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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: Okay, let me explain what happened. I had two copies of this chapter, without even knowing it, and I accidentally uploaded the wrong one. I didn't think to check because I wasn't aware I had 2 copies... anyway, my sister noticed and since some people might just skip over chapter 4 thinking thay had already read it, so I figured I would have to upload it again. So here's the full chapter 4! ^_^
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. Spoilers from OotP. Obviously.
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Quote of the Chapter:
" No sooner had I reached London that it became clear to me that the place I should be was the one I had just left."
Dumbledore to Harry- HP and The Sorcerer's Stone, Page: somwhere at the end. ^_^
Authors Opinion: Translation from Dumbledorian to English: After looking like an idiot when I got to the ministry I realized I'd been duped and rushed back here.
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The scene shifted again and Harry found himself in the DADA classroom. The marauders were standing together, practicing a disarming spell. All four of them were in a group. The teacher appeared to not have noticed until now.
" Black, Lupin, Potter, Pettigrew. In groups of two." They all frowned, but split up. James, unsurprisngly, with Sirius. Lupin and Pettrigrew working right beside them. Harry looked at everyone appereance, and realized this was probably their 3rd year. He looked around the room. No sign of his mother. Snape, however, was in this class too. He was in a corner with an evil looking Slytherin.
" Professor Lupin?"
" I'm not your teacher anymore, Harry."
" Sorry. But where's my Mum?"
" Lily?" Lupin looked around the room and frowned. He turned to Harry.
" Did you see her in any of the other memories, Harry?"
" No. I did look around in the last memory and she wasn't there."
" She was at the sorting. I saw her. She must have been sick or something.We haven't met her here. I only got one Hogsmeade visit that year? They kept coinciding with the full moon. I only got to go to the last one. That's when we met Lily." Harry, though still slightly curious, acted as if he was satisfied with that answer, and turned back to his father. What he saw made him laugh. Sirius was doing exactly what the twins had done at one of the DA meetings while the others watched happily. Snape was trying to disarm his partner, but whenever he tried to open his mouth, his own wand would fly out of his hand.He growled and glared at Sirius, who was suddenly practicing with James when Snape turned around. Snape looked at his partner and raised his wand.
" Petri-" Snape began, but James's wand went up quickly and he muttered spell faster than Snape. Snape fell to the floor with a thud and a furius expression on his face. The teacher walked next to Snape.
" Good one, Parkinson. But I did say disarm only... We'll be moving on to these next week. 1 point for Slytherin for the good spellwork, however." Parkinson said nothing and just shrugged, not caring to release Snape from the body bind.
The marauders laughed as Snape struggled to rock from side to side and get enough momentum to turn himself on his side. He finally managed, but he could stop himself in time and he ended face down, unable to move. A Slytherin from across the room spotted Snape and walked over to him, removing the spell as he went. He stopped in front of Snape and offered him a hand. Snape took it and stood up, nodding at the boy in thanks. The boy turned around and headed towards the marauders.
" Think you're pretty smart, don't you, Potter?" the boy hissed menacingly.
" He is really smart. Or at least smarter than you, Avery." Peter answered bravely. Avery scowled at him and turned back to James.
" We're going to destroy you in the match this saturday, Potter. It'll be a lot different than playing the wimps from Hufflepuff or those stupid Ravenclaws. And you, Black, are you sure you won't have another nasty accident with the bludgers like you did last time? Really, one knocked the bat out of your hand and the other one headed stright for you right after that. Isn't that funny?"
" Hilarious. You do remember, of course, that your beaters both hit them towards me one after the other?" Sirius snarled back.
" No... I seem to have forgotten... and if they did, I'm sure it was an accident. After all, you didn't even get a penalty shot."
" Well, Avery, you do remember, of course, that we still won the match and the quidditch cup?" James answered calmly.
" Yes, my memory isn't that bad. I also remember Black here aiming a bludger at me several times."
" Yes, well, if I remember correctly, you got penalty shots for that. And do remember you missed them all by several feet." Sirius answered triumphantly.
" Well my arm was nearly broken!" Avery hissed.
" That was your left arm. You're right handed." James pointed out, his eye narrowed.
" Yes, well, I had to hold on to my broomstick with my strong hand then, didn't I?"
"You mean that old stardust? You call that a broomstick. It's so ancient the only thing it would really be good for would be sweeping." Sirius answered viciously. Avery's eyes flashed with anger and when he replied his tone was deadly.
" Well, Black, not everyone has the luck to be born into a wealthy family like you and Potter," Sirius looked shocked for a second, he had obviously been unaware of Avery's financial status, otherwise he would have said nothing, but Avery kept going.
" Of course, that might not be such a bad thing, considering your family. All of them dark wizards... and you don't agree with them, do you? Aren't you sad that Mum and Dad don't love you because of that? Your brother just started Hogwarts this year, no? Sorted into Slytherin... I bet his Mum was proud. Probably cried with relief that not all her sons turned out to be a disappointing-"
He had hit a nerve. Avery never finished his sentence. Sirius jumped on him and began punching him, his wand on the floor, forgotten. Sirius turned out to be an excellent fighter. Not once did Avery mange to get a punch in. He kept trying to get his wand, but James stepped on it and pointed his own wand at him just in case. The teacher ran towards them and Sirius finally got off Avery. His face was flushed from all the physical activity and with anger. A lock of hair fell over his eyes, which were still filled with anger.
