Chapter Fourteen-
******
pJato431-That's what I thought too. There was a lot of confusion with it, but James was a Chaser and back-up Seeker. (JK made a mistake in the first book. Go figure!) I got the info from this site - http:// harrypotter. wikia. com/wiki/James_Potter_I Then go to Magical Abilities and Skills. :)
Selesteant-LOL, thnx!
Lady Arianne Of Ambers Valley-Thnx!
GroowyL-Really? Thnx, that's so nice of you! Um, I'd really like to, but my family and I are on vacation for the next month(I won't have a computer, my BFF is posting my chaps and replying to reviews as nest she can) and then I have school. I'm taking a bunch of honour classes, I don't think I'll have time for a fanfic life anymore. :( I'm really sorry!
SparklyVamp-Thnx
thatpottergurl-LOL, don't worry 'bout it. Thnx. (And I bet you're right about that. Mine went to Harvard. :P)
TheFifthCharmedOne-Haha, thnx
Oceanfur-LOL, yeah. I thought it was totally cute ad just had to put it in! Thnx!
WAFFLESxARExUS-LOL, thnx!
I love Fred weasley ()-Yeah, srry. :(
StrawberryBlossom-Chan-LOL, thnx!
.Rose-LOL, thnx. You won't know till you read. ;)
Avatar Rikki-LOL, I did last year. I didn't learn anything, but I did keep the English to Latin dictionary we got.
Princess of the Rose-LOL, yeah. Nobody wants Harry to leave. :(
emmyleedouglas-LOL, that was my bro's idea. He was talking about how Filch's lists are longer than the path from Hogsmeade to Hogwarts. lol, thnx for reading!
lunettawolf321-LOL, thnx!
Blah ()-Um...Well, this is a comedy. Its supposed to be funny. I'm sorry if you find it childish. I'm just a kid after all; I never called myself an expert. If you think you could do better, I'd like to see you try(with a different plot line, why would you steal mine?). 'Kay? I'm sure you're trying to help, and I appreciate it, just not so harshly. Thnx.
Love 2 Love-LOL, thnx so much!
******
Disclaimer-I don't own Harry Potter, I don't own the series either. LOL
******
The next night was the night of the dance, and every student was buzzing with excitement. Sirius was excitedly digging into his porridge, as usual, and James and Remus were talking animatedly. "Sirius got his niece, a girl named Nymphadora, to go with me. She's only in her third year(I know she was younger than that, but whatevs), but she is a heck of a lot of fun." Remus said, trying his hardest to sound enthusiastic.
"Don't worry, Moony. I've got a plan." James said, "Just wait here" James stood up, despite Remus's protests, and walked over to a tiny third year, changing her hair color to amuse her friends at the Hufflepuff table. "Tonks?" he asked the girl.
She turned around and smiled, "Hi James!"she said happily.
"I hear your going to the dance with Remus" he began
"Yeah" she nodded
"Well, he's kind of nervous about it"
"I know, when I was talking to Sirius, I was trying to get him to tell Remus to ask out Maggie Harold, but Sirius insisted I go with him. He needs someone his own age." Tonks sighed
"That great! Remus was worried about you not wanting to go with him. I'll tell Maggie he said yes." he said before saying bye to Tonks and walking away.
She sighed sadly, "I had to open my big mouth" she muttered before changing her mouth so that it was only two centimeters big.
Right before the bell rang, Lily ran into James. He smiled sheepishly at her, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. "See you at seven, Potter" she winked before walking away.
"Okay, bye" he said dreamily.
Remus walked up to James, dumbfounded, and snapped his fingers. Nothing. He shook him hard. Nothing. "James, free cupcakes!" he shouted in his ear
"Huh? Where?" he asked, snapping his head up. Remus rolled his eyes before walking to Potions. "C'mon, at least give me a hint!" he called, following after. As they made it to the dungeons, Professor Slughorn sat upon hit desk, attempting to look like Harry, but instead his desk creaked dangerously against the weight.
"Today" he said as he began to swing his legs, but stopped immediately as his feet began to dent the sides of the desk, "I suppose that we should just have a study hall, it isn't fair to give you homework the day of a dance, now is it?" he asked.
"Nope, not at all, completely unnecessary!" James and Sirius agreed, quite loudly. Remus buried his face in his hands and sighed exaggeratedly and embarrassedly.
Slughorn chuckled, "Alright then. I s'pose you all can talk amongst yourselves" he opted. Almost instantly the class broke out into talking so loud it was almost deafening, and Slughorn left the classroom, holding his hands to his ears.
"I've never been to a dance before, what exactly are you supposed to do?" James asked Sirius. Of course there had been dances before, but James had always asked Lily out, and never opted to go with anyone else.
"Relax, mate. Just hang out, talk, dance." Sirius shrugged, "Be yourself. Look, she's reading by herself. Go talk to her" he said, pushing James; Unfortunately he pushed him too hard, causing him to fall from his chair. "Ow" James groaned, "Sorry mate" Sirius muttered as James got up, rubbing his head.
