AN: Flashbacks will be in italicized and bold. Thanks for the reviews.

To ..Aurorablu. What is a "Mary Sue" and who are you talking about? If you are talking about Danielle than she will have some flaws and she will make major mistakes. As to the crossovers, that will be explained because all of the cities will soon be intertwined.

Chapter 8: Flashbacks and Fifth Year

Danielle woke up in the middle of the night and walked to the window and sat thinking about the road that her friends' lives had taken. She smiled when she thought back to Susannah and Edward's wedding. Max and Cassidy still find it funny that it took their adoptive parents to visit to get the two colleagues together.

The teens on Breaker High were sitting on the deck when Ashley groaned. Danielle asked, "What's the matter?"

Ashley said, "Our parents get to come for a visit. It might not be a problem for all of us but two, but do your adoptive parents know the truth?" This was spoken so that everyone knew that she was talking to the twins.

Cassidy blanched when she thought of having to tell the people that had raised her. She shook her head, "My adoptive parents don't know anything about what we have learned. To be honest, I don't think that they would have expected me to find out the truth."

The group turned to Max and he said the same thing that Cassidy had. He added, "I don't know how to address any of them when they are all here, especially when they first get here."

Danielle looked at her friends and said, "Susannah brought that topic up as well. She said that she doesn't care if you refer to your adoptive parents as your mom and dad or whatever you call them. She explained this to me by saying that though she may be your birth mother, the others did raise you and she won't hate them for it."

Danielle shook her head to clear the cobwebs as she heard the other girls in the dorm waking up. Hermione was the first to fully awaken and looked at her friend in concern. Danielle said, "I'm fine. I'm just remembering how many things have changed in the past two or three years."

Later that evening Ron asked, "Why are you so quiet?"

She said, "I told Hermione that I was remembering how many things have changed in the last couple of years."

Hermione asked, "Do you know where Harry is?"

Danielle said, "He's having his occlumency lesson tonight."

Ron asked, "What are we doing in the common room at this time of night?"

Danielle said, "Snuffles and Remus should be coming by for a visit soon." As soon as she said that the two of them came out of the fireplace.

Meanwhile, down in the dungeons Harry was being pulled out of the pensieve. Snape started to yell at him but stopped as he saw the look on his student's face. Before either could say anything Harry stormed out of the dungeons and up to the Gryffindor common room, never noticing that his professor was following him.

Harry snarled the password and stalked inside. The five people inside looked up in surprise at his entrance and their surprise doubled when they saw how angry Harry looked. The teens looked at each other in confusion as the first words out of his mouth were, "How dare you?"

Sirius started to speak but was cut off by his godson, "Where do you get off pulling the pranks that you did? Why did you even pull those pranks in the first place?"

Remus said, "Harry, we were teenagers. Pulling pranks was our way of having fun."

Harry glared at him, "Of all people, I would have thought that you would have known better than to humiliate another classmate."

Sirius said, "Remus didn't want us to pull these pranks but we didn't listen to him. You have to understand that Remus had nothing to do with it."

Harry shook his head, "He may not have approved, but he certainly wasn't innocent. He didn't even try to stop you when you started pulling your pranks."

Danielle looked at Ron and Hermione and they knew that they would have to keep quiet if they wanted to find out what was going on. Danielle refocused on her brother and the three adults in the room. Her jaw dropped at the surprising words that Harry next spoke.

Harry shook his head in disappointment, "You know what, none of this matters anymore. I don't want to have anything to do with the two of you again. From now on, I'll treat the two of you as strangers that I have to know. Sirius, I don't understand why my mother ever agreed to having you as my godfather, but as far as I'm concerned I don't know who you are and I never had a godfather in the first place."

It was at that point that Sirius noticed Snape standing behind Harry, "How dare you turn my godson against me! I don't understand why Albus trusts you, but I sure as hell don't Snivellous."

Remus tried to get Harry to reconsider, "So what if we pulled pranks on Severus and the rest of the Slytherins. Why would it matter?"

