Chapter Six: Cold Truths

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews, favourites, follows and just reading this story! It always makes my day! This chapter is a bit different from other chapters, as it will be a memory chapter in Harry Potter's POV and this chapter will make you understand how Pansy Parkinson died. It's an important chapter to read! Who really killed Pansy Parkinson? What really happened?

Disclaimer: I bought this awesome HP poster today (Thursday Australian time) and it's bloody amazing and these two Hogwarts shirts for $40 and I was so happy- successful day! So anyway I don't own Harry Potter and all rights to J.K Rowling!

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Harry Potter took his glasses off and put his head in his hands. It was so hard to send his only daughter off to Hogwarts. His daughter was growing up and wouldn't be relaying on him. He wouldn't hear her playing her saxophone anymore that she had begged them to buy when she heard a muggle playing on the streets of London. He wouldn't see her zooming past him window on her broom, trying to catch a snitch. She was growing up and it broke his heart.

He couldn't help but think that whenever she was out of his sight, she was in more danger than his sons James or Albus, all because she was in the wrong place wrong time with him, when she had been seven. She was in more danger than ever at Hogwarts, and something only told him that it was going to get worse.

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Harry smiled down at Lily who was running around laughing her head off. She had just turned five a few days ago, so as her birthday treat, he was going to buy her a new broomstick, like he did on James and Albus's birthdays. She stopped and looked back at him, grinning.

'Hurry up daddy!' Lily yelled, running towards him. He caught her and twirled her around and she giggled loudly.

'Daddy, look!' Lily said, about five minutes later.

'What, Lils?' Harry asked, looking around. She grinned and took off and he quickly followed her, not wanting to lose her in the crowd. He found her a minute later, looking at a woman playing a saxophone.

'Lily!' Harry said. 'Don't run off like that please!'

'Daddy, listen!' Lily smiled. 'Is she good?'

'She is sweetheart,' Harry said, 'but we need to keep moving if we want to get the shops.'

'Oh okay!' Lily said. She turned to the saxophone player and smiled widely at her. 'You are a really good player- don't give up.'

The saxophone player stopped playing and smiled at Lily.

'Aren't you a darling?' She said. 'Your father is lucky to have you.'

'Here Lily,' Harry said, handing her a muggle five dollar note, 'you hand this to the nice lady.' Lily grinned and took the note and gave it to the lady. The lady looked very grateful and Harry smiled slightly at her.

'Come Lils,' Harry said, holding his hand out for his daughter. She took it and waved cheerily to the lady. She took it and smiled at Lily.

'You're much kinder than I deserve,' she smiled.

'Everyone deserves a little kindness.' Lily smiled. 'Have a good day.'

Harry nodded at the lady, took Lily's hand and they walked off the street. Harry couldn't help but feel proud of his daughter. She was older than her age and displayed kindness at every turn. She was kinder than any soul that Harry had met and it made him feel proud.

'Dad, look!' Lily said, as they reached the Leaky Cauldron. 'We're here!' She patiently waited for him to catch up and she grabbed his hand and dragged him inside. The whole pub went quiet and Lily stood in front of Harry, suddenly scared.

'Harry!' Hannah called out. 'Lily! Come over here!'

Harry looked at her gratefully and tried to get Lily to walk forward. She stubbornly stood there and turned to face him. He looked at her and she seems scared.

'What's wrong?' Harry asked.

'I don't trust the people in here,' Lily said, 'one of them- one of them seems- untrustworthy.'

'What do you mean?' Harry asked. 'These people are just normal witches and wizards honey,'

'No!' Lily insisted. 'I feel- I don't know daddy, dark magic.'

Harry's eyes widen and he took Lily's hand, pulling her to the floor as a spell was aimed at them.

'Hannah, get these people out of here!' Harry yelled. He grabbed Lily and hugged her to his chest.

'Daddy!' Lily cried, as Harry tried to shot back at the attackers while keeping Lily safe.

'It's alright Lily,' Harry whispered, 'its' okay.'

'Do you lie to all of your kids Potter?' A cold voice asked. Harry froze and looked behind him. Pansy Parkinson was standing there, laughing with two other Death Eaters. Harry glared at them as Lily stopped crying and turned to face them.

'I tell them the thing they need to hear,' Harry said.

'Maybe we need to tell her that her precious father will die,' the death eater to the right said.

'I don't want you to die, daddy!' Lily cried. 'Daddy, don't die! Please don't!'

She started to cry loudly and Harry took his chance as the Death Eaters were distracted to catch them. He pointed his wand at them and silently stunned Parkinson's friends. She looked angry with herself and Harry put the Protego spell around Lily.

'I will get you Potter!' Pansy snarled.

'Daddy!' Lily cried. 'Daddy, I love you! Please don't die!'

Suddenly, the three of them were transported to an area only to familiar- the forest around Hogsmeade and Hogwarts.

'That little-!' Pansy said and Harry shot a stunning spell at her.

'I will kill you,' Harry said, 'if you hurt my daughter.'

'Please Potter,' Pansy scoffed, 'you won't kill,'

'Family changes everything,' Harry said.

'I know,' Pansy said, 'Expelliarmus!' Harry's wand flew from his hand and he held Lily tighter.

'What the-?' Harry muttered.

