Harry Potter and the Unexpected Heir
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From last chapter:
The teachers left, Harry stayed behind. Lillian was there too, looking over some papers. She seemed so into them that she didn't even notice Harry there. When she looked up and met his eyes she was startled.
"Harry! I thought you left"
Nope still here. I wanted to talk to you. I can't help but to feel that since we …kissed that you have been avoiding me. I am not stupid, I can sense there is
something you know and are not telling me"
"Harry… there is so much… others think my abilities are cool… but some are not… one should not know their destiny so easily."
"This is not the first time that I have heard you talking about the future. What do you see that is so horrible?"
"I see… things… sad things… deadly things" she said avoiding his gaze.
"I can't really talk to you about those things then; words from someone that does not know something are more useless than not saying anything. But I wish you would talk to me. I am your friend Lillian… I care for you. This inheritance thing opened my mind, I am not naïve, I'm not afraid to express my feelings. I gave Ginny up; my heart was not with her. When I kissed you, I was not trying to cheer you up; I was trying to show you that I was there for you, that I will always be there for you. I believe that we should use up all our time the best way possible"
Even before she could answer he was out the door. 'His matured so much over the past few weeks' she thought 'Am I making a mistake?'
She picked up her papers and left, heading for her office, this conversation had steered things up in her; feelings, memories and predictions…
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She got to her office lay her papers down and looked around for Penna; the phoenix was not on her usual resting spot. She went up the stairs to her bedroom; Penna was comfortably sleeping with her head resting on Lillian's pillow. Lillian shook her awake.
"Penna do you think I'm doing a mistake, should I tell him what I have seen, or should I continue like I am now? Am I saving him pain or giving him more pain? I'm so confused… I have never felt these emotions before." Lillian said to the phoenix, who was now attentively listening.
'I think you are making a mistake, if what you see is true, and we both know it is then I think you should try to use all the time the best way possible'
"That's what he said. But how am I going to tell him? Do you think he will believe me?"
'I think you should just start from the beginning, tell him everything as soon as possible, he is your soulmate, of course he will believe you'
"Thank you, do you think I was doing the right thing to begin with?"
'I think you were doing the right thing in the beginning but you left the situation run to long, your intentions are pure, but they were reckless. The soul mate bond you share is strong and I know you cant help to do anything possible to save him pain. I mean you brought his parents and that Black person back from the dead and cured Lupin, all to save him pain, these are emotions that you cannot control so I am will not argue too much with you'
"I understand" there was silence for a while "is William back?"
'No not yet, he should be soon though. And when he does you realise that you cannot keep him away from Harry, after all William is a unbounded phoenix and Harry has the most potential to be his Lord, he will fly to him as soon as he senses a suitable candidate.'
"Great, one more thing to drop on Harry's shoulders tonight."
'Tonight?'
"Yes, I am going to tell him everything tonight. Will you take him a message for me?"
'If I must' the phoenix replied. Lillian Disapparated down to her office, scribbling a quick note she handed it to Penna, who took it with her beak. In a burst of flames she left, leaving Lillian by herself, she sat on her chair and fiddled with her wand, thinking about the night ahead.
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Harry was at that moment lying on his bed, it was around 8:30 when Penna appeared in his room with a burst of flames. In her beak was a note. He took the note and in his head he heard 'You better not disappoint her' he opened the note; he noticed it was Lillian's handwriting:
Dear Harry, please meet me by the lake tonight at 10, come alone and try not to be seen. Use Midnight if you have too. I will tell you everything
Lillian
He stared at the letter for what felt like hours. She wanted to see him. To tell him something; no doubt important. He noticed Penna was gone, he wanted to ask her what the letter was about, he almost forgot what the phoenix had said 'You better not disappoint her' he would never disappoint her, he thought. He returned to his bed, he would have to use his animagus form Midnight Panther to sneak out of the castle without being seen, the seventh years curfew was 11 so there would still be people around.
Time seemed to go against him; it was passing so slowly when 9.45 finally came he changed into his animagus form. Hermione and Ron had fallen asleep next to each other by the fireplace, Hermione leaning on Ron's shoulder. Harry walked past them, silent as night. He emerged from the mirror and hid in the nearest shadow available. He got to a window, checking no one was near he changed into his eagle animagus and flew down to the lake, where he transformed back to his panther form. He walked around the lake checking if Lillian was there already. He found her seating under the tree where his friends and him sat so many times doing homework.
