Hey! Sorry, it's been awhile since I updated. Hope you enjoy this chapter! Oh, some thanks to the people that reviewed.

Kat- Hey! Glad you liked the story! The last chapter was really long. This one is a little short, but it's pretty long. Hope to see another review from you!

MissBlueAngel- Yeah, I wasn't too sure what Voldemort looked liked. Thanks for telling me.

Magnum-Angel- It was pretty action packed. Not a lot of drama or romance in the last chapter. Not much in this chapter either, but still. There will be some. Oh, and in this chapter you'll see if James plan worked. Otherwise...heh he's out of luck!

Until the day I die
I'll spill my heart for you
Until the day I die
I'll spill my heart for you

Should I bite my tongue?
Until blood soaks my shirt
We'll never fall apart
Tell me why this hurts so much

As years go by
I race the clock with you
But if you died right now
You know that I'd die to
I'd die too

-Story of the year "Until the day I die"

Chapter 18 A Fight we might not win

James eyes widened in shock. "You killed-?"

"Yes." Snarled the man, "And with pleasure, may I add."

James suddenly felt dizzy—he couldn't breathe.

"Do you see now, James? This is the price you pay. Your father is dead. I know, I killed him myself and now, you will suffer the same fate."

"He's not dead! You're lying!" James yelled.

The man laughed. "No, I'm not lying. He's dead, thanks to y-"

"Your lying!" James shouted.

"And your other friend—John, is it? Yes, it only seems fair to let him die as well." The man said.

"NO!" James screamed. This was too much. He felt like he couldn't breathe. 'You may have gotten my father, but you won't take the next closest thing!' James thought. Rage such as James never felt took over his body. He had no control of what happened next.

There was a sudden flash of white light coming from the pendant on James chest. It was glowing. The man was thrown off James and hit the ground hard. Quickly standing up, James looked around desperately for his wand.

He cursed under his breath for not finding it. In the next instant, every Death Eater in the room was circled around James, closing in. James looked over and realized one of the men were holding John, who was looking ill and didn't look like he would last another second.

James was sweating hard, looking for a way out.

"So," James said, trying to sound conversational, "Tell me, Sam, why you decided to join the Dark Side?"

The man named Sam, who had pinned James down earlier and claimed he killed his father, took a step close to James.

"For revenge." He stated simply.

"Revenge?" James asked, totally nonplussed. "Revenge on what? You were an Auror! Surely the only person you wanted revenge on were the Death Eaters making your jobs so hard? And instead, you side with them!" James exclaimed.

Sam gave a low chuckle. "Ex-Auror, if you remember correctly, James."

"Ex-Auror?"

"Yes. In the starting of the war, your dad and I were partners. I'll admit we were a good team, however, it didn't last long. Your dear old friend John came, turns out he was an old friend of your father's. He came into the Auror business and shoved me out of the way.

"He was made partners with your dad and together they became some of the best. It wasn't long after that I was fired. Revenge was all I wanted, James. And now, to prove myself to the Dark Lord, I only need to do one thing."

"What's that?" James asked apprehensively.

"Bring you to him." Sam said, giving a maniac grin.

"You won't be taking anyone tonight. Get out and leave us alone!" James shouted, though he knew very well it wouldn't work.

Sam then began pacing, twirling his wand through the air. James thought he could grab it, but decided against it since he was so outnumbered. Sam then stopped, pointing his wand at John.

"Potter, the Dark Lord wanted you to suffer, so I'm here to follow out those orders. You can watch your friend die the hard way." John sneered.

"Crucio!"

John fell to the ground, screaming in pain.

"No!" James shouted once the curse lifted, "I don't understand! Why would you want to kill John because he's a great Auror?" 'Stall. I need to buy some more time.' James thought.

"Why? Have you not been listening? It's because he's a great Auror! He came and I got shunned. It could have been me, but it wasn't. And you father—your father didn't care." Sam said.

"He did!" James yelled in desperation, "My dad was upset about it for a long time!"

"Well he should have done something about it." Sam snarled, pointing his wand again at John.

"No!" James screamed, not wanting to see his friend go through anymore pain, "No! Leave him alone! Take me instead!"

Slowly, John lifted his head into the air. "No.." he whispered, though he could still be heard, "J-James.....g-get out of h-here. I'll be fine."

"I won't leave you!" James shouted.

"Crucio!" Sam yelled.

Expecting the spell to hit John, James was surprised when he suddenly fell to his knees in pain. 'He put the curse on me.' James thought through the pain. Sam didn't lift the curse—James didn't know how much longer he could take it.

He never felt so much pain in his life—he screamed. He couldn't hold it in any longer. James screamed himself hoarse.

Finally, the curse was lifted. James couldn't get up. He was so dizzy—

To James surprise, he heard yelling, footsteps, and spells being shot by voices he knew all too well.

"Stupefy!"

"Impedimenta!"

"How dare you! Don't ever touch him again!" he heard Sirius shout.

Suddenly, someone was by his side. Getting up slowly, he saw Remus looking at him.

"Are you okay?" Remus asked, concern in his voice.

James nodded. "But....what happened? How did you get here?"

There were spells flying all over the place. A jet of green light flew over Remus's head.

"No time." Remus said urgently, grabbing his wand, "we have to fight."

