Avoiding Voldemort or Not

Disclaimer; Unless JK died and left Harry Potter to me for some unknown reason, then for the time being I don't own Harry Potter.

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A Few Months Later

Peter Pettigrew hated going to cemeteries. He really did. Everyone he knew was there. His father, grandparents, some friends, Danny…

But he went there anyway so he could give all the people he cared about some flowers, and even just so he could talk to some.

But it wasn't until he reached Daniel Potter's grave did he sink to the ground and sigh.

'I feel so alone' he said in a quiet voice.

Danny's grave had flowers all around the headstone and Peter laid his with them.

'James has Lily, Remus has Emm… and Sirius has Becky, and Carly. I mean, ever since Lily found out she was pregnant she's had it pretty rough. Her dad nearly killed James but he understood eventually. Emm's not talking to Remus because he doesn't want to have kids. And Sirius and Becky are just… friends even though it's really obvious they want more. But now Sirius is going out with Carly, and Becky is really trying not to let anyone know that she's jealous but… that's not really working'

Peter sighed and watched the wind blow the freshly mowed grass.

'And I've got no one. No girlfriend. No family. My mum moved away to Italy to be with some other guy. And my friends are pretty busy lately and we don't hang out as much as we used to. So lately I've been feeling more alone than usual'

As expected, no one replied.

And that just made Peter feel even more alone, if possible.

A blinding light suddenly beamed in threw James Potter's window as the curtains were ripped open and the window was heard opening.

The bright light streamed in threw his eyes and he thrust his head under his pillow in annoyance.

'Wake up stagy-poo' Sirius' voice burst out happily.

All he got was a muffled response but he took that as a not so polite good morning in return for his happy one.

'Now Jamesie that behaviour is unacceptable'

'Sod off Padfoot' James murmured and Sirius sighed.

'I was only trying to be nice. Besides, your mother left a note and said she's gone out'

James' head popped out from under his pillow and he frowned in confusion.

'Where to?'

Sirius shrugged.

'I don't know everything Jamesie-kins'

'Padfoot please stop bothering me'

Sirius sighed loudly.

'Well fine. But I'm going downstairs to watch Dr. Phil. There's an episode about a skinny blonde girl who can't stop eating junk food and wants to go to fat camp because she's convinced she's the side of the house. Kind of like your current pregnant girlfriend who keeps asking everyone of she's fat'

James squinted at his friend who had the biggest smile plastered on his face.

'Hand me my glasses you tit'

Sirius rolled his eyes and did so.

'And Lily does not ask if she's fat'

'JAMES! Does my arse look fat in this?' Lily's voice came from the kitchen.

Sirius crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow, a knowing smirk on his face.

'Shut it Padfoot' James said before Sirius could say; 'I told you so'.

James got up and his door burst open and his girlfriend was standing there, her stomach looking a little bigger.

'Hello preggers' Sirius said with a grin and she gave him a death glare.

'You know what? That episode of Dr. Phil sounded really interesting so I think I'll go watch it right now before my eyes get clawed out for being truthful'

James gave Sirius a look and he left, singing; Old Macdonald had a Farm in an awful voice.

'Good morning, love' he said with a smile and Lily strode over and sat beside him, a grumpy look on her face.

'I walked outside to get the newspaper for my dad and a kid rode past on his bike and said; 'look an elephant' and then his friend said; 'that's not an elephant, it's a fat lady' and then the other kid said; 'well she's as fat as an elephant'

James raised both his eyebrows.

'Lily, you're not fat'

Lily sighed.

'You're right. I'm huge'

James sighed frustratedly.

'You are definitely not huge'

'Well then I'm gigantic'

James groaned in annoyance.

'No you aren't. You aren't any of them'

'You have to pick one. Fat, huge or gigantic'

'None. Lily-'

'James stop lying and pick one already'

James gave her a funny look.

'Fine… er fat then'

Lily gasped in horror.

'What? Huge is fatter then fat and gigantic is fatter then huge so I went with fat because it's not as fat as huge and gigantic'

'You still called me fat!'

Lily shouted and got up and stalked over to the door.

'But you told me to!'

'You could have told me I wasn't fat at all!'

Lily slammed the door and left in a fury.

'But I did' James said and lay back down.

'She's driving me crazy' he muttered and got up and got dressed before going downstairs.

When he got down there, he walked into the lounge room and froze.

Sirius was sitting there bawling his eyes out as the girl confessed that she was addicted to junk food and couldn't stop eating and how a group of guys walked past and told her she looked like a walrus.

Sirius sniffed and turned and saw James standing there, his mouth hanging open.