She was staring at the water, it was a clear night and the full moon was reflected on the water's surface, it was like a second night sky erupted from the earth. In his opinion she was beautiful. The moonlight made her mahogany curls shine and her skin radiated beauty and flawlessness. She was for the first time not wearing formal clothing, she was in jeans and a sweatshirt, and she looked different from the usual serious Lillian, now she looked more like a teenager than ever.
As Harry got closer, she had her back to him, but she still sensed him somehow.
"Hello Harry, thank you for coming, please let me talk, I am afraid that if I don't say it now I wont have courage to tell you again anytime soon"
"Ok I'm listening" he said
"I will get to the point. I love you; I have loved you for as long as I remember. When I was 7 I had a vision of the man that I would fall in love with, I knew that it would be impossible because I was chained by my family's rules, which I followed, but I still loved that man nonetheless. I watched that boy grow in secret; I would watch him be mistreated by his ant and uncle, unable to help him, suffering with him. This continued for years until my family was murdered, I was free; I travelled the world as you know, and still keeping an eye out for the boy that was now a near man. I was determined to get to know him and tell him how I feel about him but that was when I had a vision. But the vision comes later, but it changed how I saw things. I realised there was not enough time so I gave him his parents and his godfather to prevent him pain and give him joy, lasting joy to help him ease future pain."
"I… I … I don't know what to say" Harry said quietly, his voice evaporating in shock.
"Let me finish, I told myself that I would take care of him from afar, if we were together I would cause him pain in the future, that is the thing I want to avoid at all cost. But then I discovered that we had a soulmate bond which complicated things even more, yet I decided that I would love him from afar. I was mind set about this, but the boy changed into a man and became mature about his feelings, he kissed me so tenderly that I would give anything to wake up everyday next to that man for the rest of my life. He made me feel emotions that I had never experienced. He told him he would be there for me, and so I decided that I would tell him, so that we may use up all our time the best way possible, like he so rightly said. This man's name is Harry James Potter, and now Harry I will tell you what I saw" Lillian who had her back to him all the time, turned around, her tears soaked her face making her eyes sparkle in the moonlight.
Before she said anything else Harry embraced her with all his might. She returned the embraced and hid her face in the crook of his neck. Her tears and his tears alike ran down their cheeks. They were like that for a while, until Lillian dropped the bombastic truth.
"Harry, I am going to die in the final battle with Voldermort" she quietly said, tears still going down her cheeks.
Harry's eyes shot open, he pulled back and looked straight at her face "That… no… I love you… I won't let you"
She smiled sweetly at him "Destiny is the one thing you cannot change"
"You said we have a soulmate bond how do you know that?" Harry asked
"Usually when someone has a soulmate bond they get visions of the person they are destined for, also they may feel their pain as their own and destiny marks these two people with events in their lives that will ultimately join them together. I found this out from Penna a few months ago" Lillian explained.
"If we are truly soulmates how come we have so little time to be together? How can you be sure, what do you see in your vision?"
"Destiny chose it that way, my visions as a Seer are always accurate, I will die. The vision is of the final moments of the fight between the Light side and the Dark side. You will be fighting Voldermort but he will hurt you and on the final strike I put myself between you and him… then I cannot see anything from that point, it goes blank. From that point I cannot see my future anymore but I see you, Hermione's and Ron's life together along with everybody else. I saw once a vision of you with a little girl in your arms, smiling at her; she had your black hair and green eyes. I am prepared to die to give you that life" she cried harder.
"Don't you get it, even if I live I cannot continue without you. I love you so much; I don't think I could ever even have anybody else other than you. We aren't even together yet I am always thinking about you, I dream about you, you are constantly on my mind. Don't even think that now I am going to leave you alone. I promise you I will do anything to stop that vision from coming true, we will be together and we will die together at a very old age, comfortably by each others side"
She nodded in their embrace, but Harry pulled back and met her lips with a kiss, a kiss that was full of promise, love and protection. They embraced and lay down on the soft grass observing the night sky, talking about their interests, hobbies, dislikes and so forth. As time went by it got colder and eventually Lillian fell asleep in Harry's arms. He watched her seemingly fragile form in his arms. She had done everything she could for him. Him… Harry Potter. She was prepared to give up her life for him; he promised himself he would protect the angel in his arms. He transfigured a tree branch into a blanket and laid it over their forms. He set up an invisibility charm around them and tightening his embrace on the redhead and he too fell asleep. For the first time that night Lillian did not have her usual nightmares, instead her dreams were filled with hope that perhaps destiny could be changed, and she would be allowed to live it with Harry.