Summary: What if Lily and Harry survived that horrible Halloween night?  What if it was only James who died?  What would the world be like?  Voldemort hasn't disappeared.  He's still as strong as ever.  He's still after Lily and Harry.  What will happen?  Read on to find out.

Disclaimer: This plot couldn't happen.  I don't own Harry Potter.  Even though I wish I could. 

            "Lily take Harry and go! It's Him! Run!-" James screamed at his wife, Lily.  Lily grabbed Harry and fled.  She ran out the back door, just in time to hear James scream. 

            "Oh no!" Lily whispered to her one year old son.  The tears fell from her pretty emerald eyes. 

She ran.  She didn't know where she was going.  Her feet took her to her best friends' house. 

When she got there, she burst through the door.  Her best friend, Lilac looked up.  She had been previously playing rolley polley. 

"What is it Lils?" asked Lilac, scared and confused.  

"H-he found us.  James told me to run.  I didn't think.  I-I just took Harry and ran.  I r-ran out the back d-door.  I-he-I heard him screaming.  I don't know what to do!"

"Shhh-don't worry Lils, everything will be okay.-"

"No it won't be.  What if-what if James-what if he's gone?  What will Harry and I do?  Where will we go?  What-"

"-Lily calm down.  Let's just wait till Siri gets home okay?"

"Yes."

"Here Lily take this.  Its-" Lilac stopped because Lily took whatever it was that was in her hand and drank it.  Without even asking what it was.  "Feeling better?"

"A little."

At that minute, Sirius walked in.  He hadn't the heart to wipe the tears from his eyes.  He had just been to his best friends' house.  Or what was their house.  He thought the worst.  He came across his best friend, James' body in the rubble.  His messy black hair poking out from under what was his front door.  The strange thing was that he hadn't found Lily, James' wife or their son, Harry.  Anywhere.  Alive or dead.

"Lilac, darling.  Something terrible has happened.-" he stopped in his tracks.  There sitting in front of him was a sobbing redhead, holding a bundle of blankets in her arms.  "Lily?" he asked, hoping that it was her. 

Lily looked up at Sirius.  He could see that her bottle green eyes were red and full of tears.  He engulfed her in a big bear hug. 

When he let go of her small frame, she looked him straight in the eye and asked "Is he…" her voice faded and she turned away.  She was afraid of the answer.

"Lily, I hate to tell you this but, he's gone.  He gave his life to protect you and Harry."

It was too much for Lily to bear.  She took Harry and flew to the fireplace; she grabbed some Floo powder and flooed to Hogwarts Castle.  She now knew there was nothing to be done to save James.  She needed to see Professor Dumbledore.  Otherwise she would lose her friends too. 

"Professor!  It has happened!" she called as she burst into the Halloween feast. 

"Lily what is it?  What has happened?" asked an apprehensive Dumbledore.

"Not here Professor."

Dumbledore escorted Lily up to his office.  He sat behind his desk and repeated "What is it?  What has happened?"  He just noticed that James wasn't there.  He had a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.  "Lily, I see you have Harry, but where's James?"

Lily started sobbing, and Dumbledore realized he must have said the wrong thing.  "He's gone Professor.  Voldemort found us.  James told me to take Harry and run.  So I did.  I ran all the way to Siri and Li's house.-"

"Lily, tell me why did you go there?  Why would you go to the home of the man responsible for your husband's death?  Unless of course you wanted revenge?"

"Sirius didn't-Sirius isn't responsible for James'd-death."

"Then who is?"

"P-Peter P-Pettigrew."

"You switched?"

"Yes.  Sirius was afraid of being forced to tell by being fed Veritaserum.  You know how that works.  I came to tell you not to take my friends from me, especially not now."

"Don't worry, Lily.  Everything will be taken under control." 

"Thank you Professor." Lily then went back to Li and Siri's place by floo powder. 

When Lily arrived she found not what she was expecting.  She was expecting just Sirius and Lilac.  She found Sirius, Lilac, Remus, Maria, Gabriella, and Genevieve.  They all were very pale.  They had been talking, but when they saw Lily they stopped immediately.  She was still sobbing.  Everyone went to console her.

Once everyone was seated, Lily completely broke down.  "Why tonight?  Why on our anniversary?  Why couldn't we have at the very least just one more night?  Why us?"  Lily was sobbing into Li's shoulder. 

"Lily I think you should go upstairs and go to sleep.  Or at the very least put Harry to bed.  He's scared; he can sense that you are troubled.  Give him here Lils."

"No Li!  He's the last bit of James I have left.  Please don't take him away from me!"

"Lily, then take him upstairs and sleep, otherwise you will both get sick.  You must be careful…that is unless you want Harry to be an orphan."