Chapter 1

"We'll be back around six" said Mr. and Mrs. Potter after breakfast. James, Lucy and Alicia Potter nodded. Sirius Black, who was staying at the Potters for the summer, nodded also. Mr. and Mrs. Potter bade goodbye, turned on the spot and apparated off to the Ministry where they worked as Aurors.

"What will we do for the day?" asked James.

"What do you want to do?" asked Lucy. James and Sirius glanced at each other.

"Play Quidditch" they both yelled at each other. Suddenly Alicia gave a gasp and pointed at the window.

"Look" she said. They all looked. Four owls were hovering out side the window and one impatient one was tapping on the window with it's beak. Lucy hurried over and opened the window. The owls flew in and each hopped over to the owner of the letters. Each child had a letter. Alicia gave a yell of excitement when she glanced at her letter.

"I got accepted into Hogwarts" she yelled, punching the air with her fist.

"Duh" said James. He ripped open his letter and scanned through it quickly.

"Seven Outstanding's and two Exceeds Expectations" he told Sirius. "What did you get?"

"The same" said Sirius. "I got the E's in Divination and Potions."

"I got mine in Divination and History of Magic" James said.

"You got Outstanding in History of Magic?" Alicia asked. She had heard all about Binns, the ghost with the very very boring voice who taught History of Magic. "Is that not impossible?"

"I can't help being so smart" Sirius replied, preening a little.

"One of us is very quiet" said James, striding over to where Lucy was staring quietly at her letter.

"I'm a Prefect" said Lucy quietly, holding up the badge.

"Cool" said Alicia and Sirius together and rushed over to see. James stood where he was and shook his head.

"We're going to have to disown you for this, Lucy" he said seriously, then he rushed over to examine it like the other two.

"It's just like Moony's" commented Sirius.

"Exactly like Moony's" agreed James. "So will we play Quidditch now?"

"Okay" said Sirius. Lucy gathered up the envelopes to throw them away but she felt something hard in James'.

"You missed something, James" said Lucy and handed him the envelope. He promptly turned it upside down. A round scarlet object fell out.

"Quidditch Captain?" Sirius said, amazed. James stared at the badge, gobsmacked. Sirius turned to Alicia and said seriously "You have a lot to live up to, 'Lic. Your brother is Quidditch Captain and your sister is Prefect."

"Not to mention your cousin is a prat" James interjected. Sirius pounced on him.

"Mind what you say about me" he growled. He kicked James and James punched him back. Lucy rolled her eyes.

"Come on, 'Licia" she said. "Let's go and play Quidditch." They ran outside, the boys closely following.

When it was nearing six o' clock, the four headed inside in great spirits. Sirius and Lucy had closely won a game of Quidditch against James and Alicia.

They sat down around the table and waited for the house-elf to bring in the food. Suddenly there was a loud bang and four masked men apparated into the room. They began to shoot spells at the four. Lucy, Sirius and James had their wands out in an instant but they knew it was no use. Four Death Eaters against four underages, one of which who didn't have a wand yet was no contest. The kids were fighting a losing battle. After ten second, Mr. and Mrs. Potter had arrived. The kids heaved a sigh of relief and James managed to Stun one of the Death Eaters and Mr. Potter stunned another. Then, just when they thought they had the battle won, there was a flash of green light closely followed by a purple flash. Lucy got blasted into the wall and fell unconcious while Alicia was blasted dead to the ground. The remaining Death Eaters grabbed their companions and disapparated while the family and Sirius rushed to the girls' sides.

"Alicia has no pulse" James yelled, after checking. Tears streamed down his face.

"What will we do?" he asked.

"Lucy is the priority here" said Mr. Potter. Mrs. Potter was clearing away the rocks that were strewn over her and then grabbing Lucy, she disapparated to St. Mungo's.

"We'll Floo there" said Mr. Potter. "The house elf will look after Alicia." His voice broke on the last word and he strode over to the fireplace and took down the flowerpot of Floo Powder. He threw some in, shouted "St. Mungo's" and stepped into the green flames. Sirius followed him. James stared around the room filled with debris, took a deep breath and stepped in after them.