Ch 20

"my lord, the Potters are here," said Avery.

"Send them in," Voldemort said, an evil and cold smile spreading across his lips.

"Now boy do as I said and you will live and join my forces. Curse your parents as soon as they walk through the door."

"Yes master," James said in a mono-tone. Voldemort knew everything was going to work out. The muggle loving fool wasn't here to mess up his plans and he was going to rid the Potters. He heard a noise at the door. He looked up, his wand in his hand and saw the Potters walking in.

"Ah, Victor and Vallery potter," Voldemort hissed. Vallery looked over at him.

"Voldemort," Victor said.

Voldemort flinched at the name. Mo one but the fool was to say his name.

"If I were you, Potter, I'd be careful on that name. No one is to use it," Voldemort raised his wand to curse him but thought better of it. He knew the boy would take care of them He was under is control so there fore he had his power.

"Where's my son? Where's James?" Vallery said with a shaking voice.

"Your son will be joining…you…shortly," Voldemort said.

Vallery looked terrified at this. All that kept running through her head was if James was ok and if he was still alive and when was Albus's plan going to start working. She looked at her husband and Victor looked back, the same worried look in his eyes.

"We want to see our son, we've done as you requested. We came here willing to join you if you let us have our son."

"I'm not worried about your son, Potter. I know he'll join me, he has no choice." Voldemort flicked his wand and James walked out of the shadows with his wand in his hand. Victor and Vallery looked at him. He didn't look lie James anymore.

James had lost weight the few days he was here, from lack of food. His eyes were misted over due to the Imperious Curse and he had an evil look to him as if he was about to do something terrible.

"As you see our guests have arrived." Voldemort said. James had an evil smile on his face. Vallery didn't like the look of it.

"James, it's me mom." Vallery tried to say.

"Potter, keep your wife quiet or I'll be forced to torture her." Voldemort spat.

"Vallery, just remain calm. Look James is fine and he's alive." Victor said soothingly to his wife. Vallery nodded.

"The boy has a gift for you," Voldemort said with an evil smile playing across his face again. The only thing he was worried about was he fact he was only a child, not even of age yet, would the Ministry detect his underage magic? But no matter it had to be done.

"Before he gives it to you however, let me show you a little something to make sure you co-operate." Voldemort said coldly. He waved his wand, "Crutio." He said and James was in pain again on the ground.

"James!" Vallery and Victor shouted at the same time.

Voldemort stopped the curse. "Now, I believe James can give you his gift now."

James was about to raise his wand and curse his parents when a red flash filled the room. Voldemort was looking everywhere, surly the fool wasn't here. Suddenly Dumbledore became visible.

"You dare bring this muggle loving fool!" Voldemort demanded. He was furious. "It is time you learn to obey me!" he raised his wand, had the curse on his lips when suddenly James was shaking. He didn't know what was happening.

Vallery ran to his son but Voldemort couldn't let her take him.

"Away from the boy if you want your life," Voldemort spat

"tom, it's her son, let her have him," Dumbledore said.

"Dumbledore," Voldemort said.

"Even you Tom know it's the right thing to do. She loves him, let her take care of him."

"You fool. You and your love. Do you not realize I've got this far with out love?" Voldemort spat out the last word.

"You shouldn't have brought this fool, now you will all feel my wrath!" Voldemort yelled.

He picked up his wand and pointed it at James.

"You will watch me kill the boy!"

"Tom, why make them suffer when it's me you want. Let the boy and his family leave. It's just you and me. Have some of your death eaters if you like."

"Dumbledore, if you had not refused me the Defence Job years ago we may not have come to this," Voldemort said, wand still pointing at James.

"You and I both know that is not true Tom, you never wanted that job."

"Enough of this non-sense. I'm going to kill the boy and you will watch me do so!" he roared.

"Tom, just let the boy go. Take him off the imperious Curse and et him live a normal life."

"Who said anything about the Imperious Curse?" Voldemort said.

"Tom, the boy is not acting on his own power, he loves his family. Just let him go."

Voldemort flicked his wand. Instantly James stopped shaking and got up. James raised the wand he was holding and pointed it, not at his parents, but at Dumbledore.

"What if the boy kills you? He will do whatever I please and he will join me in the end!"