Danielle, Ron and Hermione had heard enough by that point. The three of them stood up and pointed their wands at the two Marauders. Hermione said, "Just leave. If you can't apologize for your actions, than you aren't welcome here."

Sirius turned to Ron, "Ron, you would agree with us. You hate Slytherins as much as we do. Besides, it's the Slytherins that would become Death Eaters, you can't trust them."

Ron glared at the man, "I would have thought that you would have learned that it doesn't matter what house the Death Eaters were in, after all Wormtail was a Gryffindor was he not?"

Danielle's voice was icy, "We stand by Harry's decision. None of us will have anything to do with you anymore. Remus, you're a werewolf, why hadn't you learned that being in Slytherin doesn't make you evil and dark. You should have had to grow up fast, but I guess you didn't."

Sirius and Remus looked at each other than went to the fireplace. Sirius said, "Fine, we'll leave, but don't expect us to stay out of your lives like you want."

The fire flared green as the two of them called out their destination before it went back to the normal reddish-orange color. Snape went to leave the room, but before he did Harry said, "I apologize for their actions. I apologize for everything they ever did to you or your friends."

Danielle looked at Severus before leading Harry over to one of the couches. Ron and Hermione followed as they knew that their brother would need them before long. Severus looked at the student that he had always thought to be just like his father and couldn't help thinking, I'm glad that I turned out to be wrong as to which parent he is more like. He walked out of the room and down to his dungeons as the teens sat together wondering what would happen next.

Ron looked at his sisters and they nodded as they stood up. He and Harry walked up to their dorm room and the girls went to their own room. The next morning Ron woke up first and got the surprise of his life. His startled yell woke up the other boys in the room and they looked at him in confusion.

Harry asked, "Ron, what's wrong?"

Ron just pointed to the mirror when Hermione and Danielle ran in.

Danielle said, "We heard you scream. What scared you?"

Ron glared at her, "I wasn't scared. It just surprised me, that is all.

Danielle went to speak when Hermione spun her around. Danielle looked at her brother and choked out, "What happened to you?"

Harry said, "How am I supposed to know what happened?"

Danielle looked her friend over, "Well, you don't look like James anymore." It was true as Harry's hair now reached his shoulders, his eyes were more slanted and there seemed to be a red tint to his hair. She figured that he looked to be a mix between his parents now.

She snapped out of her musings when Harry started dragging her to the door. He said, "We do have to have some breakfast before we start classes do we not?"

She glared at her friends as they laughed at her annoyed expression. She kept her eyes peeled for the reactions that the staff and students may have in response to Harry's new appearance. She bit her lip to keep from laughing as she realized that most of the staff were wondering who the new student was.

The group sat down at the Gryffindor table and McGonagall walked over and asked, "Who is the new student?"

She got the surprise of her life when Harry looked at her, "What new student?" Minerva's eyes widened as she quickly walked back to her seat and started talking to Albus and the other Heads of Houses. The staff looked curiously at the group until the students left. After Transfiguration Minerva asked Harry to go to Albus' office and that the password was Whoppers, once the day was done.

As soon as he walked into the office Fawkes flew over to him. Harry petted the phoenix as he sat down in front of Albus' desk. He looked around and noted that the Heads of Houses were also there. He asked, "Is something wrong?"

Albus looked at his student and sighed, "We had noticed your new appearance and were wondering what had happened to you."

Harry smirked, "I'm not sure, but I am grateful for it."

Minerva asked, "What do you mean, you aren't sure?"

Harry answered, "I woke up with this new appearance. It certainly surprised everyone in the room."

Albus asked, "Filius, can you determine what has happened?"

Filius nodded and trained his wand on Harry. As the results came back he slumped on the chair from surprise of the readings. He sat up quickly when he noticed that the group was looking at him. He asked, "Mr. Potter, did you ever use magic before you learned of Hogwarts? If you have, can you tell us what you had done?"

Harry smirked, "Yes, I had used magic before, though I had no knowledge of what it was at the time."

Minerva asked, "What did you do?"

