Coming Back to You

SeverusxLily

Rated T

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or its characters from the franchise. That honor belongs to JK Rowling

Coming Back to You

Chapter 1: The Escape

"Lily! Lily, he's here!" James yelled as he ran back into the kitchen where Lily was cooking. Lily looked up at her husband with fear in her eyes. Her breath left her as she ran towards James and they cautiously stepped back into the living room. Looking out of the window, they saw a cloaked figure enter the fence leading to their stone walkway that led to their front door. James grabbed his wife by her shoulders and spun her to face him.

"Lily, go upstairs to Harry. Protect him at all costs," he told her firmly. Lily's green eyes widened at the words.

"What about you, James? He'll kill you!" she said in fear, tears welling up in her green eyes. James gave her a kiss before pushing her towards the stairs as he yelled, "Go!"

Lily didn't look back as she bolted up the stairs and down the hall to the nursery that housed her one year old son. He was sitting up in his crib rubbing his eyes sleepily. Lily picked him up as soon as she heard the front door burst open. Wrapping his baby blanket around him as she heard spells being fired off back and forth, she set him back into the crib and quickly ran to her and James' bedroom to retrieve her wand. As she ran back across the hall way, she heard the words of the Killing Curse ring throughout the house and saw a flash of bright green light.

Gasping in horror, she quickly ran back into the nursery and slammed the door shut and locked it. Picking Harry with his blanket up out of his crib, she quickly made her way to the window and opened it as high as it could go. She turned to look back at the door when she heard the knob turning.

Holding Harry tight to her, she carefully but swiftly climbed out of the window, dropping down to the ground below. As soon as her feet hit the ground, she heard the explosion of the nursery door above her. She knew she wouldn't get away fast enough on foot, so she had to Apparate.

With one place in mind, she quickly thought of its coordinates and turned on the spot with Harry pressed to her breast, feeling the sensation of being sucked through a tight tube. Her feet planted on the ground and she opened her eyes, staring up at the street sign. It said Spinner's End.