"Wow. This place looks exactly the same!" James exclaimed.
"I thought people could only see Headquarters directly from Dumbledore." Harry said, confused.
"James has been here loads of times, so he can see it. I think Lily's been here too, before. Am I right?" Sirius asked Lily.
"Yes, I think it was when I visited your house during the holidays in our last year." Lily said thoughtfully.
"Yes, well, shall we go in?" Sirius said a little nervously.
"Wait-" James closed his eyes and out of no where, a silvery cloak appeared in his hand.
"Hey, that's my Invisibility Cloak!" Harry exclaimed. "How'd you do that?"
"Advanced wand less magic. Here, everyone get under this." James said quickly. It was a tight fit, but everyone was able to fit.
They opened the door soundlessly and closed it back.
"Your mother's still here, I see." James mused out loud, looking a red curtain covering a huge picture frame, in which Sirius' mother's portrait was placed.
Sirius nodded grimly. They quietly walked down to the kitchen. Two people occupied the kitchen. Remus Lupin and Minerva McGonagall. They were discussing something quietly over some tea.
"...Don't see how that would work, though, Professor." Remus said, frowning slightly.
"It's all up to Albus in the end. Oh, Mr. Lupin, you're old enough to call me Minerva, you're not my student anymore." Professor McGonagall said.
"How about Minnie?" Remus said smiling slightly.
The Professor blushed a little and tried to look angry. "Don't you dare call me that name that Mr. Potter and Mr. Black called me. I hated that during your school years, you know that."
"They always got away with it, though, didn't they?" Remus said smiling.
"Yes, I suppose they did...Remus, you've got to hold up. You shouldn't dwell on this...It'll make you feel much worse." Professor McGonagall surprised everyone by saying that in a motherly manner.
Remus shrugged helplessly. "They were my best friends, you know? But now...now they're gone. It's all the rat's fault. I'll kill him one day, I swear." he ended angrily.
"Mr. Lupin, the ones we love aren't truly gone as you think they are." the Professor said softly.
At that time, James and Sirius had enough of the sorrow and ripped off the cloak that covered them.
"Yeah, Moony, Minnie's right, we're right here. Right when you need us." James said grinning.
Sirius had an identical grin on his face. "Yeah, and we swear we'll help you hunt Peter down and kill him together."
Professor McGonagall and Remus shot up. They stood gaping, eyes widened incredulously.
"Mr- Mr. Potter? M-Mr. Black? Miss. E-Evans?" Professor McGonagall gasped and fainted. Remus caught her and set her down softly onto a chair. Then he shot right back up.
Remus took out his wand. "No...Hell no!" Remus whispered fiercely. His eyes started to water. "No.."
"Moony, it's us! Padfoot and Prongs!" Sirius exclaimed.
"And Lily." Lily said, glaring at Sirius for not adding her in.
"No. No! You're all dead!" Remus shouted.
"Professor, I'm not dead." Harry said. Remus jumped. He hadn't known Harry was there.
"H-Harry?" Remus said quietly. "Is this real? Are they real?"
Harry simply nodded and stepped away from them. In a flash, Remus ran over to Sirius, James, and Lily with such speed Harry had not known his Professor to have. He embraced them like there was no tomorrow and silently cried. For a long time.
"H-How?" Remus asked them, after he calmed down.
"Magic!" Sirius said grinning.
Remus bent down and revived Professor McGonagall.
"Oh my! What happened?" Professor McGonagall asked, looking around the room. She shrieked. "James Potter, Lily Evans, and Sirius Black?! Wh-What?"
"Now, don't go unconscious on us again, Minnie!" James said grinning.
"How? What happened? Actually, nevermind. I will go contact the Headmaster immediately." she got up and walked to the living room and everyone else followed. Everyone sat down, but Remus remained standing, leaning by the wide doorway.
Professor McGonagall flooed to Hogwarts.
"Professor, where is everybody?" Harry asked Remus.
"They're all at their jobs at the Ministry or at home. The Weasleys aren't coming until another three days. Tonks is here, though." Remus said. Then, he chuckled. "Don't call me Professor anymore Harry, as I'm not one. Just call me Remus or Moony." Harry nodded uncertainly.
