WE HAVE HARRY POTTER

Part 7


James could only hope, wish, pray that his family would get here in time. He knew that this very moment, they would probably be sprinting through the grounds of Hogwarts, trying to get past the boundary line of the great castle so that they could apparate here.

He was holding his father's beaten and broken body to his chest, with a shaking, now ruby red slathered hand tightly compressing the seeping wound on his father's chest, trying desperately to stem the flow of blood, to make it stop.

His dad was dying. And James could not, would not allow that to happen.

He had been through so much; could he not pull through one last time?

James was snapped out of his very morbid thoughts by a loud crack, that made him jump violently as the sound jostled the increasingly cool, silent air surrounding and in the little church yard.

His head whipped up violently, and he was about to draw his wand from his back pocket, when he saw that Teddy was slowly making his way towards James and his Godfather, ambling in a disorientated way that was clearly the after affects of disapperating quickly and without much thought, and also panting hurriedly that clearly showed that he had simply sprinted madly through the Hogwarts grounds.

'James! James - where -'

'Teddy!'

Teddy's head seemed to force its way out of its previous disorientation, and he somehow manoeuvred his staggering body towards the spot that was occupied by James, his dad, and the rapidly spreading puddle of warm, red and sticky liquid, constantly seeping and emanating from James' father's extensive and dehabilitating wounds.

When Teddy got closer and closer to James and his father, James saw his eyes widen almost comically, as he saw the very state that his Godfather was in.

Just a foot before Teddy reached touching distance, he collapsed onto the ground, still panting, still swaying, staring in horror at the state of the man that was practically his own father as well as James, Albus and Lily's.

'Oh Merlin. Oh Merlin, oh Merlin, oh Merlin …'

Teddy let out a dry sob, an action of which seemed to startle him back to reality, and James saw the almost business like look in Teddy's eye completely envelope that raw panic that had consumed the then cloudless blue eyes just moments before.

With Auror-mode now turned on and fully functional for Teddy, Teddy looked at James, and James knew almost automatically, so much so that it startled even himself, what Teddy was about to ask, or command - but James knew that there was only really one place that his father would be completely comfortable in being in this repulsive state.

'Hogwarts. We're taking him to Hogwarts.'

Teddy looked momentarily confused, and James could almost already see that look in his eye, the sort of look that adult's got when they had to let down a child very gently, easily - but, James was particularly adamant about this fact, of his father's delivery to Hogwarts in this condition.

'James, I really think that Saint Mun -'

'No.' James said, startled at the sudden severity of his tone.

'Dad was only ever comfortable with Madam Pomfrey. You know how he's like with other healers. And, if - if something happens -'

James' airways seemed to stop, and he let his words taper out, allowing the three of them to be eclipsed into a brief solace of silence.

Teddy looked at James, eyes now a fierce violet colour, and James looked right back at Teddy. He seemed to have come to some sort of conclusion, though, because when Teddy next looked back at James, he sighed, and was wearing a very hesitant and reserved expression.

'Fine. Fine.' Teddy sighed. 'We have to be quick, though, James. I don't even know if he should even apparate in this condition -'

'Let's go. The sooner we get there, the more chance of dad -'

James lapsed once more into silence, as they both pondered and mulled over the very horrific thought of all of this effort, and pain, and loss - to only finally get to safety and care, for James' father's life to be whipped, snatched away from them.

And without any more words spoken, Teddy suddenly grabbed a hold of James' arm, and any other time James would have jumped out of his skin, but now he was either too tense, too petrified, or too exhausted to care about being jumpy or paranoid.

With a sudden crack, piercing the little sleepy church yard for a second time that day, James and Teddy and their father and Godfather respectively, where whisked away towards Hogwarts, towards oasis.

Disorientated and stumbling, James and Teddy, - Teddy with the unconscious and very bleeding reason of why they were even here in the first place - had somehow managed to get to the gates of Hogwarts without splinching themselves, and James had the sudden thought to congratulate Teddy on that fact, hopefully later on, when times where better and less dense and dark.

Looking behind him, James saw that his father was, indeed, safe in the cradling arms of Teddy, though Teddy was much to preoccupied with trying to staunch the seemingly ceaseless flow of sickeningly ruby red blood now squelching more harder than ever from James' father's chest. It seemed that apparating had most definitely aggravated the ever-seeping, never-ending wounds that littered his father's body.