'Just think of all the girls that I told were fat! I should have told them they looked like walruses! Fat is so yesterday! Walrus is the new fat! Oh my god!'

James backed away slowly and then bolted into the kitchen, stopping in front of the fridge.

'What is it with people and their weight problems?' he asked himself as Sirius continued crying loudly.

'Okay Rebecca I just don't think the song is a hit' a man said as he strode past a bar with Becky following him.

'But it's about a girl who isn't accepted by her father because she's a tom-boy and also because she'd rather play sport then carry round a hand bag and how she has to measure up to her father's standards' Becky argued and he sighed.

'I'm sorry Rebecca-'

'It's Becky'

'Whatever. It's just not good enough'

Becky sighed.

'That's your loss then'

She turned and walked out angrily and slammed the door shut.

Emm was standing there; her arms crossed and was waiting.

'Oh my god, how'd it go?'

'Basically he said it sucked. God! I am never, ever singing again'

Emm watched Becky closely as they walked off down the path.

'Becky, it's a great song but they just don't know what they're missing out on, trust me'

Becky sighed.

'I just want to find one person who likes it'

'Hello, I'm right here' Emm said grinning.

'Ha ha. No I mean someone who can help me publish it'

Emm sighed.

'Well don't lose your hopes Becks. Keep your dreams alive. Come on, let's go get Lily and Carly and get some ice cream'

Becky rolled her eyes.

'Why do we have to invite Carly?'

'Because she's our friend now, remember?'

'Oh goody' Becky muttered to herself and they walked off towards Lily's house.

'Peter! I didn't know you'd be here' a voice behind him said, startling him.

'Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you' Heather said with a warm smile.

Peter nodded.

'It's fine. I was just leaving'

'You don't have to leave Peter'

He shrugged. 'I have something to do anyway'

Heather nodded.

'He would have appreciated this you know'

Peter smiled.

'Yeah he would've. Goodbye Mrs. Potter'

'Peter, its Heather'

Peter nodded and left.

Heather sighed and turned to face the grave where her husband was buried.

'I miss you so much Danny…'

She kneeled down and placed her flowers with the rest of them and sighed.

'I'm sorry'

Flashback-

Heather sat on the couch writing a list of things she needed that night for dinner.

'Heather! Where are you, love?'

'Lounge room' Heather replied faintly as she added something else.

Danny walked in and pounced on her.

'DANNY!'

He laughed and sat there with a childish look upon his face.

'What? Come on! You've been doing that for ages'

'Well someone needs to figure out what to get the family for dinner'

Danny rolled his eyes.

'Why don't we just get take away?'

'Because! I always make dinner'

Danny sighed.

'Well forget that for now' he said and leaned over and kissed her cheek.

'Danny I'm really busy right now'

'Honestly Heather, that can wait. We have ages until dinner'

She rolled her eyes this time.

'Well I like to be prepared'

'Prepare later' he commanded and jumped on top of her.

'Danny! Danny no! Get off of me!'

He sighed.

'Heather I'm just playing'

'Well stop playing and grow up. I have things to do'

Danny watched her as she got up and walked into the kitchen and he sighed and followed her.

'I have to go to work soon' he said wrapping his arms around her.

'Maybe you should go early and stop annoying me'

Danny pulled away.

'I'm trying to be romantic'

'Right well if you want to be romantic you should start by leaving me alone'

Danny watched her put her list on the fridge.

'I think I'm going to go to work' he said; his voice full of hurt.

'Fine, I'll see you when you get home'

'I love you, Heather' he said and kissed her cheek.

She pulled away and walked out of the kitchen.

'See you when you get home'

He sighed.

'Bye' he said quietly and turned left, Apparating away.

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'He's… Danny's dead'

- End of Flashback

'Oh Danny!' Heather whispered and closed her eyes.

'I am so, so sorry. If I had just known…'

Tears leaked out of her eyes and fell down her cheeks, falling onto the grass but she didn't care.

'I love you' she whispered as leaves rustled in the wind and one flew down and landed on top of her head.

She took it off and looked at it, before glancing at his grave.

'Is this a sign of forgiveness?' she asked, raising an eyebrow.

The single leaf rustled but didn't move and she couldn't help but smile.

Remus Lupin was not one to lie in bed for hours after nine o'clock. He would get up, make himself a coffee and read The Daily Prophet whilst Emm would make breakfast and chatter on about whatever she talked about and he would pretend to listen while really he would read the newspaper.

But today he had retired to laziness, and hadn't got up. It was now one in the afternoon and he was just lying about, staring at the ceiling.

