When the morning came Maddie was heading out for some milk, Jack had left it on the counter all night, when she saw the small bundle on the step. "JACK!" She yelled. "JACK A CHILD HAS BEEN LEFT ON OUR DOORSTEP!"
"Mommy, who's he?" Danny asked peering round his mother's leg.
"I don't know sweetie," Maddie told the four year old. At that moment Jack Fenton came barreling up the stairs and towards the door.
Once at the door, Jack froze. The hair of that child... it couldn't be... could it? This child couldn't be his sisters, could it? If Jack had to guess, he'd say the boy had emerald eyes. "Maddie," Jack said. "Bring the boy in."
Maddie was a little shocked. Her husband never sounded so serious. Picking the boy up, Maddie turned away from the door. "Danny, sweetheart, would you shut the door?"
"Okay, Mommy!" The four year old said, pushing the door shut.
Maddie and Danny followed Jack into the front room. They each took seats. Jack turned to his wife, who was still holding the baby, and said, "Do you remember my sisters?"
"Lily and Petunia?" Maddie replied.
"Yes," Jack said. "Petunia thought that both Lily and me were strange. When Lily got her letter, Petunia called her a freak. When I decided to hunt ghosts instead of just study them, Petunia said I had lost my mind and she insulted my beliefs. When Lily's Hogwarts letter we were proud of her. She went to school at the start of September and returned for every holiday. She told stories of her lessons, the magical pranks a group of students did. She told me of the ghosts that walked the halls," Jack put his large hand to the little boys face and wiped his eyes with the other. "One of the pranksters, they called themselves 'the Marauders', had had a crush on Lily since first year. When she got to know the boy, she began to fall for him. James Potter was his name. When the pair left school they married and a few years later, on the 31st July, they had a baby boy. Lily and James had been involved in a war. A war against an incredible dark wizard. That evil man had caused the small family to go into hiding. That was almost a year ago."
"Are you trying to say that this is their son?" Maddie asked.
"Yes," Jack said. He unraveled the blankets from the boy and saw the letter. With a gasp, Jack removed the envelope from the little boys hand. "Dear Mr Fenton and family," He read out loud. "I am the magical guardian of young Harry James Potter. My name is Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is my displeasure to inform you of the untimely death of Lily and James Potter. I do not feel you should withhold the truth about what Harry is, but I believe you should wait until he is old enough to understand.
"As you may or may not know after Harry's birth the Potters were driven into hiding. As of two days ago the man that drove them into hiding somehow found them and he killed them in cold blood.
"For some unknown reason this man couldn't kill young Harry, I have my theories but for now I shall keep them as mine. When he couldn't kill Harry Voldemort's powers broke. The man has gone, for now, he's as good as dead." The letter told of other things as well, but Jack couldn't read anymore. "My sister's dead!" He whispered. "I will never see her again!" He looked at Harry. "I will raise Harry as my own, but I will make sure he knows who his parents were and how brave they were, for you Lily."
