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After lunch that day, and after telling Remus and Peter what had happened. James decided to take his broom stick down to the Quiddith pitch. He was going to wait for Peter and Remus to get back with the Quidditch balls from Madame Hooch's office, but the temptation was to great. James mounted his broom and kicked hard from the ground.
He soared high into the air free from all of his emotions. He did a few forms and felt his heart grow lighter with every twist and turn of his broom. Here he had no worries, no fears, no one to bother him..... "James, you better get down here quick!" Came Remus' voice from the world below.
James broke into a dead dive, toward Remus. He pulled up five feet above the ground into a small loop the loop, and then jumped off his broomstick right in front of Remus.
"What's up Mooney?" James said lightly. "Oh, Am I glad you're here. I need help with a...."
"James, stop." Mooney said panting.
James fixed him with a concerned look, "What's up?" he asked more seriously.
"James, P-Peter," he panted, "He's b-been attacked."
"What?" Exclaimed James breaking into a run toward the castle.
"Is he all right?" James asked.
"I think he will be. He was knocked out." Remus said running to keep up with James. "He's broken out into a bunch of green boils. He's covered in them from head to foot."
"Where's Sirius?"
"He's with Peter in the hospital wing."
They ran all the way to the top of the hospital. When they came in James saw Lily sitting talking to Sirius on a couch. James skidded to a stop in front of Sirius. He placed his hands on his knees, whipped his brow and panted. "Sirius, W-What happened?"
Sirius shook his head. "I don't know man. I went into Hooch's office, to get the balls. I heard noises outside, then a crack and the sound of Peter being thrown against the wall. When I got to him he had a cut in the side of his head and the boils were starting to form. So I picked him up and carried him up here. I ran into Sirius on the way up here and told him to come and get you."
James reached up and ruffled his hair. He started pacing as he remembered what Dumbledore had said.
''You will find that you have enemies in Gryffindor tower just as you have allies in Slytherin dungeon.''
"Let me think." James said pacing around murmuring more to himself. "Peter hangs around us. He has no enemies. Why would a stranger attack him? Remus, you were going to meet them when you saw Sirius. Did you see any one else coming from that direction?"
"No not a soul." Remus said.
James began muttering again. "So, no one was seen leaving. Could be an invisibility cloak, or a Disillusionment Charm, but why stealthy? What dose Peter Know? Dose he know anything?"
James stopped pacing and ruffled his hair again. He stopped and looked at Lily. "If you don't mind me asking, why are you here Evans?"
Lily looked a little surprised that had he asked but, answered promptly. "I was here getting help with my Cardiovascular Venoms and Counter-Venoms essay from Madam Pomfery, when Sirius brought Peter in." she shook her head and added, "He was in a bad state."
"Well, I guess we'll just have to wait till Peter wakes up before we get some answers." James sighed ruffling his hair again.
"How long will that take?" Asked Remus.
They all looked at Lily. She was as knowledgeable as any Healer and she still had two years of Healer's school after Hogwarts before she was certified.
She cleared her throat and spoke plainly. "Well it is a class 'C' curse compounded by the force of the fall. This gave put him into a slight coma. The boils have to be treated first, so that the waking potion won't mix with the treatment potion." She sat thoughtfully for a moment and said, "Twenty-four hours for the boils to clear, twenty four for his system clean out the potion, then six for him to wake up. He'll probably be awake in two days, and then he'll spend that night for observation. So he should be out in three days at the least."
James, Remus, and Sirius were looking at her very impressed. Lily was good at healing. Then James thought of something she had said earlier.
"Evans, what is a class 'C' curse?" he asked.
"Well, curses are divided up by the level of magical power and personal damage they cause. The class 'A' curses are your slandered prank curses they never really hurt any one and all you need is a counter-curse. The class 'B' curses are more severe, they are usually harmless but without a healer's attention they could turn serious. A class 'C' curse, like Peter's, needs Healer attention and usually has no lingering side effects. So you can guess which three are the class 'D' curses." Lily finished crossing her arms and pursing her lips. Sirius and James who were studying N.E.W.T. level Defense Against the Dark Arts sat looking intently at each other. Sirius, who was studying mostly Magical History and Law, however looked a little lost.
"I am er going to fell like a prat for asking, but which three are they?"
James swallowed hard. Whoever attacked Peter wanted to hurt him. The answer to Sirius' question was burning in James mouth. James felt an odd bitter sensation as he heard himself say, "The unforgivable curses."
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