Title: Fallen Heros

Rating: PG-13

Spoilers: SS, CoS, PoA, GoF, OotP

Tally and Laini both screamed as tears filled their eyes. Tally stood from her squatting position and ran over to James side. He was still missing his glasses and there was a red splotch on his right cheek and left hip.

"Is he..."

"No, just barely alive..." Tally answered to Laini's question.

"Tally? You need to get help... Lily's all alone out there... Sirius... and Remus might not make it..." Tally listened intently to James slow, dying voice.

"See Severus, we really need to get in contact of someone... can't you postpone this stupid charade." Tally hissed, her tears dripping into the gash on James' cheek.

"I can't just let you go! How else am I supposed to become a Death Eater?!" Severus yelled, clenching his fists.

"One small thing like this won't ruin your chance to become a Death Eater, killing us all will though, because then you'll be dead!" Laini screamed. "And why in hell would you want to become such a thing in the first place."

"Because of you..." Severus turned to look at Laini directly, his dark eyes burned into hers as he continued speaking, "Ever since I first saw you during the Sorting Ceremony in our first year... I saw that defying look in you eyes, the way you locked your gaze with me..." He paused, turning away from Laini, "And I knew what kind of blood line you were from, a pure one... one constantly trying to impress the Dark Lord to accept them... I wanted to know you, turns out you had my views towards Mud-Bloods..."

"But that stopped in the middle of our second year." Laini was confused and Tally, still knelt by James, watched the two of them relive past memories once again.

"I know... and that completely killed all my dreams of bringing you down with me... you've betrayed my belief in you and I feel you should die for it."

"Betrayed your belief in me!? I don't have any codes to live my life by, Severus, I will not listen to you!" Laini screamed, ducking as Severus pulled out his wand and shot a blast towards her.

"HEY, WATCH IT WITH THAT WAND!"

"I'm not looking to miss you, fool, I'm trying to hit you." Severus called.

"Well shows how terrible you are at hand-to-hand wand combat." Tally said, standing up and pulling out her wand as well. Laini followed Tally's lead and pulled her wand from her pocket.

"Petrificus Totalus!" Laini screamed as Tally screamed,

"Wingardium Leviosa." Severus' body was put into a full-body bind and then lifted off the ground. "Now, Laini swing your wand towards the window."

"I can't do that... if I do, the impact may kill him." Laini replied, her wand arm shaking.

"DO IT!" With no further instructions Laini aimed her wand arm towards the window, in perfect synchronization with Tally, causing Severus' body to be thrown from the room and out the window. Glass shattered around the girl's and James as Severus screamed and fell towards the muddy ground below.

"I can't believe I just did that..." Laini muttered sadly, she shook her head regretfully.

"Well when we get help we can also help Severus... we didn't use any lethal spells... just two simply ones from first year..." Tally replied, grabbing Laini's hand and pulling her out the door.

"We'll be back, James, hold tight!" Tally and Laini screamed as they faded back into the fog of rain. They followed the path that led away from the Shrieking Shack and towards Hogsmeade Village.

Oh, no! Poor James... I didn't want to do that, but needed some kind of impact on the Marauder's part. Where's Remus and Sirius and when James got blasted into the Shrieking Shack, where'd Lily go?