Disclaimer: I do not own HP, Ms. Rowling does. Please don't sue. You honestly won't get much.

A/N: Whoa. It's been awhile. I am so terribly sorry for the lateness of this chapter. So terribly sorry. Winterguard, homework, finals, everything has been so hectic. But I'm on Spring Break now.
Introductions Part 5: Endings
James couldn't sleep. He was exhausted, and deeply desired sleep, but it just wouldn't come to him. So now here he was, sitting next to Harry's crib. He dearly wanted to take Harry and Lily and just disappear. He would die before he let anything happen to either of them. Harry sighed in his sleep as he changed positions. James smiled as he looked at him. Harry looked almost exactly like him, it was scary. Except for having Lily's eyes, Harry was a carbon copy of James.

Sensing someone's gaze upon him, James turned to see Lily, looking at him through worried eyes. Holding his arms out to her, he gathered her to him, sitting her on his knee.

"I'm worried, James," Lily whispered, gazing at Harry.

"I know," James answered, as he rested his chin on her shoulder. "But Dumbledore's got a plan. He's going to make someone our Secret-Keeper."

"Secret-Keeper?"

"Yeah. Dumbledore's going to cast a spell on whoever's going to know of our whereabouts, and no matter how he's questioned, no one will be able to get the answer out of him if they don't want to tell. Dumbledore offered to be our Secret-Keeper, but I want Sirius to be it."

"Why not Dumbledore?" Lily questioned, slightly shocked.

James smiled. "Because Sirius is my best friend. He'll never tell a soul. I've trusted him with my life all my life, and now I trust him with yours and Harry's. Trust me. He won't betray us."

Lily nodded. She trusted Sirius as well, just not to the extent James did. However, she trusted James. He knew what he was doing.

Both Lily and James knew sleep wasn't going to come for them tonight. So they contented themselves to sitting next to their sleeping son and staring out at the full moon.

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"But James! It's the perfect plan!" Sirius exclaimed to his best friend. "Who would suspect him? He's almost a squib! No one would suspect someone as pathetic as Peter to be the Secret-Keeper of the infamous James and Lily Potter!"

"Sirius!" Lily admonished. "Don't call Peter pathetic."

Sirius just rolled his eyes. "C'mon, you have to agree that no one would suspect him."

James eyed Sirius. Sirius had come over in the early morning, just as he, Lily and Harry were sitting down to breakfast, to talk to him about switching to Peter as the Secret-Keeper. ". I guess."

Sirius smiled smugly. "Brilliant! I'll go get Peter and we'll go to Dumbledore." So saying, he apparated away.

James sighed and looked at Lily, who was perplexed.

"Are you sure that's wise? Switching to Peter for our Secret-Keeper?" she asked.

James sighed again, and sat down on the davenport, draping his arm across his eyes. "I have no idea."

"Well, in any case, it's done. We'll just have o go along with it."

James nodded in agreement. He trusted Sirius, but he had a bad feeling about this.

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BAM!

The entire house shook from the force of the attack. Harry started crying as Lily and James looked at each other in panic.

(A/N: Ok, before we go on, I have to give credit where it's due. The rest of the story will contain quotes and comments taken directly from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I wanted to use the direct quotes and stuff to make it more realistic. If anyone takes offense to this, please let me know and I will take it down directly and rewrite it.)

"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off - "

Lily gasped as she grabbed Harry, and stumbled from the room to Harry's room in the back of the house, locking the door behind her, and quickly casting some wards and charms.

The door burst open, as a cackle of high-pitched laughter sounded. James held his wand out as he turned to face the intruder.

Lily was in Harry's room, softly singing a lullaby to calm him down. There was a loud *thump* as she heard someone - James - fall in the main room. Tears started coursing down her cheeks as she continued to sing.

Suddenly, the door burst open, and in swept Lord Voldemort, his red eyes gleaming in triumph. He stepped towards her, his wand pointed at Harry.

Lily screamed. "Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!"

"Stand aside, you silly girl . stand aside now . " Voldemort slithered.

"Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead -" Lily pleaded.

The triumph in Voldemort's eyes gleamed even more as he advanced, wand raised.

"Not Harry! Please . have mercy . have mercy . " Lily pleaded once more.

Voldemort laughed a shrill laugh as he continued towards mother and son. Lily screamed as she shielded Harry with her body.

"Avada Kedavra," Voldemort roared, victory evident in his voice.
A/N: Ok! The end. So, how is it? Bad? Good? Crappy? Wee? I'm so very sorry this took so long to get out. I honestly meant to have it out sooner. Unfortunately, other things in my life detained me. However, I have finished this fic, and am starting to plan another fic. It's not the prequel I want to do to this, though I have ideas flitting about that I write down. I plan to write it eventually, I'm just not sure when I'll be able to get to it. If anyone thinks it's a really bad idea for me to do one, though, please feel free to let me know.

Thank you to everyone who reviewed and took time to read this. This is the first fic I've actually completed, and the first fic I'm actually very proud of. Please, let me know what you think of it.

Sincerely,

Spotts