The Twiffairy

CHAPTER: 1

" Lily has Harry awaken yet?" asked James Potter as he entered their bedroom, a broad smile lighting his handsome features. Lily looked up and smiled " Yep he is awake," she said." He seems to be in a rather naughty mood today, though." She looked down at Harry , who stared at her with his emerald eyes, mischief dancing in them like fire.

" Well then, he woudn't mind his daddy," James said." Would he?" James walked towards Lily and lifted Harry in his arms. He patted his nose with his forefinger gently and planted a quick kiss on his forehead before giving him back to Lily.Then he sighed heavily, as though in relief.He had been feeling a bit relaxed since he had switched their Secret-Keeper from Sirius Black to Peter Pettigrew. It wasn't because James didn't trust Sirius or something. James would trust Sirius with his life. It was because switching from Sirius to Peter would dumbfound Voldemort who was already in search of the Potters. Sirius had convinced James that by switching over to Peter , his and his family's safety would be assured. As Voldemort would come after Sirius expecting him to be their Secret-Keeper and wouldn't give Peter a thought at all. So James had finally agreed and made Peter their Secret-Keeper only last night. Although this had put Sirius into a dangerous position but James couldn't help feeling a bit elated. He thought that perhaps Sirius would go into hiding soon accordingly to his promise.

" Atleast we can breathe easily now," he said. "Though I am worried about Sirius a great deal. But he is really clever and a very great friend too. I will always be thankful to him my entire life." He put his arm around Lily and kissed her gently on the cheek, who was still holding Harry. They both stood there watching him and smiling. " Someday he will be a great wizard. I just know it!" said James and Lily nodded. Suddenly they heard a loud noise, like a door banging open. Lily looked worriedly at James and whispered " Who, in the names of heaven, do you suppose could it be?"

" I dont know. Let me go and check." he said keeping his voice low and with that he stepped out of the room.

Lily stood there , shivering and trembling. " What could it be?....or..WHO could it be? Oh Harry! She hugged him close to her and laid him on the bed. Just then she heard James shout:

" LILY! It's HIM! Take Harry and go! I'll hold him!"

She stood there, rooted to the spot, unable to absorb what she had just heard. She could hear James' cries and then she heard something crash and a cold mirthless laugh that sent shivers down her spine. "JAMES!" she cried and ran for the door but stopped in midway. Tears were streaming down her cheeks, as she turned and looked at Harry who stared at her with a confused statement on his face. She was torn between James and Harry. Her mind wandered off to Harry. Oh God! He is just a child..help us!! Somebody.....anybody.

Then she heard something else crash." OH JAMES! This couldn't be happening!" She cried and ran towards Harry. She picked him up in her arms and took her wand and whispered something. She have to run. She have to take Harry away from here...She must SAVE HIM!! she thought. Just then as wild thoughts were chasing her mind, she heard a loud explosion kind of noise and then everything went quiet.

She cleared her tears away 'No time to get emotional Lily,' she told herself 'Harry needs protection.' She gripped her wand tightly in one hand and held Harry close to her in the other. She ran towards the door, but as soon as her hand reached the doorknob, the door itself burst open. She fell backwards, Harry still under her arms. She turned and gasped as she looked at the man who stood there, the man from whom they had been running away to save themselves, the man who had caused havoc and tension in the entire world. He stood there staring at her, tall and skinny, his red eyes glinting. His wand was clutched in his hand, he smiled and took a step forward. But when he pointed his wand towards Harry, she jumped upto her feet, laid Harry on the bed and stood infront of him, hiding him from view. She had her wand in her hand but before she could think of any spell to perform, she saw a beam of light emit from Voldemort's wand and hit her. She flew backwards bruising her shoulder against the bedside table. She searched for her wand but looked up and saw that it was already in the Dark Lord's hand. He had disarmed her. She looked at him with fearful eyes and saw him move towards Harry. With all her strength, she stood up again and came between him and Harry. She looked at him pleadingly and kneeled down crying " Please not Harry..not Harry. Take me..kill me instead. But please not Harry...not HARRY!!"

" Stand aside! Silly girl! Stand aside!" he answered, his voice dangerouly low. But she didn't budge from there, instead she got up and stood there firmly , her gaze transfixed on him and then she moved forward. She a saw a slow smile crawl into his face as he raised his wand and whispered " AVADA KEDAVRA." And even before she knew, she was hit, hit by the unforgivabe curse and everything disappeared into darkness.

He stood there, staring at her lifeless body. " Stupid little girl.Should have known." he said as once again he lifted his wand .This time pointing it straight at Harry. There was a burst of green light and a loud scream. Then silence.

Harry clapped his hand on his forehead hard and sat bolt upright in his bed, his body tense and alert. He was panting and sweating. He reached upto his bedside lamp and switched it on and picked up his glasses. He looked around as though expecting something out of the ordinary and his mind wandered off to the dream that had awoken him. His parents...he had never dreamt of them before. Sometimes he had just seen flashes of his mother and father but never the last moments of their lives before they were mercilessly murdered. His breath was still ragged and he felt as though someone had just spilled ice-cold water down his stomach. He felt the weight on his heart increase. He felt suffocated. Slowly he got out of his bed and walked towards the only window of his small room at the Dursleys. He looked outside at the nightsky which was dark and sparkling with white stars scattered every where. 'What was this? What did it mean?' he asked himself. He looked away from the sky and stared at the houses that were all dark, located alongside the road. His gaze shifted to a tree which was planted a little distance away, and stared hard at it. A vast emptiness was opening it's chambers inside him. He felt asthough his heart had just turned into lead and felt his eyes burn at the corners. He was lost, completely at sea. He had no thought in his mind except of his parents and that dreadful dream. Never in his life had he felt so lonely, so afraid and terrified. He just remained staring at the sea without noticing the tears that were slowly rolling down his cheeks. He felt broken, smashed and crushed,all at the sametime.

'Why did it have to be me?' he thought.'Why did it have to be my parents who died? Why did my father have to agree to switch from Sirius to Peter? And Peter...Why did he have to betray my parents? WHY? GOD DAMMIT! WHY?' He knew he would never get the answer to these questions. Never.

He glanced at the sky once again and then realizing that his cheeks were wet, he wiped off his tears. He walked back to his bed, his shoulders thumped and sat there, staring. Just staring into space while thoughts of his parents ran to and fro in his mind. He didn't know what time it was and wasn't aware of the golden streaks of sun that were penetrating the darkness of the night, and lighting the sky with the hope of a better morning. He just sat there gazing, and when his senses returned, he realized that it was already dawn.

THIS CHAPTER ENDS HERE.