James stayed with me that night, with his wife and child, not knowing what was going to happen, but knowing he was going to have to fight.

Alaster 'Mad-eye' Moody and over 100 Aurors stormed into the Great Hall the next morning, June 30th. Every student that had been trained was called upon.

James hugged me and tried to show he was saying sorry, not goodbye. I made a show of forgiving him and watched as my soulmate walked away from me forever. 13 Aurors were killed, 13 injured. We were told 3 hours after they had left. Me, Mara, TJ and Remus were all trying to comfort another. No one could get through to me, I could feel my son become upset. I knew something was wrong.

All the students that had left returned and nobody saw James come back. Not even Sirius knew what had happened. I don't remember what happened when Moody came in followed by the Aurors, injured or not, and lastly an Auror floating a stretcher before her. James lay upon it cold as ice. On his hand the wedding ring I'd put there.in his pocket every single ultra scan we'd been to, a picture from our wedding day and the only photo of the both of us where I didn't have the illusion charm on me at 6 months.

I walked straight out of the hall and went to Gryffindor tower and climbed the boys staircase until I reached the 7th year dorm. I walked inside and picked up James' invisibility cloak, the Mauraders map, photos, some of his clothing, his broom and his diaries that he'd been writing in since his first day at Hogwarts. Everything James had had on him including his wand appeared in his dorm so I picked them up as well. I never graduated. I left the same day James was killed and never returned.

I gave birth to Harry James Potter on the 31st July, no-one, not even the teachers who knew ever saw him. We were happy. I would pay the price for the mistake I made.