Author's Note:
I have apologized for updating a chapter in a year that is short and quick, within those years, I was almost losing my plot idea on the direction I was heading, and been into God awful year, with that said, I am back, and publishing the second time, proves that I am dedicated. This is the longest chapter deservedly that it is Chapter 20, This will include Harry POV about researching the Philospher's Stone and it's connection to Nicholas Flamel, Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon, Lily's POV about putting all her strength to recover her friend in coma credits to the idea from Breanie's wonderful A different Beginning story which you'll see, the long awaited POV of Wormtail, with ofc the main POV of Severus Snape,surprise POV of Cassandra, and the continuation of Heir of Lansford, as the poor boy is on a brink, an ultimate test, you will see all in this chapter, suspense, and thriller, Get ready for this chapter roller coaster, as I will cook you what was up to Wormtail, and why did he lurk in Albanian forest, without further a do, here is Chapter 20
Side note: All Harry Potter characters and world are owned by JK Rowling, the OC Characters are from me.
Cheers.
Chapter 20
Harry couldn't sleep at the next day
He did feel his eyes going shut, but the curiousity of his 'father' being at the chamber room, alongside Professor Dumbledore quenched his curiousity
Not to mention his 'father' mentioned the stone, the bigger question is, which stone his 'father' is talking about?
Another question is, why are they set to put it here? who's going to get it? so many questions, with so little answers, regardless, it was a lazy Sunday so he went to the main hall, to grab a heavy breakfast
Harry was surprised to see that his mother wasn't at the hall, the professors were all there, even his 'father'. It also peaked his curious brain, probably his mother will fill him up on what she is doing by a letter, so that calms him down
"Why the long face?" Neville said, bringing Harry to the world
"Oh sorry Nev, I am just thinking" Harry replies
"About what?" Hermione ask, bringing the eggs and bacon
"About the room we were in last night" Harry replies
"I think we can head to my mother's private chamber. I will fill you in" Harry said
"But Professor Potter is away, I am sure you don't remember the password" Hermione said
"Please Hermione, I am a Potter, the ward would definetly know me" Harry chuckles, seeing his bushy haired friend doing an oh sound
They continued to eat in peace, but Harry couldn't finish his meal, his curious mind outweighs him being hungry, so he gave it to Ron who'd gladly to dig in
He felt calloused hands on his shoulder, signalling it was his 'father'
His 'father' whispers to his ear about coming to his dungeon chamber
Harry nods, he will tell them later about why his 'father' summons him
Snape Dungeon
Harry knocked the door, and he heard a soft sound saying 'enter'
He watches his 'father' neatly settles the paper
"I summoned you here, well wait in 3..2..1." Severus said
As if on cue, a heavily pregnant Olivia Jensen opened the door, earning a smile onto Harry.
He came to give her a hug, in which she was tearing up
"Now we are here, I got news for you Harry" Olivia said
Harry made a nod
"It is a girl!" Olivia said a bit loudly
Harry jumped to give her a hug and bid congratulations
"I... your 'father' and I would like you to be her godbrother, I mean when you are at age" Olivia said nervously
"I am honored 'mother' I mean, you practically raised me, so I am more of her brother than just a title" Harry said proudly
"Oh my poor boy, I love you, never forget that, I loved you like my son, and I will still love you even if you are not my blood and bone" Olivia said
"I love you too 'mom'" Harry smiles
He watches his 'father' smiling, and ushers him for a family hug
Olivia spent the latter minutes, moping about what to buy for the baby shower, and then she left to the flat
Harry on the other hand, can feel that his father didn't summon him for just good news
"I know what's in your head Harry, meaning, you are wondering why I am heading to the forbidden chamber" Severus starts
"I was thinking it was about my mother, but I am curious now" Harry said, enjoying to see his 'father' cringing
"Also about that. What do you know of Marlene McKinnon?" Severus asks
"Who?" Harry asks
"Well, let me brief you, she is Sirius Black's wife, and a mother of her long lost daughter" Severus said
Harry continued to nod
"Your mother is attempting to bring her back" Severus continues
"What happened to Miss McKinnon?" Harry asks
"I will spare few details, since you are way too young to know about the graphic details, all I can tell is she got hurt, pretty bad, and now your mother is attempting to reverse a very powerful curse, the curse you will study in fourth year, which is why I summed up the details, don't get mad at me" Severus said, getting a bit nervous
"It is ok 'father'" Harry said politely
"As for me being at the forbidden room, there was nothing to be told, I heard the scream, and me mentally preparing to scold you and your trouble-making friends" Severus lies
Harry knows that his 'father' is lying 'it is because I was inside the chamber 'father' I heard you mention some stone. If you cannot answer, I will get to the bottom of this'
"Now you may leave" Severus did a nervous smile
Harry complied, by giving his 'father' a hug, and thus he left
Lily's Private Chamber
Harry gathered his friends at the corner, and waited for the chatter to die down
He cleared his throat and spoke
"As you can see, I brought you here is because something is very off, and it relates to my 'father' being at the forbidden chamber" Harry said.
