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tina6080 · 02-21-2010, 12:05 AM

yay! i can finaly post on ur story, i love it Neville is so cute! lol cant wait for more of ur story!!

Connie · 02-26-2010, 05:01 AM

Some replies, then onto the Chapter.

Harita: Thanks Harita, I'm glad you're reading. Ottery's great though isn't he. It's easy to see why everyone loves him. And Teddy would have been better off if he'd been there. K'Lari did a spectacular bit of super sleuthing (if that isn't a word, it is now) and got them there. If she hadn't had to get Neville out, she could have been a tremendous help. Ottery would have seen to them all getting out safe.

Obi-Wan-K'Lari: K'lari, I'm glad you loved it. Thank you so much. Yeah, I thought the "get well story" title was cute and fitting.

Veggie_Potter: Stef, Yeah, we're all happy Teddy didn't die, and I loved writing, Neville. And I love Dumbledore, he's the greatest.

Tina6080: Tina, so good to have you. Welcome to my story and the little family we have here, and welcome to SS. Hope you enjoy the site here.
Everyone is very nice.

Thanks to all my readers, the ones who post comments, and the ones who don't. Everyone of you are very important to me. Thank you so much for being here and giving me your support. It does make me feel so good, and gives me so much confidence to do this. The next chapter, 15, "Jim's Last Request" will be up next Thursday evening, or Friday sometime.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Joy In a Time of Overwhelming Fear

News of the Longbottoms capture and rescue spread throughout the wizarding world. No one felt safe, and save for going to work, everyone stayed home with protective charms around their homes, and yards. Every household, trembling in fear, turned into a massive community of boiling raging hatred and malice toward Voldemort and his Death Eaters. When Voldemort seen no evidence of capitulation, he quietly made plans to act on some new information just given to him.

It was the evening of Halloween. James and Lily had a fun little party for Harry. They allowed him to ride his little broom Sirius had gotten him for his birthday around the house. Everytime Harry got to a room he would call out, “tick- o- teat,” and hold out his wizard hat. James would pop to that place dressed in a different costume each time, and scare him then give him candy, or such treats, and sometimes a trick, usually a good tickling till Harry nearly fell off of his broom laughing. This went on upstairs and down over the whole house several times. Harry was having such a good time. The routine changed so that when James popped to the place his little man was, Harry would be ready for a very loud, “boo” to his daddy. James would act as if he had just had the worst scare of his life, and Harry just kept laughing. He didn’t care about getting tricks or treats anymore, it was too fun beating daddy at shouting boo! They were all laughing so hard.

Tom ran along with Harry everywhere he went. He was having such a great time. Being part of this family was such a blessing to him, and he was ever so grateful to have the life he had. Finally, when James was too tired to pop another time they decided to let Harry ride for a little while chasing Tom. Lily was skeptical about this last bit for fear of Tom getting hurt. It did happen once. The details were sketchy in her memory, but, she definitely remembered something of Tom laying deathly still, and Harry laying on the floor staring at Tom with a most puzzled look on his face saying, “Tom big kitty man!” She tried and failed to remember anything else, except that Lissydove had come over to help with a bad scratch, and was still bothered about not remembering more.

“Now Honey,” James said soothingly, Tom is having a blast! He loves playing with Harry.”

One of Tom’s most favorite things was teaching Harry special moves. He would let him get just close enough for him to reach him, and then when Harry reached out to grab him, he would dart off in another direction. They did both enjoy that game so much!

Lily and James was watching them, and laughing each time Harry nearly grabbed Tom. Then without taking his eyes off Harry he said, “You know what? He’s actually really good at flying!”

“Oh, well, would you like to know how good he is?” she asked mocking him. “Today we went out to the garden for a bit of fresh air. He asked could he “fly boom mommy?” “I told him he could, but he had to be careful to stay in our yard.” “K, mommy” and he tottered in his effort to run quickly into the house. I started working on my Tulip Bed, and next thing I know that little pill was zipping along on YOUR broom, chasing Tom all over the place. He was quick enough to catch Tom’s tail several times. I was scared out of my mind he would get hurt. You know, your broom doesn’t fly two feet off the ground and at a fast walk. I tried to grab him as he flew past me, but he just flew higher above me laughing at me. I was about to summon him, when Tom ran up the tree and pounced on the front of your broom. Harry wrapped both arms around Tom screaming, “Haywee, win!” When they got low enough his feet touched the ground, he rolled off, still clinging to Tom. “Lookie Mommy, Haywee cats Tom! Haywee win!” as he was clapping his little hands delighted and proud.

“Did he really?” he asked incredulously. “Harry!” James caught him as he was about to fly by. “What a clever boy you are! Are you going to play Quidditch just as your daddy did? You’ll make a terrific seeker. That’s what I,” but he did not get to finish his statement with his little man, for Lily had cleared her throat. Turning to look at her, she was standing with her hands on her hips, tapping a staccato rhythum on the floor.

“I think I need to give Harry his bath now and put him to bed. Before” she paused, “you give him ideas that what he did was ok.”

“Oh, um right.” He looked at Harry and said, “Son, now you mustn’t ever scare mommy like that again. Next time you want to fly on daddy’s broom, let me know so I can watch how good you can fly.”

“James!” Lily said in mock exacirbation.

“Er, no I mean, so daddy can watch to make sure you fly safely, is what I meant to say?” That last bit he said while looking at Lily.

“Honestly!” she said, and took Harry quickly so she could get away before she cracked up laughing in front of James.

Tom seen her heart bubbling with joy, and was happy. Just then however, he thought of his own plight, and was saddened in a way that he was about to die.

veggie_potter · 02-26-2010, 05:45 AM

Great chapter. It's making me nervous, though, now because I think I know what's coming up!

