Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot of this story. Harry Potter, Lily, James, Sirius and Remus all belong to Joanne Rowling and Bloomsburry books. Please don't sue. I have no money
They had seen the two boys and had come screaming straight at the two cute boys. Both had a ruggedly handsome look with shaggy black hair, one manageable and one not, both had dark brown soft eyes and tall, but built figures. And when they saw who was running straight for them, they bolted for Lily's room. Petunia's friends consisted of geeky, tall lanky, and short, fat ugly people. They might have been nice once met, but they were annoying muggles that were friends with the one person that James had vowed to hate. Any way, as soon as they shut the door to Lily's room, Petunia came running up the stairs asking what her friends had run away for. Then when the three girls had commented about Sirius and James, Petunia said that the two boys were her friends and that they were just shy.
Then when asked whose room they had holed up in, Petunia had replied that it was just a spare room, not even considering that James was extremely over protective of the one person that he already considered a member of his family. Then while steaming, he gathered up her trunk, wand, robes, books, and other belongings that he thought that she might need. Then when he noticed a snowy white stuffed bear sitting on her mantle, he smiled brightly and grabbed the soft teddy bringing it with them. They opened the door, checking first to make sure that the hallway was clear for them to run for it, but as soon as they left the room they were cornered.
The four hormonal teens surrounded them and once again, James's anger was raised. He turned to each of them in turn and said "I am not friends with that" he pointed to Petunia. "I and Sirius here are best friends with her sister, Lily who is staying at my house for now. Now if you'll excuse us, we have to be going. Lily's not feeling well at the moment and we want to be there when she wakes up." Then both boys picked up the trunk and teddy bear and headed down the stairs pulling out their floo powder as they went. Then as the teens finally decided that they were going to follow them down the stairs they were already at the fireplace. Then as they reached there, all that remained of Lily's friends was a green flame. But as the group of four stood astounded at the green fire, there was a knock on the door.
Petunia ran for the door, but Mrs Evans got there first. She opened it to find two other girls and a boy. They all smiled up at Mrs Evans but when caught sight of Petunia, the other two girls had to hold the boy back. His eyes were slits of anger and he spat out "so you are the sister that's calling one of the nicest girls on the planet a freak. You have no idea of how much pain you have caused her. She will never recover. She doesn't even consider this home anymore. Her parents are well, her parents and are nothing like a sister. Someone you are supposed to be able to share your secrets with. But you hate her for what she is. A witch. Is that all you can think of. Or are you jealous. I hope you rot in hell for what you've done to her."
Then Remus calmly turned to Mrs Evans who once again had tears in her eyes and he asked with anger still evident in his voice "we heard that Lily was having nightmares again. Is she still here or have James and Sirius taken her back to James house?" Mrs Evans just nodded and the three children waved goodbye to Lily's mum before leaving the path and heading for James's home. Remus was disgusted with his lack of self control. He had just burst out in front of her. But he just hated her so much. To think of all the times that he and James had comforted her when she had thought of her home. Of her sister who had disowned her when she found out that she was a witch. That she lost one of her closest friends. He just didn't know how you could hate someone like Lily, especially when you were so lucky to be in her family. Then as Bella, Saralein and Remus finally arrived at the Potter manor, they found it unusually quiet.
They knocked on the door to find it swinging open. Remus ordered for the girls to wait outside and pulled his wand from his pocket. Then he slowly walked through the living room to find Mr Orion Black and Mrs Kathleen Potter standing, with tears streaming down their cheeks over the dead body of Mr Harold Potter. Remus gaped in horror and made sucking noises as his mouth opened and closed at the sight of the three adults in the middle of the living room. Voldemort had been here. Then before Orion and Kathleen could do anything, Remus ran straight for the stairs and up to James's room searching for his three best friends. Then when he slammed open the door to James's room to find it empty, he tried the room next door but found it heavily locked.
He knocked on the door several times before the door opened slightly to find a very weary looking Sirius Black. He motioned for Remus to enter before grabbing him in a very tight hug. After the two boys let go, they turned to see James in bed with Lily and he had his arms around her very tightly and his head was swinging from side to side. He was whispering "No, no, not dad, anything but dad. Take me, take me. Nooooooooooooooo." Then they heard the voice that they thought that they'd never hear again. "James, James, you have to wake up. It's just a dream, James."
James slowly opened his eyes to find his two favourite eyes in the world. They belonged to one Lily Evans. She was looking at him very tiredly. Like she just needed to sleep. He gasped out before bursting into tears. Lily just rocked him back and forth, while motioning for Sirius to take off his shoes and jacket and pull the covers out from under him. Sirius did what she asked and she pulled James down with her who was unable to let go of Lily. Eventually the two fell into a comfortable slumber for the first time in weeks. The two finally awoke again simultaneously three days later and Lily had actually lost the bags that had accumulated under her eyes. James just looked weary. Then for the next two days they were attached to the hip. James had missed his fathers funeral and that just made him feel even more guilty.
