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"Harry I can tell you don't understand what you've seen but it's ok as I'll explain it to you. You see our magic works in strange ways if it feels we are being threatened. You see when James tried to bind your core he was unable to as your magic placed an invisible shield around you to prevent that happening. He wrongly assumed you were evil when you protected yourself. What I will say to you is that you were clearly wary of him and the reason is not yet clear. Hopefully we'll find out soon" he said as Harry looked at him dumbfounded.
"Will, I understand the whole my magic protecting me from being bound thing however I can't understand how they could think I'm evil when Peter is the only one I ever seem to attack as it were. I mean couldn't they have seen it that way? Did they have to see it the way they did? I mean all this stuff about the greater good makes dad sound like Dumbledore" he said feeling very betrayed indeed and it was not hard to see why either.
"Well Harry times were different back then and Dumbledore had defeated Grindelwald. It is for this reason everyone looked up to and believed his every word as the leader of the light. I truly believe that at one point in time he had very good and honest intentions but he is so far from that now it's not even funny. Your dad probably just agreed with him at that point as he hadn't strayed then like he has now. I imagine if they could see what he had done they would hate him. Also if they could see Peter Pettigrew they'd feel stupid for ever doubting their son and thinking him evil when he wasn't!" he said as he poured the third memory in the pensive and waited for it to settle down before stepping into the memory with Harry.
They were in his nursery and he was sitting up in his crib playing with a teddy bear and watching his parents warily. It would seem as a baby he was more aware then most would have been. He seemed to have been waiting for something or so it appeared.
"James you of all people should know that magic works for different reasons. For a reason we don't know Harry's magic won't let Peter near me. I have no idea why he truly seems to hate Peter so much but when I ordered Peter to go to Saint Mungos they discovered he had a bad chest infection. I truly believe Harry knew this and was trying to warn us to stay safe so we don't catch it ourselves. Our baby loves us you must know this!" she said as James lashed out back handing her across the face.
"Shut up you stupid idiot. It is clear he favours you although I don't know why. Every attempt at ever getting close to my son has been foiled by him. He simply doesn't care about me and if nothing ever told me he needed his core bound this does. I won't sit by and have a son who resents me for some reason!" he snapped as Lily cried while clutching her cheek which was red in colour by now.
"Please James just stop seeing Peter for a while and I'm sure you'll see he really does love you!" she begged as Harry cried and James was thrown against the door knocking him out while his magic reached out and healed the shocked and still sobbing Lily.
"Oh Harry he loves me really. He's just had a hard time of it recently with everything going on. You shouldn't need to protect me. Be safe sweetheart. Mama loves you and Dada does love you too. You're my strong beautiful boy. You've always had to deal with too much and for this I am sorry. For some reason I know not you understand more then I will ever know. I don't know why but I would assume it is because you have a stronger then average core. The first Potter in three generations to be that strong. Your Great grandfather would be so proud" she said kissing his cheek.
James stirred and looked at his wife before he burst into tears. "Lily I am so sorry. I never meant it I swear. It's just things have been so stressful lately. I promise to try harder for my son if nothing else because I simply can't handle the idea of a son who hates me or is scared of me!" he said crying as she cuddled him close rocking back and forth with him in her arms trying to make sense of it all.
Harry averted his eyes as James slipped his hand up her skirt and she was heard moaning about how wrong it was in front of Harry and panting as her orgasm overtook her body and she looked at Harry feeling most ashamed. "It will do him good to see that I can make you happy too. Don't shy away please. Look I already said sorry and I made you come too. I can do it again if you like" he said cheekily as she blushed looking around in confusion. Before he had the opportunity to do anything however James' expression turned very dark.
"It would seem we have a visitor and not a wanted one either. What in the hell is she doing here?" he asked looking bewildered.
"James I invited her here to talk to her about some things. Look she has a son too and Sirius said it would be good to talk to her. I asked Peter to tell her where we lived. I will obliviate that information from her head once we're done. Now go and greet her at once and get us some tea while you're at it!" she said as he left the room and none other then Narcissa Malfoy entered looking at her and smiling at her.
