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James and Lily entered the common room, but their friends weren't there. James looked at the Marauder's map, all of them were in their dorm.
Both of them entered the dorm.
"Where were you two?" asked Sirius.
"In potions classroom," replied Lily.
"It ended 2 hours ago," said Marls.
"We know," said Lily sitting on James' bed.
James looked at Remus who was sitting with a grim face, "I am sorry mate," he said rubbing Remus' back before returning to Lily.
"I am tired from all the shouting," muttered James slowly. Lily pulled him so that he was lying in the bed with his head resting on her lap.
"So, what took you so long?" asked Sirius. James turned to face Lily's stomach and buried his head into it.
"We had an important task with Slughorn," replied Lily, resting her back against the wall and running her hand through James' hair.
"Some dirty tasks?" smirked Sirius.
Lily looked at him with disgust. "We are not like you Sirius."
"What were you doing that Prongsie is so tired?" asked Sirius seriously.
"Trying to find out more details about the diary," replied James.
"What did you find?" asked Peter sitting up.
"Will tell you all later," said James still not looking at them.
"We all have to master Occlumency," said Lily. "James will teach me, he says Marls and Sirius you both already know it."
"Yes, when James was being taught Occlumency, I was forced to learn too with him," said Marls.
"And my father taught me," said Sirius.
"Very well then you can teach Remus, Mary, and Peter," said Lily.
"Why do we have to learn it?" asked Mary.
James turned in Lily's lap to face others, his eyes still red.
"So, that we can stop Voldemort from killing more people, we have to stop him, otherwise we all will suffer, the war is here and we can't ignore it because it will come to us," replied James.
"Are you all right James?" asked Marls.
"No, I am not," said James sitting up. "People are dying every day, how can I be all right? I just saw three people being killed in front of me, they died like a fucking fly," said James his voice rising.
Lily hold his shoulder and forced him down, so he was laying again, "Calm down, please, it's okay, relax, take deep breaths, it was just a memory, relax," cooed Lily as she gently stroked his forehead.
"Sorry," mumbled James closing his eyes.
"What did he mean he saw three people die?" asked Remus alarmed.
"I saw Voldemort killing his own father, and grandparents," replied James.
The room gasped.
"We have to start preparing ourselves, Voldemort is a really really strong wizard, he was way ahead of us when he was of our age, he had already killed nearly 4 people, his first victim being Myrtle. And if we don't prepare we will all die soon too," said James.
"We have Dumbledore to help and protect us," said Peter.
"Dumbledore was here in the school when Myrtle died but he couldn't help her or even catch Tom Riddle," retorted James.
"Dumbledore can't protect us forever," said Remus.
"No, he can't," agreed James. "And Dumbledore works differently, his way of doing things is different, his way of fighting a war is different."
"He is the best, and the strongest wizard, he even defeated Grindlewald," said Marls.
"I know that and I respect him for that, he has his heart in the right place but the so-called 'For the Greater Good' idea isn't the right thing," said James.
"What does that mean?" asked Mary.
James sat again, "Put it this way, Voldemort doesn't care who dies or how many people die he doesn't care as long as he is alive and is winning, Dumbledore, on the other hand, follows the idea that if few people are sacrificed but the good cause, then it's okay with him when someone in danger he will focus on protecting the most resourceful people and then think of others."
"So, isn't that right?" asked Remus.
"No, it isn't Remus. For Dumbledore people and war is a game, a strategy game," said James.
"How can you say that?" asked Sirius.
"I know, I have talked to a lot of people regarding this, I have read books, the books about how Grindlewald was defeated. Dumbledore was my hero, and still is, it's just that he goes to do some stupid things and ignores people just under the motto of, 'For the Greater Good' and I don't blame him for that, it was the society that he grew up in made him like that, he too is human and humans tend to have faults, we all have faults," said James.
Everyone was now looking at him sincerely.
