Thank you for all the support so far! I can't believe we've got to Chapter 13 already! Okay, so here's the chapter, which is aptly named after the story…

Oh, and one more thing: I said to a few people that Draco would be in this chapter…unfortunately he isn't. Sorry, for those who have been waiting for James and Draco to meet.

Enjoy!

Chapter Thirteen: Prongs Rides Again

He was sitting in his office when she came along. The small dumpy witch sat herself calmly (uninvited) into the chair opposite Dumbledore. She smiled sweetly at him before beginning her speech.

"Hem, hem," Umbridge started, "I have reason to believe that you are harbouring a suspected Death Eater in this castle. One who probably believes that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has returned."

Dumbledore clasped his hands together and looked at her over the top of his half-moon glasses. "And who might that be? The only person who I am aware of that was once a Death Eater was Severus Snape and he has proved his loyalty beyond the doubt. I do not think you have to be worried about him."

"Oh no, it's not him," she smiled sweetly, "I'm talking about James Potter. Of course it is impossible for someone to die and then return, so it is official that James Potter must be a traitor. You must know that he is lying to you about who he is, after all he did put a memory charm on the Minister."

"I don't think he did, since I was there. He didn't have a wand then." Dumbledore explained. "I'm sure James will be willing to submit to Veritaserum if you asked it of him."

"He's already proved to be…immune to it. I think a better course should be taken, if only you will authorise it."

"And what is this action that you speak of?" Dumbledore asked.

"A potion. A specific one that allows people to see the memories of an individual who drinks it. If James Potter drinks this potion then I will be able to prove that he is NOT who he claims to be. I - I mean we - can view his memories, showing the school who he truly is."

The headmaster raised his eyebrows. That potion was illegal. Did she know that? But it could be used to ascertain the truth, and she would be bound to get permission from Fudge. He sighed. He may as well clear it, but he would have to warn James. He didn't know when she planned to do this, but he would have to make sure James was ready to have everyone see his past. He knew she would want to reveal James in front of everyone.

"I see I have no choice in this matter as I'm positive you will get Cornelius to pass this motion."

She smiled sweetly.

"Very well, you have my permission to perform this potion on James."

"Thank you. headmaster." She turned to leave, the sickly smile still decorating her features.

"You wanted to see me, Headmaster?" James asked as he seated himself in the chair Umbridge had vacated an hour before.

"Yes. Professor Umbridge has expressed her concerns about you being a Death Eater. She came to me to seek permission to use an illegal potion on you. I said yes so that she doesn't get Fudge involved. No doubt he supports the usage of this potion."

"What does it do?" James asked wearily.

"It enables people around you to see your memories. Ten memories in total. You can control what people see. I hope you are willing to go through with this as it will establish who you are."

James nodded. "I would let her do it."

"I get the feeling she will attempt it during dinner. Be wary. I don't know when, but Severus still needs to create the potion before it can be administered. It will take at least a week for it to brew, so sometime next week she will attempt to catch you out."

"Right. I think I can do that. If it helps people be convinced that I am who I say I am then I'm willing to go through with it." Besides it will give her quite a shock if I showed her the night I died and returned. That might just change her mind, he thought.

Dumbledore nodded. "It would be up to you what you show them." he looked at his watch, "but look at the time, you've got classes to attend to."

James stood up. "Thanks for the warning, Professor."

"It's no problem James."

He spent the morning drawing up a lesson plan for his third year class that afternoon. Sirius spent the morning watching the First year flying lessons from the window of James' study. Luckily no one could see him so it was perfectly safe for him to be looking out.

Drawing up lesson plans was harder then James thought. It required immense detail and exactly what he would have to include. He also had to come up with an adequate homework assignment. Tomorrow he would teach Harry's class, but James had no clue what he could educate them about. Though he was looking forward to teaching the fifth years, he was not looking forward to meeting Lucius Malfoy's son. If he was anything like Lucius then James would worry. Of course, every Malfoy was the same. Draco would be no different.

