An://Sorry for the wait, I have been busy as everyone surely is.
The fog was no help as Lily, Remus, James and Sirius followed Snape and Wormtail. No words were exchanged for the majority of the trudge through the sludge, there was only bitterness between the two teams. "Do you think your brat could possibly own up to our master?" Snape asked turning to Lily. "Mudblood?"
Lily lost herself, casting a strong cutting curse. In the fog, a shadow dashed, diving in front of Snape and putting up a simple shield, easily absorbing the attack that Lily threw. It was a women, her skin was a little on the pale side, but she had shapely legs leading up to a firm stomach and a shapely body. Her face was soft and devoid of baby fat. She had long red hair that had black, blond and a light shade of pink mixed in. "Marlene?" Lily asked, gazing on her old friend from the Order of the Phoenix. They had originally met in Hogwarts and were employed into the Order by Dumbledore. She was the one that had managed to convince Lily that James must not be all that bad if he was willing to change so much for her. Marlene even babysat Harry when James decided that he and Lily needed to get out and do more things together. It wasn't to last though, she died two weeks before Lily, and was only able to get out a warning to her family, though it arrived a little late, they soon followed her to the grave.
"I am here as well." A deep voice stated. Coming out of the fog was a figure of a man based on his muscles. He had short platinum blond hair and stunning blue eyes with a hint of gray in the center. Much like Marlene he was toned and chiseled.
"Edgar Bones?" James asked in disbelief, another one of the old Phoenix members, dieing shortly before Lily and James.
"That is RIGHT!" Wormtail cried out. "You thought I was weak, well now who is weak?" Wormtail crossed his arms and smiled cockily. Necromancy wasn't something that you master over night. 'He has improved.' Sirius thought, Wormtail was no longer the weakling that he once was. "Shall we get on with the show?"
Sirius didn't need to wait a minuet longer, this was all Wormtail's doing and he would die by his hands. Remus went straight for Snape, he long since had a grudge going with the professor ever since Remus learned of his wrong doings with Harry. That left Lily and James to take Marlene and Edgar, very old friends of the two.
Sirius's part
"It has come down to us, Padfoot?" Peter asked.
"I guess it has worm. I don't want to wait a minuet longer, lets go." The moment Sirius finished the sentence, Wormtail dissolved into the ground. The fog was so thick that he couldn't even see his ankles, much less where Wormtail would jump out and attack.
'I have two choice,' Sirius thought, holding his wand at the ready. 'Wait for him to jump out, or try and sniff him out and risk getting slashed to ribbons.' deciding on the first, he carefully stepped and listened for the dirt to shift.
Too soon for Sirius taste, Wormtail emerged and slashed Sirius's right eye. Sirius stumbled as his former friend gracefully stood before Sirius and struck him hard in the nose with his silver fist, knocking Sirius down to the ground. "If this is all you have to offer, I will finish you now."
"You wish. I won't need two eyes to crush you…PLUSAR!" Sirius roared, an invisible force struck Wormtail in the center of his chest, sending him flying through the fog and out of sight. "NOT SO FAST!" Pointing his wand in the air, he made large circles, the fog around Sirius was blown away. Looking to his right, Lily was in trouble, her arm was over her face, a sword in her hand, swinging blindly at her opponent. It only took Sirius a moment to know that Marlene was a master at enchantment, she could change the fog to an eye irritant without much trouble. "I LIFTED THE FOG, LILY!" Sirius cried out, he was happy to see that she pulled down her arm, a large grin on her beautiful face.
"You should worry about yourself." A voice stated, Sirius turned in time to find Wormtail cast the same enchantment that Lily did, only his wand turn to a mace. Wormtail pulled down his cloak to reveal toned arms gripping a mace tightly, for the first time, Sirius noticed the veins bulging in Peter's arms. With a swing of his mace, a magical gust came out, slicing Sirius' torso.
Sirius stumbled, doing his best to keep his balance. Again, Wormtail swung down. Since Sirius' form was a dog, he had a heightened sense of smell, and could smell the metal bond with the air, moving to the right, he heard the air continue and hit a tree behind him. Forcing his movements as his sight began to blur, Sirius closed the distance between the two. About ten feet away Sirius shouted. "Why did you do it, Peter?"
Wormtail looked stunned. "Does this ring a bell. 'Don't bring Peter' 'Peter is too weak to help.' 'Poor weak Peter.' You said all those awful things, you and James, you deserve to die, only acting as a friend and betraying me in the end." Peter spat at the ground and charged Sirius, an unknown fire in his eyes.
