Disclaimer: I've been forgetting this.. I do not own Harry Potter, I wish I
was imaginative enough to think up my own stories but I'm not, so here's a
fanfic based on work owned by JK Rowling.
It was two days later that James was discharged from the hospital, During those two days, Lily had finally left his side to freshen up, and was slowly becoming a semblance of her former self, Her hair once again had its fiery colour and life, and she seemed to be getting more sleep, she was acting normally once more, and it was only when you looked very closely that you could see the fear and worry etched into her eyes.
James meanwhile had made a full recovery, whatever Professor Dumbledore had given him, it had worked, and in no time he was harassing the nurses and planning pranks with Sirius just like his old hogwarts days.
Remus noticed how Sirius had barely left James side since the moment he had been notified he was there, he also noticed the way Sirius would study him when he thought he wasn't looking, they still hadn't heard from Peter, yet Remus seemed to be the only one paying it any attention.
It was as they clattered in through the door of Godrics Hollow that three owls winged they're way to James, Remus and Sirius; they looked at each other recognising the crest on the back as that of Hogwarts.
James mouthed "Lily?" Sirius nodded, "Think you best read it when she's not around" he whispered.
Lily bustled out of the kitchen, "James your home" she put her arms around him and held him close, going up on tip toe to kiss him briefly. Returning the kiss he handed his letter to Sirius who was stood behind her, who quickly stuffed it into his robe pocket.
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They were still there later that night as Lily yawning walked over to James and kissed his forehead, "I'm off to bed Jay, don't be two long" she began walking out of the rooms as Sirius sniggered, "Yeah James, don't keep her waiting too long". Ignoring his comment, she said finally "Goodnight Remus" who nodded "Sleep well Lil's" she left the room, and it was as they heard the floorboards overhead creaking that Sirius turned to James, handing him the crumpled letter. Remus also reached into his own pocket, and opening out his own copy he recognised the looping handwriting of Albus Dumbledore and began to read...
I"Dear Remus,
I am extending an invitation to yourself, to visit Hogwarts, As schoolboys you and your friends became rather accustomed to the layout of Hogwarts, learning even more of its secrets than myself, as we are employing a new caretaker, I felt it was only prudent to have him shown around the building by someone who knows its walls so well. I have also sent similar notices to Messrs Black and Potter, as I am certain they would also be of great use. You are all invited to visit August 13th at approximately 7pm. I hope you can attend, please send notice of for any reason you cannot, I have arranged for the Fireplace in my office to be open and ready to accept you by way of floo.
Yours thankfully
Albus Dumbledore" /I
He looked up at James and Sirius, who had similar puzzled expressions, "We know Hogwarts, No-one knows Hogwarts better than Dumbledore, I'm sure of it" exclaimed James, Sirius nodded in agreement, "Certain he sent it?"
Remus quickly scanned the letter again "He sent it" he said slowly "but its code, I think this is about the attack James, this is just his excuse to meet up with us."
"but why would he want all of us, James was attacked, we didn't even know about it" replied Sirius
"he knows who did it" whispered James crumpling the letter in his hand and throwing it into the raging fire. He gazed into the flames for a moment before turning to the others
"it wasn't a random attack, they knew our parents would be there, they expected Lily to be there as well, they even seemed to be waiting for me to arrive, there were so many of them, all in black, all wearing masks..."
"Cowards" cut in Sirius, and Remus nodded in agreement, James looked at them, "but you haven't heard the worst" he whispered, his voice shaking, "they were dead, but they looked alive, there was nothing wrong with them, they were just lying there, and they looked like they were sleeping, but they were..."
A tear slid down his cheek and he slammed his hand onto the mantle above the fire, "They wanted Lily" he continued, "they kept calling her a filthy mudblood" he finished in rage, Remus and Sirius gasped,
Mudblood, Remus hadn't heard that term in a long long time, but he knew exactly what it meant, unpure blood, pureblood fanatics used it when talking about muggleborns. It sounded like some mad wizard had finally decided to put what the blood fanatics were saying into action.
He was awoken from his thoughts as Sirius now slammed his own hand down on the arm of his chair, and whispered on word, with all the hate and malice he could muster, "Regalus".
James spun around, "Sirius mate, he can't be that bad; he wouldn't attack us, would he?"
