Hey everyone,
Okay, this new Preview has me SUPER excited. It concerns a Pro-Active Potter, yet it doesn't take place before Halloween, but it won't be in Harry's POV either – well, not directly. It will also quite a bit of bashing of characters – the Gryffindors, Snape, Minerva and others – but it will also have a spot of romance.
Excited yet,

Venquine1990

Preview # 6
Halloween's Return

Hogwarts Castle
Snape's Office
1st of September 1992
Potter's POV

Harry had seen Professor McGonagall angry on several occasions, but either he had forgotten just how thin her mouth could go, or he had never seen her this angry before.
She raised her wand the moment she entered. Harry and Ron both flinched, but she merely pointed it at the empty fireplace, where flames suddenly erupted.
"Sit," she said, and they both backed into chairs by the fire.
"Explain," she said, her glasses glinting ominously.
Ron launched into the story, starting with the barrier at the station refusing to let them through.
"... so we had no choice, Professor, we couldn't get on the train."
"Why didn't you send us a letter by owl? I believe you have an owl?" Professor McGonagall said coldly to Harry.
Harry gaped at her. Now that she said it, that seemed the obvious thing to have done.
"I - I didn't think -"
"That," said Professor McGonagall, "is obvious."
There was a knock on the office door and Snape, now looking happier than ever, opened it.
There stood the Headmaster, Professor Dumbledore.

Yet what surprises me is that he has brought a student with him and the young girl seems to be a first year as I have never seen her before in my life, yet at the same time, I can't help but feel as if there is something very strangely familiar about her and it seems to take Snape a second to spot the girl before he asks:
"Headmaster, is there a reason you brought a Raven to this Snake-Lion meeting?" And Dumbledore smiles at the man as he says: "Yes there is, Severus. You see, the girl here with me isn't just a new Ravenclaw, she is also a former Gryffindor." This confuses the others, yet I try not to let my eyes widen as I think: "Could it be?"
"What do you mean, Albus?" Minerva then asks and while I know that I should feel berated by her, do I sincerely desire to rant at her instead over her behavior of the previous year, yet once again my latest upraising and the youngling inside me prevent that as the Headmaster and the young blonde girl enter the Potions master's office.

And instantly I notice how the girl has her eyes focused on me, the look on her face reminding me of someone I lost so many years ago, just before my ritual actually took effect and saved both my own soul and the life of my precious child, yet then Dumbledore makes me feel as if the world has just turned upside down inside out.
"You see, it seems I owe Mr. Potter an apology. Just last year, I told him of how I believed his survival all those years ago was based on his mother being given the chance to step aside and refusing this chance, yet this little lady here proved me otherwise. I will leave the rest to you, my dear." The girl nods, yet I need no further explanation.

"I didn't lose her. She's right here. Our family – it's back together." Goes through my mind and the youngling within me – my son – cries spiritual tears inside our form as I again gaze upon the young girl and as I do, do I recognize the features that make the woman of my dreams – my former wife – stand out so much.
This makes me hold back on tears of my own and before the girl starts her explanation, do I whisper: "Lily." And the way that I say it – the same way I did on our wedding night when I first laid eyes upon her in her evening wear – instantly registers with the woman, whereas the others seem shocked that I already caught on.
This would have made me roll my eyes were it not for the fact that I am ever so relieved to be able to lay my eyes on the sweetest of angels to ever walk this land and while her own eyes are wide and her hand is lying on her – still – underdeveloped chest, does her voice sound quite different and yet still the same as she whispers:

"J-J-J-James?" And while I can see Snape reeling back in shock over the idea that he is facing me once again after all these years, do I not even give the man the time of day as I slowly get out of my seat and approach her, using a bit of the magic my father taught me so long ago to conjure a special sort of ring from thin air.
Everyone's eyes are on my twisting and moving hand and all of their eyes widen when they see the gorgeous bit of jewelry, yet the way that the girl's silvery-grey moon-colored eyes gleam with recognition makes my heart swell with great excitement and I happily, yet gently, grasp her hand before I whisper:
"I know I gave this ring to you many years ago and that we are currently many years before we can come true to the promise this ring means, but – would you take it – and me – back for a second round, my gorgeous Lily of the moon?" And while the others all look heavily shocked and startled, do I focus on my gorgeous reborn wife.