"Look, sometimes Dumbledore manipulates and uses innocent people's weaknesses to use them for his benefit, he doesn't tell the truth until it's very necessary, which leads to more harm," said James. "We can't rely on him, we have to be strong enough to fight the war."
"But James, don't you understand James this is war and people tend to die, few lives don't matter if more lives could be saved by their sacrifices," said Remus.
James was now on his foot, "I know it, I know it very well and I also know that we can't save everyone, but what will you do if an option is given to you to either let Mary die or let two people die?"
"I. . . I . . . that's stupid, what would you do?" said Remus.
"Time will come when such choices will be put in front of you, and I will try to protect all three of them, I will fight and continue fighting until the very end to protect all three of them and will give up that one life only and only when the last of the last chance to protect them is gone. But I will make sure to take 10 of them for 1 of our own," said James.
"Look, my point is that we should not be the one that chooses who dies or not, given the opportunity, we should try, try with all our might and strength to protect everyone before giving up. And manipulating people or using them for our benefit, is the wrong thing to do, if we are going to face the war against the dark, the first thing should be honest with each other, which Dumbledore doesn't do, he tries to hide things until it's very late," said James.
"Relax James, you are taking out your anger and frustration on him," said Lily.
"I am sorry, I was just sad, I trust Dumbledore, I trust him with my life, and I respect him, he is my hero, it's just sometimes I don't like his stupid and mad ideas," sighed James. "Sorry, I just got angry."
"Why are you so angry at him, anyways?" asked Sirius,
"I will tell you all what happened today and why we arrive late, but you all have to swear that this information does not leave this room, or we all will be doomed, it is the reason we will learn occlumency," said James. "Can I trust you all, that you will not tell anyone, not even mention it outside this room about what I am going to tell you?"
All of them nodded and James informed them about the Horcruxes and how he got the memory from Slughorn.
They all sat in silence for about ten minutes as James retreated back to his bed lying in the comfort of Lily.
"I am afraid," this broke the silence, Peter was looking straight at James, the only person he trusts.
James got up from his bed and sat beside Peter.
"We all are afraid, but we are brave enough to defeat our fears," said James.
"Even if all the Horcruxes are destroyed killing him is not going to be a piece of a cakewalk," said Remus.
"And he will kill us all if he ever founds out that we know this," said Peter shaking.
"They were two houses away from killing your parents, next time they may target them, will you be able to live up to the guilt that you weren't able to do anything when you could have done to protect your parents?" asked James.
"No, I can't, I love my parents," said Peter.
"I know, we have a weapon, our greatest strength that Voldemort doesn't have," said James.
"What?" asked the 5 of them and Lily smiled.
"The power of love, the power to love, we all love each other and we will do anything to protect our loved ones," said Lily.
"And Voldemort doesn't know what love is or how powerful love is, he is blinded by the greed of power," finished James.
"Do you think we will win?" asked Peter.
"I don't know, I can't promise that but I promise that we will do our best, we will do whatever it takes to win this war, and no matter how dark it is, light always defeats the dark," said James and he stood and walked in the middle of the room.
"But I will need the support of you all, if we have to defeat the dark, we all must be together, the light is the strength of our love, and I for one love you all, you all are my family, a family closer than blood relation. So, are you with me to defeat the dark?" asked James.
Lily and Sirius were the first to reach him, James held forward his hand and the other two placed their hands over his, soon Marls, Mary, Remus and Peter joined too.
"I trust you Prongs, and will be by your side," said Peter placing his hand over them too.
"We all be together with each other, no matter how hard the times will be, we seven will be together," said James smiling at others.
"Until the very end," said Lily and the others repeated after her.
"We will do whatever it takes to defeat that bloody serpent," said Remus.
"Whatever it takes," said Sirius and others repeated.
"I love you all," grinned Marls and others repeated too.
"Do you still need the Polyjuice Potion, now that we know about those things," asked Lily, they were returning to the common room after dinner.
"Yes, we should know what they are and how to destroy them, besides I need some other books too, which aren't easily available," replied James.
"When will you go to buy the books?" asked Lily.
