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Disclimer: Harry Potter, along with everything that belongs in that universe, belongs to J.K. Rowling and a bunch of other companies that are now milking it for all its worth. I, however, am getting nothing out of this other than the satisfaction of writing a good story that people like to review. *hint hint*
Author's Notes: Well, here's chapter 3! I'm trying to get this done fast so I can finish before school starts again, because otherwise I might leave you guys waiting for months before I write again. I was so surprised that everyone liked the story! *grins* Anyway, please R&R because I need all the inspiration I can get. BTW, does anybody know of another story called 'Dwelling On The Past?' One of you guys mentioned it, and I was wondering where that story was because I'm curious, and I might like to read it. And I don't really think the Pensieve idea was original, but I don't think I've ever really seen it used.
Full Summary: Lupin decides to let Harry see some of his memories of James and Lily... a couple of memories from the Marauder's time with no real plot... Harry gets to see when his parents met, when they married, and when he was born along with some of the marauder's adventures, and realizes why Sirius moved on instead of coming back as a ghost. Spoilers from OotP. Obviously.
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Quote of the Chapter:
" His eye are as green as a fresh pickled toad, His hair as dark as a blackboard.
I wish he was mine, he's really divine, The hero who conquered the Dark Lord."
Ginny's valentine to Harry- HP and The Chamber of Secrets, Page 238
Authors Opinion: I seriously hope Ginny was under Tom Riddle's influence when she wrote that.
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The 4 marauders walked right through Harry and Lupin and into the class behind them. Harry and Lupin almost had to run to make sure they didn't lose sight of them and come out of the memory. James, Sirius, Little Lupin, and Peter all took a seat in the second row, Harry found this rather surprising because it was a potions class. He had always hated potions, so he figured the marauders had too. It took a second for Harry to remember that potions wouldn't be such a bad class if it were not taught by Snape.
" Do you know your father is the reason the miniature models of broomsticks were outlawed by Filch?" Lupin asked Harry with a grin. Harry was pretty sure they were responsible for more than one item on that list. He glanced at Sirius and James who were now glaring at someone. Snape was sitting in front of James, ocassionally turning around and giving them all nasty looks. This Snape, as Harry noticed immediatly, was not the Snape he had seen in the last memory. Snape's hair was already greasy and his hooked nose was more noticeable. It wasn't these qualities, however, that caused Harry's hatred rise to the surface. It was the way Snape was looking at his father and Sirius with such hatred. He frowned and turned to Lupin.
" Did my dad do something to him?" he asked, almost afraid of the answer.
" No... not yet. They don't even know each other. It's just like we told you last time. They hated each other when they first set eyes on each other." Lupin answered. Harry could tell that Lupin thought James hated Snape with good reason, and Harry had to agree.
While Harry had been talking to Lupin, the marauders had started passing notes as the teacher reviewed what they had learned the day before. He looked down at the parchment, they had filled at least half the parchment already.
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AN: The key to who's writing the notes. The actions in the notes are written by them too. So if it says * A glares at B*, character A, who is doing the glaring, actually writes that.
James
Sirius
Lupin
Peter
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What do you think is wrong with that kid in front of me?
He's Slytherin, James.
Yeah. He acts like something crawled up his robes and died. But all Slytherins act like that.
I don't like the way he's looking at me. Stupid prat.
Well, we could always DO something about it.
Like what, Sirius?
Can't be anything too big... We're in class.
When has that ever stopped us before? *grin*
I just had an idea... Sirius, did you bring your miniature model of the new cleansweep?
Yeah... what do you want it for, James? * suspicious look*
* blinks innocently* Well, just for a little revenge.
* beaming with pride* I'm so proud of you! *grin*
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Sirius looked through his pockets for a second before he took out a 3 inch model of a broomstick. He grinned and handed it to James, who had his wand out. James put the model on his deask and whispered 'Wingardium Leviosa'. The broom went up and James steered it with his wand right into the back of Snape's head. The broom fell silently to the floor and Snape whipped around and glared at James who was looking at the teacher very attentively. Snape gave a small growl and turned back around. All 4 marauders were snickering, and Sirius summoned his model back and made to put it away, but James shook his head. He took it again and, once again, managed to hit Snape in the back of the head.
Snape didn't turn around, but Harry heard a growl coming from him. Now that he knew Snape had started the whole thing, he felt much better about his father torturing Snape. The four boys looked as if they were about to burst out laughing, but they managed to calm down. Even Big Lupn was enjoying the show while leaning agains the wall. James summoned the Cleansweep and again and set it on the desk, ready to repeat the process. This time, however, Snape heard his father mutter the spell and turned around just as the broom flew towards the back of his head. The result was quite hilarious.
