A/N So I actually had to write this story (really only the first chapter of a larger story) for my English class so a shoutout to my English teacher, whatever your FF account name is. As a general warning, while this story will be rated T it is likely that some of the darker material in this story will end up bordering on an M rating. There probably won't be anything to worry about but I just wanted to kinda put that out there. So for the first time in this story I say, enjoy...

All right go to JKR

Chapter 1

October 31, 1981

Potter Residence, Godric's Hollow

Spell fire flew through the air, cracking the stone walls of the Potter's ancestral home. Remus could barely see through the smoke, ash, and dust. His eyes watered, his nostrils filled with the scent of death, Remus continued into the ruined house of his lifetime friend. They had known this attack would be inevitable, Voldemort would not let those who defy him live. Upon the arrival of the Death Eaters James had immediately called The Order for aid. Soon a pitched battle was joined, only for Voldemort himself to arrive and drive The Order back. Upon entering the living room Remus saw a sight that would haunt him until his last days, the body of James Potter, lying there, with no life in his eyes, and blood dribbling out of his mouth. Soon a monumental rage filled Remus, he felt his blood boil and heart rate quicken. An insurmountable desire for revenge filled Remus until he could think of nothing else save killing all Death Eaters, even Voldemort himself, in retaliation for James' death.

Remus then heard a blood-curdling scream coming from upstairs: Lily's scream. Remus knew that Voldemort had made it to Harry's room and if nobody helped Lily in time then all their sacrifices would be for naught. Racing up the stairs Remus saw a man in dark robes guarding the door.

"Avada Kedavra!" The man yelled as the green light of the killing curse flew over his head and exploded against the doorway behind him, shattering the intricate stone masonry.

"Stupefy!" He yelled back. Unlike the Death Eater, Remus' aim was true and the spell struck his target in the center of the chest, throwing him down the hallway.

"Avada Kedavra!" The words made Remus freeze, for the spell was not directed at him, it was cast from behind the door that led to Harry's room.

Guilt, anger, shame, regret that two of closest friends had died along with their son because he wasn't fast enough. These feelings filled Remus and he heard those dreadful words reverberate through the air one more time.

"Avada Kedavra!" The slithering voice of Voldemort said. Remus dropped to his knees in the middle of the hallway, his mission failed, his hopes shattered, and his dreams of being a godfather to Harry ruined. Remus never noticed the brilliant white light coming from behind the door through the tears that filled his eyes. He only began to notice his surrounding when a voice of inhumanly high pitch screamed in pain. The light quickly became unbearable to look at and the screaming became painful to hear. Soon a rumbling had begun to shake the house and Remus was thrown back into the wall; his ears rang from the explosion that occurred in front of him.

Remus warily got to his feet and stumbled to Harry's door. His hand on the doorknob, Remus slowly opened the door, afraid of what he would see inside. Once inside, the wind howled throughout, and rain poured through the gaping hole in the walls and ceiling. Inside lay Lily Potter, surround by the quickly fading runes from her sacrificial magic, and next to her sat the crib that held Harry Potter. Harry lay there, crying, yet untouched save for small wound in his head which quickly welled up with blood. Taking the sleeve of his cloak Remus wiped the blood of Harry's forehead to reveal a cut in the shape of a lightning bolt.

"Remus you need to leave here now! The Death Eaters are regrouping!" Alastor Moody said as he burst in through the doorway, frantically fighting off a barrage of spells.

"What do I do with Harry?" Remus quickly yelled back.

"You must take him with you Remus; protect Harry at all costs." The sagacious voice of Dumbledore said after the loud crack the accompanies apparition.

"But I'm needed here, so I can avenge James and Lily." Remus replied with a scathing bitterness in his voice at the thought of not being able to fight.

"Remus remove those foolish thoughts of revenge from your head and realize that to best serve Lily James' you must protect their son." Albus said, exasperation evident in his voice because of Remus' stubbornness.

