After a day of peaceful rest, Skye and Sirius headed home with Emily. Sirius never left her side, until he had to go back to work to make a living for his wife and daughter. He would drop by every time that he had a 15 minute break. He missed his wife and daughter, hating terribly that he had to be away from them.

Meanwhile, Lily was taking time off for her pregnancy. All was going well, and she was expected to go into delivery in August.

On the night on July 31, Lily was sitting comfortably on the luxury chair in the den, reading. '…She loved getting burned so much, that she allowed herself to get caught no less than 37 times in various disguises…owe. Owe! What? What is happening…owe! Oh, Merlin. James? James? At work, must get help…' Lily allowed herself to apparate to St. Mungo's hospital. When she looked up, she saw Ariel rushing towards her.

"Lily! Honey, are you okay? Oh…oh…you're having the baby! Ok, ok, it's ok, honey, breath, let's get you to a room, okay? Where's James?"

Lily looked up, panting, and had to stop every few seconds as the two walked to a hospital room. "W-work," Lily got out.

"Oh no! He doesn't even know that he's about to have a new baby! Listen, here, get settled, I'll send in Marina, she's great. I'll be right back. I'm going to get James!" She disappeared behind the door, leaving Lily breathless and scared.

'Hurry, Ariel,' she thought. Once again, she felt a surge of pain throughout her middle, and let out a scream.

Ariel apparated to the Auror's office. She only hoped there weren't any more attacks and that James would be there. She looked completely out of place in her Healer's uniform, but she didn't care. She shuffled along the rows, looking in the offices for any sign of James Potter. She turned a left corner, and heard a loud laugh. She followed it, and found Sirius and James laughing at a joke that Remus had just told. Out of breath, she opened the door, and panted. Remus got up quickly, reaching out his hand.

"Baby, what's wrong?" James and Sirius got up too, scared that someone had died.

"James – Lily – baby…" She muttered, still panting.

"OMIGOSH! Lily's having the baby? I've got to get to her!" James apparated to St. Mungo's to comfort his wife.

Remus and Sirius were grinning all over. Sirius left to go get Skye and the baby, and Remus followed Ariel back to the hospital.

Ariel hurried back to Lily's room to find James comforting his screaming wife. Marina was busy giving Lily some potions to help ease the pain. She took deep breaths and started to calm down a little bit.

"ARIEL!" Lily screamed. Ariel rushed over to her, and started to fix everything up for the childbirth. James stroked Lily's head, which was dripping with sweat. Ariel cast a charm over Lily's front, and saw a faint blue mist. The mist was becoming fainter and fainter, and then it disappeared. Ariel looked to her friend, and smiled.

"Lily, this is the one. You'll be fine. In just 5 minutes time, you'll be holding your new child."

Lily looked to James for support, who offered his hand and a kiss on the mouth before Lily began to wail.

"Argh," Skye said, pacing up and down with Emily in her arm. "It didn't take me this long to have Emily. What is taking her so long?"

Sirius, who was sitting patiently next to Remus, laughed at his wife. He got up, put on a serious face, and took Emily from her.

"C'mon, Skye, you're going to scare the baby. Come and sit down, I'm sure she'll be out soon-"

With those last words, Ariel came through the double doors that led to Lily's room. Everyone got up, and rushed to see her.

"She's fine," Ariel said, leading them all back to Lil's room, "She's really tired, Lily I mean. It's a boy. He's adorable."

They entered the room to discover a much thinner Lily holding a small, black haired boy. James was sitting upright, leaning against the pillows next to Lily.

Lily sighed of fatigue when her friends walked into the room. "Hey, guys!"

Everyone looked at the baby, Lily, James, and back at the little boy. Skye brought 3 month old Emily near the boy. "Look, Em, it's your future husband. What's his name, Lils?"

James, who hadn't said a word yet, looked over at Lily. She had closed her eyes, not asleep, but just in happiness. He answered Skye's question.

"His name is Harry James Potter! He's going to be just like his daddy," James said, levitating his son in the air with his wand. Lily's eyes shot open, scolding her husband.

"JAMES POTTER! PUT MY SON DOWN, NOW!"

Everyone laughed when James whispered, "It's just pre-Quidditch training," he said with a smile.

"This was a really close call," Sirius mentioned. "You know, Lily, I think that you're pretty lucky. With Alice and Frank's kid being born last week, and yours being born right after midnight, I'm pretty positive that you don't have to worry about that prophecy."

"Mrs. Potter? I just wanted to show you your son's birth certificate and ask you where to put it. We can send it to Gringotts, keep it in our own personal records, or you could just take it home. Decide and let me know," Marina said, walking out of the room, just as Ariel walked back in. Lily looked at the certificate, and read aloud:

"Harry James Potter, born to the parents of Lillian Marie Evans and James Issac Potter, born on -," Lily paused, a smile fading from her face.

"Lily? Are you okay? Lils?" James cast a worried look upon his face, then looked over to the parchment to read with her. His eyes dropped.

Lily continued reading, tears forming in her emerald green eyes. "…born on J-July 31st, 11:56 pm at St. Mungo's Healing Center."

No one spoke. James took Lily in his arms, and rocked her gently. Lily looked down at her boy, her 7 minute old boy, who suddenly had a very tragic life ahead of him. She let tears slide silently down her face as she continued to stare at Harry. He looked up to her, and then closed his eyes as he lay against her breast. Everyone came closer to the couple, comforting them, knowing that either Harry would kill Voldemort, or Voldemort…Voldemort would kill Harry…in the end.