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Chapter 7:

When Albus, James, Lily, Sirius and Remus apparated in front of the Potter's cottage in Godric's Hollow, the first thing they saw was the half burnt down cottage coming from the nursery.

The Potters left the other three behind as they yelled frantically, racing each other up the stairs into the nursery.

They heard Charlus wailing loudly from his crib. Lily screamed as she saw blood pouring from a gash on his forehead; she ran to him and lifted him up into her arms as tears streaked down her beautiful pale face.

Albus, Sirius and Remus stood behind them as they tried to control the fire and put it out.

James yelled frantically, "Where is Odette?" before noticing her lying face down in Charlus' crib.

James swore loudly as he held her cautiously into his arms, and Lily didn't even think of berating him for his language. James cradled her softly before he began rambling fearfully, "She isn't waking up, is she dead?! She's bleeding from a wound on her neck! Oh god, not my little princess, please no!"

Sirius felt tears fall down from his gorgeous, stormy grey eyes as he looked as his best friend and his seemingly lifeless goddaughter.

Albus swiftly made his way over to the devastated father who was clutching his daughter as if she were his lifeline, pointed his wand at her chest and softly said, "Enervate."

The four occupants of the room watched as the tiny, beautiful baby girl fidgeted slowly and opened her huge, doe-like, emerald green eyes, blinking twice before gurgling and smiling at her daddy. They all started to laugh, and Lily thanked the gods that her children survived, while James blinked back his tears and smiled at his baby girl, who at the sight of her daddy smiling at her, began giggling.

Albus cleared his throat. Now that they had made sure that the twins were alive, they had to find out who the prophecy child was. "One of them has vanquished Voldemort. Since Charlus has a lightning bolt scar on his forehead, I must see to him first."

Lily handed over her son immediately to Albus, who thankfully held him and inspected him closely. He let his magic out to feel Charlus' aura before silently casting an incantation. The results shocked Albus Dumbledore as he felt dark magic emanating from the scar on his forehead – not knowing that in an hour the dark residue would disappear.

"Your son Charlus is the prophecy child my dears. I feel great dark magic coming from his scar," said Albus proudly.

James, Lily, Sirius and Remus cheered excitedly and Lily spoke up, "Also, his scar means power in runes! It's a mark from the gods!"

A thousand light years away, the gods present in the observation chamber at that exact moment were watching the scene intently, rolling their eyes at the dimwitted, redheaded woman.

"Can you check Odette, Albus? Just to make sure she wasn't affected by the curse," James spoke up as he left his wife and Remus to fawn over their son and godson.

Sirius stood beside James, too worried about his goddaughter to join in with the celebration happening on the other side of the room – it disgusted him how quick Remus and Lily, Odette's own mother, were quick to dismiss the fact that Odette was also harmed due to the backlash of the Dark Lord's attack.

Odette began crying as James handed her over to Dumbledore. Odette didn't like the old man. Albus paid her no mind as he grabbed her as harsh as he could without being detected – causing her to cry harder, he hated how she wouldn't stop that insufferable crying whenever he held her and was around her.

After feeling for any dark magic and her aura, he tutted slowly, handing her back to her father.

"What is it Albus?" said Sirius harshly, causing Lily and Remus to finally snap their attention back to Odette.

Albus shook his head sadly as he gravely said, "I'm so sorry James and Lily, but your daughter has no magic core left."

"Are you saying – what are you saying? That my daughter is a squib?" James demanded, horrified.

"That's exactly what I am saying my dear boy, you have my greatest condolences," said Albus sadly.

James and Sirius shared tragic looks as Lily began to cry all over again.

"The important thing we must do now is clear Sirius' name at the ministry as they all think he was the secret keeper and we must begin our search for Peter," implored Albus, trying to get on Sirius' good side. He was killing one bird with two stones; clearing Sirius' name would pull him even more to his side, furthering his plans in gaining the Warren's approval.

All thoughts of their daughter, goddaughter and niece being a squib disappeared from their head as they started growling about the rat-traitor and making plans of his arrest and where his location was.

The rat outside that was now sitting in between some shrubs heard everything and took no time at all in speeding down the streets into the sewers and out of sight.

They will never catch me; I will make sure of it. I will bring my lord back one day. The Light and Dark side will rue the day they ever thought of me as weak and untalented.

Magical Britain would be looking for Peter Pettigrew, number one criminal, traitor and spy for many years to come, and still not succeed.

***THE FORGOTTEN POTTER***

Albus Dumbledore informed them of a press conference that will be held the following day in order to let the magical world know that they have a savior in their midst that succeeded in vanquishing Lord Voldemort at the age of one, before apparating back to Hogwarts.

The Potters packed up all their belongings from the cottage with the help of Remus and Sirius, so that they could relocate back to Potter Manor where they would be safer under the ancient ancestral wards.

Sirius went back to Black Manor as he was the heir now that his mother and younger brother, Regulus had died, so that he could inform his fiancée the incredible news and Remus went back to his little, comfortable home by the forest for some well-needed rest.

The next day, James and Lily dressed up in their best robes for the press conference. James was donned in his red and gold Potter robes with the Potter crest of the Griffin displayed proudly on his outer robes. Lily had on elegant gold robes displaying the Potter crest as well representing herself as Lady Potter. They dressed their little savior proudly in mini robes identical to James and apparated as a family into the Ministry of Magic.

They made such an impressive entrance and everyone gave a wide berth to the Lord and Lady Potter and their heir, as they made their way to the conference room.