He heard the door close and then two people came bounding in, jumping all over him excitedly.

'Get up Moony!' James shouted jumping on the bed.

Sirius jumped under the covers and sighed. James, halted and then scrambled on Sirius' other side and pulled the duvet over himself.

Remus raised an eyebrow at them.

'What're you two doing?' he asked, his voice croaky.

'What does it look like?' Sirius asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. 'We're lying in bed, duh'

Remus rolled his eyes.

'But why?'

'Because we simply can and we haven't seen you in like, ages'

'We hung out a couple of days ago' Remus replied, closing his eyes.

'Moony, you know that a couple of days ago is like forever to Padfoot' James told him and Remus nodded, his eyes still closed.

'True'

Sirius sighed.

'Well to tell you the truth, this is boring'

'Good' Remus answered moodily.

Sirius sighed again.

Suddenly James could smell something foul and… nasty.

'AW! Padfoot! You let one off AGAIN! That's festy!'

Sirius smirked and together, James and Remus tried to push him out of bed, but to no avail.

'If you don't get up this instant I'll let Fluffy off the chain again!'

Needles to say, they got out of bed quickly.

They hurried into the kitchen and Sirius followed them, cackling merrily.

But Sirius let off another one, a loud one and both boys were left gasping for air.

'It smells like rotten egg and mouldy cheese!' Remus shouted and they stuck their heads out of the small window, and Sirius just laughed.

'What? I had a cheese and egg toasted sandwich!'

They both groaned and after awhile the smell went away and they were able to breathe properly.

'Go get dressed Moony' Sirius ordered.

'Don't order me around Padfoot' Remus replied rolling his eyes.

'Hmmm, can you smell something? Oh no! I think another rippers coming up!'

Sirius squished his face and Remus ran from the room, yelling.

He went into his bedroom whilst James grabbed a tissue and pressed it to his nose and mouth incase Sirius let it off.

Five minutes later Remus came back out, dressed.

'Finally! I nearly died! I couldn't breathe!' James said throwing the tissue in the bin.

'Oh shut up Prongs, quit complaining or I'll send you to Dr. Phil' Sirius told him, smirking.

Remus rolled his eyes and the three boys left, planning to go to Diagon Alley.

Meanwhile, Lily, Becky, Emm and Carly were all walking around the mall, looking through shop windows.

'I'm going to see Sirius later. He thought we should go to the movies' Carly said smirking.

Becky, who was walking along behind her rolled her eyes.

'Maybe you guys could come too! Lily, you cam bring James, Emm can bring Remus and Becky… well you can come too and if you want you can bring someone, preferably a male' Carly said turning to the girl who put on a fake smile.

'I'd love to' she said and as soon as Carly turned away, Becky stuck her tongue out at her.

'Becky' Lily hissed and she shook her head and smiled.

'What?' Becky asked innocently.

Carly took hold of Emm's arm and dragged her off towards a shop she often went to.

'Becky, can I talk to you?' Lily asked grabbing her hand and pulling her away.

She held up on finger to the other two and turned to Becky, frowning.

'What's up?' she asked and Becky shook her head.

'Nothing, what makes you think there is?'

'We've been best mates for years Becks. Don't try that with me'

Becky sighed and sat down.

'I just don't like her. And I don't trust her either'

'Why? Because she's going out with Sirius and you aren't?'

'What?' Becky asked standing back up and looking at her friend incredulously.

'Of course not! I just… I don't like her, and I probably never will'

'You had your chance with Sirius. But you didn't take it. So why now? Why do you have to want him now?' Lily asked sighing.

'I don't want him. We're just friends, that's all'

Lily shook her head.

'You keep telling yourself that, but I know that you don't believe it'

Becky glared at her.

'Please don't do this. I have enough on my plate without you hassling me'

Lily sighed.

'Just give Carly a chance; she's really nice once you get to know her'

Becky shook her head.

'She deliberately dangles Sirius in front of me and gives us details of what they do'

'And that bothers you?'

She nodded.

'Yes, Lily it does. Sirius is my friend and he's like a brother to you. You don't want to know about what they do with their sex lives, do you?'

Lily smiled and shook her head.

'You have a point. But I think that you're bothered by it because it's not you and Sirius'

Becky rolled her eyes.

'I'm going to prove to you that 'm over him. I always have been. Besides, Sirius and I aren't meant to be'

'Aren't?'

'Weren't… Both'

Lily sighed.

'Just promise me you won't get hurt in all of this'

She nodded.

'Of course I-'

'C'mon you two! Are you planning on shopping or sitting out there all day?' Emm called out.

Lily got up and turned to Becky.

