A/N: Ok, sorry I didn't put Harry in the last chapter, it seemed to have
bordered some of you. I have a good reason to not make him the centre-
person of that last chapter. You see, it was about James and Lily getting
together, so naturally, the chapter centred around them. Sorry I didn't
even mention Harry, but I'll make up for it. Enough blabbing, on with the
fic.
The Marauders were sitting at Gryffindor table, eating, well at least Sirius was.
"Wher's Pwongs?"
"Padfoot!" Harry almost yelled.
"Don't speak with a full mouth." Remus said.
"Could you repeat that, so we can understand what you're saying?" Harry asked.
Sirius gulped down his food.
"I asked, where's Prongs."
"Over there." Harry pointed.
Sirius and Remus looked to the entrance of the Great Hall. James was just walking in, his arm around Lily's waist and Lily's head leaning against his arm.
"Do you think what I think?" Sirius asked.
"Do you think at all?" Harry joked and received a glare from Sirius.
"I think you're right, Padfoot. That must be the first time in your live you're actually right." Remus helped Harry.
"Look at Rommy." Harry laughed.
They looked to the Ravenclaw table and soon found Romulus. His was looked like shit, his eyes were shooting daggers and he looked like he wanted to attack James.
"He's still scared of James." Harry sniggered.
"He'd better." Remus laughed. "I don't think he's even got a clue how strong James really is."
"That's what you get when you run around with you." Sirius choked on a piece of toast.
Remus got out his wand, muttered a spell and the piece of toast soared through the air, landing in Romulus' face.
"Who did that?" He yelled
McGonagall had seen the toast come from the Marauders.
"Detention!"
"We didn't do anything." Harry defended.
"That toast came from your direction."
"Sirius was choking." Remus said.
"If Remus hadn't done anything, I would have surely been dead by now." Sirius piped.
"Too true, professor." Frank Longbottom, a seventh year and Head Boy, said.
"Forgive me my mistake."
"Of course, my dear Minerva." Sirius said and the whole student population laughed.
James and Lily reached their friends.
"I can't leave you alone for five minutes, can I?" James tried to look stern.
"Yes, you can. We were good boys, until you two came in and we noticed Romulus face." Harry laughed.
"It was classic, wasn't it?" James cracked up as he and Lily sat down.
Lily smiled.
"He got what was coming to him, that jerk."
"May I remind you, you went out with him?" Sirius asked.
"No you may not and that's before, well."
"Before she knew our secret." James finished.
"You told her?" Remus paled.
"Don't worry, I won't tell." Lily reassured him.
"Thanks."
James pulled Lily into a hug.
"Isn't she great?" And he planted a small kiss on her cheek.
"Now I've lost my appetite, thank you Prongs." Sirius whined.
"Baby."
"Look Sirius, chicken-legs." Harry pointed.
"Gimme." And Sirius began stuffing his mouth full again.
"See, you haven't lost your appetite at all." Harry said triumphal.
"You tricked me!"
Everybody cracked up.
~~~1996~~~
"Professor, I'm scared. Something is definitely not right here." Hermione said.
"I know what you mean, Miss Granger." Dumbledore replied.
"Yeah, it's freaking me out too." Ron stated.
"Headmaster, how come I remember Sirius dying and at the same time remember him surviving?" Remus asked.
"Well, I'm only human and sometimes even I make mistakes."
"What do you mean, professor?" Ron asked.
"I might have been wrong when I said that if Harry changed the past we wouldn't notice it here, because I'm now sure he's in the past."
"Do you mean Harry changed the future?" Hermione looked stunned. "But that's against the law. He knows that."
"Well, I'm remembering strange things happening when the Marauders were in their sixth year, which I was sure didn't happen before Harry disappeared."
"I remember two different versions of that year too." Remus said thoughtfully.
"Than you'll agree with me, that if Harry changed the future, he didn't do it on purpose."
"It's more like an accident." Remus agreed.
"And those new memories of your sixth year are much more amusing." Dumbledore smiled.
"Professor, do you remember how Harry came back?" Ron asked hopefully.
"I'm sorry I don't." (A/N: No, duh. I'm not telling what is going to happen. You guys only remember the things happening in previous chapters. ::sticks out tongue::)
"Oh Harry, where are you?" Hermione sighed.
"You know, I get the strange feeling someone is watching us." Ron said.
~~~Somewhere where the dead people go~~~
Three cloaked people were staring into a cauldron, one female, two male. It was filled with a potion, but right in the middle it appeared to have a hole in it. A hole which showed Dumbledore's office.
"I wish we could be with them." The cloaked female said.
