A/U

I just wanted to let you guys know these first three chapters are short but I wanted a more original way of starting off a story so here you go. Enjoy and review

"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off!"

James knew he had been foolish to set down his wand for even a second. But for some reason he just felt so safe in his home with his family, his friend being their protection from the man currently standing in front of him.

As he heard loud thuds of someone running up the stairs into his son's nursery, James couldn't help feeling satisfied. Lily was upstairs with Harry…perhaps he could spare them a few more seconds of life. But he knew that no matter what, Lily wouldn't let their son die. He knew that she loved James with all her heart, but when it came down to it, Harry's life would come over his. And James agreed wholeheartedly.

The man standing in front of him laughed, a cold, high-pitched laugh. James watched as he raised his wand, inhaling before saying the curse he knew would take his life away.

"Avada Kedavra!"

James saw the flash of green light coming towards him, but it appeared to be in slow motion. Time seemed to stop, and even though it was a split-second between when the curse was casted and when it reached James, he felt like he had all the time in the world. So closing his eyes, he began to reminisce in all his greatest sorrows and triumphs of his all-too-short life.