'Don't do anything I wouldn't do'

'Lily you're pregnant'

'I… Shut up' Lily said and walked off into the store, Becky following her with not as much enthusiasm.

'Hi Mr. Evans I was just wondering if Lily was here'

Mark Evans looked up from his spot at the kitchen table and saw Severus Snape standing there, his greasy black hair parted like a curtain.

'No, I'm sorry but she's not here. She went out with some friends'

Snape nodded.

'Will you tell her I stopped by then?'

Mr. Evans nodded, and Snape turned and left.

The front door closed and he went back to reading his paper as if there had been no interruption.

The cloaked figure loomed in the distance as they strode off along a long winding road leading to a familiar mansion. They stopped at the iron gates and hesitated before holding up his left arm.

He passed through the gate as if it were thin air and strode off to the mansion, kicking a tall white peacock out of his way.

He knocked once and the door opened of its own accord and he passed through it, hoping to find himself alone.

However, Lucius Malfoy was standing there, just inside and it appeared he was waiting for him.

'Lucius' the cloaked figure greeted and he nodded in return.

'He's waiting for you'

The cloaked man followed him down along the hallway until they reached a flight off stairs leading downwards.

Lucius stopped and turned to make sure the man was still with him and then continued on his way.

They reached the bottom of the stairs and a single black door was waiting before them.

Lucius knocked three times before being told to enter and upon entering both men bent their backs into low bows.

'Thank you Lucius. You may now leave' a high cold voice said, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

Lucius left in a hurry and closed the door behind him.

'Come' Lord Voldemort beckoned and the man did so.

He kneeled in front of Voldemort and took off his hood.

'Ah, Snape. You have accomplished your task then?'

Snape looked up into the blood red eyes and lowered his black ones to the ground.

'She was not in'

Voldemort tutted and then said; 'my patience is wavering Severus'

Snape nodded.

'I am sorry my Lord. But it has been hard. I have managed to trick her into thinking I want to be her friend again'

Voldemort smirked cruelly.

'You do realize that if you do so, you must keep your feelings for her buried?'

Snape nodded yet again.

'Yes my Lord'

'It should be easy, I can't imagine someone like you, a Pureblood (A/N: Voldemort is not aware of Snape's muggle father) Death Eater having feelings for the Mudblood'

Snape did not answer, merely listened.

'Although it is just lust, am I right?'

'Yes, my Lord' Snape lied, unable to speak the truth and disappoint him.

'Then it will be just a matter of time before the plan shall happen. You may leave, Severus. But try again tomorrow, if you will'

'My Lord, may I say something?'

Voldemort nodded and Snape opened his mouth and began to speak.

'The situation with Potter's father has left her very sore. She won't want anything but revenge when she see's you. She was very close to him'

'I know. But she will be wandless, harmless and weak. She will not stand a chance against me, whether she wants revenge for me killing the man who was like a father to her or not'

Snape nodded and turned and left, leaving Voldemort to his thoughts.

Flashback-

Voldemort looked around the hospital, his red eyes widening.

A man was dueling four Death Eaters at once, and struck one down.

No, Voldemort could not have this. He could not have his Death Eaters fail at the hand of Daniel Potter.

No, he must do something to stop this before it was too late.

Voldemort raised his wand and said the unforgivable words and stood, an evil smile playing on his lips as his jet of green light hurtled towards the skilled Auror who had just struck yet another Death Eater down and had dodged a red spell aimed at him.

It was as if it was slow motion; Moody had called out to Potter to watch out, and as the fool turned around, his eyes widened and the green light hit him square in chest, his face no longer in shock, but understanding.

The great Daniel Potter fell to the floor, and moved no more.

It was as if slow motion had died and it had gone back to normal as Moody, and plenty of people around him aimed curses for the Dark Lord, but they hit air, and only air as Voldemort Disapparated a few seconds before being hit.

-End of Flashback

Voldemort let out a mirthless laugh as he remembered the night he had killed Daniel Potter, the "skilled" Auror, the "unbeatable" Auror.

But Voldemort had silenced him, once and for all.

A/N: Well…

Erm… I'm really sorry for the long wait but as school is pretty crazy lately and… okay I admit I was a bit lazy I was out of ideas.

Blame the wee bit of Writer's Block.

But it's gone now.

Suggestions for next chapter anyone?

Just PM me if you have any ideas, and ideas at all.

Thanks to all those who reviewed by the way, really appreciated those.

Also, I'm thinking of starting a new story. THINKING.

Let me know your thoughts on this.

Thanks yet again,

♥ always and forever,

LilyHeartsJames XXX