"It's today."

About a week had passed since my nightmare. I mean, the one they all caught. I still had nightmares most nights. Today was the day of the attack that took Lily's parent's lives in our timeline. Obviously, we were trying to prevent that. Lily and I had insisted that we go with the Aurors. Our excuse to Lily's family was that I wanted to meet Lily's sister and parents. The excuse to our friends and most of our teachers was that Lily's sister was sick and we wanted to go visit her. Dumbledore helped us with these. I'd've probably been more creative.

I was awoken by Lily shaking me madly and insisting we go eat, 'to keep up our strength'. So, letting the others sleep, we went down to breakfast. Which was where we were now.

"I know, Lils, you've said it about ten times now," I said, calmly eating more of my eggs. "Don't worry. We'll save them."

"I know, it's just… what if we don't? What if they die, and I'm right there?" Lily fretted, playing absentmindedly with her hair. I gave her a frown. She blushed. "Sorry, James. I guess I forgot about… about Sirius for a second. I didn't mean to-"

"I know, Lils," I smiled reassuringly, before staring at the wall blankly. "I won't let that happen. You don't know, and I don't ever want you to know, what it feels like to watch someone you love die. It's… it's the worst feeling in the world."

"Oh, James, I shouldn't have mentioned it," Lily said miserably. "Look at me. I'm fretting so much over this that I made you remember the worst day of your life…"

"It's fine, Lily," I laughed half-heartedly, putting an arm around her shoulders. "We'll fix that too."

"Yes, we will," Lily agreed. "But that doesn't change what you remember."

"No, it doesn't," I sighed. "I'll never forget that. But Sirius will be alive, and that's all that matters to me. It will fade, with time. At least, Dumbledore thinks so."

"Well, that's Dumbledore for you," Lily laughed. "Speaking of Sirius, here he comes now."

I spun around. Sure enough, Remus and Sirius were walking up to us. Sirius grinned, and plopped down next to me, while Remus sat down by Lily.

"Good morning, Prongs! You're up early!" Sirius declared. "Peter's still asleep, y'know."

"Even after all the racket that git made," Remus said sourly, jerking his thumb at Sirius. For the first time, I realized his hair was damp. "Bloody prat soaked me."

"You wouldn't get out of bed," Sirius explained defensively. "And Wormtail's still asleep!"

"Well, that's Wormy for you," I chuckled, shaking my head. "Moony, you know Sirius. Get up the first time he asks, don't wait until he soaks you."

"You do that too, Prongs," Remus pointed out dryly. "I was surprised you didn't this morning. You were obviously up before us."

"Lily woke me," I replied. "We're going to see her sister today."

"Petunia?" Sirius wrinkled his nose up. "Isn't she that girl who called you a freak? Th one with her nose so high in the air, she looks about to fall over?"

"That's the one," Lily replied, rolling her eyes. "She really is a sweet girl."

"Yeah," I deadpanned. "Right… are we talking about the same Petunia?"

"James," Lily chided. "I expect you to be nice."

"Nice. Well, I'll try," I replied, shrugging my shoulders. "What do you think, Pads? Should I be nice to Petunia?"

"Hmm…" Sirius pretended to think for a moment, before turning back to me. "Nope! Not in the slightest."

"Lily! What a surprise!" Dumbledore had Apparated us to Lily's house, and left us to knock on the door. Mrs. Evans had answered. "And who's this- it can't be! Is that that James Potter boy? The one you ranted about all summer?"

"You ranted about me?" I asked, my lips quirking at Lily's red face. "Apparently. Good to know you talked about me as much as I talked about you."

"Yes, your mum told me," Lily teased. "Apparently you never shut up about me."

"Oh, shush," I replied, before smiling at Mrs. Evans and holding out my hand. "James Potter, Lily's boyfriend," I turned to Lily. "I love saying that!"

"I know you do," she chuckled, while her mother cooed and ushered us inside. "So, hey, Mum. Is Dad home?"

