Beauty of Darkness


AU.

Full summery.

The supernatural was nothing more then stories for Harry and Draco Potter and nightmares were nothing more then what plagued these young men after the night they lost their mother.

But after the disappearance of their father James Potter and the arrival of his so called partner Hermione Granger they are about to discover that supernatural creatures are real and they really do go bump in the night.


Chapter one

Story begins

the soft humming travelled out the open door beckoning the tall dark haired man to stand and watch the red haired woman bending over a white crib with a peaceful look across her face.

"You know Sirius doesn't like to be kept waiting James" the woman called softly causing the dark haired man to chuckle to himself before he strolled into the child's room coming to a stop by the woman's side resting his hand on the small of her back.

"Oh love you know how hard it is for me to leave" James Potter declared as he looked at the sleeping one year in the crib with a proud smile.

"James Potter we go through this every time, I'm going to be here when you get back and so will the boys" the red head woman declared with mock seriousness turning her green eyes on the man standing beside her.

"Lilly love I get to worry considering what me, Sirius and Remus have to do I get to worry" James declared as Lilly Potter shook her head and took her husbands hand and drew her from the room.

Making sure the baby was still sleeping Lilly turned to James who had his head ducked.

"James if I couldn't take care of myself I wouldn't have agreed to marry you let alone have your kids" Lilly retorted folding her arms coursing James to groan before looking at his wife.

"If you don't want to go" "You know it's not that... I can't turn my back on this... it's just I hate thinking about you and the boys here all alone" James stated as Lilly smiled brightly at him before wrapping her slender arms around his neck, her fingers trailing through his unruly dark hair.

"At least you know we're here safe and sound while you protect the world, one supernatural creature at a time" Lilly assured as James smirked down at her before kissing her nose.

"Where's my big man then" James questioned as Lilly tilted her head towards the wooden door furtherest from the babies room.

"You know he pouts whenever you go off on one of your hunts... don't worry though by the time you come back Draco will be all over you wanting to hear your big tales of saving the world" Lilly declared as James laughed before pulling away from her and giving her a quick kiss he hurried down the hallway.

With a sigh James pushed the door open to find a blonde haired five year old sitting on his bed with his arms folded.

"Drake" James called but the blonde boy simply turned away and pouted gaining another sigh from James before he walked into the room and slumped down on the bed.

"Draco I know you don't like it but it's what I have to do... I have to do this for you and Harry and your mum" James stated causing the young boy to turn his dark eyes to James before quickly lowing them.

"I want to come" Draco Potter muttered as James grinned at his five year old son before reaching out and ruffling his hair.

"Dad" Draco whined with a smile as he pushed the larger hand away from his head while James grabbed Draco and dragged him towards him in a hug.

"When your older I promise to teach you and Harry everything you need to know about protecting yourselves and your mum as well. For now I just need you to look after your baby brother and mum" James ordered as Draco nodded burying into James' side.

"Promise" Draco questioned as James nodded before pressing a kiss to Draco's head before standing and ruffling Draco's hair causing the boy to squeal and dive under his covers.


The dark night chirped and howled with creatures hidden by shadows. A small rodent scurried away when the three shadowed men moved silently through the woods.

"All I'm saying is that your a family man now James" the golden haired man declared causing James to snap his head towards him.

"Remus cut it out" James hissed causing the other dark haired man to glare at the pair then huff to himself.

"The pair of you gits better zip it or we might as well just sit here with targets on us" Sirius Black snapped causing both men to look at him.

"Sirius didn't get his weekly snuggle" Remus teased before Sirius lurched for the other man causing him to chuckle.

"What's her this week" James questioned as Sirius came to a stop before turning on his two friends with a glare.

"Look just because I'm not looking for this mushy love stuff does not mean you get to judge me... I'm in the prime of my life with a hell of a lot to offer to women" Sirius exclaimed causing his friends to chuckle and shake their heads before leaving him to stand there.

"I don't love this job but I don't hate it; I'm doing it for my family" James admitted as Remus gave him a look before looking away again.

Sirius followed the pair grumbling under his breath.

"We're not as young as we was twenty years ago when we first started all this James, we've lost good people because of this but do you really want to go home one day and find your boys grown up and not knowing where the years went" Remus offered as James shook his head.

"I'm doing this so my boys will grow up and when I'm ready to hang up my wand I know that I've made it that much better for them" James retorted holding his shot gun 'wand' closer to him.

"And besides the more demons we take out the less guilty I feel every time I look at Drake" James all but whispered causing his friends to duck their heads in memory of their fallen friend Lucius Malfoy.

"Lucius would never blame you James... nor Narcissus, what happened is the worst of our job" Sirius assured catching up to the tall man.

