Prologue : Godric's Hollow

Lily gazed down at her only son gurgling happily in his crib. Harry giggled before turning his tiny head to look at the darkening sky outside the window. Lily checked the clock. It was getting late. James should have been back half an hour ago. She turned back to Harry who was now waving his arms at the door expectantly.

"Are you looking for Daddy?" Lily cooed.

Harry blinked before jamming his thumb into his mouth violently.

Lily sighed. The fifteen-month-old was already too much like his father for her liking. They were both overly energetic, wild haired and emotional at times. The only thing he had inherited from Lily was her emerald green eyes. She looked at the clock. 7:40 already? Harry glanced back up at the door to his room and as if on cue, James burst in.

"Hey Lils! How's Harry?"

"He's fine. Why were you so late this evening?" she asked, relieved.

Harry burped and laughed even louder than before.

James chuckled before frowning and turning back to her with a grim expression.

"I was held up. Mad-eye got attacked."

Lily gasped. "Oh no! How is he?"

"Oh, he'll be fine, took out 3 death eaters, couldn't surprise him that easily. They're saying his eyesight will never be the same again though."

A tear leaked out of the corner of her eye.

"He's been through so much already".

James nodded.

"With all the attacks going on around us, it's been hard to get some time to ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I love being an auror… but sometimes…." He trailed off uncertain.

"I know James".

His handsome face suddenly broke out into a grin.

"How's the baby?" He asked her kneeling down and placing his palms on her tummy, which was slightly bigger than usual.

"It's doing fine! At least that's what they said in the checkup." She smiled and met his hazel eyes. "James, it's going to be a boy!"

"Yes!"

Lily glared at him then they both broke into fits of laughter.

"Man, Harry's going to be so happy when he meets him."

She looked over at Harry Potter, who was now fast asleep.

xxx

He walked along, slowly, purposefully, down the path to Godric's Hollow. He walked past the place where so many a scandal in the Dumbledore family took place, past the house of Bathilda Bagshot, past the graveyard where lay no one in particular, before reaching his destination. It was such a boring looking house, the most interesting thing about it was that it had not been there before. The Potters had been fools to trust a coward - the rat had told him everything. But he wasn't one to complain. After all, it was going to help him win this war.

He was facing the door now. With a lazy flick of his wand, it flew open.

"Lily, GO! It's him, he's here. Take Harry and go!" James' voice shouted from inside the house followed by the sound of footsteps and James burst into the hallway… wandless.

The Dark Lord let out a laugh; high and cruel. The Potter brat didn't even have his wand and he was going to hold him off?

"Be glad I am merciful, otherwise you would have had to face the consequences of facing me without a wand"

"Don't you dare-" He managed to growl before…

"STUPEFY!"

Voldemort was only one wizard, but even so, the power of the stunning spell sent James flying across the hallway, before… Well, Voldemort didn't stick around to see.

He ran up the stairs, excited now, excited at the prospect of it all. The moment he walked in, however, he heard a shout and a stunning spell cast from another wand came at him.

"Protego." he said, lazily. They were at war, and this woman, facing the loss of her son and perhaps her own life, wouldn't even use an unforgivable? It was ridiculous.

"Crucio!"

There was a terrible scream. Voldemort was enjoying this, this was what he had come here for, this, and… and…

And then he remembered, he released Lily Potter from the torture curse, though making sure she was unconscious first and looked round.

Harry Potter…

He raised his wand.

"AVADA-!"

And then he noticed something. He lowered the wand. This boy, this baby boy, had not cried once, not when he had stunned his father, not when he had tortured his mother, not at all. It reminded him of someone familiar many, many years ago…

Maybe… just maybe.

xxx

15 minutes later, Lily Potter woke with a start.

"Where is he? Where? Harry, are you…? Harry? HARRY!?"

She ran down the stairs.

"JAMES!"

"W…Wha… Where is he? Where's you Know Who?"

"James,"

"If I ever get my hands on him,"

"James?"

"He'll wish he had never"

"James!"

"He had never… er…um…"

"JAMES POTTER!"

"What?"

"James… he's gone."

"You Know Who?"

"No! But he is too… No, it's… it's…"

"Lily?"

"He's… taken… James, he's taken Harry."

A/N:

Hello everyone! Thank you for taking the time to read this. As of now, we are living quite far apart so there may be a while in between chapter uploads. Please remember to review and thanks again.

15/08/23

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