“Harry…I as good as killed them,” he croaked. “I persuaded Lily and James to change to Peter at the last moment, persuaded them to use him as Secret-Keeper instead of me…I’m to blame, I know it…The night they died, I’d arranged to check on Peter, make sure he was still safe, but when I arrived at his hiding place, he’d gone. Yet there was no sign of a struggle. It didn’t feel right. I was scared. I set out for your parents’ house straight away. And when I saw their house, destroyed, and their bodies…I realized what Peter must’ve done…what I’d done…” His voice broke.
Tag: james potter
fixed it.
“It doesn’t make sense. I would say ‘it’s not like you,’ except it’s exactly like you to go and do something stupid when Lily starts warming up to you. Under normal circumstances, I would say, ‘go ahead! Carlotta is unreasonably good-looking, and it’s nice work if you can get it.’ But now?” (x)
Marauders Era: James and Lily
October 31, 1981
“That’s why you’re famous.
That’s why everyone knows your name.
You’re the Boy Who Lived.”
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – Snape’s Worst Memory
Excitement exploded in the pit of his stomach: It was as though he was looking at himself but with deliberate mistakes. James’s eyes were hazel, his nose was slightly longer than Harry’s, and there was no scar on his forehead, but they had the same thin face, same mouth, same eyebrows. James’s hair stood up at the back exactly as Harry’s did, his hands could have been Harry’s, and Harry could tell that when James stood up, they would be within an inch of each other’s height.
Dear Padfoot,
James is getting a bit frustrated shut up here, he tries not to show it but I can tell — also, Dumbledore’s still got his Invisibility Cloak, so no chance of little excursions. If you could visit, it would cheer him up so much. (x)
“Get off the bike!” he bellowed at the smirking youths, who sat basking in the flashing blue light as though enjoying it. – The Prequel (x)
For whoever wanted Christmas Marauder’s Era manips
“Jus’ got him outta the ruins, poor little thing, with a great slash across his forehead, an’ his parents dead … an’ Sirius Black turns up, on that flyin’ motorbike he used ter ride. White an’ shakin’, he was.” [requested by anonymous, based on (x)]