The boy who lived

Just after midnight Jane shot up from her spot on Remus's couch, waking him up with her.

"Harry! The kids!" Jazlyn gasped. She tried detangling herself from the blanket Remus must have placed around her.

"Hey it's ok!" Remus tried calming her down. "I owled Mary to keep the girls for the might—"

"And Harry!? That should've been the first thing I tried to check on. I was so focused on trying to get Sirius back that I completely forgot about Harry! You said he was alive right?"

"Yes he's alive—," Remus tried to continue before being cut off. Again.

"Well Where is he? Is he ok? What happened to him?"

"Well if you would allow me to explain." He said with a small sassy smirk. Despite everything, he was still a Marauder.

Jane cast him a sarcastic glare and gestured for him to continue, muttering about how he was supposed to be the polite one.

"Dumbledore said he took care of him," Remus said. " I think he had Madam Pomfrey look over him. He should still be at Hogwarts."

Jane's eyes widened at him.

"DUMBLEDORE took care of him!?" She said incredulously. "You think he's at hogwarts!?"

Remus raised his arms up in defense. "Hey I've been just as preoccupied as you. It's late… besides it's Dumbledore. Don't you trust him? Harry will be fine."

"I'm sorry but I'm not exactly happy with Dumbledore right now." She spat out and reached for her cloak. "He let Sirius go to Azkaban without even giving him a trial. And don't you start with about that again. Innocent or not the man should still have a trial."

She pulled her shoes on and redid her hair as she continued to go off.

"Besides I may trust him to fight dark wizards and be a headmaster and protect students who can also look after themselves, but I don't exactly trust that man with the care of a baby who just lost his parents."

She had marched over to Remus's fireplace and grabbed a fistful of floo powder. She looked back to where Remus was still sitting on the couch.

"You coming or not?" She asked him.

Dumbledore had just returned to his office when the fireplace flared to life. He was unsurprised by the guests before him. In fact he had expected them to have come much earlier than now.

"Good evening Jane, Remus," He said. "What can I help you with?"

"Oh don't give me that," Jane started as she finished brushing the soot from the fireplace off of her. "Where's Harry?"

"I believe she means 'good evening Professor'," Remus interjected. He gave her a look and put a hand on her shoulder. "We would like to see Harry."

Jane elbowed him softly and muttered, "I said what I meant."

"Not to worry," Dumbledore said calmly. "Harry is well taken care of. He is safe at home."

Both Jane and Remus snapped their eyes towards him.

"At home?" They said together.

"Yes. As a matter of fact I have just returned from dropping him off." He said. He offered a bowl of candy towards them. "Sherbet lemon?"

Jane stormed towards his desk. And slapped a hand on top of it.

"What. Do. You. Mean. Home?" She demanded. Her patience for the day had already been exceeded especially with Dumbledore. She glared down at the man who even Lord Voldemort himself had feared.

"I have left him where I believe he will be the safest. In the care of a relative." He said not at all phased by her temper.

"What relative!? I'm all he's got left as far as relatives go." Jane said with a glare. "And you certainly never came and gave him to me."

Remus crossed the room and tried to pull Jane away from clawing at the old man.

"Not quite." Dumbledore said with a small smile.

"You don't mean…" Remus said quietly.

"Yes. He is with Lily's sister, Petunia Dursley."

"HE'S WHAT!?" They both yelled.

"Do try to keep your voices down. I believe McGonagall is trying to get the students to go to bed. They have been spending the day joining the rest of the world in celebrations you know."

"How could you leave him there!? I am his Godmother! Lily and James specifically said if anything were to happen to them Harry and Avalon would go to me and Sirius. Then Remus. Then Alice and Frank. Then Mary. The Dursleys were absolutely NOT on that list." Jane said angrily.

"After looking Harry over. I believe it was James and Lily's sacrifice that kept him alive. I am sure that Voldemort will come again. And I believe that when that time comes he will be best protected by the same blood magic that protected him. He will need to stay with a relative until he becomes of age."

