Hey everybody. Here is chapter 20.

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The next five days came and went uneventfully. Yeah, they heard about a few Death Eater attacks here and there... but they were becoming quite frequent, and when they saw the death toll in the Daily Prophet had reached an ultimate high, no one was very surprised.

Finally, the end of break had come, and everyone at the Potter manor was running about, getting packed. Faye had decided to stay the rest of break once she visited during Christmas. All of the teenagers were informed of Tammy's worsening condition. She was getting weaker, though put on a great show for James and the others. She pretended to be fine, but really... everyone could tell that she was definitely sick.

'Oi, Lily! Have you seen my Sneak-o-Scope!' James called out to his girlfriend. Everyone was preparing to go to King's Cross.

'It's already in your trunk. I put it there last night. I can't find Icy's basket. Do you know where it is?' Lily asked James. She had decided on the name Icy for her cat, because his beautiful eyes were ice-blue.

'Uhhh... Probably down in the living room, but I'm not sure.' James said to her shrugging.

'Lils! Icy's basket is in my room!' Michelle yelled out to Lily from her room. She heard Lily ask James where it was.

Lily ran off to get her kitten packed up and ready for the trip.

'JAMES TEN MINUTES!' Tammy yelled as strongly as she could up the stairwell.

James rolled his eyes at Sirius and Harry, who were in his room looking for spare stuff that found it's way in there. 'I KNOW MUM!'

Remus and Michelle were finished packing first, seeing as they were the most tidy and organized. Lily eventually found all of Icy's necessities and she finished too. She went down the stairs with them to see a stressed Mrs. Potter.

'We've got seven minutes.' She said in an annoyed and frustrated voice.

'Hey. Good morning everyone.' Harry said, as ran down the stairs to see Remus, Michelle, Lily, and Tammy all waiting.

'Good morning, Harry.' Tammy greeted with a warm smile.

'JAMES, SIRIUS NOW!' She yelled again.

'Coming... Mum, coming.' James said as he levitated his trunk to float down the stairs. Sirius followed his lead, and together they slid down the large banister smoothly.

'We've got only a few minutes to get to King's Cross. Do you have everything?' She asked them quickly.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

'Ok, Harry you're side-apparating with James. I'm with Remus.' Tammy said, for she was too weak to do it on her own, and with that, she held onto Remus's arm, and closed her eyes. Within seconds, they arrived in the busy train station.

All eight of them went through the barrier.

'I love you all so much. Oh, you must come visit over summer-time. Jamie make sure to write, you too Lily. Everyone! Ahh... Harry, it's been such a great time meeting you, and I will be sure to see you again. Be careful. Listen to Dumbledore. Don't cause too much trouble. I love you!' Tammy called out with tears in her eyes.

'Thanks Tammy!' Lily, Michelle, and Faye all said a little teary-eyed as well.

James gave his mum a hug and whispered in her ear, 'Stay safe mum.'

'See ya Tammy. Thanks again.' Sirius told her with his famous, charming smile.

'Goodbye Tammy. We will see you soon.' Remus said.

Harry waved to her, as the whistle had blown and it was all very rushed.

'Go, go... the train!' Lily called, and they all jumped on in time.

The train ride was quite boring, that was until a couple of Slytherin's decided to pick on their carriage, which was a really bad idea... because with James Potter and Sirius Black, prepared to take on anyone with their master hexing skills, the Slytherin's were as good as dead.

'It's kind of sad to know that our Hogwart's year is over? Isn't it?' Michelle mused to the others.

'Yeah... it is. I'm gonna miss it.' Lily agreed.

Suddenly, the door of the carriage opened. 'What would you have to miss, mudblood? You don't belong in Hogwarts.' It turned out to be a couple of older Slytherin's, including Macnair, Nott, and Snape cowering in the backround.

'Say that again.' James said in a low, deep voice, as he stood up facing the guy.

'That mudblood doesn't belong in Hogwart's... nor do you, you blood traitor.' Macnair hissed.

'Watch your mouth.' Sirius snarled, now standing up behind James.

'Just forget it... sit down,' Lily insisted, not pulling her head up to meet Macnair and Nott's eyes. 'James, sit down!' She said more forcefully.

James looked down at Lily, and for once, sat down and listened to her. He looked pretty sullen. Sirius looked at him as if he were crazy.

'What Potter? Gone soft now, did we?' Nott sneered to him wickedly.

James didn't retaliate, he just stayed quiet, trying to ignore the remarks.

'You know Potter, your wench of a mudblood here... she better watch it, because now-a-days... it's a real threat to be walking around in public knowing that they're only filth.' Macnair said with a smirk worthyof a strong hex.

James eyes glared then flashed angrily. Lily looked worriedly at Michelle and Faye who were stiff. Not only was just Sirius standing up, but so was Harry and Remus too.

