." Dumbledore said looking off into the distance, "That if something happened to Carly something happens to all of you. For example if Voldemort some how captures Carly's magic he would have the power he needs to defeat Lily, James, and you Sirius."
"Wait, so without Carly's power he cannot defeat us?" Remus asked,
"Maybe."
"What if Lily and James had my power?" Carly asked,
"Then their baby would be safe." Dumbledore said.
"What about Lily and James?"
"I'm not sure."
"So no matter what it all revolves around me now?" Carly asked wringing her hands. Dumbledore nodded slowly and Carly stopped pacing, "What if there was no me?" She asked.
"What!" Sirius said standing up. Dumbledore considered her question looking deep into her eyes,
"Your power would have to go somewhere. For example if you where killed your power would go to your creators in other wards your parents. Unless you give up your power to someone else before you die."
"You are not killing yourself." Sirius stated. Carly rolled her eyes. Dumbledore turned his chair away from the Marauders, Carly, and Lily.
"Someone better take Lily and James to the hospital wing." Remus was already levitating James in the air when Dumbledore said this.
"Peter walk with Lily." Remus ordered. Peter got up and helped Lily out of her chair. Before Lily left she turned towards Carly,
"It's not worth it." Lily whispered and left leaving Carly, Sirius, and the Headmaster.
"Sirius I need to talk to Carly alone." Dumbledore said still not facing them. Sirius eyed them and pulled Carly to him,
"Please don't do it." He whispered in her ear. She kissed his lips lightly,
"I promise." He turned to leave and when he was outside he pressed his fingers to his lips and sighed.
"Is there a better way?" She asked her old Headmaster,
"Like what?"
"Like somehow giving my power to the baby but staying alive." Dumbledore turned to face her,
"There might be a way…" He trailed off going over the one of the many bookshelves. He pulled out a few books before pulling out a tiny square book, "I'm not positive but if we find a way to do this are you prepared for what might happen afterwards."
"Like what?"
"Like saving the lives of many people not only the ones close to you, and you not even knowing, remembering, or living through it." Carly did not hesitate at all when she nodded.
Sirius was pacing back and forth in the hospital wing. James was being informed about all the stuff that happened after he passed out by Lily and Remus. Peter just sat in a chair staring off into space. All five jumped when the door opened and Carly walked in with her head held high, "What's going on?" Sirius asked still pacing.
"Nothing now." Carly answered,
"What do you mean, 'now'?" Lily said her eyes narrowing.
"I have no idea." She said with a sigh, "All he told me was that there was a way to save us, but he wouldn't tell me how." She didn't tell them the truth, but she didn't want to lie to them.
"When is he going to let us know?" Remus asked. Carly shrugged,
"He told me that we have rooms on the third floor and that you guys would know how to get there." Carly said as James stood up and began to help Lily up,
"Oh stop it; I'm not a balloon yet." Lily said swiping away James' hand.
When they got to the rooms everyone said goodnight and went into their rooms. Sirius who was in the room next to Carly stared at the ceiling thinking about what Carly might get herself into and if he would be there to save her. All of a sudden the knob on his door turned and in walked Carly. He shut his eyes pretending to be asleep. He could feel her eyes on him as he lay motionless. Then she sat on his bed and pushed the hair off his face. She sighed and lay down next to him pulling him close. His arms automatically wrapped themselves around her body. As he did this he could feel her shoulders starting to shake and wetness on his chest. He peeked open an eye and saw her silently sobbing against him. He pulled her closer and kissed the top of her head, "It's all going to be okay." He whispered to her,
"I love you Sirius Black." She sniffed looking into his eyes. He kissed her lips lightly,
"I love you too."
When Sirius woke up the next morning Carly was gone, but a note lay on the pillow where he head had been. He felt a terrible clenching in his stomach and without reading the note he pulled on some clothes and sprinted out of the room. He found Remus and Peter sitting on the couches, "Where's Carly?" Peter shrugged,
"She, James, and Lily left really early this morning." Sirius cursed out loud and sprinted out of the room and to Dumbledore's office. He yelled the password from the other day, but the gargoyle did not move. Sirius pounded on the statue, cursed at the thing, and then broke into hysterics.
Meanwhile inside the office
"So Lily and James do you have any questions?" Dumbledore asked,
"Umm...yeah, why is this all going on? Is Carly going to die? Why does she have to do this?" James asked very confused,
"You remember your powers correct?" Dumbledore asked and James nodded, "Do you remember how Carly holds all of your powers, as in yours, Lily's, and Sirius'?" James nodded, "Then let's just say Voldemort gets a hold of Carly, he has the power to take away her powers. This would result in him having so much power that he can kill you, Lily, the baby, and everyone else in the wizarding and muggle world. What I am going to do is perform a very complex and ancient charm that will rid Carly off her extra powers and give them to you, Lily, and the baby."
"And what will happen to Carly?" Lily asked,
"She will forget everything from when she first developed her extra powers till now. I will inform her of her future and her job and the likes. I will make up a happier life story."
"Wouldn't Voldemort still be after her though?" James asked,
"No, because he will feel this separation between Carly and her powers, thus making Carly useless to his plans."