Valery didn't know what she could do. Her son was under the control of this monster and he was going to make him torture and possibly kill Albus. Where was Alastor, why wasn't he acting? Just then Vallery felt a tug on her arm. She looked behind her, nothing was there. It must have been Alastor.

Suddenly she heard a faint voice in her head. Was Alastor trying to communicate something to her? Yes he was. I will stun Voldemort and then you grab James and get out. You and Victor run. I'm going to give Victor the same message. Firs let me check in with Albus. Vallery nodded her head to show she understood and felt Moody walk away.

She saw victor respond to something and guessed Alastor was there now. She looked at her son. He looked helpless, standing there with a wand ad about to do magic well beyond him. How would James be able to curse someone if he was only twelve. Was it possible the Imperious Curse gave you the power of the caster? Vallery didn't know much about the curse so she couldn't say.

"Please, my lord can I have my son?" Vallery asked. She even got down and bowed.

"What's this? Is a Potter agreeing to join me?" Voldemort asked. There was no mistaking the slight look of shock.

"I will do as you please if you just let me have my son." Vallery said bowing again. All she was trying to do was buy some time.

"How do I know you're not lying to me?" Voldemort said.

"My lord, all I want is my son. I'm willing to do anything to get him back." Vallery said, bowing again.

"Very well. Maybe I should put the Imperious Curse on you as well." Voldemort said and with out warning he said, "imperio," and Vallery potter was under his control as well.

"Vallery!!" Victor yelled but too late. Vallery was bowing to Voldemort and waling up beside her son.

"Now look at this, I have two Potters under my control and now there will be no consequences to having you killed. Now one will trace it back to me. So, does the last potter wish to join his wife and son?" Voldemort laughed a spine tingling laugh. It sent chills up Victor's spine.

"I have nothing else to live for. My wife and son are at your command. I will not join you! I'd rather die!" Victor roared.

"As you wish," Voldemort said and just as he was about to wave his wand a stunner hit him in the face.

"Alastor!" Victor said.

"I couldn't let him kill you."

"Why not kill him?"

"there are worse things then death, Victor." Albus said. "Now, grab your son and I'll get Vallery. We don't have much time."

Victor ran and grabbed James wand and picked him up. James had no emotion and just hung in his arms. Albus picked Vallery up and cast a disillusionment charm on them and then on Victor and James.

"Now, if we can only make it out alive." Victor said.

"I'm sure we will, don't worry." Albus said but there was some uncertainty in his voice.

They ran down the passage they came not meeting any death eaters. But by the door it wasn't so simple. There were two death eaters there. Victor recognized one of them, Malfoy.

"Do you think the dark lord is finished with those traitors yet?" asked the hooded and masked death eater.

"Lestrange, if he needed us he's call. He always does."

"But Malfoy, what if they've done something to him?"

"Like what? They are two blood traitors and our lord is the most powerful wizards out there." Malfoy said.

"I still say we should go check on them."

"You do as you wish, but don't come to me when he curses the bloody hell out of you."

Lestrange looked a little paranoid at this. He decided to keep he place.

Albus grabbed Victors arm and pulled him down another hallway. The Malfoy house was a huge place. There had to be another way out. Albus had cast silencing charm son their feet so they could run through the halls without noise. Albus was in front, Victor in centre followed by Alastor. Alastor was one of the greatest Aurors at the Ministry.

"Down here, I see a window." Albus whispered. They ran after him.

"Now, Alastor, I need you to set up a port key quickly. Here use my hat," Albus took of the hat he was wearing and handed it to Moody. "Portus," he grunted and the hat glowed before going back to normal.

"Now, if this works we will be safe, if not we use a cushioning charm and run out the gates, if they lock us in I will try to remove protections around this place so we can apparte out."

"Take hold," Moody said and the three of them, Albus and Victor holding tightly to their bodies, took hold of the hat and Moody counted down, "3, 2, 1." And he jumped out the window, the others following and the hat glowed and they all felt a pull between their navel and the next thing they knew they were on the Potter's front lawn.

"Victor, set James down and check his pockets for the mirror." Albus said.

Victor did as he was told and the he pulled out a rectangular mirror.

