The Marauders Read: Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, Reloaded
Chapter 1
[a/n: Hello! I adopted this story from Lyonhearted and it is a sequel to her original Marauders read...But I won't change that if you want to know what happened before read her first story, as this one is getting somewhat of a makeover. I will keep the first 6 chapters much like she left them, All jokes and Book intact. But I will be adding a bit of me into the way this story is written. Hopefully it'll be a little better than it was originally..but I doubt that as I am not that good of a writer. Wow long Authors note...oh well Enjoy the first Chapter.]
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Lily groaned opening her eyes to the harsh morning light. She was disoriented for a moment as the memories of the past day caught up with her. Tears began to form in her eyes, but she resolutely pushed them down and began to get dressed.
After dressing she made her way into the room next to her own. To be precise it was James' room, It said so right on the sign he had Immaturely placed on his door. Rolling her eyes lily pushed the door open quietly, she nearly slapped her palm to her forehead as she saw two boys sprawled out and snoring on the ground. Only two boys because Remus was already up and was reading what appeared to be an Advanced Charms textbook.
Remus' eyes moved from the book to Lily as she entered, his smile was amused as he gently greeted her. Walking over her grin Mischievous, she crouched and softly said, "How about we wake the other boys up?"
James and Sirius awoke with howls of horror, their Pajamas soaked through. James glared up at Remus and Lily, each holding a side of one large bucket. Sirius just looked stupidly up at them and attempted to go back to sleep.
Once they had successfully pried Padfoot from his soaked slumber and changed clothes Lily grinned. "Now that were all awake," Lily began as Remus doubled over in laughter. "How about we start reading that book?"
The mood went from Happy to solemn, at the mention of the book. Settling down in a circle, Sirius pulled out what appeared to be half eaten Pumpkin Pastie, from one of his pockets and began to munch on it.
"Uh...Padfoot?" Remus began. "Yes Moony?" Sirius replied with a mouth full of pastie which really just sounded like 'Mess woowy?'.
"How old is that exactly?..." Remus felt compelled to cast a carbon dating spell, cause he was pretty sure he was staring at a really old wizarding snack.
Swallowing a mouthful he scrunched his forehead up and examined the sweet orange treat. "Yah know...I really have no clue.." Shrugging he took another bite.
Lily shuddered and held her hand out for the book. "I'll read! Anything to get that out of my head."
Chapter 1
The Secret Keeper
Albus Dumbledore sighed. He watched Sybill Trelawney prattle on about something or other over the edges of his spectacles, noting the vague feeling of trepidation he felt. Why he felt so, he was not sure.
"Why would Dumbledore be worried?" Lily asked the small circle.
"It didn't say he was worried.." Sirius pointed out with a frown.
Remus sighed, pointing at one of his best friends. "That's what trepidation means Sirius.." Sirius mouth formed an o before he took another bite of Pastie.
Of course, the last few weeks had been very stressful, what with the casting of the Fidelius Charm on the Potters and the Longbottoms.
James perked up and looked at Remus. "Moony what's the Fidelius charm?"
"Give me a sec.." Remus shifted and grabbed the Advanced Charms text he had been reading not too long ago. Flipping through the book with practiced ease he found the page he was looking for. "Ah here we go, it says, 'The Fidelius charm is designed to protect those casted upon from detection or harm. Only the person to whom the 'secret' is designated, called the 'Secret Keeper', knows the location of the dwelling being hidden. Other people can only find the dwelling if the Secret Keeper tells them the location voluntarily. Otherwise, those being protected by the charm cannot be found.'"
"Ahh..." James said thoughtfully. His finger on his chin.
"That makes sense. 'Fidelius' sounds like the root to the word 'fidelity', or loyalty," said Lily
However, they weren't, as the saying goes, "out of the woods yet". Unfortunately, there were so many things that could go wrong. Dumbledore sighed again and refocused on Professor Trelawney.
"So I said to the Healer, to the Healer, I said-" Sybill rambled, but she was suddenly interrupted by a loud squawk emitting from a small box on Dumbledore's desk.
Dumbledore immediately picked up the box and observed it for a brief moment. 'The wards have been breached'.
He stood up, turned to Trelawney and said brusquely, "I'm sorry, Sybill, but we must continue our conversation at a later date." He swept out of his office and left her there, confused and befuddled.
"She always looks like that." Sirius pointed out now holding a small bag of every flavor beans.
"Where exactly do you find room to hide all these snacks Padfoot?.." James asked Curiously.
Sirius' eyes twinkled as he held in a snicker. "Magic." Needless to say he was promptly hit in the face with a pillow.
Dumbledore quickly made his way to the edge of Hogwarts grounds and his last thought before he apparated was, Dear God, let it not be too late.
The sight Dumbledore arrived to at the Potter home was arguably one of the saddest ones he ever saw.
"Ok our house can't be that bad..." James said defensively, rolling his eyes.
Everyone laughed.
The once beautiful, quaint cottage was nearly in ruins, and the debris on the ground was smoking steadily.
"Oh," said James, now subdued
He strode past where the front door used to be and saw something that made his heart break.
