Dwelling In The Past
By: Sailoranime
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter an do not claim to do so. I am getting nothing out of writing this story. And if you DO sue me, my sister and Aunt are both Lawyers. *grin*
AN: Chapter 6: I think it didn't upload right the other day, so I'm reloading. Since there are not less reviewers than there used to be, I think I'll start thanking people in my chapters. ^_^ I won't be doing it until next chapter. We're almost halfway there! OR actually, we are halfway there. This is the fifth memory, and I promised 10, so five more and we're finished. I guess I've been updating fast because I haven't been working on any of my stories, except for Blame but I like that one a lot and I want to finish before I lose inspiration, even the one I had going before this. So if you read any of my other chapter stories, excluding Blame, then you might have to wait for an update for a long time. Probably until I finish Dwelling. Let me remind you to check out Marauder Mayhem, possibly the only guild of its kind on Neopets. It's under the account sailor_melody.
I've also fixed the Little Lupin problem. Little Lupin wil usually be referred to as Remus, and Big Lupin will only be mentioned clearly so you can tell which one I'm talking about. ^_^
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"Creature-Induced Injuries
Dangerous
Dai Llewellyn Ward
Serious Bites"
The sign over the ward Mr. Weasley is in at St. Mungo's. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, Page 487
AN: I just read this on Mugglenet acouple of days ago. Usually I do funny quotes, but this one freaked me out. Some of you may have seen this already, but the first words in that are Creature(Kreacher) Dangerous, Dai(Die?) Serious(Sirius?) Weird, no? J.K. Rowling's evil... she even put elaborate hints about Sirius in there. Well, maybe not, but it seems too much of a coincidence.
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The four boys stepped into the Gryffindor common room, and Remus headed staight for a table, throwing down his bookbag and taking out a Transfiguration book. Sirius frowned.
" Moony, you're going to STUDY???" he asked, with a disgusted look on his face. Remus nodded.
" We have a test tomorrow, Black. And DON'T call me Moony." Sirius looked a bit irate at the use of his last name. He shrugged it off and sat down across from Remus, who was now practicing his wand movements.
" Your swish is too much like your flick. I can't tell them apart." Sirius pointed out when a piece of parchment on the floor turned into a squirrel and bit an unfortunate Peter, who had been standing closest to it. Remus frowned.
" My aim was just a little off... There's nothing wrong with my swish." he responded icily. Sirius shrugged.
" Whatever you say, but when you transfigure things into animals, you're supposed to do it with a flick, not a swish." he replied smuggly. Remus scowled.
" Are you fogetting something, Sirius?" James asked him pointedly, sitting down himself after disposing of Peter's attacker. Sirius's expression was one of boredom.
" Probably. Refresh my memory."
James sighed.
" The Animagus project." he said to Sirius, ruffling his hair without turning around as the entry to the common room opened.
Sirius looked amused.
" It was only Gudgeon, James." James shrugged.
" Anyway, I thought we figured out we should be done by next year?" he asked, his tone casual, but Harry noticed some anxiety had crept into his voice.
" Yes, but we need to plan it at least a bit, you dolt."
" We can do that later." Sirius said with an impatient wave of his hand. This time it was James's turn to shrug. Sirius looked around tensely for a minute before quietly getting up and attempting to leave without being noticed. Remus, obviously aware of what Sirius was attempting and still bitter about the slight on his wand movements, loudly asked where Sirius was going. Sirius scowled.
" Nowhere that concerns you, Moony."
" Embarassed, Sirius?" James taunted. Harry felt suddenly anxious, as if there was a huge fight coming. James had a mocking expression on his face.
" Going to meet with a girl, are you, Sirius?" he asked in a sly voice. " Why are you trying to hide it from us?"
" I have to go do something, but I'm not hiding anything. You would think I was trying to sneak out! Just because you're so bloody immersed in your books that you didn't see me doesn't mean I waas trying to get away undetected of something! If I was meeting a girl, I wouldn't try to keep it quiet." Sirius almost yelled. James looked a bit angry now, too.
" Calm down, Sirius. We're just curious who you're going to see." Remus answered, apparently trying to get the other two to reconcile. James calmed down visibly, and Sirius quickly manipulated his features into the haughty expression he had worn in Snape's pensieve.
" I should be back in half an hour or so." he said shrugging, and waked out. As soon as he was out of the portrait hole, James spoke.
" Wonder why he was being such a prat..." Remus shrugged. Suddenly James eyes narrowed.
" Remember what Evans said?" he asked Remus. Remus shook his head.
" Sorry, mate, but I don't hang on to her every word like you." James glared at him, but he still had a preoccupied expression on his face.
