Days past, and they soon turned into weeks, and they turned into months, and the Potters soon got used to living in hiding.

Harry was growing up fast and he was now nearing his first birthday. Lily was busy arranging a party, although she knew that Harry would never remember it, she wanted something to take her mind of the fact that the most feared dark wizard that ever lived was after her son.

Her and James had become closer then ever over the past few months, that was due mainly to the fact they were on their own most of the time. People dropped by now and then, but Dumbledore discouraged this in case someone was somehow tracked. There was also the fact that he hadn't yet found out the identity of the spy and everyone was a suspect.

Sirius had seemed to make it his personal mission to find out who the spy was, he now took to questioning anyone who entered the Potter's house.

Today Emma was helping Lily decorate her living room for Harry's party, it was to be a small affair with only ten people attending and that was including Harry..

"I can't believe he's nearly one." Emma said looking at the small baby that was Harry Potter.

"You can't believe it, I can't believe it." Lily said, "it feels like yesterday that I was pregnant and now he's nearly one."

"Times going so quickly." Emma said as she tied the bottom of a balloon in a knot. "Just think that this time two years ago we were probably still in school."

"I wonder where we'll be in ten years time." Lily said, "I'll be waiting for Harry's letter for Hogwarts, your two will have come back from their first year."

"We might have more children." Emma said, "Jess and Remus might have children."

Lily thought for a moment, and a tear trickled down her cheek.

"What's wrong?" Emma asked going over to her and putting an arm around her shoulder.

"Well we haven't said it, but we're both thinking it." Lily said.

"What?"

"That we might be dead this time in ten years." Lily said.

"Don't talk like that." Emma said, "yes the world is a little dark at the moment but-."

"A little dark?" Lily asked incredulously, "There's a killing a day now, every morning the Daily Profit comes with news of more attacks. Articles on how Voldemort's ranks and multiplying and how ours are decreasing. Just this morning their was a picture of the dark mark covering the page. What world are you living in?"

"Lily stop being so dramatic, yes it's bad, but what are the chances You Know Who will survive. He'll be caught soon, and everything will be great again."

"If they couldn't catch him when she started this terror, how are they going to catch him now? He's become more powerful."

"So what? Obviously if you think like that you will die." Emma said getting a little annoyed. "I know you're worried about Harry and the prophecy and all, but you're safe, no one knows where you are." Emma said, "and even if , God forbid, he did find you remember what the prophecy said, he will have the power that he knows not, or something like that. That's a good sign."

"I know, but how would you feel if you knew that there was a good chance that you might not live to see your children grow up?" Lily asked.

"What do you mean how would I feel? I'm in the same boat as you, everyone is, the only difference is that your boat has hit some rough water." Emma said.

Lily nodded, she didn't mean to be like this, but she couldn't help it.

"Come one now, cheer up." She said, "it's not all bad, we're having a party!"

Sirius was in his cubical in the Auror department of the ministry of magic. He was finishing some paper work, this was the bit he hated about the job, all the paper work.

He sighed as he stretched his hand, he had been writing for at least an hour.

He put down his quill, he couldn't be bothered to finish it, he'd do it tomorrow.

He stood up, put his cloak on, doing up the silver clasp.

He stepped out of his cubical and strode out of the office.

"Sirius Black!" Came a woman's voice from the office.

Sirius turned, "yes?"

"Have you finished your paper work?" The woman asked, she was an Auror, a higher ranking then him.

Sirius smiled, "of course." He said innocently.

"Really?" The woman asked.

"Yes." Sirius said and he sped out of the office before she realized that he hadn't.

He stepped out of the ministry, he fancied a walk after being cooped up in his cubical for ages.

He kept to the back streets, he didn't want muggles seeing him dressed in his robes. He could hear his foot steps echoing around him as he walked down the street.

It was late but being summer it was completely dark yet.

He had been walking for a few minutes, when he heard a second pair of foot steps, then a third and a fourth.

They were walking very fast, he could hear heavy breathing, and he knew they would soon be behind him.

Sirius turned round, but as the light was dim he couldn't see anything.

He quickened his pace and tried to find somewhere that he could apparate home, he was scared in case the people behind him were muggles, and then he would get in trouble.

The footsteps came closer, Sirius didn't like this one bit. He broke out into a run.

He heard the foot steps also break out running, they were defiantly coming after him. He looked back and saw three figures clad in black. The looked forward and three more appeared.

"Oh crap!" he muttered, he stopped, as the black figures, death eaters, came closer and closer.

His heart was beating faster and fasted, knocking against his chest.

He closed his eyes and apparated away, just as he felt a hand grab his cloak.

Sirius apparated into his house, and fell to the floor panting.

"Oh My God, Sirius what's happened?" Emma asked and she ran out into the hallway.

