I Will Always Love You

Chapter 10 - welcome home

2nd August

Rosetta's POV:

We finally finish putting the last banners up in our old childhood house when my sister walks in with my husband who went to help her bring everything home.

"Oh my" she looks in awe at the decoration and the many toys and other stuff that we had gotten out for when baby gets home; like nappies of course. "It looks great thanks guys" she gushes and starts looking at the stuff as James takes Harry from her so she can have a proper look.

The little boy, my nephew, let's out a massive yawn for such a little baby and Lily quickly takes him upstairs along with James who says he'll show her the cot.

"That went well I think" Reg shrugs
"You really are clueless a lot of the time aren't you?" Kayla snorts as she sits on one of the sofas.

Rosalie quickly joins her as she bounces Pansy who had finally woken up.
"Oh!" She holds her nose "someone needs a change" she comments holding Pansy at the edge of her knee towards Rory who rolls his eyes "your turn" she states
"No, no, no" he shakes his head
"Yes I did it before we came here" she tilts her head staring at Rory who finally caves and takes Pansy into the other room.

Eventually Lily re-enters the room looking exhausted,
"You should get some sleep" i tell her
"Yeah" she sighs
"Would you like us to stay or.....?" I question
"No, no I've been a burden too long go home, have some quality time, just the two of you"
"Your not a burden" James comments from where he's sitting next to Rem.
"It's fine really" she says and we all leave to allow her time to rest and to finally have some time alone with Harry.

We walk into our house and it's so quiet.

"This is weird"
"What is?" James asks as he sits on the sofa draping his arms over the back
"It's so quiet" I reply
"Hmm, it would be louder if we had a child" he comments
"After seeing Lily give birth? Sure" I snort and he rolls his eyes.

Timeskip - a rather big one sorry 😢 (I have changed a lot of the actual Harry Potter story to incorporate my characters and there development)

1st October

We gather around my living room as Dumbledore instructed and we wait. The room is deathly silent.

Around the room there is me and James, Lily and Harry and Alice, Frank and Neville.

"My apologies for the delay" Dumbledore finally arrives and we all turn to him, curiosity filling the atmosphere. "I have some rather disturbing news"
"What is it Albus?" James asks clearly getting impatient
"A prophecy has surfaced concerning one of these boys"
"What!" Lily and Alice shriek standing up horrified
"Please sit and I will explain" Lily and Alice feeling nervous and out of control hand Neville to Frank and Harry to me, I bounce him nervously.
"The prophecy is said to speak of a boy born at the end of July, you-know-who would make this child his equal and it is also said that neither can live whilst the other survives"
"You sound like your speculating" James points out
"I only know parts this is what I've picked up"
"So you-know-who could come after them?" James asks
"Yes, and I believe he definitely will" he states
"So we're not safe, he'll kill us to get to them!" Lily cries out which results in a loud cry from Harry so I exit the room only to come face to face with an old face, one I definitely don't want to see.
"Severus" I keep a neutral expression
"Rosetta" he nods but before he can leave I grab his robes and pull him back
"What do you think your doing here?!" I demand
"Albus called for me" he states void of emotion
"I don't believe that for a second" I shake my head
"Believe what you want" he pulls his robe back and enters the living room.

I hear them leave and wait a bit before heading back into the living room but before I can sit Lily takes Harry handing him to James who happily takes him as Lily grabs my arm pulling me upstairs into my old room.

"Lils what is it?" I ask concerned especially when I notice the pained look in her eyes
"I-I-I" she takes a deep breathe "I need you to promise me something" she stutters
"Anything" I nod telling her to go on
"I want you to take Harry"
"You gave Harry to James Lils, he's downstairs" i tell her becoming increasingly concerned
"No, no, if something happens to me.." I quickly clamp a hand over her mouth as my eyes start to water
"Don't go there" i demand but she pushes my hand away
"No I need to get this out there" I step back slightly as a single tear falls "if anything happens to me I want you to raise Harry"
"Lils" the tears start to fall
"Promise me! No matter what Dumbledore or anyone says you'll take him" I look into her eyes and see so much fear but it's mixed with hints of determination which is why I say
"I promise" she pulls me in to hug me "but it's not going to come down to that" she chuckles sadly
"It still might" she pauses pulling away "Dumbledore said I need to move somewhere no one knows where I am except one person in case of an emergency, a secret keeper if you will...." I quickly cut her off
"Don't tell me"
"What?" She stutters confused
"It needs to be someone no one will suspect like Sirius, Peter, Kayla so you-know-who can't get anything out of me or Rory" she nods understandingly. We hug once more before heading downstairs

"I'll have to move and I want my secret keeper to be Sirius, you-know-who wouldn't expect it because we're not close" she states
"Alright"
"So will you help me move the stuff as well, from my house I mean"
"Sure" Sirius turns to Remus and quickly kisses him "I'll see you at home love" and he and Lily apparate
"It's cute how long you two have been together and you still blush" i point at Rem who just blushes more making the rest of us laugh
"We should go" Alice tells us and her and Frank quickly leave with Neville after we all call goodbye.

Everyone else leaves, leaving me and James alone
"I cannot believe he could come after Harry, he's just a baby" I mutter from where I'm sat on the sofa, James quickly moves over to me wrapping his arms around me
"We'll protect him" he whispers comfortingly
"James?"
"Yes love" should I? No!
"I'm going to bed for a bit I'm exhausted" I settle on
"Are you okay?" He asks watching me carefully
"I'm okay just stressed" he nods

I head into our room and thoughts circle around my mind confusing me; should I have told James what Lily said or should I keep it to myself.

Lily will be fine I don't even need to think about this, I think as I get into bed. It's not long before I fall asleep, but the topic of the day stays in my mind as nightmares consume me.

Ooooohhhh a prophecy and a promise, how is that going to turn out.

What do you think about Rosetta and Lily's relationship as sisters?

Till next time
Lily