Book One: My Love Always

Chapter Eighteen

Rosalie’s P.O.V
It is now the year 1981 and Edeline was almost a year old until one day, both Remus and I had gotten a visit from Dumbledore as we saw him standing outside and after putting Edeline down for her nap, both Remus and I walked outside to see what he wanted, “is everything alright Professor?” I asked him as I furrowed my brows a little, “Rosalie, I have a feeling that something might have happened to both James and Lily and I would like you to go with Severus to see if everything is alright at their home in Godric's Hollow.” Dumbledore told me and I grew worried about whatever happened, “alright, I’ll go with him.” I said and he just nodded before I looked at Remus and we took a few steps away to talk, “what do you think might have happened? Do you think Voldemort might have gotten to them?” he asked me and I stayed silent  for a moment, “who knows. I doubt Sirius would tell Voldemort where they were. He’d die before saying anything.” I said to Remus, “alright. Let me know what happens when you get back alright. You should get going.” Remus told me and I just looked at him before kissing him and soon walked up to Dumbledore and grabbed his arm before the both of us Apparated to Hogwarts and made it his Office to see that Severus was already there, “good evening Severus. I have brought Rosalie with me to assist you when you go to Godric’s Hollow.” Dumbledore said to him and both Severus and I just looked at each other before Dumbledore continued.

Dumbledore eventually let us go and both Severus and I Apparated to my brother’s home only to walk up and see that it was destroyed, “what happened?” I asked with worry, “Voldemort. Someone must have let slip about where your brother and Lily were staying.” he told me and I thought about it before remembering the only person who knew was Sirius and eventually, the both of us walked inside and looked around and saw no one until we made it to the stairs and soon saw James lying there motionless and I rushed to his body, “no, no, no, James please.” I said as I began to cry, “please don’t be dead.” I managed to say as I cried harder and after a moment had passed, I heard a baby crying and realized that it must have been Harry and rushed into the room that it was coming from before stopping myself in the doorway to see Severus holding Lily in his arms as he cried as well and soon enough, I went over to Harry and picked him up and calmed him down until he eventually stopped crying, “what do we do?” I asked now that Severus had calmed down himself, “we need to tell Dumbledore.” he said, “what about their bodies? We can’t just leave them here.” I said to him, “Dumbledore will figure it out. But for now we have to go and bring the boy.” he said before he rushed out of the room and I packed a bag for Harry and wrapped him in a blanket to keep him warm and rushed out of the house and met up with Severus before the both of us left. Eventually, the both of us made it back to Dumbledore and told him what we saw before he checked on Harry to see that he was asleep, “what do we do about Harry?” I asked Dumbledore, “for now, we leave him with you until we figure something out. Will that be alright with you Rosalie?” he said and I nodded, “yeah, that’s fine.” I told him and we continued to talk before I left with Harry.

By the time I made it back home, I saw that Remus was sitting on the couch before he turned to face me as he must have heard me and quickly got up and came over to me, “is that Harry?” he asked and I nodded not knowing what to tell him, “what about Lily and James? Are they alright?” he asked me and I began to feel myself start to cry, “T-they’re gone Remus. They’re dead. Voldemort killed them.” I managed to tell him and the entire house was silent, “you’re lying.” he said and I shook my head, “I’m not, I’m telling you the truth Remus. They’re gone, ask Severus he’d tell you the same thing.” I told him as I wiped the tears away and went to Edeline’s room and gently laid Harry down in the crib after taking the blanket off of him and gently kissed both Harry’s head and Edeline’s head, “sleep well.” I whispered to both of them and soon left the room and went back to Remus to see him punch the wall, “Remus.” I said as I walked up to him and hugged him from behind and heard him cry as we both went to our knees as he cried and I stayed with him as I held him for a while. After a while had passed, Remus finally calmed down and the both of us sat on the couch and there was a moment of silence before he spoke up, “do you think Sirius had anything to do with it?” Telling Voldemort I mean.” he asked me and I sighed, “as far as I know, I’m not exactly sure what happened. But I doubt he told Voldemort anything since both himself and James were pretty much as close to each other as brothers.” I told him and he sighed and the both of us had continued to talk about it for a while before the both of us had decided to go to bed for the night.

When the next morning came around, both Remus and I were spending time with Edeline and Harry as we played with them before an Owl flew in through the window and dropped something and I furrowed my brows a little as Remus picked it up, “who’s it from?” I asked him as he read the letter, “it’s from Dumbledore and he said that James and Lily’s Funeral is tomorrow.” he told me and I immediately felt down as I just wanted to forget about it all as I let out a sigh, “what’s wrong love?” Remus asked me, “I will never understand any of this.” I said to him as I looked at Harry and Edeline playing with each other, “I know love and I’m sure you’re not the only one.” he told me as we continued to play with Harry and Edeline for a while longer and eventually put them to bed for the night and after getting them into bed, both Remus and I just spent time together talking about everything until I slowly fell asleep on the couch in Remus’s Arms.

Remus’s P.O.V
After seeing Rosalie fall asleep in my arms, I sighed to myself as I thought about what would happen to Harry now that James and Lily are gone and began to wonder if he would be staying here or with Lily’s sister and after thinking for a while, I decided to quietly get up from the couch before gently picking Rosalie up and carried her to our room and gently laid her down on the bed before I decided to go outside for a while and think to myself about everything as I’m still trying to process it all as best as I could. After a while, I must have lost track of time when I heard someone walk out and I looked to see that it was Rosalie as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, “what’s wrong love?” I asked her as she sat down next to me and rested her head on my shoulder, “I woke up to use the loo but saw that you weren’t there so I came to see if everything was alright.” she said to me, “sorry love, I guess I lost track of time.” I told her and we sat there for a while before the both of us decided to head back inside and as Rosalie had gone back to bed, I checked on Harry and Edeline to see that the both of them were sleeping soundly and smiled as I gently kissed both of their heads before I went back to mine and Rosalie’s room and saw that she had fallen back asleep herself and I continued to smile a little before I got changed and laid down next to her and she cuddled closer to me and I held her before I eventually fell asleep myself.