"We will be with them soon enough." The figure next to her said as he pulled her into a hug.
"Get a room." The last figure said.
"I have all right to do this." The other man said.
"Whatever, I just wish we were there and knew where Harry is." The figure replied.
"You really haven't been paying any attention have you?" The woman spoke again. She pointed to the cauldron and four boys and a girl appeared. One of the boys was softly kissing the girl.
~~~1974~~~
"Snog her already, Prongs." Sirius said.
"No." James replied.
"Why not?" Sirius argued.
"Why would he?" Remus said.
"Because I say so."
"When does he ever listen to you and got something good out of it?" Harry smirked.
"Don't ask me." Sirius replied.
"Then keep that big mouth of yours shut." Lily said.
"Ouch, that hurts." Sirius made a sad face.
The other four laughed at him.
'Man, this Sirius is so unlike mine. This one is more carefree. I guess that Askaban changed him.'
"Something wrong, Harry?" Sirius was looking at him.
"Yeah, I think I'm going to take a walk. See you." Harry got up and hurried out of the common room.
James wanted to get up.
"I'll see what's wrong with him, James. You know he's used to tell me stuff." Sirius got up and ran up to the dorm first.
"What is he doing?" Lily asked.
"Getting that map so he can find out where Harry is." James answered.
"Ok."
~~~Up in the boy's dorm~~~
Sirius opened Harry's trunk and searched for the Marauders Map. Then his eyes spotted an interesting looking book. He took it out and opened it.
It was filled with pictures of an older James and Lily. He looked through the book, but stopped when he found a picture of their wedding. In the background he found himself, he smiled. It looked so right, why would anyone want to ruin that.
He closed the book and continued his search. He found some letters in his handwriting, but the condense was depressing.
Finally he found the map, opened it, looked for Harry and then sprinted down again. He ran through the common room with a quick goodbye and then down the halls and corridors, through the oak doors and outside. He crossed the grounds quickly and found Harry staring over the lake.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"Wanna talk about it?"
"About what?"
"There is obviously a reason you ran out of the common room, please tell me."
"It's nothing."
"Doesn't look like nothing to me, if it would be nothing you wouldn't be crying."
Harry's head snapped to face Sirius. Their eyes met, Harry's eyes filled with tears.
"You're right. I-I-I just miss my friends."
"You're lying, I know you are. Why won't you tell me?"
"Wouldn't it feel strange if someone came to you to talk about your death?" Harry replied.
"Is that what is bordering you?"
"Yes and no."
"What kind of answer is that?"
"It's just. The Sirius I knew was so different from you. Sure you look the same, act the same, but it's not the same. I can't explain it, but I think my Sirius is more careful sometimes, more worried."
Sirius pulled Harry into a hug.
"It's like Askaban ruined his live." Harry continued. "And not only Askaban, but also the death of my parents and the fact that I look so much like my dad, but we're not the same."
"You are the same to me."
"That's what I mean. You do remember how I was when I came here, do you."
"Yeah, you acted much more like Lily, now you look, act and think like James, but your Lily-side is still in control."
"Yeah, well that was something you would often forget in my time, that I wasn't like my father at all. He would even forget how much he meant to me and risk his live just to be with me."
"That proves he cares for you, Harry. If I were him, which I am, I couldn't care less about my live, just as long as you were save and happy."
"But if he wanted me to be save and happy, he shouldn't have died. I can't be happy without him. I'm domed to live with the Dursleys. You don't know how happy I was, even if it was for only half an hour, that I could leave that dratted place."
Sirius hugged Harry tighter and let him cry on his shoulder.
"You never really talked about this before, have you?"
"No." Harry said truthfully.
"Well, don't you feel better now that it's out of your system?"
"Now you mention it, yeah, it does feel a lot better." Harry smiled weakly.
"You must really care for the future me."
"Yeah, well, you were the closest thing to a father I ever had."
"I don't know how you feel, but I can imagine it. I would feel horrible if Mr. and Mrs. Potter, your grandparents, died. They're more like parents to me than my own parents are."
Harry laughed.
"Yeah, well, you live long enough to tell me about that."
Sirius laughed too.
"Want to know more."
"I'd love to."
And Sirius started telling Harry more about himself. He was surprised to see how interested he was. Soon Sirius found himself telling Harry more about James too.
~~~Common room~~~
James and Lily were alone. Remus had gone to god-knew-where and so had the rest of the Gryffindor population.
Lily nuzzled herself closer in James' embrace. James tighten his grip on her.
"I never wanna lose you, Flower."
"What do you mean."
"You'll find out."
"You know something I don't know?"
"Maybe." James said, kissing her cheek.
