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CHAPTER 6: Going home for Christmas

"I can't believe we're already going home for Christmas!" James exclaimed as he shared a compartment with his fellow Marauders and Evangeline on the train back to London. Evangeline couldn't agree with him more. She was excited to see her brother thought and everyone noticed, she couldn't sit still for a second and was smiling widely.

"Are you that excited to see your brother again?" Sirius asked with a laugh, Evangeline nodded.

"Yeah, I've missed him really much these months" she answered him, Peter looked at her thoughtfully.

"Why don't you have any parents?" he asked bluntly, all the boys gazes snapped to him irritated.

"Peter that's rude" Remus commented but it didn't bother Evangeline that much.

"No it's okay, he's just wondering. Both my mum and dad were alcoholics and they took drugs as well. As I grew older their addiction grew older, Jay is my half-brother on my mum's side. He's 10 years older than me so when I was 8 years old and he was 18 years old he claimed custody of me. My mum and dad got really angry, but the judge decided to give the custody of me to Jay. My mum and dad left shortly after that, I've never heard from them again. So now it's only Jay and I left" Evangeline explained her background to the four boys. Peter nodded his head sadly.

"I'm sorry for that Eva" he said quietly. Evangeline shook her head with a small smile.

"I've realized that it's probably for the best, though I miss them from time to time" she said, Remus who sat closest to her moved a bit closer and put an arm around her shoulders. She leaned in towards him and rested her head on his shoulder. James and Sirius exchanged glances before standing up. The other three looked at them confused.

"Were are the two of you going?" Remus asked them, they both grinned at him.

"Don't worry mate, we'll be right back" they said in unison before leaving the compartment. Evangeline just shook her head at the boys, she smiled at how well it all had played out. In the beginning of the term they had seemed to hate each other, now they were inseparable. She laid down on the seat, resting her head in Remus's lap. Remus and Peter discussed the latest quidditch match, Slytherin versus Ravenclaw. Slytherin had won but it was a close call. Sirius and James soon returned to the compartment, their arms filled with sweets, mostly Chocolate frogs as they knew that those were Evangeline's favorites.

"Here you go Angel!" they said and dropped it in front of her. She looked at them wide eyed.

"You two are amazing, or you're trying to get me fat. I don't know and I really don't care" Evangeline said before grabbing a box. The others smiled and grabbed one for themselves.

"Thought you might need some cheering up, and we all know that chocolate does that for you" Sirius said with a chuckle...

When she walked off the train she spotted Jay directly. He was standing just a couple of meters away together with Harold and Olivia Potter. She squealed when she saw her older brother and started running towards him. He saw her and approached her as well. She flew into his arms and his arms quickly locked themselves around her as the siblings hugged. After a while he put her down on the ground once again.

"I've missed you Evie, things aren't the same at home without you there" he said with a grin, Evangeline turned around and saw her four friends saying goodbye to each other for the holidays. Jay followed her gaze.

"Go to them Evie" he said and pushed her a bit in the direction. Evangeline gave him a thankful smile before hurrying over. Remus was the first one to see her come. He took a step forward and wrapped his arms around her.

"Bye Angel, have a nice holiday together with your brother" Remus whispered in the ear.

"Happy holidays to you and your family Remus" Evangeline whispered back before they let go of each other. Evangeline walked over to Peter.

"Happy holidays Peter" she said before embracing him in a hug.

"The same" Peter stammered and hugged her awkwardly back. Then James and Sirius pulled Evangeline into a double hug. Evangeline laughed as they let her go and she pulled back.

"Happy holidays Angel" James said with a smile, Sirius nodded, his grey eyes looking at the young girl.

"Yeah and take care of yourself" Sirius agreed, Evangeline smiled and said goodbye before returning to her brother. They begun walking towards the exit when she noticed Alessandro Zabini leaning against a wall, his eyes calm before they met hers. She saw how the emotion in them changed from calm to panicked. Alessandro pushed himself off the wall and walked quickly towards the siblings. Alessandro grabbed Evangeline's shoulders.

"You need to get out of here right now" he told her, Evangeline looked at him with a confused expression.

"What are you talking about?" she questioned him, Alessandro looked around them before turning back to her.

"There is going to be an attack, you and your brother will be among the first ones they attack since you are muggle born so I need you to get the fuck out of here Moore!" He whispered harshly at her before once again looking around. Evangeline looked at him with wide eyes while Jay took a step forward.

