"You are our weapon now James, it's up to you to save us. No one else can."
-Sirius Black, Chapter 4: What's Wrong With The World of Welcome to A Different, Darker World by Seadragon ________________________________________________________________
"I'm ready Sirius."
"No." That was Dumbledore, not Sirius. James looked angrily at him.
"What do you mean, NO? I'm healed aren't I?!"
"Well, yes. But you still don't know what has changed since you were, twenty, remember James, everything changes. And this time you don't have Lily to keep you from losing control. The muggle world is different, Voldemort is different. Even if you haven't changed, everything around you has."
James froze. "Lily."
Sirius put an arm around his best friend and glared at Dumbledore.
"What I think we should do about your lack of knowledge, is have you sit in on some of our classes. Also look over the records of what has happened since your." Dumbledore trailed off, what would you call death to a man who had returned from the dead at the call of his friends and the world's impending doom?
"Damn it Albus! I know how to take care of myself! Just let me save those people!" ________________________________________________________________
James stood on the Astronomy Tower, letting the wind riffle through his hair. He looked down on the world below him with a sorrowful expression. Something had been taken from him and he could never get her back. Life seemed meaningless without her.
He contemplated jumping but remembered why he had returned to the doomed world of the living. He had a duty. He could not turn his back on Sirius and Remus now.
He could not leave them to be damned without him. If he turned his back on the world now, it was all over for everyone. As far as the people of the earth knew, they were already condemned to a life of terror, tragedy, and pain, if they had a life at all.
Looking up at the darkened sky above him, James vowed he would save these people, promise them a chance. He was back, and ready to fell the final blow on Voldemort's reign of terror. Was it just him, or did a ray of sun break through the infinite darkness? ________________________________________________________________
Unknown to James, Sirius was doing some thinking of his own.
As his world changed around him, Sirius wasn't sure which way was up anymore. Terror corrupted judgement and Sirius just wanted to let the world know there was hope. Grief clouded his mind, who knew when this nightmare would end?
Looking back on his life, wondering if it was all worth it, Sirius remembered the trials they had gone through in their youth. It reminded him of the hysteria they were living through now.
They had nearly crumbled under the pressure war coated over the world. Sirius turned his mind back to those terrible, tragic times of ten years ago. ________________________________________________________________
Flash Back
Sirius's Thoughts
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After getting lost in the forest, Lily and James emerge together, to the happiness of their friends, and the anger and hate of others. Will the tricks and treachery never end?
James kidnapped. Lily disbelieving. Will they hold together or is this the breaking point for everyone? Tempers are running wild and fear can corrupt anyone.
Remus finds Lily on the Astronomy Tower after the big break up. Will this be the end of the Marauders? Or can they stay together through war, lies, pain, and love?
Lily corners James after the big break up and demands the truth. Could this be the beginning of something both good and awful? Will anyone survive the betrayal?
Remus discovers what he has known all along. When he confronts Lily will the wave of emotions destroy them all? Or will Lily and James find it in themselves to forgive each other?
A letter from Remus to Lily, that she receives the day after he tells her what they both known all along. Will it soften the blow? Or make tension over ride the strongest of friendships?
Letters from the Marauders, Lily, and May. When the truth is finally spoken, will anyone fight for it?
A year after their fallout, a prank war starts the pain, deception, lies, and love all over again.
A brutal attack on Hogwarts starts a tirad of fear. When the worst comes to pass, will deeper emotions bring them together again? ________________________________________________________________
Sirius had never forgotten. Not as long as he had been fighting this terrible war. They all had lost that day. May had fallen victim to a Death Eater's curse, they had lost her. And then Lily and Harry had been murdered a little over two years later, only to be followed by James later that year.
Sirius remembered the pain they all had felt. His had been the worst, surrounded by Dementors, who remembered those days for two years. They had been the worst two years of his life, followed by Peter's capture and eventual death, Sirius had learned to hope again. And now that hope had been fully restored by the return of a dead man, his best friend, their savior, James Potter.
