Plans for a change. [Lily & Albus]

[harrypotter]

Hogsmeade was deader than ever, but it was the middle of the day and the kids from Hogwarts wouldn't be allowed to venture over here until the same time tomorrow, but still it seemed to be very quiet still. With the recent burning of the Three Broomsticks just a few months back, he figured the usual shop keepers and some of the residence were still weary of the village. None the less though, Harry figured this would be his only ticket into talking to his kids about the recent turn of events in the family. With Lily showing up on his doorstep to tell him she was pregnant and a Death Eater, he knew for sure things were going to change.

He had asked Lily to stay the night the previous night, not only for her sake, but for his. His nerves were shot completely, and was rather on edge after she finally confided in him and told him everything he needed to know for the time being. After she had went to bed, the plans in his head started to form themselves into a better shape. He sat in the living room with their family owl, scribbling on a piece of paper to Albus, his youngest son. He knew James would probably just throw away the letter, assuming that Harry took the news bad, and knew that he still had some what of a relationship left with Albus. He scribbled on there to meet him and Lily both at the Hog's Head to discuss some family matters. He sealed the letter and tied it to the owls leg, sending it off into the night sky.

Now, Harry and Lily walked toward their destination, the old beat up pub that sat a little ways down from the still repairing Three Broomsticks. The Hog's Head. A place Harry and his friends met for the first time to start up a rebellion inside the walls of Hogwarts. He knew that tonight, the birth of that rebellion would take place once again.

He walked with a sort of limp, his foot still badly injured from stepping on his glasses barefooted the night before. He clutched his wand tightly though as he looked beside him, making sure that Lily was still there, and she was thank goodness. He would hate to try to chase her down in the middle of the street on a bad foot. Harry pushed open the doors to the establishment, giving a nod to the new keeper who replaced Aberforth when he passed away. The keeper started to close all the windows and draw the blinds as Harry made his way upstairs with Lily to a table, sitting both himself and the small bag he had carried with him down, waiting for Albus to show up.

[albusseverus]

Albus looked up at the ceiling in the boys dorm, blowing his hair out of his face in boredom. Hogsmeade had been closed to the students for the rest of the day and that left Albus with nothing to do. The boy blinked as he heard a slight tapping on the window beside him.

Green eyes focused upon the owl outside the window and the middle Potter made his way over. He opened the glass and the bird flew in, perching on his bedpost. Albus walked back to his bed and looked the bird over. "You're Dad's owl, aren't you?"

The bird seemed to nod and stuck out its leg to him, to which Albus nodded back and untied the piece of parchment from the bird's leg. The owl hooted happily, now that the note was gone, and pushed its head beneath the boy's fingers. Albus stroked the owl's feathery head gently as he read the note from his father. "How the bloody hell does he expect me to get there without being eaten by a teacher?"

Then it hit him, Albus smirked as he put the parchment beneath his pillow and walked to his trunk. The lid was easy to lift, Albus kneeling by the side of the container as he dug into his things. He grinned when he felt the fabric of the item he was looking for, Ginny had given him a valuable hand-me-down of his father's. Something James hadn't already gotten his hands on. The Invisibility Cloak had held up very well over the years, it had been through hell, but it was still in one piece.

"Alrighty, let's do this" he muttered, covering himself with the cloak and leaving the dorm. He made it down the stairs without being seen, down the corridor and out of the school. Once out of the school, he made his way down the road towards Hogsmeade. At the entrance to the town he looked around, raising an eyebrow. Where was it his father said to meet?

Albus jogged towards the Three Broomsticks, looking at the rebuilding project with a sigh, he missed that place. His gaze moved along until the keeper of the Hogs Head caught his eye, the man closing up the blinds as if something important was going on. "Bingo" he grinned, running into the Hogs Head and taking off the cloak. "Dad?"

[lydia]

It had been a long night she would admit that, but probably one of the better ones of her life. It felt better to have gotten things of her chest even if she was still on the unsure side of sticking on her fathers side who seemed determined to help her get out of the sticky mess she had managed to fall into. Maybe it was just better this way, attemtping to fix things that are seriously broken. Now all she was waiting for was dom to storm through and destroy what she had managed to gain. No doubt, Lily still wanted to kill dom. Correction she still hated dom, and dom still hated her. Their grudge was probably going to last a long while of their lives, they weren't cousins anymore they were enemies.

