When Creatures Meet

Chapter 7

                                                                          The Death of the Potter's                                                                                October 31st, 2000                                                                         Outside of Godric's HollowLiving in Godric's Hollow, was a small family just starting their journey together into the world. Sadly their journey was going to be cut short, due to a madman, who thinks himself a hero. What that family does not know is that they are about to have unwanted visitors. Those visitors are outside their house in dark-colored robes waiting for the perfect time to strike a blow on the Dark Side of the war. As the early evening bleeds into the darkness of night, the elderly wizard with a head full of white hair and an equally white beard at least a foot long waits in the small bank of trees just off the end of the road that leads into Godric's Hollow, while an equally tall wizard sits calmly on the ground not seeming to be aware of his surroundings. The elderly wizard pulls a small device from within his robes and flicks the switch on top as all the lights in the neighborhood fly from their containers and into the device plunging the neighborhood into pitch darkness. They slowly approach the house with the wrought-iron fence surrounding the yard as the elderly wizard opens the gate; it creaks quietly due to not being used often. He slowly approaches the front door, with the other wizard following robotically, and as he draws a deep breath he mutters "I do wish it did not have to be this way, but there is not another path to take, there is only this." The wizard with the blank look draws his wand from what seems like nowhere and points it at the door before saying "Bombarda.", however; what most people did not see was the elderly wizard pointing his wand and muttering "Imperio." 

                                                                                    Minutes Earlier                                                                Inside of Number 4 Godric's Hollow

Lily smiles down at James as he holds their precious daughter, before quietly saying "I think it is time for her to be put to bed Prongs." James looks up from his sleeping daughter to his beautiful wife and smiles before replying "Just five more minutes Lily, this is the only time I get to hold her. She is a little ball of energy that never stops when she is awake." Lily smiles and sighs whispering back a reply of, "Fine, but I want my cuddles too." She sits on the arm of the chair and leans on her husband while smiling down at them both. They both sit there for at least 30 minutes just soaking in the quiet and loving atmosphere. Before James sighs deeply and whispers "If we sit here any longer I am going to fall asleep. Can you take her while I clean up down here and I will meet you upstairs after?" Lily smiles and nods, while she takes Dani from her husband and starts up the stairs about three-fourths of the way up the front door is blasted in. Waking Dani as she starts to cry and she hears James shout "Lily! Run! Take Dani! Run!"

James grabs his wand and casts a shield and wards the staircase against anyone that was not himself or Lily. "Tom," he gasps, "what is the name of Morgana are you doing?" Tom with glassy eyes stares at James as if he does not even see him standing there with his wand at the ready. "You will die tonight, Potter." He says numbly. James, shocked, only just dives out of the way of an emerald green light that he knows would have ended his life. "Tom, stop this! Brother what are you doing!" James yells and as he dodges another life-ending curse, he sees in the corner of his eye an elderly wizard with a long white beard, Albus Dumbledore. "Albus!! How could you? This has gone too far! This war does not even need to..." James starts to yell only to be cut off as he takes a green-colored curse to the back. Albus smiles at Tom before saying "Only one more thing stands in the way now."