The members of the order and the members of the alternate past decided to leave petunia unconscious. They were sitting in the dinning room around a big plate of freshly baked cookies shortly after the incident, trying to decide what to do next. The phone rang. Tonks, on reflex, picked it up. "Hello?"
"Petty?" the voice asked from the other end.

"Er, she's unavailable right now. Can I take a message?" Tonks asked to be courteous but with no intention of delivering the message.

"Fine, tell Petunia her sister called."

"Wait, she doesn't have a sister. Who in the name of Merlin is this?"

"Melody?" the voice asked.

"No, its Tonks."
"Oh thank Merlin, its Lily. I'm not quite sure what's going on but I'm over here in the states. Is the rest of my family okay?"

Tonks looked at the table a little worried, then decided just to ignore the question. "Where are you?"

There was a pause on the other end, and then Lily gave an address. "But wait, what about…"

"We'll be over there ASAP" Tonks said loudly, cutting her off. Everyone at the table looked at her curiously. "We have an address on Lily. Now who wants to tell her that the rest of her family has gone AWOL when we get there?"

Everyone shot nervous glances at each other. "Well, I guess we'll decide that when we get there."

"Ok, my friend's will be here soon and they'll help me explain everything to you three. Now, what are your names, Sweethearts?" Lily asked the two kids.

"Well Mom, I'm Evan and this is Rose, we're twins."

Lily smiled, and cupped her hand over her stomach instinctively. "Now, did I ever tell you anything about your father? Or anything like that?" she asked.

"I don't think you knew, Mom, you didn't remember anything from before you met Dad. Well, you mentioned a bright green light once or twice, but that's all."

"Oh, well that explains something. Mick, do I have a strange scar anywhere?" Lily asked.

"Well, up high on your chest," He responded, "There's one that actually looks like a lightening bolt." Lily wasn't surprised, but she still picked up the fringe of her shirt to check. There it was, in all its ghoulish glory. The doorbell rang.

The twins got up to get it, Lily following quickly behind them, and Mick right behind her. Rose opened the door.

"Whoa, when did Harry get a sex-change?" A distinctively Sirius voice asked.

"Sirius!" That had to be Melody, scolding, "Do you even know the meaning of the word 'manners?' Sometimes I wonder why I like you so much."

"It's because I'm just that good at making you scream," Sirius kissed Melody's neck gently, and nibbled at her ear.

"Do you want to take ballerina lessons again?"

"Sirius Orion Black, what sort of things are you saying in front of my kids?"

"Er, Remus, take over." There was a small burst of light and Remus was looking around, bewildered.

"Prick," Lily muttered in annoyance before telling her kids to ignore him and inviting her friends inside. They all took a left into the living room where Lily surveyed them. Her kids and, apparently, her husband seemed a bit confused while her friends seemed to be nervous about something, pushing others to the front while they struggled for a place in the back. "Wait," Lily observed, "Where's James? And Harry, and Miles?"

"Lily my dear," Began Albus, after a pause where no one else was brave enough to step forward. "It seems that you and James didn't end up exactly where we expected you would. Afterwards both Harry, the elder, went a little-"

"-bonkers," Sirius put jumped in.

"Ah yes, and apparated away." Lily looked at Albus horror struck.

"But you know where they are, right?" she asked.

"Well, no, not really. But we're sure they'll turn up," seeing Lily's crestfallen face, Albus did the only thing he could figure as plausible at the time, "Lemon drop?"

"You lost my family?" Lily asked in a deathly low voice.

"Yeah, it's a real pisser isn't it? But let's focus on how the hell you're alive right now," Sirius said, "Any ideas Albus?" the attention switched to Albus, who looked pensive for a moment while Melody used this time to congratulate Sirius on diverting Lily's attention.

"Well, the theory has been brought up that the Killing Curse wasn't designed to kill, rather it was intended to deliver the worst possible, personal punishment to a person. For most this happens to be death but it is possible that dumping Lily in the far corners of the world, isolated from her loved ones and with no means of getting back would be worse than death for her."

Lily looked at him for a moment, "Then James is alive, right?"

Albus looked directly into Lily's green eyes, "There is no way we can be certain."

AN, I know a little short but I was waiting for my review count to get to 100 when I gave up and started procrastinating my hw, so you're really lucky to be getting anything at all. R&R and I'll post again.