"For god's sake Lily! How long does it take for them to get here?" said a bored Sirius from the sofa, tiny Harry sleeping in his arms.
"Quite Sirius" said Lily quickly, "it took me forever to get him to sleep and I don't want to have to do it again, anyway we have to wait for James to get back from a meeting with Dumbledore and for Peter to turn up. You know how long Dumbledore can talk for anyway".
Sirius had been helping Lily take care of Harry for the past couple of hours as James had some important business with the Headmaster but he was starting to get a little bored with his godson being asleep and having nothing to do.
Sirius began remembering what had happened that day. Brining Harry a new toy broom which of course being James' son, naturally took to the broom and was zooming around the house, knocking small tables and items over as he went past. He even succeeded in smashing a vase the Petunia had given Lily for Christmas. A small instantly grew across Sirius' face as he remembered the expression on Lily's face and the laughter that followed making tiny Harry blush then giggle with laughter with his mother.
Sirius suddenly came to when he heard a knock at the door. Placing Harry down in his cot and walking over and opening the door to Peter who stepped into the house and asked, "How's it goin' Sirius? Good day?"
"Yeah it's been nice, Harry broke that vase that Petunia had given her with the toy broom I brought him. Pretty god damn hilarious, How bout you?"
"I've been good, quite busy with personal stuff for the past week but it should all be done very soon" said Peter turning to Lily who had just entered from the kitchen. "Hey Lily, how are you? James arrived yet?" said peter as he gave her a hug.
"I'm doing good Peter and no, he's still talking with Dumbledore." Said Lily with large emphasis on the still. "Tea both of you?"
"Definitely!" said Sirius and Peter at the same time as Lily wondered back into the kitchen.
Half an hour later James returned from his meeting with Dumbledore to find Sirius, Peter and Lily sitting on the two sofas in the room making small talk. Sirius turned to see his surrogate brother walk through the doorway, smiled and ran and rugby tackled James to the floor. Peter had a look of amazement on his face as he watched the two grown men wrestle on the floor. Suddenly, two blue lights shot past his face hitting the two men on the floor freezing them where they were. "You both really are numptys aren't you?" said Lily, releasing them from their frozen state.
"Nice to see you as well Love" said James as he got up and went to hug her.
"Are we gonna do this then or what "said Peter after he let his mind process what had just happened in front of him.
"Yes, Yes Peter we are. Come on Sirius" said James, holding a hand out to his best mate. They all gathered around a small piece of parchment that had 'I _ accept the role as the secret keeper for James, Lily and Harry Potter'.
James handed Peter a quill and he signed his name along the line. The all got out their wands and James and Lily touched the end of theirs to the end of Sirius', muttered a few Latin words that were barely audible which caused a light to emit from James and Lily's wand. They turned and touched wands with Peter whose wand also started to emit the same light.
"Peter Pettigrew, I hear by remove Sirius Black as the secret keeper of me, Lily and Harry and announce that you, Peter Pettigrew are now our secret keeper." said James making a purple band of light circle their wands for a few seconds then disappear.
Later that night, a clocked figure walked through Godric's Hollow towards the house of the Potters. The figure stopped outside their house and took a moment to admire the tranquilness of it all and how that would all become cause after he was done. He raised his wand and a beam of red shout from it and blasted the door wide open, leaving it hanging from its hinges. The man stepped through the threshold into the house and began to make his way up that stairs.
James and Lily darted out of bed after the explosion that came from down stairs. They ran out to find the cloaked man standing at the top of the stairs. Lily ran for Harry's room whilst James attempted to deal with the figure. He shot of three stunners in quick succession but to no avail as the spell ricocheted of a wall. The figure raised his wand and James was sent hurtling through the bedroom landing with a thump on the floor unconscious. The figure turned to Harry's room to see Lily comforting her son.
She placed him down and turned to the man, brandishing her wand. "you wont kill him" she shouted firing a stunner and the full body bind curse at the man who simply dodged the spells.
"CRUCIO!" this figure shouted as Lily fell to the floor, trying not to scream so that she did not scare baby Harry. The man stopped the curse and turned to the baby sleeping in his cot. He raised his wand to the baby. "AVADA KAD...". He was stopped mid sentence by Lily who had thrown herself at the man to save her child. He backed away from Lily who was now face down on the floor, still in pain from the unforgivable that had been cast at her.
"This ends now!" said the figure, pointing his wand at Lily's body, "AVADA KADAVRA!" A green light shot from the end of the wand and hit the woman square in the chest turning her body limp.
