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The next morning came a bit too quickly for Remus' liking. It had been over six hours since he heard from the
others. From what they had told him, it was rather dangerous. Dementors and Death Eaters were one thing, but
Sphinx, giant newts and fire-breathing lizards were quite another. He was waiting for the kids to get up with the
older Weasleys. Molly was currently making breakfast while Arthur and Charlie started a fire. Remus sat
holding his head up with his hands because Arthur just had to make the fire the Muggle way so that meant the
return of lighting matches and then dropping them. He could tell that Charlie was getting bored and tired of
putting the fire on the rug out with his wand. Ginny was first down the stairs. "Happy Christmas all," she said.
"Happy Christmas," they said back. "Can you go and get the others dear. I'm sorry you had to come all the way
down but it is getting late," Molly said. "Okay mum," she said and went back up. Remus, getting tired of waiting,
yelled, "Incendo," at the fireplace and a roaring fire appeared. He sighed and went back to waiting for word
from the others as he heard doors opening upstairs.
"That.Bloody.Sucked," Sirius said panting. "Who would've thought he got a hand of nifflers and we'd get
sprayed with something shiny," James said. They both looked up to see that the room they were in held two
doors. "What should we do," Sirius asked. James thought about it for a few minutes. "Looks like we're going to
need to split up." "Are you sure?" James looked a bit nervous but in the end he nodded. Sirius went through the
one on the left while James went to the right. "See you at the end mate," Sirius said and ran through. James
nodded, more to himself than anyone else, and left.
Harry left and went to find Ron. He seemed a little upset that Remus didn't believe him but that was a bit far
fetched. Remus sighed and tried to think about what the others were doing. They shouldn't be off on some
adventure trying to find Lily. It was Christmas and it was a time for family. He looked back into the fireplace and
watched the fire dance about on the logs. He was just about to stand when he heard a yell come from upstairs.
They all went to see what had happen and they stopped at Ron's room. "Ron, what happened," Arthur asked.
Ron didn't answer but just stared out the window. "Where's Harry," Remus asked suddenly. Ron didn't answer
but handed Remus a note that was in his hand. He quickly ripped it open and read it before collapsing in a chair.
"They took him."
Sirius had been walking for what seemed like hours before something happened. There, sitting in a chair in the
middle of the room, was James. He was all tied up and had a gag on his mouth. Sirius ran over to help him,
forgetting that he was supposed to be through the other entrance of the cave. "James, what happened?" James
didn't answer but grabbed Sirius by the scruff of the neck after bringing a knife out from his shoe. "Listen to me
very carefully Black. No one wants you. You are nothing but a nuisance and you'll never amount to anything."
Sirius looked at him thunderstruck. "Why don't you go back to Azkaban where you belong? Harry deserves to
be with me and not some criminal who might or might not be guilty." "What," Sirius said slowly. "That's right,
now you'll get what you deserve," James said before punching him square in the face.
James had come upon a room as well that held a person tied to a stake. Lights appeared and he closely saw
that it was Lily. Fire came from below her and she began to scream. "James, help me!" James thought very
quickly and came up with an idea. He blasted the stake with a spell and summoned her to him right away. Just
as he was about to reassure Lily that she was going to be okay, she kicked him in the head. His glasses broke
and he felt a lump form on his head. "Lily...what..." "Oh come on James, you honestly didn't think that I would
still be with you. You're about the same as you ever were. Arrogant, a jerk and a bullying toerag of a loser. If
Harry could see you he would never want to have anything to do with you. Wake up James, the future you
wanted can never happen because I want OUT!" "Lily?" "Don't Lily me jerk." She pulled a wand from nowhere
and began to fire hexes at him. "Lily, what are you doing?" She didn't answer him but continued to try to maim
and kill him. His Lily never did this sort of stuff to him. Maybe she was under a curse or something. "Finite
Incantatum," he tried but she dodged them as he fired them. He tried for several minutes before he shot the
Petrificus Totalus at her. She froze on the spot and collapsed. "Okay 'Lily', let's see what you're all about." He
canceled the charm around her and found out it wasn't her at all. It was an Inferi! He jumped in fright at the
rotting being before him. Recollecting himself, he cast a magical fire that destroyed the being as it struggled. He
sighed and clutched his heart before hearing yells from before him.
Sirius was not faring to well against James. He didn't want to hurt his brother. Somehow James knew what he
was thinking because seconds later he said, "And you will never be any brother of mine!" He froze Sirius right
on the spot. He fell to the ground waiting for the bottom to fall out. "There is no hope," Sirius thought to himself.
Suddenly, a voice shouted the cancel charm. James turned into a rotting person. "It wasn't even James at all."
He attempted to see whom his savior was but couldn't see anything. "L'incarnum inflamarai," the other voice said
now and they both seemed to watch as the body shriveled into nothing but ash. Sirius was freed and he quickly
jumped up to see the real James looking at him carefully. "Are you okay?" "Yeah, let's go."
Harry slowly awoke in a dark, cold place. His head felt like bricks and he couldn't see because he had no
glasses. "James, is that you," someone whispered. Harry had no idea who the person was. "No, I'm not James,"
he whispered back. He could see a blurry person on his left. "But you look so like him," they said now. "Well
I'm sorry to disappoint you but I'm not James," he said turning his head to face the blurry spot. The person let
out a gasp. "Harry?" "Oh, now you get it right. What're you here to do, taunt me about my dead father." The
person began to move closer. Harry couldn't see very well but he could tell in the dim light that this person had
long, red hair and was a woman. "Oh my," she said touching his face and looking into his eyes. Harry still
couldn't see very well but somehow he knew this person was a prisoner like himself at the moment. "I'm sorry,
it's just that it is Christmas," Harry said ashamed. "So, it's the 25th. I've been here for a month now," she said
more to herself than Harry. "Where is here," he asked. She looked away before speaking. "We are being held
captive by Lord Voldemort." Harry felt the end come. "Who are you," he asked her quietly. "I'm your mother,"
she said just as he had.
Cliffhanger! I hope you liked it. I was going to post this a week ago, but the website was down. Classes are almost finished so I'll hopefully update again soon. In the meantime, please review.
