Time seemed to fly by. Alice and Lily ended up joining my nightly training as well, though Lily refused to learn the few low level dark spells I was teaching the others. It was simple spells that would help out a lot in battle. We all agreed, no matter what side we were on, we needed to be ready for the worst and trained harder. I, of course, enjoyed this. Everyone was almost to my level of training. Jessie and Chris trained with us. While I was teaching Dark Arts, Sherry trained Lily in medical spells and potions.
"Amy, I have an idea that I think you and Jessie will enjoy." Chris said, one cold December night during training.
"What's that?" I asked.
"Something that we all need to improve on is speed. Jessie, Remus and you are more advanced in speed for reasons most of us know, however, it wouldn't hurt to be faster." Chris said.
"Your idea to get us that way?"
"Body suits. I've created a body suit that's kind of like your time turner. It can not be seen when worn, only felt. If you and Severus are holding hands, you won't feel it through touch, only the person wearing it will feel it. These suits weigh 50 pounds. So basically your whole body will be constantly carrying 50 pounds. Once you're able to move about normally, not even noticing the weight, you're ready to take it off." Chris explained.
Jessie and I looked at each other, our eyes lighting up. We both loved this idea. It was a new challenge. "We'll do it!" We both said.
Chris laughed, "I figured you two would, here you go." He pulled out a black suit that looked like a ninja outfit and handed it to me, then one for Jessie. We both wasted no time and went behind a tree to put it on. Chris called after us, "Remember, once it's on it'll be invisible, put your clothes back on over it."
The Marauders, Severus and Frank all wanted to wear one as well. Alice wanted to think about it. After putting the suit on, simple things, like standing up, walking, lifting a arm, became pretty difficult to do. Chris put one on himself and muttered, "Ok this won't be easy, what the hell was I thinking."
I laughed, another thing that wasn't easy to do. "I hope we get use to this soon. Getting to class and eating are going to be quite the task."
"Maybe we should all walk a few laps around the Quidditch feild. Walking is all we will be able to do for now." Chris said, we all mumbled our agreement and started slowly, very slowly I might add, making our way around.
Two laps of walking felt like we had been running for two hours. We ended the nights training there and slowly made our way back to the castle. Severus and I were going to sleep with the Marauders because we all thought walking up all the steps would be excellent practice. The next morning, my whole body hurt. I did not want to put that suit back on, but I did. I also had to convince the others to put their back on after they showered.
The next two weeks were hell for us all. These suits really held us down and our bodies were tired and sore. None of us could run yet and we had only made it to walking two laps before we couldn't take it anymore. We were all late for class and doing spells and potions were extremely difficult. Teachers were wondering what was wrong with us, but we didn't want to give away our training secrets. We were in the middle of a war after all.
Lily and Alice continued to laugh at us. Alice said there was no way she was wearing the suit after watching us struggle so much. We forgot to plan a Marauder Christmas as we had the year before, so the day before Christmas break started, we all had a small party in Houses United. I told Professor McGonagall about our suits and she stopped taking points for being late, she also joined the little party.
"What are the rules for the suits over Christmas Holiday?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"We have to continue to wear them. Our bodies are not use to them yet, though I've noticed an improvement." I said.
The others nodded in agreement. "I think we will be ready for running when we return back to school." James stated.
"I agree. I must say, as much as I hate this suit, I'm loving the challenge. I'm thinking of moving to 100 pounds after I get use to this." I said and Jessie looked up excited.
"Ooooo me to! Me to!"
The Marauders and Severus looked at us like we were crazy, Sherry chuckled and Chris shook his head, "I figured you two woud. I agree, however we won't go past 150 pounds. That's to dangerous for our bodies."
This of course caused me and Jessie to try and dance in excitment, which actually caused us to call over making the others laugh. "Amy, I want you to be careful this Christmas break. I'm not going to stop you from going to stay with Severus but be fair warned, there is a war going on outside this school. You can not join this war yet. That goes for you as well Jessie."
"I know. I don't plan to join till next year. Christmas holiday is going to be spent with my friends, not fighting." I said.
"Let us know if you plan to go out in public. With these suits on, coming across battle is dangerous. I'd rather us all be together." Chris stated. I agreed with that. I couldn't see myself fighting well yet in these suits.
"We plan to make a trip to London a few days before Christmas. I want to visit muggle London and I plan to go to Diagon Alley. I'm in need of more potion ingredients." I said.
"Let's make it three days before Christmas. Be up at sunrise and ready. Meet us at the bank." Sherry said and I nodded in agreement.
"Why so early!" Sirius complained.
"Because it gives Jessie and Amy the whole day to jump from one place to another." Chris said and Jessie and I said "Hey!"
"Because Chris takes forever to decided what he wants to do and Amy and Jessie help him out by taking him a little bit if everywhere." Sherry said, shaking her head.
"Can we join you?" James asked Severus.
