Chapter 21

Airport Fight

James kept glancing over his shoulder, paranoid. He did not like the fact that Lucius Malfoy was behind him, watching every move he and his companions made. There was no conversation the entire ride. James noticed Draco shake slightly throughout the trip. Harry had a scowl on his face and Ginny looked extremely worried. Ron and Hermione sported similar expressions as Ginny. Lily held James' hand and Sirius kept shooting daggers at his cousin. James was dreading, he was sure everyone else was too, the landing of the plane. This flight was fourteen hours long, but even with that much time, they still wouldn't reach their destination. They had to catch another flight. Now with two death eaters watching their every move, they would never be able to do that.

A flight attendant came back and asked them if they wanted anything to eat or drink.

"No, no, I believe we're all good," Lucius answered, making Sirius even madder, for he was about to reach for juice. The flight attendant eyed Lucius, Bellatrix, and the teenagers. "Your children don't look too well. Is there anything we can do to help them?" she asked.

"We are not their children!" Harry burst out, standing up. "We hate them! They're trying to kill us!"

Lucius just smiled at the attendant. "Teenagers. And, no ma'am. Only one of them is my son. We are just watching his friends as well. I believe they will be fine." The attendant just stared at Lucius and walked away.

Lucius stood up and stepped toward Harry who was still standing. "One more outburst like that, Potter, and we won't waste any time. We'll just kill you right once we get off the plane!" he snarled.

"I thought Voldemort wanted to finish me off himself?"

"That is true, but I cannot say the same about your precious girlfriend."

"Leave Ginny alone!" Harry said.

"Lower your voice, Potter! Or we will apparate out of this plane!"

"You can't take eight of us with you!" Harry said.

"Sit down, now!" Lucius put his hand on Harry's shoulder and pushed him down.

"Get your hands off him!" Ron called.

"I'd sit down, too, Weasley," Bellatrix said, walking toward him.

"There are eight of us and two of you. You can't control all of us!" James called.

"All I have to do is tap this with my wand," Lucius said pulling out a small glass ball, "And we will be joined by more death eaters than you can count! Now, sit down!" Again, Lucius moved to push Harry into his seat. When Harry was seated, Ron and James followed. Lucius turned and sat down next to Bellatrix.

A few hours later, the plane started to descend. James knew they had to do something. They had to do something by themselves. There were no teachers around to help them; like there were ever teachers or adults to help them. Just then, the same flight attendant who had appeared earlier came back.

"Excuse me, but could you show me your tickets, please?"

Lucius stood up. "I have them here somewhere," he said, feeling around inside his pocket, but instead of pulling out tickets, he pulled out his wand. "Imperio!"

"Sorry, sir for the trouble. You're clear."

"Thank you, ma'am for your understanding." Lucius then turned his attention to the teenagers. "Now, here's how we're leaving the plane. The Potters will be first, followed by my son and Black. After that will be the Blood traitors and the mudblood. I will be in the front and Bella will be behind you."

Lucius walked down the isle and James noticed they had no choice but to follow. James walked behind Lily and Harry. They left the plane and immediately headed for the door. They got many odd stares from the muggles passing them. They were a strange sight. Eight teenagers walking in between two adults. Harry slowed down and started walking beside James and Lily.

"I'm going to stun Malfoy so be prepared. Tell Hermione to stun Bellatrix after I stun Malfoy. Tell the rest to be prepared." Harry then walked forward, back into his original spot in line. He made sure there was time for everyone to receive the message. He reached into his pocket slowly and pulled out his wand. He raised it slightly and, using what Snape had taught him about keeping his mind and mouth closed, pointed his wand at Lucius.

"Lucius!" Bellatrix yelled, seeing Harry's' wand. He turned around and faced Harry, and barely dodged the spell, which hit a book display and blew it up, causing people to scream. Lucius grabbed his wand and the silver orb he had shown Harry on the plane.

"No!" Harry screamed as he reached for the orb, but Lucius had already tapped it and in five seconds, the airport was filled with wizards in black robes firing spells at innocent muggles as well as the teenagers. James fought as hard as he could, keeping an eye on Lily and Harry at the same time. Sirius was fighting with Bellatrix and he saw Harry move over to him and push him away from Bellatrix.

"Hah! You don't want to see your godfather die again, do you?"

"Stop talking and start fighting!" Harry shouted. As James was watching this, Lucius had grabbed him from behind!

"James!" Sirius cried, running toward him, but James stopped him because he saw Lily being grabbed from behind by a large Death Eater.

"Sirius," he chocked. "Lily!" Sirius turned around, but turned back to James.

"Get Lily!" he shouted. Sirius nodded, turned around, but ran into a short, stubby Death Eater with a silver hand.

