Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. They all belong to and are the property of JK Rowling. The Order of the Phoenix, Hogwarts Express, and the Ministry of Magic are also properties of her as well.

Order of the Phoenix Headquarters, Early 1979, Unknown Location;

It was a very calm night. The stars were twinkling in the sky like bright fireflies in the summer, and there was only a slight breeze in the air.

In an unknown location, a group or people sat together around a table. You would think that these were just ordinary people having a nice get together with each other. However, that was not the case. These people were young witches and wizards that fought together in a secret organization that fought against the darkest wizard in history and led by one of the most courageous wizards who went by the name of Albus Dumbledore. This organization included many different witches and wizards from many different backgrounds and places and was known as the Order of the Phoenix. Some of their names were Emmeleine Vance who was an auror for the Ministry of Magic and Frank Longbottom who was also an auror for the ministry alongside Emmeleine and his wife Alice, who was also a part of the Order. There were many others like them as well who fought in the Order; however there were five that were very special. Their names were James Potter, Lily Evans, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were all best friends who were known as the Marauders and who caused a lot of trouble when they were in school with their pranks on unsuspecting students and their ways for not following the rules much to the pleasure and displeasure of their fellow students. They were also known for being very good looking and charming as well. James was tall, broad, with messy black hair and hazel eyes that hid behind glasses while Sirius has long curly shoulder length hair and blue eyes. Remus had straight shaggy brown hair and was tall. Peter was the least handsome of the four. He had washed out blonde hair and was very short. His characteristics along with his personality traits also featured similarities to a rat.

One of the students who experienced the displeasure of being with these students during her time at Hogwarts was a witch known as Lily Evans. She was a student who followed the rules and did not approve of the Marauder's behavior when they were in school. She was also one of the only students to experience more displeasure than everyone else because one of the Marauders was in love with her during their school years. James Potter was the wizard who fell in love with her and everyone knew that because he asked her out every day from the moment he saw her entering the Hogwarts Express when they were about to begin their third year. At first, everyone thought that James was after Lily because of her beauty. Lily Evans was known for that quality because of her thick curly red hair and piercing emerald eyes that made all the boys who knew her stare. However, over time it was proven that James was not in love with Lily because of her beauty but because he was in love with her both in beauty and in personality. Once Lily understood this and James settled down and stopped pranking others and followed the school rules in their seventh year, Lily agreed to go out with him. Over time, Lily fell in love with James and was now currently engaged to be married to him with the wedding only a few short weeks away.

Currently, the Order was having a regular meeting discussing about their next step in ending the current on-going war between themselves and their enemy, Voldemort.

"Is there any way we can avoid that route?" stated an order member.

"I agree, there is rumor that is where the Death Eaters are currently hiding waiting for their next action!" stated another.

"Unfortunately, that is the only way" stated Dumbledore " Now I am assigning everyone to a part of the assignment, Marlene, you are to escort the party and device along with Sanderson, Frank, you are to go long with Marlene, James you are to be in the back making sure nobody is following, Lily you are to lead the front and David…" he continued to state when..

"No! I want Lily to be safe around with me." stated James. Everyone looked up at him silently wondering what he would say next. "I want her to be safe. I will not have her in the direct line of fire." stated James.

"James, honey I know that is what you want and I want it to but we cannot tell Dumbledore how to plan the missions" stated Lily.

" I don't care, I will not have you in the line of fire where you can get hurt." James fired.

" I will not be hurt" Lily stated calmly. "How do you know?" James asked. "You could possibly end up being shot by a curse or tortured or…" James continued to go on. Dumbledore put his hand up to stop him, "James, I will not change my mind." Dumbledore calmly stated.

"Then we are not participating!" James fired back. "James, think of all the lives at stake at this moment if you were to walk away!" Dumbledore stated more loudly. "I don't care. I will not have Lily in the line of that kind of danger. Please all I am asking is her to be assigned to another spot." James stated more calmly.

"I am sorry, I cannot. I grouped everyone based on where they best fight and can work." Dumbledore stated.

"Then, that is that. We will not be going!" James stated fired back up. "Oh no! You will!" Dumbledore fired back now fed up with this behavior. "You are not a student anymore!" He continued on.

"You're right, I am not a student which means I do not need to listen or argue with you!" James shouted.

"Oh really!" Dumbledore continued. "James, calm down!" Sirius stated trying to calm James down.

"I will not calm down!" stated James. He continued "Not till…"

He was suddenly interrupted with a loud "BOOM!"

All the sudden smoke filled the room and nobody could see anything.