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Harry Potter › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
7
Views:
2,157
Reviews:
4
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Betrayal Uncovered
Okay, my last final was today, so hopefully I’ll be posting regularly from now on. I don’t really have more planned for this story, so it’s gonna be a total fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants sort of thing. Thanks to all of my reviewers, you are all great.
Inukocharm-Thanks for your review, it gave me a really good opening in here. . .see if you can find it!
Immortalis_Vespers-Harry shouting “NO!” before anyone was hurt is going to figure prominently into the story. Have to wait and see!
I would love to respond to all reviews, but that would take up more space than the chapter, so I’m just going to say thank you all, you helped fuel me to write more!
STANDARD DISCLAIMER: All previous statements still stand. Probably from this point, I won’t do a disclaimer. Just remember that no matter what I might think in my depraved imaginings, they all belong to JK Rowling.
This chapter mibe abe a little slow, but I wanted to get more out there for those of you waiting. I still want to know what you think! Loves and hugs, ~Desertrain
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When Lily awoke, she realized three things at the same time. One, that she was not in her bed; two, that she wasn’t entirely sure who’s bed she was in, and three, she didn’t have Harry or James with her any more. Just as she was about to panic, Lily noticed that she was in the hospital wing at Hogwarts. She let out a deep ath ath that she had been holding: that she was here meant that Harry and James were safe.
At Lily’s breath, James’ head snapped up from where it had been lying in his hands. A grin broke across his face as he said excitedly, “Lily! You’re up!” Lily turned her head and smiled at him.
“Yeah, I’m up. Where’s Harry?”
“He’s with Remus. Old Moony said that he hadn’t babysat in a while, might as well make up for it now.” Lily giggled. Suddenly, her smile faded.
“James. . .Peter told. Didn’t he.” It was not so much a question as a statement of fact. James’ eyes clouded over. Sirius had argued with them for a long while to make them change their choice of Secret Keeper. He had had many good points; no one would ever have thought that Peter Pettigrew, of all people, would be aligned with The Dark Lord. Obviously, Sirius had been wrong.
“He had to have. Lily, I think Sirius is going to do something rash. He was here when we got here, he saw us coming out of Dumbledore’s office. When he heard what happened, he stormed out of here, muttering something about killing the rat-bastard. I think he just might, too.”
Lily closed her eyes. She knew about Sirius’ temper, and didn’t doubt for a moment that he would, if he deemed it necessary, kill the other man. She just hoped it wouldn’t come to that.
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Sirius was a good tracker. No, make that a /great/ tracker. After Hogwarts, his entire Auror training had been based on that fact. And now, he was putting that training to good use.
He had met Peter for lunch just the day before. Peter had laughed and shared stories of work at the ministry, and of the upcoming plans for James and Lily’s second anniversary. Sirius started there. Peter’s magical sense was still strong enough that Sirius could track it, and track it he did, like a bloodhound after a wounded fox.
/Peter had better hope to whatever deity will actually listen to tha that I don’t find him/. Sirius thought. /Because when I do, he will pay for what he’s done…/
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Remus looked over his shoulder at the child of his best friends. Harry was happily engrossed in a set of wooden blocks that Remus had conjured for him, building little towers aakinaking great delight in the crashing noise they made when the towers fell over. Remus smiled; children lived in such a protected world—when they were hurt or disturbed, their parents were there to comfort them. And Harry had almost lost that, at such a young age. Remus couldn’t help but wonder what would have happened if James and Lily had died. He shuddered at the thought. A world without James and Lily was unthinkable.
The only thing that bothered Remus is thy aly all rights, they should have died. Voldemort had had the advantage, but Harry had stopped him. Children weren’t even supposed to be able to do simple magic—magical ability usually didn’t manifest itself in any seriously potent form until puberty. Harry had done a spell that usually took older wizards months to master, though—and had managed to make it strong enough to repel an Unforgivable curse! The pseudo-uncle in Remus was worried, but the scholar was intrigued.
“Just how strong are you, little man? You’ve already proved that you can protect others, how can we help you protect yourself?” Harry’s only answer was a slightly snaggle-toothed grin at Remus. Remus smiled back.