BAD HARRY! That must have been frightening for Lily when her one year old took off on a real broom! Yikes!

I'll be waiting for your next one!

Obi-Wan K'Lari · 02-26-2010, 08:36 PM

Aw! The Harry anecdotes are so cute

And the Harry/James relationship too!

TOM'S GOING TO DIE? Properly? But how does he know?

Derfel · 02-27-2010, 04:09 AM

Loved everything so far; am not convinced that I'm a better author - your cliffhangers and conversations are way better than anything I can come up with

tina6080 · 03-02-2010, 04:35 PM

I love it, its so cute. the way u write it i can picture it happening its awesome! i cant wait for more!

harita · 03-02-2010, 04:49 PM

oh...that's sweet Connie...and sorry i am late in commenting just returned from the trip last weekend and was slightly restless after coming back and was busy with getting back in schedule and sending my friends the pictures of the trip...all in all...i am back now...

pams...when you can...

Connie · 03-05-2010, 06:10 AM

Veggie_Potter: Stef, thank you so much! I can tell you with almost certainty, that your nerves are probably sending you the correct signal. The time is close. And, yes, Lily was petrified that Harry was on his father's broom.

Obi-Wan-K'Lari: Thanks for your comment. I loved writing Harry! It was so fun giving them such a good family time. I wanted them to all have a great relationship with each other. What would they be like, if things hadn't happened the way they did? I like to think that things wouldn't have changed between them except to get even closer.

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TOM'S GOING TO DIE? Properly? But how does he know?

You find out in this chapter. I hope I did justice in my explanations on several things everyone has asked about.

Derfel: Hey Owen! Thanks for joining our family here. I'm so happy to have you here.

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your cliffhangers and conversations are way better than anything I can come up with

I certainly would not say that! I think you do a spectacular job. I love your FF.

tina6080: Tina, hey sweetheart, thank you for reading and commenting.

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I love it, its so cute. the way u write it i can picture it happening its awesome! i cant wait for more!

Amazingly enough, I was going for cute! And I aim to please, you shall have more. Not so much cute, but some anyway.

Harita: Welcome home!!!!!!!!!!!!! Missed you while you was gone. I know you didn't miss any posts, but, well, I just missed ya. Hope you're settled in and rested. I'm glad you thought the chapter was sweet.

To all my readers: I thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading. If ever anybody has a question and won't post for whatever reason, you can PM me, or ask me on my visiters message board. (What ever it's called) I'll be happy to answer anything you want to know. Ummm, please limit questions to my story, as I don't know the answers to such things as, How big is the universe? What number is infinity? Or, How can we get, Pluto, re-classified as a planet? You know, just about my story. Hope everyone enjoys this chapter, and next Thursday evening, or Friday, I'll post the next chapter, Chapter 16 - "Death Comes To Godric's Hollow" OK, breath, people, we all knew it was coming. But for now, I hope you enjoy:

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Jim’s Last Request

James watched after Lily and his little man, and his heart abounded with joy and pride.

“James”

“Yes Tom?” Still watching to make sure Lily would no longer be able to see or hear Tom. Then looking back around, “er Jim” for Tom had changed into the human boy.

“Hey, Jim! So you have been caught by the greatest seeker this world will ever see, huh, how ‘bout that?” his good nature overflowing its brim.

“Yeah Boy! That was quite the capture, having my hind legs forcefully bound by his over enthusiastic little arms. I could have gotten away was it not that I wanted to get him safely to the ground. That and the fact that he had my tail in his mouth made it even more wonderful.”

“Aw Jim, I’m sorry,” said James as he stifled a laugh.

“Yeah, I notice how broke up you are about it. Thanks.” he said with a knowing smile on his small face. “Actually, it was quite thrilling and I’ll tell you this; he does have an uncanny ability for flying, and he will make a great seeker.”

“Now, I need to talk to you quickly of some things very important!”

James got serious “What is it Jim?”

“You’re invisibility cloak, I told you not to let it out of your site. It’s the cloak spells and curses cannot penetrate, or overpower. Its fabric can’t be worn out, torn, ripped, burnt or damaged in anyway, for it was made by death.”

“The Three Brothers?” James started his voice barely audible.

“Yes, that’s the one,” continued Jim. “I know you loaned it to Dumbledore, get it back, now. He shouldn’t pursue what he has on his mind; he wouldn’t be able to control the power.”

James was surprised. In an almost reverent tone he said, “The Deathly Hallows? But, if Dumbledore can’t, I mean who could, if he can’t?”

“You could, and Harry can when he’s old enough. I have seen your hearts, and you two are worthy Of the Deathly Hallows, although I suggest you not spend time trying to find the stone and the wand. Dumbledore has the wand already; he’s been using it for years.”

“Is that why he’s such a powerful wizard?”

“No, he’s powerful because he was born with an ability to understand, obtain, retain, and use his power wisely. I don’t have time to go into this, just get it back, now. The other thing of most importance pertains to me. I wanted to tell you that I’m dying and there is something I need you to do for me.”

James fell to his knees in front of Jim, and his eyes welled over with tears. “Jim!” His words had to come out of his throat by force. “Did we let Harry get to rough with you? I’ve taken advantage of your love and your magic. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean,” and then tears streaming down his face he held Jim in a powerful hug. “I am so sorry son. Isn’t there anything that can be done?”

Jim gently moved James away from him, and smiled warmly at him. “Listen to me, Little One. This is a natural process for me. “Have you heard that saying about cats having nine lives? Cats without magic don’t have nine lives but werecats do. We live about thirty years normally if conditions are ideal, then we die and come back. And it is built into us to know when that time has come, (just like elephants) so we can make final vital preparations”

“But you’re so young!"

