This is a H/G story with some R/H maybe if the author can write it in.

Disclaimer; If I owned Harry Potter would I be writing in here?

Chapter Eight – The marauders; Reborn

The two remaining Marauders Invite Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger to an initiation meeting and a little 'Godfather, Godson' talk for Harry. Meet in Albus', Professor Dumbledore to you, office at 9:00 tonight.

Kind regards, Moony and Padfoot.

Harry received this letter over breakfast 2 weeks after his detention. He showed the others,

"Padfoot is Sirius Black and Moony is Professor Lupin" Ron whispered an explanation to Ginny,

"I know. I spent most of the summer with Harry, he told me all about it"

"Oh, Ok. What's an initiation anyway?" asked Ron

"It's allowing people into a group or club" whispered back Hermione

"Why are they inviting us to an initiation?"

"Your guess is as good as mine" Harry whispered.

Harry spent the rest of the day in a happy daze. He hadn't seen his Godfather for over 6 months but was wondering what 'talk' he had in mind.

It would look suspicious if all four left the common room at once so Hermione and Ginny left at 8:45 and Ron and Harry pretended to go to bed early and, hiding under Harry's invisibility cloak, they followed the girls. As the reached the Gargoyle that led up to Dumbledore's office they all looked at each other,

"Password?" Ron said, Harry looked at Ginnie and she nodded. Turning so Ron couldn't see her she closed her eyes. After a few seconds she turned to the gargoyle and said

"Rainbow Dust" The gargoyle sprang to life and opened into a corridor. "Lucky guess" she said to Ron's puzzled face. A large black dog came bounding down the stairs towards them, they followed it up to the round office. Lupin was sitting on a red chair and Sirius sat on the floor beside him.

"Harry, Ron. Ginny, Hermione; so glad you could make it," announced Lupin in mock politeness.

"You wanted to see us?"

"Sit down, sit down" Lupin waved his wand and four purple chairs appeared behind them; they sat down.

"We are the only two Marauders left and we feel it our duty to pass the baton on." said Sirius

Lupin placed 4 necklaces on the small round table; small gems that glowed different colours were set in small silver circles on a thin silver chains.

"These were originally five marauders, Wormtail still has his. These are the necklaces which belonged to me, Padfoot, Prongs and Lilybud."

"Lilybud?" Ron asked

"Harry's mum, Lily"

"We want to pass these on to a new generation of marauders, the Marauders; Reborn if you will." Sirius added. Lupin picked up the necklaces and held them beside the four. Each necklace glowed red when they were next to the person who it would now belong to.

"Harry you got James'. No surprise there."

"Ron got mine" Lupin sounded surprised "And Hermione got yours."

"Who's have I got then, Lily's?"

"Yes" Harry looked into the stone in his necklace, his face looked back then it winked at him.

"You Ok?"

"I'm fine"

"Who you talking Harry?"

"Uh. Um. No-one" Harry tried to sound convincing but he didn't think anyone was convinced.

"Put them on" said Sirius excitedly.

They put the necklaces on and did up the catch. Ginny's glowed gold, Harry' green, Ron's white and Hermione's glowed pink.

"The colours reflect something about your personality. If I'm correct pink means intelligence, white means innocence. I'm not sure what gold is and only Prongs knew what green was and he would never tell me."

"We should have nicknames" Ron thought out loud.

"What though, you lot were nicked named after your animagi animals. What are we going to be?"

"That's for you to decide. I think you should go back to the tower now."

The four walked slowly back to the tower marvelling at the way the necklaces seemed to warm them. Harry and Ron had decided that they should be careful, if the other boys in the dorms saw their necklaces then they would be teased for ever.