Previously:
"Padfoot calm down, its best if we go at night so that we won't have to deal with Petunia; you know what she will be like if we turn up and I doubt that her father would really stop her. Calm down, we will leave early to go see her and she will be perfectly fine."
"I'm trusting you on this, if you're wrong than I won't be held responsible for what I do." He glared at me while he said this; he was dead serious.
"Alright Padfoot. Now why don't you calm down and we will have some lunch." At the mention of food he seemed to calm down but I could tell that he was still concerned about Lily and only seeing her would calm him down.
Remus P.O.V.
I don't think that James really believes that anything is wrong with Lily but with both Sirius and I worried about her he will have to give in and check on her with us. Sirius I had quickly packed a few things into a bag that I though I would need and basically ran to the fireplace, throwing the floo powder in I clearly said 'Potter Manor'. Stepping out of the fireplace I was greeted by Sirius who was pacing anxiously in front of the fireplace.
"Where have you been? I have been waiting for you; you should have been here ages ago!" Sirius was rather frantic; he really treated Lily like his sister, he adored her in a non romantic way.
"Calm down Padfoot; we can't leave her for a bit anyway."
"But what if something is wrong with her, she could be getting worse!"
"Calm down! She isn't hurt; she is just fine, were just over thinking everything."
"What if were not."
"We won't know until we get there." James said as he entered the room. Sirius sighed and flopped onto the couch in protest.
"You just don't care! You don't care about my little lily flower!" Sirius dramatically exclaimed.
"I do care about Lily, don't you dare say otherwise."
"If you cared you would want to leave now."
"I am thinking logically, if and I stress the word if, something is wrong then it would be better to go later at night when we can easily talk to Lily alone. You surely remember that her father and the horse aren't fond of magic." James explained. I noticed Sirius face grew darker, thinking of his own family and what they had done to him, he knew the horrors the world.
"Don't think about that Padfoot, I'm sure its nothing that bad." James face snapped up to look at us, I think the full force of our concern might have just hit him now. To us Lily was one of the guys; except for with Sirius, she truly was like his sister. When they had first me they had hit if off as friend, when the Sirius fan club had started there had been a lot of anger directed at Lily.
Flashback
Lily, Sirius, James, Peter and I arrived to breakfast together as usual; we all sat together, Lily and Sirius next to each other as usual. All of us boys had noticed the change in Lily and Sirius relationship in second year, now in fourth year we were all use to it, we understood it. The rest of the school however didn't.
The familiar screech of owls indicated the morning post had arrived. A few letters dropped onto James, Sirius and my plate, Peter had one from his mother as usual. We were all surprised when a school barn owl dropped a letter onto Lily's plate. Lily's family hadn't sent her mail since her mother died. We were all curious about who Lily had received mail from; it would seem Lily was also curious because she eagerly sneezed the scroll and cracked the seal. Unrolling the parchment I noticed that something splashed onto Lily's face she had also noticed but she had suddenly dropped the parchment. It was a charmed howler.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING WITH MY SIRIUS. I KNOW YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY BELIEVE YOU HAVE A CHANCE WITH HIM; YOU ARE A WORTHLESS MUDBLOOD, KEEP THAT IN MIND AND STAY AWAY FROM HIM OR ELSE THE NEXT LETTER WILL BE WORSE." The parchment burst into flames at the end of yelling, the message had attracted most of the great halls attention. Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall had both risen from their seats. I glanced at Lily to see what her reaction was; she suddenly began to tear up. Her face was beginning to erupt in large, red boils. Sirius noticed also and reached for her, wrapping an arm around her he began to lead her from the great hall. Unfortunately that was when the whispers broke out all over the great hall; Sirius's reaction to protect his 'sister' had led all the other students to believe there was truth to what the howler had said.
"SILENCE" Professor Dumbledore's voice boomed throughout the hall and everyone went silent. "This behavior from a student is shameful and unacceptable. I wish for the student responsible to come forward and own up to this shameful act. I want you to come to my office and confess."
End Flashback
"What if she's in the same situation I was in?"
"Abuse you mean?"
"Yeah."
"Surely she would have told us, after all it was her that found out about you and talked you into staying with James. Her family wouldn't have; they don't like her but surely they're not that bad." James said.
"She would have told us if anything that serious had happened."
"Unless it only started this summer." Sirius explained.
"I'm sure Lily's fine; nothing serious has happened I'm sure. Perhaps she has met some muggles and hasn't had time to owl; Hermes probably arrived when she was out and her father was in."
"Are you forgetting that Hermes is trained to find that particular person; meaning she must have been at home when the letter was delivered. Unless Lily has suddenly become an abuser of owls then I stand by my statement that something is wrong." Sirius said seriously (No pun intended).
"Fine guys, were going to go and see her. She can just laugh at you both for being worried about nothing. Come on Remus we might as well put your stuff into the spare room and I can grab my invisibility cloak while we're up there."
"When are we leaving?" Sirius asked.
"In about twenty minutes, just after one, I'm sure that everyone there will be in bed by then and we can easily find Lily."
"Right, I'll wait here then." With Sirius pacing in front of the fireplace again James and I headed upstairs. The house was empty of any other people as usual; James parents were aurors and were often out on assignments. There were about five house elves at Potter Manor but they were usually busy around the house. Climbing the main staircase and turning left into what was basically James's wing I headed towards the room which I usually stayed in when I stayed; it was on the left of James room and the room which Sirius now lived in permanently was on the right of James room. The three of us always tried to stay near one another, just in case something happened. James parents had warned us about the rising threat of a wizard calling himself Lord Voldemort, he was killing people who defied him or who he believed to be of non pure blood. James parents were on the task squad working against him and attempting to capture him, this had made James and anyone around him a target, this included Sirius, Lily, Peter and myself. Lord Voldemort was purely evil he would go after you and everyone around you if you had gone against him in any way. Dropping my stuff on the end of the bed I began to head back downstairs, James fell into step beside me; entering the study where the fireplace was located Sirius was still pacing.
"Ready to go?" Sirius asked as James and I entered the room.
"Yea, you go first Sirius." He didn't even wait, stepping into the fireplace with a hand full of floo powder already in his hand.
"Four Privet Drive." With a flash of green flames he was gone; James and I straight behind him.
I am now going at this story un betaed, by choice so how does it look? Sorry about the lack of updating, all my writing has kinda gone smack into a wall along with my life. Not sure when I will next be posting but the story will continue! Please review.