Avoiding Voldemort or Not!
Author: LilyHeartsJames
Disclaimer: Sorry to burst you're bubble but JK is the amazing writer of Harry Potter. And er, I'm not JK. I'm LilyHeartsJames
Dedication: Let's see um… I'm dedicating this to… the Marauders and Lily because that's my favourite era to write in. And because they rock.
Notes: Well… I really appreciated the reviews from you all! Gosh guys, I feel so loved! Already we're on the ninth chapter but I can tell that this will be longer then APON, I just have that feeling. Oh and I also watched some spoilers for the fifth season of One Tree Hill but only little bits and I'm not going to say much about it. I don't have the right channel to watch it and that sucks HEAPS! It comes on in three hours I think. I'm excited!
CHAPTER nine:
Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.I guess that's how death works. It doesn't matter if we're ready or not. It just happens. Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. No one can confidently say that they will still be living tomorrow. The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
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When Lily was younger, she knew that one day she would no longer walk the earth. But that didn't change the fact that she was scared. And because she was scared she didn't like to think about it. So she didn't, until today.
Lily thought she had seen the last of Lord Voldemort, the evil doer who was always causing havoc, and ruining people's lives left right and centre just because he could. But she was wrong. She'd gone and gotten herself captured, and not just herself but people she cared deeply about. And Lily wasn't too happy with herself; if she had just stayed put like James had told her then they wouldn't be in this mess. But she was determined to save her father, and had not meant to drag anyone else into the situation. She had thought she was doing a good thing, and that she could handle it by herself.
She was stupid to think that she could just walk in, grab her father and take him home and then everything would be okay. Who was she kidding anyway? Moody had been right, she was too young to deal with this. She should have left it to him and the other Aurors, but she thought she was helping. But actually she had made it worse. Two Aurors in Training and one qualified Auror was missing, and she wasn't even sure if anyone knew yet, or if they were too busy saving muggles to realize that three people who had arrived at the scene with them, were now nowhere near where they were supposed to be.
Lily promised herself that when she got out of this situation she would apologize to everyone for being foolish enough to think that she could handle everything on her own.
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"Sirius, Becky we just got here! What's going on? How did they get caught? Why didn't anyone go after them? Where are they now? How long have they-"
"Remus! Enough of the questions! All we know is that they weren't there when they were helping the muggles, and we didn't find out until after they left. We're pretty sure that they've gone to the hospital to save Lily's dad who's been taken hostage by Death Eaters and they've been gone for hours" Sirius said breathlessly when he pulled out of the tight hug Remus had given him.
He could see Remus' pale face and knew that the full moon was coming up in a week, and now Remus had to deal with his missing friends too.
"We're just waiting on Peter to arrive and then we can head back up to the castle. Peter got his apparition license three weeks ago so he's Apparating. Moody and Dumbledore are planning whatever they're planning in Dumbledore's office and me and Becky are on pick-up duty" Sirius told him.
Sirius and Becky had gone and stood outside The Three Broomsticks and awaited their friend's arrival. It had been ten minutes since Sirius had sent the letters and Peter had replied and told him he'd get there as soon as he could.
Emm had an anxious look on her face and Becky took hold of her hand and squeezed it.
"Hey why don't we go ask Rosmerta for a coffee? I'm sure she'd let us" Emm nodded and Becky led her into the bar.
Remus looked at Sirius.
"How long have you known?"
Sirius sighed as he leaned against the wall of Rosmerta's bar.
"A while… me and Becky were walking down the street and then we saw these people running and heard screaming and stuff so we went and helped out and then Moody came over and told us we shouldn't be there and asked where Lily and James were. They're getting people from an organization called the Order of the Phoenix and they're going to help out with the rescue mission"
Remus sighed and he too leaned against the wall.
"How
did they end up at the hospital anyway?"
"Well Moody has his
suspicions and if he's right then Lily obviously Apparated to the
hospital first and then James and then Danny. He doesn't think that
they were forced to go to the hospital by anyone… but he knows
Lily's dad's there and he knew that Lily would go and save him"
Remus nodded and there was silence for a few minutes.
"Has anyone told Heather?"
Sirius gave him a tiny smile.
"Nope. Moody said that they weren't going to tell her until they'd gotten all three er I mean four including Lily's dad back to safety. But it'll be a matter of time before the Prophet finds out and then Heather will end up on a rampage and Moody will be on top of Heather's 'who I need to kill' list for letting Lily and James out there in the first place"
Remus nodded again and said; "What's the time? I haven't checked it for hours"
"Two thirty am or two thirty two to be exact"
Remus shook his head. "Do you think they're okay?"
Sirius looked at him carefully. "Of course they will. Nothing's going to go wrong. We'll get them back safely and everyone will return to normal"
Just then there was a loud crack! And Peter was standing there in the middle of Hogsmeade looking around for his friends. When he spotted them he hurried over and began asking the same questions Remus had and Sirius answered him.
