Hey! Clearing something up…the 3 oldest Potter (Adam, Jane and Jess) kids should've been at school during Halloween but with the Voldemort threat Dumbledore thought they might've been safer with their families rather than at school where they were exposed to Death Eater Slytherins/ Death Eaters teachers and corrupt school governors…etc. They had spent almost 2 weeks at home when the attack took place.

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Hey readers! Please review and tell me if you'd prefer to continue at this present time or fast forward to when Harry and Emily are a bit more grown up. I warn you, the next chapter is all set and they have a bit to go before meeting. Reviews appreciated.

Here's Chapter 3 Enjoy!

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Lily laughed at her daughters antics. Daisy was already two years old and dawdling around the room like and overexcited toddler. Daisy bobbled all the way to Ruth, her red curls bouncing around her chubby face as she reached her grandmother. "Nan" she said as she held her arms up, a sign for the old woman to carry her,

Frida laughed from the kitchen, cake batter spilled across her apron as she mixed it in a large metal bowl. Sitting on the marble counter next to her where the twins Erin and Annie. At only four, the two girls continued to be identical except for their hair. Both had baby blue eyes and brown hair but while Erin's hair was curly and bouncy, Annie had sleek, shiny and straight hair. They laughed as they tried to imitate Frida and mix the cake batter they had in their similar, but smaller metal bowls.

On the couch Aunt Kate laughed merrily. She was neither Lily nor the girls' aunt but that is what they called her nevertheless. Like Ruth had predicted, she'd had no problem with letting them all stay in her rather large home while they found one for themselves. At first, Lily had gotten the impression that she was a cold sort of woman. She had passion for only three things in her life: her deceased husband, high class fashion and her precious diamond collection. When they first arrived Lily had thought that she hated children and the only reason she had allowed her and her girls to move in was because Ruth had requested it. This lasted until one day Lily walked into the library and found Katherine talking to little Emily and explaining to her the different types of diamonds and the ways you could tell exactly what they were worth. Lily smiled at the old woman's laughter as she saw Emily's fascination with the shiny objects. She broke.

A couple of weeks after finding a suitable home for her and her daughters Kate made it very clear that she would not allow them to move out and so, they stayed. Lily smiled as Kate held both Emily and Amy in her laps and bounced them up and down despite the fact that at 7 and 6 years old, they were getting too big for it. Jess sat next to her mother and leaned on her shoulder. Lily hugged her thirteen year old daughter and turned to look and Jane who was sitting next to her grandmother holding one of Daisy's hands. If the events of what had happened two years ago that Halloween had affected anyone as much as they affected Lily it had been her two older girls. Jane and Jess had been 13 and 11 when it happened. And although Emily and Amy asked for their father and some of their brothers a while after the move to America, eventually they got used to not having them around. With Jane and Jess it was a completely different story.

They had been distraught after that night and it had taken the best part of two years for them to finally begin to recover. Lily had made sure they continued their interrupted education. She enrolled them in Salem's Institute of Magic right away. It was a good magical school, not Hogwarts but Lily made sure to teach them all that the Institute did not. At first she had told Aunt Kate that it was prestigious boarding school the girls had been attending. But a year after they'd moved in, at age 6, Emily began showing signs of accidental magic until they finally told Frida and Aunt Kate the truth. Unlike the expected reaction both women had been thrilled with the prospect.

"You know" Aunt Kate had said when she found out "I've always known there were witches in the world. A few years ago I had this neighbor…well one day I was over her house for lunch and headed to the kitchen to fetch some more tea, well I looked inside her cupboard and there was this huge black cauldron. I asked her what it was for…special cooking pot indeed" she sniffed significantly.

Frida on the other hand had simply asked them if witches eated anything in particular and where she could get toad skins and things like that. Lily assured her that they eat what everyone eats and left it at that.

It was late Christmas Eve and Lily noticed her girls were beginning to tire out. "Aright ladies" she said standing up "It's time to head off to bed or Santa won't bring anything by tomorrow".

"Can't we stay a while longer mum?" Emily begged putting on a puppy face. Lily sighed 'she must get that from her father' she thought. Her eyes trailed up to the lighting shaped scar on the girl's forehead as she shook her head. "I'm afraid not pumpkin" she grabbed the little girl in her arms calling her by the same nickname James used to call her.

"Please mummy please!" It was Amy who gave her the puppy face now. Lily smiled sadly. Kate noticed and said "Alright girls you heard your mother. Time for bed, all of you lot".

She grabbed Amy and Erin from the counter "You two as well. Frida will bake the cake and you can have a taste of it tomorrow". Both girls nodded sadly and Lily picked out Annie from the counter smiling as Ruth plucked Daisy from the floor. Jess took Annie from Lily and followed her grandma up the stairs. Frida disappeared inside the kitchen.

Jane came up to Lily who rubbed her short brown hair "You too missy". Jane nodded and asked "Can I owl this to Michael first?" she pointed at the small parcel in her hand "It's his Christmas present".

"Sure" Lily nodded "what did you get him?"