She followed her father into the small village of Hogsmeade. She was glad everyone else was in school, it meant she wouldn't get caught out. The site of the three broomsticks brought a smirk to her face. Even though it was wrong, it was a relief ont he build up on everything, and she even remembered the exact words she had said. But that of course wasn't really to be spoken about. It was a mere bonding between her and Bellatrix Lestrange. She was afraid to say she had ended up looking up to Bellatrix for guidance in a part of her life. But hadn't it done good? She was still here today when she could have been dead a little while ago.

She followed him up to the Hogs head, she'd been paranoid throughout the trip, and she feared what sat inside the pub. But she followed in with a small hesitation. She would admit, she was tempted to run for it. There wasn't really much of a place to go unless she escaped into muggle salvation. But she pushed that away, now wasn't a time to run away from what had been and what was to come. She needed to sort this out. She couldn't live paranoid for the remainder of her life. It wouldn't be right to even inflict that on her baby.

She headed up stairs after giving a short glance around the pub seeing it was empty she followed her father up and took a seat on the opposing side of her father. It had been a rather interesting night, and now she knew she had to face up to one of the final members of the Potter family. Al. Honestly she didn't know how he was going to react. He would either follow what his father had done, do what dominique did and land bad terms with lily or something else. It was frustrating to sit and wander, she felt hot and yet cold, she knew she was in serious trouble and now they were dragging siblings into it. She looked up as she heard al's voice. It wasn't her place to speak so she didn;t. She sat quietly.

[harrypotter]

Harry sat quietly as he tried to make his eyes focus in on the surroundings. It was still as old and dusty as Aberforth had left it after his passing. Maybe the new keeper was related to the Dumbledores some how? He hadn't even asked to use the place, just walked in and the keeper gave a nod and started to close the windows. Maybe Aberforth had left him a note, yeah that was it. Pushing the thoughts aside he heard the door click open and the familiar voice of his youngest son Albus call out from down the stairs. "Up here, Son." he said, his hands now clasped together.

Just about every single human emotion was rolled up and placed inside Harry at the moment. He was pale in the face, five o' clock shadow hanging on his jaws from the lack of sleep he had been enduring. His nerves were clearly shot, as it seemed for Albus to take forever coming up to stairs, but when he finally did, he motioned to the seat in front of him, watching as Albus sat down. He could tell by the smile on his sons face that he didn't know, that Lily hadn't faced him yet.


"Son..." Harry said, now realizing how hard it was for Lily to have told him, the words seeming to inch away from his mouth. "We have a bit of trouble in the family right now." Now he couldn't delay it any longer, he had to say it now or he'd be running in circles the whole afternoon. "You're sisters pregnant... he started off, his voice trailing off. He waited a moment, before completing his thoughts. "And, she's a Death Eater." Hopefully Albus wouldn't go off, but pain singed through his scar and he bit his lip, winching a bit.

[albusseverus]

Albus grinned when he heard his father's voice, trotting up the stairs and freezing at the sight of his sister. The boy tried to keep the smile plastered on his face as he sat down, he had known about his sister's condition for awhile now. Both being pregnant and the Death Eater part.

The middle Potter tilted his head slightly at the expression upon his father's face, something was up. Did he know about Lily? Albus had made it a point to let Lily tell their parents on her own, but if she made any moves to harm their parents he'd kill her.

At Harry's statement of Lily being pregnant and a Death Eater, Albus's expression finally fell. He had known for awhile, but Lily had no idea he knew. He was the one who had stopped the rumors from flying around in the Gryffindor house in the first place. He knew a lot. Not a lot of details, but the general idea.

"I know Dad... I was waiting for her to tell you..." he murmured, watching his father closely. He didn't want Harry to hate him for not saying anything, but it wasn't his place. This was Lily's business. "Please don't hate me..." the last thing he wanted was for his father to be angry with him.

[lydia]

Lily knew little of the rumours flying around school, the pregnant one, yes that was pretty easy to pick up on since her lack of going to lessons and the lot. She knew she had less that a month before the small bump became noticable. she was nearly four months pregnant. Pretty far along and she could only think of the next five months of hell and then maybe a short life afterwards. Another thought crossed her mind. What if bellatrix played her off against her own parents and used the child against her. Then she'd be stuck, and it wouldn't be long before pyscopath jack used that to tie lily back down. For now she was free, but how long would that last.