The entire class stared at him, seeming confused. "What? A dude can't randomly be controlled by gravity without everyone judging him?" he asked, "You know, if I were a fat dude I'd be very offended by you people" he added. He saw a few people roll their eyes as he sat down by Lily, smiling widely.
"Nice spill" she said, shutting her book.
"Yep, takes a special kind of person to fall out of a chair" he said proudly.
"Yep, and your very special Potter. Special ED" she said. (Not to offend anyone, I swear. That's just Lily being kinda mean.)
"I'm James" he said confusedly
She sighed, "Can I help you?" she asked
"Yep" he said before kissing her cheek, "I just wanted to talk. What's up?" he asked breezily.
"Can you believe Harry's leaving?" she asked
"Yeah, that really sucks" James said, he had really enjoyed Harry being his DADA teacher, he had been the best one since they got Mad-Eye Moody to substitute a month for them. The fact that he was leaving after only a month and a half was news that made him more disappointed than when he found out he had to take both Ancient Runes and Divination in his third year.
******
That night James was so nervous, he was shaking, which made tying his tie very hard. "Mate, you just go over, under and pull" Sirius said before fixing his tie.
"Thanks" he muttered before sitting down on his bed.
"Why are you so nervous?" Sirius s asked him.
"Because, this is my first date with Lily, and if I screw up, it could be my last." he sighed, "What if I say something dumb? What if..What if I do something dumb?" he asked panickally
"James, calm down. We'll be there to shut you up if say anything stupid" Sirius said.
James sighed, but stood up and looked at his wrist watch. It was seven o'clock. He raced out of the dorm without another word and into the Common Room, where Lily was just descending the stairs. She was wearing a lime green spaghetti strap dress that went to her knees, her hair was curled into ringlets and pulled back into sections with hair pins that were hexed to stay in place, and her heels were wedges, black ones with flowers on the sides.
"You look...You look..." James stuttered
"Yeah?" Lily asked as she walked over to him, biting her lip nervously.
"Pretty" he said dreamily.
"Thanks" she said, giggling a bit before she took his hand. He smiled at her before leading the way out of the Common Room. "You clean up well, yourself" she said.
As they walked into the Great Hall Sirius gave James a thumbs up, but how he managed to get there before him, James had no idea. "Wow Lils, you look hot" Sirius said as they sat down at a circular table with him, Melanie,(Sirius's date), Remus and Maggie.
"Is that a compliment, or should I hex him?" Lily asked
"Coming from Sirius? Both" Remus said. Everyone laugh, everyone except for Sirius of course.
"Oh, come off it Pads. We're only joking" James said, smiling his usual arrogant, lopsided grin. Sirius smiled along with them as Melanie leaned her head against his shoulder and sighed.
"Sirius, you're like a big puppy" she noted
"A puppy? A puppy? I am a man, I am a bull dog" he announced, his voice deepening.
"Bull dog? More like bull-" James began
"Language" Remus said warningly
"Crap" he finished.
"You guys are so juvenile" Maggie laughed. "I dunno how Remus puts up with you"
"Puts up with us? He's the one that's reading all the time, doing his homework, acting responsible. It's almost too much to bear" James said. His voice was droned out by the song, blasting loudly throughout the room.
"Oh, I love this song" Melanie squealed, "Dance with me" she ordered Sirius.
"You too" Maggie said, pulling Remus.
"And you" Lily said, pulling James.
They began dancing to a song by the Weird Sisters, when Sirius looked at Remus. "Why didn't you want to go with Tonks?" he asked quietly
"Me? I thought you forced her to go with me. I didn't want her to do anything she didn't want to do." Remus said
"No, she really wanted to go with you" Sirius said before turning back to Melanie.
Guilt built up in the pit of Remus's stomach, he felt absolutely terrible. She had wanted to go with him, she offered to go with him, and he wiggled his way out of it. It wasn't as if he didn't want to go with her; he liked Tonks a lot, but how awkward would it be if the only reason she went with him was because she was forced to by her very distant uncle: Sirius. He would also look bad if he was turned down by a thirteen year old, but now he knew he was wrong.
He turned around and saw Shaun Finnigan walking by, and grabbed his shoulder. "Shaun, dance with Maggie?" he asked. He didn't wait for Shaun's response, but only pushed the two together and began to wiggled his way through the crowds. Finally he saw a bubble gum pink head bopping up and down to the beat of the song, he also saw Tim Corner, a fourth year boy, dancing with her. He daringly walked up to the pair, tapping his finger on Tim's shoulder. "Tim?" he asked.
"Sup, dude?" he asked
"Mind if I cut in?" he asked.
"Nah" he said, moving over so Remus could stand in front of Tonks. "I'll get a drink" he shrugged
The song ended and, coincidentally, a slow song began to play, "Tonks, I'm sorry. I thought you didn't want to go with me." Remus said embarrassedly
"Why wouldn't I want to?" she asked, "Remus, you're smart, funny, and nice. You really should try to see yourself more clearly, you're more than just a...a...a you-know-what"
"You knew?" he asked
"Sirius told me" she shrugged
"Damn dog" he muttered, causing her to giggle, "Can we just start over?" he asked
"I'd like that" she said, and he hugged her.
