Author's Notes: YAY! The moment you've been waiting for (or, at least, I hope you've been waiting for)!
Lily Potter wasn't a happy girl. First, her brother, James, got her wet, even though she was in another room. Then, she tried to set him on fire, but she ended up setting her shoe on fire; she didn't like that. And then, her mom and dad laughed while drying her off.
She was going to have to do something … anything, to James.
"Hermione," Harry called. Currently, they were in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, waiting for their seventh year students came it.
"Yes?" Hermione asked, sitting on the teacher's desk.
"Do you suppose the basilisk is still in the Chamber of Secrets?"
She thought deeply, not fully knowing. "Well … I'm not too sure, Harry." After a moment, she asked, "Why?"
He shrugged. "I don't know, really. I guess I just wanted to know. You know, one of those questions that just seemingly pop into your head?"
She nodded. "Yeah, Jade and Daniel are always like that," she said, chuckling at the memories.
The class arrived and took their usual seats. Harry went in front of the class and stood there, seeing if everyone were there. He noticed that The Marauders were there (though they looked a bit spooked out). Lily was there, too, sitting next to her friend. One Marauder, though, wasn't there.
"Where's Peter, James?" Harry asked.
"Um …" James stammered.
"He said that he wasn't feeling well, and that he needed his rest," Sirius spoke.
Harry rolled his eyes, muttering something, and then walked back behind his desk, while Hermione went to the board.
"Okay," she stared, "we'll be learning wandless magic."
"Why are we gonna need that?" A student, David, from Hufflepuff, asked.
"Because," Harry said, standing up, "you never know when you're going to lose your wand in a battle. And if I know the death eaters, they're not going to hand you your wand back.
"Wandless magic is a necessity, especially right now. Yo--"
"Are you a death eater?" James asked, interrupting the young teacher.
No one had actually ever asked if they were death eaters; they just assumed it. But everything that Harry and Hermione did, it was like they were contradicting everything. One night, they'd be talking about Voldermort, and then they'd be showing them how to duel against people. Harry was corresponding with Voldermort, and Dumbledore did nothing. Harry was a parstletounge; something that was very, very dark. They were nice, and yet they could be nasty if aggravated. It confused them.
"No," Harry answered, a bit too quickly.
"Why would you think that?" Hermione asked, joining her husband's side.
"Well, you see … I don't know, curious I guess," James said.
"Anyway," Hermione said. "Wandless magic isn't based on how much power you have, people only think that because they depend on their wands. Before the Ministry came into power, no one used wands. They would simply think of the spell and it'd shoot out of their finger. At that time, sometimes the children would learn magic at a lower pace, so they gave them a wand. After being so accustomed to them, people depended on the wand. So, now, people only think that wizards, who are powerful, will be able to do wandless magic. If you clear your mind and concentrate enough, you'll be able to perform."
She stayed quiet for a while, letting the students soak up the information. Then, after a few minutes, Harry spoke.
"First, you will try the 'Wingardium Leviosa' charm, levitating the feather that I'll place in front of you." He waved his hand, feathers appearing in front of the students.
"Try to clear your mind," Hermione explained. "It'll be a lot easier. If you need any help, ask me or Harry."
"What do we do?" Sirius asked.
"First," Harry addressed the class, "you clear try to clear your mind. Once you feel that you've cleared it enough, concentrate on the spell. Now, you might not get it at first, but that's only natural."
Sirius tried to clear his mind, but was failing miserably. James skipped clearing his mind and just concentrated on the spell. Remus, however, was meditating, magical energy flowing out. Lily, too, was meditating, clearing her mind of everything.
After a few minutes, Remus said the spell, loud and clear. "Wingardium Leviosa." The feather moved a bit, but went no further.
"Good try, Remus. It's hard on the first time, but don't worry, you'll get it," Harry said, smiling.
Remus nodded and went back to mediating. James was staring at the feather, silently wishing for it to levitate; apparently he had forgotten about actually casting the spell. After a few minutes, he sighed and raised his hand. Harry walked over to him and gave him his attention.
