Disclaimer: Don't own anything; everything is the wonderful J.K. Rowling's. Love that chick.


"Now, don't get me wrong Professor, I truly am thankful to be alive, but how am I?" James Potter asked his voice full of both happiness and confusion. Beside him sat Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, his best friends who were the ones to find their unconscious bodies and a crying Harry. They were sat opposite Dumbledore, in his office at Hogwarts whilst Lily and Harry were in the hospital wing with McGonagall.

"Forget that." Sirius exclaimed, his voice full of anger and hatred. "Where the fuck is Pettigrew?" Lupin growled with hatred and only Dumbledore managed to silence them all.

"Moody has been told and he is searching for him as we speak. To get back to your question Mr Potter, I do believe that, forgive me as I speak, since Voldemort was so excited to finally have the chance to kill your son, he didn't have his full attention on killing you and Lily. He didn't manage to kill Harry either, since Lily's love and sacrifice made the curse rebound." James smiled warmly. God he did love that woman.

"So, he's dead?" Lupin questioned with hope on his face. Dumbledore shook his head.

"It is my beliefs that he will return when he is back to full strength but for now, yes he is gone. In the meantime we must work on defeating as many of his followers as we can, as well as keeping Harry safe. They are going to want to avenge their leader's death."

With that said, the four started to plan everything that was on their minds and needed to be sorted out immediately.


"Lily, oh goodness I came as soon as I heard." McGonagall exclaimed, rushing to her bedside with her robes billowing behind her like a cape. "How are you? All of you?" Lily laughed at the worried expression on the professor's face, one she had rarely seen during her years at the school.

"We're fine Minerva; we're all alive and safe here." Lily looked down at her son, doing her best to ignore the scar that had now been placed on his perfect forehead. "Harry here saved the day and we're all okay." Minerva smiled and stroked the sleeping boy's head.

"He didn't save the day dear, it was you." Lily looked up in shock. "Yes, your love and sacrifice made the curse rebound and you saved your son." Lily didn't respond, instead chose to hold her son closer and kiss him on the head, hiding her face. "I'll leave you to rest dear."

"Has Peter been found?" Lily asked and watched as McGonagall looked sad before hiding the emotion behind her teaching mask and then shaking her head. "Oh okay." Minerva didn't know how to comfort the woman that was so happy to be alive and yet so sad to have been betrayed and ended up choosing to pat her on the shoulder before leaving the hospital wing.

Peter had betrayed them, betrayed the Marauders, and betrayed James. He almost got their family killed and he would have succeeded if it hadn't been for some miracle. Now he was going to run and hide, waiting for everyone to forget about him before surfacing again. They had to find him soon before he got away. She needed to find him soon.

Her anger for Pettigrew was more than anything she had ever felt before. She knew that if Sirius found Peter then he would either die or be beaten so badly that he wished he was dead. Remus would keep his emotions in check, presumably, and just hand him over to the aurors. James, well nobody could know what James would do. He got betrayed by his friend, almost got his family killed and because of that you'd think that he would kill him but Lily knew that the auror in him would want justice to be served and he'd do nothing. Because of this, he could calm Sirius down and then nothing would happen to the rat that was Pettigrew.

No, that left it all down to Lily. She was going to find Pettigrew.

But she had no clue where to look and she couldn't leave Harry on his own. Not now.

"Lily!" A voice exclaimed. Lily looked up sharply, her eyes searching for the voice. She relaxed considerably when Molly Weasley ran towards her. "Oh Lily darling! I'm so glad you are okay. Dumbledore sent us an owl and I would have come sooner but Percy was determined to show me his new rat." Lily tilted her head to the side. A rat. He wouldn't, would he?

"Oh don't worry about it Molly. To be honest, I'm just glad that Harry's alive. Tell me more about this rat though, Percy was so eager to tell you then I want to know too." Molly only gave her a curious glance before shrugging and describing the whole situation to her. Lily barely paid attention until one significant description caught her attention.

"He's missing a little finger on one of his paws. Poor little guy, but he seems okay with it." Lily narrowed her eyes immediately before plastering a smile on her face.

"Sorry to interrupt but could you look after Harry for me, I need to go speak to James and my baby has been through enough tonight, I just want him to rest." Molly didn't even bat an eyelid, taking the baby into her arms and rocking him slightly, shooting her a smile. Lily smiled back, kissing Harry on the head and silently saying goodbye before murmuring a thanks to the ginger woman and walking calmly out of the hospital wing.