'Who first?' Pansy smirked, her two death Eater companions arriving suddenly.

'Me,' Harry said immediately, thinking of the wand in his back pocket that he had left from the mission the day before Lily's birthday.

'Say goodbye Potter,' Pansy smirked, 'AVADA-!'

'NO!' Lily screamed and Pansy and her companions were knocked to the ground. Pansy got up immediately but her companions were knocked out.

'You suddenly got your magic did you?' Pansy taunted. Lily screamed at the top of her voice and Pansy cowered.

'I wanna go home!' Lily said.

'You will honey,' Harry said, 'I promise, okay?'

'No she won't!' Pansy said. 'I need her power! It's stronger than I've ever known!'

'Screw you Parkinson!' Harry yelled. 'Imperio!'

Parkinson dodged the spell and Lily cried again as Harry and Pansy fired spells again. Harry thought of Apparating away but he would leave himself and more importantly Lily unprotected. He dodged a spell of hers when it happened.

A tree branch fell from a tree and hit Parkinson on the head. She collapsed to the ground, and for some reason he knew she was dead. He looked at Lily who had stopped crying and looked at the companions who had woken up and they were looking at Pansy.

'I will kill you both if it's the last thing I do,' the companion to the right said, 'you're both dead,'

'I'm sorry,' Lily said. Harry Disapparated and they were home. Ginny was at Molly and Arthur's with James and Albus which he was grateful for.

'Daddy, what happened?' Lily asked.

'That women was killed,' Harry said, glancing at his wand. Should he Obliviate his daughter's memory?

'Why?' Lily asked.

'Obliviate!' Harry whispered. She had to forget going accidently killing Parkinson. Her eyes went unfocused and Harry let a sigh of relief. She'd be okay now.

'Daddy, how did we get home?' Lily asked.

'I was able to get away,' Harry said, 'so how about we leave that broomstick for a few days and get that puppy companion for Padfoot?'

'Sure!' Lily grinned.

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Harry Potter stared at his glasses in his hand. He had just finished reading his son, James's letter, and it worried him greatly. Lily had been bullied before she had gotten on the train and his daughter had cried about it. If it was one thing he knew for sure was that his daughter hardly cried, especially after the Parkinson incident.

'Harry,' Hermione said. Harry looked up from his desk and saw Ron and Hermione standing there. They were holding a letter in their hand and from the neat writing, it had to be Rose's letter. It was a novel from how many times it was folded and it made him sigh more.

'Yeah?' Harry asked, putting his glasses back on.

'I think something is wrong at Hogwarts,' Ron said, 'from Rose's letter. Like something has changed the school since Hugo and Lily have gone.'

'It's Lily,' Harry sighed, 'you two both know this. Everyone knows that James and Albus are mine and Ginny's sons but with Lily they aren't sure, but I don't understand it. She's like both of us isn't she?'

'In a way,' Hermione said, 'but you forget her - well - powers in a way.'

'Her ability to detect lies,' Harry said, 'but that's all.'

'I think she has another power,' Hermione said, 'I've been-'

'Reading about it,' Harry and Ron finished and Hermione rolled her eyes.

'Yes, I have,' Hermione said, 'and from the- stories if you can call them that- speak of a young girl.'

'How?' Harry asked sharply, standing up now.

'The daughter born of fame and poor will be born on the date of the fame's fortune. She'll be born with abilities not seen since the time of a man called Merlin. She'll have the abilities to detect lies, to see the future and to control anything she desires without the use of a wand. She'll be a fair person with kindness as her true person, but not without heart ache- her life will take a down fall but it doesn't have to be that way- without her mother or father. They must guide her on the journey with her two brothers to becoming powerful- more powerful than the name of Merlin himself- but if she's led astray, she'll be worse than her father's worst enemy- the man who marked him as his equal, and that shall be a day that all should fear shall it come.' Hermione read aloud from a piece of paper in her hand.

'Fame's fortune,' Harry muttered.

'That's got to be you,' Ron said.

'More powerful than Merlin?' Harry asked. 'How is this possible?'

'I'm not sure, but it can't mean no one else.' Hermione said. 'And we have to warn her- and Minerva.'

'Why?' Ron asked. Hermione sighed and looked up at the ceiling before glancing at Harry.

'This prophecy speaks of Lily being kind of her true person, but if she's led astray, she'll be greater than Merlin but worse than Voldemort. You don't understand the power she holds.' Hermione said.

'Let's reason first,' Ron said, 'there's no need to worry about this. Nothing can harm people at Hogwarts-'

'That's not true,' Harry pointed out, 'we were always in danger-'

'-because of Death Eaters,' Hermione muttered, 'that's got to be what would led her astray!'

'Then let's get Ginny and go to Hogwarts,' Harry said.

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Author's Note: I'm so sorry that this chapter has taken long! It's been hard to write! Anyway, how was this chapter? I won't be able to update for a few days because I'm having my friends over, so be patient and sorry for the long wait!

Is the prophecy believable?

Also the idea of bringing Merlin into the prophecy was inspired from the TV show Merlin as my sister introduced that to me today and OMG that's good! The wait has been long because of that and because I've been watching A Very Potter Musical, A Very Potter Sequel and A Very Potter Senior Year! If you haven't watched it, do it! It's worth your time and it's hilarious :)

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