Dwelling In The Past
By: Sailoranime
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Disclaimer: Why should I even bother?
AN: Okay. Reason this took so long. ff.net has that new SSL login thing, and I couldn't log in. My computer had some settings messed up, so it wouldn't let me in. Since I knew I couldn't login, I saw no need to write this chapter quite yet. And now, through my own brilliance, I fixed my computer and can now login. Sooooooooo, here I go.
Other Info: This is the last promised memory. Yep. That's right. Last chapter. I'd like to thank everyone for reviewing, for being supportive, and for joining the guild Marauder Mayhem under the username sailor_melody at neopets.com *hint hint* And yes, thank you for all the comments on the ducks (who everyone seemed to love!) And yes, I did write the song myself. ^_^
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Quote of the Chapter ^_^
AN:Done by my wonderful Beta who everyone should thank. In fact, if you don't thank her in your review, you won't get a nice long epilogue! Kidding! But really, do thank her. ^_^
A week after Fred and George's departure, Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves, who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier, and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, "It unscrews the other way."
Beta-Comment – (Hi everyone)…After reading OotP and especially this quote, I have realized that McGonagall is by far the coolest teacher ever... maybe she can teach my math class or something…
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" At his own wedding?" Harry asked Lupin incredulously as the scene shifted and they found themselves in a hospital waiting room.
" Well, James never really liked formal occasions. The real challenge was getting away with it without Lily hurting us too much. Let me tell you, I still have a few scars from the beating she gave us."
This answer took Harry by surprise. Lupin had never really been that open with him.
" My god, Sirius! You're worse than James!" Remus was hissing at Sirius. Sirius stopped pacing. " I'm sure everything will go fine. It hasn't been a difficult pregnancy or anything. Everything will be fine." Remus reassured him. Sirius shook his head.
" I'm not worried about that. It's just that it's never safe for us to be out in public this long. She's been in there for three hours. What the hell is James thinking in letting her give birth in a muggle hospital? Voldemort could just blast in here and kill us all. And where is James? Getting some tea, that's where! What if Death Eaters attack? Then he'll be sorry when he finds us all dead! He's trading us all for a cup of tea and a scone!" Sirius was ranting now. Remus glared at him.
" Shut up, you prat. That's not going to happen. And you're scaring Peter." Remus scolded. Sirius turned to Peter, whose face was almost blending in with the white walls. Sirius grinned sheepishly.
" Sorry, Wormtail. Got a little carried away. I guess I have been a tad paranoid lately."
" A tad?" James asked with a raised eyebrow as he came in. Sirius frowned at him.
" I hope you enjoyed your tea! I hope it was worth the death of your friends!"
" Actually, it was. But I don't think any of my friends are dead... yet." James put an emphasis on the last word and looked at Sirius warningly. Sirius backed off. Two minutes passed in silence before James and Sirius began pacing... again. Five minutes passed before the nurse came out. She looked exhausted.
" Sorry that took so long. There were some rather odd events... The lights must have been faulty...they... well…they kept making the doctor's hair change colors. There must be somethig wrong with the plumbing too, the water seemed to taste like... uh... Sprite. Odd... it's just... you know, old buildings..." the nurse shook her head, bewildered. "Anyway, we're moving her to the maternity wing now."
As the nurse finished speaking, the door opened once more and another nurse came out holding baby Harry wrapped up in a few blankets. James went over to his son and tried to take him from the nurse.
" Sir! We need to get him cleaned up and feed him. You can't take him yet."
" But..."
" James, let them take him. You couldn't keep a plant alive if your life depended on it." James whirled around to see two nurses pushing a stretcher with Lily on it out of the room.
" Lord, not even something like this dulls that brilliant wit of yours" Sirius said with a raised eyebrow. Lily glared at him, but she was very tired.
" If you'll excuse us." one of the nurses said, and without waiting for a reply, they rolled Lily away and caught an elevator up.
" They were pranking while my mom was giving birth?" Harry asked Lupin as they followed the Marauders upstairs. Lupin looked amused.
" Uh... no Harry, that was you. Sometimes wizard babies... ah... 'show off' their power when they're born." Harry frowned. So young and he'd already begun to show off. Lupin seemed to read his mind. " That's not what I meant, Harry. Most wizard babies do."
But even his words seemed doubtful, and Harry was pretty sure he was lying and had probably never heard of such a thing before.
They finally reached the right floor and found the right room... after 4 tries, mind you.
" You know, I thought that lady was going to kick me when I walked into her room just now," Peter was saying. James laughed.