" She said she had something to do.... That's the same thing Sirius said!" James looked around the common room. " Evans isn't here..." Remus's eyes wudened slightly and he looked like he was going to laugh.
" Sirius and Evans? Come off it, Potter! Sirius would never go for a girl someone else was interes..." he trailed off, and Harry saw the doubts forming in his head. " I mean.... especially if it was a girl you were interested in.... Especially Lily..." but that was not very comforting to his father, owing to the fact that Remus now looked as doubtful as James.
Harry realized his expression must have been worse than his fathers. But Lupin wouldn't show him something like that. Would he...? Lupin, apparently reading his thoughts as everyone often did, placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
" Your father was very... protective. He would hex any guy for even looking at Lily. A bit paranoid, as you can tell." Harry bit his lip.
" So... er... where did Sirius go?" he asked nervously. Lupin grinned.
" To this day, I still don't know. But he wasn't with Lily." Harry sighed, and was about to ask how Lupin could be so certain of that, when James, ignoring all of Remus's feeble assurances, jumped to his feet and almost ran to the protrait whole. He was almost there when the portrait flung open, missing him by mere inches, and Lily, accompanied by an ancient looking professor came in.
" Well, dear," the prefessor was saying, " he should be fine in a few days. The damage was done in a part of his anatomy that you... Ah... hopefully don't make use of." The old witch was blushing slightly. James snickered quietly, looking very relieved. The old witch looked around.
" Well, I must get going... I have something to do." Remus, looking very relieved also, gave James a pointed look. James grinned, looking a bit embarassed that he had over reacted to such a commonly used phrase. He seemed to shrug it off rather quickly, though, as he walked back to the table where Remus was trying, unsucessfully, to stop his laughter.
" So I wonder where Sirius is." James asked. Remus shrugged.
" Who knows... try using the two way mirror. Maybe he has it on him." James considered the idea for a second, and then dug through his bag, looking for the mirror. Harry suddenly remembered the broken mirror lying at the bottom of his trunk. His stomach tightened, remembering how much trouble could have been prevented if only he had looked at it earlier. Harry felt Lupin's hand on his shoulder.
" You might want to go see, Harry." he said, his expression sober. He too looked sad, almost as if he had read Harry's thoughts. Harry apprehensively walked over to James, who had rested the mirror agains a stack of books on the table so that it was standing up at an angle.
" Sirius." he said simply. The colors in hte mirror began to swirl, and the only thing seen in the mirror was black cloth. Harry could hear Sirius's voice coming from the mirror.
" What was...? Oh, the mirror... What the hell does James want now?" Sirius's muttering could be heard quite clearly, and Harry was sure he was aware that James could hear him. Suddenly, the image in the mirror shifted, and Siriu's face appeared. Harry burts out laughing. Sirius was wearing a ski mask. It was quite illogical. Why would Sirius need a ski mask in Hogwarts? James looked very confused.
" Sirius, what the hell are you wearing?" he said, in a none too calm voice. Remus stood up suddenly, almost knocking his chair over, to join James. Peter looked up from his homework too, and moved his chair closer to James. Sirius looked confused for a second, and the he quickly pulled it off, but not before Remus and PEter saw him.
" What were you wearing that for, Sirius?" Peter asked . Sirius looked very annoyed.
" Never you mind. I really have to get going." he said with a frown, and before James could protest, he tapped the mirror with his wand and the image diasppeared.
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AN: Done. I was overanalyzing, yet again, and I noticed something. When Hagrid arrives at James & Lily's house, it is in ruins. Since Voldemort was really weak after he attacked Harry, he could have hardly destroyed the house. I always thought he had just Alohomora'd his way in and killed the two quickly, but since the house was in ruins, it makes me think that James and Voldemort might have dueled for a while before Voldemort managed to kill him. If Lily ran to Harry's room as soon they saw Voldy, then what exactly was she doing while they dueled? I'm merely speculating, really. ^_^ But then again, I haven't checked this out with Harry's memories of that night in PoA, so it might not have been like that at all.
By the way, the Marauder Mayhem guild is now open! If you're a neopets member, please check it out. And if you're not, then sign up and check it out either way. ^_^ Even if you don't want to join, just let me know what you think or give me ideas. If you want to suggest a fanfiction we can link, let me know. ^_^ Anyway, it's under the account 'sailor_melody' Thank you, everyone. I'm not handing out cookies today... my sister think it's stupid... Soooo, if your interested in the Marauder guild idea, leave your neo username or e-mail it to me, and I'll send you an invite so you can take a look at it..