She watched as Albus came up the stairs. She knew there was something up with him since he froze up at the site of her. Did he know? Surely not? But clearly he did as he spoke again. Her father said the words she was meant to say, not that she minded. She kept silenty but gave a short glance to albus. How did he know. James? Possbly though james said he would keep it quiet, let her tell people on her own.Clearly something was going on that Lily hadn't seen and somehow dominique came to mind. She wouldn't dare spread rumours would she? Lily had already threatened Anton with telling the world his secret, and if it was Dom that had spilled lily would personally slaughter the girl.

She broke her silence and interrupted their conversation. "Who told you." she aimed at albus. She wouldn't care if it was james, but if it was rumours she was going to find out where it was all coming from, and the feeling about dom, she knew would most likely be true. She kept her cool. "Wait.. if you know? Then who else knows?" bellatrix would most likely urge some sort of killing spree out of it all. It seemed like a bellatrix thing to do.

[harrypotter]

Harry blinked for a moment. Albus knew? But how? Lily had told him that she hand't talked to anyone else but James and that Chris boy. Who else could have known? Now though, it seemed Lily had lied. He turned to face her, his mouth open to say something, but she spoke first. "Who told you." she had demanded, and he looked from her, back to Albus, then to her once again, confused on what exactly was going on in this situation. Wait.. if you know? Then who else knows?" So she hadn't lied. Another wave of could relief swept over him, chilling his bones softly.

He was rather numb now, finally feeling as if he wasn't there at all. He was already trying his best to number it down who would have told Albus in his head. It couldn't have been James, he wouldn't want to lose her trust. Maybe it was one of Ron and Hermonie's kids Lily failed to inform him about. He just sat there, waiting to see who was the common enemy between them, like Jack was between him and a few others now.

Not the orginal post, this one got modified on accident! >.<

[albusseverus]

"Nobody but me and the person who told me!" he protested, holding up his hands in surrender to his sister, inching closer to his father. "Well, first Dom told me, then I called her a bloody liar and didn't believe her, then I saw the mark when you were scratching your arm at breakfast."

Albus quickly ducked behind his father, hiding from the wrath of Lily in case she wanted to kill him for that. "I made sure no one else knew Lil! I swear! I kept that quiet to keep you safe, cuz you're my sister and I love you."

[lydia]

Lilys face almost dropped. Dom did it ?! Dom did it!? DOM TOLD HIM!? She took a deep breath, letting her anger boil up, she was going to kill that girl, and it would be personal. She meant it, and dom probably knew as soon as lily figured out that little miss perfect weasley was spreading rumours around school about her knowing full well it would get one of them killed. But thats what they both wanted right? Lily pushed it to the next level trying to get dom sent to azkaban when she got pertrified. That had gone wrong. What else better to do than get Lily investigated by the ministry idiots?

She watched her brother dart behind her father. She sort of sat there thinking through of how many ways she could rip dom apart. She wanted her to pay no doubt. Before she knew it, the little button in her head marked death eater flipped and she got up. "No need to hide albus, dom's going to die first"

[harrypotter]

Dom? As in Bill's little girl Dominique? He hadn't heard from her in ages, nor did Bill really speak about her. Could it be she was involved in some sort of the mess that Lily was? He sat there for a moment, letting the scene unfold. Albus told them how Dom had told him about Lily's secrets, and then quickly darted behind Harry, whom rolled his eyes. He saw Lily stand and could tell she was mad. Not mad, pissed. "Alright you two!" Harry said, pulling out his wand. He pointed it behind him to Albus and flicked it, causing him to slide back into his seat. "You sit." he told Albus, then pointed it at Lily, and flicked it downward, causing her to sit. "And you chill out or a moment. No one is going to die." He said, now thinking of Bellatrix. He paused for a moment before adding through gritted teeth, "yet.."


Giving a minute to let everyone cool down, he turned his attention away from the past subject. "I don't care who, told who now, what we need to do is talk about whats going to happen." He said, now reaching down and pulling up the little bag that he had carried with him inside. Undoing the drawstring he pulled out three gold galleons. "First off, with all this crap going on I want you each to take these." He tossed two over to Albus and then laid one in front of Lily. "These belonged to Me, and your Aunt and Uncle when we were in school. If anything is to go wrong, it is bewitched to tell the others." He looked between the two of them, letting it sink in.

[albusseverus]

Albus squeaked as he was forced back into his chair, and pouted when he noticed he was back within reaching distance of his little sister. He took a deep breath and rubbed his temples, trying to calm himself down, jumping slightly when he sensed movement from his sister's side of the room. The middle child watched his father closely with his eyes that mirrored the older male's.

When Harry tossed over the galleons he raised an eyebrow. This was very interesting, what did they do? "Alright... One, why do I have two? and Two, what exactly do they do again?"

