This is my first fic adn un-beta'ed so I appologize for any mistakes. Ummmm...Oh, yeah! I don't own the HP books or any of the characters unless you don't recognize them. Sorry if anyone's done a similar story, I just thought I'd put something up before I leave for the military.

"You promised! You gave me your word, you son of a bitch! You told me you'd never leave me! You said I wouldn't be alone anymore! Don't you lie to me! You rotten bastard, don't you dare leave me! You have to wake up! Please!! JAMES!!" Her screams ripped through the halls of the suddenly silent hospital, freezing the blood of those who heard them with her pure desolation.

Sirius Black struggled to keep his hold on Lily Evans as she fought his grip. They, along with Remus Lupin and dozens of standers-by, watched in horror as James Potter's bloody body was taken into St. Mungo's emergency room. As soon as the doors closed behind him, Sirius felt her body go limp in exhaustion and slowly led her to the nearest chair, careless of whose it was.

"Lily," he sighed, frustrated as she avoided his eyes, "please look at me." She didn't move and he tapped her chin, hoping for her to glare at him like usual. Instead he was met with the dead ashes of her normal fiery gaze. "What happened, Lils? How'd…Why is he…" Sirius dropped his head, unable to find words for how he'd last seen the man who was as good as a brother to him. "Prongs." James had been pale, too pale. There was blood running down his face and chest, evidence of it still on Lily's own clothing. Come to think of it, there was probably blood on his, too.

The hand on his shoulder startled him. He looked up as Remus knelt next to him, reaching for Lily's hands. "Lily, you have to tell us what happened. Who did this to James?" Remus shared a disturbed glance with Sirius as Lily began shaking uncontrollably and fell sobbing into his arms. "Lils?"

It took a moment before either of them could understand a word of what she was saying through the tears. She was so close to whispering that they had to lean forward in order to hear her. "I don't know. I don't know! I don't know! I went over to the flat to meet him for lunch and I found him unconscious in the kitchen. Merlin, there was so much blood. It was everywhere! And he was just lying there in the middle of it not moving …I, uh, I touched the medallion like he told me about when we graduated Hogwarts and then …I can't remember!" Lily started sobbing again but they didn't need her to tell them what happened after that.

In their sixth year, after a close call during Remus' "time of the month", as Sirius liked to call it, the Marauders made a set of medallions. Once the center was touched with a wand, all of them would glow, letting the other boys know that there was an emergency and with who. They had both arrived at the flat that the three boys shared to find Lily's shaking form over James, trying to stop the bleeding. When they couldn't get the shocked girl to respond to them, they side-apparated both her and their pseudo-brother to St. Mungo's immediately. Lily had remained frozen until the healers started to wheel the gurney holding James' limp form away. Her screams would never be forgotten by either of the two Marauders.

"He can't die. James promised that he'd always take care of me. He's all I have left." Sirius sat in the seat next to Lily as she continued to cry and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, trying to comfort her despite his own fears about his friend's condition.

"Prongs is going to be okay, Lilyflower. He's a fighter and bloody stubborn if nothing else. No matter what, he will always fight to come back to you. Hell, the git wouldn't give up even when you hated him. He loves you, Lils. He's not going to let a little scratch keep him from you." A small grin fought its way through her tears along with a weak giggle. "See there, the world's lookin' brighter already." She gave a weak push against his side and slowly let go of Remus. "Hey, Moony, am I right? Our boy isn't gonna let go of a woman like this."

Remus smiles at Lily, rolling his eyes at Sirius' actions. "Hate to admit it, but the man's right. (Hey!) Prongs would go through hell for you. You're stuck with him and, as a result, us. You're not alone, Lily. The Marauders are your family now."

Lily smiled fondly at the two men in front of her. Not for the first time, she marveled at the bond between them and felt blessed to be included. But, without James, it still had an empty feeling. As the three friends settled in, they had nothing left to do but wait.

TBC.

The main focus of this will be on the people, but I will tell what happened to James. It won't be long, only a couple chapters. Please review! Let me know if you have any advice. HELP ME!!