"During Easter Holidays," replied James. "I will be of age then and can easily do magic outside," said James.
Both of them sat in the corner of the common room while their friends were busy playing exploding snap.
"Where will I make it?" asked Lily.
James thought for a moment, "How about the Balcony?"
Lily smiled, "Perfect, but you will have to supply me with ingredients, okay?"
"Okay, now I think we should finish our homework otherwise we will not get time later," said James.
"Look at you worrying about doing homework before deadlines," teased Lily.
"Side effect of being in love with you," grinned James.
"You have become mature and responsible," commented Lily.
"I always was responsible, though maybe a little immature," said James.
"Yes, you were only a little immature," said Lily sarcastically.
"Let us start with Herbology first," said James and they began working.
February passed in a blur, Remus was accompanied to the funeral by Mary, he was all sad but has recovered now. All of them planned to throw a small party for Remus' birthday just like Lily's. They first thought of going to The Marauders Campsite, but the cold weather denied them so instead they decided to party in their dorm rather.
Soon Easter Holidays were approaching and so was James' birthday, Lily with help of Marls and Mary distracted James and with Amy's help had already brought to present for him during the last Hogsmeade trip. Amy has now become a good friend of James and Lily.
Today was the 20th of March, the day which used to be one of the happiest days for James Potter was now the saddest one, he didn't sleep all night, he attended the lessons normally and then had gone to the quidditch practice normally, and had dinner normally, but there was a pang in his heart, but he had hidden it, after all, he was good at hiding emotions and he just has to avoid Lily or Marls., so they didn't get to know about it.
He sat in the Common Hall alone in front of the fireplace, listening to soft music while his fellow housemates were talking and doing things happily. James rested his chin on his head looking at the fire.
Then a soft pair of hands came from behind and covered his eyes.
"Guess who?" said an odd voice, that made James smile.
"A red-haired girl with emerald green eyes, whom I love a lot," said James, and Lily jumped to sit beside him.
"I am bad at changing voices," she pouted.
"I would have recognized you with just your touch," said James.
"Really?" asked Lily.
"Really."
"So, why are you all sad today, you look as though you haven't slept in ages. . . did you get another nightmare?" she asked, her voice changing from happy to concerned.
"That may be a reason," sighed James looking at the flame again.
"What is it then? James, you are looking off the whole day," pleaded Lily holding his hand.
"It's just . . . that today is the birthday of Uncle Ben," said James in a hoarse voice.
"Ohh James, don't be sad. . . I have an idea, do you know what his favourite food was?" asked Lily.
"Pancakes,"
"Then we are going to the kitchens and eating some pancakes to celebrate his birthday, you should be happy, just like he wanted you to be," said Lily getting up and pulling James with her.
After 30 minutes the pair returned to the common room which was now empty, everyone had gone off to bed, tired by the prank Sirius and Remus pulled in the afternoon, flooding the entire castle.
James was feeling much better now but was tired too, but didn't want to be alone, he wanted to be with Lily, so he gathered all his courage and turned to face her.
"Umm, Lily would you mind if we sleep together tonight? It's okay if you don't want to, it just has been a hard day," said James.
Lily hesitated at first but then smiled, "Of course, we can James."
"You don't have to if you don't want to,"
"No, it's okay James and we haven't got much alone time in the recent time,"
James led her up to the boys' dorm, he poked his head inside to make sure his friends are all asleep and then led Lily to his bed, he then drew the curtains around it, before placing a silencing charm. He changed into comfortable clothes before joining Lily.
"I should have changed into something comfortable," sighed Lily as he removed the Gryffindor robes.
"You are a witch, Lily," pointed out James.
"Thanks for telling me, what a surprise," Lily rolled her eyes.
James shook his head, "Silly Lily."
"What?"
"What do you want to change into?" asked James.
Lily raised her eyebrows at him but answered, "Anything comfortable."
"Stay steadier," said James before muttering a spell and pointing his wand at her, Lily's school clothes changed into a loose top and shorts.
