Here it is! Chapter two. Hope you all like it! I forgot to mention, I'm writing this story to replace my old story Everything is different which is why you'll probably find some similarities between the stories. I hope this one is better.

Random-lemon: lol. Yeah it's a lot of kids for little time but I think it's fun to have a whole mess of siblings. Besides James and Lily love each other too much and they lived in a time of war. War brings out feelings of survival in people and they feel the need to…erm…reproduce. I'm glad you like it, hope you like this chapter as well. Thanks for reviewing!


James stared in shock at his house. The ministry officials were battling down the flames and everything felt extremely surreal. He had been in Dumbledore's office when Kingsley, an Order Member, auror and good friend of his, flooed in unexpectedly. He came with even more unexpected news. James nearly fell off his chair when Kingsley said "There was a report in the ministry on an appearance of the Dark Mark in a house in Godric's Hollow. It's the Potter's house, and it's on fire."

Both James and Dumbledore stood up and Kingsley turned to James "hey James" he did a double take and looked at James again "James! Thank Merlin! So there's no one in your house?" James shook his head and said "Sirius is taking care of my boys but Lily, the girls and Harry are all at the house!". Dumbledore gave James a worried look and the three of them hurried off to Godric's Hollow.

Now he stood there staring as magical flames engulfed his house, the Dark Mark staring at him from the heavens, mocking him. He lost all control and ran to the house. Ministry official held him back and he screamed "Lily! Jane! Jess! Harry! Emily!". He choked on his own tears and began to convulse. The ministry wizard let him go and he fell on the dirt. A medi wizard rushed to him but James pushed him away. He was about to try rushing once more into the house when he felt it. Some strange instinct inside him told him to run to the bushes close to his neighbor's ledge. Ministry officials ran after him, afraid he was going to do something rash. He stopped in front of the bushes. Underneath the leaves, covered in a blanket was the white body of his five year old son. James grabbed him and turned to look at his chest, he wasn't breathing. He pushed the little boy to him and began bawling uncontrollably "My boy! My little boy. I'm so sorry I wasn't here! I'm so sorry…" his voice broke as he cried. The medi wizard that had followed James took the baby from him and checked his pulse. "He's dead" James repeated with his head in his arms "They are all dead".

"He's not dead" the medi wizard declared suddenly. James stared "wha…what?"

"He still has a pulse and a magical signal. He's alive but only just. We have to take him to St. Mungos immediately".

James nodded and added "Let's go". He ran towards Dumbledore and told him they found Harry and where they were going. He made Dumbledore promise to do all he could and left with the medi wizard.


James sat in the waiting room waiting for the nurse to tell him when he could go see his son. He struggled to keep all his thoughts on seeing his son. If his thoughts strayed to Lily, the girls or his house he would just break down. He needed to think about Harry now. He heard a door open and lifted his head in time to see a supremely dusty Dumbledore enter the waiting room. Sadness filled his usually twinkling eyes and James knew what news he'd brought. "How's Harry?" Dumbledore asked sitting next to the beat up young father.

"He's ok" James answered in a rough voice "Other than the few bruises and smoke inhalations, he's in perfect health. They're doing a final checkup and then I'm allowed to see him".

"I see" Dumbledore stayed quiet.

"What happened?" James asked rubbing his eyes.

"They're dead" the old Headmaster answered. Tears fell quickly into James face. He had been expecting this answer but that didn't make it hurt any less. "There's something else" Dumbledore added. He wasn't able to say what because at that moment the door opened once again and a ruffled looking Sirius Black and Remus Lupin entered the waiting room.

"What happened?" Sirius asked immediately. James stood up and hugged his old friend bawling "Peter betrayed us. Peter betrayed us. Lily and the girls…oh God! Sirius he killed them. He killed them!". Remus looked at his friend. James was one of the bravest and strongest men he'd ever known, so was Sirius. Here they were, two of the best aurors in the Ministry of Magic bawling like small children. Remus' eyes began swimming with tears and he turned to Dumbledore "So they really are dead?"

"Yes" the old man replied and Remus could see his eyes glazed with tears. "There's more.." but once again he was interrupted. This time a nurse exited Harry's room. James pulled away from Sirius and turned to her with pleading eyes. "He's alright. Everything checked out fine, your son will be fine." James sighed in obvious relief, behind him Dumbledore, Sirius and Remus relaxed as well "He's asleep but you can all see him if you want to".

James thanked the woman and all but ran inside the room. Harry lay in his bed softly breathing in and out. James looked at him and collapsed in a chair next to his son's bed. Sirius, Remus and Dumbledore followed. They stayed in silence for a few minutes until Sirius, who had been staring at his godson asked "What's that on his forehead?". The three other men leaned in to look and saw a small lightning shaped scar on the child's forehead. "Oh my" Dumbledore whispered. The three men turned to look at him questioningly "Well" Dumbledore said to himself "This makes things completely different". When he saw the men's stares he added "There something I've yet to mention. Lily, the girls and the house elf Spik were probably killed by Lord Voldemort himself, and their bodies have been burned to ashes in the fire. He must've come to kill Harry and Emily believing them to be to whom the prophecy was referring to." Remus gave them all a questioning look and Sirius whispered to him "We'll tell you later".

