As soon as Harry entered the Great Hall, he sat down and waited for Ron and
Hermione. He didn't have long to wait before they both appeared at the
entrance of the Great Hall, breathing heavily. They swiftly sat down on
either side of him. The Great Hall was filling up rather quickly and Harry
couldn't wait for everyone to know about his parents being brought back to
life and Sirius' innocence.
Not long after Harry, Ron and Hermione had arrived in the Great Hall, the young James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Arthur and Lily quickly and quietly sat down near them.
After about fifteen minutes of Harry staring at his watch, everyone was now seated and looking expectantly up at Dumbledore, who was smiling broadly.
"Good morning everyone. Now, before breakfast starts, I have quite a few things to tell you" Dumbledore said, with twinkling eyes. He was looking at Harry in particular "I assume you all know about Lily and James Potter and what happened to them fourteen years ago?"
"Yeah! You-Know-Who killed them!" A Ravenclaw girl piped up. The younger James and Lily looked around apprehensively at their friends. As soon as this was said, murmurings and whispers were spread throughout the Hall. Dumbledore silenced them and they looked back to him.
"Well, here is some good, although rather shocking news for you all. Lily and James Potter are alive, they were revived last night, with the help of Harry" Everyone looked at Dumbledore in shock and disbelief.
"My god, I think he's finally cracked" A Slytherin said, sniggering.
"Lily! James! You may come in now" Everyone's head swiveled to the entrance of the Great Hall, where the older James and Lily stood. James winked at Harry and waved to everyone, while Lily smiled.
There was an almighty uproar at this and some people actually passed out. Most people were screaming and not believing what they were seeing. Dumbledore couldn't actually get control over everyone, so in the end, he had to blast a spell from his wand. Everyone turned back to him.
"YOU!" Snape cried, jumping from his seat as if he'd received an electric shock. His face was a mixture of anger and hatred as he glared at James, who just grinned.
"Alright there Snivelly?" James asked, coolly. All the Gryffindors started sniggering, while Lily elbowed him in the arm.
"Shut it Potter!" James just laughed.
"You haven't changed at all"
"Neither have you! You're still an arrogant big-head Potter!"
Everyone was now watching from Snape to James as if they were watching a tennis rally.
Dumbledore quickly cleared his throat and spoke up.
"Lily, James, could you come over here please?"
"Prongs! Come sit next to me!" Lupin said, smiling happily. He'd left two spare seats next to him. James grinned and sat down next to his fellow Marauder. Everyone looked at Lily and James in utter amazement.
"It's true! They really are the Potters! My parents have got photos of them!" Neville Longbottom shouted, to which everyone had actually started to believe that the two people in front of them really were Harry Potter's parents.
Dumbledore quickly seized his chance and carried on.
"Now, I also assume that you have all heard of Sirius Black"
"Yeah! He killed Peter Pettigrew and slaughtered thirteen muggles in the process!" A Hufflepuff boy shouted. The young Sirius paled considerably and Peter looked at him in shock with wide eyes. Once again, a babble broke out and Dumbledore silenced them all again.
"But, what has this got to do with anything?" A Gryffindor asked.
"That's a very good question and now I am going to tell you" Dumbledore took a deep breath.
Half-way through explaining to everyone about Sirius' innocence, there was a huge bang as the double doors were flung open and Sirius Black stood there smiling. Everyone started screaming and quite almost every single girl burst into tears.
Sirius' smile faded.
"Oops, came in at the wrong time, didn't I?" James, Lily and Lupin sighed and nodded.
Dumbledore quickly explained the rest to the school.
"Sirius was freed last night because there was some evidence of what happened that day"
Everyone's head swiveled in Sirius' direction, who put on a cheery smile and did a little wave. Suddenly, Harry stood up.
"Sirius is innocent and he helped me get through the Triwizard Tournament last year!" Ron and Hermione stood up as well and nodded.
"It's completely true!" Hermione said. Not many people were convinced; the only people who did look convinced were: Cho, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan.
"Well, Sirius, could you please sit down seeing as there are a few more announcements I'd like to make"
Sirius pouted.
