Chapter 4

It was around the end of July when Lily was moping around her new home in Godric's Hollow. She once again had to deal with the morning sickness and kicks in her stomach. Lily had a feeling something wasn't right. She was only three months pregnant after marrying James a week after giving away her daughter. Her stomach was surprisingly as big as the nine months stage. She felt the sudden pain kick her once again as she breathed heavily while settling herself down.

"No. No this can't be happening! NO!" Lily bellowed in agony as pain swelled through her body. James ran down to her aid as she breathed heavily grasping her stomach.

"James this can't be happening! Help me!" Lily cried.

"You're only three months pregnant! This is impossible!" James said as he picked Lily up in his arms.

Lily then had another dark feeling once again. She felt like something was causing her to have her baby early. It felt like dark magic was striking her. Something or someone wanted her second child to be born because of the prophecy Dumbledore stated. What if that someone wanted to go after the second child instead of the first one?

"It's…..dark magic! Something or someone obviously wants this child to be born!" Lily replied.

"That's not possible Lily! We'll talk about this later! We need to get you to St. Mungo's."

…

Lily screamed in pain just like the way she did for her daughter. Madame Maxwell was shocked to see her pregnant again as she ordered Lily to breath and push hard. She too was thinking the same thing as James of giving birth to a baby after being three months pregnant.

"I….can't have this baby!" Lily cried as sweat slid down her face. It felt just as painful as her first child. At least she had experience of this. A sudden cry of a baby sounded the room as Lily breathed in relief. Her second child was over with. Madame Maxwell smiled and cleaned the child handing it to Lily.

"It's a boy," Madame Maxwell smiled as Lily cried with joy and happiness. James smiled as his newborn son as Lily rocked her son to calm him down.

"What should we name him?" James asked. Lily froze as she thought about Selena again. Severus and she never got to name their child in the hospital. Darkness filled her mind again as she had the flashbacks of the nightmare. The less she worried about Death Eaters attacking made her think about her son. What if she really was able to keep him over her? James could see the weakness in her eyes again as she stared at her son anxiously.

"I know you're thinking about her Lily. He'll have us and maybe the Death Eater's won't attack this time," James assured.

"I am suspicious about how on earth I gave birth to a baby after being three months pregnant," Lily replied.

"I don't really want to talk about this Lily. I have to admit I'm worried about him too," James replied as Lily handed her son to James.

"I know. Someone wanted him to be born. Prophecies could refer to anyone. It's impossible to give birth after that period of time," Lily replied.

"Like I said Lily. Maybe he'll be fine," James said sternly.

"What about my daughter. What will she think of me? I'm a terrible mother James! I can't do this," Lily cried.

"Yes you can Lily. I know you can. You'll be a perfect mother for our son. Once you find your daughter and explain everything, I'm sure she'll understand. You have to learn to move on and understand things." Lily started at James as she looked at her small son cooing in her father's arms. The way James was holding her baby reminded her of the moment Severus was holding Selena. James was right. She had to move on and understand that she gave her away for a reason.

"You're right. I will always love her and our son even in the darkest of times," Lily breathed as she stared at her son once more. "And I like the name Harry. Our son should be named Harry," Lily smiled as James smiled back.

"Harry James Potter."

Lily smiled as James handed their son to her arms. Nothing else happened later that night as the two enjoyed their moment with Harry. No Death Eaters attacking, no dark magic, no crazy prophecies, just nothing out of the blue. Lily really did have nothing to worry about. Harry was safe like Selena.

"Harry's going to be alright. I just know it," Lily smiled rocking Harry softly.

"I know. I'm proud to be his father as well," James smiled.

Lily then paused thinking about what the Marauders and Severus and Petunia would think of them now. They haven't seen each other or gotten in touch within the past three months and finding out about Harry will cause the relationship to go haywire.

"James. The Marauders. Severus and Petunia! What will they think of our foolishness? Severus will be especially furious with this since no harm was after Harry this time. James I don't know how I'm going to deal with this! Severus and I wanted our child so bad!" Lily stammered. James had no other words for this as well. They're frauds now that they've had a child.

"We have to tell them the truth. I know we were fools to have a boy. It's best to live with the regret instead of the guilt," James said as Lily nodded.

….

The Marauders received owls that day then passing it onto Severus and Petunia. Lily and James got an unexpected, happy visit.

"HOW DARE YOU?! LILY?! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!" Petunia shrieked.

"We couldn't help it. It does truly hide my daughter," Lily replied.

"You just gave up a child Lily? Now you have another one and this is how you decide to repay your sacrifice?" Sirius boomed.

"I'm sorry. His name is Harry and no harm or threats has been done," Lily replied coolly.

Remus and Petunia crossed their arms while Sirius quiety cursed to himself. Severus on the other hand turned away in sorrow.

"I'm really sorry about this everyone. I never wanted any of this to happen," Lily said.

