A Family in Life and Death

This story sees all of our favourite characters uniting in death to watch over their loved ones and it will also show all of them becoming their own little family. Please rate and review.

Chapter 1

He didn't want to admit it, but James Potter knew he was dead. He knew this fact because he was stood in a room that seemed to go on forever, and other people were there too, just walking and wandering. He didn't know exactly where he was, but he did know he was dead.

"James!"

He turned around, and stood there amongst the wanderers was his wife Lily, who he just stared at for a moment before going to her and giving her a hug as well as a kiss on the forehead.

"Where are we?"

"I don't know, but I'm guessing we're dead"

"Harry! If we are here, he will be too, any moment"

"The boy lives" said a voice from amongst the crowd, seconds later, James was stunned to see his old Gryffindor Quidditch team mate Michael Gideon McGonagall.

"Michael!"

"Hello James, long time no see"

"I am sorry to interrupt this reunion, but how can it be that my son is alive?" asked Lily.

"Because you had stepped between Voldemort and Harry, you performed the most selfless of acts - giving your life for another, and it was that love for your son which prevented his from being killed".

"How?"

"Love is a powerful thing Mrs Potter, it lives in us, and it can protect us too, it's something my aunt once told me"

"What about He Who Must Not Be Named?"

"After he could not kill him, the spell rebounded"

"Voldemort is dead!"

"No, but he is weak, and at some point he will rise to power again, let us hope that there are people who can prepare Harry for that day"

"What day?"

"You know the prophecy Lily, neither can live while the other survives"

"Do you know who has him?"

"No, and I'm sorry but I have to go now"

"Wait, what do we do?"

"Walk, walk until you find a door, or a gate you recognise"

Then Michael walked away from them and James and Lily did what they were told. Twenty minutes later, the Potter's came upon a garden gate they recognised.

"James, look, it's the gate to our garden"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes"

"Then what do we do?"

"Open it I guess"

And so they opened the gate and they were transported into the front garden on their Godric's Hollow home.

"We're in Godric's Hollow!"

"Why?"

"We are in Heaven, maybe this is our small corner of it"

"What do we do now?"

A woman then came up to the garden gate, she was in her mid 30s with curly, shoulder length brown hair and deep blue eyes.

"You live your life, never aging, never dying, after all you, you can't, you're already dead"

"Who are you?"

"Marcie Jones, I live down the road, number 14, pop in sometime"

Marcie then disappeared off down the road and James and Lily just looked at each other, knowing what the other was thinking. James then took his wife's hand and they walked into the house together, finding that it was exactly how they knew it.

"Now, I guess we carry on"

"How can we carry on without Harry James, he's just a baby, not even 2 years old"

"Don't you think I know that Lily, he's my son too and I will miss him until that fateful day, far in the future when we meet again, but for now, we have to believe that he is being taken care of, we have to believe he is ok"

"You're right, perhaps he's with Sirius, I'd like it if he were"

"Me too, Padfoot would teach him the way of the Marauder"

"You and that bloody map" said Lily with a smile on her face.

"There it is, there's that smile, are you ok?"

"No, and I won't be until I know Harry is, but I will cope"

"Me too, let's cope together"

Lily then smiled again and kissed her husband before the two of them sat down on the couch together.

End of Chapter