“Let me finish so you can understand. When we are in human form, we appear to be a very small child of about nine or ten. We are able to give that illusion, when we need a deception because we are in a place a cat would not be. On the other hand, sometimes we need to be in human form to hold or carry something. Sometimes we take this form if we have a lot of talking to do. We can talk in cat form, as you know, but it isn’t comfortable. Anyway, I am spending more time on this than need be. When it is mere minutes before our time to pass on to the next life, we take great care to make sure our master holds us during this process. This way our soul stays alive and retains all the memory of our past.”

James was listening intently. “Does it cause you pain?”

“It’s only painful if we are struck down and unable to get to our master. It is our nature to get to them even if we are dying. What I need you to do is; tomorrow, tell Lily we are going to go check on Peter sense he hasn’t been around lately. I do want to find out why his heart has changed. Before we get there, you will need to take me somewhere I can die safely. It will take about a minute, just please hold me. The only thing that will happen if you don’t is I won’t be able to connect to my master’s heart. I won’t remember my previous life until much later. It would eventually catch up, but only bits and pieces. I don’t want to forget a single thing, (sense the day Lily rescued me) of my life with Lily, and now, you and Harry. Will you do this for me James?”

“Are you sure you want me? I mean of course it would be my honor to, but would you rather have Lily? She is your true master if that’s what you want to call it.”

“No, Little One, I’ve connected to your heart as well as Harry’s. This way Lily won’t feel awkward with me. I’ll be the same to her, only I will change colors. Just tell her Harry got her wand, performed some magic, and changed my color. She’ll believe you. She’ll just laugh, and say she needs to make sure she has her wand out of his reach from now on. Harry has great magic within him, I’m anxious to see his power when he learns to use it.”

“Yeah, me too. Jim, why do you call me “Little One?”

Jim laughed and patted James cheek, affectionately. “It’s a form of endearment because I love you so. It’s the same as you and Lily calling each other, “Honey”. You are but a child compared to me. You see when I die tomorrow and come back I will be starting my fourth lifetime, that I know of. That makes me at least ninety years old.”

James gasped in surprise. “I’ve always thought of you as a son, and as a handsome black and gray cat.,” he said in shock. “What you must think of me!”

“I think of you as a child I adore.”

“I can’t believe I’ve never wondered why you haven’t aged any, or even asked you when your birthday is. I’ve been a terrible friend, and a worse father!” he said disgusted with himself.

“You have asked, and so has Lily, and even Petunia. However, my magic causes people not to think about it. And if they do, and try to find out, then I just alter their thoughts, and they forget what they were thinking.”

“So,” James said as he dried his face. “Have all your master’s before been good and loving to you?

“No, one of them killed me.”

“But, you remember him clearly? I can’t see someone who hates you enough to murder you, hold you so you can remember.”

“I remember because he was holding me. He strangled me to death.” James gasped sharply. “It was my time to die, so I was already prepared. When I came back, I had fully transformed into a cross between a cat and a human. A human rarely sees this form of werecat if we can help it. Death of the human usually takes place when this happens.

Imagine the surprise when I came back, and for only a second he seen something that scared him so badly, he wet his pants. I took one swipe with my paws and the razor sharp claws fully extended decapitated him. I picked up his head and threw it down the two seater. Vengeance is” Jim stopped and froze. They had not been careful to watch for Lily.

harita · 03-05-2010, 08:19 AM

uh oh!...Lily saw him!...OMG!...real cool post Connie...pams...when you can...you seemed to have revealed quite a lot about werecats and all...cool...

MollyW. · 03-05-2010, 10:35 PM

Must get back to folding laundry. Thank you for forcing me to take the time to read these wonderful last 3 posts that i'd missed. :p I hate having to wait until the next week for the next post though...can ya pm me the first few paragraphs of the next chapter? I won't tell... *winks*

MissWeasley · 03-05-2010, 10:50 PM

Connie!
New reader.. Excellent story. It's so nice to finally have the background information on Harry, Lily and all of your extra added friends. I especially liked the role of the werecat/Jim. It lends a certain mystic to your tale. I can't wait to see if he returns... and what will happen after Lily hears the conversation between Jimmy and James. I also enjoyed your portrayals of baby Harry and baby Neville. I can really tell that you understand children. Great writing, Connie. Congratulations... your story is a definite winner. PAMS! Katie

veggie_potter · 03-06-2010, 12:43 AM

Ohhhhh, I can't wait to see what Lily's reaction will be... I hope she won't fly off the handle... :O I'm glad tom will still be around (despite his impending death). I hope it goes well. Death is already a depressing thing. Imagine if it went wrong. :O Haha

Great post, Connie! I'll be watching for your next one!

Obi-Wan K'Lari · 03-06-2010, 03:40 PM

! I wonder what he's going to say!

Great post Conners...hopefully my brain will work better next time so I can leave you a proper comment

tina6080 · 03-06-2010, 07:40 PM

wow lilly finds out? thats great loved the chapter cant wait for more!!

OtterySt.Catchpole · 03-08-2010, 07:06 AM

Hey Conners. I'm sorry I haven't been around ... life has been ... throwing me for a loop. Kelly got hurt, then we lost our internet, the constant snows and just life in general. Kelly's okay now, we got our internet back and ... well the snows are dissipating, winter is going back home, however, slowly. So now I am back ... when I can.

I read the chapter about how Lily found out she was pregnant. Very cute. I swear it feels like it just jumps from the wedding though, and I saw a couple of typos which I'd point out if I had the time. You should get a beta. I'll find you a link here to some volunteers on SS. I think they still have the thread up. Neways. Thank you for being the first back to my story ... I won't blame you if you drop it. Updating once a millenia gets you no fans. Oh, well.

