So this is my first fanfic so be nice ! Lol but still all reviews are welcome be they good or bad as long as their constructive ill happily take them. ideas comments and questions are also welcome and ill try to answer questions and such to the best of my ability.

Disclaimer : if I owned harry potter you would be paying me $40 to read this story

a/n : hey this is the first author note so yay! anyway id like to ask on your opinions on what kinda pairings for harry are good as I feel that stories should develop the love life of characters sooner . Unlike with harry and Ginny in the canon. Not criticizing per say I still love it but it is confusing when looking at the progression, after all harry sees Ginny for like 10 seconds in first year, he then meets her in second year more frequently but they don't speak much due to her crush on him and the presence of a certain diary, then in third year shes barely brought up while in fourth fifth and sixth year she doesn't seem to interact much with harry either apart from his slight unhappiness in her dating someone else and her growing interaction in fifth year. Then in seventh year they barely see each other due to harry being on the run but somehow they still get together? Not trying to anger you harry/Ginny fans but its just kinda weird there my opinions only of course.

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Chapter 1 : the prophecy 5

"The fall of the dark lord approaches"

"he shall fall to the legacies of those that have thrice defied him"

"to powers that he both knows and understands not"

"born as the seventh month wains"

"the dark lord will all but mark his defeat"

"as he curses his loss"

"the fall of the dark lord approaches"

Albus Dumbledore stood stock still as he heard the prophecy from a most unexpected source. While watching the women who had probably given the most important prophecy in the past century, Albus thought back as to the chain of events that brought him to this point.

As the headmaster of Hogwarts school for witchcraft and wizardry, he had begun a search for a suitable divination professor after the last one had been killed in the ongoing war. After a number of completely draining and fruitless interviews he found himself at the horns of a dilemma. Divination was simply one of those skills that one had to be gifted with and could not simply be taught. And if his interviews were any indication it would seem that no one was privy to this gift anymore. In a final bout of desperation he decided to meet with a descendent of one of the mystical Oracles of Delphi.

Arriving at the leaky cauldron, he greeted the owner, Tom, before going to to meet this individual. He met her in a private room set apart from the rest, and after a few greetings began the interview with a certain Sybil Trelawney. A few minutes into the interview had him convinced that the witch in question had simply failed to inherit her ancestors talent. Moments before he decided to end the interview the witch in question stared at him with a glazed look in her eyes and began reciting the prophecy.

"it would seem that Sybil did inherit her ancestors abilities" he muttered to himself, after overcoming the shock.

Suddenly a shadow by the door caught his attention and as he spun around he saw said shadow disappear into the corridor. Upon rushing out of the room, he found himself alone in an empty corridor. He cursed his carelessness, it didn't take a genius to figure out that one of Voldermort's spies was in the leaky cauldron at the time and had overheard the entire prophecy.

The fate of the light side and the conclusion of the war rested on this single prophecy and Albus immediately forced himself to focus on the understanding of the cryptic message.

"the fall of the dark load approaches" that in itself was rather self explanatory he thought, the only dark lord present in the world now being Voldermort.

"he shall fall to the legacy of those that have thrice defied him" that was far more complicated when thinking of someone who defied him it had to be someone from the light side, seeing as most only managed to defy Voldermort once this further narrowed down his focus. Albus was still partly confused by the legacy portion of the prophecy though, what kind of legacy could it be talking about ? It was only after considering another portion of the policy that it made sense.

"born as the seventh month wains"

" it must be talking about their children" he exclaimed

To his knowledge only three families on the side of the light had defied the dark lord three times and were currently waiting for the arrival of their children. The first would be the Longbottom clan, the second being the Micheal's and last but not the least the Potters. Although he managed to narrow down his focus, the other two areas of the prophecy still confounded him.

"Um-"

he was brought out of his contemplations as he looked up at a wide eyed Sybil, who had apparently recovered from her trance.

"so do I get the job?" she queried. Albus simply blinked at the women, it seems that despite possessing such a gift she was completely unaware of its existence.

"of course you do my child, and allow me to be the first to welcome you to the Hogwarts family" he replied in his most grandfatherly tone.

"really!" She squealed

"oh thank you sir, you wont regret this I wont let you down."

"Although we have as of yet failed to discuss on the matter of my pay" she silently added.

Dumbledore chuckled at her joke while beginning his discussion with his new professor with regards to her pay. Unbeknownst to her though his mind was far away, pondering more on prophecies, dark lords and three different families.

