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LILY: *sneaking cautiously to her computer, in her nickgown, fuzzy slippers and a fuzzy blanket around her shoulders.* I'm still sick, only thsi time I know what I have. *whimpers* I have tonsilitis, and for those of you who *don't* know, it's WORSE than Strep Throat. In fact, I have to have an operation now. *whimpers*
MIRAI CLONE: It'll be fine, Lils, you'll see. After you get them out, you get to spen an entire week eating nothing but ice cream and jello. And you get to take a week off work too, hun, remember?
LILY: *blinks* I guess so. At least during that week, if I'm feeling up to it, I can try to write more than usual, after all, I'll have the time too, won't I? Anyway, I guess I'd better start the disclaimer, I don't own the characters of Harry Potter. I still own my clones, my own mate Mirai Trunks *points to her mate who just sweatdrops but doesn't say anything*, Mystic Gohan, Gambit from X-men Evolution, Neil from the Final Fantasy Movie, Kou Leifoh from the Bouncer for the PS2 game, and my newest clone, Inuyasha, my Demi-Demon Doggie! *gives Inuyasha Clone a bonecushing hug* They're all mine, except for Gohan, he's my best friend's mate. So now on with the story.
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OUT OF THE ASHES
Chapter 12
"Anna?" Sirius cried in shock as James and Remus stared at her just as bewildered.
"My word! Analise? Is that really you?" Remus asked as Anna smiled kindly at Remus as she reached up to the back of her head to begin unwrapping her bun from the base of her neck and shook her blonde hair loose until the waves of it fell over her shoulders, ending right below her shoulder blades.
"Yes, Remus, it's me. It's a pleasure to see you again. And.....of course you too James." Anna said, her hazel eyes flicking with sadness as James smiled warmly at her.
"It's great to see you too, Anna." James said.
"I.....you're......what are you.....?" Sirius stuttered as Anna looked at him and smiled softly as she raised a blonde eyebrow at him.
"You know I could probably understand you better, Sirius, if you stopped chewing on your tongue when you spoke." Anna teased lightly.
"Anna, I......" Sirius began, then frowned to himself, before looking over at Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore, sir, would you mind if I spoke with Anna outside, please?" Sirius asked as James and Remus looked at each other and smiled, as Dumbledore nodded.
"Of course you may, Sirius. I shall need to speak with James and Remus anyway. Take as long as you need." Dumbledore said with a kind smile as Sirius nodded, then hasitily grabbed Anna's hand and started to pull her from the room, completely ignoring the comical looks on James and Remus's faces as he dragged her out the door.
"That sure was......entertaining." Remus said with a chuckle.
"Good to see Padfoot hasn't lost his charm." James said with a laugh.
"Yes, yes, it is.......ah......how shall I put this.....a very delicate matter with those two. They shall need to talk about the past, before they can hope to move forward into the future." Dumbledore said as James and Remus nodded.
"How much you wanna bet their engangement will be back on by the end of this week?" James asked as Remus started laughing and Dumbledore merely smiled at the two adults.
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"Sirius, you know, I still know how to use my own two feet. You don't have to pull me, I *can* walk you know." Anna said as Sirius stopped and sheepishly let go of her hand.
"Listen, Anna, we need to talk-" Sirius said as Anna raised an eyebrow at him.
"Aye, I'd say we do, Sirius." Anna said then sighed deeply.
"Tell me, is it true? What the Daily Prophet said last week?" Anna asked as Sirius nodded his head.
"Every word." Sirius said.
"Aye. I see. Sirius, I want you to tell me what really happened that night, *everything* you remember? Please? I must know what happened to her. To both of them." Anna said softly.
"Alright, but it's......" Sirius began as Anna nodded.
"I know, it was for me too. I know it's hard, but can you please at least try, Sirius? Please?" Anna asked as Sirius sighed before slowly nodding.
"Alright then. Well, I guess you remember James and Lily deciding on naming me the Secret Keeper right? Which is why when they.....when they were killed, everyone assumed I had betrayed them. But you see, I figured that Remus and I would be the obvious choices for the Secret Keeper, so I begged James to change the Secret Keeper from me to.......to Pettigrew!" Sirius said, growling at the mention of the name.
