Hey! Here is the next chapter! I hope you all enjoy it! I will try to post another one in a few days, I just have to organize what I have, type it and write what I haven't yet. Oh well, please R/R. I don't own Harry Potter, J.K Rowling does. If you don't recognize a character it might one of my made up ones and in that case I own that character! Just a little note, at the bottom of the page there might be a very big gap of space, if there is I'm very sorry but its just my computer being stupid again.
A few days later while they were eating dinner Moody's head appeared in the fireplace.
"Attack Huntington. Let's go!"
They stumbled out of their chairs and with a simple spell called their cloaks to then. They put them on and ran outside to get past the Anti-disapparate wards. They thought of Huntington and disapparated as soon as they past the gate.
They apparated with a pop and landed in the middle of the village. They took out their wands and looked around them. Order members were dueling Death Eaters, some buildings were on fire and screams of innocent villagers could be heard.
Swallowing as he looked around James spoke, "Let's go. Stay together." They went off. They passed a body which looked dead. The face had a surprised look on it and a large cut on the head. James tried not to look. He heard Sirius behind him choke back and then throw up. James saw a woman in a window of a house that was burning.
"Sirius, Remus on my count put out the fire." He looked back to make sure they were both ready. Sirius looked a little lost but when James looked at him he nodded. "1,2,3!" they all shouted and water flew out of their wands and onto the house. They had to do it 3 more times until the fire was out.
They went in to get the woman out. James led the way dodging things in the house that were still hot and unstable. Fortunately they were able to get up the stairs and they found not only the woman but her three little children. Outside they gave the children to Remus and their mother and told him to go find a safe place for them. Sirius and James then went off.
They walked around not sure what to do. They were so busy looking around James didn't notice a Death Eater come up behind them.
"Crucio!" Sirius fell behind James and started to yell.
James turned swiftly. "Stupefy! Expelliarmus!" James leaned down and checked his friend. Sirius got right up.
"I'm fine," he winced taking slow breathes. "Just caught me unprepared."
"We better watch out," James said looking around, "can't let that happen again."
They were walking near a row of houses when they heard a deep voice yelled, "Crucio." And a small child's scream followed.
James and Sirius looked at each other and ran down the alley. "Stupefy!" James yelled as soon as he saw the Death Eater leaning over the little child. James ran over to her while once again he heard the sound of vomitting coming behind him from Sirius.
James felt everything in his stomach rise as he looked at the girl. She couldn't have been more than four years old. She had no business in this war, James thought as he picked her up whispering that she was safe now.
When they left the little girl in the hands of mediwizards they went off. The raid was coming to an end and they wondered what was next. They walked around watching Order members take control of the situation and start cleaning up the mess.
"Avada Kedavra!"
They both stopped. They looked to see where the curse had come from but a green light from down the space between houses told them. They ran down, wands out and stunned a man all in black. They looked at the ground where an Auror lay, wand out but dead. It was James this time who threw up and Sirius just stared at him.
"He's dead." Sirius whispered. "Just like that." He looked at James who couldn't look at the man. "Dead." Sirius muttered to himself.
They left an hour later and went back to the Mansion. Sirius went up to the bathroom and showered. James did the same thing and they came down about the same time.
"Those sick bastards, torturing little kids. I had to take a shower and get all the slime off of me." They went to sit in the library to wait for Remus.
"I never thought it was anything like that," James admitted and put his head in his hands.
Sirius shook his head, "My parents do that. How... how can they sleep at night? They are so sick. I'd kill myself if I was like them."
"That my friend is why you walked out years ago," James lifted his head. "Don't worry you aren't like them and will never be."
"Kill me if I ever do," Sirius sighed.
They were silent for a few minutes.
"Do you think we will ever get used to this?" Sirius asked in a whisper.
"Who could?" James closed his eyes and sat back in the chair. "What did we get ourselves into?"
