While Sirius, Lupin, Rose, Sally, Jay and Emily walked back to Dumbledore's
office, Emily was grumbling slightly and glaring at Jay, Jay was winking at
her, grinning and blowing her little kisses, Rose and Sally were watching
them with amusement, while Sirius and Lupin were still shocked at
discovering they had kids. Sirius quickly stopped in his tracks outside the
entrance to Dumbledore's office. Lupin took one look at his face and nodded
in understanding. Rose and Sally, noticing that Lupin and Sirius weren't
walking with them anymore, stopped walking and turned around to face them.
"What's up?" Rose questioned them.
"What's up?" Sirius echoed, then he rose his voice and looked angry "What's up?! We only just discover that we've had kids for fifteen years, you don't even bother contacting us to tell us and after all these years, we finally meet them and all you can say is 'What's up'? Didn't you think for one minute that this would come as a shock to the both of us? Or that-" Sirius took a deep breath as if considering his words carefully "we wouldn't want to be fathers" he said quietly.
Rose looked at him, rather taken aback and startled. Sally looked to Lupin, who nodded. Without warning, Sally burst into tears. Emily looked at her mother in alarm.
"Mum, what's wrong?" Emily asked. Instead of talking to Emily though, Sally was talking to Lupin.
"You don't want anything to do with her, do you?" she questioned, her eyes red. Lupin bit his lip and spoke up.
"I never said anything of the sort"
"But I can see it in your eyes!" Sally wailed. Lupin snorted.
"Don't give me that rubbish! Just because you and I are the same . . ." Lupin trailed off, trying to find the right word for it ". . . type, you think you can read my mind!"
Sally carried on sniffling.
"You haven't changed at all! I thought that you'd be a bit more different, maybe a bit more mature, but you're-"
"EXCUSE ME?!" Lupin roared, looking more menacing than anyone had ever seen him. Jay and Emily looked at Lupin apprehensively.
"HOW-HOW DARE YOU!" Lupin's face was contorted with fury "HOW DARE YOU CALL *ME* IMMATURE WHEN IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S IMMATURE! YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUT THAT I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH EMILY, WELL MAYBE I DID, BUT SEEING AS YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCUSE ME OF NOT WANTING ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER, I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT NOW!"
Sally's eyes widened.
"But, she's your *daughter*!" Sally protested.
"What's going on here? We can hear you guys shouting from the seventh floor" A voice said. Sirius and Lupin whirled around to see Harry, Ron and Hermione walking over.
"Harry, what are you doing here?" Sirius asked, seeing as Lupin was still in no condition to talk to someone without yelling at them.
"Well, it's the holidays now, so we were hoping to come and see you and Lupin, but you look busy, so we'll leave you to it"
"NO!" Without warning, Sirius grabbed hold of Harry around the legs, making Harry stumble slightly.
"Sirius, what's wrong?" Harry asked, while trying to pry himself out of his godfather's grip.
"Harry, I-I'm a father" Sirius whispered, so only Harry could hear. Harry noticed the note of fear in Sirius' voice. Harry's head jerked up as he said this. He then snorted.
"You're a what?"
"I'm a father! So is Moony! We've only just found out" Harry's eyes widened as he saw a boy and a girl looking at him. They looked just like Sirius and Remus, it was scary.
"Sirius, let go of me" Harry said, quickly managing to get out of Sirius' grip and walking over to the fifteen year olds.
Harry smiled as he walked over to them.
"Hi, pleased to meet you, I'm Harry Potter" Harry said, while holding out a hand to shake theirs. Jay's and Emily's eyes looked to Harry's scar and Harry, feeling slightly uncomfortable, took a step backwards.
"We know who you are" Jay snorted, while crossing his arms over his chest. Emily whacked him around the back of the head, then shook Harry's hand.
"Pleased to meet you, I'm Emily Lupin and this stupid prick here is-"
"Jay Black"
Harry felt the corners of his mouth twitch; Emily acted a lot like Remus.
"So, how old are you guys?" Harry asked, conversationally.
