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Okay, there weren't teen woohoo or teen pregnancy hacks in this story, in wizarding terms, 17 is like 18 or 25. So the pregnant sim was and adult when she had the baby, not a teen. I aged her into adulthood as an effect of her being legal in the wizarding world.
It all begins with that one strike of lightning. If you manage to escape it, good. If not, you feel it's power and what is life about? Some would say love...some would say happiness, but whatever they say is wrong. That's what any dark wizard would say, right? That life is fulfilled when you finally have power, true power. Those wizard will never win, not as long as love and true happiness is here.
It all begins with that one strike of lightning. If you manage to escape it, good. If not, you feel it's power and what is life about? Some would say love...some would say happiness, but whatever they say is wrong. That's what any dark wizard would say, right? That life is fulfilled when you finally have power, true power. Those wizard will never win, not as long as love and true happiness is here. ...Tyranny is the product of misery, but true power comes from love. Alicia Veritum had gone back in time and changed it. She had made it so the many things that had happened before never happened now. But something happened, she felt something rip her away.
Alicia: What happened? Is this a dream?
Dumbledore: I believe I asked you NOT to change the timeline.
Alicia: You knew I'd try. You knew that I...
Dumbledore: Have a big heart? Yes, I knew, but you cannot change the past.
Alicia: I changed some things.
Dumbledore: But nothing big. Significant moments, yes, but nothing giant.
Alicia: That's what I do. Alicia: This is all in my head.
Dumbledore: And that makes it untrue?
Alicia smiled: No. Alicia turned to walk away, but she stopped and turned.
Alicia: What?
Dumbledore: You are free to do as you please.
Alicia: Seriously? I don't believe you.
Dumbledore: Things are more serious now. People that you love will die. Alicia smiled: I know, it's just this whole mind-walk thing with my dead grandpa that's throwing me off. There was a flash of Ron, Harry, and Hermoine through the archway nearby. Suddenly Ron faded and Alicia moved closer. Harry and Hermoine looked where Ron used to be and began to sob. Then Hermoine shimmered away until Harry was left alone. He, then, vanished. Suddenly, it was like the world came crashing down around her. She looked up and saw fireballs falling from the sky. Alicia began to bawl: Enough! I don't want to see anymore!
Dumbledore: It's a sacrifice for true good.
Something hit Alicia and he wheeled around and pointed her wand at Dumbledore.
Alicia: I am sick of feeling this way...I'm sick of losing them! How about they lose people?! How about I get my kids back and...
Alicia stopped when she heard it come out of her mouth.
Dumbledore: They have their own quest, but yours is just as important.
Alicia: I'm not coming back, am I?
Dumbledore: No.
Alicia: My kids are gonna need my love.
Dumbledore nodded.
Alicia: It's the end. Bring it on. Dumbledore squinted: Oh my, it's snowing.
Alicia looked around: Yeah, it is.
Dumbledore: Curious thing, snow, it makes one see how pure things can be.
Alicia: Like love?
Dumbledore smiled: Like love. It is the thing that Voldemort will never have.
Alicia: I'm walking into death. Harry is walking into death.
Dumbledore clicked his tongue: And that is what seperates you and Harry from Voldemort.
Alicia looked down: So, our willingness into death is what makes...
Alicia stumbled and looked at Dumbledore, whose wand shone.
Dumbledore: You've been shown my life, you're legacy. Everything I've done, Severus has done...the weaselys have done...everyone. Everything we've given so that he may live...
Alicia: Just to die in the end. He must.
Dumbledore: It is the only way.
Suddenly I was deep within Hogwarts and I ran through the empty halls, trying to get back to where I was. I had so many questions and so many decisions and I need some help. Alicia ran up the stone stairs and to the roof to see the snow all around her. It had covered the ground and she smiled.
Alicia: You're always here when I need it. Alicia felt something change and looked down to see her clothes turn black.
Alicia: Wha...
Dumbledore appeared from nowhere: It's who you wanted to be.
Alicia: I remember.
Dumbledore: Not who you are.
Alicia sighed: Yeah, but I'm not Umbridge and pink's not my thing.