"My feather's broken," James stated. Harry looked at him oddly. "What? You don't believe me? Well, look." He concentrated on the feather levitating again, not once uttering the incantation. He stared at it; nothing. "See, it doesn't work. I think it's broken."
"Well, James, first of all, your feather is not 'broken.' You simply forgot to say the spell." Harry smirked, looking at the face of his father.
"Oh," was all he said. He looked at the feather again, this time muttering the spell, too. Then, the feather started floating a bit, being levitated but a few inches in the air.
"Good job, Mister Potter," Hermione said, who was currently standing in front of Lily.
"Mister Potter," Remus said, not noticing that he had said 'Potter' instead of 'Porter.'
"Yes?" Harry and James asked.
"Harry, he said Mister Potter, not Porter. Though, I don't know why Moony is being so formal," James said.
"Oh! I meant Mister Porter," Remus said embarrassed.
"Right," Sirius said from his seat to Remus' right.
Harry rolled his eyes and went to Sirius.
Lily Potter laughed at her brother, the "big-headed baboon," as she liked to call him. She had burnt his hair (which was still black), and his clothes were soaking wet. She knew that she'd get a good 'stern' talk from her parents, but she didn't care. She wanted revenge; and revenge she got.
James Potter was not a happy boy. Normally, he'd just let his sister pull the little 'accidental' trick on him. But this time, she called him a big-headed baboon; and he didn't like that. Now, he was going to have to do something. She had somehow turned his hair and eye color back to black and green, and he had yet to figure out how. He asked her how; that didn't work. He told her that he'd tell mum; she still didn't budge. He even tried to bribe her with ice-cream; still to no avail. Suddenly, he had an idea. The perfect revenge…
It was now Friday, and Harry and Hermione were to duel in a mere day's time. They hadn't thought about it too much, as they were too preoccupied with other things. Voldermort had gone on another raid. Plus, they were to meet him next Friday night. The Marauders still suspected them as deatheaters, and he knew they were up to something, he'd just have to figure it out before it was too late. Jade and Daniel still had their 'accidental' outbursts, which most led to glamour removing, burnt body parts, and soaking wet bodies. They didn't know that their children had that much power at such a young age, but Hermione said that since they were pretty powerful, there was a more than likely chance that Jade and Daniel would be powerful.
Currently, they were in there class, still teaching wandless magic, when suddenly three (well two, technically) people came running in. One was Daniel (without his glamour), soaked in water. Lily (also without her glamour), who's hair was burnt in places, was also soaking wet, and Lizzie, sobbing while saying 'sorry for intruding' repeatedly.
"DADDY!" shouted Jade, running up to her father and latching herself onto his leg.
"MOMMY!" shouted Daniel, running up to his mother and crying.
Harry and Hermione exchanged worried glances. Their children had just barged into class, without their glamour spells on, while Harry's parents were in the same room.
"Shh." He picked up his daughter, waving his hand so she'd be dry. Hermione did the same to her son.
"Sorry about this. I guess they've been practicing their magic on each other," Hermione said, rocking her son.
"MISTERS PORTERS! Lizzie is very sorry! Little miss and mister demanded of Lizzie to see mummy and daddy!" Lizzie sobbed, tears falling on her rags.
"It's okay, Lizzie. Don't worry about it. I'll just take them back to the tower and we'll continue," Harry said, adjusting Jade to one side so he could hold his son. Hermione put the glamour charms on the two before she handed Daniel. He walked out, saying comforting words to his children.
Everyone was shocked, to say the least. They had just seen their Professors' children, whose exterior qualities compared nothing to that of their parents. The little boy had black hair and emerald green eyes, and the girl had brown hair and emerald green eyes. That was nothing like the Porter's. But, then, Hermione changed their hair and eye color, to make it look like their parents. They wondered, though, why Harry and Hermione looked worried. Harry and Hermione's boggart didn't help, either. The kids, plus Harry and Hermione, looked differently than they had in real life (save Jade and Daniel).
The Marauders were thinking furiously, trying to solve the mystery. James, who had forgotten about the feather long ago, was now talking to Remus and Sirius.
"What was that little show?" James asked.