Dumbledore continued "I believe Lord Voldemort is gone as well." The three friends stared at him with blank expressions "What?"

"I found a cloak in the ashes, Voldemort's cloak. The only reason to leave it there is if he could not retrieve it. My spy inside the Death Eater ranks has informed me that, according to the other Death Eaters, Lord Voldemort left for Godric's Hollow hours ago and has not returned to his ranks. Furthermore" he took a deep breath "the Death Eater marks are beginning to fade. A sign that he is gone".

James stared "Voldemort is dead?"

"Not dead, no I don't believe he's dead, though many will believe he is. This scar on Harry's forehead proves that Harry was indeed touched by a dark curse, the Avada Kedavra curse, to be specific".

Sirius looked at Harry and said "But if that's true then why isn't he dead?"

"I can only guess but…it is my understanding that Voldemort was only after young Harry and Emily, he had no intentions of killing anyone else in your family. Perhaps Lily or someone else who did not need to die placed herself in front of Voldemort and sacrificed their life to save Harry. Thus, when Voldemort cast the Killing Curse on young Harry he was protected and the cursed bounced off his forehead and hit Lord Voldemort himself".

"But Voldemort did not die?" Remus asked ignoring all the other questions that were brought on by Dumbledore's explanation.

Dumbledore replied darkly "There is not enough human in him for him to die".

"So Harry here is responsible for the fall of one of the greatest evil wizards of all time?" James said in disbelief.

"It seems that way" Dumbledore nodded and smiled at Harry "I must be leaving now. The Minister of Magic will want to know what happened. Owl me if you need anything James".

James nodded, not taking his eyes off his son "Yeah Dumbledore. Thanks."

"What prophecy was Dumbledore talking about James?" Remus asked suddenly.

Grief filled James face "I'm sorry Moony old pal. We thought you were a spy for Voldemort so we never trusted you with it. Turns out the rat was the spy. Will you ever forgive us?"

"Of course" Remus nodded grimly "but tell me about it now."

It was Sirius the one who talked "Several months ago Dumbledore witnessed a prophecy being…well prophesied. It said "THE ONES WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD APPROACHE...BORN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THRICE DEFIED HIM, BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES...AND THE DARK LORD WILL MARK THEM AS HIS EQUAL, BUT THEY WILL HAVE THE POWER THE DARK LORD KNOWS NOT...AND NEITHER MUST DIE AT THE HANDS OF THE OTHER FOR NEITHER CAN LIVE WHILE THE OTHER SURVIVES...THEY WILL BE BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES...BOTH OF THEM MUST BE AS ONE AND TOGETHER DEFEAT OR BE DEFEATED..." The prophecy could refer to both James and Lily's twins Harry and Emily or to the Longbottoms' twins Neville and Natalie, I believe they are called. That's why James and Lily, as well as the Longbottoms, went into hiding. We didn't know who it was Voldemort was going to go after. I guess now we know. The damn prophecy was wrong too. Emily didn't make it." His voice broke and he trailed off.

All three men stayed in silence when James suddenly turned to Sirius in alarm "Where are my other sons Padfoot?"

"Oh" Sirius replied "They're ok. I left them with Samantha".

"Good" James sighed and fell back into his chair. Samantha Sanders was Sirius' fiancée and Lily's best friend from school. She's the female equivalent to Lily of what Sirius and Remus are to James…well, at least she used to be. James began to cry again "What am I going to do you guys? What am I going to tell my sons? How can I raise them without Lily? How can I live without my girls?"

Remus put a hand on James shoulder and reassured him "We'll help mate. Anything you need us to do, we'll do and we'll both stay with you for as long as you need".

"Yeah" Sirius agreed "We're here for ya Prongsie and we always will be"

"Thanks" James managed a small smile "I guess Harry'll be famous now"

"Guess so" Remus added.

"He's a tough little tyke" Sirius said while caressing the sleeping boy's head lovingly.

James contemplated all the things he had to do now. First off, tell his boys what had happened, no doubt they were all worried. Then he and Sirius had to hunt down that rat Peter and lock him up in Azkaban. And finally, he had to learn to live without Lily. Without Lily and without any of his girls. He cried as he hoped things would get better for him and his family. He had to be strong, for his boys, he turned to look at Remus and Sirius. Strong for his boys and for his men.


Well that's that! Next chapter WILL NOT be so angsty I promise. By the way there is no SLASH implied with the "for his men" comment. He just needed to be strong for his sons and his friends is all. Hope you are all liking it…PLEASE Review!

Goodnight and Good luck