Dumbledore walked to her: Save my grandkids.
Alicia nodded: As long as there's no hellfire.
Dumbledore chuckled: There's always hellfire. But there's one more thing you must do.
Alicia looked at him, confused: What? Dumbledore smiled and hugged her, whispering in her ear. But before she let go, she whispered something to him also.
" You're dead." Alicia said sadly.
" My dear, as long as people remember me, I shall never leave." Dumbledore said carefully.
" See you soon." Alicia said, then they parted and she found herself flying across time. Bellatrix ran into the Grand Hall, panting like a pyscho-puppy.
"Someone's here, show yourself." Bellatrix yelled, pulling out her wand.
" STUPEFY!" Alicia shouted. Bellatrix flew across the room and landed with a thud. She looked up to see who did it, but saw no one, then reached for her wand, " Expelliarmus!" the voice shouted again. The wand flew across the room and Bellatrix ran to it, but stopped at brown heels. She got to her feet.
" Alicia...nice boots." Bellatrix smiled.
" Wanna closer look?" Alicia asked, kicking her in the face. " BOMBARDA!" Alicia said, blowing the door of its hinges and running inside. There were two deatheaters inside and Alicia stunned them both. Alicia saw her babies and immediately ran to them, hugging both of them, then she teleported away with them. The Burrow...A few miles from the Burrow is where Alicia found Harry and the group. With Bill and Fleur, Harry stood outside, looking into the distance. His mind was so muddled and things had gone so wrong.
" Thoughts run deep." Alicia said, making him turn. He ran to her, hugging her immediately.
" Alicia, what're you doing here?" Harry asked.
" I don't have much time, I just came to tell you something." Alicia smiled.
Harry smiled, " We should call Hermoine and Ron! Everyone would love to see you." he said, " What do you have to say?"
" Harry..." Alicia said, looking away from him. " Yeah?" Harry asked, stepping beside her.
Alicia wrestled with the thought of telling him about the kids, then she chickened out.
" I...um, I just wanted to say don't die." Alicia smirked.
Harry chuckled, " I'll try that. It's what I'm famous for." he said.
" I'm gonna miss this place." Alicia said, looking into the distance.
" Bill and Fleur's? Why won't you be back...ALicia." Harry persisted.
Alicia shook her head, " No. I mean..." she looked at Harry, " Harry some of us aren't gonna make it, you know that, right?"
Harry looked down beside her, " What are you saying?" he asked.
Alicia began to sniffle and Harry grabbed her arms, " I won't let anything happen to you." he said, " Stay with us."
Alicia smiled, " Sounds so good. Best proposal I've gotten all year." she smiled.
" It is, come with me, marry me." he said.
" NO. I love you, but you've got a world to save. And there are kids...my kids." she said, " And it's cold, can't have you facing evil with a cold." she said, waving her wand and causing Harry to change into a coat.
" Your...kids, how can you..." Harry said. He looked at Alicia. Harry folded his arms, " How could you not...where are they?!" he asked.
Alicia looked at him angrily, " You weren't ready. You're still not. But when I'm gone, they'll need you. James and Angelica need you to win this."
" When you say you're not coming back..." Harry said.
" Details. Just details. I'm gonna be here." she said, pointing at Harry's chest, " I'll always be there."
" How am I supposed to know..." Harry said.
" They have your eyes." Alicia said quickly, " And Hermoine can figure it out, but only if you defeat Voldemort. You have the Hallows..."
" How'd you..." Harry began.
" HARRY!" Hermoine yelled.
Harry looked that way, " Hermoine, it's..."' " Gone.." Harry said. " What's gone?" Hermoine asked.
" Um, Alicia, she was here." Harry said, stunned, " I'm a dad."
Hermoine looked at him in shock.
" You knew?" Harry asked.