"How did you enter the chamber, I mean you were with us right?" Hermione asks, eyeing the flushing Harry
"Of course,you have to never listen to me" Hermione puffs
"I cannot help it Hermione, you know how curious I am" Harry tries to reason
"I concur, Harry had always the tendency to find out pretty much anything, even in primary school" Heather said in a cheeky smile
"I hate how you know me the best" Harry chuckles
"Anyway, I caught my 'father' mentions something about a stone, and then Professor Dumbledore implies that he will put it safely" Harry said
The silence of the group confirmed that they are as clueless as him
"My question is, is this related to the troll the last halloween?" Harry asks
"That is far fetched Harry" Hermione replies
"Just listen, It is very suspicious that we have a troll, lurking in the school grounds that is heavily warded. I say Lord Voldemort is lurking among us" Harry said
"DON'T SAY HIS NAME!" Ron yells
"Honestly Ron, his name does not spark fear anymore" Neville says in a bored tone
"Still, I'd rather keep it safe" Ron murmurs
"Another question in my mind is, if Lord Voldemort is among us, which means he is looking for a body to resurrect" Harry said
"My question if you may?" Ron asks
"Hit it Ron" Harry smiles
"I mean, with all my respect, how do you know he-who-must-not-be-named is alive, also did Professor Snape told you about him at your young age?" Ron asks, clearly in scared tone
"Yes Ron, My 'father' told me, because he is ensuring the safety on me, and my 'mother'" Harry smiles
"Until then, we need to do some research, and to do that, we will go for the source" Harry smirks
"I have a bad feeling about this" Heather did the matter-fact-look
"What is it?" All of them asks
"Hagrid" Harry said
Somewhere in deep dungeons of Albanian prison
The sound of dungeon cell clicking almost interrupted his sleep
Oh how he is afraid that his cell to be open, by Lucius of all people
It has been 11 years since he fulfilled the Dark Lord's command, he even kidnapped little Cassie, and gave it to the Malfoys
What he did not expect is full betrayal by his peers, and thus the Malfoy Sr. Abraxas threw him in the dungeons in Albania
The reason? well at first to let him getting tortured, he lost few teeth, and broken bones, he got the worse punishment, worse than being cursed, which is getting malnourished
Peter knew that he deserves it, but to be betrayed by the peers, knowing that he did what they couldn't do, cast a powerful memory charm on Marlene, James, Sirius, and Lily.
Without said, he finds himself soothing on the dungeon, with minimal food
Until the familar cell door open, and it was Mulciber
"How long did he not eat" He heard the raucous sound of Mulciber
"a week give or take" The calm sound of Lucius said
He felt Mulciber coming close, to take a good look on his face, and it was distorted beyond comprehension
"I still cannot believe that you put him here, I mean he had helped us" Mulciber said
"I honor his courage act, but I don't trust him, I kept him here because I want him to see that his plan has failed, Lord and Lady Potter are alive, and their memories are back" Lucius said smugly
'No! no, no,no. It can't be' Peter thinks
"With that said, I already sent him here since he has the Dark Lord's wand and robe, he may have some use with us, some of the sources indicates that the Dark Lord is lurking in these forest of Albania, so with Wormtail here, being close with the Dark Lord, he will guide us to the location" Lucius said
'Over my dead body Lucy' Peter thinks
"Let's leave him to rot, I have urgent matters to discuss with the ministry" Lucius laughs darkly, thus closing the cell harshly
Peter once again finds the soothing darkness calm, at least no more smugness of Lucy nor his cronies
He will resurrect the Dark Lord, to do that, he needs a body, and Peter happens to know someone in Hungary.
Potter Manor
Lily woke up from a terrible nightmare
In her nightmare, she senses someone, rotting on dungeon cell, his face was not shown, but he was clearly being tortured
She took a long look at the bathroom, and she found herself having dark circles under her eyes. She washes her face and lets out a weak smile.
The sun shines in Scotland
A perfect moment to make perfect French Toast for her husband, and Eggs and Bacon for her kids
The elves had left for a holiday, so the hall is ominously quiet, until a sound of a snowy owl, hooting at the window.
She smiled widely that it is Hedwig, She learned that it is Harry's owl
She took the letter hesitantly, and then began reading
Mum
Hey mum, how are you? this is the first time I write a letter to you, since we always communicate in your chamber or sometimes in main hall, I know Mum, Professor Snape has told me that you are having a week-off to help save Ms. Marlene McKinnon, she sounds like someone very dear to you Mum, and I respect that. Don't get mad at me, I was at the forbidden chamber, and I snuck with the invisibility cloak, hearing what Professor Snape and Professor Dumbledore are implying. Professor Snape has specified some stone, the which stone, I don't know, and Professor Dumbledore had specified to put it on the chamber. I don't know mother, I need answers, Professor Snape had covered the truth, I expect you'd do the same, so I dropped it, don't worry. Anyway, come back safely, the class had missed you
Love
Damian
Lily laughs how brave her son is, about letting her doing the right thing, but cringed a bit
It is about the Philosopher's Stone
She was informed by Professor Dumbledore that the Dark Lord is among them, with no body, so the stone could be an access for the Dark Lord to be resurrected
Lily got selected to include traps, riddles, or puzzles for the Dark Lord wouldn't solve.
