My take on the majorly overdone but the brilliant idea of what would have happened if Lily and James had survived that night in 1981

Disclaimer: I dont own Harry Potter, J.K Rowling does.


What Should Have Happened

Sirius was putting away the things from the last meeting. He would have to send a letter to James and Lily; he didn't see the point as it would be just like the last one: no change. They were no closer to catching Voldemort than they were eleven years ago. He looked out the window and saw the muggle children running around playing and trick or treating. That should be Harry's life; not being cooped up in a house all day. His eyes glanced over the last letter Lily had sent him and the picture of Harry on his new broom. He wished he could have been there for his Godson's birthday.

Lily had said that James was feeling restless. Sirius felt sorry for him. James had never been one to stay in the house all day, let alone all year. True it was necessary but he knew he would never be able to do it.

It was almost mid – night and he had planned to go to bed as he had to get up at six in the morning to get to work. He had opened the door of his bedroom when he remembered something. No one had been to check up on Peter for the past week. Immediately he apparated to Peter's hide out.

He went to knock on the door but something made him stop. He felt very uneasy. So instead he walked straight into the house. The uneasy feeling just got worse as he saw no one was there.

"Wormtail? Wormtail where are you?" this isn't good, Sirius disapparated. He couldn't believe it. Peter was the spy? No there had to be another explanation. With a crack he appeared in a small village where muggles were celebrating Halloween, Godrics Hallow. He ran to the Potter's cottage and slammed the door open.

James came sprinting out into the hall; his expression was one of pure shock.

"Sirius what in bloody Merlin are you doing here?"

"You need to get out of here; take Lily and Harry and go somewhere safe." James face changed from shock to confusion.

"Sirius?" the two men turned to see a woman with a waterfall of long dark red hair and startling green eyes, holding a small dozing child with a tuff of jet black hair. If his eyes had been open he would have had the same startling eyes as his mother. Lily's kind twinkling eyes were full of worry.

"You need to get going, Voldemort might be here at any minute."

"That's not possible, the fidlius charm. . . Peter would – Peter would never – "Lily's face donned one of understanding. Peter's guilty looks when he was late for meetings, becoming more and more quiet as weeks went by.

"How can you be sure? Wormtail would never betray us" argued James; he always saw the best in his friends.

"He's not in his hide out."

"That could mean anything."

"James, I don't want to take the risk." Lily who had stayed silent through James' and Sirus' argument sounded panicky. James looked at Lily and she gave him a pleading look. As if to emphasise her point, harry woke up and after spotting Sirius, started to try to free himself from his mother's arms to fling himself at his Godfather. Lily handed Harry to Sirius and turned to her husband.

"I know you don't want to believe Peter would do this to us. I don't either and Sirius' suspensions might be wrong, but do you really want to take the chance?"

James sighed in defeat. "Okay, okay. Let's go." Lily ran upstairs to get the a few things for Harry and within a few minutes every one was ready to go.

James had gone to get the pot of floo powder and Lily Sirius and Harry were waiting in the living room. Lily's voice was little more than a whisper.

"I can't believe he would do this." Lily's comment made him angry. How could Peter do this? He was meant to keep them safe.

"He still might not have done anything." James had come back into the room." So where are we going to go?"

Dumbledore"" Sirius answered immediately and with so much conviction it made the two look at him startled. "You can't go to the my house, everyone thinks I'm your secret keeper so you're going to have to talk to Dumbledore"

James nodded and ushered Lily to the fireplace. Sirius tried to give Harry to Lily but he started to wail and clung to him.

"It's okay little man; you'll see Uncle Padfoot again soon." With that Sirius gave him to Lily and she and a sniffling Harry stepped into the fire."

"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" Lily shouted and then the two were gone. James and Sirius looked at each other for a long moment. James sighed again and was about to step into the fire when suddenly the front door was blasted open.


A/N So what did you think? Should I continue? Review please!