”You’re right. No use worrying about it at the moment. Hey, let’s go see if Mama’s awake yet, hmmm?” And with that, Remus swept Harry off the floor and into his arms, eliciting a giggle from the small toddler, and headed towards the hospital wing.
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Lily and James Potter were sitting quietly, enjoying just being together and alive, when a voice called form the doorway of the hospital wing.
“Hey! Room in here for visitors?” Another, smaller voice piped up just after
“Mama! Daddy!” James looked at Remus and Harry, a bit stunned. Remus looked at Harry, also a bit stunned. Lily looked at both James and Remus, a bit amused. They all looked at each other, with big, goofy smiles on their faces.
“Did our boy just talk?” J ask asked.
“Yes, yes he did. Didn’t you hear him at the house?” asked Lily. James shook his head.
“I was a bit preoccupied with the big, scary Dark Lord who had just burst into my son’s bedroom.” Lily thwacked James upside the head lightly.
“Be nice. It was your son who stopped said big, scary Dark Lord from killing both of us.”
James looked at Harry. “Wow. /Our/ kid? Quite a trick there, little buddy.” Harry smiled widely at his father, anld hld his arms out towards him. James walked around the bed to take his son from Remus, who gladly handed him over and took a seat beside Lily’s bed.
“So, when’s the jail keeper going to let you out of here?” Lily gave Remus a reproachful look, and shook her head.
“She wants to make sure that I’m okay, not in shock or anything. I should be out of here in an hour, at the most.” Remus nodded, and looked like he was about to say something else, when Dumbledore came into the room.
“Good, Remus, you’re here. I need the three of you to come into my office. Now.”
Lily got out of bed, and headed behind the nearest changing stand. “What’s going on, Professor?”
“Sirius has returned. And the news, I am afraid, is not good.”
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Oh no! What could Sirius have possibly found? How will the Potters deal with a new threat? What is to happen to Peter? I promise to answer all this and more, eventually. More Sirius in the next chapter. I think I’m going to enjoy writing him!
The more reviews I get, the faster I write! As a wise old man in a completely different story-verse once said, “Please, leave a contribution in the little box”…
~Desertrain
Inukocharm-Thanks for your review, it gave me a really good opening in here. . .see if you can find it!
Immortalis_Vespers-Harry shouting “NO!” before anyone was hurt is going to figure prominently into the story. Have to wait and see!
I would love to respond to all reviews, but that would take up more space than the chapter, so I’m just going to say thank you all, you helped fuel me to write more!
STANDARD DISCLAIMER: All previous statements still stand. Probably from this point, I won’t do a disclaimer. Just remember that no matter what I might think in my depraved imaginings, they all belong to JK Rowling.
This chapter mibe abe a little slow, but I wanted to get more out there for those of you waiting. I still want to know what you think! Loves and hugs, ~Desertrain
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
When Lily awoke, she realized three things at the same time. One, that she was not in her bed; two, that she wasn’t entirely sure who’s bed she was in, and three, she didn’t have Harry or James with her any more. Just as she was about to panic, Lily noticed that she was in the hospital wing at Hogwarts. She let out a deep ath ath that she had been holding: that she was here meant that Harry and James were safe.
At Lily’s breath, James’ head snapped up from where it had been lying in his hands. A grin broke across his face as he said excitedly, “Lily! You’re up!” Lily turned her head and smiled at him.
“Yeah, I’m up. Where’s Harry?”
“He’s with Remus. Old Moony said that he hadn’t babysat in a while, might as well make up for it now.” Lily giggled. Suddenly, her smile faded.
“James. . .Peter told. Didn’t he.” It was not so much a question as a statement of fact. James’ eyes clouded over. Sirius had argued with them for a long while to make them change their choice of Secret Keeper. He had had many good points; no one would ever have thought that Peter Pettigrew, of all people, would be aligned with The Dark Lord. Obviously, Sirius had been wrong.
“He had to have. Lily, I think Sirius is going to do something rash. He was here when we got here, he saw us coming out of Dumbledore’s office. When he heard what happened, he stormed out of here, muttering something about killing the rat-bastard. I think he just might, too.”