"I………………….. I…………………. Was……………. Then they…………………… And I ……………………. Then one of them……………" Sirius panted.

"Calm down, come and sit down, catch your breath, then tell me." Emma said and she helped him up and onto the sofa.

Emma got him a drink of water and he told her what happened.

"So who were they?" Emma asked.

"Death Eaters, they had to be," Sirius said.

"But why were they running after you?" Emma asked.

Sirius thought for a moment, "because they think I'm, I mean I am Lily and James' secret keeper."

Emma looked at Sirius with a raised eye brow. "What do you mean they think you're their secret keeper?"

"What, I didn't say that!" Sirius lied not looking her in the eyes.

"Sirius don't lie to me, what did you mean?" Emma asked, "what's going on?"

"Nothing, I was just saying they think because they can't know for sure." Sirius said.

Emma looked at him she didn't believe a word he was saying, "you're not their secret keeper are you?"

Sirius bit his lip, what did he do? Did he tell her the truth? She was his wife, he could trust her couldn't he?

"Come one Sirius, you're going to end up telling me anyway."

"God, but you can not tell anyone else, this doesn't leave these four walls." Sirius said cracking under his wife's piercing stare. "I was going to be the secret keeper, but………. But…………." Sirius stopped.

"Yes, yes what is it?" Emma asked, she had a hungry look in her eyes.

Sirius hesitated, he couldn't do it. He loved his wife and he trusted her, but he just couldn't.

"I'm sorry I can't tell you." He said and he stood up and ran into the kitchen.

He sat at the table and closed his eyes, he was expecting Emma to come after him and bombard him with questions any second, but she didn't.

Instead he heard the front door open and then close again.

He opened his eyes, "Emma?" he called, "are you there?"

He heard a crying coming from upstairs, he went up to fins Sinead standing and holding onto the bars of her cot.

Sirius came into the room and picked her up.

"What's the matter?" he asked as he took her down stairs so she didn't wake up her brother.

He gently rocked her in his arms, "where's mummy gone?" he said. "I think she's mad at daddy."

Lily got her son out of his bed on his first birthday, of course he didn't know that it was his birthday, to him it was just another day.

Lily carried him downstairs and put him in his high chair, which James had tied balloons to, to mark his special day.

"Do you think he knows that it's his birthday?" James asked.

"No," Lily said, "but we'll take loads of embarrassing pictures of him and show them to his girlfriends when he gets older."

"You can't do that to him!" James said outraged.

"Why not, your mum did it to you!" Lily said and she stuck her tongue out at him.

"She did no such thing!" James said.

"She did, my favourite was the one of you in the bath playing with a rubber duck." Lily said.

James looked horrified.

"Don't worry, it was really cute." Lily said.

"Cute? I'm not cute, I'm handsome, manly, not cute!" James said puffing his chest out.

"Sorry, you're not cute at all, not in the slightest." Lily said, "not one tiny bit."

James smiled, then he thought about it, "Wait a minute."

Lily shook her head, "just be quiet now James."

Later that day Jess, Remus, Sirius, Sinead and Reece came over to their house for Harry's party.

Lily sat feeding Harry when Jess came over with a present, this is for Harry, and there's a little something in there for you.

Lily put down Harry's food and took the present that was neatly wrapped.

"You didn't have to." Lily said smiling.

"You say that, but if I didn't get anything then you'd be mad." Jess said.

"No I wouldn't," Lily said but she knew it was true, she looked at the tag first.

I To Harry,

Happy 1st Birthday

Lots of love

Jess and Remus. /I

Lily then opened the present, when she tore the paper off she found a small jewellery box and a photo frame.

She looked at the frame first, it was engraved with the words The Potter's and Co and a picture of Harry surrounded with his parents and all their friends and children was smiling back at her.

"It's wonderful." Lily said.

"I know he won't really appreciate it, but I thought he can get all the toys under the sun, he'll just play with it and throw it away, with this it's something he can remember." Jess said.

Lily smiled and hugged her friend, "I'll put it in his room," she said.

"Open the other one." Jess said, "it's for you."

"But it's not my birthday," Lily said.

"I know, but I you've been feeling a bit down lately and I thought it might cheer you up a bit." Jess said.

"You shouldn't have." Lily said and she lifted the lid off the box. Inside there was a locket. Lily opened it and inside was a picture of her and her family.

"Jess this must have cost you a small fortune, I can't take it." Lily said.

"Don't be silly, it was my grandmothers and she passed away recently." Jess said, "it was left to me, but I won't get much use out of it."

Lily felt a tear come to her eye, and he wiped it away. "Thanks." She said and Jess hugged her again.

"It's fine, now I'm going to steal your gorgeous son and dance with him." Jess said and she took Harry out of his chair and into the living room where everyone else was.

