Disclaimer: Well since I'm a broke college student with no more then a couple dollars to my name, I'm pretty sure I don't own Harry Potter. All those rights remain with J.K. Rowling who is currently the second wealthiest woman in the world, only behind Opera.

Chapter 2

It was four years since James had left Hogwarts. He completed his training as and Auror and was now working for the ministry. As he sat behind his desk looking over papers of his last couple of mission his best friends Sirius Black came running up to him.

"You know Sirius, I don't think it's very professional to run through the office," James told his friend with at smirk on his face.

"Oh well whats the worst that can happen?" Sirius shot back.

"Black just what do think you are doing?" Roared a voice from behind as a man came up to Sirius.

"Sorry mate, but that is the worst that can happen" James replied laughing.

"Ummm….. well I was just paying a visit to my friend here." Sirius said uncomfortably. "You know….. Strictly on business reasons…"

"Well however much I may doubt that, I was talking about running through the office!" Alastor Moody yelled at him "What if the death eaters were attacking the ministry! You could run right into one of them! Elementary Auror safety, no one bothers with it anymore." Moody muttered as he walked off.

James burst into laughter as soon as Moody was out of ear shot. "That was the worst lie I have ever heard!" James said between laughs.

"Well it wasn't really my fault…." Sirius muttered as he scratched his head. I just came to tell you that on break you me Remus and Peter are meeting up in the auditorium to go to lunch at the Leaky Cauldron today." Sirius's face lifted as he added "And lunch break begins in five minutes. At least during lunch we can get away from cranky Moody."

"I heard that!" came 'cranky Moody's voice from across the office.

James smiled as his friend's face paled but sighed. "I would love to but I can't. I'm going to be working late as it is today, I think I'm just going to skip my lunch."

"Fine suit yourself." Sirius pouted. "I'll bring you something back if Peter doesn't eat everything first."

James nodded in appreciation and went back to his work.

Shadows started to fall around the office as one Auror after another left for the night. Soon the only light in the department came from one of the cubicles near the back. The man's hair stuck up in all directions indicating that he had run his hands through it more than a couple times in frustration as he pored over the papers that littered his desk. The clock on the wall chimed eleven times breaking him out of his thoughts

James had spent the whole day sitting in the office filling out paper work. The one thing he couldn't stand about his job was the paper work. Moody had given him a whole stack of it to do today to punish him for last night.

Last night there had been an attack at Diagon Alley and he had punched a death-eater in the face after the man had already been restrained. The death-eater had told him that if he didn't release him, that he would send word to his buddies to kill James' family. James had lost it. Little did this death-eater know but his 'buddies' had already killed his parents two years before. There was no one left in the Potter family but him.

Moody had let him off easy, healing up the bruise James' fist had caused and claiming not to have witnessed the blow, but James still had to turn in all the reports that he had been putting off in the morning.

He had just dropped his head into his hands when an alarm sounded in the back of the office.

James knew that sound well.

He shot up, knocking files to the floor as he dashed towards the noise. He dashed into the alert room and saw a surname and addresses pop up on the screen. He recognized the name as that of one of the muggle born students he had gone to school with. He quickly slammed his palm down on a button that would alert the response Aurors and he ran towards atrium where he knew his team would be assembling.

When he finally reached the ground floor he ran to where he saw the witches and wizards appearing one after another all with steeled looks.

He saw the faces of many people he knew. Amelia Bones was among them as was Sirius Black who looked rather disheveled and was currently in the process of trying to tuck in his shirt and zip up his pants.

"Were you in the middle of something?" Amelia asked him crinkling her nose disgustedly.

"No not in the middle thank goodness." Sirius said a little out of breath but good-naturedly. "We were just really starting to-"
"That will be enough Black. Nobody wants a mental image of that." Moody said loudly, cutting him off as he cam striding up to the group. "Alright who heard the alarm?"

"That was me." James said stepping forward. "The MClenen's house has been broken into. If everyone would just grab hands I'll apperate us the house." Everyone did as he asked and James closed his eyes as the similar squeezing sensation took over.

Meanwhile a girl with flaming red hair walked down the corridor of the fourth floor of St. Mungo's hospital. Given her brilliancy at charms and the study she had done in hexes and jinxes she had been moving up in the ranks in the "Spell damage" department ever since she had left Hogwarts. Almost a year ago she had accepted the job of head of the ward after the previous holder of the position was attacked by a squad of death eaters. No one had been too keen to take a job that made them a target of attacks. Lily had boldly stepped forward and with the help of her genius and the many protective spells covering her apartment, she had remained virtually unscathed in the last year.

It had been another long day at the hospital and she ached all over. All she wanted now was a good night's sleep. She gathered up her coat and brief case with a happy sigh as she imaged her comfy bed waiting for her as made her way to the door. All of a sudden red lights started flushing and a sound echoed in the halls.

"All available healers to the front desk." The voice said with a note of panic in their voice. Lily dropped her things and raced down three sets of stairs to where a couple of people were already lined up. A voice spoke out.

"Another house has been attacked. We need to get healers on the scene immediately."

"Where are we going?" Lily asked gripping her wand tightly in her hand, ready.

Ok well that's chapter 2 revised and done. After this its gonna be new stuff posted. Please tell me what you think of it! Please leave me a review!