Hi, well, I decided to try and get one more chapter done. Please review! Also, after this, read 'Enemies Forever' by Vanima Failiss. Here's the next part!
Chapter 8 Holiday troubles
James and Sirius quickly got a carriage to themselves and sighed, relieved that they had made it.
"This isn't going to be exactly easy. Everyone notices us when we pass by." Sirius said, though a bit smugly.
James only smiled. 'I am doing the right thing, aren't I? Mum and Dad are really going to be mad. But they have to understand that I don't feel right about being stuck at school while their off fighting!'
"James! Come one! Were here!" Sirius called out to him.
James jumped off the carriage and made his way toward the Hogwarts Express. He was so distracted, he kept bumping into people without realizing it until they turned around to say something. After what seemed like forever, James and Sirius reached the train and quickly got inside, looking for their two friends.
"Their here." James called over.
"Shall we surpise them?" asked Sirius grinning.
James smirked. "I think we shall."
"SURPRISE!" James and Sirius both yelled out, opening the compartment door only to see –not Remus and Peter- but Lily and Emma. Both of them looked up at the two Marauders, alarmed.
"Um-uh-s-sorry-our..mistake." James stuttered out. Well, this was embarrassing!
Sirius, however, acted casual. "We didn't mean to startle you ladies. We were just looking for our dear friends Moony and Wormtail." He said, but smiling very widely.
"We were in the compartment next to their, you prats." A voice said behind them.
James and Sirius spun around to see Remus standing there, with a huge smile and chuckling under his breath. Lily and Emma were both laughing.
"Yeah. Well, we found you. So...let's go!" James said, quickly going into the compartment.
Sirius and Remus came in after him, and shut the door.
"Why are you here?" Remus asked in a more serious tone.
"Oh, yeah." James started explaining, a bit of indifference in his voice, "I decided to come home for Christmas. Padfoot and I were wondering whether or not we could go home with you and we'll Floo our way over to my house." Remus smiled. "One condition. You let me Floo over with you and stay at your house for a bit." Remus replied.
"Ah, Moony. You throw a hard bargain. Deal." James said, extending an arm for Remus to shake.
The spent the rest if the day thinking of Quidditch room. Peter may not have been on the team, but he loved the game. It was when the train came to a stop that the four friends grabbed their trunks. James and Sirius's were still small and were inside their pockets.
"Well, there's my mom." Peter said when they got off the train. They said good-bye to then began looking for Remus's parents.
"Remus!" his mother called out. She came up and hugged him, much to his dismay.
"Mum-friends- Sirius-"Remus choked out.
"Oh!" the thin looking woman turned around to face Sirius and James.
"Hey, Remus, don't let us stop you from hugging your mum!" Sirius said grinning. Remus only smiled sheepishly.
"Mum, I was wondering whether Sirius and James could come over and use our fireplace to Floo home." Remus explained.
"Of course. Let's get in the car." His mum said, leading they way.
Well, the ride there was pretty uneventful, except for Sirius giggling like a girl at random times. They finally made it to his house. They walked in and James and Sirius headed toward the fireplace.
"Thanks, Mrs. Lupin!" Sirius called out, "Can Remus come hang out with us for awhile?""
"Sure." She replied, but she seemed to cringe when he had said 'Mrs. Lupin.' When she was upstairs, James asked, "Remus, where's your Dad?"
The Marauders had met his Dad last year, he was really nice. Remus seemed to stiffen. James and Sirius shared a curious glance, waiting for him to answer. But he didn't. He grabbed some Floo Power, stepped into the fireplace and shouted, "Potter Manor!" (1) He was gone in an instant.
"Well, guess that's my cue." Sirius said, stepping in the fireplace. Next moment he was gone. James stepped in and shouted, "Potter Manor!"
Everything seemed to spin, he was starting to get dizzy. He finally came to a stop. He flew out of the fireplace and landed right on stop of Sirius.
"Ow! Gerrof!" came Sirius muffled cry. James looked up and looked around his own room, then smiled.
"You know, this place just gets bigger and bigger everytime I see it." Remus said cheerfully. James frowned.
"Remus," he asked slowly, "What just happened back at your-"
"James," Remus cut him off, "Shouldn't we go see your parents?"
James quickly ran out of the room with Remus and Sirius at his heels. James ran into the kitches.
"Mum! Dad!" he shouted.
Both parents jumped pretty high, and looked thorough shocked to see him.
"James!" Mrs. Potter cried.
