*Chapter 4*: The Dark Lords Voldemort was still trying to recover from the loss he suffered at the Potters' wedding. He had expected some resistance at the wedding as the fool Dumbledore was going to be there but he never expected his forces to be slaughtered within a minute. He himself barely survived because of the dark rituals he had undergone to strengthen his body and his Horcruxes to tether his soul to the mortal plane.

All the death eaters involved in the raid were either captured of dead. His anger for the Mudblood Lily had increased because of this incident. Her initial attacked had killed 5 pureblood wizards. The two wounded by her attacks, died in St. Mungo's as the healers there couldn't stop the bleeding no matter what they did.

His plan to get her into trouble for killing purebloods using his agents in the ministry failed. In fact the idiot head of the DMLE supported her actions and was trying to get a law passed which allowed the aurors to use lethal force against his men. The Wizengamot won't move against her as she now was a member of an ancient and a noble house. Couldn't these people see the dangers of allowing the Mudbloods to roam freely? They would completely destroy their great society.

'I would destroy the Potter family no matter the cost. They have sullied themselves by allowing that Mudblood whore come into their family.' He vowed. He thought the best way to get to the mudblood would be to destroy her muggle family and started planning for the attack. His only regret was that he couldn't do it personally as he needed time to recover from his injuries.

He was initially going to let James live after making him understand his mistake of marrying a mudblood whore and allow him to take a proper pureblood wife. But now he was going to give James a very painful death. He was going to make an example out of the potters. After he is through with them no pureblood family would dare to marry Mudbloods.

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Albus Dumbledore wasn't happy at the events that occurred at the Potter's wedding. He didn't mind James getting married to Lily but he would have preferred if he had chosen a Half-blood or a pureblood from a light side family. Lily was too independent and freethinking woman who couldn't be easily manipulated for the greater good. She also was too much of a hot head for his liking. The fact that she killed seven death eaters at the wedding proved it. She had no business robbing those pureblood wizards of a chance to redeem themselves and coming back to the light side.

He wanted nothing more than sending the ministry after her for killing those wizards but he knew that since her last name is Potter now she would be untouchable in the eyes of the law. A member of an ancient and noble house could easily kill anyone and claim it was in self defense and go completely scot-free in the eyes of the law.

He had made many attempts to change these old laws but had failed every time. The Wizengamot unanimously protected these laws. They didn't want to lose their powerbase so they presented a united front to prevent any changes in the old laws which empowered them.

He couldn't understand how Potter family worked. They generally were a light side family but when the time comes they won't hesitate to kill their enemies. He planned to have a long chat with Lily for killing the death eaters. If he couldn't convince he that killing was wrong a few compulsion charms won't hurt anyone. It was all for the greater good.

Placing some compulsion charms on Charles to fund the Order of Phoenix also might not be a bad idea. After all the Potters had more money than most of the other rich Wizarding families put together. They shouldn't mind spending some of it for a noble cause.

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Charles and Lisa decided to give the newlywed couple their space and not to bother them when they didn't come for the family breakfast. They were ecstatic when they saw a new addition to their family tree.

The family tree in the living room of the Potter manor was very special. It was visible to only those with Potter blood in them either by birth or by the blood bond. It also showed the true parentage of the child even if the child was a demigod.

The family tree showed a new name tag with a question mark on it. Above the name tag was a line joining James and Lily indicated that she was pregnant with James' child.

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Moirai felt that something was wrong. Their carefully laid plans for the future were unraveling pretty quickly. They couldn't pinpoint the cause of this anomaly. The only thing they were sure of now was that the new future was going to be an interesting one.

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James and Lily woke up almost at the same time. It was 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Both of them got ready for the day and headed to the dining hall.

They were greeted by Charles and Lisa. "Good you finally decided to join us." Lisa said. "I was planning to break your bedroom door down in a few minutes and drag both of you down here." She added jokingly.

"Honey let them be. They must have been tired after all they gave us a grandchild on their wedding night." Charles playfully chided his wife.

"How do you know that I am pregnant?" Lily asked wondering how they found out about it so quickly.