"I had went to Pettigrew's to check on him and after I saw he wasn't there, I raced to the Potter's. But.....well, I guess you can figure it out. I was too late, and when I saw that somehow, Harry was still miraculously still alive, I was about to bring him with me, when Hagrid showed up and told me that Dumbledore had sent him to fetch Harry. We discussed it for a little while, he had his orders, and I didn't want to leave Harry, but at the same time, I wanted to track down that damned rat and make him pay for what he had done to them!" Sirius cried.
"Anyway, I lent Hagrid my flying motorbike, and went after the traitor myself. After all, when I was finished with him, I was planning on returning to Harry. I was his Godfather after all, and if anything had ever happened to James and Lily.....I promised them I would take care of him. But when I found the Wormtail, he called me the traitor and blew up the street around us. He cut off his finger and disappeared through the sewers like the rat he was and still is, and disappeared. Fifteen innocent muggles were killed, so I was arrested for their murders, the murder of Pettigrew, and......and the betrayal and murder of the Potters." Sirius said.
"I was sent to Azkaban, as I'm sure you read, and stayed there until I learned that Pettigrew was still alive after all, and was posing at the pet of Harry's best friend Ron. I escaped and went first to see Harry. I knew where he was staying, with his Aunt and Uncle, and wanted to see him. I staying in my animagus form of course, then went to Hogwarts. Eventually I learned that Lupin was there, and after spending most of the year trying to catch Wormtail, I finally succeeded, dragging Harry, Ron, and their friend Hermione into all of it. Lupin showed up, and once he saw Wormtail, he knew I had been innocent all along, and after dealing with Snape, long story, we turned Wormtail back into Pettigrew and he confessed." Sirius said.
"But while we were on our way back, we ran into some.....complications, and Wormtail escaped. I haven't caught him yet, but I promise I will! That rat will pay for *everything!* It was his fault Voldie is back too! You don't even *want* to know the details of the ritual that he preformed last year to bring him back too. For what he did to Harry, he will suffer before he dies!" Sirius promised.
"Oh, Sirius......I.....I hadn't known.....it doesn't matter though because I should have. I'm so sorry, Sirius. Can you ever forgive me?" Anna asked, rushing forward and hugging Sirius fiercely as he blinked in surprise, before smiling down at her blonde head of hair, and kissing it softly before he spoke again.
"Of course, Whiskers." Sirius said with a chuckle as Anna looked back up at him and raised an eyebrow at him.
"After more than fourteen years, you still call me that?" Anna asked as Sirius smirked at her.
"Unless you don't want me to-" Sirius teased as Anna punched him in the shoulder.
"You're still a jerk, dog man." Anna said, playfully frowning at him, before she smiled and jumped at him and kissed him senseless.
AWWW! I love that kind of reunion, don't you?
MIRAI CLONE: Not everyone does, Lils.
You be quiet. I was sweet, but wasn't *too* sappy, the perfect combination in the reunion of Sirius and his ex-fiancee, soon to be fiancee again. *hint, hint*
I also have another thing I need to run with you all. I know it'd be spoiling the surprise, but I want to know if maybe I should have Anna tell Sirius about a little secret of hers that she'd keep to herself for nearly fourteen years? A daughter maybe? I know exactly how I'll work it in, and *how* I'll explain everything, I just need to know if maybe this should be a part of the story? After all, you can tell he'd make a great father, and you see how protective he is over Harry. He's like a son to Sirius. So, why can't Sirius have a daughter? She'll be a year younger than Harry too.
And no, I'm not thinking of adding her for a Harry/OOC romance, either. Just someone who can join the Trio and maybe make friends with Hermione? Poor girl should get a best friend too you know. Think about it and tell me what you think in the reviews, k?
