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"I think the two of you had better sit down and brace your selves, this isn't going to be easy." Hermione said, directing the first part to Sirius, who still stood standing beside his best friend.
"Oh, I don't know really where to begin. I can say that Sirius being in Azkaban isn't directly what happened to you later, but he was blamed for something that contributed to it later."
Hermione paused, considering what to say. She started again, addressing the two boys, not just Sirius.
"Harry is actually famous. Since he was a baby." She took a deep breath. "James, you were married to Lily. When Harry was a year old, Voldemort came to your house, and, he-, um, he killed you and Lily. He tried to kill Harry, too, but he couldn't, the curse rebounded upon him. Voldemort has been gone for 14 years."
James was startled at the news. He just sat there, his mouth slightly open, his eyes staring at Hermione. Sirius was the first to speak up.
"But that's not all of it. Where do I come in?"
"I never said-"
"We are always together on everything, I'm involved"
Hermione paused again, but then continued, after seeing Sirius's expression urge her on.
"I'm not sure if I'm supposed to tell you this, er, um" she said, realising her wording.
"what I mean is, I think I've already told you too much anyway, but I suppose we could sort something out before you go back to your time. What?" Hermione added, looking at the boys' puzzles faces. "Oh, I mean, you can't go back, knowing so much of the future."
"Why?"
"For example, you can't go back knowing your going to marry Lily, you might change time, and end up not even having Harry, and then Voldemort isn't defeated. Or, you could have survived the attack yourselves, and harry wouldn't be famous. Or, you-"
"Em, Hermione, we get the picture, we cant go back knowing anything. A simple memory spell would fix that, wouldn't it?"
"I don't know."
"Oh, at least tell Sirius why he's in Azkaban!"
Hermione huffed, admitting defeat, and continued on with the story.
"For some reason, Voldemort was after you, and your family. You had performed the fidelius charm, with Sirius as your secrete keeper. Or, that is what everybody thought. You knew that there was a spy in your inner circle, so you changed secrete keepers at the last moment. I am only telling you what I was told a couple of years ago," she added, at the looks on the boys' faces- excitement, mingles with disbelief. "You chose Peter as the secrete keeper, or, well, Sirius persuaded you."
"Why would I chose to persuade him to use Peter, instead of me? I mean, why Peter?"
"I think you thought it would be a bluff, using someone as weak as him, when Voldemort would be certain that you had been the secrete keeper."
She took a deep breath and then carried on.
"It was Peter who told him, who betrayed you. I believe that after seeing your house in ruins, you went after him to confront him. He shouted out how you had betrayed the Potters, and then blew up the street with his wand behind him, as you moved to curse him yourself. Peter killed 12 muggles, and added himself to the list, as he disappeared, in his animagus form, leaving behind his right index finger-" The boys flinched "-as proof of his death."
There was a minute of stunned silence, then-
"Why that little spineless rodent. How could he?" Sirius said threateningly at Hermione
"Padfoot, calm yourself, your not the only one staggered by the news. Don't kill the messenger. In fact, Hermione has told us what not a lot of people would be able to tell, you should be thanking her." James said, and Hermione felt guilty, that he was defending her when she had delivered some not too desirable news.
"Thanks, James, you are really Harry's Dad!"
James seemed a bit surprised at the statement "um, yes, thanks. That Harry seems almost exactly like me, we could be twins, if you didn't know better!"
And Hermione chuckled too. It seemed that the two boys' took the news better than she thought. She still had some things nagging her.
"How did you get Harry's, er, your, invisibility cloak? How did you know where it was? Oh, you didn't go rummaging in peoples trunks, did you?" she said, disapprovingly
James and Sirius laughed at her statement. "No! There was a bit of the cloak that was coming out the side of his trunk. It's quite a weird affect, actually! Looks like part of the trunk is just missing, not i there /i! It happened to me not long back." Then, remembering that he and his best friend had travelled 20 years, added, "you know what I mean!"
"Yeah, I think I do! So where are you going to sleep?" Hermione said, changing the subject, before the boys' stopped laughing and remembered the information she had just given them.
"Oh, we know a place, used it before, for different things. Oh, Sirius, remember when." but he stopped at Sirius's slightly embarrassed look. "Oh, well, it was funny," Sirius nudged him. "I know exactly where it is, I just wish we had the map." James said, trailing off, deep in thought.
"Map?"
"Oh, don't worry, it doesn't matter, it would just make things easier, you know, not bumping into professors or an annoying poltergeist. But, I suppose we have the cloak, its not like they would actually see us, I just wish Filch hadn't taken it, that's all." James added, answering Hermione's questioning stare.
"Yes, well, Filch takes a lot of thinks away from students, most of them are things they shouldn't have" Hermione said to the two boys' as they moved their way to the common room door.
"By the way, you're going to need the password. Its Mimbulus Mimbletonia!" She added, as they opened the portrait door, and disappeared under the cloak.
"Oh, well, I guess its time for me to go to bed" Hermione said quietly to herself, and made her way up the stairs to her dormitory.