Harry smiled, "Not much really, just turned my teacher's hair blue, freed a snake from a local zoo and enclosed my cousin where the snake had been kept, shrunk various clothing and I ended up on the roof of my school when I tried to jump behind the garbage bins. Oh, and I also grew my hair out overnight whenever my aunt cut it off entirely, though it always went back to the same style it was before and has never grown out until now."

The staff looked at each other in surprise. Albus said, "Do you realize that you had somehow apparated when you ended up on the school roof?"

Harry nodded soberly, "Why did you want to know what accidental magic I have done in the past?"

Filius answered, "I believe you may have cast some sort of glamour on yourself when you were younger. Once your parents died you have always looked exactly like James except for your eyes which can't be changed."

Albus was confused, "That makes sense, but what happened to destroy the spell?"

Filius said, "The only way for the spell to fade is for the person under it to not want to be known for the person that they had previously looked like."

Minerva asked Harry, "Did something happen recently that you didn't like?"

Harry said, "I found out what James and the Marauders were like and chose to have nothing to do with them from now on."

The teachers were surprised to say the least but they accepted his response, though he wouldn't tell them what he had found out and how. Harry chose not to go to his common room after being dismissed; instead he went to the Room of Requirement. He thought about what he wanted than thought three times I want to find things that belonged to Lily Evans or things that had to do with her.

A door appeared and he walked inside. One wall held various textbooks and old assignments as well as her grades. He looked around and walked over to a shelf that was holding photo albums. He grabbed one and opened it to the first page. He smiled as he noted that this album had photos of his mother when she was a little girl.

He went to pick up another album but it fell to the floor and a loose photo fell out. He stared in surprise at the people that were in it. He turned the photo around to see if anything had been written on the back. His eyes lifted in surprise as he saw the words The Silver Trio. He turned the photo around again than put it down and started looking through the album.

He left the room a half hour before curfew and thought about the photos that he had looked at. Most of the photos held three teenagers, one male and two female. He knew who two of the teens were but not the third. He reached the common room and went inside where Ron and Hermione were waiting.

Hermione asked, "What did the headmaster want?" The two were surprised when he explained what Filius thought had happened. Hermione and Ron started talking about their homework while Harry thought about the photos that he had found. He couldn't believe that his mother, Professor Snape and another woman were considered to be the Silver Trio. Not to mention the fact that the three of them pulled as many pranks as the Marauders did, plus they got away with it too. The strange thing about all of was the fact that the second woman looked to be familiar though he couldn't place her.

While the friends were sitting in the common room Danielle was thinking about how many things she had been keeping from her friends. She remembered the time when the gang on Breaker High had their parents visit.

The teens were waiting on the dock for their parents to show up. Of course it had to be Max and Cassidy's parents that arrived last. Once everyone was introduced to each other they went on board. Danielle kept an ear on the twins' conversations with their parents, this way she could help out if they needed any interference. Susannah was waiting at the front of the ship for them to set their bags down. She introduced herself as a teacher but said nothing else.

Danielle looked at Edward's ex-wife, Janelle, to see if she had any reaction to Susannah's name. She heard Janelle ask Max, "Have you learned anything interesting while you've been here?"

Max said, "You could say that I have learned some interesting things."

Janelle looked at her son in confusion. She shook off the strange feeling that she had when he had first started on Breaker High. She looked over to see Susannah talking to Danielle in earnest. She frowned as it looked like the two of them were arguing. She noticed that her son's attention was caught by one of the other teenagers and the girl's parents.

She asked, "Who are you looking at?"

Max said, "Oh, that's Cassidy and her parents, Carissa and Toby."

Janelle's eyes narrowed, "Cassidy looks nothing like them though."

Max looked over to his sister as he said, "It turns out that they had adopted her when she was a baby."

Janelle shook her head again. She had wanted to tell her son that she wasn't his real mother but she didn't know how. She felt awkward as she couldn't help but think that she had heard Susannah's name before, but she couldn't place it.

