Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
I really recommend listening to the song while reading this. They have it on www.launch. think you have to be a yahoo member to use it though. Anyway, the song is called Untitled, by Simple Plan.
If anyone sort of doesn't get what's going on here or want to know what I was thinking when I was writing this, check my bio. I'm going to post it there right after I post this story.
(As the music starts to play we see James and Lily's house in ruins. There's still smoke rising from the rubble. When the singing starts, it goes to Sirius, sitting in a dark cell, leaning against the wall, the moon making him a silhouette).
I
open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I
can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here
tonight
Sirius banged his head on the wall.
"I can't believe it. Peter. Peter Pettigrew did this. This," he said to the air, and gestured around the tiny cell.
And
I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I
can't stand the pain
"James," Sirius whispered. "I know you're there somewhere. We'll see each other soon, pal. It'll be like old times again. Just you and me. We'll pull pranks and laugh about them after. We'll come – come up with ways to get our dream girls to notice us."
How
could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I've got no where
to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of
this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
"They'll all forget about me, you know. It'll be in the papers for a while, but then everyone will forget my name. They'll forget I was ever alive. I'll just be taking up space in the memories they don't know about. Everyone has memories they don't realize they have, you know."
Everybody's
screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I'm
slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start
this over again
"They all think I really did it, though. They really do think I betrayed you and Lily. I would never do that – you know that, Prongs."
So
I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't
explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've
done
No I can't
"It is my fault though. I made you switch to Peter – if it weren't for me you never would have done that. And he never would have been able to betray you and set me up. I'm scared though. James, I'm really scared. I know I'll end up going insane…everyone does. But I'll think back to the time when we were carefree and innocent. All of us. You, me, Moony, and Peter. Lily too. We had some good times with her and her friends."
How
could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I've got no where
to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of
this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
"The ones who do remember me though…they'll all hate me now, won't they? They'll all be convinced I did it. They'll think that I tried to set Peter up. But it was the opposite – you know that, right Prongs?"
I made my mistakes
I've got no
where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm
sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How
could this happen to me
He looks around the tiny cell in wonder. "Things have been pretty bad for us lately, haven't they? But don't worry – it will all get better. It will all get better, Prongs."