"Well, James," Remus started, saying each word slowly, "Their kids ran in, with some sort of glamour, and left looking 'normal' again. Easy as that," he said, though he didn't believe it himself.
Remus was starting to slowly figure it out; the way Harry and Hermione exchanged worried glances when Jade and Daniel came running in. The way that Harry would stop one (or both) of his children before they could say something, sometimes. The way Hermione would always somehow be keeping an eye on the Marauders, and Lily, too. It was a mystery he was intending to solve, no matter what he had to do.
Suddenly, Sirius spoke up. "Moony, Prongs, what if we spy on them? You know, see what they're really up to."
James grinned and said, "Yeah! But, what'll we do? We can't just sneak into their tower one night."
Sirius gasped. "Yeah, Prongs! That's exactly what we'll do!"
Remus laughed. "Are you kidding me? We'd be caught like last time."
"No we wouldn't, because now I have something that'll help us," James said.
Remus sighed. He didn't have a better plan; might as well go with that one.
"Okay, what are we going to do?" Remus asked.
"Well…"
Once Harry had arrived, James, Sirius, and Remus kept an eye on him. The rest of the class went by quickly, Remus helping out Sirius and James, all the while discussing how they were to get into their Professors tower.
They were so excited, that they had barely registered that today was Saturday; the day of Harry and Hermione's duel.
Breakfast was served in usual fashion, except the Marauders spent more time observing the Porter's that they didn't even realize that Peter hadn't been in classes the whole week. Not that they minded, anyway.
Sirius, Remus, and James went into the Library, where they'd get a good place to talk privately.
"Okay, so their duel is today," James stated.
"Good observation, Prongs," Sirius said sarcastically.
"Shut up. Anyway, after their duel today, they'll obviously be knackered, and that's when we'll move in. We'll be in my invisibility cloak, we'll sneak in, and we'll figure out the Porter mystery," James said.
"But Prongs," Remus started, "how will we get past Harry? Even though he might possibly be tired, he could still sense that we're there. Remember that one night?"
Sirius nodded. "Moony does have a point there, Prongs."
"True, but he doesn't know the spell which covers up your magical aura. When Harry sensed us, he probably sensed our auras and thought we were under an invisibility cloak," James said.
"How exactly are we going to perform this spell? Do you even know how to?" Remus asked.
"Well… no, but we can try. We don't have Lily for nothing, you know. She's going to Hogsmead with me next week, so we've got the spell covered up," James said, grinning. He was still happy that Lily Evans had finally said yes to go to Hogsmead with him (though Remus thought it was out of pity).
"And once we're in there, we just wait until we get something juicy, go to Dumbledore, and throw them in Azkaban," Sirius said.
"Don't you think that's just a bit harsh, Sirius?" Remus asked.
Sirius only shrugged. "Okay, c'mon, let's go find the spell!" Sirius said after a moment.
Harry was lying contently on the couch, watching his two children play with blocks. His head was on Hermione's lap, who was currently reading a book. He sighed in content and closed his eyes. Hermione looked down from her book to the resting figure of her husband. She ran her fingers through his black hair and placed her book on the table.
"Mmm… Don't stop," he mumbled as she threaded her fingers through his scalp.
She placed a small kiss, right above his eyebrow ring, and murmured, "Okay."
She kept doing that, just threading her fingers through his silk like hair, massaging his scalp. He then fell asleep, a small smile on his face. Hermione smiled, too. She put her head back and then went to sleep, not noticing the grins her children were sporting.
Nearly three hours later, Harry and Hermione woke. They noticed that it was nearly lunchtime and that James and Lily would be hungry. Hermione went in to Lily's room to see if she was there. When she saw that she wasn't, she went to James' room. Again, she, nor he, were there. Hermione, who was starting to get worried, opened hers and Harry's room; what she saw made her was to melt right then and there.
James and Lily were cuddling, wrapped under the covers, sleeping. James and a line of drool running down and Lily had her head on James' chest, snoring lightly. Hermione noticed too, that something was off, but she shrugged that off.
"Harry," Hermione said softly, walking towards her husband.
"Whazzup?" Harry asked sleepily.