" Detention, Black and Avery. How dare you fight in class in front of a teacher?" the professor shouted angrily. Sirius said nothing and Avery stood up. Harry noticed with immense satisfaction that Avery's face would probably be bruised for a long time. Sirius simply picked up his bag and walked out of the class. The professor looked like he was about to say something, but instead he turned to James and Lupin.
" You two. Go after him. Calm him down and tell him to come back when he has."
James and Lupin walked out of the class, and once in the hall they jogged after Sirius. Harry barely caught a glimpse of Sirius's robes as he turned a corner. He hurried up too to make sure he didn't come out of the memory. They finally caught up to Sirius after a minute or two.
" Sirius, wait!" James called out, and Sirius turned around, surprised. His surprised expression turned into a frown.
" What did you guys follow me for?"
" Well, we wanted to know what you were going to do." James answered.
" About what?"
" Well, Avery just called you a disappointement." Lupin answered tiredly.
" I would have been more insulted if he had said I was a model son. Do you know what it's like to be related to those people. All pureblood families are related, so I'm related to all sorts of bastards."
" Hey, purebloods over here." James answered grinning, and giving a small wave.
" You know what I mean. I'm not related to Remus here. And my grandfather's sister and your grandfather are like cousins or something, so I doubt that really counts. Hell, I might be related to Snape of all people. I've never quite gotten the courage to check the family tapistry. I'd die of shock."
" It's not so bad. We're in school like 10 months and you spend more than half the summer at my place!"
" Still, it's not so bad for you, but my family... Ugh."
" Come on, Sirius. Cheer up. When you finish the Animagi transformation thing you can turn into a big black dog and scare everyone into thinking you're the Grim." Lupin answered, grinning.
" Of course, so brilliant! Didn't know you had it in you, Moony!"
" Don't call me that." Lupin answered, a faint frown line appearing in his forehead.
" Bur I think it's cute..." Sirius said, giving him a malevolent look.
" Cute? I'll give you cute... next full moon I'll go look for you and bite you. Then we'll see how cute you think I am."
" Fine, then, cool."
James looked at the two of them exasperated.
" Come on, we have to get to class before they think we skipped out."
" But I DID skip out."
" But WE didn't. Come on, you're coming with us."
" No, I'm not." his face was set and all laughter was gone from his face. " It's a prise thing... I'm throwing a 'tantrum', I can't just come back with my tail between my legs."
" Nobody will see it that way." Lupin said firmly, but Sirius shook his head.
" No. You guys go. The Slytherins would see it that way. Just tell them you couldn't find me. I'll be in the common room. I still have to finish that essay for Binns either way." Sirius jogged back to the common room, James and Lupin were just left standing in the hall by themselves.
" Stubborn little-"
" James!" a female voice snapped from behind them. They both turned around quickly to see the keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
" James Potter! What are you doing out of class? It better not be without permission, because if you get in trouble and can't play..."
" We have permission. We were just heading back right now."
" Well, good, don't forget practice today, she said over her shoulder as she walked towards the opposite direction.
" I won't." he answered, giving her an innocently charming grin.
" Now, James, you're a bit young to be flirting with girls... especially girls that are a year older than you." she said, laughing.
" Oh, I see the beautiful and talented Eileen would never even think about going out with humble James Potter."
" You are charming, I'll tell you that. That's the reason you're popular, but you're a bit too conceited for my tastes."
" Ah... you know it's all in good fun, Eileen. I know you like Jeffrey Wood." Eileen blushed.
" The only feelings I have for Wood are the feelings any beater has for her captain!" James grinned.
" Right... just so you know, he feels the same way."
James and Lupin walked away, leaving a blushing Eileen with her thoughts. Lupin sighed, and Harry realized he had completely forgotten about him.
" She hung up a huge banner at the next Quidditch game saying she loved Wood, thinking he liked her too."
" He didn't?" Harry asked, feeling guilty for what his father's actions might have caused.
" Well, yes. James had no idea, though. He just made it up... never dreamt Eileen would do something so bold. After Wood got over the shock, he asked her out."
" Wow."
" Yeah, your dad had some matchmaking talents... most of the times it was an accident when he got a couple together, though. And he could never seem to charm Lily." Suddenly, the hall began to shift and for a second Harry was afraid they had strayed too far. Suddenly they were no longer in the hall. Instead, Harry found himself in front of Honeydukes.
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Okay, I'll email a few of the people who reviewed and let them know... I wouldn't want to cheat you out of a chapter. ^_^ So sorry about the mixup. *hands out ice cream*
Okay, if anyone wants to be e-mailed next time I post a chapter, leave you e-mail in the review and say that you want me to e-mail you. Otherwise I might just e-mail you to thank you whether I have a new chapter out or not.
If any of you guys are members on neopets, I have an idea. I've been thinking about opening an HP guild dedicated to the marauders. Not the usual kind of guild with houses and house points and stuff. We can have a regular guild, just dedicated to the marauders. We could link to fan art and fanfiction and have discussions on the board. Start group porjects, sort of like a marauders story where everybody write a little bit of the story, or contests and stuff like that. Have one of the ranks be prankster or something like that. Anyway, if you like this idea or if you would like to be a part of it or just help improve the idea, let me know and maybe we can start something.
Well, I guess that's it. *hands out more ice cream* now be good and review.