A/N: New chapter! Now that the more boring stuff is over let the fun begin! My inspiration for this chapter again came from swimming in the pool. See a pattern:) Enjoy!
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emeraldhazel : I do not appreciate people trying to steal my James
-glares- only kidding. Many people seem to like chibi James...wonder why :)
RedPillow : Let's just say that Dumbledore was at dinner at first but then forgot something from his office. Or he could just be physic and know that someone needed his help...
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Chapter 3
As soon as Lily reached Gryffindor tower, she ushered James up to the girl's dormitory, intent on introducing him to all its occupants and explaining the situation.
Lily pushed open the door, still relieved that the staircase let James up (Why does he get to go up! It's not like he got a sex change! - an annoyed Sirius). The minute James stepped into the room, squeals issued.
"Oh my gosh, he is so cute!"
"He's adorable! Where'd you get him Lily?"
"Can I keep him?"
"Oh shut up all of you!" Lily shouted annoyed. All this yelling was giving her a headache. "Look closer. Doesn't he look familiar?"
"Now that you mention it" Arabella started thoughtfully, peering into James' hazel eyes. "He does look a lot like James Potter."
Before Lily could say anything, the 5 year old cut in. "Hey that's funny. My name is James Potter too!" he said brightly, not knowing that anything was wrong.
Gasps were heard around the room. Then all heads turned towards Lily, waiting for an explanation.
Lily sighed. "Okay people sit down. This is a long story."
After Lily had finished, there was a dead silence in the room.
"So James is staying with us?" Sapphire finally said.
"Yeah" Lily said wearily. "Though I see the logic in having him stay in our dormitory. It certainly makes it easier to keep an eye on him." Then she looked at then nervously. "This is okay, right?"
Voices filled the room once again.
"Of course!"
"It would be awesome to have him stay with us!"
"Just imagine, the great James Potter in five year old form! Think of the possibilities!"
There was laughter at this.
"Anyway" a girl Mary started slyly. "It's not like he would really take advantage of what he would see right?"
There was more laughter at this. Lily was relieved that they were taking this so well.
James looked confused. "What?"
Arabella ruffled James' hair fondly. "Oh you're too cute Potter."
Then someone said "It's getting late. We'd better get to bed if we want to be awake for classes tomorrow."
The others left to get ready for bed leaving Sapphire and Arabella alone with Lily.
"Well this is certainly an interesting development."
Lily scowled. "Sapphire, you better get that suggestive glint out of your eye right now if you know what's good for you."
They laughed and left for their own beds.
"Well Potter, I guess that I should set up a sleeping place for you shouldn't I?"
James nodded in agreement.
Lily conjured up a smaller version of her own bed next to her bedside table. "That should do it. We'll get your trunk tomorrow morning, ok? We can just shrink some of your clothes."
James nodded. He then placed his glasses on the bedside table and climbed into bed. Within seconds he was asleep.
Lily however, was not so lucky. She rolled over to face the top hangings of her bed, thoughts crowded with what would happen the next day. I wonder…should I bring him to classes? I guess that it would be safer. Who knows what would happen if he's left alone. Now Lily, stop thinking of him and go to sleep! After a while, Lily finally drifted off.
The next morning was bright and sunny, quite the opposite of Lily's mood. She was still worried of what would happen that day.
After getting ready, Lily shook James awake. "Come on! It's time to get up. We need to go to breakfast!"
Soon James was ready to go, quite excited to go to Lily's classes. He followed Lily, Sapphire, and Arabella down to the Great Hall. Once breakfast was over, the four of them began walking down to the first class.
"Lily" James said taking Lily's hand so he wouldn't get lost. "Where are we going first?"
Lily looked down and smiled. It was almost impossible to be mad at James while he was in this form. "We're going to transfiguration first."
"Oh. What's trains-figeration?" he asked, stumbling over the unfamiliar word.
"It's when you change something into something else."
Arabella snorted. "Nice explanation Lils."
"Well it's not like he could understand the theory part" she defended.
By now they had reached the classroom. When entering, Sapphire and Arabella sat together and Lily and James sat behind them.
A few seconds later the bell rand and Professor McGonagall entered the room.
"Now we have an extra guest today. Please stand up Mr. Potter." she said looking over at James with a fond smile.
Most people stood up to get a better look and gasped at what they saw.
"Yes, Mr. Potter has been shrunken into a five year old child. I expect all of you to treat him with the utmost respect and give him no trouble." Here she looked almost menacing.
"Now with that out of the way, let's begin the lesson. Today we will be learning to transfigure an animal into another animal; in this case, a chicken to a turtle..."
After about an hour of taking notes, they were ready to try a practical.
"Verander de kip!" Lily cried, pointing her wand at the chicken (the incantation means change the chicken in Dutch…that's what the translator said anyway). The result was a turtle, which unfortunately, still had feathers. With a sigh, Lily turned it back into a chicken, ready to try again.