"When do we get FOOD?! I'm HUNGRY!" The Weasley's, Harry, Hermione, James, Lily, Lupin and their younger selves started laughing. James looked at Sirius with amusement.
"Have you ever thought about anything other than food, Padfoot?"
Sirius went to shake his head, then stopped.
"Yes, I worry for your son's safety most of the time" Harry went bright red at this statement and looked to his plate.
"Sirius, please sit down. The longer you talk, the longer I can't get my announcements out of the way, the longer you have to wait before you can eat" Dumbledore told him with twinkling eyes. Sirius' lower lip wobbled, but he quickly sat down near Harry. He ended up sitting between Ron and Lavender. Lavender looked at Sirius with a horrified look on her face and she quickly edged her seat nearer to Dean, then clung onto his arm. Dean flushed bright red at this, but put a protective arm around her.
Dumbledore smiled and looked around at everyone. Most people were still looking at Sirius apprehensively, as if he was about to get out his wand and start killing everyone in sight. Others looked at him curiously. A few girls were actually giggling amongst themselves and shooting him dreamy looks.
"Now, Mr. Filch would like to say once again that Dungbombs are not allowed in the corridors, if anyone is found with them, they will be given detention. Once again, I must remind you that No one, I repeat *No one* is to go wandering the corridors at night" as he said this, his eyes landed on Harry, Ron and Hermione, who tried their best to look innocent "and last, but not least, whoever let off those Dungbombs in the Slytherin common room and in Professor Snape's room, will they please turn themselves in because the longer you leave it, the worse the punishment will get"
Fred and George started sniggering, but quickly muffled it with their hands.
"And now, let the feast begin" with that said, food appeared out of nowhere and Sirius grabbed hold of anything he could and started eating it.
Harry looked at Sirius in amazement. He had just managed to eat a huge dollop of mash potatoes, peas, pork, 4 roast potatoes and gravy in less then two minutes and he was still eating!
"You must be hungry!" Ron said, staring at Sirius.
"I'm ravenous, haven't eaten properly in months!" Sirius said, through mouthfuls of food.
"Padfoot, slow down or you'll give yourself indigestion!" The older James said, walking over to Sirius with a grin on his face.
"You'd be really hungry too if you'd been feeding off rats for the last five months!" Sirius said, still chucking food down his throat. James' grin faded and was replaced with a look of horror.
"R-Rats?!" he said, looking thunderstruck.
Sirius nodded and carried on piling food onto his plate.
"I think it was my fault that you were feeding off rats, I mean, I was the reason you came back" Harry said, looking apologetic. Sirius looked at Harry with a stern expression on his face.
"Don't you go blaming yourself! I had to be a responsible godfather and so I tried fulfilling my duties, I begged your father to let me be your godfather and he let me. I couldn't exactly let you and your father down now, could I?" Sirius told him. James looked at him rather taken aback.
"You've really taken this godfather thing seriously, haven't you?"
Sirius sighed and rolled his eyes.
"What do you think? Of course I have!" James nodded in approval.
"You've grown up Padfoot, I'm impressed" Sirius immediately jumped up from his chair, grabbed hold of James and got him in a headlock, then started ruffling his hair.
"AAAAHHH! Harry HELP!" James shouted. Harry just burst out into uncontrollable laughter.
"What were you saying about me growing up? Huh? I'm not quite as grown up as you think!" and with that, Sirius let go of James with a huge grin on his face. James was panting heavily, then without warning, grabbed hold of Sirius and jumped onto his back.
"PIGGY BACK!" James yelled. Sirius struggled under James' weight, then finally collapsed onto the floor. Everyone burst out laughing. Harry, Ron and Hermione actually had tears rolling down their cheeks and when they looked over to Lily and Lupin, they noticed that they were both shaking their heads, but looking rather amused at the same time.
Snape just looked at Sirius and James with narrowed eyes.
"You guys never change!" Lupin told them.
"Hey! Quidditch match in one week people! Ravenclaw versus Gryffindor!" Angelina shouted. Everyone started cheering and then started whispering to each other. Harry's heart jumped, then sank. He'd just realized that he had to play against Cho, but how could he play against her and not hurt her feelings? The worry must have showed on his face because Sirius immediately looked at him with concern.
