Update! Sorry for the wait, I have been working on it all week, hopefully it is worth the wait! A big thanks to jg13145 who has added the story and me to their alert and favourites list, thankyou for the support! And as always, a huge thanks to Jannice Sace for the review, I will try and put more back story in for you in future chapters! Enjoy!
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Sirius, Remus and Peter were getting rather worried. Lily had skipped out of the room to go find James hours ago and neither of them had returned yet.
"Do you think we should go and look for them?" asked Remus.
"Relax, they are probably just getting all lovey dovey out in the woods or something," said Sirius offhandedly.
"Sirius, please, do not pretend you are not as concerned as the rest of us."
"I was just saying, it is a possibility."
"I doubt it, why would they want to do that out in a wood?"
"It could be some romantic gesture?" said Peter.
Remus looked at him strangely, "In a wood? What about sticks and insects and so on?"
"Just because you are a prude, Remus, does not mean that the rest of us are. Some girls quite like getting friendly out in the woods," Sirius said smugly.
"Really? You convinced some girl to go and be 'friendly' out in a wood," said Remus disbelievingly.
"Are you implying that I could not get a girl to do whatever I asked?"
"Yes, yes I am."
"Well, you are wrong then my friend. Remember that Clarise girl? She came here hoping to get James to marry her, instead, she got me."
"Clarise? The Duke of Scamander's daughter?"
"She had a thing for nature and stuff, it was not hard."
"Again, sticks? Bugs? Wild animals?"
"Eh, not really my concern, I was not the one lying on the ground, if you get what I mean," Sirius said with much eyebrow wiggling.
"Ugh," Remus said as he threw a pillow at Sirius. "Anyway, this is not getting us any closer to finding James and Lily.
"If you are so worried, why not just go and ask Dumbledore? He is sure to have put some sneaky little spell on them that will tell us where he is, he is always doing that."
"No he does not."
"Yes he does! Look how many he put on Lily before!"
"That was not sneaky, she knew he had done it."
"It was too! They were hidden in her mind or something crazy like that. It was convenient but a little creepy."
Remus shook his head, "Fine, lets go talk to him and see if he knows what is going on."
As they got up to leave, Peter looked worried. "What is wrong Wormtail?" asked Sirius.
"Nothing, I just... did Dumbledore do that to all of us? Have sneaky spells on us?"
"How should I know? Probably not, or he would have caught me that time that I insulted that girl from France and almost started a war."
"Do you mean the Princess? Who has an incredibly protective father who also happens to be a King? You slept with her?" Remus spluttered.
"I did more than sleep, if you know what I..."
"Yes, yes, I know what you mean," interrupted Remus. He walked off muttering to himself.
Sirius turned to Peter, "See? If I did that without getting caught, I am sure you are fine. What are you worried about? Got your eye on a girl?"
"No, no nothing like that. I just did not want him to find out about me sneaking down to the kitchens."
"Why on earth would he care about you sneaking down to the kitchens? Relax, I am sure no one cares about what you get up to Peter." Sirius walked off after Remus and Peter glared after him before hurrying to catch up.
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Dumbledore peered over his glasses as he listened to them. When they finished he sighed heavily. "This is not good. I am glad that the King is away fighting right now or he would be very angry right now"
"What?" said Sirius, "How is this our fault?"
"I did not say that it was. I put spells on Lily so that I would know when she woke up and also to know if she left her room. I had hoped to make sure this did not happen."
Sirius grinned smugly at Remus before turning back to Dumbledore. "So, is the Lily that we saw not the real one?"
"Oh no, she was real. But she appears to be under the control of someone else, someone who was clever enough to dismantle all my charms without me knowing."
"And what exactly does that mean?"
"It means, that James and Lily are most likely in a lot of trouble right about now.
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James woke with a pounding headache. He groaned and rolled over on to something cold. Muttering about inconsiderate friends who pulled pranks that weren't funny, he opened his eyes to see what they had done to his bed. He looked around, confused, as he tried to make sense of where he was. The room was made of stone, it was cold and damp. James slowly came to the conclusion that he was in a dungeon. With that realisation, he remembered what had happened.
"Lily!" he shouted. "Lily!"
"Awake are we?"
A dark haired woman leered at him through the door. "You have such a good set of lungs, I do so love that in my captives."
"Bellatrix. Nice to see you here, I almost did not recognise you."
"I have grown somewhat since we last met. I was glad to here that you had grown too James, settling down with a lovely girl, about to get married. you are the lucky Prince," she drawled.
"What have you done to Lily?" James growled.
"Nothing much, though there are so many things that I cannot wait to try. Unfortunately, she is the Dark Lord's new pet, I will have to wait until he grows bored with her."
Bellatrix laughed as James lunged at the door. "I will see you later my dear Prince, hopefully we can have a little fun soon." She walked off leaving James to pound the door in frustration.
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Hours later, James was napping when he heard the door opening. He scrambled to his feet as Lily walked into the room. She grinned at him before pointing her wand at him.