"Peter!" Sirius screamed. James watched Sirius tackle their former friend as he struggled against Lucius. "Get off of me!" James screamed. He fought against Lucius with all his might, but to no avail until Lucius started screaming and dropped him. James turned around and looked at the pained Death Eater who has fallen to the ground. Behind him, Draco stood with his wand pointed at his father.

"What are you waiting for?" Draco cried. "Help your girlfriend!" James scrambled to his feet and ran at the Death Eater holding Lily.

James fired a curse at the Death Eater, but it didn't hit the one it was intended for. The masked wizard threw Lily in front of it and she was thrown fifty feet back and landed on a cart of candy.

"No!" James screamed and ran after her.

"No, Lily! Lily, please! You have to wake up! Lily! No!"

"Crucio!" James heard someone scream. He turned around and started screamling as the curse hit him, but as suddenly as it had started, it stopped. James turned around and saw Sirius had stunned the Death Eater. "Come on!" he said. "Bring Lily. We've found a way out. I have to go and get Harry and Ginny. The rest are already out there! Quickly!" Sirius led James off and out a door into the parking lot, which was also swarming with Voldemort's followers. "Get inside that car right there!" Sirius said, pointing to a red mini van.

James rushed over to it, and opened the door. "Here! Lily's hurt. I'm going back to help Harry and Sirius."

"Are you mad?" Draco asked.

"James, you can't," Hermione said. "You have to stay here!" James didn't here her, though. He was already half way back to the building. He burst in and looked around for any sign of Harry or Ginny or Sirius. He saw a patch of red disappear behind a bookshelf inside a gift store and ran after it. He found Ginny fighting with two Death Eaters. She was hit with a Cruciatus Curse and fell to the floor. James ran forward and stunned one of the Death Eaters, who fell to the floor. He dodged a curse from the other cloaked man and then stunned him. He picked up Ginny and ran out of the shop. As he did so, he saw Harry fall to the ground next to Sirius. Sirius stood up and face the Death Eater. Just then, the hooded figure threw back his hood to reveal that he was not a Death Eater, but Voldemort.

"No," James whispered to himself. He saw Harry roll across the floor dodging a green flash of light coming from Voldemort's wand. Sirius hit Voldemort with a curse and sent him flying backwards. Sirius ran towards Harry and picked him up. Something was wrong. Harry needed Sirius' help to stand.

"Come on! Come on! Come on!" James whispered. "Hurry!" he shouted at them.

Sirius picked up the pace a little and soon reached James.

"What happened?" Harry asked, seeing Ginny.

"The Cruciatus Curse." Harry's eyes widened.

"Will she be alright?"

"I don't know, but we'll worry about it more when we get out of here! Thanks to the Death Eaters, the place is starting to collapse!"

They soon made it to the parking lot and walked as fast as they could to the mini van. Sirius helped Harry in and James handed Ginny to him and then he and Sirius climbed in themselves.

"Ready?" Hermione asked from behind the wheel.

"You know…how to drive?" Harry asked, panting.

"My parents wanted me to learn how." The car started moving and they were soon on the road, leaving the destroyed airport behind.

"Are you okay, Harry?" Ron asked, noticing how tired his friend looked.

"Yeah, I'm…I'm fine," Harry said, smiling an unconvincing smile. Harry turned his attention to Ginny.

"Ginny, Ginny. Wake up. We've gotten away," he said softly, rubbing his hands through her tangled hair.

James looked for Lily and saw she was lying back in a seat in the back of the vehicle.

"Lils?" James crawled as cautiously as he could to reach her. It was very cramped in the car, which is expected with eight people in the car. He reached her and sat next to her, putting her head in his lap.

"Lily? Can you hear me?" He rubbed his hand over her cheek. He felt so guilty, even though it was an accident. She stirred and her eyes fluttered open.

"James?"

"Yes, Lily, what is it?"

She shook her head and closed her eyes again. Satisfied that Lily would be alright for the time being, he turned his attention to his son, running his fingers through Ginny's hair, waiting expectantly for her to wake up.

"Where are we?" James asked.

"Sibiu," Hermione answered.

"You can read Romanian?"

"No, Ronald. This is where the plane was scheduled to land. Now we need to find another airport and find a flight to Constanta. It's right on the Black Sea."

"Where are we going to stay?"

"We might have to sleep in the van if we can't find anywhere else to stay," Hermione answered. "But I'm looking for something, so don't worry."

"How will we pay for it?" Ron asked.

"We'll find a wizard and pay him or something because none of us have muggle money."

The talking slowly stopped and Ginny still hadn't awoken. James grew tired after a while and leaned back in his seat hoping to catch some sleep, but with all the thoughts buzzing around in his head, he could not.