"Thanks, I didn't know about that spell,"
"I will teach it to you later," said James.
"But how will I get back my original clothes, they were new,"
"There's a reverse spell, don't worry."
"Thanks," said Lily before kissing and cuddling into him.
James placed his hand over her cheek, gently stroking her lips with his thumb, Lily smiled mischievously and then opened her mouth and bite his thumb.
"OW! Lily!" he pulled back his hand.
"Sorry, I just wanted to do that, but I promise I will not do that again. Not today at least," Lily grinned as he replaced his hand back and continued stroking her lips.
"You are so beautiful, and soft," said James in a soft voice.
"You are able to see me without your glasses and in this darkness?"
"I don't need them to tell that you are beautiful, you are my flower, cute and soft," Lily blushed at this and leaned to kiss him.
"And you are my cute, hot, brave. . . Jamesie," said Lily.
"You know the potion is ready, when are you gonna use it?" asked Lily as she ran her hand up and down his back.
"During easter, I will be of age then and can use magic even outside," replied James and Lily could feel his warm breath on her face, their foreheads almost touching.
"You mean you are going home for easter?" asked Lily and James sensed disappointment in her tone.
"Yeah. Why? Aren't you going home?"
"No," sighed Lily. "Mum and Dad wrote to me yesterday, they are going to meet some relatives in Liverpool, I am not close to them so I am not going home, besides Tuney will be at his boyfriend's house or to say fiance, as he proposed to her and she said yes. Anyway, I am not going to live there alone . . . not when that git lives nearby."
James placed his hand near her eyes and felt a few drops of tears dropping, which he cleaned with his hand, and then pulled Lily, so she was lying on top of him. "Lily, it's okay."
"Sorry, I am an idiot, it's just hard. . .well leave that. I thought that I would be with you here at Hogwarts," said Lily resting her head on his chest as he rubbed her back.
"Why don't you come to my home, it'll be fun. Mum and Dad will be happy too," said James.
"Really?" asked Lily raising her head to look up at him though seeing nothing in the darkness.
"Really, maybe even Marls and Sirius would come too," said James. "But leave them for now, I want you to come to my house."
"I would love to," said Lily happily. "I will just ask for permission from my parents."
"Will they be okay with it?" asked James.
"I will say Marls will be there too, though I am sure they will be okay with it," said Lily excitedly and moved up to kiss James.
"Don't move so much," winced James.
"Sorry," said Lily turning red. "Did I hurt you?"
"No, just some old injuries," replied James honestly, the full moon was 3 days ago and he got quite injuries during that as Remus turned more violent when he smelled a thestral nearby.
"James I think, I am ready," whispered Lily.
"Are you sure?" asked James.
"Yes,"
"Can we hold it, for now, you know I haven't slept yesterday and am tired,"
"Okay, no problem. I just wanted to tell you that I am ready," said Lily.
"But we can do some warm-up today though," said James, and Lily felt her cheek burning.
"Then we should start," she said in a husky voice.
James founds himself in yet another memory and groans, there's no escaping it, is there?
He was standing near Riddle, a very young Riddle, of about 9 years old. Tom was standing in an empty corridor with lots of noises from children coming, James looked around, it had a big room nearby, and about 6 small kids were inside, it was an orphanage by the looks.
Suddenly a girl approached Tom, she was a little taller than him, and she had brown skin and long black hair. (A/N: Initially it was a boy but the story didn't play out well, so a girl.)
Tom smiled when he saw her, but frowned when he noticed her sad face. "What's wrong Aisha?"
The girl didn't answer but took his hand and lead him out into a small and open garden which was very dirty, James followed them, it was a less noisy place.
The girl looked at Tom and then spoke, "Well Billy, he insulted me, he made fun of my colour and then he took and did this to Darcy," Ali took out a doll, one hand of the doll was hanging out, held with just a few threads, and showed it to Tom.
