An Understanding between Rivals

Author: Vampire Gurl a.k.a. Stormy

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character of the Harry Potter series. However, the characters of Terena, Kendera, Faith, and William are mine.

Rating: I will say PG-13 for now. Rating could go up. I'm not sure yet.

Summary: Harry gets a tape that will change his life. He finds out more about his mother and her friends along with a certain blond hair Slytherin boy. Will Contain Slash, mainly HP/DM and Original characters. Don't like? Do not read. It is that simple.

Spoilers: All the books

Authors note: Please review if you like this fic. Tell me if I should continue, or any constructive criticism is strongly welcomed, however flames are not and will be used to roast marshmallows! Also, if anyone is interested in being a beta for me please tell me.

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Chapter 1

This year marked Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts. He was greeted by all of his friends at the beginning of the year at Platform 9 ¾. Summer with the Dursely's was, well… summer with the Dursely's. There is not much more to say about it. Nothing very eventful had happen yet, so he was able to watch the sorting again. Gryffindor gain 21 new students, Hufflepuff ended up with 19 new students, Ravenclaw had 20 new students and Slytherin gained 22 new students.

Dumbledore introduced the new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher. His name was William Marcellus. William was about 5'8", with straight jet-black hair that was shoulder length. Most of the time, he kept it pulled back in a loose ponytail. He seemed to be a rather nice man and was a wonderful teacher. Yet, his eyes had a sad look to them, almost as if he lost someone dear to him. People were wondering why such a handsome man looked so sad. There were many rumors floating around about him, but the most popular one was that he was heart broken.

Anyway, William sat in between Professor Snape and Professor Sprout. Once, Dumbledore was finished with the usual start of the school year speech and his introduction of Professor Marcellus, the feast began.

"We have double potions with Slytherin again, starting tomorrow." groaned Ron.

"We have always had potions with Slytherin, Ron," said Hermonie "It's not that big of a surprise."

"I have to agree with Hermione on this one Ron." said Harry.

"Oh, Harry. I've been meaning to ask you if you ever got your broom back?" asked Ron.

"Yeah, It was sent to me over the summer."

"Cool, so you're back on the Quidditch team I take it?"

"Yup, I almost died without my broom!"

Hermione's reply was to roll her eyes.

The trio sat in silence for awhile after that. Ron was stuffing his face full of food. Hermione, however, had her nose buried in a book. Harry, was just looking around the great hall at his fellow classmates. Ron pulled Harry out of his thoughts.

"Hey you guys?"

"Yeah Ron, what's up?" asked Harry.

"I was looking over our schedules and most of our classes are with Slytherin. All except Heroboly and Divination."

"That stinks." groaned Harry.

"Yeah, I know weird huh?"

Harry did not have a chance to answer Ron because the owls flew into the Great Hall. A brown owl landed on front of him with a package for him. The barn owl flew away once Harry took the package. Harry opened the parchment that was attached to the package.

Dear Harry,

Hey! How are you? How school so far? Well, I was going through some of my boxes in my attic. As I was going through them I found some of your mother's belongings. Inside the package is a scrapbook of your mothers when she was at Hogwarts, and some of her jewelry, just two necklaces and about three rings. I also found a couple of her books and her yearbook. Another thing I found that I thought you might be interested in is a tape of your parents wedding day. I know that you don't have much that belonged to your mother, nor do you know that much about her. I hope that this brightens you mood a little.

Love,

Remus

P.S. The tape is not a muggle tape. Ask Ron for something to play it on or go to the Room of Requirement.

Harry just stared at his letter for a while, not believing that he had stuff that belonged to his mother. He only got things about his father, the invisibility cloak, and even his father's friends. He never had anyone to tell him what his mother was like.

"Um, you guys. I'll meet you in the dorms."

"Why Harry?" inquired Hermione.

"Lupin just gave me some stuff that belonged to my mother."

"Okay, but you'll eventually show it to us right?" asked Ron

"Yeah, just not now."

"Okay Harry."

Harry walked out of the Great Hall and headed towards the Room of Requirement. On his way to the Room of Requirement, he ran in to Malfoy, literally.

"Well, If it isn't Potter."

"Yeah, Malfoy. Get out of my way. I don't want any trouble right know."

"I wasn't going to start any trouble."

"Then what?"

"I heard about your godfather, and I just wanted to say that I'm sorry."

Harry Just stood there in shock as Malfoy walked away. Weird, Harry thought. Yet, it did bring back bittersweet memories. Over the summer, he learned that Sirius was not going to come back. It still hurt, but not as much as before. With a sad smile on his face, he headed towards the Room of Requirement again.

As he walked into the Room of Requirement, he noticed that there was a wizard projector that, Harry supposed, was the player for the tape. He took the tape out and put it into the projector. After a few moments, it started to play. Harry sat down in an overstuffed chair that was there once he turned around. I'll never get over that. Thought Harry as he sat down.

The tape started at a well decorated out door patio that was obviously set up for a wedding. The procession started. First, a bridesmaid in a blue dress came down the isle. This girl was smiling widely, and had brilliant brown eyes. Her medium length, black hair had red highlights and was pulled up and piled up on her head. The hair fell down her back and a few curls fell down around her face. This woman was being escorted by none other then Remus. Remus was smiling and looked quite handsome without his ratty robes. They reached the end of the isle. The brown-eyed girl went to the left and Remus went to the right to stand with James. James was wearing a formal dress robe. He was looking extremely happy, despite the nervous fidgeting he was doing.

The camera moved back up the isle. Now, there was a girl with curly brown hair with bright blue eyes. Her hair was simply pulled half up with some of her naturally curls framing her face. She was wearing the same dress as the previous girl, except that it was a yellow to gold-ish color. She was being escorted by Peter Pettigrew. She did not seem to like this very much, but was trying to hide her disappointment.

Next to walk down the isle was Sirius who was escorting a girl that looked very familiar to Harry. It took Harry to realize that she looked a lot like Draco Malfoy. They had the same platinum blond hair. Hers was long, reaching down to her mid back. Her hair had two braids, one on each side, to pull the rest of her hair back. On the left braid, there was one single white rose. A few curls were left loose about her face, which brought attention to her aristocratic feactures and especially her gray eyes.

Finally, the bridal music began to play. Lily came out. She was wearing a very elegant yet simple bridal gown. She was smiling as she walked down the isle. When she got to the end of the isle, James walked over to her and took her hand. Dumbledore, who Harry had just noticed was there, was going to marry James and Lily along with a priest. They said their vows and both the priest and Dumbledore proclaimed them husband and wife. They kissed passionately.

The movie then switched to the reception. The announcer was introducing himself and the band they had the Wicked Wizards.

"Now, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my honor to introduce the groom's escorts. They will be called according to the ordered that they appeared in the procession. Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and the man of honor Sirius Black! Let's give them a hand"

The crowed clapped and cheered as they took their seats.

"Here come the bridesmaids now. They are also in the same order as they appeared in the procession. First, we have Kendra Clara. Following Kendra, we have Faith Clementine. Here comes the maid of honor, Terena Malfoy."

The crowed again clapped and cheered but Harry did not. Harry was silent for all of two seconds. "WHAT?! My mother was friends with a Malfoy?"

To say that Harry was confused would be an understatement. He stopped paying attention to the video and continued to think. The announcer jolted Harry out of his thoughts when he called out the names of his parents. He looked outside and saw that it was way passed curfew. So, he stopped the tape and went back to his dorm, well hidden with his invisibility cloak he was smart enough to grab before coming to the Room of Requirement.

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