Sirius looked at him, "you haven't seen it, my parents, filling him up with poison, making him hate anyone who wasn't pureblood, he could do it alright" he spat.
James nodded mutely, "anyway, I better get to bed, Lily's going to wonder otherwise"
The two men nodded, and walked out the door together, bidding each other goodnight as they apparated to they're own homes.
It was as Remus settled himself down in his bed that he noted the moon in the sky, it would be another week at least, then the change would hit him, he only hoped he could meet one of those attackers when it happened... he stopped himself, killing would just hurt more people, and it would make his life as a werewolf even harder. But who ever hurt Lily, If they tried to attack her again, he would be there to stop it, he would always protect her, and if that meant protecting James too, then so be it he decided with a certain finality.
His last thought as he finally dozed off to sleep was of Peter, where was he, why hadn't he come.
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Remus knocked Sirius' door, August 13th had finally come, and they had arranged to floo to Hogwarts together from his house.
Sirius opened the door, "come in moony, Prongs is already here" Remus nodded, and motioned his hand in a hello to James,
"Lily?" he asked,
"She's at a friend's, thinks I'm on a raid" he confided,
James always had been good at lying thought Remus wryly, and the cover of a raid was certainly a good one, in his job as trainee auror James certainly had a lot of those to deal with, in fact the numbers lately had even been increasing.
Sirius spoke "well, shall we?" motioning to the fireplace, James nodded and grabbing a handful of powder he threw it into the fire, "Dumbledores office, Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry" he said clearly and stepped into the fireplace vanishing almost immediately. Remus went next, and walked through into Dumbledores office.
James turned to him "I think this might be the first time I'm here and it's not because I'm in trouble." Remus chuckled, "well we certainly were notorious troublemakers in out day" he observed, interrupted by Sirius landing on the floor by his feet.
Sirius stood up hurriedly, and brushing himself down punched the air "that was ace" he said laughing, James sighed, "one of these days, you'll floo like a normal person" Sirius looked at him like he had said something really offensive, "Awww Prongsie I'm hurt, you used to love diving into the fireplace, so much more fun than walking in". James turned to Remus winked and whispered "and so much more painful too" Remus laughed, It was good for them to be like this, it had been a long time since the three marauders had been alone together and he found himself enjoying it.
It was at that moment that Dumbledore came in through the door,
"Ahhh boy's, glad to see you could make it, we have a lot to be said, but alas it cannot be said here, for the walls themselves may have grown ears," he said glancing at a portrait that was currently blank, Remus recognised it as that of Phinius Nigellas, a former headmaster of Hogwarts.
"If you come this way" he continued, "I have just the right place in mind"
Remus recognised the route they were taking, and therefore was not surprised when Dumbledore stopped and turned around, passing the same spot three times.
They had used the room of Requirement quite frequently in the past, usually to plot pranks, he thought fondly back to the room which when they attended hogwarts was a never ending source of Prank books and materials, they had thought up some of they're best work in here.
He followed the other boys into the room, and was quite surprised to see Frank Longbottom a boy who was a in the year above them at Hogwarts and Alastor Moody, already sat inside with Professor McGonagall, and several people he did not recognise.
Dumbledore turned, "Take a seat", and as they sat down, he stood in the centre of the room,
"Well I suppose you've already guessed your not here to show around our new caretaker" he nodded to the boys,
"Might I introduce you, you already know Frank, and Professor McGonagall, but the others are Alastor Moody" he nodded to the boys eyeing them with suspicion, "Emmeline Vance" a tall witch motioned with her hand, "Gideon and Fabian Prewett" two identical wizards waved to them and Sirius gasped "man you two were my heroe.... "He broke off as everyone began looking at him, and Dumbledore continued, "Marlene Mckinnon" a shy looking girl with dark hair flashed them a smile, "and Edgar Bones", a tall boy stood in the back of the room flashed them a grin, Remus now recognised him as a Hufflepuff quidditch player who had left when they were in they're third year at Hogwarts.
Dumbledore now turned to the other people assembled in the room, "and now might I introduce James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black"
Remus noted quite a few jaws drop as Sirius's surname was mentioned and once again wondered what was going on.