"Look at James and Lily," she said, smiling. He groaned as Hermione tugged on his hands. He reluctantly got up, leaning on his wife, sleep still very much in his system. When he got there, he saw the same exact sight that Hermione did. He smiled widely, sleep leaving him rapidly. After a few minutes of simply gazing at their children, Harry walked up to them and wiped off the drool from his son's mouth.
"James," Harry whispered. He mumbled something, but didn't get up.
"Just like you," Hermione said quietly, grinning. Harry rolled his eyes and shook his son's shoulder slightly.
"James," he said, a bit louder this time.
"Daddy," he said, slapping his father's hand away. "Sleepy time."
Harry laughed quietly. "Please, James. We need to get to lunch. Mom and I have things to do after, remember? You and Lily are going to be there, too."
"Daddy," Lily said brightly, sitting on her mother's lap. Apparently she had gotten up when Harry was trying to awake his son.
Harry sighed. "Daddy?" asked James.
"Yes, son?"
"You say food?" he asked, opening his eyes a bit.
"Yes…" Harry said slowly. He had a feeling he knew what was going to happen next; Hermione was biting her lip to refrain from laughing. Like father like son, she thought amusingly.
"Okay, daddy." James opened his eyes fully, and then smiled at him. He sat up and looked around. "Daddy?" Harry looked at him, silently telling him he had his attention. "Food," was all he said.
Harry--wearing his blue shirt, black jeans, and usual eyebrow ring—went to check on his children. He went into Lily's room, and saw that she was wearing a pink striped turtle neck, a fuzzy pink scarf, and dark blue jeans. Hermione was behind her, wearing simple black pants and a button up white shirt. Harry smiled and walked out, heading for his son's room. He saw James trying to put some jeans on, but failing miserably. James was wearing a red hoodie with a 'P' on the back. His jeans were on backwards, and he had one sock on.
Harry grinned and walked up to his son. He helped put his pants on right and put his other sock on. Putting and trying James' trainers, they walked to the exit, waiting for the girls. A few minutes later, they walked out, heading for the Great Hall.
When they walked in, Dumbledore stood, eyes twinkling away, and silenced the students. "Good afternoon, students. I hope that you've had the fortune to talk to our new Defense Against the Dark Arts. Even though they have been here for nearly two months now, you should talk to them; they are very pleasant people. As you may have heard, Mister and Missus Porter are to duel after lunch today. I wish for you to stay around, as this is a great learning experience." He paused for a moment, and then said, "That is all, you may finish your luncheon."
The Marauders were anticipating this moment; once lunch was over, they'd see the true power of their Professors. Yes, they had seen them duel before, but that was different. This was an official duel, not a petty example. There'd be rules and regulations, cuts and burns. The Marauders knew that they might do something they'd regret later; but they could care less.
James was stuffing his face with fish and chips, while Remus was eating a sandwich and pickles, with pumpkin juice. Sirius was feeding himself with whatever was in arms reach. Lily, who was sitting in front of James, was scowling, looking at him with disgust.
"How can you stuff your face with all of that and not choke?" she asked, eating her sandwich.
"Izz 'eally 'zy, Li' fowa," he said, mouth full of fish and chips.
"What?" she asked, looking at Sirius and Remus.
"He said 'izz 'eally 'zy, Li' fowa," Sirius said, going back to his food. Lily scowled and looked at Remus.
"Um, I'm pretty sure that he said, 'it's really easy, Lily flower'," he said, going red from calling Lily 'flower'.
"Oh," was all she said.
Once lunch was over, people started to head towards the Great Hall doors, but stopping right before they reached there. They hadn't forgotten about the duel that was going to take place minutes from now.
Harry took off his robe, revealing his blue shirt, and hunkered down to Daniel's height. "Now, James, remember what you're going to do." He looked at his son, who was smiling widely. Daniel nodded vigorously.
"Yeah, daddy. Me and Lil—Jade go to the mudars for the duel." Daniel grinned proudly. Harry chuckled at his inability to say Marauders.
"Yes, you and Jade are going to see the Marauders. But remember, don't call them grandma and grandpa, okay?" He asked, looking at his son sternly.