In a few moments of chaos all Harry saw was the marauders bursting out laughing as Snape fell out of his chair with 1/4th of the mini broom sticking out of his noce. Then Snape let out a violent scream that caught everyone else's attention. The class all stood up to get a good look at him, and burst out laughing when they saw the broom in his nose. He took what he could get of the handle and tried to pull it out, letting another loud yell, this time followed by a swear word. Snape got up slowly and glared at the professor who was just standing there, still in shock.
" Permission to go to the infirmary, sir?" he growled, rage dripping from his every syllable.
" What for...? Oh! Of course... of course... you may go, Snape." the teacher answered, finally recovering. Snape didn't even pack his things up, he just stalked out of the room. The teacher then turned to James, Sirius, Lupin and Peter who were almost on the floor laughing.
" I suppose it's safe to assume you 4 had something to do with it?" he asked sternly. Sirius was the first one to stop laughing, so he answered the question himself.
" No... Professor... not really... you see, everyone gets what they deserve, usually. That boy... Snape? Isn't that what you called him... he deserved it... everything you do comes back to you... so it's not really our fault... karma was just using us as a way to punish him. Therefore, we are not reponsible for our actions. Karma is."
The teacher raised an eyebrow.
" If you were just the medium karma used to get even with Snape, and you got caught, wouldn't you have gotten what you deserved by getting caught?" Remus nodded sagely.
" All right then. I'll accept that explanation, but you still get one detention each." he was about to turn around when James' hand shot up.
" I'm afraid that punishment is uncalled for," he began, his eye twinkling with mischief, " We were not responsible for our actions. We established that and you accepted it. And even if we had something coming to us, we already got caught doing something we were not responsible for, so we got whatever we deserved. Therefore, any additional punishment would be unfair." he grinned at the teacher who just stood there, obviously confused. In the end he just shrugged and turned around muttering '...if you weren't my best students...'
The marauders all grinned.at each other and went back to passing notes.
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AN: The key to who's writing the notes. Again.
James
Sirius
Lupin
Peter
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Well, that's done.
Very interesting revenge, James.
I loved the whole karma thing. Good thinking, both of you. Especially you, Sirius. You came up with it first.
I wonder if the nurse lady will be able to heal him.
Madame Pomfrey? Yeah, she's really good with stuff. Scratches, cuts and such.
Oh, right, we wanted to talk to you about something, Remus.
Should we do this right now, Sirius?
It's as good a time as any.
Uh... are you sure it can't wait? We ARE in class...
Doesn't matter... that way you can't run away from us. Remus, you barely came back from seeing your sick aunt last night, no?
Uh... yeah. You guys saw me come in.
Well, we would believe you, except Peter saw you in the hospital wing and told us.
*glares at Peter* Well, if you must know... I had a bit of an accident.
* raises eyebrow* What kind of accident?
Yeah, we're all curious...
Potions... you know... I forgot to add an ingredient.
But we have potions with you. We ARE in potions right now.
Yeah, you were working with me, remember I got splashed and it landed on my arm?
No.
Oh, gods, Peter! You were right there. I got boils on my arm so I went to the infirmary, but I didn't want you guys to worry or anything.
But Remus, don't you remember the teacher gave you perfect marks on it? *raises eyebrow again*
Yes, well, that's because HE didn't pour it on himself! I don't want to talk about it anymore.
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Lupin put down his quill and passed the parchment to the other marauders. He had a nervous expression on his face, but he looked quite angry. James and Sirius exchanged a look and James took the parchment and began writing again.
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Fine, Remus, we won't talk about your accident anymore.
Good.
So, Remus, what do you think we should talk about?
Dunno. Our next class or something?
Perfect! Astronomy!
Is it? I didn't remember.
Well, let's see... something Astronomy related...
The moon?
Yes! Excellent idea, Peter. We actually did our homework for Astronomy yesterday...
... Yes, it was quite interesting... such a coincidence... did you know your trip to the infirmary was on the night of the full moon?
Was it? I haven't done that homework yet.
... Yes, it was... and the month before that, you left to see your dying grandpa on the day of the full moon.
We also relized your grandpa died before. In fact, you went to see him on his deathbed in our first year.
Different Grandpa.
Well, we were wondering how many you have, because that was the 5th time you used that on us.
We really don't want to nag, but what's going on?