"Lily..." he whispered.
"Hello James. You are not looking so well, is something the matter?"
"What are you doing Lily? This is not you."
She scowled and flourished her wand and James found himself pressed against the wall. "You would not know the first thing about me James, I am a new woman now."
"No, you are Lily, my Lily. What have they done to you Lils?"
"Crucio," she murmured.
When she lifted her wand and his screaming stopped, she came to stand in front of him. James raised his head to look at her. She watched him curiously, head tilted to one hand. James smiled gently, he had always loved that look. Lily always tilted her head when she was pondering an interesting problem.
"Do I amuse you? Or are you forgetting that I am the one holding the wand here?"
"You look so beautiful like that."
"When I am torturing you? I do not need you to tell me that, I have so many men telling me that already."
Lily cursed him again and he cried out in pain. "Now, let us get down to business."
"Here? I do not think you would be very comfortable here but if that is what you want..."
Lily smirked and placed her wand gently on his neck. "Oh James, you are a funny one. Believe me, I will have my pleasure soon enough, but as they say, business first. I would like to know where the King is."
"And how would I know that when I am tucked up down here?"
"You are his son, you of all people should know where he went."
"I am sorry to disappoint you, but I would not have the first clue where he is."
Lily stepped back and began to pace. "I am not an idiot James. The King apparently left the palace to go and fight on the front line of this war, but no one has seen him there. Where is he?"
"Why do you want to know?"
She glanced at him sideways, "I do not think I need to explain it to you, a fool such as yourself can work it out."
"And you should know that I like to have things spelled out for me, Lily. I do not like to have any confusion with such matters."
Lily sighed, "Very well. My master wishes to kill the King and take his kingdom. But to do that, he first needs to find him. And that is where you come in."
"That is an original plan."
"Yes. Now, I am growing impatient darling. Where is your father?"
"Honestly, I do not know. Information like that was on a strictly need to know basis."
"And why would you not be told? You are his son."
"Exactly. We had planned for such an event like this happening."
"Oh really? And what else did this plan consist of? A quaint escape attempt as well?"
"Well, no, all we really got to was the need to know basis stuff."
"How delightful."
"While we are chatting here, may I ask, who is your master? My old buddy Snape?"
She smiled thinly, "That is on a strictly need to know basis."
James smiled in reply, "Ah, I missed this friendly banter. It is nice to trade wits with you again."
Lily threw her head back and laughed. "Trading wits? Oh no, we are not doing that, you have quite a while to go before you can be classed as having wit. Maybe I should sharpen your mind a little. Or maybe I should just hurt you some more."
James grinned at her as she began to torture him once again.
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"He is a stubborn thing," commented Bellatrix as she watched Lily work.
"Hmm. I had hoped that he would break when Lily went in there. It appears that you will get to have your go Bella," said Voldemort.
"Do you think he does know where the King is?"
"No, he looked to be telling the truth. A shame. Get whatever information out of him that you can but do not kill him, I would like the pleasure of that myself."
"Yes Master. Did you hear anything from your little rat?"
"No, he does not know either, it appears no one does. It does not matter, if I cannot find him I shall just take his throne anyway. It will not be very hard if he is not there to fight for it."
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Peter shivered. An early autumn chill was in the air, but it was enhanced by the Dementors that now stood guard around the Dark Lord's lair.
"What do you have to report Wormtail? I hope it is good, I have only had bad news today."
"I am sorry my Lord. Everyone is celebrating their victory in the last battle against your forces."
"I said good news Wormtail. If necessary, I can demonstrate what happens to those who bring me bad news. I assure you, it is not pleasant."
Peter bowed hurriedly. "No my Lord, I am sorry, please forgive me, I did not mean to offend. With the celebrations, I managed to sneak into Moody's office. I heard him talking to someone."
"And what did you hear?" Voldemort said impatiently.
"I heard where the King is hiding."
"Ah, now that is good news! Where is the coward?"
"He had been working undercover, the latest success was due in part to him. He is in Godric's Hollow."
"Excellent. I shall head over there now."
"Master, wait." Peter cowered as Voldemort glared at him.
"I do hope this is good, I do not like to be ordered around," he said venomously.
"No Master, sorry Master, I did not mean it. The King is being hidden by the Fidelius Charm. Moody said that no one could find him."
"No matter, I will just have to draw him out then. Thank you Wormtail, you have been most helpful. Have they found out what happened to their dear Prince yet?"
"Yes, they are trying to find him now, but they have not made much progress. They know that it was Lily who captured him, but that is all."
"Good. Oh, I forgot to thank you for disabling those irritating spells of Dumbledore's. My whole plan could have failed if it was not for you."
Peter blushed and bowed. "Thank you Master. I live only to serve you."
"That you do. Now, go back to your post and be sure to keep your ears out for any news of the King's whereabouts. I want to be there the second he pokes his nose out of his little sanctuary."