"Padfoot, I'm scared. This war...I could lose everything. I could lose Lily...I could lose you. I couldn't live if you weren't there. I don't know-I don't know how I'd carry on." James' gaze dropped to his feet to hide the emotion in his eyes.

Sirius put his hand on James shoulder as he stared out onto the horizon; his grasp tightening as his emotion grew.

"Prongs, I will be standing next you whatever happens. I'm going to be fighting by your side until my dying breath, nothing is ever going to change that. We're brothers, nothing can break us apart.