Harry Potter and the Secrets of the Order
Chapter 14
Sirius Returns; James' Test
By: Sirius **Padfoot
December 26, 2003
At the end of the Halloween Ball two people walked into the Great Hall. Anna had jumped over the teacher's table and made a mad dash for the two new comers. Dumbledore, Remus, Snape, McGonagall, Ron, Hermione and Harry soon followed her to the two new people then Dumbledore escorted the two new people, Remus, Ron and Hermione up to his office for explanation while Anna took Harry ahead of them.
"Is this our young son Harry?" Lily asked as she walked up Harry with tears in her eyes once the door to Dumbledore's office was closed.
"I am the son of Lily and James Potter I don't know who you two are but this is not funny. My parents died 15 years ago tonight. I've heard it since my third year…dad's yells, mums screams, that laugh, and another woman's screaming…" Harry said backing away from Lily then looked to Anna.
"Yes Harry the other woman was me." Anna said and looked at Harry sympathetically.
"Yes Harry, my son, we did die but you brought us back." James said as he stepped up beside his wife.
"How could Harry bring you back? It's impossible to bring people back to life even for Dumbledore." Hermione said stepping in front of Harry.
"It's not impossible for a certain witch or wizard who has the power Miss. Granger." Dumbledore said then motioned to the seats in the office. "Why doesn't every one just take a seat and let's talk about all of this." he said. They talked for what seemed like hours listening to every word Lily and James said.
"Dumbledore it's absolutely no…J-James…L-Lily? Dumbledore what's going on who are these people?" Sirius asked as he walked over to Remus and Anna who were standing behind Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"You're late Sirius!" Anna said and smiled at him when he reached her side.
"Well Sirius it seems that our James and Lily Potter have been brought back to us due to Harry's fourth year." Dumbledore said.
"Wait slow down, I've not been here all day Dumbledore go back to the beginning if you please." Sirius said and glanced over to James and Lily.
"Padfoot never did catch on quickly." James said and laughed slightly.
"Don't insult Sirius!" Harry said angrily.
"Son I'm joking with him he knows that." James said and smiled at Harry since he was defending one of his best friends.
"You're not my father don't call me son. I've been tricked by Voldemort so many times, for crying out loud I nearly got Sirius killed last year." Harry said jumping out of his seat angrily. "I will not believe they are or ever were my parents. No one else is going to get hurt over my stupidity." He said nearly yelling at them.
"Ah yes Sirius as you know in Harry's 4th year he faced Voldemort again. He saw, correct me if I'm wrong Harry, he had seen his mother, father, Cedric, and several other figures he didn't know. If my theory is correct then we will be hearing from the Diggory's pretty soon on behalf of Cedric Diggory." Dumbledore said in a brief explanation before every thing had got out of hand with Harry.
"Harry, my son, listen to us please. We're telling the truth." Lily begged as she stood up and watched her son storm off.
"Stop pretending to be my parents. You can go back to Voldemort and tell him it won't work. I won't let my friends get hurt any more over me." Harry said angrily and Ron and Hermione ran after him.
"Harry wait." Anna said and watched him stop and turn around to face her.
"Yes Anna?" Harry asked in a clam voice again. He avoided looking at James and Lily.
"Harry I can ask James a question that only you, Remus, Sirius, James, and myself know the answer to. Peter don't even know the answer to this so there is no way Voldemort will know this for a trap for you." Anna said and waited for Harry to tell her to go ahead.
"And if he don't get it right?" Harry asked.
"We'll make them leave you alone. But if he gets it right you have to give them a chance." Anna said stepping forward a bit.
"All right Anna. I'm listening but no matter what I'm still staying with Sirius." Harry said walking back over to Sirius.
"All right James. In our third year, How did we find out about Remus being a werewolf?" Anna asked.
"Oh that's easy for me to answer." James said.
"Anna would you sit down before you have another one of your spells?" Remus said when Anna raised her hand to her forehead.
"I'm fine Remus." Anna said and smiled at him.
"Anna sit down!" Sirius said forcefully.
"I'm not the dog Sirius. You sit." Anna said then looked back over to James and Lily waiting for him to answer.
"Anna just sit down please." Remus said in a worried tone.
"No Remus I'm not going to sit down. Stop treating me like a child." Anna said annoyed.
"Leave her alone you two. Happy Wings." James said.
"James!" Remus said annoyed and it sounded as if he had growled James' name.
"Yes thank you Prongs." Anna said and slapped Remus' arm.
"What was that for?" Remus asked in a whiny tone.
"He's on my side and you get angry at him." Anna said annoyed.
"Well he told me to leave you alone." Remus said.
"Well me telling you to stop it wasn't working. Maybe you have to be told by another guy." Anna said and turned to face him.
"I do not need another guy to tell me that. I did nothing except ask you to sit and you got angry." Remus said voice rising a little.
"Oh so it's my fault." Anna said angrily.
"I didn't say that. You did." Remus said.
"No but you definitely implied it was all my fault." Anna said as her voice started rising too.