The man pointed his wand back at the boy. "Such a shame you have to die. you could have been a great wizard. AVADA KADAVRA!" once again the light shot from the wand but it never made it to the child, instead it bounced of a Pinkish shield and hit the man in the abdomen causing him to disappear without a trace. There was no mark on Harry at all except for one lightning bolt scar on his forehead. It was then that he became 'The Boy that Lived'.
"James!... Lily!" shouted Sirius, running towards the half destroyed house. "No no no, how did he find them?" Sirius ran upstairs to see if there were any signs of life. He ran up the stairs and came to a sudden stop. The bedroom wall had a huge hole from the fight that night and through it, Sirius could see the body of his best friend slouched against the back wall. He ran to James, pulled out his wand and muttered "Rennervate". Slowly James's body started to move again. "James is alive! But where's Harry and Lily" Thought Sirius. He ran to the toddler's room to see Lily's body limp on the floor. "Fuck no!" "No comeon Lils, you can't be gone" said Sirius, a tear falling down his cheek. "Please no! MICKY!" shouted Sirius as a small house elf in a butler's outfit appeared.
"You called master Sir… Mistress Lily?" the house elf let out a little squeak.
"Go and get Remus and bring him here as fast as you can" said Sirius, Placing Lily's body down and closing her eyes.
There was a small pop and the elf disappeared. Sirius got up and moved over to the small red and gold cot. He peered in to see a sleeping Harry but with a new scar on the right hand side of his forehead. "How did he get that?" wondered Sirius "No fucking way, Harry survived the killing curse? How the…" Sirius was pulled back to reality by a loud pop. He turned to see Remus and Micky standing in the hall.
"What happened here? Where are James and Lil…" He noticed the body on the floor and the rest of the words just didn't want to come out.
"Remus, I'm sorry. We should have trusted you and not that rat! James is in the bedroom slowly coming back to consciousness and Harry is fast asleep in his cot." said Sirius, showing Remus the small child. "I think he survived the killing curse."
"What?" spluttered Remus "He survived the killing curse?"
"I think that is what the scar on his forehead means" said Sirius as he pointed towards the lightning bolt scar on the boys head.
A groan came from the other room and the two men rushed to their best friends aid. They hauled him off the floor and sat him down on the edge of his bed.
"James? Can you hear me? What happened last night?" Sirius asked as Remus summoned Micky to get some Pepperup Potion and some Dairy Milk Chocolate. The elf was as quick as he could be, returning with both items. Sirius made James drink the potion and fed him some chocolate.
"Sirius? Remus? It was him. Voldemort came and hit me with a powerful stunner. The last bit I remember was Lily screaming then a flash of green light… she's dead isn't she?"
"I'm afraid so James" said Remus from the doorway.
"Fucking Brilliant! My wife and child are both dead" A small tear started to fall down James cheek.
"I wouldn't be so sure if I was you. Harry is still alive" Sirius got up and left, returning with Harry in his arms. He handed over to James hugged his son and kissed his forehead.
"Micky!" Said James as a House elf appeared. His eyes lit up as he saw his master. "Micky I want you to take Harry to Potter Manor and put him in his room there. Can you tell Minnie to look after him and then I want you to get Professor Dumbledore."
"Of course Master" The house elf then disappeared with a pop.
Dumbledore appeared outside the Potters house, took one look at the door and gasped. He headed in to see James, Sirius and Remus standing in the kitchen drinking Coffee, all of them wondering how Harry had survived the killing curse. Lily's body was on the bed upstairs. They were going to move it once everything had calmed down.
"James, what happened here?" asked Dumbledore as the three men turned to him.
"Voldemort happened" said Sirius
Dumbledore's eyes grew wider, how had he found the Potters?
"Lily's dead Albus, Harry is currently sleeping safely at Potter Manor. I was hit with a stunner and was knocked out when I hit the wall. None of us know where Voldemort went" Said James taking a sip of his coffee.
"It was Peter," said Sirius "Peter betrayed out position to him. James and Lily mad him secret keeper because we all believed that Remus was a spy and I knew that I was a target of Voldemort's because of my family relationship with him and I knew there was a chance I would let it slip if they tortured me"
"we'll find him, don't worry James" said Dumbledore, placing a hand on James shoulder
The four men exited the kitchen and prepared to move Lily's body to Potter Manor when she could be place in a coffin. She wasn't to be buried at the Manor, she was to be buried at Godric's Hollow and if that was her last wish, James was going to give it to her.