The Black prophecy #37

Chapter 37: Chronicles of life and death part I

Blurry, that’s how Harry’s vision felt right now as he opened his eyes, little by little, he thought that maybe his glasses were on the floor but as he searched for them, little by little he regained his normal vision.

The interesting thing it’s that he was in a beautiful field with a bright sun and a beautiful river flowing, on the river, there was a bridge, Harry was about to cross it as he was curious about it, but then, something happened, it was a loud stretching sound.

He was surprised to see on his knees, a man with dark hair, but he was giving Harry his back.

- Don’t worry about him… But I don’t think that you should cross this bridge – Harry was startled again as behind him he felt another voice, it belonged to a female.

Harry turned his head little by little and then, he was stunned at the sight in front of him, he had seen her before in pictures, with her beautiful long red hair, her beautiful smile and of course, her eyes, those emerald eyes that many people had said he has too, he could swear that the person in front of him was his mother.

Harry couldn’t do more than fall on his knees as he watched the red-haired woman smiling at him, the tears didn’t wait too long to fall.

- M-Mom? – Asked Harry, not truly believing what his eyes were seeing.

- Yes Harry… She’s your mother – Harry heard the voice of the male that he had seen before and when he looked at him, the younger man was surprised.

He looked like a carbon copy of himself, except for his eyes. They both looked very young, he remembered that die died in their twenties.

- We are your parents Harry… - The man walked towards the red-haired woman and he embraced her.

Harry gulped as he looked at them, they were looking at Harry funnily, he didn’t know what to say until he realized something.

- Wait… If I can see you then… That means… That I – Harry mumbled as he got back to his feet.

The green-eyed man suddenly remembered what happened a few moments ago, he had been attacked by the mysterious man, but he didn’t even say the spell but it seems like it was a lethal curse.

- I am dead – Harry finally realized.

Something broke inside him, he didn’t know how to feel, the first thing that came to his mind was the image of the Black sisters and Nymphadora, he covered his face with his hands, but his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the loud stretch that he heard once he got back to his senses.

Harry’s father quickly got back to where he was and Harry looked at him, but there was an awful sight in front of him, there was some kind of humanoid creature, but looked like a baby with grey skin and a horrible face with red eyes, it reminded him of a mini version of Voldemort.

- Come on, just die! – Said James before he took out a knife and finally stabbed the creature's heart with it.

The creature's sounds got louder and louder until it was finally wrapped in a green light that turned into a green flame that covered its entire body, James looked at the sight with an angry expression.

- It’s time for you to finally get to where you belong… GO TO HELL VOLDEMORT! – James mumbled finally the flame’s form changed into the form of the face of the creature.

Harry watched the sight curiously before he felt his mother embracing him from behind, after the creature finally disappeared, his father finally joined them.

- I’m sure that you have a lot of questions Harry and I don’t blame you, this was weird even for me – James told him.

- Yes… Did you call him Voldemort? – James nodded at Harry’s question.

- Yes Harry… That thing here, it was a piece of Voldemort’s soul… A Horcrux – Harry gulped after he heard that, he already knew about that magic but not even in his wildest dreams he could have imagined that inside him there was a part of the dark wizard's soul.

Seeing the way he reacted, his mother hugged him and placed his head between her big breasts.

- Harry… Don’t worry, that thing already disappeared, that thing inside you was the only way on which for him to get back to life – Lily said and the surprises didn’t seem to end.

- But… I guess, that my life’s over, I’m dead – Harry said in a sad tone.

- Well, that just depends on you Harry, do you see that bridge? – James asked him and he nodded – That bridge is the link between life and death – James embraced his wife.

- You can come with us if you want… Or you can go back to… You know? – Lily didn’t know how to tell him.

- Yes, go back to your harem! – James placed a hand on Harry’s shoulder – I’m so proud of you… My son, you surpassed the expectations I had on you! – With each word that James said, Lily was getting angrier and angrier.

