Over the years James and Lily watched over Harry, Sirius, and Remus. James kept checking up on Sirius and Remus and was saddened to learn that his best friend was sent to Azkaban with out a trial and was furious as hell to learn that the person they had brought into their group and protected. When he learn of the rats betrayal he swore and yelled for hours until Lily managed to calm him down. They had watched Harry escape Dudley's gang when they were chasing him and when he had jumped over a trashcan to hide, were surprised to see Harry either apparate or fly onto the roof of the school. When James saw it he broke out into fake tears and said: "THAT'S MY BOY!" While Lily just sat there trying to figure out if he flew or apparated. She eventually gave up and went off to go read a book while James watched Remus on his annual transformation and sighed when he couldn't help him out like they all used to.
Near the end of 5th year
James and Lily watched Sirius, Remus, Harry, Kingsley, Moody, Tonks and the others fight Bellatrix and the other Death Eater's. James cheered when Sirius punched Lucius Malfoy in the face while telling him to stay away from his godson and when Sirius eventually kicked the bucket when Bellatrix hit him with Avada Kadavra, James and Lily ran out their door and watched Sirius fade into view from the veil. When Sirius woke up he looked around and groaned when he got a splitting headache. When he saw James and Lily he blinked a couple times. "Ok…I'm dead… and Death has taken the forms of the two people I have missed the most…way to tease me Death." He said while glaring at them. "Sirius…you really did die. Death hasn't taken the form of Lily and I. Hell we haven't seen Death for the last…14 years. He only greets the people who die and goes back to whatever he's doing" James told him. "Oh…so what do we do now?" Sirius asked. "Well first you can choose to be whatever age you want to be. I chose to be twenty-one and James chose to be nine-teen, mainly because he likes to be in his teens." Lily told him. Sirius thought for a bit and chose to be twenty. "Always have to one-up me don't you mate?" James said jokingly while Sirius smirked and patted him on the back. "So what have you guys been doing?" He asked them. "Well we've been watching over you, Harry and Remus. We have a tv in our house that allows that." Lily explained to him. "Seriously? Wait…what's a tv?" Sirius asked looking confused. "Basically a picture that moves but has different frames for it." Lily tried to explain it the best she could and Sirius eventually shrugged and they went to watch it to see what Harry and the others were now doing.