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Chapter 17—When The World Changed

"Happy birthday, Harry!" James and Lily said in unison as they got Harry out of his crib in the morning. Harry giggled.

"I can't believe our baby's one already!" Lily said as they walked to the kitchen to feed Harry.

"It went by fast." James agreed. "But I can't wait till he starts Hogwarts."

"James, that's in like 10 years."

"I know. It'll be so cool though. I bet he'll be JUST like me."

"Great." Lily said sarcastically.

"Hey, if I weren't myself, then you wouldn't get this." James said, grabbed her and gave her a passionate kiss.

"That is rather nice." She smiled and James raised his eyebrows and took Harry from her.

"You know, these are actually fun." Sirius said, rocking back and forth like a kid on the swing set at the park. Lily and James took Harry there to play, and Sirius insisted on coming, dragging Katie along with him.

"Padfoot, you look like an idiot." James told him.

"Don't even bother telling him." Katie said.

"It's fun!" Sirius said, with his dark hair flying behind him. Katie rolled her eyes, but joined James in smiling. Lily was chasing after Harry, who was giggling.

"He's adorable, James." Katie smiled.

"Thanks, Kate." James paused for a minute. "It's great having a kid. I love it."

"Yeah. I want to have a kid soon."

"Do you think you and Sirius will ever get married?" James asked.

"I want to. I don't know if he does. We've been together so long. Do you think he'll ever ask me?" Katie looked at Sirius then back at James.

"He loves you, Katie. He's crazy about you. I know he is." James told her.

"You don't think he's the type of guy to get married, do you?"

"Erm…" James trailed off.

"Exactly. I love him, though. I want to marry him."

"I know you do." They both looked at Sirius and laughed at his joy from the swing. Harry ran up to James and threw his arms around his leg.

"Pay!" Harry insisted, meaning 'play!'

"Okay, okay." James laughed and plopped Harry in the baby swing, which, coincidentally was next to Sirius'.

"Hello Lily. James." Dumbledore shook both of their hands. "Please, have a seat." He gestured to the chairs in front of his desk.

"I have something incredibly important to tell you. It cannot go by without action. Please, understand that there is only one solution." Dumbledore told them.

"Okay." Both James and Lily said.

"Lord Voldemort is after both of you, and Harry, too." Lily got the sickest feeling she ever felt before. She looked over at James; he was incredibly pale.

"W-Why?" He asked weakly and quietly.

"There has been a prophecy made to both Voldemort and Harry. Apparently, someone overheard the prophecy and passed it on to Voldemort. He is determined to get to Harry." Dumbledore answered. Lily's eyes started tearing up.

"No, not our son." A tear fell and James pulled her close.

"What can we do?"

"There is a spell. It will keep anyone from finding out the secret of your whereabouts. Only the secret-keeper can tell anyone. You need to pick someone you fully trust. If you've ever had second-thoughts, they are not the one to be chosen." Dumbledore informed them.

"Sirius." James said at once. "Do you agree?" He asked Lily. She nodded.

"Okay. We'll just ask Mr. Black for his approval and perform the spell. I think this can work." Dumbledore said. Neither responded, James just hugged Lily and let her cry on his shoulder.

"James!" Lily called. James ran out to the living room.

"What?"

"It's horrible!"

"What?" He cried louder.

"Frank and Alice Longbottom!" Lily said.

"What about them?"

"They were tortured into insanity!" Sick waves ran over James.

"You're kidding."

"No. It's right here in the Daily Prophet." Lily told him. "This is horrible. It was the Cruciatus (a/n—spelling?) curse. I feel so awful. They were wonderful people."

"Yeah." James agreed. "This is so scary, Lils, more attacks and deaths each week."

"I know. I hope this spell works for us. I'm terrified, James." Lily admitted.

"Me too. We can do this though, Lily. We'll get through this." James hugged her tight until Harry's cry as he woke from his nap separated them.

"Prongs!" Sirius cry a few hours later startled them.

"What?" James said, going to find him. "What's wrong, Padfoot?" Sirius was pale and nervous.

"I-I can't do this."

"No!" James yelled. "You didn't tell!" He cried. Lily came running out.

"You told?" she cried.

"No!" Sirius yelled and they both stopped.

