An Unwritten Path

AN: Hello! Well it's AsianSpazz off with my first story. I'd been toying around with a LilyxJames fic for a long time and even had a rough plan-out before. But suddenly this idea came to me a few months ago. It came in a lot of different directions and I finally went back to it and finally found a direction to take this. I apologize for grammatical mistakes or just plain bad writing =P I shall be on the hunt for a beta soon, so if anyone wants to feel free to send me a message. :D Without further adieu, an unwritten path.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, though once I become a multi-millionaire psychologist I WILL buy the rights to this and THEN all will be great. :)

"Lily, take Harry and leave, now. I'll hold him off", I shouted.

"But, James, I can't leave you!"
"Lily, go! I love you"

I watched Lily go for a moment, hoping she'd be fine before I turned back to the most important thing at that moment. Voldemort. He'd found us again, even after we'd done almost everything possible to elude him.

"So Potter wants to play again does he?" Voldemort rasped. "You may have escaped once, but now you've got nowhere to go. And once I kill you, I'll your mudblood wife and your child to. Then there'll be no one in the way."

"Expelliarmus!" I shouted, taking him by surprise.

I watched Voldemort's wand fly out of his hand. I managed to run down the hallway to Harry's bedroom. I had to protect Lily and Harry no matter what. When I got in, I saw that Lily had put a shielding charm around Harry in his crib. She was standing in front of him with a look of determination on her face, ready to protect Harry no matter what.

"Quick we don't have much time. I want you to take Harry and run out the house until you can apparate to the headquarters." I said hastily. I needed her to get out of here, to safety, to protect our child.

"No, James I'm staying here, I'm fighting with you."

"Listen you need to go, if something happens to me then I want to at least know that I died protecting Harry and you."

"James," she protested.

"Now's not the time just go!"

Lily finally gave in. With one more look at her, I memorized her features. Her large green emerald eyes, submerged in tears with an underlying tone of strength, her fiery bright red hair contrasting her smooth supple pale skin. And finally her curved pink lips, which I'd come to love whenever a smile had graced them. She mouthed out goodbye, tears staining her face and apparated away with Harry. That was the last time I saw her. Voldemort came up the stairs the next second, his eyes gleaming mercilessly.

"I'm done playing games, your mudblood wife might've escaped with your unpure child but you will become dead. And once you die I can kill those two stupid fools and your sacrifice will have been in vain."

Then I heard the words that every wizard feared these days.

"AVADA KADAVARA!" and the flash of green light came. I closed my eyes awaiting my death, leaving with the fact that my lovely wife and child had escaped. Seconds later however death did not come. Instead I heard a sound emitted in front of me. A wretched sound. Once this had been realized I opened my eyes and saw that something had prevented Voldemort from killing me. A flash of white light emitted from Voldemort, and I swear a faint outline of yellow surrounded me for a moment and he crumbled to the floor. I slowly got up from my position to examine what had happened. Hesitantly walking towards where Voldemort had just been I saw a disgusting tar like black mess. Then, it vanished into the air, a smoky black cloud replacing it before the air was clear once again. A few moments later I came to a conclusion. That Voldemort had disappeared or been defeated, at least temporarily. Once I realized this I wondered how I'd escaped and avoided the dreaded curse without a scratch when I felt it, a scar across the side of my neck. My first emotion I felt was joy, pure elation. An estranged laugh escaped my lips. I escaped Voldemort and the dreaded killing curse! How, I knew not, nor did I care for that matter, and my child and beloved wife had escaped. Then a wave of sorrow washed away the happiness and the laugh turned into a cry. Though I'd survived, Lily and Harry had disappeared. Once Lily apparated away, I knew she wouldn't go back to any of our friends or anywhere familiar. She'd be too frightened and weary of all our friends and family, mentally accusing each of them for betraying us. And though I'd never admit it, but she was the brightest witch or wizard of our age. If anyone could allude me, or even Voldemort, it'd be her. Then the sadness was once again replaced with another emotion, anger, pure anger and the desire for vengeance. Pettigrew. I spat to myself. He was the one who had betrayed us. I'd trusted him with my life, I'd thought that surely a Marauder wouldn't betray us. With this fact etched in my brain I suddenly realized that I could trust no one. If I couldn't even trust a Marauder then whose to say I could even trust my brother by everything but blood Sirius? Whose to know that he hadn't suggested Peter, knowing that he'd betray us and have Voldemort kill us. Having the job done, but letting Peter do the dirty work. And lastly, my anger was once again changed to determination. I didn't know who to trust nor what had happened to Harry and Lily, and though I'd survived I couldn't let anyone know. All I knew however, was that I had to find them. To find Lily and Harry was my only goal. s