Sirius was standing at the window, he kept looking out to see if Emma was coming, he hadn't seen her since last night when she walked out, he was getting worried.

"What exactly happened?" James asked going over to his friend, "why did she leave?"

Sirius shrugged, "I don't know, I had just told her about being followed home." He said, "then she some how got the idea that I wasn't your secret keeper."

"What? You told her?" James hissed.

"no, no." Sirius said, "but she knew I was hiding something and I wouldn't tell her, then she left."

"I don't know mate." James said, "have you told Dumbledore yet?"

"No, I thought she'd be here, but she's not." Sirius said, "I'm going to go home, see if she's there, came I leave the twins here?"

"Sure," James said, "I hope you find her."

Emma apparated into a street near her house, she had meant to apparate to her house, but she was so weak she was surprised that she had gotten this close.

She was deathly pale and gasping for breath. She held onto the wall of a nearby front garden for support.

The past day was a blur to her, and she could hardly remember a thing, although this seemed best as she didn't want to remember anything.

She dragged herself to the end of the street and looked left and right, suddenly she had no idea where she was, she felt disorientated, completely confused. She turned right, as she felt that she had always preferred her right to her left and she slowly went up the road.

She had only gotten half way up the road when she realised that she was going the wrong way.

"Sirius, someone, help me." She said in a small voice as she started dragged herself back down the road again.

"Sirius, Sirius, help." She said again in and even smaller voice, just louder then a whisper. Then without warning she collapsed onto the floor unconscious.

Bellatrix Lestrange apparated to her masters headquarters, she was not a little apprehensive, she had just come back from her latest assignment, but it had not all gone to plan. She hadn't done what she was sent to do, but she had found out some useful information.

She took a deep breath as she entered the dark room where the Dark Lord sat.

She closed the door silently and did not say anything until she reached his chair and then she bowed.

"My Lord." She said.

"Ah Bella, you are back."

"Yes my Lord."

"You we not successful." He said looking into her eyes, you could hear the anger in his voice.

"No my Lord, but-"

I would have expected this to happen with someone like Wormtail, but not with you." He said.

"But my Lord, I have found something out, something very interesting." Bellatrix said.

Voldemort looked up his red slit eyes boring into Bellatrix's. "What?"

"My Lord, when I was impersonating to be my dear cousins wife, I found out something from him, or not as the case may be." She said, her master just nodded, "I was talking to him, he was telling me of how Death eaters had tried to capture him, I found out that the Potter's were in hiding, under the fidelus charm."

"The fidelus charm," Voldemort said slowly, "work of that muggle loved I suppose, just like him."

"Yes my lord, but I found out something else to." Bella said, "that Black is not their secret keeper."

Bellatrix finished obviously pleased with herself, and Voldemort looked at her. "I think I need to have a little word with Mr. Pettigrew." He said and he waved Bellatrix out of the room.

He sat their, it was as he had feared might happen, Wormtail had grown a conscience. He must have know about this, he must know who the secret keeper is, and if it hadn't been for Bella going undercover and finding out about this, he probably would never had told him.

Peter arrived to see his master just a few minutes later.

"I can't say it was nice knowing you." Bellatrix said bushing past him and laughing.

Peter gulped, and turned the door knob to the room where his master was with trembling hands.

As soon as he had closed the door behind him a flash of light hit in in the stomach and he fell to the floor writhing.

"I don't like it when people keep things from me." Voldemort hissed as Wormtail screamed and he watched his death eater in pain for a little longer before removing the curse.

Peter lay on the floor gasping for breath.

"Come here." Voldemort said.

Peter tried to stand but he couldn't.

"Now!" Voldemort spat, and he flicked his wand so Peter flew across the floor and landed in front of him.

Peter managed to stand with his legs shaking like jelly. "Yes my lord?"

"I have just found out some very interesting information, and it is not just the information that intrestes me, but the person it came from, or didn't come from." He paused for a moment and looked at Peters pathetic face. "Did you know that the Potters were in hiding?"

"Um," Peter said and he remembered the excuse he and planned for this very moment. "My lord, I did but-"

"And why did you neglect to tell me?"

"I you see my lord, they have only just gone into hiding and I didn't want to tell you about it until it had happened, I didn't want to disapoint you."

Voldemort did not believe a word of what he was saying, "I don't like it when people lie to me." He raised his wand again and Wormtail fell to the floor again.

He lifted the curse after a few minutes of pitiful screaming.

"Who is their secret keeper, and don't say Black, because then I will have to kill you."

He knew he had to do it, he could hide it no longer, "it's me my lord." He panted.

"You?"

"Yes, they though no one would suspect me," Wormtil said.

Voldemort searched Peter's eyes and found that he was no lying.

"So you can don something right then Wormtail," He said.