wolfstar one shots

proud

Happy Halloween! 👻 I know this isn't really Wolfstar (but it implies it so that counts right?) but I thought it was fitting with Halloween so here you go xxx
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When Lily Potter died to protect her son it cast a charm, an ancient type of magic, that would protect him. James Potter sacrificed himself for his wife and child, so why didn't it work on them?

Just imagine though, Lily Potter hears a thud on the stairs and knows he's gone. Tears begin to form in her eyes.

Voldemort intended to keep his promise to Snape, and as no major curses were doing damage, he simply immobilises her, forcing her to watch as he turns on Harry. The spell backfires, still giving Harry his infamous lightening scar.

Once the spell on her breaks, she rushed to Harry and takes him in her arms, rocking him to sleep. She whispers over and over again to him: "Your father would be so proud of you."

She only turns away from him when Hagrid arrives, who then promises Dumbledore he'll tell him how everything happened.

Sirius turns up merely moments later and he lets out a violent sob upon seeing his best friends body spread eagled on the stairs. He leans down and messes up his hair and straightens his skewed glasses. He then proceeds up the stairs and is suddenly staring into a pair of emerald eyes.

She places Harry down in the cot and then they collapsed in each other's arms, both crying until the authorities turn up, removing James' body and informing them on their capture of Pettigrew.

They walk slowly down the stairs, Lily almost collapsing under the weight of her every step. She almost loses it at the sight of the body bag containing her husband. Her young, brave, beautiful, handsome husband.

With Harry placed on her hip and Sirius at her side, she takes one last look at the house before grabbing the portkey and it disappears before her very eyes.

She cries some more and, despite telling herself she needs to be strong for her son, she just collapses into the wet gravel of the driveway of her new house: house for it is no home without her husband.

She feels something heavy slump around her shoulders and the strong potent smell of cigarettes climbs her nose. It's not the vanilla and cinnamon she'd rather have, but it's brotherly comfort and it's safe.

She's not quite sure how it's happened but she's inside with a mug of warm tea in her hand. It scolds as it runs down her throat but she doesn't care, the momentary warmth subsides the pain.

Sirius also has a mug although she's fairly certain he's not drinking tea. The clear liquid stank of alcohol and she knew why he was drinking it- the burning sensation stays.

A knock on the door at around 7am awakens her from the trance she had entered, and the same looked like it could be said for Sirius.

He gruffly mumbles "I'll get it." before pulling out his wand and going to open the door. A look of shock passes his face as a tall figure steps inside.

"I'm sorry..." they both say at the same time before embracing each other. Sirius smells of cigarettes and lemon and it's home. Remus smells of chocolate and some cheap liquor but finally it's home.

"Remus..." She beckons and he walks towards her and is enveloped in a hug. He frantically whispers those two words over and over again as he begins to cry into her vivid auburn hair.

This is terrible, but it could've been worse. She could be dead. Harry could be dead. Her gorgeous son and her amazing husband could've both been taken from her and she knew she wouldn't have coped at all.

The time would come where she would question what had happened. Why hadn't she been killed? Why had he failed to kill Harry who was only a baby? And she got her answers, vague as they might be, but she got them.

In Harry's first year she receives word of his heroic actions and she knows its the beginning of something.

In second year when she can't find him on the platform she panics. She'd only gone through before him to meet Sirius and Remus and he wanted to wait for the Weasleys who weren't there yet. Molly says that Ron and Harry were coming through last, but as the steam train rolls out of the station, she still hasn't seen him anywhere.

She's worried sick all afternoon until she receives a letter from Dumbledore explaining everything. Despite being so awfully mad, she can't bring herself to send a howler. Instead she sends a note that reads: I'm incredibly angry with you but your father would be proud.

Remus and Sirius find it hilarious.

News comes that Pettigrew escaped although 3rd year would turn out pretty uneventful. Remus and Sirius move to Hogsmede as Remus takes the DADA job. Sirius and Harry catch up in Hogsmede at weekends.

He is somehow entered in the Trwizard tournament and Lily, Sirius and Remus watch anxiously at each stage. When Voldemort comes back and Harry sees his father, he sends a message back to his mother that he loves her very very much. She breaks down upon this and, when she sees Harry in the hospital she says: "Your father would be extremely proud of you"

Come 5th year Harry knows about the connection between himself and Voldemort and exploits it for his own purpose. He can tell the difference between fake and real images and instantly knows Sirius is okay. Instead, Dumbledore repeats the rest of the prophecy and Harry now knows he must be the one to kill Voldemort.

Sixth year meant Ginny and his mother couldn't help but see the resemblance between the two of those and her and James. When she first gets news of the pair she sends a simple message: "Me and your father are so proud"

Upon coming back from the cave, Harry shows Sirius the locket, who obviously knows who RAB is. The hunt for the horcruxes has begun.

Harry refuses Remus and Sirius' help. For a start, Dumbledore wanted him to do this alone and he has Ron and Hermione and he doesn't think he needs much more. "Please, look after my mother"

They go into hiding, resurfacing only for the Battle of Hogwarts. Lily has to grab Ginny around the waist when she sees Harry in Hagrids arms, mainly so she had something to do instead of lash out but also because the poor girl needs it. And then he's alive and the battle is back on.

Voldemort has fallen and her son is in her arms: "Your father would be so so so so proud of you."

She's crying on Sirius shoulder, sniffling into a a pearl coloured sleeve. "I do". Sirius is crying too, trying to cover it up by burying his face in the crook of Remus' neck.

Lily walked up to him, and kissed him on the cheek. "Congrats, Kiddo. I'm proud of you. Your father would be proud of you."

"Thanks Mum. Thanks dad"