Hermoine shrugged, " Sorry, but you have to not be distracted." she said. Alicia stood at the window, not knowing what to expect. She had heard of Gringotts and very real dragon that had emerged with three wizards on its back and she sighed with happiness. They were alive. She was no fool, she knew that the brave act would only permit more danger their way, but she didn't care. With everything she had to gain, she had already lost so much. She would never be with Harry, and for now, that was alright. She had felt something shift at seeing her grandfather...the knowledge. Severus had protected Harry and loved Lily and the horcruxes and, at last, the secret. The Hallows. The Deathly Hallows. Dumbledore had let slip that Draco had the elder wand, or owned it now. But somewhere along, Harry had been granted the wand. But neither Harry nor Voldemort knew. She felt like she was going to her death. Mad Eye had died. She'd heard. Dobby...many. All at once, she felt it her heart constrict and the tears roar forward! She could not control the tears. What could she do? What could she do? She, blood of Riddle and Dumbledore. She, who had been genetically disposed to the evil and betrayl. Whose mother had given everything to get away to lose. Harry's mother had protected him...and she knew, he'd have to do the same for the world. Viktor consoled her.
" I know it is not the time, but I think it is time." Viktor said.
Alicia choked, " What will I do?" Alicia asked.
" What?" Viktor asked.
" How can I leave them? my babies, the only things I have in this world?" Alicia asked.
" You have me." Viktor said.
" What's going on?" Alicia asked.
Viktor looked at her, " Hogwarts...Voldemort." he frowned, " I shall go and fight wi..."
" No." She said simply, " I need you to be with them. Be for them."
" What?" Viktor asked.
" Protect them." Alicia said.
" With my life." Viktor said, kissing her.
" Ok, so there's things I wanna say. Things that you won't understand. But I'm your mother and you must listen. I love you both. Your father is...and I might...We love you. Daddy and his friends are looking to change the world. I've been alive for...I almost forgot, what with me getting pregnant at 16, but today's my birthday. I'm 17 today. And Already, I'm a mother, your mother." Alicia sniffled, " I'm always gonna come back. Always. I don't care if I'm dead, if so, I live in you. Harry is a horcrux, but then again, so am I. Voldemort, you grandfather, is extraordinary, but he's not a man, not anymore. I must do it. He's not as smart as people think either. He thought that by making me...a horcrux, it would solidify something. He thought I'd follow in his footsteps, that'd I be just as evil, but I saw Harry. What he is. He's the hero of this story. He is the one who pulls everything together. He's not perfect, but any of us would die for him. So, the point is, I thought I was dying for him, but I'm not." Alicia: I'm dying for You...and you...and Viktor and Me and Auntie Hermoine and Uncle Ron and every wizard anywhere that knows that no one is better, that nothing is impossible, that death is not an end. That when we leave, it's not punishment, it's a new start. That at the peak of one's loneliness, within themselves, deep down, there was and will always be hope. Waiting. I may be crying now, but I don't cry because I'm sad... " Welcome to Hogwarts." Alicia said, watching Death Eaters and Trolls and Giants and Spiders attack the guardians of Hogwarts.
Alicia: ...I cry because I have hope. " Stupefy!" Alicia shouted, avoiding curses and the feet of giants. Alicia stood side by side with Tonks, taking on the terror that had threatened to conquer everything. She stood, jinxing people and shielding herself from the curses. After a while, she noticed that Tonks was no longer at her side. Tonks was gone. Alicia found herself cornered and outnumbered and whipped wand around, as if to defy gravity itself, and spun a spell so big that it took out a group of Death Eaters nearby. Her fate was unknown by her courage was evident. She had seen Remus and could not cry, she just moved on. She had glimpsed Harry and that Creevy kid and now she was on her own. The rest of the battle had raced inside. She looked for the Trio, as if to leave them one last message, but alas, no one was there. Voldemort: You shall not win. They will give me Potter and then it will be over!
