A/N: Okay, I know it took me FOREVER, but I'm really sorry. I have been so busy with the end of the year and everything. Anyway, here it is and I hope you like it!


Sirius tried to steady himself, but the ground continued to tremble. He lifted his head to take in the scene around him. People were screaming, trying to run towards the door, but no one could move far because of the shaking earth.

"Bloody Hell," Sirius breathed as he watched one of the stone pillars sway dangerously. If that hit someone, it would kill them. Quickly, he straightened himself with a mass of strength and pointed his wand at himself and muttered, "Soronus," and his voice cut through the screaming people, "Get along the walls! Everyone get along the walls, the pillars are coming down." People tried to make towards the wall, but a large mass of people screamed as the first pillar fell right toward them.

"Windgarduim Leviosa!" Sirius heard Remus shout from in the crowd, his voice microphoned too, "Hurry I can't hold it long."

The pillar hung in midair as everyone made their way toward the wall. As soon as the last person was out of harm's way, Remus let the pillar fall with a crash. Sirius looked around and saw Holly making her way towards him. He quickly threw himself off the stage and staggered towards her.

"Sirius, what's going on?" Holly screamed over the cracking of the floor around them.

"Be damned if I knew," Sirius said supporting her slim figure.

"Lily!" Holly screamed pointing her finger towards a red-headed figure trying to drag a boy towards the wall, "We've got to help her!"

Sirius cursed, Lily was trying to drag Diggory, who seemed to be unconscious, towards the wall that was almost thirty feet away from her. He didn't want to help scum like Diggory, but he also knew that Lily would just leave and go to safety for herself. Besides, James would kill him if he didn't get Lily out of harm's way. Sirius' heart stopped, "James," he whispered. He glanced back to where James had been lying in a body-binding curse only minutes before. Sirius saw his best friend lying there, helpless and not moving.

"Sirius, come on!" Holly said pulling his arm. She followed his gaze and saw James', "Oh gods, no." she breathed, "Go after him, I'll get Lily."

"No," Sirius said tearing his gaze away from his best friend, "I've got to get you girls to safety first," Holly opened her mouth to object, but Sirius cut her off, "It's what James would want," he said in a ragged whisper.

The couple made their way towards Lily as quickly as they could. The floor and walls began to crack around them, making movement even more difficult than before. Two more pillars fell before they finally reached Lily.

"Lily," Sirius grasped her with his free arm, "You and Holly have to get towards that wall. It's the safest place right now."

"I'm not leaving Amos," Lily said in a small whisper.

Sirius swore again, he knew it would come to this. He would either have to save Diggory, Holly, and Lily or go back for James. They were already wasting precious time standing here and he didn't know how long it would take them to get through the people to the wall.

"Alright," Sirius said a lump in his throat, "I'll take Diggory and you two help each other."

"Sirius…" Holly said looking at him in the eyes, "We can get to the wall with Diggory in time, you help James."

A large crash echoed around the hall as another pillar fell. Sirius knew that the fallen pillar had been where James was lying without even looking. He felt his heart break in two with pain that he never thought he'd feel.

"James?" Lily said fearfully, "James is alright, isn't he?"

Sirius looked at Lily, she was pale white, he couldn't tell her that James was probably dead thanks to her and her boyfriend. "I'm sure he's fine. Let's get a move on," He said swinging Diggory onto his shoulders.

So the trio weaved their way through people and the overturned tables towards the wall. Almost ten feet away from the wall, they ran into Remus. He quickly helped Sirius with Amos and led them all to where Chloe was helping people with cuts. The two girls quickly began to grab anything they could use to the bandage wounds.

"James?" Remus said to Sirius.

Sirius shook his head, "I don't know, but we'd best be getting a move on."

"Where are we going?" Remus asked numbly.

"We're going to get him, of course," Sirius replied, "I'm not leaving him in all of that."

Remus smiled grimly, Sirius had a point. The Great Hall looked like someone had dropped a bomb on it. The fog James had produced was still flowing everywhere, making the place look scarier than he hoped it really was. Before Remus could take another step, he felt someone tug on his arm.

