Title: Looking in Dad's Pensieve
Author: dragonriderhp
Summary: What would happen if Harry came across his Dad's old Pensieve? He would be able to see his Dad's life, that's what, and how he, Harry, came to live. Some romance with L/J, mostly General or Humor. HBP Spoilers!
A/N: Here's Part 2 of this chapter! I hope you enjoyed the last Part, and I'm sorry to keep you waiting! So here you go!
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Looking in Dad's Pensieve
Chapter 7: Curiosity Killed the Chaser -- Part 2
(continued…)
Harry stared in shock and utter amusement at the three girls: Remus, with long sandy brown hair and a round but tired face; James, with short, cropped black hair cut at several different lengths and a sharply cut jaw; and Sirius with shoulder length, sleek black hair and high cheekbones.
James looked at Remus and burst out laughing. Remus returned the laughter as he caught a view of James as a girl wearing too big boy-robes.
Sirius, however, turned to himself in the mirror – and screamed.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
"What is going on?" Remus and James said together.
"Woah, if I was a boy and I saw me like this, I'd totally date me!" Sirius returned, brushing some of his hair out of his eyes and peering at himself.
James looked at Remus, frightened. "Did you just say you thought you were hot as a girl?"
"Heck yes I did! Have you seen me?" Sirius cried, turning towards his friends. He ripped off the robes, revealing a white button-down and a pair of black slacks, and began to model-walk across the room. He wiggled his hips around and smiled with pouty lips at Remus.
"Oh, I think I'm gonna vomit!" Remus said, turning away. "I just was hit on by one of my best friend's, who is currently a girl, while I am a girl. Oh, my god."
James burst into laughter, but turned to his reflection. "Hey, I'm not half-bad looking either! I knew I was ravishing!"
Remus massaged his temples as he faced away from both of his friends. "This is not happening…this is not happening!" he hesitated before turning to face the mirror. "OH GODS IT IS HAPPENING!"
Sirius jumped when Remus shouted and then clapped his hands. "Come on, we have to finish getting prepared!"
James and Remus reluctantly pulled away from staring, horrified, at their girlish reflections and turned to Sirius.
"Okay, I have some clothes for us to change into so we're more comfortable," Sirius told them, holding up three skirts and several tops.
"Oh no, no way! I am not wearing a skirt! You can't make me!" Remus said backing away from Sirius.
…moments later…
"I cannot believe you made me wear a skirt."
James looked over at Remus and laughed. Remus was currently wearing a boho-skirt and a fitted tee. Sirius had also forced him to wear platform cork shoes.
"You look even worse then me, and I feel like a tramp!" James said, still snickering. Sirius had forced him into a short, spinny skirt and a long tank top.
"Yeah, I really do feel like a tramp. I'm getting my hoodie!" he grumbled, walking over to his dresser. He yanked out a navy hoodie but yelped and dropped it when Sirius shouted –
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
"Huh?" James whimpered.
"That color totally clashes with your skirt! Wear the gray one, defiantly," Sirius said, pointing to one in the drawer.
"You are so weird as a girl, Padfoot!" Remus said while he was busy attaching the recording device to the cloak.
James rolled his eyes and tossed the blue one back in. He picked up the gray one and pulled it over his head.
"Happy?" he grumbled.
"Very. You see, the dark navy would blend too much with the black skirt, and it also goes a lot better with your silver heels," Sirius said, before giggling.
Everyone looked at him.
"Sirius," James said slowly, walking over towards him. "Does this potion turn us into girls, or just make us look like them?"
Remus got up also and came over to the two.
"Oh, we turn into them!"
"What! How do we stop it?" James said loudly, shaking Sirius' shoulders.
"Well, we have to, like, perform this spell thing. Then we go back to normal, except we still totally look like girls!" Sirius said, hitting James playfully on the shoulders.
"Oh gods! James, look at all the open pages and find the right one!" Remus said anxiously.
"Uhh, why? I'd much rather look at these hot pictures of this guy! He's, like, a total hunk!" James said, hurrying over to his own bedside table.
"Oh gods, I'm the only real guy left!" Remus cried. He ran over to his bed, tripping slightly.
"Shrinking, shrinking, sound proofing, no no no! WHERE'S THE GENDER ONES?" Remus shouted. Finally he spotted a small white book in the corner. He dove onto it and grabbed his wand.
"RETURNO GENDEPERSONIO!"
(A/N: Don't you just love my made up spells?)
