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Here we go again...
Lily, James and Sirius had been at home a week now. The weather had been a little hit and miss, one moment it was bright sunshine and the next it was tipping down with rain. The trio had been caught in a down pour whilst Lily had been showing them the Muggle town she'd grown up in. They'd ducked into a deep doorway and had laughed whilst Lily had poked her wand out of her sleeve and non-verbally dried them off before ducking into the local shopping centre where Lily bought them all lunch.
James and Sirius marvelled at how the Muggles managed to cope without magic. The second evening of their stay the telephone had rung which had caused Sirius to pull has wand out in fright. Lily and James had creased up with laughter at Sirius' face. Sirius and James had also marvelled at the television. James had gone over to the TV and started to examine it.
"How did you get those people in there Lils?".
After Lily had finished having a laughing fit at her Fiancé she explained about the TV signals. James had sat there looking puzzled for the rest of the night.
Sirius had insisted on going out on his motorbike he asked James to come along.
"Prongs, fancy a ride on my motorbike with me?".
James had looked at Lily uncertainly, she was in one of her quiet moods and seemed to be brooding.
"Lils? Err would you mind awfully if I went out with Sirius on his motorbike?".
"Hmm? Oh yeah, sure," said Lily quietly.
"Are you okay Lils?" James asked.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine," said Lily her voice a little louder.
"Come on then Prongs let's hit the road," said Sirius excitedly.
Once James and Sirius had left, Mark spoke to his daughter.
"Lily Rose, what is going on with you? You've been very quiet for the last two days."
"It's nothing daddy, I'm alright."
"Lily Rose, you know I don't like it when you lie to me, anyway you know you can't lie to me, I know you too well."
"I swear daddy there is nothing wrong, I'm going to study."
"Lily Rose Evans! Sit your butt down now," Mark demanded.
Lily looked at her father like she was seeing him for the first time, her heart raced.
"Daddy, you've never spoken to me like that before," said Lily quietly, silent tears coursing down her cheeks.
Lily sat next to her father, despite him being ill she found that he could still be rather stern.
"I'm sorry Lily Rose, but you've been brooding for the last few days, and before long you're going to drive James away," said her father gently.
"Oh," was all Lily could say.
"Lily Rose, I know you're worried about me and what life is going to be like without me once I'm gone."
Lily burst into noisy sobs.
"But when that happens you're going to need James to help you get through."
Lily flung herself on her dad and sobbed.
Meanwhile Sirius and James had been enjoying their ride on Sirius' motorbike.
"Prongs, is everything okay with you and Lily?" Sirius yelled over the noise of the engine.
"To be honest Pads, I'm not sure. Lily has well and truly pushed me away the last few days," yelled James back.
"She's worried about her dad Prongs, just give her time," yelled Sirius.
It was then that they heard a wailing.
"Holy Circe, is that a Banshee?" yelled Sirius.
James turned around and saw a police car chasing them.
"Shit, Pads it's the Muggle police," James yelled loudly.
"Oh good let the fun begin," yelled Sirius joyfully.
Sirius put on a burst of speed and sped off down the road, the police in hot pursuit. Sirius weaved in and out of the small amount of traffic on the road. A burst of bright light above James made him turn his head and look up. Above them were three men on broomsticks.
"Fuck it Pads, we're really in trouble now, we've got Death Eaters chasing us!" Yelled James.
Sirius turned around and looked upwards and clocked them to the right of them.
"Pads, look out!" James screamed as they nearly hit a lorry coming in the other direction.
Sirius righted the bike into the left lane and pulled his wand out. Another burst of light flashed from above, and James deflected it with a wave of his wand and shot a stunning spell at their attackers. The Muggle police had caught up with them again as Sirius had slowed down so that James could turn around and was now back to back with Sirius. The three attackers sent spell after spell at James and Sirius but James was just as fast as their attackers and was able to deflect the majority of the spells.
"We need to get out of here Sirius," yelled James.
"Agreed," said Sirius seriously.
Their attackers sent another spell at the bike and Sirius swerved to avoided it, causing a hole to be blasted in the road.
"We need to get these arseholes off our backs Sirius."
"I have an idea, but it's seriously crazy."
"What?".
"Got your wand handy?" asked Sirius.
"Yeah," said James uncertainly.
"Right, we're going to levitate that police car into the air and hope those gits on the brooms fly into it."
