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Chapter 4

New Roommate

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Harry and James entered the dormitory and fell over gasping for breath.

"I swear they must have added a few more staircases since I was at school," James panted.

Harry looked up and saw Ron and Dean looking around, hopelessly confused. Harry realized why and pulled off the invisibility cloak.

Rons eyes grew wide as he saw the two boys appear on the floor. "Harry! What...?"

"I've decided to keep him in here. The Heads of the Houses aren't allowed in another house's dormitory."

Ron looked at him as if he were a blast-ended skrewt. "Are you bloody mad? Do you know how dangerous this is?"

"Of course I do," said Harry as he stood up and brushed the twigs off his robes. "But any place that Snape can't go is good enough for me."

"You understand what this means though, don't you? Now three more people will know that your dad's--"

Dean cut him off. "Blimey! Harry! That's your dad?" he asked incredulously. Harry hadn't even realized he was there yet.

"Well, yes he is. Sort of," Harry tried to explain. Dean put on a confused expression. "I'll tell the whole story when Neville and Seamus get here. No point in repeating myself."

"But...Where's he going to sleep?" Ron asked waving his hand towards the rest of the room.

"I can handle that." James pulled out his wand and flicked at the other side of the room beneath the window. A small bed with red and golden sheets appeared along with a change of clothes for James. The others were pretty impressed. "A little trick I learned for whenever Sirius ran away from home to come live at my house." he winked.

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The boys sat around and talked for the next hour or so. They ranted about Defense Against The Dark Arts class and spoke enthusiastically about Quidditch. James said he would try to come to see Harry's next Quidditch match against Ravenclaw.

Eventually, Neville and Seamus entered the dormitory with Hermione. It would have been an understatement to say that the boys were confused when they saw the new bed and it's occupant. Harry told them all to sit down as he began to tell them the story.

"But what happened to the time turner then?" asked Seamus once Harry was finished. "I mean, he will be able to get back won't he?"

"If I had to guess, I'd say the hex will probably wear off soon. It's just a matter of time until it does." Hermione explained.

"But... shouldn't Harry have disappeared when his dad came to the present? After all, he wouldn't have been born... right?" wondered Ron.

Hermione furrowed her eyebrows. "I guess that also takes a certain amount of time to happen too."

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Snape got up and brushed the bugs off of himself. Damn that Sirius Black. He must have taught that hex to Harry. I'll get you, Potter.

He dashed out of the Dark Forest, bumping into Hagrid and falling back over again. He got up once again and turned to face the half-giant. "Hagrid! Have you seen him? Where did he go?"

"Professor Snape! What're you doin' out here? An' who're yeh talkin' about? The deer?" Hagrid asked him.

"What? What deer?" Snape asked, his eyes growing wide.

"Oh..I er..." Hagrid stumbled over his words. "There's been a lot of deer around lately...and I...er... Harry, well he...er...No, wait..."

Snape didn't have time for this nonsense. He had to find out where Harry went. Maybe I can finally get him expelled once and for all. He'll be defenseless to the Dark Lord.

"Hagrid, did you see where Mr. Potter ran off to?"

"Harry? I haven' seen 'im all night."

Snape walked back towards the castle. Where ever Harry had gone, he was definitely too far away to chase after by now.

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"Mr. Potter!"

Harry nearly jumped out of his seat and looked up. He had been passing notes with Ron again in Transfiguration.

"What's that you're holding?" she nodded to the note clutched in his hands.

"I...er...just spare parchment, proffessor."

She looked at him with a questioning glance. "Really? And what would I find if I opened that spare bit of parchment? Not a note to Mr. Weasely, I hope?" she asked.

Harry opened his mouth then closed it again.

"Detention, Potter, and 5 points from Gryffindor," Proffessor McGonagall walked back to the front of the class room to continue the lesson. A few of Harry's fellow Gryffindor's glared at him for losing more points for their house. The rest of class was highly uneventful and ended with extra homework for Harry.

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"Detention, eh? A true Potter," he chuckled.

Harry gave a weak smile to his future father as he finished up his Charms essay. "I'll see you later," he said as he closed the door to the dormitory.

Great. Now I get to spend a few hours polishing trophies. Ruddy brilliant, Harry. He thought to himself as he came to the trophy room just as he was instructed.

