The Domino Effect (A Harry Potter Fanfiction)

CHAPTER 17: Petunia and Lily

"James? Lily? Will you please come to Hogwarts at the moment? I have some news for you." Albus Dumbledore called the Potter parents after they celebrated Godric receiving his Hogwarts letter. The Potter parents knew their boy will get the letter but it has always been a joyous occasion when they get it regardless. Godric has always had magic and is very talented with it, mostly because Lily made sure the boy at least gets some brains in him while James has to try to stop spoiling the kid.

James and Lily thought Albus will have some concerns or questions regarding Godric and his first year at Hogwarts but the news wasn't what they expected. No. Harry and Iris were on the list of students who will join Godric this year.

This came as a shock for both James and Lily. This was very unexpected. (Albus more so as this was one of that he has never considered ever in his plans).

"How are we going to tell Godric and Lilac about this?" Lily asked.

"What do you mean how?" James asked his wife, clearly distraught. "Lily-flower, how are we going to tell Harry and Iris about this?"

After all, the Potter family dropped off two of their children to live in the muggle world and they have not reached out and contacted them at all. They are magical and deprived of the magical knowledge that they should have been privileged with. Plus Harry is their eldest and heir to the ancient and noble house of Potter which could have been easily transferred to Godric if he come of age in the condition that Harry is a squib. However, the letter proves he is not a squib. If the public finds out about this, they will face an inquiry. They can't exactly hide the fact that they have two more children who even at the time of their birth know that they look like them.

The two wind up arguing about this before Lily decided to come to visit the two children first before they decide anything.

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So this is where Lily is. In Petunia's kitchen, with tea on the small dinette set, the sisters sat. It was a bit cramped but cozy. Lily was surprised that Petunia moved away from Surrey. She thought her sister would stay there long-term with her husband. Inkerman Terrace seems very nice though even Lily knows this place is an expensive location

However, the atmosphere is so awkward. It is hard to describe the tension in the room they are in. The two sisters sat there in silence.

Lily has to heal her nose after that door slammed on her face. She shouldn't have stood up too close to the door but she was just shocked to see Iris. She looked like her. Red hair with some black streaks (courtesy of her father's DNA), light freckles over the nose and she has almost forgotten that her eldest daughter has heterochromia – a condition where one person has two different colored eyes in which in this case, the one with the hazel eye is the one with the scar. If Lily recalls, this was the scar that Iris got from that night. The scar despite not a magical one like Godric's is a reminder of what happened that night. The scar is also something that could not be healed by the healers mostly, on Albus' theory, due to the dark magic that impacts it.

When Petunia invited her in, that's when she saw Harry. He looked just like Godric except his hair looked like he was using sleekeazy (is there even one in the muggle world? She was sure Harry's hair was just like Godric and James') and has green eyes behind those round glasses. She also noticed another boy who she assumed is her nephew. The boy looked like Vernon with his large build. She wondered where that man is.

"How are you, Petunia?" Lily decided to break the silence first.

Petunia took a sip of her tea before looking at her sister. "Fine, you?"

"I am fine, as well," Lily answered. It was definitely awkward.

Petunia and Lily never did have the best relationship after Lily was revealed to be a witch. Petunia did not accept it and would lash out at Lily whenever she can. Their relationship further soured during Lily's wedding. Petunia throws a tantrum. It wasn't because of Lily and her "freakishness" and her marrying into the "freak circus", it was the part where Petunia found out the truth about their parent's death, Channing and Rose Evans. It turns out that their parents were murdered by wizards. She found her parents mangled and body parts all over their home when she returned one day. She did not react very well and Lily has to "obliviate" her sister. Nobody knows how but Petunia was able to break the spell on Lily's when she arrive at her wedding demanding the truth.