Nothing. Why would anything be going on?
Look, Remus, we spent an hour looking at the moon charts and we used Peter's journal and all the times you left to visit a sick relative coincided with the full moon.
WHAT are you implying, Sirius?
He's implying that you have a werewolf relative and that you go to nurse them back to health and keep them company because nobody else will. And yesterday you were in the infirmary because you obviously got attcked while this person was, you know, being a werewolf.
Pretty smart, aren't you guys? I wish that was the truth...
It's not? Well that's the only explanation that fits... Unless...
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Sirius's eyes widened in shock, his father looked amazed and turned to Remus for confirmation. Petter's eyes widened and he gave a little squeal that could have been happy or nervous. Little Lupin looked at the floor and nodded slightly. Sirius gave a triumphant but quiet 'Aha!' And James whispered osmething to Peter. Peter nodded and fell of his chair with a heavy thump.
James raised his hand, interrupting the teacher.
" Sir, Peter fainted. I think we have to take him to the infirmary."
" Fine, Mr. Potter, you can take him."
" But he's much too heavy for me to carry alone."
" Well, then, Mr. Black, help him."
James and Sirius prentended to try to lift Peter, and dropped him hastily.
" Still too heavy." Sirius said, looking at the teacher. He frowned and turned to Lupin.
" Fine, Mr. Lupin, you help them." he answered and returned to reviewing the potions with the students. Lupin, who was looking very shocked, stood up quietly and between the 3 of them, they carried Peter out. As soon as they turned a corner, Peter stood on his own and grinned at James.
" I didn't think that would work."
" Well, it wouldn't have with Mc.Gonagall." Sirius answered.
" Well, to the common room!" James declared and they all ran, dragging a still stunned Lupin, and being tailed by a very tired Harry and Lupin.
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" But why did you never talls us?" an exasperated Sirius whined once they got back to their dormitory. Little Lupin sighed and shook his head.
" I'm a werewolf! People don't usually take kindly to that. You three are really the only friends I have. I thought if I told you..."
" Well, you thought wrong!" Sirius interrupted him, still frustrated at his friend. " A werewolf! Imagine all the fun we could have had! We've wasted a year! A whole year!"
" Sirius," now it was little Lupin's turn to be exasperated, " I can't be around humans when I'm a werewolf!" Sirius's face fell.
" Oh, yeah. The biting thing." he frowned again.
" But we could be around you as animals, couldn't we?" James asked with a thoughtful look. Lupin looked confused, but nodded.
" We can become Animagus!" Sirius and James said at the same time. " It'll take some time, of course..." James said, frowning.
" Isn't that... hard? And dangerous?" Peter asked, biting his lip. Lupin nodded.
" Yes. And you're not going to do it." Little Lupin answered with a note of finality in his voice. James and Sirius both raised an eyebrow.
" I'm Serious. I don't want you guys to do that just because..." he stopped, realizing neither of the 3 boys was listening.
" I'm going to be something big. A bear, maybe." Sirius was saying. James shook his head.
" Too big, I think. Maybe you can be a horse... I'll be a stag." Peter looked at them a little oddly.
" I want to be something small, but something neither of you can eat."
" We won't eat you, Peter." Sirius rolled his eyes to the ceiling and Peter blushed slightly.
" I know... just, you know." his eye strayed to Lupin for a second.
" Sirius is right. Come on, you guys. Let's go to to the library and look this up. It'll probably be in the restricted section, though, so we'll need my cloak."
" It's the middle of the day, James!" Sirius began, " We have to wait until night. Besides, Asronomy starts in 15 minutes or so. I actually did my homework last night, I want to get credit."he finished stubbornly.
" Right, right..." James trailed off. Peter turned to Little Lupin expectantly.
" What?" he snapped, Peter jumped slightly.
" Peter wants to know if you're coming to class, Remus." Little Lupin looked surprised.
" Umm... yeah, I guess."
" What do you mean, you guess? Come on, we haven't finished our chart." Sirius said, obviously exasperated.
" You guys don't mind...? I mean, you're okay with everything?"
" Sure we are! Remus, don't be thick! Of course we're still friends. Why do you think we're becoming Animagi? Do you think we just want to scare the staff or something?" James asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
" Though that would be fun." Sirius added thoughtfully.
" Come on, then, let's get to class."
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DONE! Yay! Chapter 3 is done. I don't think it has that mnay mistakes. I already read through it. I STILL keep calling Peter, Petter for some reason. Anyway, please review. Aren't you guys happy? 2 chapters in one week!