Author's Note: Sorry it's been so long. My mind keeps coming up with ideas, but no words to fill them in with.

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.

!!! = setting change

italics = emphasis

-War Sucks-

Sarah winced as Madam Pomfrey tended to the wounds she had received from the latest battle. "That hurts."

"Well, it'll hurt more if you don't hold still."

The blonde sighed. "I know."

Remus and Sirius came into the room.

"Did we lose anyone?" Sarah asked immediately.

"Two," Remus said. "Andrews and Carter."

"Oh, God. You know what? War sucks."

"Yeah," Sirius agreed, sitting down as the nurse moved away to see to her other patients.

"If Lily and James were here, Voldemort would be long gone by now."

"Yeah, but they're not. And he's not."

Remus announced, "Dumbledore says the giants are on our side now." He shuddered. "I'd hate to think of what would happen if they weren't."

"What about Hungary?" Sarah asked.

"We have six days to stop them," Sirius replied.

"Then let's go," a voice said. Veronica was standing behind the two men. "I can't wait till this is all over so we can go home."

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"Harry, you are not going."

"But I want to help."

"Then stay here and help the injured. We are not going to risk losing another Potter to Voldemort," Sirius replied.

"And don't you go trying what Colin did. You know what happened to him," Veronica said. (AN: Okay, I know I let Harry go to Hungary that first time, but now it's more dangerous and they've just seen what happened to Colin, so…)

Harry thought for a moment, then smiled and answered, "Fine. I'll stay here."

"Don't even think it, mister," Sarah warned. "We've already confiscated your Invisibility Cloak."

"Yeah," Remus added. "We knew your father, so we're prepared for anything you might try."

Harry sighed. "All right, I'll stay."

"Promise?"

"I promise."

"You're not crossing your fingers or anything, are you?" Sirius asked suspiciously.

"No." Harry showed them his hands.

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[2 days later]

"Argh! Why can't we find them? We only have four days left!" Sarah shouted in frustration.

"Maybe less," Remus said. "I mean, who's to say they won't change the plan?"

"Moony, quit trying to bring us down," Sirius replied. "We're not feeling so good as it is."

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[3 days later]

"Ah!"

"No!"

Curses were flying all over the place. Witches and wizards were falling. It got so bad that finally both forces had to retreat.

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"How many people did we lose?" Veronica asked.

"Five."

"Even if we win, we'll still lose. A lot of people are going to die in this war. That's the worst kind of defeat."

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[April]

"I'm beginning to think that we're never going to win," Veronica said.

"So am I," Sarah replied. "But we have to believe that we can."

"I just want this whole thing to be over. My kids are growing up, and I'm not there to see them."

"Mm."

"We have the worst lives," Sirius said.

Remus said, "At least we have lives. Some people we knew haven't been so lucky."

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[Harry's 6th year]

"We've been in this colossal war for over a year," Sarah said. "When is it going to end?"

"We're going to defeat him," Sirius replied, "or die trying."

"That's not a very comforting thought, Padfoot," Remus retorted.

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[November]

Veronica started throwing up. Remus patted her on the back.

"All those people," Sarah said, trying not to cry. "Dead. Because of this stupid, stupid war."

"We have to defeat him, and defeat him soon," Sirius said. "Too many people are dying because of this, and it's not right."

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[February]

"How many times have we almost killed ourselves in battle?" Sirius asked.

"Too many to count," Veronica replied.

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[May]

"It's Remus's birthday," Veronica announced. "I should be there. I miss them."

"You write to them," Sarah said, trying to comfort her.

"It's not the same."

"No, it's not. But it's the only thing you can do about it now."

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[Harry's 7th year]

"I hate him. I hate him. I hate Voldemort."

"So do the rest of us."

"I know. He is going to die this year. Once and for all. This stupid war cannot go on any longer."

TO BE CONTINUED…

Author's Note: Sorry about the short sections and stuff. I just had to get everything in there like that for the last chapter. I really want to get to 300 reviews by the end of the story. That's just 14 more! I know I probably don't deserve it for not writing for so long, but well… I don't know. I just want a nice number.