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“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 a 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 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 realised what Peter must have done. What I’d done.”

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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^{“I’m worried, Padfoot. I.. I can’t let anything happen to Lily. I don’t know what I’d do without her.” James almost whispered, focusing on his breathing pattern to calm himself down.
   Sirius knew how much James loved Lily. Merlin, who didn’t? And, he knew that James would do anything he could to protect her. “You’ll be fine, James. Nothing’ll happen. I promise, Prongs.”} 

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