"I think I need a coffee" Remus said walking towards the bar.
"I think I need to spew" Peter said and Sirius gave him a disgusted look as Peter bent over a barrel that was out the front and through up.
"Hey Pete when you're ready come in and stuff"
Peter nodded and Sirius hurried inside.
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"So Potter, how's you're life?"
James rolled his eyes. Lord Voldemort was asking him how his life was. Was he doing this to annoy James, or because he was an idiot?
"Oh you know, it was pretty good, at least until you showed up that is"
Voldemort glared at him and wanting to piss him off, James smirked.
"You know, a simple answer would have been better appreciated" Voldemort said, trying to keep his voice under control.
"Well you don't get everything you want otherwise everyone would" James replied, enjoying every minute.
"Yes but I unfortunately do get everything I want"
"Really? So you wanted Lily to escape last time? Weird… for a Wizard who wishes to take over the entire world wishing something like that"
"I'm not putting up with you're smart arse remarks Potter. I don't need them and I don't want them"
"Okay but just remember, we don't all get what we want"
Voldemort glared fiercely at him.
"What, do I really look that good?" James asked smiling.
"CRUCIO!"
-
"So Danny I've been thinking. If we ever make it out alive, I'm going to buy you and James and possibly Moody dinner as an apology for running off and putting us all in danger"
Danny smiled and leaned against the wall.
"Lily we are all going to get out alive, trust me. And I think you'd be buying dinner for a tonne of other people too. Like Heather, you're friends, you're parents… But you'll end up broke so I'll just buy my own dinner but thanks for offering"
Lily smiled. "Looks like I'm getting a job besides being an Auror. Or I could just buy us all Hot Dogs… or get Pizza"
"Right, take the easy way out" he said chuckling.
"Well you know it's the thought that counts"
"True, true. So er… if you don't mind me asking-"
"Yes me and James had sex… twice and we were protected so don't cry"
Danny smirked. "Um that's really nice to know and everything but actually I was just wondering whether you're mum was okay. I haven't seen her around and stuff so I just thought-"
"She's visiting my grandparents and she should be back in a couple of days"
"Yeah…"
Lily blushed a bit. "Sorry for telling you that I just thought you wanted to know and-"
Danny shook his head. "It's fine. It's nice to know you were protected"
Lily nodded. "So… er what do you plan on doing once we get out of here?"
"Let's see. Um I'll hide from Heather so she doesn't kick my arse, hide from Moody so he doesn't kick me in the arse, hide from Sirius who will also most likely kick me in arse unless I give him food and er… Talk Moody out of suspending you and James"
Lily groaned and put her head in her hands.
"I'm sorry Danny. I didn't mean to put you in this situation I just… I wanted to help my dad and I didn't think and you and James would follow"
"It's okay, I understand. But as procedure you can't leave a place like that without first telling someone unless you're being dragged off"
"Well… you found out so that's basically telling someone somehow"
"Yeah kind of. But I didn't tell anyone so… yeah"
Lily nodded and sighed.
"Moody's gonna fry my arse" Danny muttered and Lily laughed.
"James said the same thing! When he kinda went back home the morning after the party thing my mum threw and he said just that"
"Oh and was that the morning after the night of passion?"
"Danny!" Lily said slapping his arm and he laughed.
"Sorry. Just had to tease you. It was though wasn't it?"
Lily blushed and looked away.
"So when did you's get back together anyway?"
"The night of the party. I walked out and he followed me and told me he didn't want Carly, that he wanted me. And he said he was sorry and that he loved me. And he also told me I was looking pretty hot in the rain… and that he wanted to kiss me so I decided to forgive him"
"Because he told you that you looked hot?"
Lily grinned, "Yeah definitely"
Danny shook his head.
"No um… that was bonus points but I didn't want to be apart from him much longer and I just missed him heaps. And plus I liked the way he apologized… that was pretty sweet. But I wasn't really that pissed after awhile about Carly kissing him because I realized that she would have felt the same when James and I kissed at the Christmas Ball so I kind of forgave her for that. But… I was still kind of pissed at her. Mainly I was angry at James for lying to me but I got over it"
Danny nodded. "Well I'm glad. He was really mopey for weeks after you two broke up. He didn't do much just lazed around and made people feel sorry for him. But I'll tell you a secret. The morning after the party he was in the bathroom and he was singing 'it's a wonderful world' and even though it was off key I had my suspicions. Me and Sirius heard him and cracked up and Heather told us to stop and leave him alone but I could tell that she wanted to laugh"
Lily nodded this time.
"Danny why is Heather so… serious?"
He sighed and looked at her. "She's just a serious type of person. She can be really funny sometimes. We sometimes kid around a bit when you guys aren't around and-"
"Oh my god is this going to get sexual?"
Danny smiled and shook his head. "No, although it did occasionally"
"Ew! Danny! You're my boyfriend's dad! I don't wanna know what goes on between you two!"