Also, for you reviews:
~Zouls- Why thank you! I do try! *smirks*
~PheonixFlames121- Thank you for the compliment! *smiles*
~Jamjar Fairy- Are you into DBZ? Because if you are, you should check out The Dare and With You. They are some great pieces of writting, if I do say so myself, with The Dare being hilarious and With You being written so well with the emotional aspects of Vegeta and Mirai Trunks's relationship as father and son. You should really give it a shot. Or check out my Final Fantasy fic based on the movie. It's very descriptive too. It's called Final Fantasy: A New Beginning.
~Kyranosa- *Lily gasps* Why would you even *think* of such a thing? I'd *never* do that to Lily. I mean, the story's Lily. Not the author......this is confusing. From now on, Harry's mother is Lily and *I'm* just Lils. Unless James is speaking in the story and called her Lils, which is his nickname for her, k? *smiles*
~Alexandria Fairchild- I'd love to do more pranks, but it's hard to come up with them. I have one in mind, but it's still a little shady. As for the 'Trio' pulling a prank on Malfoy, theyd most likely get in trouble for it, where as the Marauders wouldn't, them being the teachers and all. But maybe they will *convenietly* suggest a prank for the Marauders to use on Malfoy and the rest of the Slytherins? But any idea what it should be?
And now that that's that, we continue with the story! Enjoy!
Several minutes later, Anna and a slightly out of breath Sirius returned to the room. James and Remus look at him puzzled, before James smirked knowingly at Sirius who glared at him to keep his mouth shut.
"Good, I see you and Miss Corazon have talked out everything you needed to I take it? Good, then if there are no further questions on the matter, I shall dismiss the four of you to your classes. Oh, and Analise? Would you be interested in doing this old wizard a favor, my dear? You see, as I already informed you, Severus has put himself in grave danger to bring us information concerning Voldemort's actions and plans in the future. He has been a great help to us, but I fear his repeated absence from his classes will be a bother by the end of the year, when the time for the school exams comes. So, if you would mind, would you perhaps take up the position of the Charms Assisant Professor? To substitute in Severus's absence? I would be greatly appreciative." Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Of course, Dumbledore. May I ask though? Where I shall stay when I am not taking over his classes? And when I am not teaching at all?" Anna asked.
"Well, if you'd like, we could fix you up a room up in the Mansion, Anna? That is, if you don't mind? And if it's alright with Dumbledore, you can sit in with our DADA classes if you like." Remus said, looking over at Dumbledore who nodded, before looking over at Anna who smiled at him.
"Really? You'd do that for me? Thank you so much Remus!" Anna said smiling.
"It's not a problem at all, right, Padfoot?" James asked with a smirk as Sirius playfully glared at him.
"Watch it, Prongs, or you'll regret it when Lily comes back." Sirius said with a laugh as James brought up his hands.
"Alright, alright. But just remember, Padfoot, you could say what you like, but Lily and I are married." James said with a chuckle.
"So? That never stopped you-" Sirius began as James's eyes widened and he clamped a hand over Sirius's mouth.
"Shut up, Padfoot!" James hissed in Sirius's ear as Remus sweatdropped then chuckled behind them.
"You boys haven't changed at all. Dumbledore, thank you again. I guess we shall see you at dinner tonight." Anna said smiling at the headmaster, before rolling her eyes at the Marauders and heading out of the room.
Sirius, James, and Remus looked at each other, before Sirius raced out the door, waving hasitily to Dumbledore as James and Remus followed him out laughing as they too waved goodbye to Dumbledore.
"Anna. Anna, wait up. So tell me, what are you doing here? You never did say so before." Sirius said as Anna smiled at him.
"I read about you and James and flew here immediately. When I learned that Lily had not been brought back too, I went to see Dumbledore in person. I almost ran into Harry once, so I had to change into as Sirius calls her, Whiskers, and hide. Then I went and saw him.
"You mean you still turn into that White Persian? I thought.....?" Remus asked.
"Well, I stopped for a while after I heard about Lily and what......what I thought Sirius had done. I guess, I was too hurt to bother with it. But that doesn't mean I forgot *how* to, Remus." Anna said.
"Dumbledore had the right idea, I can understand at least why he didn't bring Lily back when he brought back me, but still......" James said trailing off.
"Of course you would miss her, Prongs. And just think, by tonight, you can introduce Harry to his mother." Sirius said with a smile.
