Chapter 04 Stories
"Shhh, you'll wake them!" Whispered James to Sirius walking to Harry's bed next morning.
Harry, who had became a light sleeper, mostly due to the nightmares and dreams he had had that summer, woke up by the noise done by both of them. It was obvious that they wanted revenge from the prank of the previous day and Harry was sure that they were going to wake him in an umpleasant way.
"Paul sleeps through a war. If Harry is like you, he'll sleep trought it too. Don't worry, Prongs." Whispered back Sirius.
Without being noticed by his father and Godfather, Harry pointed his wand to the Marauders and whispered a few words to them and casted a shield around him. With that done, he went on faking his sleep.
"Do you have the pitcher with you?" Asked Sirius to James.
"Yes, full of icy water!" Laughed softly James before he emptied it over Harry's head. When the water hit the shield, it returned to both of them wetting them completely.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Screamed both pranksters at the same time when the icy water hit them.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Asked Lily angrily entering the room.
"The pranksters found someone who is a very light sleeper and knows a lot about shields." Explained Harry removing the shield from him.
"And about pranks too, I see!" Laughed Lily seeing her son's work on her husband and friend.
"I always liked Little Red Hood and Snow White." Said Harry smiling innocently.
James was wearing a red dress with a hood and he had in his hand a basket of food. Sirius was wearing a white dress and had a tray full of apples in his hand. Both of them looked in horror when they saw each other.
"If you don't want to be hexed, I suggest you to leave now!" Threatened Harry to the 3 adults with his wand.
"When shall we return to the normalcy?" Asked James. When he finished the phrase he took his hands to the mouth, he had spoken as a little girl. This sent Harry and Lily to a fit of giggles.
"Later." Mumbled Harry before he fell asleep again.
The 3 adults left the room quietly and left the 2 boys sleeping a while more. When Remus, Albus and Minerva, who were waiting for them, saw James and Sirius, burst out in laughter at that sight. It took them almost 5 minutes to be able to control themselves again.
"And he says that he's not a prankster!" Said Albus with amusement in his voice.
"I guess that here he feels more free that at his own home." Said Lily drinking a little of tea.
"You don't surprise that boy easily. He said that he's a very light sleeper and knows about shields." Said James trying to sound different that the girl's voice that hs son had given him. Unfortunately he didn't have much sucess on that mission.
"Nice voice, James." Laughed Minerva amused.
"What the hell was all that noise in the room?" Asked Paul, still half asleep, half awake.
"Language!" Scolded his parents.
"What happened to you, dad?" Asked surprised Paul when he saw his father and Sirius.
"Harry's worse than you!" Exclaimed Sirius with his girlish voice.
Paul burst out in laughter after hearing that. He looked at them again, and began to roll in laughter. He couldn't avoid it, it was very hilarious to see that.
"FLASH!"
Everyone turned to see Harry with a camera in his hands and pointing it at his father and Godfather with a naughty smile in his lips. This sent Paul and the other adults in a fit of laughter again.
"Next time you do it, this will look like a prank of first year students!" Threatened Harry with his wand, before he said the counter course and both of the adults returned to their normal self.
"How can he do magic during the hollydays and Mary and me can't?" Asked Paul confused.
"Technically, I'm not a student here. At least, not yet." Said Harry without avoiding a little yawn.
"Uh?" Asked Mary confused entering in the room and hearing Harry's words.
"Meanwhile you explain them all of this, I'll take a shower." Said Harry to the adults, before he added to his mother: "Please, don't do what you did the last time." Then he went to the bathroom.
Meanwhile the adults began to explain everything about Harry to Mary and Paul, the boy took a long shower. He needed it. Meanwhile he was doing it, he began to think about this world and a question jumped in his mind: what happened with Voldemort here? Did he die that night with him or he was still alive? He decided to ask it later, not yet. He wanted to enjoy these moments as much as he could and Voldemort couldn't ruin it now.
"So, you are our brother?" Asked Mary when Harry returned to where the adults and the kids were waiting him.
"Yep. Nice to see you, sister." Said Harry with a smile.
"Can you teach me to do the things that you did to Dad??" Asked Paul with his eyes blazing in interest.
"You are too young to do that." Scolded James, who was terrified with the idea of Paul learning that kind of pranks.
"Sorry, but those tricks stay with me." Said Harry with a mischievious smile.
"Pity." Said Paul with a pout.
"What time is it?" Asked Harry with a little yawn.
"Almost 9.30, time for breakfast." Said Remus checking his watch.
"Wait a minute." Said Harry and went to his room and took his broom and followed them.
"I'll take mine too!" Exclaimed Mary and Paul at the same time going to their rooms and returning 5 minutes later with 2 Nimbus 2001.
"Let's go." Said Lily and everyone went to the Hall.
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After breakfast, Harry and the others went to the Quidditch Pitch. Harry had a big smile when he saw it, it was one of his most favourite places at the School. Without waiting to Mary or Paul, he kicked the floor and began to fly.
It was the best thing that he ever felt! He flown around the pitch at top speed and everything and everyone became blurry things. He went to 40 meters above the level of the floor, and went in a dive at the top of the broom's speed.
"What is he doing?" Wondered everyone watching his dive when he was only 10 meters over the floor.
"He'll crash!" Exclaimed Lily scared when he was 5 meters of the floor.
Only 1 meter before he crashed to the floor, he pulled up his broom in a 180 degrees turn and went again to the position that he had taken before his dive. He laughed and went on flying getting as much fun as he could.
"That was incredible!" Exclaimed Sirius watching his dive.
"Superb!" Exclaimed Paul impressed by his brother's abilities.
"Well, now we know why he entered in the team in his first year!" Exclaimed Albus to Lily and James.
"He plays since first year?!" Asked the others shocked.
"He told it when we talked in Albus' Office yesterday." Explained James while Harry went in another dive.
Harry went on flying for another 45 minutes before he landed near the adults. He had a wide smile in his lips and looked really happy after the fly.
"I REALLY needed that!" Exclaimed Harry sitting next to them.
"Do you always dive like that?" Asked James shocked.
"Sometimes. This summer I've been practicing the Wronski Feint. I'll try to do it if I play here." Said Harry with a smile.
"Can I try the broom?" Asked Paul anxiously.
"Sure, but be careful. I bought it 2 days ago!" Said Harry giving the broom to his brother.
"Thanks." Exclaimed the boy kicking off and beggining to fly.
"Which broom did you use before?" Asked Mary watching Paul fly.
"I began with a Nimbus 2000 but was destroyed by the Whomping Willow in my Third year. Then I began to play with a Firebolt, but was destroyed this summer. I had to go to the Alley a few days ago and bought this one, following an advice from a friend." Explained Harry to his sister, before he asked her: "What position do you play?"
"I'm Gryffindor's Keeper. I entered in the Team last year." Explained the girl with a big smile.
"Who are the other players?" Asked Harry interested in know if the players from here were the same that the ones of his Universe.
"The Seeker, who was bad, graduated last year. Maybe you can enter the team this year. The Beaters are 2 twins, Fred and..." Began Mary but Harry finished for her.
"George Weasley, I know them. At least where I come from." Said the boy before he added: "The Chasers are Katie Bell, Alicia Spinnet and Angelina Jonhson, right?"
"Yes, how do you know?" Asked the girl surprised.
"In my Universe are the same ones. You entered in the team when Oliver Wood graduated, right?" Mary nodded. "Who's the Captain now? The last one for us was Oliver. We didn't have Quidditch last year, so we don't have one right now." Finished his explanation Harry.
"Alicia took his place as Captain. She's hard at the trainings, believe me." Shrugged Mary.