[lydia]

It only aggrivated her being forced back into her chair. It was tempting to just run for it, but clearly her father would have anything like that happen.. She watched as Albus pouted. She no wasn't on good terms with Albus either. She didn't know what Dom and he had been talking about. She sent a cold glare his way. Maybe she would regret it, but not at the moment. She was unhappy. "Damn right someones going to die." she murmerred at her fathers comment.

She watched as he took out the coins. She remembered them from the stories she used to hear about the past. She shook her head at Albus. "Clearly for you to give one to james you idiot." she replied at his stupid comment. Well at least she hoped she was right. She turned to her dad. "I don't want it if al has one. Who knows what dom has been telling him" she pushed the coin away and folded her arms. Now that dom was involved with it all she was going to make it as awkward as possible.

[harrypotter]

Harry watched as Lily spat out her insult across the table at Albus. "Hold your tongue!" he said, looking over at her, before turning back to Albus. "You have two cause so you can give one to your brother, your sister is right." He told him with a slight nod of his head. "They were originally charmed to tell the dates of the Dumbledore's Army meets, back when it was illegal to hold such a thing. Now though, they are charmed to notify others if the carrier is in danger." He took his own coin out now and laid it on the table. He tapped his wand at it and the others they held rattled a bit. 'They also get a bit warm tot he touch."

Lily had now pushed hers back to him. He didn't know quite what the hell was going on between her and Dom, but she was going to take the coin. He pushed the coin back to her, and looked at her, his eyes rather cold still from the previous night. "This has nothing to do with what ever is going between you, Al, and Dom. This is for if you get into trouble with Jack or Bellatrix again, either your brothers or I can come and help you." By the end of his sentence he was rather flustered and was saying the last bit through gritted teeth. He hated how she could be stubborn like him and his mother.

[albusseverus]

Albus paid no heed to his father's words, shooting up from his seat he glared at his sister. Albus was a great deal of things, stupid wasn't one of them. The Gryffindor's hand instinctively went for his wand, but he didn't raise it. Lily had gone too far this time.

"Listen you little bitch, I know you're going through a hard time because you got stupid and got yourself pregnant and you've betrayed our family, but that does not give you the right to be a bloody prick to me!" He roared, standing over his sister, positively seething in anger. Albus had finally cracked. Lily had pushed him over the edge. "I go and stop the rumors from flying around to protect YOU! You ungrateful little cockroach! You! Because you're my sister! And I knew you were better than that! Thanks for proving me wrong."

Albus tossed the coin meant for James back to his father and pocketed his own. Once he finished, he made his way towards the door. Albus had always loved his sister, and wanted to protect her just as their parents wanted, but this person was no longer his sister, no longer his Lily. His fists clenched when he reached the doorway, looking down at the ground and growled "I never want to see you again, you traitor."

With that, he left. Albus took off running once he was out of the Hogs Head, Invisibility cloak wrapped around him like a scarf, as he took off. He wanted to go home, he wanted to talk to his mother. Their family was falling apart. He pulled out his wand and screamed "Accio!" his broom came flying and he jumped on, flying off back towards the Potter household. He didn't care if he'd miss school, he wanted his mother.

[lydia]

Lily was a little surprised at her fathers small outburst. She went to give a sarcastic comment back but she decided she would keeping her mouth shut. She knew she was pushing buttons especially with albus. There was no stopping in lily pushing people away and then guilt tripping them back. She'd even began to consider going back to bellatrix. maybe she should stick it out on her own, or with chris. There was no chance with Jack. She wouldn't dare go crawling back to that psycotic man, even though she knew she could probably do worse damage.

Albus's outburst came as a little surprise to lily, and the smirk stayed in place and cold eyes stared straight back into Al's glare. "Oh get lost and have your hissy fit somewhere else albus." she finally said rolling her eyes, probably aggrivating everyone in the room. "Whatever." she finaly said to his whole speach about protecting for being his little sister. Maybe she was pushing people too far away, but clearly he would stick around since he had taken the one coin.


Nope wait he called her a traitor. Maybe she should have stuck to being the traitor. She watched as he stormed of out. Slowly her gaze fell to her disapproving fathers. Family life was hard to balance on a plate that was already full. "Fine ill take it,." she said through gritted teeth. Would she use it? She wasn't sure. Whatever happened, would happen for a reason. Maybe it was time to give in and give the other side a try. So far, the good side wasn't feeling very... good.