I could tell she was a lot more nervous than she let on. Lily hadn't seen her parents in over two years. At least I saw mine every now and then.

"He is, in fact," Mrs. Evans beamed. "SAMUEL! GET DOWN HERE! LILY'S HERE!"

"One minute!" came the faint reply. Mrs. Evans donned a devious smirk.

"WITH HER BOYFRIEND!"

There was a lot of loud thuds, like footsteps, and soon Mr. Evans had come racing into the room. His eyes immediately focused on me, and narrowed. I held out my hand politely.

"Hello, sir," I smiled. "I'm James Potter. Let me tell you, your daughter is the most magnificent girl I've ever met."

Mr. Evans's expression softened slightly, and he shook my hand.

"Nice to meet you, son," Mr. Evans said, in a booming voice, eyes twinkling. "Now, you treat my daughter right or I'll hunt you down with my pistol."

"Er… what's a pistol?" I asked hesitantly. Mr. Evans laughed jovially- he probably thought I was joking. "No, really. I have no clue what that is."

"Oh."

We spent a while chatting about this and that. Mr. Evans was slowly warming up to me.

"Mum, what time is it?" Lily asked. Mrs. Evans glanced at the clock.

"Half past three, dear," Lily paled. I probably did to. Ten minutes. "What's the matter?"

"We don't have time to set up wards!" Lily fretted. "Ooh, I should've given us more time!"

"Relax, Lils, we have the Portkeys," I smiled reassuringly, and pulled out three slips of paper. "Is Petunia here?"

"She's at school," said Mr. Evans, obviously confused. "Why?"

"Alright, each of you take one," I handed Lily's parents a Portkey. "In ten minutes, those things will activate and you'll be sent to Hogwarts. We aren't here just to catch up; there's a Death Eater attack. We have to get you out of here. There's Aurors stationed around the neighborhood. Don't panic."

The Evanses were staring at us nervously. Mr. Evans nodded. "And you two?"

"We're fighting, Dad," Lily declared. Both of her parents opened their mouths to protest. "No! We have to. The Death Eaters ruin people's lives. We have to stop them!"

Mrs. Evans raced forward and hugged Lily. "Oh, Lily, be careful!"

"I will be, Mum," Lily murmured. "You guys be safe."

We waited a few more minutes. We got the hint that the Portkeys had activated a second before Mr. and Mrs. Evans vanished, as they're faces morphed into something of surprise. Then they were gone. Lily let out a sigh of relief.

"How much longer do you think we have?" I asked, grabbing her hand. She squeezed mine. "Maybe five."

"No, three, I'd think," Lily replied uncertainly. "Be careful James. Don't get yourself killed out there."

"I won't, Lily," I smiled reassuringly. "Don't you worry."

There was a sudden shout.

"Death Eaters!" That was our cue. We ran outside, wands out, and started firing spells at our opponents. Aurors were fighting beside us. I recognized Alastor Moody and my dad. Moody nodded at me. Thankfully, my dad hadn't noticed. He'd have a fit, then tell Mum, who'd have an even bigger fit. I dodged a green beam of light and sent a stupefy in the direction it'd come from.

"Lily, on your right!" I exclaimed. Lily nodded, and turned to duel the Death Eater on her right. "Dad, look out behind you! Stupefy!"

I was glad I'd used the spell. Dad turned to face me, with a shocked look on his face, instead of taking my warning. "Focus, Dad! On your left! Lily, watch out for that Cruciatus!"

"Got it!" Lily ducked, and Dad fired an Expelliarmus towards his attacker. "James, behind you!"

I turned, not quick enough, and got hit with a nasty cutting curse. But it wasn't that bad, just a cut on my shoulder that Madam Pomfrey could fix in a snap.

"James, what the heck are you doing here?" Dad yelled. "You should be at Hogwarts, not fighting Death Eaters!"

"No, Dumbledore said I could- levicorpus!- come!" I yelled back, hexing an approaching Death Eater. "Besides, I owe these gits good! Lily, duck!"