I think your story is going swell. I'll drop in when I can ... you're a pal.

*glomps*

~Otts

Connie · 03-12-2010, 02:26 AM

I'm sorry everyone. I'll have to do reviews later. This chapter is very long, and I hope everyone can endure it. Much sadness in this chapter. I've tryed to add some cute parts to lighten it somewhat. Next chapter 17 is, "Peter Shows His Strength"

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Death Comes To Godric’s Hollow

Warning, the chapter title says it all. So if you have a problem dealing with death, and extreme sadness, then go to the next chapter.

Two things happened at nearly the same time. Lily came in with Harry all ready for bed. “Give your little man a hug and kiss good-- Oh! I’m sorry; I didn’t know we had company.” She looked around and seeing this child wasn’t accompanied by an adult she said,” Sweetheart, do your parents know where you are? It’s awfully dangerous for--” But at that moment Jim changed back to Tom and ran out. “What is -- James!” she was near screaming, though she didn’t because she recognized Tom, but held Harry tight against her, and jumped behind James. Tom had been correct, she obviously didn’t know about werecats.

“James, Peter is at the gate, and Voldemort is coming up the walk. Peter lowered The Fidelity Charm!” Tom told him as he ran back to James and Lily. They tried to disapparate, but couldn’t. James screamed at Lily to take Harry and hide, get to Sirius and tell him it wasn’t Remus, its Peter. Go! I’ll hold Voldemort off as long as I can. GO! HURRY!

Lily ran upstairs to the furthest room away from the front door, which was Harry’s bedroom. Hurriedly, she waved her wand over Harry, and a golden light shone as she put a charm on him. She summoned her Patronus, but sense she didn’t comprehend what James was saying she only made it say, ‘HELP! HURRY! VOLDEMORT IS HERE! IT WAS PETER! Lily hugged her baby to her tightly, kissing him through their tears. “Daddy and Mommy loves you Harry.“ She heard James screaming, she seen flickering of bright lights around the crack of the door. She put Harry in his bed, dropping her wand beside him as she did so. They heard Voltemort laughing, and then there were more flashing lights, more screaming, things crashing, and then silence. Footsteps on the stairway, then the doorknob turned.

Voldemort opened the door to the bedroom. Tom tried to jump him even though he was awfully hurt, and bloody. Voltemort slashed his wand, and Tom in mid jump, fell to the floor.

“I had enough of you downstairs cat. I thought I eliminated your chance to help before I played with Mr. Potter. I couldn’t risk you transforming to the form you was about to change into and risk you ruining my plans. I can’t have you die right now though because I know you’ll see what’s going on here, and I might be to busy with another killing to notice you. Yes, you might even be able to keep me busy long enough for their rescue squad to get here.” Voltemort kicked Tom out of the way. Tom lay where he landed with his body opened up, and his life force pumping out onto the floor in a puddle.

“Give him to me.” Voldemort said walking closer and closer to Lily. “There is no reason for you to have to die. Give me the boy!”

Lily was screaming hysterically for him to take her, but not to hurt Harry. She begged him for his mercy. Voldemort laughed at her and said, “Avada Kadavra” and Lily fell to the floor crying no more. She was dead.

Tom knew what was coming next. He had just seen James murdered and now Lily. Harry had seen it happen. He knew Harry would live because of the old charm Lily used just before Voldemort came in. He didn’t know what effect the Avada Kadavra would have on him though. He inched his way painstakingly to Harry. Voldemort wasn’t paying attention to him. Harry was crying. He didn’t understand what was happening. He had heard his daddy crying out, his mommy had been trembling, and crying so hard when she put him in the bed, she dropped her wand in the crib.

Tom was hurt badly, and that bad man kept laughing. Harry saw Tom trying to get to him. “Come Tom,” he said with his arms outstretched to him and his fingers closing in towards him. Harry looked back at Voldemort who was right in front of him. Harry pointed at Voldemort.

“No! No! Bad man!” He said; his cheeks wet with tears and hiccups shaking his little body. He was still scowling at Voldemort. “You vey, vey, bad man!” he said forcefully.

Voldemort laughed and said it was a shame he had to kill him, and that he would make an excellent disciple. Harry picked up his mommy’s wand and pointed it at Voldemort and said “Bad man go!” just before Voldemort said “Avada Kadavra.” as he was pointing at Harry’s heart. Harry’s green beam hit Voldemort and he flew backwards, and Voldemort’s green beam bent upward when it hit Harry’s green beam and hit Harry, not in the heart, but on the forehead.

It was eerily quiet and darkness was all about the rubble. Harry cried. The collision of the spells caused an explosion that knocked him back onto his mattress. Tom was still trying desperately to get to Harry. He needed to get in Harry’s arms so that when he came back to life, he would remember what happened and he could go after Peter and avenge this evil thing that happened. Tom, much to comfort his own pain as to comfort Harry, started singing the song Lily sang much through her years growing up, and as she rocked Harry each night before she laid him down to sleep:
“To every thing, (turn, turn, turn,) there is a season, (turn, turn, turn) and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be…” Tom stopped as he heard a pop, outside the house.

“James! Lily! Harry!”

Harry stopped crying, and save for the soft hiccups he was quiet. Tom made it to the crib, but was unable to jump into it. He was dieing. He reached out to Harry with his mind. “Harry, you’re going to be o.k. This is going to hurt for a little while, but then you’ll be fine. Help has come, do what you can to tell what happened, and then after a bit when you’ve calmed down you’ll fall asleep and not remember what has happened.”

