Hey guys, for those of you who were reading Missing James. It's been deleted, and I am uploading this one instead which essentially the same only with Sirius instead, because I like that kind of story better! So this is my first non one shot ever! So be patient. And please review!
In this story there is no prophecy, so James and Lily don't die and Harry is not going to defeat Voldemort.
Disclaimer- I don't own this I probably never will!
Without Paddy.
Chapter 1- The Bad news.
Godric's Hollow 1981
Lily was listening to the soft patter of rain on the roof of the small cottage lost in her own thoughts almost wishing Harry would wake up and start crying. She needed some distraction, anything to take her mind of her husband and his best friend. Suddenly there was a harsh knock on the door sending her crashing back down to earth.
Snapping her head up she looks around in alarm for a second, before realising that it's probably just James back from his mission. For god's sake Lily paranoid much?
She pads across the hard vinyl floor of the kitchen wearing just her socks on her feet, and smiling to herself that James got back so quickly. She reaches the large, heavy front door and yanks it open. To reveal a sopping wet, very forlorn looking husband.
"James?" she questions pulling him inside the house and handing him a towel, before studying his face carefully.
There was definitely something wrong she had never seen James looking so….. lost. "What's wrong honey?" she asks carefully not wanting to upset him.
"Sirius…" he croaks looking away tears filling his hazel eyes. Lily automatically felt her heart sink, imagining the worst for her playful friend.
"He's they…" he began.
Lily pats his arm comfortingly, he looks into her eyes and what she sees makes her want to cry.
He looks so broken she just wants to pull him into a big hug, but she can see that now is not the time.
"They took him, his family…. They took him back again," he finishes brokenly.
Lily feels her heart plummet to the ground.
She hadn't been imagining the worst for her friend not by a long shot. She thought he was dead. If they didn't find him soon, death would be preferable for him.
She pulls her sopping wet husband into her arms. "He'll be ok sweetie, I know it. He's strong and we'll find him honest." She mutters softy.
Knowing there is tears spilling down his handsome face, and as much as this hurt her she knew it hurt James more, she had to be strong for him.
He nodded pulling back and wiping tears from his face. "Yeah sure it will, everything is gonna be fine." He says shaking his head.
Lily smiles at her proud husband. "Now go take a shower, you stink ok." She whispers pointing to the bathroom as if he might have forgotten where it is in his day long absence.
He nods dumbly and does as he's told.
Lily sighs and slumps into the nearest seat as she watches his retreating back.
They needed Sirius back, because she knew that if Sirius died James would die to. No doubt about it.
She also knew that she needed Remus' help, because although he was marauder and Sirius' best friend to it was no secret that James and Sirius were the leaders and the closest in the group.
On top of that there was only so much she could do. She had only liked Sirius for 4 years, unlike Remus who had loved him all through Hogwarts and he knew all of his secrets.
Lily had made her decision she was going to the werewolf's house to tell him what had happened and ask for his help.
She rose from the chair and made her way to the bathroom where she could hear the soft fall of water on tile indicating James was still in the shower.
"James honey?" she calls through the door gently.
She hears James' muffled 'yeah' faintly. "Look I'm going to Remus' to tell him what happened ok?" Lily continues.
"Yeah sure thing babe." Comes the reply.
Lily walks over to the fireplace immediately not even bothering to contact Remus first, this was important, and seeing as it wasn't the full moon in Lily's opinion there was nothing more important.
"Remus' flat," Lily shouts disappearing in a whirl of green flames.
Remus' flat 1981
Lily looks around the grubby flat with distain. The walls were plastered in cream coloured wallpaper that was peeling off the walls. The floor had no carpet, just a fraying rug that sat in the middle of the hard wooden floor. Surrounded by a sagging leather sofa and a broken arm chair. In the far corner of the room she was stood in, there was a chipped dining room table with wonky legs. It had 4 seats around it. Though she doubted Remus ever sat there. He never had guests so why would he need to? On top of all that the flat seemed like it was permanently cold, and lacked the homely feeling the Potters home had to it.
Remus was currently unemployed. He never kept jobs longer than a couple of months, because of his condition. So his accommodation was never fancy. This was one of the reasons Lily admired the young werewolf because through all of this he never complained, he also rarely put himself first. He was forever stopping to think how is actions might affect others.
"Remus?" she calls from the fireplace praying that he's in. She doesn't know what she'll do if she isn't.
"Lily?" Remus replies politely stepping out from a cramped kitchen area. "What's the matter?"
"It's Sirius he-"she stops abruptly finding all the air has been swept out of her. Not wanting to put into words what was happening to her husband's best friend.
"He what Lily?" Remus urged her looking extremely worried. His eyes were filled with worry Lily had never seen on a man so young.
"He's not dead." Relief floods Remus' grey eyes. "The death eaters they ummm they took him."
Remus eyes widen and upset fills his features, as tears well up in his eyes threatening to fall. "How's- How's James?" he croaks trying to reign in his tears (see always thinking of others!)
"Actually that's what I came here to talk to you about. I've never seen him so upset in my life, and I'm worried he's going to keep it all locked up inside. Which will only make it worse of course, and I just don't know what to do. He-"Remus cut her off abruptly.
"Ok Lils ok" he soothes "let's just go yeah, I'll talk to him ." He gestures to the fireplace.
They walk over to it and he makes a signal with his hand telling her to go first.
She takes a handful of floo powder and cry's "the Potter's house Godric's Hollow" before disappearing in a puff of green smoke.
Remus looks around his tiny flat once more, then lets out a sigh and tries to control his emotions. Before copying Lily's exit manoeuvre.
One of Voldemort's safe houses
"Cissy! Cissy!" Bellatrix Lestrange calls, her evil voice sounding excited for the first time since they were children.
"Yes Bella?" Narissca Malfoy huffs impatiently.
"We've got him, we have our precious baby cousin," Bella cackles.
"You must be joking! How on earth did you pull that one off?" Narissca asks gobsmacked.
"Look just come and see!" Bellatrix was getting impatient with her younger sister.
The two of them travelled down a long narrow hallway with a slightly musty smell about it. Narissca scrunched up her nose 'why are the Dark Lords houses always so gross?' she complained silently.
After 2 minutes of walking they reached a small staircase. Bellatrix began to walk down it into what was apparently some sort of dungeon.
"Well come on then!" Bellatrix gestured down the stairs.
With a resigned sigh Cissy followed her elder sister down the rotting staircase.
At the bottom of the staircase there appeared to be rows of cells. All with rusting metal bars, some of the them had pained groans emitting from them. Narissca had never been down here before and she was never coming back.
Bellatrix on the other hand was in her element. She loved coming here. The groans of pain and misery. The hopelessness and despair. The crushing of souls. The fact that people who saw the inside of these cells would never make it out to tell their precious Dumbledore.
They stopped outside a cell labelled 22. "Here we are then." Bellatrix says coldly a smirk on her beautiful face.
The door creaked a little as they pushed it open. On the inside the stone walls were caked in drying blood and the entire room stank of misery and pain.
After examining the room Narissca was forced to look at the floor. Where a young man was lying his body twisted at an odd angle, his face was covered in dry blood.
This was the body of Sirius Black.
So that's it chapter 1! Thanks for reading I would love it if you could pop me a review. Even if it's just a smiley face or a sad face I would love to hear from you!
I plan to update this sometime next week, but I am getting a lot of homework at the moment so we'll see!
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