"Stop putting words in my bloody mouth. I know what I said." Remus said angrily.
"I don't think you do know Remus." Anna said angrily then walked around him.
"And where do you think your going?" Remus said angrily following her.
"And I have to have your permission to leave your sight now." Anna said angrily as she spun around.
"There you go again. I didn't say that either." Remus said.
"James is that not what he just said?" Anna asked looking at James now.
"No." James said then got hit by Lily.
"Yes that is what he said James." Lily said and gave James a stern look.
"Thank you Lily." Anna said.
"I guess that's what he could have said. I'm trying not to listen." James said and made a funny looking smile to Lily.
"See I have a witness to what you said." Anna said turning back to Remus.
"She's a woman." Remus said then instantly regretted that.
"A woman. I guess I'm just a woman too." Anna said in a calm voice then walked over to Harry, Ron, and Hermione and just stood there shaking her head refusing to look at Remus as she crossed her arms.
"Anna I'm sorry I didn't mean it that way?" Remus said walking over to her but she looked away from him.
"Why in bloody hell say it that way if you don't mean it." Anna said. "James ans…" she started but was cut off by Remus.
"Oh no you don't we're going to settle this now. You know I didn't mean it the way it came out. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have raised my voice, I shouldn't have said what I said, and I shouldn't have got angry." Remus said then kissed her before she could say anything else.
"Well hopefully that's over with. Nearly then end of a marriage before the Wedding took place." Sirius said
"Sirius!" Harry said as he hit him in the arm.
"Oy Sirius did I hear right? They're getting married?" James asked slightly stunned.
"I guess we are." Anna said out of breath as she looked up into Remus' beautiful amber eyes.
"Great. About time he got brave enough to ask her to date then get engaged." James said happily.
"Actually James we never dated. Unless you count our engagement time as dating." Remus said and smiled down at Anna who was now in his arms.
"I would like for you to go ahead and answer the question James before anything else happens." Dumbledore said he had an amused look on his face.
"I done forgot the question." James said and smiled dumbly.
"Anna could you repeat the question if you're not to busy?" Sirius said bringing Anna and Remus back to reality.
"Oh yeah sorry. Right. Uhm… in our third year, How did we find out about Remus being a werewolf?" Anna asked once she realized what Sirius was talking about.
"Right yes thank you. I really made us find out and it was second year Anna. He'd made me jealous I guess you could say. I came out of potion's class and there was Lily and Remus standing together and Lils hugged and kissed him. It made me so angry that my best friend was going after the girl of my dreams." James said and looked at Lily who seemed shocked. (according to chapter 3 it was second year…I messed up…sorry…)
"So that's why you were so mean to Remus in our third year. Even on the Quidditch Pitch. Quidditch didn't matter that much that year." Lily said surprised.
"Yes Lils. I watched him for several days and noticed he never touched silver or got anywhere near it. Then he decided to cover by going a whole supper with eating with a silver fork. Hid his hands for the next week or so now that I think about it." James said and looked at Remus who was clutching his hands but he still had his arms around Anna.
Anna raised her hands to his and held them. "Don't worry Remus you don't ever have to do that again." She said warmly as she laid her head on his chest and looked up at him.
"Remus I swear I'm so sorry. I never ment for you to do that. I had never intended on using the information." James said as he looked down at his feet.
"Then why'd you try to find it out?" Harry asked.
"I just wanted him to stay away from Lils. He knew I loved her but he was spending time with her. All I could get was yelled at." James said and looked down at his feet again. "After that I was trying to find something on him again when I came across letters asking about his monthly transformations. So we waited up for him on one full moon. Anna was the one who caught up to him after he ran. She could tell the rest better then me cause she was there more then me. I came back in after Remus was calm and swore I'd never say a word about it." He said and looked back up to Remus who was smiling.
"Well you don't have to worry about it anymore every one knows what I am. That's why I haven't had a job since you died until Harry's third year and his sixth year well fourth and fifth years I worked for the order still being paid by Dumbledore cause I had no money." Remus said and smiled at Harry.
"But you were both top Auror's." James said not believing it.
"Yes but I am a werewolf the only reason they kept me was to keep you. And after your death they fired me." Remus said and hugged Anna. "Until recently when I was reinstated as an Auror by Anna here. Third chair to department of Auror's 2. The absolute best of Auror's now." he said.
"Me I had been sent to Azkaban for 13 years and on the run from Dementor's for the last 3 years until they finally decided to clear my name and I got the teaching job here and I also got reinstated as an Auror." Sirius said and smiled. "2nd chair to the department of Auror's 2." He said and laughed a little.
"Me, I stayed for a month in St. Mungo's Hospital after that Halloween night. Then rose back up the ranks and became head of department of Auror's 2. Built a house with out any silver what so ever, helped Kingsley keep the Ministry off Sirius' butt for the past three years. Tried to put Malfoy away. Tried to get at Peter for the past two years to just kill him out right. Became part of the order again along with these six two years ago." Anna said.
