Chapter 1

The owl flew to the ministry, to the Auror office and straight on to Kingsley's desk, He recognised it immediately. It was James Potter's familiar Morris and he seemed tired so Kinsley quickly untied the letter and his own familiar Mika playfully swatted the barn owl before it flew back out.

When he read the contents of the letter he stood up so suddenly that his desk shuddered as the wind rushed past. This alerted two of the other Auror's , the two he hadn't wanted to alert.

Remus Lupin and Sirius Black were sitting at their desks when they saw Kingsley Shacklebolt stand and leave. They were about to follow them when Lily's familiar a brown tabby called Felicity appeared with a satchel on her back. They opened it to find a letter and they sent the cat on its was after patting her a few times. But they two ran out, familiars chasing them after they had read the enclosed letter hoping to get there before Shacklebolt.

Yes! He had made it before those dimwits. Good it meant he could take the boy to Dumbledore and he could handle it from there. He walked in and saw James and his bitch of an ex wife Lily's bodies it was clear that they had both died from the wounds and not from killing curses. That made him wonder if Lily had sent any letters, maybe to her new husband and their twins? Or to the dimwits he worked with? He then decided it didn't matter, he had gotten here first and now the boy was theirs.

Remus and Sirius arrived four minutes too late. As they rushed into the house to find James and Lily along with Morris and Felicity lying dead on the first floor they knew they were too late, there was no crying from the baby Harry. Remus sent Sirius up to check and knelt beside his best friend and her cat, he rolled her onto her back, healed her wounds as best he could and cleaned the grime from her face with a wave of his wand and gently placed Felicity in her arms as he crossed them. Sirius was back just as he finished and he too knelt beside their friend.

"I suppose we better do the same for Potter, you know his followers wont. Also his owl deserves a nice burial." Sirius had a few tears on his cheeks and Remus knew they mirrored his own. They did the same to James before carrying the four lifeless bodies to the grave yard down the road.

They buried them as far apart as they could not wanting to insult Lily's memory by burying her next to that monster.

The grave stones read for all wizards to see:

Here Lies James Potter and Morris his familiar

Father and Son, friend to some

Dark Lord

Rest in Peace both of you.

Here Lies Lily Snape and her best friend and familiar Felicity

Wonderful Mother, Friend and Daughter she will be missed

By all who loved her.

She was brave to the end and kind beyond belief.

Rest in piece knowing you two were loved.

They hadn't put the dates on as they weren't sure when the familiars were born and they also didn't know what to say about the familiars so the stones were mostly for the people. Remus and Sirius both conjured enormous wreaths for Lily and Felicity and smaller ones for Morris . Before wiping their tear stained eyes and going back to the Potter house.

Sirius conjured a plaque that told of what had happened tonight. The fight between Lily and James over their son Harry who's fate was unknown but they knew was going to be in no means good, for anyone. They then apparated to Sirius' where his family were waiting with Severus and the kids. The bad news had to be told.