James noticed the angry look on Tom's face, he clenched his fist. "Don't worry Aisha, I will make sure he will do that again, and as for Darcy, give it to me," he took the doll from her and looked intently at it, and the hands attached back to the doll's body, he then gave it back.
Aisha grinned as she took the doll, she jumped with happiness, swinging her doll around before turning to Tom and hugging him.
"You are my best friend," said Aisha.
"It was after all you who stood for me against that bloody matron when that day the tables were broken," said Tom.
"You didn't mean to do that, did you?"
"No, I was angry and then it happened by itself, I wasn't able to control it that time,"
"You were only 5 then, but it's still surprising
"But it's still surprising how you are able to do all this, it's like magic,"
"I know, it's just I am different,"
"Yes, and you are more powerful than anyone else," said Aisha.
The scene changed, James now saw Tom and a boy arguing, James knew from their conversation that the boy was Billy, they were arguing over Aisha, but it looked like Billy had no regret for what he did.
The scene changed again, James was standing beside Tom and Aisha, it was dark, and Tom was holding a motionless rabbit.
"How will we put it up there?" asked Aisha.
"Just see," said Tom and then he lifted the rabbit in the air and it flew up and the rabbit was hung from the rafters.
"Amazing! That will teach that moron a lesson," said Aisha.
The scene changed again, Tom was sitting with Aisha outside, when two kids bigger than Tom came near them.
"Well look who is here, the psycho and his friend," said the boy.
"Fuck off Dennis," said Aisha.
"The bitch is speaking now, you are still here because your drunk father paid the orphanage otherwise you should have been thrown from here after you hit Orla and threw lizard in her food," said the girl who was along with Dennis.
"I enjoyed it when she found out the lizard after eating half the food and then started choking," laughed Aisha. "She deserved it, and you, Amy Benson, you better not talk about my father or I will hurt you really badly."
"I am not afraid of you, we all know your father killed your mother, wonder why he left you alive, probably out of pity," snorted Dennis.
"Leave now," growled Tom.
"Your father left you too, poor Tom," tutted Amy. "I heard how your mother died giving birth to you, you are a sin." Both of them lest after that make more fun of Tom and Aisha.
"We need to teach them a lesson," sneered Tom.
The scene changed again, James was now standing in a cave as he saw Tom now magically torturing Amy and Dennis. Aisha was standing behind Tom watching with satisfaction.
"But Tom what if they will tell someone?" she asked after ten minutes.
"They will not," Tom's lips curled up.
The scene changed again, both Tom and Aisha had grown up now, and they were in a closed room.
"So, he burned this wardrobe and gave you these gold coins? And told you that you are a wizard?" asked Aisha.
"Yes, and I will be going to a school of magic, Hogwarts," said Tom.
"You were special Tom, you were powerful, so only you can go?"
"Yes, because I can do these magical things,"
"You are lucky to get out of this hell,"
"I will have to come back for the summer holidays,"
"I will wait for you, I wish I could go too,"
The scene changed again, a year has passed, and James stood in front of Tom as he explained Hogwarts to Aisha, who wanted to hear everything about it.
The scene changed again 2 years has passed now, James identified the garden, the sun was sinking lower, and darkness was spreading, he heard voices from behind a tree and reached there to find Tom sitting with the support of the tree, and Aisha's head resting on his lap, Tom was telling her about Hogwarts again.
"You know, I found out that I am the Heir of Slytherin, I knew it from the first year but now I am confirmed, and I found one most powerful thing there, a basilisk, it's a big snake with magical eyes which can kill, and the most wonderful thing is that he obeys me,"
"That's great, you can rule the whole school with that, I wish I was with you there too," said Aisha.
"I miss you sometimes when I am there, the others are all stupid, they are more like servants than friends,"
"Don't tell me you hate that," scoffed Aisha and Tom laughed.
"I like ruling them, it feels great to have power over them, but I miss a friend like you,"
Aisha sat up and kissed Tom, he was taken aback but then he kissed her too. James stood there thinking that could anyone imagine Voldemort kissing and that too a muggle, but then he too is a human.
