Chapter 7
"You did what?"
James and Sirius were standing meekly in front of Lily, trying to look innocent but failing miserably. They had gone past the stage of looking innocent. Lily could barely believe that they had /ever/ been innocent with their pranks and jokes.
"How could you do that? It was really irresponsible! You could ruin the future!"
James shrugged. "It didn't though did it?"
"You were seen!" Lily cried.
"Oh, come on Lils, lighten up," Sirius began but was cut off by Lily's angry glare. She could look exceptionally fierce when she wanted to.
"Oh don't tell me to lighten up, Black!" she spat, "Don't think you can win me round either Potter! I can't believe you! And in broad daylight, in front of students as well! You must have given them a shock when he revealed you!"
"Harry did try to hide us." James replied, trying to keep the grin from his face.
"That is not the point! We were not supposed to be seen!" Lily argued.
"Nothing is going to happen! What do you think will, Lils? Voldemort suddenly appear and blow us apart?" James retorted.
"That's precisely what could happen! What if one of the Slytherins told their death-eater father and they told Voldemort that Harry Potter's parents are at Hogwarts school as seventeen year olds? He could attempt to kill us therefore destroying the future this world has in Harry, our son!"
"She does make a good point." Remus stated, speaking for the first time since James and Sirius had told them about the Potions lesson.
James sighed. "We won't do it again. We promise. We just wanted a bit of fun."
Lily looked at James and saw the sincerity in his eyes and knew he was telling the truth.
"Alright, I believe you," then she smiled, "I won't break up with you."
James grinned.
"There's a Quidditch match this Saturday," Harry proudly said, "do you think you can come?"
James looked to the others. He wanted to see Harry play but he didn't want to agree without Lily's consent. He fixed his hazel eyes upon her green ones. "Well, what do you think?"
"We could be seen." She stated.
Harry looked between his parents. "Professor Dumbledore says its alright. He can cast a invisibility charm upon you so you can watch me play."
"And he's agreed to this?" Lily asked, suspiciously. Not that she didn't trust her son, she just wanted to make sure that he was telling the truth.
Harry nodded. "I asked Professor McGonagall and she asked him for me. She told me as long as we took certain precautions you would be allowed to come."
James rubbed his hands together in glee. "Excellent. What position do you play again?"
"Seeker."
James face fell. "Oh, I thought you might be a chaser."
"There wasn't a space. The seeker was the only one available. I got it by pure luck." Harry explained. He began to tell them of the tale of Neville, Malfoy and the Remembrall.
When he had finished Lily said: "You could have got killed."
"I wasn't thinking."
"You are too much like Prongs," Sirius remarked, "Always doing something dangerous."
"You can talk, Padfoot!" James replied.
"I know I can."
"Prat."
Harry shook his head. "Are they always insulting each other?"
Remus looked up and smiled. "Only playfully. Never seriously. It does get repetitive after a while."
Harry made his way to the door. "I've got to go now. Quidditch practice. I'll see you guys and girl tomorrow."
The following morning Professor Dumbledore came to the Room of Requirement, and placed the invisibility charm upon them.
"The charm will only work for five hours. You must be back here within that time. If you move away from each other the charm will break. You cannot be seen," Dumbledore spoke gravely, "I do not want another repeat of Professor Snape's Potion Class."
James grinned unable to stop himself. Lily saw it and scowled. His grin quickly faltered.
Dumbledore raised his wand. "Stand together." The five students did so and then the headmaster spoke these words: "Invisiba Recturen"
Immediately James felt coldness envelop his body. He shuddered momentarily. He looked at his hands and found them to be transparent. He glanced at the others. They were too. They looked at Dumbledore but it was obvious he couldn't see them. James grinned. He would have to use that spell for other purposes.
Now that they were invisible the Marauders and Lily walked out onto the grounds and looked around. Students mellowed around them heading to the Stadium. Chatter all around them made James think longingly of 1977. He had always been the subject of talk before a match. His impressive skills had impressed everyone, apart from Lily who had once thought him to be arrogant.
They decided to not sit in the stands since someone was likely to sit on them, instead they made their way into the Stadium themselves.
"This is a bad idea James." Lily murmured.
"Why?"
"Because we're on the pitch. And we shouldn't be."
But even Lily couldn't disagree that they would be sat on if they attempted the stands. The players filed onto the pitch. James sought out Harry and saw him dressed in red and gold robes, with a beautiful made broom that shone in the morning sun.
The match began.
The Marauders and Lily settled themselves down on the grass and watched intently as the Gryffindors and Slytherins competed for points. James eagerly watched the chasers, wishing he was one of them. By the time thirty minutes had gone by Gryffindor and Slytherin were neck and neck with 120 points each.
And then the commentator shouted something that caused the invisible students to track there eyes to another player.
"There goes Potter! Heading for the Snitch!"
James watched with anticipation as Harry dived towards the golden Snitch that hovered just above the ground, with Malfoy in pursuit.
Harry put on a burst of speed and his hand clasped around the Snitch. He pulled upwards just as he was about to hit the ground. A tremendous cheer went up from the Gryffindor supporters.
"Gryffindor win!"
James leapt into the air. He wanted to hug his son but knew he couldn't.
The Marauders watched as Harry was bombarded by the Gryffindor supporters.
"Hey, Prongs, look!" Peter pointed.
James scanned the pitch and saw Draco Malfoy throwing his broom away in frustration and getting shouted at by a Slytherin.
"Serves him right," Lily sniffed, "Harry deserves to win. After all he did most of the work."
Somewhere in England a man made his way towards a large abandoned house. This man was a death-eater and he had newly arrived in 1996. He wore robes of dark red, and his eyes shone bright.
He was greeted by Wormtail. The small, watery eyed man led him to the main drawing room, where Lord Voldemort was waiting.
"It is done, my lord." The man said, bowing, "The Potters are here at Hogwarts."
"And the Gem?" Voldemort hissed.
"Right here," the man replied slipping a white, glittering gem out of his pocket. "This is the only one in existence. The Potters will not be able to return to their own time with out it."
"Excellent. Now, go to Hogwarts and find James and Lily Potter. Tell me of their movements. When I give the command kill them."
"Yes master," the man bowed.
TBCThe next chapter will be posted on Friday. However from Saturday I'm on holiday so I can't update. It'll be another week after the next post until I can update again. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.