Severus thought for a moment before nodding his approval. I smiled at them both. They would make great friends if they would just put the past behind them. Chris and Sherry smiled at me, Jessie was still trying to dance and failing. You could hear her mumbling, "Stupid suit." Professor McGonagall watched us all in silence. I walked over to her.
"What you thinking about?" I asked her.
"They don't always stay this light hearted, do they?"
"No ma'am. War is a nasty thing." I stated.
"How bad does it get?"
"I honestly don't know. From what I went back to, it's pretty bad for this group. Everything changes in the blink of an eye."
"You are training them hard. I've watched you. You're hoping to save them."
"Yes I am. I thought of telling them what happens. Honestly I'd only have to tell one and everything would change, but I can't put that on them. They are all so carefree right now, it won't be like this for much longer."
"How long?"
"Severus's life will change next year. The rest at least finish school before they join the war."
"And you?"
"I'm following Severus. He needs me more."
"How so?"
"Never pitty the dead professor, it's the living that hurts the most." I said and walked over to Lily and Severus.
"We should take Patunia with us." I stated. Both of them looked at me like I was crazy.
"She would spoil the fun. She's not the same as she was when we were little." Lily said.
"Or make it more fun. I mean, us Marauders are sure to have a great time with her." I said.
Severus chuckled but Lily got mad, "She's still my sister! I won't have you picking on her."
I laughed, "Chill Lily, I was joking."
Severus eyed me, he knew I was up to something more, but he remained silent. I was thankful for this. The party didn't last much longer. We were all to tired from having the extra weight on us. Getting ready for bed became a blessing because we didn't sleep in the suits. The next morning, I got on the Hogwarts Express for the very first time. This made me laugh. My technical 3rd year of school and I never once had road the train that took students to it.
Severus was excited I was heading home with him, but he was worried. His father was a nasty man. He was terrified of his father's reaction to me, though his mother had given me permission to come. He was quite for the majority of the ride. James once again invited us to the Potter Christmas party. Severus wouldn't admit it to them, but he had grown use to the Marauders and actually enjoyed listening to their prank ideas and pointless chatter. He agreed to go to the party which I was excited about, though I had to watch myself, I knew James dad would want to pay me back for last year's prank. Lily and Alice did most of the talking, Lily taking about her Christmas plans, her parents were taking her to the mountains. Alice was taking Frank to meet her parents over Christmas holiday. They had went on plenty of dates but meeting the parents was never an option before.
Frank and the Marauders talked about upcoming pranks, I mostly listened. Severus and I planned to continue to work on his animagus form. We would have more time since Lily would be gone. We all agreed to go to the Potter Christmas party though and we would make more plans after that. When the train finally arrived in London, we all said our goodbyes. Mrs. Evans was taking Severus and I to his house before heading to their own home.
Lily excitedly told her mom about how school was going and about the Potter Christmas party. Mrs Evans agreed to let her go again saying they would be home for Christmas. After a while Mrs Evans focused on me.
"Amy dear, tell me about your parents. How do they feel about you staying over at a boys house this holiday?"
"My parents trust me. They think it's wonderful that I get to meet Severus's parents seeing as how they have already met Severus." I said. Severus and Lily both smiled at me. This let me know I was playing the role of a child correctly.
"Oh have they?" She asked, curiosity showing.
"Yes ma'am. My dad is teaching DADA this year." I stated. I was proud of myself.
"How are you liking England?"
"It's wonderful. I've met some really great people out here, though I do miss home sometimes."
"Do you and your parents normally spend Christmas apart?"
"Depends really. My dad is a soldier in the U.S.W.M. His work keeps him pretty busy. He took this year off to teach. My mom is a U.S.W.M Healer. She takes care of all the soldiers. Military life keeps my family busy."
"What do you do while they work?"
At this question, Severus and Lily looked at me, their eyes telling me to lie. I was never good at telling lies so I decided to stick to a half truth. "I normally hang with a family friend, Jessie. She watches over me and is pretty much part of the family."
I could see the relief in my friends eyes. After that the questions about my life stopped and she invited Severus and I over for dinner the night after Christmas. I was pretty excited about this dinner. It would give me the chance to find out how Patunia really was and how much Lily respected her. Severus once again noticed there was something more to my reaction to this but did not comment. Once we arrived at his house, Severus hesitated.
"I apologize ahead of time for anything my father says or does. He shouldn't be home yet."
I kissed Severus. "Severus nothing he says or does will change my mind about you. I love you."
We walked inside and I was greeted by a skinny witch that looked like a muggle druggy. From what Severus had told me, she had given up magic for his father. Clearly this had not been a wise choice. I could see her beauty though. Through all the stress lines and marks, I could see a very beautiful woman. I smiled kindly at her and she returned it.
She hugged Severus and then me, "Oh Severus, I'm glad to have you home for Christmas. You must be Amy, it's nice to finally meet you. Severus has told me so much about you."
"Hello, it's nice to meet you to." I said, returning her hug.
