"He found him," said Dumbledore to the animals in the room, "They have him in the basement of the Rookwood mansion. Severus is going to try to get in and give Harry a portkey back here. I do not want you to cause any trouble."

The animals shook their heads yes, and then left the room.

"Come on," said James heading towards the front entrance of the castle.

"Where?" asked Lily.

"Rookwood mansion," said James as though it were obvious.

"We can't," said Lily stopping, "Dumbledore said not to cause trouble."

"Since when did that stop a marauder?" asked Sirius.

"We won't cause any trouble," said James, "we'll just make sure that Snivillus gets the portkey to Harry fine."

"We may put Harry's life in danger! We can not do this!" said Lily.

"Sure we can," said James, "Harry will be perfectly safe." James suddenly stopped.

"What is it?" asked Remus.

"We can't do this," said James.

"See," said Lily.

"Yeah, we can't possibly get into Rookwood mansion without an invisibility cloak!" said James. He turned around and ran to Gryffindor tower. The others followed him. As he reached the portrait of the fat lady they realized that they couldn't get in though that door without the password and someone to say it.

"Lily, you'll have to get the cloak," said Sirius.

"Why me?" asked Lily.

"Because you can fly through the window," said James.

"Fine," said Lily. She flew out through a near by window. A few minutes later she came back with the cloak. "At least Ron was in there to help me," she said, "do you know how hard it is to open a trunk with wings rather than hands!"

"Come on," said James.

"Wait," said Remus.

"What?" asked Sirius.

"Where is Rookwood mansion?" asked Remus.

"It's about two miles north of Hogsmede," said James.

"That close?" asked Lily.

"Yeah," said James.

A couple hours later they managed to sneak into the house. It was gorgeous with intricately detailed furniture.

"Where's the stairs?" whispered James.

"Over there, I believe," whispered Sirius.

It was hard going down the stairs while trying to be quiet and stay under the invisibility cloak. It was hard enough when you walk on level ground with four adults. It was nearly impossible going down stairs with a deer, gigantic dog, wolf, and owl. At the bottom of the stairs was a small room. Off to the left was a door. Through the door they heard a high pitched laugh. Then the door opened and Voldemort walked out. They had to move quickly to get out of his way. He had left the door open. They heard some groaning.

They snuck into the room. In the center was an arch with a veil. Sirius shivered. There was another area that was separated from the rest of the room with a door of bars. Inside was a boy laying on the ground.

"Harry," said Lily, "My poor little boy!"

He stopped groaning and listened for a moment. He thought he heard an owl hoot.

"We've got to wait for Snape now," said James, "How long will that slimy git take!"

After a few minutes they heard a voice from outside.

"He's in there," said one voice, "He won't respond much though, the Dark Lord was just in there. I'd wait a while if I were you. It's much more fun."

"That bastard!" exclaimed Lily.

"Shhh," said James.

"I think I will go in anyway," said a voice they knew to be Snapes.

The door opened and in came that Potions master. He was alone. He knelt down beside the bars. "Potter," he said. There was no reply. "Potter!" he said a bit louder. The boy rolled over to look at him. "Take this," he said handing him a pen, "It will take you to Hogwarts when you take the lid off."

However, just as Harry managed to remove the lid the Dark Lord and his niece came in.

"Fool!" he screamed as the boy disappeared.

Snape looked horrified. His secret was out and now he was going to die. He tried to run, but Beletrix at just came and blocked the door.

"You realize," said Voldemort in a nasty voice, "you will die now and you haven't even succeeded."

"He's gone isn't he," said Snap.

"Yes," said the Dark Lord, "but portkeys from here never end up where they were suppose to go."

Snape's face paled even farther than it had been. Potter was still in danger.

Break

"If Harry didn't end up at Hogwarts, Where is he?" asked Lily

"I don't know, but right now we'll have to assume he's alright and help out Snape," said Remus.

"Why?" asked James, "My son is more important."

"James, Remus is right," said Sirius, "They're going to kill Snape if we don't do something. I still don't like him, but he has tried to save Harry."

"Fine," said James.

By this time Snape had pulled his wand and was dueling with the Dark Lord, Melanie, and Beletrix. His back was turned to the veil. He was slowly backing up.

"Bloody idiot!" exclaimed Sirius, "Doesn't he know he could get killed doing that!"

"Well, didn't you do the same thing?" asked Remus.

"Shut up," said Sirius.

A green beam of light just missed Snape.

"Come on," said Lily, "He needs our help."

The marauders and Lily managed to distract the Death Eaters for a while. Unfortunately, as others heard the yelling they came in to help the Dark Lord.

Beletrix and Melanie once again had Snapes back to the curtain and were slowly forcing him to back towards it.

James had Voldemort backed into a corner. The Dark Lord was firing every spell he could think of, but none seemed to affect the deer. Finally the Dark Lord abandoned the fight and disappeared to who know where. Seeing the Dark Lord leave caused most of the other Death Eaters follow his lead.

As James turned he noticed that Sirius had snuck up behind Melanie and Belatrix. They were firing so many spells at Snape that they didn't notice that their leader had left.

James quickly ran to the side. Lily had also noticed and was flying just above Sirius. Sirius nodded to James. James jumped at Severus causing him to fall to the side and out of the way.

Sirius jumped at Belatrix's back and Lily flew at Melanie. All four fell as if in slow motion. The veil covered them.

"LILY!" screamed James, "SIRIUS! NOOOOOO!"