The morning passed quickly and by the time the bell rang for the end of lessons, James had finished his lesson plans for the coming week. He had made them detailed, and hopefully, entertaining. He had no idea how his teaching methods would be but he hoped he could be an adequate teacher for the students. He was most looking forward to teaching the fifth years, but that was only because Harry was in that class and it would give him a chance to show his son how good he could teach.

There came a knock at his office door. "Who is it?" he called.

"Fred and George." The answer came.

James grimaced. Since returning he had only had the chance to get to know Harry. He had hardly got the chance to see them as he had spent most of the time with Harry and Sirius and Remus. "Come in!"

The oak door opened and the two ginger-haired twin brothers of Ron slipped in. They closed the door and smiled at the two Marauders.

"What is it? I have to get to lesson shortly." James said.

Fred stepped forward. "We want to ask you something. Are you Prongs?"

James did a double-take. "What did you say?"

"Are you Prongs?" George asked again.

Casting a side-glance at Sirius, James swallowed. How did they know that? More importantly where did they hear the name? His silence was unnerving.

"You are Prongs otherwise you would've denied it." Fred replied, grinning.

"I see," James said, "Well, I am Prongs, but where did you learn that name?"

"We found the map in Filch's cabinet when we were in first year. We worked out how to use it and have been using it ever since. We gave it to Harry two years ago, but we've always wondered who Moony. Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs are." George began.

Fred finished, "We began to analyse the names and why these people might have used them."

"I am Prongs. I can't really say no, now, can I?" James smiled, admiring their work.

"And now we know who the rest are. It's quite obvious now."

"Sirius is Padfoot." George said. Sirius nodded.

"Because of his Animagus form. And Moony is…" Fred turned to George to finish.

"Professor Lupin because of his condition."

"Wormtail is Peter Pettigrew since he can transform into a rat." Fred informed them.

"And what about me?" James asked.

George scratched the back of his head. "If Padfoot and Wormtail are Animagus' then we guessed that you must be one."

"Yet we don't know what you could transform into."

James grinned and stood up from his desk. Walking in front of his desk, he took a deep breath and focused his will. He swallowed. He felt his limbs shaking inside as his body transformed into the brilliant white and brown stag. His antlers were tall and shiny. Bright hazel eyes stared out at the two Weasley twins as they took in James' form.

"A stag!"

"Of course!" Fred exclaimed, his eyes shining, "Prongs! Your antlers! We should've thought about that!"

James resumed his usual form, a childish grin on his face. "Now you know." He glanced at his watch. "I'd better go. First lessons are starting."

"Who you're teaching?" the twins asked simultaneously.

"Third years." James said.

The twins made towards the door. "Well we'd better go to class. Thanks for showing us your animagus form."

They left, and James turned to collect his books he needed. "Coming?" he asked Sirius.

"It might be fun." Sirius replied, transforming into the black dog.

James grinned. "I'm glad that you are here with me."

Sirius barked in reply.

Professor McGonagall stepped into James' office. He was sitting at a desk, flicking through 'Creature Magazines'. Sirius was sitting in a chair looking at the Daily Prophet, muttering every so often about the obscurity of it all.

"Good evening James," she said, "How was your first day?"

"Hectic!" James grinned. "All they wanted to do was ask me questions. I answered them but by the time I had answered them all the lesson was nearly over. I hardly had a chance to teach them."

"You should've have said that if they listen to you then you would answer there questions." She stated.

James sighed. "I'm going to try that tomorrow with the fifth years. I get to teach Harry."

"Oh, and that reminds me, your son has got on the wrong side of Dolores Umbridge. She has given him a weeks detention for claiming that You-Know-Who has not returned and for being a nasty little liar. I cannot stop her from doing that," she added, noticing the colour of James' face.

"I'll talk to him." James said.

McGonagall nodded. "That would be best." She turned to leave but then swung round again. "The headmaster has asked me to pass this message onto you. Remus Lupin is coming to Hogwarts tonight for his transformation. He says he would like to go back to the old days, whatever that means."

James and Sirius swapped grins. McGonagall left.

"You know what that means, then?" Sirius asked, folding the Daily Prophet.

James nodded. "Yep, Remus wants to spend the Full Moon as the Marauders again."