He was so close to the crib now, but how would he jump over the rails and into Harry’s arms. He new he only had minutes left, he poised himself on his back legs and crouched as much as he could, and tried to spring up, but only fell over. He tried to change into Jim, but wasn’t able to. He was hardly able to move at all. He was going to die, and not remember what happened for years to come. He had let his Lily down. Overcome with pain and emotion he continued his struggle to get to Harry, knowing he was about to take his last breath.

Sirius got to the rubble just moments after Hagrid did.

“Dumbledore tol me to get here quick as I could. Ter’ble thing tha’ happened ere! Ter’ble! Poor James and Lily. Sirius looked around.

“Do you know who, when it happened? Why didn’t Dumbledore come himself? He asked bewildered.

OtteryStCatchpole and Kelly sent a message, and Dumbledore decoded it. There was going to be an attack at Hogwarts, an so he had his hands full there. The attack was to be a diversion. He sent me here, saying he knew you would be here to help.

“I got a Patronus from Lily only minutes ago.” Sirius said. His breathing was hard and irregular. His heart was broken and he was seething with outrage. “Maybe they got away, before that monster got here.” He said hopefully.

“There was scream’en an lights flash’en, red and green uns, when I was close enough to see the house. I missed me target area and apparated not even half a block down the street. It was all over when I got here.” Hagrid said blowing his nose on his great handkerchief. Poor James and Lily he said again.

“Where’s Harry,” Sirius asked desperately “Did they get Harry too?” He was searching frantically when he heard a little hiccup and a soft, “Tom? Sing mol.”(more)

Sirius ran upstairs, followed by Hagrid. “Careful Hagrid,” he ordered roughly but not unkindly. They lifted one of the drapes that ripped from the window and fallen across Harry. He looked up at them confused “Silweus?”

“Yes, Harry, it’s me, Sirius.”

“Bad man, vey, vey bad man!” Harry was pointing with Lily’s wand towards the place where Voldemort turned into a black wisp of smoke. Then he put it in his mouth and tried to chew on its end. He pointed it again and said, “Petel, bad wat! Petel vey, vey, bad wat!”

“Hagrid, help me look, do you see anyone?” They swiftly searched through the rubble.

“All I see is this poor cat’s nearly killed. Blimey! It’s really in a bad way! Looks like it tried to help put up a fight.” Hagrid said in shock.

“Tom, come to Haywee.” he was stretching for Tom.

Sirius knelt on one knee, and carefully picked up Tom. “Careful Sirius, wounded animals can put a powerful hurt on ya.”

“Not this one, for two reasons. He gave too much of himself trying to protect his master to hurt someone who is trying to help. The other reason is that he is only just alive. He deserves love one more time by the one he is giving his life to protect. Harry wants to hold him; it’ll comfort him, while we look around."

There was a loud honking noise as Hagrid blew his nose. “’at was beau’iful, ‘at was. On’y, it’ll scare the tyke to pieces; it’s a pathetic mess.”

“I think Harry has proven tonight that he’s made of stronger stuff than most men are even. Just a minute I have a theory, but let’s take care of this first.” he pointed his wand, “Scourgefy” and the blood was gone from Tom’s fur. Next, he tore the orange towel Lily had dried Harry with from his bath, and wrapped Tom tightly so his opened side would stay intact. Then he swaddled him in the rest of the towel, and placed him gently in Harry’s arms.

“Here you go, here’s your Tom, son.” He swallowed hard realizing how true that last word had become. Love filled his heart for Harry, and grief overwhelmed him for Lily, and his best friend. James was a brother to him, and now Sirius was alone. “How did this happen?” he said, going over things in his head.

“Well, Dumbledore said-- “No, Hagrid, it’s alright. I got the gist of it. “He said dryly. “I was just thinking of things in my head.” He went on thinking and talking to himself, leaving Hagrid wondering about him.

Tom lay in Harry’s arms and he started rocking back and forth. “Evwe season, tuwn, tuwn, tuwn, wock abye bebe, ina tee top, wock abye bebe ina tee top, wock abye bebe ina tee top, an come a bebe kaydel anaw.” He stopped his lullabye, and kissed Tom on the nose.

“Haywee love you, Tom. Aw you sleeping Tom? He whispered. Tom touched Harry’s mind one more time. “Thank you, Harry. I feel all better now. Yes, I’m going to go to sleep now. Will you hold me just a bit longer? I love you.”

Harry looked up at Hagrid and Sirius and smiled. His eyes were puffy, and his cheeks were tear stained, but his face was as bright as sunshine on a cloudy day. He put his finger to his lips, nearly poking his eye with Lily‘s wand he still had.

“Tom going sleepy now. Shhhh “Hagrid fell on Sirius’s shoulders crying his heart out. “’at is the saddest an most precious thing I ever did see in me life. Isn’ e beau’iful? Poor James and Lily. Never gon’na see their wee one, poor Harry, never gon’na--” Sirius struggled to stand and was trying hard not to break down crying himself when he said, “Here now Hagrid, get ahold of yourself, Harry see’s you. He’s going to think something else is going to go wrong.”

Hagrid straightened up quickly and dried his eyes with the back of his hand. Laughing and thumping Sirius on the back (nearly knocking him into Harry’s bed) Everythings fine Harry isn’t it Sirius! He said rather jovial, although his chin was still quivering, and his voice was cracking. Harry looked at him with his mouth open, and then smiled.

He looked at Sirius and said quietly, “Hagwid silwy.” Then he put his finger to his lips and told Hagrid to shhhhhhhhhh because Tom was sleeping.

Sirius remembered that he wanted to try something after he had cleaned up Tom.
He asked Harry quietly if he could please see his mommy’s wand. Harry sat still looking at Sirius, then to where the door was supposed to be, and then back to Sirius.

“Haywee shoot bad man.” and did not offer the wand to him. Sirius said, “I’ll shoot the bad man if he comes back, Harry, but I think he’s gone. Can I see the wand?” He held out his hand.