"A watch" Jane called back as she ran up to her mother's room to send the owl. Her mother smiled thinking 'ahh young love'. Lily walked up to the fireplace and stared at the mantle. In the center, between two very expensive silver candle holders, stood a picture of all the Girls around Lily. Nan, Kate and Frida were also in the picture that was taken last Christmas. Lily smiled at how lucky she was to have the other women help her with her daughters. Nan had helped Jess and Jane a lot when they were depressed about their father and brothers. Kate took a lot of care of all the girls, let them live in her home without asking for anything in return and had even gotten Lily a great job at a friend's fashion industry. Frida was always cooking and cleaning; making sure everything was in order and was always more than willing to take care of the girls when needed. Lily smiled as she headed upstairs to her own bedroom. She really couldn't have done it without them.


Lily went to her room. The window was open and the owl cage was empty, which meant that Jane had used Sandy (the family owl) to send her letter. Lily closed the window and put on her white pajamas. She got her bed ready for sleep and headed out to tuck in her daughters like she did every nigh before sleep. Next to her bedroom was Emily's room. She was sleeping on her small bed, her messy black hair covering her face. Lily pushed her daughter's hair out of her face and traced her lightning scar. It wasn't until the plane was halfway to America that Lily noticed the scar. She'd taken her to the doctor but Emily was fine, so Lily left it at that, the scar simply served as a reminder for what she had lost. Emily mumbled something in her sleep and Lily smiled lovingly. She was gorgeous even without her beautiful emerald eyes showing. She kissed her on the forehead and moved on to the room across.

Daisy was lying on her crib, her red locks framing her face. 'She's getting too big for this crib' Lily though 'we'll have to get her a bed or something soon'. The next room was Erin's and Annie. Both girls were sleeping soundly on their beds. Lily closed the door and headed for Jess' room. Jessica was sitting on her bed looking at something she had in her hands. Her straight long blonde hair covered her shoulders and fell down to her waist and Lily could see tears forming I her hazel eyes.

"Hunny?" Lily walked inside "What's wrong?"

Jess' head snapped up in surprise. She tried to wipe away her tears away "nothing mum".

Lily took the frame she was holding in her hands. It was a picture of the whole family in the hospital, including Sirius and Remus. It had been taken right after Danny, Darren and Daisy had been born. Lily's eyes filled with tears as well "Hunny…where did you get this?"

"At school" she sniffed "we learned to make a memory into a picture…it doesn't move but…it was my favorite picture remember?"

"Yeah I remember" Lily nodded and gave the picture back to her daughter "Things will get better sweetheart, I promise"

Jess smiled and hugged her mother "Night mum"

"Night" Lily turned off the lights and crossed the hall and entered Jane's room.

"Hey mum" she stopped brushing her hair and turned to her mother.

"Are you all right hun?" Lily asked gently.

Jane looked sad for a moment but then smiled "Yeah. Things could be better and I obviously miss them" she answered knowing what her mother was referring to "but I don't think they would've liked me to be unhappy. Besides" she smiled goofily "Michael makes me really happy as well".

Lily smiled. Her daughter was clearly smitten with her new boyfriend. He was a nice enough boy although Lily had only met him once. "I know. Goodnight hun".

"Night mum"

Lily was about to turn off the light when a scream made her heart stop cold; it was Emily. 'Oh my God' was all Lily thought as she ran to her young daughter's room. Around her the lights turned on as the girls woke up because of the scream. She could hear Kate and Ruth scuffling around out of their bedrooms in the second floor (Lily and the girls were on the third) and a clang from the kitchen on the first floor, Frida must've heard the scream also.

Lily opened her daughters room and saw her crying, standing on top of her bed. "What's wrong Ems?" she grabbed the young girl in her arms. "What is it?" Lily asked close to hysterics. On the other room Daisy had also started screaming and Erin and Annie were both crying as well. Kate, Nan and Frida took all three girls and tried to calm them down.

Jess and Jane stood at Emily's doorway, Jane had Amy in her arms. "I fell" Emily cried.

"Where did you fall? Where hunny?"

"Down the stairs, I fell down the stairs" she sobbed.

Lily breathed relieved "It's was just a nightmare pumpkin. It was just a bad dream" she hushed her daughter.

"No mummy! Harry fell too. He fell down the stairs, he's not waking up" she cried on her mum's shoulder.

Lily's heart stopped and she looked at her daughter. From the doorway Jess gasped and covered her mouth. "What?" Lily asked Emily "He fell" she cried "He's hurt".


It took almost four hours to calm Emily down. Lily finally had to give her a dose of a simple sleeping potion to get some rest. The next morning they all woke up at noon. Emily woke up happily. Lily thought her nightmare had been forgotten until in the middle of opening presents she ran up to her and whispered "Don't worry mum…Harry's fine. He woke up". Lily felt faint the whole day after that.

Kate's present to Emily did not help her nerves. When Emily opened the present from Aunt Kate it had been an adorable black puppy. "Padfoot!" was what Emily decided to call him. Jess disappeared into her room until dinner and did not look at the dog the whole night.

After Christmas dinner Lily lay on her bed and cried. She decided that she had to let go of the past. She was never going to forget her husband and children but for the sake of her daughters she had to focus on them and not stay stuck in the past. It was time to say goodbye to James and the boys. Lily looked out her window and saw the stars "Merry Christmas guys" and with a final goodbye, she fell asleep.


That's that! Hope you all like it!

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