"I miss you when you are not here, but why don't you use magic here, like old times?"
"Because when I used the magic last summer, the ministry warned me and said they would expel me if I use magic again."
"Expel you for using magic, that's bullshit and the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Why hide your special gift when you can use it for dominance,"
"Right! That's what I think too, but don't worry I will become very powerful and change the rules,"
"Why not use that snake?"
"If the others will find it, they will kill him,"
"I wish that he immortal than you could rule, or heck if anyone would be immortal then it would be great, our mothers wouldn't have died and we don't have to live in this hell,"
"My mother was stupid, she was a witch, still she died,"
"Is there a way to be immortal then?"
"I have heard few things, but I am still searching that, and since I will find it, I will rule both the worlds,"
"And what about me?"
"What about you? You will be my side, you're my best friend,"
The scene changed again another year passed. James found himself in the woods, it was evening time, and he heard movements from behind, he turned and found Tom with Aisha sitting on his lap, they were snogging.
"I don't want you to go behind any other girl there," said Aisha.
"Those girls are all worthless slags, and I don't go behind those scums when I have other important things to do there than waste my time, besides I have you,"
"Good, I liked that, take me, Tom,"
Now, James turned, it was way over the line, he immediately turned around and moved away from them but still, he could hear the moans and other voices they were making. So, Voldemort did have sex, and that too with a muggle.
"The other girls get all jealous when they found out that you are mine, it was a lovely scene," snorted Aisha.
"How is your life here when I am not here?" asked Tom.
"Boring, the new cook is horrible, Monty was old but at least he knew how to cook,"
"Where is he, I haven't seen him,"
"He died in May, was coughing all day, it was very irritating, to be honest, and we were all relieved when in the morning he was sitting in the hallway coughing madly and then he fell from his chair and died, death is horrible, I would never want to die,"
"Yeah, it is, I would never want to die too,"
"So, am I your girlfriend?"
"I thought we were already at that stage," said Tom. "Of course we are."
"Will you write to me, when you will be there?" asked Aisha.
"I always write to you when I am there,"
"But you write once a month, and I am not able to reply properly the matron doesn't allow to take quill in the room,"
"I will give you my quill, it's magical, and its ink never ends, I made it,"
"That's great,"
"I like you, Aisha,"
"I like you too, Tom, I will wait for you,"
"Once we will be of age then we don't have to wait, we would be always together,"
"You will rule and I would be by your side, it'll be fun,"
The scene changed, this time James found himself standing in the Slytherin dorm, and only one person was there, Tom was sitting on his bed, when there was a tap on the window, there was an owl, Tom jumped and rushed to the window, James noticed the glee and hopeful look on Tom's face as he opened the letter that was attached to the Owl. But as he read the letter his face fell, sadness overtook happiness.
"No, no, it can't be true," said Tom shaking his head. James moved closer and read the letter in Tom's hand.
Dear Tom,
Aisha is ill and in shock too, she has not left her bed in days, she requested me to read your letter to her, and then write a response to you, as she isn't capable.
Aisha was out of her room when two men kidnapped and overpowered her, they beat her and rapped her, and by the time others heard the screams, it was already late, too late.
The doctors say that she is in shock, she has got a lot of injuries, she tried to fight but they were too strong, they even tried to kill her, but others arrived and saved her.
She mutters your name, and none of us is allowed to meet her, but I was able to persuade the matron and she out of pity allowed me to see her once a day.
Aisha says she misses you and hopes that you would still be her friend(she meant boyfriend).
I know we are not friends, but Aisha and I are close friends, and I want to tell you that it wasn't her mistake and she would be heartbroken if you break up with her.
-Lynda.
P.S.: Please reply soon.
Tom immediately took a parchment and quill and wrote his reply.
Lynda and Aisha,
I will not leave you, Aisha, no matter what, and I will make sure those two bastards pay for what they did to you, I will come and visit during Christmas break, or asap.
Take care of yourself, Aisha.
Thanks for telling me this Lynda.
-Tom.