"Yes daddy," he young boy said. Harry kissed his son's forehead and picked him up, walking towards his daughter and wife.
From the looks of it, she was giving her the same talk. Once she was done talking, Hermione picked her up and walked to Harry.
"Hi," he said, kissing her.
She smiled, "hey."
Dumbledore walked up to them. "Hello, Harry, Hermione. I believe that we are about to witness an extraordinary performance. I wish of you the best of luck," he said. "Oh, hello Daniel, Jade. How are you?" he asked the two little children, currently eyeing the old man from their parents arms.
"Daddy," Daniel whispered. "Daddy, he has a lot of hair."
Harry chuckled. "Why don't you tell him that, Daniel?"
"Dumbawore, you have long hair," Daniel said, touching Dumbledore's long beard.
"Why, I believe I do have quiet a long beard. It has been a long time since I've got it cut, though. I think I shall pay the barber a visit sometime soon," he said, smiling at the youth. Daniel laughed.
"You're silly," he said, giggling.
"Yes, quiet. If you'll excuse me, I have to start the duel. I believe you will be needed," he said, walking away.
Harry and Hermione nodded and walked over to the Marauders. They saw Lily smile brightly at Jade and Daniel, who returned it. James, Remus, and Sirius, however, were grinning, sharing something private. Harry and Hermione looked at each other and reminded their children that they weren't to utter a word about being from the future.
"Hello," Lily said, walking up to Jade and Hermione.
"Hi. Um… It's alright if you don't want to do this but--"
"Will you watch over Jade and Daniel while we duel?" Harry asked.
Lily smiled widely. "Sure! Can they watch them too? I think they've taken a soft spot to them, too," she said, motioning to the Marauders.
"Sure," Harry said. He let Daniel down and ruffled his hair. "Remember to root for daddy, not mommy."
Daniel smiled brightly. "Yeah, daddy win!"
"Harry!" Hermione said, slapping her husband's arms. "Don't do that! Besides, you know I'm going to win," she said smugly.
"Yeah, mommy wins!" Jade said from Lily's arms.
"May I have your attention please?" Dumbledore spoke loudly, standing on the platform. Harry and Hermione took the cue, kissed their children's foreheads, and went to the platform.
"Today we are to witness a duel from two very fine duelers; Missus and Mister Porter. They are a mere nineteen years of age, but they are very skilled indeed. I, for one, would know that I wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of their wands," he said chuckling. The others chuckled a bit, and then Dumbledore continued. "Now, the rules: no Unforgivables."
"So we can use Dark curses?" Harry asked.
"Yes, Harry, you will be allowed to use Dark curses. But remember, this is your wife you are dueling," Dumbledore said, earning a laugh from everyone.
"Yes, Harry, I'm your wife, remember," she said, playfully glaring at her husband.
"Yes I know you're my wife, but I can still—"
Dumbledore coughed loudly.
"Sorry," they muttered in unison.
"Moving on, shall we?" Dumbledore walked off the platform as Harry and Hermione did.
They met up at the center and bowed to each other. They each took five steps back and got into position.
"Three… two… one… duel," Dumbledore said.
"Expelliarmus," Harry shouted.
Hermione easily dodged it. "Stupefy," she shouted.
Harry sidestepped it. He thought it was time to turn it up a notch. "Flagro Flagello!" He shouted as the thin whip of fire sprouted out of his wand. He whipped Hermione, igniting her pants. She yelped and extinguished the lit pants, making half of her right leg pant visible, with noticeable burn marks. He felt bad, yes, but he knew that she wouldn't be angry.
They went on for about fifteen more minutes, until Hermione shot a spell that cast Harry's wand away.
Harry glared at her, and soundlessly/wandlessly cast 'Serpensortia.' The snake shot out from his hand, and Harry hissed at it. "Go up to the girl, but don't bite her. Just do something, anything, to scare her." The snake hissed and slithered to Hermione.
Hermione jumped; she hated snakes. "Acid Abrumpo!" She pointed her wand at the snake. She watched at the snake hissed, burning in acid.