**
They woke up early one morning, dressed and set off for Diagon Alley. They had breakfast in the Leaky Cauldron where they sat in the back and observed everyone who entered. Frequently they looked at his picture to remind themselves but as the morning went on they didn't see him at all.
Around lunch they went out into the Alley. It was crowded, they postioned themselves along the street standing between two shops. For an hour or two they stood and watched, waited and looked for any sign of Waters. It was extremely boring but they watched anyway.
"Prongs! Bookstore!" Sirius called across the street to James after they had been in the Alley for two hours.
James looked and saw him. He was walking alone with a book in his hand that he had just purchased. James looked back at Sirius but he was already after him. James looked to Remus, signaled to him and off they went to help Sirius. Just as they were passing Quality Quidditch Supplies a group of boys came out of there chatting about the latest broomstick they all wished they had and James and Remus had to detour around them to keep going after Waters.
"Where did they go?" Remus asked looking around. Neither Sirius or Waters was anywhere to be seen. Quick as they could they searched, they looked in all the stores and looked over the heads of people trying to find their friend and the Death Eater.
"Let's go down Knockturn Alley," Remus suggested and putting up their hoods they went down the Alley.
People brushed past them not looking at them with a second thought. James was glad they couldn't see his black hair for everyone knew what the Potters looked like. Being down here without a hood was asking to be killed.
"Crucio!" they heard a man's voice yell and they waited for the screams to follow. They waited but there was nothing.
"Could be a silencing charm," James told Remus and quickly they went in search of the voice. It didn't take long to find them, they were down a deserted alleyway. They ran down only to stop dead in their tracks.
"Oh no." James stopped and stared.
"Shit." Remus who almost never swore looked at the scene in front of him.
"Expelliarmus!" James yelled and dove out of the way. 7 men all in black lined the alleyway and blocked their way from a twitching Sirius on the ground as three other men all had their wands pointed at him. If Sirius had a voice James knew he would be yelling in pain.
Remus yelled "Stupefy!" twice and also dove out of the way of the oncoming curses. They both put up shields and cursed the Death Eaters as their curses reflected off of them.
It would seem strange that two men could take on 10 Death Eaters and defeat them but that is just what they did. James and Remus stunned all the Death Eaters while dodging all the curses sent at them. There was a close time when one of the Death Eaters who had cursed Sirius took his arm to disapparate but James stunned him before he could disappear with his friend.
With all the Death Eater's gone Remus kicked on and looked at James. "Next time maybe we shouldn't be so hasty?"
"Good idea Remus," James nodded. "So glad you thought of that one. Well we better get them out of here before anyone else comes."
"Dumbledore or the Ministry?" asked Remus.
"Dumbledore... will want to question them." Sirius said from where he sat on the ground.
James went over and helped him up. He was unstable and leaned against James. Remus transfigured all the stunned Death Eaters into pebbles and put them in his pocket.
"To Hogwarts we go," James said and they disapparated.
**
"You have how many Death Eaters?" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at the three in front of him. They were seated in front of Dumbledore and he was looking at them with a puzzled face.
"Ten." James said.
"You two look on ten Death Eaters?" Dumbledore asked them not believing them.
"We are good?" James shrugged.
"May I have them?" Dumbledore asked.
"Here you go," Remus took 10 pebbles out of his pocket.
Dumbledore just stared at them. He sighed, "I'll have Moody talk to them. If anyone can get information out of Death Eaters he can. This is unbelievable boys. Good work."
"Thank you sir," James said and they left. Back at the Mansion James turned to his friends, "This calls for a celebration."
They went to The Three Broomsticks that night and celebrated with the best of Madam Rosmerta's drinks. They sat at the bar, drank and talked to her since they had not seen her since they graduated. It was a good night, they saluted each other and Rosmeta gave them some free drinks after they told her what happened.
They got home very late that night. Nothing could damper their spirits, well nothing until Rosie told them that Dumbledore had firecalled a few times looking for them. James thinking it was confirmation that they had caught Waters called him back not caring how late the hour was.