"Severus, show her your room, I need to decide what we are having for supper before Tobise gets home."
"Why don't you let me take you guys out for supper tonight." I said, Severus started to protest but his mother's eyes lit up.
"Are you sure?" I nodded yes and she excitedly planned for heading out.
Severus led me upstairs to a small room, decorated in dark green. It had one tattered twin bed and a tattered old dresser. Severus seemed embarrassed by this fact. I smiled and sat on the bed. "So, how long until your father gets home?"
"About two hours." Severus said, relieved that I didn't comment on his room.
"When we go out tonight, I'm planning to search the area for a hotal. If things get as bad as you fear, we will leave like I promised."
Severus sat beside me and pulled me close. I kissed him and then landed into his hold. "What would you like to do?"
"Let's go for a walk. If your parents notice how slow we are because of the suits, it might cause a problem. So we should practice walking around some more."
Severus groaned. "I really hate these suits."
I laughed and stood up. "Come on, it's getting easier to do this, we will have it down in no time."
We made our way back downstairs and Severus let his mom know we were going for a walk. Severus showed me all around the town. I noticed a small pound and we stopped there and took a break. It was almost time to head back to his house to go eat. Severus was getting more and more nervous as time went by.
"What bothers you the most about me meeting him?"
Severus was quite for a long while then said, "It's embarrassing. He's a stupid muggle and he scares me. He gets away with abusing me and my mom and I hate it!"
"I could lock him up. You know I have connections to the English Law Force as well."
"That would hurt my mom though. I don't understand how she can love a man like him."
"Love is a mystery. I can agree there. Like I know for a fact Lily and James get married, knowing them now, I'd never in a million years believe it."
This caused Severus to laugh. "Speaking of Lily, why are you so interested in Patunia."
"I was thinking of pulling a pretty evil prank on her in my time." I said.
"What's that?"
"I was thinking of getting a strand of Lilys hair and using Polyjuice Potion to turn myself in to her and show up on Patunias door steps."
This made Severus laugh again, "That is evil."
"I should go back to my time and ask you how well these stupid suits actually work." I said and Severus eyed me for a moment.
"What's the future like? Other then me being your Professor, things are good between us?"
"The future is good. There is no war, though what ends this war is very very bad. You've already informed me that we have some tough times ahead of us. Mostly this year and my last year in the past with you. We make it though."
"Will 7th year really be your last year here?"
"No, apparently I decide to stay till the end of the war."
"Amy, do you think this war will really change everything?"
"I already know it does. Our group takes a very large blow from this war, though that doesn't happen until the end. There are many many more that suffer during this war, that are suffering as we speak."
"You're ready to join it now, aren't you?"
"Yes and no. Yes because war is all I really know. I'm good at my job. No because I finally understand the fear most people have of war. I finally have people, other then those who fight with me, that I care about more then myself. I finally have a family and for once, I'm not heading in to war not caring if I die or not."
"Do you regret getting close to us?" Severus asked.
"No! Not at all! I'm so glad I met you guys. I have Lily to thank for that. Because of that stubborn little redhead, I've found out what true happiness is."
Severus laughed at this. "I agree. We are lucky to have her. So tell me, how do her and Potter end up together?"
I laughed, "No idea. I wouldn't let you tell me, I want it to be a surpise. I think Lily already likes him now."
"You're probably right. You did really well with Mrs Evans today."
"I don't understand why I can't just tell her the truth about me."
"Mrs Evans is the nicest lady I've ever met. It doesn't matter what you've been through, she will always see you as a child. If she knew the truth, she would constantly cradle over you and we all know you'd go crazy with that. I happen to think it's good for you. This is what Chris and Sherry want for you, a childhood."
"If anyone ever starts trying to cradle me, I'm running away." I stated and Severus laughed.
Away from this conversation
A woman with redish-brown hair was lurking closely. She had simply walked to the store to get some snacks for the road trip when she noticed the boy and girl sitting down talking. She was going to greet them when she heard the young female say she could have the boys father arrested. She listened in on the conversation not fully understanding all of it. I listened to them talk about a war, and my family and their relationship. By the end of the conversation I learned some important things.
1: there was a war going on in the wizarding world.
2: it was really bad.
3: my Lily would be in this war.
4: she wouldn't live through it.
5: Amy was not who she said she was.
Amy started talking again. "I really wish I could tell them all what happens, if not to save them, then so they could write Harry letters. I bet he would like that."
"What's Harry like?"
"He's the sweetest boy I've ever met. Patunia and her husband treat him like a slave though. He didn't even know what his parents looked like until I went and introduced myself. I'm only aloud to get him because the Dursleys think I'm making him work, and I have to pay them."
Severus shook his head, "I never thought she would turn out like that."
"Jealousy is a very bad thing." Amy said, she looked really sad.
"We might could play a game to get the letters. Like all of us write to our future kids." Severus said.