"And what's the best part of it Sirius knowing I get to watch Draco grow up" James demanded as Sirius shook his head and gave his friend a rueful smile.

"Nope it's getting the girls" Sirius offered with a waggle of his eyebrows causing his friends to roll their eyes but at least offer him a light hearted smile.

The trio walked in silence for several seconds thinking over their lost friends before a snapping sound echoed throughout the woods.

"I thought demons were meant to be smart" Remus breathed as he lifted his shotgun up and wedged it against his armpit.

"Nope never said anything about them being smart" Sirius declared his own stance shifting as he scanned the surrounding woods.

"And no one ever said Phoenix hunters were smart either" a slithering voice declared from the shadows causing the three men to spin round and stare at the tall and thin blonde man smirking at them.

James held his breath as his wand wavered slightly but never enough to leave the target he had on the blonde's chest.

"I never thought you would have come considering it was such a clear trap," the blonde drawled as his mouth twisted into an evil snarl.

"You should know us better death eater" Sirius snapped before he yanked a smaller gun from his holster and pointed it towards his left where another shadow was slipping away from a tree.

"Always got eyes behind us" Sirius declared as the blonde shook his head before moving forward either ignoring the way the men held their guns tighter or not bothered by them.

"If we wanted you dead hunters I would have killed you the moment you got out of the car" the blonde admitted flashing his grey eyes at the three men while two more shadows moved behind the trio.

"Lucius" James breathed causing the blonde to snap his head towards him and grin.

"Always was the naïve one wasn't you James, Lucius is dead... his soul died the moment I stole his body" Lucius drawled as James glared at him before cocking his shot gun and levelled it with Lucius head.

"How is my boy James... I hope your feeding him right" Lucius mocked as James growled but Remus stepped closer forcing him to move his shot gun.

"It's a pity I would have loved to have seen him tonight but... well the masters plans can't be changed" Lucius offered with a shrug causing the three men to stiffen and stare at him.

"What the hell" Sirius demanded before James lowered his arms and shook his head. Spinning round James fired at the first shadow closing in on them before spiriting towards the way they came not even looking at the fallen body.

"JAMES" Remus called before another shadow leapt forward and with a glint of silver arched a knife through the air and brought it down into Remus' arm.

"SON OF A" Remus howled bringing his gun round and firing off a shot before being dragged back by Sirius. The two men raced as fast as they could behind James while the sound of Lucius laughter rang out behind them.

James was already starting the car up as Remus and Sirius emerged from the trees; by the time James was pulling back Sirius had stuffed Remus in the back of the car before climbing in himself.

"James what the fuck is going on" Sirius growled daring to throw his dark haired friend a look only to see fear and panic flickering across James' face.

"Lilly" James growled never once looking away from the road while Sirius threw Remus a first aid kid from beneath his chair all the while watching James closely.

"He could have been lying" Remus offered as he ripped his own sleeve and didn't even blink at the rapidly bleeding cut along his upper arm.

"Bollocks... those things were waiting for us" James snapped as the two men watched him in silence. After ten minutes of speeding the trio pulled to a stop out side the Potter home to find it in complete darkness apart from one lone window that shone brightly.

"It looks" James was already charging towards the house causing his friends to scramble out of the car and chase after their friend.

Bursting through the front door seconds after James, Sirius and Remus managed to pile into the hallway without slamming into James once the smell of gun powder hit their noses.

"LILLY" James shouted racing through the living room towards the stairs only to collapse to his knees forcing his friends to follow then stop.

Laying in a heap behind the sofa was Draco, his small chest heaving up and down while blood gushed from his forehead and forearm where a fresh burn glared up at them from the child's pale skin.

"Drake" James sobbed collecting the boy up in his arms while Remus kneed besides the pair and Sirius moved further into the house.

"DRACO" James called but the boy remained still in his arms.

"James go find Lilly and Harry" Remus ordered attempting to take Draco from James but the other man clutched him tightly to him.

"JAMES" Remus screamed in James' ear causing the man to jerk back and allow Remus the time to snatch Draco from his arms.

"GO FIND THEM" Remus snarled lifting the small child in his arms and stood forcing James to stare blankly at him for a few seconds before jumping to his feet and racing up the stairs before Sirius returned from the kitchen shaking his head.

"A death eater- dead" Sirius declared forcing himself to look any where else apart from Draco laying in Remus' arms. From up stairs there was a howl before a baby started to scream.

James came to a stumbling halt at the door way to Harry's room only to find Harry missing from the crib and a tall dark figure hunching over something in the corner.

"JAMES" Lilly screamed from beyond the robe figure causing James to jump forward only to be flung backwards tipping the crib over.