"Lily's right. It wasn't her fault in the first place that we all had to go through so much trauma," Remus added now being on her side.

"It was the Dark Lord's intentions on going after her daughter. With her safe and far away, he'll never reach her," James added. "Anyways, where has Pettigrew been lately? We haven't spoken to him since Lily's first child."

"No idea. Probably minding his own business elsewhere," Sirius grunted.

"And what has gotten into you Sirius? You don't look too good," James said as he stared at Sirius' eyelids that appeared to be heavy. He looked too tired to even face his friends.

"I betcha he was up to scowling on four paws around in the middle of the night again," Remus sighed as Sirius rolled his eyes.

"Whatever you say is true Mooney," Sirius grunted as Remus smirked.

"The old times Padfoot. The old times."

"I just felt like going on an evening run okay?!"

"Enough! This is about Lily and James being fools of having a son!" Petunia exclaimed.

"I agree. Especially with the Dark Lord on the prowl," Remus added.

"And we're going to risk our lives for Harry instead of doing it for your daughter?! Well we already have but Harry will be different. What if he ends up being the same?!" Sirius remarked.

"I know. This doesn't make any sense at all and I'm sorry about all of this," Lily replied coolly.

"I don't agree with any of this, but I'm on her side with this." Everyone turned to Severus in surprise to see that he finally spoke up.

"Are you all insane?" Sirius exclaimed.

"Do we have to repeat ourselves?! You…..just gave up…...your only daughter!" Remus added on.

"I know. I do agree that this wasn't her fault," Severus stated. "And it pains me to give our daughter away, but James is doing us a favor to hide her. I agree about this whole mess being ludicrous, but it's worth it for her. For both of us."

Lily sighed in relief thinking the whole argument will go completely a different way.

"Yes. We did the Unbreakable Vow. We will find her eventually," James added on.

"Yes. You did a vow to protect my daughter. A vow to be her godfather. If you're going to protect my daughter, then I'm protecting your son."

James and Lily froze as soon as Severus stated that. Everyone else in the room was just the same.

"Y-you'll be his godfather?" James asked. Severus nodded in reply.

"Yes. It's to repay you for your son's protection," Severus replied.

"I honestly have no words for this really," Lily started. "I never asked for any of this to happen, but I am thankful for Severus' willingness to protect Harry."

"James saved my life. I'm going to protect Harry to repay him," Severus stated.

"To be honest, I agree with him. We may have crossed the lines as children, but now we have to put that behind us right now since we're dealing with a hardship right now," Sirius added. "It's time we start risking our lives to save others. I too will be Harry's godfather if he means so much to both of you."

"Thank you Sirius. What about the rest of you? Even if you don't forgive us?" James asked staring at Petunia and Remus.

"I don't know. Harry can't replace your first child Lily," Remus remarked.

"I know. I can still take care of Harry. Nothing happened to him the past 12 hours," Lily replied.

"But there won't be any promises that the Dark Lord can attempt to go after him," Remus stated.

"I agree. Which is why we're experienced with this. We'll give Harry all our protection just like the way we did with Lily's daughter." James replied.

"I was looking forward to be an aunt to Lily's daughter, but that chance was taken from me. I can still be one to Harry to remind myself that her daughter still lives inside us," Petunia said.

"Thank you Sis," Lily said as Petunia grinned feeling a little better about things.

"I'll try to be the aunt Harry's wished for," Petunia grinned.

"Well Remus? Are you in on this?" Sirius asked impatiently. Remus was still hesitant as everyone else waited for an answer.

"This won't change anything. I'm going to stick with that. I am however, still going to protect Harry for the sake of his life," Remus said as everyone sighed in relief.

"Thank you so much Remus!" Lily cried as she smiled at Harry who cooed in her arms.

"I must be going anyways," Sirius grunted as Remus stared in confusion.

"Where are you going?" Remus questioned.

"Nowhere," Sirius replied making it sound truthful. Remus didn't find it convincing though.

"Yeah. Sure," Remus huffed as Sirius dashed out of the room.

"What was that all about?" James asked.

"No idea. He's been at this for three months," Remus replied.

Lily shrugged as her eyes focused on Harry. Harry started to open his eyes for the first time. He looked so much like James, but he had her eyes. Her emerald eyes. Just like the ones her daughter had before giving her away. Lily half smiled as Harry already reminded her of Selena. Severus was thinking the same thing as Harry cooed and stared at his mother.

Lily felt guilt surge her mind as she stared at Harry once more. Harry might have a higher chance at living with her and James than Selena living with her and Severus. Her daughter will feel upset about this once she finds out. She will become a monster just like Lily thought. She couldn't believe what she saw that night when her daughter appeared to her. This was all her fault. She'll keep Harry over her and Selena will grow to become someone Lily doesn't want her to become. She created Harry to hide from the mess she made with Selena and the situation with the Dark Lord.

"Oh Selena. What have I done?"