James felt pity for Tom, he felt pity when he saw the pained look on Tom's face as the owl flew away with his reply, the pained look turned into anger as Tom started throwing things in his dorm and screaming.
The scene changed, James saw Tom sitting beside a very ill-looking Aisha.
"The doctor said I have some organs damaged, they don't know how long I will live," said Aisha.
"You can't die, you are my only friend in the world," said Tom in a brittle voice.
"I don't want to die, Tom, I don't want to die,"
"You will not die, I will go back to Hogwarts and find the cure, I will ask the nurse and send you medicines,"
"Promise me, Tom, that you will rule one day, and then you will kill all these horrible people, leave Lynda, she helped but kill others, they are all horrible, they made fun when they heard about the incidents, kill them all, they all talk how better it would be if I will die, I don't want to die, Tom, kill those men, I would kill them if I could, but I can't, so you have to kill them for me, kill them all," said Aisha holding Tom's hand. "Our mothers died, because of our fathers, these people are all horrible, I want to kill them,"
Tom nodded, James could see the anger rising behind those eyes, there was pain but more anger.
The scene changed, Tom was standing in a graveyard, a few other people were there too, Lynda was there as well, James moved closer to the coffin, and Aisha was dead.
James looked at Tom, he wasn't crying nor was he looking sad, he looked angry, he was staring at Aisha's motionless body, his fist was clenched, his nails digging so hard into his skin that blood was falling from it. James felt the urge to hug Tom, so he moved closer to him, he wanted to comfort Tom, but Tom was just like a smoke, and James realized that he comforting the boy who later killed his uncle and many other peoples, but this boy in front of him need consolation, he isn't a killer yet. Tom left the graveyard and the memory changed.
James was standing in jail, he has seen in movies, Tom was moving and looking at each cell, James move faster to catch up with him, this Tom was grown up, he was a man now, he looked in his 20s, he had the ring on his finger, his eyelids were darker, with a hint of red.
A guard saw him, Tom flicked his wand, and the guard fell to the ground. Finally, Tom stopped in front of a cellar with two men in it.
"Jack and Miles?" asked Tom, both men looked up and reached towards the prison bars. "I am here to free you."
"Yes, we are, I am Jack and he is Miles, but who are you and why do you want to free us?" asked one of the men.
"I was in the same orphan as you, my name, Tom Marvolo Riddle, remember?"
"Yes, the strange boy who goes to some charity school," said the other men.
"You remember Aisha Khan?" asked Tom, and James could see that he was going to kill them.
"Yes, we were drunk, and wanted to have some fun, she was good by the way," chuckled the first one.
"Wasn't worth it to get here though, the previous one gave in easily and was quiet, open the cell, Tom, we owe you, we will do anything for you?" said one, and the other nodded.
James clenched his fist in anger
"I am known as Voldemort now, and I want you to die, but first some pain" Tom raised his wand, "CRUCIO!" "CRUCIO!" And then after hearing the screams Tom raised his wand again, "Avada Kedavara," the first man fell, "Avada Kedavara," the second man fell to the ground. Tom pointed his wand at the door of the cell and it opened, Tom entered the cell and kneeled beside his victims as he take out a small golden cup with two handles, there was a badger on it. Voldemort did the same process again, the black material transferring from his body to the cup.
James knew this was to happen when Tom asked their names, but the moment he saw the green ray of light, he was frozen and was shaken to his core, these deaths didn't feel that bad, he himself wanted to beat these two, but killing was not James' thing, he was sweating again, he felt angry at those two and to be honest he wanted them to die but wanting to kill someone and killing someone were two poles. And now James knew he can never kill anyone, it was evil, pure evil.
"James,"
"James, it's okay, I am with you, everything is okay, it was just a nightmare, I am here with you," said a soft voice, James inhaled the familiar scent as he felt two hands hugging him, he opened his eyes, Lily was with him, his Lily.
"Hi," he said breathlessly. He was thinking of Aisha Khan, she was not good, but she didn't deserve that.
