((OOC: So this thread was thought as an inbetween part in The Price of War by @sirussly. I have linked the “next part” at the end so you can continue on the story.))
One evening in Godric’s Hollow, Lily roams thought the house to find her friend, since she didn’t show up for dinner. She stops outside an open door to a dimly lit room.
She enters the room and sits down beside her best friend.
Lily: “You have no idea how horrible it is to stay here, every night and see you all just… leave…”
Lily: “- instead of building it up inside that pretty head of yours.“
Silence spread between them while they both stare into the semi darkness.
Remus, Sirius, and Marlene had been at a Halloween party, but when they lost Sirius and the party got boring they figured he’d gone to the James and Lily’s (because where else?), and decided to show up pretending to be ‘trick or treaters’. They walk down the streets of Godric’s Hollow laughing.
Remus: “Uh not because of your outfit… Just… You look very uh pretty…”
Marlene laughs as Remus dwells on his stupid choice of words for a while, and in that moment they turn a corner and immediately see that something is horribly wrong a little down the road. The Potter’s house.
Marlene stands frozen to the ground for a second as Remus starts running towards the Potters house pulling his wand out of his pocket as he runs. He storms in through the open front door.
Remus backs slowly away from the doorway unable to understand the terribly frightful scene in front of him. It couldn’t be them. His James. His Lily. He turns his head away from the sight in frustration and spots a still figure a little longer down the road. He needs answers, so he approaches the figure. Wand ready. Marlene’s cry fading away in the distance.
Remus: “Oh fuck… What is happening?!”
Remus: “Pads?”
Remus: “Where is Peter?!”
As he shifts and moves a little closer he realises that this is not his Sirius.
Sirius Black, Marlene McKinnon, and a small number of other members of the Order were sent on a mission that would turn out to be the last for some of them. Before backup could arrive, the team already suffered some losses. Forced to get separated by the death eaters that ambushed them, a certain Sirius Black fought back for a while, alone, until he lost his wand. Running for his life now, he found himself in a room where he laid eyes upon a corpse of someone that he did not expect to have lost their life. Not tonight.
As the realisation that one of his dearest friends was now dead hit him, Sirius’ heart didn’t only crack a bit more, like it did every time one of the members lost their battle. This time, it felt like an entire piece was ripped out.
Sirius looked at the way the body was torn. Only one particular savage could have done this. An animal. He knew exactly who that was, as he and his friends had crossed him on more than one occasion.
As he started losing control of his own breathing, Sirius heard steps coming towards the room. He had to get out of there. He needed to find his wand. Or just a wand. He could hear the rest of the order members that came with him to this mission. Running, screaming, as they were being hunted down, He needed to save them. He ran too. But not away.
As he was looking from room to room for a weapon, frantic Sirius bumped into a familiar figure. One he was certainly relieved to see. Not only the team’s backup, but his own too.
Seeing that oh so familiar face helped as a grounding. He slowly started looking calmer and calmer, feeling the need to hide his panic, not wanting to transmit it. Not that Remus couldn’t tell.
Remus heard no falter in Sirius’ voice. But he could see his dried out tears. The loss was so obvious in his eyes. He felt his own will fall back in his chest. When he heard that they sent for backup, he didn’t expect it to be this bad. But he ran to them anyway. Maybe he didn’t ran fast enough.
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