Regardless, She admires how very curious her son is, he is spitting image of her, except the hair.
"Morning" An Angelic sound of James said
She smiled and turned to see the rat's nest of James hair hid his sexy face
She laughs a bit, and gave her husband a soft kiss
"Mmm, a morning I will never get bored" James smiles
"Prat, I made you French Toast" Lily smiles
"Ooh, I really love you" James said childishly
Lily laughs and sat beside him with coffee on her hand
"Morning mum" The cheerful sound of Andrew
"Morning mum" The not so cheerful sound of Lizzy
"Morning kids, I made you Eggs and Bacon, dig in" Lily said
"Mum, where's Ollie?" Andrew asks
"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask Lily Flower" James gave her the sexy look that almost made her turned on
"Ollie and his Mrs are on a holiday, he left the house by me" Lily smiles
Her kids continued to eat, where she can feel the intense stare of James
"What?" Lily asks
"Did I tell you how beautiful you truly are?" James said cheekily
"100 times, but I love how you say it" Lily smiles coyly
"Eww Mum, jeez" Andrew gags
Lily and her husband laughs for the antics
"Ready?" James asks
Lily almost retorted the flirty James attitude but in a split second, he means about the long day to recover her best friend
"Ready as be" She finds herself uttering, She took a long look at the coffee, she is adamant to bring her best friend back, no matter the cost.
The Following day
Classes were slow for Harry and his friends, which suits Harry very well
He made gestures to his friend on meeting with Hagrid
It turns out that he had a faint memory of Hagrid knowing him very well, which suits the situation
As expected, Hagrid invited him and his friends for a tea party at his hut.
The hut was huge, obviously since Hagrid is half-giant.
What Harry didn't expect is how kind Hagrid really is, he offered sweets and cake to Harry which he politely accepts
"I 'ember y'u wee 'arry'" Hagrid said in a thick Scottish accent
"'ou use to d'ag me hair and chew" Hagrid smiles
Harry flushes, knowingly that his friends are going to tease him for the next 6 years
"Regardless 'ou were very 'ute" Hagrid grins
"Awwww" The mocking sound of Heather erupted his ears, he turns to gave her a death glare to her.
"What can I help y'u?" Hagrid asks.
"I was going to ask..." Before Harry vents on his main quest, he was interrupted by Ron's loud voice
"Wicked! is this what I think it is?" Ron yells
Harry turns to see a large, scaly egg, undoubtedly a dragon egg
"I bought this from a merchant, he says it is worth 5 galleons" Hagrid smiles
"I think y'u guys came right on time, it is going to hatch" Hagrid smiles
The eggs begin to hatch, and thus a hatchling dragon lets it's first roar, thus making Ron, widen his eyes
"H..Hagrid, don't tell me that it is what I think it is?" Ron said in a mixture of awe and scared tone
"What?" Harry asks, tending the cooed baby dragon
"This is a Norwegian Ridgeback, a rare dragon, very cunning and sharp too. Oh Merlin! this is illegal!" Ron exclaims
Harry grinned to see Ron flushes red through his ear, the most from his bushy haired friend, smiling proudly over his friend
"I 'ssure you boys that everything is under control, also Norbert is under me control" Hagrid said, smiling
Harry chuckles with the towering giant's antic
He went further, to ask about his quest
"Hagrid, what do you know the forbidden room on the third floor, and the stone?" Harry asks, and the cheer mood of Hagrid, suddenly went silent
"Who told you about the Philosopher's Stone is on the room?" Hagrid had slipped more than he wills to admit
'interesting'
Not even a split second, he went on to saying 'I didn't say that'
"Also there were three-headed cerebrus guarding the door" Harry went further
"Oh Fluffy, he is assigned by me, to guard the Philosopher's Stone...Ooops I didn't say that" Hagrid cringed
"Guarded by who?" Harry almost got the answer, but he was hurried Hagrid to leave, and come back for another time
He and his friends are looking at each other with the same expression, very suspicious for Hagrid, who's normally in a cheerful mood and jokes a lot
"I would never see Hagrid acting this defensively, and for what, for some stone" Harry said
"Let me research about it Harry, I do agree that he is acting strange, also I am astonished from you Ronald" Hermione beamed a bit
Harry grins to see his red-haired friend blushes
"It's not a big deal, I pretty much remember Charlie wouldn't stop talking about it" Ron said
"Seriously guys, we need to solve Norbert" Ron utters
"Why?"Heather asks
"It is because this is no ordinary dragon. You see, most dragons would grow and age in years, sometimes months, as for this rare beauty, it ages by days. Soon it will engulf Hagrid's hut and burn it, causing a mess on the school. The last thing we need is Professor Dumbledore scolding Hagrid, or worse, expell him" Ron said
"Then what do you suggest?" Harry asks
"I can owl to Charlie and let him come, in order to retrieve the dragon, safely" Ron answers, earning smiles from his friends, and thus they returned back to the main hall, getting ready for the last hour classes.
