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Chapter 1:Summer Break
In all the time that Harry and I have lived with Padfoot and Moony, not once have we ever been grounded. Until this summer, that is. You see, Padfoot and Moony both thought that we didn't try hard enough to get an adult before we went after the stone, or at least that's the cover story. Secretly they're proud of the way that we handled ourselves. We kept our heads, we did try to get an adult, only to be rebuffed. The only reason why they "grounded" us was to get Molly off their backs (She's been a little off-kilter ever since the Spring holiday when Ron and Hermione broke the news to their parents). It was also a good opportunity to get caught up on all the details of what happened. They knew that we skimmed over a few facts when we told our friends what happened. When we got to the part about old moldy, they got pale. It is one thing to say that old moldy isn't gone, but it is an entirely different matter to be proven correct with irrefutable evidence.
After we got that discussion over, we announced that Neville and Hermione had made the cut into one of the available spots for the New Marauders. They were, of course, ecstatic that their legacy would live on. I told them that the Marauders would exist to the end of time as long as there were pranksters amongst the student population of Hogwarts (I wonder if Hermione could find out if their is a charm that we can place on the map in order to ensure that worthy pranksters will always walk the halls of Hogwarts, something to think about). After that announcement, we proceeded to get our summer work done. With the after effects of having studied with Hermione for our final exams, we got our work done in a week. We spent another week developing a new training schedule, which now had to include animagus training for Hermione and Neville, we also had to incorporate Ron and Hermione's new abilities as a bonded couple. This proved to be quite futile because they were the only ones who knew what they needed to be trained in, but we tried as best we could.
I have some startlingly good news about Ron and Hermione; they're going to live with us. It was decided that way because we have less people, and more security measures. It took awhile to convince Molly and Mrs. Granger, but we succeeded. They now have the top floor to themselves, which has their bedroom, a sitting room, a giant master bath, and a solarium. They have it made up there. Cedric has also been able to stay for most of the summer. On days we weren't training, he took me out on little picnics. Once he even took me to a lake that had a waterfall emptying into it, and that became our spot whenever we wanted to get away from everyone. Harry knew his limitations, just as I knew mine. He didn't disturb me beyond asking where I was, and I didn't either.
Anyway, we know that Ron and Hermione have a set of mated animagus forms. We also now know that Neville has two forms as well, that of a lion and a large white wolf with a little crescent moon on it's forehead; we've no idea of the significance of that marking, but I'm sure we'll find out. The only one who can't fully use his animagus forms is Neville, but only because he needs more time. He still has got on faster than all of us, with the exception of Hermione, but only because she had Ron in her head telling her what she needed to do and how.
Other than Molly putting Hermione and I on the potion, not much else is new. Well, Harry and I did have to testify against someone again. His name is Gilderoy Lockhart. He's a complete and utter fraud; he would listen to the adventures of other witches and wizards, obliviate them, and pass off their accomplishments as his own. I remembered him from something that happened when I was very little, a baby in fact. You see, Dumbledore didn't immediately pass us off to our aunt and uncle, we stayed with the Longbottoms. Four people attacked their house, three of them tortured Frank and Alice, Neville's parents, to insanity, and the fourth was there to obliviate anyone they encountered. What neither of them new was that Harry and I were in the next room, the very people they were after, they also didn't know that I had seen the fourth's face because he had come into the hall when Neville had made a noise; it was Lockhart. I had heard the commotion from start to finish, and I told Harry not to make a sound because their sacrifice will have been made in vain.
That wasn't the only time Harry and I had encountered Lockhart, we had seen him doing just what I had described to you years later when we were about five. I used this as a stepping stone to testify against him about that night at the Longbottom house. They had to take me seriously because I had testified under veritaserum about it. Anyway, I won't bore you with the details of the trial, suffice to say, that Neville has his full memory back, Lockhart is at Azkaban for Merlin knows how long, and Harry and I have built up a rapport with the public for being completely and totally honest with them.
Now that you've been caught up, it is high time that I tell you a little secret. Professor Dumbledore has finally apologized to Harry and I about everything, he'll never do anything that jeopardize our health physically, mentally, or emotionally. He can't, he swore a wizarding oath never to do anything against our judgment. We can't let the whole world know that we've reconciled with him just yet, those who matter know for now.