Dumbledore turned back to the boys "Welcome to the Order of the Phoenix"
(A/N – think I'll leave it with a bit of a cliff hanger, will post more soon though, and thanks to Roeschen for my very first review ( )
It was two days later that James was discharged from the hospital, During those two days, Lily had finally left his side to freshen up, and was slowly becoming a semblance of her former self, Her hair once again had its fiery colour and life, and she seemed to be getting more sleep, she was acting normally once more, and it was only when you looked very closely that you could see the fear and worry etched into her eyes.
James meanwhile had made a full recovery, whatever Professor Dumbledore had given him, it had worked, and in no time he was harassing the nurses and planning pranks with Sirius just like his old hogwarts days.
Remus noticed how Sirius had barely left James side since the moment he had been notified he was there, he also noticed the way Sirius would study him when he thought he wasn't looking, they still hadn't heard from Peter, yet Remus seemed to be the only one paying it any attention.
It was as they clattered in through the door of Godrics Hollow that three owls winged they're way to James, Remus and Sirius; they looked at each other recognising the crest on the back as that of Hogwarts.
James mouthed "Lily?" Sirius nodded, "Think you best read it when she's not around" he whispered.
Lily bustled out of the kitchen, "James your home" she put her arms around him and held him close, going up on tip toe to kiss him briefly. Returning the kiss he handed his letter to Sirius who was stood behind her, who quickly stuffed it into his robe pocket.
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They were still there later that night as Lily yawning walked over to James and kissed his forehead, "I'm off to bed Jay, don't be two long" she began walking out of the rooms as Sirius sniggered, "Yeah James, don't keep her waiting too long". Ignoring his comment, she said finally "Goodnight Remus" who nodded "Sleep well Lil's" she left the room, and it was as they heard the floorboards overhead creaking that Sirius turned to James, handing him the crumpled letter. Remus also reached into his own pocket, and opening out his own copy he recognised the looping handwriting of Albus Dumbledore and began to read...
I"Dear Remus,
I am extending an invitation to yourself, to visit Hogwarts, As schoolboys you and your friends became rather accustomed to the layout of Hogwarts, learning even more of its secrets than myself, as we are employing a new caretaker, I felt it was only prudent to have him shown around the building by someone who knows its walls so well. I have also sent similar notices to Messrs Black and Potter, as I am certain they would also be of great use. You are all invited to visit August 13th at approximately 7pm. I hope you can attend, please send notice of for any reason you cannot, I have arranged for the Fireplace in my office to be open and ready to accept you by way of floo.
Yours thankfully
Albus Dumbledore" /I
He looked up at James and Sirius, who had similar puzzled expressions, "We know Hogwarts, No-one knows Hogwarts better than Dumbledore, I'm sure of it" exclaimed James, Sirius nodded in agreement, "Certain he sent it?"
Remus quickly scanned the letter again "He sent it" he said slowly "but its code, I think this is about the attack James, this is just his excuse to meet up with us."
"but why would he want all of us, James was attacked, we didn't even know about it" replied Sirius
"he knows who did it" whispered James crumpling the letter in his hand and throwing it into the raging fire. He gazed into the flames for a moment before turning to the others
"it wasn't a random attack, they knew our parents would be there, they expected Lily to be there as well, they even seemed to be waiting for me to arrive, there were so many of them, all in black, all wearing masks..."
"Cowards" cut in Sirius, and Remus nodded in agreement, James looked at them, "but you haven't heard the worst" he whispered, his voice shaking, "they were dead, but they looked alive, there was nothing wrong with them, they were just lying there, and they looked like they were sleeping, but they were..."
A tear slid down his cheek and he slammed his hand onto the mantle above the fire, "They wanted Lily" he continued, "they kept calling her a filthy mudblood" he finished in rage, Remus and Sirius gasped,
Mudblood, Remus hadn't heard that term in a long long time, but he knew exactly what it meant, unpure blood, pureblood fanatics used it when talking about muggleborns. It sounded like some mad wizard had finally decided to put what the blood fanatics were saying into action.
He was awoken from his thoughts as Sirius now slammed his own hand down on the arm of his chair, and whispered on word, with all the hate and malice he could muster, "Regalus".
James spun around, "Sirius mate, he can't be that bad; he wouldn't attack us, would he?"
Sirius looked at him, "you haven't seen it, my parents, filling him up with poison, making him hate anyone who wasn't pureblood, he could do it alright" he spat.