"Well you told me about you and my son"
"You have a point, touché"
He grinned cheekily.
"So… what are you going to do when we get out of here?"
Lily thought for a moment.
"Get smothered in hugs by my friends and Heather after she tells me what an idiot I was and then I guess I'll hang out with my dad a bit, one on one and I'll come see you guys and yeah. Usual day to day activities"
Danny nodded. "That'll happen after Moody fries you're arse"
"He'll have three arses to fry"
Danny chuckled.
"I second that"
Danny and Lily bumped fists and smiled at each other.
-
"So do you enjoy putting people through pain or do you just do it because you feel like it?" James asked Voldemort angrily.
"I enjoy it of course and I also do it because I feel like it, there is nothing better then seeing someone suffer"
"You're sick! You're a sick bastard!"
Voldemort stared at him, thinking.
"How uncanny it is that you and you're girlfriend are very much alike"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well you both have smart mouths-"
"I thought brains made you smart" James cut in and Voldemort glared dangerously at him.
"You both use words that are often alike… sometimes even the same. You two are very much the same; I can't see why the two of you hated each other in the first place"
"We had our differences" James said and Voldemort nodded.
"So… how's you're love life James? Lily giving you a good time?" Voldemort was smiling and James frowned.
"What did she tell you?"
"Oh she called me exactly what you called me… after I read her mind and saw the night of passion the two of you shared"
James
glared at Voldemort, wishing he could hit him.
"And I asked her
if she and fun… so she called me a sick bastard"
"She got something right then didn't she?"
Voldemort stared into James' eyes, wanting to search his mind… his memories.
But James was one step ahead of him.
He blocked Voldemort quickly and Voldemort looked astounded.
"Daddy teach you to block you're mind?"
"Yeah he did, and it came in handy"
Voldemort watch him for a few more seconds.
"Take him back. I have no use for him if he won't answer questions normally and let me into his mind"
Lestrange pulled James to his feet and dragged him out of the room back to Lily's father.
-
"Okay so have you guys planned this all out yet?" Sirius asked and Moody sighed.
"We're trying. We need a map of the hospital… we need to know which room they're in and-"
"I think I can help you with finding out which room they're in" Sirius said and walked out of the room and down the spiral steps. He made sure no one was around and pulled out his mirror.
"James Potter" he said but all he could see was black.
Sirius tried a few more times, feeling worried until finally James answered him.
"What was going on, why didn't you answer me?"
"I just did. I was with Death Eaters and it wouldn't be very smart if I answered it then and let them find out my only chance on communication"
Sirius shook his head.
"Listen James we need a map of the hospital and we need to know which room you guys are in"
"We're in… er I'd better let Lily's dad tell you which room. He knows about it"
James handed the mirror to Mark and Sirius saw glimpses of the room.
"SIRIUS?" Mark shouted and Sirius almost dropped the mirror.
"I'm here Mark, no need to shout"
"Okay there's a map in my drawer in my study next to Lily's room. It's in the bottom drawer. We're in…"
-
"Okay so I found out which room they're in and I know where a map is. I just need to get to Lily's house. Professor do you think I could floo into our house and then go over to Lily's?"
"Too risky, what if Heather finds out?" Moody asked and Sirius sighed.
"I'll tell her I flooed from Becky's and I was too lazy to walk"
"At 3:30 in the morning?"
"Well I'll be quiet"
"I've been tipped off from work that she's sent plenty of owls about Danny and James' whereabouts and they haven't replied"
"She's going to find out sooner or later" Sirius said reasonably.
Moody nodded. "How did you find out this information?"
"I have my communication ways"
Moody frowned at him.
"Look just let me try it and see where it gets us"
"I'm coming" Remus said and Sirius nodded.
"Okay"
"Listen to me. You go inside the Evans' house, get it and come back don't hang around. I'm suspecting that there might be Death Eaters around"
"Waiting for what? Lily's mum? She comes home in a few days" Becky said and Moody stared at her.
"If she finds out about her husband and her daughter she'll come home right away and that's what Voldemort is expecting and we can't have another hostage"
Becky nodded.
"I wanna go to"
"No, you stay here. Me and Remus can go. We'll be fine"
"I want to help"
"You're helping by trying to get Lily and James back, that's the main part"
Becky grinned, "Well okay, if that's the case"
Sirius nodded and walked over to the fire place.
"No matter what, Heather cannot find out" Moody told them and they nodded.
"Just get in there and do what you have to do"
"Why don't we get the Evans' house connected to the floo network?" Emm asked.
"Too risky. There's Death Eaters in the Ministry and a few are on the floo network. They'll be alerted and they'll know someone's in there"
They all nodded.
"We'll see you when we see you then" Sirius said and winked at Becky and then went into the green flames shouting "the Potter's house".
Remus did the same and then they were gone.
-
"Do you think we'll ever get out of here?"
James looked up at Lily's father who was sitting opposite him.
