Author's Note: So I've realized, with much dislike for myself, that I haven't updated my story in about five years. I'm sorry. But I have good news. I've typed this one, the next one and possibly the one after the next one because the one after the next one and one after that one, kind of go together. You know how prank wars are with the four Marauders, they go on forever.

So I hope you like this chapter.

The children went back first, through the fireplace to Grimmuald place. Lily went after them.

Harry, Sirius, Lupin and James were standing outside the fireplace after Lily left.

"I think this will be interesting," Sirius smiled.

Harry stepped into the fireplace. He took a handful of Floo Powder, "Grimmuald Place Kit-" Before Harry could finish his sentence James, Sirius and Lupin squashed into the fireplace with Harry.

In the kitchen of Grimmuald Place…..

"Where are they?" Molly questioned impatiently.

"They'll be here soon," Lily repeated.

All of a sudden there was a loud thud making everyone jump followed by people laughing.

Lily smiled, "They're here."

Molly stood up, "What did they do? Floo here all together?"

"Yes," Lily sighed. "They do that sometimes and someone always gets hurt."

James, Sirius and Lupin all walked in the kitchen laughing, "That was so much fun. We should do it again."

Harry wasn't laughing, however, "Seriously? You couldn't have waited like two seconds?"

"Why?" Sirius asked calming down. "We made it just fine and we're all in one piece."

Harry rolled his eyes, "Well, you guys aren't the skinniest people in the world and I almost suffocated, like really? You're taller than me which means it's kind of hard to breath when my face is against your chest."

Sirius eyed him, "Are you calling us fat?"

"No," Harry smiled. "I'm just saying that it's pretty amazing that all four of us didn't get stuck."

"Fine," James replied. "As long as you're not calling us fat."

Harry turned away and mumbled, "Geez, be girls about it, dang."

"What did you say Harry James Potter?" Sirius ordered.

"Nothing," Harry smiled. "You're just more concerned about me calling you fat than you are about almost suffocating me to death."

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" James, Sirius and Lupin cried as they hugged him, trying conceal their laughter.

"Okay," Harry tired to push them away, "okay I'm fine. Look! You're suffocating me with love. Let go. Thank you, geez, attack me."

Molly tisked at them as she walked over to Harry. She took him and sat him in a chair, "Since they won't check you, I'll do it, since it looks like no one else cares."

Lily's mouth dropped open, "First of all, Harry's not hurt. As you can see he was only joking. They do that all the time and they've never gotten seriously hurt. And second of all, if he was hurt I would be all over him making sure my son was okay and you can not find any one more protective or responsible then James, Sirius and Lupin, especially Sirius. He's my son, not yours."

"And you would never intentionally hurt Harry," James added. "Right, Sirius?"

"Right," Sirius agreed, "but try not to involve me because Harry and I are going to get some popcorn and some fire whiskey and watch this little show."

"Some what Sirius?" Lily cocked an eyebrow.

"Sodas," Sirius smiled. "What else? He's only seventeen."

"Protective and responsible are two different things," Molly began to get red in the face. "Just because they are protective over him doesn't mean they're responsible with him."

James' mouth dropped open and looked offended, "Look, we are responsible. Just because we like to have fun and fly and pull pranks doesn't mean we aren't looking out for him."

Lily added, "And, if I didn't feel they were responsible with Harry, they wouldn't even spend one second alone with them."

Molly rolled her eyes, "Oh yes because Sirius is responsible. He goes and helps Harry break into Hogwarts but isn't making him go back to school. Yeah, I really want him watching my children."

Lily put her hand on her waist, "It isn't like it's any of your business how Sirius raises' Harry. We left him in charge when we died so he gets to make decisions. And if Sirius said that then I trust him enough to have thought it through to make that choice with Harry."

James put his hand on Sirius' shoulder, "The reason we trust Sirius is because there must have been a situation that no one knows about that made him think that those decisions he made about breaking into Hogwarts and not going back to school were right and we have to trust his judgment."

"Okay well," Molly started up again, "what about this! Dumbledore gave Harry a mission and he won't tell anyone but Sirius and Remus about it. Also Dumbledore gave him information about You-Know-Who and he won't tell us. He could know something important and not even know it. He should tell us because we are the Order. But Sirius agrees with Harry saying we don't need to know. Do you trust his judgment on that also?"

"Well, we have to trust Harry, then," James smiled.

"Trust him?" Molly started to get really angry. "He could know something that could help us win the war and not even know it."

James rolled his eyes, "Obviously whatever it is Dumbledore knew about. So either he asked Harry to not tell anyone or he thought it's so unimportant it doesn't matter and Harry's having fun messing with you all. So are you going to tell me that you don't trust Dumbledore's judgment?"

Everyone was sitting at the table starring at James, dumbfounded.

"And," Lily added, "Harry has faced Voldemort how many times? If he had any information concerning Voldemort, I think he would know if it was important or not. I mean really? Who knows Voldemort better than Harry? No one."

"What?" James asked getting annoyed from everyone starring at him. "Why are you still starring at me?"

"Because what you said is exactly what Sirius said," Fred pointed out.

"And Harry," George pointed out.

James smiled, "Well, then it must be true."

Molly rolled her eyes, "Only to people who are stupid enough to believe it."

James was to shocked and annoyed to say anything. His eyes found Sirius' and they had the same outraged expression and his face was getting red like he was about to yell. Lily stepped in front of James, "You did not just callmy husband, son and two brother-in-laws stupid. You little-"

"Lily enough," Lupin stood up. "I think we should we leave now. We are just going to have to agree to disagree, okay? James, Lily, Harry, Sirius, I think we need to have a family meeting at home."

Harry sighed, "Fine." He placed his bucket of popcorn on the table and stood up.

Molly argued back, "No, you are going to stay here and talk. I'm not done and we all have the right to know."

"Look," Harry turned to Molly, "you're not my mother so stop acting like it and just shut up. Just be lucky Remmie made me drink a calming potion before leaving or I would blow your arse up this second. It might be wearing off but not enough to do any real damage."

Molly's mouth dropped open, "Harry Potter you do not talk to me like that. You're grounded, go up to your room."

"You can't-" Harry started.

Sirius stood in front of him, and to Harry's surprise started to yell, "Don't even think you can go and ground him! He's not your child to ground."

Harry looked over at Lupin, who shrugged his shoulders, "I thought we were leaving."

"First of all," Lily glared at Molly and walked to get in her face, "Harry's isn't your child to ground so back off, he's mine. And if anyone's going to ground him it will either be James, Sirius, Lupin or myself, not you. I'm back now so you need to back off my son and stop telling him what to do, not that you should have thought you could because Sirius and Remmie were here and they would and should have done that. He never was yours and never will be."

"Not only that but I don't think Harry would listen to you anyways. I don't even think he would listen to me if I tried to ground him, not that I would," Lupin pointed out.

"Yeah, and I know James and I wouldn't be able to ground him-not that we wouldn't-we'd just probably be getting grounded with him." Sirius laughed.

"And you, Sirius, should be getting grounded with him because you're the reason Harry's like this," Molly pointed out.

"I'll take that as a compliment, thanks," Sirius put his arm around Harry's shoulders.

"The only one who will be grounding any of MY family will be ME," Lily yelled. "So stay away."

"Well, I think that this has been a very good meeting and we shall be seeing you all in the distant future," Lupin smiled.

With that all the Marauders and Lily apparated away.