"You're right. Hey, I think I'm going to go find Harry right now and tell him the great news. Like Dumbledore said before, we don't need to give Harry a heart attack before he's sixteen, do we?" James asked with a chuckle.
"Go on ahead. I'll meet you in the DADA class room. We have a class in an hour. It'll be alright if you're a little late, James, don't worry about it." Remus said.
"Moony? Saying it's alright to be late for something? You're not feeling ill are you? Light headed? Short of breath? Feeling a little faint?" Sirius teased, pretending to feel Remus's head for a fever as Remus swatted his hand away with a laugh.
"I'm fine, Padfoot. Though *you* had better not be late." Remus said.
"What? What's so special about James? Why does he get to be late and not me?" Sirius faked a pout as Anna chuckled at his side.
"James has more braincells than you for one, and two, he is special, where are you my dear dog man.....well, you're just.......*not* Sirius." Anna said with a laugh as Sirius crossed his arms over his chest.
"Hmph. Fine then. I don't need any of you! You're so mean!" Sirius said as James raised an eyebrow.
"Don't need any of us, eh Padfoot? Who's supposed to do you're cooking from now on then, you?" James asked as Sirius' face paled.
"On second though, I don't know what I was thinking. Temporary insanity. Ignore what I said before." Sirius said.
"What do you mean *temporary* Sirius? I don't think over twenty five years qualifies for 'temporary'. And I've only known you since the first day we met in our first year, remember? Twenty five years ago? And as far as I've know, you've *always* been like this." James said with a chuckle as Remus nodded.
"Yup. I second that." Remus added as Sirius playfully growled at the two.
"Why do I grace you two with my presence again?" Sirius asked.
"Because you have no where else to go that will take in strays?" James asked with a smirk.
"Potter, don't you have a son to talk to?" Sirius asked as James smiled.
"Indeed I do. I'll see you two later. And Moony, maybe you outta think about putting him on a leash?" James teased as Sirius growled after him.
"Funny, Bambi, funny." Sirius teased as James disappeared around the corner still laughing.
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LILY: *sneaking cautiously to her computer, in her nickgown, fuzzy slippers and a fuzzy blanket around her shoulders.* I'm still sick, only thsi time I know what I have. *whimpers* I have tonsilitis, and for those of you who *don't* know, it's WORSE than Strep Throat. In fact, I have to have an operation now. *whimpers*
MIRAI CLONE: It'll be fine, Lils, you'll see. After you get them out, you get to spen an entire week eating nothing but ice cream and jello. And you get to take a week off work too, hun, remember?
LILY: *blinks* I guess so. At least during that week, if I'm feeling up to it, I can try to write more than usual, after all, I'll have the time too, won't I? Anyway, I guess I'd better start the disclaimer, I don't own the characters of Harry Potter. I still own my clones, my own mate Mirai Trunks *points to her mate who just sweatdrops but doesn't say anything*, Mystic Gohan, Gambit from X-men Evolution, Neil from the Final Fantasy Movie, Kou Leifoh from the Bouncer for the PS2 game, and my newest clone, Inuyasha, my Demi-Demon Doggie! *gives Inuyasha Clone a bonecushing hug* They're all mine, except for Gohan, he's my best friend's mate. So now on with the story.
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OUT OF THE ASHES
Chapter 12
"Anna?" Sirius cried in shock as James and Remus stared at her just as bewildered.
"My word! Analise? Is that really you?" Remus asked as Anna smiled kindly at Remus as she reached up to the back of her head to begin unwrapping her bun from the base of her neck and shook her blonde hair loose until the waves of it fell over her shoulders, ending right below her shoulder blades.
"Yes, Remus, it's me. It's a pleasure to see you again. And.....of course you too James." Anna said, her hazel eyes flicking with sadness as James smiled warmly at her.
"It's great to see you too, Anna." James said.
"I.....you're......what are you.....?" Sirius stuttered as Anna looked at him and smiled softly as she raised a blonde eyebrow at him.
"You know I could probably understand you better, Sirius, if you stopped chewing on your tongue when you spoke." Anna teased lightly.
