I Will Always Love You

Chapter 12 - shocking news

20th November

Lily's POV:

I can't believe it, my baby is going nowhere near her!

Flashback

I had just finished speaking to Dumbledore about you-know-who and his insistence on hurting my baby to find the child in the prophecy. Apparently he's started hunting children who were born at the end of July; it's messed up, there just kids.

But as I go to leave thinking about all of this I hear another voice; one I know very well, Severus. Curiously I stick my ear to the door trying to catch what they're saying and trying to figure out why he was there when I was.

".........so should anything happen to Miss Evans..."
"Nothing is to happen to her" Severus interrupts, my heart swells slightly as I hear his voice sound so sure
"Should anything happen to her" Professor Dumbledore tries again "Harry will be sent to her sisters, Petunia's, it would be best for him to be out of the wizarding world should the prophecy be about him, should it be Neville then....." I stop listening then

Back to the present

I can't believe it, my baby is going nowhere near her!

She hates all things magic so how could Professor Dumbledore's possibly think sending him there would be a good idea. Well he's my son and I know he'd be better with my other sister and brother-in-law, Etta and James. But I wonder what Etta would do if she knew that the headmaster wanted to send him to Petunia's because he thinks it will be safer.

No, Lily get ahold of yourself, Etta promised to take Harry should anything happen so she will.

I take a deep breathe and apparate back to James and Etta's, I enter and see James is playing with Harry as Etta is sitting on the sofa with a drink.

"Hey how did it go?" Etta asks and James finally looking up
"Fine" I reply as I move to sit on the floor with James and my baby boy. How I'll miss this.

"So everything's okay?" Etta asks sounding concerned
"Yeah he taught me some new protection spells for us both" i state hoping the lie will be bought, I can tell James isn't questioning it but Etta doesn't seem so sure "Etta I'm fine" she nods slightly still not seeming convinced but regardless she stops staring at me so that's a start. "Can we go to the safe house it's better for Harry to be there?" I ask

"Lily i said it's best we don't know where your staying" Etta sighs
"I know but Professor Dumbledore said don't tell many people, he probably thinks you already know"
"Alright" she shrugs standing up and taking my arm as James grabs Harry "and by the way stop calling him Professor your no longer a student" she speaks right before we apparate right outside the house we stayed in when we were at school, Dumbledore's old home, where I have been staying in Godrics Hollow.

"I should have known" Etta states not surprised as we head inside past the wards of protection that alert the home owner to trouble outside and/or around the property/area.

Once I see Harry yawn I place him in the cot downstairs and he falls fast asleep, Harry sleeps very well as long as someone is in the room with him; it's like he knows there's something happening and he doesn't feel safe on his own.

"Have you spoken to Alice and Frank?" James asks me
"No we thought it best not to with everything going on, we don't want you-know-who to find one of them and that one leads them to the other so we've cut ties" i tell them.
"Probably for the best" Etta agrees
"Yeah" I hum lightly as I look at my sleepy boy
"It'll be okay Lily, you need to stop acting like your not going to be with him for long, you'll be okay, you will both be okay." Etta states
"You don't know that" i oppose it
"We're going to protect you both" she tells me, nodding firmly "are you sure you don't want us to move in?" She asks
"We're okay, I at least want to try and live like a normal family, besides we'll draw less attention to ourselves if it's just me and him" I explain
"I suppose, but you know the offer will always stand"
"She's right the doors always open for you and of course my nephew" James wraps an arm around my sister
"Thanks" I offer and we fall into a slightly awkward silence, so much is happening it's like we can't process what is happening right now. It doesn't help that I feel cooped up in here even when I leave the house I come back and feel trapped again; I just have to keep reminding myself it's for Harry.