'You're threatening us?' Sirius snarled to him.

'Not you... her.' Nott said nodding towards Lily.

'Yeah... but she won't have to worry about that... cause we're with her.' Remus said boldly.

'Like you would help. You see, when the Dark Lord wants a mudblood, he gets a mudblood. And... he won't just kill her, he'll do much more than that before he decides to make her snuff it.' Nott responded to all the guys.

It happened within seconds. James snapped and furiously shot the first curse towards Nott, and he immediately had his fingers painfully swelling three times the normal size. Then he realized that he was itching all over his body. It was more painful than the swelling fingers. He looked at James angrily and sent a curse to him. Luckily, James ducked and wickedly laughed at him.

Sirius thinking he could do much damage another way, chucked his wand to the side and took a punch at Macnair. He responded by sending a hex towards Sirius, which he ducked, and hit Remus, whose legs began dancing uncontrollably.

'Finite!' Lily gasped, and Remus stopped dancing.

Harry finished Macnair with a stun. Eventually, both Macnair and Nott where out cold and Snape was left in the corner.

'What?' Sirius proclaimed loudly to the cowardly, greesy git, while holding a bloody nose from a stray curse coming from Macnair.

'I... uh... just was... I was just...' Snape stuttered.

'You were just leaving.' James said loudly and angriliy. He snapped the door to the compartment shut, and sat back down.

Lily looked at him and shook her head.

'I had to Lily!' James insisted to her.

'No you didn't. We could've just ignored them.' Lily said quietly. She was embarrassed and scared. Mostly scared though, because it was dangerous to be called a mudblood in times of evil, like there was now.

'Ignored a threat Lily? They threatened you, you know! They - ' James began in a mad voice.

'I know what they did,' Lily said firmly.

Everyone silently watched James and Lily have their little fight.

'Come on Lily... it's true, they shouldn't have said that stuff. We had a right to stand up to them.' Remus said quietly.

Lily still shook her head. 'If we fight them like this... it only makes them angrier, and it will only make the threats worse. Which is exactly the opposite of what we want!' She said, as her eyes filled with tears. The threats did scare her.

James put an arm around Lily. He didn't care really what Lily said, it was their job to protect the girls. Especially if the Slytherin's were going after them. 'It's okay Lily. Don't cry.' James told her, as he pulled her into a tight hug.

'I know... I'm just being stupid. They mean it when they say those things... they'd really do that to me without hesitation.' Lily mumbled to herself. Only James heard her, and he responded by squeezing her even more tightly.

The rest of the train ride was dull. Except if you count it interesting that the food-trolley lady came by.

After what seemed like five hours, they got to Hogwarts.

'Wanna hex stupid firsties?' Sirius asked.

Everyone was in the Head Common Room, and they were sitting lazily on the couches, completely bored.

'No.' Lily and Michelle protested immediately.

'How about the kitchens?' Harry suggested.

James groaned. 'We just ate that entire welcome back feast.'

'We can sneak into Hogsmeade?' Faye spoke up to them.

Sirius beamed at his girlfriend proudly. 'That is my Maraudette!' He said loudly.

'We could get in serious trouble.' Remus said to them. He never enjoyed sneaking into Hogsmeade like the other boys, for it held a lot of bad memories, particularly near the Shrieking Shack.

'Hey I heard that Anna Marie is in St. Mungo's from the attack on the train, but aside from her, the others are all in the Hospital Wing.' Michelle said, mentioning one of their fellow Hufflepuff friends.

'So?' Sirius asked dumbly.

'Let's see who they are.' Lily told him as though it were obvious.

'Okay... that is if they let us go in.' James said, standing up and stretching.

The others followed his lead, and they all began their walk to the Hospital Wing.

When they reached the doors to the school's medical station, they heard some yelling going on inside.

Everyone looked at each other confused. James shrugged.

'NO, I NEED TO LEAVE!'

'MISS, YOU ARE MY PATIENT, I JUST CANNOT ALLOW -'

'I NEED TO SEE SOMEONE NOW! I'M PERFECTLY FINE, I PROMISE!'

'YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING BUT BED REST! NOW, PLEASE, QUIET YOUR VOICE YOU MIGHT WAKE THE OTHERS.'

'Too late Poppy.' Someone called out in an annoyed voice.

'PLEASE JUST LET ME LEAVE, I NEED TO -'

But exactly what the girl needed to do, no one knew, because James, Sirius, Remus, Harry, Lily, Michelle, and Faye all entered the Wing.

Harry felt like he vaguely knew that voice that was yelling.

'HARRY!' The girl shrieked and ran towards the cowering Harry. She jumped on him and gave him a huge hug.

Harry looked down at the girl he most least expected to come.

Sirius and James looked at each other slyly and listened in on what they were saying. James' eyes widened at the next word Harry said.

'Ginny?'

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