"Yes, but Harry has never met the Evans, nor the Potters, how would we get letters from them?" I asked.
"He's the last Potter?"
"Yes. I told you, this war gets really bad."
"When?"
"I honestly don't know. I only know how and when Lily and James die. It's getting harder not to interfere with time."
"They destroy the Dark Lord, they die heroes."
"That doesnt matter to me. I'd rather have them alive and people I don't know dead."
"You yourself said you can't change the past. Just because you save them doesn't mean they will live."
"I know. I won't take their painless deaths from them. Voldemort would probably do much worse if he was blinded by excitement."
"What was he excited about?"
"That isn't something I can tell you. We still have a few years before that time comes, let's enjoy what we have."
"We will do more then that, we will give them the best years of their life." Severus said.
"We should take the Evans out when they get back. I'd like to get to know them as well."
"We could make Lily angry and invite the Potter's and the Evans out at the same time."
Amy smiled at Severus, "Oh god! You're thinking like a Marauder! I like it!"
Severus rolled his eyes and kissed her. "We need to head back, dad won't like us making it back after him."
Back to Amys P.O.V.
We got up and turned to leave. Severus and I stood frozen at seeing a distraught Mrs Evans. I knew by the look in her eyes she had heard everything we said. I pulled my wand out.
"I'm sorry." I stated, getting ready to erase the memory of that conversation from her mind.
"Wait. I want to see him." She said.
"See who?"
"My grandson."
I paused and shrugged, I reached in my bag and pulled out a picture of Harry. It was taken at Christmas with me and Severus standing behind him smiling. I handed the picture over. She scanned over the picture and smiled. "He has our eyes. Such a handsome young man."
She handed the photo back and Severus took it and looked over it. I focused my wand back on Mrs Evans. "What are you going to do to me?"
"Erase the memory of everything you just heard. I'll leave the memory of Harry, however you won't actually remember him. He will be your own creation for what you think your grandson will look like." I stated.
"Let me keep the memory please."
"I'm sorry ma'am. No one should have to live with the burden of knowledge of loved ones future deaths. It's bad enough I let Severus share the burden with me. I won't allow anyone else to suffer from this knowledge." I said.
She was silent for a moment then asked, "How do they die?"
"I can't tell you, that's something I won't even tell Severus."
"Your letter idea. Can I write one to Harry and Patunia?"
"Write one to Dudley as well. Thats Patunias son. No I don't have a picture of him, however, he's a very round boy. They feed him way to much and he is a bully. He doesn't get in trouble and gets anything he ask for."
"Why do b you wish me to write him?"
"He's your grandson as well. It's only right." I reached in my bag and pulled out a muggle notebook and pen and handed it to her. After she wrote the three letters, I handed her envelopes to place them in. I put the letters in my bag and pulled out my wand again. "Forgive me."
She nodded and I erased the memories of anything future related. "Hello Severus and Amy. It's getting late, you two should be heading home."
With that, Mrs Evans walked away. Severus was still looking at the photo. "It's a good picture of us and our future son."
Severus looked up at me. "Thank you."
"For?"
"Letting me see this. We look so happy. I look forward to the day this is taken."
Severus handed me back the photo and I made a copy of it and handed the copy to him. "I trust you to keep that to yourself."
His eyes lit up and he kissed me, I took his hand and led him to his home. When we walked in, we had to dodge a lamp that came flying at us. This was not an easy task in the suits but we managed. A very angry man, with short black hair and scares all over his face approached Severus. "WHAT DO YOU CALL YOURSELF DOING? YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOME HOURS AGO."
He went to punch Severus but I stepped in the way and he punched me in the chest. The punch knocked the wind out of me and I knew if it wasn't for the suit weighing me down, I would have flown into the wall behind me. "YOU LITTLE FREAK! HOW DARE YOU GET IN MY WAY WHEN I'M PUNISHING MY SON!" He slapped me. Severus tried to pull me away but I was about to teach this man a lesson.
"Now that that's out of your system." I said and moved him up against the wall, my knee between his legs crushing his man hood and my hand on his throat choking him. "Here's how things are going to go from here on out. You will NOT put your hands on Severus nor his mother ever again. I will know if you do and I will kill you. You will NOT act like a disrespectful hooligan while we are out tonight. Now go wash up and change so we can leave."
I watched him nod and stumble away. Mrs Snape hugged me and handed me some bruise bam for my face. I thanked her and Severus and I went to his room. I changed clothes, taking the suit off long enough to apply the bam to my chest as well, and then handed Severus some clothes from my bag. We were both wearing plan black shirts with blue jeans. I handed him the black hoodie I gave him the year before and I put on my black hoodie with the wolf on it. Severus pulled me close to him and kissed me.
"You have to stop jumping in front of me."
"I'm not about to let anyone or anything hurt you if I can help you." I stated.
"I'd rather be hurt then have you hurt."
"You would be a werewolf by now if I wasn't such a fast thinker."
