Chapter 3

Three years later…

The group of friends graduated from Hogwarts with honors. James and Lily were head boy and girl, while Remus, and Severus were both prefects for their houses. Professor Minerva McGonagall, who had covertly kept an eye on them through their decision to become Animagi, which the group had thought they had kept a secret, had come to think of all of them as her own children. They had become Animagi to be with Remus during the full moon during his wolf transformations, and had taken the following forms, James was a stag, Sirius was a Grim, Lily was an auburn red fennec fox, and Severus was a slinky Black cat."I feel like a mother cat whose kittens are leaving," Minerva sniffed. Severus shifted into his slinky black cat form, Grimalkin, and started head butting her, and purring like an affectionate cat. She tearfully smiled,band shifted into her tabby cat form, and started licking him and nuzzling all of them, especially Wanda, whose mother had passed away when she was a baby. Wanda just petted the tabby cat transfiguration teacher, and scratched behind her ears. "I believe that I speak for all of us when I say this professor," Wanda said, "but we're going to miss you the most, even if you put us in detention more than any other professor." Minerva laughed, summoned her gifts for the students, and gave them to them. "If you Ever need anything, I'm just a floo call away."

The students had noticed that the world had been growing tense due to the attacks of a pureblood extremist who called himself Lord Voldemort and his followers. Wanda, as the only sorceress who had any connection to Britain, and had a dislike of the dark arts, due to her summer tutoring with an old college friend of Professor Xavier's, Dr Stephen Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme for Earth, and all of her friends joined the resistance against him, the secret Order of the Phoenix. Dr Strange also had begun to teach all of them wandless magic. "It will be much easier in a duel to have wand less capabilities. Plus, it will also be easier to defend yourself period. Magic was meant to be taught this way, not with wands. Don't misunderstand me, wands are an important tool, but they are often used as a crutch by majority of wizards today. They are meant to be tools of precision, not used as a focus. Wanda, as a sorceress, needs a conduit, thus her necklace, which is an amulet of great power. Also, I will not have any students of mine using this ridiculous apparition/disapparition nonsense, I will teach you all proper teleportation, granted it will be in a whirl of smoke, but it won't be half as bad as the sound of a gunshot every time you disappear or appear." He taught them all wandless magic,and teleportation. In the process, their magics all took a different color, Lily's was a flame color, Severus' was a smokey grey, Remus' was an amber color, James' was a gold color, and Sirius' was a dark grey. Whenever they teleported, the column of smoke they disappeared in was that particular color, same with any wandless spell they cast. He also helped Remus with his transformations. He taught him a charm that allowed him to be in control of his shifting, which was now painless, and he could choose when to do. In other words, Remus was no longer a prisoner to the wolf.

Lily's sister Jean and her husband Scott had been blessed with, and welcomed fraternal twins Rachel and Nate. Lily and James made the trip to meet their niece and nephew when they were a few months old. Watching Lily with her daughter, Jean noticed something was different about her sister, like the glow to her skin, and the sparkle in her eye, and it clicked.

"Lily, are you pregnant?"

"How did you know? Did you read my mind?"

"No! I just noticed some of the signs that mom told me about when I found out and called me out when I first tried to hide it."

"Well, since I accidentally stole your thunder, I have another piece of news. James and I are engaged!"

At this point, James undoes the glamour on the ring, a golden band with a fire opal setting, surrounded by topazes and rubies.

The followers of Lord Voldemort, the death eaters, decided to be bold and attack Lily's cousins, and foster parents, Michael and Emily Evans. Their daughter Petunia, had been out with a man named Vernon Dursley that night, so she had been spared. After checking on Petunia, Lily called her sister Jean over from the US after getting Scott to watch the babies. The twins, plus Petunia, who had begged to join the fight, had thoroughly beaten the squad of death eaters. Petunia had alternated between shooting them with her father's rifle, and swatting with her mother's cast iron skillet. Jean had unleashed a wave of telekinetic energy, plus mental attacks. Lily promptly started pitching fireballs at the death eaters. That is to say, the death eaters did not just stood there, they were stunned to to see two angry red heads, and an angry blonde appear out of a column that appeared to be made of fire. By the time they came out of their stupor, it was too late.

