Immediately Lily started to perform chest compressions like she had been taught in primary school.
"What are you doing?" Confused James halted in his frantic shaking of Sirius' body when he saw her movements.
"Trying to start his heart again. In the Muggle world we use paddles with electricity to get a heart to start again when it stops."
"Elec...that's like high voltage through the body, right?" James asked trying to understand through his panic, knowing it might help save Sirius.
"Yes."
"Move away," James ordered as he raised his wand.
There was something in his voice that made Lily listen immediately, moving moments before he spoke.
"Crucio!"
For a second time in mere minutes Lily's breathe stocked as the Unforgivable Curse slammed into Sirius' unresponsive body.
She bit her lip as James cast the curse repeatedly at Sirius, knowing it was described as a thousand needles being stabbed through your body at high speed. Technically it would have the same effect as being electrocuted.
Though she herself had never experienced the pain due to sheer luck, she wished with her entire being that James' desperate action would work like he intended it to.
Even if Sirius would be in considerable pain afterwards, it would be worth it if it meant he would be alive.
She had gotten him into his situation. If she hadn't had that rare virus he would never have offered to perform the spell and wouldn't be in this horrible condition right now.
Discover moreFan fiction communityBooksMobile fanfiction appMobile app developmentCrossover storiesSuddenly Sirius gasped and coughed weakly and James didn't waste any time and began to try and heal the damage before his heart would stop again.
Lily made an attempt to move to Sirius' side but James' voice stopped her.
"I need your help; he's bleeding too severely for me to keep up with it and I don't dare to vanish even more blood."
"Right."
Grabbing her wand, Lily moved to join him, swallowing thickly as she could now see the exact extent of the damage the baby had done inside of Sirius and the true amount of blood he had lost for the first time as most had pooled underneath him.
Forcing the bile rising away, she set to work to use her limited knowledge of healing spells to help James heal the internal organs the baby had ripped apart in his attempt to break through the magical womb, forcing them back into place.
The magic lingering in him made it difficult to work and she was sweating by the time they were finally able the knit the last piece of skin together, even James looked fatigued and he was far more used to using these kind of charms than she was.
Shrugging out of his pyjama jacket, James vanished the blood all around Sirius before carefully raising his unresponsive body and slipping it around him to try and give him some warmth back.
And although Sirius' heart hadn't stopped again, he gave no reaction to James' presence and it had probably more to do with some unconscious desire to make him comfortable that James pulled his underpants completely up again before covering him with the cleaned blanket than it had to do with Lily, but she couldn't help but smile faintly at the action.
"Go take care of harry, I've got him from here," now that Sirius wasn't actively dying any more, James seemed to have gotten enough of a grip on himself again to take charge, even though his shaking hands betrayed how shaken he still was.
"Are you sure?" Lily wanted nothing more than to see and touch her baby for the first time, but she was also terrified Sirius would suddenly stop breathing if she dared to turn her back.
"Go, comfort him. There's nothing more that you can do for Siri right now," James assured and nodding, Lily moved to where the soft wails were coming from.
James had hurriedly wrapped him into Sirius' pyjama pants; which had probably been the only piece of fabric not covered in blood and she carefully adjusted the legs a little to cover the baby up more warmly before picking him up.
A wide smile spread over her lips, even as tears fell down once again. Though this time they were of happiness as she held her baby against her.
Discover moreAnimeCreative writing coursesMobile app subscriptionComicsApp store marketing"Hello there," she whispered as she got her first good look at him; taking in the patch of dark hair that she just knew would grow into a disastrous mess. Using one of the pant legs to carefully wipe some blood from his tiny face, she let her fingers slide over his nose and cheeks as he cried.
"You are so beautiful, absolutely perfectly beautiful," she continued to whisper to him, his weight feeling absolutely right in her arms. "I'm your Mummy and your Daddy is over there with your godfather. They aren't able to come say hello to you right now, because you've hurt your godfather pretty badly as you tried to get out. But we'll fix him up and then you can meet him. Without him, you wouldn't be here, you know?"