"You'll find him, Remus," Chloe said, fear shaking in her voice, "And we're all going to be fine."

"Of course we are," Remus said, bringing his face down to hers, "I love you, Chloe Sullivan."

Before Chloe could say anything, Remus locked her in the most passionate kiss she'd ever had. It was short, but for one second everything was right in the world. He let her go and quickly turned to go with Sirius. Chloe watched with a tear sliding down her cheek as their two silhouettes were enveloped in the fog.


"Do you have any idea on what's going on?" Remus asked Sirius as they stumbled through the wreckage.

"No," Sirius replied, "I've heard of Muggle earthquakes, but nothing this horrible or long." The ground began to shake once again, more terrible than before, "Hell's teeth," Sirius swore as he regained his balance.

Remus thought maybe they should stop and get cover, but Sirius kept moving so he tried to keep up with him, "Do you think it's—"

"Voldermort," Sirius said disgustedly, "And Dumbledore's not here, it's perfect."

"That's what James—" Remus stopped, falling to the ground from a nasty roll in the ground, "James was afraid of," he finished somewhat awkwardly.

Sirius picked Remus back up and swore loudly, "Why didn't I think of this before?" He asked bringing out his lightsaber and cutting through the table ahead of them.

Remus grimaced, he didn't think the lightsaber had actually been real. But then again it's Sirius. And watching it tear through the table he thought it'd been a pretty good idea to have a deadly weapon on hand.


"Where are the teachers?" Lily asked her friends as she wrapped a fourth year's bleeding arm, "Can't they do anything?"

"I don't know," Holly said, "They'd have a heck of a time trying to find each other and stop this, though."

Lily's face filled with determination, "Well, I'm Head Girl and I'm going to do something about this."

"You can't stop the earth from rolling," Chloe said with agitation in her voice.

"But I can help those people," Lily said looking upon the many people still stuck in the war zone just in front of them.

"You're not going to get anywhere through all this," Chloe pointed out, "It's safer to stay here and do what we can."

"I have to try," Lily argued, "You two stay here and help with those who are hurt."

"Oh no, Lils," Holly said, "You're not going to have all the fun and be the hero. I'm coming with you."

Lily tried to object, but Chloe cut her off, "She's right, Lily. I'll stay, I've got the best healing magic here besides the teachers and Merlin only knows where they are."

"Alright, let's go," Holly said pushing the still objecting Lily into the sea of wreckage.


"Sirius!" Remus called to his friend, "Come help me with this."

Sirius hurried over to where his friend was. Hiding under the table was two a boy and a young girl that looked scared for her life. For some reason the boy looked oddly familiar to Sirius. They were both covered in dust and smoke, but neither of them appeared to be hurt. Sirius looked at Remus. If they helped them, it would mean less time spent looking for James.

"We've got to, mate," Remus said reading the expression on Sirius' face, "They won't make it out here much longer."

"Neither will James," Sirius said in a growl, but he knew his friend was right.

Remus sighed, "We've been looking for James for a long time, Sirius, and there's no telling when we're going to find him. For all we know, he got out of that body bind and made it to the wall."

"Please help us, Si," the boy said in a small voice.

Sirius stepped back in shock for a moment. How could he not have recognized him? And how was he supposed to choose now? His best friend or his only brother?

"You little git, Regulus," Sirius said breathing heavily, "Why didn't you run for cover?"

"Cassie sprained her ankle, I wasn't leaving her, Si," Regulus gestured to the girl next to him. She was holding her ankle at an awkward angle now that they looked at it.

"Did she fall on her own or did you actually knock her down so you could look like the big hero, Reg?" Sirius asked bitterly.

Regulus stood up to Sirius, "I'm not the one playing hero here, am I, big brother? You're the one going after James."

Remus looked at the two brothers, faced against one another. It was amazing how alike they were, yet they had completely opposite views on everything that mattered. They both wore the same expression of love and hate on their sharply sculpted faces. Their cool grey eyes matched, but Regulus' hair was more brown than black like Sirius' and it was grown out to his shoulders. Even the way they acted and moved was exactly the same.