"We're both fifteen"
"What house do you guys wanna be in?"
"Well, I wanna be in Gryffindor" Jay said, ruffling his hair again. Emily tutted and rolled her eyes.
"Same here, it seems by far the best house" Harry smiled.
"Yeah, my friends Ron and Hermione, over there" Harry said, pointing to Ron and Hermione, who looked like they were about to have another argument "They're in Gryffindor and so am I"
Jay grinned.
"So Harry, do you play pranks?" Harry felt himself smile.
"Well, every now and then, I do, but I mostly break rules" Jay and Emily both smirked at this.
Rose and Sally both gave each other exasperated looks.
"I take it that you're just like your father then?" Sally questioned, looking curious.
"Probably" was Harry's reply.
"Come on guys, let's go see Dumbledore, I think he wanted a word with you two anyway" Rose said, nodding to Sirius and Lupin.
"Hey, wait for me!" Everyone turned to see James (The older one) running towards them. He stopped by Sirius and tried to catch his breath back.
"Dumbledore wanted to see me about something"
"Really? Cool!" Sirius beamed. James stood up, then looked to the two women in front of him and his eyes widened.
"My god! Rose and Sal? Is that really you?!" James said, looking astonished. Rose and Sally smiled and nodded.
"Yep, hey James, meet Jay Black and Emily Lupin!" Rose said, beaming at him. James took one look at the two fifteen year olds, then to Sirius and Lupin. His jaw dropped in shock.
"Y-You guys never told me that you were-"
"We've only just found out" Lupin told him, still looking rather angry.
James turned back to Rose and Sally and his expression hardened.
"You never told them? Why?!"
Sally put on a disgusted expression.
"Maybe you should ask them! Go on! Ask them what they did the night that you guys died!" James turned back to Sirius and Lupin, looking curious. Harry, who was just as curious, stopped talking to Emily and Jay, and listened intently. Sirius and Lupin both went extremely pale, as if they were about to be sick.
"We . . . er . . . we-" Sirius cleared his throat nervously.
"Come on Padfoot, just tell me"
Rose and Sally had folded their arms and were looking smugly at the men in front of them.
"They can't even say it, how pathetic can you get?" Rose said, giggling. Sirius growled.
"That's it! I don't have to listen to this! I want nothing to do with him!" Sirius said, pointing to Jay, who looked rather upset. Quick as a flash, Sirius bolted up Dumbledore's office.
Rose looked absolutely horrified. Her eyes welled up with tears.
"How could he?" She choked "H-How *could* he?"
"Maybe if you told me what happened, I might be able to understand Sirius' strange behavior" James told her.
"I personally think that you two are going about this the wrong way. If you want Sirius and me to be fathers, you can't keep insulting us. It wasn't just us on that night; you two were involved as well. You could have easily have told us to stop, but you didn't. Therefore, we aren't completely to blame" Lupin told them and with that, he walked up to Dumbledore's office. Rose and Sally just stood there, looking guilty.
"Hold it!" James said, suddenly. "I think I know what's going on here"
"James, they took advantage of us when we were vulnerable!" Sally cried. But, surprisingly, James shook his head.
"No they didn't. They were comforting you about our deaths. Wait!" James stopped suddenly; his eyes narrowed "Who made the first move on whom?"
Rose looked around nervously, while Sally squeaked out.
"We did"
"AHA!" James looked triumphant "So, it's not their fault! You just want someone to blame it on other than yourselves so you don't feel guilty! And you call yourselves mothers!" James said, harshly.
Rose and Sally both flinched.
"Well, I'm going to see what Dumbledore wants. Personally, I think you should try being more civilized to Moony and Padfoot, before you drive them out of Jay's and Emily's lives forever. Also, I wouldn't accuse them if I were you, seeing as I know the truth" James said, looking smug. As he passed Rose and Sally, he noticed that they both looked absolutely dumbstruck.
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James peeked his head through the door to Dumbledore's office.
"You wanted to see me Albus?"
Dumbledore looked up and smiled.
