Author's Note: I am sorry I haven't been able to update. We've been having computer problems and first the internet wasn't working and when the guys "fixed" the computer they made it so Microsoft Word won't work so now I can't type on that, but I have found a complicated way to write these chapters and post them for you. That's all I have to say about the delay and I hope that I haven't lost any readers.

Thanks Tynwfiel for correcting this, even though I had already posted the chapter. I just got anxious, like I said!

Lily woke up a few hours later with Harry in her arms, and James curled up next to her. Harry was wide awake, and his green eyes were searching the top of the ceiling as if he were looking for something. Lily laughed and Harry started to cry. It woke up James who sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Hey," he said quietly.

Lily smiled. "Did you sleep well?" she asked.

James nodded and kissed her on the lips. Harry made a funny gurgling noise. They were all silent for a minute or so, when they heard the door slam open.

James got up and grabbed his wand. Lily did the same, while cradling Harry in her other arm.

James opened the door a crack and saw several cloaked figures.

"Let's use the fire escape, they put up wards around the apartment," Lily said quietly. James nodded, and they climbed out the window as fast as they could with a baby.

"Here, I put a charm on the baby, he's safe from falling hard, but I'll levitate him down while you wait on the ground," Lily said quickly.

James shook his head, "It's too dangerous, let's just take my broom."

Lily was about to say no, when the Death Eaters entered their bedroom. She and James were in plain sight.

"It looks like they left before we got here," one of them said.

"We're supposed to look anyway, they could be hiding, look they've left the window open, they've got to be here somewhere," another one said. James thought that it was Lucius Malfoy.

They heard footsteps coming towards the window. Lily lost whatever color was left in her face.

"-they've got to be here somewhere," Lucius Malfoy said. He quickly walked over to the window and threw the curtains open.

James and his mudblood lover had been there. He could see them flying away over a rooftop. It wasn't too late to catch them.

"Macnair, get the others and head outside. Search the skies, Potter is on his broomstick," Malfoy spat. He couldn't let them get away. Not again.

"That was close," Lily said, holding on tightly to the baby.

"Too close for comfort. I wonder how they found out where I live. Only you and the Marauders know where I live," James said angrily, "When you were kidnapped did they ask you where I live?" he asked. Lily could see the anger in his eyes.

"No, they didn't! Even if they did I wouldn't have told them. I can't believe after what I just told you, you would even dare ask me if I had let slip where you were! I left you so they wouldn't harm you, that's the whole reason behind it all! Don't you get it?" Lily yelled at him. She couldn't believe James didn't trust her. She felt tears stinging her eyes. She wanted to get away from James right now.

"I suppose you don't think that it was any of the Marauders!" she added as an afterthought.

"No, Lily, it's not like that. It's just that the Marauders--they're like my brothers. They are my brothers, my family," James replied.

"So what does that make Harry and me? I thought that we were your family. You're Harry's father, he's your flesh and blood, but I guess that doesn't qualify as family anymore," Lily retorted.

"-your flesh and blood, but I guess that doesn't qualify as family anymore," he heard Lily say.

She has a good point.

James didn't say anything else for the rest of the time they were in the air. Lily didn't seem to mind that much though. They flew for about twenty minutes when James landed on the roof of the Leaky Cauldron. He grabbed Lily's hand and helped her down. As soon as she was on solid ground, she yanked her hand back and shifted Harry around in her arms.

"It won't be safe here. Since Hogwarts is the safest place I know of we'll go there, but because we can't apparate there we'll have to go to Hogsmeade first. This all looks quite a bit obvious, but if we apparate to Honeyduke's I've got a plan that will get us there safely," James said.

Lily nodded after a while, and they both disapparated to Honeyduke's. The place was almost completely empty except for the poor old shopkeeper and his wife. They were stocking the shelves and were surprised when James, Lily, and Harry arrived. Candy went flying all over the place.

"We're closed," said the old man.

"Please, we're trying to-" Lily started but James interrupted her.

"We're sorry, we'll leave now," James said, and pulled Lily and Harry out the door.

"What are you doing?" Lily whispered. She could see Death Eaters way off in the distance, "They're going to find us," she said feebly. James could see the fear in her eyes.

"There's a back door to the place. Follow me, and we can't talk until we get to Hogwarts," James said. Lily immediately closed her mouth. She shifted Harry in her arms, and pulled the blankets he was wrapped in tighter around him. He could tell she was very worried.

Lily followed James down the stairs of the candy shop to a trap door that only James could see. James let her go down first. It led to a bunch of stairs. Lily paused for a second not wanting to go down the stairs, remembering the time she fell down a flight of stairs into darkness. Lily felt a small twinge of pain in her lower back. She had to admit she was very afraid, but James seemed to know where it led, and he wouldn't lead her into danger, right? Slowly, she went down. James followed her with light, down the never-ending stairs.

The rest of the trip was very boring. After the thousands of stairs came a dark tunnel that also seemed to never end. Lily had to stop a couple of times to catch her breath, because this was the most exercise she had had since Harry was born. She really needed to get into better shape! James wouldn't let her rest for long though.

It was all quite long and boring until the path started to slope up, and there was a small crawlspace.

"We can talk now," James said, "this is Hogwarts."

Lily heard voices up above her, "So this is how you guys got to Hogsmeade all those years," she said with awe.

Lily and James had to wait for a bit until the next hour of classes began. James was now holding the baby.

"Lily, does Harry have a godfather yet?" he asked.

"No, I haven't really thought about it, but now that you ask it's probably a good idea. I think Remus should be his godfather. He would set a better example than Sirius," Lily answered.

"I don't think we could do that to him, Lily," James said. Lily noticed this funny look in his eyes. Almost like fear.

"Why not?" Lily asked.

"I think it's safe to go up there now," James said with a sigh. He went up into the crawlspace and pushed open the secret door in the statue with one hand and held Harry with the other.

"Lily can you take Harry while I get out of here?" he asked after trying--and failing many times to get out. Lily took the baby as James carefully handed him to her.

Lily passed Harry back to James and pulled herself out of the crawlspace. It was very hard work to do.

The young family then made their way to Dumbledore's office, getting strange looks from teachers, and some students that were skipping class.