Wow I forgot how much I've written for this fic! It must have been a long time ago I posted! Lol anyway enjoy!

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"Get your hands off her!" James shouted at the Death Eaters that had taken hold of Lily and were guiding her through the forest trees and out into the open. After the branch fell six Death Eaters had come running into the clearing.

"Oh please! You should be more worried about your self. You are the one that is going to die a painful death." Voldemort said with a careless wave of his hand.

"Where are you taking us?" Sirius growled.

"Somewhere you won't be able to get out of. Or have tree branches to run along." the Death Eater holding onto Sirius laughed in his ear. Sirius growled again and wiped his ear on his robes in disgust.

They emerged from the trees and noticed it had gotten quite dark. "Now I never got the chance to ask you, how did you come upon that key? Last time I checked it was very much lost."

"Why was Mandrake killed?" James asked back.

"Ah I thought you might ask about her. That place will do fine." Voldemort told the Death Eaters that held the teenagers as he pointed to a spot in the middle of the grass. The Death Eaters pointed to the grass and stakes started growing out of the ground.

They tied the four up. Sirius glared at them all and mumbled something under his breath which earned a punch across the face. Tia spat on the shoes of the man closest to her, he walked over and pulled her head back by her hair.

"You should be more respectful to us. We could change our plans and make you watch everyone you care about die right in front of you…painfully…just before you die the same way."

"As long as I don't have to listen to your voice any more." Tia hissed. The man let her hair go and was about to slap her when Voldemort stopped him and took the mans hand which caused him to fall over in pain.

"Don't harm them yet. They should know what they have been apart of. You four happened to be witnesses of one of the greatest moments of this century."

James rolled his eyes without thought and looked over to Lily who was crying to her self. James suddenly felt guilty for everything. But then he remembered who gave him the key.

"Tell me about Mandrake! Now!" James yelled.

Voldemort laughed and turned around "Jacqueline? Oh she was a lovely supporter of mine. As you might know she is a descendent of the herbologist who discovered the Mandrake. She was very lucky to be such a Pure-blooded woman. Her great-great-grandfather was friends with the mighty Gryffindor's! HA! This home used to be there's…before it was defiled by those…people!" he was of course referring to Winifred and Darwin.

"Are you going to tell us something interesting or not?" James yelled.

Ignoring James Voldemort continued "All the Hogwarts founders had special relics…I have one more now. This sword is going to lead to great things."

"Back to Mandrake…" James shouted again.

"Watch your tongue boy!" Voldemort hissed as he swung around to face James. "Or I might just cut it out" Voldemort threw the sword into the ground angrily. James looked watched as it landed in the ground and let off a striking sound.

"I might as well be a smart arse to a killer. I have no reason to be polite anymore." James spat back. Voldemort straightened up and smiled.

"You have spark boy. It's too bad you think what I'm doing is so bad. You are Pureblood. I don't have to have a quarrel with you; you can join me with no fuss."

"Except the fact I want you dead for being such a-" Voldemort pointed his wand at James and James stopped in mid sentence.

"I wouldn't finish that insult if I were you. You want to know about Mandrake don't you?" James glared and nodded. Voldemort smiled and continued. "Jacqueline was very special. Her father was a secret support of mine. I only accepted him because I knew his family was very close friends with the descendent of Gryffindor. I knew his family was left in possession of many valuable objects. I had to hunt her father down to get hold of the information I wanted. Unfortunately he didn't particularly want me to have this sword and so I killed him. Jacqueline was distraught, I managed to talk her into joining me as I knew he would have left the key to her…which he did. Of course she did not know I was the one who committed the murder. I had a deal with Mandrake, she gives me the key and I will help her get revenge for her father. She agreed. She gave me this key in a meeting I arranged."

Something hit James as he started tell the story. "'I have done a lot of terrible things in my life, do not make leaving this key to you another mistake!' Mandrake was talking about you! And that note she wrote all over. 'I would be pleased to have your company this afternoon; we can discuss the final points of our agreement. Remember to bring that key! Yours truly…Voldemort!' It was from you! That's why she scribbled 'Liar' all over it! You lied to her!"

"Yes…that was me…that was a note from the meeting we had before she over heard me talking about killing her father. Stupid mistake on my behalf. Once she gave me her key, I should have killed her…but no. I left her alive after believing she would be a good ally. She over head one of my supporters and I talking on her way out and immediately ran back to fetch her key. She spent the next two years on the run researching my past and what I was after."

"You found out she was going to be teaching at Hogwarts and sent Green to kill her." Lily cut in. She had stopped crying now. She was furious that this man had gotten away with everything he had ever done wrong.