31st july 1993

"ARRRRRRRRRGH"

screams of pain shattered the silence of St. Patrick's women and children hospital maternity ward. Outside the ward, Frank Longbottom paced about in worry. Looking at the clock he noticed it was already 11pm, the fact that his wife had been in labor for over an hour increased the worry he felt.

"Frank !" he turned and saw an equally worried James Potter along with three others walking to him with an equal amount of worry on their faces.

"how is she" Lily asked.

"not so good im afraid" frank replied, wincing as Alice's screams of pain once again tore through the ward.

"she'll be fine" Sirius reassured him

"Alice is probably the one of the women apart from Lily that I wouldn't worry about in this situation" James joked. Being rewarded for his joke with a smack to the head by Remus and a kick to the shin by Lily.

"Hehehe, u deserved that Prongs" Sirius chastised

"of all the time for jokes" Lily glared at her husband with a stare that could make Mad Eye Moody shrink in fear.

Frank actually chuckled at that "so how far are you along" he questioned Lily, looking at her obviously enlarged belly.

"the healers say shell be due in two weeks" as James looked at his wife of three years lovingly.

"so in two weeks it will be my turn to mock you while you worry" Frank teased, being rewarded with a chuckle from all those present apart from James.

"yeah bu-"

"FRANK LONGBOTTOM GET YOUR SORRY SELF IN HERE RIGHT NOW" Alice screamed interrupting James quip.

Minutes passed before the screams stopped and cries of a new born child. A healer walked out of the ward. "you may enter the ward now" she smiled reassuringly.

The group of four walked in to see a rather attractive woman with long brown hair holding a child with Frank standing next to her holding her and looking at his new family lovingly.

"so who's the new addition to the Longbottom clan hmmmm ?" Sirius questioned.

"meet Neville Longbottom" Alice replied proudly

"heir to the Longbottom family" Frank completed for her

the four smiled at their mutual friends, before the opening of the doors to the ward attracted their attention. Entering the maternity ward was a tall man with long white hair and beard with a grandfatherly look wearing bright purple robes with stars decorating the entire robe. James smiled at the weirdest looking as well as the most powerful wizard of their time, Albus Dumbledore.

"headmaster! What brings you here ?" Frank and James asked in unison.

"why cant a headmaster come and congratulate his students for taking the next big step in their lives" Albus smiled reassuringly.

In truth Albus had been carefully keeping tabs of the three families he felt were involved in the prophecy. The Micheal's had already given birth to a healthy young boy and girl on the same day of 31st July at 11:20, the Long bottom's had followed at 11:30. seeing as Lily was due in a week Albus came to the conclusion that the one who would defeat Voldermort would be one of these three. As all three were born as the seventh month waned the prophecy could be referring to any of them.

"ngggh"

everyone looked around as a grunt of pain caught their attention, to see Lily doubled over in pain. James immediately rushed to his wife's side.

"are you alright honey ?"

"James, I think my water broke." Lily gasped

"Nurse!" James immediately bellowed

A healer came rushing into the room "what happened" she asked. "i think shes going into labor" Albus replied". Said healer immediately called for a stretcher and brought lily into another room.

"but she's not supposed to go into labor till two weeks from now! " James exclaimed

"relax my boy, early births are very common especially for magical children, considering that your to have triplets this would not be so surprising"Albus said trying to calm the worrying soon to be father.

"Hehe, I always knew you had it in you, but triplets you've outdone yourself prongs" joked Remus.

"thanks" James mumbled, beside himself with worry.

"come now lets go watch over Lily" Sirius called

"before that, Alice Frank would you mind if I scanned Neville for his magical ability ?" asked Dumbledore.

"why?"they both questioned

"just an interest, I assure you that Neville will not be harmed in any way" Albus replied

"alright , headmaster" they answered

"magicalus calculas" he chanted

the spell involved measuring an individuals magic level by measuring the size of their magical core, this surprised him as after measuring the core of the two Michael children, they were already far above magical level, and to his surprise so was Neville.

"i must say that Neville has incredible magical potential and will probably be more powerful than even his father in the future" Albus commented, the smile on their faces told him that he had said something they were happy to hear.

"now ill be going to check on the potters, would you like to come along Frank ?"Albus questioned

"um, I think I should..." frank looked questioningly at his wife

"Frank Longbottom you go and make sure that my best friend is alright"Alice said forcefully.

"alright, Alice" Frank conceded.

