Dealing with losses and unexpected gains
By Tubbataha
Disclaimer: None of this is mine, well except the plot line and that has probably been used by some one else before, but otherwise everything recognisable belongs to JK Rowling and whom ever else own the rights to Harry Potter.
Chapter 4
Harry just stood gapping at the figure who it seemed was his sixteen year old father just and did the only thing any semi normal person would do in that situation he passed out
James just stared down at the ambitionless figure on the floor, unsure of what to do. He knew of course his presence was overwhelming but he had hadn't anyone faint before just because he told them his name. Everything about this boy was strange not only his unexpected response to James' presence but their earlier similar looks and the fact he also claimed to be a Potter. What the Hell was going on here?
James knelt down to shake the other boy awake he was determined to get some answers as it was clear they both needed some soon. Maybe once he had woken the figure up he should take him to see Dumbledore at Hogwarts. After all the headmaster did seem to have an uncanny way of knowing either what was going on or a possible explanation for it. Any way even if Dumbledore didn't know what had happened then maybe he could help find away to sort this mess out.
Whilst this sounded like a nice plan James didn't want to admit to him self that one of his main motives for this was that it meant James didn't have to face the other boys temper alone. Well it was already evident that he had a rather formidable temper and whilst James was no coward, he still did not want to face such whilst he was in such a potentially weak position due to lack of knowledge of the situation. James always sought to exploit situations form a position of Strength which incidentally was not normally an issue for him, as shown by his successful forays against the Slytherins, most notably Severus of course. Well the greasy git did so make the perfect target (victim), it would almost be criminal not to exploit the situations presented in James favour wouldn't it?
Remus didn't always seem to think so, he was always bemoaning James and Sirius, who of course whole heartedly agreed with James, for their continuous actions against Snape. Yet this differing of opinions apparently didn't stop Remus from laughing along and enjoying the fruitful rewards of James and Sirius' effort against the Slytherin. In fact Remus was on several occasions found to be a willing participant in the planning and application of said efforts. SO naturally James didn't take his apparent resistance very seriously.
Then of course there was Peter but if he had ever had his own opinions or ideas he never voiced. To be frank James doubted very much if he ever did, after all Peter was far to passive and was willing to follow the person with the strongest voice and as that was usually James that meant he just did what ever James suggested. Whilst he did help out with pranks, he was usually given simple jobs that required little imagination and thought required. The other maurders and he had learnt from experience that never to give Peter such tasks if they wanted the prank to be pulled of successfully. So naturally Peter never came up with any pranks or if he had made the effort they were so feeble or lacking they were quickly scrapped by the other maurders. Yet despite this Peter was unwaveringly loyal and was good for odd jobs and generally just filled out the group dynamics, so whilst some times he felt like a bit of drag on them Peter was still at the heart of it a true maurder, after all he was Wormtail was he not.
James was startled from his musings as the body he had been kneeling over twitched and it be came evident that despite the lack of actually intervention his part Harry was waking up on his own. James took the time whilst the other stuggled his way to a full awoken state, to attempt to collect himself and work out a way of cohering Harry into going along willing with his plan. Furthermore he had just realised a potential issue he may have if the other boy was a muggle, no he couldn't be could he? Damn it all he hoped not because that would make this whole situation far more complicated.
"Um.." Harry's voice once again disrupting his meandering thoughts as he focused his attention back on the other figure, who was now struggling back to his feet.
"Did I just faint?"
A/N: I know its short wasn't quite what I planned but it worked out as a nice little insight in to James. So hope you like it.
An a quick thank you to my reviewers specially Amrawo for the double review ta! Will try and update soon but getting a bit busy at the moment and the next chapter will be a bit hard to right but try get it by at least next week.