"Of course I do. Lily always said to stay positive and have faith"
Mark smiled.
"Nice to know you listen to her"
"Yeah. I wonder what she's doing"
"Obviously hanging out with you're dad. Talking to him and stuff"
James realized Mark's voice sounded bitter.
"Are you jealous of my dad?"
Mark sighed. "I am a bit. He and Lily are pretty close and I know they talk a lot about stuff and if she doesn't go over to you're place to see you or Sirius then she goes to see you're parents"
"Well yeah my dad thinks of Lily as a daughter. He cares about her and he wouldn't let anything happen to her. They were close even before Lily and I started dating"
Mark nodded. "I just miss her when it used to be just us, but then she grew up"
"Hey, she still loves you and I know you still love her. She won't ever stop loving you. I guess she's just… I don't know interested in a lot of other things too. Girl stuff. Like… friends, family, boyfriends"
Mark looked at him.
"She's really lucky to have you James"
James smiled and shook his head.
"No… I'm super lucky to have her. I've never had a real relationship like the one I've got now. I mean when I went out with Carly she pretty much bossed me around. But with Lily she lets me do my own things and respects them and I really like that. But before Carly I used to kind of date girls for not even a week. But I changed when I started hanging out with Lily. I realized that the inside is more important then the outside, and the outside just counts as a bonus"
Mark laughed.
"Wow… Lily sure is lucky"
James smiled and sighed.
"I just hope we get out of here soon. I know my mum, she'll be worried sick"
-
"Remus hurry up! We have to get out of here" Sirius whispered as he got up off the floor. Remus was standing over by the front door.
"Sirius, I'm over by the door"
"Oh…"
"Who's there?" came Heather's voice and Sirius and Remus practically dived behind the couch.
Heather flicked on the light and Sirius hoped to god that she wouldn't see them.
"Sirius? James? Danny? That you?"
Sirius and Remus didn't say anything.
Heather sighed.
"Must've been dreaming" She turned and walked down the hall but before she went up the stairs she sighed.
"Please come home soon" she whispered and continued on her way.
Sirius and Remus waited for five minutes before getting up and creeping over to the door.
They unlocked it and opened it slowly, praying it wouldn't creak.
Thankfully it didn't and they hurried out.
They ran over to Lily's house and decided on going round the back.
Chum immediately started barking and bounded over to them and Sirius hushed him up while Remus unlocked the door with a simple spell.
"C'mon boy, come on in"
"Sirius I'm not so sure if that's a good idea"
"He can't stay out here on his own, look at him! Remus, he wants to come in"
"You heard what Moody said. We're here for one thing and one thing only"
"But look at his face! Doesn't he make you feel sorry for him?"
Remus stared at Chum's chocolate brown eyes and sighed. He shook his head.
"Sirius, you can bond with him later but for now we have to go"
Sirius pouted as he and Remus walked inside the dark house.
"It's spooky" Sirius whispered and Remus turned on the light.
They jumped back in surprise: Chum was standing there in front of them, panting.
Remus clutched his heart and breathed in deeply.
"Sirius… take… him outside… now"
"Awww" Sirius said and did as he was told.
When he came back in they walked up the stairs and saw Lily's room. There were two doors on either side.
"Well that one's Petunia's. So this one must be the study"
Sirius opened the door and both and Remus walked in and Remus turned on the light once more. But thankfully for them there was nothing there to scare them.
They went over to the desk and opened the bottom drawer. They pulled out whatever was inside and found a map amongst the belongings.
"Perfect" Sirius whispered and they were about to run back downstairs when they heard the back door click and voices.
"That Dark Lord said that there should be a map of the hospital, and Black is friends with these people he lives next door. He might know about it. We have to get it and bring it back to him"
"Who, Black?"
"No you twit! The Dark Lord!"
"Oh…"
Sirius and Remus looked at each other.
"What are we gonna do?" Remus asked, his voice sounding panicky.
Sirius thought for a second.
"The window" he whispered and they hurried out of the study and into Lily's room. They walked over to the window and looked out.
It was safe so they climbed down and heard Chum start barking again.
"Dammit" Remus whispered.
"It's gone! They've taken it already! They might be next door! We have to go and check the Potter's house!" They heard and a door slammed.
"We have to warn Heather and bring her with us. They'll kill her if they find her" Remus said and Sirius and ran over to the fence and jumped it and Remus followed.
They climbed in through James' window and Sirius dived under his bed. He grabbed something out and then pocketed it and he and Remus ran into Heather and Danny's room.
"Heather wake up!"
Sirius shook her and she sat up quickly.
"What? What is it?" he got out of bed and peered through the darkness.
"Sirius? Remus?"
"Come with us, we have to Apparate to Hogsmeade. Death Eaters are coming here and-"
A door slammed downstairs.
"We have to go now before they find us"
Heather nodded.
"Tell me everything once we get there"
She turned left and Remus and Sirius did the same and they were far away from the Potter house.