James nodded mutely, "anyway, I better get to bed, Lily's going to wonder otherwise"
The two men nodded, and walked out the door together, bidding each other goodnight as they apparated to they're own homes.
It was as Remus settled himself down in his bed that he noted the moon in the sky, it would be another week at least, then the change would hit him, he only hoped he could meet one of those attackers when it happened... he stopped himself, killing would just hurt more people, and it would make his life as a werewolf even harder. But who ever hurt Lily, If they tried to attack her again, he would be there to stop it, he would always protect her, and if that meant protecting James too, then so be it he decided with a certain finality.
His last thought as he finally dozed off to sleep was of Peter, where was he, why hadn't he come.
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Remus knocked Sirius' door, August 13th had finally come, and they had arranged to floo to Hogwarts together from his house.
Sirius opened the door, "come in moony, Prongs is already here" Remus nodded, and motioned his hand in a hello to James,
"Lily?" he asked,
"She's at a friend's, thinks I'm on a raid" he confided,
James always had been good at lying thought Remus wryly, and the cover of a raid was certainly a good one, in his job as trainee auror James certainly had a lot of those to deal with, in fact the numbers lately had even been increasing.
Sirius spoke "well, shall we?" motioning to the fireplace, James nodded and grabbing a handful of powder he threw it into the fire, "Dumbledores office, Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry" he said clearly and stepped into the fireplace vanishing almost immediately. Remus went next, and walked through into Dumbledores office.
James turned to him "I think this might be the first time I'm here and it's not because I'm in trouble." Remus chuckled, "well we certainly were notorious troublemakers in out day" he observed, interrupted by Sirius landing on the floor by his feet.
Sirius stood up hurriedly, and brushing himself down punched the air "that was ace" he said laughing, James sighed, "one of these days, you'll floo like a normal person" Sirius looked at him like he had said something really offensive, "Awww Prongsie I'm hurt, you used to love diving into the fireplace, so much more fun than walking in". James turned to Remus winked and whispered "and so much more painful too" Remus laughed, It was good for them to be like this, it had been a long time since the three marauders had been alone together and he found himself enjoying it.
It was at that moment that Dumbledore came in through the door,
"Ahhh boy's, glad to see you could make it, we have a lot to be said, but alas it cannot be said here, for the walls themselves may have grown ears," he said glancing at a portrait that was currently blank, Remus recognised it as that of Phinius Nigellas, a former headmaster of Hogwarts.
"If you come this way" he continued, "I have just the right place in mind"
Remus recognised the route they were taking, and therefore was not surprised when Dumbledore stopped and turned around, passing the same spot three times.
They had used the room of Requirement quite frequently in the past, usually to plot pranks, he thought fondly back to the room which when they attended hogwarts was a never ending source of Prank books and materials, they had thought up some of they're best work in here.
He followed the other boys into the room, and was quite surprised to see Frank Longbottom a boy who was a in the year above them at Hogwarts and Alastor Moody, already sat inside with Professor McGonagall, and several people he did not recognise.
Dumbledore turned, "Take a seat", and as they sat down, he stood in the centre of the room,
"Well I suppose you've already guessed your not here to show around our new caretaker" he nodded to the boys,
"Might I introduce you, you already know Frank, and Professor McGonagall, but the others are Alastor Moody" he nodded to the boys eyeing them with suspicion, "Emmeline Vance" a tall witch motioned with her hand, "Gideon and Fabian Prewett" two identical wizards waved to them and Sirius gasped "man you two were my heroe.... "He broke off as everyone began looking at him, and Dumbledore continued, "Marlene Mckinnon" a shy looking girl with dark hair flashed them a smile, "and Edgar Bones", a tall boy stood in the back of the room flashed them a grin, Remus now recognised him as a Hufflepuff quidditch player who had left when they were in they're third year at Hogwarts.
Dumbledore now turned to the other people assembled in the room, "and now might I introduce James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black"
Remus noted quite a few jaws drop as Sirius's surname was mentioned and once again wondered what was going on.
Dumbledore turned back to the boys "Welcome to the Order of the Phoenix"
(A/N – think I'll leave it with a bit of a cliff hanger, will post more soon though, and thanks to Roeschen for my very first review ( )