While the two were talking Cassidy's parents were having a talk with her. Carissa asked, "Have you had any luck with finding your birth parents?"

Toby went to say that they shouldn't be talking about this in public but Cassidy said, "Yes, actually I have found them. I also found out about other members of the family."

Toby and Carissa sat down in surprise. Toby asked, "What family are you talking about?"

Cassidy looked around before saying, "My birth parents are on board. As is my twin brother. My real birth mother is Ms. Mitchell and my birth father is Captain Ballard. That means that Max is my twin."

Toby looked at the teen that Cassidy was pointing at than said, "What other family were you talking about?"

Cassidy answered, "Susannah has a younger sister that lives in Las Vegas, as well as four cousins, though one is dead. One of the cousins also married a little while back and has a son."

Her parents looked at each other in surprise. Carissa asked, "What does your mother think about all of this?"

Cassidy smiled, "Susannah thinks that it doesn't matter that I'm her daughter. She figures that the two of you are more important because you raised me and that is what counts, though she has been teaching me the family business."

Danielle interrupted at that point to tell them that all of the parents would be having a meeting with the staff. Cassidy's parents followed Danielle to the meeting room where they were introduced to all of the staff. Danielle watched as all of the adults looked over at Susannah and Edward whom were arguing yet again. She turned her head to the side as she heard someone gasp in surprise. Her eyes narrowed as Janelle looked more closely at the duo.

Janelle ignored everyone as she finally realized where she knew Susannah from though they had never met. She was thinking, Susannah was Max's birth mother, which means that he would have to know the truth by now. Why didn't he tell me what he knew?

She shook her head as everyone sat down at the table. The meeting passed by quickly and she intercepted her ex-husband as he turned to walk out the door. Edward took one look at her and sighed. He knew that he would have to explain a lot of things. They went into his office and he closed the door just as she started yelling at him.

Danielle and the twins flinched as they were right outside the door. Janelle was upset because he had never told her that Susannah was on board even though the two co-workers didn't even get along.

In the office Janelle asked, "Does Max know that Susannah is his mother?"

Edward sat down and looked at his desk, "Yes, he knows. He also knows his twin sister, which would be Cassidy."

Janelle stopped in her tracks, "I thought that you said that you would never tell him."

Edward sighed, "I didn't exactly have a choice." Understanding the confused look on her face he quickly explained all that he had found out.

She shook her head, "I never would have figured you to be an idiot." He started to protest but she cut him off, "You act as if you hate Susannah, yet it seems as if the two of you were flirting when you were arguing."

He went to argue but she cut him off again, "You still love her, don't you? I can see it in your eyes."

He groaned, "Yes I still love her, but what can I do about it?"

Janelle laughed in indignation, "Oh I don't know, you could always tell her that you still love her."

Edward sighed, "I could but I highly doubt that she would react well as she hates me."

Little did they know that Susannah was talking to Danielle about the fact that she also still loved him but felt that he hated her.

Danielle was shaken out of her memories and blinked at Harry. She noted the time and said goodnight before going up to her dorm room. The next morning they were down at breakfast when she got a call from Darryl in San Francisco. She glared at nothing in particular, "Darryl, calm down. I can't understand you." Her friends watched as her face paled, but were then surprised to hear her laugh. She put him on hold and quickly explained that the sisters were thought to be dead, but had actually changed their looks so that no one knew who they were. She also explained that they had to figure out where to go.

Harry looked at his sister, "I think that this would be the perfect time for them to go to Las Vegas, don't you? The CSIs can put them up for a little while and they can get to know each other."

Danielle looked as though she wanted to argue but realized that they all needed to know the truth. She said, "I'll suggest that, but I don't want too many secrets being revealed." She did suggest to Darryl that the sisters go to Las Vegas and she knew instinctively that it would be the best thing for everyone.

AN: Next chapter will involve Danielle being tricked though I don't know how long it will take to get up as I will be going to college. I'd appreciate it if readers would review and make suggestions as to what they want to happen though I do plan on involving time travel.