-
"It shouldn't be taking this long! They should have flooed back in about a minute or so ago!" Moody said pacing backwards and forwards.
"Alastor, clam down. They'll be here when they're here"
The door burst open and Heather stormed in followed by Sirius and Remus, who was holding the map.
"Who the HELL do you think you are? Letting Lily and James go out there when you know very well they aren't qualified! They're too young!" Moody sighed.
"Heather if I hadn't let them go out there then they would have gone anyway you know what they're like!"
"If you'd told me about it then I wouldn't have let them go at all!"
Dumbledore stood up and cleared his throat.
Heather was fuming and was glaring at Moody.
"If Alastor had known this would happen then he wouldn't have allowed them to go out there. They are both very talented and I assure you they can look after themselves"
"They've been taken hostage! And not just my son! But my husband as well! And my best friend's husband and their daughter who is also like a daughter to me!"
"Mrs. Potter please calm down. We are working on a plan-"
"I told you both not to tell her" Moody said glaring at Sirius and Remus who hung their heads.
"They wouldn't have if Death Eaters weren't coming to my house to look for some map! You sent them there, knowing it could be dangerous and they did their job! They got the damned map!"
Remus held it out and Moody sighed.
"Thank you. Now Sirius which room did you say they were in?"
"Danny's in with Lily and James is with Lily's dad. James and Mark are in this one" Sirius said pointing and Moody marked it with a red pin.
"And Danny?"
"He's in this one, with Lily" Moody marked that one with another red pin.
"Okay… we need to know where each Death Eater is stationed and-"
"Yeah great! How are we supposed to figure that out without getting another one of us caught?" Heather asked and she and Moody glared at each other for a moment.
"James' invisibility cloak. I can use it and mark down where each one is and bring back the evidence"
Heather looked at Sirius as if he was mad.
"Are you out of you're mind? I am not letting you! I forbid you!"
"No! You can't do that I'm of age!"
"Really well I had no idea!" Heather replied sarcastically.
"I don't care whether you're of age, we've already got people in there and you're not going to be one of them! Do you want to get caught?"
"No! But I'm doing this for Lily and James! And Danny! You and Danny are the parents I've never had up until you's let me stay with you! James is like a brother to me! Lily's like a sister! I'm going and that's final"
Heather stared at him.
"Sirius please! I don't want to lose you too"
"You won't. But if someone doesn't then how will we rescue them?"
Heather sighed and nodded.
"I got the cloak when we were in the house, its right here" Sirius said pulling it out.
Heather watched him as he turned to Moody.
"I can do this, I just need a pen and paper and I'm fine"
Moody sighed and looked at Sirius' determined face.
"If you go then I'm going to" Becky said and he shook his head.
"No. You stay-"
"I'm going and there's nothing you can say or do that will stop me"
Sirius groaned. "Becky, I want you to stay here and be safe! If you come-"
"I'll be at risk just as much as you will be"
He sighed and then nodded.
"Fine"
-
"This sucks" Lily said walking around the room.
Danny chuckled. "Where's that positive attitude?"
"I just want to get out so bad! And plus I don't know if James and my dad are okay. I'm worried about them"
"They're fine; remember we're all going to get out together. Nothing will happen to any of us, I promise"
"You can't promise that Dan. You just can't" Lily said turning away from him and he sighed.
She was right. He couldn't promise.
-
"I wonder what would happen if I used my credit card to get the door open"
James stared at Mark.
"You're what?"
"My credit card. You haven't heard of them?"
James shook his head.
"What are they? What do they do?"
Mark pulled his credit card out and showed him and explained what credit cards do.
James frowned. How can money fit in that little card?"
Mark sighed. "It just does"
James nodded. "Okay then let's try it out"
Mark walked over to the door and looked out through the little window, but the corridor was deserted.
He slid his card up and down but he didn't hear the lock click. He turned the handle but the door stayed closed.
He sighed and turned around.
"It didn't work"
James let out an exasperated sigh.
"DAMMIT!"
-
Sirius whispered to Becky where the Death Eaters were standing and which part of the hospital they were in. Becky wrote it all down and once or twice they almost lost their cover and walked into someone.
They finished quickly and Apparated back to Hogsmeade, feeling a little better about the rescue mission.
They were one step above Voldemort, and by did it feel good.
-
"Okay then now we can go. I'll get a few Aurors, the street raid's been finished for ages and then Dumbledore can contact the Order. Now listen to me; you do as I tell you. If I tell you to leave, or run or hide you will do so understood?"
They nodded and Moody sighed, "Fine. We have no problems".
Heather nodded.
"So when do we go?"
"No, you're not coming. I'll get protection around you're house so you can go home. Get in contact with Mrs. Evans and do not leave the house"
"People I care about are in that hospital, I'm going"
"I need you to go home, and look after Lily's mother. We will join you shortly"
"No"
"Heather please. I need you to do this. It won't work otherwise. I'll bring Danny, James, Lily and her father to you're house soon. But someone needs to explain to Mrs. Evans about what is going on, and since the two of you are close I think you should do it. It'd make things easier" Moody told her and she sighed.
