Choices

Choice fifty four: Lily

Decisions are always hard to make, even the ones that seem so simple such as deciding what to have for tea, or what to wear so imagine having to decide on who would be responsible for your safety. Well that's what we've got to decide now.

After talking to Dumbledore James and I are sure that we must hide away so that Harry will be able to live. But now we must decide who we can trust with our secret. This is the toughest decision I think that we will ever make; I can only hope that we make the right one.

Something in Dumbledore's voice was almost begging us to choose him and I think that he knows something he didn't tell me, but I can't work out what. I have to admit that Dumbledore is probably the best choice because everyone knows that Voldemort fears him.

As well as the fact that he is feared by him there is also the act that he is a very powerful wizard who really cares for us and something inside tells me that as long as Dumbledore is looking out for us well be safe.

But then as well as that part of me wants to ask Scarlett to do it. She wouldn't do anything to hurt us she'd keep us safe after all she is like a second sister to me, my magical sister. But she is always in the face of danger always with Death Eaters and informants, how long will she be able to carry on, well I don't know, but she wouldn't give us away not even then.

Then there is Sirius he is part of this family, he's James' brother, he's Harry's godfather he's a great friend. He and I spend so much time together that I'm sure that he cares for me as a sister just like he cares for James as a brother. He's a smart man and would do everything he could to protect us.

Then there's Remus, he isn't what most people would call a safe bet, but I know he'd do anything for his friends. I've seen how much he relies on us all because of his condition and I have a feeling that he would do everything he could to keep us safe because that's what he is like.

As for Peter well nobody would probably expect us to choose him after all to the outside world he would seem the weakest of us all, when in actual fact he isn't really he's just shy and scared of people. He could be a good choice because nobody would see that coming.

Oh there's so many choices that we could make that I don't know what to do. We need to take action soon but we can't be foolish and rush the choice, I think this may be one of the few things I'll let James have complete say in, because I trust him completely and he won't do anything to hurt us.