"Well yes. Naturally." Voldemort said simply.

"How is this sword going to bring you immortality like Mandrake said? It's a sword!" James exclaimed.

"Yes but I have some spells up my sleeve now don't I." Voldemort laughed and looked at the sword in the ground with pride.

"You're sick." Sirius muttered.

"That may be so but I can't be stopped. Not by you." Voldemort walked past Sirius and poked him in the chest. "Or by Mudbloods." he walked past Lily and Tia and pointed at them. "Especially not by a Potter. I've killed enough of you, why would another be any different."

"Maybe because I'm a Marauder." James muttered after looking around those surrounding him. Voldemort looked at him startled before throwing his head back and laughing.

"A Marauder! Is that supposed to mean something to me? Ha-ha-ha!" Voldemort continued to laugh and his Death Eaters joined in.

"It should" A voice cried behind Voldemort cried. He turned and saw one of his Death Eaters remove their mask. Shocked he didn't react fast enough. The mask was off and Sirius giggled slightly when he saw Remus, wand raised and pointing at Voldemort. "The mighty Prongs and Padfoot don't appreciate you tying them up. Mooney will have to put you in your place. Expelliarmus!" Voldemorts wand went flying and landed just a metre away from Lily's feet.

"Remus! Get us out!" Lily called. Remus sent a spell at the stakes in the ground and they burst into green flames and disappeared. Voldemort stared at Remus as Lily got hold of his wand after she pushed the ropes away.

"What are you waiting for?" he yelled at his other followers. "An invitation? Get them!"

"I'd rather not to tell you the truth." Another Death Eater removed their mask and Rory stood wand aloft. "See I don't really like you. I may have punched Sirius but I have always wanted to do that. Densaugeo!" this time Voldemort was a lot faster and moved out of the way before he was hit. The other two Death Eaters that stood there collapsed into a pile of robes as Rory had jinxed them to appear human by themselves.

Lily sent a spell in the direction of the trees and moments later she was reunited with all four wands. She threw one at James, Tia and Sirius not caring if it was the right one or not. She held onto the two wands and started sending spells at Voldemort who looked like he was dancing as he avoided all the spells being sent at him.

"Enough!" Voldemort yelled as he stopped suddenly. He lunged at Tia and she instinctively dropped her wand…or more James' wand which Lily had given her. Voldemort picked it up and yelled. "You are pests! Death Eaters!" without warning more masked and caped Death Eaters appeared around them.

"I don't know about you guys but I don't really want to be here right now." Tia squeaked.

Tia ducked as a spell was sent in her direction. Rory growled and dived at Tia. As soon as they touched they disappeared and Remus followed, Disapperating to Hogwarts in the blink of an eye.

Sirius looked nervously around before turning into a giant black dog and started barking at those around him. James ran over to Lily as she hid behind a rock she had conjured.

"Lil, go back to Hogwarts with the others. Sirius and I will join you soon." James told her, desperately hoping she would listen.

"No! I won't leave you!" Lily said stubbornly before standing and sending a spell at the Death Eater walking towards them. She sat down next to James again and frowned at him.

"Please Lily. I am only doing what is best for you." James sighed and copied Lily's action from a moment ago.

"James. You asked me to move into Potter Manor with you straight after school. We were going to tell the others today! I want that to happen and it's going to so I'm not leaving your side!" Lily stood and ran over to the shelter of a tree and James smiled to himself.

"I hope you will listen to me one day though." James muttered.

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(Hogwarts)

"We should go to Dumbledore!" Mack began to pace up and down the entrance hall. Shauna sat on the steps and was entertaining herself by changing the colour of her hair every few seconds.

"Calm down Frenchy. Just because they said they would be back twenty minutes ago does not mean we should be dobbing." Shauna told Mack who simply glared at her- for her nickname as well. Shauna got up and walked out to the steps.

"They were planning on imitating Voldemorts followers! That's damn dangerous!" Mack started muttering to herself and chewing her nails.

"Look outside!" Shauna called from outside. "Someone's coming!" she ran inside and smiled at Mack.

"Thank Merlin!" Mack smiled and sat down on the steps. There was a thud of shoes behind her and she looked up to see Darwin standing there, his wife –pale and worn out- behind him. "What are you doing here still?" she glared at them as she stood.

"We have just warned the Headmaster. Now we are about leave so if you would excuse us…" they walked down the stairs and started for the door.