Vernon had also drove by the Evans' home to help Petunia with something, and heard the skirmish, the sight of Petunia with her father's rifle using it with extreme precision, was amazed at the sight. "Wow, what a woman!" When one snuck up behind her, he gave a boxing right hook which broke the attacker's jaw. At that point, the two fell in love. After seeing the look on Lily's face, Petunia realized that she blamed herself, and knew she would never do anything like this to anyone, she also knew that the redhead would make them pay. "Kick their ass Lils. Make them pay!" "Rest assured Tuney, they will Burn." As she said this, her hair started billowing around her, and her eyes began to glow like green fire in the middle of a raging flame. Also it should be mentioned, her voice had a slight double harmonic sound to it on the word burn.There was also a faint outline of a fiery bird around her.

Dorea Potter passed away due to illness and age around the same time. Charlus held on long enough to see James and Lily marry in the Potter family estate. Her gown covered any traces of the growing baby bump. Sirius and Wanda married in a lavish pureblood affair. Walburga, Sirius' mother, upon realizing that her son was A, The family heir, and B, was engaged to a superstar in their world, refused to disown her son , no matter how much she wanted to, and threw the biggest wedding Wizarding England had seen in decades. Bellatrix, who had been acting odd since she married Rudolphus LeStrange sulked off in the corner. Andromeda had been disowned because she married a muggle-born, Ted Tonks. There had also been an incident when she gave birth to her children.

Andromeda had earned her mastery in Alchemy, working under Nicolas Flamel who required all forms of alchemy. She had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The boy had been stillborn. Andy, in her grief and madness, attempted a forbidden art of alchemy to save her son's life: human transmutation. It succeeded, but at a cost: she could not any more children, and the baby had been born a squib. The twins were both metamorphmagi, a rare trait among the black family, and her son had enough magic to shapeshift. He also showed signs of being a mutant. He would shift into a spiked lizard form, as a baby. He could shift any part of his body into a sharp spike, and he could completely shapeshift, whereas his sister, could only change into other females. He also shifted with a flash. The names they were given were Arcturus Apollo Tonks, and Nymphadora Artemis Tonks who were born in 1987.

Narcissa had only recently married her fiancé Lucius Malfoy, who was notably absent as well as Rudolphus. Andromeda was one of Wanda's bridesmaids just to spite her in laws. Narcissa was the fitting pureblood wife, beautiful, crafty, powerful. She also was involved in several charities. It was a perfect marriage on the surface. Only on the surface. Narcissa hated her husband, who was known to belittle her, and had promised her that once she had a son, she would never have any more children, he would see to that. He also had hit her, nothing serious, she had to be presentable to society at all times,after all, but still she was abused.

James and Lily gave birth to their first child on July 31st 1994. A boy, named Harry James Potter. Wanda and Sirius were named Godparents. Narcissa Malfoy had given birth just a month before. A blond boy named Draconis Cygnus Malfoy. Narcissa named Severus as Godfather, unbeknownst to Lucius. Then the prophecy, which would cause so much chaos, given by Sybil Trelawney, was heard by an unknown death eater, who told his master. Lord Voldemort ,for some unknown reason, decided to put stock in the prophecy, and came after the Potters, and The Longbottoms. Both families went into hiding, but the Potters decided to flee to The United States. Wanda, by this point, had joined the Avengers. Upon explaining to the others about what was going on, the Avengers unanimously agreed to have them come to Avengers Tower.