"just breath lily, breath" James mentioned in a calm tone, while trying to hold her hand. But she wasn't going to have any of that and slapped his hand away

"DONT TOUCH ME, YOUR NEVER TOUCHING ME AGAIN JAMES POTTER" Lily screamed, as she cringed from a sudden contraction.

James looked fearfully at the healer helping to deliver his children, "she doesn't mean it, shes just in a lot of pain" the healer said soothingly.

"alright just one more push Mrs Potter" the healer encouraged. And screams of pain could be heard as the first of the Potter children came into the world. "okay just 2 more lily" James said in a supportive tone.

"REALLY JAMES I HAD NO IDEA" lily hollered at him as James cowered at his wife's glare. "GET OUT" Lily screamed as she suffered another powerful contraction. James sighed as the healers escorted him out. Walking out James noticed for men with a worried look on their faces yet with an amused twinkle in their eyes.

"you heard that didn't you" James said in a dejected manner.

"oh, it was pretty hard not to hear all of that" mused frank.

"is this pay back for what I did earlier ?" James questioned

"yup" frank replied in an irritatingly chipper tone.

"Hehehe, the great auror cowered by his wife, what would all the death eaters think" Remus mentioned. And was rewarded with a howl of laughter from Sirius.

"you guys wouldn't tell anyone, right ?" James asked, as another scream from the ward caused him to cringe.

"i think you only need to worry about me telling Severus of this incident, im sure he would enjoy himself greatly" added Dumbledore, chuckling at the horror on his ex-students face.

Soon the five men realized the screams of pain were dying down and were replaced by the cries of a new born child, or in this case new born children. The healer exited the room and "smiled at the new father "you may go in now" she said, while pointing at the door. James immediately sprang into the ward as the others followed. Upon entering the three were greeted with a most stunning sight. As they saw a sweat glistening lily cuddling into her husband with a look of absolute weariness while looking at her children with such joy.

The four men immediately began congratulating the new parents, as the healer walked forward while wiping sweat from her face "hi, im healer Emilia Terrence, congratulations to you both" she said

both of the parents looked at the healer with gratitude practically oozing out of their expressions. James decided to speak for the both of them "thanks a lot Ms Terrence-"

"Please call me Emilia" she interrupted

"alright then, thanks a lot for your assistance in this Emilia" James corrected himself.

"now, im sorry to disturb such a joyous occasion but there is still the matter of administration to complete" Emilia said as she retrieved three birth certificates from a file

"now what will be the name of your first child born at 11:40" she questioned

"Harry James potter" they replied in unison

Looking at the child in question everyone saw an uncanny if not creepy resemblance as harry looked like a perfect hybrid of James and Lily, especially those green emerald eyes that matched his mothers perfectly. "the child will probably be quite a ladies man, just like his father" Sirius mentioned,while winking at James , only to receive a swat in the arm by both a still tired lily and Remus.

"OW" Sirius exclaimed in response

"serves you right" frank said as he teased Sirius.

Upon looking at the child though their thoughts drifted away from his looks, as while his eyes made him look odd. His behavior was even more of a curiosity. While his younger siblings cried out, as was natural for a healthy new born, harry just sat there and looked at the adults. While some might fear he was mentally retarded they only needed to look into his eyes to understand exactly how bright he would be. His eyes were constantly wandering with an inquisitive fire within them as he seemed to be analyzing anything in sight often giving looks as if he knew exactly what is going on at the time.

"alright then what about the second born, born at 11:50" Emilia continued

"Charlie James potter" James replied, this time as by following tradition all members from the potter household would take their middle names from their parents first name.

"and for the last child, born at 11:57" Emilia asked as she pointed towards the last child Lily was holding,

"Rose Lilian Potter" the exhausted mother replied, as Emilia finished the forms and moved of to hand them in.

looking at the remaining two children it was obvious who their parents were as while harry was like a mixture his two parents rose was a carbon copy of lily while charlie was a copy of James. The resemblances were so strong that they were obvious even when the children were new born. The only point though was that both of the remaining two had James eyes only harry had lily's.

