"What the hell is that on your arm?" Sirius blurted out angrily.
"That's the dark mark for sure." Lauren said.
Remus sat there, staring in awe.
"What the hell?" Rebecca spoke up.
Everyone's attention turned to Rebecca.
"My dad was killed by the death eaters last year. James' mum and dad got murdered by You-know-who and you are
his follwer?" She cried. "What are you going to do next?"
Peter ran for the portrait hole.
Lily pointed her wand at Peter, locking his legs together.
"No wonder you're a rat." She said kicking his limp body. "We're going to question you and
we're going to get answers."
She unlocked him and muttered,
"Accio, Veritaserum."
A bottle shot into her hand. She dumped it down his throat, ignoring his choking and gurgling.
"Why did you join the death eaters?" Sirius asked.
"Because you guys all had your own thing and I had nobody. After Raven died, I was alone."
Remus reddened.
"Who recruited you?" He asked angrily.
"Snape and Malfoy."
James had a nasty look on his face as if he was going to pounce on Peter and kill him with his bare hands.
"When?"
"About a week or so after Raven died."
Remus kicked Peter as hard as he could in the stomach.
"You should have expected us to be down." He said angrily. "And known that we wouldn't ever have
been the same. You shouldn't have betrayed us, Wormtail."
Peter broke into tears.
"No pity." Sirius said, spitting in Peter's face.
"I hate you, Peter. I thought you were a loyal friend. I thought you were there for us!" Rebecca screamed,
storming out of the portrait hole.
Remus gave Peter a dirty look and then followed Rebecca.
Lily slapped Peter as hard as she could.
"Even after James' parents!" She screamed. "If I knew his parents, I would have fought for their
memories, not against it!"
Peter wiped his eyes and sniffled a little.
Sirius leapt at Peter, but James pulled him back.
"You're the reason so much has happened." Sirius said coldly. "You're almost as bad as Voldemort
himself. WHY DON'T YOU JUST LIVE WITH MY FAMILY?" He screamed, spraying spit all over Peter. "WHY
DON'T YOU JUST DIE?"
Sirius kicked Peter as hard as he could and ran out of the portrait hole.
"You make me sick." Lauren muttered, pointing her wand at Peter, making his face covered in zits. "Fuck
you, Pizza face."
She stomped away like a storm, raging in the winter.
"I hate you, Peter." Lily said, wiping tears from her eyes. "I always thought you were brave, deep down
inside. But now I remember from an old Muggle tale, The Wizard of Oz. You are the cowardly lion. You can never make
yourself up to me. NEVER." She sat there, waiting for James to hit Peter.
"Just hit me already." Peter moaned.
James stood there.
"You're lucky I play fair." He said, putting his arm around Lily and walking away.
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The loyal Marauders and what was left over of the Mafia decided to go to the Three Broomsticks.
"I can't believe him." Remus said glumly.
Rebecca sat in silence, leaning against Remus.
"James, why didn't you kill him?" Sirius asked, chugging down some firewhisky.
"Because I can't." James said quietly, taking a sip of coffee.
Lily stared at James.
He didn't like coffee. He liked tea. And he usually drank firewhisky.
She kissed him but she didn't feel the sparks she normally felt.
She hugged him but she didn't feel safe like she usually did.
She ran her hands through his hair and he didn't smile.
She burst into tears and he didn't comfort her.
Instead, Lauren hugged her and said everything was going to be alright.
But Lily knew that was a lie.
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A/N: SORRY it took so long to post chapters! Word got deleted from my computer so now I have to post this at my grandmas, and being the busy teenager I am, I haven't had much time to write. But I'll be here for the weekend so you'll have more chapters. At least two this weekend. . I've REALLY been into the old Evanescence. They're AWESOME. Anyway they are. I just thought id share the fact that their my FAVORITE band. Besides nirvana. Okay. BYEEEEEEEEEEE.
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