A bright blue glow filled the room. When it cleared, Remus carefully got up.
"Are you guys…guys?" he asked quietly.
Sirius and James looked at him.
"Like, totally!"
"NOOOOO!" Remus yelled, falling to his knees. He buried his face in his hands, until a sound pulled him out – laughter.
He looked up and saw Sirius and James leaning on each other for support as they fell into hysterics.
Remus stared at his two best friends in shock as they grinned at him.
"You actually believed us?" Sirius asked him seriously (A/N: No pun intended).
Remus nodded meekly, still having trouble processing the small prank his friends had just played on him.
"Somebody get a camera! The day that the wonderfully and good looking James and Sirius outwitted Mr. I'm-so-prissy-around-full-moon-and-I-know-I'm-smarter-than-you Lupin is here!" James said, holding up an imaginary microphone.
Remus got up, glaring at the two. "Whatever, this doesn't matter any more. We just need to finish the spells."
Sirius nodded curtly. "Okay, so we look like girls, we have our own personality, the mechanism is in the Invisibility Cloak, and the shrinking spell is as well. So we just need to do is cast the soundproofing spell on the Cloak and then shrink ourselves, which is the final step!" Sirius smiled brightly, clasping his hands together.
"James, will you do the honors?" he asked.
James smirked cockily and pulled out his wand. "Silencio Verbatim!"
(A/N: I'll have you know I made that up…pretty obvious though)
The cloak glowed silver for a moment, but then the light ceased.
"Let's try it out and make sure it works," Remus said, walking over to the shrunken – and, hopefully, soundproof – cloak. He picked it up and swung it around his head, but – Harry could still see him. James and Sirius, however, were still looking expectantly at his "half" body.
I guess in memories you can still see through Invisibility Cloaks! He thought in surprise.
There was silence for a moment as Sirius and James stared at the half-body of Remus. Suddenly it was pulled away, and Remus asked, "Well?"
"Bravo!" Sirius said to James, clapping him on the shoulder.
"Brava!" James replied, spreading his arms with a flourish.
"We just need to put everything where it will be available to us when we're smaller. So Remus, put the cloak on the floor. Everything is set, we are in touch with our girl-y-ness – " Sirius was interrupted by Remus.
"Sirius, why do we have to be wearing girls' clothes?" he inquired.
Sirius' eyes widened slightly. "Umm, no reason. So we have everything we need, have taken everything we need. Except for the shrinking potion! It lasts for 2 hours, but by then we'll have all the information we need. Are we ready?" Sirius asked, pulling out three small flasks.
James and Remus nodded, and then reached out, taking the flask from Sirius.
"1, 2, 3!"
All three boys brought the flask to their lips and chugged it down.
A scowl passed over all of their faces, but suddenly, they started to get smaller.
And smaller.
And smaller.
Until they suddenly were up to Harry's mid-thigh.
"Let's go find out Lilykins' true feelings!" Remus said, and they all clapped their hands excitedly. They walked over to the mini cloak and draped it over themselves, before heading out the door.
Harry followed, grinning at his godfather's mental plan.
It was silent except for the patter of the boys' footsteps on the stairs as they walked into the Common Room.
"Time for phase 1," Remus said softly as they neared the foot of the girls' staircase.
They all cast a nervous glance at one another before stepping on the first step. They brought their feet up again and stepped once more.
10 seconds later, they were almost at the top.
"Hold on guys," James said, stopping his friends. "I just have to give congratulations to Sirius, because for once, one of his schemes actually worked!"
Remus laughed and clapped mockingly. Sirius hit James on the shoulder and continued up the stairs. When they reached the top, he jumped up and down, squealing.
"I KNEW IT! I REALLY AM A GENIUS!" he cried.
James laughed. "Not so fast, you might hurt yourself!"
Sirius glared at James but nevertheless grinned. "Phase One complete!"
Remus stared at Sirius with a puzzled expression. "How are you planning we get into their room?"
Sirius shrugged nonchalantly. "I made sure Lily left her bag in the common room. She's bound to get it soon."
Sure enough, within a minute Lily came bursting out of the room. When James caught sight of her, he grinned giddily.
"Now's our chance!" Remus whispered, even though the cloak was soundproof. Taking a deep breath, the boys slipped into the girls' room – literally.
As they stepped forward together, Sirius tripped on the heel of his shoe and flew forward. Remus and James immediately dove to the ground to prevent themselves from being uncovered.
