October 31, 1981
"Lily, take Harry and go!" James Potter yelled, as the figure of Lord Voldemort closed in on him. Lily was about to protest, but with another "go!" from James she quickly headed upstairs.
"I don't have time to mess with you, Potter. All I need is your son." Voldemort practically hissed. Flames erupted in James' eyes as he aimed a curse at Voldemort, who sidestepped it and blasted James backwards. "You two," she said to the two Death Eater standing behind him, "Finish him off." And with that Voldemort ran past him.
James started to run after him to protect him family when he heard someone shout and pain erupted through his body, hitting every nerve. He doubled over and bit his lip to stop from shouting out. The pain stopped just as quickly as it came, just to be replaced with more as the Death Eaters continued to torture him.
Meanwhile, Lily had failed to barricade her and Harry. "Do you really think you're a match for me?" Voldemort seethed. "Just give up. Give me the boy. You can live. Just let me kill the boy."
"No! Not Harry! Kill me instead! I love him!" Lily screamed. Tears streaming down her face.
"So, you would die for your son?" To this, Lily nodded firmly, her eyes fixed on the man in front of her. Voldemort laughed mirthlessly. "Such love. Foolish girl, love cannot save your son. Crucio!"
Lily screamed. As the curse was repeated over and over again, she could feel herself start to lose consciousness. The last thing she saw was Voldemort point his wand at Harry's forehead, and a bright green light emit from his wand. Then there was screaming. That doesn't sound like Harry. Lily thought. But then everything went black.
The Death Eaters downstairs could feel their Dark Marks lessen and knew the worst had come. They quickly fled from the scene, leaving and unconscious James on the floor.
Sirius Black and Remus Lupin ran down the street towards Godric's Hollow. They had gotten a Patronus from Bathilda Bagshot saying that James and Lily were in trouble. They turn the corner to see the house in ruins. They ran in and saw James lying on the floor. "Peter." Sirius said darkly. He pointed his wand and with a bright blue flash a rat was on the floor. With another bright blue flash there stood Peter Pettigrew and before he could explain himself, Sirius shouted "Stupefy!" Sirius bound him with ropes and ran upstairs to find Lily and Harry while Remus notified Dumbledore.
Sirius found Lily unconscious and figured she had been tortured like James. He turned to see Harry crying, completely unharmed except for a lightening shaped scar on his forehead. He brought Harry downstairs and showed Remus the scar. "Peculiar," he muttered.
Dumbledore entered the Potter residence with a feeling of apprehension. When he saw Harry was okay and heard that Lily and James were alive, he felt somewhat relieved. But his apprehension was replaced by wonder when he realized Harry had just survived Lord Voldemort's attack, and the evil wizard was gone…well, for the time being anyway.
Soon, James and Lily were in St. Mungo's and were being looked at by the Healers. Dumbledore was in deep conversation with one of them. He came over to where Remus was playing with Harry and Sirius was nervously pacing and said "They're all right." Remus broke out into a huge grin while Sirius caused many people to stare by jumping up and down and screaming with joy.