Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter, would i be posting here?

This story is inspired by Kurinoone's brilliant story: The Darkness Within (The Dark Prince Story)

Anything recognisable belongs to J.K Rowwling and Kurinoone. This story was written with Kurinone's Permission.

I think it's creepy just how much you look like him. Lily thought as she looked to her son. even though he's only one the resemblance to his dad, james. His mop of hair was always just as messy and just like his dad's. Lily couldn't count the amount of times she (and many others) had asked james to control his hair, but every time he would just run a hand through his hair making it messier. Everything about Harry's appearance was his dad, everything except his striking green eyes, those are 100% lily's.

Harry was sitting in his mothers lap playing with his toys and today, not un-like every other day, Harry would look over at the door at this time almost expectantly, but normal one year olds wouldnt have any idea of the time, but Harry wasn't a normal one year old. He was a wizard like his parents. James came rom a pure-blood family while lily came from a muggle (non-magic) family. Regardless of this she was stilll one of the best witches of her age.

As he does everyday, James came through the door at 7 o'clock on the dot. Today he looked rather irritated but as soon as he looked at his wife and son his eyes lit up and a smile graced his face .

'How is my little man?' James asked as he approached the two, Harry gurgling frantically at his dad to get his attention.

'James Potter , how many times do you need to be told? He is a boy not a man' Lily reprimanded playfully. James just shrgged and replied.

'Calling him boy, it just sounds weird, like he's done something wrong. He's my little man.' he finished, cuddling Harry affectionately. Lily understood exactly what james was saying they're both still young they don't want to sound like parents, they're still only twenty three.

Lily got up to check on dinner when a knock at the door interupted her. James was instantly alert, handing Harry over to his wife and telling her to hide upstairs. Normally she wouldn't take orders from anyone but times have changed. After some prophecy was made about her son being the only one with the power to stop the most evil wizard of the age, Voldermort. Ater lily had put harry in his room she went back to the stairs and heard her husband mutter an incantation to allow him to see who's on the other side of the door. After an un-easy second james laughed and opened the door letting his three best friends in. There was sirius Black a troublemaker and a prankster like her husband. He and Lily bickered a lot but it was all good-natured. Then there was Remus Lupin who looked terrible after this months full moon and then there was Peter Pettigrew who was as quiet as a mouse. Lily often wondered why he had become a marauder. Today there wa something about peter that made lily feel somewhat unbeasy. Heading back upstairs lily collected harry in her arms and walked back to join her best friends and husband. As soon as he saw them Harry was wriggling in an attempt to get to the marauders.

'Hey there Pup' Exclaimed sirius to his favourite god-son as he picked him up. As soon as Harry was in sirius' arms he went for sirius' hair playing with and pulling at it. Sirius of course didnt mind this and actually thoughtn it was adorable. 'you couldhave told us you were coming.'

'Where's the fun in that?' Sirius said simply. It was at that moment that lily saw regret on peters face,

'Are you alright Pete?' lily asked, concerned for her friend.

'fine... i'm .. fine. ive just had a long day' at this point james joined in with the discussion

'Don't talk to me about long days. today i've had a super mega awfully long day'. never have i had such a stressful day.'

'what happened? asked remus who was now holding harry close to him.

'With all of these attacks coming in left and right it's amazing that we've managed to last this long. I dont know how much more we can survive.

'Dont talk like that' lily said reassuringly as she took harry (who was now in peters arms) and went upstairs.

As she lay her baby down she brushed his hair with her hand attempting to tame it.

'Youre not going to be laughing like this when you're older. lily said with a smile to her gigling child ho was trying to grab her fingers

After putting harry to bed lily started downstaris . The uneasy feeling had returned as she walked downstairs to deafening silence. The Marauders were here, how could it be so quiet. bracing herself for what she might see, lily entered the room and saw her husband surrounded by blood and his best friends all on the floor. there was a broken bottle of firewhiskey on the floor and glass sitcking out of her hunband. She ran to him crying but before she even reached him a whispered 'stupefy' hit her and she dropped.

's-ss-sorry j-james, sorry lily. cried peter repeatedly as he ascended the stairs. hat he saw froze him to his core. Harry's crib as empty save for a note that just read 'Thanks for the help'

Panicking peter searched the entire housd for any sign of the boy but alas he was unsuccessful. Unsure as what to do he fled to riddle manor and prayed tha his lord would show mercy.