Here is Chapter Ten, it is a bit shorter then the last one but at least it's long and not three pages which is what I thought I'd be writing!

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Prongs Rides Again

Chapter Ten: The Godmother

"I knew it!" Ron yelled, jumping up and down.

Hermione sighed. "They were bound to clear you. They had no case against you."

James sat watching Harry tell his friends what had happened at the Hearing. In fact he was pleased Harry hadn't been expelled but there had been the threat. If Fudge could've got the whole court onto his side then there would have been no hope for Harry, but because of lack of evidence, the case had been dropped, and Harry could return to Hogwarts on September 1st.

James saddened at that prospect. He loved his son, but he had hardly the chance to know him before he left again. Who knew when he would see Harry again?

Mrs Weasley's voice echoed over the conversation between Ron, Hermione and Harry. "That's enough - Fred - George - Ginny!"

James grinned as the three started the annoying words again.

"He got off, he got off, he got off..."

Harry slid into a chair next to James, relief spreading across his face. "I can't believe that they cleared me. I mean, I know you've told me there was no case, but it just seems so unbelievable that I thought I wouldn't see Hogwarts again."

"Well, you had support from some members of the Ministry. At least they don't all think you are a nutter."

Harry shrugged. "That's good to know."

Harry slouched into the kitchen. His eyes scanned the small room searching for his father. James sat at the table, flicking through the Daily Prophet, a crease on his forehead as he frowned at the various articles that he read.

"Hey, kiddo." James said as Harry shuffled forward. "What's up?"

"Ron's a prefect. We've just got our Hogwarts letters, and he and Hermione have been chosen as the new Gryffindor prefects."

"And you're upset because of that?" James forwarded.

Harry laughed. "No…just jealous that Dumbledore didn't consider me for the job."

"He thought that with all that's going on, you wouldn't be able to cope with it." James chose his words carefully but knew instantly that he had said the wrong things.

Harry's green eyes flashed, just like Lily's used to do when she was angry. "Cope with it? COPE? I've coped more then those two ever have! I think I deserve some responsibility for once!"

James sighed. "I felt the same way when Remus became prefect instead of me. I thought I would make a good prefect because I was popular and sought-after boy in the year."

Stifling a laugh, Harry covered his mouth with his hands, grinning. His anger was now forgotten. "Were you really like that? Did you really think you were better then everyone else?"

James shrugged, a similar grin sliding onto his face. "Well, Sirius didn't help matters. I mean, come on, Harry, I was always at the top of the class and insanely popular with the ladies. When you have that many girls chasing after you…"

Harry raised his eyebrows in disbelief. "And you thought those qualities would get you to be a prefect?"

"I thought it would, obviously I was wrong. Dumbledore made me head-boy though. I don't know what he saw in me."

"He saw something," Harry muttered, "Maybe he thought some responsibility would do you some good."

"Probably." James grinned as an idea slowly began to form.

"What?"

"Harry, ever seen a pensieve before?"

"Yeah…why?"

"Do you want to see a memory of Lily nagging Remus to turn Sirius and I in to McGonagall?"

Harry's face lit up. "Are you sure you'd want to do that?"

"I don't mind. I need to get over Lily. Viewing a memory might help me in that respect. I still want to remember her, but I don't want it to hurt anymore. I think this might be a good way to get past it."

"Okay then. I'd love to see a memory." Harry agreed.

Luckily when they had been cleaning the Black home, Sirius had unearthed a Pensieve that had once belonged to his father. All the memories were gone. Not wanting to get rid of it, Sirius had placed it in a cupboard in the drawing room in case anyone wished to use it. He also knew that James might have a need for it in case he found the memories of Lily too much for him to handle. Frankly it was an easy way to let go of your grief but James wasn't willing to take the road unless he realised he could never heal.

Taking Harry into the drawing room, James told him to sit while he retrieved the Pensieve from the cupboard. Placing it in front of Harry, James standing beside it, the elder Potter placed his wand on his head and then pulled it away, white stuff coming out and placing it in the Pensieve. James twirled his wand inside it and then looked at Harry.

"It's all ready."

Swallowing, Harry stood up and approached the Pensieve. Cautiously he peered over the side, excitement gnawing at his insides. He looked quickly up at his father.

"Go on," James urged.

Leaning over the edge, Harry placed his head in the swirling mists and then hauled himself through, falling into James' memory. His father did not follow him. This is what he witnessed:

The corridor was full of students: Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and Slytherins. The perfect place to play a prank on someone. Of course, anyone who was silly enough to annoy James Potter knew what was coming. Yet Severus Snape had yet to learn that particular lesson.