"What would happen if she didn't do this?" Lily asked,
"We will have a much harder life." Carly said in a whisper,
"We can protect you." James said turning towards her. She smiled sadly and shook her head,
"I'm taking the coward's way out." She said causing Lily to stand up,
"You are not a coward for choosing our lives over yours." Lily said coming close to her. Carly hugged Lily close then turned towards Dumbledore. She nodded at him and he nodded back.
"Lily, James, may I have your wands." Dumbledore said holding out his hand. James hesitated (AN: I'm not saying Lily didn't either.),
"Are you sure?" James whispered towards Carly who nodded. When Dumbledore had their wands he reached out for Carly's. Before she stuck her wand out and almost dropped it when she heard Sirius' voice yelling. James ran towards the door and yanked it open. By the time he reached Sirius Dumbledore had already begun the charm. Sirius ran up the steps James just a beat behind. When they entered he stopped. Everything in the office was gone except Dumbledore who was now chanting something under his breath, Lily, James, their wands, himself, and Carly who was floating in the air before them surrounded in a black ball of light. She turned towards him in the air and gave a weak smile before sinking to her knees in the black ball. Sirius just stopped and stared tears falling down his face. Carly put her hand against the orb and whispered, 'I love you,' before she fell to the ground unconscious. The school shook as Carly hit the ground. Sirius had not noticed Lily and James in the air where Carly had been. They too where surrounded by black balls of light Lily's stomach gave off an odd blue tint before both of them landed on the floor out cold like Carly. Dumbledore who was now pale walked over to Sirius who was holding Carly's limp body.
"Come with me." Dumbledore said levitating James and Lily's bodies out of his office and sending them on their way to the hospital wing. Sirius did not budge, "I will explain everything."
In Voldemort's Hide-Out
Hundreds of Deatheaters watched as their master was levitated into the air and dropped in a matter of seconds on the ground. When he came too he cursed and killed three random people.
Three Days Later
Sirius watched as Dumbledore escorted Carly onto a hideous horse drawn carriage. He saw her turn her head one last time to look up at the school with questioning eyes and her eyes landed on the window he was looking out. He turned away from the window clutching the note in his hand before he dropped it and left the room. Remus stepped out of the shadows and picked up the note:
Remember me.
Love,
Carly
THE END
Epilogue:
(AN: Sorry about all the one month later crap…)
Sirius re read Harry's letter over and over not believing the contents that were sprawled over the page in Harry's chicken scratch writing. Harry was going to see the quidditch world cup. The quidditch world cup. Where had he heard about that before? Glancing around the little cottage in which he had been staying with Remus he saw it. The Daily Prophet had done a report on the quidditch world cup. It was Ireland vs. Bulgaria. He glanced at the article seeing that is was all about a player called Viktor Krum, he flipped the page. What was on the page made Sirius gasp and drop the paper. Right there on the second page was a picture of both teams. And right there smiling up at him and waving was the third chaser with the caption of Carly Mullet over her head. He reached into his pocket and pulled a wrinkled piece of parchment out. The note Carly had written to him was given back by Remus the night Sirius met Harry. He glanced at the note and then back at the paper. Something on Carly caught his eye. Something made him reach into his pocket and pull out his wand. Something made him cast a spell on the paper to become larger. Something that made him pull down his collar and trace a faint scar around his neck. The something was a small chain linked necklace around her neck.
One year later
She had come, just like she had last year, to say good by to her goddaughter Katy. And just like last year she began to think about her seventh year. And just like last year she remembered nothing about it. She turned to her best friend, Katy's mom, and asked her,
"What did I do my seventh year of school?" Her best friend shrugged and pointed towards something following the train. She turned her brown haired head and looked for what her friend was pointing at and when she saw it her heart stopped. It was a large black dog following the school train. Why her heart stopped, no one may ever know.
Ten Months Later
"I need to see her, Remus don't you understand?" Sirius snapped at the werewolf who sat there with an unreadable expression.
"You can't." Remus whispered looking at his friend. Sirius glared,
"And why the hell not! I have waited for fourteen bloody years, to see Harry, her, and you! Dumbledore wouldn't let me see her last year! And I refuse to wait any longer for him to say its okay!" Sirius yelled. Remus stood up and came face to face with Sirius.
"You can not see her." He said again. Sirius let out an aggravated scream,
"WHY?"
"She doesn't remember you Sirius! I can't believe you've forgotten." Remus screamed back,
"I haven't forgotten." Sirius whispered, "I can make her remember." Remus shook his head,
"No you can't." Sirius slumped back into his chair,
"I just wanted to say goodbye." Remus patted his friends back,
"Have you also forgotten that you are a wanted man?" With that Sirius stormed out of the room and up the steps to fetch Buckbeak. Remus shook his head and disappareated to tell Dumbledore what Sirius was about to do. Right when Remus disappareated a small gangly figure stepped out from behind the couch,
"Master is leaving the house again." Suddenly the head of Harry James Potter popped into the fire place,
"SIRIUS? SIRIUS?"
To answer a few questions, yes I am aware that everything in this chapter is wrong and probably does not follow the book at all. Also I just figured Lily and James defeated Voldemort two more times after Carly gave up her powers. If you hate this ending and it sucks, I'm sorry but this story seemed like the never ending story and I just wanted to end it.
I want to thank every single person that reviewed. I love everyone even the flamers. I am very sorry I never got around to putting in pie in this chapter. Sorry.
Till later dates,
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