"Voldemort will know to come to me, James." Sirius said. Both Lily and James realized the seriousness of this conversation. Sirius hardly ever said 'James'.

"Well, what can we do?" James asked.

"Make Peter secret-keeper."

"Are you kidding me?

"Voldemort will never guess we made him secret-keeper. He's an idiot. He will know you made me the secret-keeper. He won't follow after Peter! It's a better idea, Prongs." Sirius began to calm down. James let out a deep breath and looked Lily who nodded.

"Fine." He told Sirius.

Katie walked over to Harry's crib and picked him up out of it. Lily was rocking in the rocking chair, relaxing.

"So, guess what?" Katie asked Lily.

"What."

"I'm pregnant."

"No way! Did you tell Sirius?"

"No. I'm dreading it."

"Why?" Lily asked.

"Lily, we've been together for around 5 years and he still hasn't proposed to me. Do you think he's ready for a baby?" Katie pointed out.

"He loves you, Katie." Lily assured her.

"I know. I hope he can deal with this. I'm excited. I want this baby. I just hope he does." Katie said.

"It'll work out. I promise."

"Thanks, Lily." Katie smiled and hugged her best friend.

"When will you tell him?"

"Soon. It's only October 29th. The baby is due in June."

"It'll be fine." Lily smiled and watched Katie walk around the room with Harry.

"We've got to go!" Remus shouted to Sirius and Katie.

"Why?" They both asked.

"I just got an urgent owl. There's Death Eaters at the Potter's!" Remus cried. At the same time they all apparated. They arrived in the basement, their hearts beating roughly and nervously. They heard voices upstairs.

"Go!" They heard James's voice yell and then a muffled spell was heard.

"NO!" They heard Lily scream. It was silent for a short while before Harry's cries broke the silence.

"Stay here! I'll go!" Katie told them. Katie's footsteps were heard up the stairs. Remus and Sirius heard another scream, which sounded like Katie's and took off for the stairs. A Death Eater was in the hallway and Sirius shouted "Stupefy!" Before the Death Eater realized they were there.

"Go that way, Moony! I'll go this way!" Sirius instructed. Sirius had to hide for a while before he could go up the stairs to Lily and James's room. He opened the door slowly and saw James and Lily's bodies and a crying Harry on the floor. "Katie?" He said, feeling sick. He didn't see a sign of her anywhere, however he smelled the sweet scent of her perfume, but it was faded slightly. "KATIE!" He yelled and got no response. He fell down to his knees and cried. James and Lily were gone. Katie was missing. There was absolutely no trace of her, except her perfume.

A loud noise was heard on the stairs and Sirius jumped up, his wand pointed out. The door slammed open and Sirius put his wand down when he saw Hagrid in the doorway, tears falling down his enormous face.

"I'm here for Harry." Hagrid told Sirius.

"No, let me take him, Hagrid. Please, let me look after him." Sirius said, in a shaking voice.

"I've got strict orders from Dumbledore to get him out of here." Hagrid told him and left with Harry. Sirius collapsed onto the bed, but then he saw a rat dart out of the room.

"NO!" Sirius yelled and chased the rat. He hit it with a spell and it slowly turned into Peter, who glanced at Sirius's furious face and ran out into the street. "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" Sirius roared. "HOW COULD YOU BETRAY THEM?" Peter, instead of saying something, cut off his finger. "What are you--?" Sirius started, but Peter fired and enormously powerful spell.

Sirius ducked. Peter was back into a rat and ran into the sewer, which unfortunately, no one but Sirius noticed. 12 muggles were lying dead on the street and there was a huge crater in the street. Peter had framed Sirius brilliantly.

Remus watched from the window. By the time he got there, there was nothing he could do. He had seen James and Lily's bodies. He'd noticed Katie was completely vanished. Harry was taken by Hagrid to Dumbledore. Sirius was being dragged away in a car to Azkaban, for murdering Peter. Remus was shocked by Sirius murdering him, but he knew Sirius would be lost without James and Lily.

Remus stood there silently by the window, looking out. Completely alone.

So that's it. Was it a good enough ending? I really hope so! If it was bad, I'll try to re-write it. Please leave a review if you want a sequel!

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