Chapter Fourteen; The Attack

Lily stood in front of the grave of James Potter. Although she loved Severus with all of her heart, she had never forgotten about James. In fact she thought about him every time she looked at Harry. "I wish you were here James, I wish you could see what a fine young man that our son is turning out to be. You would be so proud of him and everything that he's doing to help save Tobey. Even when it means putting his own life in danger." She said.

Although she would have preferred that he wouldn't have, but she assumed that unfortunately for him, every day of Harry's life was put in danger since she knew that there was always a possibility that Voldemort would come back and try to kill him again. That's when suddenly she heard the leaves crinkling behind her and turned to see a shaggy black dog standing there before her.

"Padfoot?" she questioned him. "What are you doing here?" she wondered when all of a sudden she heard her husband calling her name as he rushed towards her.

"Lily!" he cried frantically as she quickly turned around again while he stopped in front of her and handed her an envelope. "Our son is in danger." He told her while at the same time trying to catch his breath. "Read it, it's Harry's latest letter." He told her as she quickly tore it open and let it unfold inside her hands.

Dear Mum and Dad,

I just went to go and see Hagrid, and I found out that Peter Pettigrew is really Ron's rat in disguise. I have to go and try to stop him. Please know that won't stop me with trying to save Tobey's life. I just wanted to let you know in case I don't come back that I love you all.

Harry

"I've got to go back to Hogwarts!" Lily exclaimed as she stuffed the letter into her pocket.

"No Lily, you have to stay here with Tobey and our other three children. I'm going back to Hogwarts." He told her before he turned back to look at the big black dog that now sat down on the ground before them. "Can you help me find him?" he asked the dog before he leapt back up onto all four paws and darted away.

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Harry and Cowboy and Hermione entered the Gryffindor common room where Ron and Ginny were busy working on their homework. "Ron, I've got to talk to you!" he exclaimed. "It's important!" he cried before he picked up Cowboy and hoisted him inside his arms.

"Let me take a wild guess," Ron began. "your dog ate your homework and now you need mine to copy from." He said.

"No, it's about Scabbers!" Harry cried. "He's alive, only he's not really a rat! He's an evil dark wizard whose been trying to kill me ever since I was four years old." He told him.

"Do you have any idea how mental you sound?" Ron questioned him as he looked up from his work.

"Look Ron, I know it sounds crazy but you have to believe me. It's the truth, honestly!" he replied while Ginny shut her book and got up from the table.

"I believe you Harry." She told him as she walked over to him. "After all, you did save my life last year even though nobody believed you when you told them that you weren't the one doing all those attacks." She said while she started petting Cowboy and gently stroking his fur.

"Thanks Ginny." Harry told him as Cowboy started wagging his tail and licking her face.

"Hey, cut that out!" she cried with a giggle as Harry smiled warmly at them. That's when all of a sudden Ron took a deep breath and sighed heavily before rolling his eyes and reluctantly shutting his book.

"Alright, let's just say for the moment that Harry's not a complete lunatic." He began before he stood up. "Why would Scabbers try to kill Harry now when I've had him in my possession for the last couple of years?"

"I'm not sure, but all I know is that it has something to do about the garden." He told him.

"What garden?" Ginny asked him.

"Alright, I'll tell you but you have to promise to keep it a secret." He told her.

"My lips are sealed, and don't worry so are Ron's. That is unless he wants me to jinx them together with the gluing jinx." She said before she quickly snapped her head back at him and narrowed her eyebrows and glared at him.

"Alright, alright I won't tell!" he exclaimed with another roll of his eyes while throwing his arms up to the ceiling.

"Great." Harry began with a grin before he set Cowboy back on the ground. "I'm sorry boy, but you've got to stay here this time. I promise that I'll be back soon though." He told him as he, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny ran back out of the portrait hole only to run into Snape inside the hallway.

"Dad?" Harry questioned him with uncertainty. "What are you doing here?" he wondered.

"Coming to stop you from making a huge mistake that's what!" he cried. "Do you have any idea how worried your mother and I are about you!?" he exclaimed.

"I'm sorry Dad, but we've got to go save Tobey, we haven't got much time." Harry said.

"Don't worry Professor, I'll look out for him I promise. Just like I would if he was my own brother." Hermione assured him.

"Very well, but you four realize that I cannot let two thirteen year old wizards, and a couple of young witches go off by themselves. So I must insist on going with you." He told them.

"Whatever, let's just go!" Ron exclaimed before he caught sight of the look on Snape's face and chuckled nervously. "Please?" he added as Snape rolled his eyes before he took off running with the rest of them just wanting to get it over with. Harry hadn't realized how late it was getting until they had made it back outside onto the grounds.

"Right, please tell me that you've got your invisibility cloak with you." Ron said but Harry simply just ignored him as he watched the sun setting before his eyes and started feeling the sudden change of temperature. There was a sudden chill in the air that seemed very familiar to him. "Oi! Earth to Harry!" Ron exclaimed.

"Maybe we shouldn't be doing this after all." Hermione began as she exchanged looks with Ginny. "Something doesn't feel right."

"When did you say the last time you saw Professor Lupin was Mr. Weasley?" Snape questioned him.

"I didn't." Ron began as the sun finally finished setting. "Why?" he asked him but Harry already knew why as soon as he caught glimpse of the full autumn moon and that's when he heard the cry of a wolf. A few seconds later they gasped and quickly turned their heads as they heard a rustling inside the bushes. Two bright glowing eyes were staring at them before the beast lunged out at them with a great big loud snarl.

"This is it, I really am going to die now!" Ron squealed as Snape instinctively stretched out his arms and shielded them. That's when suddenly from out of nowhere Sirius leapt into action and sprung out in front of them laying his ears back and lowering his head while he started to growl at the monster. Then he jumped back into the air and started scratching him and biting him.

Finally the creature had decided that it had had enough and picked the dog up into the air and tossed him away. Harry widened his eyes with astonishment while his body shook with fright. Although he wasn't going to allow himself just to stand there like a frightened rabbit while he watched his godfather die before his eyes. Just as the werewolf was starting to run away and Sirius was transforming back into his human self Harry broke out of his father's arms and ran after them.

"Harry!" Snape cried worriedly as his bottom lip started to tremble with fear as he watched his oldest son escape into the woods. Harry knelt down at the spot where Sirius had finally fallen and rolled him over just as a dementor locked onto him and started sucking his soul out of him. That's when another one hovered over Harry and started doing the same thing as well. However just when thing started looking hopeless and Harry was sure this time that he was going to die, a bright light lit up the sky.

Whatever it was, it was driving the herd of dementors that were now surrounding them away. As Harry turned his head, he squinted and tried to see a crossed the lake where the brightness was coming from. Harry couldn't believe his eyes. For standing there right a crossed from him was a pure white stag. As soon as all the dementors had gone, it flicked its tail before escaping back into the woods. That's when Harry collapsed back onto the ground and was knocked unconscious.