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The Tears of Doom: A HP fanfic

Chapter 4

Just as the group strode out into the sunny streets, the door of Godric's Hollow, No. 5, swung open. "May I know who you are?" A gentle female voice called after them.

Harry turned around first. The speaker was a fair, petite blond who looked not much older than 19 years old.

"I'm Harry Potter. These are my friends, Ron, Hermione and Ginny." Harry replied, wondering who the girl was.

"Potter, you say?" The girl asked curiously, fixing him with a suspicious look.

Harry nodded.

"I'm Elva Hawkthorne. This has been my house since 15 years ago… Are you related to Lily and James?" Elva asked, fixing her blue eyes on Harry's bright green ones.

Again, Harry nodded…

"Excellent! Come on in, all of you." Elva smiled brightly at them, revealing perfect teeth.

The interior of the house gave the impression that one had entered a warm and cosy apartment. Harry and the rest sat down on the black velvet couch.

Elva bustled around the kitchen making tea. Harry looked around the house. He saw several photos of Elva and some of her parents.

Elva came back and set the cups of tea down. "Are you sure you are related to Lily and James?" She asked, peering over the top of her spectacles.

Harry nodded, "I'm Harry Potter, their son."

"Son?" Elva raised an eyebrow. "Good. I had a letter left to you from your mother."

"Really?" Harry eyes widened and banged his cup of tea on the table.

Hermione leant forward in her seat to listen.

"Yes. Wait for me. I shall go and take it." Elva said and departed.

The gentle sound of her footsteps faded as she entered her room.

Hermione tapped him on the shoulder, "Do you think the letter has anything to do with defeating Voldemort or stuff like that?"

Harry shook his head. "I think my mom knew that Voldemort was coming for her and she decided to write a letter just in case. And when Elva came along and found the letter, she kept it, hoping that the person the letter was meant for would come forward."

Hermione nodded slowly, "Yeah… Maybe you're right"

"What if she's a bad person?" Asked Ginny.

"Nah, she can't be…" Said Ron.

"Why not?"

"Because she makes excellent tea." Replied Ron cheekily.

Ginny rolled her eyes while Hermione and Harry laughed.

Pretty soon, the sound of footsteps returned again and Elva came back into the living room with a pink envelope clutched in her hand. She handed it to Harry.

Without further ado, Harry tore open the envelope and read it out loud.

My precious Harry,

I have written this letter because it is dark times now… And just in case anything happened to me, I wanted you to know the truth.

One of your father's friend, Peter Pettigrew, is in on the secret.

The world believes that Sirius Black, another of your father's friend betrayed us to the evil Voldemort.

That is not true.

It is actually me.

I betrayed the family.

Through Peter, a member of Voldemort's society, I came to know that he was hunting for you.

As a result, I begged Voldemort not to kill you in exchange for my loyalty.

The Dark Lord agreed.

However, several months into my service for the Dark Lord, I stumbled upon his secret.

He has multiple Horcruxes. I decided to hunt for one and destroy it.

I came upon it in a cave. It was a necklace, a beautiful thing.

Using all my powers, I destroyed it.

After that, I placed a fake in it's place and went back to my services as a Death Eater.

However, the Dark Lord suspected something when I became fidgety in his presence.

Never being a good Occlumens, I decided to leave the Dark Lord in case he found out.

However, I knew that one day, he'd come and find us to exact his vengeance. I only hope that Peter would not betray us.

There is one more thing. My name isn't really Lily Evans.

It's actually Reina Bradsforth. I changed it to Lily Evans to spite my father, Albert, after a fierce argument.

That is all.

I hope that you will understand.

Your loving mother,

R.A.B.

P.S. If we die, Godric's Hollow, No. 5 is yours. Your father left it to you in his will…

Harry looked up at his friends, stunned and at a loss of words. Hermione had covered her mouth with her hand in shock. Ron was staring at a point on the wall as though hoping it didn't exist. Ginny had bowed her head and was staring at the floor. Whether she was crying or not, nobody knew.

After a long moment of silence, Elva said, "So I guess this is your house from now on. I was shocked when I read the letter too. I never guessed that Lily would be like that. I was friends with her in Hogwarts but expelled later when they found out I was a Squib. Your mother left me in charge of this house."

Harry nodded again, fighting back tears.

Leaving the group to it's silence, Elva set off to prepare lunch for the heir of the house.

At last, Hermione spoke. "It isn't Regulus after all… But, Harry, your mom did it for you. Don't you see? She wanted to protect you from harm."

"There was no need to join the Death Eaters to do that. I would rather die than discover that my parent was a Death Eater." Harry said harshly.

"Harry…" Said Hermione in a pacifying sort of voice, placing a hand on his back.

"Listen, Hermione. I just found out my mom is a Death Eater. I need some time alone to straighten it all out, alright?" said Harry, still harshly but lesser this time.

Hermione nodded and went to explore the rest of Harry's new house with Ron and Ginny.

Several feet away, two men crouched in a bush under the window eavesdropping. "They know…" Whispered the guy to the other. The second guy nodded and Apparated away.

End of Chapter 4

Author's note: Particularly vexed by this chapter because kinda hard to continue from chapter 3… So decided to make Lily semi-evil… Haha… Had fun writing that part… Hope u had fun reading it…