"The family tree updated itself?" James asked getting worried. He forgot all about the self updating and identifying feature of the family tree. Lily had told him that Nyx wanted her involvement in the birth of his first child to remain a secret. He just hoped that the tree would consider Lily as the mother of his child.

"I have heard about theme; most Pureblood family has one of those in their manor. Can I see it?" Lily asked.

"Not now dear, you need to eat first. The baby is going to need lot of nutrients." Lisa told her.

"Do you all have some time to spare?" Lily asked noticing their lunch was almost over. "I want to talk about something very important. This would affect our future." She added.

"Of course dear, you are part of the family now. We always have time for family." Charles said.

"I have been thinking about the little incident that took place at the marriage ceremony that took place…" Lily started say but was cut off by Lisa.

"Don't worry about that my dear. You did the right thing by killing them. Those men were there to kill you and other members of the family. They deserved what they got."

"That was not what I was going to say mum." Lily interjected. "I was going to say that Dumbledore may be a great wizard but he is no war time leader. He allowed Grindelwald to cause lot of death and destruction before he decided to fight him. He criticized me for killing the enemy when we are at war. With him in charge there is no way that we can win against Voldemort barring a miracle occurring."

"I want to take the fight to Voldemort and his forces. I want to make the world a safe place for my child to be born in to. Do I have your support to go through with this?" Lily asked.

"You don't even need to ask such a question Lily flower. We were planning to take down Voldemort anyway. My parents wanted me to get married before we took the fight to Voldemort and Dumbledore." James told her.

"Dumbledore!" Lily exclaimed in surprise. "Why him? I know he isn't a good war time leader but why go after him?" she asked.

"Thought Dumbledore portraits himself like the leader of the light side, just like Voldemort he is a dark lord. His methods are completely different from Voldemort's but the effects are the same. He manipulates people from the shadow gains their trust and stabs them in the back with a kind and smiling face. Why do you think we aren't part of his little group of misfits?" Before Lily could say anything she continued, "He is the reason for the poverty of the Weasley family and the death of last Lord Weasley. Still Arthur Weasley trusts him implicitly."

Lily couldn't believe such a thing about Dumbledore. She knew that the man was eccentric but this was something completely different.

"I know Lily flower this is a lot to take in but in time you will see what Dumbledore is truly capable of." James told her. "Did you know that he and Grindelwald were lovers or for that matter he was responsible for the rise of Voldemort?" he asked.

"Voldemort is just a Dumbledore pawn gone out of control. I only joined the Order of Phoenix to keep an eye on him and keep my friends safe from the two dark lords roaming around freely. In our family library you will find a dossier on Dumbledore stating his misdeed and their cover ups. You should go over it when you are free." James answered the unasked question.

"That is a lot to take in especially about the man I admired and look up to until recently." Lily stated.

"You aren't the first one he has fooled by his grandfather like personality you also won't be the last one." Charles said trying to placate his daughter.

"If the Potters know that he is a dark lord why haven't we brought it out in the open and let public turn against him?" Lily asked.

"How is that going to help us? The way he has covered his tracks is pretty good. Many people in the past have tried ousting him but some form of tragedy has always befallen them. The fake persona he has set up has been ingrained deeply in to the people's mind that no one would want to believe anything bad about him is true." Charles stated.

"Lily flower, Dumbledore won't hesitate to kill anyone or bend to rules to his liking for the 'greater good' as he terms it. That man is so vile that he killed his own mother and used her lifeblood in a dark ritual to enhance his power and prolong his life. To top it all he blamed her death on accidental magic of his sister. We believe that he had planned to do a similar thing with his sister but Aberforth and Grindelwald interrupted him before he could use her blood. He suppressed Aberforth's memory of the incident and manipulated Grindelwald to become a famous dark lord." James informed.

"Okay I get the picture Dumbledore is really bad. So what is the plan to deal with him and Voldemort?" Lily asked.

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Voldemort planned to use his werewolf army on the night of the next full moon to attack the Potter manor. He would be sending the dementors and vampires as back up. There was no way that the Potters could survive such an attack. To make sure that they didn't receive any help he planned a couple of diversionary attacks on Hogsmeade village and Diagon Alley.