James Potter stood with his friends, talking and laughing with Sirius, and trading poisonous looks at Snape. Neither of them could resist the urge to curse him. Snape, after all, had tried to get them expelled a month ago, just because they had been near the Whomping Willow. The reason of this was because of Remus. Being a werewolf had caused James, Sirius and Peter all to become Animagi and every full moon they would join their friend in his transformations. Of course, Snape wanted nothing more then to get then expelled and disgraced from Hogwarts…and even though becoming Animagi was illegal without the proper authorities knowing about it, James and Sirius was sure that if Dumbledore found out he would allow them to continue to do this, even if it was out-of-bounds.

Sirius turned to James, a nasty grin sliding onto his face. "Here he comes, Prongs."

James gripped his wand tightly, a smug smile on his face.

Peter stood nearby, enthusiasm etched on to his face.

Remus simple rolled his eyes and tried to not give a disapproving look. As a prefect it was his job to stop rascals like James from causing trouble but he could not control them. Besides, Remus knew, James was just having fun. He never meant anything of it.

As Snape continued towards them, unknowingly that the next few minutes would become hell, James walked forward, pretending to look the other way when Snape walked into him. Just as planned, James turned blazing hazel eyes onto his enemy and claimed: "Watch where you're going slimeball!"

The insult was enough to encourage Snape to continue the argument.

"Watch where you are going, Mudblood lover." Snape spat in return.

James glared at him, rising his wand. He had been about to push past Snape when the insult had been thrown. If none had been returned, James would've cursed him anyway, but at least if he was caught he would have a good reason. Insulting him was provoking him. In six years, Snape had yet to learn that if he didn't say anything then perhaps James would leave him alone. Not even James could believe he would do that, but you would've thought Snape would've learned.

"How dare you?" James hissed. "How dare you say that about me?"

Snape raised his own wand. "How ironic, Potter. You are, after all, in love with a Mudblood. All Mudbloods are the same, unworthy to be at this school, slime that should be got rid of. Of course, I can't expect you to understand that…especially since your family has been polluted."

James uncle had married a Muggle-born, which was what Snape was referring to. Anger flashed through him like fire, and his hand tightened. In a flash of a second he cast the body-bind on Snape, who could not react fast enough to block.

Toppling over, Snape fell, hitting his head on the floor. Students laughed at his misfortune. He scowled. Weaving his wand around in the air, James levitated Snape so that he swished from side to side, hitting him into walls and nearly causing him to hit his head on the ceiling, but James wasn't that cruel to harm him physically…much.

"You should really think before you say anything to me." James reprimanded him. "That was your last mis-"

Before he could finish his sentence a fluffy of red hair approached him, green eyes blazing. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING, POTTER!"

"Defending people like you," James answered, as he caused Snape to bump the wall to his right, face on.

Lily's eyes blazed. "I DON'T NEED YOU DEFENDING PEOPLE LIKE ME! WE'RE CAPABLE OF DOING IT OURSELVES! JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T DO IT YOUR WAY, DOESN'T MEAN WE LEAVE IT! YOU ARE A CONCEITED PRAT! LEAVE HIM ALONE!"

"Don't you remember, Lily, that Snevillus called you a 'filthy m…' after the O.W.Ls and that you wouldn't bother next time." Sirius interjected.

Lily turned her burning gaze on him. "YOU ARE JUST LIKE POTTER! CONCEITED AND ARROGANT! JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE POPULAR DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN GO ROUND CURSING WHO KNOWS WHAT!"

"It's just for fun." Sirius said.

"And its all for you." James said, throwing a charming smile at Lily.

Lily went mad. "DO YOU THINK THAT IMPRESSES ME? WELL IT DOESN'T! IT SICKENS ME! EVERYTHING YOU DO MAKES ME WISH THAT I'D NEVER EVEN MET YOU! GROW UP FOR ONCE JAMES!"

James' smile faded. Obviously his plan to get Lily to like him was failing. Why didn't she like it when he showed her what he could do?

"I think you should leave it, Prongs." Remus spoke up suddenly. "You're not going to change her mind this way."

James sighed, and then lifted the curse binding Snape. "There, is that better Evans?"

Lily scowled. "Better, but Remus and I should still report you."

James' mouth fell open. "Oh come on, I wasn't doing anything wrong."

"Anything wrong?" Lily asked. "You were practising magic in the corridors! You know that you shouldn't do that!"

"Rules are made to be broken." Sirius lazed.

"Are they? Then clearly the amount of detentions you've had has had no effect on you!"

Sirius grinned, but Lily's eyes glared into his. "I'm not fussed, besides what's the point of keeping the rules when they are much more fun when you break the?"