Turning to James, she watched him using a torn piece from his own under shirt to try and clean the blood from Sirius with it; clearly not even aware he himself was covered in blood as well.
Picking up the water bottle, she moved back to his side so that she could help him.
"Here," putting the bottle in his hand, she paused as James immediately drenched the cloth with water before he began to almost compulsively remove as much blood as he could.
Intended to start helping him, she carefully rested the crying baby against Sirius' side and immediately he stopped crying; breaking through James' actions as he blinked at the sudden lack of sound and a small smile finally broke free on his tear stained face.
"I guess he senses the familiarity of Sirius' presence," Lily returned his smile, reaching out to brush the sweaty fringe out of Sirius' eyes, not liking how pale he was, and seeing just how much blood was still covering him, she tore a part of her nightgown.
"Yeah," his smile grew a little as he handed over the water bottle so that she could wet the torn cloth with it before using it to clean the sweat, tears and blood from Sirius' face and lips.
"How is Harry?"
"Perfectly healthy."
"You hear that? You did it," he whispered as he caressed Sirius' cheek, warming Lily's heart with the love and tenderness in his voice. "So you better be all right, too."
"Maybe we can call Tiffy? The spell is broken so magic shouldn't harm him any more, right?" feeling Sirius' icy skin, she knew he needed medical attention as they couldn't replace the blood he had lost without potions.
"I'm not sure we can afford to wait any longer for a sign of my parents, he needs medical attention. I'm not sure we managed to heal everything," reaching out to brush a hand over Harry's sleeping face softly, James smiled before taking a deep breath. "Tiffy."
They both tensed involuntarily at the loud crack, but Sirius gave no reaction to her magic at all.
Discover moreWriter communityWriting forum accessMoviesApp download campaignscookies"Master James, Sir!" the little elf sounded utterly relieved to see them. "Mistress was so worried but her attempts to contact you failed and she did not dares send Tiffy."
"Are Mum and Dad safe?"
"Manor wasn't breached, only Floo was."
Letting out a relieved breath, James reached over Sirius to pull out his small hand mirror out of his pyjama pocket.
"Oh no, Master Sirius," Tiffy exclaimed as she spotted Sirius and she rushed forward to tenderly fold her small fingers around his wrist. "Poor, poor sir."
Letting her fuss over Sirius, James tapped the mirror. "Potter Manor."
Immediately his mother's worried face appeared to them, breathing out relieved. "Oh James, I was so worried. Are you all safe?"
"Yeah, Tiffy says you two are as well?"
"We are back at Potter Manor. Your father checked the wards but they haven't been breached. Your house was completely trashed, though."
"How did they get past the Fidelius?" Lily asked.
"They bypassed it. Our Floo was connected to the main network and they would have realised I would be taking care of Lily during her pregnancy. They must have figured your Floo would be connected to ours and broke into the Longbottom house to use their Floo to locate the single connection to ours that wasn't connected to the entire network."
Sharing a surprised look, Lily wondered what might have happened if James and Sirius hadn't sensed something was wrong; they probably all wound have been murdered in their sleep without ever knowing how they'd gotten in.
"It's August first…" Dorea swallowed. "How…"
"Harry was born moments before the clock first struck twelve," James sighed and Lily bit back a sob as that part of the Prophecy had come true after all.
Born as the seventh month dies.
Mere moments before midnight certainly qualified as the seventh month dying and it was just one more piece leading to Harry being the one.
"He was born two hours ago? Where is Sirius, is he all right?" Dorea's voice took on a mix of panic and shock, with concern flowing through it.
"Two hours?" Lily glanced at James' watch surprised; not having realised so much time had already passed.
"He is in pretty bad shape and needs your help."
"Bring him here, right now."