Jane found this ludicrous. And her blood boiled.

"I am a blood relative!" She cried.

"Yes but Lily was found closest to him and I believe it was the love of a mother that protected him most."

Jane, coming from a long line of pure bloods, knew well enough how blood magic worked. And she was sure that James had also died to save his family. In fact if this was a case of blood protection it was probably the sacrifice of both Lily and James that saved Harry. Not that she was sure, seeing as she wasn't sure what curse Voldemort had used. She had been mostly caught up on the events of the evening of halloween. She knew that Voldemort had vanished from seemingly thin air and there was no sign of him and his body had not been found with Lily and James's. It was quite the peculiar situation and she had no clue what spell would have caused that particular instance to occur. But she did know which curse it was that Voldemort favored.

"Was it the killing curse?" Jane asked quietly.

"Yes." Dumbledore said.

While a blood protection spell was unheard of for the killing curse, it wasn't totally out of the question. However, blood spells were considered old, ancient, or dark magic (even though not all of them are dark). Not to mention unpredictable. Therefore it was mostly those from ancient pureblood lines who knew of it. And while lily was a bright witch, she would not have known to cast such a protection spell unless James were to have explained it to her. In Jane's opinion, James would have been more likely to cast the spell than lily. And performing them accidentally was highly unlikely though possible.

"In that case, I am sure that my blood would be enough to protect Harry. I already have his sister and it would be best for them to stay together. You need to cast a spell for the blood protection to work and You don't entirely know whose sacrifice it was that implemented the protection or who originally cast the spell." Jane insisted.

"Do you really think you can care for and raise four children on your own?" Dumbledore asked.

Remus was confused. And wondered if he heard right. Last he'd checked there were only 3 babies in need of care. And he was sure he hadn't miscounted but still started naming the children of the Marauders in his head to count.

Jane on the other hand froze. A hand traveled to her stomach.

"How did you know I was pregnant?" She whispered. "I haven't told anyone."

She had only found out for certain that she was pregnant a couple of days ago.

"You're what!?" Remus gaped at her.

For the first time ever they saw dumbledore give a look of mild surprise.

"My dear," He said. "I did not. Although I think a congratulations is in order. I, however, was simply referring to James's younger sister, Sara, who is currently here at hogwarts. She will need a place for the summer."

"I- of course she'll be staying with me," Jane responded meekly. "That's not even a question. Even better. She'll be able to help with all the children. She's old enough."

Remus kept looking back and forth between Jane and dumbledore.

"Hang on!" He said. "Are we just going to skip over the fact that you're pregnant? How long since when?"

"I actually just found out on Halloween. I had a feeling so I went to the healers. Lily was the only who knew. That's why I had Avalon. I could take her in for her check up while I went to see if I was pregnant."

"How far along are you?" He asked.

"About 7 weeks." She responded.

"And Sirius-" He started.

"Has no clue." She said looking down at her hand on her stomach. Eyes focused on the beautiful wedding ring that Sirius had given her. It had been her mother's. James had found it in the Potter vaults. Her aunt Euphemia (James's late mother) had apparently kept it safe and told James to give it to whoever was worthy of Jane's hand. The Sirius who had given the ring to her would have been so ecstatic for another child.

When he found out she was pregnant with their daughter, Jazlyn, he was beyond thrilled. Unlike Jane who was terrified at the thought of even telling him. Sirius was always a wild card back then. They were young, only about 19 when she first became pregnant and unmarried. Then, Sirius was the kind of guy to want to be free, not tied down to anything. And Jane was very traditional and had never dreamed of having a child before marriage. Jane being a descendant of King Arthur, meant she was raised to be in the eye of the public as a royal figurehead. (Even though the war against Voldemort prevented that. So very few knew who the heir to the old throne was, especially since she had a common first name and used her father's name throughout school and many thought her and James had been siblings instead of cousins.) The thought of a child before marriage would have been scandalous for someone of her status. Sirius, ever the black sheep even though he too came from traditional standards and an ancient and noble house, had no care for the thoughts of others and only love and care for their child. He would have loved to have another.

