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Chapter fifteen.
February the 27th came very quickly; Lily became rather upset. It was the day before she turned nineteen and the day she was to go back to the year 1979. She would be leaving her only son, which was something she definitely did not want to do.
She reluctantly folded up her clothes and placed them neatly in her suitcase. She looked over to where James' case was; there was clothing and other items flung all over the place.
A smile spread across her face when she saw Harry walk into the room.
"Hey Harry." She said, her eyes were blurring up with tears.
"Hi Mum, are you ok?" he asked,
"I'm fine." She said as a tear ran down her cheek, she sniffed and brushed it away.
"You don't seem fine."
"I just don't want to leave you Harry." She cried, "I'm so pathetic, crying like this."
"You're not pathetic, and anyway; you're not leaving me, I'm coming with you, remember?"
"Oh yeah." She brushed away another tear and smiled, "Did Dumbledore say yes?"
"Yep!" Harry said happily, "He said I could come for three days, because I have exams soon. So I'll get to be with you on your birthday!"
"Yay, that is so great Harry! Come on, can you help squish all this stuff into my suitcase?"
"I definitely can!" Harry laughed as he pushed Lily's case down so it shut.
Lily and James slowly walked towards Dumbledore's office, hand in hand, with Harry at their side; he was clutching his small backpack, it contained some clothes, his wand, his map and his invisibility cloak in it.
James said the password and the gargoyle moved, slowly revealing the familiar winding staircase that led to Dumbledore's office. He was sitting at his desk, writing something. He glanced up at them through his half-moon glasses and smiled.
"Hello, how are you today?" he asked kindly,
"Good." James said shortly
"Are you all ready to go?" Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling brighter than ever.
"Yeah, I guess." Lily said, they had just said goodbye to Remus, she knew she would be seeing a younger version of him later that day, but she couldn't help but feel sad about leaving.
"Alright then," Dumbledore said, standing up and walking over to a shelf. He took something from it and handed it to James. Harry recognized it as a time turner. He had used one in his third year to save Sirius and an innocent hippogriff.
James put the chain around himself, Harry and Lily. Then he paused, it seemed he had forgotten the number of turns it was to get back, he gave Dumbledore a questioning look, "Fifteen times, backwards." He laughed, as if he had read James' mind. Then he added, "I shall be seeing you all twenty years ago."
James looked confused, and then he understood. He turned the time turner slowly, counting each turn.
Soon they were whizzing backwards through time. Harry watched Dumbledore become younger in amazement. His stomach whirred and he felt slightly sick, he wasn't quite used to time travel.
The whirring stopped, Harry looked around, the office hadn't changed much at all. The only thing that was really different was Dumbledore. His hair had a bit more colour and his face was slightly less wrinkled.
"We're home Lils." James said happily, pulling the chain off them.
"Yay." She said, "Thank-you so much Albus. That was such a great trip. The best holiday ever."
"You're very welcome Lily. You deserve it, after everything you've been through lately." Dumbledore told her.
"I'm not sure I do."
"Oh you do Mum!" Harry reassured her,
"Okay. Let's go and see Remus, Jen, Sirius and Emma!" Lily said happily,
"Once again, thanks Albus." James said and took one last glance at Dumbledore, before walking out of the office.
They strolled to Hogsmeade and then apparated to Lily's house. Sirius was sitting on the couch, with Emma, snogging. They were completely unaware to the fact that Lily, James and Harry had just walked in.
"Um, excuse me?" James said,
"Why are you in my house?" Lily asked, Sirius and Emma broke apart; Emma blushed,
"We came to feed your dog." Sirius said,
"I don't have a dog." Lily told him,
"Yes you do." Sirius said, "Ellie! Ellie come here!"
"Ellie?" James said, "Isn't that the name you used…"
"When I tricked you into dating me." Lily laughed, finishing his sentence,
"That's why we chose the name!" Sirius said,
"Why does Lily have a dog?" James asked
"Cos' we bought it for you, as a birthday present." Emma said, and then she called again, "Ellie!"
A little dog ran into the room, coming from Lily's bedroom. It was a baby golden retriever.
"Oh! It's so cute!" Lily laughed, rushing over and picking up the dog. Harry stared at Sirius, it had been two years since he had last seen him, it was at the department of mysteries.
"Who's the kid?" Sirius asked, he became more serious, "Did they kidnap you?"
"No!" Harry laughed, "My name is Harry Potter."
"The Harry Potter?" Sirius said, "James talks about you a lot!"
"Really?" Harry asked,
"Of course I do!" James said, "Oh yeah, Sirius; apparently you're his god-father."
"Really? Well, good choice!" Sirius said happily.
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