"Sir." James greeted him.
Dumbledore looked at him solemnly, "Waters wasn't in the group you caught James. He's still out there."
A few days later while they were eating dinner Moody's head appeared in the fireplace.
"Attack Huntington. Let's go!"
They stumbled out of their chairs and with a simple spell called their cloaks to then. They put them on and ran outside to get past the Anti-disapparate wards. They thought of Huntington and disapparated as soon as they past the gate.
They apparated with a pop and landed in the middle of the village. They took out their wands and looked around them. Order members were dueling Death Eaters, some buildings were on fire and screams of innocent villagers could be heard.
Swallowing as he looked around James spoke, "Let's go. Stay together." They went off. They passed a body which looked dead. The face had a surprised look on it and a large cut on the head. James tried not to look. He heard Sirius behind him choke back and then throw up. James saw a woman in a window of a house that was burning.
"Sirius, Remus on my count put out the fire." He looked back to make sure they were both ready. Sirius looked a little lost but when James looked at him he nodded. "1,2,3!" they all shouted and water flew out of their wands and onto the house. They had to do it 3 more times until the fire was out.
They went in to get the woman out. James led the way dodging things in the house that were still hot and unstable. Fortunately they were able to get up the stairs and they found not only the woman but her three little children. Outside they gave the children to Remus and their mother and told him to go find a safe place for them. Sirius and James then went off.
They walked around not sure what to do. They were so busy looking around James didn't notice a Death Eater come up behind them.
"Crucio!" Sirius fell behind James and started to yell.
James turned swiftly. "Stupefy! Expelliarmus!" James leaned down and checked his friend. Sirius got right up.
"I'm fine," he winced taking slow breathes. "Just caught me unprepared."
"We better watch out," James said looking around, "can't let that happen again."
They were walking near a row of houses when they heard a deep voice yelled, "Crucio." And a small child's scream followed.
James and Sirius looked at each other and ran down the alley. "Stupefy!" James yelled as soon as he saw the Death Eater leaning over the little child. James ran over to her while once again he heard the sound of vomitting coming behind him from Sirius.
James felt everything in his stomach rise as he looked at the girl. She couldn't have been more than four years old. She had no business in this war, James thought as he picked her up whispering that she was safe now.
When they left the little girl in the hands of mediwizards they went off. The raid was coming to an end and they wondered what was next. They walked around watching Order members take control of the situation and start cleaning up the mess.
"Avada Kedavra!"
They both stopped. They looked to see where the curse had come from but a green light from down the space between houses told them. They ran down, wands out and stunned a man all in black. They looked at the ground where an Auror lay, wand out but dead. It was James this time who threw up and Sirius just stared at him.
"He's dead." Sirius whispered. "Just like that." He looked at James who couldn't look at the man. "Dead." Sirius muttered to himself.
They left an hour later and went back to the Mansion. Sirius went up to the bathroom and showered. James did the same thing and they came down about the same time.
"Those sick bastards, torturing little kids. I had to take a shower and get all the slime off of me." They went to sit in the library to wait for Remus.
"I never thought it was anything like that," James admitted and put his head in his hands.
Sirius shook his head, "My parents do that. How... how can they sleep at night? They are so sick. I'd kill myself if I was like them."
"That my friend is why you walked out years ago," James lifted his head. "Don't worry you aren't like them and will never be."
"Kill me if I ever do," Sirius sighed.
They were silent for a few minutes.
"Do you think we will ever get used to this?" Sirius asked in a whisper.
"Who could?" James closed his eyes and sat back in the chair. "What did we get ourselves into?"
**
They woke up early one morning, dressed and set off for Diagon Alley. They had breakfast in the Leaky Cauldron where they sat in the back and observed everyone who entered. Frequently they looked at his picture to remind themselves but as the morning went on they didn't see him at all.