"Ah, James, yes, come in" James walked in and waved his wand. A chair appeared out of nowhere and landed in front of James. James sat down and waited patiently for Dumbledore to start talking. Sirius and Lupin were glancing sideways to catch his eye. James winked at them both.
"I would like to talk to you about the Defense against the Dark Arts position" Dumbledore told them. Lupin looked startled.
"But Albus, I-"
Dumbledore held out his hand for silence.
"Remus, hear me out. First off, you have your transformations once a month and I am getting a lot of complaints about Snape teaching it in your absence"
Lupin nodded, but raised an eyebrow.
"So, what are you suggesting, Professor?"
"Well, I was wondering if Sirius and James would be willing to teach in your absence instead" Sirius and James just stared at Dumbledore, while Lupin put on a smile.
"I think that would be a good idea, but why James *and* Sirius? Why not just have one of them?"
"Because, I feel it would work a lot easier if we had two teachers demonstrating spells, instead of just one, students would probably catch on quicker too" James and Sirius were nodding, until Lupin came up with another idea.
"Why not have all three of us teach at the same time? In one class, we could probably accomplish a lot more than just having one teacher around. If we had three, the students would get help quicker, meaning that they would probably accomplish the spell quicker" Dumbledore beamed.
"That's an excellent idea Remus, but that is, if you three want to of course?" Sirius, James and Lupin nodded vigorously.
"Right then, you'll start tomorrow then" They all made to stand, but Dumbledore held them back for one last minute.
"Oh, Sirius, James?" James and Sirius looked at the headmaster, who's eyes were twinkling.
"Don't prank the Slytherins because I don't think Professor Snape would be too happy about it" James and Sirius nodded and left. While walking to the Great Hall, Sirius grinned at James.
"Dumbledore must be insane in making *the Marauders* Defense against the Dark Arts teachers, we'll prank the Slytherins, right Prongs?"
James grinned at Sirius.
"Right Padfoot" They both gave each other high-fives and laughed.
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"Professor Dumbledore? Could we talk to you for a minute?" Rose asked, peeking her head through the door. Dumbledore beamed at them.
"Of course, by all means, come in"
Rose, Sally, Emily and Jay walked in and sat down.
"Professor, could you please sort Emily and Jay into their houses?" Rose asked. Dumbledore smiled.
"Of course, one moment please" Dumbledore strode over to a shelf and lifted up the Sorting Hat.
"Right, who wants to go first?" Dumbledore questioned. Jay ran forward eagerly, took the Hat from Dumbledore's hands and crammed it on his head.
'Ah, another Black! Well, you certainly have a passion for pranks. Just like your father did. I see a lot of knowledge in you, maybe Ravenclaw, but no . . . I also see that you have a lot of courage in you as well. Yes, yes, I think you would do well in GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted out the last word. Jay beamed as he took off the hat and gave it to Emily.
Emily nervously put the Hat on her head and waited.
'Ah, a Lupin. Interesting, very interesting indeed. Your father was put in Gryffindor, but your mother . . . your mother was a Ravenclaw. You have qualities for both of those houses. A very difficult decision to make. Where should I put you?' The Hat questioned. Emily was shaking from head to foot.
"Could you just put me in Gryffindor? I'd rather be a Gryffindor than a Ravenclaw"
'Rather be a Gryffindor than a Ravenclaw eh? Well, that's interesting. Alright then . . . GRYFFINDOR!" As the hat shouted its last word. Dumbledore applauded them.
"Well, well, not surprising that they were put in Gryffindor. Their fathers were both Gryffindors and I see a lot of their father's qualities in them" Emily and Jay looked apprehensive at this.
"They were very nice boys" Dumbledore said, reassuringly.
"Nice boys?" Sally echoed "Albus, they kept hexing Snape at every opportunity they got!"
Dumbledore chuckled.
"Well, they're a lot more grown up than they used to be, anyway, I'm sure you two would probably want to make yourselves comfortable, so I'd better give you the Gryffindor password, it's Wattlebird" Dumbledore told the teenagers. Emily and Jay nodded.