Albus returned to the hallway and the fight without second glance towards Remus, not seeing the scowl on Remus' face. Remus returned to Harry's crib and gently picked him up. He then grabbed a piece of shingle from the shattered roof.

"Portus." Remus said as he envisioned his target location, Hogsmeade village. He would have gone straight to Hogwarts if it were not for the anti-portkey wards, so he would have to settle for Hogsmeade. A soft blue glow surrounded the piece of shingle and Remus knew the portkey was ready for activation, all he had to do was say the activation word.

"Vindicta," Revenge. Remus could feel the world twisting around him and in seconds he was standing outside Hogsmeade's main road through the village. The normally cheerful and lively village was quiet and dark as Remus warily walked through, sticking to the shadows in case there were unwanted eyes watching. Not even The Three Broomsticks, Hogsmeade's most popular tavern, had any signs of life. Remus had barely made it halfway through the village when he felt that sixth sense of danger. Always one to trust his senses and feelings Remus dived into an alleyway and casted the disillusionment charm on himself and Harry, turning them invisible.

"Are you sure they came here?" A voice came from the street, distorted through the metal of a Death Eater's mask.

"Yes Lucius, do you doubt the Dark Lord's wishes?" A female voice tainted with the effects of insanity said in response. That meant that both Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy, Voldemort's two most fanatical followers, were hunting him.

"I would never doubt the Dark Lord but there is nobody here." Lucius said.

The two of them passed by the alleyway we were hidden in, barely giving it a cursory glance.

"Well deal with your insecurities, the Dark Lord said for us to be here and to kill anyone who leaves the Potter house to seek refuge in Hogwarts." Bellatrix said.

By now Remus estimated that the two were nearing the end of the village, and Remus prepared to leave. Casting a silencing charm on himself so his footsteps would not be heard, Remus set out in the alleys of Hogsmeade, not daring to go down the main road due to the Death Eater's presence. Remus made it out of the village without further incident and didn't see either Death Eater during his escape. Once he reached the edge of the village Remus threw all caution in the wind and sprinted up the path towards Hogwarts that he had travelled so many times as a student.

He had just made it past the boulder that marked the halfway point when the Death Eaters sprung their trap. Upon seeing all that surrounded him Remus felt the cold pit of fear and despair settle in his stomach.

"Remus my friend it has been far too long since we last met." Lucius said in a contemptuous, sneering voice.

Looking around Remus could see that he was completely surrounded, a dozen Death Eaters all with their wands out and poised to strike. Seeing that fighting was futile, Remus quickly tried to apparate out but instead of the twisting feeling of apparition he only felt a wave of nausea and dizziness.

"Did you really think we wouldn't have put up anti-apparition wards?" Bellatrix asked somewhere from his left, voice trilling with the excitement of the kill.

"No but it's always worth a try." Remus said back, knowing the he and Harry's survival was based only on his ability to delay them with his words until Dumbledore and The Order could arrive. Remus looked around him and noticed the carved patterns on the silver masks of the Death Eaters, marking them all as Voldemort's Inner Circle. Yet as he did this his eyes also wandered along the tree line, looking for any sign of incoming aid. If he hadn't been so scrupulous in his search he might have never noticed the hooded man lying in the bushes, watching.

Only a little longer, Remus thought as he scrambled to come up with more to say. "12 members of the Inner Circle, what ever did I do to deserve such an honor?" He asked, feigning innocent curiosity.

"Don't play tricks with us werewolf." Lucius snarled, "I am going to make this simple for you, give us the boy or die."

"Geez and I almost thought the welcome party was for me." Remus retorted. Remus could see a vein bulging in Lucius' neck from his anger. The man in the woods was still there and when Remus made eye contact with him the man held up three fingers and began to count down.

Three… two… one. When he reached zero Remus hit the ground and spellfire erupted all around. Cries of shock, anger, and erupted from the Death Eaters as at least three and maybe more of them went down. Remus felt a hand grab the collar of his robes and haul him to his feet.

