Author's Note: Aah!! Someone give me an idea that will actually work! Oh, and would you please stop asking questions about the plot? Everything will be revealed later… This has turned into an alternate universe because of the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix…
Title: Role Reversal
Rating: PG
Spoilers: There aren't too many spoilers in chapters 1-12. The whole story has some spoilers, but how else do you write a fanfic? The chapter with major spoilers is "Old Friends".
Summary: James and Lily make a bet. Lily has to pull a bunch of pranks and James can't do any.
Disclaimer: I, of course, do not own Harry Potter or its characters. If you're reading this, you should already know whom it belongs to anyway.
Setting: This story is set in MWPP years. If you don't know what that means, you probably shouldn't be reading this fanfic.
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(…) time
italics - emphasis
-Hungary-
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Sirius, and Sarah were visiting Buckbeak, who was being kept pretty well hidden by Hagrid.
After all the bowing was finished, the group started a conversation. "So you and Veronica were my mum's best friends?" Harry asked Sarah.
"Yeah."
He continued eagerly, "So you can tell me all about my parents."
"I suppose so," Sarah answered, glancing at the others.
Sirius, who had been in dog form, changed back into a man. "Harry, your parents were really great people."
"But what made them so great?"
The two adults looked at each other. Sarah smiled. "Not sure exactly. They were just… really… something."
"It doesn't matter," Sirius said, patting the hippogriff's beak. "They were special. No one knows why. All we know is that Voldemort was after them, and apparently, he got them."
"Well, what were they like when they were our age?" Hermione asked.
"Lily was really feisty…"
"Sirius!" Sarah pushed him.
"What? She was!"
"Well, James was kind of an idiot, like this guy over here," the blonde said, poking Sirius, "but he was one of the top students in our year."
"'Arry! 'Arry, where are you?"
"It's Fleur," Ron announced. "Wonder what she wants."
"Let's go see," said Hermione.
Sirius changed into a dog and trotted out after the others.
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"What is it, Fleur?"
The French girl replied, "Ze professors. Zey want to talk to you. All of you."
"Let's go then," Sarah answered.
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"Our spies have informed us that Voldemort and his forces are in Hungary and may be trying to take over their Ministry of Magic," Dumbledore told the witches and wizards in the room, his face solemn.
"I take it we're going to Hungary?" Remus asked.
"Yes, but separately. Some of us are still recovering from the last battle, so you will go in groups that I have selected."
"Professor," Harry said hesitantly.
The headmaster turned to look at him. "Yes, Harry?"
"I—I was wondering what we're supposed to do," the young wizard replied, "I mean, we'd like to help." He gestured to Ron and Hermione.
"As would I," Fleur declared.
"Right now, the way you can help most is to stay out of the way," McGonagall said.
"Professor," Veronica said, "They can help. Not necessarily in battle, but for reconnaissance and stuff."
Sarah spoke up, "I agree. They could probably help us gather information. They are less conspicuous, after all, since they're smaller than we are. They can hide more easily."
Snape said, "I know these people. They won't be discovered so easily."
"We have to try," Remus replied.
Dumbledore said, "I will allow Harry, Ronald, Hermione, and Fleur to go if they wish. But they will not be permitted to go on any dangerous mission where there will be serious fighting." He turned to the four teenagers. "Do you understand?"
They nodded.
"Very well. I must go make preparations for your departure." He left the room, followed by Snape.
Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall stayed behind to instruct the witches and wizards on some spells and techniques that might be useful while they were in Hungary.
(AN: Well, that was incredibly lame, but my muse seems to have disappeared at the moment and wants to stay stuck to my other fanfic, which you should read by the way, so I can't help how sucky some stuff sounds.)
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(The next day)
The group was in Hungary. They had gone by Floo powder. None of them noticed another person coming out of the fireplace after them.
Sirius was in animal form, so as not to alarm any Hungarian witches or wizards. The group tried not to look suspicious.
"Where do you reckon they'd be?"
"Don't know. Never been here before."
"Well, I guess we should look for them then."
"Right."
"Okay, the easiest way to do this would be to split up," Sarah declared. "Here are the groups: Harry, Hermione, and Sirius; Remus, Fleur, and Ron; me, Veronica, and Arabella—" She continued naming people until they were all in groups of three.
"Right. Let's get a move on, then."
After deciding when and where to meet, they all headed in different directions.
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Harry and Hermione followed Sirius, who was trying to act as much like a dog as possible.
"Why do you think they want Hungary?" Harry asked the girl beside him.
"Well, I'm not sure, since I'm more familiar with the history of our country, but—" Hermione was interrupted by a bark from Sirius.
The two teenagers looked in the direction that the dog was trying to draw their attention to. A Death Eater was walking into a small building.
"Let's go," Harry said.
None of them saw the teenage boy following them into the building.
--
"What are they saying?" Harry whispered.
"I don't know," Hermione whispered back. "I can't hear anything from here."
Suddenly, one of the Death Eaters stopped talking and turned in their direction. He motioned to his comrades to be quiet.
He pointed his wand in their direction and said a curse.
Sirius, Harry, and Hermione dived out of the way just in time. The spell hit the person behind them.
Hermione gasped when she saw the person who was now dead. "Oh, my God. Colin."
TO BE CONTINUED…
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