Snape Dungeon
"I think the healer is exceptional Sev, he can bring Mar back" The cheerful voice of Olivia said on the firecall
"I don't know Liv, It might be good to be true, we still don't know where Wormtail is. Only he knows how to reverse the spell, I can see it clearly from his whimpering eyes" Severus drawls
"Still, it doesn't hurt to try, I am going to meet Lily, we do need your assistance, I think Lily needs you more than ever" Olivia smiles
"Liv, aren't you heavily pregnant? with 5 more months left?" Severus said in an almost sarcastic remark
"I am not going to help her with my power you silly git, I am a healer, which means, it is my duty to 'help' the patient" Olivia said
"Still, you shouldn't even work, I mean, with your current stature" Sev stubbornly counters
"Don't worry about me, the positives of my situation is, I can work half-load, so don't you worry about me, working" Olivia smiles
"How long does this 'healer' have, in order to commence the impossible task?" Severus asks skeptically
"In 2 hours, I will floo call you right then" Olivia said
"I need to go, Healer Ambrews had requested me" Olivia said
Severus nods, and then he sat on his chair, sighing deeply.
How selfish he really is, he almost forgot where Wormtail is, but then again, it would be next to impossible on where to find him, as the Death Eaters were oddly quiet, even the suspicious Credence Barebones had mysteriously disappeared. Regardless, it still made him enduring a painful headache
Add to mention that he completely gave up on studying Horcrux, He literally scoured the whole library, he couldn't find books that mentions this word
He hasn't heard anything from Regulus, and judging from Potter assisting with Lily, He thinks it went quiet, for now
He also hadn't heard what the Dark Lord has in plan, adding more overthinking in his overthinking process
He sighs defeatedly, he decides to brew a herbal tea, something that could calm his already troubled thoughts.
A few hours later
Curfew is in 2 hours.
Harry and his friends were researching the stone, and then as if the lightbulb had switched over his bushy haired friend
"I got it" Hermione said proudly
"Got what?" Harry asks, peaking his curiousity
"It is called the Philosopher's Stone for a reason as it is called Elixir of Life" Hermione smiles
"It was created by a French Chemist, Nicholas Flamel. Get this, he was born during mideval times, so that makes him over 300 years old" Hermione said
"Wait, so how did he survive this long?" Ron asks
"Honestly Ronald, don't you read! The Elixir of Life, once drank, would grant unlimited rich and power, as well as immortality" Hermione puffs
"Hmm, that would explain" Harry whispers, but was enough for his friends to hear him
He turned to give them a cheeky smile
"That would explain why Voldemort would want the stone, in order for him to be back, and give immortality" Harry stated
He sees his friend shushing Ron, knowing that Ron would not dare to speak the dark lord's name
"A good cause, but he has no body" Hermione asks
"A good reason, until we find out who's the culprit" Harry said
A family owl patted on the window. It belonged to Ron
He sees his friend, grabbing the letter with ease, tearing it mostly
He watches his friend reading the letter a bit too hastily and then lets a big smile
Harry grabbed the letter for himself, and he sees that Ron's brother is already here, to grab the dragon.
"Let's go" Ron said
"Wait Ron, you said the dragon would grow in days, it is only few hours" Harry made a remark
"You don't get it Damian, This dragon is too dangerous even when it is in baby form" Ron tries to reason
Harry sighs, he knows he will be in big trouble, well might as well give lame excuses on his mother and his 'father'
Hagrid's Hut
Harry and his friends had arrived to see the bulky Red-head, holding a rope, small enough to capture the feral dragon, he was talking animatedly with Hagrid.
