Willow Tonks

October 31, 1981

            A chilly gust of wind blew through the air in Godric's Hollow as children laughed and went from door to door. It was nearing 10:00pm and parents were starting to guide their children home.
       Inside a house at the end of the Street were the Potter's. Lily, James, their one year old twins Harry and Willow, and the cat who was currently having it's tails pulled by a babbling baby boy. Willow was sitting on the floor popping coloured bubbles that were appearing from her father's wand. Lily reclined in a chair and watched over her family.
       In that moment, it was as though the family was safe and secure, that they were in their own Oasis in which they couldn't be touched by danger.
    

      They couldn't have been more wrong.

       James stopped blowing the bubbles when he heard a loud crack. He turned to his wife, Lily, and said in a quiet and terrified voice,"Lily, take Harry and Willow upstairs and lock the door. Quickly!"
       Lily shot up and scooped up both of her children in her arms. It was difficult because Harry was squirming to get back to the cat. Lastly, she turned to her husband,"I love you," she said with a kiss.
     She dodged the cat and ran up the stairs to the twin's nursery. She set them in their respected cribs and ran over to lock the door. Her hands were shaking so hard that just locking the door was a challenge. She knew who was coming. She knew who was there.

Voldemort.

     She shoved the changing table in front of the door for good measure and looked around. She saw the pale yellow decorations of the nursery. The two cribs, the toys sprawled across the carpet, and the jumpers that James had set aside for the twins to wear tomorrow.

Tomorrow.
    Would tomorrow come for her? Would her babies get to see tomorrow? Would James?

       She looked over to her babies. Harry was laying on his back grabbing his feet and Willow was holding herself up with the railings of the crib.
"My babies," Lily choked, tears sliding down her face."If you survive, I just want you to know that I love you both so much. I-I," she couldn't continue because her sobs were too strong. She looked down it to their eyes, first Harry's. His eyes were almost a carbon copy of hers. His messy hair and facial features looked just like James.

James.

     Lily heard a commotion downstairs. It sounded as though the front door was blasted down.
She looked back to her children, this time into Willow's eyes. One of them was a dull green which was only one shade darker then hers and Harry's. The other was a deep brown just like James' eyes.

James.

    Lily could hear shouting. Mostly James. The other voice was high and deadly. There was a laugh and then Lily could distinctly heard a yell.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
    She could barely stand up she was so terrified. James had just died. It couldn't be true.
He was coming for her next.
   She heard footsteps and her heart dropped. She shielded the twins just as the intruder burst down the door.
"Stand aside silly girl!" He yelled in his high voice.

"Not my children! Kill me not them!" She begged.

"You stupid girl, I only wish to kill the boy! This is your last chance. Stand Aside!

"No Please!"

"AVADA KEDAVRA."
      
           Harry was now doing the same thing Willow was. He looked up at the intruder and wailed. He was never okay with yelling and loud noises. Willow however, stared up into Voldemort's red eyes with curiosity, and did something unexpected by Voldemort. She smiled.
     He focused his attention onto the crying baby boy. "Silencio!" Harry opened his mouth but no sound came out. Silent tears streamed down his face. Voledmort leered.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
       A flash of green shown all around the room. The green bounced from Harry and then back to Voldemort. He screamed and exploded into a flash of green.
       Harry's tears were no longer silent. He wailed and wailed while Willow just stared at the spot when the intruder stood.
I loud grumbling sound was heard in the echo of night. A man parked his motercycle outside of the broken house. He ran towards the door step but immediately regretted it when he saw his best friend dead in the front hall. He wanted to run, to scream, or cry but he pushed on because he heard the crying of his godchildren.
       He walked up the stairs numbly until he got to the nursery. He saw Lily dead on the floor and both his godchildren alive and well. Willow looked up at his and laughed."Pafoot" she giggled. He walked over to her. Once Harry saw Sirius he stopped crying. Padfoot could only carry one baby at a time so he carried Willow down first. He was going to bring the twins to his side car on his motercycle but
A loud crack destracted him. He instinctively reached for his wand but quickly put it away when he saw a tall figure. "Hagrid," he breathed.

      Something in his gut told him to hide Willow in a bush out front,so he did. "Sorry Willow Tree," he said. Hagrid approached Sirius slowly, not seeing him hiding the baby. "Have ye' already looked? Are they really- really, y'know gone?" Hagrid asked with tears already brimming in his eyes. Sirius nodded.
     Hagrid burst into loud sobs that started some birds in a tree twenty feet away.
    "Calm yourself! You could wake the whole neighborhood!" Sirius told Hagrid.
    "Yer right. I just can' believe their g-g-gone." Hagrid wailed.
   
    Hagrid composed himself and went upstairs to retrieve Harry. Sirius Followed. "Where's baby Willow?" Hagrid asked.

"I-er-I don't know. She wasn't there when I got here."
        Hagrid nodded and carried Harry back downstairs. "Hey Hagrid, you can take my bike for you and Harry." Sirius informed.
"Ye' mean it?" Sirius nodded at Hagrid as He placed Harry in the side car."Goodbye Hadrid. Goodbye Harry." Sirius waved to the two figures in the motercycle. Hagrid waved back and rode off into the night.

     As soon as Hagrid was out of sight Sirius ran back to the bush where Willow was hidden. She looked up at her godfather with her bi-coloured eyes. He smiled down at her and apparated away.

     They arrived at a home that Sirius knew well.
The Tonks household.
       Sirius knocked on the door and an eight year old girl with bright pink hair answered the door. "Cousin Sirius!" The young girl exclaimed. He held a finger to his lips and spoke,"Hey Dora, where's your mom?"
"Hang on, I'll get her." The young girl skipped into the other room and then came back with a woman with black hair pulled into a tight bun. She had a strict appearance but was smiling wide at her daughter. She made her way to the door to greet her cousin."Sirius!" She noticed the swaddled baby in his arms," Is that a baby?" Nymphadora peered up at the baby."This is Willow Lily Potter. Her parents were just killed and her twin brother was taken by Hagrid for Dumbledore. No one can know of her existence until she's older. I want her to join the order and learn Hogwarts courses early. I need you to care for her." I breathed and looked up at Andromeda. She was shocked." O-of course I will. Where are you going?"

"I have to go kill a rat."