WARNING: MAJOR SPOILER FROM BOOK FIVE, OotP. PLEASE READ THE BOOK BEFORE READING THIS CHAPTER! IF YOU HAVE ALL READY, THEN ENJOY. :D
Betrayals and Secrets
Chapter Six
Harry's Birthday Part 3
There's one missing,
Oh, I wish he were here.
But sometimes you don't always get,
What you wished for.
At least now I know,
He's watching over us.
-My own little creation (you can only assume who it's for)
Harry sat up in his bedroom, totally oblivious to what was being planned for today. Everybody seemed to be busy, and Lily and Draco were the only ones to say happy 18th birthday to him. Maybe they all forgot, he thought sadly.
Lily knocked on the door. "Harry, baby, can I come in?"
"Sure, mum," Harry replied.
She opened the door and walked in. She sat beside Harry on the bed, and placed a hand on his shoulder. "How would you like to go to Hogsmeade and we can pick out your birthday present, hmm?"
He grinned. "Really? But what about the others, are they coming?"
"Nope, it's just gonna be us two," Lily replied. "Is that all right?"
Harry nodded, but Lily could see the disappointment in her son's eyes.
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When in Hogsmeade, the first stop they had made was to the Quidditch shop. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Just like your father," Lily told him. "and Sirius. It was always their first stop."
Harry grinned. "What about you?"
"Honeydukes, that was and is my favorite store in Hogsmeade," Lily replied. "Of course, The Three Broomsticks was my second."
Harry nodded, and turned to see the newest broom model. The SilverJet. Lily noticed this, and rolled her eyes.
"Harry, don't you all ready have a good broom? From Sirius, I think?" Lily asked.
"Yea, I just like staring," Harry replied, grinning. Lily laughed and shook her head.
"I swear that James would probably be possessing you- I didn't know you were THAT big of a fan."
Harry grinned. "Yup. I was made Seeker in my first year. But in my Fifth Year I was banned by Dolores Umbridge."
"What was she doing at school?" Lily asked.
"She was there for Ministry of Magic purposes, but...she had been made Headmistress and gave out all the rules. She shipped Dumbledore out of his own school," Harry replied.
"I didn't know that was even possible," Lily said.
Harry only grinned and moved onto the next shop, it was a bookstore. This, of course, was in Muggle London. Lily raised an eyebrow. "Tell me you read? Not just Quidditch books?"
"Yes, mum, I read," Harry laughed. Was he so much like James had been in the past?
He searched around. After about ten minutes of searching, he found one. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien, and another one called The Travelling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon. He grinned and held them as he went to find his mother, whom he found looking at the Astrological section.
"Well, you're certainly not Hermione- she hates that stuff," Harry stated. "She cut Divination short in her third year, right when Ron and I began to take it."
"Really now?" Lily asked with a raised eyebrow. "Who would your Divination Professor be?"
"Trelawney," Harry replied.
Lily nodded. "Fake."
"She gave a real prediction, though," Harry said. "It was in my third year- and I swear she was NOT faking it."
Unfortunately, their conversation was interrupted by a yell. Both of them looked over to see the Dursleys. All three of them were looking quite shocked, especially to see Lily. It was only Petunia who knew that Lily was even alive, but it was still shocking to find her out and about with her son- she told herself it was all just an illusion. See, they're 100 percent muggle.
"What do you want?" Harry growled.
"That's no way to speak to your elders, freak," Vernon glared.
Harry glared back with such intensity that it made even Vernon Dursley step back. Lily took her son's books and payed for them. Luckily the cashier of the store was near where the others were so that she could keep an eye on her son. When she was done, they apparated back to Grimmauld Place, after being safely assured that they were not seen, of course.
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Lily and Harry apparated into Grimmauld Place and Harry went upstairs to put his books in his room and then come back downstairs. Lily found Severus at the entrance to the kitchen when she came back. He was looking rather anxious about something. He turned when he heard Lily and walked over to her.
"How was your day so far?" he asked her.
"It -was- fabulous, that is until we ran into a certain family of three," Lily replied.
"Your sister, her dork of a husband and whale of a son?" Severus asked.
Lily laughed. "That's one way of putting it. Severus, they insulted my son. In front of me- in front of him! I can't take it anymore! I just wish James hadn't have died or we might have been able to save Harry from the horrid life he had to live at that place! But Dumbledore of course, no, he wouldn't even let me SEE my son! I could've sneaked a look at him without getting caught, or has he forgotten that I was friends with Sirius Black and wife of James Potter? I could've- I could've… done something…" her shoulders were shaking, and even though Severus couldn't see it, he knew she was crying. He gathered her up in his arms and let her cry on his chest, running a hand through her long, red hair. This was the woman he loved, the one that Potter stole from him. They should have been together from the beginning, but if they had… Harry would have never existed. It wasn't that he didn't like Potter, he tried to, but the fact that he looked so much like his father made him almost hate the boy with a passion. But if he could so much as try to have a decent conversation, maybe there was a chance for him and Lil-
He thoughts were cut off, however. It seemed Lily might have been thinking the same thing- about them having a chance- because she had just placed her lips onto his. Severus sighed and wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
When they broke apart, he used his hand to wipe away her tears. But when he was finished, their 'alone' time was interrupted by a yell of, "Happy Birthday, Harry!"
Lily laughed shakily as Severus huffed. He offered her a hand, which she gladly took, and they opened the door to the living room, walking in to find Harry opening his presents, Hermione on his right side, Draco behind him and Ginny to his left.
"There's only one person missing," Lily sighed, turning to her left to see a picture of James and Sirius on the wall. James was grinning, waving at them while Sirius just stood there, watching.
"At least you know he's really always here, Lily," Severus said.
"I know…thank you, Severus," Lily smiled.
A/N: The Travelling Vampire Show is my all time favorite book. I thought it was going to be crappy because of the title, but when I started I could barely put it down. I finished it in like a week maybe, and it was as thick as the Harry Potter books. It even tops them, in my opinion, although they are still on my list as favorites. Lol. Well, thanks to all my reviewers! I cannot believe I went from 24 to 33! WOW! Well, I hope you all liked this chapter.
Oh and for questions and answers, somebody asked me what the betrayal was. So I decided to answer. The betrayal is that it seems Ron became a totally different person after Harry's fifth year when they went to rescue Sirius and even though they went willingly as Draco stated earlier, he still betrayed Harry. Then he told his family and they never wanted to go near Harry again, with the exception of the twins, Ginny and Bill, of course. Then the news was spread like wildfire. The other betrayals are that Dumbledore kept Lily a secret from Harry and the rest, and wouldn't even let her see her son. Another betrayal made by Dumbledore was that he never let Harry leave the Dursleys and he knew how awful they were, hence why Ron and the twins saved him in second year.
So the title kind of fits. Its all about betrayal, but the MAJOR secret Dumbledore kept from Harry, Sirius and Remus. Lily. He didn't even let them know she was alive. Now we all know it was because Voldemort may find them, but still... they could defend therselves!
Well, please review! Thankies!