Sirius, as Lord Black, had written all of his family members offering sanctuary in the U.S. The Tonkses agreed, as well as Regulus, Sirius' younger brother. Narcissa didn't reply, but began packing everything of hers, and Draco's, as discreetly as possible. Bellatrix, on the other hand, was insulted to no end. She charged, single handedly, at Sirius , demanding why the Blacks were leaving the UK. Severus had been there, as it had happened, and sensed some kind of mental tampering. "Sirius, hold her down. I think that bastard messed with her mind." Sirius, using magic, knocked her to the ground, and bound her. For extra measure, he also sat on her. Eyes blazing, she was screaming,flailing, while Severus accessed her mind. He found a veil of dark magic in her mind, and some of memories were twisted.Severus undid all of the damage, and cleared away the dark magic. Her eyes flashed, and a look of horror and cold fury crossed her features. "That…. That…… Troll humping….. egotistical son of a krup, he let that extremist squib-born mess with my Mind! Siri, please let me up. Now." Sirius recognized the tone, grinned a devilish grin, and obliged. The group helped Bellatrix pack her things while she dealt with Rabastan and Rodolphus ,who was cringing, dodging, and wincing at his wife's tirade.

On October 31st 1995, the group left for the airport. They stopped at Diagon Alley for last minute supplies, and were met by The Tonkses, Regulus, Bellatrix, and to everyone's surprise, Narcissa and Draco. "I couldn't take it anymore Bella, Andy! He would hit me, mentally abuse me, not to mention he tried to curse me to not have anymore children. The breaking point was when he hexed Draco. At that point, I summoned my trunk, which came flying, straight into Lucius' head. I left a letter telling him I was gone, and Draco was too." At that point, Minerva came walking up to the group. "I was touched by your offer to leave with all of you Wanda. I'll be anywhere the lot of you need me." They group, after they changed their clothes, made it to the Airport. The purebloods were as nervous as they could be. They were then attacked by Voldemort, and his followers. Lucius , and the LeStrange brothers were among them. They were boarding their jet, sent by Stark Industries, when they were attacked. The dark lord went for baby Harry, and Wanda dove in the way of a killing curse to save her godson.

As the curse grazed her arm, her green eyes turned black, her skin turned an in-human reddish pink color, her hair turned dark, and an inhuman male voice erupted from her mouth. Her necklace had a black glow emanating from it. " HOW DARE YOU YOU PUNNY MORTAL! SHE IS MY PROTECTED. FEEL MY WRATH, you foolish mortal!" At this point, the possessed body of Wanda, raised her hand, and drained Lord Voldemort of his energy, and strength, and unleashed a fury of dark red and black energy, which vaporized his body, " NOW HE HAS LEARNED ABOUT TRUE DARK MAGIC. FEAR CHTHON BEFore all others!" As this was being said, Wanda's own characteristics came back. During the onslaught, the darkest chaos magic showed the images of a locket, a goblet, a diadem, a book,and a ring. When voldemort was destroyed, so were the images. In the battle, Lily had gotten Narcissa, Draco, Andromeda, Minerva, Harry, and the twins onto the plane. Ted got hit in the crossfire. He didn't survive, but then again, neither did the four death eaters it took to dispose of him. Andy was sobbing, as well as her children. This act of sacrifice, changed Bellatrix and Narcissa's views of Muggle borns, and to an extent, muggles. The rest of the traveling group dealt all of the death eaters. Lucius and the LeStrange brothers were killed in the onslaught of Chthon. Everyone made it onto the plane, and left for New York City, to Avengers Tower.

The private jet, who was flown by Clint Barton, who was also known as Hawkeye, the extraordinarily sharp eyed archer of The Avengers, flew into the hanger of Avengers Tower. They were shown to their suites, and settled in. Dr Strange also stopped by to teach the remaining witches and wizard how to use magic without a wand, and teleportation. Minerva declined the wandless part, but did learn the teleportation spell. "I'm too old to relearn how to use magic. I'll be more than glad to watch the children while everyone else learns though. They'll be the grandchildren I never had." Bellatrix's magic was a royal purple, Andromeda's was a spice berry color, Narcissa's was an icy blue/teal, and Regulus's was a silvery grey. They settled into their new home, and made friends. The magicals learned that the muggle world wasn't much different than the wizarding world.