"James, right," Sirius said coming to his senses, "And if you'll be so kind to excuse us, we'll continue our search."

Another pillar close to them came down and Regulus turned to look at Cassie then again at Sirius, "You have to help her."

"Why don't you my perfect little brother?" Sirius sneered

Remus looked away from Sirius and said through gritted teeth, "I can't."

"But you're the perfect one, Reg, this should be no problem for a great guy like you," Sirius smirked at his brother.

Remus matched Sirius' eyes with his own fierce ones, "I'm asking you to forget your argument with mum and help somebody. Please, Si, I need you."

Remus could feel the power emitting from the two boys. Sirius was shaking he was so angry. It was impossible to tell what was going through his head at the moment. He pushed Regulus out of his way and grasped one side of the girl. Regulus hurried to support her other side and Remus used the lightsaber to make them a path towards the wall. No one said anything until they finally reached the wall, which was beginning to look like paradise to them all.

"Thank you," Regulus said to both Remus and Sirius, "We would have been stuck out there otherwise."

"I only did it for her," Sirius said thickly, "We've got to back for James now."

Regulus looked at his brother with admiration in his eyes, "I owe you one, Si."

"You don't owe me anything," Sirius retorted, then he smiled for a moment, "But if you ever want to repay me, there's a fair patch of fire ants in the corner of greenhouse three. Just don't get caught."

"I never get caught," Regulus said smiling, "I learned from the best after all."

"Sirius, we need to get James," Remus said bringing both brothers back into reality that the school was coming down around them.

Sirius turned down Regulus' offer to help the find James and the two best friends headed into the wreckage once again. The ground continued to roll and shake, but the long periods of stillness were becoming more long and frequent than the rolls. The fog was clearing too, giving them a better view of their surroundings.


"Moony, I think he's here," Sirius said stopping before a pile of pillars.

"Er—not to disagree, mate, but that's a huge pile of pillars and you can't see anything in there," Remus replied.

"I know, but I just have a feeling he's here," Sirius said circling the pillars, "We've got to be careful so went don't slice through him, but I think we can get through here."

Remus looked at Sirius like he was crazy, "That is a mass of stone, Padfoot, and unless you're planning to use the lightsaber there's no way you're getting through that."

"Of course I'm going to use the lightsaber," Sirius said bringing out the weapon again.

Remus nodded his head, "Oh great, just be careful that you don't slice through your best friend," he said sarcastically, "You're crazy, nuts I tell you."

"Don't worry, I won't hurt him, at least, I hope I won't," Sirius said, "There's not much else we can do in the situation."

"Good point," Remus said looking around at the ruins surrounding them.

Sirius closed his eyes and sliced through the stone pillars around him. Remus and him then pushed the stone as much as they could to get a better view of what was inside. James was lying there, unconscious, still inside a protective circle. Although, the circle was weak and flickering, allowing chunks of debris inside.

"He doesn't look good," Remus said shakily.

"But he's still alive," Sirius said watching the rise and fall of James' chest, "That's better than nothing."

"Definitely," Remus replied still shaky, "How are we going to get him out of that circle though?"

"That's why I have this," Sirius said bringing the lightsaber above his head. Before Remus could shout a warning, Sirius brought the saber down through the circle and a blast of light met their eyes. Remus blinked hard and looked around him, Sirius was shaking violently, still clutching the lightsaber, but the circle around James was gone.

"Sirius! Sirius!" Remus yelled, worried that his friend was having some kind of seizure or something. But Sirius kept jerking around on the ground and Remus couldn't make him stop. James wouldn't wake up either and Remus thought there was more wrong with him than he or Sirius had imagined. Then, even worse than before, the ground began to roll, tossing the boys around. Remus screamed for help, but nothing came. But as quickly as it had all started, it stopped. Remus looked towards the doors of the Great Hall that he could barely make out and saw a lone figure. There stood Albus Dumbledore. Remus breathed a sigh of relief, "We're saved," and then he blacked out.


A/N: Hoped you liked it. Sorry it took so long. Please review and tell me what you thought. Thanks a lot!