"You idiot!" James whispered harshly to Sirius. He shrugged sheepishly and helped the other two up.
They looked around the dorm and saw that it was exactly the same as the boys', but was decorated with posters of bands and actors rather then Quidditch posters. It also was lots more organized.
"Let's sit on the empty bed!" Sirius said, beginning to walk towards a bare bed on the right. Remus grabbed him by the back of his collar and dragged him backwards.
"Not so fast, cowboy! They'll see the mattress has a dent in it from our weight – "
"Hey I'm not fat!" James cut in.
" – and are bound to come over there. We need to sit on something hard," Remus looked around the room thoughtfully.
"The floor?" Sirius suggested.
"Eh, why not?" James said, nodding. Remus shrugged.
The boys made their way over to the floor in front of the dresser. They looked around the (surprisingly) empty room and snatched some pillows to sit on. Once they were settled and comfortable, they began to make predictions.
"How long do you think it will be for them to start talking about James?" Sirius asked, fiddling with his thumbs.
"No idea!" Remus and James replied simultaneously.
Just then three girls came tumbling through the bathroom door carrying multiple cases of makeup and hair stuff.
"Bloody hell," James muttered, banging his head against Remus' shoulder.
"Uh – " Remus started.
BANG!
"James – "
BANG!
"My – "
BANG!
"Shoulder is – "
BANG!
"JAMES CUT IT OUT!" Remus screeched, pushing James away from him into Sirius.
James grinned sheepishly. "Sorry mate. But we're about to endure through a long and painful process of watching girls do…girly stuff. And that, is simply unbearable."
The boys laughed just as Lily returned from the common room, carrying her book bag.
"Do any of you know why my bag was being worn by Godric Gryffindor's statue?" she asked her friends.
Remus snorted. James turned to Sirius.
"What on earth…?" he asked. Sirius let out a bark like laugh and leaned backwards into the dresser, keeping silent.
The girls rolled their eyes and uttered the same word.
"Marauders."
Lily giggled.
"Jade, you get to do my makeup today, ok?" Lily asked her tan friend. Jade clapped and stuck her tongue out at her friends.
"Hey, it was my turn!" a girl with curly blond hair said, playfully hitting Jade in the arm.
"No, you did it last week, remember?" Emme pointed out. "Didn't Kelsey?" she asked Lily.
Lily rolled her eyes. "I still can't believe you guys actually fight over who gets to do my makeup!"
Jade grinned and winked at her, holding up a clear plastic bag filled with different cosmetics and a bag of hair supplies. "Don't forget hair stuff!"
"It's so fun though, because you look good in all different shades," Kelsey Breemont told Lily.
Lily blushed as James told his friends, "Duh!"
Emme grabbed another bag and opened it, pulling out eye shadow. She leaned towards Kelsey and began to apply it, as Jade did the same thing to Lily.
"Hold up!" Jade said, pulling out her wand. She casually flicked it at their boom box and then continued her work on Lily as music played.
"Sirius, I might have to kill you!" Remus glared at his friend, before beginning the long wait for something to happen.
Later that night…
"Okay girls, time for Truth or Dare!" Kelsey said, playing with her (now straight) hair. Her words, however, were lost in the noise of the girls and the music.
Oblivious to what she had said, Emme walked over to her friend. "Kelsey, I must say, you look absolutely lov-e-ly!" Emme said playfully, smacking Kelsey on both cheeks. Kelsey ducked towards the bed and grabbed a pillow, before swinging around and whacking Emme in the arm.
"WATCH THE HAIR!" Emme shrieked, checking her bun in the mirror. Satisfied, she grabbed another pillow and returned fire, but instead of hitting Kelsey, she hit Lily in the face.
"My masterpiece!" Jade cried, falling to her knees.
James jerked his head off of Sirius' shoulder and wiped his mouth, looking around. He stared at the girls having a pillow fight before him before he remembered what he was doing.
"Get up!" James said, shaking his friends. They woke up and looked around.
"Anything good happened?" Remus said, stretching.
"No," James said grumpily. Sirius however, was watching the scene before him with amusement.
"I've always wondered where they got those bruises…" Sirius trailed off.
After a moment, James and Remus both slapped Sirius on the arm as he tried to push them away.
"You're – " James stopped.
"Disgusting!" Remus finished for him.
"I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY!" Sirius yelped.
Suddenly, the girls stopped hitting each other and fell to the ground, laughing.