A/N: Hope I made it up to you all. Thanks for reviewing. Please review again.
Special thanks to Dutch Lily Flower. Please read her story too. It's really great.
The Marauders were sitting at Gryffindor table, eating, well at least Sirius was.
"Wher's Pwongs?"
"Padfoot!" Harry almost yelled.
"Don't speak with a full mouth." Remus said.
"Could you repeat that, so we can understand what you're saying?" Harry asked.
Sirius gulped down his food.
"I asked, where's Prongs."
"Over there." Harry pointed.
Sirius and Remus looked to the entrance of the Great Hall. James was just walking in, his arm around Lily's waist and Lily's head leaning against his arm.
"Do you think what I think?" Sirius asked.
"Do you think at all?" Harry joked and received a glare from Sirius.
"I think you're right, Padfoot. That must be the first time in your live you're actually right." Remus helped Harry.
"Look at Rommy." Harry laughed.
They looked to the Ravenclaw table and soon found Romulus. His was looked like shit, his eyes were shooting daggers and he looked like he wanted to attack James.
"He's still scared of James." Harry sniggered.
"He'd better." Remus laughed. "I don't think he's even got a clue how strong James really is."
"That's what you get when you run around with you." Sirius choked on a piece of toast.
Remus got out his wand, muttered a spell and the piece of toast soared through the air, landing in Romulus' face.
"Who did that?" He yelled
McGonagall had seen the toast come from the Marauders.
"Detention!"
"We didn't do anything." Harry defended.
"That toast came from your direction."
"Sirius was choking." Remus said.
"If Remus hadn't done anything, I would have surely been dead by now." Sirius piped.
"Too true, professor." Frank Longbottom, a seventh year and Head Boy, said.
"Forgive me my mistake."
"Of course, my dear Minerva." Sirius said and the whole student population laughed.
James and Lily reached their friends.
"I can't leave you alone for five minutes, can I?" James tried to look stern.
"Yes, you can. We were good boys, until you two came in and we noticed Romulus face." Harry laughed.
"It was classic, wasn't it?" James cracked up as he and Lily sat down.
Lily smiled.
"He got what was coming to him, that jerk."
"May I remind you, you went out with him?" Sirius asked.
"No you may not and that's before, well."
"Before she knew our secret." James finished.
"You told her?" Remus paled.
"Don't worry, I won't tell." Lily reassured him.
"Thanks."
James pulled Lily into a hug.
"Isn't she great?" And he planted a small kiss on her cheek.
"Now I've lost my appetite, thank you Prongs." Sirius whined.
"Baby."
"Look Sirius, chicken-legs." Harry pointed.
"Gimme." And Sirius began stuffing his mouth full again.
"See, you haven't lost your appetite at all." Harry said triumphal.
"You tricked me!"
Everybody cracked up.
~~~1996~~~
"Professor, I'm scared. Something is definitely not right here." Hermione said.
"I know what you mean, Miss Granger." Dumbledore replied.
"Yeah, it's freaking me out too." Ron stated.
"Headmaster, how come I remember Sirius dying and at the same time remember him surviving?" Remus asked.
"Well, I'm only human and sometimes even I make mistakes."
"What do you mean, professor?" Ron asked.
"I might have been wrong when I said that if Harry changed the past we wouldn't notice it here, because I'm now sure he's in the past."
"Do you mean Harry changed the future?" Hermione looked stunned. "But that's against the law. He knows that."
"Well, I'm remembering strange things happening when the Marauders were in their sixth year, which I was sure didn't happen before Harry disappeared."
"I remember two different versions of that year too." Remus said thoughtfully.
"Than you'll agree with me, that if Harry changed the future, he didn't do it on purpose."
"It's more like an accident." Remus agreed.
"And those new memories of your sixth year are much more amusing." Dumbledore smiled.
"Professor, do you remember how Harry came back?" Ron asked hopefully.
"I'm sorry I don't." (A/N: No, duh. I'm not telling what is going to happen. You guys only remember the things happening in previous chapters. ::sticks out tongue::)
"Oh Harry, where are you?" Hermione sighed.
"You know, I get the strange feeling someone is watching us." Ron said.
~~~Somewhere where the dead people go~~~
Three cloaked people were staring into a cauldron, one female, two male. It was filled with a potion, but right in the middle it appeared to have a hole in it. A hole which showed Dumbledore's office.
"I wish we could be with them." The cloaked female said.
"We will be with them soon enough." The figure next to her said as he pulled her into a hug.
"Get a room." The last figure said.
"I have all right to do this." The other man said.
"Whatever, I just wish we were there and knew where Harry is." The figure replied.