"Got it"
"Your trunks will be put up in your dormitory and I assume that it's now time for dinner?" Dumbledore said, checking his watch "Yes, it's time for dinner, so let's make our way to the Great Hall" and with that, Dumbledore, Emily, Jay, Rose and Sally made their way down to the Great Hall.
"What's up?" Rose questioned them.
"What's up?" Sirius echoed, then he rose his voice and looked angry "What's up?! We only just discover that we've had kids for fifteen years, you don't even bother contacting us to tell us and after all these years, we finally meet them and all you can say is 'What's up'? Didn't you think for one minute that this would come as a shock to the both of us? Or that-" Sirius took a deep breath as if considering his words carefully "we wouldn't want to be fathers" he said quietly.
Rose looked at him, rather taken aback and startled. Sally looked to Lupin, who nodded. Without warning, Sally burst into tears. Emily looked at her mother in alarm.
"Mum, what's wrong?" Emily asked. Instead of talking to Emily though, Sally was talking to Lupin.
"You don't want anything to do with her, do you?" she questioned, her eyes red. Lupin bit his lip and spoke up.
"I never said anything of the sort"
"But I can see it in your eyes!" Sally wailed. Lupin snorted.
"Don't give me that rubbish! Just because you and I are the same . . ." Lupin trailed off, trying to find the right word for it ". . . type, you think you can read my mind!"
Sally carried on sniffling.
"You haven't changed at all! I thought that you'd be a bit more different, maybe a bit more mature, but you're-"
"EXCUSE ME?!" Lupin roared, looking more menacing than anyone had ever seen him. Jay and Emily looked at Lupin apprehensively.
"HOW-HOW DARE YOU!" Lupin's face was contorted with fury "HOW DARE YOU CALL *ME* IMMATURE WHEN IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S IMMATURE! YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUT THAT I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH EMILY, WELL MAYBE I DID, BUT SEEING AS YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCUSE ME OF NOT WANTING ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER, I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT NOW!"
Sally's eyes widened.
"But, she's your *daughter*!" Sally protested.
"What's going on here? We can hear you guys shouting from the seventh floor" A voice said. Sirius and Lupin whirled around to see Harry, Ron and Hermione walking over.
"Harry, what are you doing here?" Sirius asked, seeing as Lupin was still in no condition to talk to someone without yelling at them.
"Well, it's the holidays now, so we were hoping to come and see you and Lupin, but you look busy, so we'll leave you to it"
"NO!" Without warning, Sirius grabbed hold of Harry around the legs, making Harry stumble slightly.
"Sirius, what's wrong?" Harry asked, while trying to pry himself out of his godfather's grip.
"Harry, I-I'm a father" Sirius whispered, so only Harry could hear. Harry noticed the note of fear in Sirius' voice. Harry's head jerked up as he said this. He then snorted.
"You're a what?"
"I'm a father! So is Moony! We've only just found out" Harry's eyes widened as he saw a boy and a girl looking at him. They looked just like Sirius and Remus, it was scary.
"Sirius, let go of me" Harry said, quickly managing to get out of Sirius' grip and walking over to the fifteen year olds.
Harry smiled as he walked over to them.
"Hi, pleased to meet you, I'm Harry Potter" Harry said, while holding out a hand to shake theirs. Jay's and Emily's eyes looked to Harry's scar and Harry, feeling slightly uncomfortable, took a step backwards.
"We know who you are" Jay snorted, while crossing his arms over his chest. Emily whacked him around the back of the head, then shook Harry's hand.
"Pleased to meet you, I'm Emily Lupin and this stupid prick here is-"
"Jay Black"
Harry felt the corners of his mouth twitch; Emily acted a lot like Remus.
"So, how old are you guys?" Harry asked, conversationally.
"We're both fifteen"
"What house do you guys wanna be in?"
"Well, I wanna be in Gryffindor" Jay said, ruffling his hair again. Emily tutted and rolled her eyes.
"Same here, it seems by far the best house" Harry smiled.
