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JAMES randall POTTER ([info]misterprongs) wrote in [info]valesco,
@ 2009-05-09 11:18:00


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Entry tags:gideon prewett, james potter, order of the phoenix, sturgis podmore

Order Men
How could this have happened?

James paced back and forth in the living room of the Order House, having been banned from helping the rescue party because he couldn't remain calm. Damn bloody right he couldn't remain calm! Only Frank and Alice---and Dumbledore, he knew, only they knew about the prophecy. So they did not have any idea of what was going through James' head. What was Voldemort doing, not having people kill Lily on the spot? Or had they killed her, and taken her and---James clenched his fists tightly, wishing to wring the neck of the death eaters that had dared invade their home. They had seen maybe one neighbor, always entering the house through the floo, so how anyone knew their location was highly suspicious.

They had only told a handful of people.

He didn't like the paranoia that was growing with his anger, but James couldn't stop his thoughts. How had they found out? Who had slipped and revealed their location? The Longbottoms were keeping a very low profile too, they were definitely in a more public place than they were, so---if they had been after Alice (like she had hysterically explained) they why didn't they attack them at the Ministry? Or at Alice's parents? It didn't make any sense to James, and he had the boiling, intensely strong gut-feeling that they had been waiting to hit two birds with one stone.

James kicked out at the thought, making the side table and the variety of knick-knacks on top of it rattle. Nothing fell, and James struck his hand out and sent the lamp soaring to the ground with a very satisfying crack. He whirled around--what else would be ridiculously good to smash?


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[info]misterprongs
2009-05-11 05:48 am UTC (link)
James wondered, briefly, when any one in the Order besides Lily herself, actually began to think that they could restrain him and his emotions. Sirius hadn't been able to for years, Remus and Peter had never had the skill, and the only others? They were either dead or kidnapped right at this moment. James considered the rest of the Order friends, family even, but at the end of the day only Lily was allowed to give James any sort of---reprimand? Was that it? He did not care what Sturgis thought, James fucking knew that breaking things wasn't going to help, but nothing and no one else was doing a damn thing either.

"And what are you doing, Podmore?" James shot back quickly, "What good have you done? Is Lily here right now? No? Didn't fucking think so." He'd come close, hand up threateningly and his other gripped tightly onto his wand. He heard the clinking of Gideon's ridiculous crystals and with a quick snap of his wand, a needle thin hex shot out and cracked the crystal until it fell to the map in pieces.

James stepped back arms out, "What are any of you doing? What are---we bloody----we're a fucking disgrace!" His hands slammed down to his side as he glared hard down at the floor. "All the fuck we've managed to do is kill people, and we get up the next day like it's all going to get better when it's fucking not."

He couldn't help his stare as it turned to Gideon, unsure of how the man was still able to breathe with his family being murdered, but the thought resonated through James' head. What the hell was the Order doing, now? They all were bloody useless.

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[info]gideon
2009-05-12 01:39 am UTC (link)
Gideon had been bracing himself a little for James's outburst - that was certainly not the smartest thing to say. As far as he was concerned, James had every right to flip out and no one should even try and contain him right now. He would either exhaust himself or come up with a good idea. His crystals snapping in half almost amused Gideon, but it gave him the out to drop the act of pretending that what he was doing worked.

He wanted nothing more than to help James find Lily but he was at a loss for what to actually do except. Gideon met James' eyes (feeling a touch guilty that he and Gleny hadn't let anyone know she and Tristan were alive yet, but that was Gleny's call and he was just going to work on protecting them when she decided that it was time) and he shrugged. "I feel pretty damn useless right now yeah. But, if they can come into our homes and attack us and, kill our families, well. Turnabout's fair play? We could attack them where it hurts, their money and influence."

Gideon ignored Sturgis for now, because he knew the man had other loyalties, to the ministry and what not, but he didn't. "We've got the ministry for now, but they still think they own us. Only they know we won't kill anyone who's not a Death Eater, but we could. We could frame some?" None of this talk was helpful for now, for finding Lily, Gideon knew that. But he was just trying to help. "I don't know. Trying to play fair in war is just killing us, I...don't know."

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[info]podmore
2009-05-12 07:33 am UTC (link)
The hysterical volley of angry shouting and gesturing from James came as no surprise. Sturgis knew the other wizard could become volatile when rattled. He'd seen James go spare over Sirius's disappearance. So, his reaction to Lily's capture was guaranteed to be a tad...radical. Which is why James was here, in the Order house and not out there with Ben and the others where he'd be a liability.

Sturgis could weather the theatrics of a distraught husband. He was accustomed to bad reactions to bad news. What he could not let idly pass, however, was the ridiculous commentary of an ally too ignorant to realize the severe connotations and repercussions of his outlandish words: to become what they fought. These were not suggestions an Order member should ever be making, let alone to an agitated wizard with a wand.

Already encumbered with enough hardship, angst, and duty to crush a lesser man, Sturgis felt his resolve begin to break. "Shut up!" he snapped loudly over the two men, glancing sternly between the two. "Would you like a site report?" he prompted James. "Or would you like to hear more mongering of senseless violence? Flip a coin, if you must."

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