Lily shook her head. Sirius Black was impossible to understand and she doubted she would ever know him properly. "It's my duty to. All those other times I've let you go, but not this time. Come on, Remus, we've got to go and report them."

People were watching him with sharp eyes, curiosity filling them. He frowned. On one hand James and Sirius had been doing wrong, but on the other James was his friend, someone who had chosen to stand by him. How could he betray him like this?

"I can't Lily."

"Why not?" she demanded. "It's our duty."

"Maybe, but I can't betray James that way." Remus replied, seeking for Lily to understand, but he knew that she had no idea what James and Sirius had done for him, unless they told her everything, but he was not ready for Lily to know his deepest, darkest secrets.

Sensing turmoil in his friends eyes, James stepped forward and laid a hand on his shoulder. He turned to regard the black-haired boy.

"Go on, report us. Let Lily get her way for once." James smiled. "I honestly don't mind. If it's your job, as a Prefect, to report unruly troublemakers," he glanced at Lily and she scowled, "then do it. It won't be betrayal."

Remus smiled lightly. "Your sure?"

James nodded. "Yeah, go on."

"Thanks for making this easy." Remus replied, and then he turned to Lily. "All right, I'm coming."

The crowd watching the small confrontation slowly drifted apart and James returned to stand between Sirius and Peter. Snape had left long ago, cursing to get back at James.

"I can't believe you actually let Remus report you." Peter squeaked, overwhelmed. He had been enjoying himself.

James shrugged. "I knew that Lily wasn't going to back down, so I thought I'd make the decision for Remus easier by letting him turn me in, I mean, one more detention can't hurt can it?"

"I suppose so." Peter said.

James shook his head. "Besides, if Lily thinks turning me in will change who I am trying to portray to her, then she's got another thing coming. I'm not going to stop until I've shown her what I can do."

The other two laughed. James was fun, but he was completely hopeless at girls.

Harry was pulled back out of the Pensieve by his father when the memory had finished. James was grinning widely as he regarded his son.

"Well, what do you think?"

Harry smirked. "You certainly were popular but you had no idea how to get mum to like you."

James shrugged, not fussed. "At least I managed to prove to her how sensible I could be."

Harry shook his head. "I have to agree with mum: you were arrogant."

"I know and I am ashamed by what I did. At least those memories are ones I can treasure forever. Without them, I don't think I'd be able to live. Your mum was very special to me…and I wasted six years of it by being a prat. But in a way, I wasn't ready for her when I was eleven and neither was she. It was only through our experiences as Head-Boy and Head-Girl could we truly get to know each other."

Glancing up at his father, Harry wrapped his arms round James, comforting him. "Mum would be proud of you. You're living your life even though you love her so much."

James smiled. He was glad to be with Harry, happy that his son was alive and able to share his life with him.

"Molly, can I ask you something?" James sat at the table in the kitchen, watching Molly Weasley cook dinner for the rest of the household. Harry, Ron and Hermione were having a little celebration upstairs, corresponding to the fact that Ron and Hermione were Prefects. Ginny, Fred and George were elsewhere, and Sirius was with Buckbeak in his room, moping, and Remus was away.

"What is it James?" Molly asked, turning to face the elder Potter.

James frowned, unable to put thoughts into words. Finally he settled upon these: "I know you have a large family and I doubt you'd take on an eighth child, but I was wondering, if anything ever happened to me, again, that you would consider raising Harry. I know he's almost grown up, but I would like a mother to be there for him. I was hoping you'd take on that role." He faltered.

"What do you mean?"

James swallowed. "Sirius is Harry's Godfather, but he has no Godmother. I was hoping that perhaps you would take that honour."

Mrs Weasley gasped.

"I've seen that you care a lot for Harry and you'd do anything to see him happy and safe. It would mean a lot to me to know that he would be welcome with you. You don't have to take it if you don't want to, but I love Harry so much, and it's not fair that he has no mother. He has me, his father, for now, and he has Sirius as well, but if something happened to both of us, he'd have nowhere else to go…"

Molly nodded, understanding. "I will do it James, as Harry is like a son to me, just like Ron is."

"Thank you. I knew I could rely on you."

TBC

Anyone expect Molly Weasley to be asked to be Harry's Godmother? I've seen stories where Arabella Figg is his Godmother but I just don't see that happening…so I picked Molly.

Thank you's go to the following: ambereyes2873 (now you know that the Godmother is not an OC but a beloved character); PrincessSkywalkerOrgana; Smorefan; Lunatic Pandora1; Inumaru12; Kim Kotchanski; HarrysGrrl; IamSiriusgrl; HandsOff; Jb; LiLaZnGrLy; Red-head attack;amrawo; sirius-black-sfan; dweem-angel and RoschLupin-Black.

