The Root of Evil

I

At the night of July 31st 1980, a piercing scream was heard in a private room at St. Mungo's. Inside lay a lady with healers surrounding and working to the best of their abilities. This lady is Lily Potter nee Evans and she just birthed a baby boy moments ago—his name was Harry Jameson Potter and everything was perfectly fine; Lily got through the birthing process and was even conscious at the very end, but just as quick the happy moments were, the bad came in. Harry was normal at first look. He had a healthy body shape and had pale but still normal skin; all of the limbs intact and had a soft truffle of black hair on his head. But when one does look closer, they would notice that the baby had facial features so beautiful and delicate that it would make one wonder if the child was even human. It was amazing and at the same time disconcerting. Then, after a period of time, a fact was noticed, 'Why did little Harry not cry yet?'. Realization kicked in and healers scrambled like mad trying to find out the source of the baby's condition. Papers were tossed, backup doctors called, and even the Albus Dumbledore summoned. It was utter chaos!

Thankfully, Mercy from the God's came in when a startling sound from the 'bang' of a wand echoed, successfully stopping disaster momentarily and there where the sound came from stood Albus Dumbledore with James Potter and Sirius Black behind him trailing like lost puppies. The Ancient Professor looked stern and walked calmly to the not crying infant, inspecting young Harry with a critical eye. After a few tense silent moments, Albus spoked with a surprised and at the same time calculative voice,

"It seems that young Harry is alive, though as unsettling it may seem to not see an infant cry as to their arrival to this world, it is not entirely impossible and in this case, there is an explanation behind it. So I must ask all the healers to leave this room for a few moments so I can clarify a few important things to their worried parents."

At the last statement in the rather long conclusion Albus made, people around the room, especially the lead healers rang protests saying that it would be better if the condition of little Harry was at least made known to one of the staffs of St. Mungo's. It would be good if a professional healer is made known to such peculiar occurrences so if it were to happen again they would know what to do, arguments like those rang throughout the room with more people speaking and voice levels rising.

Unfortunately, instead of helping and reassuring the Potter family, comments like those only worried them and after Lily --already holding her temper for a long time since the starting of her child's birth-- saw a healer get too close to her son, she just lost every amount of restraint and occlumency shield she had hiding her ire.

"Would everyone just shut up in the name of Merlin?!" the beautiful red-headed female screeched while coddling little Harry close to her chest. "James and I are the parents of our son and if anybody should decide what would happen at this moment, it should be us!" Lily finished with a slight pant to her breath. Her aching body already tolling down on her strength.

At the loud and rather bold words the lady Potter spoke, healers bowed their heads in shame and one by one, the St. Mungo's staff albeit reluctantly left the room, leaving only Albus, James, and Sirius standing over where Lily and Harry laid.

"You too Sirius", Lily said with a sigh. "Albus told all of us that we as the parents of Harry are the only ones privy to hear this, it is of utmost secrecy." she continued with a guilty looking face and a tired voice.

"I understand Lily, if Albus does say it is truly important, I shall leave. I can only hope the best for you, Prongs, and Prongslet." Sirius accepted with a sad but understanding smile and without further word, left the room leaving slight awkward silence.

When the Lord of house Black went out of the room, as if on cue, the baby Potter gave a startled quite choke -- though it could still be heard for the silence of the room was deafening when Sirius left -- this, of course, caught the immediate attention of the adult witch and wizards. They stared at the baby in the baby in awe and with slight worry. However much James and Lily Potter wanted to hug and spoil Harry, now was not the time for they had much-pressing matters to discuss with Dumbledore and with a loud clearing of voice from James, Albus spoke: