SUMMARY: Harry gets hold of a time-turner and goes back to see his
parents.
A/N: I am SO sorry this has taken so long! When I've been writing
I've been working on my other story, and I feel really bad about this, but. . .I'm about to give up on this story, and REVIEWS are the only thing that can save it. Sorry for sounding REALLY shallow and stupid, but I just can't set myself down and write. Anyway, here's chapter 8!
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The next few weeks flew by for Harry. Spending time with his parents was the one thing he had always wished for, and now that that wish had been granted, he was in 7th heaven.
By the time Lily has started to show that she was pregnant, Harry was completely comfortable with the Potter family, and everyone thought of him as a family member.
Rooonnniiieeekkkiiinnnnssss," James said in a singsong voice one morning around 5:00. "Guess what we get to do today!"
"Sleep in?" Harry asked hopefully. He was extremely tired.
"Um. . .no." James said, raising his eyebrows. "Why would I wake you up at 5:00 in the morning to tell you that you could sleep in? Anyway, it's my turn to open up the shop! Remember how we got to do that the first week you were here?"
"All too well. . ." Harry said, stretching. "That was the tiredest
I've ever been."
"Then you'll be glad we get to do this again this week!" James said, and pulled the covers off of Harry's bed. "Get up!"
"Fiiinnneee," Harry said, and reluctantly got out of his warm, soft bed. Yawning and stretching, he hoped he wouldn't fall asleep at work today.
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Up until the store opened up, it was almost completely silent. Harry was too tired to talk to anyone, and it seemed James was in too deep of thought to be disturbed. Just as they opened up the shop, the last person any of the Marauders would have ever thought walked in.
"Why Severus Snape, I haven't seen you for years!" James said, looking as if he was forcing himself to smile. "What brings you here?"
"I thought that I'd come and visit you, Sirius, Remus, and Peter since
I missed you all so much," Snape said, rolling his eyes. "What do you think? I need a broom for my nephew's birthday."
"Oookkk," James said, and headed to the back of the shop. "Ron, could you come with me for a minute? I need to speak to you."
"Sure," Harry said, and followed his father to the back of the store, slightly puzzled.
Once they reached the back of the store, James immediately changed. His calm face twisted into a Satanic-like grin. "You know that man back in there?" He asked evilly. Without waiting for Harry to reply, he continued. "We knew each other at school, and I think that we need to get back at him for some of the things he's done to the Marauders. Want to help me?"
"Of course!" Harry said excitedly. He wanted to do something, anything evil to Snape."Okay, here's what you do. There's not a lot I can do without Sirius and Remus. . .hopefully they'll get here soon. But just go out and make small-talk with him until they get here, and I'll be planning in the back."
"Okay," Harry said, nodding his head, and headed out to talk to his least-favourite teacher. Upon getting out, he saw Snape, looking at his watch and muttering to himself. "James is back working on the broom," Harry said, trying to think up something interesting to say. "He's trying to find a good one,"
"I'm sure," Snape said, sneering. "More like trying to find the best jinx so my nephew can't ride it."
"No, he's not." Harry said, praying that it wasn't what he was doing.
Doing mean stuff to Snape was just fine, but he didn't like the idea of hurting someone he didn't know. "He's really just working on it."
"Ok," Snape said, but he still didn't look convinced.
Just then, Sirius walked through the door, and seeing Snape, growled. "Why did you let this filth in, Ron?" He asked angrily. "Because I'm sure Moony doesn't allow slime in his store."
"Black," Severus said coldly, black eyes looking icier than ever. "I will be leaving shortly....it's not like I want to be here, but in case you haven't noticed, there aren't any other broom shops in Diagon Alley."
"Err… Sirius, James wants you in the back." Ron said, trying to distract the two men from glaring at each other.
"Watch him, Ron," Sirius said, heading towards the back though he hadn't broken eye contact with Snape. "Make sure he doesn't wreck the store,"
"Okay… " Harry said. Looking back at Snape, he wondered what he should talk about. Talking about anything was better than staring at each other in silence. "So… " He said finally, hoping something intelligent would come to him. "Err… how old is your nephew?"
