Chapter 3

Within two days I had a reply. Good news where not in store for us. I wanted to cry, but I didn't want to. Lily was right next to me, if she saw me crying she would know something was up. Soon she would know, but for that moment she couldn't.

Dear James,

No, Uncle Ron wasn't with him. The ministry said there's a 15% chance of them finding him. Yesterday they gave out where he was, but wouldn't tell me. By tomorrow you, Teddy, Al, Rose, Lily, and Hugo will be on your way home. Just go ahead and tell Lily and Hugo what's going on. When they find your father he will be heading to St. Mungo's no doubt about that. Be strong for me my little Jamie. If you dad is found dead, I want you to know that he loved you, he died for the protection of others and you. Make sure everybody knows that.

Love you, too, Mum

Why did she say if all the time? What if he was not hurt? Both those questions were floating in my mind. She called me her "little Jamie." She hadn't called me that since my first year of Hogwarts.

Now I had to tell Lily and Hugo. I had to tell what happened two more times. Why! At least I'm leaving tomorrow. I hadn't been able to concentrate on my studies.

I decided to tell lily and Hugo together. It was much easy on me.

"Lily", I whispered to the 5''1' red haired girl next to me, "I need to talk to you."

"Then talk." She said back not looking up from the piece of parchment she was writing on.

"No, somewhere more private. And with Hugo, too."

"What are you telling us?"

"Something you two haven't been informed in."

"Where?"

"Outside on the landing. Meet me there. I'll get Hugo." We both got up from where we, she went to where we were meeting, and I went to got Hugo who was sitting over at the couch in front of the fire. I got him to come with me quickly. He's so much like his dad, looks, and personality. I once got him to take me outside one Christmas, than I got him to take his shoes off and walk down about 10 miles. He couldn't feel his whole body by the time we got back, and had a fever.

When we were all together I started talking right away.

"I'm just going to come straight out and say. Dad's gone missing."

"WHAT!" Lily screamed. She was just standing there shocked looked down at the floor.

"I'm so sorry." Hugo said looking straight in my eyes them down to the floor.

"All of us are going home tomorrow." I kept looking back at Lily.

"Lily, you okay?" I finally said.

She looked up at me tears starting to run down her face. I opened my arms inviting her into a hug. She was now crying hysterically, and ran into my arms soaking my white cotton button up uniform shirt. I tried my best that moment to take care of it as if mum was there.

That night I couldn't sleep. What everybody was saying was troubling. There were too many ifs. "If we find him alive", "If he makes it", "If he's found died." Why can't we think as if he will be found alive?

Sense I couldn't sleep I snuck out of bed and went into the 6th year room

"Al!" I whispered into Al's ear as best as I could than moved away knowing a fist was about to come over towards my face. Sure enough a tight fist swung, missed, and forced him to fall out of the bed.

"What do you want James?"

"The cloak."

"No."

"Yes."

"The last time you needed it I found you in the broom closet with my girlfriend."

"No, I'm just going to wonder."

"Fine. It's my trunk." Al said getting back up to his feet then back in bed. "Aren't you going to say something?"

"Oh yeah, something" I smiled, but I hurt too much inside keep it on my face for more than five seconds.

Now with the invisibility cloak, I went down to Teddy's room over in another wing of the castle. I had been there a few times before. Like when I was sick and didn't want to stay in the hospital wing, and few times when I couldn't sleep after then. We talked and so on. He was and still is my friend, and always will be. When I reached his room, I had no idea I was going to see what I saw. A grown man cry.