A/n **hides** I know I said I would update sooner... But I got caught up in
school... (I really should be studying right now since finals are coming up...
But I got myself back into this HP phase (it's an off and on thing) So I
decided to update... I should be writing more over winter break... I hope,
cause I'll have some time off then.. Till then... enjoy.... (I'm not even sure
if anyone is still reading this)
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While walking back towards their commons, Sirius decided to sneak another look into the mirror, while Harry had his back turned, he glanced into it, and noticed that red haired kid. Sirius glared at the red haired kid. "Alright who are you? And what have you done to upset my best mate?"
The red haired kid grinned at him. "My name is Ron, I'm a friend of James's son Harry." Sirius laughed. "James doesn't have a son he's only, what? 16? At least he wouldn't have a son his own age."
Ron sighed. "Listen, could you hand the mirror back to Harry? I need to speak to him." Sirius laughed again. "No wonder why James was so frustrated at you, you're not making any sense. I told you James doesn't have a son."
Ron realized that in order to get Sirius to understand the importance of this he would have to explain everything that had happened.
After a while of listening to what Ron had to say, even though there were a few blanks Ron either would not or could not tell him. Sirius felt suspicious of Ron at first than, he realized that James had been acting a bit odd lately.
While they were in the middle of their conversation about Harry and James. Sirius saw someone very familiar to him, creep up behind Ron and almost knock him out of the way. "Sirius! Am I glad to see you!" It was James; there was a broad grin across his face at the sight of his best friend. Though Sirius could not help but notice that James was a bit off color.
"Blimey James." Sputtered Sirius. "You look like moony after undergoing one of his transformations, what's wrong?" James frowned. He wanted to tell Sirius what he knew, but he knew that the truth would be too upsetting."
"Oh... I'm alright." Answered James. Sirius did not look convinced, a look of concern spread across his face. "James..." James knew that Sirius was going to try to talk him into telling him. He knew he had to think of something quickly.
"Never mind that, Sirius. How is Harry? Is he getting along with Snivellus?" Sirius scoffed. "Since when do you care about getting along with that greasy git?" There was a look of indignation playing across Sirius's face. James grinned. "I care because, I just had a slightly interesting conversation with Dumbldor and Remus, about how everything I do in Harry's time, and what everything Harry does in my time, will ultimately affect Harry's future."
Sirius glared. "So what does Harry's relationship with Snivelly matter?" James sighed. "It matters, Sirius." Sirius narrowed his eyes. "Why?" James shook his head and gave Sirius a Mournful look. "He's the Potions Master." Sirius gaped at James. "He's WHAT?" Sirius yelled. "How did a greasy snivelly little..." James laughed. "I was thinking the same thing, Padfoot."
While Sirius was hunched over the mirror talking animatedly about Snape with James, Harry turned around and spotted Sirius talking into the mirror. Sirius didn't realize Harry was watching him until he felt Harry's hand on his shoulder.
Harry stared awestruck at his father's reflection in the mirror. Harry recognized that Smiling face from the photographs he had of his parents wedding. James stared back at Harry, with a look of surprise. Sirius frowned, he still wanted to chat with James a bit longer, and knew that Harry would snatch the mirror away from him, he looked back at James's face and saw that James looked as though he were yearning to talk to Harry.
Sirius sighed in defeat and handed the mirror back to Harry, who beamed at him with delight, at he took the mirror.
Harry looked directly into his father's face; this would be the first and quite possibly the last time he would ever be able to speak to him. Suddenly Harry felt extremely nervous. "h... hullo." He stammered into the mirror. James grinned. "Hello Harry, fancy meeting you for the first time. I've heard so much about you, we seem to be very much alike." Harry found himself unable to speak, all that he could manage to do was nod while Sirius looked as though he were desperately trying hard not to take the mirror away from him. James looked at Sirius and tsked. "You never could find a bit of patients, can you Sirius." Sirius glared at James.
James looked back at Harry. "This is highly odd talking to my future son, who just happens to be my very own age." Harry just grinned and nodded. Suddenly there was a loud crash, which came from somewhere behind Harry. "What was that?" Asked James, with a worrisome look on his face. Harry quickly looked behind him to see Lily standing at the foot of the doorway into the Entrance Hall.
"POTTER! WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING OUT HERE! If you get caught, causing Gryffindor to lose another 100 points. I shall NEVER forgive you!"
Harry quickly looked back at James who was starting to look nervous. "Who's that? A teacher?" Sirius grimaced. "No... Worse... Evans!" James gapped. "Harry I think I should go..." It was too late, Lily had already sauntered across the grounds in a very foul mood.