"Do you mind telling me what the problem is?" he asked while looking at his baby sister and the young boy. The boy straightened himself and looked into Jay's eyes.

"Get your sister out of here, her life is in danger" he warned the man, Jay didn't have time to respond as loud bangs were heard and suddenly spells were being shot everywhere.

Alessandro slipped away from the two siblings as Jay grabbed Evangeline and started dragging her out of there. Evangeline fought against him as she could see James standing between his parents, both Harold and Olivia were dueling against death eaters. James had his wand out but there was not much he could do against skilled and trained wizards. Jay were stronger than her though and he managed to throw her over his shoulder as he begun running. Evangeline looked around with panicked eyes, she saw Remus and his parents trying to fight their way off the platform, she saw Peter and his mother crouching afraid to get hit by the spells. Harold and Olivia Potter were using all of their powers to fight off the attackers but it wasn't enough. Evangeline couldn't leave when her friends were in danger, she just couldn't. She kicked Jay in the stomach, making him drop her down on the hard floor of the platform. It hurt a bit when she landed on it but she was quick to get up and she started running towards her friends. She could hear Jay shout out her name and cursing as he followed her. Evangeline saw a cloaked man raising his wand towards James. She reached without thinking, raising her own hand in the air making the man fly backwards he hit the train. James spun around and looked at her with wide eyes. Evangeline moved her hand around, making all the death eaters fly backwards. Most of them realized the danger and apparated out of there. Some didn't though, a man stood opposite to Evangeline. He raised his wand and shouted out the killing curse.

"No!" James screamed, his voice filled with fear for his friend. Evangeline merely raised her hand, the spell reflected back to it's caster and he fell to the floor, killed by his own curse. After that all of the death eaters apparated away from the platform. Both Jay and James rushed forward to where Evangeline had sunk to the ground, Harold and Olivia were not far behind them. Jay fell to his knees beside his sister, drawing her into his embrace.

"Don't run off like that again Evie, don't scare me like that" he told her while hugging her. Evangeline looked at up with him with tears slowly sliding down her cheeks.

"I'm sorry Jay, I didn't want to see my friends get hurt" she whispered softly, Jay remained silent as he held her close.

"We should not linger behind, there is a risk that they will come back" Harold spoke with authority. His wife nodded in agreement and softly pulled James up from his position next to the siblings. She placed an arm around her young son's shoulders. Jay slipped his arms under his sister's body, easily lifting her off the ground and carrying her in his arms. Harold managed to give the man a small smile.

"You should accompany us to our house, I'm certain that you will want an explanation" he spoke, Jay nodded. Harold grabbed his arm, while Olivia took James and they apparated out of there.

"What you did back there, it was really unusual Angel" James told her quietly, the two of them were sitting in the library at Potter Manor. Harold and Olivia Potter was explaining today's attack to Jay in the lounge and didn't want to children present while doing so. Evangeline looked up at her friend and found James studying her with his hazel brown eyes. She didn't understand, what was so unusual?

"Everyone uses magic, what was so special with me?" she questioned, James sighed heavily and leaned back in his chair.

"It's true that we all use magic, but not everyone can use magic without speaking and definitely not without a wand. And you're only 11 years old and already you're showing these kind of powers" James pointed out to her. Evangeline did not respond as she wanted him to explain more. James sighed once again and drew a hand through his messy hair.

"You might not have noticed but when you used your magic your eyes turned to a red color. It really looked quite scary" James told her. Evangeline didn't believe him, how could her eyes have turned red? Her eyes were black, not red.

"Why did they turn red?" she asked him, James shrugged.

"I don't know, I think dad and mum knows but they won't tell us. Dumbledore probably knows as well" he commented, Evangeline nodded thoughtfully. James looked into his eyes, he could see the pain in them. He rose from his seat and walked over to the chair she was sitting in, he sat down beside her and wrapped his arms around her. She pulled her knees up to her chin and rested her head against his shoulder as she begun to cry softly.

"I killed a man James, nothing can excuse that. I took a life" she cried, James stroked his hand over her hair.

"It was you or him Angel, you did the only thing you could do in a situation like that. You shouldn't have to do it though" James tried to comfort her, he broke a little inside as he saw his newly found best friend break down in tears. The only thing he could do was to be there for her and hold her close, praying that she would stop crying soon...