Lily – in whoever's body she has been reincarnated into – has tears in her eyes as she looks from me to the ring, yet I also notice how Albus and Minerva are sharing a look of utter joy, that my new friend Ron is looking utterly lost and confused and that, last but not least, Severus is looking at Lily with a silent plea for her to refuse.
Yet his plea goes unheard and ignored as Lily throws herself at me, her new body making me feel just as brilliant in my son's body as I used to feel when we still had our own bodies and then I notice that, while the girl is soaking my jacket with her tears, that she is also rambling her heart out for us all to hear as she says:

"Oh James, you're – you're alive! You're – you're Harry! Oh Merlin, Morgana and the Founders! This is the best thing I could have ever wished for! I came here, expecting to finally have my son back and – and now – now I have you both back! The both of you! I – I had no idea! No idea you did it too! That you used that ritual too!
Oh James – my – my Prongs! Ugh, if this body wasn't beyond too young I would – oh James, I thought I'd never see you again. I – I have hated Halloween for so, so, so long. Oh, James, I just – I can just not believe that you're here. That we're here. That I'm holding you once again. I – I just – I feel so happy right now!"

This makes me smile at her and then I hear her take a deep breath, making me softly grasp her chin and lift her face up to make us lock eyes before I wish: "Yeah, same here." Making the younger girl smile at me with a grateful lovable look before Ron finally makes himself known yet again as he speaks up and asks:
"Wait, what is going on here?" And while Snape sends him a furious look, part of that anger obviously coming from the fact that Lily and I are together once again, do I turn to my new friend as I smile and say: "Ron listen, my name is James. I am Harry's father and I got reincarnated into his body through the Honorary Wish Sacrifice Ritual."
This shocks the boy and I say: "Now, this does not mean that you don't know my son, as Harry and I have long since learned to switch active souls, so to say and I felt that it was nothing but deserving for my boy to experience his first year by himself. Yes, I did aid him from time to time, yet it was him who you met and spent last year with."

Yet here I turn to those around me and say: "And speaking of last year, I intend to change a lot of things that went wrong last year. And sorry, Albus, Minerva, but as much as Harry respects you and as much as we may have a past together, I will not hold back. My son's first did not go as I had hoped and I intend to prevent the same for his second."
The two look at me shocked and I then smile at my late wife as I ask: "Want to help me with this, my flower?" And Lily happily lies her head back on my shoulder, a few tears of utter joy still leaking from her eyes as she smiles at me and I turn to the two teachers in front of me and say: "I apologize for my son's actions, I will punish him myself."
The two nod and I say: "Come on, Ron, let's go back to the tower. We have some tasks that need to get taken care of." And while the redhead still seems shocked and slightly befuddled, do I intertwine my fingers with Lily's before I say: "I'll make sure she gets to bed when we're done. I promise, she will be kept safe.
And yes, love, I know of your talent, but you are younger and now that Harry knows of you being alive, he is silently begging me to keep you safe. He just doesn't want to lose you again – and neither do I." And while this makes my gorgeous new girlfriend happily cuddle her face in my shoulder, do I take my friend out of the dungeon.

"So, you are you – and your son?" Ron asks as we start walking up the enchanted staircase and I smile at him as I say: "It's more that, when I sacrificed my body, my soul remained part of this world as magic herself didn't believe it was my time yet and so it accepted my sole desire to see my son survive that night at all cost."
The boy nods and then Lily says: "The same happened to me, Ron, yet instead of my soul moving to someone who would be able to be in contact with my baby boy, did it first surround my son to reflect the Killing Curse – as that doesn't work on wandering souls, only bodies – and then it just flew out of the house without my consent.
The next thing I knew I was awake in a body that was smaller and even younger than my baby and since then I have just done my best to take care of my host and hope for the chance to see my son again. Though I never imagined that my reunion with him would also reunite me with my husband. Not that I'm complaining."

Here the boy smiles and then he asks: "So, you two still married?" But I shake my head and say: "I did give her the Potter Promise Ring just now, Ron. However, there is something we should keep in mind, my love." Yet it seems I don't even need to say it as Lily nods and says: "If they fall for others, we'll still be a family, James, I promise."
And this makes me happily pull her closer before we finally reach the Fat Lady who asks: "Where have you two been? The whole house is worried for you." Which makes me feel relieved over the fact that the whole thing with the Flying car hasn't reached the grapevine yet, but then Ron asks: "Ehm, how are we getting in?"
Yet here I smile at the boy before turning a stern glance at the Fat Lady and I raise my left arm before sliding my right arm down across it and then I raise both my arms up from my sides before swiftly crossing them in front of my face as I say: "Et decori in domo mea." And the portrait's eyes widen as her portrait opens.