"Fine. But make sure they get home safe"
Moody nodded. "I will"
Heather hugged Sirius, then Remus, then Becky, then Emm and then Peter.
"I'll see you guys soon okay?"
"Not if I see you first" Sirius replied and she smiled.
She kissed his cheek and then bid a last goodbye and waited for Moody to give her the go after sticking his head in the fire and organizing some protection around the Potter house. He told her it was safe to go and she waved and left. A few tears falling down her cheeks.
-
"Alright, now Sirius I want you and Miss. Vance-"
"Mrs. Lupin" she corrected him and smiled at Remus who smiled back.
"I want you both to let the others out of where they are locked up, the rest of us are going into fight and-"
"What happens if there are people guarding their rooms?"
"Stun them quickly and look after yourselves. And remember: do NOT relax you're grip on you're wands. You must be prepared and ready. Everyone ready?"
There was a chorus of "yes's" and they walked inside, and the fight began.
-
"Hey Danny can you hear something?" Lily asked as she walked over to the door, looking out the small window.
"Yeah I can" he said standing next to her and they looked out.
"That's Sirius! And Emm!" Lily said excitedly and hugged Danny.
"I told you we were getting out!"
"Don't talk to soon Lilt, you'll jinx us and then I'll have to kill you"
Lily grinned and looked out the window and watched as Sirius and Emm stunned the Death Eaters guarding where they were locked up.
When the two Death Eaters had collapsed, Emm ran over to the door and unlocked it with; "Alohomora" and the door clicked and Lily and Danny ran out.
"Hey!" Lily said hugging Emm tightly and Danny hugged Sirius.
Sirius smiled at Lily.
"Er, I heard that there were a couple of jailbirds around here"
She laughed at him.
"You're such a goofball!"
"C'mon, we can't waste time" Danny said and they hurried down the hall. They turned the corner and Sirius and Emm got ready to stun Death Eaters but there weren't any.
"Odd. I thought there were some here" Emm said frowning.
Sirius shrugged. "Makes our job easier"
He opened the door but James and Lily's dad weren't there.
"I… I don't understand! This was their room!"
"They've been moved. They know" Danny said and walked in and looked around. He saw a cabinet that said; 'Confiscated Things' and smirked. If he knew his son, and he did James definitely would have looked in there.
He opened it and saw wands and medical things. He grabbed his own and Lily's and shook his head.
"These Death Eaters are really big idiots" he said as he passed Lily hers.
"Thanks… but we still have to find my dad and James"
"Yeah, come on" Sirius said and they were about to walk off.
"Excuse me, where do you think you're going?" They turned and James and Mark were standing there, smiling.
"Oh my god!" Lily said as she ran to her father and hugged him. She turned to James and hugged him too.
"When I saw you's weren't in there I go worried!"
"Yeah well it helps when you see boxes that say; 'Highly Dangerous and Confiscated Things' in Filches' office when he's yelling at you"
Lily grinned.
"Prongs" Sirius said when Lily stood back and hugged her dad once more.
"I'm glad you're both safe"
"Padfoot" James replied and hugged his best friend.
Danny wrapped an arm around Emm.
"How's married life, Mrs. Lupin?"
Emm frowned. "How did you-"
"Guilty" Lily said grinning and Emm smiled.
"It's great! Well it was until we got an owl saying my friends had gotten themselves taken hostage" she said glaring pointedly at Lily.
"Sorry" Lily said and hugged her best friend.
"Where are Becky, Remus and Peter?" James asked and Sirius and Emm explained the situation to them.
"Well why are we standing around here gossiping? We should be helping" Danny said excitement in his eyes.
They all hurried off, hexing any Death Eater in their way.
-
"Evans! Potter! You are both to go home back to then Potter's house immediately!" Moody said when he caught sight of them. He struggled through the battle towards them and when he reached them he looked pretty mad.
"We wanna help out" Lily said smiling but her smile faltered when the expression on his face went even angrier.
"Or not. Maybe we should go home" Lily said turning to James, who was already fighting someone.
He stunned his opponent and turned back to Lily.
"What did you say?"
"We have to go… before Moody fries our arses"
"I wanna help"
"He won't budge. Besides, you're mum's gonna be pretty worried"
James nodded, "Okaaaaaaaaay" he said and put an arm around her.
"I'll see you at home James" Danny said and James nodded as his father hugged him.
"I'm going to help. You look after you're mother alright?"
"Deal" James said bumping his father's fist with his own.
Danny smiled and hugged Lily.
"Now I want you to look after James okay?"
Lily laughed. "I will Danny, I promise"
He smiled at her as she kissed his cheek and he pushed her head down as a purple flash went over her head and hit a Death Eater and he fell backwards.
Lily got back up.