Lily stood next to Harry and caught a glimpse of James before he disappeared from the mirror. Thinking that that was just his reflection, she began to scold James. "As much as I hate to tear you away from exchanging beauty tips with Black. I must remind you of the efforts I had placed into EARNING those 100 points for Gryffindor! If I have to remind you by force..." Lily held up her wand. "I'm warning you Potter I WILL do that, and I will have you looking worse than when you.... Than when you had Snape hanging upside down by the toes leaking pumpkin juice out of his ears." Sirius roared with laughter at the memory of that.
Lily gave Sirius a frightened look. "Keep it down! It wasn't even THAT funny." Sirius was on the ground breaking out in fits of laughter. "Yes, it was!" Sirius had a hard time controlling himself, as images of Snape hanging upside down in a puddle of pumpkin juice raced across his mind.
Lily grabbed Sirius by the collar of his robes and dragged him up to the castle whilst keeping her wand pointed at Harry who went with them quietly. When they finally reached the common room Lily headed straight for bed in a bad temper. Sirius sat down in one of the chairs near the hearth of the fireplace, still trying to get a hold of him-self. Harry gave him an odd look. "Right then, I'm off to bed. I'll see you in the morning Sirius." Sirius grinned at Harry. "Night Padfoot JR" Harry couldn't help but smile at the nickname Sirius gave him, as he slowly ascended the staircase to his dorm.
*
After Harry had disappeared from the mirror, James exchanged worried looks with Ron. "You don't think she noticed..." asked Ron nervously. James shook his head. "Nah, she never notices much about me. She probably just figures it's a reflection." Ron sighed with relief. Just one less inquisitive person to bother Harry about the future.
James set the mirror aside and stood up. "Do you think we should tell anyone?" Asked James. Ron shook his head. "No... I don't think so." James smirked at Ron. "What about Hermione? You seem to be very taken by her." Ron crinkled his nose, and ignored James last comment. "I don't think we should tell Hermione anything about what just happened, she'll be very mad." James yawned and stretched his arms out. "I really do think we ought to tell someone... But if you're rather keen on not saying anything..." Ron sighed exasperatedly. "Fine! We'll talk to Hermione."
James and Ron dashed into the common room to look for Hermione, to their disappointment, they found that she had already headed off to bed. Ron looked at James. "I guess we'll have to wait until morning to speak to her." James gave Ron a look, that he knew all too with Fred and George when they're up to something. "Why not just go up there and speak with her in her dorm."
Ron's face turned a color that would have matched the upholstery on one of the chairs next to the fireplace. "We're not allowed, the stairs, if we even try to ascend the staircase, will turn into a slide." James grinned at Ron and shook his head. "You think I have never done this before? Remember I am one of the clever inventors of the Marauders map. There's a little trick to everything." Ron gave James a doubtful look, he wondered what he was up to sneaking into the girls' dorm, and he didn't even want to think of it.
James strode nonchalantly towards the girls' staircase. Ron hesitated, but eventually followed James's lead. Once James reached the staircase he looked around to make sure no one was watching than placed his wand under the rail and whispered something. Ron could not make out the spell. It seemed to work, as James was able to place a step on the staircase.
James and Ron quietly sneaked up staircase. "Shouldn't we have brought the invisibility cloak with us? Incase someone sees us?" Asked Ron while he nearly tripped over his own foot. James smirked. "You sound a bit like Wormtail, always worried about getting caught. That's half the fun!" Ron glared at James; he did not like being associated with a rat like Wormtail.
When they finally reached the girls' dorms they crept into the one that Hermione was occupying. They entered the dorm to find that Hermione was sitting on her bed reading a book, and luckily no one else was in the room with her. She looked up and nearly dropped her book when she saw them standing next to the door. "How did you two get up here with out causing a scene?" James grinned at Hermione. "There's a trick to everything."
Hermione gave James a suspicious look. "Anyway, what are you doing here? You better leave soon before anyone else gets here." James grinned. "That would be great." Hermione rolled her eyes; she didn't really understand James's way of thinking. Ron walked over to Hermione and sat beside her, and decided to move a bit further from her after realizing he was a bit too close.
"We have something important to tell you Hermione." Hermione's eyes narrowed, she did not like the sound of this. "What is it? Go on." Ron's cheeks started to turn pink. James laughed. "Oh for heavens sakes Ron! Hermione, Harry and I had a little chat using the two way mirror." Hermione gasped. "You didn't!" James loved to get that type of reaction out of people. He gleefully told Hermione the entire story.
After James had finished, Hermione looked furious. "You should not have done that! Now what's going to happen? How's Sirius going to act now that he know that... that Harry's Harry!" James shook his head. "Probably like he does with me." Hermione was still outraged. James and Ron both decided to leave Hermione be.
