CHAPTER 2:

Finding Lily and James

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James shook his head. He was seeing stars. How had he gotten here? This place looked familiar, but why? And where had he seen it before? His first question half way answered itself when he remembered Sirius pranking him. His immediate reaction was one of revenge. Then he wondered where he was again. It was so familiar...
Then it hit him; he was in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts. What was he doing here? He heard a loud, angry growl, and the biggest mortal dog he had ever seen tore into him. He tried to run, but the animal had him by the arm, growling savagely. Then the animal went for his throat, then his stomach. Oddly enough, it didn't hurt, and the dog wasn't doing him any damage.
'What the hell is going on? I should be torn up pretty badly by now. Is this just my imagination, or am I just invincible or something?'
Apparently, the dog was wondering the same thing. It sat back on its massive haunches, cocked it head, and looked at James with a surprised look. Then it lay down and stared at him in confusion. James got up and began walking in the direction the castle, if he remembered correctly, should have been in. The forest was dark and getting darker by the second, but James wasn't afraid. If that dog couldn't kill him, what could?
He continued on his way through the forest, as Sirius made it to the Heaven Help Office.

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"Name?" the secretary asked, chewing on a piece of gum ('Heavenly Fruit' flavor).

"Sirius Black."

"Query for the Help Desk?"

"What the hell happened to James?"

"Okay," the secretary said, before printing out several pieces of paper. "Please fill out the forms and sign them at the bottom, then return them to get your number."

"Okay," Sirius said, sighing. He sat down in one of the chairs.

The first two questions, name and query, had already been typed into the forms by the secretary, so he skipped down to the third one.

'Please Explain Query.'

Sirius started writing. This was gonna be a while.

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Lily had rarely ever joined the Marauders on their pranks, mainly because she thought they were childish, save for a few well thought out ones.

Like the prank where they tried to turn Dumbledore's robes into a biker outfit. It had failed of course, but it was worth the attempt.

Another reason Lily would on occasion join up for a prank – the look on the prankee's face when they realized what happened. She always loved that look. And even better, was the look they had when they couldn't figure out what in the hell just happened.

And that was the look most of the staff members of Hogwarts were wearing at the moment. Lily had floated into the Great Hall, and no one paid her much attention until Flitwick squeaked.

"Lily!" the little Charms Professor squeaked out. "But you're not a ghost! Ghosts are pale; you've got color!" Then, apparently the fact that Lily was in front of him became to much for his brain to handle. Flitwick fainted.

Snape stared for a few minutes, before calling a house elf. "A big glass of Firewhiskey, and make it quick!" he ordered. The elf returned a few seconds later, and Snape downed the glass. Then he glanced at Lily.

"Nope, still here, not my imagination." Snape joined Flitwick in fainting.

"Lily!" Hagrid cried happily, running up to give the red-headed woman a hug. He went through her. "Huh?" Hagrid looked back, still running forward, until Lily yelled.

"Hagrid! Watch out!" Hagrid looked forward just in time to trip over James Potter and land on top of him.

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James had made it to Hogwarts, only to walk straight into the doors to the entrance hall. Apparently, he was solid now. James shook his head to clear it; he should have figured that out when the dog bit him. He opened the doors and slipped inside before walking the short distance to the Great Hall. James entered the Great Hall only to have Hagrid run into him.

"Ow," James said. Nothing actually hurt, but he was pretty sure that getting landed on by a half-giant was supposed to. 'Good thing I'm invincible,' James thought, 'Or I might not have survived this.' Hagrid twisted around, trying to get up without hurting James further. 'Really good thing,' James thought.

"James!" Hagrid yelled, after getting up, pulling James to his feet, "I'm sorry! Ar' ya hurt anywhere?

"Nope, I'm okay," James said, walking into the Great Hall unsteadily. "Hi, everybody! What happened to Snape and Flitwick?"

"James Charlus Potter!" Lily yelled. James yelped. "Did you sign out properly at the Gates?" she asked.

"Uh…"
"You didn't!"

"In my defense, this is all Sirius' fault."

"And how is it Sirius' fault?"

"I was with him and the next thing I remember, I was in the Forbidden Forest, therefore this is, somehow, all Sirius' fault."

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Question 57: 'What is your favorite color?' Sirius stared at the paper, glanced up at the secretary, and back down to the paper.

"What does my favorite color have to do with this?" Sirius asked.

"Please fill out the forms and sign them at the bottom, then return them to get your number," the secretary repeated.

"Right."

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First part of the chap was written by the original author. This is part of an update of all my stories that are uncompleted. This is number twelve of twenty-seven. Please, read and review. Smiles!

Rune