Ron looks at me shocked and I smile at him as I say: "I used to be King of the Pride and her portrait's magic recognized me as a Former King. Because of that the King's entrance still counts for me, even in my son's body." And the boy looks at me before he starts to smirk and as we pass the portrait, does he say: "That's pretty wicked."
But then a stuck-up Gryffindor that caused my son quite a bit of trouble last year asks: "Hey, what is a Raven doing in the Lion's Den?" And I glare at him as I ask: "Depends. What would Padma Patil be doing here? Visiting her sister perhaps? So why shouldn't other Ravens be able to visit friends?" And the boy scowls.
"Wait Harry, how do you know Luna?" And while I feel happy to finally know the girl's actual name, do I smile at her as I say: "I know her, because we both performed the Honorary Wish Sacrifice Ritual when we were face to face with Lord Voldemort in 1981." This confuses Percy as he had been the one to ask the question and I say:

"Allow me to formerly introduce myself; James Christian Potter. Son of Charlus and Dorea Potter, born March 27 in 1960 and reincarnated into the body of my son Harry James Potter on Halloween in 1981. And for those who think I am raving –." Here I smirk and turn to where some of the good chairs in front of the fireplace are.
I then repeat the earlier moves and say: "Domus mea et protegens de superbia." And to the shock of many of those around me does a whole new area seem to slide out of the wall, the room itself growing in size and width as a small platform with several pillars around it at strategic points grows out of the wall I was gazing at.
I then look back around the room and ask: "If I really was raving, how would I know about something only Fourth years and older are supposed to know about? I became King of the Pride on the 7th of October in my own Fourth year and the magic of this very room has recognized that. I am both Harry and James Potter.

And trust me, I am in no way pleased with what I saw of my son's first year last year.""Hey, how is that our fault?" One of the elder Lions asks and I glare at him as I say: "You are just as much at fault as the Ravens, the Badgers and Minerva McGonagall herself. After all, what Head of House takes 150 points – for being out after curfew?
And before any of you object, let's remember that I was one of the only ones there when the points had been taken." Here some of the students who had wanted to object close their mouths and then I glare at Percy as I say: "I know you became King of the Pride last year, but you sincerely failed in one very vital aspect."
The boy looks confused and angered and I growl: "Keep unity inside the House and make sure none of the House Members become something akin to bullies. And before you even dare to object, visit Madam Pomfrey. She will be only too happy to tell you how many times she had my son in her Hospital Wing last year."
The redhead looks startled and cross and I quickly draw my wand on him as I say: "A leo est, Leo, Ego te ad duellum challenge Regum." And while this causes the redhead and several others to whiten in utter shock, do I pull off my Hogwarts robe and move over to the platform, ready to make my son's second better than his first.

Hey everyone,
So, what did you think? Harry is James and James is Harry. Lily is Luna and Luna is Lily. There will definitely be some back story later down this chapter and the rest of the story and, like I said, there will be constructive bashing, yet while most of it will be for the sake of character development, not all of it will be.
Now, as you probably know, I have all previews and challenges saved as separate stories and there will be one or two that will be posted as new stories come somewhere around December/January. However, for me to know which story I need to start working on, I need you guys to let me know which ones you love the most.
Please vote, people,

Venquine1990

Here are further Story Parts:

James will become King of the Lion's Pride with Lily as Queen

Sirius will be freed in the first week of Second Year

Lily will be the one to notice Ginny being affected by Dark Magic

The Chamber WILL NOT be opened

James will leave the Quidditch Team until Try Outs

James will be open about his annoyance over others and their treatment of his son

Snape will refuse to accept the renewed bond between James and Lily

Snape will be the antagonist of the story, but will also be dealt with swiftly

Dumbledore will – at first – object to Snape's punishment.

James will rant at Remus for not contacting Harry at all in first year.

Sirius will not care for the fact that his best friend and godson are in the same body.

James will use his spell knowledge to outdo Lockhart and show him for the fraud he is.

Lockhart will get expelled after trying to pull a Snape on Lily.

The story might end at the end of Second, it might not.

There will be NO Prisoner of Azkaban thanks to Sirius being freed long beforehand