They descended the staircase as carefully as they had while they were going up. "She was pretty upset." Said Ron nervously trying to find his footing on the staircase. "She's get over it." Said James. When they finally reached the bottom of the staircase they decided to get some sleep, so they headed of towards their own dorm.
While walking back towards their commons, Sirius decided to sneak another look into the mirror, while Harry had his back turned, he glanced into it, and noticed that red haired kid. Sirius glared at the red haired kid. "Alright who are you? And what have you done to upset my best mate?"
The red haired kid grinned at him. "My name is Ron, I'm a friend of James's son Harry." Sirius laughed. "James doesn't have a son he's only, what? 16? At least he wouldn't have a son his own age."
Ron sighed. "Listen, could you hand the mirror back to Harry? I need to speak to him." Sirius laughed again. "No wonder why James was so frustrated at you, you're not making any sense. I told you James doesn't have a son."
Ron realized that in order to get Sirius to understand the importance of this he would have to explain everything that had happened.
After a while of listening to what Ron had to say, even though there were a few blanks Ron either would not or could not tell him. Sirius felt suspicious of Ron at first than, he realized that James had been acting a bit odd lately.
While they were in the middle of their conversation about Harry and James. Sirius saw someone very familiar to him, creep up behind Ron and almost knock him out of the way. "Sirius! Am I glad to see you!" It was James; there was a broad grin across his face at the sight of his best friend. Though Sirius could not help but notice that James was a bit off color.
"Blimey James." Sputtered Sirius. "You look like moony after undergoing one of his transformations, what's wrong?" James frowned. He wanted to tell Sirius what he knew, but he knew that the truth would be too upsetting."
"Oh... I'm alright." Answered James. Sirius did not look convinced, a look of concern spread across his face. "James..." James knew that Sirius was going to try to talk him into telling him. He knew he had to think of something quickly.
"Never mind that, Sirius. How is Harry? Is he getting along with Snivellus?" Sirius scoffed. "Since when do you care about getting along with that greasy git?" There was a look of indignation playing across Sirius's face. James grinned. "I care because, I just had a slightly interesting conversation with Dumbldor and Remus, about how everything I do in Harry's time, and what everything Harry does in my time, will ultimately affect Harry's future."
Sirius glared. "So what does Harry's relationship with Snivelly matter?" James sighed. "It matters, Sirius." Sirius narrowed his eyes. "Why?" James shook his head and gave Sirius a Mournful look. "He's the Potions Master." Sirius gaped at James. "He's WHAT?" Sirius yelled. "How did a greasy snivelly little..." James laughed. "I was thinking the same thing, Padfoot."
While Sirius was hunched over the mirror talking animatedly about Snape with James, Harry turned around and spotted Sirius talking into the mirror. Sirius didn't realize Harry was watching him until he felt Harry's hand on his shoulder.
Harry stared awestruck at his father's reflection in the mirror. Harry recognized that Smiling face from the photographs he had of his parents wedding. James stared back at Harry, with a look of surprise. Sirius frowned, he still wanted to chat with James a bit longer, and knew that Harry would snatch the mirror away from him, he looked back at James's face and saw that James looked as though he were yearning to talk to Harry.
Sirius sighed in defeat and handed the mirror back to Harry, who beamed at him with delight, at he took the mirror.
Harry looked directly into his father's face; this would be the first and quite possibly the last time he would ever be able to speak to him. Suddenly Harry felt extremely nervous. "h... hullo." He stammered into the mirror. James grinned. "Hello Harry, fancy meeting you for the first time. I've heard so much about you, we seem to be very much alike." Harry found himself unable to speak, all that he could manage to do was nod while Sirius looked as though he were desperately trying hard not to take the mirror away from him. James looked at Sirius and tsked. "You never could find a bit of patients, can you Sirius." Sirius glared at James.
James looked back at Harry. "This is highly odd talking to my future son, who just happens to be my very own age." Harry just grinned and nodded. Suddenly there was a loud crash, which came from somewhere behind Harry. "What was that?" Asked James, with a worrisome look on his face. Harry quickly looked behind him to see Lily standing at the foot of the doorway into the Entrance Hall.
"POTTER! WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING OUT HERE! If you get caught, causing Gryffindor to lose another 100 points. I shall NEVER forgive you!"
Harry quickly looked back at James who was starting to look nervous. "Who's that? A teacher?" Sirius grimaced. "No... Worse... Evans!" James gapped. "Harry I think I should go..." It was too late, Lily had already sauntered across the grounds in a very foul mood.
Lily stood next to Harry and caught a glimpse of James before he disappeared from the mirror. Thinking that that was just his reflection, she began to scold James. "As much as I hate to tear you away from exchanging beauty tips with Black. I must remind you of the efforts I had placed into EARNING those 100 points for Gryffindor! If I have to remind you by force..." Lily held up her wand. "I'm warning you Potter I WILL do that, and I will have you looking worse than when you.... Than when you had Snape hanging upside down by the toes leaking pumpkin juice out of his ears." Sirius roared with laughter at the memory of that.