"Let's play Truth or Dare!" Kelsey repeated, looking at her friends.
The Marauders leaned forward, rubbing their hands together evilly.
All of the girls jumped up excitedly and sat on pillows in a circle.
"Lily, you go first!" all of the girls said (except Lily).
Lily rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"No way! Kelsey, you go first, it was your idea!" she replied, smirking at her friends.
"Fine," Kelsey shrugged.
At the same time, the girls shouted, "TRUTH OR DARE?"
James and Sirius looked at each other. "I've always wanted to know what happened in these parties," said Sirius, "but now, I'd rather not."
"Umm, dare!" Kelsey said, biting her lip.
The girls grinned.
"We dare you to cover your face in blue frosting using Pettigrew's bath towel!" Emme said, smirking.
Remus shuddered, and James and Sirius said simultaneously, "Eww!"
Kelsey cringed but got up and headed out the door.
Lily reached into a bag and pulled out a container of bright blue cake frosting. Emme and Jade laughed as they thought of Kelsey with blue frosting on her face.
Sirius and James groaned. Remus hit them both upside the head. "Come on, you know there's gonna be sacrifices in this! Lily should be going soon, don't worry."
After Kelsey came back, the girls began spreading the sweet topping over her face. After it was done, she took a grinning picture while holding the towel next to her.
"Scourgify!" Lily said, pointing her wand at her friend's face.
"Thanks," Kelsey smiled.
"Ok, Kelsey, your turn to ask," Emme said.
"Kay…Jade, truth or dare?"
Jade smirked. "Truth. You aren't getting me that easily!"
"Fine! Who would be the first Marauder for you to go out with?"
Lily and Emme burst into laughter and scooted closer.
Jade paled slightly but shook it off quickly.
"Sirius Black, baby!" she half-shouted, grinning.
The girls burst into peels of laughter while Sirius said, "That can be arranged!"
James smacked him in the side. "Idiot," he muttered.
As soon as the laughter ceased momentarily, Jade added, "And that will, of course, lead to our marriage, which will happen once we're out of Hogwarts!"
She jumped up and walked over to her nightstand and opened the drawer, pulling out a large, rolled up poster.
She unrolled it and held it next to her.
Standing next to Jade was a life-sized, realistic picture of Sirius Black.
The girls began howling with laughter, and this time, Remus and James were joining them.
Sirius looked at the poster in shock.
"Oh, Merlin!" he cried.
Stammering through her laughter, Jade said, "And look what I can make it do!"
She prodded it with her wand and the poster spoke, in a very realistic voice, "Prongs, I can't find my girlfriend! What's her name again?"
By now, three girls and two guys were doubled over, wiping tears out of their eyes, and holding onto things for support.
Sirius' eyes widened and his mouth dropped open.
"I have a bloody stalker!"
James burst into another bout of laughter while Remus said, "It is realistic though."
Sirius jumped on his friend and pushed him to the ground, sitting on him.
"Can't – breath! Lack of – oxygen!" Remus stammered.
Sirius wiggled his butt a little but got off and sat back on the ground.
"Ok, ok. Jade, your turn to ask!" Lily said, nudging her friend.
"It'll be my pleasure!" she grinned evilly, rolling up the poster and putting it away.
After she sat, she opened her mouth.
"Ok Lily, I'm going to give you a choice of one truth and one dare, and you're allowed to pick," she said, smirking.
Lily groaned.
"The truth is this: what do you actually think of James Potter? (James sat up eagerly) But the dare is this: I dare you to go into the middle of the common room, in your Baby Trolls pajamas, and confess your supposed love for James by serenading him," Jade finished, folding her arms triumphantly.
James, Sirius, and Remus looked at each other.
"Truth!" Sirius and Remus cheered.
"Dare!" James said. Both his friends looked at him in surprise.
"What? Her Baby Trolls pajamas are cute, and I want to be serenaded by Lily!" he said defiantly.
Lily bit her lip anxiously. "Pass?" she asked meekly.
Everyone in the room shouted, "NO!"
Lily sighed. "Fine."
-dramatic pause-
"Truth."
Sirius almost leapt up and started cheering but Remus and James dragged him down.
The girls clapped excitedly.
"Ok, Lils, let's get this over with!"
James hurried towards them excitedly.
"Well, I actually think a lot of things. I think he's an arrogant prick who is the most egotistical person I've ever met!" Lily said.
James' face fell, looking like he had just been told Christmas was cancelled.
