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Chapter 6The next few days Harry spent as much time with his parents as possible. By the time the first week was up, Harry had told the Marauders all about himself. James was shocked to learn that Harry was not as brainy as himself even though Harry's marks was good. James had thought he would have passed his brains on to his son, obviously he hadn't.
On a particular bad afternoon Harry went to see his parents after Potions class. Snape had spitefully told him off for not informing Neville that his cauldron was about to explode. Harry had been on the other side of the room, but Snape still blamed him.
He tried to hide his anger when he entered the Room of Requirement, however Lily spotted it right away. She gave him a smile and asked: "What's happened?"
"Nothing." Harry mumbled.
"Harry?" she asked gently.
Then Harry told them what Snape had done. "He's an absolute bast-"
He was cut off by Lily, "Harry, watch your language!"
Harry growled angrily.
"Does he never learn?" James asked. "To not mess with a Potter?"
Shrugging, Harry answered: "Probably not."
James traded a grin with Sirius. "I think Snivelly should learn his place."
"By the time we are through with him, he will not want to mess with Prongs son again!" Sirius said, grinning.
"No."
James, Sirius and Harry looked to Lily, who was glaring daggers at them. They all said simultaneously: "Why not?"
"Because we can't be seen. We are already in danger, you realise that!"
"Just for a bit of fun!" James countered, "Come on! It's boring in here anyway! We need to do something interesting!"
Lily eyed them. "I won't be able to stop you, but mark my words Potter, if it goes wrong I'm dumping you, and I don't care if I change the future in doing so."
"Oh, tough Prongs."
"Shut up Padfoot."
Harry grinned.
Harry's next Potion lesson was the following Thursday afternoon. The Marauders had not mentioned anything about Snape since his last visit which had been on the Monday. He knew they were up to something, but what Harry didn't know.
Thursday morning Harry received a letter from James asking him if he could borrow have his Invisibility Cloak. Before he went to lessons Harry ran to Gryffindor Tower, collected the cloak and headed to the Room of Requirement.
"What do you need it for?" Harry asked as he handed James the cloak.
"Just wait and see." James grinned. Though he was head-boy in his own time, it didn't matter in this period. He could do what he wanted and not have the burden of responsibility placed on his shoulders.
Harry spent most of the day wondering what his father was up to. He had a sneaking suspicion James would turn up in class.
After lunch Harry, Ron and Hermione made their way to Potions. He hadn't told Ron or Hermione about James borrowing the cloak. He found himself wondering what Snape would say when and if James chose to show himself.
The Potions lesson started off well with Harry working steadily at his Potion, ignoring the snide remarks made by both Snape and Malfoy. Half way through the lesson there came a shout from Malfoy's direction. Looking up from his cauldron Harry couldn't help laughing.
Malfoy's cauldron was floating in mid-air but no one had a wand on it. Harry could tell what was happening. James was there holding it up, he guessed.
However Harry saw Snape's eyes narrow as he took in the scene. Obviously the teachers had been alerted to the fact that the Marauders had been moved forward in time. He was no fool.
All of a sudden the Potion was flung forwards, and the gooey substance emptied itself all onto Snape and the surrounding Slytherins.
The Gryffindor's burst out laughing. Malfoy cursed.
Snape however pulled out his wand, performed a simple cleaning spell and then pointed round the room. His wand settled on a space in the corner directly behind Harry. Moving into the way, Harry defiantly stood up.
"Move, Potter." Snape hissed.
"No." he said simply.
"I said move."
Harry did not.
But then Snape waved his wand and shouted: "ACCIO Invisibility Cloak!"
A silvery cloak came shooting out of the corner revealing a laughing James Potter and Sirius Black.
"Amazing. Head-boy of Hogwarts in 1977," Snape muttered, "and still the practical idiot in 1996. You haven't changed much, Potter."
The class was staring, listening to the exchange.
"Easy Snivellus. I'm only getting you back for being horrible to my son the other day." James winked at Harry.
"Maybe but no one disrupts my lessons. Go back to where you come from, Potter, Black."
"We would if we could get back to 1977." James muttered.
"It's not our fault we were transported to 1996." Sirius said, with complete ease.
"We will leave as long as you treat Harry fairly like any other student. And I get my cloak back. If not we won't leave and will continue with our 'practical ways'." Concluded James.
Not wishing for a fight, Snape threw the cloak back to James who caught it. "Now go." He instructed.
The two threw the cloak over themselves and departed from the dungeon.
Snape turned to the dumbfounded class. "No one is to repeat what they saw today to anyone. Is that clear? Now get back to work!"
While Snape was busy with Malfoy, Harry leaned over to Ron and whispered: "Now that was entertaining."
"Definitely."
TBC (this means to 'To Be Continued'. One of my reviewers asked me what it meant)
I know that Snape is unlikely to reveal James and Sirius to the class but it's obvious something was going on. Come on, everyone's scared of Snape, right? Even /cough/ Malfoy /cough/.
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