With a howl of pain James knew his rib was cracked but he stiffened when he heard the screams of Harry coming from the closet beside him.

Hurrying to his feet he yanked the doors open to find two watery green eyes staring up at him.

"Ah so the great hunter has returned home" a slithering voice drawled behind him causing James to growl and spin round to find a deathly pale man staring at him with red eyes and slits for a nose.

"Voldermort" James breathed before his hazel eyes glided towards the side and he saw his wife struggling to sit up as blood pooled around her.

"You bastard I'm going to kill you" James growled as his eyes darkened and Voldermort grinned at him.

"Really... how do you plan to do that when you are going to be bleeding to death as I kill your son and force Draco to join his father in hell" Voldermort mocked moving forward flickering his eyes between James and Harry.

"Over your dead body... you are not going to take my boys" James promised in a gravel voice causing Voldermort to stiffen for a second before snapping his arm up and a green bolt of light shot out only missing James and he dove to the side.

"Silly mortal did you think we would let you destroy us and not fight back. You brought this on yourself Potter... what pain your family will suffer tonight will be because of you" Voldermort snarled moving closer to Harry while James spat blood on the floor before glaring up at the demon.

"My family aren't the ones going to die tonight Voldie" James spat with a twisted smirk on his face causing the demon to sneer at him before moving forward again but before James could move Voldermort lifted a hand and caused James to stiffen.

"Watch as I kill your son, then I'll finish your wife off," Voldermort drawled causing James to growl at him in response before attempting to look at Lilly.

"And once I've slaughtered your two friends downstairs I will offer Draco to a rather nasty death eater waiting to have his fun on earth" Voldermort declared with a smirk before he stood over Harry who screamed loudly at him.

Lifting his pale claw like hand towards Harry Voldermort sent one last smirk towards James before resting his red eyes on the baby.

However neither Voldermort nor James noticed Lilly holding a shot gun against her trembling body and point it towards Voldermort.

With a loud bang Voldermort scream before bucking backwards just as Harry began to scream in pain. Feeling his legs move James sprung to his feet and stumbled into Voldermort just as another shot went off before the shot gun fell to the ground.

In a blinding green light James landed on the ground alone just as Lilly slumped down in a pool of blood.

"Lilly" James called as he half crawled half dragged himself to his wife who coughed blood over her ruined shirt.

"Get them out James" Lilly whispered as James clung to her shaking his head trying to find the main wound on her broken body.

"Potter get my boys out of here now" Lilly snarled pushing her husband away from her causing James to glare at her.

"Listen to me you bloody woman I'm getting" "POTTER FUCKING LISTEN" Lilly snarled before coughing again causing James to let tears roll from his eyes.

"You get my sons out of this house and you make sure that you kill the son of a bitch" Lilly ordered before her body gave a shudder and she winched.

"I love you" James sobbed as Lilly nodded pressing a bloody hand against his cheek.

"One of these days James Potter I'm going to haunt you" Lilly ordered as James shook his head watching as his wife winched again before her eyes slipped close and her body went still.

Shaking her for a few moments James sobbed against his wife's chest listening to his own breathing and his son screams.

Glancing at his wife's body James held Harry close to him ignoring the child's screams. He ignored them as he stumbled down the stairs and out of the house seeing Remus and Sirius watching the house with pain and understanding.

"James" Sirius called but the other man carried on walking towards Lilly's car. After yanking the baby seat from the car he turned towards his own car growling at how his friends watched him.

"Burn it down" James ordered handing Harry to Remus before fitting the baby seat into the back of his car not looking at Draco's sleeping form.

"James think about" "I SAID FUCKING BURN IT DOWN" James screamed watching as his friends nodded slowly and turned back to the house.

After the fire was lit and Harry put in the car James tossed the keys to Remus while watching the house he had called home for twenty five years burn.

"I'll meet you at the shack in the morning... clean the boys up" James ordered forcing his hardening eyes on the fire.

"James I can stay" Remus declared but James turned away from them and carried on watching the house.

With a sigh the two other men climbed into the car and watched for a few seconds as James slowly collapsed to the ground as the sobs shook his body violently.

Sirius glanced at the two boys in the back of the car and sighed when he found Harry staring at him with his large watery green eyes and the fresh wound screaming out against his pale skin.

"Welcome to hell on earth boys" Sirius whispered as Remus drove them away from the burning house and the broken James Potter.


Ok so I've been watching wayyyy toooo much Supernatural lately and with the weather how it is I've got a lot of time on my hands so I thought I would create my own version of the tv show within the Harry Potter verse.

Like it? Hate it? might as well tell me because either way I'm going to carry on with it, just like to know what you think.