" NEVER!" Alicia shouted, causing the very Earth under to jiggle. She looked up to see Voldemort yards away. Before she could wave her wand, a red light slid from his wand and caused the snow under her to fall away and she fell! Alicia landed on her back, aching from the intense thud she had made when she fell. She was scared, shaken to her core. She could not even contend with Voldemort, how could she? He...She sighed and dusted the snow from her jeans and coat and started walking into the distance. She stopped when she reached Voldemort and three of his followers. He knew two, Bellatrix, who looked as sadistic as ever, and Fenrir, who looked to be stuck between transformations. Voldemort tilted his head and sighed and the other Death Eater stood straight up and smiled. " Ahhh! Help me. I have fallen, and I won't give up!" Voldemort taunted, to which they all gave a tumultuous laugh. Bellatrix in particular found it funny, " I am, at last, here to recieve my cruel fate. The destiny I knew had been in the making since I was born." " Oh, sweet mercy, let Lord Voldemort spare me." Voldemort said, mimicking her further. " But wait," he said, stopping and glancing at her, " It is, of course, that you have your babies. That the father of your babies has protectors, you? You protect him because....No, don't speak, it was not a question for you to answer. It is merely my way of saluting you. You are far braver than I gave you credit for, as is Potter, but you in particular. You have no destiny. Not one as noble as dying at the hands of the dark lord. He does it because he has to, why do you?" Voldemort asked. Alicia giggled and they all stared. " What! WHAT GIRL!" Bellatrix screamed, " ANSWER THE DARK LORD!"
" Yes, what is it that finds you at the moment?" Voldemort asked, " Bellatrix, you should go. I shall defend myself." Bellatrix disapparated from the scene. Alicia stood face to face with Voldemort.
" So, girl, have you made an attempt to answer my question, or does the ettiquette escape you?!" Voldemort said, obviously angered by Alicia's demeanor.
" I do it because it is my destiny. I stand before you as you never could. Nothing is black and white, but some decision make the answers so much clearer. Happiness, love, and everything you can't have, I got 'em." Alicia answered.
" Does that make you better or worse than me?" Voldemort asked.
" That makes me your equal. That makes you the same. Some would say worse, but you always thought you were better or worse, how about equal." Alicia said.
" Honest to a fault." Voldemort said, surveying her. Alicia withdrew her wand and Voldemort laughed, " What are you going to do with that?"
" What's right." Alicia said, shouting, " Sectrusempra!" and a light cut through a tree! " Ahhh, not afraid to kill." Voldemort said.
Alicia waved her wand again and shouted, " Petrificus Totalus!" and a jet of light flew by Voldemort as he pulled his wand from his robes.
" You are formidable." Voldemort said. " Crucio!" Voldemort shouted.
" Protego!" Alicia shouted, deflecting, " I learned, from the best."
" Dumbledore was a hack!" Voldemort sneered.
Alicia chuckled, " Harry." she said, waving her wand again. " Too bad he'll be dead soon." Voldemort said, sending a jinx flying at her.
Alicia blocked it.
" Like poor Nympho..." Voldemort said.
" Tonks?" Alicia said emptily. Alicia hesitated and Voldemort raised his wand and sent a blinding light at her and she was spiraling. Alicia fell to the ground, hitting the street of Nintodra Way, where she had lived for quite some time with her adoptive sister. Alicia immediately got up and looked around. She noticed that her coat was missing. She shook her head, noticing that her hair was now down and around her shoulders and she looked around, noticing the surroundings. There was a stop, then a breath and then Alicia began to run as she heard sounds around the street, but noticed not a single light was on. As she got a block away, she stopped. She looked around, trying to guess where everyone had gone.
Voldemort: YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY! I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE BRAVE, GALLIANT KNIGHT THIS TIME!
Alicia looked down and then back and took a deep breath, then walked up the street, feeling an intense sense of danger. She had her wand out forward, ready for an attack. She stopped only when Voldemort Apparated in front of her. " Did you think you could kill Lord Voldemort? Did you think that you and your mudblood friends were going to just save the day?!" Voldemort said softly, but it echoed through the lane.
Alicia looked up. It began to hail.
Although Voldemort continued to boast and brag, Alicia found herself look up. Seeing signs that snow was coming and she remembered Dumbledore and Harry and her kids. In a flash, all her memories came to her, all the fleeting moments that she and Harry had stolen away from Hermoine and Ron by the lake. The life she had lived was a tragic one, but a happy one. " Aren't you a half-breed?" Alicia asked, " You seriously never get tired of hearing yourself talk, huh?"