Around lunch they went out into the Alley. It was crowded, they postioned themselves along the street standing between two shops. For an hour or two they stood and watched, waited and looked for any sign of Waters. It was extremely boring but they watched anyway.
"Prongs! Bookstore!" Sirius called across the street to James after they had been in the Alley for two hours.
James looked and saw him. He was walking alone with a book in his hand that he had just purchased. James looked back at Sirius but he was already after him. James looked to Remus, signaled to him and off they went to help Sirius. Just as they were passing Quality Quidditch Supplies a group of boys came out of there chatting about the latest broomstick they all wished they had and James and Remus had to detour around them to keep going after Waters.
"Where did they go?" Remus asked looking around. Neither Sirius or Waters was anywhere to be seen. Quick as they could they searched, they looked in all the stores and looked over the heads of people trying to find their friend and the Death Eater.
"Let's go down Knockturn Alley," Remus suggested and putting up their hoods they went down the Alley.
People brushed past them not looking at them with a second thought. James was glad they couldn't see his black hair for everyone knew what the Potters looked like. Being down here without a hood was asking to be killed.
"Crucio!" they heard a man's voice yell and they waited for the screams to follow. They waited but there was nothing.
"Could be a silencing charm," James told Remus and quickly they went in search of the voice. It didn't take long to find them, they were down a deserted alleyway. They ran down only to stop dead in their tracks.
"Oh no." James stopped and stared.
"Shit." Remus who almost never swore looked at the scene in front of him.
"Expelliarmus!" James yelled and dove out of the way. 7 men all in black lined the alleyway and blocked their way from a twitching Sirius on the ground as three other men all had their wands pointed at him. If Sirius had a voice James knew he would be yelling in pain.
Remus yelled "Stupefy!" twice and also dove out of the way of the oncoming curses. They both put up shields and cursed the Death Eaters as their curses reflected off of them.
It would seem strange that two men could take on 10 Death Eaters and defeat them but that is just what they did. James and Remus stunned all the Death Eaters while dodging all the curses sent at them. There was a close time when one of the Death Eaters who had cursed Sirius took his arm to disapparate but James stunned him before he could disappear with his friend.
With all the Death Eater's gone Remus kicked on and looked at James. "Next time maybe we shouldn't be so hasty?"
"Good idea Remus," James nodded. "So glad you thought of that one. Well we better get them out of here before anyone else comes."
"Dumbledore or the Ministry?" asked Remus.
"Dumbledore... will want to question them." Sirius said from where he sat on the ground.
James went over and helped him up. He was unstable and leaned against James. Remus transfigured all the stunned Death Eaters into pebbles and put them in his pocket.
"To Hogwarts we go," James said and they disapparated.
**
"You have how many Death Eaters?" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at the three in front of him. They were seated in front of Dumbledore and he was looking at them with a puzzled face.
"Ten." James said.
"You two look on ten Death Eaters?" Dumbledore asked them not believing them.
"We are good?" James shrugged.
"May I have them?" Dumbledore asked.
"Here you go," Remus took 10 pebbles out of his pocket.
Dumbledore just stared at them. He sighed, "I'll have Moody talk to them. If anyone can get information out of Death Eaters he can. This is unbelievable boys. Good work."
"Thank you sir," James said and they left. Back at the Mansion James turned to his friends, "This calls for a celebration."
They went to The Three Broomsticks that night and celebrated with the best of Madam Rosmerta's drinks. They sat at the bar, drank and talked to her since they had not seen her since they graduated. It was a good night, they saluted each other and Rosmeta gave them some free drinks after they told her what happened.
They got home very late that night. Nothing could damper their spirits, well nothing until Rosie told them that Dumbledore had firecalled a few times looking for them. James thinking it was confirmation that they had caught Waters called him back not caring how late the hour was.
"Sir." James greeted him.
Dumbledore looked at him solemnly, "Waters wasn't in the group you caught James. He's still out there."