He considered Sirius again. “Mommy’s wand not a toy, must be vey, vey cayful! K Silweus?”

Sirius smiled marveling at a truly incredible wonder, that he was going to get to love and raise as his own. “Yes, that’s right, it’s not a toy. I won’t play with it. I want to see something with it, and then I’ll put it in a safe place.”

Harry’s eyes got big. “Lumos” he said and the wand responded with light.

Hagrid clapped Sirius on the back again. “You said you wanted to see. Well, there you are a light to see with.” Obviously, Hagrid was feeling proud of Harry.

Sirius looked at Harry, and said, “I’m going to have my hands full with him, aren’t I?” He was already bursting with pride. Harry handed the wand to Sirius and Sirius became solemn. “Priori Incantatum” he said. An image projected from the wand of a wand lit with Lumos. Again, the wand showed an image of a green beam of light from a “Bad Man Go!” command and the beam hitting Voldemort in the chest and sending him away into black smoke. It also was showing the green beam from the “Avada Kadavra” curse hitting the green beam, and slightly bending upward. Then the green beam hit a golden light and only a sliver of the green beam hit Harry in the head, then Harry fell backward onto the mattress. Walls, glass, toys, everything that was in the room and the door were all flying in the explosion that occurred when the two curses collided.

“Blimey!” Hagrid exclaimed. “He beat--” “Voldemort!” finished Sirius. Hagrid jumped backward, tripped over a piece of rubble, and fell to the floor. “What’cha gone and said his name for? Hagrid asked breathlessly. “My hearts just a race’n!”

“I said his name because that’s what it is, his name.” Sirius said impatiently. “Lily!” he said abruptly glancing at Harry, who was busy rocking his cat. Hagrid looked just beside him where his hand was when he fell. Lily’s foot was sticking out from beneath the door that had blown off, just inches away.

“Get Harry; keep him busy so he doesn’t see me. Wrap him up good, and get him ready to go. We need to be getting out of here. The Aurors will be getting here and they’ll try to take Harry.” Let me take care of James and Lily, and then I’ll take Harry. He’ll live with me, I’m his Godfather.”

“Sorry Sirius, Dumbledore give me strict orders, I’m to take Harry to him, and he’ll have a safe place for him. A pity, the only relatives Harry has is an Aunt, a Muggle one at that, but at least its family. He’ll be loved, and well provided for.”

Sirius said, “Okay, he can go to Dumbledore for now, but I don’t want him living with Petunia. I don’t want Harry living without love like Lily did.” He gave Hagrid the keys to his motorcycle, and told him to take it, and keep it for him, that he was going to go kill a rat. He walked over to the side of the house that was blown away, and pointed his wand to the sidewalk. “Accio Motorcycle” and it appeared on the sidewalk.

“Right” said Hagrid. He reached down and gently took the cat from Harry. It was so dark, and he was paying most of his attention to Harry, that he didn’t even notice that the cat he was placing on the floor, was now orange. “Come to Hagrid.” Reaching down he picked up Harry and turned so Harry wouldn’t see his mommy’s lifeless body as Sirius was tending to her.

Sirius pulled the door off her, saw the terror, and anguish frozen on her face. Her face was still wet from her tears. He touched the side of her face tenderly shaking his head and letting the unwonted tears fall. He scooped her up and carried her downstairs to find James and lay her beside him. They had jumped over him not even realizing it when they ran upstairs to find Harry.

When he came upon James he cryed out, for the site of the upheaval was unconscionable, and evil beyond thought. James did not die easily, and sadly, not quickly. His mangled body was but a plaything, entertainment for Voldemort. (A/N The details are to grotesque, and gruesome, so I will be kind and not depict them.) Sirius gently laid Lily down against James side. He stood and turned away from them so he could settle his stomach. He was shaking violently; his hands doubled into fists and shook. He reached up and grabbed handsful of hair, then turned back allowing his eyes to fall on his friend. A savage scream came from the inner most hidden depths of his heart as he dropped to his knees. He wanted to pick him up and hold him, but this was not a possibility, so he knelt over him with his forehead on James’s chest, a hand on the top of his head, the other squeezing his hand, and wept uncontrollably.

Hagrid turned and looked down on Sirius, when he screamed. He had never heard anything so horribly terrifying, and mournfully anguishing at the same time. “Reckon he’s gone mad with grief. Hope he gets away before the Aurors get hear. And I need to get you to Dumbldore.” he said as he finished wrapping Harry warmly, and tucked him in his monstrous coat. He put a huge belt on under where Harry lay, and buttoned up his coat with one undone at Harry’s head, so he could breath. He made his way down to where Sirius was lamenting over his friends. He saw James, clapped his hand over his mouth, ran from the site, and worked very hard at not getting sick. “No wonder Sirius went mad. Poor James,” he said to himself, crying and blowing his nose. Bloody awful way to go! He decided to stay and watch until Sirius left.

Tom knew it was safe to come forward, and say good-bye to his beloved masters. He would give Sirius a chance to grieve, and then he would make himself known to Sirius, and tell him what happened. He would tell him how Harry had used magic and that he hit Voldemort by a curse from Harry and disappeared. He would then tell how Peter came, stepped over James body to go upstairs, and got Voldemort’s wand. He saw Harry sitting in his crib crying, and Harry calling him “bad”. He had looked at Harry and whimpered that he didn’t understand. He had to do it, and put the wand in his mouth, and turned into a rat and scurried away. Tom crept to James, as not wanting to disturb Sirius, and put his paw on James’s chin. Good-bye Little One, God rest your weary soul, and know that Harry will be fine. I will not rest until I find a way to avenge you and Lily. Then he made his way around to nibble Lily’s chin. “I love you, my precious master. Rest with James, and I will do everything I can to be with Harry, after I find Peter. Thank you for saving me and being the best master any creature could ever hope to have. I love you both. He stepped back, and sat quietly while he waited to let Sirius finish.

