A/N: Happy Holiday's everyone! (I don't wanna offend people who do not celebrate x-mas). I won't be able to post after today because I need to finish up with last minute preparations. I'll try and post on Thursday and maybe Friday. I can't promise anything though. My stories complete! I wrote the ending Friday night after I posted. I like how I ended it, but I'm afraid I'll end up with 'mad' reviewers. On a side note: I hope you are happy I'm posting, because I am a Popsicle in my room! shiversI also wanted to say I saw Series of Unfortunate Events and Jersey Girl last night, good movies. I recommend them.

Writingjustforfun: Actually, I already had that section wrote with a lot of Remus, I didn't realize it was then when I wrote the reply! LOL! I don't really use him that much in the next couple of chapters but I'll try and add more Moony. I'll try anything to please my reviewers...except tell them the ending before it gets posted. ;)

I feel great that you like the relationship between Harry and Hermione. I feel proud that I converted (momentarily) a Ron/Hermione fan. J Hmmm, actually, Snape bashing is fun to write. Snape reminds me a lot of one of my teachers, so I'm glad to write bad stuff about Snape. Actually, I think all of the marauders get in on Snivellus bashing. :D
And of course, here's your update! ;)

Chapter 24

July 1st

"My Lord, what are we going to do about Potter?" Wormtail asked.

Severus Snape looked around puzzled. James hasn't done much to them… lately. He thought, though he would not mind if Potter was 'taken care of'.

"For now, we keep him. We'll devise a plan to get…Dumbledore" Voldemort sneered "along with the remaining Potters and their order to a trap."

They're not talking about James. I would know if they captured him or Lily. The word would be around here quickly; plus Dumbledore would have alerted me to keep an eye out for them. That only leaves the 'dead' Harry Potter, or some other Potter. Snape reasoned. He looked over at Bellatrix Lestrange who was standing next to him.

"Who are they talking about?" He whispered.

Bellatrix looked at him and sneered "You would know if you weren't late to every meeting."

"Are you going to tell me or not?" Snape demanded.

"Harry Potter." She spat.

"Severus and Bellatrix. Is there something more interesting than this meeting?" Voldemort asked them.

"Professor Snape was just asking to whom we were referring to. I told him if he had been here, he would have known." Bellatrix answered, looking rather pleased with herself.

"While she is correct, Severus, please find information after the meeting. I will not tolerate anymore interruptions."

"Yes my lord." Snape answered the gears in his slimy head turning. As much as he resented the Potters, James and Harry especially, he knew he had to find out where Harry was, alert the order, and help Dumbledore devise a plan to rescue him…even if it blew his cover. Snape frowned.

He saw Voldemort looking at him intently. Snape hurriedly cleared his mind and inserted thoughts of seeing Potter being tortured, hoping that Voldemort did not see his earlier thoughts.

Later that Night

Snape entered Dumbledore's office. The old headmaster looked up when he entered.

"We need to call a meeting." Snape said.

"We just had one the other night, Severus." Dumbledore said, tiredly.

"No, I learned something our members should be aware of."

"And this is..?"

"Potter's alive."

"We know that, Severus." Dumbledore answered. "Ms. Granger has evidence he was in Diagon Alley a couple of days ago."

"Headmaster, I know where he is." Snape said, hurriedly.

Dumbledore looked intrigued. "We'll alert only certain members and hold an emergency meeting. You can tell us all there what you know."

Snape nodded and Dumbledore went to work, seemingly gaining more energy. Snape watched him worriedly and wondered how much longer he could keep this up.

One Hour Later

Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Arthur and Molly Weasly sat around the long table in Grimmauld Place. Everyone looked half asleep and talked amongst themselves and drank coffee to wake themselves up, waiting for Dumbledore to arrive.

"How have you been Lily?" Molly asked. The younger woman looked at her, the pain evident in her emerald green eyes.

"As well as I can be." She said. James looked over at her and grabbed her hand under the table, squeezing it gently. She turned to him and gave him a small smile. Molly watched the two and remembered when she and Arthur were that young, she smiled fondly to herself.

The door opened and everyone watched as Dumbledore walked in with Snape at his heels.

Lily heard James grown and Sirius leaned into James and whispered something to him that caused her husband to chuckle and bit his lip to keep from burst out laughing.

"What?" Lily asked.

"Nothing Dear." He said, with a snicker. She looked over at Sirius and he had a very familiar mischievous look in his eyes. Uh-ho. She thought.

"I am sure you are all wondering why I woke you up and have called you here at this hour." Dumbledore stated.

"This better not be because he discovered something better than chocolate." Lily heard Sirius grumble. James looked over at him and laughed. Dumbledore had once called the order together to tell them about the wonders of chocolate back when it originally was formed.

"Severus, I ask you to relay what you have told me." Dumbledore continued, ignoring or not hearing Sirius's comment.

"Oh, even better. Snivellus found something better than chocolate." Sirius muttered. Lily glared at him and elbowed James.

"Ow! Hey!" James protested, and smacked Sirius in the back of the head at Lily's look.

"If we are all done acting like children, I will continue." Snape stated. James and Sirius looked like they were going to laugh. Remus leaned over to Lily and muttered quietly "How do you put up with them?" She rolled her eyes.

"As I'm sure all of you here know, I attend both sides meeting and report what Voldemort is planning to Dumbledore. I found out tonight, that he was holding someone hostage. Someone he thought the Order would risk a lot to rescue."

