A Warrior's Journey

Chapter 3: Waking Up and Realizations

James' POV

Ugh… man that hurts. What did I do? What have I done? That's when I opened my eyes and saw that I was surrounded by white sheets. I got up. What was I thinking? I jumped up and realized I was shirtless… and that I was in the infirmary. I shouted when I felt someone hugging me… someone with red hair.

"Lily?" I asked incredulously.

"WERE YOU INSANE?"

"Um, no just quite threatened."

"What are you talking about?"

"Okay, I'll start where… well it began. Some of you may be under the impression that the first letter from Voldemort, was the one I got when my parents were murdered. If so, you've all had false impressions. I've been getting letters that were similar to that one, for four or five years. At first they were all geared to hurting me physically which didn't perturb me at all. Voldemort figured this out eventually. Of course, at this time, he wasn't all that powerful, so I didn't take them that seriously. But then he came to power. He knew that the only way to get to me was through my friends and family. The letters became more frequent. Once a month. I began to see that the only way that I would be able protect my friends indefinitely was death."

"Hold up, why couldn't you do whatever he wanted you?"

"You don't know how Voldemort operates. He wanted me on his side, because he saw me as a threat." Here I snorted. "Even at thirteen. And even if I did join him, he would use threats as ways to enforce that I did his jobs. So through this I came to the conclusion that I wouldn't give into him, but if I died, I'd die by getting killed through him. However, he got frustrated. So he knew exactly how to strike a chord. My parents. That was the last straw. In order to see that nobody else got hurt, I planned on killing myself. However…" I paused here. "I knew I wouldn't be able to kill myself without reason. I wouldn't be able to bring myself to do it. I would have stopped. However, Lily, didn't realize this, and stepped in. I thought that for sure she was dead. So NOW I had a reason to die. Of course Sirius heard Lily's shout, and came. Now I'm grateful though."

I smiled at them, as everyone, except for the headmaster, looked at me in disbelief.

"Hmm," said Dumbledore. "That seems familiar. Just replace the Voldemorts with Grindelwald, Lily with Katharine, and Sirius with George." He was smiling.

"This happened to my Father!" I said in disbelief.

"Yes, let's hope that this comes out to the same way. I am afraid that you may have missed this in the Artillery Room."

He hands me a piece of parchment.

Dear James,

Please do not make the same mistake that I did when I was 17. Live your life to the fullest. Do NOT sink as low to kill yourself. Heed this warning.

Good Luck,

Christopher H. Potter

I was shocked. My father had known my reaction! He had foreseen EVERYTHING that has happened. Suddenly, I felt strange…

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Sirius' POV

Okay, he owes me BIG time for this! I mean, not only did I save his life, but he's been keeping secrets from me! Suddenly, James sort of… well flipped out of he room and disappeared.

"What the…"

"Relax… his parents are angry right now I think."

A minute later, James, appeared out of thin air, holding his head. Before Lily rushed over to him (I was quite surprised when she did this, I was under the impression that she hated him) He looked up at the ceiling and shouted, "You know, I was missing you under you did that!"

Basically, that day, I got my friend back.