"You really haven't been paying any attention have you?" The woman spoke again. She pointed to the cauldron and four boys and a girl appeared. One of the boys was softly kissing the girl.
~~~1974~~~
"Snog her already, Prongs." Sirius said.
"No." James replied.
"Why not?" Sirius argued.
"Why would he?" Remus said.
"Because I say so."
"When does he ever listen to you and got something good out of it?" Harry smirked.
"Don't ask me." Sirius replied.
"Then keep that big mouth of yours shut." Lily said.
"Ouch, that hurts." Sirius made a sad face.
The other four laughed at him.
'Man, this Sirius is so unlike mine. This one is more carefree. I guess that Askaban changed him.'
"Something wrong, Harry?" Sirius was looking at him.
"Yeah, I think I'm going to take a walk. See you." Harry got up and hurried out of the common room.
James wanted to get up.
"I'll see what's wrong with him, James. You know he's used to tell me stuff." Sirius got up and ran up to the dorm first.
"What is he doing?" Lily asked.
"Getting that map so he can find out where Harry is." James answered.
"Ok."
~~~Up in the boy's dorm~~~
Sirius opened Harry's trunk and searched for the Marauders Map. Then his eyes spotted an interesting looking book. He took it out and opened it.
It was filled with pictures of an older James and Lily. He looked through the book, but stopped when he found a picture of their wedding. In the background he found himself, he smiled. It looked so right, why would anyone want to ruin that.
He closed the book and continued his search. He found some letters in his handwriting, but the condense was depressing.
Finally he found the map, opened it, looked for Harry and then sprinted down again. He ran through the common room with a quick goodbye and then down the halls and corridors, through the oak doors and outside. He crossed the grounds quickly and found Harry staring over the lake.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"Wanna talk about it?"
"About what?"
"There is obviously a reason you ran out of the common room, please tell me."
"It's nothing."
"Doesn't look like nothing to me, if it would be nothing you wouldn't be crying."
Harry's head snapped to face Sirius. Their eyes met, Harry's eyes filled with tears.
"You're right. I-I-I just miss my friends."
"You're lying, I know you are. Why won't you tell me?"
"Wouldn't it feel strange if someone came to you to talk about your death?" Harry replied.
"Is that what is bordering you?"
"Yes and no."
"What kind of answer is that?"
"It's just. The Sirius I knew was so different from you. Sure you look the same, act the same, but it's not the same. I can't explain it, but I think my Sirius is more careful sometimes, more worried."
Sirius pulled Harry into a hug.
"It's like Askaban ruined his live." Harry continued. "And not only Askaban, but also the death of my parents and the fact that I look so much like my dad, but we're not the same."
"You are the same to me."
"That's what I mean. You do remember how I was when I came here, do you."
"Yeah, you acted much more like Lily, now you look, act and think like James, but your Lily-side is still in control."
"Yeah, well that was something you would often forget in my time, that I wasn't like my father at all. He would even forget how much he meant to me and risk his live just to be with me."
"That proves he cares for you, Harry. If I were him, which I am, I couldn't care less about my live, just as long as you were save and happy."
"But if he wanted me to be save and happy, he shouldn't have died. I can't be happy without him. I'm domed to live with the Dursleys. You don't know how happy I was, even if it was for only half an hour, that I could leave that dratted place."
Sirius hugged Harry tighter and let him cry on his shoulder.
"You never really talked about this before, have you?"
"No." Harry said truthfully.
"Well, don't you feel better now that it's out of your system?"
"Now you mention it, yeah, it does feel a lot better." Harry smiled weakly.
"You must really care for the future me."
"Yeah, well, you were the closest thing to a father I ever had."
"I don't know how you feel, but I can imagine it. I would feel horrible if Mr. and Mrs. Potter, your grandparents, died. They're more like parents to me than my own parents are."
Harry laughed.
"Yeah, well, you live long enough to tell me about that."
Sirius laughed too.
"Want to know more."
"I'd love to."
And Sirius started telling Harry more about himself. He was surprised to see how interested he was. Soon Sirius found himself telling Harry more about James too.
~~~Common room~~~
James and Lily were alone. Remus had gone to god-knew-where and so had the rest of the Gryffindor population.
Lily nuzzled herself closer in James' embrace. James tighten his grip on her.
"I never wanna lose you, Flower."
"What do you mean."
"You'll find out."
"You know something I don't know?"
"Maybe." James said, kissing her cheek.
A/N: Hope I made it up to you all. Thanks for reviewing. Please review again.
Special thanks to Dutch Lily Flower. Please read her story too. It's really great.