The group of four went to Diagon Alley together to grab the bare essentials of what they needed. If they needed anything else, Mrs Potter had promised to get it later.
They had just wished to get out of the house. Then as they were walking along the alley, many people just stood and stared at them. Lily had been in the Daily Prophet about her constant dreams and nightmares and James's family had been in the paper as another death from Voldemort. The two were well known now but with Remus and Sirius for protection, the two were left relatively alone. They first went to Flourish and Blots for books. They collected their second year texts before returning to the counter. Sirius had taken Lily and James's Galleons and had demanded that he pay for them while they get some rest at the ice cream shop. Then the three, including Lupin had headed there, sat down under an umbrella and then who would come strolling past but Malfoy and Snape. They stood in front of the trembling kids and Lucius knelt down in front of Lily and she was still to exhausted to do anything. But James wasn't.
He had to have someone to take his anger out on. So without any warning what so ever, he pushed Malfoy away from Lily. He pulled his wand out of his pocket and before even thinking hexed him to the max. He didn't care about what the consequences were. He knew that the Malfoy's had been responsible for his fathers death.
And when the boy looked up, with his legs painfully twisted and smiled evilly at James, James was about to hex him again when Remus stopped him. He pulled the wand out of his hand and thought that that would stop James, but James didn't stop. That was the day that he discovered that he was a magid.
He didn't need a wand to do magic. The curses just kept on coming from his lips and Lucius was just in more and more pain. But finally Lily stood up on shaky legs and slowly spoke James name. Automatically his ears pricked up and he stopped cursing the horrible boy that was Lucius Malfoy. James gasped before whispering at the boy "finite incantium". Malfoy was untangled and James ran straight for Lily pulling her off her unsteady feet. He sat her back down on the chair and placed himself right beside her. Malfoy had stood up and run off by now and James just sat there occasionally watching Lily lick the ice cream that Remus had gotten her but mostly just playing with the one hand that he had in his tight grip. Lily wouldn't dare think about taking it out. James hadn't separated himself from her since that night when Voldemort had killed his father. He had even slept in the same bed as her. It made her wonder what was going to happen when they returned to Hogwarts.
Surely the teachers knew of the situation. Lily shrugged her shoulders, not really caring, but happy to be with James and helping him pull through his loss. The group of four slowly got up and headed to Quidditch supplies and looked slowly through there, James looking modestly at the newest model of the Comet, but not really having his usual eagerness to fly that was usually apparent in his nature. After his father had been killed, all he had grown to care about was his mother, Lily, Sirius and Remus. They were his family and would forever be. Then as they stared at other pieces of equipment and Quidditch facts, James pulled Lily and himself away from the Quidditch shop and walked into the owl emporium. He wanted to buy Lily a owl. He wanted something to keep in contact with her with if she ever left his side, and that was a big if. They walked in there and she gushed slightly at the amounts of birds. Eventually they walked out with a snowy coloured owl with black tipped feathers and sharp black eyes. They had both named him Felix. He was the marauders owl.
Then as they headed back to the Leaky Cauldron, the group of four witnessed as Lily had her first day nightmare after the repeating nightmares for two and a half months. James had had a constant arm around her since they had left the owl emporium because she had seemed a little weak. Sirius was carrying the bird when it happened. She tried to grip James shirt but her eyes rolled back in her head and she very nearly collapsed. Sirius handed the owl to Remus and both pulled Lily over toward a shady area. Lily had collapsed in James's embrace and he was whispering soothing words in her ear, like that he and Sirius and Remus were here and that they weren't going to let anything happen to her and that she would be alright. About five minutes later she opened her tired, but still bright green eyes and buried herself in James's arms. She began weeping and felt even more protected when James wrapped his warm winter robes around her form and kissed her forehead before picking her up.
Sirius was at his side helping carry her when before them appeared Lord Voldemort. He was about a hundred metres away staring in the opposite direction, and while he still was the four moved into the shadows away from his sight. They had just moved away when the dark lord spoke, shaking everyone in Diagon Alley.
"Where is the Potter boy and the Evans girl? If no one tells me I will kill everyone here until they are brought forward."
Still everyone neglected to point to the corner where a shivering Lily was quivering in James's embrace. James was about to make one of the worst mistakes in his life when Orion Black apparated right in front of them. He noted the shaking figure of Lily Evans lying in James's embrace and smiled. The knowing smile that he had nothing to worry about.
A/N: I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed and keep them coming. I have already written this story but still…. Anyway, I would like to beg the forgiveness of Crazy Ivan for his use of 'magid' for a wizard who can perform magic without a wand. If he wishes to dismember me limb from limb feel free.