"Six. But that would mean the kids?" James said with a disapproving look.
"I'm not a kid Dad. I've faced Voldemort more then any one and I'm still alive." Harry said and surprised even himself when he called James 'dad'
"Now wait just a minute I did not say in anyway Harry, Ron and Hermione were in the order. In fact I've been saying they are not in the order." Dumbledore said.
"Order of the Phoenix rules 102-b to be directly under the protection of the Order of the Phoenix that person or person's must be in the Order of the Phoenix. Your own rule Dumbledore." Remus quoted.
"I was hoping people would forget that rule." Dumbledore said and sighed when he looked at James and Lily.
"All right then no more treating us like baby's if we are in the order we should be allowed to know every thing the other members of the order know." Ron said stepping forward.
"Absolutely not. You are kids." James said.
"We have been the only thing stopping Voldemort anyway dad. I'm in the order and I want to know what's going on. Cause if I don't that makes me a sitting duck since Voldemort is only after me in most of his plans." Harry said then looked at Dumbledore. "You're rule now you must go by it. We are entitled to all the information just as the adults due to us being in the order." He said.
"Alas James since I made that rule every thing must be shared with them." Dumbledore said.
"Dumbledore they are kids we can't expect them to understand everything." James said.
"Like you understand every thing dad. You don't understand anything now. You understand what it was like before you died but not now. I'm 16 for crying out loud I've done this stuff since I was 11 chill out." Harry said.
"Harry James Potter I don't want you in this war! And don't get sassy with me." James said.
"Yeah well dad it's to late for that cause I've been involved in it since my 4th year, that's when it started by the way. So there is no point in arguing over it any more." Harry said annoyed by his father treating him like a little child.
"James they are right. We have to treat them like members of the Order." Dumbledore said.
"All right fine but you must remember never ever say any thing in the halls of the school. Only talk about Order business around one of us." Lily said stunning James completely.
"Are you sure Lils?" James asked not believing what he had heard.
"Yes I'm sure. Harry's been growing up with out us. We can't just go back and re-raise him." Lily said sadly.
"Sorry Mum but I'm old enough to take care of my self in certain situations." Harry said as he stood by Sirius.
"Yeah he has all of us there if he gets himself into to much trouble." Sirius said.
"And I thought ant's and grandparents were supposed to spoil the child we had. But I guess it was the godfather in Harry's case." James said sadly.
"Dumbledore are they really the Potters?" Snape asked snidely as he came into the office.
"What's he doing here I thought he was behind Dumbledore down in the Great Hall?" James asked.
"He's Potion's Master and head of Slytherin House dad." Harry said quickly so his father wouldn't do something stupid.
"Wonderful. How'd he become a professor?" James asked annoyed.
"That is none of your business Potter." Snape said angrily.
"Oh wonderful I get picked on once again." Harry said and slumped down into a chair.
"James remember Harry here. be nice." Sirius said placing a hand on Harry's shoulder.
"What's wrong with you Harry?" James asked.
"I'm guessing he don't want you to make me mad Potter since he's in my class." Snape said and smiled evilly.
"You just leave my son a lone you grease ball." James said angrily.
"Well there goes the slight peace I had in Potion's." Harry said sadly.
"Prongs chill out. Leave Snape alone." Anna said stepping between James and Snape.
"Wings why should I leave him alone? He was on the other side last war. I don't trust him." James said.
"Oh like you trusted you little fat friend Pettigrew." Snape said and flinched when he saw Anna's wand pointing directly at him.
"Shut up Snape! Get the Bloody Hell Out!" Anna said angrily as she held her wand as tightly as she could.
"Oh I'm sorry you trusted that fat lump too." Snape said then laughed at her. Anna put her wand down at her side and walked over about a foot in front of him then stopped.
"Bloody Bastered. Shut up!" Anna said then slapped him across the face as hard as she could. "You don't understand anything of what I thought after they were murdered damn you so shut the hell up. You don't understand nothen!" she said angrily at him. she was so angry with him her fists were shaking and she was crying.
Snape realizing he had gone to far turned and left Dumbledore's office. "I hate him so much! Both of them Peter and Snape about as much as Voldemort." Anna said as she tried to calm her self down.
"What did you think Anna?" Lily asked letting curiosity get the better of her as she walked over to Anna's side and noticed she was crying. Lily looked back at Remus with a worried look and he came over to them putting his arms around Anna.
"You two were gone, Sirius had a life sentence to Azkaban, no one knew where Remus was, little Harry was at that aunt's house, and I was in St. Mungo's. The hope of finding Remus and Harry going to school and needing to be protected kept me from..." Anna said but her sentence died off then started to cry a little harder.
"Oh Anna it's all right. I love you. you found us all. We are all together again." Remus said then pulled her into a hug as she cried a little into his chest.
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Authors Note: Hey hope every one likes this chapter. Hopefully this chapter is what you were looking for Evanescence55. With you living so close I'm not going to tempted anything…hahahahaha…anyway hope you like it. Sorry it got a little sad at the end…