"Harry, you alright?" Harry looked at Sirius and shook his head "Wanna talk about it?" Harry nodded.
Sirius quickly stood up, James doing the same. Harry stood up and followed them out of the Great Hall and made their way into an empty classroom.
"What's up?" Sirius questioned him.
Harry opened his mouth, went to say something, thought better of it and shut his mouth again.
"What's going on?" Everyone whirled around to see Lily, Lupin, Ron and Hermione entering the classroom, looking concerned.
"There's something wrong with Harry, but he won't tell us what's up" James told them. Ron and Hermione looked at Harry curiously. It took them both a while before it sunk in as to what was wrong with him.
"It's Cho, isn't it?" Hermione said suddenly. Harry looked at her and nodded.
"Cho? Who's Cho?" James questioned.
"Harry's *girlfriend* and Ravenclaw Seeker" Ron smirked. James and Sirius grinned, while Lily and Lupin just smiled. Harry went bright red and glared at Ron.
"She is *NOT* my girlfriend!"
"Yeah, sure" Ron smirked.
"Anyway, let's just focus on the problem at hand" Hermione said, interrupting Ron.
"What's the problem at hand?" Sirius asked. Lily and James smacked their foreheads.
"It's pretty obvious Padfoot! He likes her!" James said, looking exasperated.
"Oh" Suddenly, comprehension dawned on Sirius' face. "Oh!"
"I don't want to hurt her" Harry mumbled.
"Of course you don't" Hermione smiled.
"After all, you've liked her for years!" Ron grinned.
"Ron SHUT UP!" Hermione shouted at him.
"Sheesh, what's with you?"
"Will you just stop it? You're not helping anyone!"
"I'm just-"
"Stating the obvious, we know" Harry told him. Ron reddened at this.
"Actually, I was gonna say something else" Ron muttered.
Suddenly, there was a noise that sounded like a creak from outside the classroom.
"What was that?" Hermione asked, sounding worried.
"Probably Snape, trying to find another way to get us expelled" Ron said, looking annoyed. Sirius and James goggled at him.
"Snape tries to get you guys expelled!" James looked aghast.
"Yup, but I think he only tries to get Ron expelled cos he's my friend and we sort of do almost everything together" Harry told him.
"Yeah, he absolutely hates Harry!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Hmm . . . I wonder why" Ron said, sarcastically.
Hermione rolled her eyes and tutted. Lupin strode over to the door and peered out. He came back in looking rather amused.
"What is it Moony?" James asked.
Fred and George walked into the classroom, holding something that looked like ears.
"Is that-?" Ron goggled at them.
"Yep, lil bro, it's Extendable Ears" George said, looking proud.
"We were just checking to see if they worked" Fred told them.
"By listening in on other people's conversations?!" Hermione looked rather outraged.
"Well, actually, we wanted the Marauders' help on whether we should sell them or not" Fred told them.
"Fred! George! If you don't get out! I will give you guys' detention!" Ron told them, looking stern. Fred and George just burst out laughing.
"Oh yeah, go on lil bro, give us detention, we don't care!"
Ron drew himself up to his proper height, looking proud "Well then, I'm a prefect and if you don't-"
WHAM!
Ron went flying backwards. Hermione and Harry gasped, while everyone else looked dumbstruck.
"Save your speech for someone who wants to hear it Weasley!" A drawling voice yelled. There was no mistaking in that voice. It was Draco Malfoy. It appeared that Malfoy had hexed Ron, while he was telling his brothers off.
Harry whirled around, looking angry.
"Ron wasn't talking to YOU Malfoy! So you had absolutely no right to interfere!" Harry yelled. Malfoy smirked.
"Trying to show off in front of your parents Potter?" Harry started shaking with anger.
"Harry, calm down. He's doing it on purpose!" Hermione whispered to him.
"Oh, look! The mudblood's trying to calm Potter, isn't that the most pathetic thing you've ever seen?" Malfoy said, sounding amused.
Without thinking, Harry lunged for Malfoy, but had to be restrained by both Lupin and James.
"Harry, calm down!" Lily told him.