" I think she was about to.!" They all walked towards the bed where Lily was lying down with baby Harry.
" Hey, love. Thought you'd lost your way and just gone home." Lily spoke to James with a smile. James smiled back and took the baby.
" Did you hear what mayhem he cause down there?" Lily asked them. The others grinned and nodded.
" This one is going to be a powerful one, mark my words." James answered, beaming with pride. Sirius nodded.
" Another powerful wizard. What else would he be with you two as parents?" Lily and James smiled. Peter looked thoughtful.
" I... uh... I'm tired, you know... I think I'll be leaving now." The others nodded, but didn't even look at him. No one objected to his leaving. A dark shadow passed over Peter's face and his eyes narrowed. Then he seemed to shake it off and walked out the door without a word.
" Was he already working for Voldemort?" Harry asked, his voice almost a whisper.
" I don't think so... not yet, anyway. I might be wrong, but it seems to me like he was just thinking about it by now. Gathering information that would be useful in proving that he really wanted to be loyal to Voldemort."
The colors shifted and Hary felt himself being pulled up. Before he could protest, he was back in his room with Lupin behind him. It was over.
" I don't really know if that helped, Harry. I mean.... well... Happy Birthday." And without another word, he walked out the door.
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AN: Wow. Hope that wasn't too corny. Well, I hope you enjoyed the last chapter. I mean, I meant to make it long, but it didn't really work out the way I wanted it to. I MIGHT write a new memory. Keyword being 'might' I started this a little while ago, but it feels like it's been ages... Well, I hope you enjoyed the story. I enjoyed writing it. I don't think I'll be starting anything new. If you want to read more of my work and you like humor, check out 'From Behind The Veil'. I think that may turn into a parody of Harry's 6th year...
Anyway, please review. If you haven't reviewed any other chapters, at least review this one as it is probably the last one, 'k? Lots of love to everyone, thanks for being so supportive, thanks for joining the guild (feel free to go discuss your thoughts on the guild message board. I always check it) And last but not least, thank Dee, my beta for the last 4 chapters. She's been great and picked up on the smallest mistakes just to save you from my typos and sometimes bad choice of words. Make sure to thank her too, because she's been a huge help.
PS. There WILL be an epilogue, as the last part is kind of... unconclusive. So, keep checking. ^_^
By: Sailoranime
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Disclaimer: Why should I even bother?
AN: Okay. Reason this took so long. ff.net has that new SSL login thing, and I couldn't log in. My computer had some settings messed up, so it wouldn't let me in. Since I knew I couldn't login, I saw no need to write this chapter quite yet. And now, through my own brilliance, I fixed my computer and can now login. Sooooooooo, here I go.
Other Info: This is the last promised memory. Yep. That's right. Last chapter. I'd like to thank everyone for reviewing, for being supportive, and for joining the guild Marauder Mayhem under the username sailor_melody at neopets.com *hint hint* And yes, thank you for all the comments on the ducks (who everyone seemed to love!) And yes, I did write the song myself. ^_^
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quote of the Chapter ^_^
AN:Done by my wonderful Beta who everyone should thank. In fact, if you don't thank her in your review, you won't get a nice long epilogue! Kidding! But really, do thank her. ^_^
A week after Fred and George's departure, Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves, who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier, and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, "It unscrews the other way."
Beta-Comment – (Hi everyone)…After reading OotP and especially this quote, I have realized that McGonagall is by far the coolest teacher ever... maybe she can teach my math class or something…
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" At his own wedding?" Harry asked Lupin incredulously as the scene shifted and they found themselves in a hospital waiting room.
" Well, James never really liked formal occasions. The real challenge was getting away with it without Lily hurting us too much. Let me tell you, I still have a few scars from the beating she gave us."
This answer took Harry by surprise. Lupin had never really been that open with him.
" My god, Sirius! You're worse than James!" Remus was hissing at Sirius. Sirius stopped pacing. " I'm sure everything will go fine. It hasn't been a difficult pregnancy or anything. Everything will be fine." Remus reassured him. Sirius shook his head.
" I'm not worried about that. It's just that it's never safe for us to be out in public this long. She's been in there for three hours. What the hell is James thinking in letting her give birth in a muggle hospital? Voldemort could just blast in here and kill us all. And where is James? Getting some tea, that's where! What if Death Eaters attack? Then he'll be sorry when he finds us all dead! He's trading us all for a cup of tea and a scone!" Sirius was ranting now. Remus glared at him.