"Tiffy will takes you all along, Master James," the little elf immediately spoke up as she clearly anticipated his need to stay at Sirius' side.
"You can?"
"Tiffy will be reals careful with Master Siri and Master Harry. Tiffy swears."
Nodding, James careful lifted Sirius into his arms, shifting him so that his head rested against James' shoulder and Lily tucked the blanket around him securely to keep him as warm as possible before picking Harry and the mirror up.
"We are on our way," she warned them as she held Harry securely against her and placed her free hand on Sirius' upper arm so that Tiffy could Apparate them.
Almost losing her balance upon arriving as she was not used to elf Apparition, she was more than grateful the little elf's magic kept her on her feet while she pulled Harry tighter against her to protect him.
"James!...oh no...bring him in here," faltering in her steps at the sight of Sirius, Dorea immediately gestured for them to follow her, though Lily couldn't blame her reaction.
James was covered in blood; dressed only in a pair of torn pyjama pants while carrying an incredibly pale and sickly looking Sirius and she doubted she herself looked much better.
"We'll arrive right away," she warned them securing Harry against her, placing her free hand on James' upper arm.
"What happened?" Dorea threw the blankets from the bed so that James could lower Sirius onto the bed more easily and immediately set to work, waving her wand over his body in various complicated patterns while Charlus placed a large tray with potions on the bedside table.
"The C-section didn't work; apparently the spell protected his abdomen. We couldn't cut into it so we had to cut much lower because the baby was tearing him apart from the inside, trying to get out."
"Cut much...you mean...down..." Charlus paled at James' words but he didn't seem to properly register his father's words.
"There was so much blood...I..." James suddenly burst into tears as the tension and emotions finally overwhelmed him now that Sirius was in good hands, Charlus immediately wrapped an arm around him and pulled him against his side as he wasn't foolish enough to try and take Sirius from his son's direct line of sight by hugging him completely right now.
"You did what you had to..." Charlus swallowed as he seemed to take James' reaction as confirmation so Lily quickly explained to them exactly what had happened.
"If he hadn't realised it couldn't be contractions..." Charlus shuddered, though he also looked relieved as he rubbed his son's back as James hiccupped through his tears.
"Will he be all right?" he looked up as his mother straightened after a while.
"I have every reason to believe he will be," Dorea sighed at James' piercing gaze. "I have healed what was left of the internal damage; you did marvellous with what you knew, by the way. I have given him several blood-replenishing potions through skin absorption."
Taking a breath to clean the sheets underneath Sirius from any trace of blood, she covered him with a fresh comforter, tossing the blanket they'd used to the side with James' ruined pyjama jacket.
"Why not normal potions?" Lily asked.
"Because I dare not make him swallow anything while he is unconscious," running a hand through her grey hair, Dorea straightened once more. "I cannot do much about his coldness until his blood is replenished and being pumped around more quickly, but we will cover him up with several blankets and use heating charms on them to try and get him to regain some warmth."
"Why not cover him with a blanket directly?" Lily nodded to the comforter.
"A blanket is too scratchy right now and he's always liked comforters more," James answered that. "Will he truly be all right?"
"It is likely that he will be dizzy and cold once he wakes up and it's going to take some time for him to regain his strength after such severe blood loss, even with the potions aiding him. So don't be surprised if he will only be awake for moments at a time at first," Dorea placed a hand on his shoulder. "But yes, I do believe he will be all right if he gets enough rest."
Breathing out relieved, James let himself sink onto the bed edge, taking Sirius' hand in his own.
"I will have your father retrieve a bowl of warm water and clean cloths so that you can clean him up and arrange for a clean pair of warm pyjama's to be ready," she didn't bother offering to help as she clearly knew he would want to do it himself.
"Thank you. There is someone the two of you should meet, though," James indicated to Lily with a smile and Dorea clapped her hands together in delight as she spotted the bundle in Lily's arms.