"It would have been worth it if it meant you didn't get hurt." Severus said and I kissed him.
"We will have to agree to disagree on this one my love."
We mad our way downstairs to see Severus's parents standing ready to go. We walked out and I called a cab to take us to a fancy stake house for supper. Mr. Snape didn't speak the first word other than ordering his water and food. Severus and I told his mother about school and our plans for summer holiday. She was thrilled Severus was making good friends and doing well in school. After supper we made our way back to Severus's house and called it a night.
Once Severus and I were alone in his room, we sat down on the floor. "Severus you can do this! I know you can!"
I transformed into a wolf and sat beside Severus waiting. It took 30 minutes but Severus finally managed to transform into the beautiful black wolf I saw in the future. I licked him. I transformed back into a human and told Severus to do the same. After making him change back and forth a few times, we settled down for the night.
A few days later, Severus and I met the Marauders, Frank, Alice, Jessie, Chris and Sherry in Diagon Alley. We did all our shopping in the magical world first. We all bought new robes for the Potter Christmas party and then went to the book store. James, Sirius and Peter were the only ones not to buy anything there. We then went to the Quidditch store where only James, Sirius and Jessie bought things. Alice wanted to go look at plants so we went there next, then to the potion store. We finished all our shopping in the Wizard world a little after noon. We decided to eat at a burger joint in the muggle world.
"Ptongs, Severus had a wonderful idea the other day." I stated.
"What's that?"
"I want to take your parents and you out before term starts, I'd also like to take the Evans family out. Severus suggested we take both families out together."
James eyes lit up. "More time with Lily!"
"How very Marauder of you." Sirius said in complete shock.
I laughed, "That's what I said."
"So when will this take place?" James asked.
"How about the 29th of December?" I asked.
"Sounds good."
After eating we went to buy muggle clothes, then muggle books, then muggle plants. I was glad we were magic and could shrink everything and place it all in one bag. It was getting dark out and the wind was starting to pick up, which I found odd. I looked over to see Chris and Jessie noticing the change in the atmosphere. They nodded to me and I told the others to pull out their wands.
"What's wrong?" James asked.
"Quite. I need to hear." I whispered and then I heard a spell being shot at us. I quickly put up a shield and prepared myself for battle. Chris and Jessie moved to my sides. I pulledout my potions and handed them each one. I muttered their names over the potion and they did mine before drinking it.
"I smell 20." Jessie said.
"So do I. We have to protect the others. They are not ready for this." I said.
"Let's form a circle around them. We are being attacked from all sides." Chris stated.
Jessie and I smiled at each other and we split up. Severus, James and Sirius were behind me. Peter and Remus were behind Jessie and Alice, Frank and Sherry behind Chris. Spells were coming from every which way and the three of us were reflecting them and firing off our own as fast as we could. The suits were holding us back a lot.
"Vanish the damn suits." I yelled through the mental link. I vanished mine and laughed as I took three Deatheaters down.
"You know Amy, I figured this Dark Lord would be leading these fools, but I see no one special." Jessie yelled.
"I know, hiding behind his little servants, what a wuss." I yelled back, enraging the Deatheaters.
"Amy, maybe you should be a Dark Lord, show then how it's done." Chris called out. We all laughed as the Deatheaters fired more and more spells.
We were dancing around firing our own spells, taking out a good bit of the Deatheaters. A few cutting hexes did manage to hit us. This only made us laugh. There were only four Deatheaters left when one of them called out, "Call Him!"
"We finally get to meet this Dark Lord." Jessie said.
"I know! I'm so excited!" I stated.
"Oh no!" Alice cried. I smiled to her. "Don't worry, we are well trained fighters."
"I think you three are taking this to lightly." James said, you could hear the fear in his voice. I faced them. They were all terrified. I smiled.
"This is something we do all the time. This is our job. We can handle this." I said.
"Let's get captured." Jessie said.
"We can't Jessie, though that would be fun." I stated.
"I think we could manage to still protect everyone. It would be good training." Chris said.
"If they hate me because of this, I'm killing you two." I said and vanished the others suits. "Put your wands in my bag."
"You're crazy!" Frank cried.
"Of course I am, now hurry, and trust me." I said and everyone placed their wands in my bag. We stayed in our circle for a few minutes before I smelt the most filest thing I'd ever smelt before.
"Wow he smells." Jessie said, making Chris and me laugh.
"Wonder how long he's going to stand there before he shows himself?" I asked, wishing my nose wasn't on fire from his smell. It was worse than rotten eggs.
After about five minutes, Voldemort came forward and was face to face with me. He was a hideous man, his face reminded me very much of a snake. This caused the memory of Severus telling me I called the Deatheaters snake servants, making me, Chris and Jessie laugh out loud.
"What is so amusing to you." Voldemort asked, anger in his voice.
"You keeping to that Slytherin thing ain't you." Jessie stated.
"I don't know Jessie, I've never met a Slytherin that smells this bad."