"Nice."
Sirius swerved sharply again this time nearly unseating James.
"Ready?" yelled James.
"Ready!" yelled Sirius.
They both turned towards their wands towards the police car.
"Windgardium Leviosa."
The police car flew up into the air. The two policemen inside looked horrified as the car flew up into the air. The three attackers did as James and Sirius expected and weren't quick enough to swerve and avoid the levitating police car. All three crashed into it with a sickening thud and disappeared. Sirius and James put the car back on the road and got the heck out of dodge.
They arrived back at the Evans' residence in a bit of a panic. It was Susan who opened the door to them and they quickly pushed her back inside and quickly shut the door.
"What on earth was that all about?" demanded Susan.
"I'm sorry Mrs Evans, I didn't mean to shove you like that but we needed to get you inside and out of sight," said James quickly.
"James? Sirius? What the hell is going on?" asked Susan angrily.
"Not only were we followed by your Muggle police, but we were attacked by three Death Eaters on broomsticks too," James explained.
Lily had heard the entire conversation from the front room and burst into the hall, both James and Sirius swung their wands in her direction automatically. James looked at Lily and saw her eyes were puffy and red as if she'd been crying, but for now he couldn't worry about that. He had to worry about the fact that Sirius and himself had just broken the Statute of Secrecy and could end up in the Wizard prison Azkaban.
"What happened exactly?" asked Lily quickly.
They both explained and Lily was horrified, as were Susan and Mark.
"We need to contact Dumbledore," said Lily.
It was as she said it that a loud pop came from the kitchen. Lily ran from the front door to the kitchen and found the one person she was least expecting to see standing in her kitchen.
"Professor Dumbledore?".
"Miss Evans, sorry to barge in like this but in the current circumstances..." said Dumbledore.
James and Sirius came flying into the kitchen wands drawn.
"Mr Potter; Mr Black please put your wands down," said Dumbledore quietly but authoritatively.
"Professor good to see you," said James, relieved.
"No time for niceties gentlemen, I need to know what happened tonight," said Dumbledore, all traces of his usual good humour absent.
It was then that an owl flew in through the open kitchen window with two letters in its beak. They were addressed to James and Sirius. They were from the Ministry.
"I was expecting those, whatever you do, do not surrender your wands," said Dumbledore. "Now quickly what happened?".
James quickly explained everything. Dumbledore gave them strict orders to stay in the house before reiterating that they were not to surrender their wands finally saying that he himself was going straight to the Ministry to sort this out.
After Dumbledore left James sank into a chair, took and deep breath in and blew it out.
"Well I have to say boys, you sure do make life a lot more interesting," said Mark wryly.
"Bloody idiots," Lily muttered.
"Language Lily," admonished Susan.
Moments later another owl flew in through the window. Again they were addressed to James and Sirius. Lily took them and handed them out. James and Sirius slowly opened the letters with slightly shaking hands. James let out a shaky breath.
"We can keep out wants but we've got to go for a hearing at the Ministry in two days time," said James glumly.
Lily looked between James and Sirius. She'd never seen them look so worried before and her heart broke a little.
The next two days flew by in a blur. Before they knew it the hearing was upon them. Both boys arrived fifteen minutes early and were met by Dumbledore in the atrium. They all headed up to Edgar Bones' office.
They were called in one by one to explain what had happened on the said evening. They wanted to see if their stories matched up. Dumbledore was present for both interviews and begged a private word with Edgar at the end. Eventually they were both called back into the office.
"It has been decided that you shall serve your punishment at Hogwarts boys, you were very lucky that very few Muggles saw you, the Obliviators have been out and modified the memories of those who saw what happened, especially the two Muggle police men," said Edgar Bones.
"Did you find out who the three people were that chased us?" James blurted out.
"I'm afraid they'd disappeared before Magical Law Enforcement arrived," admitted Edgar.
"Shit!" James muttered.
"You are dismissed," said Edgar with a flip of his hand.
They left the office, Dumbledore following in their wake.
"Mr Potter; Mr Black a word please," asked Dumbledore.
"Thank you Professor," said James and Sirius together.
"You were very lucky boys, very lucky. Now when you return to Hogwarts I shall expect to see you in my office to be given your punishment, now off with you," said Dumbledore.
Sirius and James Apparated back to the Evans residence to give Lily the good news