Looking out the window the two friends saw the moon rising in distance. The rays of it were just beginning to hit the earth, and stars appeared high in the sky. James grimaced. They didn't have much time before Remus would transform. He wanted to speak to Harry but how could he with the moon rising quickly?

"Sirius, go on ahead and meet up with Remus. I just need to go to Gryffindor to speak to Harry."

Sirius shrugged, transformed into the black dog, opened the door and trotted out into the corridors, his tail wagging in the air. James surpassed a grin and went in the opposite direction.

He quickly weaved his way through the crowds of students until he finally came to Gryffindor Tower. The Fat Lady admitted him (without the password) as she had been informed of James' position as a Professor. Any adult who was a Professor had all access to the House Common Rooms. There identity's were imprinted into the painting, therefore enabling the portraits to admit him into the Common Rooms.

He stepped into the room and looked around, his eyes searching. He could not find Harry anywhere. He spotted Ron and Hermione sitting together on the plush chairs by the fire, scribbling away at their homework. He walked over to them and kneeled down.

Hermione looked up. "James!"

Chuckling, James answered, "No calling me that now. Professor Potter is how you shall address me by."

"What are you doing here?" Ron asked, putting down his quill.

"I want to speak to Harry. Is he still in detention?"

"Yeah. I doubt he'll be back by midnight." Hermione replied. "I'll tell him that you called."

"Thanks. I'd better get going. Things to do." James answered, standing up and then exited by the portrait hole.

I'll have to speak to Harry during lessons tomorrow. For now, lets go and have some fun.

Quickly James hurried through the corridors, trying to ignore the stares of the students. Wrapping his cloak round his body he stepped out into the grounds and quickly as possible made his way to the Whomping Willow. The tree was far enough from the castle so people would not be able to see James entering or leaving. Searching the ground he saw a thin branch, snapped on the dry grass. Picking it up he moved closer to the tree silently and pressed the knot. The tree froze and James easily slipped into the passage that led to the Shrieking Shack.

It was nearly seven-o-clock. Remus would be transforming. Sure enough, as he reached the entrance to the Shrieking Shack he heard growling and howls coming from upstairs. Slipping up the stairs James edged towards the door. Inside he heard the sounds of a werewolf and a dog.

He transformed into Prongs; the elegant stag pushed the door open with his antlers and stepped inside. James knew that Remus, whenever it was the Full Moon, could take a potion and just curl up, however for old times sake he had agreed to come to Hogwarts so that Moony, Padfoot and Prongs could be reunited once again. Now that he was older, Remus would be able to handle the transformation better.

Once inside the room the werewolf turned its attention to the stag, clearly not recognising it for what it was. Being alone for so long, the wolf would have no idea and James was poised, ready to defend himself if need be. He hadn't used his Animagus form properly for a long time and he sincerely hoped that he remembered how to return to human form.

There was a bark from behind him and the wolf's attention was snapped back to Sirius, who was growling and circling the wolf from behind. The wolf lunged at the black dog, using its sharp claws to strike it across the back. Howling, Sirius jumped back, and James, using his antler intervened to prevent the wolf from seriously harming the other. They had always done this beforehand. Once they had worn the wolf out it would be easy for the friends to keep him under control and lead him round the grounds.

Thirty minutes passed before James and Sirius were sure the werewolf would co-operate with them. Carefully, James bowed his head, pointing his antlers at the wolf and pushing him forward towards the door. Sirius padded out into the landing, turning his head to look at the wolf, and then led the way, pausing every now and again to ensure that Moony and Prongs were following.

The night passed quickly. The three Marauders explored the grounds returning to their old haunts: tbe lake, the forest and Hogsmeade. That night James felt truly alive. Not only had he been blessed with a second chance, but he had also been blessed with his memories intact and a chance to relieve points in his past. And this was one of them.

On September 2nd 1995, Prongs rode again.

TBC

About Umbridge's plot: I know it is probably impossible to use a potion so that James is forced to show his memories to everyone around him, but please, give me some lee-way with it. The whole point of the potion is to help James after all, but you'll find out more when the potion is actually used in chapter 16.