They met up with Sirius, Angelica, Remus, Frank and Alice who came for emotional support. The room was filled with Lords and Ladies, reporters and ministry workers and the Minister of Magic, Millicent Bagnold herself.

Millicent Bagnold took the stage, causing all the hub hub to quiet down. "We are all here because Albus Dumbledore insisted a press conference, as he has important information explaining the unfortunate events of last night's massacre in Diagon Alley as well as the confusing incident that occurred afterwards with the Death Eater's abrupt surrender. I have one thing to inform all of you of; I would like to inform you that we have caught all vigilant Death Eaters and their trials are to be scheduled soon. Now, Albus if you please."

Albus nodded humbly as he strode up to the stage. There was an instantaneous uproar, everyone cheered for the greatest wizard alive, and Albus raised his hand for silence before casting a Sonorus charm and speaking out. "Last night, Voldemort (everyone shivered) in a desperate attempt to control magical Britain, sent out his last Death Eaters to Diagon Alley in order to instill fear among the people and have them all bow down to him. At the time, Voldemort made his way to Godric's Hollow, where the Potters where residing to kill them, believing them to be strong fighters and his last attempt to lure them to his side. However, James and Lily Potter where defending Diagon Alley and fighting the Death Eaters at the exact time, and so he took it out on Charlus Potter. As Voldemort cast the killing curse, it somehow rebounded, eliminating the threat of the Dark Lord."

Lucius Malfoy, Lord of the Ancient House of Malfoy, lifted a sculptured eyebrow and scornfully said, "Do you expect us to believe that a mere babe vanquished the Dark lord?"

The Potters sneered at him, but Albus merely smiled, beckoning James, Lily and Charlus to come forward. "See the curse scar Voldemort left behind, along with his ashes and his robes in front of young Charlus' crib. The scar is laced with the killing curse as you can all see; it's a curse scar and will never fade, unfortunately."

This caused everyone to mumble excitedly to the person beside them. Rita Skeeter, reporter for the Daily Prophet and known for her scandalous reports, said, "Why would Lord and Lady Potter leave their child alone at a time of war?"

James cleared his throat, pulling his wife back as he noticed her fiery temper was coming out and she was about to berate the bitch of a reporter she never liked, "Albus informed us of Voldemort's intentions and so we hid under the Fidelius charm. Unfortunately, we decided on Peter Pettigrew, one of our best friends as our secret keeper. He stayed behind to look after Charlus, when we found out about the attack in Diagon Alley – Peter Pettigrew turned out to be a spy for Voldemort and he sold us out. We must capture him and arrest him at once!"

This extra information caused uproar in the hall with most of the light supporters cursing and yelling for justice and filthy traitors to be arrested at once. Lucius Malfoy, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange stared blankly at this new piece of information; they never knew that the rat was their secret keeper, nor that their master was targeting the Potters.

"I introduce to you all, our savior Charlus James Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived!" Albus bellowed loudly, as James took Charlus from Lily and lifted him up in the air.

Reporters went crazy taking pictures left and right while the audience all cheered, throwing their hats up in the air and clapping loudly with as much enthusiasm as they could muster. The Dark supporters clapped calmly in fake cheer as they knew that the old coot was watching out for their reactions closely.

No one noticed that another very important part of the Potter family was missing; in fact other than the Longbottoms, Blacks, Tonks, Weasleys, Remus, McGonagall, Flitwick and Dumbledore – nobody else knew that a Potter twin even existed.

After the press conference anyone that knew of the Potter twin's existence was instantly forgotten as the Boy-Who-Lived and savior was announced for the whole world to see.

Meanwhile, Odette Arielle Potter sat in her crib, looking glumly at the gold wall and red ceiling as her parents and brothers were at the conference announcing their newfound fame; fame that she was the reason for.

Odette had an eidetic memory and could remember every second that occurred ever since she was out of her mother's womb, so she easily noticed that her parents forgot all about her. Thank god for house elves, otherwise she would have starved and sullied herself.

Odette Potter however didn't know that this was the first day of the rest of her new life of abandonment; she didn't know that it was only the beginning of being abandoned, ignored and forgotten.

She missed her daddy's smile and the smell of her mommy and for the first time, Odette cried.

Odette decided that it was best to fall asleep in order to pass the time and so that her magic would be able to recharge.

The old man said she had lost her magic and that she was a squib.

Poor Albus Dumbledore, in all his arrogance, he never noticed that the night he entitled Charlus James Potter as the savior of the Wizarding World, he made a grave mistake that could flip the whole outcome of the war.

Albus Dumbledore, in all his arrogance, didn't take into consideration that Odette was the one that defeated Voldemort, exhausting a lot of magic for a fifteen month old infant, and erasing all magic from her core until she had rested and recharged herself.

Albus Dumbledore, in all his arrogance, didn't think it was wise for a healer to at least double check, since it was their job to locate the magical signature of a child that was magically exhausted.

Albus Dumbledore, in all his arrogance, would waste more than a decade of his life having the wrong child trained in fulfilling the prophecy, while the right and extremely powerful and magically blessed child was to be pushed into the corner.

There are only two in the world that know the exact details of the night Voldemort disappeared: Odette Arielle Potter, the true savior of the Wizarding World and Girl-Who-Lived, and the Dark Lord, Voldemort. But none of them would be sharing any time soon, as one wouldn't be believed and would be accused of jealousy and the other was a mere spirit in Albania, trying to survive day by day until he has the means to get his body back in the darkest of rituals.

Albus Dumbledore, in all his arrogance, lost the true prophecy child.