Spoiler: Aint mine!

AN: R&R!!!!!!!!

Ch. 7 Wounds.

"There's been an attack," he said starring into James's eyes.

He gulped, "who?"

"Hermoine Granger's parents," he answered.

Lily nearly fell back on the bed as she heard this, "shit," she whispered in unison with her husband. The were both pale, Lily more then James.

Lily wasted no time shooing Sirius out of the room so she and James could changed and go to see what was going on in the castle. Lily wore a pair of faded blue jeans with a green V neck while her husband wore a pair of jeans, a gray muscle shirt and his famously sexy leather jacket. They nearly ran up to the castle ((James noticing that his wife was walking awkwardly thanks to the pervious night, he didn't dare mention it)) and up the stairs to the Headmaster's office. They found they didn't need to say the password since Dumbeldore was standing outside with Harry and Ron who looked terror struck.

"Oh my God," said Lily and rushed to the boys, hugging them both, "where are the Grangers?" she asked letting go of them, she looked at Dumbeldore.

"With Madam Pomfrey," Dumbeldore answered, "Miss Granger is with them at this moment. We were about to go up."

"What happened?" James asked putting a hand on his sons shoulder.

"Voldermort is furious, and he attacked the Grangers to get information," Dumbeldore sighed, he seemed older then he usually did.

"Damn," Lily said. They went up the Hospital Wing without saying a word, Lily wrapped in her thoughts barely noticed how she got the infirmary. But when she did, she found the Weasley's there with Kingsley and apparently the Grangers to their great dismay. The looked rigid, their eyes were closed, they didn't seem to be breathing. Hermoine sat next to her father, looking from her mom to her father with teary eyes. Ginny was next to her, ready to hug her when she needed to.

Hermoine turned around and saw Harry looking directly at her, she dashed to him and threw her arms around him and began weeping uncontrollably. Harry put his arms around her as well and buried his head in her busy hair, it was actually more tamed. Ron looked at his mother who looked back at him, he walked over to her and hugged her, he was actually willing this time.

This broke Lily's heart into bits and peaces and it crumbled instantaneously, tears ran down her face. James noticed and walked over to him, putting his arm around her waist, looking at each other, they related the horrors that they were both reliving. They had watched their friends suffer because their parents had been injured or killed during the first Dark war, they had even endured seeing their own parents be tortured to death, for the powerful witch and her precious and equally powerful husband, life was never simple.

They had tried to make it simple however, when Harry was born they thought that he could help ease the anxiety of their lives. But sadly, the Prophesy was told, and Lily's child would never be normal, he would be anything but. They had risked their own lives so that their son could live for he had his entire life ahead of him at 15 months. Moving to America was James's idea, it was far away from England, and since the country wasn't very ancient, there weren't many Wizarding homes there. Well, Salem was full but California barely had fifty homes.

Even with the seclusion from their real world, James and Lily Potter couldn't at all escape the fact that they had abandoned their son, they had made him believe that they were dead, and they couldn't raise him. During nights, when life seemed to unbearable for James or Lily, the other one would comfort his or her beloved that it was the only way to go, and that tomorrow was a new day. This had been their routine, get up in the morning with the refreshed sense of morning brings a new beginning, and the day would end with one of the two furious with themselves for not being able to protect their loved ones, Harry, Sirius, Remus, Lily's best friend, Carolina, and even Piper and Rose Black.

Dumbeldore had always expressed his deepest incredulity at the prospect of the two actually being sane taking in consideration all the things that had happened to the young couple. Even though they'd merely shrug it off with a scoff, they would go home and wonder the same thing, how they managed to keep sane. And then their spouse would walk in, then they'd remember why.

Theirs was the greatest love story, more tragic then Romeo and Juliet, more passionate then any other love story ever envisioned.

"Dumbeldore, what curse was used on them?" asked James putting his arm around Lily's shoulders.

"Carciatus I think," he answered gravely.

"Are they gonna be ok?" asked Lily through wet eyes.

Dumbeldore shook his head, meaning he didn't know. He looked hopeless.

Four hours later Sirius went on a search for his best friends wife, who had disappeared after a short talk with Poppy Pomfrey. He had begged James to stay with Hermoine, Harry and Ron while he looked for Lily, he wanted to spend time with her, he had after all missed her.

He found her sitting in the clock tower, in the window, one leg dangling on the side of the gargantuan circular window that made the clock, the other was bent down under her, her head resting on the wall of the window. "Hey Sirius," she said without opening her eyes.

He frowned, "how d'you know it was me?" he asked.

She shrugged, "I really don't think I know anything anymore Sirius," she sighed and looked out of the window of the castle. "Do you think Muggels realize how lucky they are to have guns for killing and torture and not wands? I mean, with a bullet, one can get hit and still live. But with a Wand in the hands of the wrong person, there's not chance of survival," she asked again, "do you think they realize how lucky they are?"

Sirius smiled, "no, but if you jab them with a fork they feel," he said sheepishly.

She looked at him, then began laughing, it wasn't her usual laugh, but a bitter one. One that indicated how much she'd been through in such a short amount of time.

He immediately took notice of this and sat down opposite her, "wanna talk?" he asked looking into her eyes.