"What-how-we told you to stay at Hogwarts!" his dad said getting up from his chair.
"I won't stay there while you are out risking your necks!" James said, staring at his father with determined eyes. His father sighed.
"We understand. It's good to have you back." Mr. Potter said hugging his son.
"It's great to see you, Sirius dear, you too, Remus." Mrs. Potter said, hugging them.
James smiled. He was home.
The next week was a great one. Remus popped in here and there, so they didn't have much time to ask him about his Dad. Christmas approached fast, and before he knew it, he woke up on Christmas Day.
"Prongs! Presents!" Sirius shouted happily. James woke up to see tons of parents at the foot of his bed. After going through it, James and Sirius got dressed and headed down to breakfast. Just when Sirius was about to open the door, Remus came tumbling out of the fireplace.
"Oy! Remus! Merry Christmas, mate!" Sirius said, helping Remus up.
"Merry Christmas, Padfoot." Remus replied with a smile. He looked at James and added, "My mum had to go take care of some business. Mind if I-?"
"No problem. Your like family. We were just heading down to breakfast." James said.
The three headed down to meet James parents, and spent an hour at the table eating, talking, and laughing. Afterwards, the three Marauders spent the day in the living room, playing chess and talking. James looked at his clock, and realize it was already six o'clock. It was starting to get dark outside.
"Remus, back at your house, well, I mean-"James started out.
"Why didn't I answer your when you asked me where my Dad was?" Remus asked bitterly. James nodded. Sirius looked up from the chessboard and had his eyes fixed on Remus.
"My dad walked out on me and my mom." Remus said so quietly they could barely hear.
They sat there in silence for a minute. James and Sirius still trying to get over the shock.
"Why-"Sirius began to ask, but Remus suddenly covered his mouth with his hand, telling them to be quiet. He pointed over to the kitchen.
The three of them quietly walked over and heard the Potters talking to someone else. James peaked in and saw someone's head in the fire.
"-are you sure?" Mr. Potter was saying urgently.
"Oh, dear, we have to get over there right away." Mrs. Potter said, running to get her wand.
"Where's the attack?" Mr. Potter asked.
"It's on a Muggle. There is a witch in the family. Then there is another witch staying over, I'm guessing it's a friend. The witches are Lily Evans and Emma Jungher. They can't do much, their still in school. And the parents are Muggles. I'm afraid they might not be able to hold them off." The head in the fire explained.
James looked in the kitchen in horror. Lily and Emma? Getting attacked?
"Where do they live?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"23 Cherry Drive. Best to get there fast! I need to go warn the other Aurors fast." the Auror who's head was in the fire vanished. James, Sirius, and Remus quickly ran in the kitchen.
"We have to go with you!" James said.
"What?" Mr. Potter asked, completely taken aback.
"Please, sir, their our friends! We need to go help them!" Remus said.
"They won't be able to hold them off on our own and who knows how many Death Easter there are!" Sirius said desperately.
"Dad, who knows when the other Aurors might be there, you need all the help you can get!" James shouted desperately.
"No!" Mrs. Potter cried, "You aren't going! This isn't a game James! You wont have better luck than these girls do at fighting off the Death Eaters."
"But-!" all three protested at once.
"Their our friends to!"
"We have to go!"
"You'll need all the help you can get anyways!"
"No! Now all three of you get to your rooms and stay there! Your mother and I already targets and if they see you there I don't even want to think what might happen to you kids!" Mr. Potter shouted.
The three Marauders looked at eachother helplessly.
"James," Mrs. Potter said gently, "Everything will be fine. Please, stay here. Before, we go, your father and I wanted to give you this." She gave her son a wrapped package.
"A late Christmas present?" Sirius asked.
"I guess you could say that." Mrs. Potter smiled, "James, go up to your room and stay there. Don't leave your room. Open this while your up there also. Please James, do this for me."
James turned away. "Fine." He muttered.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter smiled at their son. With a small pop, they apparated. James looked at the package in his hang. 'What is it?' James asked himself.
"Now what?" Remus asked quietly.
"Were going to help them." James said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Remus and Sirius looked a little wary at first, but quickly took out their wands.
"Were right behind you, Prongs." Sirius said with a small smile. James nodded.
"Okay, Lily said that her house was connected to the Floo Network. We'll go together." James said. The three of them grabbed some Floo Power and walked into the fire place together.
"Twenty-three Cherry Drive!" they shouted together. In an instant, they were gone. The present James mother had given still lay on table, untouched.
