A.N: Heya everybody! Wow As Levels are pretty crazy and are making me work like mad! Ahh! Oh well,life goes on...So here you are, the next chapter. (ps, so sorry you had to wait so long!)

Penisive and People

Harry placed the penesive on his bed and drew his curtains tight so that no one would see him. His breathing became unsteady as he placed both hands on the side of the basin. It was cold and sent a unfriendly shiver rushing through his finger tips straight to his rapidly beating heart.

Harry swallowed and wondered for a moment whether the penesive was somehow warning him. But he put the thought aside and leaned over. A swirl of colour and mist twisted and slithered around inside.

A picture formed as Harry leaned closer and he just made out a classroom full of students when he felt a jolt and went head first into the penesive.

Harry stumbled and looked around. Thirty students were sat chattering noisily in the defence against the dark arts class room. It did not take him a long time to find the person he was looking for.

It was as if there was a connection, perhaps the same blood forced him to look in the right direction. Harry didn't know, but he also found himself not caring. Instead he grinned and walked closer to his dad.

James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were sat with their heads bent together murmuring to eachother. Harry had to lean forward too for him to hear what was being said.

"She's really angry at you this time Prongs" Sirius said in a low voice. He spoke seriously but it was obvious that he was resisting the urge to smirk.

"I heard from Sandra Creevery that she was in the bathrooms all morning" Peter whimpered looking fearful. His eyes darted all about the room as he spoke and he jumped when a student made a particularly loud noise.

"She was in the bathroom? What was she doing in the bathroom?" Sirius asked with an eyebrow raised. Peter gave him an exasperated look.

"I imagine she was crying" Remus replied thoughtfully as if he was wondering why mules could not give birth. Peter nodded in agreement. Sirius however barked with laughter.

"Evans? Crying? Yeah and Snape has a girlfriend..." Peter styed quiet but stared at Sirius with an odd look. Remus however smiled slightly.

"Oh she'll never admit it, but she probably has..." he said softly. Sirius was about to retort but Peter elbowed him and looked pointedly at James. Remus and Harry looked at him too. He had his head bowed slightly and had momentarily given up ruffling his hair. Instead his hands were balled up into fists and his mouth hang open slightly as he looked thoroughly depressed.

"Hey Prongs, you okay mate?" Sirius asked hessitantly. James lifted his eyes to look at him. Harry saw sadness and shame in thoes eyes.

"I made her cry Padfoot" he said weakly looking defestated. "I never mean't to make her cry". Remus and Sirius exchanged looks.

"Well you did try to poison Snape" Peter squeaked. Sirius and Remus glared at him. He whimpered and went back to looking around the room nervously.

"He called her a you- know - what!" James exclaimed desperately. He ruffled his hair, but this time it was out of nerves.

"She pities him though doesn't she? Look Prongs, I think Lily may like you more if you just left her to fight her own battles" Remus said calmly. Sirius smirked.

"Evans? Like Prongs? Sorry mate but not a chance" he said as he laughed. Peter gawfed happily as he grinned and nodded in agreement.

James went back to sulking and Remus was about to speak when Professor Slughorn entered the class room, looking flustered and annoyed.

"Right" he said at length after dropping his bag on a desk and throwing off his over cloak. "Right" he said again, slightly breathlessly. He frowned and his eyebrows joined. The class stopped talking and stared bewilderedly at him. He never came into his lessons without cheerfully greeting the class or smiling broadly.

"Mr Potter, Mr Black, Mr Lupin and Mr Pettigrew, please stay behind, there will be no lesson today, I am not in the mood. The rest of you can clear off" Slughorn said distractedly. He sent a hard glare in James' direction.

The class got their bags as they began to talk curiously with one another and file out of the room. Once the last boy left Harry turned to look at Slughorn who began to advance towards the marauders.

"What's wrong Professor?" Remus asked politely. Slughorn normally favoured Remus and treated him with kindness and pride. However his present mood was far from normal and therefore he merely looked grimly at Remus before snapping his head back into James' direction.

"What have you done to Miss Evans?" He demanded. Peter seemed to be holding his breath as he look furtively at James.

"He's done nothing, sir" Sirius burst out. He patted James on the back and gave Slughorn a hard firm look. Slughorn paid no attention to Sirius but continued to advance apon James.

"What have you done?" He repeated. "She refuses to come out of the bathrooms and I heard hercurse MoaningMertyl with several advanced spells. She also muttured your name. Now tell me what you have done" Slughorn said in a raspy voice.

James slowly lifted his head and sighed. Harry watched this with amazement. His dad did not have a quick answer,or funny come back, he had no idea, and looked completely defeated.

"I made a horrible mistake" James said finally. He looked downcast and clenched his fists again.

"You're right there, now I'm sending you and Miss Evans to the Headmaster, he will know exactly how to solve this." Slughorn said firmly. He turned to Sirius, Remus and Peter visciously. "As for you lot" he began " detention this Friday" Remus' eyes widened, Sirius pulled a face and Peter whimpered.

"But what did we do?" Sirius demanded. Slughorn smiled in a bizzare way.

"Question me again Mr Black and I'll make it a week of detentions for you" He said. Then with a piercing look at James turned on his heel and left the classroom, leaving Sirius, Remus, Peter and James to sit in the subjued atmosphere.

Harry's thought were to his mother. His dad had upset her for poisoning Snape. Harry smirked, he thought Snape deserved it, but he wondered what his father, James Potter, was going to do to make her forgive him and then go out with him...

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"Prongs, what are you doing?" Peter asked in a shocked voice. James had his hand on the girl's bathroom door and pushed the door open. It squeaked noisily and swung open revealing a row of white sinks. James turned to Peter as Sirius smirked.

"You don't have to come with me if you don't want to" James said calmly. He looked half amused and half desperate. Sirius and Remus exchanged looks.

"We're with you mate" Sirius said as he clapped a hand on James' shoulder. Remus nodded hessitantly.

Peter looked from one maurauder to the other amazed. "Why are you doing this anyway?" he whimpered.

"Because" James said quietly as he turned back to the door. " I need her to forgive me"...

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"Potter!" Lily exclaimed looking both shocked and annoyed. Harry saw that James had also noticed Lily's cheeks were flushed and her eyes were puffy. James looked at Lily sadly. He looked like he couldn't handle the fact that he made Lily cry. In a quick movement he took her arms and wrapped them around himself and drew her into a loving embrace. Harry watched in awe, he thought he saw his mother's facail expression soften and she held James tightly.

"I'm sorry Evans...so so so sorry, please forgive me" James breathed. Lily broke away from James and looked hard at him for a moment then she smiled slightly.

"No" she said, James looked down looking thoroughly defeated. Harry watched her lift his chin up and said "no, I mean call me Lily"...

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Harry felt a hand clamp around his arm and jumped. Suddenly the room swirled and he was back on his four poster bed. The sun was pouring into the room, the curtains were drawn back and Snape was stood beside Harry looking daggers at him.

"What do you think you were doing Potter?" he spat. Harry looked at Snape confusion filling his brain.

"What-" Harry began but Snape interrupted.

"You've been missing for three days" Snape snapped.

Harry just stared back in disbelief. No, it wasn't true, he did not just spend three days in a penisive...

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