Voldemort stopped, mid-sentence and though Alicia couldn't see his face, she saw the back of his head squirm and he turned quickly and blue light hit Alicia, who was sent flying backwards! Alicia found herself on her back, again. Then she sat up and stood in time to be hoisted up in the air! Voldemort Apparated behind her, flipping his wand and causing her to fly across the way and back again as she landed on her head! " Are you ready to die?" Voldemort asked, with a wicked grin.
Alicia panted as she looked at him. She raised her wand and waved it, causing a white light to shimmer from the end and Voldemort looked as if he was about to retch.
" I do this, so Harry can win. So we can win. You are blinded." Alicia said quickly. " I will not let you do this anymore, I walk head long into my next life, loving others as they have loved me!" Alicia shrieked. " As much as you kill and murder, I love you." Alicia said simply, " As long as your blood runs through my veins, as long as my mere memory is alive, I love you. And I forgive you." she sobbed. " ENOUGH!" Voldemort screamed, summoning swords. Alicia ducked under the blade of his sword and shielded herself with a sword. She twirled around in time to stop his sword again and tried to impale him, but missed and as both their swords hit against each other, they flew from each other's hands. Alicia immediately reared back and punched Voldemort in the face, causing him to stumble, then he looked away at the wand, which flew to his hand. " It is over." Voldemort said, raising his wand, " Any last words?"
Alicia stood in the middle of the street, alone, " I love you, daddy." she said as the burst of green light illuminated her body! She flew back against the street and skid to a stop. She didn't move, at all. She was gone, forever. If you wish to know what happened to Harry and the gang, please read the last book. If you didn't, you might not get this, the final chapter, of Americann Potter. Nineteen Years later...
Harry Potter found himself inside the old cottage, looking around for something. Alicia had long died and he was happily married to Ginny with three kids, additional to the two he had with Alicia. Hermoine and Ron had had two kids also, but they had all gone to Hogwarts, all except the last little girl, Lily.
" Hello." Harry Potter shouted into the house. Angelica and James came bustling down the stairs.
" DAD!" Angelica said, jovially.
Angelica ran over and hugged him, then he hugged James.
" Did the kids get to Hogwarts alright?" Angelica asked, " I know Jaime was really excited to be going back and he was telling Albus tales." she said.
" I know Hogwarts hasn't changed that much since we were there." James smirked, hugging his father.
" Well, it was only a two years ago." Harry Potter smiled.
" Sit, do you want something to drink, dad?" Angelica asked.
" No." Harry said, sitting on the couch.
" So, why are you here?" James asked, sitting beside him. " I would like to talk about your mother, since it was nineteen years agos today." Harry said.
Angelica and James were silent, then they smiled.
Angelica smiled at him, " Aunt Hermoine's idea?" Angelica asked.
" No, mine." Harry smiled warmly.
Angelica stared out the window, " She died for us." Harry nodded, " Then that's all we should know."
" Are you sure?" Harry asked.
" Yes." James said.
" I do have one question, how'd she help?" Angelica asked.
Harry looked up at her, " It's not important." he smiled.
" What is important?" James asked. Harry looked at Angelica, " You have her eyes." then turned to James, " You have her smile." he said warmly.
Angelica smiled and looked out the window.
" Whose bloody eyes are these, then?!" James joked.
" Your grandmother's." Harry said.
But while the men were talking, Angelica had drifted off, beyond the window or the hill or the town below. She had seen lightning. Just one strike in the snow, one lowly strike. But that one strike was magnificent and blessed. From there, her mind ran to her mother and the reflection she saw, the eyes were her mothers, staring back at her. Then she really was there. Always.
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5 Comment(s) posted so far
On Jul 27, 2007 atangki wrote:
Very nice!
On Jul 27, 2007 Linuxete wrote:
Nice story
On Jul 29, 2007 merave wrote:
Not bad
On Jul 30, 2007 spacemouse wrote:
Good story. Thanks for sharing.
On Sep 18, 2007 JLounge wrote:
Great story!