Tonight was the
night. James could feel the tenseness in the air as Lily kissed him
goodnight and took Harry, their baby, upstairs to bed. He ran his
hands through his hair trying to tell himself that he was just
imaging it. However, it wasn't working.
Lily meanwhile
placed Harry in his bed then headed to her room to get ready for bed
herself. She was going back to work tomorrow and she didn't want to
be tired. As she took her ponytail down and was getting ready to take
a bath, she felt something wasn't right either. Ever since they'd
moved to Godric's Hollow the Potter's felt very nervous. Except
for Harry, being a baby of course.
Just then, there was knock
at the door.
"Lily, go get Harry and hide," James shouted
up at Lily.
Lily, who at first didn't understand what he was
talking about, stood rooted to the spot. Then she realized why her
husband was asking her to do this and ran into Harry's room. Just
as she reached Harry's room the door burst open. Suddenly, a cloak
figure entered in and muttered an incantation that caused the door to
close behind Lily and lock. She was trapped.
"James Potter,"
said the cloak figure menacingly, "long have you interfered with my
plans. Well, after tonight you won't be able to breath."
"What
are you talking about ?" asked James, confused.
"Like you
don't know," said the cloaked man. And with that he pulled back
his cloak, revealing to be the same man who attacked James in his
sixth year except he looked older, which he should. "It was I who
attacked you those countless times during you sixth year. Me, Tom
Marvalo Riddle, or as some prefer to call me, Lord
Voldemort.
"Enough talk, let's duel," said James
sternly.
"Bow to your death Potter."
Not only did
James have to fight for his and Lily's life, but for Harry's as
well. The two were very skilled with a wand, however Voldemort
finally cut to the chase and said the last words James would ever
hear:
"Avada Kedavra!"
Suddenly, James completely
lost conciseness and fell to the ground, dead. He'd lost.
Or
had he?