Chris and Jessie laughed. Severus whispered harshly, "Are you trying to get us killed?"
"I see, you find taking down 16 of my Deatheaters funny?"
"Of course, I really thought you would have better fighters." I said, smiling.
"Maybe you should join that lot, they need you if they are going to stand a chance at winning this war." Chris said.
"I don't know if I can help them, this is beyond pathetic." I stated.
Voldemort let his anger get the best of him then and cast the Cruciatus Curse at me. The pain like fire filled my whole body. I ignored it, still standing, and laughed. "Oh dear, you must do better then that."
"Give the others my potion. Activate it for them. I'm going to distract him." I said.
I put the mental link behind my block and looked Voldemort in the eyes. He reached into my mind. I let a memory of Jessie and I dirty dancing slip through. I felt the others join the link. "Stay quite. He's in my mind, I need to concentrate. You will see what he sees."
Chris and Jessie were laughing through the mental link as I let many more club nights with Jessie pass through. I then allowed a memory of Chris, Jessie and I in one of our early wars come through. "Amy, show him Tim." Chris said.
"No."
"If you want to join him you have to. Show him your past." Jessie said.
After a moment of hesitation, I let the same memories Professor McGonagall saw come through. This seemed to please Voldemort. I felt Severus, Sirius, James and Remus's anger grow. I hated that they saw that. I then showed me killing Tim. This pleased Voldemort even more. He pulled out of my mind.
"You will do nicely." Voldemort said and turned to his Deatheaters. He started torturing them.
"Such a nice guy." Jessie said, snickering.
"Oh so lovely." I laughed.
"You two have problems. Can't we count our blessings and leave?" Peter asked.
"No, we have to stay." I said.
"Some muggles are pretty hurt. We have to help them." Sherry said.
"Amy.....that stuff really happened to you?" Severus asked.
"That was a very light version of what happened to me." I said and Chris said his agreement.
After a few minutes of torture on his Deatheaters, Voldemort turned back to me. I was ready and waiting. He shot a simple stinging hex at me, which I deflected. "He's playing with me now. Chris, Jessie, protect the others. I'm taking this fight."
Chris put up the same barrier he had with the Slytherins. This caused Voldemort to laugh, while he was laughing I placed him under the Cruciatus Curse. He did not scream, but he stopped laughing and his hand twitched a bit. I smiled, canceled the curse and sent a jet of light from my wand making him fly a few yards and land on the ground. Jessie and Chris were cheering me on. Sherry was shaking her head at me and the others had a mixed look of amazement and horror. Voldemort shot a curse at me, breaking my right arm. I quickly grabbed my wand with my left hand and mumbled a incarnation to send daggers at Voldemort. Though he dodge most of them. Two hit, one in his stomach and one in his left shoulder. He sent the same hex at me. I was able to dodge all but on, which got me in the same area Moonys teeth cut in to me. This made me drop, seeing as it wasn't completely healed yet.
Severus, James, Sirius and Remus were trying desperately to get through the barrier to help me. "You ok Amy?" Chris asked.
"Fine, just that area." I sent them and forced myself to stand up.
"What's wrong little Amy, bad spot?" Voldemort taunted.
I smiled, "Can I ask a question?"
"Oh I think I can allow you one question before you die." Voldemort said.
"Why Voldemort? Do you know how many bad jokes I can make with that name?" I was slowly and wandlessly healing my stomach. I started to sing, " Oh voldy oh voldy, you are so molely, you stink worse then rotten eggs, your egos inflated your head, oh voldy oh voldy your pants are all moldy, oh dear voldy. You look like a snake, that's been fried and put on a plate. Oh voldy oh voldy you are so moldy."
Chris, Sherry, and Jessie laughed pretty hard at this, even the Marauders couldn't help but laugh. Severus looked terrified for my faith. Voldemort was fuming.
"You dare!"
"Apparntly so." I stated. He shot the killing curse at me, which I just got away from. My wound was healed enough to continue the battle. I conjered rocks from the earth and sent them at him. Voldemort shot them back at me. We continued sending hexes back and forth, some hitting, most not. Any on lookers watched in awe. I managed to hit two of his Deatheaters with the killing curse, enraging Voldemort even more.
"Wow, look at her." James said in awe.
"She's amazing." Severus said.
"I want to fight him." Jessie pouted.
"She's seriously enjoying this, look at her." Sirius stated.
A good 30 minutes later, the Aurors showed up and Voldemort stopped the fight. He looked at me in what could only be amazement. I smiled, "So, what do you think?"
"We shall be in contact." Voldemort stated then vanished on the spot.
Chris let the barrier down and Sherry and I started healing random muggles that survived the attack. Jessie let the Aurors know what we knew of the attack. Severus, Sirius, James, Remus, Peter, Frank, and Alice also gave their statements. Two hours later, we were all at Potter Manor.
"Amy, let us heal you up before we take you back to Severus's house." Chris said and I nodded. My body was sore all over.