"Anna, I......" Sirius began, then frowned to himself, before looking over at Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore, sir, would you mind if I spoke with Anna outside, please?" Sirius asked as James and Remus looked at each other and smiled, as Dumbledore nodded.
"Of course you may, Sirius. I shall need to speak with James and Remus anyway. Take as long as you need." Dumbledore said with a kind smile as Sirius nodded, then hasitily grabbed Anna's hand and started to pull her from the room, completely ignoring the comical looks on James and Remus's faces as he dragged her out the door.
"That sure was......entertaining." Remus said with a chuckle.
"Good to see Padfoot hasn't lost his charm." James said with a laugh.
"Yes, yes, it is.......ah......how shall I put this.....a very delicate matter with those two. They shall need to talk about the past, before they can hope to move forward into the future." Dumbledore said as James and Remus nodded.
"How much you wanna bet their engangement will be back on by the end of this week?" James asked as Remus started laughing and Dumbledore merely smiled at the two adults.
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"Sirius, you know, I still know how to use my own two feet. You don't have to pull me, I *can* walk you know." Anna said as Sirius stopped and sheepishly let go of her hand.
"Listen, Anna, we need to talk-" Sirius said as Anna raised an eyebrow at him.
"Aye, I'd say we do, Sirius." Anna said then sighed deeply.
"Tell me, is it true? What the Daily Prophet said last week?" Anna asked as Sirius nodded his head.
"Every word." Sirius said.
"Aye. I see. Sirius, I want you to tell me what really happened that night, *everything* you remember? Please? I must know what happened to her. To both of them." Anna said softly.
"Alright, but it's......" Sirius began as Anna nodded.
"I know, it was for me too. I know it's hard, but can you please at least try, Sirius? Please?" Anna asked as Sirius sighed before slowly nodding.
"Alright then. Well, I guess you remember James and Lily deciding on naming me the Secret Keeper right? Which is why when they.....when they were killed, everyone assumed I had betrayed them. But you see, I figured that Remus and I would be the obvious choices for the Secret Keeper, so I begged James to change the Secret Keeper from me to.......to Pettigrew!" Sirius said, growling at the mention of the name.
"I had went to Pettigrew's to check on him and after I saw he wasn't there, I raced to the Potter's. But.....well, I guess you can figure it out. I was too late, and when I saw that somehow, Harry was still miraculously still alive, I was about to bring him with me, when Hagrid showed up and told me that Dumbledore had sent him to fetch Harry. We discussed it for a little while, he had his orders, and I didn't want to leave Harry, but at the same time, I wanted to track down that damned rat and make him pay for what he had done to them!" Sirius cried.
"Anyway, I lent Hagrid my flying motorbike, and went after the traitor myself. After all, when I was finished with him, I was planning on returning to Harry. I was his Godfather after all, and if anything had ever happened to James and Lily.....I promised them I would take care of him. But when I found the Wormtail, he called me the traitor and blew up the street around us. He cut off his finger and disappeared through the sewers like the rat he was and still is, and disappeared. Fifteen innocent muggles were killed, so I was arrested for their murders, the murder of Pettigrew, and......and the betrayal and murder of the Potters." Sirius said.
"I was sent to Azkaban, as I'm sure you read, and stayed there until I learned that Pettigrew was still alive after all, and was posing at the pet of Harry's best friend Ron. I escaped and went first to see Harry. I knew where he was staying, with his Aunt and Uncle, and wanted to see him. I staying in my animagus form of course, then went to Hogwarts. Eventually I learned that Lupin was there, and after spending most of the year trying to catch Wormtail, I finally succeeded, dragging Harry, Ron, and their friend Hermione into all of it. Lupin showed up, and once he saw Wormtail, he knew I had been innocent all along, and after dealing with Snape, long story, we turned Wormtail back into Pettigrew and he confessed." Sirius said.
"But while we were on our way back, we ran into some.....complications, and Wormtail escaped. I haven't caught him yet, but I promise I will! That rat will pay for *everything!* It was his fault Voldie is back too! You don't even *want* to know the details of the ritual that he preformed last year to bring him back too. For what he did to Harry, he will suffer before he dies!" Sirius promised.