"I am still in denial that I have to give Norbert to a Dragon tamer. he is still a wee lad" Hagrid cries
"Sorry Hagrid, you are lucky that Ron had owled me. This is one of a kind, oh say, where do you find the egg precisely?" Charlie grins and then went to ask a bit seriously
Harry sees the towering giant hesitate a bit but kept his composure
"I was in Hogsmeade, drinking, and I saw this hooded merchant. He challenges me to play card games, and I won, so I got the prize" Hagrid answers
"Hmm, very suspicious, since this baby dragon is very rare, and causes so much problem in Dragon regulations in Britain" Charlie said
"Nevertheless, I am happy that it is done silently, wouldn't want you boys to be in trouble" Charlie smiles
Harry watches the elder Weasley, leaving with the tiny dragon in thin air, but for some reason, Harry can sense something very wrong, and boy his guts were right
"What is the meaning of this?" A very stern sound of Professor McGonagall had snapped the friends to fear
He turns to see her very angry, along a smug looking Malfoy
"Hagrid, I will take it from here, you may leave" Professor McGonagall said
"As for you three, you are in big trouble, harboring a dragon in the castles, let alone smuggling it out, this ought to let you three expelled" the stern professor shot a blow up
Harry could feel Hermione is close to sob
"But you three had done it quietly, with no one watching the exposure, so I decided to drop your house points by 150" The stern professor said
"Also a detention" Professor McGonagall said
Harry and his friends dropped their heads in shame
"That would teach you not stick your nose where you don't belong Snape" Malfoy spat
Harry almost lunges to the smirking ferret, but he got caught off guard from the stern professor
"I admire you telling me about the incident Mr. Malfoy, but you also will join the detention" The professor said
Harry could tell the ferret was going to protest, but no one can resist the cold stare of the professor, so he delved in.
Harry knows somewhere along the castles and outside, he will be getting a long lecture from his mother and his father.
St. Mungoes
Lily was fidgeting
Her antics almost made James chuckle but it was a very serious matter
She arrived to the hospital with greeting by a heavily pregnant Olivia
They chatted a bit, but the healer was summoned by the healer who brought Harry into her world
No, she was fidgeting because she is a bit afraid that it wouldn't work
It is not like she doesn't trust the healer, no, it is about to reverse a very nasty crusciatus curse aftermath
No one had ever survived, let alone getting tortured in longer period of time
Still her mind is racing, and Merlin knows about how long she is waiting for that
"Everything is going to be fine Lils" She heard James saying in a smooth tone
"I know Jamie, still, I cannot help but worry" Lily said.
"What's to worry, I have seen his works, he has exceptional healing skills" James said
"Yeah but this is crusciatus curse we are talking about Jamie" Lily snaps but apologizes quickly
"No one has ever recovered from the curse" Lily said quietly.
She felt calloused hands, grabbing hers and softly squeezing, giving her warmth she needs.
"Like your muggle term says, we cross a bridge when we get there" Jamie grins, sharing hers
They sat in silence for a bit, until the master healer shows up
Lily gasps a bit on his appearance. He looked nothing more than 60, but his skin proves otherwise
He has sharp brown eyes, and thin goatee
He dubbed the serious phase that indicates he never smiled or even wouldn't want to smile
Alas, the master healer approaches to Lily and bowed to her with respect
"Lady Potter" Master Qin Ling said in curtesy
"Master Ling" Lily repeated the curtesy
"I was summoned with the request by your husband, Lord Potter, in order to heal your friend in the ward" Master Ling said with no expression
Lily nods and said yes
"Very well, as you know, I need you, Lord Potter, Me as well, and someone with harnessing power in order to penetrate the curse" Master Ling said
"I think James and I are the only ones" Lily was about to continue until she heard the famous drawl
"As well as me" Severus said, coming from behind, holding Olivia's waist
"Very well, let's commence" Master Ling said
Lily and her husband, along Severus and his wife, followed the gracious healer into the ward that is in third floor
Before she enters, she dragged Severus and made a nod to Olivia, indicating that she needed to talk to him for few minutes
"Lily, I said I will do this" Severus drawls
"I know Sev, but what about school" She says
"What about Harry?" This she inched close to whisper
"Harry is doing fine, well, he is very curious on what we are up to with the forbidden door" It sounded like a sarcastic remark in which it did
"He did take after me, a very curious bird" She made a chuckle thus making Severus chuckle a bit
"Ready Sev, to commence your debt" She said, it made Severus widen his eyes
"I... I took some llegimens lessons from James, I had snooped into your mind a bit, you made a devious plan with Peter to 'spook' Marlene. I was furious on why, but I knew why, it was about the prophecy, we will talk later, and no Severus, I forgive and understand why" Lily lets a weak smile
For the first time in a while, she sees her old friend smile and nod
She entered to see a very sick, clearly aging but gracefully Marlene.
She felt her heart sink by seeing her best friend, it has been 11 years
Too long not to confide with her best friend, the godmother of her baby boy Harry.
She sees the healer trainee looking at her with sad look, thus giving her weak smile indicating that there's hope
"Ready?" Master Ling said to everyone
Lily and her husband nods
She sees Master Ling, holding her friend's hand, and began uttering a charm
It took couple minutes, with faint spark illuminating and then it stops
The healer's eyes glow white and then returned back to rough brown eyes
"I want you all to hold hands, this will be very rough" Master Ling said
Lily held Marlene's hand, while her husband holds her, in which his hands surprisingly being held by Severus. In another universe, this would never happen. Olivia couldn't be involved for 'obvious' reason.