Lily closed her eyes. She knew about Sirius’ temper, and didn’t doubt for a moment that he would, if he deemed it necessary, kill the other man. She just hoped it wouldn’t come to that.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sirius was a good tracker. No, make that a /great/ tracker. After Hogwarts, his entire Auror training had been based on that fact. And now, he was putting that training to good use.
He had met Peter for lunch just the day before. Peter had laughed and shared stories of work at the ministry, and of the upcoming plans for James and Lily’s second anniversary. Sirius started there. Peter’s magical sense was still strong enough that Sirius could track it, and track it he did, like a bloodhound after a wounded fox.
/Peter had better hope to whatever deity will actually listen to tha that I don’t find him/. Sirius thought. /Because when I do, he will pay for what he’s done…/
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Remus looked over his shoulder at the child of his best friends. Harry was happily engrossed in a set of wooden blocks that Remus had conjured for him, building little towers aakinaking great delight in the crashing noise they made when the towers fell over. Remus smiled; children lived in such a protected world—when they were hurt or disturbed, their parents were there to comfort them. And Harry had almost lost that, at such a young age. Remus couldn’t help but wonder what would have happened if James and Lily had died. He shuddered at the thought. A world without James and Lily was unthinkable.
The only thing that bothered Remus is thy aly all rights, they should have died. Voldemort had had the advantage, but Harry had stopped him. Children weren’t even supposed to be able to do simple magic—magical ability usually didn’t manifest itself in any seriously potent form until puberty. Harry had done a spell that usually took older wizards months to master, though—and had managed to make it strong enough to repel an Unforgivable curse! The pseudo-uncle in Remus was worried, but the scholar was intrigued.
“Just how strong are you, little man? You’ve already proved that you can protect others, how can we help you protect yourself?” Harry’s only answer was a slightly snaggle-toothed grin at Remus. Remus smiled back.
”You’re right. No use worrying about it at the moment. Hey, let’s go see if Mama’s awake yet, hmmm?” And with that, Remus swept Harry off the floor and into his arms, eliciting a giggle from the small toddler, and headed towards the hospital wing.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Lily and James Potter were sitting quietly, enjoying just being together and alive, when a voice called form the doorway of the hospital wing.
“Hey! Room in here for visitors?” Another, smaller voice piped up just after
“Mama! Daddy!” James looked at Remus and Harry, a bit stunned. Remus looked at Harry, also a bit stunned. Lily looked at both James and Remus, a bit amused. They all looked at each other, with big, goofy smiles on their faces.
“Did our boy just talk?” J ask asked.
“Yes, yes he did. Didn’t you hear him at the house?” asked Lily. James shook his head.
“I was a bit preoccupied with the big, scary Dark Lord who had just burst into my son’s bedroom.” Lily thwacked James upside the head lightly.
“Be nice. It was your son who stopped said big, scary Dark Lord from killing both of us.”
James looked at Harry. “Wow. /Our/ kid? Quite a trick there, little buddy.” Harry smiled widely at his father, anld hld his arms out towards him. James walked around the bed to take his son from Remus, who gladly handed him over and took a seat beside Lily’s bed.
“So, when’s the jail keeper going to let you out of here?” Lily gave Remus a reproachful look, and shook her head.
“She wants to make sure that I’m okay, not in shock or anything. I should be out of here in an hour, at the most.” Remus nodded, and looked like he was about to say something else, when Dumbledore came into the room.
“Good, Remus, you’re here. I need the three of you to come into my office. Now.”
Lily got out of bed, and headed behind the nearest changing stand. “What’s going on, Professor?”
“Sirius has returned. And the news, I am afraid, is not good.”
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Oh no! What could Sirius have possibly found? How will the Potters deal with a new threat? What is to happen to Peter? I promise to answer all this and more, eventually. More Sirius in the next chapter. I think I’m going to enjoy writing him!
The more reviews I get, the faster I write! As a wise old man in a completely different story-verse once said, “Please, leave a contribution in the little box”…
~Desertrain