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LiLaZnGrLy: I wonder why I thought you lived in the UK? Oh well…but if you do visit the UK someday, I would suggest going to the following places: the Norfolk Broads (if you like river trips then that is a nice place to go for a day trip or for even a week holiday!); London has many sights (most of which I haven't seen yet) maybe check out the Lake District (near Scotland - I think) and the varying Centre Parks (Holiday Parks that we have here). These are just some of my favourite places and I think that anyone who comes to the UK (or lives here) should at least go to these places. Anyway…it's true I don't understand e-mail language though I'm very slowly getting the hang of it. About book 6, I am planning on continuing it as one story and not start another fanfiction unless it gets over 100 hundred chapters. Thank you for the review!

sirius-black-sfan: I'm not a supernatural writer (as you put it in your review) I just type really fast. I'm also writing ahead so the next two chapters are ready for posting already. I hope you liked this chapter!

HarrysGrrl: Unfortunately what's going to happen to Sirius in my story I can't say as I will be telling. The newsletter on the Yahoo Group goes to everyone who has joined. If you want to cancel your membership to the group then just go to the main 'front' page and click 'Leave Group' and you should stop receiving e-mails. I usually make the message up myself so it is not automatic. If you want I can put your settings as to receive no email if you still want to be a member and each time I put up a message that is important than I can reset the settings so you receive any information. Thank you for your review.

floro13: James is shocked over Neville's parents, but he's dealing with so many other issues it kind of went through him and he didn't take it in properly. Thank you for your review!

magicgirl45852: Harry does already know about Neville's parents - he was just keeping quiet. No the creature I was talking about wasn't Buckbeak. I don't think James would be silly enough to do anything as dangerous as that, especially if Malfoy is in the class. Thanks for the review!

ambereyes2873: James does know the whole prophecy but he won't tell Harry as he wants him to live his childhood while he can. Don't worry, I'll only touch on the romance Harry has in the book. I'm only really going focus on the Harry/James relationship. I hope you lied this chapter.

Lady Taliesin: Thank you for your long review! It was a joy reading it! Your story sounds really interesting! I can't understand why people think Snape and Draco are good people! I'm definitely not changing their characters unless the next two books say different. And unfortunately I can't tell you plot information unless you e-mail me privately and then we can talk about it, if you want to (that is!). Onto your review…I didn't know how Harry would react - he was a bit surprised, which is what I would've been if my dad had turned up at my school, but I wouldn't run up and hug him or anything - I'm still working on reactions for the characters. Yes, I didn't like the Sorting Hat song in the fifth book either, but I wanted James' reaction to it, but then I could've just written out the last paragraph and then had his thoughts on it. I just love the way you use the word PRONGSLET, I really think it fits Harry. Maybe he should turn into a miniature stag and then he would be a true Prongslet…heh. Oh don't worry about having no interest in guys, I'm the same and I'm 17. I should have a boyfriend but I'm just not interested – I think my education is far more important (and childhood) before you grow up. All the girls (young ladies) grew up when they were 12, so technically they had no childhood. I'm still living mine, but only till I'm 18 which I will be in January. Now that was an interesting question: what side would Snape pick out of James and Umbridge if they went head-to-head? Well…I think Snape would pick Umbridge's side so that he is not discovered as a Death Eater…what do you think? Padfoot gets a dog basket…I know a bit cruel but after all if someone walked into his quarters when he wasn't there and found two beds they would start to wonder…so a dog basket it is or your bed which you kindly offered him. I wonder if James will ever learn to keep his mouth shut…he probably won't. Yes, sorry about the no emotion thing again but I'm still working on that, but after all James is still awed by what he is living through. Okay…um…what else…oh yeah…no insaneness? They were so funny….but you don't have to do them if you are too tired or something. And I think that's it! Wait, I think I should apologise for not included Remus' physical form in this chapter. If James had got there earlier then there would've been a talk but unfortunately he was late – sorry! Remus will come back into the story soon – I'm focusing more on the relationship between Harry-James-Sirius. Thank you for the review!

Next chapter: Er…for the first time I can't remember what happens in the next chapter…oh that's it…James teaches Draco! But I can't remember the chapter title either. That's on my computer and not on the one I'm on now. Sorry!

Thank you for reading!

MissBlackPotter