Characters belong to JK. Story is mine.

"Lily, it's him! Take Harry and go. I will hold him off!"

"Avada Kedavra!"

The wall on James Potter's side blasted and before he could register anything he was lost. Lily Potter screamed, sure in her heart that she has lost her James. Harry clutched on to her, not crying as if he understood that making noise would mean trouble. Lily ran to Harry's nursery and bolted it, she piled boxes on top of boxes, she had forgotten her wand in the kitchen counter but she would be damned if she died without a fight. She knew they were going to die, she knew he would kill her but she would save Harry, she had to save Harry…

When Sirius Black landed in front of his best friend's cottage he felt his knees go weak, he sank to the earth, sobbing like a man who had lost all meaning in life. James, his brother, Lily- sweet, fiery, caring, loving Lily and his godson- the reason for his happiness, all gone… all gone. That's when he saw Hagrid coming out with a tiny bundle in his arms; Sirius howled at the night, this tiny bundle, his little prongslet was gone. That's when Sirius heard Harry's soft whimpering, Harry was alive, someone was alive! Sirius jumped to his feet, snatching Harry from Hagrid's arms and showering him with kisses, thanking the stars above that Harry was alive; maybe, just maybe the others were alive too.

"Hagrid!" Sirius exclaimed with mad hope, "Hagrid! Look Harry is alive, maybe Lily and James are alive too. We should go in, get them out. Come on Hagrid! What are you waiting for? Let's go find Lily and James."

Hagrid laid a heavy hand on Sirius' shoulder, before breaking down "She is dead. Li-Lily is dead. I saw her body. She is dead!" Hagrid howled the last word. Sirius sagged back, "And James? Is he- Is he-"

"I don't know." Hagrid replied," I didn't see him." Hope raised its tiny head in Sirius' heart, maybe James was alive. "Let's look for him Hagrid. He should be here somewhere. Here, take Harry I will go look for him."

Sirius walked into the destroyed shell of the warm home he had visited a week ago, when the Marauders had planned Sirius' 22nd birthday party. He casted a pointer spell and was directed to the rubble of the blasted wall of the hall. Sirius saw James' bloodied hand on the rubble. James was buried under the wall. Sirius vanished the rubble and ran to the limp body of his best friend and brother in all true senses. Tenderly, he picked James, hugging his friend tightly; he sobbed rocking forward and backwards. "I am so sorry, my fault- all my fault. I should have known, I should have known. Oh! What have I done? What have I done?" Sirius kept rocking James body for what looked like infinity and then James' fingers twitched and he moaned. Sirius froze. "James?" Sirius asked, checking for James' pulse. There was a faint pulse there. "HAGRID!" Sirius screamed. "HAGRID! GET IN HERE. HE IS ALIVE. JAMES IS ALIVE! HAGRID, HELP ME GET HIM TO MUNGO'S."

There was a loud crashing noise and the next second Sirius, James, Hagrid and Harry were outside the cottage. Sirius gave Hagrid his bike and asked him to bring Harry along to Mungo's as he side-alonged James. Sirius paced the room, torn between the desire to hunt the rat down and punish him for his treachery and his desire to stay here and ensure that James and Harry were alright. Dumbledore had come along accusing Sirius of being a death eater and asking him to surrender, Sirius had told him about the switch. Dumbledore wasn't convinced but Sirius had refused to budge from James' side and thus Dumbledore had appointed an Auror to guard Sirius and ensure that he stayed where he was.

Remus Lupin did not care that two aurors stood guard around the area that James and Harry Potter were kept at, he did not care that they confiscated his wand on arrival, he just knew one thing, as soon as the healers ensured that Harry and James would leave he would hunt down the mutt and kill him with his bare hands.

Only, the mutt was sitting in one of the chairs in the waiting area, head in his hands, looking like the perfect picture of genuine misery that Remus would have comforted in a heartbeat had he not known that this was the same man who sold Lily and James to Voldemort, who was responsible for this situation here, for Lily's death. Remus' heart tore in his chest, he would never have believed in his lifetime that Sirius would do this to Lily and James.

"SIRIUS BLACK!", Remus bellowed striding in the room. "HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU SIT HERE AND PRETEND TO BE HURT WHEN YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. YOU DID THIS. YOU KILLED HER. HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO JAMES? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO LILY? I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU." Remus had never been this angry in his life, he wasn't even aware that he was hitting Sirius who was not even putting up a fight to stop him. The aurors at the door had to put a full body bind on Remus to calm him down, Remus glared at Sirius from his position, filling all his hate in his eyes.

Sirius waved off the healers, his handsome face marred with scratches and a black eye, his lips swollen and bleeding, he must have been in pain but no pain was enough for Remus. Sirius crawled to Remus' side. "Remus." His voice cracked, "I am sorry, it's all my fault. I should have trusted you. It should have been me. Believe me Remus, I did not sell Lily and James out, I was not their secret keeper. I thought with the death eaters on my track it would be safer to let everyone believe that I was their secret keeper while the real secret keeper would be Peter. No one would suspect Peter, none of us suspected Peter either. It was my plan, it is my fault but I thought I was being smarter than the death eaters." He looked pleadingly at Remus, "You have to believe me, Remus." He croaked; his eyes full of tears. "Please." They stared at each other, Sirius looked defeated while Remus searched his soul and in the end Remus heard what his heart was telling him and believed Sirius, he blinked to let Sirius know that be believed him. Sirius flung himself on Remus and sobbed like an orphaned child, silent tears ran down Remus' eyes too.

Eventually as the spell wore off, Remus moved his arms to hug Sirius as both cried for their loss. Healers kept coming and going out of the room that James was in, "Sirius, where is Harry?" Remus asked suddenly. "Dumbledore has kept him under special care here; I am not allowed to see him." Sirius whispered. Remus nodded before getting up and asking a healer about Harry. Sirius could hear Remus argue with the healer about how cruel it is to keep a scared child in a strange environment with no one to comfort him. The healer finally gave in and took Remus away for a bit, Sirius' head was reeling.

"PA'FUT!" Harry screamed as soon as he saw Sirius, Sirius looked up to see Harry, healthy and whole with a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead, squirming in Remus' arms. Sirius jumped up and crossed the room to snatch Harry from Remus' arms and crush him to his chest; he sobbed as Remus held him upright. Harry started bawling too. It took Sirius and Remus a long time to calm him down, after which Harry was so exhausted that he slept off.

"What will we do Remus? How will we bring Harry up?" Sirius asked suddenly.

"We will figure out something. Let's just worry about James right now."

"Auror Proudfoot, please inform Professor Dumbledore and the Minister that James Potter is stable now and would wake up very soon."

Remus and Sirius stood up simultaneously to follow the healer to James' room but she stopped them stating that no one was allowed in the room without permission, she even took Harry with her; leaving Sirius and Remus alone to wait for Dumbledore.

AN: New fic, untested waters. Would love some reviews for guidance. Do read and review. Happy Reading.

Much love,

The fishes