Once out into the empty corridor, she attempted to apparate to The Burrow but the wards around Hogwarts prevented her. She grumbled slightly before running down the corridor to the secret passage to Hogsmeade. For once, she was thankful that James had dragged her through it because now it was really helping her. She carried on running, even when she had a stitch and her lungs were burning but she didn't stop. Her hatred and need for revenge was burning more.

Any other day, she would have believed that she was under some kind of curse, making her do things that she would never normally do. Such as hunting someone down.

When she burst out of the exit of the passage, she wasted no time in looking at her surroundings instead choosing to focus on The Burrow and apparate to it. This time it worked and she smiled softly at the Weasley home. She walked up the path, taking deep breaths to calm her nerves. She was halfway to the door when a small ginger child ran in front of her laughing. He was clutching a small rat and being chased by his two older brothers. He threw a glance in her direction, slowing down when he noticed her smile.


"Oh hi Molly. Have you seen Lily?" Minerva asked when she returned to the hospital wing. Molly looked up from the baby she was rocking and smiled warmly at the older woman.

"She left to see Harry a while ago. Asked me to look after this little one and scurried off. That poor woman, going through so much at such a young age. She's a mum, almost died, and encountered himself more times than necessary and she still manages to smile." Minerva couldn't agree less with the ginger woman before her. Lily Evans – Potter – had gone through too much and she was astonished at how she still seemed to bounce back up and act like nothing happened. Of course there were the nightmares and the scars, the jumpiness when someone made a loud noise, but that was from every Order member.

What McGonagall was incredibly proud of, however, was Lily's ability to not use the Unforgivable curse, any of them. With what she's gone through it would be easy to defend herself with a cry of Crucio or Avada Kedavra but with a glance at the strong willed woman whenever she was near, you could tell that she would never resort to such atrocities. "Thank you dear." McGonagall responded before turning around with her robes billowing behind her.

Minerva nibbled her lower lip. She had a feeling that something was wrong. Lily would never normally ditch her child to go see her husband, but if it was information on Pettigrew or Voldemort, or just a wifely concern, then it was understandable. McGonagall nodded to herself as she climbed the stairs to Dumbledore's office. Lily was stressed and every action she took from now on was reasonably justified.

"Lily, dear, can I talk to you for a second?" McGonagall called out, pushing the door open and frowning when there was no woman to greet her, only the three Marauders and the headmaster. "Sorry Albus, but I thought Lily was here." James rose from his chair.

"Lily's not with Harry?" She shook her head, the feeling returning to her gut immediately.

"She told Molly Weasley that she was coming to see you." James paled and Remus stood too, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. "She hasn't come here?" All the men shook their heads. "Well then where did she go?"


"Hi." She murmured, crouching down to face him. "I'm Lily, a friend of your mum's. You must be Percy." She murmured and he stepped forward to smile at her. "She told me to come and see your new pet." He grinned, stroking the rat's fur and not noticing how he was wriggling like crazy to get out of his grasp. "Bill, Charlie." Lily added, nodding at the other brothers who stopped to see Lily.

"Hey Lily! Mum said that she went to see you." Lily nodded.

"She did, but she looked after Harry for me so that I could come see the new pet." The rat in question bit Percy's finger causing him to drop him. Before Wormtail could run far, Lily had grabbed him in a tight hold and glared at him. The rat drooped with defeat. "Boys, why don't you go patch that bite up and I'll have a little chat with the rat to make him be nicer?" They all nodded and wandered into the house, presumably where Arthur was looking after the other children.

With the children gone, Lily glanced around and noticed a small clearing through some trees to the side. With determination in her strides, she made it there within seconds, throwing the rat's body onto the ground and pointing her wand at him. He changed back into human form and smiled at her sheepishly. "Hello Lily."

Her glare remained. "Hello Peter. I'm going to kill you." He gulped.


Author's note: Hey guys, so this is my first attempt at writing Harry Potter, so sorry if it isn't that good. This will be three parts, possibly more depending on where I can take it, and I'll only carry on if people are actually enjoying and want to read it. So this does mean reviews, follows and favourites are required. Believe it or not, but reviews actually do help us writer's. Hope to hear from you – wannabewyler xo