"may I ?" Albus gestured with his wand

"of course, professor" James replied

"magicus calculus" he chanted

looking at the results he couldn't help but be surprised, although rose and charlie had exceptional magical cores that rivaled those of the Michael children as well as Neville. Harry though was the surprise as he could not sense anything from him, harry was like a completely blank abyss that he could not perceive. "hes probably a squib" Albus thought to himself, unsure as to how to tell the new parents

"it seems that both rose and charlie will be incredibly powerful as they grow" he announced

both of the potters smiled at that, before a look of trepidation came to Lily's face "what about harry" she asked

"im afraid that I cannot sense anything from harry, this could mean two things im afraid either hes a late bloomer which is incredibly possible or hes a squib" Albus said apologetically, to be rewarded with a room full of gasps at the thought that the heir to such an ancient family could be a squib

"it doesn't matter" Lily responded while holding her eldest child lovingly as he stared up at her with those piercing green orbs.

"that doesn't change how we will love or raise him" James completed for his wife as she looked at him approvingly

"its good to see that you have become so mature James" Sirius remarked, while talking to a smiling Emilia. Only to be rewarded by a slap from the lady in question, "jerk" Emilia cooed as the rest of those present laughed as Sirius turned beet red.

The only one who was not laughing at the time was Dumbledore who while holding a faint smile on his face was contemplating the surprises that the day brought, as five powerful witches and wizards were born from 11:00 to 11:57 being the latest. In all honesty he had hoped that by scanning their cores he would find that one exceptional individual that would be the 'child of prophecy', as he expected the chosen one to be exceptionally powerful even in youth. But to his surprise he found five exceptional witches and wizards that could each be the chosen one, then again it could also be all of them as the prophecy itself did not mention the exact number responsible for Voldemort's fall. The number 5 also had huge importance in terms of history language and Arithmetcy. As 5 represented the five main elements along with five points on a pentagram, while at the same time maintaining religious importance as well looking at the 5 wounds of Christ in Christianity.

It was too bad then that the all powerful leader of the light failed to consult the one of the head healers present as they would have pointed out that there was another possibility involved. As they would have told him how incredibly powerful wizards might be natural Occulmens and thus would not register on the magic test that practically involved using a branch of Legillimency.

Albus Dumbledore sat in his office waiting for his two o clock appointment, after the events of 31st august 1981 Dumbledore had spent many a sleep less night and lemon drop trying to figure out the identity of the chosen one from his four supposed candidates. He had finally come to the conclusion that he would not be coming to a conclusion soon and was acting to inform all three families of the events and send them into hiding till the children could enter Hogwarts and he could figure the prophecy out then. This brought him back to his meeting now as he awaited the three families and their friends arrival. As a roar of flames from his fireplace caught his attention, he watched as the potter family of five arrived into his office followed swiftly by Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Petigrew. As they approached he greeted them and bade them to be seated.

"we just need to wait for 2 more groups to arrive" he mentioned as another bout of flames came from the fireplace. Spitting out another five individuals, David Michael s and his wife Sarah walked out of the fire place while holding their two newborns in their arms, Sean and Celia Micheal's , following them was John Corvus a close family friend. As the potters greeted the Micheal's warmly, not surprising as the families have been on good if not great terms for centuries, the Longbottom's entered the room with Frank and Alice leading with Neville in their arms and Augusta longbottom leading up the rear. After they had all turned down a lemon drop and sat down Dumbledore began his explanation of the current situation.

"greetings to you all, and let me just congratulate all of you and your families for recent events" Dumbledore started, with an amused twinkle in his eye. Said twinkle though diminished as he was forced to get down to business.

"unfortunately though this is not the reason I called you all here" he continued with a sigh. Before going into a detailed reiteration of the prophecy he had heard as well as the circumstances that had caused the chain of events that led up to him hearing the prophecy, as well as the possible interpretations of each of those lines in the prophecy. At the end of his tale and subsequent explanation he stared out at all those present as he saw gobsmacked expressions on every single one of them, he even noticed how all of the respective parents held their newborns even tighter.

"so let me get this straight ?" James spoke out breaking the silence that had fallen over the room

"you believe that the dark lord that even you, the greatest wizard of all time could not defeat, will be defeated by either our individual children, or our children as a group" he asked in a worried tone.

"that generally sums it up yes" Dumbledore replied sheepishly.

"are you on a sugar high from those lemon drops" Sirius exclaimed, lightening the mood on the otherwise dark meeting.

"im afraid not Sirius" Dumbledore chuckled

"how do you expect one or for that matter four children no matter how powerful they are to stand up to you-know-who ?" asked Darren skeptically

"obviously I don't expect them to do so till they come of age, till then the main point of this meeting comes into focus" he replied

"which is what exactly ? Asked frank

"the prophecy was unfortunately overheard by a death eater spying in the inn" Albus said while raising his hand to calm the already frantic parents " thus your children are probably targets of Voldemort" he continued as he frowned at the flinch he saw them make at the mention of his name. Sighing at their unnatural fear of a simple made up name, "so I propose all you and your families go into hiding till things cool down and when the children can be appropriately trained for either their individual or collective destinies, I suggest you all use the fidelus charm to hide as that charm is unbreakable."

