A/N: I'm very sorry for the very late update, it's just that there were a few ideas that I wanted to toy with. All right I admit it, to my shame the reason I haven't posted for so long was because I've been too caught up in Xmas and New Year! Exams haven't been too pleasant neither. But to make up for it I am working on several chapters simultaneously and have about 22 pages of writing! Yay!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the characters in any way. I'm borrowing them to write a story.

QUICK SUMMARY:

Lily's parents have been killed and she's been captured by Death Eaters, the main one is David Tether who used to be a Hogwarts student.

One of Dumbledore's spies has reported a rumored attack to take Hogwarts down. James has left Hogwarts to find Lily with Tatty as his guide.

Remus and Sirius have devised a plan to help James that allows them to stay at Hogwarts because they fear for the worse and want to help Dumbledore. They perform a Suminus Protectus charm that brings back Guardians. Remus overlooked the fine print and it turns out the Guardians come in the forms of animals; in their case Chewy the bat, Nutmeg the cat and Tatty the owl are now their Guardians.

WE THREE

The Spy walked on; the small hand held mirror that he'd used just seconds before tucked deep into his pocket. He couldn't be certain but the Dark Lord seemed oddly pleased. The precious son of the Potters' was no longer in Hogwarts. It was their fault for meddling in the Dark Lord's affairs and now they would pay dearly with it.

The spy shivered, somewhere deep inside, an emotion wrenched but as suddenly as it had appeared it was gone. He walked on, comforted that he'd completed a deed for the Lord and oddly despaired that James Potter would not be returning to Hogwarts…

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"Hey, Mongrel! Are you listening?" Sirius sent Nutmeg a death glare but the cat just shrugged it off and licked a paw before smoothing it over its head.

After seeing his glare being deflected with such ease Sirius turned to Remus. "Moony." He said, his voice low and threatening. "I'm not the brightest of the lot, but I really don't see how a bat, a chicken and FAT CAT is going to help our situation!" he said.

Remus opened his mouth but quickly closed it again. Quite frankly he didn't see how it helped neither. He was saved from replying by Chewy.

"We Three," he began importantly. "Are the wisest of all Guardians. A title we were honored with during our days of flesh."

Sirius rolled his eyes.

"We will guard you."

"From what? Mice? Yea 'coz I'm sooooo scared of those." In a flash Sirius' world was turned upside down and he found himself smothering in his own robes.

"Hey!" he shoved them aside to find himself hanging upside down from the ceiling. "OI! Put me down!" Below, Remus had his wand out but nothing he could do was able to bring Sirius back to the ground. None of his spells could even reach his friend.

"Tut, tut Mongrel, you really should learn to control your mouth, or least put a bit more thought into your words." Nutmeg said dismissively, all the while maintaining eye contact with Sirius's writhing body.

"That's not helping." Remus said placing himself in front of Nutmeg to break the eye contact. As a result Sirius crashed into the ground and landed with a thud.

"Moony!" he complained massaging his neck. "A cushion would have been thoughtful."

"Always the thoughtless brat-" Nutmeg began.

"We summoned you because we need your help. This is not helping." Remus interjected with a defeated sigh. Sirius was right: why couldn't something go right for once? "Look, James is out there and we're stuck here. Something is going to happen here and we have to be here when it does, but our friend needs our help." He said with a maddening patience.

"Ah, loyalty to friends. Something that is highly regarded no matter the circumstance." Chewy said and Remus swore he smiled. "There is naught to worry young one, the last that makes We Three is with your friend. Your spell is true and we will serve our purpose.

"Good…I think." Remus said uncertain of what help these Guardians could offer.

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"Tatty!" James scratched his head wondering if he had a concussion; it certainly felt concussed. He thought that he might have been hallucinating but his owl spoke before he fell, so his hallucinations couldn't have been caused by the fall.

"Yes?" Tatty blinked at him.

"Are you talking to me?"

"Apparently." Tatty looked up to where James had fallen. "Aren't you going to do that again?"

"No!" James cried indignantly. There was no mistaking the look of disappointment on his owl. "Since when have you been able to talk?" he demanded while untangling himself from the prickly bramble.

"Oh, about three minutes ago. Was a touch surprised to be out here but everything always has a purpose right?"

"Three minutes?" James recalled seeing Tatty shiver.