"He just turned 13," Snape said rather coldly, eyes fixed on the door in the back of the room. "He's on the Quidditch team, and he needs a good broom, but I doubt I'll be getting a satisfactory one here,"
"Oh. . .Well, I doubt that they'll do anything. . ." Harry said, seriously doubting what he'd just said. "I'll go back and check on what they're doing real quick and make sure," he walked to the back door quickly, glad for any excuse to get away from Snape. As he walked
in, he saw Sirius and James setting the broom down on some tissue paper.
"What have you done to it?" Harry asked. He knew that getting a broom 'ready' didn't take longer than a minute.
"What makes you think we would do something to Snape's nephews broom?" Sirius asked a little too innocently.
"Only the fact that you seem to loathe Snape, and it only takes 30 seconds to 'ready a broom'." He said, rolling his eyes.
"Well we couldn't consider ourselves Marauders unless we did this… besides, little Snapey's nephew won't be harmed by the broom… everyone but Snape's family will see 'The Snape Family Sucks', so it all works out!" James said, grinning.
Harry almost, almost felt bad for Snape. He didn't seem so bad in this time period… of course, he didn't know that he was Harry Potter.
"Whatever," he said, and followed Sirius and James out the door.
"Here ya go, Snape," Sirius carelessly tossed the broom to Severus.
"That'll be 30 Gallons."
Snape dug into his pocket, and pulled out the money. "If you've done anything to this broom, I get a refund." He turned around and left the store quickly.
Well, now that that's all done with," James said, running his fingers through his hair. "Let's get to work!"
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The rest of the day passed by fairly quickly, but the most interesting that had happened was Snape coming. At the end of the day, everyone was planning on going over to James' for dinner, so they all worked together to pack up the store, and, surprisingly enough, it went about twice as fast.
"Let's go, I'm starving!" Remus said, turning off the lights. They all filed out the door, and just as Remus got done locking the door, a cold, eerie breeze wafted through the air, and almost everything became silent. An evil, high-pitched laugh filled the air, and about
fifty Death Eaters came from the direction of Knockturn Alley.
"Ron, run. Get home to Lily, and tell her what happened." James said, and Sirius, Remus, and himself ran towards the Death Eaters, pulling their wands out. Peter had gone home early, not feeling well.
Harry began to take off the other way, but halfway to the Leaky Cauldron, turned around and ran the other direction. He wasn't nearly strong enough to battle a Death Eater, but he could help some injured people. Somehow he snuck past the majority of the Death Eaters, and
saw a large number of people laying on the ground. Whether they were dead or alive, Harry didn't know. He ran towards an old man, limping towards a shelter, leg looking injured, and scratches all over his face and arms.
"Here, let me help you," he said, taking the mans arm and helping him into the nearest store. He set the man down behind the counter, and told him to wait there. He'd send help soon.
This continued for about 20 minutes, until all of the Death Eaters had fled or been killed. Just as Harry helped what seemed like the millionth person into a shelter, he saw Remus, Sirius, and James come up behind him, out of breath and badly scratched up.
"Ron! I told you to go home!" James said angrily. However, he didn't have much time to scold him, and as he saw all the hurt people, his attitude changed. "Come on, let's help some more of these people, then we can go."
The four helped most everyone into somewhere safe, and the Three Marauders helped those with minor wounds. For the ones with major wounds, they put them in a safe place, promising that people from Mungos would be coming soon. Just as they were getting some of the last
people help, something red caught his eye. A woman with very red hair was laying on a hill on the outskirts of Diagon Alley, not moving. A flood of shock flowed through him, and he ran to her, praying it wasn't Lily. Remus, Sirius, and James also saw, and all four ran as fast as
they could to the woman. As they reached her, they saw. . .it was Lily. She was laying on her back, not moving, eyes closed, and looking badly scratched up.
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Eep! I just realized something! I'm being a review whore!! Heh heh… I saw that phrase used, somewhere, and had to use, it, but it's the truth! Well, I've already started on the next chapter of this story (Writers block on this one), so HOPEFULLY, you'll be getting another chapter soon. Okay, here are the thank-yous!
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