"Whoa!" James shouted as he and the others fell out of the fireplace. The three of them scrambled to stand up and looked around in horror. The place was torn a part. The whole house was dark, furniture was turned over, glass was all over the floor.
"Lily.." James whispered.
"Where is she?" Remus whispered to them.
"Lily!" Sirius called.
"Impedimenta!"
They heard someone cast a spell out in the hallway.
"Lumos" the three of them muttered. The tip of their wands lit up, and quietly they made their way out of the room. Once they had gotten into the hallway, they heard someone scream upstairs.
"LILY!!" they heard Emma scream.
"Stupefy!"cried Lily's voice.
There was a huge flash of light upstairs. James and his friends quickly ran up the stairs and into the room, where they froze.
Five Death Eaters had cornered Lily and Emma. They were trying to fight but they were really outnumbered.
"STUPEFY!" James roared, hitting the Death Eater closest to him.
"IMPEDIMENTA!"
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!"
Sirius and Remus had both cried out spells, catching the Death Eaters by surprise.
"James!" Lily screamed after him.
"Look out!" Emma cried.
Someone had grabbed James arms and pulled them behind his bad, and from the side of him, he could that the same had been done to Remus and Sirius.
"So glad you came, you can watch this little Mudblood die the hard way." A Death Eater said, laughing at their attempts to get out. This Death Eater advanced on Lily, holding out her wand. Lily looked terrified.
"LILY!" Emma screamed, trying desperately to get free of the person holding her. Lily raised up her wand and opened her mouth to shout a spell, but never finished. The Death Eater shouted theirs first.
"Crucio!"
"Noo!!" Emma cried. Lily let out a blood curdling scream and fell to the ground. James, Sirius watched in horror. James felt his blood boil. He never felt so angry...
He kicked the Death Eater that was holding him so hard. He grunted in pain. James whipped out his wand and ran toward the Death Eater. Lily's screaming filled his ears.
"James!" Sirius and Remus both shouted his name.
James didn't even have time to think. He just ran at the Death Eater full speed, not caring how much he got hurt in return. He had to save Lily...
A/N. How was that? Also, I put the little (1) there just to add a note. I'm not sure whether or not James actually lived in a mansion. I'm guessing maybe he did! Well, hope you enjoyed it. REVIEW please!
Chapter 8 Holiday troubles
James and Sirius quickly got a carriage to themselves and sighed, relieved that they had made it.
"This isn't going to be exactly easy. Everyone notices us when we pass by." Sirius said, though a bit smugly.
James only smiled. 'I am doing the right thing, aren't I? Mum and Dad are really going to be mad. But they have to understand that I don't feel right about being stuck at school while their off fighting!'
"James! Come one! Were here!" Sirius called out to him.
James jumped off the carriage and made his way toward the Hogwarts Express. He was so distracted, he kept bumping into people without realizing it until they turned around to say something. After what seemed like forever, James and Sirius reached the train and quickly got inside, looking for their two friends.
"Their here." James called over.
"Shall we surpise them?" asked Sirius grinning.
James smirked. "I think we shall."
"SURPRISE!" James and Sirius both yelled out, opening the compartment door only to see –not Remus and Peter- but Lily and Emma. Both of them looked up at the two Marauders, alarmed.
"Um-uh-s-sorry-our..mistake." James stuttered out. Well, this was embarrassing!
Sirius, however, acted casual. "We didn't mean to startle you ladies. We were just looking for our dear friends Moony and Wormtail." He said, but smiling very widely.
"We were in the compartment next to their, you prats." A voice said behind them.
James and Sirius spun around to see Remus standing there, with a huge smile and chuckling under his breath. Lily and Emma were both laughing.
"Yeah. Well, we found you. So...let's go!" James said, quickly going into the compartment.
Sirius and Remus came in after him, and shut the door.
"Why are you here?" Remus asked in a more serious tone.
"Oh, yeah." James started explaining, a bit of indifference in his voice, "I decided to come home for Christmas. Padfoot and I were wondering whether or not we could go home with you and we'll Floo our way over to my house." Remus smiled. "One condition. You let me Floo over with you and stay at your house for a bit." Remus replied.
"Ah, Moony. You throw a hard bargain. Deal." James said, extending an arm for Remus to shake.
The spent the rest if the day thinking of Quidditch room. Peter may not have been on the team, but he loved the game. It was when the train came to a stop that the four friends grabbed their trunks. James and Sirius's were still small and were inside their pockets.
