Chapter 19

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"Oh, sorry, mate," exclaimed Annie, slapping the boy at the back. "What were you doing at the library for?"

"Well, Sam told us to wait at the library to discuss a certain plan, but left us there to wait," replied the girl dryly.

"Oh, sorry, Maria, I forgot!" said Sam. "We got caught up with something else."

"Like what?" said the boy.

"Peter, my boy, we have met people from the future. And not just any people, this boy right here is James's son!" said Sirius, pointing at Harry.

"Really?" said Peter.

"Yeah, and he was about to tell what happens to us in the future," said Annie impatiently. "So, Harry, am I an auror in the future?" She asked him. But before he could say anything, Ron answered her,

"Yes, and you are teaching at Hogwarts right now! Defense Against the Dark Arts!" he exclaimed. "And, Remus, you used to be our third year Defense teacher but you resigned because of your, er, conditions!"

"Me, a teacher?" Annie and Remus said together.

"What conditions?" asked Lily curiously.

"Ron! We weren't suppose to tell them the future!" said Hermione.

"Then why did Harry told them about their future?" shot back Ron.

"Hey, Harry, what happens to me?" asked Sirius loudly to drown both Hermione's and Ron's voices. They fell silent and looked at Harry. Sirius's face fell. "I'm not dead, am I?"

"No, it's a long story. I don't want to tell you," said Harry quietly, looking at the ground. Lily stood up and went over to him.

"Harry, it's all right. You don't have to tell us the future. I understand," she smiled at him and held his hand. He looked into her eyes. They looked exactly like his.

"Yeah, we don't have to know if we aren't playing quidditch for England or anything," said James. He went over to him too. Annie rolled her eyes. "Can we please move on to something else before James brags about his quidditch talents," she said jokingly.

"Like the plan for example," said Maria. "What and when are we doing this?"

"Well, I thought maybe we should do this tonight," said Remus, quietly. "I don't think we can do it next week."

"Why not?" asked Sam. Remus, Sirius, James, and Peter looked at each other.

"We just can't, all right?" said Sirius, nervously. Lily's eyes narrowed and looked at Annie, who seemed undisturbed by the event. "I mean we can all do it today, right?"

"I have no problem with tonight," replied Annie coolly. "Besides, it's not like I have anything else I can do." She was particularly speaking to Sirius, whose face looked disappointed.

"What plan are you talking about-" Harry was about to call James, dad, but decided not to. "James?"

"Oh, er, this thing we have to do, Harry," he answered.

"Like what?" asked Harry.

"Er, Harry, let's just say that it has something to do with Dark Arts," said Annie. "All right, so who has the parchment?"

"I do," said James. "Okay, here's the plan: Lily and Annie will fly through the forest while Sirius and me will, er, transform inside the forest. Remus and Peter, you guys keep a lookout near Hagrid's cabin. Make sure that he doesn't wake up. Sam and Maria, you two can keep a lookout near the greenhouses. Make sure no one follows us. And you three…" He said to Hermione, Harry, and Ron. "You three can help them keep a lookout."

But Harry said, "I want to come with you." James looked at Lily and said,

"Er, Harry, it's going to be dangerous. We don't want you to get hurt."

"But I've done many dangerous things before," said Harry. He felt anger towards his father. I can't believe he doesn't trust me.

"Er, James, maybe he can ride with me," said Lily, looking at him.

"But, Lily, he's going to get hurt," said James. "I don't want my son to get hurt."

"I don't either but I'm sure he can take care of himself," said Lily. After minutes of arguing, James finally gave in.

"Just take care of yourself," he said with concern to Harry.

"All right, now that's taken care of. I think I'm going to the kitchens first. I'm hungry," said Annie. "Anyone want to come with me?"

"But, Annie, we just had dinner an hour ago," said Maria.

"Yeah, I know, but all this talk makes me hungry. Well, anyone?" she asked.

"You know what, Annie. You and Sirius do make a good couple. You two have rather large appetites!" chuckled Remus.

They were outside now. Armed with their wands, they made their way towards the Forbidden Forest.

"All right, Lily, Annie, do you know what you two need to do?" asked James.

"Of course," said Annie. She looked at Lily, who looked like she's about to throw up. "Accio Comet!" She waited for a moment. There was a rustle through the air. Harry looked up at the sky. A tiny figure came toward them. It was a broomstick. Annie caught it. "All right, Lily, Harry, mount on."

"But what about you?" asked Harry to her. But Annie just smiled.

"Everyone ready?" asked Sirius. They all nodded. They all scattered through the edge of the forest. James and Sirius looked at each other. "Well, ladies and Harry first."

"Harry, come on," smiled Lily.

"But about Briana?" asked Harry. He looked at her, but was shocked at what he was looking at. Standing there was not a girl, but an enormous, brown eagle. It flew up and made a gesture to them. Lily made the broom fly up. As Harry looked back, he saw that James and Sirius turned into a stag and a dog. He felt the wind around his face as he held onto his mother, who was muttered coherently to herself.

"Oh goodness, don't make us fall." The eagle was ahead of them and was looking for something. When it did, it made a screeching noise and signaled with its wing to the ground. Lily understood and dove down to the ground. They ended up at a familiar clearing. Harry heard a galloping sound and then came a stag followed closely by a black dog.

"Okay, it's got to be here somewhere," said Annie, who already transformed back to human.

"Let's look for it," said James. "Lumos." They looked around for a while. Harry did not know what they were looking for and was about to ask when Sirius flashed his wand towards the north side of the forest. Then there was a loud scratching noise and then a screech.

"What's that?" asked Lily. Annie shrugged. Her question was soon answered when a large figure rose up to them. It was big and hairy. Then Harry remembered what it was. Just his second year, he had met tons of these. They were-

"Spiders!" exclaimed James. "Run!" He transformed himself to a stag and started charging the spider.

"Stupefy!" yelled Lily.

"That's not going to work!" yelled Annie. "Let's go before anyone of us gets hurt!" She pulled Lily towards her broom. Harry felt a shove. It was Sirius.

"Go! Warn the others! Tell them we need help! Go with Lily!" he yelled. He obeyed him and ran to his mother. He heard a screech and an agonized yell. He didn't have time to look back. Later, they got to the ground. Remus ran to them looking very pale.

"What happened? Where are the others?" He asked them. Lily, who was out breath, was about to say something, when there was a rustling sound from the edge of the forest.

"How was I suppose to know that they had seven other eyes?" said a voice from the forest. It was Annie. She had an arm around Sirius and was limping. She emerged out of the forest with James, whose robes are torn and had gashes around his hands. Sirius had torn robes and a cut on his lip. Annie had a cut on her arm and a sprained ankle. Lily ran toward James and threw her arms around his neck.

"You could have been killed!" she said as she kissed him.

"What happened?" asked Hermione nervously. Sam, Ron, and Maria followed her.

"A huge spider attacked us," said Sirius. "We better get you to the hospital wing, Annie." They headed towards the castle. Harry felt a tug behind his back and a voice muttered in his ear.

"I think we better get you three out of here." With that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were pulled out of the mirror. They turned around and saw the person who pulled them out of it.

It was Professor Sullivan.

All right, that was the end of part 2. I don't own anything. Thank you. Leave a review.