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"I think the two of you had better sit down and brace your selves, this isn't going to be easy." Hermione said, directing the first part to Sirius, who still stood standing beside his best friend.
"Oh, I don't know really where to begin. I can say that Sirius being in Azkaban isn't directly what happened to you later, but he was blamed for something that contributed to it later."
Hermione paused, considering what to say. She started again, addressing the two boys, not just Sirius.
"Harry is actually famous. Since he was a baby." She took a deep breath. "James, you were married to Lily. When Harry was a year old, Voldemort came to your house, and, he-, um, he killed you and Lily. He tried to kill Harry, too, but he couldn't, the curse rebounded upon him. Voldemort has been gone for 14 years."
James was startled at the news. He just sat there, his mouth slightly open, his eyes staring at Hermione. Sirius was the first to speak up.
"But that's not all of it. Where do I come in?"
"I never said-"
"We are always together on everything, I'm involved"
Hermione paused again, but then continued, after seeing Sirius's expression urge her on.
"I'm not sure if I'm supposed to tell you this, er, um" she said, realising her wording.
"what I mean is, I think I've already told you too much anyway, but I suppose we could sort something out before you go back to your time. What?" Hermione added, looking at the boys' puzzles faces. "Oh, I mean, you can't go back, knowing so much of the future."
"Why?"
"For example, you can't go back knowing your going to marry Lily, you might change time, and end up not even having Harry, and then Voldemort isn't defeated. Or, you could have survived the attack yourselves, and harry wouldn't be famous. Or, you-"
"Em, Hermione, we get the picture, we cant go back knowing anything. A simple memory spell would fix that, wouldn't it?"
"I don't know."
"Oh, at least tell Sirius why he's in Azkaban!"
Hermione huffed, admitting defeat, and continued on with the story.
"For some reason, Voldemort was after you, and your family. You had performed the fidelius charm, with Sirius as your secrete keeper. Or, that is what everybody thought. You knew that there was a spy in your inner circle, so you changed secrete keepers at the last moment. I am only telling you what I was told a couple of years ago," she added, at the looks on the boys' faces- excitement, mingles with disbelief. "You chose Peter as the secrete keeper, or, well, Sirius persuaded you."
"Why would I chose to persuade him to use Peter, instead of me? I mean, why Peter?"
"I think you thought it would be a bluff, using someone as weak as him, when Voldemort would be certain that you had been the secrete keeper."
She took a deep breath and then carried on.
"It was Peter who told him, who betrayed you. I believe that after seeing your house in ruins, you went after him to confront him. He shouted out how you had betrayed the Potters, and then blew up the street with his wand behind him, as you moved to curse him yourself. Peter killed 12 muggles, and added himself to the list, as he disappeared, in his animagus form, leaving behind his right index finger-" The boys flinched "-as proof of his death."
There was a minute of stunned silence, then-
"Why that little spineless rodent. How could he?" Sirius said threateningly at Hermione
"Padfoot, calm yourself, your not the only one staggered by the news. Don't kill the messenger. In fact, Hermione has told us what not a lot of people would be able to tell, you should be thanking her." James said, and Hermione felt guilty, that he was defending her when she had delivered some not too desirable news.
"Thanks, James, you are really Harry's Dad!"
James seemed a bit surprised at the statement "um, yes, thanks. That Harry seems almost exactly like me, we could be twins, if you didn't know better!"
And Hermione chuckled too. It seemed that the two boys' took the news better than she thought. She still had some things nagging her.
"How did you get Harry's, er, your, invisibility cloak? How did you know where it was? Oh, you didn't go rummaging in peoples trunks, did you?" she said, disapprovingly
James and Sirius laughed at her statement. "No! There was a bit of the cloak that was coming out the side of his trunk. It's quite a weird affect, actually! Looks like part of the trunk is just missing, not i there /i! It happened to me not long back." Then, remembering that he and his best friend had travelled 20 years, added, "you know what I mean!"
"Yeah, I think I do! So where are you going to sleep?" Hermione said, changing the subject, before the boys' stopped laughing and remembered the information she had just given them.
"Oh, we know a place, used it before, for different things. Oh, Sirius, remember when." but he stopped at Sirius's slightly embarrassed look. "Oh, well, it was funny," Sirius nudged him. "I know exactly where it is, I just wish we had the map." James said, trailing off, deep in thought.
"Map?"
"Oh, don't worry, it doesn't matter, it would just make things easier, you know, not bumping into professors or an annoying poltergeist. But, I suppose we have the cloak, its not like they would actually see us, I just wish Filch hadn't taken it, that's all." James added, answering Hermione's questioning stare.
"Yes, well, Filch takes a lot of thinks away from students, most of them are things they shouldn't have" Hermione said to the two boys' as they moved their way to the common room door.
"By the way, you're going to need the password. Its Mimbulus Mimbletonia!" She added, as they opened the portrait door, and disappeared under the cloak.
"Oh, well, I guess its time for me to go to bed" Hermione said quietly to herself, and made her way up the stairs to her dormitory.
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