"It's obvious that you didn't have Oliver Wood as Captain! He was hard!" Said Harry shrugging at the memories of Wood as his Captain.
"Fred always says that Alicia is worse than him!" Laughed Mary.
"That's something then!" Laughed Harry when Paul landed and gave him back the broom.
"It's great!" Was the only thing that he could say when he returned the broom.
"I know that!" Laughed Harry before he said to Mary: "Want to try it?" Mary just took it and kicked off.
"You scared me with your dive." Said Lily sitting with her sons.
"You should have seen McGonagall's face in my first class of flight, then!" Laughed Harry.
"Who taught you to dive like that?" Asked Remus going to sit with them.
"I'm natural. My strongest point are the dives."
"We didn't realize it." Said Lily sarcastically.
"Lily! Remus!" Exclaimed a man going to the group.
Harry turned to see the man and tensed up inmediately. The man was Amos Diggory and with him was Cedric. Then he remembered that the Tournament hadn't happened here and he shouldn't have died like in his world. But he couldn't avoid tensing up when he saw them.
Lily noticed this and shot her son a questioning look, that Harry pretended not seeing. Lily dropped the matter promising herself to ask him later about it.
"Amos! Cedric! Nice to see you!" Exclaimed Remus shaking their hands.
"Who did that dive?" Asked Cedric after they shook hands.
"Me. Harry Potter, nice to meet you." Smiled Harry shaking Cedric's hand.
"Long story, Amos." Said Lily to Mr. Diggory when he sent questioning and confused looks to both adults.
"Where did you learn to do that?" Asked Cedric to Harry forgetting about the adults.
"Somewhere." Said Harry misteriously.
"Tell me that you are Seeker, please."
"Youngest one in the Century at my old School."
"It was incredible!"
"They think the same." Laughed Harry pointing to his mother and Remus.
"Want to play a game? Just Seekers, you and me and the Snitch." Challenged Cedric to Harry.
"Mary, come down! I need the broom!" Shouted Harry to his sister, before he turned to Cedric: "Get the Snitch and your broom and we start it!"
"You have a deal!" Said Cedric before he went to get his broom and the box of balls.
"I'll tell the others." Said Remus going back to the Castle.
"What's up?" Asked Mary when she landed. She looked a little disappointed that she had to stop so soon.
"Harry and Diggory will play a challenge between them!" Said Paul interested.
"Any bets?" Asked Sirius reaching them.
"1 Galleon for Harry." Said Albus giving the money to the prankster.
"Same here." Said Lily, James and Remus doing the same that Albus.
"5 for my son." Said Amos giving the money to Sirius.
"I'll bet another Galleon to Harry so we'll get 10 Galleons." Said Sirius counting the money and adding his bet.
"Minerva?" Asked Lily to the Head of Gryffindor.
"No, thanks. I don't bet." Said McGonagall seeing Cedric reaching the Pitch with a Firebolt.
"Who will release the Snitch?" Asked Harry after he and Cedric went to the center of the Pitch and shook hands.
"I will." Said Mary going to them with the box.
Both of them mounted the brooms and waited the signal to kick off. When Mary gave it and released the Snitch, both teens kicked off and began to fly looking for the ball.
Meanwhile he was trying to see it, Harry began to practice some movements. Cedric saw him and tried some of them too, although not all of them were done perfectly.
"Let's try the Feint!" Thought Harry diving at high speed, but enough for Cedric to reach to him.
They were head to head straight to the floor, and Cedric hadn't realised what Harry was doing and followed him. Almost 1 meter before the floor, Harry pulled up his broom from the dive. Cedric wasn't fast enough and crashed. Harry smiled at that and went on looking for the Snitch.
"Great Wronski Feint!" Exclaimed Remus seeing the move.
"Yes." Said Amos recovering from the shock and seeing his son standing, dizzily, and kicking off again to continue playing.
"Great Feint!" Said Cedric when he was flying near Harry.
"Thanks!" Said Harry before diving again. This time he had seen the Snitch and went after it.
Cedric, who saw it too, went after him inmediately. Both of them were head to head once more and this time was for real and for a Feint. 10 meters before the floor, Harry caught it and pulled up his hand showing that he had done it and the game was finished. Both Seekers landed with great smiles by the game that they had played, although in Cedric's face there was a little of disspointment because he had lost.
"Great game." Said Harry extending his hand.
"Same for you." Said Cedric shaking it.
"Great game, boys." Said Albus going with them to the place where the teens were.
"Thanks." Said both Seekers at the same time.
"I hope that there will be a rematch." Said hopefully Amos.
"So do I." Said both of them at the same time with big smiles.
"I'm sure that if you are selected for Gryffindor you'll enter the team!" Exclaimed Mary smiling to her brother.
"Alicia would be nuts if she doesn't allow him to enter!" Said Cedric very sure of his words.
"Let's go inside." Suggested Remus leading the way back to the Castle.
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"Harry, why were you so nervous when you saw Cedric?" Asked Lily to her son when both Diggorys had left the Castle.
"Later." Said the teen in a tone that left no place for arguments.
"What's wrong?" Asked the woman worried.
"Don't want to talk about it, mom. Not yet." Said Harry flatly.
Lily saw that Harry wasn't going to talk about it, so she dropped the matter till a better moment. She sighed deeply, her son had more secrets that anyone and it was obvious that he wasn't ready to tell them yet.
"Before I forget, Happy birthday." Said Lily changing the subject to one more happy.
"Thanks." Said Harry blushing a little.
"Did you get some gift before you dissapeared from your home?" Asked Lily curious.
"Yes, 2: a book from Hermione that I have in my room and a watch from Ron." Said Harry showing his mother the wristwatch with the drawing of a Golden Snitch that he had in his left wrist.
"What book?" Asked Mary listening her brotyher's words when she entered to the quarters where he and Lily were.
"It's "Hogwarts: A History of Quidditch." If my friends learnt something from me in 4 years of friendship and of School together, is that I love the Quidditch." Smiled Harry going to his room and returning with the book.
"Did you read it yet?" Asked Lily beggining to scan it quickly.
"I read that kind of books before I go to sleep or when I'm bored! I haven't started any of the ones that I bought." Laughed Harry before he asked: "Can you get me a list of the School's books for this year? I want to see if any of the ones that I bought will work here this year."
"Give me the list and I'll check it with Minerva later." Said Lily after thinking a few minutes.
"OK." Said Harry before he went to his room and returned with the Hogwarts' letter of that year.
"Minerva named you Prefect?!" Asked Lily shocked when she read the letter and saw the badge.
"In a madness attack, yes." Laughed Harry.
"Who suffered a madness attack?" Asked Albus entering with the other adults to the room.
"Minerva named him Prefect for this year!" Laughed Lily giving them the letter.
"Why would I have suffered a madness attack?" Asked Minerva sternly.
"You are talking with one of the persons who breaks more rule at the School than anyone!" Said Harry with an evil grin.
"Your record?" Asked James interested.
"More than 150 in Second year. And that year I was almost expelled too." Said Harry shrugging at the memory.
"What did you do to break so many rules?" Asked the Marauders and Paul very interested in his words.
"You don't want to know it, believe me." Said Harry shrugging a little.
"We do." Said sternly Lily, Minerva and Albus.
"So do we." Said the rest of the adults and both teens really amused.
"Is any of you propense to suffer heart attacks?" Asked Harry seeing that there wasn't a way to avoid this.
"No, why?" Asked Lily confused, meanwhile the others shook their head in answer to the question.
"You'll know soon." Mumbled Harry before he asked in a serious tone: "Has any of you heard about the Secret Chamber of Salazar Slytherin?"
"Yes, it's a myte." Said Dumbledore confused.