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James created sparks in the ceiling with his wand for amusement as he watched the Marauder's Map. Draco had just entered one of the girl's lavatories. James looked at the map curiously when this happened, and chuckled to himself. Maybe there's something we don't know yet about dear Draco. He grinned. I suppose I'd better tell Harry about it once he get's back from detention.

Ron entered a minute later after finishing his own Charms essay. "Hey James," he said wearily.

"Hey," replied James. "I bet homework was fun," he smirked as Ron glared at him, then chuckled as well.

"Don't rub it in," Ron said as he laid down on his bright red four poster bed on the opposite side of the room.

At that moment, the door burst open and Hermione and Seamus practically flew into the room.

"We have to hide you. NOW." said Hermione motioning towards James.

James frowned. "What's wrong? I don't see how--hey! Let go of me! I really don't think this is necessary. What's going on!" He asked annoyed as Hermione flicked her wand at the extra bed causing it to disappear.

"We've got trouble," Seamus explained hurriedly to James as he tried to pull him out of the room. "We think that Snape know's you're here."

"What? How?"

"Hagrid let it slip that Harry had been visiting a deer and the forest. Snape's on his way here now, and I don't think that any rules of "not being allowed in another house's dormitories" is going to stop him." Seamus quoted.

James stuffed the Marauder's Map into his pocket and just as they were about to descend the stairs, they heard the portait hole slam closed and the Fat Lady remarking on "incredibly rude visitors".

"Sorry! I left the portrait hole open again!" said Neville as he trotted up the stairs.

"Oh bloody hell!" Seamus and James flew back into the bedroom with Neville and closed the door.

"What do we do? What do we do?" asked Neville in panic.

"I have an idea. Seamus! You're good at disguising charms, right? Change his eye colour quickly!" Hermione demanded.

Seamus obediantly pointed his wand at James. James felt a rush of blood to the head as his eyes started to sting. He nearly fell over.

"Now what? He still doesn't look like Harry! How are we going to give him the scar?" asked Seamus skeptically.

Hermione answered his question as she traced a tiny flaming lightning bolt in the air. It levitated towards James' face. His now green eyes widened.

"You're kidding, right? Bloody Bloody hell, please tell me you're joking." He asked as he attempted to back away from the flaming mark that continued to creep towards him. Seamus held onto his arm as the bolt planted itself neatly onto James' forehead. Surprisingly enough, it only pinched his skin a little bit before relaxing.

Hermione shoved the wand back into her robes and motioned for them all to disperse so they wouldn't look suspicious. The all obliged and sat in different areas of the room, attempting to look as casual as possible.

After a minute or so, Snape slammed the door open and looked around suspiciously at the four teens, muttering something about students leaving textbooks lying around that are easily tripped on.

"Something wrong, professor?" asked James, who was trying his very hardest not to grin. The old git hasn't aged very well, now has he? He laughed inwardly. If only Snivelly could see the look on his face now.

Snape opened his mouth, then closed it again. Then he asked "Why is it that you've been visiting a deer in the forest, Potter?"

James raised an eyebrow. "This is what you burst into the Gryffindor tower for?" he asked. His own arrogance towards Snape was starting to surface. The other people in the room mentally smacked themselves in the forehead. Harry would never talk to Snape like this.

"Answer me!" Snape demanded.

James opened his mouth to speak, but before he could say anything the Headmaster marched up the stairs and into the room. Lucky save on that one. James slid his hand into his shaggy black hair.

"Professor Snape! What may I ask are you doing in Gryffindor tower? To my office." He demanded. He clearly wasn't in the best of moods at the moment. Professor Snape spun to look at Dumbledore. "Now." said the Headmaster when Snape opened his mouth to retort. They both looked back at James as they left.

A few of the other Gryffindor students came upstairs.

"What happened, Harry?" asked Colin Creevey. "Why did Snape come to see you?"

James blinked as he realized that Colin was talking to him. He just shrugged his shoulders.

"We tried to slow him down, Harry. A bunch of us threw our textbooks on the ground for him to trip on." Ginny told him. James smirked.

"Thanks for that. We needed the extra time." The other Gryffindors laughed. James told them about what happened. He was starting to feel more at home as he soon became the center of attention again.

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A/N: Voila! Chapter 4! I think I'm going to start updating every weekend now. You can blame my damn grade 10 homework for that. :(

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