- Shut up James… Listen, Harry, not everything is as it seems like, so, keep helping Andy, Bella, and Cissy – Harry nodded – I must admit that I was a little against this whole deal but… They’re not that bad, If I didn’t die I’m sure that I would have arranged a marriage between one of them – Lily winked at him.

- Really? – James was surprised by what she said.

- Of course… They were good friends and I trust them to keep my baby in line – Lily rolled her eyes.

Harry laughed at the way his parents interacted, he wanted to stay here forever, to chat with them, James sighed before he looked seriously at his son.

- Son, there are some things I want to tell you – Harry gulped after he heard the tone that his father was using.

- Yes dad? – Harry was nervous but still, was eager to hear what his father was going to tell him.

- First of all, I want to say that… I’m proud of you, of everything that you had done, the fact that you never give up and you don’t let yourself be defeated by anything – Harry couldn’t help but smile as he heard his father’s words – I know that you might feel that we’re rushing things but… I’m not sure how much time we have here – Harry did something unexpected, he hugged his father as tight as he could, and the older man couldn’t help but smile and returned the gesture.

When they separated, Harry felt weird, as if some kind of lift had been dropped from his shoulders.

- There’s another thing I want to ask you, Harry… Please, I want you to tell Andromeda, Bellatrix, Narcissa, and especially Sirius… That it’s not their fault – Harry was a little confused – It’s not their fault that we died, nobody could have guessed that Peter was going to sell us to Voldemort – James looked at the ground a little sad before he was embraced by his wife.

- Yes Harry… Just like your father said, tell them that, you may have not noticed, but all of them carry the guilt of our deaths, and even after almost twenty years, they still hadn’t forgiven themselves – Harry was surprised to hear that.

He knew that the Black family and his parents were good friends and that’s why they picked him up, but he didn’t imagine that they would carry that guilt over their shoulders, he felt like a jerk right now, for not noticing it before.

They were in pain and he didn’t make the effort to understand them, seeing that Harry hadn’t said anything, both parents looked at each other with smiles on their faces.

- Harry… It’s not your fault either – Harry tried to fake ignorance after those words came out from his mother’s mouth.

- Don’t try to deny it, we know how you feel – James said and Harry gulped – I know it because… I was like you, always feeling guilty about other people’s decisions but that in some way was related to him.

- Well, it seems like I can’t lie to you… I always regretted that my birth was the cause of your death and I’m sorry for that – Harry tried to apologize but his parents stopped him.

- Harry… Never, please, never apologize for being born – Lily cupped his cheeks and he nodded – Carrying you inside me… Was the most amazing experience I could have had during my life and I’m glad that we both gave our lives so you could live yours – Harry’s eyes started to water.

- That’s the way things work Harry, I’m sorry, we’re parents and that’s our nature – James smiled at him – The strong defend the weak, and it’s a natural law that parents have to go before their children – Harry couldn’t contain himself anymore.

He jumped towards them and embraced them as some tears were escaping from his eyes, his parents looked sympathetically at him, they hugged him back.

- You have done well my son… - Lily mumbled.

- We love you, never forget that – James said.

They kept embracing each other for some time, as neither of them wanted to separate, this was a moment that the three of them dreamed of doing for a long time.

- Harry… - Mumbled Lily as she caressed Harry’s cheek – I want you to tell Bella that… I miss her, I miss all of them but I spent more time with Bella… Tell her that if it wasn’t for James… I wouldn’t have minded being with her – Harry was surprised to hear that.

He imagined himself in a scenery where he has two mothers, Lily and Bellatrix, he nodded.

- I knew it… I guess I can consider myself lucky – James joked and Harry laughed, Lily just rolled her eyes.

- Don’t get jealous, even when Bella comes here there won’t be anything between us as she’s going to become one of my daughters in law… I’m sure about that – Lily winked at Harry.

The younger man couldn’t help but blush after he heard his mother’s words, both of his parents laughed at his reaction.

- You really got yourself into a mess son… Amongst the pureblood society, Andy, Bella, and Cissy were considered the most beautiful witches of their time, but many were scared of them – James laughed – And you… You managed to make the three of them happy – James shook his head proudly.

