By: Sailoranime
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. This is written for my enjoyment and the enjoyment of others only.
AN: I know it's been a little more than two weeks since my last update, and I'm really sorry. Things have been... odd lately. I just finished IiI and posted the second chapter of my parody, so I'm not completely inactive. And... I FORGOT THE QUOTE OF THE CHAPTER!!! I didn't remember to put it in last chapter... I'm so sorry... Forgive me?
Full Summary: After Sirius's death in OotP, Lupin uses the Pensieve to let Harry see his memories of the Marauders. Includes Marauder adventures, some James/Lily fluff, James and Lily's wedding, and Harry's birth. Will be about 12 chapters long. 10 memories in total. Eventually, Harry and Lupin learn to er... interact better and become something of a family. No slash.
Other info on Story: We have like 4 chapters left until the end. Great, isn't it?
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Quote of the Chapter: " Sirius?"
" Harry!"
" You're dead!"
"I'm back!"
" I CRIED for you!"
" It means you love me."
- Harry and Sirius, From Behind the Veil
AN: This quote is actually from a fanfiction. From my own parody of stories where Sirius comes back to life.
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Suddenly, surrounded by the now familiar swirl of colors, they were out of the restroom and under the tree Harry had seen in Snape's pensieve.
The four boys were sitting down, looking distraught. James was leaning against the tree, his eyes closed, his face tear-stained. Sirius was looking across the grounds, but not seeing anything. Remus 's face was full of sympathy. Peter was looking shocked and nervous. Harry wanted to ask Lupin what had happened, but now even he looked somber. No one spoke for a few minutes, then Harry heard a familiar voice call out.
"James!" It was Lily. She was running towards them, looking very distraught. James opened his eyes, but closed them again as she finally reached them and plopped down next to him.
" I just heard. How...?" she trailed off, almost as if afraid to ask the question. James didn't speak. Lily seemed to understand and she waited patiently until James felt ready to answer. It seemed like an eternity before he spoke.
"Voldemort." his voice shook slightly, but there was no emotion in it. Peter gave a little squeak of fright. James's eyes were still closed. " Dumbledore just told us."
Lily's eyes widened.
" Voldemort did it?"
James nodded.
" Did... anyone survive?"
James nodded again. " My mother. She's gone into hiding now."
"I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do?" James didn't answer. " James, did you hear me? I asked if-"
" There's nothing you can do, Evans." Sirius cut her off rather rudely. Lily looked taken aback, but said nothing.
" Okay," Lily gave in, but she sounded as if she was going against her better judgement, "If you need me... James, can you hear me? I said if you need me-"
" He won't." Sirius snapped again. Lily bit her lip softly and walked away, throwing a last sympathetic look at the two boys.
" That was rather rude, Padfoot." Remus said softly. Sirius shrugged and lay down on the grass. It was a few minutes before anyone spoke again. It was James who finally broke the silence.
" Blasted the whole house with a flick of his wand." It wasn't a question. Justs a statement.
" So that's just how powerful the Dark Lord is..." Peter said with a small squeak.
" Revenge." answered Sirius. His face was devoid of all emotion, but his voice was filled with anger. Remus just shook his head.
" This isn't some little feud with Slytherins, Sirius. This is an extremely powerful dark wizard who-"
" Sirius is right. We need to get revenge. " James answered. Remus looked shocked.
" James, I know it was your family but you two can't rush off and do something stupid."
" You don't understand, Moony. They were the only family that I've ever been proud of belonging to. They took me in, Remus. They didn't deserve anything like this."
" I know they didn't, but now isn't the time to think about revenge."
" It's as good a time as any." James countered.
"Try telling your mother that. Do you think she wants to lose you and Sirius? You two are the only family she has left." Neither Sirius nor James answered. A few minutes passed before anyone spoke.
" I never thought it would affect us. It... it just never seemed like the problems that plague the world would… or even could ever reach us... but they did." Sirius finally said, breaking the silence. James nodded in agreement. He leaned back down against his tree trunk and sat there for a minute before his eyes flew open again and he began looking through his bag. The others looked at him in confusion until he brought out a small dagger. Sirius's eyes widened slightly in realization, and he gave a small nod, taking the dagger from James.
" What are they going to do?" Harry asked Lupin as his father took out a small bowl of sorts. Lupin didn't answer, and Harry didn't ask again, observing the others instead. In one quick motion, Sirius made a small cut in his hand and let blood fall into the bowl. Remus's eyes widened.
" You can't be serious!" Peter squeaked. The others ignored him. Sirius looked at Remus. Remus nodded and took the dagger, piercing his own skin and letting his blood join Sirius's. Remus looked at Peter questioningly. Peter nodded, still looking doubtful. He too cut himself and let the blood fall into the bowl. Then he handed it back to James. James took a deep breath and let his own blood fall into the bowl, mixing with the blood of the others.
" As long as we live, we'll fight against Voldemort and those trying to harm us and our loved ones. We will sacrifice ourselves for the safety of others and we will let nothing separate us. We will fight. No matter what." James said quietly. Sirius and Remus nodded, and Peter just sat there, frozen.
" And so the blood oath is completed."
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AN: Corny? Yes. Sorry. Btw, did you notice Wormtail didn't nod? That's kind of on purpose, but you can probably tell. You see, he's still kind of bound to that promise because his blood was in the bowl too, but he didn't nod or really accept the 'conditions' of the blood oath, so he wasn't completely bound to it or anything. It's kind of complicated. Anyway, you know the drill. Please review. ^_^
Oh, and just a quick reminder about Marauder Mayhem. The guild, on neopets.com under the account sailor_melody, is still open to anyone who is fan of the Marauders. I won't go into much detail because this isn't an advertising service or anything, but we offer links to our favorite Marauder fanfiction, fanart, contests, links to groups and mailing lists like 'Sirius Denail', and special events on the full moon. The full moon idea was actually from one of my reviewers, whoever it was, take a bow. ^_^ If you're interested, the URL is . Well, that's it.
Just one last thing! The Dwelling spin off has been posted already. Now you can find out why Sirius was wearing a ski mask. ^_^ So many people asked me to write it, but very few have actually read it.