Hey, so here is another chapter. I will most likely post again tomorrow. The end is in sight… and I hope you are enjoying this story. I wrote some of this in class today, actually it was part of the next chapter and I was almost in tears. Its getting so sad. Anyway, please R/R. I don't own Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling does. Thank you for the kind reviews, please continue them!

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James, Remus and Peter celebrated Sirius' news for days. James insisted on Katie coming over the next night and they had a dinner to celebrate the happy couple. James toasted the couple and congratulated his friend over and over.

Lily and Katie at once started to talk wedding plans and went through the when, where, how many, and all the little details in about 5 minutes. None of the men had seen either woman so excited and talk so fast. They got up quietly and grabbed Harry and let them continue talking in peace. It was a full 10 minutes before either woman realized that they were alone in the room.

But now it was the middle of August and James walked into Dumbledore's office with Harry in his arms and Lily by his side. His mood had been so cheerful in the past weeks but seeing the look on Dumbledore's face, it knew his mood would change.

"Thank you for coming on such short notice," Dumbledore stood to greet them. An hour ago the portrait of Jonathon Potter had informed them that Dumbledore had urgent business to talk to them about and if they could come to his office as soon as they could.

"Jonathon said it was important sir," James responded.

"Indeed it is," Dumbledore answered gravely. "Please sit down." He sat in his own chair and pointed to the chairs that were across from him. His former students sat. "I will get right to the point, someone close to you is keeping Voldemort well aware of your movements."

James frown as Lily let out a gasp, "Someone in the Order?"

Dumbledore hesitated, "James, they could be in the Order, but this traitor is much closer to you."

"Then-" James started to speak but he stopped. He understood what Dumbledore was hesitating to say. He shook his head, slowly at first. He glanced at Harry and Lily. His eyes were moving quickly now, from Lily back to Dumbledore. He swallowed, his throat felt tight. He continued to shake his head. He felt weak in his sit, Harry who was on his lap started to slip. Lily grabbed him and put him on her lap.

Dumbledore spoke, "Last week you went out to eat, did you not?"

James didn't respond. Lily spoke up for him; "Anyone could have seen us sir."

"You are correct Lily, but you spent an hour and a half getting ready, and you James played three games of chess while waiting."

Lily gasped. James got up and spoke, "You lie! My friends would never betray me! Never! We are brothers; I will not sit here and have you tell me that my brothers have turned on me! It's all lies! I know them!" He stopped and looked at Dumbledore. James' mouth opened and his jaw was clenched, "You think its Remus don't you?"

"I never said that."

"You… the one who admitted him into school when no one else would, you who gave him every chance to excel, every opportunity, and now you think he's betrayed the Order and I? He owns his life to you, he trusts you more than anything, he would not turn on me or you!" He turned on his heel and left the room, slamming the door behind him.

Dumbledore sighed and looked at Lily, "I don't want to see you or James hurt, will you please try and talk some sense into him? Voldemort knows too much, just think of everything that has happened in the past months. It hurts me to think or say this, but you have been betrayed."

Lily got up, "I'll try sir, you know him, he's a stubborn man, especially when his friends are involved."

"He's a Potter." Dumbledore sighed. "It's a Potter trait."

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Outside of Dumbledore's office, James was livid. How dare he! How dare he say that one of his friends…one of his brothers betrayed them? Did he understand that they would die for each other? That he felt closer to them than he did his own brother or family? They had been through sop much; they weren't about to betray each other? No, Dumbledore was wrong!

He walked quickly to the gates getting madder with every step. He couldn't believe Dumbledore had the gall to say that to him! He was wrong! It was all lies! He apparted as soon as he could. At the gate he continued his trek deep in though, and cursing Dumbledore's name. What did he know about the friendship of the Marauders? He didn't understand a thing about them!

"Hey James!" Sirius called to him. He was putting away his motorcycle but James lost in though ignored him. He walked into the house with full intentions of going to his office and not being bothered but Lily had beat him home.

"James Potter! You are so selfish! How dare you call Dumbledore a liar! Dumbledore has and will always have our best interests at heart!"

"He said one of my best friends has betrayed me! How can I not be angry! He's wrong!"

"Then how did he learn all of those things?" Lily asked her temper in full force.

"I don't know but my friends didn't betray me!" James yelled back.

"You have to the facts!"

"Wait… what's going on here?" When Sirius had heard Lily yell, he had no intention of butting in, but after hearing James speak, he figured he'd better. It concerned him after all.

"Dumbledore thinks that one of our friends has gone over to Voldemort," James told him.

"Wait… one of us is now a Death Eater?" Sirius had heard what James said, but it was crazy, he thought he had misheard him.

"Yes." James responded.

"No way, we swore not to, we all hate Voldemort," Sirius shook his head. The idea was so crazy, he almost laughed out loud, but he didn't at the sight of Lily and James' faces.

"Sirius, he knows little trivial facts about us. He knows that last Friday you and James played wizard's chess while waiting for me to get ready. He knows we went out to eat." Lily explained.

"Well I don't know how he found out about that, but we didn't betray each other." Sirius shook the idea off.

"I knew you would be on his side. I hope you are right, but facts have to be faced, you and your friends are not prefect. We've been betrayed!" Her temper rose again and she walked out of the room.

"I believe us Prongs, don't worry, I know they are wrong," Sirius came over to James and patted his shoulder.

"We are brothers till death, they just don't understand that," James sighed.

"I know." Sirius nodded in agreement.

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"James?" Peter came into the living room. Sirius, James and Lily had been sitting around talking by the fire. They avoided the subject of the traitor, neither wanting to fight again. It was a few days later after their talk with Dumbledore, but they were all still thinking about it.

"What Peter?" James asked him. He looked worried. Peter looked around at all of them. The only one missing was Remus who was running errands.

"I was just in Remus' room, he had something of mine that I needed back, and I found this." He held out something to them.

Sirius, who had been standing by the fire, stepped back almost into it. He stared at the black material in Peter's hand. It was a mask, of the same material his parents and brother wore; he had not seen one up close since he held his father's… the day he escaped.

"What?" James got up.

"It was in Remus' room," Peter told them.

Sirius and James exchanged a look.

"Where in his room?" James asked. He stared at the mask; he started the shake his head.

"It was on the bookcase," said Peter.

"Well it answers a few things," Sirius sighed in a defeated voice.

"How can you say that?" James asked now outraged.

"James, the evidence is right in front of you," Sirius sighed. "I stuck with you James, but this is evidence. I can't keep turning the other way and pretending it isn't happening."

"He wouldn't."

"Something could have happened when he was captured," Sirius said. "Remember, no charms went off, you said it yourself, it was an inside job."

"Oh so Remus let them in and then they stunned him and made him prisoner?" James couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"It could have been to throw suspicion off of himself," Sirius shrugged.

"They almost killed him Sirius!" James shook his head. He felt like the world was falling down around him. This wasn't happening he wasn't being betrayed. He could all of this be happening? James put his hands to his face and cried out in frustration, no… it was going to wake up now from this nightmare!

"Open your eyes James," Sirius told him.

"How can you say that? We swore to be true to each other!" James asked.

"Unlike you and me James, maybe Remus was just fooling us. He didn't mean it."

"We are brothers," James looked him right in the eye.

"Why are you acting so naïve? Look at my brother, look what he was!" Sirius exclaimed. "You have to face the facts, Remus has betrayed us."

James looked at Sirius who looked crushed, at Lily who had tears in her eyes and then at Peter, whose face had no emotion or reaction on it.