"My god! Seeing Potter's mudblood mother is enough to make anyone throw up!" Malfoy said with a strange gleam in his eye. James immediately released Harry and made to lunge for Malfoy himself, but Hermione got there first.
SMACK!
Hermione had slapped Malfoy with all the strength she could muster.
"Don't you *DARE* insult Harry's mother! You foul, you evil, you miserable excuse for a-"
"Hermione!" Ron went to grab Hermione's arm, but Hermione pushed him roughly away. She pulled out her wand and pointed it right at Malfoy's chest.
"Insult me or Harry's mother again and I *swear* you won't live to tell the tale!" Hermione said, looking outraged. Malfoy looked at her, taken aback, but quickly walked off. Hermione was still breathing slowly and heavily. She was shaking from head-to-foot.
"Hermione, are you alright?" Harry asked her, looking concerned.
Hermione turned around to look at everyone, who had just watched the little scene with amazement. She looked to them all and then burst into tears. Ron quickly ran over to her and hugged her.
"Hermione, don't let him get to you!" Harry said, trying to reassure his best female friend.
"What you did was very brave, thank you for sticking up for me" Lily said, beaming at her.
Sirius and James were whispering amongst themselves, then they turned back to Hermione, who was now being comforted by Lupin, Lily, Harry, Ron, Fred and George.
"Hermione! D-Don't cry! You'll make me cry!" Sirius said, pretending to look sad. James also did the same. This resulted in Hermione giggling.
Sirius grinned.
"Looks like I've still got the gift for cheering people up"
"C'mon, why don't we go to the Gryffindor common room and have a proper chat about this whole Quidditch thing? Then after that, we can think up ways to get revenge on Malfoy" Lupin added. Everyone else nodded and Fred and George looked mischievous.
"Mind if we help?"
"Sure, the more, the better" and with that, everyone proceeded to the Gryffindor common room.
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Note: I'm thinking of Remus Lupin having a daughter and Sirius Black having a son. For those of you who have read Safety of Danger, you will know that I am referring to Jay Black and Emily Lupin. They will both be 15, the same age as Harry. Do you think I should have them in my story or not? And obviously, the mothers will show up at some point because they will have been Lily's best friends at Hogwarts. Tell me what you think I should do! ASAP! Thanks!
Not long after Harry, Ron and Hermione had arrived in the Great Hall, the young James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Arthur and Lily quickly and quietly sat down near them.
After about fifteen minutes of Harry staring at his watch, everyone was now seated and looking expectantly up at Dumbledore, who was smiling broadly.
"Good morning everyone. Now, before breakfast starts, I have quite a few things to tell you" Dumbledore said, with twinkling eyes. He was looking at Harry in particular "I assume you all know about Lily and James Potter and what happened to them fourteen years ago?"
"Yeah! You-Know-Who killed them!" A Ravenclaw girl piped up. The younger James and Lily looked around apprehensively at their friends. As soon as this was said, murmurings and whispers were spread throughout the Hall. Dumbledore silenced them and they looked back to him.
"Well, here is some good, although rather shocking news for you all. Lily and James Potter are alive, they were revived last night, with the help of Harry" Everyone looked at Dumbledore in shock and disbelief.
"My god, I think he's finally cracked" A Slytherin said, sniggering.
"Lily! James! You may come in now" Everyone's head swiveled to the entrance of the Great Hall, where the older James and Lily stood. James winked at Harry and waved to everyone, while Lily smiled.
There was an almighty uproar at this and some people actually passed out. Most people were screaming and not believing what they were seeing. Dumbledore couldn't actually get control over everyone, so in the end, he had to blast a spell from his wand. Everyone turned back to him.
"YOU!" Snape cried, jumping from his seat as if he'd received an electric shock. His face was a mixture of anger and hatred as he glared at James, who just grinned.
"Alright there Snivelly?" James asked, coolly. All the Gryffindors started sniggering, while Lily elbowed him in the arm.
"Shut it Potter!" James just laughed.
"You haven't changed at all"
"Neither have you! You're still an arrogant big-head Potter!"
Everyone was now watching from Snape to James as if they were watching a tennis rally.
Dumbledore quickly cleared his throat and spoke up.