"Thanks Danny"
"Don't mention it. Alright, see you guys later"
He hugged Sirius and Lily grabbed hold of her father's arm.
"Let's go. I'll see you guys in a few seconds okay?"
She heard a few "okay's" back and she turned left just as Danny ran off to fight.
-
"Oh my god! I've been so worried!" Heather practically flew out of her chair when she heard the back door to the Potter's house close.
She pulled both Lily and James into a tight hug at the same time and their heads bumped together.
"Ow!" They both said at the same time and Lily's dad hugged her mum.
Lily pulled away and went over to her parents and hugged them both.
Heather smiled and turned to James.
"Where's you're father?" she asked as she put an arm around Sirius.
"Fighting as usual. Moody tried to make him leave but you know dad, always putting other people's lives first"
Heather smiled fondly.
"Thanks guys… for you know rescuing us and stuff" Lily said as Becky enveloped her in a tight hug and Remus hugged James.
"You don't need to thank us. You'd do the same" Remus said and Lily nodded.
"And I'm sorry. If I hadn't gone then this mess wouldn't have happened but my dad was there so I wanted to help him and-"
"Lily we understand. We'd all do what you did. And you didn't mean it" Sirius told her.
Lily nodded as she sat down at the table.
"I'll get us all some coffee" Heather said flicking her wand and chairs appeared all over the kitchen.
She hurried over to the kettle and bustled around. Lily sat in between her parents as Peter hugged James.
When everyone was seated and the coffee was made they sat around drinking and talking.
"What's the time?" James asked yawning.
"5:27 to be exact" Sirius replied.
"You should go to bed" Heather told him with a smile but he shook his head.
"You know I can't sleep when dad's out making the world a better place" James answered and she nodded.
"I know"
Lily sighed. "When do you reckon he'll be home?"
"When the fights over" James answered and she poked her tongue out at him and he repeated the gesture.
"Soon hopefully. Moody said he'd come and give a report and check up on things" Sirius said as he watched the clock.
"I wanna go help" Lily said fidgeting around in her seat.
"Me too" James said and Sirius nodded. "Me three"
Remus opened his mouth but Heather said; "Absolutely not"
Lily sighed, "Know any good jokes?"
"Yeah I'm looking at one" Sirius said and looked straight at her.
"Oi!" she said and slapped his leg. He laughed.
"Just joking"
"You'd better be" she said glaring at him.
"Hey wouldn't it be funny if Sirius' middle name was 'Lee'?" James piped up.
Everyone stared at him.
"Sirius Lee Black" he said and then everyone burst into laughter and Sirius blushed.
"Oh hush up!" he said crossing his arms and pouting.
"I'm going to go let Chum in, I miss my knine friend"
Lily chuckled. "Go then dog boy"
He stuck his tongue out at her and left the kitchen.
Five minutes later he walked back in, Chum at his heels.
Chum ran straight for Lily and she grinned as he jumped up and put his two front paws on her lap and started licking her face.
Lily laughed.
"Hey Chum! I missed you too!" he got down and went over to James and sniffed him.
"Hey boy" he said patting him and Chum growled.
"How come he doesn't like me?" James asked Lily as Chum walked over to Sirius and laid down at his feet.
"Because I turned him against you"
"I thought so"
Lily smiled.
"I don't really know why. He likes everyone else"
"Maybe because he knows you're Lily's boyfriend so he doesn't like you because Lily is his Lily and he doesn't want to share her" Becky said and James sighed.
"Well I didn't do anything to him"
"Except take his Lily" Emm said and James stuck his tongue out.
"So how was Grandma and Granddad?" Lily asked turning to her mother.
"They were fine; they didn't really ask much about you though. They asked a lot about Petunia, I don't really know why they do that"
Lily and her father glanced at each other and grinned and looked away.
"So Petunia rang the other day. What'd she want?"
"She called to say she and Vernon had a fight"
"Really?" Lily asked sounding excited. Her parents glared at her and she coughed.
"I mean really?" she asked trying to sound worried.
Everyone in the kitchen laughed, including her parents.
"Petunia wants to know the sex of the baby, but Vernon doesn't" Her father said Lily shook her head.
"Why does she? Why can't she keep it a surprise?"
"Well I was certain you were going to be a boy but it turned out the opposite" Her mother said smiling.
"Lucky you" Lily replied.
"So
what? Are they okay now?"
"No, Petunia wants to move back in"
"She what? So they had a little spaz over the baby elephant their having sheesh it isn't that bad!"
"Lily! Petunia just wants some time and I'd appreciate if you treated her nicely" Mrs. Evans said sternly and Lily sighed.
"Maybe"
She turned and looked Becky who was staring at Sirius and he was staring back. They were smiling at each other and Lily caught James' eye.
He raised his eyebrow and coughed.
"I need to go to the bathroom"
"Yeah me too" Lily said and they practically ran from the room.
"They both need to use the toilet at the same time?" Sirius asked looking disgusted.