"which is why I asked for those you completely trust to be present as we need to choose a secret keeper for each of you" he concluded, upon which he noticed all of them nodding in agreement all but one.

"yes Lily" Albus asked, rousing the woman from her thoughts

"i was wondering, why don't we just flee the country why go through all the trouble of the fidelus charm ?" she asked

"unfortunately I doubt Voldemort would stop due to a geographical problem, he would hunt all of you down no matter the distance you run. The best option would be for all of you to stay under the fidelus where the order can help you in your time of need. With all the wards and alarms we could be to your aid in a matter of minutes" Dumbledore replied in an assuring tone. He knew it worked as he saw lily nodding her head now.

"so on to the business of secret speakers, Darren, Sarah im guessing that john here will be your secret keeper ? While Augusta will be the one for the both of you frank, Alice. And im sure that Sirius will be the one for you James." Dumbledore concluded with all parties agreeing except for a confused Sirius.

"wait why don't you just make James Darren and Frank their own secret keeper ?" he questioned

"that's because the true power of the fidelus can only be brought out if the secret keeper is trusted with the role by those under the direct and intentional protection of the charm, not to mention the fact that the continued stay of the secret keeper in the home will lead to a weakening of the charm." Dumbledore answered

"in that case instead of me might I suggest peter here ?" Sirius proposed, warranting confused looks from all present especially peter.

"well you-know-who would probably guess that the potters have gone into hiding with the charm when he cant find them, so that means he would be hunting for the secret keeper that he will expect to be me. This way I can pull attention away from the true keeper and send him and his cronies in a confusing circle" Sirius explained.

"that would be most effective" Albus conceded.

"now I suggest that all of you stay at Hogwarts while the first charm is set up on the potter home of Godrics Hollow, then all of you can move in with them while I recuperate before setting up the Longbottom and then Michael homes" he continued, upon seeing there were no objections he stood up

"shall we go and get the first charm in place then" he said as he walked of

31st October 1993

"Crucio"

screams of pain cried out as all but one person in the room cringed in horror at the suffering of a death eater before them. That one person was the dark lord, Voldemort who sat on his throne and continued feeding power to the spell to enhance his minions suffering.

Sitting on his throne, the dark lord was dressed in pitch black robes made of the finest Acromantula silk. Looking at him, any resemblance to the once handsome student that all of the professors at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry fawned over was no more. With a face that mainly looked like a snake with deep red eyes that seemed pure evil along with a body warped by dark rituals and magic there was no longer any similarities to a human being.

Stopping the pain curse "what are you talking about Avery, what do you mean you cant find the Potters. How hard can it be to find a blood traitor and his pet mudblood"

replying in a small voice "im sorry sir but we have already scanned the entire area where Godrics Hollow is supposed to be, but we cant find it"

Voldemort almost chuckled at the discomfort his servant was feeling "im guessing that they along with those Longbottom's and Michael s are hiding under the fidelus charm, that would explain your dismal efforts at finding them"

"that was the conclusion we came to my lord"

"Crucio" screams once again tore the silence of the chamber in riddle manner, as the dark lord contemplated the situation. When he heard parts of the prophecy from one of the lower leveled death eaters whom had through sheer luck managed to eavesdrop on the old man, the dark lord laughed at the thought that children could defeat him. When he realized the significance of this prophecy though he set up a manhunt for the three families involved. Unfortunately that was when all three families went underground where he could only guess that the potters were near Godrics hallow, the Michael s and Longbottom's though he had no clue on.

Bellatrix Lestrange stepped forward to catch his attention,

"my lord"

he roused " yes Bella"

"what about Sirius Black, im sure he would be the secret keeper for the Potters" she proposed

"that is highly possible-" as his train of thought was interrupted by a large pop sound resounding outside the chamber followed by the doors opening. A dark figure in a black robe and with a white mask walked in a hunched manner towards the dark lord

"my lord !" the figure proclaimed as he got on his knees kissing the hems of his lords robes

"Wormtail what brings you here ?" the dark lord asked raising an eyebrow in the process. Looking at the shock of his other followers he chuckled, their shock was understandable. after all one of the light sides most trusted, Peter Petigrew actually spying for the dark lord was a hilarious notion. The man in question was not as loyal as many believed and was easily swayed to the dark lords side after some simple threats and promises of reward and protection.