Lily gave Sirius a frightened look. "Keep it down! It wasn't even THAT funny." Sirius was on the ground breaking out in fits of laughter. "Yes, it was!" Sirius had a hard time controlling himself, as images of Snape hanging upside down in a puddle of pumpkin juice raced across his mind.
Lily grabbed Sirius by the collar of his robes and dragged him up to the castle whilst keeping her wand pointed at Harry who went with them quietly. When they finally reached the common room Lily headed straight for bed in a bad temper. Sirius sat down in one of the chairs near the hearth of the fireplace, still trying to get a hold of him-self. Harry gave him an odd look. "Right then, I'm off to bed. I'll see you in the morning Sirius." Sirius grinned at Harry. "Night Padfoot JR" Harry couldn't help but smile at the nickname Sirius gave him, as he slowly ascended the staircase to his dorm.
*
After Harry had disappeared from the mirror, James exchanged worried looks with Ron. "You don't think she noticed..." asked Ron nervously. James shook his head. "Nah, she never notices much about me. She probably just figures it's a reflection." Ron sighed with relief. Just one less inquisitive person to bother Harry about the future.
James set the mirror aside and stood up. "Do you think we should tell anyone?" Asked James. Ron shook his head. "No... I don't think so." James smirked at Ron. "What about Hermione? You seem to be very taken by her." Ron crinkled his nose, and ignored James last comment. "I don't think we should tell Hermione anything about what just happened, she'll be very mad." James yawned and stretched his arms out. "I really do think we ought to tell someone... But if you're rather keen on not saying anything..." Ron sighed exasperatedly. "Fine! We'll talk to Hermione."
James and Ron dashed into the common room to look for Hermione, to their disappointment, they found that she had already headed off to bed. Ron looked at James. "I guess we'll have to wait until morning to speak to her." James gave Ron a look, that he knew all too with Fred and George when they're up to something. "Why not just go up there and speak with her in her dorm."
Ron's face turned a color that would have matched the upholstery on one of the chairs next to the fireplace. "We're not allowed, the stairs, if we even try to ascend the staircase, will turn into a slide." James grinned at Ron and shook his head. "You think I have never done this before? Remember I am one of the clever inventors of the Marauders map. There's a little trick to everything." Ron gave James a doubtful look, he wondered what he was up to sneaking into the girls' dorm, and he didn't even want to think of it.
James strode nonchalantly towards the girls' staircase. Ron hesitated, but eventually followed James's lead. Once James reached the staircase he looked around to make sure no one was watching than placed his wand under the rail and whispered something. Ron could not make out the spell. It seemed to work, as James was able to place a step on the staircase.
James and Ron quietly sneaked up staircase. "Shouldn't we have brought the invisibility cloak with us? Incase someone sees us?" Asked Ron while he nearly tripped over his own foot. James smirked. "You sound a bit like Wormtail, always worried about getting caught. That's half the fun!" Ron glared at James; he did not like being associated with a rat like Wormtail.
When they finally reached the girls' dorms they crept into the one that Hermione was occupying. They entered the dorm to find that Hermione was sitting on her bed reading a book, and luckily no one else was in the room with her. She looked up and nearly dropped her book when she saw them standing next to the door. "How did you two get up here with out causing a scene?" James grinned at Hermione. "There's a trick to everything."
Hermione gave James a suspicious look. "Anyway, what are you doing here? You better leave soon before anyone else gets here." James grinned. "That would be great." Hermione rolled her eyes; she didn't really understand James's way of thinking. Ron walked over to Hermione and sat beside her, and decided to move a bit further from her after realizing he was a bit too close.
"We have something important to tell you Hermione." Hermione's eyes narrowed, she did not like the sound of this. "What is it? Go on." Ron's cheeks started to turn pink. James laughed. "Oh for heavens sakes Ron! Hermione, Harry and I had a little chat using the two way mirror." Hermione gasped. "You didn't!" James loved to get that type of reaction out of people. He gleefully told Hermione the entire story.
After James had finished, Hermione looked furious. "You should not have done that! Now what's going to happen? How's Sirius going to act now that he know that... that Harry's Harry!" James shook his head. "Probably like he does with me." Hermione was still outraged. James and Ron both decided to leave Hermione be.
They descended the staircase as carefully as they had while they were going up. "She was pretty upset." Said Ron nervously trying to find his footing on the staircase. "She's get over it." Said James. When they finally reached the bottom of the staircase they decided to get some sleep, so they headed of towards their own dorm.