A Year Later

A lot can happen in a year. More than you could possibly imagine. All though nothing was the same, everybody was happier than they thought possible. The only problem in this perfect world was the fact that Voldemort was getting larger and larger each and every day. He was gaining power faster than a speeding bullet. But everybody was as happy as they could be under the given circumstances.

Let's start with Ashley and Sirius, shall we? Seven months after they married, they gave birth to a daughter named Haley Lily Black. She was now five months old, and Ashley was already two weeks pregnant with child number two. Sirius had been in and out of different jobs until he finally decided to take a steady job at the ministry to help support the family. Ashley's job was going pretty good, and made enough money to support the family.

Lily and James had had an extremely small ceremony with under twenty people in their backyard, not long after Ashley and Sirius had their wedding. Amazingly enough, Lily had twins - a son named Harry James Potter and a daughter named Ashley Elizabeth Potter - on the same day that Ashley had Haley. She had named her daughter after her dearest friend, but they all called her Lizzie to avoid confusion. Lily and James were both incredible aurors, and were probably the most famous ones there, alongside Alice and Frank Longbottom, who ironically enough, gave birth to their son, Neville, the same day as Lily and Ashley.

Alaina and Remus had steady jobs themselves. They had a son named Lance Remus Lupin, who was born on January 10th, one day early. Fallon had married a man named Garret and they were pregnant with their first child. A boy, who was due in March. Erica had a boyfriend, who she had been seeing for almost a month, and his name was Niles.

Professor Dumbledore had formed the Order of the Phoenix, a group that was together to defeat Voldemort. All of the people mentioned before had joined, and many others. Lily, Alaina, and Ashley had met a kind woman named Molly who was ten years older then all of them. She had a husband named Arthur and six kids! She, like Ashley and Fallon, was pregnant too. Haley, Harry, and Lizzie played with three of Molly's kids. Ron, who was the same age as Haley, Harry, and Lizzie. And then Fred and George, who were only two years older.

It was now 1980, and Ashley and Lily were going nuts. One day while Sirius was out with Haley, Ashley ran next door to Lily's. Lily opened the door with Harry in one arm, and Lizzie in the other.

"Ashley - What's wrong?" Lily asked, looking nervous. She stepped aside, and gestured for Ashley to come inside. Ashley walked in and ran her hands through her hair.

"I'm going to Peter's," she stated, looking Lily directly in the eye.

"But-"

"No buts. I need to do this. I need to talk to him and tell him that I'm onto him," Ashley said, shaking her head.

"You're not going. You're pregnant," Lily said, looking at her as if she were insane.

"But I need to catch him, Lily!" Ashley said fustratedly.

"There may be a way," Lily said thoughtfully.

"What? How?" Ashley asked hopefully.

"Leglimency," Lily replied quietly, contemplating.

"But I don't know Leglimency!" Ashley cried helplessly.

"True. But hang on for a moment. Doesn't Professor Dumbledore? He's known it all these years, why couldn't he just read Peter?" Lily asked, putting the kids in their playpen. "It doesn't make sense."

"You're right. It doesn't," Ashley agreed, thinking hard. "Peter isn't too bright, is he?"

"No, he isn't, but what does that have to do with anything?" Lily questioned, still deep in thought.

"Well, he's coming over Saturday for the engagement party, right?" Ashley continued with a smirk.

"Yeah, so?" Lily said confusedly.

"Veritaserum, Lily! We can put him under Veritaserum and I dunno - tape record him. We can bring him into Dumbledore!" Ashley finished, glaring at her best friend.

"Of course! Why didn't I think of that?" Lily said, clapping her hands together.

"Well, It takes a lot of brilliance to come up with thoughts such as those in my head, You've got to be a regular genius," Ashley joked, rolling her eyes. Lily laughed and the two began planning how to corner him, how to get the veritaserum in him, and other details.

Finally, it was the night of the party. Ashley was wearing a black dress, and complained to Lily that black was supposed to be slimming, but her bump was still noticeable. Lily rolled her eyes, and reminded her that there was a baby in there, and that she hadn't just got fat for no reason. Lily wore a green velvet dress, that really brought out her eyes. The guests began to arrive and finally (15 minutes late, I might add) Peter arrived.

"Hello, Peter! How have you been?" Lily asked brightly, taking his coat.

"I-I've been ve-very good, Li-Lily. Th-Thanks. And y-yourself?" Peter stuttered, looking very flustered.

"Great! Are you thirsty?" Lily asked hopefully, trying to seem casual.

"Su-sure," Peter stammered. He still hadn't managed to look her in the eye.

"I'll be back in a second with your drink," Lily said, and she walked over to Ashley. Lily poured the glass and turned around so nobody but Ashley could see her face. Ashley handed her the potion, and Lily poured it in. They walked over to Peter together, and made small talk while they watched him down his firewhisky. He finished, and put it in the trash.

Ashley tured around and winked at Sirius and James. This was their cue. The men walked over and said, "Hi, Peter!" Peter mumbled back a quick hello, and the guys said that they wanted to show him something they were working on upstairs. Peter reluctatly followed, with Ashley and Lily tailing him.

"Everything's ready?" Ashley whispered to Sirius.

"Yeah. Ask your questions," Sirius mumbled back.

"Peter. Are-Are you a Death Eater?" Ashley asked nervously.

"W-Well...Yes." Everyone exchanged looks that contained so many different emotions.

"For how long?" Lily continued.

"Almost two years," Peter replied, looking at the floor.

"Have you been feeding Voldemort information about the Order?" James pressed on, hurt filling his eyes.

"Yes."

"Where is Voldemort?" Sirius questioned, looking at Peter viciously.

"He's...He's...In Bristol. Waiting for the time to be right..."

"Time to be right for what?" Ashley asked walking closer to him and crossing her arms. Sirius stepped up behind her and held her from the back to stop her from getting any closer.

"To kill one of your children."

"What? S-Sirius, What is he on about?" Ashley asked, showing fear for the first time.

"Who? Harry, Lizzie, or Haley?" James asked shakily.

"All of them," Peter replied, looking into his eyes.

"Okay, Lily, write to Dumbledore and send the tape and tape recorder. He'll know what to do with it," Ashley said, looking flustered, surprised, and nervous, but she still managed to keep her voice calm. She looked at Peter just as viciously as her husband had. She sighed deeply, took a deep breath, and bound him to the chair he was on.

"Why, Peter?" Ashley said, stifling her tears.

"Because I wanted to be someone," he replied somberly. She looked at him as if she had never seen him before. She almost felt a stab of sympathy. Almost.

The five of them sat there, waiting to hear back from Dumbledore. All of them had their gazes fixed on one another. Many thoughts rushed through their head. At least they now knew the truth about almost everything.

I hope you liked this chapter! I've actually been working on a Charmed/Harry Potter crossover for my next story. I'm equally obsessed with both! I was thinking of trying a Harry Potter/One Tree Hill crossover, but does that sound lame? I love One Tree Hill too! Haha please Review, I need some more reviews :