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Death is collecting Lily and James Potter, he brings them before Lady Magic.
James looks around, “Where are we?”
Lily looks at the woman, “Who are you?”
“You are dead,” Death shows them their corpses, “Voldemort killed you and you are in the viewing room.”
“I am Lady Magic,” she looks into their dark souls, “I am here to show you the consequences of your actions and inactions.” She never ventured into their world, the world they came from is one of the darkest worlds she has ever seen.
“What do you mean?” Lily sees a window appear, she sees Albus put Harry on a doorstep. A few hours later, Petunia opens the door. “NO!”
“Albus knows we don’t want Harry to be raised by her!” James is furious, “How could he?”
“Because Albus doesn’t care about you or Harry.” She looks at them, “He is not the saint you believe him to be.” They will find out soon enough what kind of person Albus is.
“Do something!” Lily can’t believe Albus would do this.
“No. This is part of your punishment. Harry has to pay for your sins.” Lady Magic snaps her fingers and they are gone until next time.
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“Help him!” James has to watch Harry being raped by Vernon. His son is only four years old. Harry is crying and screaming.
“No.” Lady Magic looks at James, “Harry’s suffering is your doing.”
Lily is crying, “He is just a child.”
“I know.”
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“How can you stand by and let this happen?” James is crying, Dudley and Vernon are raping Harry. He is now eight years old.
“Because this is his fate,” Lady Magic looks at Lily, “You two cast the dice that lead to this.”
“What did we do?” Lily doesn’t know what they did for her son to deserve this. She covers her ears, unable to stomach his cries for help. She hates Albus for putting Harry with them and never checking up on him. She had to watch Petunia beat her son almost to death too many times.
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James is relieved, Harry is at Hogwarts where he is safe from being raped. Until he watches his son almost die at Voldemort’s hand and Albus doing nothing and sitting by to watch Harry put his life on the line. He curses Albus! Harry is not some savior! He is furious when Albus sends Harry back to his relatives despite Harry begging him to stay at Hogwarts.
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“Oh god,” Lily vomits. She watched a professor rape Harry and than obliviate him, “Help him. Please.” She starts to beg, “I will do anything. Please stop this!”
“No.” Lady Magic looks at her, “You didn’t help Severus when he was bullied and assaulted by James and Sirius. You had more than one opportunity to speak up but you chose to remain silent about the abuse you saw. You could have helped him but did nothing.” She shows her the memory of James assaulting Severus and him lashing out at Lily, calling her a mudblood. “You refused his apology and turned your back on him. He lashed out at you and he was remorseful and begged for your forgiveness but you were too petty to accept him. You were quick to turn your back on him once he was sorted into Slytherin.”
“I am sorry.” Lily can’t believe this is all her fault.
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James is hugging Sirius, “I am sorry you died. I wish you could have stayed.” He tells him what Harry has been through.
“Why did Harry never say anything to me?” Sirius wants to go back and strangle Albus. “I would have helped him.”
“I don’t know. Lady Magic says this is all our fault.” Lily is hugging herself, “She won’t help him.” She breaks down crying, she has yet to tell James it is all her fault.
“Where is she?” Sirius will give her a piece of his mind.
“How did you die?”
“I discovered Peter was alive, and I broke out of Azkaban. Peter broke into Grimmauld Place and killed me in my sleep.” He looks at James, “Harry is so much like you. I am sorry I failed you both.”
“I forgive you.”
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James is furious, Harry’s life at Hogwarts has been marred with near death experiences and false friends. It didn’t take him long to figure out that Ron and Hermione are false friends and only using him. And Albus! That evil man is using Harry as a pawn in his chess game. At least his son won the triwizard tournament a few months ago. But to allow a blood quill to be used on students? That is unforgivable! Albus really doesn’t care about his students. He watches through the window again and feels sick, Albus is forcing Harry into having sex with Slughorn to get a memory. He has to look away when Harry just lies there and just takes it. The empty haunted look will never leave him.
Sirius hugs James, they can’t keep watching this.
“Are you happy?”
James growls at Lady Magic, “Of course I am not happy! My son is being used and abused and you are doing nothing!”
“Why should I do something? You are the reason Severus Snape and Remus Lupin are dead!” She stands taller, her full power emitting from her, “You had the chance to warn Severus about going into the shack and save his life, but you kept silent and were laughing with Black about teaching Snape a lesson,” she looks at James and Sirius, “Because of you two, Severus and Remus are dead! You cared more about getting one up on Severus than your friend! And worse! You kept silent and let anyone believe Remus was a vicious monster.”
“WHAT?” Lily is shocked, “Please tell me this is not true!”
Lady Magic shows her the memory of that fateful day, “They were laughing afterwards. Happy that Severus was dead,” she looks angrily at them, “Severus was supposed to protect Harry and save him. You took that from him.” She is mad, “You killed two of my favorite children!”
Lily walks over to James and Sirius, she slaps them hard, “This is your fault!”
“Don’t put the blame solely on them. You also did your fair share when Severus asked you for sanctuary and you denied him.” Lady Magic shows them their sins, “You disgust me.”
Lily can’t even look at James, “I hate you.”
James snorts, “Don’t tell me you care about Snivellus.”
“At least he was honest and not a liar.”
“He was evil,” Sirius feels no remorse, “He never would have saved Harry. He would have killed Harry. All Slytherins are evil.”
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Lily is celebrating, Voldemort is dead. Her son killed him. Hopefully now life will be better for him. But she is only kidding herself, life for Harry doesn’t change. She watches him marry that harlot Ginny, who is only after the money. She knows that girl has been using love potions on her son. Not that she can do anything. She is disgusted when Ginny lets others have their way with Harry for money. “I am so sorry Harry.”
James is furious when he sees most of the Weasleys and Albus spent the Potter fortune. He watches his son become a shell of himself the longer his life goes on. He hates that Lady Magic is not interfering.
Sirius has to look away when Harry gets on the bed for a new customer. This is wrong.
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Harry’s has reached his breaking point. He plans on meeting with the goblins, he wants to be his own man and not a puppet anymore. Pansy revealed some harsh truths to him. He looks at the sky, “Why is this happening to me?”
“Because of your parents.”
“Who are you?” He looks at the small child, there is something different about her.
“I am Lady Magic. You are suffering because of your parents’ inactions and actions.”
Harry starts to cry, “Why? I didn’t deserve to be raped and beaten.”
“No, you didn’t. Sadly, you have to suffer the consequences.”
“What did they do that was so bad?” Harry only heard good things about his parents.
Lady Magic shows him all the foul deeds, “You are also being punished for your godfather’s actions.”
Harry breaks down crying, “It’s not fair.”
“No it is not but this is your fate. I could have helped you but I didn’t.”
“Why not?”
“Because even in the afterlife, your parents and godfather refuse to seek out the people they hurt and apologize. They could have sought out their victims and shown remorse but they didn’t. Your mother says she is sorry but they are just empty words. Your godfather is not sorry, nor is your father.” She sighs, “I am sorry but even I cannot change fate. They killed your soulmate and that is a grave crime against magic.”
“Soulmate?”
“He was supposed to save you.” She leaves him, knowing Harry will never be free.
James has been watching, “I will apologize to Snivellus.”
“It’s too late,” Lady Magic shakes her head, “And you only want to apologize to help your son, not because you are sorry.”
James says nothing because it is true, “I don’t want to see more.”
“That is not your choice. You will have to watch Harry’s suffering through to the bitter end.”
“You are cruel.”
“Yes.” Lady Magic leaves him and meets Death, “Kill this world.”
Death nods and pushes a button, in half a century this world will be gone.