Sirius, still bereaving his loss, raised himself onto one knee, and put a charm on James to keep him together. Then he clasped James and Lily’s hands together, and put their wands on their chests. He bound their joined hands with a soft ribbon, then touched his wand to the ribbon and said “Portus, Dumbledore”.

Sirius stood up, and took a mighty breath and raised his fists and beat his chest calling out in a thundering declaration; “Hear me! Fear me! I am not deluded! I know who you are, you little rat! I will hunt you down, and I will kill you!” Sirius disapparated suddenly before Tom could speak.

Hagrid shivered as if cold water washed over him. “Overcome with grief ‘at un’is.” he said. “I’d hate t’ be the one ‘e’s go’n after. He peeked at Harry. “Look a’ cha with a great cut on yur head, loosen your mum an dad, an hav’n ta go live wi’ Muggles. Poor li’le tyke. Well, ya ready for a motorcycle ride are ya? Hang on tigh’ an’ se’le in, cause we go’ta long ways t’go.

harita · 03-12-2010, 04:39 AM

that was a nice chapter Connie...i liked the parts about Sirius...you have written his grief very well...pams when you can...

veggie_potter · 03-12-2010, 08:36 AM

WOW! Connie, that chapter was AWESOME! It was riddled with sadness, and curiosity!

I have a hunch about Tom, which I can't believe I didn't see before. The following line made me realize:

"I will not rest until I find a way to avenge you and Lily."

I think I know what you're doing!

GREAT job! I can't wait until your next post!

MollyW. · 03-13-2010, 04:03 PM

Ah ha! An orange cat...I see now how I was close in my Tom Theory, but inaccurate. This was a fun chapter to read, despite all the tragedy. Harry is so cute..makes me think of Avery when he was younger. So, there was more than Lilly's love that saved Harry. Very interesting! Should she read this ff, JKR would be green with envy that she didn't think of that

Can't wait to read more. Love ya!

Lord Greenie · 03-14-2010, 05:30 AM

hiya mom sory i been gone but hopefully am back the chapters where awsome as always always keepin me on me edge of me seat wantin more cant wait.. god speeded love ya greenie

Obi-Wan K'Lari · 03-14-2010, 11:17 AM

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at that moment Jim changed back to Tom and ran out

Ahhh...probably not the smartest thing to do

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“Daddy and Mommy loves you Harry.“ She heard James screaming, she seen flickering of bright lights around the crack of the door.

O_O

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Lily fell to the floor crying no more. She was dead.

That image is just so powerful

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He knew Harry would live because of the old charm Lily used just before Voltemort came in.

Oooooooooooh....I just figured that was meant to be automatic

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and then after a bit when you’ve calmed down you’ll fall asleep and not remember what has happened.”

That's a good bit of foreshadowing

Aw

Harry's too cute...

Sirius

His grief is so believable

The only thing I can say, unless this wan't meant to be strictly cannon, is that the house was meant to be on fire...so there wasn't much time for Sirius and Hagrid to poke around...just saying

I still love it though!

AWESOME POST!

MissWeasley · 03-14-2010, 04:41 PM

Connie!!!
My eyes are watering...

You succeeded in creating a very emotional chapter. I was so happy to see that Tom made it into young Harry's arm before his death. sigh...
I don't look forward to Harry's trials and triblations at the Dirsley's, but "Que Sera. Sera". I do, however, await the return of my hero... Tom! Excellent chapter; I can't wait for the next one! PAMS!
Katie

tina6080 · 03-16-2010, 12:52 AM

its so sad -( but Harry is cute!!! i cant wait for more!!!

Connie · 03-19-2010, 03:39 AM

Dear Reader’s, I’m struggling to decide how to make reading this story more enjoyable and comfortable. The chapters are, most of them pretty long. I love, love, love reading all your comments. And I love responding to comments, but, I’m sorry, I tend to be long winded. I don’t mean to, just please overlook an old woman her short comings. That being said, let me know if you would like me to, keep posting replies before each new post, not reply at all, or respond to each comment as one is posted. Thankfully, tonight's chapter isn't very long, which is good, cause the replies are. Sorry, but, they're from the time before and the last chapter.

Harita: Thanks for reading and commenting Harita. There will be even more revelations about Tom later on. Writing Sirius’s grief was hard. I knew how I wanted him to be, but writing that anguish was hard to put on someone, even though it is a fictitious character.

Veggie_Potter: Hi Stef, Lily’s reaction at Jim changing into Tom was normal for someone seeing something like that. I tried to write her reaction as I think I would have reacted if a little boy changed into a pet I owned and loved. (Although my pet is gone

.) Thanks for saying my chapter was AWESOME! Anytime you have a hunch you want to confirm or deny, send me a PM, and I’ll oblige you.

Molly W.: Hi sweetheart. You know I won’t say no to anything you ask of me. (to do with my story that is

) I think of Avery, and Emily a lot, when I write baby Neville, and baby Harry.

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So, there was more than Lilly's love that saved Harry. Very interesting! Should she read this ff, JKR would be green with envy that she didn't think of that Can't wait to read more. Love ya!

Thank you Stephanie, that is a very thoughtful compliment. I’m trying my best to make this a great story.

Lord Greenie: Hey son, I missed you while you was gone. Welcome back. You are so sweet to say the things you say. But, you need to be careful sitting on the edge of your seat. A spell gone haywire could catch you and knock you off your seat.