"It's real. Very, very real. I was there and saw it by myself. I'm the last person who can tell that the Chamber is a myte." Said Harry closing his eyes for a moment.
"Where is it?" Asked Dumbledore shocked by the news.
"You can enter through Mourning Myrtle's Bathroom. It's complicated. And I don't have any plan to return there in a LONG time. Possibly NEVER AGAIN in my life." Said Harry who disliked completely the idea of returning there.
"The myte says that there is a monster there. Is it true?" Asked Mary interested.
"A Basilisk." Said Harry simply.
"Wow." Said Mary impressed.
"I don't understand something. How did you enter there? The only way to enter, according to the myte, is that you have to be a Heir of Slytherin or that you can speak Parsel." Said Minerva thinking a little.
"I can speak Parsel." Said Harry simply.
"What?!?!" Asked all of them shocked and almost falling from their seats.
"I. Can. Speak. Parsel." Said Harry remarking all the words carefully.
"How?" Asked all of them shocked at the same time.
"When Voldemort tried to kill me and failed, besides giving me the scar in my forehead he passed some... abbilities of him to me. That's how I'm able to speak it." Explained Harry tiredly.
"Wow." Said Lily completely shocked. Harry just smiled tiredly.
"You broke more than 150 rules just for that?" Asked James when he recovered from the shock.
"It was just the last part. The other is a kind of funny story." Laughed Harry for a moment.
"What happened?" Asked Remus interested.
Harry took breath and began to tell them the whole story: the problem with the barrier, the car's trip, the arrival to the School, the petryfied persons, the Quidditch match, the Bludger, the Duel and the discovery of the abbility to speak Parsel, the Polyjuice Potion, the steal to Snape, the visit to Aragog, and the adventure at the Chamber.
"Wow." Was the only thing that they could say.
"That's how you met Fawkes." Said Dumbledore when he finished the story.
"That's when he saved me. I had met him before Christmas." Said Harry with a smile at the memory of that day.
"Ineteresting." Said his Gradfather. Harry just gave him a little smile.
"Another intetesting stories?" Asked Paul, anxious to know more about his brother.
"Plenty." Said Harry hiding a smile.
"All of them as dangerous as that?" Asked Lily fearing the answer.
"Some of them are more dangerous, actually." Said Harry misteriously.
"Tell us!" Asked the old Marauders and Paul.
"Not today." Said the teen flatly.
"Does any of them involve Cedric?" Asked Lily returning to the previous chat.
"One or two." Said Harry closing his eyes not wanting to think about it.
The others saw that Harry didn't want to talk more about his School year so they dropped the matter quickly. Lily felt that something very bad had happened in the stories that involved Cedric and his son, but she didn't have any way to know it, not till her son decided to tell them. She had to wait till he wanted to do it.
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At dinner, all the adults surprised Harry maing a little birthday party. Harry was shocked that they rememberd it, but hid it very well.
After they ate, Harry began to open his gifts: There was one of his parents, Minerva, Albus, Sirius, Remus Mary and Paul. His parents gave him a Snitch with a chain, so he could have it around his neck always. His granfather a perch for his new pet. When he saw it, he remembered about his new owl.
"What happened to the owl that came with me?" Asked Harry suddenly.
"She's at the owlery." Said Lily. Harry sighed in relief.
"What's her name?" Asked Lily curious.
"She hasn't name yet. I bought her along the other things at the Alley." Explained Harry sheepisly.
"What didn't you buy at the Alley the last time that you were there?" Asked Mary confused.
"My wand and this." Said Harry and he went to his room and returned with the Invisibity Cloak. He had had it with him when the Attack had happened.
"You have a cloak like dad!" Exclaimed Paul shocked.
"It was his cloak in my Universe. I got it in my first year." Explained Harry opening Sirius gift: a bag full of pranks.
"I hope you used it a lot." Said James seriously while his son opened a book of Seekers that was from Remus.
"The cloak along the Map, that I got in Third, became my 2 most principal tools to break rules." Said Harry grinning evilly.
"Do you have the Map here too?" Asked Paul interested.
"It was confiscated last year. Well, sort of." Explained Harry thinking about Moody.
"You are full of surprises!" Exclaimed Sirius laughing.
"And secrets too." Thought Harry to himself, opening Minerva's gift: a pair of leather gloves. Harry smile to his Godmother and put them. They fit perfectly.
All the adults understood the reason of the gift, along with Harry: it would hide the scars in his wrists. In that way nobody would know about the suicide attempt unless he said it. On the other hand, Mary and Paul looked surprised by the gift and wondered the reason of that one. But they didn't have any idea of it.
Harry burst out in laughter when he opened Mary's gift. All of them looked the book to find a reason, but they only became more confused. The book was "Hogwarts: a History." Lily asked Harry the reason of the laugh. Mary looked confused and a little hurt by her brother's reaction.
"Sorry, it's a inner joke." Explained Harry when he controlled his laughter.
"Care to share it with us?" Asked Albus amused and confused.
"My best friend Hermione has read this book so many times that she must know it of memory and always tried to convince me and Ron to read it. I must have heard the phrase "You can't apparate or dissaparate inside Hogwarts" at least 1000000 times in 5 years." Explained Harry with a smile.
"Same here from her!" Exclaimed James, Sirius and Remus pointing to Lily and Paul to her sister, all of them at the same time.
"I know that feeling, believe me." Laughed Harry opening Paul's: another bag of pranks.
"Many books you have to read!" Laughed Paul remembering the pile in his room.
"Yes, I do. I only read them when I'm bored or don't have nothing else to do or when no one bothers me." Laughed Harry putting the gifts aside.
"Why did you buy books about Ancient Runes? I saw a few ones in your room." Asked Lily curious.
"A question: who's Divination's Professor here?" Asked Harry hoping that it wasn't Trelawney.
"Your favourite one: Sybil Trelawney." Said Albus amused.
"Can you make a change in my classes? I want to drop Divination and take Runes. I was going to do it in my Universe." Pleaded Harry to Minerva and Albus.
"We'll arrange it." Said McGonagall amused by Harry's reaction.
"Is that bad?" Asked Paul terrified after he heard his brother's words about Divination.
"When your Professor predicts your death every class since your first one with her, yes." Groaned Harry.
"Luckily I choose Care of Magical Creatures and Aritmancy for my selectives." Said Mary with relief.
"Which is your other selective?" Asked Lily interested.
"Care of Magical Creatures. I've had encounters with many of them in and out of classes." Said Harry remembering all the beast that he had found in his School.
"Which ones?" Asked James interested.
"Let's remember: a Ridgeback Norweigan and Centaurs in my First year, a Basilisk and Acromantulas in my Second, Hypogrifs and a few other ones in third, Skrewts, a Hungarian Hormtail, Unicorns and another few ones in Fourth. Yes, they are all of them." Answered the teen thinking about all of the creatures that he had met.
"How did you met a Dragon in First year?" Asked Minerva shocked.
"Hagrid got one ilegally." Explained Harry with a smile at the memory of Norbert.
"Hagrid got his wish!" Laughed Remus along the others.
"He really loved Norbert. And how could I forget about Fluffy the 3 headed dog?" Said Harry amused by everyone's shocked face when they heard this.
"Norbert?! Fluffy?!" Asked all of them shocked.
"Hagrid really loves giving strange names to his creatures." Laughed Harry.
"Does he have Fang with him there?" Asked James.
"Yes, but that dog is a complete coward." Said Harry remembering the times that he went with Fang to the Forest.
"Nothing has changed." Laughed Minerva.
The rest of the night passed with more stories, jokes pranks and laughs. Near 22.30 everyone went to sleep really tired from the fun and the party. Harry fell asleep 5 minutes after his head touched the pillow.