She smiled sadly, "you were always the one that was there for me when James wasn't," she looked down at her hands shaking her head, "life isn't turning out the way I wanted it Sirius."

"Well, I don't think you sat in your room as a child thinking that you would grow up raising a child who would either kill or be killed by Voldermort," Sirius said, finally having come to terms with Harry's fate.

She fought tears, "I didn't plan on that no, but I didn't plan on this either….." she trailed off, her voice becoming to raspy to go on.

"What's going on Lily?" Sirius asked putting a hand on Lily's shoulder.

She suddenly stood up from the window sill, for a while she just paced around the tower in front of Sirius, then sat back down. "Ok, until I'm fully ready to talk about this or am ready for this to get out, I really need you to keep this between us two ok?"

"Oh God Lily, what's wrong?" he pressed concern etched all over his face.

She starred yet again, fixedly out of the window, "Madam Pomfrey talked to her friend at St. Mungos, and um.." she paused tears threatening her eyes, she knew she could show her true feeling to Sirius, but she didn't want to admit the fact that she could fully comprehend with Pomfrey's news. "She told the Healer my symptoms and stuff, and the Healer checked some Muggle medical books…"
"Muggle?" asked Sirius.

She looked at him, "turns out I have what they call a tumor on my brain."

All the color Azkaban had let remain in Sirius's face drained, "that does not sound good at all."

She starred at him, "you don't know what a tumor is?"

"Honestly no."

She sighed, "it's a Muggle disease, you could call it, called cancer, it basically forms lumps like tumors, and is in most cases fatal," she said ignoring his eyes, "and mine is on my brain."

He was breathless, he couldn't do anything, how could Lily have this brain tumor? She was too strong for that! Way to strong to be effected by a mere Muggle illness, whatever the tumor was and whatever it was doing to her…she would fight it! Then he inwardly drew in a deep breath of relief, St. Mungos would know what to do.

It seemed as though Lily was reading his mind, "and St. Mungos can't do anything either."

"Why the hell not?" he almost yelled.

"Because it's a Muggle condition, not even Muggles know how to handle it," she sighed, "there is only one way in both worlds, go through this thing called chemotherapy and in my case, if the tumor spreads," she cleared her throat, "they'd have to operate on me."

His world crashed again, but he still hung on to that small light at the end of the long tunnel, "but that'll cure you right?"
"Don't you get it Sirius!? I'm dying!! The tumor is spreading through my brain! If wizard can't find out how to handle it then how the hell could Muggles with only their famous labs? The only way is chemotherapy or death," she sighed, "right now I'm extremely tempted to take the easy way out, save a lot of people a lot of trouble, especially Voldermort."

"No! You listen to me Lil, your gonna fight this thing, your gonna fight like you do every time ok? Harry, James and I'll be here for you, every step of the chemo thingy mabob," he said grabbing her by the shoulders, "you're gonna fight!"

"Do you know what chemo requires?"

"No."

"Going under this lazar thingy and um…basically having it burned out of you. You go bald, and you're tired all the time," she said unemotionally.

"You'll fight it."

"I've lost the will."

"You what?!" this time he really did yell, "you lost the will to live right after your son got you back? Right after you, James and Harry could have a normal life? Your gonna let one little spot on your brain take over the way you think?!"

"Sirius…" she said tiredly, "right now everything is bunched up in my brain, I can't keep my head on one thought!! I have classes, Harry, James, you, the Grangers, stupid Voldermort, the whole Goddamn Wizarding world, cancer, and dealing with my stupid sister at the end of the year, if I make it that is," she said the last part about making it so hushed that Sirius didn't hear.

"Try a Pensieve."

"No," she said dryly, "I can't take the easy way out of this either," she said.

They sat in silence for a moment which seemed to have lasted a lifetime, finally Sirius drew Lily into a hug which she eased into, grateful for him being there for her.

"I'm sorry Sirius," she whispered.

"For what?"

She closed her eyes letting the tears fall where they may, "Azkaban, making you keep our secret, Rose and Piper."

He cut her off there, "no! None of these things were your fault," the subject brought on an old pang in his heart. The place where his baby girl and Piper and filled, that was now vacant.

"Let me get this out ok?" she asked pulling away.

He nodded.

"I've been thinking about them lately, Piper and Rose."

He sighed, "me too," he whispered closing his eyes. Piper's memory was still fresh in his mind, he could almost feel them in his arms.

"It's my fault they're gone Sirius," Lily whispered.

"No it wasn't! It was all Voldermort and Peter," he urged.

She shook her head, "I could've had James get Harry out of there, and fight off stupid Snape buying Pipe and Rose enough time to get out," she cried.

"It wasn't your fault!" he said, his voice was very shaky as tears began to threaten to stream down his face.

"Just say it Sirius," she whispered.

"Say what?" he asked.

"That you forgive me," she said, she buried her face in his chest, "I just need to hear those words from you."

"I forgive you," he said absently.

AN: The next chapter is a flashback so yeah! ENJOY IT!! MARRY X-MAS!!! There will be update on Mr. and Mrs. Granger soon k? BE PATIENT!