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The Family That Lived
Chapter 1: The War is Over?
Saturday, October 31st, 1981
Godric's Hollow
"James! Lily!" yelled Sirius entering what was left of the house.
The living room looked like a disaster area. Sirius saw James on the ground and thought the worst, but then he moved.
"Sirius… find Lily and Harry." said James.
Sirius looked around the ground floor and finally heard crying when he got to the staircase. He ran up and to the nursery where the ceiling was blown out. Harry was in his crib and Lily was on the ground. This time he checked her with his wand before jumping to the conclusion she was dead and found that she was just unconscious. He had just found Voldemort when Dumbledore and James came in. Dumbledore started scanning Harry with his wand.
"Is Lily ok?" asked James.
"She's just unconscious." said Sirius.
At that moment Lily woke up and looked around.
"James, Sirius… it worked." said Lily.
"What did you do, Lily?" asked Dumbledore handing her Harry.
She told them how she'd been working on a way to block the killing curse and how she had carved the rune in Harry's forehead before Voldemort came in and knocked her out. She explained how if it worked the curse would rebound and hit the caster instead.
"A simple rune couldn't protect him from the killing curse." said Dumbledore.
"The rune was powered by my love and sacrifice. It was my intent to die when I stood in front of Voldemort tonight. That intent and my love powered the rune which enabled it to stop his killing curse. As Voldemort is dead you can see that it worked, Professor." said Lily.
"Alas, it is only temporary." said Dumbledore.
"What do you mean?" asked Sirius.
"When I scanned Harry earlier I detected a small soul piece embedded in his scar." said Dumbledore.
"A Horcrux? He made Harry into a Horcrux?" asked Sirius.
"Unintentionally it looks like." said Dumbledore
"Can you remove it?" asked James.
"I'll have to research it to find a way that'll not harm Harry, but I think Voldemort would've created more." said Dumbledore.
"How many do you think he made?" asked Sirius.
"I don't know. Harry wasn't intentional and for that to happen he would've had to break his soul several times. I'll research more and we'll find out how to rid ourselves of Voldemort for good." said Dumbledore.
Dumbledore went back to Hogwarts and Sirius watched Harry while Lily and James packed up what they could salvage from Potter Cottage. They would be moving into Potter Manor. Tomorrow they would have to be prepared for all the reporters who would want to question and take pictures of The-Family-That-Lived.
Author's Note: Just a short little prologue of my take on a James and Lily live story. Please review, favorite and follow. Thank you.