Lily Black

Chapter 4

Lily stood proudly outside Number 4 Privet Drive; this was it, the day she took Harry away from this hellhole. Lightly, she by-passed the pathetic wards surrounding the place. What Dumbledore did not realise, or perhaps he did, that the particular blood wards were based on love. Any Death Eater could quite likely waltz in at any given moment if it were not for her own wards, which prevented that. Only the Dark Lord himself could break the wards, and even then he would find it hard due to the vast amount of angel magic and other little-known inhuman magic. Looking around she noticed Dung sleeping on the grass under an invisibility cloak. But the grass being flat alerted him and all Lily had to do was close in on his aura. She rolled her eyes and rang the doorbell. Petunia answered.

"Why, hello Aunt Petunia! May I come in?" Lily said in a fake, bright cheerful, voice. Petunia clearly looked shocked, having met her niece only a few times in her first year of birth, when her sister lived with their parents prior to the wedding. Lily simply strode into the kitchen and laid the papers she had brought onto the table. Scanning she found out Harry was in the cupboard. She frowned at her still bewildered Aunt and undid the lock, almost afraid of what she might see. Immediately the stench of blood hit her as her thin brother crawled out and collapsed. Lily quickly summoned an angel healer to her side, which gasped then started healing Harry. Lily got up and the house turned several degrees colder She turned to Petunia

"I wholeheartedly suggest you sign all the papers that need it right now before I make this house a replica of the North Pole." To emphasise her point the telephone became encased in ice. Petunia scuttled into the kitchen and back out again within moments, with the adoption papers signed. Snatching them she turned back to Harry whilst she visibly glowed and the ends of her hair turned slightly static. When the Angel Healer finished and smiled, telling Lily he would be fine after several good meals, nutrition potions and rest, she gripped Harry's wrist gently and activated her portkey that led to her house.

A few moments later, Harry was tucked up safely in a guest room, which he would stay in until he could choose his own room. It had taken three hours before she could bring herself to leave the room, only after, however, she put multiple spells, which would tell her of his condition and removed the tracking charms on him.

It was a further five hours before Harry regained consciousness, and Lily was awoken also from her troubled sleep.

Harry woke up disorientated, not knowing where he was, and in effect, he began to hyperventilate. Lily quite literally ran in and, not caring of the consequences, hugged her brother to her heart.

"Hush now my Harry, let your mind be free, one day when you're big and strong, you can face anything…" Lily continued to sing her lullaby to her brother, which caused two things, for Harry to calm down and for him to remember being held and loved, for seeing his sister's face so like the mother he had only known a short while, and above all, being safe.

Slowly and quietly, Lily explained to Harry everything, why he is here, who she was, what precisely happened, what happened to her, why she could not claim him and so on. Unlike so many others she left out nothing. Strictly speaking, Charlie, being her soulmate, was the only one she was allowed to tell, but she knew this was an exception. She intended to take care of her brother, and lying to him would hurt, and that would class as not taking care of him. She didn't expect anyone to understand, but in her head it made sense.

As Harry fell into a light sleep, Charlie turned up, and getting a promise from him, she left quietly to go to the Ministry of Magic.

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"Name and business please,"

"Lily Evans-Black-Silverwing, adoption of Harry Potter."

The little badge popped out. 'Lily E.B. Silverwing, adoption of HP.'

"Have a nice day"

Lily pinned the badge to her denim jacket and stepped out of the elevator. Looking around she noticed very little had changed, apart from the new fountain they were building. She rolled her eyes and approached the desk. The woman on duty flicked her eyes to the badge.

"Adoption is on the right hallway, please take a seat and someone will be right out." Lily thanked her and made several sarcastic comments about lack of security in her head, until another woman invited her into her office. Lily, from her research knew this was Arista Larerre, a pureblood of French descent, not a blood purist by any stretch of imagination, like their Zambini cousins, and very sympathetic to matters of child abuse. This was the one Lily was hoping for.

"Hello, Miss Larerre, my name is Lily Silverwing, and I am here to enquire about the adoption of my half-brother?" Lily smiled as Arista started her questions.

"Well, matters are not entirely up to me, but only if I find something off about the adoption, so I will start my questioning now. Are you at the age of nineteen and above?" Lily nodded the affirmative and gave her date of birth.

"Are your parents deceased or unable to look after him? If so please state why."

"They are deceased due to Lord Voldermort." Arista flinched.

"Who are your brother's current guardians?"

"My aunt and uncle."

"Why do you deem it necessary to adopt him?"

"They abuse him. I have the medical records here." Arista took the documents. One look at some of the more minor injuries and she ran to the bathroom, returning only ten minutes later.

"Due to the nature of these injuries," She flipped the papers so she wouldn't have to look. "I believe you are within your rights, but I will need both of your birth certificates."

Just as she was about to drink the coffee she read them, and spluttered her coffee everywhere.

Lily almost felt sorry for her.

"Does this change anything, Miss. Larerre?" Knowing full and well that it didn't, and that Lily's birth certificate stated her adoption by the Silverwing's, that she had committed no crime.

So Arista sent the adoption papers through, and vowed she definitely wouldn't believe the rubbish in the prophet.

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When she got back Lily was almost literally bouncing off the walls. Charlie smiled at the happy twinkle in his fiancé's eyes. He knew her fondest wish was to be reunited with her long lost brother. Said long lost brother was on the sofa with some of Charlie's clothes on, although they had to be taken down a lot of dress sizes.

Lily also saw that her brother was smiling, obviously happy with the turn of events.

The rest of the evening was spent in a comfortable mood. Lily talked of her success at the ministry, and Harry shocked Lily with the events of his years at Hogwarts, oh, and Charlie's own stories had Lily banging her head on the table, and Lily explained how the adoption process worked for their situation (which wasn't an uncommon practice during the first war.). Basically, Lily would be Harry's guardian for the next two years (Harry is fifteen) until Harry hit the majority. So Lily could stand against Dumbledore in that aspect.

Harry would not live a controlled life ever again if Lily had any say in it!

Disclaimer: In no shape or form do I own the characters of the Harry Potter World, that honour and right belongs solely to the original author JK Rowling. The Plot and extra characters, however, belong solely to me.

Finally this is out! Sorry you guys had to wait but my teachers have decided to drown us in homework, I haven't been home on time for two weeks I've had to stay at school and do homework!

Anyway, being half term and my mates have all gone on holiday (Arses) I will have more time to write.

Anyway, enough about me and my pitiful life, please enjoy and review, I need something to cheer me up, even if it's critical and mean.

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