James hurtled towards the redhead and her friends and began firing curses at those that were attacking them, thinking only of preventing them from being hurt or killed.
He heard the pleading of Sirius for him to slow down but he ignored his friend and continued on his way seeing that the situation that Lily was in was becoming more grave as they were only managing to shield against the onslaught.
He simply blasted his way through the backs of those that had surrounded the girls and placed himself in front of them before turning to face the attackers, a cutting curse catching his shoulder as he did so.
He hissed in pain but returned fire instinctively gulping slightly as he realised that he had put himself in a very disadvantaged position.
He was surrounded on all sides but was quickly finding himself relaxing as Sirius and Peter managed to place themselves on either side of him.
"Well, well, well" one of the masked men mocked. "It seems that we have some idiot Gryffindor's to kill" he added gleefully as he fired a curse towards Marlene who had dropped her shield and was panting heavily.
Without even thinking of the consequences Sirius dived in front of the spell and felt his collar bone break.
He gritted his teeth as the pain exploded from the shoulder and he roared furiously as he began firing the spells he had been learning from the Black family magic, catching the Death Eaters by complete surprise at the use of dark magic.
Before they could retaliate Sirius had felled three of them, two had died very quickly as they were engulfed by black flames but the third screamed in pain as he began clawing at his own face impaling one of his eyes on the end of his finger, pulling it from the socket in the process.
"You bastard" a female voice shrieked as she looked upon her thrashing comrade and fired a killing curse at the teen.
It was Peter that conjured a wall to defend his friend but he did not think to banish the resulting debris away from himself causing himself to be clobbered by a few heavy rocks, injuring him rather badly. Because of this he was unable to prevent the cutting curse that had been fired his way from hitting him and it lacerated his chest deeply.
Seeing his friend go down in such a way angered Sirius more than he could ever think possible and he once again began firing curses with reckless abandon, followed quickly by James, both being very grateful for the training they had had from Harry.
The two boys became aware quickly that the girls they had been helping also sprung into action, shielding them when they needed it, leaving the two to focus on attacking, attacks that were dropping member after member of the Death Eater ranks.
The Dark Lord's men clearly had not been expecting such resistance and crumbled under the pressure of the unexpectedly lethal curses being fired their way, many dying with many others fleeing by way of the emergency portkeys they carried. The two boys fired curse after curse and only stopped when Lily and Marlene made them aware that there was no longer anymore Death Eaters to fight around them.
The two shared a sheepish look and simply fell to the ground, completely exhausted by their efforts.
"Wormy" Sirius sighed.
"He's ok" Alice answered him. "He's bleeding a little and probably broke a few bones but he'll be fine".
Sirius nodded but suddenly bolted to his feet as he felt the cold settling in.
James quickly followed but their attention was caught by a bright, and massive stream of fire in the distance and balked as it formed into a basilisk.
"What the hell is that?" Marlene asked fearfully. "Fiendfyre" Lily whispered worriedly.
"Harry" James stated knowingly, feeling relief wash over him though the cold was slowly taking precedence.
Lily watched as the flaming snake engulfed those that were attacking her friend but quickly turned towards her left as she felt the Dementors approaching.
"Expecto Patronum" both James and Sirius tried desperately, only issuing a weak shield from their wands.
The two boys tried time and time again but it was no use. The effects of the Dementors took their toll and their shields became nothing and the beasts closed in.
It was then that the group became aware of a warming power in front of them as Harry apparated between themselves and the creatures, a murderous glint in his brightly glowing eyes. "Expecto Patronum" he roared and grinned victoriously as prongs chased away the screeching Azkaban guards.
He was quickly followed by both James and Sirius who managed to produce a strong shield each to defend the rest of those that could not perform the spell, each one feeling rejuvenated by the arrival of Harry.
As the last of the Dementors faded into the distance Harry ended the spell and looked around frantically for anymore signs of fighting and sighed in relief when he could hear no more indicators of an ensuing battle.
"Are you all ok?" he asked.
When he received five nods in return he breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed allowing his magic to calm once more.
Although Peter was hurt and the others in the group were looking rather pale and disheveled he knew that they would be ok, even though James, Sirius and Remus would all have to deal with taking their first lives in battle.
"You took that curse for me" Marlene suddenly whispered, looking towards Sirius in disbelief.
Sirius swallowed deeply and nodded as he clutched his broken clavicle, the area becoming more and more tender.
Marlene approached the boy and wrapper her arms around him gently, resting her head against his chest and shaking her head.
Sirius looked towards both Harry and James, clearly torn on what he should do.
"For Merlin sake Padfoot just hug the girl, or Harry will do it" James sighed.
Sirius narrowed his eyes at his friend but complied and gingerly wrapped his undamaged arm around her.
It was then that Harry became very aware of another very powerful magical presence and he immediately turned, drawing his wand as he did so only to be faced by a very worried looking Albus Dumbledore.
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