"Oh, Sirius......I.....I hadn't known.....it doesn't matter though because I should have. I'm so sorry, Sirius. Can you ever forgive me?" Anna asked, rushing forward and hugging Sirius fiercely as he blinked in surprise, before smiling down at her blonde head of hair, and kissing it softly before he spoke again.
"Of course, Whiskers." Sirius said with a chuckle as Anna looked back up at him and raised an eyebrow at him.
"After more than fourteen years, you still call me that?" Anna asked as Sirius smirked at her.
"Unless you don't want me to-" Sirius teased as Anna punched him in the shoulder.
"You're still a jerk, dog man." Anna said, playfully frowning at him, before she smiled and jumped at him and kissed him senseless.
AWWW! I love that kind of reunion, don't you?
MIRAI CLONE: Not everyone does, Lils.
You be quiet. I was sweet, but wasn't *too* sappy, the perfect combination in the reunion of Sirius and his ex-fiancee, soon to be fiancee again. *hint, hint*
I also have another thing I need to run with you all. I know it'd be spoiling the surprise, but I want to know if maybe I should have Anna tell Sirius about a little secret of hers that she'd keep to herself for nearly fourteen years? A daughter maybe? I know exactly how I'll work it in, and *how* I'll explain everything, I just need to know if maybe this should be a part of the story? After all, you can tell he'd make a great father, and you see how protective he is over Harry. He's like a son to Sirius. So, why can't Sirius have a daughter? She'll be a year younger than Harry too.
And no, I'm not thinking of adding her for a Harry/OOC romance, either. Just someone who can join the Trio and maybe make friends with Hermione? Poor girl should get a best friend too you know. Think about it and tell me what you think in the reviews, k?
Also, for you reviews:
~Zouls- Why thank you! I do try! *smirks*
~PheonixFlames121- Thank you for the compliment! *smiles*
~Jamjar Fairy- Are you into DBZ? Because if you are, you should check out The Dare and With You. They are some great pieces of writting, if I do say so myself, with The Dare being hilarious and With You being written so well with the emotional aspects of Vegeta and Mirai Trunks's relationship as father and son. You should really give it a shot. Or check out my Final Fantasy fic based on the movie. It's very descriptive too. It's called Final Fantasy: A New Beginning.
~Kyranosa- *Lily gasps* Why would you even *think* of such a thing? I'd *never* do that to Lily. I mean, the story's Lily. Not the author......this is confusing. From now on, Harry's mother is Lily and *I'm* just Lils. Unless James is speaking in the story and called her Lils, which is his nickname for her, k? *smiles*
~Alexandria Fairchild- I'd love to do more pranks, but it's hard to come up with them. I have one in mind, but it's still a little shady. As for the 'Trio' pulling a prank on Malfoy, theyd most likely get in trouble for it, where as the Marauders wouldn't, them being the teachers and all. But maybe they will *convenietly* suggest a prank for the Marauders to use on Malfoy and the rest of the Slytherins? But any idea what it should be?
And now that that's that, we continue with the story! Enjoy!
Several minutes later, Anna and a slightly out of breath Sirius returned to the room. James and Remus look at him puzzled, before James smirked knowingly at Sirius who glared at him to keep his mouth shut.
"Good, I see you and Miss Corazon have talked out everything you needed to I take it? Good, then if there are no further questions on the matter, I shall dismiss the four of you to your classes. Oh, and Analise? Would you be interested in doing this old wizard a favor, my dear? You see, as I already informed you, Severus has put himself in grave danger to bring us information concerning Voldemort's actions and plans in the future. He has been a great help to us, but I fear his repeated absence from his classes will be a bother by the end of the year, when the time for the school exams comes. So, if you would mind, would you perhaps take up the position of the Charms Assisant Professor? To substitute in Severus's absence? I would be greatly appreciative." Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Of course, Dumbledore. May I ask though? Where I shall stay when I am not taking over his classes? And when I am not teaching at all?" Anna asked.
