Chapter 5

Godric's Hollow 16 years ago.

"Lily, take Ravenna and Harry upstairs. Stay with them, do not leave them even if I fall. I love you." James said quickly when he sensed danger was approaching. He kissed Lily with a passionate finality. She nodded and scooped up both her baby son and her goddaughter who was 9 at the time. They rushed up to Harry's nursery and awaited the fate they knew would come.

Ravenna hid behind Harry's crib near the window- on alert for she I we that if her godparent fell to the dark lord's power, she would have to protect harry and get him to safety. She did not mind facing the prospect of sacrificing herself for the boy she had helped raise.

Lily was cooing to Harry in a soft voice. "Harry, mamma and daddy love you. Harry be safe. Ravenna loves you." She cooed to the confused and distressed baby in his crib. She glanced up at Ravenna, her red hair shining in the dim light of Harry's night light. "Ravenna be safe. If I should fall, call the order. Save yourself and Harry if you can. I love you. Uncle James lives you and so does your dad. You know that right?" Lily smiled and took the raven haired girl into her arms.

"I know. I love you too. I vow to protect Little Harry with my life and all through his. No matter that happens." Ravenna nodded into her godmother's stomach.

"He can never know you helped him, Ravenna. Call Dumbledore and let him handle it all. He'll know what to do." Lily warned.

"I know." Downstairs they heard the fatal words and James' love and life expelled from him and Ravenna clutched tighter to Lily. Then Lily pushed her away and she returned to her hiding spot, her hand clutching her locket tightly between her fingers. Praying silently for her Godmother's life.

When it happened Ravenna closed her eyes and only opened them a peek when the man in the dark cloak turned on Harry. "Avada Kedavra!" The man muttered strongly. The was a blinding green flash and then the man doubled over in pain and vanished. Ravenna waited a moment before climbing out of her hiding place and scooping up the crying baby Harry with a newly gained lightning shaped scar on his forehead. He was alive. That made Ravenna sigh in relief even when she looked down at the lifeless body of her Auntie Lily. She took some floo powder and put it into the fireplace and stuck her head in it- she had done this several times when she wanted to talk with Remus, her other godparent. She called for Dumbledore's office and was surprised when she could see it in a wondrous clarity. It was the first time she had seen it for a while. "Professor?" She called and he ageing headmaster looked up from his chair.

"Miss Black? To what do I owe the pleasure?" The ageing man knelt in front of the fireplace with a kind smile.

"He's been. Uncle James and Lily are dead."

"Harry?" He asked.

"Alive. Lily told me to call for you and McGonnagall. She hoped you would see Harry to safety..." There was noise on the stairs. "Someone's coming. Hurry please. We're in the nursery." With that her face disappeared and Dumbledore jumped to his feet and spoke to the cat that sat in the chair beside him.

"McGonnagall, go to Privet Drive. It is time." With that the cat jumped off the chair and vanished through the door to the staircase. Soon after he heard her human footfalls on the corridor beneath. Then Dumbledore vanished and made his way to Hagrid's hut to have him collect the boy.

Meanwhile in Godric's Hollow, Ravenna watched from a cupboard in the nursery, Harry back on his crib- just in case they wondered where he was, as Snape fell to his knees and hugged Lily's corpse to him. She had never seen Snape cry before and in that moment for a split second, she pitied him. For he had loved Lily irrevocably from the day he had first met her but she had chosen James not him.

When Hagrid and Dumbledore arrived, Ravenna climbed out of her hiding place and ran to embrace the half-giant who cared for her as much as Harry and her family. She moved past him to hug Dumbledore who then left to meet McGonnagall in Privet Drive. Snape glared at her as she passed and kissed Lily's forehead and then James' where they had been moved in to the living room. She then kissed Harry before Hagrid took him to the Dursley's.

"Don't worry, Harry. We'll see each other again. I promise. I love you." She whispered as he fell asleep in Hagrid's huge arms. "Take care of him for me Hagrid."

"I will, little Raven, I will." He said as her father's bike roared into life outside. She rushed out with Hagrid and Harry to see her father climbing off the bike.

"Here it is Hagrid. Are they...?" Sirius choked.

"I'm sorry, Sirius." Hagrid sniffed. He showed Harry to Sirius who kissed his forehead and let Hagrid take his bike and leave with Harry. Sirius then turned as Ravenna ran to him.

"Daddy!"

"Ravenna." He sighed and took hold of her tightly in his arms and kissed her raven black locks, his beard scratching her forehead as he did so. "Thank Merlin that you're alright. Oh, baby. I've got you." He sighed, squeezing his daughter to him as she began it cry. His brave daughter who had been visiting James, Lily and Harry for a few days whilst he dealt with Remus' monthly change. He stood up straight and held his daughter as he walked to front door of the house. He said his goodbyes to Lily and James, magically buried them in the graveyard of the church and the apparated to the Burrow with Ravenna, who he left in Molly Weasley's care so he could return to Godric's Hollow to deal with Wormtail who he knew would be there.

Unbeknownst to Ravenna, later that evening when she was sleeping on a camp bed in the Twin's room, her father was arrested for the murder of Lily and James Potter- which he didn't do- and was sent to Azkaban for the next 13 years. In place of the conniving rat, Wormtail who cut of a finger to make it look like there had been a body there. Little did they all know that Wormtail would soon become Percy's rat Scabbers and later Ron's.