Inspirational Music: This Pirate song..."never threw my mashed-per-tatoes up against the wall" and all
Chapter Dedication: To my own in person Sirius Black...who will remain unnamed due to the fact that this Snuffles needs to be.
Disclaimer: One of the quotes I use in this is from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Those who spot it will not it. Don't kill me! Ducks behind a chair
AN: Any relationships that Remus or Sirius has will NOT be slash. No offense to anyone, but I can't stand it…
Remus gaped while Sirius leapt to his feet, instantly pulling his wand out. "Remus, take Lily and go!" he commanded, standing up straight and keeping his eyes one the cloaked figure before him.
When Remus didn't respond, only standing up tall and taking up his own wand, Sirius' eyes widened. "No, Sirius! Take her out of here…"
"Do you really think you can stop me?" the voice demanded, an eyebrow lifting on the figure. "Move away from her! Let me by her!"
"No!" Remus screamed, pointing his wand at the man. "You're dead, I don't know what you thought you could gain by coming here!"
"Ha, do I appear to be dead? No, apparently whatever spell that had been didn't seem to affect me at all," came a laugh as dry as the Sahara. "Now let me go to her."
Sirius raised his eyebrow before taking a step closer. Looking over towards Remus, he remembered an old thing they had agreed to back in Hogwarts. Yes, they had had several run-ins with Polyjuice Potion, actually.
"Really? Then tell me, if you really James, then tell me what number we're thinking of in our heads?" Sirius questioned, folding his arms while Remus kept his wand pointed in suspicion.
Sighing, the James before them shook his head before responding. "Sixty-nine. Do you know how old that's gotten? How did you hope I'd remember something like that?" he asked, questioning stupidly, seeing as he had already known it.
"Well, Sirius, this is obviously James we're dealing with," Remus began, eyebrows raised questioningly. "But how do we know this isn't James gone bad?"
"You know, I watched a really good movie where something like that happened. There was this guy…" Sirius began, but cut off at the look Remus gave him.
"Focus."
"Right. And you, I don't want you to think that just because we're over here rambling means we're not fully prepared to kill you because we are. Honestly," Sirius declared, pointing a wand at his old friend. "State your purpose."
While both of his friends bore down upon him, glaring, James cleared his voice before speaking. "I don't know what happened. The last thing I remember was Voldemort coming into the house. I told Lily to run, to take Harry and go upstairs so she could protect him. And I stayed down here as the door burst open and Voldemort walked in. I was ready to use any spell, but it was no use. He instantly used the curse on me. I don't remember anything since. It's as though whatever happened after my…my death?…has been erased."
Freezing, Sirius and Remus exchanged a look before James gasped to them, a pleading voice erupting from him. "Please let me see Lily. I must talk to her, tell her sorry I couldn't protect her like I should have. That I didn't protect her or Harry the way I should have."
As the two saw James' eyes form small droplets of tears, the two almost erupted into tears themselves. "It's really you. Prongs, you came back," Sirius stated in disbelief. "Lily's been having a rough time without you, and we tried to help her out but she still misses you terribly."
The pained look James gave them told them everything they needed to know. It just killed him to think about the fact that it had been him who helped cause most of Lily's pain. "Please, can I see her?" he asked again, looking up at them with his hazel eyes.
This time, both men reacted instantly as they stepped away, and James kneeled beside her now still body. "God, Lily. What happened to you?" they could hear him whispered as he took one of her pale hands, kissing it softly. "How did this happen?" he questioned aloud, looking towards his friends. "Did she fall?"
Sirius shook his head, quivering from the sadness that came over him. He had never seen James so depressed before, and it hurt to know that he couldn't explain it to his friend. "No, she just started screaming. I didn't know what was wrong with her, and she dropped onto the floor."
"Just around the time that Harry started crying…" Remus added, a frown forming on his face. "You don't think that they had to do with each other, do you?"
James eyes widened at the mention of Harry crying, looking towards Remus in curiosity. "Harry? Please, bring him to me. I don't want to…I don't want to leave Lily down here…alone. I want to be with her, okay?" he pleaded each of them solemnly.
Sirius and Remus nodded as Sirius raced up the stairs, intent on getting his godchild. After all they had been through, this was possibly a mix of the best and worst that had happened so far. With James here now, no matter what else had happened, it appeared that perhaps things would be set right once more.
"James…I don't know how it happened, or if it involves what happened to Lily and Harry but…I'm glad you're back," Remus grinned, although it was hard to in such a serious situation. "It's been pretty bad without you, she's been crying. But with you back, I think everything will change. You're going to get the light back in her life."
James looked towards Remus, as though he was taking the words in slowly before he nodded, slowly the lump in his throat. He hadn't seen Lily in the past few months, although he couldn't remember that space in time he knew something had gone on. Not giving it another thought, however, he felt his heart leap as he spotted Sirius walking down the steps with Harry.
"Harry…" he whispered, looking at his son as Sirius set the boy on the floor and he flew into his arms.
"Prongs," Harry chirped, hugging his father as he grinned. "Daddy!"
"Oh Harry, I've missed you so much," he whispered to his son, tears flowing down his cheeks although he smiled. "Have you been a good boy for Mommy?"
As Harry nodded, James laughed while turning at the sudden cry that came from Remus. "She's waking up!"
As all eyes flew to the now moving Lily, Remus was the first to help her up while Sirius raced for a cup of tea. They had, after all, been living with her for a few months now. And they knew what to do to hopefully make her feel better.
"Remus, what happened?" Lily muttered, holding her head as she slowly began to straighten up. "I thought I heard…" she paused, the moment her eyes met her husband and her hands started to quiver.
"James."