"Yeah, my friends Ron and Hermione, over there" Harry said, pointing to Ron and Hermione, who looked like they were about to have another argument "They're in Gryffindor and so am I"
Jay grinned.
"So Harry, do you play pranks?" Harry felt himself smile.
"Well, every now and then, I do, but I mostly break rules" Jay and Emily both smirked at this.
Rose and Sally both gave each other exasperated looks.
"I take it that you're just like your father then?" Sally questioned, looking curious.
"Probably" was Harry's reply.
"Come on guys, let's go see Dumbledore, I think he wanted a word with you two anyway" Rose said, nodding to Sirius and Lupin.
"Hey, wait for me!" Everyone turned to see James (The older one) running towards them. He stopped by Sirius and tried to catch his breath back.
"Dumbledore wanted to see me about something"
"Really? Cool!" Sirius beamed. James stood up, then looked to the two women in front of him and his eyes widened.
"My god! Rose and Sal? Is that really you?!" James said, looking astonished. Rose and Sally smiled and nodded.
"Yep, hey James, meet Jay Black and Emily Lupin!" Rose said, beaming at him. James took one look at the two fifteen year olds, then to Sirius and Lupin. His jaw dropped in shock.
"Y-You guys never told me that you were-"
"We've only just found out" Lupin told him, still looking rather angry.
James turned back to Rose and Sally and his expression hardened.
"You never told them? Why?!"
Sally put on a disgusted expression.
"Maybe you should ask them! Go on! Ask them what they did the night that you guys died!" James turned back to Sirius and Lupin, looking curious. Harry, who was just as curious, stopped talking to Emily and Jay, and listened intently. Sirius and Lupin both went extremely pale, as if they were about to be sick.
"We . . . er . . . we-" Sirius cleared his throat nervously.
"Come on Padfoot, just tell me"
Rose and Sally had folded their arms and were looking smugly at the men in front of them.
"They can't even say it, how pathetic can you get?" Rose said, giggling. Sirius growled.
"That's it! I don't have to listen to this! I want nothing to do with him!" Sirius said, pointing to Jay, who looked rather upset. Quick as a flash, Sirius bolted up Dumbledore's office.
Rose looked absolutely horrified. Her eyes welled up with tears.
"How could he?" She choked "H-How *could* he?"
"Maybe if you told me what happened, I might be able to understand Sirius' strange behavior" James told her.
"I personally think that you two are going about this the wrong way. If you want Sirius and me to be fathers, you can't keep insulting us. It wasn't just us on that night; you two were involved as well. You could have easily have told us to stop, but you didn't. Therefore, we aren't completely to blame" Lupin told them and with that, he walked up to Dumbledore's office. Rose and Sally just stood there, looking guilty.
"Hold it!" James said, suddenly. "I think I know what's going on here"
"James, they took advantage of us when we were vulnerable!" Sally cried. But, surprisingly, James shook his head.
"No they didn't. They were comforting you about our deaths. Wait!" James stopped suddenly; his eyes narrowed "Who made the first move on whom?"
Rose looked around nervously, while Sally squeaked out.
"We did"
"AHA!" James looked triumphant "So, it's not their fault! You just want someone to blame it on other than yourselves so you don't feel guilty! And you call yourselves mothers!" James said, harshly.
Rose and Sally both flinched.
"Well, I'm going to see what Dumbledore wants. Personally, I think you should try being more civilized to Moony and Padfoot, before you drive them out of Jay's and Emily's lives forever. Also, I wouldn't accuse them if I were you, seeing as I know the truth" James said, looking smug. As he passed Rose and Sally, he noticed that they both looked absolutely dumbstruck.
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James peeked his head through the door to Dumbledore's office.
"You wanted to see me Albus?"
Dumbledore looked up and smiled.
"Ah, James, yes, come in" James walked in and waved his wand. A chair appeared out of nowhere and landed in front of James. James sat down and waited patiently for Dumbledore to start talking. Sirius and Lupin were glancing sideways to catch his eye. James winked at them both.
"I would like to talk to you about the Defense against the Dark Arts position" Dumbledore told them. Lupin looked startled.