"So it's not just me that is un-welcome here then?" Mack swung around and her eyes almost popped. Cormac McLaggen was standing in the doorway of Hogwarts for the second time. "Nice to see you Ms Kellen." He bowed his head slightly towards her and Mack glared back.

"What are you doing here?" Mack asked.

"Well I'm not here for you if that's what you're asking Ms Kellen." He turned to Shauna and smiled. "But I am here for you Shauna."

"Excuse me?" Shauna turned to Mack "What is he talking about?"

"Well Shauna…" Cormac began.

"I never said you could call me Shauna."

"Ah but you did!" Cormac was wearing a wide smile as he walked towards her. "I came to talk to you about your father."

"My…father?" Shauna was stunned.

"Yes I thought that might be your reaction. That would be the reason I did not tell you that it was me writing you all those owls." He smiled when Shauna couldn't move. It was his intention all along to earn Shauna's trust then come back and reveal his identity…the only thing was he wasn't going to give up her father's identity just yet.

"What are you talking about?" Mack asked confused.

"I know her father…I have been telling her about him." Cormac said simply.

"And why are you here?" Mack said suspiciously.

"I wanted to see if she still wanted to learn more about him. I thought it was time."

"Are you going to tell me who he is!?" Shauna cried. Mack looked over to see she was also very close to crying.

"That…will have to wait." Cormac said as he looked down. He was trying to hide a snigger but Mack knew him to well and glared at him.

"I doubt you even know who he is." She sneered.

"Well think what you like. I will be in Hogsmade if you wish to talk Shauna." He walked out the door.

"I can't believe it." Shauna muttered. Mack walked over and put an arm around her. After a minutes silence Shauna spoke up again "Can we forget about that or is that asking you the impossible?"

"There is nothing I would enjoy more then forgetting about him" Mack smiled and Shauna walked over to the door. "Okay…Cormac is on the floor…Looks like Rory's back 'cos he has jinx written all over him"

"Great." Mack walked over and saw three people running towards them.

"What took you so long?" Mack yelled when they were only ten metres away.

"Battles are complicated okay!" Tia said as she shuffled past Mack.

"Where are you going?" they asked.

"I have to see Jacob." Tia muttered and ran up the stairs.

"Tia, now is not a good time to be snogging some boy!" Rory shouted after her.

Tia stopped "a) it would actually be a perfect time possible death and all and b) if you remember correctly Jacob is a damn good fighter in DADA!" she left in a huff and Rory started sniggering.

"I think we better go see Dumbledore." Remus sighed and began walking for the stairs that led to his office.

"Thank you Mr. Lupin. I was hoping one of you would come and see me but I already knew." Dumbledore took a step out of the shadows on the stairs and made everyone jump.

"Sir what do we do?" Remus asked, his worry clearly showing in his voice.

"I do not know. James lost the sword also I believe?" Rory nodded.

"Then we must get it back." Dumbledore murmured before heading towards the doors.

"No need!" Dumbledore looked up and saw James standing in the doorway, the sword above his head. The headmaster smiled and James saw his eyes sparkling. "He's following though. Hold him back! I need to keep this safe."

"Where James?" Dumbledore asked.

"I don't know yet! Hurry. Lily is alone down there I don't want her attacked." Dumbledore rushed out the doors and down the slopes. Remus, Rory and Mack followed. Before Mack could leave through the doors, James caught her arm "Not you."

Flashback

Sirius was attacking the Death Eaters by biting their arms and legs. Some had screamed and left in a hurry but others decided to kick the big black dog that was distracting them.

Lily was sending spells at Voldemort who was walking towards the sword taking no notice of them. "James we need to get that sword back!"

"I know Lil, but how?" James asked as he slid down the tree trunk.

"Well we are magic!" Lily rolled her eyes and pointed her wand at the sword. "Accio Gryffindor's sword!" Immediately the sword lifted from the ground and flew towards them. Lily ducked behind the tree as it flew straight into the tree trunk on the other side. "Now get out of here James. I'll be right behind you."

End Flashback

"What am I suppose to do? I can fight him!" Mack struggled against James pulling her through the castle at lightning speed.

"You have to help me. I can't keep this hidden forever by myself." James continued down the halls.

"Umm killing him would get rid of the threat though." Mack continued.

"The chances of him dying are very slim…I think he's immortal." James whispered.

Mack coughed and stopped. "WHAT??"

"Hurry up! I know what we have to do!" James said pulling her along with her still coughing like mad.

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Lily stood at the gates, Sirius beside her. "He's gonna be here soon." Sirius continuously repeated under his breath. Lily was sure he was extremely shaken up by being kicked around so badly.