"But," she continued, and James' face lit up again, "There's times when James is incredibly sweet and loyal and funny and charming and brilliant, too."
The girls began catcalling. "LILY LIKES JAMES! LILY LIKES JAMES!" they cheered.
"Shut up!" Lily said angrily, but grinning. "I do not."
Emme and Jade shared knowing looks.
Blushing furiously, Lily added, "But, he is quite – hot!"
What happened next was quite confusing and chaotic.
As Lily uttered that word, James jumped into the air, dragging the cloak off of him and his friends. He crashed into the table the girls had set up and sent all their supplies crashing to the ground.
The girls all screamed and the boys began yelling. Their little "fort" was trashed and their cover was blown.
Not to mention that the shrinking spell had worn off as soon as James had jumped in the air.
Some how, the words he uttered happened to be the counter spell.
Anywho, a fully-grown and dancing James was now clearly visible for all the girls to see.
And a furious Lily.
"POTTER!" she yelled.
James' chants of, "She thinks I'm hot!" slowly died down as he took in the situation.
Flushed and tense, Lily stood up.
"What in the name of Merlin are you and your little prat friends doing here?" she shrieked, unable to keep her voice (and temper) down.
"Well, I, we, uhhh?" James stammered.
"I cannot BELIEVE this! I – you – UGH!" Lily said, shaking with anger. She turned on her heel and strode into the bathroom, slamming the door shut behind her.
Jade, Emme, and Kelsey were looking at James in disappointment.
Sirius and Remus stood up now, shaking slightly.
"I can't believe this! You guys are so nosey!" Emme said, shaking her head. But she was hardly mad at them – in fact, she found the situation quite amusing, as did Kelsey and Jade.
"You're insane! Looney! Idiotic! Why did you even bother coming in here?" she asked them, sitting on a bed.
"We had to find out what Lily thought of me!" James said, still grinning madly.
"Well now you know. But you're definitely going to have to come up with a better way to win her affection then nosing in on her slumber parties, you know," Emme replied, sighing.
Jade, who had been busy cleaning up the mess on the floor, suddenly looked up at Sirius, her face beet-red.
"I, uh, should go…check on Lily, yeah!" she said quickly. She hurried into the bathroom, shutting the door quietly behind her.
"Listen, James," Kelsey said, walking towards him. "Lily does truly care for you. She just…doesn't know it yet! But don't give up, whatever you do!" she said, before following Jade into the bathroom.
Emme simply stared at the boys.
"You are all nutters. But its cool!" she said simply, before following her friends into the bathroom.
It was quiet for a moment before James said, "I'm sooo hot!"
Sirius hit upside the head. "And what makes you think that?"
"Lily said so! And she's perfect," he replied woozily.
Harry was suddenly tipping backwards, the memory fading away before him.
As he landed on the floor, he was filled with many emotions.
Humor, as he thought of the whole ordeal.
Giddiness, as he thought of his dad still remaining witty and charming even though he had been caught spying.
Remorse, as he thought of what he could have done with his dad, would he still be alive.
Curiosity, as he wondered how Dad had managed to woo Mum when he had goofed up so much.
And finally, Eagerness, as he thought of what the next memory might bring.
A/N: I bet nobody is reading this because why would they bother after I have been such a horrible author! I'm so SORRY with the bottom of my heart of how long this took to get out. You wouldn't believe how much has been happening and how busy I've been! I barely have time for fun anymore…ok, that's not entirely true. Another reason why it took so long is because half-way through it, I was really unhappy with how it was turning out. But I got past that, and this turned out quite long! It's my longest chapter yet.I think I'm going to wait until I have Chapters 8, 9, and maybe 10 done before I update next, that way there won't be that big of a gap. Also, next chapter isn't going to be with Harry or Ginny…but I'll keep you guessing :)
MUCHO IMPORTANT!
I want you all to tell me (in your Review, please?) what memories you'd like to see. They can be anything and anytime, but I will be putting this in chronological order. So if you're dying to see something happen, tell me, and it probably will! I'm sorry there's some breaks between the memories (time breaks in the story, I mean), it's just sort of hard to continue through just James' memories.
Ok, my drabble is almost over! I'm looking for a beta! (as I've been re-reading the chapters and noticing lots of mistakes :) So if you're interested, and are GOOD (haha) then I'd love to hear from you also!
My rant is done! Now for the fun part…
REVIEW! (please, of course!)