And then, James was faced with an even more desperate problem.

How was he supposed to get into Hogwarts?

The gates were locked tight, and James now had enough knowledge to realise the fact that the amount of wards made it impenetrable, impossible to get in -

And yet, James still reached forward a quivering hand, his last hope, or thought, for what else could he think to do? The bloodied limb shakingly edged it's way towards the gates of the great and famed school, the winged boars majestically surveying him, making him feel watched and under pressure - but then, something happened, making James jump back in both shock and amazement, and making Teddy shout out in surprise and warning of what was not there -

The gates opened of their own accord, Hogwarts welcoming her tiresome and injured former and current students, something, this fact, forcibly reminding and comparing the school to his own grandmother.

James was snapped out of his amazed reverie, to find Teddy levitating his father beside him, hanging like some sort of sickening puppet, head lolling aimlessly on his bleeding chest as he lay on some imaginary, floating kind of sick bed.

'You - you'd better go up before me,' Teddy said, looking at James in the utmost sincerity, purple eyes boring into chocolate brown, 'because you need to tell them all that we're here, with your dad. Okay?'

At James' barely perceptive nod, Teddy gave him a quick and light push, pushing him over the boundary line of outside the school and inside it, and shouted after him as James went, sprinting up towards the castle, not appreciating its captivating beauty before now, this time when he needed to notice it the least;

'Get Albus and Lily too, James! Get them!'

Of course he would get them, James thought.

They were family. And what families did best was to stick together.

And didn't James know it.


- I've had my laptop taken away for the past week, so I was, most unfortunately, unable to finish off writing this chapter until last night.. sucks for me! I've broken up for two weeks of Easter holidays, now, an I hope that I'll be able to complete this by the end; however, I have had copious amounts of GCSE coursework heaped on me, including a French oral exam to learn off by heart.. wish me luck! And, I'm also going on a shotgun trip to Devon for a week tomorrow, booked today. As you may have guessed, my family life is quite.. spontaneous;) Basically, I wouldn't depend on my hopes to be actual promises, my life seems to like chucking things my way that get in the way of writing, *cough*GCSE's*cough.
No matter; I SHALL PREVAIL!
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- Spellmugwump97

Hunter of Slytherclaw- Please, don't even get me started on an AVPM or AVPS rant, you would get grey hairs by the end of it! One thing, though; 'Did somebody say, DRACO MALFOY?' Ha. Anyway, thank you very much. Ginny didn't go with Teddy, though; I think she was in too bad a condition to go. He's at Hogwarts now, though.. an element of safety? Thanks, anyhow:)

Flame Rises- LOL. I should find this really offensive, but I don't. It's just far too hilarious!

Punzie the Platypus- Oh My Wizard God, Mighty Rowling, I DON'T WANT HARRY TO DIE EITHER! Thank you, I love the idea of Teddy being as much a part of the family as James, and also I love the idea of the Weasley family, despite the enormity of it, is actually really very close. Reminds me of my family, in a way. The mirror! I know; Wildly convenient, too;D Was that an AVPS reference there too, I see?

IFlipForHarryPotter- So do I! Next chapter here, though.

page-394-always1- Sorry! They just splurge out, like word vomit:( Tear-jerker? Woah. Didn't think I could do that! Oh, your story; read it, really good! :D *hides behind hair and blushes* My stories aren't even that good.. I just write because I have nothing better to do! Yes, you are awesome. It's like, Snape is ingrained into your mind; you just use quotes from him without realizing it! Woah. Anyway, I now have a pretty good idea of who the captor's are, - unlike before:S - out of interest, who do you think they are? I'm kind of glad that this wasn't too obvious, if you get what I mean. It's always good to have a bit of mystery, I think! But, maybe that's just my love of mystery novels and my gene's from my detective of a dad.. huh. Here it is! I'll try and update as soon as possible! :)

insaneInsania- Yeah, cliffhangers. Evil little buggers. Or, probably big, if you think about how annoying they are.. anyway, SORRY! I know. AVPM quote sums it up perfectly; 'I'm the boy-who-lived, not the boy-who-died. Duh.' Ugh!