"Well, there's my mom." Peter said when they got off the train. They said good-bye to then began looking for Remus's parents.
"Remus!" his mother called out. She came up and hugged him, much to his dismay.
"Mum-friends- Sirius-"Remus choked out.
"Oh!" the thin looking woman turned around to face Sirius and James.
"Hey, Remus, don't let us stop you from hugging your mum!" Sirius said grinning. Remus only smiled sheepishly.
"Mum, I was wondering whether Sirius and James could come over and use our fireplace to Floo home." Remus explained.
"Of course. Let's get in the car." His mum said, leading they way.
Well, the ride there was pretty uneventful, except for Sirius giggling like a girl at random times. They finally made it to his house. They walked in and James and Sirius headed toward the fireplace.
"Thanks, Mrs. Lupin!" Sirius called out, "Can Remus come hang out with us for awhile?""
"Sure." She replied, but she seemed to cringe when he had said 'Mrs. Lupin.' When she was upstairs, James asked, "Remus, where's your Dad?"
The Marauders had met his Dad last year, he was really nice. Remus seemed to stiffen. James and Sirius shared a curious glance, waiting for him to answer. But he didn't. He grabbed some Floo Power, stepped into the fireplace and shouted, "Potter Manor!" (1) He was gone in an instant.
"Well, guess that's my cue." Sirius said, stepping in the fireplace. Next moment he was gone. James stepped in and shouted, "Potter Manor!"
Everything seemed to spin, he was starting to get dizzy. He finally came to a stop. He flew out of the fireplace and landed right on stop of Sirius.
"Ow! Gerrof!" came Sirius muffled cry. James looked up and looked around his own room, then smiled.
"You know, this place just gets bigger and bigger everytime I see it." Remus said cheerfully. James frowned.
"Remus," he asked slowly, "What just happened back at your-"
"James," Remus cut him off, "Shouldn't we go see your parents?"
James quickly ran out of the room with Remus and Sirius at his heels. James ran into the kitches.
"Mum! Dad!" he shouted.
Both parents jumped pretty high, and looked thorough shocked to see him.
"James!" Mrs. Potter cried.
"What-how-we told you to stay at Hogwarts!" his dad said getting up from his chair.
"I won't stay there while you are out risking your necks!" James said, staring at his father with determined eyes. His father sighed.
"We understand. It's good to have you back." Mr. Potter said hugging his son.
"It's great to see you, Sirius dear, you too, Remus." Mrs. Potter said, hugging them.
James smiled. He was home.
The next week was a great one. Remus popped in here and there, so they didn't have much time to ask him about his Dad. Christmas approached fast, and before he knew it, he woke up on Christmas Day.
"Prongs! Presents!" Sirius shouted happily. James woke up to see tons of parents at the foot of his bed. After going through it, James and Sirius got dressed and headed down to breakfast. Just when Sirius was about to open the door, Remus came tumbling out of the fireplace.
"Oy! Remus! Merry Christmas, mate!" Sirius said, helping Remus up.
"Merry Christmas, Padfoot." Remus replied with a smile. He looked at James and added, "My mum had to go take care of some business. Mind if I-?"
"No problem. Your like family. We were just heading down to breakfast." James said.
The three headed down to meet James parents, and spent an hour at the table eating, talking, and laughing. Afterwards, the three Marauders spent the day in the living room, playing chess and talking. James looked at his clock, and realize it was already six o'clock. It was starting to get dark outside.
"Remus, back at your house, well, I mean-"James started out.
"Why didn't I answer your when you asked me where my Dad was?" Remus asked bitterly. James nodded. Sirius looked up from the chessboard and had his eyes fixed on Remus.
"My dad walked out on me and my mom." Remus said so quietly they could barely hear.
They sat there in silence for a minute. James and Sirius still trying to get over the shock.
"Why-"Sirius began to ask, but Remus suddenly covered his mouth with his hand, telling them to be quiet. He pointed over to the kitchen.
The three of them quietly walked over and heard the Potters talking to someone else. James peaked in and saw someone's head in the fire.
"-are you sure?" Mr. Potter was saying urgently.
"Oh, dear, we have to get over there right away." Mrs. Potter said, running to get her wand.
"Where's the attack?" Mr. Potter asked.
"It's on a Muggle. There is a witch in the family. Then there is another witch staying over, I'm guessing it's a friend. The witches are Lily Evans and Emma Jungher. They can't do much, their still in school. And the parents are Muggles. I'm afraid they might not be able to hold them off." The head in the fire explained.