"But Albus, I-"
Dumbledore held out his hand for silence.
"Remus, hear me out. First off, you have your transformations once a month and I am getting a lot of complaints about Snape teaching it in your absence"
Lupin nodded, but raised an eyebrow.
"So, what are you suggesting, Professor?"
"Well, I was wondering if Sirius and James would be willing to teach in your absence instead" Sirius and James just stared at Dumbledore, while Lupin put on a smile.
"I think that would be a good idea, but why James *and* Sirius? Why not just have one of them?"
"Because, I feel it would work a lot easier if we had two teachers demonstrating spells, instead of just one, students would probably catch on quicker too" James and Sirius were nodding, until Lupin came up with another idea.
"Why not have all three of us teach at the same time? In one class, we could probably accomplish a lot more than just having one teacher around. If we had three, the students would get help quicker, meaning that they would probably accomplish the spell quicker" Dumbledore beamed.
"That's an excellent idea Remus, but that is, if you three want to of course?" Sirius, James and Lupin nodded vigorously.
"Right then, you'll start tomorrow then" They all made to stand, but Dumbledore held them back for one last minute.
"Oh, Sirius, James?" James and Sirius looked at the headmaster, who's eyes were twinkling.
"Don't prank the Slytherins because I don't think Professor Snape would be too happy about it" James and Sirius nodded and left. While walking to the Great Hall, Sirius grinned at James.
"Dumbledore must be insane in making *the Marauders* Defense against the Dark Arts teachers, we'll prank the Slytherins, right Prongs?"
James grinned at Sirius.
"Right Padfoot" They both gave each other high-fives and laughed.
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"Professor Dumbledore? Could we talk to you for a minute?" Rose asked, peeking her head through the door. Dumbledore beamed at them.
"Of course, by all means, come in"
Rose, Sally, Emily and Jay walked in and sat down.
"Professor, could you please sort Emily and Jay into their houses?" Rose asked. Dumbledore smiled.
"Of course, one moment please" Dumbledore strode over to a shelf and lifted up the Sorting Hat.
"Right, who wants to go first?" Dumbledore questioned. Jay ran forward eagerly, took the Hat from Dumbledore's hands and crammed it on his head.
'Ah, another Black! Well, you certainly have a passion for pranks. Just like your father did. I see a lot of knowledge in you, maybe Ravenclaw, but no . . . I also see that you have a lot of courage in you as well. Yes, yes, I think you would do well in GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted out the last word. Jay beamed as he took off the hat and gave it to Emily.
Emily nervously put the Hat on her head and waited.
'Ah, a Lupin. Interesting, very interesting indeed. Your father was put in Gryffindor, but your mother . . . your mother was a Ravenclaw. You have qualities for both of those houses. A very difficult decision to make. Where should I put you?' The Hat questioned. Emily was shaking from head to foot.
"Could you just put me in Gryffindor? I'd rather be a Gryffindor than a Ravenclaw"
'Rather be a Gryffindor than a Ravenclaw eh? Well, that's interesting. Alright then . . . GRYFFINDOR!" As the hat shouted its last word. Dumbledore applauded them.
"Well, well, not surprising that they were put in Gryffindor. Their fathers were both Gryffindors and I see a lot of their father's qualities in them" Emily and Jay looked apprehensive at this.
"They were very nice boys" Dumbledore said, reassuringly.
"Nice boys?" Sally echoed "Albus, they kept hexing Snape at every opportunity they got!"
Dumbledore chuckled.
"Well, they're a lot more grown up than they used to be, anyway, I'm sure you two would probably want to make yourselves comfortable, so I'd better give you the Gryffindor password, it's Wattlebird" Dumbledore told the teenagers. Emily and Jay nodded.
"Got it"
"Your trunks will be put up in your dormitory and I assume that it's now time for dinner?" Dumbledore said, checking his watch "Yes, it's time for dinner, so let's make our way to the Great Hall" and with that, Dumbledore, Emily, Jay, Rose and Sally made their way down to the Great Hall.