- Trust me… I still find it hard to believe that both of them want to be with me – Harry said as he sighed.

- Don’t doubt son… After all you have the famous Potter charm that makes witches from the Black family fall for us – Lily looked angrily at her husband – Well, my mother was from that family and also, many of our ancestors, you know how that thing works… A lot of weird connections – James sighed, trying to save himself from getting killed again by his wife.

- As you can see Harry… Some people become more idiots after they die, just look at your father – Harry laughed at his mother’s words and James just rolled his eyes – But he’s right… Marrying multiple women isn’t as weird as it sounds like, it was the norm for many centuries due to the many wars that happened in the wizarding world, and add that to that the fact that it’s hard for a magical male baby to be born compared to the female counterpart, just look at Andy, Bella and Cissy’s line… No male in decades – Harry nodded after he heard that – In fact, I was working on a thesis about that… - Harry looked at his father trying to escape from the lecture that they were about to receive, but the older man just looked sympathetically at him.

They talked for some time, until finally, the time to be separated or to be together finally come, Harry had to make a choice, they were at the entrance of the bridge.

- So… What do you choose Harry? Do you want to come back or do you want to come with us? – Asked Lily while extending her hand for him to grab her.

Harry didn’t know what to do, he wanted to spend more time with his parents, but he also wanted to go back with his favorite girls, Harry was about to touch Lily’s hand before he finally stopped himself and closed his hand.

- I’m sorry… Mom, Dad, I want to spend more time with you, but… Some people need me back there, I need to help them to break that curse – Harry said and both of his parents smiled at him.

- Don’t be sorry son… That’s the best decision you could have made, actually if you hadn’t retreated I would have pushed you back – James smiled at him – You have done many things with them… You might even have already gotten them… Uh, you know… Pregnant! – Harry couldn’t help but blush after he heard that – So, you can’t be a coward, you need to go back with them and take care of them, just like a real man should do – James placed a hand on his shoulder.

- Can you give me some advice? At some point I’ll become a father, but, can you tell me anything I should do? – His parents looked strangely at him before they laughed.

- There’s isn’t an exact answer to that Harry, as raising a child depends on a lot of circumstances, my advice is… Be the father that you always wanted to have – Lily touched his cheek.

- You could ask Sirius more about me and you will get an idea – James smiled at him and Harry nodded.

- And overall… Don’t doubt Harry, be sure of your decisions and remember to be gentle – Harry nodded.

- Thank you – Harry said before hugging them for the last time.

The bright sun that was before was starting to glow brighter and brighter.

- It’s time for us to go Harry – James said before taking his wife’s hand.

- Don’t forget that we love you… Now, get back with them! They’re waiting for you! Once the time comes we would reunite again! – Lily told him before she kissed his cheeks.

- I love you too… Bye – Harry finally managed to run away from the bridge, he didn’t know why, but he couldn’t help but follow the bright sun and he was getting close to it.

Back to the temple!

- Harry… Please baby! – Said Narcissa on the verge of tears as she studied Harry’s body – I don’t feel a pulse! – Her tears were already falling.

Andy and Bellatrix tried to suppress their sadness as they pointed their wands towards the mysterious man.

- This is a test for him… If he survives, then, he's worthy of being with you! – Said the man.

- He’s already dead… But soon, you’ll be too! – Threatened Andy.

They were about to attack him when they heard a sound that made them feel happy, Harry was moaning as he was getting back to his senses, Narcissa couldn’t believe what her eyes were seeing.

- So… It finally happened – Said the mysterious man catching their attention.

The Black sisters and Harry looked at the mysterious man whose body was changing, he got out of his cloak and when the transformation finally ended, they were surprised to see an older man, no older than sixty, but that wasn’t the reason why they were staring at him.

It was the fact that he had messy Black hair, piercing green eyes, and a scar with the form of a thunderbolt on his forehead, they didn’t know what was going on right now.