"Well, if you'd like, we could fix you up a room up in the Mansion, Anna? That is, if you don't mind? And if it's alright with Dumbledore, you can sit in with our DADA classes if you like." Remus said, looking over at Dumbledore who nodded, before looking over at Anna who smiled at him.
"Really? You'd do that for me? Thank you so much Remus!" Anna said smiling.
"It's not a problem at all, right, Padfoot?" James asked with a smirk as Sirius playfully glared at him.
"Watch it, Prongs, or you'll regret it when Lily comes back." Sirius said with a laugh as James brought up his hands.
"Alright, alright. But just remember, Padfoot, you could say what you like, but Lily and I are married." James said with a chuckle.
"So? That never stopped you-" Sirius began as James's eyes widened and he clamped a hand over Sirius's mouth.
"Shut up, Padfoot!" James hissed in Sirius's ear as Remus sweatdropped then chuckled behind them.
"You boys haven't changed at all. Dumbledore, thank you again. I guess we shall see you at dinner tonight." Anna said smiling at the headmaster, before rolling her eyes at the Marauders and heading out of the room.
Sirius, James, and Remus looked at each other, before Sirius raced out the door, waving hasitily to Dumbledore as James and Remus followed him out laughing as they too waved goodbye to Dumbledore.
"Anna. Anna, wait up. So tell me, what are you doing here? You never did say so before." Sirius said as Anna smiled at him.
"I read about you and James and flew here immediately. When I learned that Lily had not been brought back too, I went to see Dumbledore in person. I almost ran into Harry once, so I had to change into as Sirius calls her, Whiskers, and hide. Then I went and saw him.
"You mean you still turn into that White Persian? I thought.....?" Remus asked.
"Well, I stopped for a while after I heard about Lily and what......what I thought Sirius had done. I guess, I was too hurt to bother with it. But that doesn't mean I forgot *how* to, Remus." Anna said.
"Dumbledore had the right idea, I can understand at least why he didn't bring Lily back when he brought back me, but still......" James said trailing off.
"Of course you would miss her, Prongs. And just think, by tonight, you can introduce Harry to his mother." Sirius said with a smile.
"You're right. Hey, I think I'm going to go find Harry right now and tell him the great news. Like Dumbledore said before, we don't need to give Harry a heart attack before he's sixteen, do we?" James asked with a chuckle.
"Go on ahead. I'll meet you in the DADA class room. We have a class in an hour. It'll be alright if you're a little late, James, don't worry about it." Remus said.
"Moony? Saying it's alright to be late for something? You're not feeling ill are you? Light headed? Short of breath? Feeling a little faint?" Sirius teased, pretending to feel Remus's head for a fever as Remus swatted his hand away with a laugh.
"I'm fine, Padfoot. Though *you* had better not be late." Remus said.
"What? What's so special about James? Why does he get to be late and not me?" Sirius faked a pout as Anna chuckled at his side.
"James has more braincells than you for one, and two, he is special, where are you my dear dog man.....well, you're just.......*not* Sirius." Anna said with a laugh as Sirius crossed his arms over his chest.
"Hmph. Fine then. I don't need any of you! You're so mean!" Sirius said as James raised an eyebrow.
"Don't need any of us, eh Padfoot? Who's supposed to do you're cooking from now on then, you?" James asked as Sirius' face paled.
"On second though, I don't know what I was thinking. Temporary insanity. Ignore what I said before." Sirius said.
"What do you mean *temporary* Sirius? I don't think over twenty five years qualifies for 'temporary'. And I've only known you since the first day we met in our first year, remember? Twenty five years ago? And as far as I've know, you've *always* been like this." James said with a chuckle as Remus nodded.
"Yup. I second that." Remus added as Sirius playfully growled at the two.
"Why do I grace you two with my presence again?" Sirius asked.
"Because you have no where else to go that will take in strays?" James asked with a smirk.
"Potter, don't you have a son to talk to?" Sirius asked as James smiled.
"Indeed I do. I'll see you two later. And Moony, maybe you outta think about putting him on a leash?" James teased as Sirius growled after him.
"Funny, Bambi, funny." Sirius teased as James disappeared around the corner still laughing.
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