"Elvis?!" Sirius asked, excitedly.

"Shut up Padfoot. Who?" Remus asked, wanting to know what Snape knew.

"That's what's going to come as a shock, to most of you." Snape glanced at Sirius and Remus.

Everyone looked at the pair. Sirius looked guilty and Remus looked both sheepish and guilty.

"Will you just tell us already? Save the drama Snivellus." James said, looking Snape in the eye.

"Your son's alive. Voldemort had him the whole time."

Silence filled the room. Lily closed her eyes, absorbing the information. Your Son's alive. You're sons alive. Replayed over and over again in her head. She felt tears prick her eyes. My son's alive, and we're going to get him back.

"You knew!" James yelled, looking at Sirius and Remus.

"Prongs, calm down-"

"No, I don't think I will Moony. You're supposed to be my friends! How long have you been lying to me? Siri? Remus?" James asked, his voice getting lower as the thought of betrayal came to his mind. They're no better than Peter. He thought.

"It wasn't like that James. We only knew for a couple of days. We were waiting on good, solid proof before we told you." Sirius answered.

"James, if you want to be angry at someone, is mad at me. Sirius wanted to tell you. I talked him out of it. I did feel it was right to get your hopes up, just to find out he was dead anyway."

"It wasn't your choice to make Moony." James said, angrily.

"James." Lily said, speaking up. Her voice was very low, but heard her as if she were shouting. He turned to her. "We'll talk about this later. For now, I want to know everything Snape knows."

James gave his friends one last glare and sat down, ignoring them. Lily looked apologetically over James at Sirius and Remus. She knew they had their best interests in mind; but she, like James, felt they should be told them Harry was possibly still alive. She wasn't going to fault them for it though. She probably would have done the same thing. Sirius and Remus have been good friends to them and more than proved their loyalty after..Peter. James was just being James and she knew the Marauders would be talking again before the week was out.

Everyone had remained silent during James's outburst. Most adverted their eyes and tried to talk quietly.

"Anyway, after questioning and getting information, I found Harry was found, alive but unconscious around the area by the Hogwarts train after the attack. When he woke up, he had no memory. Voldemort saw this as an opportunity to 'reprogram' Harry into a death eater. The 'test' of the method was the failed Diagon Alley attack. Dumbledore and I found that Harry only used magic once during that incident and it was to save Ms. Granger." Snape reported.

"So, what does Voldemort plan now?" Arthur asked.

"To use Harry as a trap to get rid of Dumbledore and the Potters." Snape answered, looking pointedly at James.

"Snivellus, you have to be insane to think I will sit back and do nothing." James said, looking up directly into Snape's dark eyes.

"I'm just informing what I know."

"It would be suicide to attack Voldemort on his grounds." Remus said, and the Weasly's nodded in agreement.

"So what do we do?" James demanded. "We didn't join the order to sit back and do nothing as innocent lives die."

"We are doing something. We're trying to plan our next move." Arthur said.

"The longer we wait, the more likely Voldemort will just kill him." James pointed out.

"Does anyone have an idea as what to do?" Lily asked, looking up to everyone's faces. No one spoke up.

"It maybe advisable to wait. Get more information." Remus said, tentatively. James scoffed.

"James, you have to-"

"Don't talk to me Sirius." James said, not looking at his friend. Sirius looked sadly at James and away again, hoping his best friend who was more like family to him, would forgive him.

"James-"

"I can't just sit and wait and wonder if Voldemort's torturing our son. Lily, I can't believe you're even going to ask me to."

"If Voldemort really wanted to kill Harry, he would have done it before, and this discussion would not be necessary." She said, and added "This is just what he wants. He wants us to go in and rescue Harry. James, we have to be smart with this. It won't do Harry any good if we get killed trying to rescue him." She added the last part, hoping it would get through his thick skull and make him think rationally. She'd never seen James so ticked off. Well, there was the whole Peter incident, but that was understandable. She was mad as all hell too and Peter wasn't even her friend.

"Severus, how easy would it be to rescue Harry?"
"Hard. Death eaters are everywhere." Snape answered. Dumbledore looked thoughtful.

"What if you broke him out?" Dumbledore asked.

"WHAT?!" James, Lily, Snape, Sirius, and Remus said simultaneously.

"He could get in undetected," Dumbledore said and looked thoughtful for a moment. "James, do you still have the invisibility cloak?"

James nodded.

"Good. As long as Severus agrees, he could sneak Harry out, using the cloak."

Everyone gaped at the old headmaster. It was so simple, it was scary.

"Fine, but I'm going to." James said.

"You can't!" Snape objected.

"Watch me." James said, threateningly. Lily looked at her husband, thoroughly afraid of him. She had never seen James like this. She's seen him upset, mad, egotistical, happy, ect, but never this…she didn't even know how to classify what it was he was acting like. She didn't like it and it scared her.

"It's tricky enough to get Harry out. I will not have to worry about another." Snape argued.

"He's right. It's a risk to get Harry out undetected, let alone making sure James gets in and out too." Arthur said.

"If you don't trust me that much, then we can meet in the small town around there." Snape said to James, very reluctantly.

"Fine." James said.

"When are you doing this?" Mrs. Weasly asked.

"Tomorrow night. Late." Snape said, looking at James.

"Should we let the children know?" Arthur asked.

"No, if it isn't a success…"

Everyone nodded and sat in silence for a moment, each lost in their own thoughts. Moments later, everyone stood up and left, hoping everyone for the next day went well.