700 views have been received on this entire story. 300 of those views were on chapter 1. I've only gotten four reviews, so, lets play a game. I want to see if you all know who said this: "The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and therefore should be treated with great caution."

I will tell who said it in the next chapter's author's note if someone reviews with the right answer. It'd be even more awesome if you also mention what book it's from. ;) -Z

Daddy stiffened beside me. Glancing upward, I saw he was barely containing rage. He glared at the wall, asking me, "Where did you learn those words?"

I didn't answer. Instead, I took the ring from my bedside table and twisted it thrice in my hand. Dumbledore put a hand on my shoulder. "Give him the ring," he said. "I'll explain everything for you." Grandpa James and Sirius nodded.

"Alright then," I responded, handing Daddy the ring. He looked at the red stone, his eyes opening wide. He was about to inquire where I obtained it -maybe- but I cut him off, "All you have to do is turn it thrice..."

Keeping the ring in his right hand, he looked up to find...Dumbledore and some others, I guess. "Mum?" he asked the people. "Dad?" He was silent for a moment, muttering only the words, "Oh really?" I suppose Dumbledore started explaining things to him, because confusion passed over his face. I sat down nervously on the bed, figuring that the wizened wizard was retelling all of the pranks I played on Al and James. The edge of the bed where Daddy was sitting popped up as he hugged an invisible mass. "Thank you," he whispered to me after -surprisingly- returning the Resurrection Stone to my hand. I believe he was also telling the people he was communicating with Thank you too.

"Lily," he announced, "Don't tell anyone outside of this room what I'm about to say. Your mother would be furious." He placed his wand at the edge of the bed, out of his reach. "The words Avada Kedavra are the incantation of the Killing Curse. Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters used this curse in both Wizarding Wars to kill countless Muggles, Half-Bloods, Squibs, and Muggle-Borns. If you ever use that curse, it doesn't matter if you were messing around or not, you'd get sent straight to Azkaban, forever. Don't use it. Understand?"

"Yes Daddy," I replied. He uncharmed the room, placed his wand in its pocket, gathered me in his arms, and took me to the kitchen. Ring still in my palm; I turned it to find Grandma Lily following behind us. I cocked my head, silently asking How much trouble am I in.

"None at all," she answered. "He's just relieved you're back, everyone is. The Time-Turner kept you longer than expected."

I motioned to the ring, made a slitting motion across my neck with my finger, and pointed at her, then Grandpa James behind her. "Are we dead?" she asked, trying to make sure she got the unspoken question right. I nodded slightly, so Daddy wouldn't notice. "Yes," she forlornly replied. "All of us that you see when you wear the ring are. Fred died during the Battle for Hogwarts, the same as Lupin. Professor Dumbledore was already dying by the time of his arranged death. You'll have to ask your father for all the details."

"Why Dumbledore told you those words, I'll never know," Daddy was murmuring to me. "I'll have to tell the Ministry that you're an Animagus."

"Grandpa James and Sirius didn't tell the Ministry," I retorted.

"True. I still need to tell the people in the dining hall what happened, that involves the fact you're an Animagus. They won't believe me unless you show them," I was told, the kitchen door opening.

Immediately, we were swarmed by my uncles, aunts, cousins, and Daddy's co-workers. They were all clamoring incoherently about the places they searched and the people they suspected kidnapped me. Whenever Daddy started to answer one question, he was bombarded with twenty more before he finally shouted, "SHUT UP! If you all would just SIT DOWN at the table, I can explain mostly everything." The crowd parted for us to proceed to the head of the table and divided to various seats once we sat down, me on Daddy's lap. Teddy sat on my left, his hair highlighted yellow green along with his eyes. Mummy was seated on my right, ruffling my fiery hair. Everyone's tones were hushed while Daddy explained my disappearance:

"Some way unbeknownst to any of us other than Lily, she came in contact with the Resurrection Stone. She discovered how to use it and the Marauders, along with Dumbledore and her grandmother, have been keeping her company. Prongs and Padfoot decided to teach her how to become like them - an Animagus. Dumbledore approved of it, and Lily Evans consoled my daughter whenever she failed. When she went missing, that was when she became a true Animagus. Whatever she turned into must have the ability to Apparate, leaving her exhausted at the house in Godric's Hollow, where she said she was."

The dining hall was in an uproar. Everyone was shouting excuses as to where I was and how impossible it would be for me to be an Animagus.

"She's only five!"

"We searched Godric's Hollow twice!"

"How can an Animagus Apparate?"

"She could be lying!"

"Lily," Daddy whispered in my ear, "Now would be a good time to help me, please."

I nodded and stepped onto the floor. Closing my eyes, I ignored my surroundings and thought of the glorious bird I turned into prior to my return home. My arms folded and my feet grew thinner. Gasps collected throughout the room. Experimentally, I flapped my wings and lifted seven feet off the floor over everyone's head. Circling the table once, I perched onto the back of Daddy's chair. Even he was mesmerized. Whilst they were still perplexed, I mutated back into my regular self and flopped onto Daddy's lap, growing tired from crying earlier. I fell asleep before Kingsley Shacklebolt arrived.