"Lily, James, could you come over here please?"
"Prongs! Come sit next to me!" Lupin said, smiling happily. He'd left two spare seats next to him. James grinned and sat down next to his fellow Marauder. Everyone looked at Lily and James in utter amazement.
"It's true! They really are the Potters! My parents have got photos of them!" Neville Longbottom shouted, to which everyone had actually started to believe that the two people in front of them really were Harry Potter's parents.
Dumbledore quickly seized his chance and carried on.
"Now, I also assume that you have all heard of Sirius Black"
"Yeah! He killed Peter Pettigrew and slaughtered thirteen muggles in the process!" A Hufflepuff boy shouted. The young Sirius paled considerably and Peter looked at him in shock with wide eyes. Once again, a babble broke out and Dumbledore silenced them all again.
"But, what has this got to do with anything?" A Gryffindor asked.
"That's a very good question and now I am going to tell you" Dumbledore took a deep breath.
Half-way through explaining to everyone about Sirius' innocence, there was a huge bang as the double doors were flung open and Sirius Black stood there smiling. Everyone started screaming and quite almost every single girl burst into tears.
Sirius' smile faded.
"Oops, came in at the wrong time, didn't I?" James, Lily and Lupin sighed and nodded.
Dumbledore quickly explained the rest to the school.
"Sirius was freed last night because there was some evidence of what happened that day"
Everyone's head swiveled in Sirius' direction, who put on a cheery smile and did a little wave. Suddenly, Harry stood up.
"Sirius is innocent and he helped me get through the Triwizard Tournament last year!" Ron and Hermione stood up as well and nodded.
"It's completely true!" Hermione said. Not many people were convinced; the only people who did look convinced were: Cho, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan.
"Well, Sirius, could you please sit down seeing as there are a few more announcements I'd like to make"
Sirius pouted.
"When do we get FOOD?! I'm HUNGRY!" The Weasley's, Harry, Hermione, James, Lily, Lupin and their younger selves started laughing. James looked at Sirius with amusement.
"Have you ever thought about anything other than food, Padfoot?"
Sirius went to shake his head, then stopped.
"Yes, I worry for your son's safety most of the time" Harry went bright red at this statement and looked to his plate.
"Sirius, please sit down. The longer you talk, the longer I can't get my announcements out of the way, the longer you have to wait before you can eat" Dumbledore told him with twinkling eyes. Sirius' lower lip wobbled, but he quickly sat down near Harry. He ended up sitting between Ron and Lavender. Lavender looked at Sirius with a horrified look on her face and she quickly edged her seat nearer to Dean, then clung onto his arm. Dean flushed bright red at this, but put a protective arm around her.
Dumbledore smiled and looked around at everyone. Most people were still looking at Sirius apprehensively, as if he was about to get out his wand and start killing everyone in sight. Others looked at him curiously. A few girls were actually giggling amongst themselves and shooting him dreamy looks.
"Now, Mr. Filch would like to say once again that Dungbombs are not allowed in the corridors, if anyone is found with them, they will be given detention. Once again, I must remind you that No one, I repeat *No one* is to go wandering the corridors at night" as he said this, his eyes landed on Harry, Ron and Hermione, who tried their best to look innocent "and last, but not least, whoever let off those Dungbombs in the Slytherin common room and in Professor Snape's room, will they please turn themselves in because the longer you leave it, the worse the punishment will get"
Fred and George started sniggering, but quickly muffled it with their hands.
"And now, let the feast begin" with that said, food appeared out of nowhere and Sirius grabbed hold of anything he could and started eating it.
Harry looked at Sirius in amazement. He had just managed to eat a huge dollop of mash potatoes, peas, pork, 4 roast potatoes and gravy in less then two minutes and he was still eating!
"You must be hungry!" Ron said, staring at Sirius.
"I'm ravenous, haven't eaten properly in months!" Sirius said, through mouthfuls of food.
"Padfoot, slow down or you'll give yourself indigestion!" The older James said, walking over to Sirius with a grin on his face.
"You'd be really hungry too if you'd been feeding off rats for the last five months!" Sirius said, still chucking food down his throat. James' grin faded and was replaced with a look of horror.