She hears the healer speak Mandarin, and the spark returns, but getting stronger and more evident
It almost made her leaving her hand but luckily the growl tone of the healer told them to hang on
Her hands suddenly feel hot, as if she is holding a hot mug, but she had to continue, quitting is never on her list of dictionary
It was very painful, with the way she is clenching her teeth. She knows her husband and Severus are feeling the same
It spanned for few minutes, and then, the large orb emerges, sucking Lily and the healer, not noticing the loud cry of her husband and Severus
She landed in a loud thud, she managed to rub her aching head
"Where are we?" She said while rubbing her head
The healer nudges her to see that it was at Sirius' place, the 12 Grimmauld Place
She looks at the dank place, scanning the dark alley
She found three men, hiding on the alley, She can recognize the fat guy, it was Peter Pettigrew
She sees the fat man not cowering nor whimpering, it made her feeling uneasy
"Why are you taking me in this? I don't want to see the horror sequence" Lily almost yells
"Shh, I will explain, now watch" The healer said, doing the shush sound
She watches to see Sirius, leaving the place, thus good moment for the rat and his cronies to enter
She widens her eyes to see the latter two made disillusionment charm, indicating that they couldn't enter, since Peter is a member of the Order.
She will have a word with Dumbledore, once this is over.
As if the scene like a movie, she finds herself, transported onto the scene, and lets out a loud gasp, She sees Marlene, heavily pregnant, getting tortured beyond comprehension, by Peter of all guys
She sees her former friend, smirking with glee, and later stops torturing, knowing that damage had been done, but then he did something that made her gasp out loud, he burned the place down
She couldn't tear her eyes on her friend's cry of desperation. She wishes it isn't a projectile-like in order so she could step in and save her friend
Then later, she got transported back to Scotland yards, seeing the beautifully ornamented cottage
She sees Cassandra, looking like 10, giggling loudly
"Cassandra James Black, come back here!" She heard the unmistakenable voice of Marlene
She sees her friend coming close and did an oh sound, indicating that it isn't a projectile.
She widens her eyes to see her friend looking much older but still retains the blonde hair, and dashing blue eyes
She holds a baby that is breastfeeding
The baby is a boy
Lily lets out a sob, this would be a life for Marlene if she hadn't been tortured
"Lils?" She heard her friend whisper
Lily sees her friend coming close to give her old friend a hug
Lily smiled in joy to see her friend well, with her beautiful baby boy
"His name is Aurelius Black, he is a sucker for breastfeeding" Marlene chuckles
"And who's this?" Marlene asks, signalling the silent Master healer
"Pardon me Mrs. Black, my name is Master Qin Ling. I am a healer, and I am here to rescue you from your daze" Master Ling said
Lily nods on the gracious healer, but her friend doesn't buy it
"Why would you want to rescue me. I am living well, you see" She said, signalling the large landscape, with her daughter, giggling with what seems to be a family dog
"My husband Sirius is on a trip with James" Marlene smiles
"Mar, I think we need to talk" Lily said in what looks like a serious tone.
Marlene nods, and ushers her best friend and the healer to come in her cottage
She told them that she will put her baby on the cot, and thus inviting them her herbal tea
After explaining a long story of what happened to her friend
Lily watches her friend going completely sullen, and silent
"And h...how long I was in coma?" Marlene asks
"10 years Mar" Lily sighs but continues to show her game face
She sees her friend, standing up, and then yells
"GET OUT, GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" Marlene yells
"I am afraid that will not work Mrs. Black, look around your surroundings" The calm healer replies
Lily watches her friend widen her eyes in horror, including Lily
They are back in the Grimmauld Place, with the scene in horror, and then later into St. Mungoes, with her friend in intensive care, where the same healer who carried her son, delivers her friend's daughter, but her friend stood there, stale
Later, it transported them into present, her present, where she sees her friend, drops on her knees, and sees Sirius there, looking utterly defeated but tried to mask it by showing to be 'ok'
She watches her friend utter the words Sirius was saying toward the mobile friend on the carriage
"What?" Lily asks, while holding her friend's shoulder
