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Prologue:

Lily Potter raced around her home in Godric's Hallow, throwing everything she could find into her and James' suitcases, the undetectable extension charms allowing her to do so. One year old Harry Potter sat in his play pen, watching his mother in confusion.

James Potter suddenly appeared through the floo, green flames erupting in his wake. Seconds later, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin followed, the three men instantly joining Lily in her rush to pack. Sirius and Remus already had bags thrown over their shoulders.

"I cannot believe this! If I ever see that b*** again, I'm going to kill him! How could we have been so stupid!" Sirius raged, pacing across the room in search of anything forgotten.

"It's not our fault, Sirius. How were we to know the rat would betray us?" James scowled as he lifted Harry from the pen. The toddler beamed at his father happily, giggling and squeezing his nose with a chubby hand. James' features softened, "Hey there, Prongslet, it's all gonna be okay. No one will ever hurt you."

Lily paused in her scrambling to kiss her husband and son each on the cheek, "We're getting out of here, Little One, don't you worry."

Just then, Severus Snape stepped through the floo with young Draco Malfoy in his arms. Tear tracks were visible on his cheeks, but no one said a thing about them.

Lily ran to her best friend's side, "Where are Lucius and Narcissa?"

Severus' head drooped low, "They didn't make it, Dumbledore and the Order were on us before we knew what was happening. I managed to escape with Draco."

Lily blinked tears from her eyes, trying to remain calm, "And everyone else? Do you know who survived?"

The potion master shook his head, "I didn't have time to find out."

The redhead nodded and looked to the rest, "Are we waiting for anyone else?"

"Just Frank and Alice Longbottom, as well as their boy Neville." Remus replied from the stairwell, stepping down from the last step and returning to the living room.

Sirius sank down onto the couch, his hands covering his face, "This is my fault." His voice was more of a m*** than anything else.

Remus quickly shook his head crouching next to the dark haired man, "No it's not. Padfoot, listen to me. You had no way of knowing that Peter would betray us to Dumbledore. He was a spy too, we just didn't know he was a double agent for Dumbledore, rather than the Dark Lord."

Lily stormed across the room to stand in front of Sirius, "Sirius Orion Black, I will not stand here and listen to you whine. You will get off your arse and stop feeling so sorry for youself. We have children and other people to worry about, so knock it off right now, I don't want to hear it." Her voice was deathly calm, though her eyes shinned with unshed tears.

Sirius stood at once, nodding his head, "Of course, Lily, you're right, as always. I'm being foolish. What do you want me to do, my Dark Princess." By his last sentence, there was a hint of a smirk on his face.

The so-called Dark Princess rolled her eyes, "Just because I'm Lord Voldemort's daughter, does not make me a Dark Princess. If anything, I'm a Lady."

A bark of laughter came from the three Marauders, while Severus rolled his eyes. Everything was packed and ready to go, now they only had to wait for the Longbottoms. They didn't have to wait long, as the three Longbottoms stumbled out of the floo, the adults' faces white with horror.

"We need to go now, he's right behind us!" Alice cried out as the group rushed together, James pulling out the metal pole they'd be using as a portkey. Everyone held their bags on them, with Lily holding Harry, Severus holding Draco, and Alice holding Neville. Each person reached a hand for the pole, and the second they each had ahold, Albus Dumbledore and his Order of the Phoenix broke down the front door and stormed through the fireplace. Before the Order could attack, the portkey was off, taking the surviving Death Eaters far away from the British wizarding world.

They landed in a safe house somewhere in the United States. They didn't bother getting comfortable, it was only for the night. They were met there by Bellatrix Black, the Nott family (which consisted of only Amelia and her son Theodore), and Tom Riddle, the Dark Lord himself. With them came news of the Parkinsons', Greengrass', and the rest of the Black family's death, as well as all the other lesser Death Eaters.

The Dark Lord promised his followers their revenge, due time, as they made their plans. Their numbers were too small to fight back, so they'd be staying in America on a large plot of land, pretending to be muggle farmers and ranchers.

The next morning, the group apparated to the prepared farm house in Tennessee. Well, it looked like a farm house, unless you new the true way it looked. It was really a large manor, easily able to house the larger than usual family; fore that's what they were to each other, a family.

The manor was in the middle of nowhere, so they didn't worry about being spotted by other wizards, though they were still cautious and cast many wards and glamours around the property. As an extra precaution, the wizards and witches that had yet to use Occlumency and Legilimency were taught how. As well as becoming animagi.