"R-Rats?!" he said, looking thunderstruck.
Sirius nodded and carried on piling food onto his plate.
"I think it was my fault that you were feeding off rats, I mean, I was the reason you came back" Harry said, looking apologetic. Sirius looked at Harry with a stern expression on his face.
"Don't you go blaming yourself! I had to be a responsible godfather and so I tried fulfilling my duties, I begged your father to let me be your godfather and he let me. I couldn't exactly let you and your father down now, could I?" Sirius told him. James looked at him rather taken aback.
"You've really taken this godfather thing seriously, haven't you?"
Sirius sighed and rolled his eyes.
"What do you think? Of course I have!" James nodded in approval.
"You've grown up Padfoot, I'm impressed" Sirius immediately jumped up from his chair, grabbed hold of James and got him in a headlock, then started ruffling his hair.
"AAAAHHH! Harry HELP!" James shouted. Harry just burst out into uncontrollable laughter.
"What were you saying about me growing up? Huh? I'm not quite as grown up as you think!" and with that, Sirius let go of James with a huge grin on his face. James was panting heavily, then without warning, grabbed hold of Sirius and jumped onto his back.
"PIGGY BACK!" James yelled. Sirius struggled under James' weight, then finally collapsed onto the floor. Everyone burst out laughing. Harry, Ron and Hermione actually had tears rolling down their cheeks and when they looked over to Lily and Lupin, they noticed that they were both shaking their heads, but looking rather amused at the same time.
Snape just looked at Sirius and James with narrowed eyes.
"You guys never change!" Lupin told them.
"Hey! Quidditch match in one week people! Ravenclaw versus Gryffindor!" Angelina shouted. Everyone started cheering and then started whispering to each other. Harry's heart jumped, then sank. He'd just realized that he had to play against Cho, but how could he play against her and not hurt her feelings? The worry must have showed on his face because Sirius immediately looked at him with concern.
"Harry, you alright?" Harry looked at Sirius and shook his head "Wanna talk about it?" Harry nodded.
Sirius quickly stood up, James doing the same. Harry stood up and followed them out of the Great Hall and made their way into an empty classroom.
"What's up?" Sirius questioned him.
Harry opened his mouth, went to say something, thought better of it and shut his mouth again.
"What's going on?" Everyone whirled around to see Lily, Lupin, Ron and Hermione entering the classroom, looking concerned.
"There's something wrong with Harry, but he won't tell us what's up" James told them. Ron and Hermione looked at Harry curiously. It took them both a while before it sunk in as to what was wrong with him.
"It's Cho, isn't it?" Hermione said suddenly. Harry looked at her and nodded.
"Cho? Who's Cho?" James questioned.
"Harry's *girlfriend* and Ravenclaw Seeker" Ron smirked. James and Sirius grinned, while Lily and Lupin just smiled. Harry went bright red and glared at Ron.
"She is *NOT* my girlfriend!"
"Yeah, sure" Ron smirked.
"Anyway, let's just focus on the problem at hand" Hermione said, interrupting Ron.
"What's the problem at hand?" Sirius asked. Lily and James smacked their foreheads.
"It's pretty obvious Padfoot! He likes her!" James said, looking exasperated.
"Oh" Suddenly, comprehension dawned on Sirius' face. "Oh!"
"I don't want to hurt her" Harry mumbled.
"Of course you don't" Hermione smiled.
"After all, you've liked her for years!" Ron grinned.
"Ron SHUT UP!" Hermione shouted at him.
"Sheesh, what's with you?"
"Will you just stop it? You're not helping anyone!"
"I'm just-"
"Stating the obvious, we know" Harry told him. Ron reddened at this.
"Actually, I was gonna say something else" Ron muttered.
Suddenly, there was a noise that sounded like a creak from outside the classroom.
"What was that?" Hermione asked, sounding worried.
"Probably Snape, trying to find another way to get us expelled" Ron said, looking annoyed. Sirius and James goggled at him.
"Snape tries to get you guys expelled!" James looked aghast.
"Yup, but I think he only tries to get Ron expelled cos he's my friend and we sort of do almost everything together" Harry told him.