"Oh can I try?" James said excitedly. At this both Remus and Sirius looked worried. His parents had never let him go near a wand with a good reason.
"Is something wrong?" Lily asked when she saw their faces.
"Yes" Sirius replied. "The last time James got his hand on a wand when he was little, the chandelier crashed and turned into bubbles that trapped people inside and stuck them to the ceiling. It took his parents the whole night to sort out the mess. And that was when he was 3."
"Well that won't be a problem" Lily said confidently. "Because he won't get a hold of my, or anyone else's wand."
"Too late" Remus stated bluntly, pointing to a hyper James.
Horrified, Lily realized that he was holding her wand. How had he gotten it without her knowing!
"Wait" Lily yelped, trying to stop James from doing any spells. But her efforts were in vain.
Still giggling, James pointed Lily's wand at the chicken and cried "trainsferm into a turble!" There was a blinding white light and the result was not quite a chicken and not quite a turtle. It had shrunken, had a long neck, and was surrounded by quite a lot of feathers. Two long legs stretched out from below it. If you squinted a bit, it kinda looked like an ostrich.
The class watched horrified as the...thing started running and flying around the room. Yes...flying. Apparently it had wings too. The result was chaos.
People screamed and ducked under tables trying to avoid the flying furniture and the barrel of spells.
James was sitting on the teacher's desk like a king, waving the wand around gleefully. It appeared that even at this tender age, he still loved to cause havoc.
"You have to get the wand away from him!" Sirius yelled above the din, ducking a chair which crashed into the wall behind him.
"Thanks for stating the obvious" Lily snapped. She knew that this wouldn't be a good day. Then the person next to her started sneezing bubbles. This had definitely gone on long enough.
She marched over to James and snatched the wand away. "You are gonna get one harsh punishment mister" she scolded. Without the king conducting his army A.K.A. James wrecking the room, things began to calm down.
After relative order was achieved and people were sent to the hospital wing, Professor McGonagall said in a shaky voice "Class dismissed."
Lily walked out of the classroom with James as fast as she could with her friends following close behind.
"It appears that he shows signs of becoming a Marauder even at this young age" Arabella said cheerfully.
"Yeah, I don't think that I've ever had such an interesting lesson" Sapphire laughed.
Lily glared at her two friends.
When they reached a corner, Lily knelt down to eye-level with James. "I am extremely disappointed in you. I never want to see that happen again you understand?"
James nodded dejectedly, his eyes starting to tear up. For some reason that he couldn't understand, Lily's opinion meant a lot to him. He didn't mean to cause that much damage.
"I'm sowry" he sniffed. "It won't happen again."
Lily nodded satisfied. Then she took his hand again and led him to the dungeons where their next class was. Hopefully potions wouldn't be as eventful as transfiguration.
Surprisingly, James sat quietly in all her classes. He also didn't say a word throughout lunch and dinner. Lily started to feel bad. She supposed that she had been rather harsh on him. When Lily and her friends reached the common room, Sirius, Remus, and Peter requested to take him for awhile.
Lily reluctantly complied. "Don't give him any ideas" she warned.
"We won't" Sirius said innocently; much too innocently.
Lily rolled her eyes and went over to where Arabella and Sapphire were waiting.
"Do you think that was smart" Arabella said looking pointedly at the corner where the Marauders were.
"He'll be okay. They wouldn't intentionally hurt their best friend."
"That's true."
They chatted for a little while longer. When the clock struck 10, Lily went to go get James and bring him to the dormitory.
She noticed that when he saw her, he looked nervous and almost ashamed. Lily softened.
"Hey, it's okay." she said gently.
"B-but I was a bad boy today." He sniffed.
"Everyone makes mistakes. Don't worry, I forgive you."
James immediately brightened up and jumped up to give her a hug.
Surprised, Lily hesitantly hugged him back. "Now go get ready for bed" she said giving him a little push. James hastily complied.
"Lily"
Lily turned to James who was now sitting on his bed with his pajamas on. "Yes?"
"Can you read me a bedtime story?" he asked, radiating innocence.
Lily practically melted. "Ok" she said, giving in.
Lily tucked him into bed and picked up a muggle story book, "The Beauty and the Beast".
"Once upon a time..."
By the end of the book, James was fast asleep. Now quiet tired herself, she removed James' glasses, which he had forgotten to do, and climbed into bed.
Her last thought before falling asleep was why couldn't James always be that sweet...
A/N: I hope that everyone is having an enjoyable summer! I certainly am. We just had a bbq yesterday...though that's not all good cause I somehow managed to gain 3 pounds while eating. What will James do tomorrow? He's just a natural born troublemaker isn't he:) And please review. I feel rather cheated as there are a lot more hits than reviews. I know that a hit doesn't exactly mean that the person read the story, but feed back is nice. For those of you that do review, thank you very much. Your feedback, good or bad, is very much appreciated.