Holiday of Surprises (02)

Hermione couldn't believe her eyes, in fact she was in such a state of shock that she blinked thrice and rubbed her eyes to remove all traces of drowsiness from them. Yet, despite these ministrations, the sight before her was the same as it ever was. The couple in front of her were in their mid thirties, the woman was petite with waist length auburn hair, pale skin and eyes of such a luminescent green that Hermione had only ever seen set in Harry's face. The man was almost exactly what she imagined Harry would look like when he was older, he had the lithe body of a Quidditch player, tanned skin from all the time spent outside, mischievous blue eyes, with a twinkle in them reminiscent of Dumbledore, framed behind fashionable black glasses, his black hair was spiked into attractive dark spikes which flopped over his eyes. Their lips were curved in half smiles and, when she cast a glance in his direction, so were Harry's. When she looked at Harry she did another double take. For, looking at him there was no doubt that the two people who had caused the upheaval were in fact Lily and James Potter.

****Should I stop here, runs off cackling insanely but returns with gun against her head and hands raised and starts typing instead****

Finally gaining control over his silent voice box Sirius turned to his now smirking godson and croaked; "H..H...Harry, ex..explain now." This comment broke the silence that had invaded the company since the Potter's reappearance. Harry nodded affably and smiled at the still pale professor Snape; "I will explain," he said, "however, without the assistance of your excellent Veritaserum, Professor, my explanation will be greatly lacking in the necessary credibility. So, if you would be kind enough to provide this and give my parents the requisite dosage each then a credible explanation could be given. Oh! And Padfoot gaping like a fish and stuttering like Professor Quirrel does not suit you."
And with this blithe comment, Harry's explanation was finished. Still gaping, Professor Snape produced a small vial of Veritaserum and administered it to Lily and James. Their faces assumed the blank, complacent look of one under the effect of the powerful truth Serum. Then Dumbledore shook himself from the state of astonishment even he had fallen into in surprise and began the questioning.

*** Dumbledore is in regular
James is in italics
Lily is in bold italics***

Dumbledore addressed his questions to Lily first:

" When were you born?" "July 15th 1973" "What is your full baptismal name?" "Lily Marie Rose Catherine Evans-Potter" Gasps were emitted from around the room as it was impossible to lie under Veritaserum and Lily had always kept her full name secret to spare her from embarrassment. These two answers alone convinced the room that the attractive woman in the blue jeans and green t-shirt could be none other Lily Potter, supposedly dead for almost sixteen years. However, the marauders doubts were not assuaged about the identity of the man in the black slacks and navy blue crew neck top. Sirius took over the questioning for James, as they had been closest friends and had shared all the other's secrets and therefore knew the most about each other.

"What is your full name?"

"James William Edward Harold Potter"

"Where did you grow up?"

"The Mansion, Godric's hollow, Wales, otherwise known as where we are right now Padfoot."

This answer was more than enough to satisfy Sirius and it was accepted by all that The Couple were Lily and James Potter, as they claimed. Now that this had been ascertained. The questioning ended, Professor McGonnagel was awakened and Harry said that he would show Hermione to her room. Once they were out of the adult filled environment they 'caught up with' all of each other's holidays so far. It's amazing what you discover inside somebody's mouth. It is uncertain what would have happened next if there had not been a cough from the door to the room they had exited only minutes ago brought them back down to earth with a large heavy thump.

***Oooh! It's another cliffie. Find out who has found them next chapter, also, Diagon Alley, Ron and The Burrow.***

To Sunshine*girl-Hermione my thanks this is my first story and the review was gr8