Obi-Wan-K’Lari: Hey K’Lari, take it easy on yourself. I think your brain is great. Just get rest when you need it. I love reading your comments, but they don’t have to be anything more than what you feel like doing. You got a new Avatar! I love that show! We watch it all the time!

The charm Lily put on Harry, was mentioned because I write what the charm is later on.

The anguish Sirius has is very extreme because JK implies in her book, that people think seeing his friends dead, and it being his fault made him go mad. Hagrid was the only one there to witness this anguish, so I thought I would put Hagrid’s thoughts in so they could build their own story from Hagrid’s account. On Sirius’s side of the story, I wrote it the way I think he would have felt.

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The only thing I can say, unless this wan't meant to be strictly cannon, is that the house was meant to be on fire...so there wasn't much time for Sirius and Hagrid to poke around...just saying I still love it though! AWESOME POST!

Yeah, I stepped away from cannon here because; It’s my understanding that the source of the fire was from the spell backfiring. If this was the flash point, then Harry could not have survived the fire. It would have been too hot, and he would have also suffocated. It’s just my opinion though. Plus, I needed it not to burn, because I use the shell of the house later on. I’m glad you love it, and thanks for saying it’s an AWESOME POST!

OtteryStCatchpole: Hey ~Otts, gee it’s great to see you again. We all miss you, and we’re so glad Kelly is doing better. Getting your inter-net back is the icing on the cake. You never have to say your sorry for not being here for any reason.

I don’t stay on any part of the story long because I can’t write as good as you do. You are an awesome writer, and able to stay in one area any length of time, and make the story tremendous. And speaking of time, take yours, catching up.

Miss Weasley: Hello Katie, and welcome to my story, and our family. Thank you so much for your kindness.

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I was so happy to see that Tom made it into young Harry's arm before his death. sigh...

Yes, it was scary close, but thankfully he made it just in time.

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I don't look forward to Harry's trials and triblations at the Dirsley's, but "Que Sera. Sera". I do, however, await the return of my hero... Tom! Excellent chapter; I can't wait for the next one! PAMS!

As Tom wasn’t with Harry at the Dursley’s house, then we won’t be suffering through those times he had to be there. Tom is my hero also. I have another hero later on also.

Tina6080: Hi sweetie. Yes, it is sad, and I tried making babies, Harry and Neville, cute, but not unbelievable.

Thanks to each of my readers whether you comment or not. I do love reading your comments, so please fill free to do so if you like. If anyone knows of a way to make things not so long and more comfortable, please PM me.

Next week, around this same time, if I can, will be, Chapter 18, “A Time For Wandering, and Wandering Revealed”

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Peter Shows His Strength

Tom ran all over looking for Sirius. He had said he was going to find Peter, but where would he be? That day the boys were playing basketball Ottery and Teddy came by and said they had seen Peter planning something with Snape at the Leaky Cauldron. Peter, later on had come and told a story of Snape capturing and bullying him into helping Snape get even with James. Ottery and Teddy didn’t believe him, but Remus convinced James that Peter wasn’t capable of such a deception. Sirius was leery of Peter, but went along with them. That was when Sirius and James made the switch from Sirius being their Secret- Keeper to Peter. No one would make the coward, Peter, Secret-Keeper; he would crack before he was even tortured. Sirius on the other hand would take much torture, and would probably die without revealing the Potters location. Although it was a brilliant plan, it turned out to play right into Voldemort’s hand.

"Yes, all right then, I will try the Leaky Cauldron." Tom apparated there, and as he went inside, he ran into people standing, staring, and pointing outside on the Muggle side, talking excitedly. He found Sirius and Peter a second later. Sirius had Peter cornered, and was about to close in for the kill. He looked like a mad man, and sounded like one, laughing like a deranged man.

All at once, Peter yelled out that Sirius Black had just murdered Lily and James Potter. Sirius raised his wand and said, “Avad...” but Peter flicked his wand smiling at Sirius, and the street blew up in a horrific explosion. Sirius stood there defeated and null of all reality being lost.

Tom tried to speak to Sirius’s mind. “Sirius! Run!” Tom searched his mind, and his heart sank. The man was oblivious of everything. He was in shock. Then, Tom decided to take a chance and tackle Sirius, and move him with his magic to a safe place. He would have to be careful not to clamp down on his arm to tight, because a move like that could easily crush his bones, but not clamping down hard enough would splinch him.

“NO!” How did the Aurors find them so fast? Yes, there was a big explosion caused by magic, but still, proper channels had to be gone through. There would have to be memory modifiers and different teams to question witnesses, and all sorts. They would be quick, but not seconds after it happened. They stood there holding Sirius’s arm, until more Aurors arrived.

Tom sauntered over to them, and listened. After a few minutes, they decided to take Sirius in for questioning. A group of Aurors came, took charge of him, and disapparated with Sirius bound at the hands, and feet. There was a discovery later that they had taken him straight to Azkaban without a trial. Tom stayed behind and did some investigating on his own. He took care of some things and then left the scene.

Huge celebrations took place all over the country! It was told that little Harry Potter had killed, “He Who Must Not Be Named.” That night Harry became a hero and wouldn’t even know of it until years to come. As told in, The Daily Prophet, the awful scoundrel, Sirius Black, betrayed the Potters trust and turned in their location to, “He Who Must Not Be Named.”

Everyone was sad about the Potters, for they were an outstanding witch and wizard, and well thought of. Moreover, they were happier the evil wizard was dead. Tom knew better, for when the evil wizard was in the house, Tom touched Voldemort’s heart and found it had been defiled with the evilest of magic and ripped apart. He didn’t know where Voldemort was, but he did know that he wasn’t dead.

harita · 03-19-2010, 03:45 AM

nice post...

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