"It is our wedding mantra, Sirius and I would whisper to each other that we look after to each other and always looking forward" Marlene said, letting out a sob, and then later her eyes widen
"W...What happened to you, and Harry?" Marlene sounds a bit afraid
"All will be explained, once we get you out of here" Lily smiles, gently squeezes her friend's shoulder
She watches her friend, taking her time to look at the scene for a moment and then lets out a nod that she is on board
"I couldn't bear to see Siri this broken, nor losing my daughter" Marlene said
"Yeah about that, when Peter betrayed and maimed me, I will explain later, he kidnapped Cassandra, but left Harry" Lily said, cringing a bit
"WHAT! MY CASSIE!" Marlene lets out a loud sob
"Don't worry Mar, once we get you out of here, we help you reunite with Sirius and then help you bring back Cassandra" Lily said, promising her sobbing friend
"Now we have agreed, grab my hand, this will be much rougher, since Mrs. Black here, her mind is a bit broken, it was tough to penetrate the shell of the curse at first, it would be much more difficult to escape" Master Ling said
Lily grabbed the healer's hand, along holding Marlene's hand tightly
The master healer wasn't wrong, the probing curse is probing to the wards and lunging to the three peers
She watches the healer's eyes glow white, but lets out a crimson blood, leak through his nose
She almost let out a cry but the master healer yelled
"NO! NEVER GIVE UP!" Master Ling said
She had to comply and thus concentrate her raw magic, coinciding Marlene's magic, and the master healer's magic. Combining into a big shield, and thus the shield manages to break the bubble curse, thus a familiar orb appears
"QUICK, WE MUST ENTER THE ORB, THE CURSE IS DEFLECTING US" The master healer yells
Lily cranes her neck and her friend is more determined than ever, she whispers the muggle way of counting
She ran, along Marlene, and the healer, into the orb, and thus they are sucked back into reality
She was thrown away but grabbed by her frantic husband, thus going into complete darkness
She opens her eyes, watching her sobbing husband calling her name
"James?" She says, weakly
"Oh thank Merlin! you are alive!" She heard her husband cry in joy
She opens her eyes to see the blast, it completely destroyed the ward room
She looks at the sleep-look Marlene
She got afraid it wouldn't work, but the irritated look of Marlene's mesmerizing blue eyes open, and looks at her gorgeous emerald eyes
"Lil?" She heard her friend saying weakly
Lily manages to hug her friend a bit forcedly
"Oh thank Merlin!" She lets out an audible yell
"Lil, you are crushing me" Marlene chuckles
"Sorry Mar, it has been 10 years, I thought we wouldn't see you back" Lily sobs
She can feel her friend tightening the hug
Her friend breaks the hug, and thus looks at Severus rubbing his aching head, while being held with Olivia
"What's he doing there,and Olivia?" Marlene asks in wonder
"Long story Mar" Lily smiles
Her friend turns to look at the smiling healer
Her friend thanks the man
"There's no need to thank me Mrs. Black, I am always there to help, for the right thing" The master healer smiles
She sees her friend looking at someone, and Lily turns to see James is gone
"Where's Ji..." Before she continued to ask her best friend's nickname, she heard the familiar sound of her husband, Siri
"Why are you bringing me to the ward Prongs, I am going to visit her by tomorrow like I always do" Sirius said
Lily watches her friend, Sirius staring at her with shock, and then chuckles to see her friend's eyes widen in complete starstruck
She sees Sirius lunges to Marlene, and hugs her by sobbing
She watches James smile, and she dashed for a warmth she needed.
"We got her Jamie" She whispers
"Yes Lils, like I said, one step at a time" James smiles
Many miles away
Malfoy Manor, Wiltshire
The sound of thunder woke up Keira
She had a nightmare, She dreams of a woman unlike her mother, Narcissa
in which she was screaming
Her mother Narcissa opens the door in alarm
"Keira?" She heard her mother ask frantically
She turns to stare at her mother for a second, and the frame is different, instead of platinum blonde, it is dirty blonde, instead of gray blue grey eyes, it was ocean blue eyes that conveys love and affection
She was troubled by her nightmare, so she signals her mother for a hug
"It is ok Keira, I am here" She heard her mother soothing, genuinely
"It is just a dream, Your mother is here, and she is always there to help you" Narcissa said, smiling
She lets out a faint whimper but basked by the warmth of her mother, hoping the nightmare ends.
Time Square, New York
Mr. Williams woke up on an unfamiliar room, he looked at the sleeping girl, naked on what seems to be her bed of sorts, since he doesn't remember the room to be pink.