"Get over it, I was only trying to protect you." Sirius said as Peter brought his mace down, Sirius dodge, only about four centimeters though. "As was James, did you ever bother to listen to the end of the conversation?" Sirius cast a cutting curse on the man, only his mace blocked it, sending it's holder back. "We were going to fight a camp of Death Eaters that planned to kill Harry, you would have died in the process…we were only trying to protect you." Wormtail dropped his mace and fell to his knees.
"Kill me…" Peter stated. Sirius stood and stared, judging his next move. Peter could be a valuable allie. "DO IT OR DIE AVADA KEDAVARA!"
The green orb flew out of Wormtail's mace and rocketed at Sirius who dropped to the ground, the orb missing only an inch. As he fell, Sirius reached into his back pocket and pulled out a dagger, flinging it at Wormtail, it embedded itself deep into his arm.
Wormtail screeched in pain, Sirius knew that now was his time, drawing a rune in the dirt, he pointed his wand as spikes grew from the dirt, directing it with his wand, he watched as his former friend was turned into a human pin cushion. "You should…I can't think of anything smart to say. Just die." Sirius stated with a grin, now he could die a happy man.
True, he felt bad for Peter, but that wouldn't change what the man had done to both Sirius, and the Mauderers over the years.
He laid back as Lily came to his side, her arm cut wide open. "You win?" She asked, Sirius nodded meekly "I knew that you wouldn't lose." With that, she collapsed at her best friends side, laying next to him, she allowed her eyes to close.
Lily's fight
James broke to the right, chasing Edgar. Lily was used to it, he always did try to protect her, taking on the one with the greater magical ability.
Marlene and Lily went back, way back to the first day that they appeared in Hogwarts. They had been dorm mates and she was the one that convinced her that James changed to please her and he is worth her time. Even when James insisted that they go out, Marlene was the one to babysit baby Harry. She was his godmother and never turned James or Lily down when they asked for help.
Killing someone that close to her was a difficult thing to wrap her mind around, but would do it if she needed to.
"Shall we?" Lily asked her opponent Marlene. Gracefully, Lily put her right hand over the wand, chanting to herself, she changed her wand to an ebony handle, slowly, a black blade came out, it emerged from the handle, if you were to look at it, the sword would just appear to be a burnt stick, but was made of dark matter, the sharpest substance available. Marlene backed into the fog, looking for cover. "Won't work." Lily stated, holding the sword at the ready, walking into the fog. The Evans had the power of perception, sharpening their sight, smell and hearing. She could see the figure of Marlene backing farther and farther into the fog. "Accio Marlene."
Unknown to Lily, she was far too late, in the fog Marlene chanted the incantation, to turn the fog into an irritant, Lily felt it but ignored it when her eyes watered, she watched as Marlene flew, a protective orb around her. Lily still swung as Marlene flew at her. The sword feebly bounced off of the shield as Marlene used her shield as a make shift ram and hit Lily, sending her flying backwards.
Her body bounced off of the ground as her arm flew over her eyes, she stood up and covered her eyes, doing her best from letting the irritant overtake her eyes. She swung blindly whenever a step was heard. It was getting her nowhere closer to saving her sister or saving herself. "I LIFTED THE FOG, LILY!" Sirius boomed, she removed her arm and beamed. This was her chance, and she would take it. With a leap in the air, Lily flew past Marlene and bounced off of a near by tree, she pushed off and screamed her spell. "BLOODY CRESCENT!" a crescent appeared before her sword and flew straight for Marlene's head.
Before the crescent connected, Marlene threw up a shield and shot half of the power back at Lily, slicing her arm. Marlene's face was embedded with a deep cut as she fell backwards.
Lily dropped to a knee, hoping with all of her heart that Marlene was dead. To her horror, Marlene rose, but threw her wand at Lily's feet. "The one that brought me back is dead. I have no reason to exist." Marlene began to walk away.
"Then come with me, we will find you a reason." Lily shouted back.
Marlene turned back around. "I guess since we are friends we can do that." Marlene walked up to Lily and hoisted her to her feet.
"Go save Petunia for me." Lily begged her friend. When Marlene nodded, Lily walked off to where she heard a scream resound. Slowly, she made it to her destination, her steps seem to take more and more out of her.
"You win?" Lily asked, Sirius meekly nodded. "I knew that you wouldn't lose." Lily claimed before collapsing next to one of her best friends. Shortly before she allowed herself to surrender to sleep, she saw an all too familiar comet grace the skies and felt the earth shake as it collided into the ground. 'James won.' Was Lily's final thought before sleep and exhaustion took her.