"Well look what at what I found." Remus looked up the see the grinning face of Sirius, yet underneath the thin facade of amusement Remus could detect a similar desire for revenge in Sirius' eyes.

"'Bout time you guys showed up." Remus said as he ducked under a sickly purple spell that looked distinctly like a cutting curse.

"Well if you're done babysitting then maybe you can help us." Without another word Sirius recklessly charged back into the fray, throwing curses with reckless abandon.

Remus quickly ran to the tree line and placed Harry behind a boulder, disillusioning him. Nobody would find him here except for Remus. Taking one last look at where he knew Harry sat Remus ran forward to engage with a furious Bellatrix Lestrange.

"Does the little puppy want to play?" She said with a simper. Any coyness in her words was lost in the two killing curses she launched at Remus. Dodging both of them Remus responded with a blasting curse that Bellatrix simply deflected over her shoulder.

They continued trade spells back and forth, neither of them willing to yield to the other. Neither of them noticed the battle quickly winding down around them, all their attention focused on defeating the person that stood before them.

It all ended with a disarming charm cast by Remus. He stood before a defenseless Bellatrix, who despite losing stood there laughing. Her laugh was unnerving, filled with insanity as it was.

"What are you laughing about?" Sirius asked from the left.

"I was thinking about how before you toss me in Azkaban that I should tell you something." When nobody said something she continued, "You may have won today but the Dark Lord will return and all those you lost today will have died in vain."

"James and Lily's death were not in vain." Remus said, the words to the full-body bind charm on his lips.

"Oh but they were, the only good that came out of James' death was the enjoyment of watching him beg for death after the Dark Lord tortured him." She said this with a sickly smile on her face, waiting for Remus' reaction.

Remus felt his blood boil and in that moment he wanted nothing more than to make her pay for her words. Remus prepared to cast the spell that would silence her, permanently.

And Remus said the words he had promised to himself he would never say.

"Avada Kedavra!"

Bellatrix had been waiting for this however, she rolled under the curse only for it to hit the man standing behind her: Arthur Weasley.

Shock and revulsion at what he had done filled Remus, so much so that he never noticed that Bellatrix broke through the anti-apparition wards and left.

Remus felt hands grab him and force him to his knees. He knew the consequences of what he had done. Dumbledore may use all his influence to prevent it but Remus would now end up with a lifetime sentence to Azkaban. He felt no fear about Azkaban the only thing he was thinking of was how he would fail James and Lily by not taking care of Harry.

With a jolt Remus realized that Harry was still hidden in the forest. Remus had heard what Dumbledore's plans for Harry were, and Remus knew that the Dursleys would not give adequate care to someone they considered different. Harry would face 11 years of beatings, starvation, and would be a prisoner inside the Dursleys' home. If Dumbledore had one failing it was that he was too trusting of people and too willing to give people second chances. If Harry lived with the Dursleys he would pay the price for Dumbledore's failings.

With a definite course of action Remus broke the hold that Moody and Augusta Longbottom had of him and sprinted towards Harry. He could hear people telling him to stop, but he kept running, never looking back. As he picked Harry up he knew he had to hurry, the others were beginning to put up new anti-apparition wards to stop him. He knew of a safe-house he had built, where they would be protected by the fidelus charm and thus unreachable. Remus prepared himself for the longest apparition he had ever attempted, normally when going there he would do it in several jumps to save energy but this time he needed to prevent the tracing of his magic.

Just before the shimmering walls of the anti-apparition wards enclosed around him Remus made the jump. He felt a wrenching in his gut that was more painful than ever before and he world twisted around him. He landed in the familiar mountain peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains and in his rapidly tunneling vision, saw that he and Harry were both safely ensconced inside his snowy safe-house.

The toll of the magic took its full effect and the only thing Remus saw was black, and then nothing.

A/N I'm willing to bet y'all didn't expect a major death this early? While it may seem a little trivial now, soon it will have major ramifications on the story. So good, bad, so bad you threw your computer against a wall, or so good you'll burn my house down if I don't update by tomorrow, let me know.