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At 3.30, Lily woke up suddenly. She didn't know why, but something inside her, told her that something was wrong. James was snoring next to her, so she decided to check the kids. Mary was sleeping quiet and peacefully in her room. Paul was sldo doing that. But Harry wasn't in his bed. And it was all wet from sweat.
Worried she took the Marauder's Map and checked it, looking for her son. She found him in the kitchens. Putting a robe over her, she went there to see him and to know what was wrong.
"Hi, mom." Said Harry without looking her, when she entered the kitchens a few minutes later. He had a cup of hot chocolate in his hands and looked nervous and altered.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Asked Lily sitting next to him.
"I had a nightmare." Said Harry simply drinking more of his drink.
"Want to talk about it?" Asked the woman taking a cup of coffee too.
"Cedric." Said the teen closing his eyes.
"What's wrong with Mr. Diggory?" Asked Albus, entering in that moment, listening Harry's word.
"Cedric has an own category in my nighmares." Said Harry with a tear in his eyes.
"What do you mean with that?" Asked Lily confused and worried.
"He's one of the reasons why I tried to do it." Said Harry. Both of the adults knew that he was talking about the suicide.
"What happened between you and him?" Asked Albus concerned.
"I met him in my Third Year." Began Harry to tell, "to be precise in the match that I lost. He was Hufflepuff's Seeker. I was told that he wanted to repeat the game. He caught the Snitch without noticing my fall. He was considered as a hero. He was the one who defeated the big Harry Potter at Quidditch. It was a madness!
"In our next game against Ravenclaw, I met a girl. I had a cush with her. Her name is Cho Chang. She's pretty and I liked her in that moment although I never had the will to ask her to date.
"Last year, Cedric was chosen as the Hogwarts' Champion for the Tournament. I entered the Tournament ilegally. Someone made me enter. The rivalry among the Houses reached to a new level after that. It was everyone against Gryffindor. Hufflepuff had an own Champion to cheer. Slytherin would never support a Gryffindor and much less me. Ravenclaw supported Hufflepuff. And Gryffindor was with me and against the others. You can imagine the mess." Said Harry stopping to drink more coffee and let the adults understand everything.
"It's isn't hard to do it." Said Dumbledore after a few minutes of silence.
"If I hadn't enough problems with that, Ron turned his back to me thinking that I had put my name. I had a problem and Sirius wan't writing. To make the things worse, a reporter, Rita Skeeter, wrote an article about the Tournament and mentioned only me. Cedric wasn't named." Continued the teen.
"It was like adding more fuel to the fire." Said Lily with anger.
"You said it." Sighed Harry before he went on with his story, "A few days before the First Task, Hagrid showed me what was it: Dragons." Said the boy seriously before he laughed a little and added: "There's a funny story with that, I'll tell it later."
"Continue." Said Dumbledore interested in the story and curious about the funny part.
"If there is a thing that I'm not, it is being selfish. The task was on that Tuesday and I knew about the Dragons on Saturday. That Monday I told it to Cedric. It made the thing easy for me. He talked to his Housemates after the Task and convinced them to leave me alone and in peace. That's something that I'll thank him always.
"I guess that you wonder why I mentioned Cho, right?" When Albus and Lily nodded, Harry went on: "I asked her to go with me to the Yule Ball of that Cristmas. The problem was that she was Cedric's girlfriend. So, bye Cho.
"Cedric returned me the favor helping me to solve the egg that gave a clue for the Second task. With that we were at hand. After the Task, both of us had the same points and it was a competence to win. Now, no one owed the other nothing.
"Rita continued with the articles hitting 2 of the persons that means more for me: Hagrid and Hermione. Touch my friends, and I don't answer of myself. She wrote bullshits about Hagrid being Half-Giant and said things, that I don't want to remember. With Hermione, she invented a love triangle between me, she and one of the other Champions, Viktor Krum. The people bought the stories and it was another mess worse that the previous.
"A few days before the Third Task, I had a dream of Voldemort at Divination. Rita knew it and wrote another article saying that I was mentally unstable, that imagined things and more bullshits. This article hit more that the others. Suddenly I passed from being a hero to be a madman.
"The night of the Third Task everything changed. When we entered, we took different paths at the maze. In a moment of it, I heard to Fleur Dellacour, the other Champion, scream but I followed. Later, Krum put Cedric under the Cruciatus and I stuuned him saving Cedric. We followed our ways, but we found again at the end.
"To make it short, we fought a giant spider and when we were doing it, I broke my ankle. We were near the Cup, so who took it was the winner. Like I couldn't walk, I told him to take it. I was injured, in bad mood and the only thing that I wanted was to finish that damn Tournament. The problem was that he wanted to me to take it. So we discussed about who would take it, till I proposed to take it together." Told Harry drinking more coffee.
"Both of you would be the winner, it would be a tie and Hogwarts would be the winner School." Said Albus understanding everything that had happened in Harry's mind at that moment.
"Yes." Said Harry before beggining the tale again: "What we didn't know was that the Cup was a Portkey that took us to where Voldemort was. When we arrived, he ordered Wormtail to kill Cedric. He fell death in the momen, meanwhile I saw it and couldn't do nothing.
"Voldemort did a Potion to recuperate his body and used my blood to do it. After that he called a Death Eaters meeting and we dueled. Do you know what happens when you make fight 2 sisters wands?" Asked Harry to his mother and Grandfather.
"Yes, a Priori Incantatem." Said Dumbledore, but in that moment he realised what had happened.
"Oh my god!" Exclaimed Lily realizing it too.
"Exactly. From Voldemort's wand left the echoes of Cedric, an old Muggle, a woman and you and dad. It was shocking, I can tell you. Dad told me how to escape and cedric asked me to bring his body back to the School. I run to his body, took it and summoned the Cup, who brought me back to the School.
"Here I knew what had really happened and that Moody was a Death Eater impossing him. I went to your office," Said Harry to his Grandfather, "told you the whole story and went to the Hospital Wing. There went Fudge and denied everything, using the excuse of Skeeter's article. That meant the beggining of a big rift between the School and the Ministry. If I'm not wrong, before my trial, the things between you and Fudge were... tense to say the least." Laughed a little Harry.
"What happened at your trial that changed the things so much?" Asked Lily interested and curious.
"I played everything that had happened that night, and a few other incidents, using the Imagus Mentalus Charm. We discovered that Fudge was a Death Eater and before I fainted by the tiredness that I was feeling, I called him to testify and asked him if he was one or not. When I woke up, the Judge of my trial told me that he was waiting a trial for being one. When I came here, we were without Minister thanks to my trial and my testimony." Laughed harry finishing his coffee.
"You left the Wizarding World without Minister?" Asked Minerva shocked, entering the kitchens and listening his last words.
"I told you, I wreak havoc without pranks." Said the teen with an evil grin.
"That's why you were so tense and nervous when you saw him today." Said Lily thinking a little.
"Yep, in a way I still feel responsible for his death. Seeing him here, made the things a little worse." Said Harry checking his watch. He was shocked, it was almost 5.30. He stood up and said: "I'll go to sleep a while, If I still can do it." Without waiting an answer from the 3 adults, he left the kitchens and went to the rooms.
"It was hard." Said Albus when he left.
"I guess that his depression added to my family and Sirius and Remus' deaths pushed him to the limit. I can't blame him. I guess that I would think about suicide in his position too." Said Lily before he returned to her room.
When she reached there, the first thing that she did was check his son. Harry had fallen asleep again. Lily smiled and casted a charm that would make him sleep at least for another 12 hours. She knew that he needed that. After she did it, she returned to her bed and tried to sleep a little more.