"I bring news of the potters, Longbottom's and the Michael s" Wormtail said proudly

"all three families are as of now hiding in Godrics hollow under the fidelus charm till the other safe houses can be set up, whats more the potters have made me their secret keeper" the man practically squealed

the dark lord actually smiled at that, needless to say all of the death eaters present were incredibly disconcerted by such a rare gesture from their lord.

Still smiling he ordered "gather the inner circle, we shall go and pay these three families a visit, and your coming as well Wormtail." Wormtail actually whimpered at the idea of going into battle.

In an hour the hall was filled with over 15 of the dark lords inner circle as well as 25 of the lower level death eaters most of whom were wondering what they were summoned for.

Standing from his throne the dark lord glided towards his faithful followers. "it seems that the so called chosen ones are all hiding together with their families, I believe that it is time for us to pay them a visit and to remind the light of why they should fear the dark" he announced to the screams of triumph from his followers, before pieces of paper were passed on to all of them all of them saying the same thing.

Godrics Hollow, Potter Cottage

laughter resonated inside the hall as those present apparated to their destination and targets.

Potter cottage was a moderately sized home that paled in size to potter manor but still managed to hold the three families in relative comfort. The atmosphere could only be described as warm as the three families tended to the six new born extensions to their families as they chatted amongst themselves. Not realizing that forty cloaked figures had just apparated outside the cottage, Voldemort leading the assault personally this time. Smiling as he saw the cottage appear out of mid air, he waved his hand as the wards surrounding the manor collapsed and his own anti apparation and anti portkey wards appeared.

James cringed as he felt the wards fell while gasping as he looked out the windows, as all the inhabitants of the cottage looked at him with concern. "its them, their coming" he barely managed to mutter.

"what, wheres peter?" Sirius hollered

"this is no time for that, Sirius floo to Hogwarts immediately get Dumbledore and bring help, Lily Alice Sarah bring the children upstairs into the nursery then come back down. Well need everybody if were gonna survive this"James ordered. As Sirius rushed through the fireplace and the women rushed to the second floor. While those remaining, those being James Frank Remus and David rushed to the door to greet their guests.

"if we can keep them in the door we might be able to hold them off long enough" Frank encouraged

but before anyone could respond the door burst open,

"mavri ecrixi"

"expulso"

"confringo"

"fillipindo tria"

the four men bellowed, sending the curses towards the death eaters coming through the door.

Voldemort watched as a huge explosion rocked the front of the potter cottage and sent about 12 of his death eaters sprawling towards the floor, needless to say the dark lord expected they were dead. He would have been upset but considering the fact that he was targeting some of the mightiest aurors in the order of the phoenix, loses were expected. He was actually glad that he did not have his inner circle lead the attack as although he was not attached to any of them he still couldn't afford losing such highly skilled operatives seeing how replacements were difficult to find.

"watching as the remaining death eaters charged into the cottage he watched the duels that were ongoing, noticing how the four men although putting up such a good fight were about to be overwhelmed by the sure difference in numbers. He actually sighed at the waste of such potential, frank James and David all came from pureblood families after all. "such a waste of good blood" he thought silently. Watching the skill in which they dueled with his men he suddenly realized that spells were coming from the second floor of the cottage where the three women joined the conflict. Seven to twenty eight was a more then appropriate ratio to fight in, unfortunately his death eaters were not good with teamwork and thus did not use their numbers effectively, whats more they were combating incredibly powerful wizards that knew how to work with each other perfectly. Growling as another eight of his men fell to their so called targets, 2 of which actually fell to the mudblood Evans. Voldemort decided that he should enter this assault as well.

James was panting despite the fact that the attack had only happened for 20 minutes, but that was to be expected when you were dueling with so many death eaters. Taking a peak at the others he noticed how all of them were dueling at least 2 death eaters with some of them dueling 3. James was brought back into the fight as a killing curse barely missed his head. Looking at the 3 death eaters he realized he was dueling with Avery, Rookwood, and Dolohov, some of the Voldermort's fiercest generals. Refocusing his attention to the 3 James sent a concussion hex at them. Watching as the men dodged the hex he noticed Avery in a bad position "reducto" he shouted as Avery was blown against a wall. In the time he spent on Avery though the other two righted themselves and set cutting curses at him. With him barely dodging the more serious hits but still getting cut along parts of his body.