The owl nodded. "Now listen to me human, what I'm about to say is very important but first I have a question that is even more important." James nodded slowly, not quite sure what to expect. "Are you sure that you won't do that again?"

"NO!"

Again the owl looked disappointed. "Pity, I haven't laughed like that for centuries."

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Lily stared at the handle. Sweat beading on her hairline. Hours passed like minutes while she worked on her wand-less spell, lost in concentration. The night was passing rather uneventfully and the door stayed stubbornly locked despite her best efforts. Many times she would stop and think longingly of the days when she could control magic with a wave of her hand. Rebecca seemed to sense these moments because each time it happened she would speak. They were random comments mostly but with merely her presence she would restore Lily's determination.

"I'm not old enough to go to a Wizarding school yet so I'm still stuck in a Muggle Primary school. What's it like in Hogwarts?"

Lily wished she had something to pick the lock with but there was nothing that she could find. "It's…big, a very old castle." Lily began while still staring at the door with determination. "It's so big that I sometimes get lost in it still, the stairs don't help very much though because they move."

Rebecca gave a delighted laugh. "They move? To where?"

"Wherever they want really."

"What about the headmaster? Is he strict?"

"Dumbledore?" Lily shook her head fondly. "No, he's not at all strict." She said recalling Dumbledore's mirth over their food fight. "But that doesn't mean that you can mess around in front of him though." She added quickly not wanting to give an entirely false impression of the Great wizard to the girl. "There's something about him that tell you that you do not want to mess with him. He instills this authority and it seems like he's unaware of it entirely. He really is a great wizard."

"Not great enough to stand up against the Dark Lord though is he? Or he would have done already." Rebecca said unconvinced. "We wouldn't be here right if he was that Great."

Rebecca's note of bitterness alarmed Lily and she drew away from the door. "Oh no! Don't say that. He is Great Wizard, but there's only one of him and the You-Know-Who has many followers. He can only do his best."

"So, that means he's doing something then?"

This question took Lily by complete surprise. What was Dumbledore doing? Over the past year he'd been absent from the school a lot that much she did know. "I don't know." She replied truthfully.

"Surely there's something." The girl persisted with unnatural interest. "You're the Head Girl, you must know about something."

"No, I don't." Lily replied but then grew puzzled. "How did you know that I'm Head Girl?"

"Because you told me earlier." Lily shook her head, she had no memory of telling her about that but then she was tired after all. "So like is Dumbledore preparing you guys to revolt against the Dark Lord?"

"I really have no idea, Rebecca." Rebecca expressed disappointment and fell silent leaving Lily to return to her arduous task.

Lily's heart leapt as the handle twisted and she thought she had finally gotten somewhere until the door swung open and she found a tip of a wand pointed straight at her nose. With a cry she fell back landing roughly on the floorboards.

Two wizards entered the room both dressed in black robes with hidden faces. The only bit of skin she could see was their hands and exposed wrists where they proudly exhibited the Black Mark.

"Oh crap…" Lily struggled helplessly as they seized her by the wrists.

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Lily kicked and screamed until they gagged and bound her with ropes controlled by magic. They dumped her unceremoniously onto a rusty old bathroom where the ropes loosened as soon as they closed the door.

At least they gave me a bathroom time… Lily found herself thinking gratefully because the longer she was stayed in that room the more the flowerpot looked like it would have to serve as a toilet.

After flushing the toilet she turned the taps on to full and went to the window. It was rectangular and set in a creamy frame. She shook it but it was firmly latched and no amount of tugging could open the window. Frustrated she went back to the sink and threw cold water over her face.

"What do they want with me?" She asked her reflection aloud. "I need to be at Hogwarts!" She told her reflection. The conversation she had overheard about the raid was racing through her veins. The connections were obvious, Tether worked for Voldemort and they were planning a 'raid' on Hogwarts! What else could an 'antique school' be?

She was rudely interrupted from her thoughts when the door to the bathroom opened despite the fact that she had locked it.

"You've been in here long enough." The taller one said gruffly.

"What were you doing?" the second one spoke, the voice coming from under the hood undeniably female.

Lily looks down the wand that was pointed at her face. "I was trying to drown myself." She informed them haughtily and found her face thrown to the side; her cheek stinging once more before realizing that she had been slapped. That was twice in too soon a time. Lily threw herself onto the woman with fists and nails. With a screech and a yell the woman stumbled and the man released a stunning spell from behind sending Lily into oblivion once more.

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