Jane had planned to surprise him on his birthday. Which would have been tomorrow according to the clock in Dumbledore's office as it was just past midnight on the second of November.

She felt arms wrapped around her shoulders and bring her close. It was Remus who had interrupted her thoughts with the gesture. The office was silent for a moment except for the muttering of a couple portraits who failed to pretend to be asleep, especially The portrait of Phineas Nigellus Black who grumbled about how Sirius had dared to abandon the last family with the great and noble name of Black just as another possible heir was born.

"Well I think this is more of a reason that Harry goes to Petunia Dursley." Dumbledore cut in after a moment of silence to bring back focus and to cut off Phineas before he got louder. "You can't possibly deal with so many young ones on your own."

"Of course I can! And besides I won't be on my own I have Remus and Mary Macdonald to help." Jane insisted, regaining her focus to the matter at hand.

"Be that as it may. They won't be around all the time to help you. Plus you have other responsibilities." Dumbledore said.

"I can handle all of that! It's what Lily and James would want." Jane said.

"What about death eater attacks?" Dumbledore said seriously. "They are still out there and they are angry for the fate of their master. They'll want revenge. Do you think you can protect them all on your own?"

As much as Jane wanted to say yes. She knew her limits.

"And what of the Dursley's? They're muggles!" She responded.

"I have put in the proper protection for that. And besides Arabella Figg is still there to watch over them and will notify me when there is a problem."

Jane thought for a moment. She knew that she couldn't protect 4 babies all at once by herself. And once a month Remus would be out. And both him and Mary have their own lives still.

"Fine. I can't look after all of them myself but you will not stop me from visiting Harry and as soon as the children are older and I am in a more secure situation. If Harry chooses he is coming with me, understood? And I can redo the blood protection spells when the time comes."

"I'm not really sure visiting him would be a good idea," Dumbledore said. "you could draw lots of unwanted attention to his location. And the protection spell would only work if he considers the Dursley's home. And will need to last until he is 17."

"If you think I'm not going to see my Godson for 17 years your mad. Absolutely not. And when the time comes and he would rather live with me than he will come with me. I already said I can redo any protection spell you have placed on him." She retorted.

Dumbledore stared seriously at her for a moment. Jane found it slightly intimidating but didn't waver. Dumbledore relented.

"Honestly I am quite surprised Petunia even agreed to taking Harry in." Jane muttered after Dumbledore finally agreed to her compromise. "She hates lily. And her husband is even worse from what I recall."

"I'm sure she will be fine with it." Dumbledore stated cheerfully.

"Hang on," Remus, who always paid attention to how others worded things(especially Dumbledore), squinted at him. "What do you mean you're sure she's fine with it'?"

Jane had started to relax and prepare to go home but snapped her attention back to Dumbledore. His eyes sparkled through his half moon glasses and he popped another lemon drop in his mouth.

"You actually spoke to her right, professor?" Jane asked hesitantly.

"Alas, It was late and they were already sleeping." He said.

"So what did you do with Harry?" Remus said in a low voice. Jane thought she almost heard a growl and it made her choke back a sob as it reminded her of Sirius. "Just apparate into their house and leave him!?"

"Of course." Dumbledore said. "That would be what the muggles consider breaking and entering."

Jane and Remus started to sigh in relief.

"I simply left little Harry on the doorstep with a letter addressed to Petunia." He continued.

"YOU WHAT!?" Jane and Remus yelled together

Hello all! My semesters finally over and I finally got around to working on another chapter I hope you all enjoy. Now that the semesters over I should be having more frequent updates.

Also I realize my note at the end of the last chapter didn't make much sense. I meant that Potter is Jane's maiden names and her Mothers maiden name was Le Fey. And her father's surname is Potter.