"Good, now, Voldemort may still try to control these two. There are ways, even from a distance. We need to get them inside and I need to get the curse removed. If we are lucky, Voldemort will still be stunned and he will not attempt to control them."

The others nodded ad Albus picked up the mirror.

"Sirius?"

"Professor? Where are you?" Sirius asked.

"Right outside, we are sorry we had to leave you alone. We have James, and everyone is safe. I'll explain more when we get inside."

Sirius nodded and ran down the stairs and opened the door for them to enter.

"What's wrong with him?" Sirius asked. It was clear he'd been frightened and scared. Possibly crying for his friend.

"He and Vallery are under the Imperious Curse. No matter, there is a way to remove it."

Sirius nodded.

"I will need silence as I do this, now, I will first remove James. He will need food, water and sleep. Sirius, would you get his bed ready please. Victor make up some food and drink. Alastor, the potion."

Victor, Sirius and Alastor all got to work. Sirius ran upstairs and made up James's bed for him. He sat on the bed and started to cry. He couldn't believe what had happened to his friend. He could never imagine going through something lie tat.

Victor was in the kitchen making up some stew and chicken, James's favourite foods.

Alastor was mixing up a potion to give the boy energy when he was revived.

Albus stood in front of James, who was lying on the couch and was muttering under his breath and moving his wand in complicated motions. After five minutes of this we took something out of his pocket and put it down James's throat. There was enough for Vallery too. He started to muter and move his wand complicatedly again. After ten minutes he was certain James was going to be fine.

"Victor, I believe he is sleeping. Please bring the food in. Alastor, some of the mixture. Sirius," he said, as Sirius walked down the stairs. "Don't you want to be here when your friend awake."

Sirius smiled slightly and ran towards the couch. Dumbledore gave James one final potion, "It's a wakening potion," he said.

James began to stir. He slowly opened his eyes.

"Where am I?" he asked, he was slightly confused.

"James's, it alright, you're home." Dumbledore said.

"Home…" James said. Then he sat up. "DAD!" he said.

"Easy James, lie back down, I'm here."

"James…" Sirius said, his voce cracking. He was so happy to see his friend again.

"Sirius," James said and he boys hugged.

"Now, time to get your mother out of it."

"What happened to me. The last thing I remember was being in a room with him." James said. When he said him he said it so darkly it was as if he wanted to murder him.

"What exactly happened James?" asked Victor.

"I was being held in a room. My legs were chained together and I couldn't walk. They fed me little bits of food and barely no water. I didn't have my wand with me, they had snatched it from me."

"We got it back James,"

James nodded, "Well, one day a death eater came in and he told me he wanted to see me. When I got to the room he was in, all I remember is being cruiated and then that's it."

"You were put under hr imperious Curse."

"I thought I was in a dream. He had me do things, but it felt as if I was dreaming."

James started to cry slightly. Victor bent down and gave him a hug.

"It's alright son, your safe, your home. Have some food and then we will put you to sleep in your own bed."

"Drink this," Moody said.

"It's alright, it's an energy potion," Victor said when James looked questionly at the man. "This is Moody, he's an Auror at the Ministry." James nodded and drank the potion.

"Vallery is awake." Albus declared.

Victor ran over to the other couch and looked at his wife.

"Victor, is James?"

"James is fine, he is wake and eating."

"I want to see him!"

"Mom!" James said.

"James," Vallery got up and ran towards her son.

"I was so scared mom, I thought I was going to die in there."

"Your safe now, James, your safe now."

James and Vallery hugged and Victor couldn't stop smiling. James was happiest of them all. He had his best mate and his parents with him and no one was going to change that, no one.

Disclaimer: I should've put this at the beginning of the story and then at the start of the chapter but better now then never lol. I do not own the world of harry potter nor more of the charters in this story. Some I have made up but are based on the Harry potter Series by JK Rowling.

A/N: Well, this is the last chapter. Thank you for reading my story, I hoped you enjoyed reading it as I did writing it. I plan on writing a story for 2nd, 5th and 7th year for sure…and one for the year after where James and Lily get married and have a child and gets hunted down. Keep looking because I will be writing more! I have already started writing the second year and it's called James Potter and the midnight howler, I'll start posting at after Christmas. I'm so thankful for those who have kept with the story and reviewed! Thank you all!