"Shhh, you'll wake them!" Whispered James to Sirius walking to Harry's bed next morning.
Harry, who had became a light sleeper, mostly due to the nightmares and dreams he had had that summer, woke up by the noise done by both of them. It was obvious that they wanted revenge from the prank of the previous day and Harry was sure that they were going to wake him in an umpleasant way.
"Paul sleeps through a war. If Harry is like you, he'll sleep trought it too. Don't worry, Prongs." Whispered back Sirius.
Without being noticed by his father and Godfather, Harry pointed his wand to the Marauders and whispered a few words to them and casted a shield around him. With that done, he went on faking his sleep.
"Do you have the pitcher with you?" Asked Sirius to James.
"Yes, full of icy water!" Laughed softly James before he emptied it over Harry's head. When the water hit the shield, it returned to both of them wetting them completely.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Screamed both pranksters at the same time when the icy water hit them.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Asked Lily angrily entering the room.
"The pranksters found someone who is a very light sleeper and knows a lot about shields." Explained Harry removing the shield from him.
"And about pranks too, I see!" Laughed Lily seeing her son's work on her husband and friend.
"I always liked Little Red Hood and Snow White." Said Harry smiling innocently.
James was wearing a red dress with a hood and he had in his hand a basket of food. Sirius was wearing a white dress and had a tray full of apples in his hand. Both of them looked in horror when they saw each other.
"If you don't want to be hexed, I suggest you to leave now!" Threatened Harry to the 3 adults with his wand.
"When shall we return to the normalcy?" Asked James. When he finished the phrase he took his hands to the mouth, he had spoken as a little girl. This sent Harry and Lily to a fit of giggles.
"Later." Mumbled Harry before he fell asleep again.
The 3 adults left the room quietly and left the 2 boys sleeping a while more. When Remus, Albus and Minerva, who were waiting for them, saw James and Sirius, burst out in laughter at that sight. It took them almost 5 minutes to be able to control themselves again.
"And he says that he's not a prankster!" Said Albus with amusement in his voice.
"I guess that here he feels more free that at his own home." Said Lily drinking a little of tea.
"You don't surprise that boy easily. He said that he's a very light sleeper and knows about shields." Said James trying to sound different that the girl's voice that hs son had given him. Unfortunately he didn't have much sucess on that mission.
"Nice voice, James." Laughed Minerva amused.
"What the hell was all that noise in the room?" Asked Paul, still half asleep, half awake.
"Language!" Scolded his parents.
"What happened to you, dad?" Asked surprised Paul when he saw his father and Sirius.
"Harry's worse than you!" Exclaimed Sirius with his girlish voice.
Paul burst out in laughter after hearing that. He looked at them again, and began to roll in laughter. He couldn't avoid it, it was very hilarious to see that.
"FLASH!"
Everyone turned to see Harry with a camera in his hands and pointing it at his father and Godfather with a naughty smile in his lips. This sent Paul and the other adults in a fit of laughter again.
"Next time you do it, this will look like a prank of first year students!" Threatened Harry with his wand, before he said the counter course and both of the adults returned to their normal self.
"How can he do magic during the hollydays and Mary and me can't?" Asked Paul confused.
"Technically, I'm not a student here. At least, not yet." Said Harry without avoiding a little yawn.
"Uh?" Asked Mary confused entering in the room and hearing Harry's words.
"Meanwhile you explain them all of this, I'll take a shower." Said Harry to the adults, before he added to his mother: "Please, don't do what you did the last time." Then he went to the bathroom.
Meanwhile the adults began to explain everything about Harry to Mary and Paul, the boy took a long shower. He needed it. Meanwhile he was doing it, he began to think about this world and a question jumped in his mind: what happened with Voldemort here? Did he die that night with him or he was still alive? He decided to ask it later, not yet. He wanted to enjoy these moments as much as he could and Voldemort couldn't ruin it now.
"So, you are our brother?" Asked Mary when Harry returned to where the adults and the kids were waiting him.
"Yep. Nice to see you, sister." Said Harry with a smile.
"Can you teach me to do the things that you did to Dad??" Asked Paul with his eyes blazing in interest.
"You are too young to do that." Scolded James, who was terrified with the idea of Paul learning that kind of pranks.
"Sorry, but those tricks stay with me." Said Harry with a mischievious smile.
"Pity." Said Paul with a pout.
"What time is it?" Asked Harry with a little yawn.
"Almost 9.30, time for breakfast." Said Remus checking his watch.
"Wait a minute." Said Harry and went to his room and took his broom and followed them.
"I'll take mine too!" Exclaimed Mary and Paul at the same time going to their rooms and returning 5 minutes later with 2 Nimbus 2001.
"Let's go." Said Lily and everyone went to the Hall.
****
After breakfast, Harry and the others went to the Quidditch Pitch. Harry had a big smile when he saw it, it was one of his most favourite places at the School. Without waiting to Mary or Paul, he kicked the floor and began to fly.
It was the best thing that he ever felt! He flown around the pitch at top speed and everything and everyone became blurry things. He went to 40 meters above the level of the floor, and went in a dive at the top of the broom's speed.
"What is he doing?" Wondered everyone watching his dive when he was only 10 meters over the floor.
"He'll crash!" Exclaimed Lily scared when he was 5 meters of the floor.
Only 1 meter before he crashed to the floor, he pulled up his broom in a 180 degrees turn and went again to the position that he had taken before his dive. He laughed and went on flying getting as much fun as he could.
"That was incredible!" Exclaimed Sirius watching his dive.
"Superb!" Exclaimed Paul impressed by his brother's abilities.
"Well, now we know why he entered in the team in his first year!" Exclaimed Albus to Lily and James.
"He plays since first year?!" Asked the others shocked.
"He told it when we talked in Albus' Office yesterday." Explained James while Harry went in another dive.
Harry went on flying for another 45 minutes before he landed near the adults. He had a wide smile in his lips and looked really happy after the fly.
"I REALLY needed that!" Exclaimed Harry sitting next to them.
"Do you always dive like that?" Asked James shocked.
"Sometimes. This summer I've been practicing the Wronski Feint. I'll try to do it if I play here." Said Harry with a smile.
"Can I try the broom?" Asked Paul anxiously.
"Sure, but be careful. I bought it 2 days ago!" Said Harry giving the broom to his brother.
"Thanks." Exclaimed the boy kicking off and beggining to fly.
"Which broom did you use before?" Asked Mary watching Paul fly.
"I began with a Nimbus 2000 but was destroyed by the Whomping Willow in my Third year. Then I began to play with a Firebolt, but was destroyed this summer. I had to go to the Alley a few days ago and bought this one, following an advice from a friend." Explained Harry to his sister, before he asked her: "What position do you play?"
"I'm Gryffindor's Keeper. I entered in the Team last year." Explained the girl with a big smile.
"Who are the other players?" Asked Harry interested in know if the players from here were the same that the ones of his Universe.
"The Seeker, who was bad, graduated last year. Maybe you can enter the team this year. The Beaters are 2 twins, Fred and..." Began Mary but Harry finished for her.
"George Weasley, I know them. At least where I come from." Said the boy before he added: "The Chasers are Katie Bell, Alicia Spinnet and Angelina Jonhson, right?"
"Yes, how do you know?" Asked the girl surprised.
"In my Universe are the same ones. You entered in the team when Oliver Wood graduated, right?" Mary nodded. "Who's the Captain now? The last one for us was Oliver. We didn't have Quidditch last year, so we don't have one right now." Finished his explanation Harry.
"Alicia took his place as Captain. She's hard at the trainings, believe me." Shrugged Mary.