-Sirius Black, Chapter 4: What's Wrong With The World of Welcome to A Different, Darker World by Seadragon ________________________________________________________________
"I'm ready Sirius."
"No." That was Dumbledore, not Sirius. James looked angrily at him.
"What do you mean, NO? I'm healed aren't I?!"
"Well, yes. But you still don't know what has changed since you were, twenty, remember James, everything changes. And this time you don't have Lily to keep you from losing control. The muggle world is different, Voldemort is different. Even if you haven't changed, everything around you has."
James froze. "Lily."
Sirius put an arm around his best friend and glared at Dumbledore.
"What I think we should do about your lack of knowledge, is have you sit in on some of our classes. Also look over the records of what has happened since your." Dumbledore trailed off, what would you call death to a man who had returned from the dead at the call of his friends and the world's impending doom?
"Damn it Albus! I know how to take care of myself! Just let me save those people!" ________________________________________________________________
James stood on the Astronomy Tower, letting the wind riffle through his hair. He looked down on the world below him with a sorrowful expression. Something had been taken from him and he could never get her back. Life seemed meaningless without her.
He contemplated jumping but remembered why he had returned to the doomed world of the living. He had a duty. He could not turn his back on Sirius and Remus now.
He could not leave them to be damned without him. If he turned his back on the world now, it was all over for everyone. As far as the people of the earth knew, they were already condemned to a life of terror, tragedy, and pain, if they had a life at all.
Looking up at the darkened sky above him, James vowed he would save these people, promise them a chance. He was back, and ready to fell the final blow on Voldemort's reign of terror. Was it just him, or did a ray of sun break through the infinite darkness? ________________________________________________________________
Unknown to James, Sirius was doing some thinking of his own.
As his world changed around him, Sirius wasn't sure which way was up anymore. Terror corrupted judgement and Sirius just wanted to let the world know there was hope. Grief clouded his mind, who knew when this nightmare would end?
Looking back on his life, wondering if it was all worth it, Sirius remembered the trials they had gone through in their youth. It reminded him of the hysteria they were living through now.
They had nearly crumbled under the pressure war coated over the world. Sirius turned his mind back to those terrible, tragic times of ten years ago. ________________________________________________________________
Flash Back
Sirius's Thoughts
~
After getting lost in the forest, Lily and James emerge together, to the happiness of their friends, and the anger and hate of others. Will the tricks and treachery never end?
James kidnapped. Lily disbelieving. Will they hold together or is this the breaking point for everyone? Tempers are running wild and fear can corrupt anyone.
Remus finds Lily on the Astronomy Tower after the big break up. Will this be the end of the Marauders? Or can they stay together through war, lies, pain, and love?
Lily corners James after the big break up and demands the truth. Could this be the beginning of something both good and awful? Will anyone survive the betrayal?
Remus discovers what he has known all along. When he confronts Lily will the wave of emotions destroy them all? Or will Lily and James find it in themselves to forgive each other?
A letter from Remus to Lily, that she receives the day after he tells her what they both known all along. Will it soften the blow? Or make tension over ride the strongest of friendships?
Letters from the Marauders, Lily, and May. When the truth is finally spoken, will anyone fight for it?
A year after their fallout, a prank war starts the pain, deception, lies, and love all over again.
A brutal attack on Hogwarts starts a tirad of fear. When the worst comes to pass, will deeper emotions bring them together again? ________________________________________________________________
Sirius had never forgotten. Not as long as he had been fighting this terrible war. They all had lost that day. May had fallen victim to a Death Eater's curse, they had lost her. And then Lily and Harry had been murdered a little over two years later, only to be followed by James later that year.
Sirius remembered the pain they all had felt. His had been the worst, surrounded by Dementors, who remembered those days for two years. They had been the worst two years of his life, followed by Peter's capture and eventual death, Sirius had learned to hope again. And now that hope had been fully restored by the return of a dead man, his best friend, their savior, James Potter.