"Hello Lillian. It is good to see you. Sirius said you wished to speak to me about your son and Peter told us where you lived. I was surprised anyone wished to speak to me about parenting but it is nice none the less to have someone to talk to. Bella has no children and old Walburga kicked Andy out of the family so I can't talk to her about her daughter. I am so saddened by that truly!" she said as James came in and handed them some tea as Harry clapped sending his teddy bear to Narcissa who gasped as it was animated by magic and gave her a quick hug before returning Harry who was smiling brightly at her. She smiled at him and went over patting his cheek.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you Narcissa. I am so sorry but he is far too powerful for his own good. He keeps harming Peter all the time however we recently found out that Peter was sick so that could be why. I wanted to ask you about your Draconis. Is he a powerful baby? I am just worried about Harry. I mean he's not yet two years old and shows great ability to control his powers. I am just so worried about him. We tried to bind his core weeks ago but his magic stopped us!" she said as Narcissa smiled at her.
"Draco is just the same himself. He has a great control over his powers too. I mean just the other day he gave Lucius purple hair. It was exceptionally humourous and wouldn't go away until Dragons magic had worn off. Our magic protects us when we are children from many things if it feels we are in danger although we don't know why it happens. It would be my guess that Harry here feels he needs to stop his core from being bound for his own safety or that of you. You don't live with Lucius without learning a thing or two about violence" she said as Lily gasped her hand flying to her mouth in horror.
"Oh don't get me wrong he's never violent with me because he knows he'd be dead if he ever tried that and I mean it. I have just seen him be violent with those who have opposed his political views. We are all lucky to have the children we have. I see Healer Winters all the time hoping to have another child but it's not meant to be. Bella has exposed me to the crutiatus curse one too many times. I am ok now though after the last time as I rebelled against her so bad she'd be foolish to try again. I realise she only did it because I would not join her cause no matter what she did. She soon grew afraid of torturing me and merely gave up. She tried to torture Andy herself but ended up in the hospital for something or other she wouldn't tell me about" she said kindly as Lily looked at her shocked tears in her eyes.
"Oh Narcissa I'm so sorry. Sirius doesn't talk much about his family for obvious reasons. I am so sorry you can't have any more children!" she said bursting into floods of tears as Narcissa looked at her awkwardly before patting her back gently.
"There, there. It's ok. I've adjusted to it now. You should know although you were a Gryffindor bravery starts at home. I know what is going on as I have met women like you before. Suffice it to say using an ancient Black family spell I have blocked off your husbands core to an acceptable level. If he can prove he truly does love you wholly it will return to him in full naturally. If it doesn't you will know he is sadly not worth it. Harry is beautiful my girl. Love him and make sure he has the best life. He truly deserves it. I must go now to Draco. Being apart from him too long makes me so sad. I think it's because he's my only child or something. See you later!" she said as Lily obliviated her before she aparated away forgetting their address.
They emerged from the memory Harry conjuring a bucket to him from somewhere before hurling into it. He was literally sickened at seeing his father quite clearly abuse his mother there. It would seem he had noticed way more as a baby then he could have understood at the time however he understood now.
"There are no words for how disgusting that was. I can't believe he did that to her however what disgusts me more then anything else was that she merely took it. I am so not that kind of person. I did all I could to get away from my relatives and to escape the abuse but she simply stayed. I wasn't able to escape them though but at least I can say the abuse has stopped now that they realise they only need to see me for two weeks a year. There is no point abusing someone who will not be there long enough to truly suffer. I think they realise that. At least his core was slightly blocked so his attacks couldn't be too powerful!" he said crying confused tears. I mean why would anyone in their right mind put up with that?
"It is indeed disgusting to see but I think at that point in time we must consider how dangerous it would have been for her to leave. She literally could have been killed at any moment by rogue death eaters. I know from various other clients I have how dangerous the death eaters truly were at this time. She would have felt like she was safer staying with him as she would have been alive to protect you. It would seem he was hell bent on proving you're evil which of course we know you're not. Now let's see the forth memory!" he said as they stepped into the pensive once more.