"It's obvious that you didn't have Oliver Wood as Captain! He was hard!" Said Harry shrugging at the memories of Wood as his Captain.
"Fred always says that Alicia is worse than him!" Laughed Mary.
"That's something then!" Laughed Harry when Paul landed and gave him back the broom.
"It's great!" Was the only thing that he could say when he returned the broom.
"I know that!" Laughed Harry before he said to Mary: "Want to try it?" Mary just took it and kicked off.
"You scared me with your dive." Said Lily sitting with her sons.
"You should have seen McGonagall's face in my first class of flight, then!" Laughed Harry.
"Who taught you to dive like that?" Asked Remus going to sit with them.
"I'm natural. My strongest point are the dives."
"We didn't realize it." Said Lily sarcastically.
"Lily! Remus!" Exclaimed a man going to the group.
Harry turned to see the man and tensed up inmediately. The man was Amos Diggory and with him was Cedric. Then he remembered that the Tournament hadn't happened here and he shouldn't have died like in his world. But he couldn't avoid tensing up when he saw them.
Lily noticed this and shot her son a questioning look, that Harry pretended not seeing. Lily dropped the matter promising herself to ask him later about it.
"Amos! Cedric! Nice to see you!" Exclaimed Remus shaking their hands.
"Who did that dive?" Asked Cedric after they shook hands.
"Me. Harry Potter, nice to meet you." Smiled Harry shaking Cedric's hand.
"Long story, Amos." Said Lily to Mr. Diggory when he sent questioning and confused looks to both adults.
"Where did you learn to do that?" Asked Cedric to Harry forgetting about the adults.
"Somewhere." Said Harry misteriously.
"Tell me that you are Seeker, please."
"Youngest one in the Century at my old School."
"It was incredible!"
"They think the same." Laughed Harry pointing to his mother and Remus.
"Want to play a game? Just Seekers, you and me and the Snitch." Challenged Cedric to Harry.
"Mary, come down! I need the broom!" Shouted Harry to his sister, before he turned to Cedric: "Get the Snitch and your broom and we start it!"
"You have a deal!" Said Cedric before he went to get his broom and the box of balls.
"I'll tell the others." Said Remus going back to the Castle.
"What's up?" Asked Mary when she landed. She looked a little disappointed that she had to stop so soon.
"Harry and Diggory will play a challenge between them!" Said Paul interested.
"Any bets?" Asked Sirius reaching them.
"1 Galleon for Harry." Said Albus giving the money to the prankster.
"Same here." Said Lily, James and Remus doing the same that Albus.
"5 for my son." Said Amos giving the money to Sirius.
"I'll bet another Galleon to Harry so we'll get 10 Galleons." Said Sirius counting the money and adding his bet.
"Minerva?" Asked Lily to the Head of Gryffindor.
"No, thanks. I don't bet." Said McGonagall seeing Cedric reaching the Pitch with a Firebolt.
"Who will release the Snitch?" Asked Harry after he and Cedric went to the center of the Pitch and shook hands.
"I will." Said Mary going to them with the box.
Both of them mounted the brooms and waited the signal to kick off. When Mary gave it and released the Snitch, both teens kicked off and began to fly looking for the ball.
Meanwhile he was trying to see it, Harry began to practice some movements. Cedric saw him and tried some of them too, although not all of them were done perfectly.
"Let's try the Feint!" Thought Harry diving at high speed, but enough for Cedric to reach to him.
They were head to head straight to the floor, and Cedric hadn't realised what Harry was doing and followed him. Almost 1 meter before the floor, Harry pulled up his broom from the dive. Cedric wasn't fast enough and crashed. Harry smiled at that and went on looking for the Snitch.
"Great Wronski Feint!" Exclaimed Remus seeing the move.
"Yes." Said Amos recovering from the shock and seeing his son standing, dizzily, and kicking off again to continue playing.
"Great Feint!" Said Cedric when he was flying near Harry.
"Thanks!" Said Harry before diving again. This time he had seen the Snitch and went after it.
Cedric, who saw it too, went after him inmediately. Both of them were head to head once more and this time was for real and for a Feint. 10 meters before the floor, Harry caught it and pulled up his hand showing that he had done it and the game was finished. Both Seekers landed with great smiles by the game that they had played, although in Cedric's face there was a little of disspointment because he had lost.
"Great game." Said Harry extending his hand.
"Same for you." Said Cedric shaking it.
"Great game, boys." Said Albus going with them to the place where the teens were.
"Thanks." Said both Seekers at the same time.
"I hope that there will be a rematch." Said hopefully Amos.
"So do I." Said both of them at the same time with big smiles.
"I'm sure that if you are selected for Gryffindor you'll enter the team!" Exclaimed Mary smiling to her brother.
"Alicia would be nuts if she doesn't allow him to enter!" Said Cedric very sure of his words.
"Let's go inside." Suggested Remus leading the way back to the Castle.
****
"Harry, why were you so nervous when you saw Cedric?" Asked Lily to her son when both Diggorys had left the Castle.
"Later." Said the teen in a tone that left no place for arguments.
"What's wrong?" Asked the woman worried.
"Don't want to talk about it, mom. Not yet." Said Harry flatly.
Lily saw that Harry wasn't going to talk about it, so she dropped the matter till a better moment. She sighed deeply, her son had more secrets that anyone and it was obvious that he wasn't ready to tell them yet.
"Before I forget, Happy birthday." Said Lily changing the subject to one more happy.
"Thanks." Said Harry blushing a little.
"Did you get some gift before you dissapeared from your home?" Asked Lily curious.
"Yes, 2: a book from Hermione that I have in my room and a watch from Ron." Said Harry showing his mother the wristwatch with the drawing of a Golden Snitch that he had in his left wrist.
"What book?" Asked Mary listening her brotyher's words when she entered to the quarters where he and Lily were.
"It's "Hogwarts: A History of Quidditch." If my friends learnt something from me in 4 years of friendship and of School together, is that I love the Quidditch." Smiled Harry going to his room and returning with the book.
"Did you read it yet?" Asked Lily beggining to scan it quickly.
"I read that kind of books before I go to sleep or when I'm bored! I haven't started any of the ones that I bought." Laughed Harry before he asked: "Can you get me a list of the School's books for this year? I want to see if any of the ones that I bought will work here this year."
"Give me the list and I'll check it with Minerva later." Said Lily after thinking a few minutes.
"OK." Said Harry before he went to his room and returned with the Hogwarts' letter of that year.
"Minerva named you Prefect?!" Asked Lily shocked when she read the letter and saw the badge.
"In a madness attack, yes." Laughed Harry.
"Who suffered a madness attack?" Asked Albus entering with the other adults to the room.
"Minerva named him Prefect for this year!" Laughed Lily giving them the letter.
"Why would I have suffered a madness attack?" Asked Minerva sternly.
"You are talking with one of the persons who breaks more rule at the School than anyone!" Said Harry with an evil grin.
"Your record?" Asked James interested.
"More than 150 in Second year. And that year I was almost expelled too." Said Harry shrugging at the memory.
"What did you do to break so many rules?" Asked the Marauders and Paul very interested in his words.
"You don't want to know it, believe me." Said Harry shrugging a little.
"We do." Said sternly Lily, Minerva and Albus.
"So do we." Said the rest of the adults and both teens really amused.
"Is any of you propense to suffer heart attacks?" Asked Harry seeing that there wasn't a way to avoid this.
"No, why?" Asked Lily confused, meanwhile the others shook their head in answer to the question.
"You'll know soon." Mumbled Harry before he asked in a serious tone: "Has any of you heard about the Secret Chamber of Salazar Slytherin?"
"Yes, it's a myte." Said Dumbledore confused.
