Hey, me again, this chapter takes place during Harry's first year at Hogwarts
I was kinda thinking of a way that James and Lily could check up on Harry by like going somewhere, i thought maybe the Mirror of Erised but then thought i might use that later ;) so i chose to use the pensieve, kinda made sense (at least in my mind it did) the pensieve holds memories right? so why not show the memories of the world? I dunno i think too much sometimes just read the chapter and feel free to let me know what you think :)
And again i don't own the characters, they all belong to the amazing J.K Rowling
"Lily!" James came bursting into the library where Lily had been reading all afternoon, "Harry's on the Quidditch team!" He blurted out not caring that he had caused Lily to knock over half a shelf of books she had been looking through. "What are you talking about, thats impossible! First years aren't even allowed their own brooms!" She stated practically, bending over to clean up the mess of books that had landed all over the floor, "Help me why don't you. Really James, you're as bad a Siruis sometimes." She added. "It's true! "I saw it myself! come up to the office I'll show you." James said grabbing Lily's hand and practically dragging her down the halls towards Dumbledore office. Lily had found a way to watch over Harry just a couple days before he had started at Hogwarts. She had been wandering around the school grounds when she got to Dumbledore's office...
+"He wouldn't be in there." Lily thought to herself, "so i guess it wouldn't hurt if i went inside, just to have a look around." She started up the stairs, they had found a little while ago while wandering up to the Gryffindor towers that they didn't need passwords in the afterlife, seemed sort of odd to be able to wander into the Ravenclaw common room and not have to answer ridiculous riddles. walking into the office she looked around, it looked just as she remembered it. there were several differences of course, the room looked odd without the Headmaster sitting behind his desk, and Fawkes not sitting to the side of it. There was another odd thing about the room, there was a large bowl-like object floating above a table in the center of the room, beside it was a note
To keep an eye on loved ones.
Heart pounding she put her face into the water-like substance her vision was clouded but soon it became clear and she saw that she was looking at her son, Harry, he was walking through Diagon Alley with Hagrid carrying a bird cage with an owl in it. Lily ran from the office to the quidditch pitch where James was. "James! Come quickly, I saw him, I saw Harry! He's with Hagrid, oh James do hurry!" James dismounted the broom and ran after her back up to Dumbledore's office. "but your face in here" Lily instructed him "Why would i put my face in a bowl of water?" James asked her "Just do it James, its a pensieve, I've heard about them before, in the real world you can keep memories in it either for others to view or for memories too hurtful to keep, I guess it just constantly shows what's happening back on earth, just do it James, trust me!" She explained, and she too put her face into the pensieve. Their vision clouded again but then you could see Harry again, walking out of Diagon Alley alongside Hagrid, "Look at him James!, hes so big!" Lily exclaimed tugging on James' arm, "He's practically drowning in those clothes Lily! You said you figured he went to live with your sister eh? Hmfph It's no wonder he looks like hes been left on the street for days, i never did like her much you know." James stated in a matter of fact sort of way. "Oh James he'l be fine besides It's nearly the start of the school year, he'll be at Hogwarts soon! Oh I hope he enjoys it!" Lily said as they started to return back.
Lily leaned over the pensieve like she did so often, her and James had made it a habit of checking up on Harry almost everyday to see how he was doing they had followed him on his ride to Hogwarts with James going on and on about how much Hermione reminded him of Lily when she was her age. James had nearly exploded with pride when Harry had been sorted into Gryffindor and laughed with him when he had his first run in with Filtch. Now they stood a few feet away from Harry and his friends as they talked about how Harry must be the youngest quidditch player in nearly a century. "He's seeker you know" James added beaming at Lily, "He's a little miniature of you James," she answered shaking her head, "Let's just hope he doesn't have the knack for getting into mischief that you did!" She said, laughing as the two returned to Godrics Hollow.
so there you go Chapter 4 hope you all liked it, i do my best to please people... sometimes ;) again feel fre to let me know what you think
-Tori