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"Sirius! SIRIUS!" James cried frantically. He turned to me with horror-stricken eyes. "Lily, can you go get my parents? Please!"

"Yeah," I muttered distractedly while running back up the stairs to his parents' bedrooms. I knocked loudly on the door and waited. Seconds later the door whipped open revealing Mr. Potter in a pair of ratty pajamas.

"Quick," I breathed, "Sirius, he's hurt." He nodded and followed me without a word.

As soon as we entered the room, Mr. Potter rushed to Sirius' side. Moments later Mrs. Potter arrived and gasped at the scene unfolding in front of her. She quickly moved to the young Black's side and began assessing the damage and giving orders.

"James, run to the potion room and get me some pepper up potion, dreamless sleep draught, clean rags, and warm water. Harold, get him up on the couch."

I watched all of this happen like a fly on the wall. Why would this happen? Who would do such a thing? "Damned hag," he said. Who could that be…? Wait, could it be? It couldn't. But could it be? His-

"Here Mum," James breathed and placed the potions and rags on the table beside her.

She nodded and begun cleaning some of Sirius' open wounds gently. He groaned softly, but stayed unconscious. Mrs. Potter shook her head and looked like she had tears in her eyes.

James had moved to the side of the room and now was watching with pain evident in his eyes. Mr. Potter moved over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Do you know who did this son?" he asked gently.

James nodded and turned his face to the ground and tried to stop the tears that were about to fall. "I never thought this went on. I knew she didn't like him, but I never knew she hurt him. All those years, I never thought…." His voice cracked with emotion and he swallowed and continued. "His own mother."

Mrs. Potter gasped and looked down at Sirius with new eyes while Mr. Potter looked very angry.

"What's the damage Emma?" Mr. Potter asked.

"Oh Harold, it's terrible. There are some cuts and bruises where it looks like she threw things at him. Oh and that's not the end, she performed the Cruciatus curse on him too." She began to sob, and Mr. Potter moved over and held her, speaking words of comfort into her ear. "What kind of mother would do such a thing?"

"A madly deranged one," a raspy voice whispered from the couch.

"Sirius! You're awake," James cried happily as he moved to his friend's side.

Mrs. Potter quickly moved into the scene getting Sirius a glass of water and forcing him to take some pepper up potion. But soon things began to settle down and a silence fell throughout the room.

"Can I stay here for the night?" Sirius asked timidly. "I can just sleep in the couch-"

"No Sirius," Mrs. Potter said softly.

"Oh, okay. I will be leaving then." As Sirius turned to head out the front door Mrs. Potter gently pushed him back down on the couch.

"You can't sleep on the couch, but you can sleep in James' room. And you can stay here for as long as you want."

Sirius' face brightened immediately and smiled and muttered his thanks.

I woke up the next morning to talking voices. Opening my eyes I saw that it was quite late in the morning and the noises seemed to be coming from James' bedroom. Curious, I put on my bathrobe and crept across the hall to listen to what they were saying.

"And did you hear about that dive, I could hardly believe it! What a win for Bulgaria!" James said.

"Yeah, it was pretty cool."A silence followed and I leaned in closer to hear what they were saying.

"So what happened last night mate?" James asked softly.

"Well… she kept talking about that new guy, you know the new Dark Lord, and how Regulus was joining his forces, and I had better too if I knew what was good for me. So I said I would rather die then fight with him, and well she got mad. She started screaming about how I was a disgrace to our family and would be better off dead. Well, it's not the first time she has said those things to me. Empty threats, I thought. So I turned to walk away, and she began throwing things at me. Vases, candlesticks, books, anything within reach. I had never seen her like that before; when I turned around I saw the fire in her eyes, the madness that never totally came through until then. She said, 'Maybe this will teach you the right path to take.' Then performed the curse."

His voice cracked and I heard James saying soothing things.

"It hurt so bad," He said his voice trembling, "Like fire searing through your whole body. And when it stops you can still feel it. Pain, everywhere. I couldn't think. I didn't know where to go. So I came here. And well you know the rest.

"Its okay, mate. It's all over now," James comforted, his voice thick with emotion.

I couldn't believe it. I clasped my hand to my mouth and found that my face was wet with tears. I quickly wiped my face and walked downstairs, thankful that I wasn't caught.

I went into the kitchen and found Mrs. Potter at the table, musing over a cup of tea. I fixed myself a cup and sat down across from her.

"Morning dear," she said softly.

"Morning," I replied.

We sat in a silence for a while until she spoke again.

"Lily, about last night. I think it would be best if you didn't say anything to anyone at school, or anyone at all for that matter."

"Yes. Yes, of course, Mrs. Potter," I said a little shocked.

She smiled and patted my hand. "It's going to be a tough time for everyone pretty soon. I can feel it."

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P.S. I suppose Sirius is a little OC in this chapter, but ya know what? I like it that way! lol