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I carefully lifted Harry away from the wood, the orange glow from the burning embers gave him a bright glow. His little face was covered in ash and scratches, and there was a lightning-shaped scar in the middle of his forehead, slightly bleeding.
We heard a slight rumble in the air and looked up into the starry sky to see a flying motorcycle with Sirius as its rider. "Where's Dumbledore?" he demanded as soon as he touched down.
"S-said he w-w-would b-be s-s-sending Hagrid," Remmy said between dry heaves. I was feeling rather nauseous myself.
"Why?" Sirius whispered.
"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW, SIRIUS? AND WHY SHOULD I CARE!" Remmy screamed at him. I was very taken aback, I took Remmy as a very fun-loving person who would never even raise her voice.
"WELL, YOU'RE KEEPING BACK ALL SORTS OF SECRETS AREN'T YOU?" Sirius yelled back.
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" Remmy brandished her wand.
"Oh ho ho! You don't think I haven't a clue? You're the secret keeper!" Sirius accused, I paid them no mind. I glanced back over at Lane and Liam and crawled over carefully to them.
"I love you so much, this is all my fault…" I started to cry silently. Lane's now-bright blue eyes were wide open, and were lost of their usual shimmer of happiness. I touched his soft skin and was surprised at how cold his skin was because of all the heated wood around his body. I softly closed his eyes.
"WELL THAT IS NEW TO ME, REMMINGTON!" Sirius yelled.
"IT'S NOT MY FAULT THEY NEVER TOLD YOU!" Remmy screeched.
"WOULD YOU TWO SHUT UP!" I finally shouted, "MY BROTHERS AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE DEAD AND YA'LL ARE ARGUING?"
"Harry's alive? How-" Sirius raced over to me and pulled the now screaming baby out of my arms. I let him go, all I cared about now was getting my brothers out of this place. A single tear fell and landed on Liam's soft cheek.
"Liam, please wake up," I gave his little body a little shake but nothing happened.
"How did he survive? This is a crazy miracle," Sirius muttered while Remmy kicked her way through the house.
Lane and Liam were my crazy miracles…
Liam started to blur.
"Family, Leigh?" Lane repeated.
"Yes, Lane. We are a family. You know what families do, right?" I had asked them both. It had been after a nasty encounter with a drunken Jacob and I had a bleeding lip.
"We stick togefer!" Liam had crawled into my lap.
"Don't leave me…please, don't leave me!" I cried out in anguish.
"Leigh," Sirius was behind me now.
"What!" I snapped at him.
"Luv, let's get away from here," he started to pull at my hand.
"NO! No! I want to see my brothers! I want to hold them…I want to hold them," The day my parents died washed over me.
Thump. Thump.
I looked over to see a humongous man with tears running into his wild beard looking at Sirius, Harry, and I. He started to approache us, slightly shaking the ground.
"Hagrid," Sirius said, "Dumbledore sent you, I assume?"
"Yeah, he needs Harry," the Hagrid person choked out.
"Why?"
"He's goin' to stay at his aunt an' uncle's home," Hagrid reached out for Harry.
"I'm his godfather, Hagrid," Sirius clutched the child closer to him, "I can take care of him."
"No, Sirius, Dumbledore said…"
Sirius gave a loud and tired sigh and handed Harry reluctantly over to the giant man. "Take Rosa, Hagrid, I won't need her anymore." he gestured to his flying motorcycle.
Hagrid let out a choked cry and lumbered over to the motorcycle and flew off into the night.
"Here they come," I whispered. Several men had appeared near the crumbled house they held little stretchers and walked over to Remmy. She stepped out of the way and her knees buckled, Sirius ran over to her and caught Remmy before she could hit her head on a beam.
"Miss, please," One of the doctor people said. He stood with two other men dressed in white robes and had two little stretchers.
"No…I want to hold them," I said numbly.
"Miss, we need to get the bodies," he pulled gently at my arm. I stood slowly and another one of his little buddies came over.
Bodies…no…
They waved their wand and Lane and Liam floated onto the stretchers where they were covered by neat sheets. They then lifted the rubble off of Lily and did the same to her.
"Leigh dear?" Remmy had gathered the strength to stand.
"Let's leave, now," Sirius took me by the hand and basically dragged me and we Apperated to his home.
Remmy and Sirius had seemed to gain some sense. They carried me to the bedroom and then went to go talk. I just sat on the edge of the bed, dazed.
I have nothing…Lane and Liam were the reason to live and now they're gone.
Revenge. Said the small voice
Revenge? No…I want to be with my brothers.
You can't kill yourself.
Yes I can. Nobody needs me now.
What about Remmy, Sirius, and Remus?
Who cares?
You should.
Why?
They cared for you and Lane and Liam. Shouldn't you return the favor?
I had to admit that the voice had a point, but my life was spent making sure that my brother's lives were spent happy and lovingly. I had failed. Flashes of past memories passed before my eyes.
"Look, Leigh!" Lane said excitedly and started to chase after a squirrel.
"Kitty!" Liam ran with him. I started to laugh. We were in the park, it was during the fall all sunny and warm. The squirrel had managed to scurry up an elm and chattered at the babies below.
"I don't want to be alone," I said aloud, my voice cracked.
"Leigh? Awr you owkay?" Liam crawled into my lap after another nasty confertation with Jacob. I brushed back his little black curls.
"Family stick togefer right, Leigh?" Lane said and wrapped his small arms around me.
"Yes, that's right. You'll always be with me," I had said to them, and meant it with all my heart.
The squeaking door brought me out of my daze, Remmy came and sat beside me. "Leigh, child, we can leave."
"And go where?" I spat.
"America," Remmy said quietly and my head slowly rose to look at her.
"You would do that?" I whispered.
"I need to get away, and I know you do to," Remmy pulled me into an embrace and kissed my forehead. It felt so good to be held.
The next thing I knew I was sleeping peacefully, no dreams, just a deep, deep sleep. A door slammed and I heard Remmy cry out. I sat up and then slowly walked into the living room.
"Get packed, Leigh. We're leaving tonight," Remmy looked at me with puffy eyes.
"Where's Sirius?" I asked slowly.
"He…he went after Pettigrew," Tears started to leak from the corners of her eyes.
"Who?"
"Explain later, get your things packed now." Remmy stood up and then helped me stuff all my belongings into my backpack.
And in a blink of an eye we were in Diagon Alley demanding a Portkey to America.
And there it is...and it is unfourtuante to say I only have atleast one more chapter left of this little story!