Chapter eighteen.
a/n: fifth chapter up today, still sick. hope you like it! I don't know if I'll be putting any more up.
"Let's go Remus! Now!" James whined, he had been awake for hours, he was so excited about seeing Lily and having Genika heal her.
Remus groaned, while James was at Hogwarts the day before he was constantly pestered by Arabella Fig; asking him questions about Lily and James. It was rather tiring.
"Remus! Now!"
"Fine, I'm awake." Remus said as he sat up, "Wait, we're not picking up Genika until twelve o'clock."
"Yes, exactly. It's eleven! Here's your breakfast. Eat up and eat fast!" James said pushing a plate of food under his face.
"Ok, I'll get up!" He sighed; he got out of his sleeping bag (he was sleeping on the floor whereas James had Harry's bed)
At 11:25am Remus and James were both finally ready, they were washed, dressed and had eaten. James walked out while Remus thanked the Dursleys. Then James stormed back into the house, and grabbed Vernon.
"By the way, if you ever treat my son badly, I will find out, then I will come and hunt you down and kill you. Do you understand me?" he threatened him.
Vernon just whimpered and nodded.
"That was fun!" James said
"How will you find out?"
James pulled a mirror out of his pocket; "I hope this works in time difference. But if he treats him badly, I swear I will avada his ass."
It was a mirror that when used, the owners of the two mirrors would be able to talk through them. Remus decided to change the subject; somehow he thought that James getting all worked up would be bad for time travel.
"Let's go and collect Genika." He said
"Yes, Genika the lifesaver!" James shouted gleefully
"Boys! Are we all ready?" Genika said, she was very excited about going back in time. She had a large suitcase with her.
"Yes, we are!" James said, "Can we apparate to Hogwarts? I want to say goodbye to my son."
"No, don't you remember, you can't apparate or disapparate into or out of Hogwarts, we'll go to Hogsmeade first."Remus said
Genika attempted to lift her case but she was an old woman and it was a heavy case. Remus saw her struggling and offered to carry it for her. He shrunk it and placed it in his pocket.
The three apparated to Hogsmeade with a Crack! Then they walked from there to Hogwarts. They entered Dumbledore's office; it was a Saturday so James knew Harry wouldn't be in class.
"Excuse me sir, but I need to say goodbye to Harry." James said, "I'll be back in about ten minutes."
"He'll be in Gryffindor Tower, the password is Helus Stock."
James nodded then rushed out the door and hurried towards the Gryffindor Tower. He got through the portrait hole and saw Harry sitting in a big green armchair in an empty common room.
"Harry!" he called breathlessly
"Dad!"
"Harry, I'm about to go home, I just wanted to say goodbye."
"Dad, will you come back with mum?"
"I don't know, maybe. But you've got your mirror, right?"
"Yes."
"I'll get Lily to talk to you soon."
"Thanks Dad."
"I'll miss you kiddo."
"Kiddo?"
"Hey, I'm new to this whole 'dad' thing, or would you prefer sonny boy."
"Neither." Harry laughed, "I'll miss you too Dad."
James pulled him into a hug. "I'm so proud of you." Though he had only met Harry the day before he felt like he was saying good-bye to a best friend he had known for a lifetime.
James walked back into Dumbledore's office with a solemn face.
"Come on now James." Dumbledore said kindly "You knew you would have to say goodbye eventually."
"Yeah, but I'm not going to get to see my son grow up." He complained
"I know James, but at least you can talk to him. I know you gave him the mirror." Dumbledore continued in the same gentle tone.
"Ok, let's go." James gave in. He took out the time turner and put the chain around himself, Remus and Genika. He turned it fifteen times in a backwards direction. Then they felt themselves whirring backwards through time.
James watched Dumbledore's wrinkles disappear and his hair grow less grey and even more auburn.
Suddenly the whirring stopped. The room stood still.
"Has it stopped?" Genika asked, looking a little bit shaken by the whole experience.
"Yes, we're home." James said, "Come on, let's go find Lily."
"James, Mrs. Hangart has just traveled through time. I think she would probably like to sit down and have a cup of tea." Dumbledore said
"I wouldn't mind that, thank-you very much Albus." She said politely.
When they had finally finished drinking their tea and once they had had a lengthy conversation, Genika was finally ready to leave.
"Ok, boys. Show me the way to Lily's house." She instructed them.
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