James looked in the kitchen in horror. Lily and Emma? Getting attacked?
"Where do they live?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"23 Cherry Drive. Best to get there fast! I need to go warn the other Aurors fast." the Auror who's head was in the fire vanished. James, Sirius, and Remus quickly ran in the kitchen.
"We have to go with you!" James said.
"What?" Mr. Potter asked, completely taken aback.
"Please, sir, their our friends! We need to go help them!" Remus said.
"They won't be able to hold them off on our own and who knows how many Death Easter there are!" Sirius said desperately.
"Dad, who knows when the other Aurors might be there, you need all the help you can get!" James shouted desperately.
"No!" Mrs. Potter cried, "You aren't going! This isn't a game James! You wont have better luck than these girls do at fighting off the Death Eaters."
"But-!" all three protested at once.
"Their our friends to!"
"We have to go!"
"You'll need all the help you can get anyways!"
"No! Now all three of you get to your rooms and stay there! Your mother and I already targets and if they see you there I don't even want to think what might happen to you kids!" Mr. Potter shouted.
The three Marauders looked at eachother helplessly.
"James," Mrs. Potter said gently, "Everything will be fine. Please, stay here. Before, we go, your father and I wanted to give you this." She gave her son a wrapped package.
"A late Christmas present?" Sirius asked.
"I guess you could say that." Mrs. Potter smiled, "James, go up to your room and stay there. Don't leave your room. Open this while your up there also. Please James, do this for me."
James turned away. "Fine." He muttered.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter smiled at their son. With a small pop, they apparated. James looked at the package in his hang. 'What is it?' James asked himself.
"Now what?" Remus asked quietly.
"Were going to help them." James said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Remus and Sirius looked a little wary at first, but quickly took out their wands.
"Were right behind you, Prongs." Sirius said with a small smile. James nodded.
"Okay, Lily said that her house was connected to the Floo Network. We'll go together." James said. The three of them grabbed some Floo Power and walked into the fire place together.
"Twenty-three Cherry Drive!" they shouted together. In an instant, they were gone. The present James mother had given still lay on table, untouched.
"Whoa!" James shouted as he and the others fell out of the fireplace. The three of them scrambled to stand up and looked around in horror. The place was torn a part. The whole house was dark, furniture was turned over, glass was all over the floor.
"Lily.." James whispered.
"Where is she?" Remus whispered to them.
"Lily!" Sirius called.
"Impedimenta!"
They heard someone cast a spell out in the hallway.
"Lumos" the three of them muttered. The tip of their wands lit up, and quietly they made their way out of the room. Once they had gotten into the hallway, they heard someone scream upstairs.
"LILY!!" they heard Emma scream.
"Stupefy!"cried Lily's voice.
There was a huge flash of light upstairs. James and his friends quickly ran up the stairs and into the room, where they froze.
Five Death Eaters had cornered Lily and Emma. They were trying to fight but they were really outnumbered.
"STUPEFY!" James roared, hitting the Death Eater closest to him.
"IMPEDIMENTA!"
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!"
Sirius and Remus had both cried out spells, catching the Death Eaters by surprise.
"James!" Lily screamed after him.
"Look out!" Emma cried.
Someone had grabbed James arms and pulled them behind his bad, and from the side of him, he could that the same had been done to Remus and Sirius.
"So glad you came, you can watch this little Mudblood die the hard way." A Death Eater said, laughing at their attempts to get out. This Death Eater advanced on Lily, holding out her wand. Lily looked terrified.
"LILY!" Emma screamed, trying desperately to get free of the person holding her. Lily raised up her wand and opened her mouth to shout a spell, but never finished. The Death Eater shouted theirs first.
"Crucio!"
"Noo!!" Emma cried. Lily let out a blood curdling scream and fell to the ground. James, Sirius watched in horror. James felt his blood boil. He never felt so angry...
He kicked the Death Eater that was holding him so hard. He grunted in pain. James whipped out his wand and ran toward the Death Eater. Lily's screaming filled his ears.
"James!" Sirius and Remus both shouted his name.
James didn't even have time to think. He just ran at the Death Eater full speed, not caring how much he got hurt in return. He had to save Lily...
A/N. How was that? Also, I put the little (1) there just to add a note. I'm not sure whether or not James actually lived in a mansion. I'm guessing maybe he did! Well, hope you enjoyed it. REVIEW please!