A Death Eater came out of nowhere, tackling Remus to the ground, choking him. James looked around wildly. There had to be something—

He spotted his wand. He dashed over, grabbed it, and turned around to the Death Eater and struggling Remus.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

The Death Eater fell over, as still as a board.

"James look out!" Remus yelled, pointing to something above James shoulder. He spun around. Five Death Eater were charging toward him.

Someone came in between James and the Death Eaters....two girls. One was a red head the other with black hair.

"Immobilia!"

Lily shouted, making the Death Eaters slow down.

"Are you okay?" Emma shouted over all the chaos.

James nodded. "I'm not going to even ask how you got here."

Emma smiled.

"Stupefy! Petrifucus Totalus! Impedimenta!"

Sirius was doing a great job. There were already about nine Death Eaters down. James also spotted Peter nearby, hexing anyone who came near him.

James, Lily, Emma, and Remus ran off to fight the remainng Death Eater. James was looking for John and Sam. He wanted Sam to pay but wanted to get John out of here.

"Expelliarmus!"

Emma shrieked in surprise as her wand flew out of her hand and a good five feet away from her. The Death Eater advanced, with a mad glint in his eye. Emma spotted some glasses nearby, filled with hot tea. Emma smirked. If she couldn't fight with magic, she would just have to do it Muggle style.

Emma picked up the cup and flung it at the Death Eater. He cried out when the hot tea made contact with his skin. Emma grabbed another cup and threw it. It hit him right on the head, causing him to fall over.

"Brilliant!" Sirius called over, dueling with a Death Eater himself.

"Thanks!" Emma shouted, picking up her wand.

James was dueling with his own Death Eater, dodging curses. The Death Eater made a slashing movement with his wand, and a purple flame came out.

James hid behind the couch, missing the curse by inches. There was the sound of things crashing, random curses being shouted, and someone else screaming. He knew that scream.

James got out of his hiding place.

"Stupefy!"

The Death Eater fell to the ground. James looked around. There were still about eight of them left. Sirius and Remus and doubled and were fighting two Death Eater, Peter was fighting one, Lily was fighting off two, same as Emma. There was one person missing—

James cursed. He looked around. Sam and John were also dueling, much to James surprise. John had gotten his wand back and was shooting hexes left and right so that Sam was having trouble keeping up.

Panicking, James rushed over, when someone grabbed him from behind.

"Crucio!"

James spun around, getting ready to strike, when suddenly, he felt pain beyond imagination. He fell to the ground, screaming in agony.

The pain was suddenly gone, leaving him weak. James shakily got to his knees and looked up. A Death Eater was standing before him, wand raised.

Sirius, becoming very angry, came up next to James.

"Ah, Black, is it? Yes, the disappointment of the family..."the Death eater started to say.

"Silencio!"

He instantly began to stop talking. Sirius smiled victoriously. Peter came running up, panting.

"S-Sirius, James, we need to get out of here." Peter gasped, looking a mess.

"Not without John!" James yelled.

He ran over to his friend, only to stop in his tracks in horror.

Sam used the same slashing moment that was used on James earlier. Only this time, it hit its target. John's wand fell out of his hand and it's owner fell to the ground with a loud thump.

For James, the world stopped moving. He ran to his friend and kneeled down while Sirius jumped up and began dueling with Sam.

"John, John, wake up! We have to get out of here!" James yelled, shaking his friend. Suddenly, Lily was next to James, holding John's wrist.

"He's alive." She breathed.

James only nodded. He didn't think he could take much more.

"James," Liily whispered urgently, "We need to get out of here. Grab John and we'll run for it. Here, take this and run to the fireplace."

Lily got something out of her pocket and placed it in James hand. It was Floo Powder.

James looked toward the fireplace and instantly understood.

"Everyone else already has it. Come on. I'll be right here guarding you so you can take John." Lily said, standing up with her wand raised.

Putting his own wand in his pocket, James grabbed John and slung an arm around him. With Lily on his back, he made his slow way toward the fireplace.

"Remus! James!" Sirius yelled. James and Lily looked back.

Sam knocked Sirius off his feet and was advancing toward Remus, who had just stunned a Death Eater. Slowly, Sam took out a silver dagger.

Sirius recovered quickly. James instantly understood. Silver kills werewolves.

"RUN!" James bellowed. They didn't need telling twice. Remus dodged Sam and sprinted over to the fireplace, with Sirius, Peter, and Emma at his heel. There were still five Death Eaters left. James was about to place a foot in the fireplace when it suddenly exploded. James and his friends fell backwards by the force of the explosion. James dropped John, fell to the ground and covered his face while debris flew all around him.

When the smoke cleared, James looked up. His heart fell. The fireplace was gone. The Death Eaters used a spell to destroy it. They were trapped. James looked around. Lily, Peter, Sirius, Remus, and Emma all got to their knees, horror-stricken at what had happened.

"That was our only way out." Emma whimpered.

The five Death Eaters slowly advanced on the teenagers, Sam in front, holding the dagger.

"You won't get out of here alive. That's one thing you can count on." Sam snarled, a hungry look in his eyes.

A/N. How'd you like it? sorry it took so long. Oh yeah, I need some more info on the silver killing werewolves. Lol sorry I'm really horrible at this. If anyone can explain to me how it kills them exactly, it'll help. Anyways, don't forget to give a long nice review! Oh and constructive criticism is nice too.

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Amour-Lily