Inspirational Music: My Heart Will Go On-Celine Dion

Chapter Dedication: George, my monkey, and my reviewers!

AN: SO sorry about the quality of this chapter. My muse has shut down and someone has been forcing me to write--literally--so yes, it's coming terribly and I'm sorry it's written so horribly.

"I've missed this place so much," Emily whispered as her and Sirius walked into Hogsmeade, smiles on their faces. "It's like I'm back at school, except instead of being with my friends I'm with you."

"That's a good thing, right?" Sirius asked skeptically, raising an eyebrow before grinning as she gently hit his shoulder.

"Duh!"

James, however, didn't seem to think that their little discussion was any bit of amusement. He was rather scowl prone, his arms folded as he stared dangerously ahead of them while he muttered under his breath how unbelievable it was, him walking around like a dunder-headed fool.

Lily smirked, shaking her head towards her husband while keeping Harry propped up on her hip. "Oh James, just stop it. You asked for dare, you know."

"Oh consider yourself lucky, Lily," James pouted, looking towards her although a grin formed. "You weren't asked truth or dare!"

As everyone heard James' words, they all paused and looked towards the redhead who seemed rather happy with that fact. "Yes? What is your point?"

"That is so not fair! I had to walk home soaked and Lily didn't even have to do anything?" Emily protested, pointing her finger towards Lily in disbelief.

"I guess I'm just lucky, then," Lily shrugged before looking around at them all. "Oh come on, today we're supposed to laugh and make fun of James, not poke and prod about how I never got my turn."

James scoffed, shaking his head as he looked towards his wife in disbelief. "Thanks, Lily. Such a great support I'm getting from you while I'm here dressed like an old woman!"

"But a very handsomely dressed up old woman," Lily added, leaning in to give him a kiss while the others couldn't help but grimace. Watching Lily kiss what appeared to be Snape's mother was highly disturbing.

As the only married couple in the group laughed, they manage to force the others along before reaching into the center of Hogsmeade, where several had gathered for an Easter type festival. "Oh great. This should be interesting," Remus commented truthfully while Sirius groaned and rolled his eyes.

"How could anything like this be interesting?" he asked, exasperation in his voice as he looked towards the crowd of people in front of him. "It's frickin' Easter! Nothing special there, if you ask me. Except for a chance to give your lover something," he added, grinning towards Emily.

As everyone besides a glowering Remus laughed, they suddenly froze when they were met face to face with none other than Snape, whom stood staring at James with a disgusted look while a few of his Death Eater friends stood behind him.

"What the bloody hell do you think you're doing, Potter?" he hissed, looking amongst them all in disgust. "Shocked that Voldemort didn't manage to do the job properly on either of you. Such a shame, a wonderful curse gone to waste."

Remus and the girls had to restrain both James and Sirius from connecting their fists to Snape's face, although it was rather complicating for Lily as she held on to Harry tightly as ever.

"Don't you dare say a thing like that!" Sirius snarled, eyes wide as he looked towards Severus in disgust. "You have no right to decide whom you think is fit in the ground. If anything, it is you and that greased up head you've got, Snivellus!"

As Severus' eyes blazed, he shook his head, pulling his wand up while the girls gasped and jumped away. "Don't you realize it, Black? We're here on orders. Seems like Potter here wasn't the only one that miraculously jumped from the grave. And now, we are about to tear your own lives to pieces. All of yours."

The moment Severus' words left his lips, the horde of what appeared to be a dozen, yet probably only seven Death Eaters behind him removed their own wands before aiming them menacingly towards the group of them while James, Sirius, and Remus did the same and the girls jumped back once more, eyes wide.

"Take the girls, men, you know our orders!" came an icy voice of none other than Lucius Malfoy as his grey eyes stared coldly at the men in the group. "Leave these little boys to Severus, Knot, and I."

At the man's words, all three men leapt with their wands outstretched in pursuit of the girls, as if to shield them themselves from any possible threat. But the attempt was useless as they were each forced to move, several curses at once tossing them aside as Malfoy, Snape, and Crabbe reached out for the girls, forcing them along with them as they made their way towards an alley while the remaining Marauders tried their best to fend off the others. Too late came aid from what appeared to be a shocked Arthur Weasley, while Molly chided behind him. Two young twins clutched her hand, her youngest being held against her pregnant stomach, and three younger boys standing around her with wide eyes.

"Arthur! If you do anything that ends in bodily harm for you, I honestly swear that you will not live to see another day!" she shouted after him, while the man quickly defended a hex sent his way.

"Yes, Molly. Now please, take the children away from here!"

As the now four men stood, picking off the last opposite four Death Eaters, they found the job rather easily as they were all knocked unconscious before James turned, eyes wide and wild. "Lily, Harry!" he screamed, panic rushing through him. Not again! He could not lose them again…no matter how much others would state that they had lost him. He had been somewhere that he couldn't remember for that time. They had had each other…now he had to experience his pain again.

"We have to get them back. Now, we have to go. We've got to find them!" he declared urgently, while the other two men just stared in shock, reveling at what had just happened while Arthur laid a hand of pity on their shoulders, wondering what it would have been like for him to lose his children and wife.

When he got no response, James spun around, his jet black, yet terribly messy hair at odd angles as he looked towards his friends in disbelief. "Didn't you hear me? We've got to get them. I will not lose Lily and Harry again! We're going now! We've got to find them!"