" Shut up, you prat. That's not going to happen. And you're scaring Peter." Remus scolded. Sirius turned to Peter, whose face was almost blending in with the white walls. Sirius grinned sheepishly.
" Sorry, Wormtail. Got a little carried away. I guess I have been a tad paranoid lately."
" A tad?" James asked with a raised eyebrow as he came in. Sirius frowned at him.
" I hope you enjoyed your tea! I hope it was worth the death of your friends!"
" Actually, it was. But I don't think any of my friends are dead... yet." James put an emphasis on the last word and looked at Sirius warningly. Sirius backed off. Two minutes passed in silence before James and Sirius began pacing... again. Five minutes passed before the nurse came out. She looked exhausted.
" Sorry that took so long. There were some rather odd events... The lights must have been faulty...they... well…they kept making the doctor's hair change colors. There must be somethig wrong with the plumbing too, the water seemed to taste like... uh... Sprite. Odd... it's just... you know, old buildings..." the nurse shook her head, bewildered. "Anyway, we're moving her to the maternity wing now."
As the nurse finished speaking, the door opened once more and another nurse came out holding baby Harry wrapped up in a few blankets. James went over to his son and tried to take him from the nurse.
" Sir! We need to get him cleaned up and feed him. You can't take him yet."
" But..."
" James, let them take him. You couldn't keep a plant alive if your life depended on it." James whirled around to see two nurses pushing a stretcher with Lily on it out of the room.
" Lord, not even something like this dulls that brilliant wit of yours" Sirius said with a raised eyebrow. Lily glared at him, but she was very tired.
" If you'll excuse us." one of the nurses said, and without waiting for a reply, they rolled Lily away and caught an elevator up.
" They were pranking while my mom was giving birth?" Harry asked Lupin as they followed the Marauders upstairs. Lupin looked amused.
" Uh... no Harry, that was you. Sometimes wizard babies... ah... 'show off' their power when they're born." Harry frowned. So young and he'd already begun to show off. Lupin seemed to read his mind. " That's not what I meant, Harry. Most wizard babies do."
But even his words seemed doubtful, and Harry was pretty sure he was lying and had probably never heard of such a thing before.
They finally reached the right floor and found the right room... after 4 tries, mind you.
" You know, I thought that lady was going to kick me when I walked into her room just now," Peter was saying. James laughed.
" I think she was about to.!" They all walked towards the bed where Lily was lying down with baby Harry.
" Hey, love. Thought you'd lost your way and just gone home." Lily spoke to James with a smile. James smiled back and took the baby.
" Did you hear what mayhem he cause down there?" Lily asked them. The others grinned and nodded.
" This one is going to be a powerful one, mark my words." James answered, beaming with pride. Sirius nodded.
" Another powerful wizard. What else would he be with you two as parents?" Lily and James smiled. Peter looked thoughtful.
" I... uh... I'm tired, you know... I think I'll be leaving now." The others nodded, but didn't even look at him. No one objected to his leaving. A dark shadow passed over Peter's face and his eyes narrowed. Then he seemed to shake it off and walked out the door without a word.
" Was he already working for Voldemort?" Harry asked, his voice almost a whisper.
" I don't think so... not yet, anyway. I might be wrong, but it seems to me like he was just thinking about it by now. Gathering information that would be useful in proving that he really wanted to be loyal to Voldemort."
The colors shifted and Hary felt himself being pulled up. Before he could protest, he was back in his room with Lupin behind him. It was over.
" I don't really know if that helped, Harry. I mean.... well... Happy Birthday." And without another word, he walked out the door.
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AN: Wow. Hope that wasn't too corny. Well, I hope you enjoyed the last chapter. I mean, I meant to make it long, but it didn't really work out the way I wanted it to. I MIGHT write a new memory. Keyword being 'might' I started this a little while ago, but it feels like it's been ages... Well, I hope you enjoyed the story. I enjoyed writing it. I don't think I'll be starting anything new. If you want to read more of my work and you like humor, check out 'From Behind The Veil'. I think that may turn into a parody of Harry's 6th year...
Anyway, please review. If you haven't reviewed any other chapters, at least review this one as it is probably the last one, 'k? Lots of love to everyone, thanks for being so supportive, thanks for joining the guild (feel free to go discuss your thoughts on the guild message board. I always check it) And last but not least, thank Dee, my beta for the last 4 chapters. She's been great and picked up on the smallest mistakes just to save you from my typos and sometimes bad choice of words. Make sure to thank her too, because she's been a huge help.
PS. There WILL be an epilogue, as the last part is kind of... unconclusive. So, keep checking. ^_^