"It's real. Very, very real. I was there and saw it by myself. I'm the last person who can tell that the Chamber is a myte." Said Harry closing his eyes for a moment.
"Where is it?" Asked Dumbledore shocked by the news.
"You can enter through Mourning Myrtle's Bathroom. It's complicated. And I don't have any plan to return there in a LONG time. Possibly NEVER AGAIN in my life." Said Harry who disliked completely the idea of returning there.
"The myte says that there is a monster there. Is it true?" Asked Mary interested.
"A Basilisk." Said Harry simply.
"Wow." Said Mary impressed.
"I don't understand something. How did you enter there? The only way to enter, according to the myte, is that you have to be a Heir of Slytherin or that you can speak Parsel." Said Minerva thinking a little.
"I can speak Parsel." Said Harry simply.
"What?!?!" Asked all of them shocked and almost falling from their seats.
"I. Can. Speak. Parsel." Said Harry remarking all the words carefully.
"How?" Asked all of them shocked at the same time.
"When Voldemort tried to kill me and failed, besides giving me the scar in my forehead he passed some... abbilities of him to me. That's how I'm able to speak it." Explained Harry tiredly.
"Wow." Said Lily completely shocked. Harry just smiled tiredly.
"You broke more than 150 rules just for that?" Asked James when he recovered from the shock.
"It was just the last part. The other is a kind of funny story." Laughed Harry for a moment.
"What happened?" Asked Remus interested.
Harry took breath and began to tell them the whole story: the problem with the barrier, the car's trip, the arrival to the School, the petryfied persons, the Quidditch match, the Bludger, the Duel and the discovery of the abbility to speak Parsel, the Polyjuice Potion, the steal to Snape, the visit to Aragog, and the adventure at the Chamber.
"Wow." Was the only thing that they could say.
"That's how you met Fawkes." Said Dumbledore when he finished the story.
"That's when he saved me. I had met him before Christmas." Said Harry with a smile at the memory of that day.
"Ineteresting." Said his Gradfather. Harry just gave him a little smile.
"Another intetesting stories?" Asked Paul, anxious to know more about his brother.
"Plenty." Said Harry hiding a smile.
"All of them as dangerous as that?" Asked Lily fearing the answer.
"Some of them are more dangerous, actually." Said Harry misteriously.
"Tell us!" Asked the old Marauders and Paul.
"Not today." Said the teen flatly.
"Does any of them involve Cedric?" Asked Lily returning to the previous chat.
"One or two." Said Harry closing his eyes not wanting to think about it.
The others saw that Harry didn't want to talk more about his School year so they dropped the matter quickly. Lily felt that something very bad had happened in the stories that involved Cedric and his son, but she didn't have any way to know it, not till her son decided to tell them. She had to wait till he wanted to do it.
****
At dinner, all the adults surprised Harry maing a little birthday party. Harry was shocked that they rememberd it, but hid it very well.
After they ate, Harry began to open his gifts: There was one of his parents, Minerva, Albus, Sirius, Remus Mary and Paul. His parents gave him a Snitch with a chain, so he could have it around his neck always. His granfather a perch for his new pet. When he saw it, he remembered about his new owl.
"What happened to the owl that came with me?" Asked Harry suddenly.
"She's at the owlery." Said Lily. Harry sighed in relief.
"What's her name?" Asked Lily curious.
"She hasn't name yet. I bought her along the other things at the Alley." Explained Harry sheepisly.
"What didn't you buy at the Alley the last time that you were there?" Asked Mary confused.
"My wand and this." Said Harry and he went to his room and returned with the Invisibity Cloak. He had had it with him when the Attack had happened.
"You have a cloak like dad!" Exclaimed Paul shocked.
"It was his cloak in my Universe. I got it in my first year." Explained Harry opening Sirius gift: a bag full of pranks.
"I hope you used it a lot." Said James seriously while his son opened a book of Seekers that was from Remus.
"The cloak along the Map, that I got in Third, became my 2 most principal tools to break rules." Said Harry grinning evilly.
"Do you have the Map here too?" Asked Paul interested.
"It was confiscated last year. Well, sort of." Explained Harry thinking about Moody.
"You are full of surprises!" Exclaimed Sirius laughing.
"And secrets too." Thought Harry to himself, opening Minerva's gift: a pair of leather gloves. Harry smile to his Godmother and put them. They fit perfectly.
All the adults understood the reason of the gift, along with Harry: it would hide the scars in his wrists. In that way nobody would know about the suicide attempt unless he said it. On the other hand, Mary and Paul looked surprised by the gift and wondered the reason of that one. But they didn't have any idea of it.
Harry burst out in laughter when he opened Mary's gift. All of them looked the book to find a reason, but they only became more confused. The book was "Hogwarts: a History." Lily asked Harry the reason of the laugh. Mary looked confused and a little hurt by her brother's reaction.
"Sorry, it's a inner joke." Explained Harry when he controlled his laughter.
"Care to share it with us?" Asked Albus amused and confused.
"My best friend Hermione has read this book so many times that she must know it of memory and always tried to convince me and Ron to read it. I must have heard the phrase "You can't apparate or dissaparate inside Hogwarts" at least 1000000 times in 5 years." Explained Harry with a smile.
"Same here from her!" Exclaimed James, Sirius and Remus pointing to Lily and Paul to her sister, all of them at the same time.
"I know that feeling, believe me." Laughed Harry opening Paul's: another bag of pranks.
"Many books you have to read!" Laughed Paul remembering the pile in his room.
"Yes, I do. I only read them when I'm bored or don't have nothing else to do or when no one bothers me." Laughed Harry putting the gifts aside.
"Why did you buy books about Ancient Runes? I saw a few ones in your room." Asked Lily curious.
"A question: who's Divination's Professor here?" Asked Harry hoping that it wasn't Trelawney.
"Your favourite one: Sybil Trelawney." Said Albus amused.
"Can you make a change in my classes? I want to drop Divination and take Runes. I was going to do it in my Universe." Pleaded Harry to Minerva and Albus.
"We'll arrange it." Said McGonagall amused by Harry's reaction.
"Is that bad?" Asked Paul terrified after he heard his brother's words about Divination.
"When your Professor predicts your death every class since your first one with her, yes." Groaned Harry.
"Luckily I choose Care of Magical Creatures and Aritmancy for my selectives." Said Mary with relief.
"Which is your other selective?" Asked Lily interested.
"Care of Magical Creatures. I've had encounters with many of them in and out of classes." Said Harry remembering all the beast that he had found in his School.
"Which ones?" Asked James interested.
"Let's remember: a Ridgeback Norweigan and Centaurs in my First year, a Basilisk and Acromantulas in my Second, Hypogrifs and a few other ones in third, Skrewts, a Hungarian Hormtail, Unicorns and another few ones in Fourth. Yes, they are all of them." Answered the teen thinking about all of the creatures that he had met.
"How did you met a Dragon in First year?" Asked Minerva shocked.
"Hagrid got one ilegally." Explained Harry with a smile at the memory of Norbert.
"Hagrid got his wish!" Laughed Remus along the others.
"He really loved Norbert. And how could I forget about Fluffy the 3 headed dog?" Said Harry amused by everyone's shocked face when they heard this.
"Norbert?! Fluffy?!" Asked all of them shocked.
"Hagrid really loves giving strange names to his creatures." Laughed Harry.
"Does he have Fang with him there?" Asked James.
"Yes, but that dog is a complete coward." Said Harry remembering the times that he went with Fang to the Forest.
"Nothing has changed." Laughed Minerva.
The rest of the night passed with more stories, jokes pranks and laughs. Near 22.30 everyone went to sleep really tired from the fun and the party. Harry fell asleep 5 minutes after his head touched the pillow.
