Defying All Odds

Chapter 3: Harry Porter

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Over the next two months, Lily and James corresponded very regularly.

'Ugliest Git –

I believe the phrase you are searching for was 'just thinking of you makes me sick'. Since you are obviously incapable of hearing correctly, I strongly suggest you clean your ears more often. Madam Melman's Cleaning Solution works most efficiently for wax-plugged ears.

Lily Evans'

'My beautiful flower –

Thank you so much for suggesting Madam Melman's Solution. It worked wonderfully, and now I am able to properly hear your enthusiastic comments on my dashing good looks. I'm sure hearing all those negative comments through the past five years was simply due to wax in my ears.

The Extremely Attractive James Potter'

'Arrogant Toerag –

Dashing good looks, my foot. Potter, if you believe yourself to be attractive, I believe you are in painfully obvious need for a new prescription.

Lily Evans

P.S. Don't call me your flower, ever again'

'My Green-Eyed Beauty –

On the contrary, my dear, my prescription had been updated as of only yesterday. It seems our resident Prefect has finally tripped in her observations. I'm sure the rest of the girls at Hogwarts would be more than happy to set you straight.

Hogwarts' Resident Quidditch God – otherwise known as James Potter'

'Ignorant Fool –

Sadly, I'm sure you are correct in saying that the rest of the Hogwarts girls would be happy to gush over you. I, however, believe in telling the truth.

Lily Evans

P.S. Is "Green-Eyed Beauty" the best you've got, Potter? And they say you're intelligent…'

The letters between Lily and James continued on, all the way through the summer. James was thrilled that Lily was actually writing to him; Lily was simply amused.

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"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way… oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-hippogriff magic carpet! Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells…" Sirius sang, dancing through the barriers of Platform 9 ¾. James and Remus rolled their eyes at the corrupted song. Peter just stared up at Sirius in awe of his creative genius.

Remus engaged James in a conversation about the spells and theories he had learned over the summer, and James – safely assuming that Remus would ramble on for a while – just nodded once a while, looking over the sea of students for a certain redhead. He returned to the conversation at hand just in time to catch the tail of Remus' sentence.

"…and then Sirius killed himself jumping off the Astronomy tower," said Remus, looking at James closely.

"Mm-hmm…wait, what?!" James realized what Remus said.

"See, I told you he wasn't listening," said Remus, laughing.

The other Marauders made fun of James the whole way onto the train. They were early, so they sat in their compartment for a while. Peter sighed, as he looked up from studying the Clothes-Changing Spell.

"I'll never understand this spell. James, help!" Peter pleaded with James, who was the best at Transfiguration.

"Alright, Peter. Look, this is how you do the spell. You kind of jab the air like this," he demonstrated,"and you say the incantation. Here, try it on me."

Sirius muttered to Remus, "I don't think this is such a good idea…" Remus nodded in agreement.

Peter whirled his wand into the air and shouted the incantation. The next moment, he was staring at James in confusion.

"Was that supposed to happen?"

Instead of changing the color of James' clothes, he had changed the color of James himself. He now had straight brown hair and sharp blue eyes.

James groaned as he looked down at himself.

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James didn't know exactly how he had ended up here. But here he was, in front of the door to the compartment Lily and her friends were in. Somehow, the other Marauders had coerced James into pretending he was eighteen-year-old Harry Porter who was in need of a ride to his home that was near Hogwarts.

He took a deep breath and "Harry Porter" slid open the door.

The three girls looked up at the unfamiliar face.

James asked in a tentative voice, "May I join you? All the other compartments are full." He offered a slight smile. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Ashley fluffing her hair and perking up.

"Sure," Lily ushered him in with a smile. Wow, I think that's the first time she's ever smiled at me. She should do it more often…James thought.

The girls introduced themselves, as did James (though of course he introduced himself as Harry Porter). James had the best train ride in his six years, as he saw what Lily acted like to everyone who was not James Potter.

After the carriages brought them to Hogwarts, he "headed off to his house" (but in actuality, just rejoined the Marauders).

Sirius asked James, "So, how'd it go, mate?" At James' unfocused, dreamy gaze, he raised his eyebrows. "You were right, Moony, he's a goner."

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