By: Sailoranime
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter an do not claim to do so. I am getting nothing out of writing this story. And if you DO sue me, my sister and Aunt are both Lawyers. *grin*
AN: Chapter 6: I think it didn't upload right the other day, so I'm reloading. Since there are not less reviewers than there used to be, I think I'll start thanking people in my chapters. ^_^ I won't be doing it until next chapter. We're almost halfway there! OR actually, we are halfway there. This is the fifth memory, and I promised 10, so five more and we're finished. I guess I've been updating fast because I haven't been working on any of my stories, except for Blame but I like that one a lot and I want to finish before I lose inspiration, even the one I had going before this. So if you read any of my other chapter stories, excluding Blame, then you might have to wait for an update for a long time. Probably until I finish Dwelling. Let me remind you to check out Marauder Mayhem, possibly the only guild of its kind on Neopets. It's under the account sailor_melody.
I've also fixed the Little Lupin problem. Little Lupin wil usually be referred to as Remus, and Big Lupin will only be mentioned clearly so you can tell which one I'm talking about. ^_^
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"Creature-Induced Injuries
Dangerous
Dai Llewellyn Ward
Serious Bites"
The sign over the ward Mr. Weasley is in at St. Mungo's. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, Page 487
AN: I just read this on Mugglenet acouple of days ago. Usually I do funny quotes, but this one freaked me out. Some of you may have seen this already, but the first words in that are Creature(Kreacher) Dangerous, Dai(Die?) Serious(Sirius?) Weird, no? J.K. Rowling's evil... she even put elaborate hints about Sirius in there. Well, maybe not, but it seems too much of a coincidence.
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The four boys stepped into the Gryffindor common room, and Remus headed staight for a table, throwing down his bookbag and taking out a Transfiguration book. Sirius frowned.
" Moony, you're going to STUDY???" he asked, with a disgusted look on his face. Remus nodded.
" We have a test tomorrow, Black. And DON'T call me Moony." Sirius looked a bit irate at the use of his last name. He shrugged it off and sat down across from Remus, who was now practicing his wand movements.
" Your swish is too much like your flick. I can't tell them apart." Sirius pointed out when a piece of parchment on the floor turned into a squirrel and bit an unfortunate Peter, who had been standing closest to it. Remus frowned.
" My aim was just a little off... There's nothing wrong with my swish." he responded icily. Sirius shrugged.
" Whatever you say, but when you transfigure things into animals, you're supposed to do it with a flick, not a swish." he replied smuggly. Remus scowled.
" Are you fogetting something, Sirius?" James asked him pointedly, sitting down himself after disposing of Peter's attacker. Sirius's expression was one of boredom.
" Probably. Refresh my memory."
James sighed.
" The Animagus project." he said to Sirius, ruffling his hair without turning around as the entry to the common room opened.
Sirius looked amused.
" It was only Gudgeon, James." James shrugged.
" Anyway, I thought we figured out we should be done by next year?" he asked, his tone casual, but Harry noticed some anxiety had crept into his voice.
" Yes, but we need to plan it at least a bit, you dolt."
" We can do that later." Sirius said with an impatient wave of his hand. This time it was James's turn to shrug. Sirius looked around tensely for a minute before quietly getting up and attempting to leave without being noticed. Remus, obviously aware of what Sirius was attempting and still bitter about the slight on his wand movements, loudly asked where Sirius was going. Sirius scowled.
" Nowhere that concerns you, Moony."
" Embarassed, Sirius?" James taunted. Harry felt suddenly anxious, as if there was a huge fight coming. James had a mocking expression on his face.
" Going to meet with a girl, are you, Sirius?" he asked in a sly voice. " Why are you trying to hide it from us?"
" I have to go do something, but I'm not hiding anything. You would think I was trying to sneak out! Just because you're so bloody immersed in your books that you didn't see me doesn't mean I waas trying to get away undetected of something! If I was meeting a girl, I wouldn't try to keep it quiet." Sirius almost yelled. James looked a bit angry now, too.
" Calm down, Sirius. We're just curious who you're going to see." Remus answered, apparently trying to get the other two to reconcile. James calmed down visibly, and Sirius quickly manipulated his features into the haughty expression he had worn in Snape's pensieve.
" I should be back in half an hour or so." he said shrugging, and waked out. As soon as he was out of the portrait hole, James spoke.
" Wonder why he was being such a prat..." Remus shrugged. Suddenly James eyes narrowed.
" Remember what Evans said?" he asked Remus. Remus shook his head.
" Sorry, mate, but I don't hang on to her every word like you." James glared at him, but he still had a preoccupied expression on his face.