"What's with Harry calling you Professor, anyways?" Lily asked.
"In Harry's third year, Moony here, was his Defense professor!" Sirius piped up cheerfully.
James started to roar with laughter. Tears started sliding down his face from laughter. Remus blushed a little, then sent an annoyed look at Sirius, but Sirius didn't notice, as he was laughing wildly, himself. There was a clomping of footsteps.
"Remus, what's with the psychotic laughter in here?" a female of around her middle twenties with neon pink bubble gum hair said to Remus. Then she got a look at the room. And the people in it.
She screamed loudly into Remus' ear and he winced. She jumped up onto Remus, and he ended up carrying her like a new bride and groom.
"Who the hell are these people?" she asked Remus, scared out of her wits. "'Coz if they're who I think they are, I don't know what I'll do."
"Well, you know Harry and Sirius. The other two are James and Lily Potter." Remus said in an amused tone.
"You mean Harry's parents? Harry's mother and father? The parents of Harry Potter? The people that gave birth to Harry? The ones who're Harry's parents? Harry's parental guardians? Harry's Mum and Dad? Harry Potter's Parents?" Tonks exclaimed unbelievably.
Remus nodded. "Exactly."
"Oh, Merlin!" she gasped and started hyperventilating.
"Tonks- Tonks, calm down!" Remus exclaimed. Then he realized he was holding Tonks and softly let go and helped her stand, both blushing crimson.
With no warning, Tonks rushed to Sirius and gave him a huge hug. "I thought I would be the last true Black alive! Whew!" Tonks exclaimed into Sirius' shoulder. Then she smacked him upside the head.
"Ow! Merlin, what is it with people hitting me?!" Sirius whined. "What was that for?"
"I don't know, but you deserve it the most anyway!" Tonks said.
She went over and gave Harry a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Hi Harry. How've you been?" Tonks said smiling. Harry blushed slightly from the kiss and James took notice of that.
"Fine, you?" Harry asked.
"Great now." she turned to James and Lily. "Erm- Hello, Mr. And Mrs. Potter." she said a little nervously.
They both grimaced. "Call me Lily." Lily said. "And me, James." James added.
Tonks smiled gratefully and nodded.
"Professor McGonagall's bringing the Headmaster here any minute now." Remus said.
Tonks nodded. "Am I allowed to stay?" she asked.
"There's no problem with us, but it's up to Dumbledore." Sirius said. Tonks nodded in understanding.
They chatted about random things and laughed randomly until Dumbledore came.
"Oh my- Lily and James Potter?"
They all turned. Professor Dumbledore was standing at the doorway (Remus took a seat on the couch) with Professor McGonagall.
"Professor!" Lily exclaimed happily. She ran over to him and gave him a hug and kissed him on the cheek.
"My dear Lily, you two- and Sirius, of course- are back!" Dumbledore said happily. His eyes twinkled brightly.
"Nothing would keep us away from the people we love, Professor." James said, seriously this time.
Dumbledore nodded, smiling. "Yes, of course. You've gotten very wise, James." James smiled slightly.
"We should talk, I suppose." Professor McGonagall said lightly.
"Yes, we should." Dumbledore said. "Tonks, you may stay here." Tonks nodded.
Dumbledore closed the door for privacy. They were going to have a very long talk.
Okay. Well, I hope that was better. That filled nearly four pages. Personally, I think it's a bit crappy, but I can deal with it. So how was it? A bit of Tonks and Remus things going on. Harry doesn't get to talk much in this chapter. I think I'll make him talk more in the next one. It's not very good, is it. I'll try to make the next one better. There are these moods I have...sometimes I have a 'crave' for writing, but sometimes my brain just doesn't function like the proper human being. Please READ & REVIEW!!! That's what keeps my stories going!! It doesn't even have to be a really complimenting and good review, either. Just please review! I might comment back on this thing if you review and ask questions...MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I hope I'll get to writing more soon...I'm not sure though. R&R! Thanks, AnGiE