The body of James Potter was sprawled on the living room floor, his eyes staring unseeingly at the ceiling. All around him, furniture was smashed and broken, serving as evidence to a fierce and deadly duel. Dumbledore kneeled next to the body and, seeing James' wand lying nearby, he picked it up and folded its owner's hands over it.
Everyone glanced at James, his face was pale, as he stared at the book. Sirius handed him a few chocolate frogs and patted him on the back.
Suddenly, he heard a wounded scream that seemed to have come from upstairs.
"Uh-oh," muttered Lily
Dumbledore rushed up the stairs and, when he entered the second door on the right, was greeted with another heart-rending sight. What, or rather, whom he saw was none other then Sirius Black, with his back facing the door.
Now everybody glanced at the other black haired youth in the room, who had stopped munching his snacks long enough to let his brows scrunch together in a frown.
Sirius was kneeling on the floor, clutching baby Harry to his chest, and sobbing heavily. Beyond his quivering silhouette, Dumbledore could see the body of Lily Potter sprawled across the floor, her hair spread like a fiery halo.
"Oh my…" said Remus, shocked
Dumbledore stepped into the room, causing the floorboards to squeak and Sirius to whirl around, startled.
For a moment, there was silence. Then, Dumbledore pointed his wand at Sirius and said, "Explain."
Sirius quickly started to do so, saying, "Albus, you have to believe me, it was Peter! Peter was the Secret Keeper!"
"What? What does that mean?" asked James angrily
"Well, if you guys were being hidden by the Fidelius Charm, presumably from harm, and Peter was the Secret Keeper and he told the people who wanted to hurt you where you were…" Remus trailed off, the prospect too horrible to contemplate.
There was a silence. Then James said, "Keep reading."
Dumbledore stepped forward and said coldly, "How do you expect me to believe such a thing, considering I was present at the ceremony?"
Sirius rushed to clarify, saying, "You see, they did make me Secret Keeper, but I thought I was too obvious of a choice, so I suggested we switch to Peter! We thought no one would ever guess!"
"Did anyone else know of this?" interrupted Dumbledore.
"No one," replied Sirius.
"Wait…so Dumbledore thought you were the Secret Keeper, but you set him strait and said that Peter was the Secret Keeper?" asked Lily, who was having trouble following everything.
"Apparently.." replied Sirius, baffled
Dumbledore, lowering his wand, said, "I will have to ask you these questions again, under Veritaserum."
"I know," replied Sirius somberly, "But-I have to-" His voice cracked, and tears started trailing down his face. Baby Harry, who had been quiet through all of this, reached up to Sirius' face and, with a little worried frown on his face, said, "Don' cry, Siwi."
"Aww, that's so cute," cooed Lily
Sirius smiled and laughed a little and said, "Don't you worry, champ."
"Awww!" sqealed Lily again, and she jumped Sirius.
Sirius of course, tried to dodge the glomp from the mother and only managed to land flat on his face with a red headed witch on his back.
Dumbledore watched this little exchange with a soft look on his face and thought, maybe the Veritaserum is unnecessary.
-The Next Day-
He –Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, Bested By Harry Potter, The Boy-Who-Lived!
By Nancy Sullivan
Last night, on October 31st, it was rumored that a resident baby named Harry Potter, age 1, defeated He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. The rumors were confirmed earlier this morning by Albus Dumbledore, age 128, when he said, "Yes, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is no more. The world has a reason to rejoice."
The details of You-Know-Who's downfall are unclear, except the fact that You-Know-Who killed both Lily and James Potter (pg 5), and proceeded to attempt to kill the child. However, he was unable to kill Harry and disappeared, seemingly for good. Harry Potter left the encounter with nothing more than a curiously shaped scar on his forehead, shaped like a bolt of lightning.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people throughout Britain seemed to have come out of trances, possibly caused by the Imperius Curse (pg 3). One woman claimed to remember nothing that had happened since Feburary of this year (pg 6).
Many people have already started celebrating this sudden good fortune. The Ministry is also debating on whether or not to declare a national Harry Potter Day. It would certainly not be unwarranted.
"Wow! That's so cool! A Harry Potter Day!" said Sirius
"James, I didn't know how awful our deaths were," said Lily quietly.
"Neither did I," replied James, just as quiet. He turned to Sirius and said, "And I didn't know you'd be so upset if we died."
"Of course I would," said Sirius
"Yeah!" added in Remus.
The boys all hugged.
Lily, trying to lift the mood, said teasingly, "Awww, a cornucopia of love!"
The boys all mock-scowled at her.
"Yeah, but I'm gonna have some choice words with Peter when he gets back," said Sirius darkly. Visciously biting the head off of a small green gummy newt.
Lily placed a hand on his arm and said soothingly and said, "Sirius, the Peter of now and the Peter of then may be entirely different people. Don't judge him too harshly."
After a moment of silence James cleared his throat and asked, "Who reads next?"
"ME! Oooh ooh Pick me!" said Sirius, putting his bag of sweets down next to him, and he added, "but it's gonna be weird reading about me!"
"How do you think WE felt?" Lily and James both laughed.
[Alright some things are unchanged but I added quite a bit of silliness to the mix with Sirius. Hope you enjoyed Read and review!]