"maziodecorpus" he returned as arcs of electricity shot towards the two men both raising shields in response as the lightning struck their shields James saw the strain on faces of the two men and sent another spell at them " mavri ecrixi" he said as the blasting curse sent the two death eaters sprawling on the floor. Breathing a sigh of relief, he turned to go aid his wife when he noticed Voldemort himself making his way to the battle. James swallowed before moving to engage the most powerful dark lord alive.

The dark lord sneered at him "i must complement you on facing members of my inner circle and attaining victory potter, but unfortunately this is as far as you will go"

"exsanguina" the dark lord proclaimed as dark purple energies flew from his wand towards James.

"aegis protegius" James countered, as a sphere of golden energy appeared and absorbed the dark spell before it hit him before he countered "avianis conjuare" sending over twenty birds from the tip of his wand towards the dark lord.

The dark lord sneered at such an attempt "avada kedavera" the green spell that flew from that wand flew towards James while killing all the birds that crossed its path. James jumped to the side while sending several bludgeoning and bone breaking curses towards Voldemort "niger flamma paries pariutus" the dark lord countered as a wall of black flames burst forth and consumed all of the incoming spells. James followed through by sending as many spells as he could at the wall of flames. Panting at the strain while the dark lord looked completely carefree, James knew that he would not last long.

Those outnumbered defenders while fighting for their lives did not realize that one of their own was present at the battle. As Severus Snape was one of the low level death eaters that were as of now dueling with David Michael s. cursing his luck, the man in question was originally enjoying a nice bottle of fire whiskey when his dark mark began burning and he left for an unplanned death eater meeting. Upon arrival the dark lord had told them of the attack that was about to take place before they had left. This was done so quickly that he did not have enough time to warn the order. Snape couldn't help but curse as he felt a growing sense of respect for one James potter, although he disliked the man greatly anyone who would willingly duel with the dark lord and manage to hold him off no matter how brief had earned his respect, no matter their history. Looking at the other battles though Snape noticed that one of the previously downed death eaters was getting up and was sneaking up on lily and Alice. Snape saw the green light form and as it left the death eaters wand he instinctively jumped in its way.

As the duel between James and the dark lord continued a gasp from one of the other goups dueling attracted their attention, looking back they saw how a green killing curse was flying towards a defenseless lily potter, both men cried out one in despair while the other in joy, both cries though were cut short as the unthinkable happened. A death eater threw himself in front of the killing curse and shouted

"serpensortia" as a snake flew from said mans wand and collided with the killing curse thereby negating it. At that moment all parties stopped all forms of combat and just stared at the unprecedented occurrence.

The stunned silence was finally broken by the dark lord "SNAPE ! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING"

Upon hearing the dark lords anger Snape cursed this unknown bout of chivalry he had discovered,

" well, its far too late to say im sorry now, might as well go all the way" Snape thought to himself "im helping an old friend" he simply replied as he saw a dangerous glint in Voldermort's eyes.

"TRAITOR !" one Bellatrix Lestrange shouted, as she and some of those who had recovered from their previous shock sent curses his way.

Dodging the spells he noticed a sickly green curse flying towards him courtesy of the dark lord and threw himself out of the way he heard someone yell sectumsempra, and turned to notice the dark cutting curse come flying towards him. With no way to dodge, Snape silently laughed at the irony that he would be brought down by his own spell, expecting the worst he braced himself when out of no where James potter leap in front of the curse and created a light blue barrier effectively stopping the spell. At this point the battle began again, with one major difference in the form of a death eater who was now fighting against Voldemort.

Voldemort moved towards the two men in attempts to kill James potter as well as the traitor, suddenly though a nudge in the back of his mind alerted him to the attempts of someone to break through his wards, cursing, the dark lord realized that the the leader of the light along with his order where moments away.

The dark lord sneered but knew that in the condition his forces were in they would be wiped out "retreat"he ordered as he watched those still conscious activated their port keys immediately not wanting to disobey their lord. Surprising the defenders though the dark lord stayed

"procella fluctus" he bellowed, as a wave of energy expanded from his wand, catching the defenders unawares and knocking all of them out. While the dark lord rushed to the second floor, although he would have liked to kill all of them he simply did not have the time as he did not wish for a conflict with the old fool at this time. "The death of all their children would be punishment enough for the new parents"

he smirked.