"We also need knew suits." I said.
"Yes we do. I already noticed a speed increase." Jessie stated.
"I'm also going to need Sherry to heal my stomach. I was only able to clean it and make the blood clog. The dagger had poison in it and I've felt the effect of that for a while now. Don't think I can fight it much longer." I said.
Right before we made it to the door, Mrs Potter came rushing out and pulled James into a hug. "Oh thank Marlin. We heard there was another attack."
"I'm fine mom." James said, though he hugged her back.
She hugged Sirius, then Remus, and Peter and Severus. She then noticed me and rushed over to me. "Oh dear! Your arm! Let's get you inside."
Once inside, I laid down on the floor and Sherry started healing me. Chris and Jessie explained what happened to the Potter's, then explained the truth to who I was and how I ended up in this time. They left out James's death and said I came back to do the potion, however, ended up finding a life.
Getting the poison out of my system was painful. That took the longest to do. Sherry mended my bones in my arm and gave me a sling to hold it in until it was stronger. She then focused on healing the wounds on my body. Severus stood beside us watching the whole time. I smiled at him.
"Well, I suppose this would be the second thing."
"What do you mean?" Severus asked.
I let the memory of Severus telling me three more bad things would happen to me in this time, this year. This triggered James and Sirius's memory .
"Yes!" They both yelled.
"We got to use the potion!" Sirius high fived James. I laughed.
"Mrs. Potter, may I use your shower?" I asked.
"Yes dear." She said. Severus helped me up and Mrs. Potter led me to their bedroom. After a long hot shower I got out and dressed. I noticed another suit sitting on top my clothes and smiled. "Thanks Chris." As much as my body hurt, I still put the suit on and fixed my arm in the sling. I would need the sling with all the extra weight on me. I walked back downstairs to see Severus reading a book, The Marauders playing Wizards Chess, and the adults sitting around talking. Frank and Alice were gone. I knew Chris had taken them home while I showered. He had also taken them off the mental link.
"Severus, will your mom be worried we are so late getting back?" I asked. I was dressed in one of my new muggle shirts that was black with the words 'Cookies' across it in blue letters. I had a simple long sleeve black shirt on under it and jeans.
"Yes, but she will understand. Normally I would worry about my father, but he's pretty scared of you so I think we will be alright." Severus stated.
"I've already canceled the mind potion in the others." Sherry said, making James and Sirius pout.
"Thank you. We need to get back. Thank you Mrs Potter, for letting James come out with us and for letting Sherry heal me here and letting me shower." I said, smiling at them.
"Severus still has the potion in him." Chris informed me.
"Good, he can keep it in him for a while." I stated.
"You are welcome dear. We look forward to seeing you on Christmas." Mrs. Potter hugged us all again and we all went to Severus's house. I was limping a bit, something I had not noticed till I had to do a good bit of walking. Sherry explained that some rock had cut my left leg to the bone and the nerves needed time to heal.
Chris explained to Mrs. Snape what happened. She pulled Severus into a hug, then hugged me. She was curious to how I managed to live through a battle with Voldemort so Chris had to explain my story to her. This was getting out of hand. I didn't want this many people knowing I was from the future. If Voldemort found out I would be in serious trouble. I excused myself and went to bed, Severus followed me.
Christmas day finally arrived. I bought the Snapes Christmas as well so we all had Christmas together in the sitting room. Mr. Snape sat alone in a corner and grunted at his gift, which was a new muggle television. Mrs. Snape loved her new outfits. This year I bought Severus more clothes and a new cloak, the one just like what he wore as a professor. He loved the cloak, it was made for potion masters. Severus bought me a promise ring. The ring was just like our necklaces. It had 831 engraved on it and 'Always' to the left of it. He had one for himself as well.
Around noon, we went to the Evan house to meet Lily. She arrived a hour later and they invited us inside. She had read about the attack in muggle London and was worried about us so we explained everything that happened. She was amazed to hear I fought Voldemort and lived. Close to 4, we started getting dressed for the Potter Christmas party. Lily wore a beautiful long red dress that matched her hair perfectly. I wore a short black dress and Severus wore his black dress robes.
When we arrived at the party, Mr. Potter pulled me to the side to talk. We walked upstairs and to what looked to be his office. I sat down across from him and he sat at his desk. "Amy, I forced James to tell me everything he knew about you, including that you plan to become a deatheater."
"Then he also told you my reasons for doing so and my plans for what I'm going to do when I become one." I said.
"How do I know you do not betray my son?"
"I'll make a unbreakable vow with you if you like. I would never betray James. He's my brother in all but blood. I love him!" I said as calmly as I could. I wasn't angry because he thought such things, but because James is betrayed by a close friend.
Mr. Potter looked at me for a moment then shook his head, "That won't be needed. The fact that you would is enough for me. Tell me his future."
I smiled, "He marries the girl of his dreams shortly after he graduates Hogwarts and they have a very beautiful baby boy. Harry looks just like James, except he has Lilys eyes."