"He won't be able to get us Sirius. We're in Hogwarts now." Lily stuttered back

"Unless you're blind and need glasses like James, you might have noticed the gates have been turned into sludge! Mack destroyed them completely!" Sirius growled back.

"James isn't going to let them get us. He loves us." Lily said keeping her eyes to the gates.

"Hey! I don't need to hear that. It makes me think I'm going to die!" Sirius hissed.

"Fine. He loves me. He isn't going to let anything happen to me." She took her eyes off the gates and looked at Sirius who was still transfixed on the path in front. "Better?"

"Not really…look!" Sirius pointed out the gate and Lily looked over to see a swarm of Death Eaters being lead by Voldemort towards them.

"Oh look! A welcoming party!" they heard Voldemort laugh.

"I wish we could just shoot him." Lily sighed. Sirius gave her a look and she rolled her eyes. "You take Muggle Studies Sirius."

"Well I'm more concerned about not getting killed today." Sirius muttered.

"Mr. Black, Miss Evans, please return inside." They looked behind them to see Dumbledore, wand ready and a very angry expression on his face.

"Dumbledore, we can help. Sirius did last year!" Lily cried.

"No. He is prepared for you this time. There are too many Death Eaters. Find James and help him. I have a seal on the gates since I don't know what Miss Kellen did to the gate so I can't fix it. Only Voldemort will be able to pass through if he can break the seal."

"Good enough for me." Sirius said before running off up the path to the school.

"Chicken." Lily muttered under her breath.

"I heard that Evans!" Sirius shouted back. "Hurry up!" Lily ran to catch up and they continued to the castle, on the way bumping into Shauna, Rory and Remus. They ran into the hall just in time to run into Tia and Jacob leaping down the last of the marble stairs.

"Hey, the party is that way!" Tia shouted as Sirius –not even trying to hide his glare- and Lily ran up the other side of the entrance hall.

"We have to find James." Lily called. Tia shook her head and continued out the doors, Jacob at her heels.

"You know it's kind of early for this kind of drama," Jacob sighed as they walked down the path.

"Yeah it is isn't it." Tia agreed. "Just a month early though." She added. Jacob smiled and ruffled her hair much to Tia's annoyance. "Did Shauna tell you to do that?" she asked as she glared at him. Shauna disliked Tia's constant hair ruffling but Tia never seemed to stop.

"You bet!" Jacob stopped at the top of the slope. "I don't think this is such a great idea. Look Voldemort is here." He pointed at the gate.

"Yeah, and?"

"And? Is there an and?" Jacob asked confused.

"Someone has to fight him." Tia made her way down the slope carefully. She thought the spell Sirius had taught her earlier that day and said Dumbledore. She attempted to speak through thoughts but it didn't work and she found herself with a headache and falling to the floor.

"Tia! Are you okay?" Jacob rushed over and kneeled beside her. Tia lifted her head and smiled.

"You're so nice Jacob." Tia smiled groggily. Her attempt of invading Dumbledore's thoughts had defiantly backfired. "Especially to me."

"I don't think you're okay." Jacob looked at her weird and helped her up.

"I don't think I can speak to Dumby right now. He's busy." She staggered up the slopes and Jacob followed right behind to make sure she didn't fall. "I might go sleep in the Owlery…its so birdie up there…" she started muttering.

"TIA! Snap out of it! You're freaking me out!" Jacob stopped her and began shaking her.

"Why?" Tia turned to the left and started to skip towards the lake.

"This isn't normal…Tia!" Jacob ran after her and she started to giggle like mad when he took her shoulders and started pushing her towards the castle.

"Okay, okay…I'm going!" Tia giggled until Jacob sat her down in the hall at Gryffindor table. "Are you going to get Moldy?" she put her head down on the table and saw Jacob shake his head.

"Not if you're referring to Voldemort, no, Dumbledore was there. He will be fine; I don't think the Death Eaters will be getting in anytime soon. They were just standing at the gates."

"Weird…I should go tease them." Tia went to stand but Jacob pushed her down in her seat again.

"You aren't moving." Jacob scowled. Tia smiled and hugged him around his chest.

"You're so nice…I love you." She continued to hug him as he just stood rooted to the spot.

"Tia…" Tia didn't let go but looked up with a dopey smile across her face. "I love you to." She smiled up at him again and stood up. "What are you…"

"Shut up." Tia leaned in and planted a big kiss right on his lips…much to his surprise.

Mwahahaha! Tia and Jacob! Yes…anyhow, Tia has a very muddled brain…I'll try update quicker next time…anyway Review and tell me what you think!