"Awwe" James and Sirius said as they saw the two, causing them to get hit in the head by Lily and Melanie. "Ow" they said, grabbing their heads.
Remus smiled, looking over James's shoulder he saw Maggie dancing with Shaun, happily. "I'll be darned" he muttered.
"I'll be right back, guys" James said, leaving the group and the Great Hall in search of a washroom.
******
"Harry, come quick, they've come!" Dumbledore shouted to Harry. He was in the Great Hall, chaperoning the dance when Dumbledore came to him.
"Already?" Harry asked surprised, he was hoping for another week with James, Lily and the others, but he did miss his family.
"Yes, yes, now come. Quick!" Dumbledore sais hastily, he and Harry bolted out of the room without another word.
"Where are they going?" James asked himself as he walked out the Hall. He followed them out, where they began to walk towards Dumbledore's office. They stopped in front of the gargoyles, where James saw something stupendous. In the middle of the hallway was a tiny ray of light shooting upwards that came out of no where.
"Right here" Dumbledore said, "Goodbye. I s'pose we will meet again" he said, extending his hand.
"Good-bye, sir." he said back.
Is it a portkey?, James thought. Dumbledore walking through the gargoyles and into his office. Harry put one foot through the light and felt it being sucked in, "Wait!" James shouted, startling Harry.
"James, what are you doing here?" he asked, standing in front of the light.
"Who are you?" he asked
"I'm Harry Potter"
"Where are you from?" James asked
"A better question to ask would be when am I from." Harry muttered, "I'm...I'm from the future. My friend made a time-turner that goes back years, I was keeping it safe for her, but when I was looking at this year I fell in and dropped the turner. Dumbledore's been trying to help me get back."
"Why this year?"
"This is the year my parents began dating"
'Do I know them?"
"Yeah."
"Wait. You're from the future, your surname is Potter, your dad's best friend was a werewolf"
"Yes" Harry said hesitantly.
"So...I marry Lily" he said, putting two and two together, a smile grew on his face. Harry nodded, "And...I die, in like three years?"
Harry let out a breath. Why was he telling him all these things? "Yeah" he admitted.
"Well, if you're my son, then I think it was worth my life to save you."
"Thank you" he said, smiling. "But you can never tell anyone. The course of events would be totally messed up" he warned
"I won't tell anyone" he promised.
"Thank you" he repeated, before stepping into the light, "And never trust Peter!" he warned before his image became foggy and he disappeared.
James took in as a stab in the back for Harry, his own son, to say he couldn't trust his best friend. Of course he and Peter were never very close, but what could go wrong?
You can never tell anyone, He reminded himself. And he never did, and three years later, his secret died with him. No one, but Dumbledore, knew the tale of the Time Traveling DADA Teacher, and that's the way it'd stay, for another thirty years at least.
******
Awwe, I'm so sad to see this story end! Maybe if I had spaced out the update more, it would look longer. :( Believe it or not, it took me, like, three months to write this, just so I could get it just right. Like I said, the sequel's coming soon. I may just post the chapter later today, since I haven't finished it yet, and I know you don't want to wait three months for me to finish it! LOL, thnx for reading this, and I'd like to thank everyone who review this, read this and put up with my amateur-ish writing styles. Thanks so much! And I actually spelled out the whole word this time! Laugh out loud, see? I can type, thanks very much.
Okay, wrapping up this totally long end note with a preview of the next story! Whoo!-
-20 Years Ago-
They began to feel a falling sensation, until they hit the cold, hard relieving ground. "Remind me to never do that again" Hugo said in a raspy voice. They all gasped for air, until they heard a groan.
"Where's James?" Rose asked.
"Try underneath you" he grunted before the four stood up.
Lily helped her older brother up, as they looked at the building in front of them. "We're in trouble" they said together.
"Um...Stay cool." James began "Stay calm. Stay....Stay....Stay Collected. Stay....Stay....We're going to be stuck in here forever! We're going to die alone and desperate!" he called out crazily, he dropped to his knees and began pulling at his hair.
Rose immediately drew her wand, "Langlock!" she said, causing James's tongue to stick to the roof of his mouth, Lily pulled him up, and restrained him.
"Alone! Desperate!" he called through his locked tongue, which came out as a muffled call.
Suddenly the door flew open and a tall African-American man could be seen. "Can I help you?" he asked, pointing his wand at the struggling teens.
"Mr. Shacklebolt" Al squeaked.
"Who's there, Kingsley? I heard voices outside. Was it Nymphadora?" Mrs. Weasley called, walked towards the door with a plate she was drying.
"Grandmum" Hugo squealed, terrified.
"Mum, what's wrong?" Ginny asked as she and Harry walked forward as well.
"Mum, dad" James croaked as well, now that his tongue came undone.
"What's going on?" Remus asked, "And who are they?" he said, pointing to the five.
"Um...." Rose said.
"We're..." Al began
******