He got up from the bed, and proceeds to wear his jeans for his routine morning
After good hot shower and brushing his teeth, he couldn't get away with this massive headache
He didn't know that a simple muggle alcohol could give him a headache of a lifetime, he chuckles
He sets his morning tea, not noticing a figure sitting at the chesterfield, where he turned to see the figure, almost spilling the hot tea, earning the figure chuckling
"What in the blooddy hell are you doing old man?"Mr. Williams asking, glaring
"Good morning to you Mr. Williams" Credence smirks
"Morning? you brought me out of the ashes in Scotland, transported me into this cruddy place, threw me into this muggle fighting cage, and then dumped me into this sod of flat, so excuse me Mr. Barebones, I am in no such mood for pleasantries" Mr. Williams spat
"Relax, I am not here for your training, I came here to offer you a position" Credence said in an unusual grin
"And what's that?" Mr. Williams said, not looking at the grinning old man
"Master Grindlewald is still in Nurmengard, but I want to liberate him, with your help" Credence smirks
Mr. Williams' eyes widen in horror
During his time in Hogwarts, he had heard about Gellert Grindelwald he was friends with Bill Weasley, a Gryffindor of all sorts
Actually, what happened to Bill? the last time he spoke with him was their graduation
"Not interested" Mr. Williams spat
"I expected you to say that, you see, I am not forging an alliance with the Dark Lord, I am intending to use him, I know he cannot get the elder wand" Credence smirks
That also made Mr. Williams' eyes widen in horror, he knew about the elder wand, but he thought it is a myth, he also heard about the dark lord too
"Yes, I had served with the dark lord, but I know he is weak without the elder wand, so I pretended to serve him, loyally" He heard the old man explaining
"Sorry old man, like I said, I am not interested, and I am taking a blooddy day off, go somersault your manipulation with the dark lord and Grindelwald and sod off!" Mr. Williams finds himself shouting at the old man
"Such foul mouth, I should be torturing you right now but alas, you are proven useful" Credence said doing the tsk sound
"Anyway, You still have a week to reconsider, and I'd reconsider if I were you" Credence winks
Before Mr. Williams retaliate further, the old man popped away, making Mr. Williams curse under his breath
The antic he made, must have woken up Emily
"Morning" She said, bed-tousled
It changed his mood quickly
"Morning" He grins
He gave her a morning kiss in which she giggles
"What's the ruckus?" She said, while opening the cupboard for a mug
"Some old man, the one who brought me to this place" Mr. Williams said in a bitter tone
"Aha, and what does he want?" Emily asks, setting the kettle to boil
"It is nothing really" Mr. Williams said, trying to change the subject
"Uh huh, judging by your shout, I could tell it is something" She said, smirking
"It is nothing Emily, seriously. He just want me to join some band club" Mr. Williams finds himself chuckling
"Somehow I don't believe it, but I will let it slide, any pla..." Before she proceeds to continue, a sharp knock had snapped both Mr. Williams and Emily
"Who could be knocking at this hour?" Mr. Williams said
"I don't know" Emily shrugs
"I will take a look" Mr. Williams said, proceeding to take a look on the hole of the door, and there were no people at the other side of the door
"Huh, that's strange" Mr. Williams said
He opens the door, and he peeps through. The hallway is very empty
"What is it?" He heard Emily asking
"No one Emily" Mr. Williams responds
With a split second, he felt a blow that knocked him to the wall
Mr. Williams stood up and glances over the guys whom he fought at the bar
"Emily, duck!" Mr. Williams shouts
"She will do nothing, my beef is with you British boy" The smirking look of Johnny said
Mr. Williams proceed to lunge over the stocky smirking man
He landed one punch on the liver, but the man dodged it, and proceeds to kick at Mr. Williams' ribs
It was painful, 'this can't be, this bloke is a muggle!' Mr. Williams thinks
He has no time to check the stinging pain, he proceeds to dodge a flying punch that was aimed at his ribs, and then he did an uppercut on the stocky man's chin, that seemed to work
He lunges to the two goons, doing the same, it worked but they too, were fast
It went several minutes of blocking and punching, but the two guys were quick, so one held his hand, the other held his leg
"I have it to you fellas, I mean for a muggle, you seem to know how to fight" Mr. Williams said, spitting blood
"Oh I beg to differ Lansford" Johnny said
"What? that's not my name" Mr. Williams glares at the smirking man
Before the stocky man proceeds to give another remark, a quiet footsteps emerges
The man stood there, staring eye to eye over Mr. Williams, and Mr. Williams eyes widen
"Uncle Aiden?" Mr. Williams said in a complete shock
"O...Owen?" He heard his uncle stutter a bit
"What do you want me to do with him, boss, carve his body, flay his skin?" He heard Johnny laughing
"You do no such, leave him. If I hear you speak to my nephew with that tone, I will castrate your balls and feed you into your mouth" Aiden roars
In another universe, Owen, now knowing his name, would grin over his uncle's antics
His uncle turns to stare at the blooddy form of Owen, cupping his face
"You look shit" Aiden smirks
"I wish I could say the same. How did you know where I live dear uncle?" Owen gave a cheeky smile
"I believe you know someone Owen" His uncle smirking
"Who?" Owen asked in puzzled tone
"It was me" The petite sound of Emily said, shocking Owen
He watches the witch coming close and took a long look at him, smirking
"Relax Owen, I am here to talk, and offer you a position" Aiden said, smiling for this time
Owen glances over the smirking brunette and toward his ginger uncle, he finds himself in a situation where cannot get out of and merlin helps him on that
Side note: I mean't to change the chapter of Norbert, in main canon, Norbert grew double the size, I wanted to follow the timeline correctly, so excuse me not to follow the canon a bit. and phew, this was a dark chapter, and a shocking one, a decision Mr. Williams had to take, and a bittersweet end of this chapter with Marlene waking up, notice the connection when she woke up, Cassie had a terrible headache in Malfoy manor, I told you this will be a roller coaster, until next time, stay tuned in chapter 21