Harry Potter and the Exiled Heiress

“You... Ah..How..Whattt…//”

“Hello! Lily Potter.” The latter half of the name was a spat tone.

Lily regained her composure, taking a breath she said “What do you think, you are doing. Breaking an entry, trying to overpower a poor old woman. What do think would give you… Glory?

“I tried to talk her out, but she was not ready to listen.”

“And you… you…‘killed’ her” She said with enough contempt in her voice.

“She’s only petrified. I’ll put her right, once I am finished with you.”

“Oh! So, you come here, Petrify a helpless old woman to wait for ‘me’…What will you do? Finish me off. So, Listen I am not afraid of dying.”

“Lily, Please listen to me. I came here, not to h-u--r-t..aa.oo… how can I ever hurt you? I…” His voice was lost in Lily’s outraged tone.

“Oh! So, you come here to talk. Is it? You come here to talk by half killing her (indicating Bathilda).” He unpetrified her but cast the muffliato charm so that she could not listen what went on between them.

“Lily, please listen to me. I don’t have much time.”

“Listen Sev…huh..I still (she shook the thought out of her mind). …Severus Snape! How could you ever expect me to talk to you?” “Is it not you, because of whom my son is in mortal danger?”

“Yeas, but---.”

“See, you admit.”

“Lily, I never knew what the prophecy actually meant, it never gave a name. I never want you to get hurt.”

“How does it matter… why be I any different?”

“Lily, Listen ___”

“NO...!! YOU listen to me. Everyone told me …, but I never belived, I fought with James for you, because I couldn’t believe you…you could do this…you could do this to…to me.” “ We were friends. But, no, you value their (Death eaters) friendship more than you ever valued mine. You never cared. You called me…muuhd-bl… still I…I… I stopped talking to you, but never hated you. I heard rumors about you, but never believed them, because I thought…(her voice cracked) I thought… I knew you.” “You proved me a fool all along. Thanks for clearing up that last doubt.” She turned to leave.

“Lily, stop, wait. Look at me…Do you think…” He followed her, took her hand, she gave a jerk and freed her hands and left.

He saw her bright green eyes, all in tears. But, the green eyes never saw the tears in the black (eyes). He heard her leave, banging the door hard.

The scene back home had not changed much. James and the children were still playing Building Blocks. Lily forced herself inside and without looking up went straight to the kitchen, to avoid showing her face them. She dragged herself to the dining chair and sat down, and didn’t realize when she started crying so hard that her cries reached the people in the other room.

James rushed in, “Lily! …” “What happened? ’Something wrong? James was getting impatient, seeing Lily crying over and not saying anything, his mind was giving all kinds of negative illusions.

He took Lily by her arm, made her stand and turned her towards him and took her in his arms. He let her cry on his beating heart till she could cry no more. Brought her a glass of water and tried to calm her down.

“Sn---a-p—e…to--ld –vol---de—m—oo—r---’m s---oo—rr---.!” and fresh tears flooded her eyes. James could not make out any sense of what she said. Lily took a gulp of water and tried to normalize her nerve. After something like ten minutes she took a long breadth and said, “I met ……Snape!”

“What…!!! Where,….A..HOW…”

She told him everything that had happened at Bathilda’s.

“But, Lily, Thank god you are fine.” “But, I’ll just ….” He started leaving.

“Where are you going?”

“I wont leave that sagging hound”

“But, James he would have gone by now.” “James please leave it.”

She said after a moment. “James…I am sorry. I am really sorry for not believing you about Snape, for arguing with you. Will you ever forgive me?”

“But Lily, I Love you.” She hugged him and they kissed.

‘CRASH..!!!!’ there was a huge clattered noise of someone hitting on the window.

They rushed towards the window and opened it. “Oh! James look, it’s Padfoot’s owl”

James took the owl in and before anyone Miley snatched off the letter from its beak and opened it up.

“ D—E—A—R—Dee—err--…J—a—M—e—s..a-n-d L—I—L—Y—”. Miley tried her best to read but James obliged.

“Well, darling with that speed it will take a lifetime, don’t worry you can read when you get your own letters.” He took the letter and read it.

“Padfoot says all’s fine out there with him, thanks you for your letter and givesveryone all his love.” “By the way he’s coming over next weekend, that would be the 3^rd of July.”

“Hey, that would be great!!!!” exclaimed Miley before Lily could react.

Lily busied herself with the kids after sending the letter to Sirius.

Tasha (cat), too was getting edgy, all confined in the house. Lily tried hard to keep it engaged with the children. She was trying to play with them while glancing repeatedly at the door. James had not returned yet.

At last, there was a tap and a click, and James walked in, before Lily could react Miley all delighted rushed towards him and hugged his legs, because she could just reach his legs, he had to unwrap her tiny hands and bend down to hug her back.

“I am back, see! I love you.” He said and glanced at Lily, who was still sitting there by Harry, who now realizing his father’s presence gave a cackling laugh.

“This is bliss!” exclaimed James, “such a warm welcome, reckon I should go out more often.” He laughed. Lily was surprised to see James in such a good mood. May be, he just needed an outing.

“Thank God, you are back!” (Both mentally and physically)

“Sorry for being late. Met Moony on my way back, was here for some Order work, so could not come by.”

“Oh! That’s great, he’s fine. I was just worried, you see no word from him.”

“So, what’s there for lunch, I am hungry.” James regained mood was a great welcome and next few weeks went on well.

It was a May Sunday afternoon; James was just idling on the sofa with the children, helping them to put on Building blocks – a muggle game, when Lily entered the room.

“I am going over to Bathilda’s. Will be back in a moment.”

“All well?” asked James not looking up.

“Yes. I just asked her to get our groceries, going over to get those. All’s well.”

“Hmm.”

Lily came out and crossed the street road, walked past several houses. She reached the gate and turned it in, crossed the front path to the door and gave a single tap. She waited for Bathilda to answer, but when there was no answer she tapped again, harder this time.

“Bathilda…!!!?// ‘ you in?..Bathilda..?” She checked the doorknob, it turned… the door was open. She went inside. Damn! She had left her wand at home. Bathilda…? Are you in there?” she called out looking up towards the upstairs room, when there was no answer, She walked on towards the sitting room. The room was all disturbed, as if there had been a struggle, she took a few steps ahead and gasped, to see Bathilda’s body on the floor.

“I knew, you would come.” A familiar, soft balanced voice reached her ears from the darker part of the room.

“Who is it?” “Show yourself.” She turned towards the source of the voice, trying to maintain her composure.