"Our grandchild," she reached out with needy hands and smiling, Lily placed the baby into her waiting arms. "Oh, are you not absolutely gorgeous."
Charlus peeked into the bundle, carefully shifting the clothing around him away a little to get a proper view. "He has the shape of your eyes, sweetheart."
"And the ears, too," Dorea added as she looked down adoringly at her grandson. "But for the rest he looks exactly like James did as a baby."
"He does," Charlus agreed, frowning as he lifted a piece of the pyjama trouser. "What is this?"
"We were out of proper wrapping so James bundled him in Sirius' pyjama trousers," Lily bit her lip at their confused gazes.
"I will check his health, though he looks utterly healthy. Where was he born?"
"Erm, a cabin where Remus apparently transformed during a sixth year vacation?"
"I will have Tiffy bring me there so we can remove any trace of your presence there in case someone might locate it. It is not likely they will ever put the pieces together, but we shouldn't take any chance," Charlus clearly knew where she meant and with a nod she glanced back at the bedroom as Dorea moved away from it.
"Don't worry; I will keep an eye on the boys. Go with your son," Charlus placed a hand on her shoulder comfortingly.
"I know...it's just...I've never seen James that terrified before," Lily wrapped her arms around herself. "There was so much blood and his heart stopped..."
"You heard Dorea; Sirius will be all right. But when it comes to Sirius, James is very overprotective. They've always shared a very special connection."
"I know," Lily let out a soft laugh. "They are so close that occasionally I cannot help but wonder if they don't secretly share a brain."
"If anyone would figure out how to do so, it would be them," Charlus huffed out a laugh and Lily turned when Dorea placed a hand on her arm; not having realised the woman had returned.
"Come," leading her with her as Charlus returned to the bedroom, she softly spoke. "They are closer than brothers and seeing Sirius hurt like this...it is the main reason we were so utterly surprised when we learned of what the three of you had done. For James to accept Sirius to put himself in such danger and agree? It's unthinkable."
Placing Harry down onto the couch, she started taking his vitals with her wand.
"He wasn't too happy when Sirius first suggested it, but in the end he agreed," Lily admitted.
"That does sound like them, yes. When we first learned the truth about Sirius' situation we were so helpless and after he ran away from that place, we swore that we would never let anything happen to him again. James swore he would always keep him safe."
Dorea paused in her examination to look up to Lily. "I have never thanked you for accepting their bond and not trying to break them apart, have I?"
"There is no reason to thank me for that. I love James; his strong unwavering bond with Sirius is the main reason why I finally began to see him as the brilliant person that he truly is. I would never want to hurt him."
"Not changing him and accepting Sirius so deeply into your marriage are two very different things."
"It's not, not really," Lily shifted. "Sirius is family and not just because of James. You know I have a sister I don't get along with; Petunia has always made me feel horrible about myself, hating me for things I could not help. Sirius is the one who gave me a sense of what a sibling truly should be like and I am very happy with him around."
She bit her lip. "He is so much a part of James' entire being...I knew what to expect when I started dating James and I cannot imagine a life without Sirius in it the way he is. I wouldn't want it any other way and he will be involved completely in raising Harry; not because I feel obligated because of what he's done, but because he belongs with us. He is my little brother, too."
It was clear that Dorea hadn't quite realised just how much Lily loved Sirius as she swallowed thickly before smiling, her eyes wet as she picked Harry up again.
"He is perfectly healthy and one very beautiful baby boy," placing a kiss on his forehead, she placed him back into Lily's arms. "I believe he is very lucky with his brilliant mother."
Clearing her throat, she rose to her feet again. "We should get you into the shower so that you can clean yourself up before we bring our boys something to eat. I expect James to be glued to that chair for however long it takes Sirius to properly heal so it might be wise to bring him some water to wash himself with as well."
"And a change of clothing," Lily agreed, knowing she was completely right in James' behaviour.