"Hey… Sirius and Becky are totally eyeing each other! We have to get them back together!" Lily said as they walked along the second floor.
James stopped her and leaned her against the wall.
"That's not exactly what was on my mind" he said as he leaned down and kissed her lips softly.
When he pulled away he looked at her.
"I've missed you"
"I know. I missed you too"
"I told you're dad that I used to call you fire crotch"
Lily grinned. "Did he like that?"
"He didn't mind. He found it pretty funny"
"Oh… really?" Lily asked as she pulled him closer.
He nodded.
"I still can't believe we were held hostage and then rescued in practically one day sort of"
Lily stared into his hazel eyes.
"I love you James. I was really scared and I thought I'd lose you and-"
"Hey… hey you didn't lose me. I'm right here" he said and hugged her.
"I know it's just the thought of losing you freaks me out"
James pulled away.
"Well you're not going to lose me, I promise"
Lily smiled.
"I love you too by the way" he said softly and leaned down and kissed her. Her arms snaked around his neck and pulled him even closer.
-
"So, anyone want another cuppa?" Heather asked.
Everyone shook their heads except for Lily's parents. Lily was sitting in front of James and was leaning against his legs.
Sirius sighed. "He should be home by now"
"The fights usually take forever. Stop counting the seconds Sirius" James told him.
Remus turned to Emm.
"You tired?"
She shrugged.
"Not really. Kind of"
"You can go upstairs if you want" Heather told her and she sighed.
"Okay. I don't want to be rude but-"
"Go… you saved our butts. And besides you two are supposed to be honeymooning" James told them.
"Moony woony baboony, mooning on his honeymoon" Sirius said snickering.
Becky rolled her eyes.
"You're so immature"
Remus and Emm bid them all goodnight and went upstairs.
"You know you love it" Sirius told her.
"You know it annoys me"
"That may be but you still love it"
"Yeah right"
"Of course it's right. I'm always right. I'm a Marauder after all"
Becky groaned.
"You're annoying"
He grinned.
"I know but you still-"
"Shut it or I'll take away you're reason for fathering a child"
Sirius gulped and said; "You still love me"
"That's it!" Becky said and got up and chased him around the house.
Heather smiled as she watched Lily look up at James.
"Why can't they see that they're perfect for each other?"
James shrugged and slid down onto the floor next to her.
"I have no idea. But they'd better figure it out soon because they're driving me crazy"
"You're not the only one"
James smiled and pecked her lips.
"Are you tired?"
Lily shook her head.
"Even if I was I'm still waiting up. I can't abandon you" he grinned.
"You just don't want to be lonely"
"Maybe. Maybe not. I'm waiting for Danny and he told me to look after you"
"Oh come on! I don't need a babysitter!"
"Who said I was babysitting you?"
He smiled.
"Frustrating… Annoying…"
Lily smiled back at him.
"Well it annoys you"
"Funny, very funny"
"You wanna go in the lounge?"
James shrugged.
"Let's go then" Lily said and stood up and pulled him to his feet.
They walked out of the kitchen, holding hands.
-
"Moody! You're finally here! I was beginning to worry!" Heather said when Moody walked inside.
"Where's Danny?"
Moody looked at her, but couldn't bring himself to say anything.
"Where is Danny Moody?"
Moody opened his mouth but James and Lily came racing into the kitchen, closely followed by Sirius and Becky who were laughing.
"What's wrong?" James asked curiously.
"Where's Danny?" Sirius and Lily asked at the same time.
"He isn't here" Moody replied, his voice not sounding like its usual growl.
"Well where is he? Is he still fighting?" Lily asked smiling.
"He's not fighting" Moody answered and looked at Heather.
"Moody you're starting to freak me out. Where's my husband?" Heather asked moving towards him.
Moody sighed.
"I'm sorry Heather…"
"Why?" Heather asked, staring at him.
"Danny's gone"
"Gone? Where? Where'd he go? He should have come straight back here"
"He's… Danny's dead…"
-
Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
Dying is like coming to the end of a long novel--you only regret it if the ride was enjoyable and left you wanting more. While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil. If the people we love are stolen from us the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.
Love is stronger then death even though it can't stop death from happening. But no matter how hard death tries it can't separate people from love. It can't take away our memories either. In the end life is stronger then death. Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. They never fail who die in a great cause.
A/N: Okay…
Crickets chirp.
You know what I find really sad? Even sadder then Danny dying?
I didn't cry. And I absolutely loved Danny. He was my favourite parent.
Guys I'm really sorry for this but it had to happen. Besides, their parents had to die sometime right?
And I read on the internet that both sets of parents died from a disease and it wasn't 'suspicious'. But if they BOTH died of a disease then I can't see how it couldn't be suspicious.
And guys, Danny died doing something he loved. He died making the world a better place.
So, Rest In Peace Danny. You'll be missed dearly.
♥ LilyHeartsJames XXX