****
At 3.30, Lily woke up suddenly. She didn't know why, but something inside her, told her that something was wrong. James was snoring next to her, so she decided to check the kids. Mary was sleeping quiet and peacefully in her room. Paul was sldo doing that. But Harry wasn't in his bed. And it was all wet from sweat.
Worried she took the Marauder's Map and checked it, looking for her son. She found him in the kitchens. Putting a robe over her, she went there to see him and to know what was wrong.
"Hi, mom." Said Harry without looking her, when she entered the kitchens a few minutes later. He had a cup of hot chocolate in his hands and looked nervous and altered.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Asked Lily sitting next to him.
"I had a nightmare." Said Harry simply drinking more of his drink.
"Want to talk about it?" Asked the woman taking a cup of coffee too.
"Cedric." Said the teen closing his eyes.
"What's wrong with Mr. Diggory?" Asked Albus, entering in that moment, listening Harry's word.
"Cedric has an own category in my nighmares." Said Harry with a tear in his eyes.
"What do you mean with that?" Asked Lily confused and worried.
"He's one of the reasons why I tried to do it." Said Harry. Both of the adults knew that he was talking about the suicide.
"What happened between you and him?" Asked Albus concerned.
"I met him in my Third Year." Began Harry to tell, "to be precise in the match that I lost. He was Hufflepuff's Seeker. I was told that he wanted to repeat the game. He caught the Snitch without noticing my fall. He was considered as a hero. He was the one who defeated the big Harry Potter at Quidditch. It was a madness!
"In our next game against Ravenclaw, I met a girl. I had a cush with her. Her name is Cho Chang. She's pretty and I liked her in that moment although I never had the will to ask her to date.
"Last year, Cedric was chosen as the Hogwarts' Champion for the Tournament. I entered the Tournament ilegally. Someone made me enter. The rivalry among the Houses reached to a new level after that. It was everyone against Gryffindor. Hufflepuff had an own Champion to cheer. Slytherin would never support a Gryffindor and much less me. Ravenclaw supported Hufflepuff. And Gryffindor was with me and against the others. You can imagine the mess." Said Harry stopping to drink more coffee and let the adults understand everything.
"It's isn't hard to do it." Said Dumbledore after a few minutes of silence.
"If I hadn't enough problems with that, Ron turned his back to me thinking that I had put my name. I had a problem and Sirius wan't writing. To make the things worse, a reporter, Rita Skeeter, wrote an article about the Tournament and mentioned only me. Cedric wasn't named." Continued the teen.
"It was like adding more fuel to the fire." Said Lily with anger.
"You said it." Sighed Harry before he went on with his story, "A few days before the First Task, Hagrid showed me what was it: Dragons." Said the boy seriously before he laughed a little and added: "There's a funny story with that, I'll tell it later."
"Continue." Said Dumbledore interested in the story and curious about the funny part.
"If there is a thing that I'm not, it is being selfish. The task was on that Tuesday and I knew about the Dragons on Saturday. That Monday I told it to Cedric. It made the thing easy for me. He talked to his Housemates after the Task and convinced them to leave me alone and in peace. That's something that I'll thank him always.
"I guess that you wonder why I mentioned Cho, right?" When Albus and Lily nodded, Harry went on: "I asked her to go with me to the Yule Ball of that Cristmas. The problem was that she was Cedric's girlfriend. So, bye Cho.
"Cedric returned me the favor helping me to solve the egg that gave a clue for the Second task. With that we were at hand. After the Task, both of us had the same points and it was a competence to win. Now, no one owed the other nothing.
"Rita continued with the articles hitting 2 of the persons that means more for me: Hagrid and Hermione. Touch my friends, and I don't answer of myself. She wrote bullshits about Hagrid being Half-Giant and said things, that I don't want to remember. With Hermione, she invented a love triangle between me, she and one of the other Champions, Viktor Krum. The people bought the stories and it was another mess worse that the previous.
"A few days before the Third Task, I had a dream of Voldemort at Divination. Rita knew it and wrote another article saying that I was mentally unstable, that imagined things and more bullshits. This article hit more that the others. Suddenly I passed from being a hero to be a madman.
"The night of the Third Task everything changed. When we entered, we took different paths at the maze. In a moment of it, I heard to Fleur Dellacour, the other Champion, scream but I followed. Later, Krum put Cedric under the Cruciatus and I stuuned him saving Cedric. We followed our ways, but we found again at the end.
"To make it short, we fought a giant spider and when we were doing it, I broke my ankle. We were near the Cup, so who took it was the winner. Like I couldn't walk, I told him to take it. I was injured, in bad mood and the only thing that I wanted was to finish that damn Tournament. The problem was that he wanted to me to take it. So we discussed about who would take it, till I proposed to take it together." Told Harry drinking more coffee.
"Both of you would be the winner, it would be a tie and Hogwarts would be the winner School." Said Albus understanding everything that had happened in Harry's mind at that moment.
"Yes." Said Harry before beggining the tale again: "What we didn't know was that the Cup was a Portkey that took us to where Voldemort was. When we arrived, he ordered Wormtail to kill Cedric. He fell death in the momen, meanwhile I saw it and couldn't do nothing.
"Voldemort did a Potion to recuperate his body and used my blood to do it. After that he called a Death Eaters meeting and we dueled. Do you know what happens when you make fight 2 sisters wands?" Asked Harry to his mother and Grandfather.
"Yes, a Priori Incantatem." Said Dumbledore, but in that moment he realised what had happened.
"Oh my god!" Exclaimed Lily realizing it too.
"Exactly. From Voldemort's wand left the echoes of Cedric, an old Muggle, a woman and you and dad. It was shocking, I can tell you. Dad told me how to escape and cedric asked me to bring his body back to the School. I run to his body, took it and summoned the Cup, who brought me back to the School.
"Here I knew what had really happened and that Moody was a Death Eater impossing him. I went to your office," Said Harry to his Grandfather, "told you the whole story and went to the Hospital Wing. There went Fudge and denied everything, using the excuse of Skeeter's article. That meant the beggining of a big rift between the School and the Ministry. If I'm not wrong, before my trial, the things between you and Fudge were... tense to say the least." Laughed a little Harry.
"What happened at your trial that changed the things so much?" Asked Lily interested and curious.
"I played everything that had happened that night, and a few other incidents, using the Imagus Mentalus Charm. We discovered that Fudge was a Death Eater and before I fainted by the tiredness that I was feeling, I called him to testify and asked him if he was one or not. When I woke up, the Judge of my trial told me that he was waiting a trial for being one. When I came here, we were without Minister thanks to my trial and my testimony." Laughed harry finishing his coffee.
"You left the Wizarding World without Minister?" Asked Minerva shocked, entering the kitchens and listening his last words.
"I told you, I wreak havoc without pranks." Said the teen with an evil grin.
"That's why you were so tense and nervous when you saw him today." Said Lily thinking a little.
"Yep, in a way I still feel responsible for his death. Seeing him here, made the things a little worse." Said Harry checking his watch. He was shocked, it was almost 5.30. He stood up and said: "I'll go to sleep a while, If I still can do it." Without waiting an answer from the 3 adults, he left the kitchens and went to the rooms.
"It was hard." Said Albus when he left.
"I guess that his depression added to my family and Sirius and Remus' deaths pushed him to the limit. I can't blame him. I guess that I would think about suicide in his position too." Said Lily before he returned to her room.
When she reached there, the first thing that she did was check his son. Harry had fallen asleep again. Lily smiled and casted a charm that would make him sleep at least for another 12 hours. She knew that he needed that. After she did it, she returned to her bed and tried to sleep a little more.