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The Hogwarts Express pulled right up in King's Cross. Harry and the Weasley's said good-bye to Hermione

because she was going to be with her parents this year (for a change). They met Mr. and Mrs. Weasley on the

other side. They were whispering something but stopped right after the kids arrived. "Well, let's get a move on it

then," Arthur said brightly as he began to take Ginny's trolley and go in the direction of the parking lot with

Molly and Ginny following behind. Harry and Ron looked to each other and shrugged before following after.

"On the count of three. One. Two. Three." "Expelliarmus," James and Sirius shouted at the same time. They

were getting prepared by having a duel with each other. The disarming charms bounced off each other before

going back to the one who shot it in the first place. They both rolled off to the side to escape it. It was exactly

one day to Christmas so they always needed to be on the alert for something to be a portkey. None of them had

really eaten in days but they didn't really notice. All they did was have mock duels and went through their spells.

Some of the more lethal ones they used on dummies they conjured. "Why don't we take a break and then you

can start up again later," Remus said going to get them some water. The two other men collapsed sweating on

two chairs. They took the water gratefully and gulped it down. "Should be any day now," Sirius said. The other

two looked at him like he was crazy. "You shouldn't take this so calmly, you don't know what's going to

happen," James said. "I know, but..." He trailed off noticing that his hand wasn't coming off the bottle. Ten

seconds later he was gone. James was about to say something himself but disappeared too. Remus looked

around but knew they weren't there. "Good luck guys," he said getting up and putting their stuff away.

James landed with a thud. "You okay," Sirius asked. "Yeah," he responded. "Then you can get off of me

then." James helped Sirius up as they looked around. The only thing they could see was four walls around them.

"What are we doing in a box," Sirius asked. "Oh that is only the exterior my friends." Both of them looked

around but they were alone, weren't they? "Stupefy," a voice said to their right. They both got out of the way

and tried to find someone again while taking out their wands. "Reducto," another voice shouted. They barely

avoided it but survived. "So, there are two," Sirius said through closed lips (somehow). "Finite Incantatum,"

James muttered. A man and a woman appeared in front of them. Sirius and James both used the disarming

charm but it was avoided. That's when Sirius got an idea. He pointed his wand at the floor and shouted

"Scourgify." Soap bubbles appeared and the two of them slipped and fell. James quickly disarmed them and

froze them still. Sirius picked up their wands and snapped them in half. The wall in front of them disappeared

and slowly they both went on to their next challenge.

Remus apparated to the Burrow. He didn't really feel like being left alone at the moment, and it was

Christmas, so it felt right to be at the Burrow. It was closer to Harry too. He knocked and someone's voice

asked who it was. Remembering his password to get into Order members homes, he smiled. "Who's afraid of

the big bad wolf, the big bad wolf, the big bad wolf. Who's afraid of the big bad wolf. Lalalalala." Molly opened

it smiling to see Remus smiling as well. "Didn't know I had such a good singing voice," he said walking inside.

"Remus dear, when was the last time you ate anything," she said after giving him a hug. "A day or two. Now

don't look at me like that, I had to help them get ready. We got a bit carried away for awhile since we didn't

know when they would leave." "And did they?" "A little while ago. Is it all right that I spend the night? I don't

really want to be by myself right now. Besides, I have gifts for everyone." "Of course it's fine. But first I'm going

to get you to eat something." She forced him to sit down as she began to reheat some food. Remus smiled in

spite of himself. He said a silent prayer for his friends in the process.

When they arrived at another wall, they stopped. Their entrance closed behind them so they waited for

something to happen. Twenty minutes went by and nothing happened. Suddenly, the light on James' wand went

out. "What happened," Sirius asked quickly getting into a defensive position with his wand out in front of him. It

began to get cold so that meant only one thing. "Happy thoughts mate," Sirius said. James nodded and they got

ready. "Expecto Patronum," they shouted at the same time. A glowing silver dog and fox charged at the

dementor but all of a sudden it split into two. "Never saw that coming," James said. They called for their

patronus' again but a similar thing happened. "What should we do," Sirius asked weakly. "If only Remus was

here." "That's it," Sirius said. He waved his wand in an intricate pattern and finally said, "Parlous Remus Lupin."

"Remus, are you there," he said to a small glowing circle at the end of his wand.

Remus was just finishing up when he heard someone say his name. "Did you hear that," he asked Molly. "It's

coming from your pocket dear." He took out his wand and saw that it was glowing. "Remus, answer me," Sirius'

voice said urgently. "What is it?" "How do you stop multiplying dementors," James asked. "A single, really

powerful patronus." "Oh, is that all," Sirius said sarcastically. "Look, just combine them together. Trust me."

Remus cut off the signal and quickly said good-night to Mrs. Weasly and went to the room she told him was his

for the night.

The room now held six dementors and two tired men. "Let's try again," James said. "Expecto Patronum!" The

patronus' came out and again nothing happened. Now there were eight. "How the heck are we supposed to

combine the patronus'," Sirius asked. Slowly the voices in their heads started to get louder and more painful.

The happy memories were starting to be harder to come by. "Maybe if we meditate," James suggested. "And

how are we supposed to do that if the dementors try and suck out our souls through our mouths?" "Just DO it."

Sirius rolled his eyes before closing them. They could hear each other breathing and after a few seconds, their

hearts were beating at the same rhythm (somehow). Minutes went by and they concentrated on each other.

"Sirius Black: my best friend, aside from Remus of course, loyal, mischievous, and of course...," James thought

before opening his eyes. At the same time he was thinking that, this is what Sirius was thinking. "James Potter:

my best friend, aside from Remus evidently, noble, basically a leader, and of course..." At the same time, they

said the same thing, "My Brother." They both smiled in spite of the situation and turned to face the monster.

"EXPECTO PATRONUM," they both shouted. First came the fox and then the dog. When they both reached

the same point, the two light creatures came together and become a single golden lion. It ran right at the

dementors and destroyed them as it came closer. When they were all gone, the patronus faced them before

disappearing again. "That was," James started. "Bloody amazing," Sirius finished. Another wall went away and

they slowly continued onward.

Any comments? The combined patronus idea came from watching way to much anime (esp. digimon). Anyway, please review. It only gets more exciting from here.

P.S.- No matter what I do, I can't put paragraphs. I'm sorry if this makes it more confusing for you to read.