"Yeah, he absolutely hates Harry!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Hmm . . . I wonder why" Ron said, sarcastically.
Hermione rolled her eyes and tutted. Lupin strode over to the door and peered out. He came back in looking rather amused.
"What is it Moony?" James asked.
Fred and George walked into the classroom, holding something that looked like ears.
"Is that-?" Ron goggled at them.
"Yep, lil bro, it's Extendable Ears" George said, looking proud.
"We were just checking to see if they worked" Fred told them.
"By listening in on other people's conversations?!" Hermione looked rather outraged.
"Well, actually, we wanted the Marauders' help on whether we should sell them or not" Fred told them.
"Fred! George! If you don't get out! I will give you guys' detention!" Ron told them, looking stern. Fred and George just burst out laughing.
"Oh yeah, go on lil bro, give us detention, we don't care!"
Ron drew himself up to his proper height, looking proud "Well then, I'm a prefect and if you don't-"
WHAM!
Ron went flying backwards. Hermione and Harry gasped, while everyone else looked dumbstruck.
"Save your speech for someone who wants to hear it Weasley!" A drawling voice yelled. There was no mistaking in that voice. It was Draco Malfoy. It appeared that Malfoy had hexed Ron, while he was telling his brothers off.
Harry whirled around, looking angry.
"Ron wasn't talking to YOU Malfoy! So you had absolutely no right to interfere!" Harry yelled. Malfoy smirked.
"Trying to show off in front of your parents Potter?" Harry started shaking with anger.
"Harry, calm down. He's doing it on purpose!" Hermione whispered to him.
"Oh, look! The mudblood's trying to calm Potter, isn't that the most pathetic thing you've ever seen?" Malfoy said, sounding amused.
Without thinking, Harry lunged for Malfoy, but had to be restrained by both Lupin and James.
"Harry, calm down!" Lily told him.
"My god! Seeing Potter's mudblood mother is enough to make anyone throw up!" Malfoy said with a strange gleam in his eye. James immediately released Harry and made to lunge for Malfoy himself, but Hermione got there first.
SMACK!
Hermione had slapped Malfoy with all the strength she could muster.
"Don't you *DARE* insult Harry's mother! You foul, you evil, you miserable excuse for a-"
"Hermione!" Ron went to grab Hermione's arm, but Hermione pushed him roughly away. She pulled out her wand and pointed it right at Malfoy's chest.
"Insult me or Harry's mother again and I *swear* you won't live to tell the tale!" Hermione said, looking outraged. Malfoy looked at her, taken aback, but quickly walked off. Hermione was still breathing slowly and heavily. She was shaking from head-to-foot.
"Hermione, are you alright?" Harry asked her, looking concerned.
Hermione turned around to look at everyone, who had just watched the little scene with amazement. She looked to them all and then burst into tears. Ron quickly ran over to her and hugged her.
"Hermione, don't let him get to you!" Harry said, trying to reassure his best female friend.
"What you did was very brave, thank you for sticking up for me" Lily said, beaming at her.
Sirius and James were whispering amongst themselves, then they turned back to Hermione, who was now being comforted by Lupin, Lily, Harry, Ron, Fred and George.
"Hermione! D-Don't cry! You'll make me cry!" Sirius said, pretending to look sad. James also did the same. This resulted in Hermione giggling.
Sirius grinned.
"Looks like I've still got the gift for cheering people up"
"C'mon, why don't we go to the Gryffindor common room and have a proper chat about this whole Quidditch thing? Then after that, we can think up ways to get revenge on Malfoy" Lupin added. Everyone else nodded and Fred and George looked mischievous.
"Mind if we help?"
"Sure, the more, the better" and with that, everyone proceeded to the Gryffindor common room.
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Note: I'm thinking of Remus Lupin having a daughter and Sirius Black having a son. For those of you who have read Safety of Danger, you will know that I am referring to Jay Black and Emily Lupin. They will both be 15, the same age as Harry. Do you think I should have them in my story or not? And obviously, the mothers will show up at some point because they will have been Lily's best friends at Hogwarts. Tell me what you think I should do! ASAP! Thanks!