"What does he do for a living?" Mr. Potter asked, his eyes lighting up.
"He follows in your footsteps and becomes a auror." I said, making Mr. Potter smile.
"Well Amy, I can't prank you, seeing as you're still hurt, so expect nothing but pranks next Christmas." Mr. Potter said standing up. I smiled.
"I look forward to it sir." I stated and we walked back to the party.
Dancing proved to be a bit of a problem for me so I mostly sat and watched the others. Severus sat with me of course. Everyone seemed to be enjoying the party and Severus and I did dance a few slow dances. Lily danced with James again this year and the Marauders, Frank and Alice told Lily about the fight with Voldemort and how I habdled it.
"Them three are crazy. They were actually laughing and Shadow sung a rude song to him and you should have been there." Sirius was saying as I walked over.
"It was fun. I happen to think that was a very catchy song." I stated making Severus look at me like I was crazy.
"You're still wearing that suit?" Lily asked.
"Yes. It is working. I came over to tell you the Blood Sisters Potion is ready. James, do you have somewhere we can finish it off?"
James nodded and we all followed him upstairs to his room. I pulled the potion out of my bag and sat it on the desk. I waved my wand over the potion and as Severus cut Lilys hand and let it drip into the potion, "Your blood to flow through the blood of another," Lily then took a strand of her hair and some dead skin and placed in the potion as I chanted, "Your genes to go in the body of another," I lifted my other hand over the potion and Severus cut it, letting my blood in the potion. "Blood of the receiver," Severus pulled out some of my hair and scraped my skin cells into the potion, "Genes of the receiver." The potion shot out a lot of smoke. We all watched in awe. As soon as the smoke cleared, I healed mine and Lilys hands. I picked the potion up and drank it down in two gulps. It was the nastiest thing I had ever tasted.
I felt my body warm up and knew it was changing. It started as a simple warm feeling and turned to a burning one, like my whole body was on fire. After a few moments of standing there, I heard Lily gasp and Severus looked amazed. The others were standing behind me, so I couldn't see them. "I didn't know your appearance would change." Lily stated.
"She can't speak right now, the potion is still changing her. We knew she would. Because she added your blood to her body, and your genes, she takes on some of your appearance. Mostly like, she'll have red in her hair, and she might change to your body type or her eyes might change to match someone in your family. Sometimes it's big changes, sometimes not so much." Severus explained.
I felt the fire slowly dying away. The Marauders, Frank and Alice moved into my view line, checking out the changes. "Looks like it's just her hair and eyes changing." Alice said.
"Yes, her eyes now have a tad bit of green in them. Same color green as Lilys, she's always had a bit of green in them so that's not much of a change. Her hair is also more wavey then straight now and has a deep red tent to it." Severus said, observing me.
"Her face looks a little more like Lilys as well." James stated.
"Yes, but not enough to change her own looks." Remus observed.
"Lilys red hair looks really good mixed with Amys brown." Alice stated in awe.
Finally the warm feeling went away and I could feel that I was able to move and talk again. "Would yall stop looking at me like I'm some circus freak."
This caused Lily and Severus to laugh. The others looked confused. "It's a muggle thing." Lily explained.
"So, over all, what do you think?" I asked Severus.
Severus kissed me, "Beautiful as always."
I smiled, now I could adopt Harry. After all, this made me his aunt. I was really excited about returning to the future now. Just as I was about to accidentally say this, the door opened and Mrs. Potter walked in. She took one look at the empty goblet the potion had been in, and a very long look at me. "Does it really burn?"
"It feels like your whole body is on fire." I stated.
"Does Chris know about this?"
"Yes ma'am."
"What about Mrs. Evans?"
I looked at her for a moment, I had completely forgotten to ask Lilys mom about this. "Shit!.....Sorry, didn't mean to say that aloud."
"I told my mom. She's said it was ok." Lily said laughing at me.
Mrs. Potter smiled, she looked at James, then Lily, then me. "Welcome to the family from what I hear." She winked at James and left.
Everyone stood there looking confused except me and Severus, we were laughing. James was trying to figure out what his mom meant. Remus started laughing and Lily screamed "No." and ran out.
I looked at Severus, "Did you notice the blush?" He nodded. "I knew it."
"What are we missing!" Sirius whined.
"When?" Remus asked, ignoring Sirius.
"7th year." I stated and Remus smiled.
"Takes them long enough."
James huffed and went after his mother, Sirius and Peter followed. "I can't believe she told him and he still doesn't get it." I laughed.
"This has been quite the Christmas so far." Severus said.
"Amy, I feel like there is more to becoming blood sisters with Lily then you're letting on, is there?" Remus asked.
"Yes." I said.
"What is it?" Alice asked.
"I can't say." I stated, keeping my face void of emotion.
"Let's head back to the party, shall?" Remus asked and walked out the door, the rest of us followed.