Sorry it's so short, I'm working on the 7th one now so patience people!

Enjoy!

'Mr Potter, Mr Black, EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!' Barked Professor McGonagall, taking in the horrific scene

'I- we! No! S-she.. b-but I-' Started James, but was interrupted by a very weak Lily Evans.

'T-they didn't d-do this Professor...' Lily Panted, 'I w-was on my way t-to the owlery a-and...'Lily had to pause for a moment when an enormous surge of pain ran through her body, emotional or physical, Lily didn't know. 'I was h-hit from behind, I-I don't know w-who did th-this...'

'Very well Miss Evans, can you stand?' Asked Professor McGonagall

'I-' Lily tried, but was cut off by James

'No she can't Professor, let me carry her to the hospital wing, please?'

'Yes, thank you Potter, off you go then, quickly please.'

James nodded briefly before walking as fast as he could back towards the castle, spitting on Snape on his way out. But before he was out of earshot, James heard Professor McGonagall say,

'So Mr Black, any chance of you telling me what happened to Snape before he became unconscious?'

'Sorry Professor, I didn't see, I was busy helping Evans!'

'Well then you won't mind me checking your wand for previously cast spells?'

'Oh shit.'

'What was that?'

'I said, oh sure!'

'My goodness! What happened to her?!' Shrieked Madam Pomfrey as James walked into the hospital wing with Lily in his arms.

'Heal now, talk later!' Answered James stubbornly, lying Lily down on the bed and sitting next to her

'I-' Started Madam Pomfrey, but broke off after seeing more blood pour out of Lily's stomach, 'Very well, Potter, put pressure on that wound, I'll be right back' And with that, Madam Pomfrey chucked James a white cloth and ran into her medicine closet.

'Sorry Lily' James said, before folding the white cloth and pressing it onto Lily's wound. She screamed but James knew he was helping her by keeping the cloth there.

'Shhh Lily! It's alright, I'm here... just... c'mon Lily!' James sighed, he hated it when Lily screamed at him, but at least it wasn't his fault this time... sort of.

After a few minutes of trying to calm Lily down, James was about to remove the cloth just to get her to stop screaming when Madam Pomfrey came in.

'Right, off you go Potter please' She said, holding many potions and spell books in her hands

'But, b-'

'No. Please go Potter, do you want her to get better or not?'

'Fine.' Said James, walking towards the door, but glancing back one more time to see Lily's eyes staring back at him, before closing and sending her into a deep sleep.

'So Prongs, hows Lily doing? Have you seen her recently?' Asked Sirius.

It was now very early in the morning the day after the whole owlery incident and James and Sirius were the only ones left in the common room. Neither had spoken for quite some time after discussing what they were going to do to Snape in payment for Lily's blood. James had been very quiet the last twelve hours or so, but no one blamed him because by now everyone knew what had happened to Lily, and you would have to be mental not to know how much James loved her, so people mostly left him alone with the exception of a few questions.

James and Sirius were forced to apologize to Snape when he woke up, but they weren't in nearly as much trouble as Snape was. (When Snape woke up, he confessed to hurting Lily by accident, but the only people who knew of this confession were Dumbledore, McGonagall and Lily). Rumors have been going around that Snape will be expelled, but James and Sirius knew they weren't true, Dumbledore liked Snape for some reason, a reason James knew he'd never find out.

'I haven't seen her since I carried her to the hospital wing, but I hope she's alright.' Replied James quietly, watching the fire dance. Sirius knew it was now or never to tell James what was on his mind, he couldn't shake his feeling of guilt any longer...

'Look, Prongs, I wanted to say that I'm sorry about what happened to Lily, I remember promising you that I would never let that happ-' Sirius started, but was cut off by James

'No, don't be sorry, please don't be sorry Sirius, it wasn't your fault, even I couldn't protect her from...' But James couldn't continue, his voice failed him as a large lump formed in his throat. Sirius felt better that James now knew how horrible he felt, but it seams James feels the same way.

'You can't protect her from everything Prongs, there has to be exceptions sometimes.' Said Sirius quietly

'I should have been there! When Snape- wait, did you see him hurt her?' Asked James, staring up from the fire for the first time in hours

'I- no, I didn't, but it must have been him, who else was there?'

'True... but they were f-friends weren't they?'

'Yeah...'

'So why would he hurt her?'

'I dunno... Maybe there was another person?'

'If I couldn't stop whoever attacked Lily the first time, then I'm going to stop them from ever doing it again, now.' James paused for a moment, taking one last glance at the fire, and then stood up, grabbed his invisibility cloak, his wand and the marauders map, and stormed out of the common room.

'I can't miss this!' Sirius said to himself, grabbing his wand and running out of the common room after James.

I'm not to happy with the way I wrote this chapter, but please review anyway lol :)

Emmi x