Entering the nursery, the dark lord noticed a crib with six children inside, five of whom started cryinng. Voldemort sneered as he always hated children, but paused when he noticed they were crying due to his presence. "they have the potential to be powerful wizards" he thought as he turned to look at the only child in the crib that wasn't crying. Looking at the eyes of the dark haired green eyed child known as harry potter, the dark lord chuckled at the defiance in those eyes. None may disrespect the dark lord he thought as he pointed his yew wand at the boy,cringing though as he couldn't see the boys core, how dare a squib show such defiance to me the dark lord thought.

"Avada Kedavra" he exclaimed, as he smiled with sadistic pleasure as he saw the sickly green bolt fly towards the child. His smile faded though as the spell collided with a suddenly forming barrier. Needless to say Voldemort was stunned as the spell was supposed to be unblockable. Fear trickled into the dark lords heart, a feeling so unknown to the dark lord that he refused to acknowledge it and continued powering the spell. To his horror though Harry's eyes changed drastically, gone were the white pupils and green irises as both were replaced by a cold green mixed with midnight black. Suddenly the spell which was impacting the shield broke into two, as the magics of one side were absorbed by harry the bubble burst and the resulting wave of energy set the room on fire and knocked the other five children down. Looking at the children Voldemort noticed each of the five gained a scar as the magic impacted them, Harry also gained a scar which was healed instantly. Voldemort though was the only one who suffered implicitly as he noticed the other half of the killing curse rebounding against him and striking him in the chest , causing his body to disintegrate.

Albus Dumbledore headmaster of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and leader of the light entered potter cottage that was now in ruins, followed swiftly by not just members of the order of the phoenix but aurors from the ministry as well. Seeing so many of their members on the floor the order members rushed to their friends, sighing with relief as they realized they were alive. While the aurors moved to detain all death eaters on the scene, medics were also arriving on the scene. Dumbledore though ran to the front of the now unconscious potters as well as to his surprise the prone form of his spy Severus Snape. "enervate" he muttered reviving all three at the same time. The three rose from their sprawled positions the eyes of one James potter and Severus Snape met as the latter took of his death eater mask. What surprised Albus though was the emotion in those eyes, it wasn't the look of contempt and hatred that he was used to in both of his ex-students eyes, but was instead one of mutual respect.

"thank you for saving Lily" James muttered

"i can only say the same to you for saving me" Snape replied in the same tone

it was then that James did what no one expected as he offered Snape his hand, Snape further surprised those present as he actually accepted it.

Lily interrupted them though as she realized where Voldemort must have went, " the children" she gasped as she ran up to the nursery, being swiftly followed by Albus, Severus, James, Sirius, Remus and the other two families. When the party of twelve arrived at the nursery they were given a sight to see as the nursery was burnt in many areas, with only the crib with the children unharmed. What shocked most though was the presence of a dark cloak filled with ashes and a yew wand in-front of the crib. Walking forward the twelve parties noticed the five children with scars on their body. The families ran to their children and began fawning over them. Harry whom lily had checked and was free of scars was placed back into the cot while the parents checked over his two siblings.

"Albus, what does this mean" Alice longbottom queried

scanning all six children again he reconfirmed his previous findings of seeing strong cores on five of the children while not getting results from only one of them. He noticed the aurors going through the wreckage as the others listened to him attentively.

"do they have scars on them" the aged leader of the light asked. Looking at the children the answer was obvious, as charlie potter had a cross scar on his left cheek, while rose potter had a straight cut across her palm. Sean and Celia Michael s shared a similar scar along their left and right shoulders in the form of a scar while Neville longbottom had a vertical scar from his eyebrow. Scanning the scars with his wand, Dumbledore was not surprised when he noticed residue magic coming from those scars, not bothering with scanning harry who was scar-less and at the time thought to be a squib, Dumbledore would miss out on the fact that harry had a much larger aura of magic on him then the other 5 children present.

"it seems that the prophecy has come true, Voldemort has been defeated" he announced as gasps of shock were heard from many in the room

"so hes gone ?" David questioned

"yes but not for long the children have to be prepared for his eventual return, but till then I give you the-children-who-lived !" Dumbledore announced to the crowd waving towards the five being held in their parents arms. As many cheered and clapped for the end of the dark lord some of whom even wen forward to shake the hands of the clearly confused children. While others moved to inform the ministry and spread the word of the wizarding worlds new heroes.

What many did not realize though was that during the cheers and such, the supposed squib harry potter just sat in the crib,left out and forgotten in the excitement looking intently at all people in the room.

And that's the end of chapter 1 !