He was in the kitchen in a high chair throwing his food at a now laughing James who seemed to find it very funny indeed as he ended up with mashed banana on his head. Lily was the one complaining this time.
"James please don't encourage him he needs to actually eat it. You and those damn marauders corrupting our son. Look Harry sweetie please just eat it!" she said looking drained as he laughed and threw some at her looking at her with an expression which said he knew what he had done was bad but he'd done it anyway. She took him down from the high chair and spanked his bum before putting him in his crib and going off to clean herself up whilst crying about how hard having a child was.
"Lily it was funny you must admit that. I mean he aimed right for your head and he didn't miss. He'd make a fine chaser I think. Just like his old man. Oh for goodness sakes cheer the hell up! You knew what you were getting into when you married me!" he snapped as she rounded on him looking furious as magic crackled all around her.
"I MARRIED YOU TO STOP YOU GOING DOWN THE SAME DAMN DARK PATH AS SEVERUS FUCKING SNAPE! DID YOU KNOW THAT DUMBLEDORE SAID YOU WOULD IF I DID NOT MARRY YOU!? James I swear to god if he is not raised right people can forget about Voldemort as they will end up fearing me mother fuckers. Just keep him safe and I will do the same I swear it on my life and magic!" she said glowing golden herself showing she'd meant her vow. He was shocked as he looked at her and was about to strike her when there was a blast sound in the distance.
"Take Harry and stay out of sight you idiot. We'll deal with this later. Whether you like it or not I love you and I always will even if I resent you right now. You'll always belong to me no matter what happens to us. I swear to god I sincerely resent that Harry was right about Peter. Some fucking parent I am!" he said thundering down the stairs and out of view as Lily ran with him into his room and locked the door holding him close. She placed him in his crib looking white as a sheet.
"Harry please be safe. We love you so much brave boy. Please don't cry for me. Know I loved you and always tried my best. James did his best and he was not always right but I married him because Dumbledore the leader of the light said he'd go dark if I didn't. I would do anything to prevent someone going dark. My old best friend Severus was so dark. I am so sorry my sweet angel. I never wanted children so damn young but here we are none the less. Just know always we loved you so damn much it hurt us!" she said as Voldemort entered the room blasting the door off it's hinges.
"Step aside you idiot. I only want the boy. I don't wish to harm you. Look please step aside ok I promised Severus Snape I'd save you because the fool seems to love you despite how your husband treated him!" he ordered as she looked very faint indeed.
"He...he loved me?" she asked in a stupor for a moment forgetting who she was even speaking with.
"Yes with his whole heart. I promised him I would save you so move aside so I can do that for him. I don't have to do that for him but I wish to do so as he has been my most loyal servant and never did anything he wasn't supposed to do. You are his reward!" he said as she teared up.
"I cannot believe the cheek of him after all this time. He seriously waited until now to tell me this! I mean what next? You can forget it as well. I would rather die then go to a death eater to only kill and abuse later on. The only person Severus will ever love is himself and his ideals. If you want Harry you must go through me you half blood son of a bitch. Thomas Marvolo Riddle I am not afraid you, you bastard!" she said stepping in front of the crib. He called out the killing curse as Harry's magic went up around the crib and it was so strong that it made the curse rebound to Voldemort upon which it killed him. He then saw Sirius enter followed by Hagrid who asked him to be handed over. Harry could see how exceptionally weak his core was after that. When Dumbledore took the baby in his arms he bound his core in front of Hagrid.
"Hagrid it is truly for the best. He'll be far too strong otherwise and I don't want that for him. He is to be normal like everyone else and he doesn't get to go around standing out as it would only further alienate him from people. Lily always was a huge drama queen so he'll be going to his aunts house as no one can truly hate their sister that much as it's just not healthy. Don't cry Hagrid as it's not truly goodbye is it. Sirius is otherwise engaged right now and well he might be as we'll stop him interfering in my decision. I want what's best for Harry and he is too angry right now that he may not see that I am right" he said seriously as Harry fell asleep and they were thrown from the memory once again. Harry sat there with an open mouth of shock on his face. What was he supposed to think now?