Crazy-Physco: James has passed the Apparation Test.

darkdanny: I have read many James come back to life stories myself and I have tried to keep to canon as well as not going off on a silly course route that some authors may do. I have planned the majority of this story out; all I need to do is add the detail in. To answer your questions: I can't really say anything about what will happen to Sirius. He may still die, he may not, you'll have to find out and see what happens to him. Cho Chang will not make an appearance (in my plan I have not put her in, but when it comes to a scene which could feature her in it, I might think about adding her in, but whether she will come into the story, I have no clue at the present time. Thank you for your generous review and giving this story a chance.

magicgirl45852: I forgot to send the message due to time pressures. Hopefully you should've got a message for this chapter's update.

Silverspecter: Bad luck that you've been busy…I hate science too but at least I don't have to do that subject again unless I want to improve my mark in the future (I really don't understand it!). I am trying to keep the story true to the OOTP while changing a few major things in the story. I hope you liked this chapter!

maya100: James does want Harry to know the Prophecy but he's just got his father back. James doesn't want to spoil the fun he could have with Harry and that will happen when he finds out about the Prophecy. He's also trying to protect him.

floro13: I am English and I don't watch Eastenders (but I do watch Emmerdale). I didn't want James forgetting Lily so quickly because that is not how grief usually works. I lost my Great-granddad when I was eight and it took me a while to get over that. A few people I know (but not family) have recently died and the people close to them are still suffering after a few months, so I'm basing James' grief on that, even though the people who have died are all men and the people grieving are their widows. Thank you for the review!

littlewolf-moony: Yes, James does have a right to tell Harry about the Prophecy, but later on we will find out his reasons why he did so. I didn't want to show Harry's hearing because James wouldn't be allowed in the court room, so I thought it would be a waste of time copying out passages from the book. And Percy has still broken up with his family. There will be a chapter (later on) with Percy's letter to Ron in it and James will read it too. Thank you for the comments.

Lady Taliesin: Yes, I spent a lot of time replying to your review, and now I'm doing so again (I honestly don't mind - the way you write your review gives you a sort of personality in my mind instead of just some reader who leaves a few excellent comments!) Right, now onto your 3-paged review…(according to Microsoft Word). Yeah…I see what you mean by that line 'I know Dumbledore asked you to escort him to the Ministry but he is my son and I do have a duty to perform.' What James was trying to say was that he did want to escort Harry and he wants to protect him. He feels that if he can't he'll be letting his son down for the second time. About the contradiction: What I'm trying (attempting to say) is that Voldie will appear when he's sure Harry is alone and has no one to protect him. James us saying that Voldie will eventually reveal himself but only when he needs to, but if the opportunity arose he would reveal himself to get Harry. As long as James protects his son, Voldemort will not reveal himself until he is ready to do so - does that make sense? You're not the only one who felt sorry for Dumbledore in OOTP, I did too. I mean he was trying to protect Harry for as long as possible, and that's what he is continually doing. (author starts laughing and then falls off chair - her whole ICT class stares at her) Another of those little scenes, so funny. You've got a good spot for humour. Besides James can't be normal…I think even Dumbledore would be worried if he reverted back to his old days…unfortunately no way will James be back to normal. In the sentence 'You've got a lot to learn Harry.' James is basically saying that he needs to learn more about the Wizarding World and that he will be there to help him - he would never be mean to his son. Unfortunately people don't believe that James is alive and think it is an insane Death Eater running around. Any Death Eater is insane…(apart from Wormtail - he's just a bit dim and stupid - does anyone even like him at all?). Ooops, I forget to put in the disclaimer for the article so here it is (I do not own the Stubby/Sirius article that is found in Chapter nine of Prongs Rides Again) I will remember to do that next time. You got that right about Danielle. She's just an old school friend. She may pop up again later on but at the moment she won't be. No girl on earth could make James forget Lily. He loved her and will not get another girl because love that deep should never be replaced. He's on his own, with the exception of Harry. All the love he felt for Lily is now on Harry. If he wasn't there, James would have no one to help him stay alive for. Yay, you liked the chapter! Good guess on what you think James will teach…you'll find out next chapter. Thank you for the charming and lovely review. I hope you liked this chapter.

Next Chapter: Dumbledore's Job Opportunity - James receives an unexpected request from the Headmaster…to teach something, but what is it? Any guesses? Find out at the weekend!

Thank you for reading,

MissBlackPotter