" She said she had something to do.... That's the same thing Sirius said!" James looked around the common room. " Evans isn't here..." Remus's eyes wudened slightly and he looked like he was going to laugh.
" Sirius and Evans? Come off it, Potter! Sirius would never go for a girl someone else was interes..." he trailed off, and Harry saw the doubts forming in his head. " I mean.... especially if it was a girl you were interested in.... Especially Lily..." but that was not very comforting to his father, owing to the fact that Remus now looked as doubtful as James.
Harry realized his expression must have been worse than his fathers. But Lupin wouldn't show him something like that. Would he...? Lupin, apparently reading his thoughts as everyone often did, placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
" Your father was very... protective. He would hex any guy for even looking at Lily. A bit paranoid, as you can tell." Harry bit his lip.
" So... er... where did Sirius go?" he asked nervously. Lupin grinned.
" To this day, I still don't know. But he wasn't with Lily." Harry sighed, and was about to ask how Lupin could be so certain of that, when James, ignoring all of Remus's feeble assurances, jumped to his feet and almost ran to the protrait whole. He was almost there when the portrait flung open, missing him by mere inches, and Lily, accompanied by an ancient looking professor came in.
" Well, dear," the prefessor was saying, " he should be fine in a few days. The damage was done in a part of his anatomy that you... Ah... hopefully don't make use of." The old witch was blushing slightly. James snickered quietly, looking very relieved. The old witch looked around.
" Well, I must get going... I have something to do." Remus, looking very relieved also, gave James a pointed look. James grinned, looking a bit embarassed that he had over reacted to such a commonly used phrase. He seemed to shrug it off rather quickly, though, as he walked back to the table where Remus was trying, unsucessfully, to stop his laughter.
" So I wonder where Sirius is." James asked. Remus shrugged.
" Who knows... try using the two way mirror. Maybe he has it on him." James considered the idea for a second, and then dug through his bag, looking for the mirror. Harry suddenly remembered the broken mirror lying at the bottom of his trunk. His stomach tightened, remembering how much trouble could have been prevented if only he had looked at it earlier. Harry felt Lupin's hand on his shoulder.
" You might want to go see, Harry." he said, his expression sober. He too looked sad, almost as if he had read Harry's thoughts. Harry apprehensively walked over to James, who had rested the mirror agains a stack of books on the table so that it was standing up at an angle.
" Sirius." he said simply. The colors in hte mirror began to swirl, and the only thing seen in the mirror was black cloth. Harry could hear Sirius's voice coming from the mirror.
" What was...? Oh, the mirror... What the hell does James want now?" Sirius's muttering could be heard quite clearly, and Harry was sure he was aware that James could hear him. Suddenly, the image in the mirror shifted, and Siriu's face appeared. Harry burts out laughing. Sirius was wearing a ski mask. It was quite illogical. Why would Sirius need a ski mask in Hogwarts? James looked very confused.
" Sirius, what the hell are you wearing?" he said, in a none too calm voice. Remus stood up suddenly, almost knocking his chair over, to join James. Peter looked up from his homework too, and moved his chair closer to James. Sirius looked confused for a second, and the he quickly pulled it off, but not before Remus and PEter saw him.
" What were you wearing that for, Sirius?" Peter asked . Sirius looked very annoyed.
" Never you mind. I really have to get going." he said with a frown, and before James could protest, he tapped the mirror with his wand and the image diasppeared.
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AN: Done. I was overanalyzing, yet again, and I noticed something. When Hagrid arrives at James & Lily's house, it is in ruins. Since Voldemort was really weak after he attacked Harry, he could have hardly destroyed the house. I always thought he had just Alohomora'd his way in and killed the two quickly, but since the house was in ruins, it makes me think that James and Voldemort might have dueled for a while before Voldemort managed to kill him. If Lily ran to Harry's room as soon they saw Voldy, then what exactly was she doing while they dueled? I'm merely speculating, really. ^_^ But then again, I haven't checked this out with Harry's memories of that night in PoA, so it might not have been like that at all.
By the way, the Marauder Mayhem guild is now open! If you're a neopets member, please check it out. And if you're not, then sign up and check it out either way. ^_^ Even if you don't want to join, just let me know what you think or give me ideas. If you want to suggest a fanfiction we can link, let me know. ^_^ Anyway, it's under the account 'sailor_melody' Thank you, everyone. I'm not handing out cookies today... my sister think it's stupid... Soooo, if your interested in the Marauder guild idea, leave your neo username or e-mail it to me, and I'll send you an invite so you can take a look at it..