"Got it- aguamenti!" Lily replied, aiming her wand at the ground, making the Death Eater slip and fall on his face. "Stupefy! Expelliarmus!"

"Moody, on your right! Constant vigilance!" Dad barked at Moody, who nodded, and hit a Death Eater with a particularly nesting slicing hex. "James, leave! It's too dangerous!"

"It isn't!" I retorted. "Dad, I can handle this. Stupefy! I've been- incendio! - I've been training!"

"James, this isn't- diffindo!- the time for this!" Dad shouted. "And look out behind you!"

"Got it!" I ducked, and spun on my heel. "Levicorpus!"

"Petrificus totalus! James, Mr. P, now isn't the time to be arguing!" Lily exclaimed. "Sectumsempra! Don't get distracted- James, Cruciatus!"

"Right!" I replied, dodging to the left. I spun to face the caster, and immediately recognized her. "Bellatrix… stupefy! Expelliarmus! Sectumsempra! You! You should go to Azkaban!"

"Well, aren't you a feisty one?" Bellatrix cackled, dodging my spells. "Crucio! Avada Kadavra! Crucio!"

I dove to the side. "Reducto! Stupefy! Sectumsempra! Petrificus totalus! Why don't you go back to swooning over your bloody snake lord?"

"You'll pay for that!" Bellatrix shrieked. "Avada Kadavra! Crucio! Avada Kadavra!"

"Accio car!" I exclaimed, and the nearest car came flying in front of me, blocking the curses. I winced when I noticed the car had been destroyed. I'd leave some Muggle money for that. "Sectumsempra! Reducto! Stupefy! Sectumsempra!"

Bellatrix screamed, mostly in anger, when the last spell hit her in the side, creating a decent sized gash. More red and green lights were sent my way. I managed to dodge most of them- most of them. She'd gotten me with a Cruciatus. Once again, the impossible pain took over my body. I didn't scream as much now. I could hear Dad and Lily screaming my name, but in a few moments, the pain was over.

I'd fallen again, but I shakily got back up, glaring hatefully at Bellatrix. I had never thought it was possible for me to hate someone until the day Sirius died. This was his cousin, the snake that'd played a major role in torturing him.

"Defodio! Depulso! Furnunculus! Stupefy! Deprimo!" I had to admit, Bellatrix was doing a good job blocking and dodging my spells. "Diffindo! Reducto! Sectumsempra! Stupefy!"

I don't know if she got tired, or scared, or what, because after being hit with a Reducto to the leg, Bellatrix Apparated away, followed closely by the Death Eaters who were still conscious. The Aurors hardly relaxed, but I sat down on the hard asphalt, and attempted to stem the bleeding on my shoulder. Lily and Dad knelt down next to me.

"I'm proud of you, son," Dad declared after a moment. "That doesn't mean I'm not angry; no, you shouldn't have put yourself in danger. But you did well."

"Thanks, Dad," I smiled. "Lily, can you…?"

"Of course," Lily said kindly, pointing her wand at my injured shoulder. "Vulnera Sanentum."

"Useful, very useful," mused Dad. "James, that was very brash or you, dueling Bellatrix Lestrange."

"I wish she hadn't got away," I replied vehemently. "She deserves the Kiss! That snake murdered-"

I stopped myself just in time. Lily gave me a sad look, squeezing my hand.

"Tell him," she said simply. "We can trust him."

"Fine," I sighed. "Dad, I'm going to tell you something, and you aren't going to believe it, but, please, just listen before carting us off to St. Mungo's?"

"Alright," Dad agreed skeptically. "Please, please tell me you aren't hearing voices."

"I'm not hearing voices," I laughed, before taking a deep breath. "Dad, we- Lily and I- we're from the future."

A/N: Hope you enjoyed my battle scene. Hope it wasn't too bad… James really, really hates Bellatrix. And you have one more revelation about Siri's death in James and Lily's timeline: Bellatrix played a key part in his torture. Thank you to krikanalo, potterhead934, and N.E. Person for the reviews! You all get virtual cheesecake!

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