As she cast the spell, it diverted her attention for Harry, even if it was for a moment. Harry took full advantage of that moment. "Aduro Lightning!" His own spell. The fire and thunder erupted from his hand, the rope-like fire and thunder wrapping around her.
She gasped in pain; she could feel the burns forming, her hair frizzing.
He quickly took the spell off, as everyone was in awe. He checked his wife, seeing how bad the burns were.
"I'm sorry," Harry whispered.
"I'm okay, Harry," she said, kissing Harry lightly.
Dumbledore walked up to them, a look of mild surprise on his face. "Good job, Harry." Harry smiled and thanked him. Dumbledore then turned to the crowd of students and started speaking. "Yes, well, I think we all know who had won this prestigious duel. Let us give a hand to Mister Harry Porter."
Everyone had started clapping, some more than others. Lily was clapping with Daniel and Lily (who was sad that her mommy lost). The Marauders were looking suspiciously at their Professors; they'd used quiet a few Dark curses. They had tried to make Daniel or Jade talk, but they just wouldn't budge.
"Did daddy win?" Daniel asked James.
"Yeah, your daddy won."
"DADDY WON!!" shouted Daniel, loud enough for everyone to hear.
Harry grinned and walked up to his son. "Yep, daddy won and mommy lost." He picked up his son and ruffled his near blond, brown hair.
"Harry, what are you teaching my son?" Hermione asked, walking up to them.
"He's just as much my son as he is yours, Hermione. And I wasn't teaching him anything, he was just proud of his father," he said, grinning like the Cheshire cat.
"Okay, okay, whatever," she said, walking away. She saw that Jade was in Lily's arms, who was looking quiet tired.
"Hermione!" Lily said relieved. "I've been carrying her for a while now! She just won't let me let her down."
"Oh, I'm so sorry," she said, taking her daughter out of Lily's arms.
"No worries, Hermione. I guess she was just mad that you lost to your husband," she said smiling.
She chuckled. "Oh don't worry, I won't lose tonight." She winked and Lily laughed.
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow, bye." She waved Lily good bye and joined her husband's side.
He was currently talking to the Marauders, while Daniel was resting his head peacefully on his father's shoulder. She noticed that James wasn't talking to him with much enthusiasm, while Sirius was looking suspiciously at him. Remus was talking to Harry like nothing had ever happened.
"Harry, I think that we should go. It's time for Jade and Daniel's nap," Hermione said, cutting into their conversation.
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow," Harry said to everyone. The Marauders nodded, looking at Harry for a minute.
The Marauders looked at Harry a moment longer. Once they had left, they were going to plan their next move.
"Okay, apparently they aren't that tired. We're going to have to sneak in there some other time," James said as they walked to the Gryffindor Tower.
"Yeah, but when?" Sirius asked.
"Tonight," Remus said. "Or… or maybe tomorrow."
"Yeah… tomorrow sounds better," James said.
"Tomorrow…" Sirius echoed.
Author's Note: I'm SOO sorry for the delay! REALLY!!! But don't worry, I'm getting into my groove, slowly but surely.
So, you think the Marauders are going to be able to sneak in without Harry and Hermione knowing? Hmm…
I hope that you enjoyed this chapter, because I actually had some fun writing this: )
Spell Translations:
Flagro Flagello – Classified as a Dark curse. A.K.A. Fire Whip Curse
Acid Abrumpo – Classified as a Dark curse. Hermione's version of the Slicing spell; not only does it cut, but it puts acid on the cut, making it burn. If using enough force, can paralyze the part stricken. (I made that up, just thought you'd like to know. Well, I didn't make the slicing spell up, but the acidic part, I did.)
Aduro Lightning – Harry's own curse. Completely, 100 Harry's spell. Creates Fire/Lightning ropes. If said with enough force, can burn and/or electrocute the victim to death.
Yeah, so there you go. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. And don't worry, I WILL update within two weeks. If not, you can send me hate mail. Actually, if I don't, I encourage you to do so. Well… maybe not encourage, but you know what I mean.
Till the next! Oh, and don't forget about my other stories! Thanks!