James's fight
James ran into the fog after Edgar Bones. Lily would be fine fighting off Marlene on her own, but Edgar was far stronger, his strength was far beyond Lily's. Finally, Edgar stopped running at a small clearing, there was no grass growing and it showed no signs of vegetation or anything even inhabiting the area for quite some time.
The only thing was a large stone with names carved into it. "This." Edgar began pointing to the stone. "is the memorial to the ones that died in the last Great Wizarding War." Edgar then lifted his face to stair into James's face. "I'll be sure to build one for this war, and your name will be at the very top."
James just snorted at the threat, Edgar couldn't kill him…could he? James shook the thoughts and went back to business. Striking his stance, James prepared to immediately be put on the defense. Edgar was known for his amazing attack spells.
James stomped on the ground after he shot a ground shaking disarming charm, causing a small tremor. "Please, James." Edgar stated, casting a light hovering charm on himself. "I know that you can do far better than that." Edgar pointed his wand behind him and shot off a flame, propelling himself forward, leaving flames behind. Adjusting just before he hit James, he pointed his wand at the ground, he shot up in the air and gave a fierce kick to James's stomach, sending him forward.
Thinking on his feet, James put up a shield and stopped the flames from scorching his face. James sat on the ground, trying to catch his breath. Edgar landed down on the ground and drew a quick rune, four giant spikes came out of the ground in a row, when one came in front of the other, then the one in the back returned to the ground and shot up in the front. Slamming his hand down in the ground, James made a gaint pillar, the spikes shot through and sent James falling to the ground, right above Edgar.
'Now's my chance.' James thought as he pointed his wand. "NEIXIAN!" James cried out, a jet of black flames shot out, not only halting his descent and suspending him in the air, but the jet rained down on Edgar, his leg was caught and he fell down, screaming in pain.
James landed gracefully. "Something fancy for you…you must die Edgar. REXON!" James cried, his wand stood pointing at the sky, it took a moment, but the rock was now noticeable, it came down toward Edgar. "See you in the afterlife." Using his wand as a directing wand, he sent it straight on top of Edgar, when the meteor came down, it shook the ground. Fire rings shot out from the sides, sending James reeling backwards.
He hit the ground with a thud. "I…win, Edgar." James said, staring up at the sky, the meteor left a streak of smoke on the route that it managed to travel. Briefly he marveled at his work before he contemplated what he really did, kill his best friend, and his former girlfriends brother. What would Amelia say to him after she found out he killed her brother, 'would she hate me? This sucks so much.' James thought as he wandered over to Lily and Sirius, finding Remus walking back, he had next to no wounds, only his shirt was destroyed.
Remus's fight
Remus sighed, he always had the worst luck, getting stuck with Snivellus was not high on his to do list. "Ready yourself, wolf." The greasy teacher stated.
Strange thing was that he wasn't at the ready, he stood with his wand at his side. "Whatever James did to you Harry didn't do nor did I. Back down and you will live to see another day." Remus stated. Snape just laughed at Remus
"Was that supposed to be intimidating freak?" Snape asked, knowing that Remus's anger could get the better of him just like any individual.
"Still wearing gray panties Snivellus?" Remus knew that his old name might strike a cord and hopefully get him to attack first, giving Remus a much needed edge in a fight.
The two continued in that manner, Remus struck first. "ACCIO WAND!" Remus shouted, trying disarm Snape, he had no intentions of killing the man now or later. Most of his anger was justified with the horrendous treatment and abuse that was given to him daily by both James and Sirius, not to mention the rest of the school.
Snape turned his body, the summoning charm missed him and continued on until it struck a tree. Still his wand was at his side. "You can do better, wolf." Snape ran forward, inches away from Remus, he let lose with a string of curses, only they had halve of the effect, Remus' werewolf condition stopped them.
Remus fell to his knees, even at half strength, the number of curses were more then enough to hurt him. "James is next. Then maybe Sirius, I guess that I could always have ….fun with the mudblood."
Remus didn't understand, why would Snape be trying to make him mad, to what point would that help him? It was too late for him though, the moon wasn't full, but that didn't mean that Remus couldn't change. Making a number of hand signs, Remus's body changed, his muscles enlarged and hair sprouted all over his body.
Remus dropped his wand and charged forward. Rising his hand, he slashed straight down, slicing Snape wide open, the blood flew out of the gash. "Very…good…you can't ever hold…back." With those parting words, Snape apparated away, Remus returned to his normal form and walked up to his exhausted friends. "We won?" Remus asked. Everyone nodded as Marlene came holding the limp form of Nia Evens.
"Where is Harry and Iris?" James asked. Almost on cue, there was a loud scream and screech followed by a gaint explosion.
An://Sorry bout the cliff, but it might inspire reviews and I am willing to try next to anything.