"Hi, are you okay? It's the middle of the night and after shaking and groaning in sleep, you are saying, 'Hi'?" said Lily cupping his face.
James didn't speak, he found his wand and dimly lit it so he could look at Lily, he saw her face, she looked worried. James thought of what he would do if he was in place of Tom, would he have killed those two too? James didn't knew the answer, and it felt wrong, the answer should be 'no' but something inside him said 'yes' but James isn't a killer, he would have beaten them, and too very badly, but he wouldn't have killed them, no he wouldn't have killed them, he has just seen the memory, and that has confirmed that James Potter wouldn't have killed them, punished them, yes.
"I love you, I am very lucky to have you, I am very lucky that you are my girlfriend, I love you," said James and added this without speaking,' but I am not a killer, I can't kill,' as he looked into her green eyes.
"I know James, I love you too," said Lily smiling. "Will you tell me what you saw?"
James smiled at her and leaned to kiss her, "Not now, love, later, I have to talk to you about this memory, but it isn't the right time."
"Tomorrow's Saturday, we can talk now,"
"No, I want to talk about it later, when we are fully awake,"
"Okay," said Lily kissing James' forehead.
"You look hot in those," James pointed at her chest.
"Hush, my top must be somewhere here," she said turning pink as she moved her hands around in an attempt to get her top, James caught her hand with one hand and put off the wand with the other.
"It's okay, now we should get back to sleep," said James pulling Lily into him and covering themself with the blanket.
"James, I am worried about you," said Lily.
"Why?" asked James as he ran his hand on her bare stomach.
"I was with you two nights and you had nightmares both times, you looked in pain,"
"I saw them many nights, sometimes they repeat, sometimes they are normal memories, I am used to them,"
"Ohh, James, and you wake by yourself, that's wrong, I will tell Sirius and Remus, they will look after you,"
"No, Lily, I don't want to disturb them, I am sorry that you have to wake up in the night due to me,"
"James, don't be sorry, I love you, and I am glad I was with you to help you, I wish I could help more,"
"It's okay, Lils, you being here with me is all I can ask in the world," said James pressing his lips against her forehead.
Lily's hand moved up and down his bare chest, "You really do practice hard in the field," smiled Lily as she poked his abs.
"I am the captain, after all, I have to set an example," grinned James.
Lily snuggled closer to him, burying her head into the crooked of his neck and holding him tightly, "It's the end of March, but I still feel cold."
James put his arm around her waist pulling her closer, and kissed her, "Better?"
"Better than Heaven," she said against his neck as she kissed him.
"It will be better if you refrain yourself from giving me hickeys," chuckled James and Lily groaned as she removed her lips, " We can go public but. ."
"This is more fun," smiled Lily against his neck.
"Yes, I mean, we were just holding it for a month, but this sneaking around and hiding it from others and waiting for it makes it more exciting,"
"Yeah, the more we have to work to get together, the more interesting it becomes,"
"I think we should continue it like this, at least at Hogwarts," said James.
"Yeah, we should, but we can be more careless and.. "
"Let others find it out," finished James.
"Look at us, finishing each other's sentence," laughed Lily.
"I am enjoying it," James laughed too.
"But . . . I am giving you one on your collarbone and one on your chest," said Lily as she moved lower.
"Why do you like giving hickeys?"
"I like giving hickeys to you because I want to warn others not to look at my man," said Lily. "And besides I get out of control when I am with you."
"Can I give you one?"
"You don't have to ask, you can even give me one on the neck, I don't mind as long as my parents don't see it," said Lily.
"How about here?" asked James.
Lily paused and pulled her head back a little, "Yeah, sure," she said before returning to her work.
"You really are a wonder," said James as Lily moved up and rested her forehead against his and yawned. "Good night, Lils."
"Good night and Don't wake me early in early in the morning, it's a weekend and I am sleeping till 11."
"Breakfast?"
"Can skip it or can go to kitchens,"
"Okay," said James, and both of them fell asleep.
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