The Potter Alliance

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Harry opened his eyes and looked around in amazement. The world before him was extremely white, and he was confused on how he came to be in this unknown location. He looked around some more and noticed that there was passing familiarity in the location. He was at Kings Cross Station, but there were no trains, and no people. Something just wasn't quite right about it..

Standing slowly, he felt shaky, but nonetheless he could stand on his own two feet. He wasn't sure what was going on, but as he thought about what the last thing he remembered was, he knew he had been taken by the killing curse, and wherever he was now, must have been whatever happened after life...

"Hello Harry."

Harry spun around at the female voice, and turned to see two people standing in front of him. One was a beautiful young female with red hair, and stunning green eyes that immediately left no question of who the woman was. The other was a male, who looked like an older version of himself with different colored eyes, "Mum, Dad."

Harry rushed forward and hugged the two with such ferocity they laughed lightly, and Harry felt tears sting his eyes, "Is this real?"

The first tear fell, and when it hit his mum's shoulder she pushed him away, and immediately wiped the tear away, something that no one had ever done in his life, and he wanted to cry more. James spoke, "It's just as real as anything else. The question of how real everything else might be is always a question of life."

Lily smacked her husband gently, "Don't confuse the poor boy, he has a pretty big decision to make and we were sent here to help him in any way we could."

Harry looked at the two bewildered, "Decision? Who sent you?"

Lily and James exchanged looks, but James shook his shoulders, "I don't know. No one does. Whoever is in command of the next great adventure as Dumbledore calls it I guess. We have been at peace for 14 years though, but when we looked down upon you today we knew something had to have happened, because we thought you would join us instantly, but you didn't, we had to be summoned to you."

Harry looked like he wanted to understand, but Lily shook her head, "Don't try. I spent the first five years, and I gave up. Now I just kind of go with it. I think the Marauders wore off on me a bit in my last few years."

At this Harry felt a desperate feeling of lost clutch at him, "I am so sorry. I never meant anyone to die for me. I never would have wanted you two to sacrifice yourselves for me."

James shook his head with a smile, "You're my son. I would've died a thousand times for you. Besides never fear, if I have to spend eternity in this adventure, at least I have your mother with me."

"Don't ever think we regret our decision. Your destiny is so great, and you are going to do such great things in the world." Lily said with a bright look.

"I guess I was? It doesn't matter now, and we are all together, like we should have been."

James said softly, "It's not your time Harry."

Looking at the man oddly, and then looking around as if it was all in his imagination he asked, "But I am dead, just like you two?"

Lily shook her head, "No it seems that is not true. If you were really dead you would be in the next Great Adventure, but as to where we are now...It looks like Kings Cross. We think you still have a decision, and a destiny to face."

"But I don't understand I was hit with the killing curse?" Harry asked, puzzled and almost alarmed.

James put his arm around his son and walked him in a direction a few steps towards a nearby bench, and then pointed underneath where a disgusting creature that looked disturbingly familiar was writhing in pain, "What the hell is that?"