Hey Everybody, Thanks so much for all your reviews for Chapter Twelve. I just thought that I would update because this is in honour of END OF EXAM day... as I would like to nominate it. I am officially finished! YAY! So, by being such patient and supportive reviewers, I thought that you would like to see what happens next. Well, here it is. MAKE SURE TO REVIEW AGAIN! As always, WheezlyGirl
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'Hey you.' James said as he walked down the stairs and saw Harry lounging on the couch, in the same clothes he wore last night.
'Hey.' Harry said, sitting up in a more comfortable position.
'You want some other clothes? I've got some upstairs.' James asked him.
'Really? Sure... I was too excited to come back in time that I forgot almost everything I need...' Harry said, getting up.
'Second room on the left, take anything...' James said sitting in a comfy chair to wait for Lily and Harry to come down.
After about five minutes, Harry came back down in a fresh cloak and some ordinary, black slacks.
'So you told me you played Quidditch in your first year? How'd you manage that one?' James asked him, impressed.
'Oh, yeah... well you see, it was purely luck on this one. I had never been on a broom in life before that, and we had lessons with the Slytherins. The last thing I wanted to do was embarrass myself in front of them. And, you see my friend, Neville Longbottom, he had this remembral. Malfoy - ' Harry began telling him.
'Malfoy!' James said suddenly.
'Yes... We're worst enemies... well he stole the remembral, sort of like a Snitch shape. And somehow, when the teacher was gone, I just got up on the broom and chased after him. He threw it and I raced down and caught it. McGonagall happened to be looking out the window at this point -' Harry told him and James gave out a low whistle. 'And she came down and brought me inside. Said I should've been expelled, but they needed a Seeker, and she told the captain, and they worked with me and I just got the job.' Harry said smiling at the memory.
'You're a natural... every Potter is good at Quidditch. I'm even planning on a day I'll get Lily out on a broom. You have to come around my house sometime... we've got a Quidditch Pitch in the back... and man is it cool...' James said happily.
'Really? Yeah, I've never been to your house. I've heard it was destroyed the night Voldemort visited.' Harry said gloomily.
James gaped. His house? His pride and joy? Destroyed! 'It's no longer there? Bet my mum was crushed...' James said sadly.
'I uh... I've never met your mum. I've never heard of the Potter side. I only know of one family of relatives... and that's Aunt Petunia's family.' Harry said thoughtfully... wondering why he never met his Potter grandparents.
'Oh... Hmmm... we'll see then. I bet my mum would love to meet you... she gets esctatic to meet new people.' James told him.
'And... and your dad?' Harry asked him.
James face wrinkled into a frown and gave him a dark look. 'My dad's name is John... and uh... he's an auror. He used to love Quidditch, and he doesn't know I have a girlfriend. And... uh, his best friend is named Mike, a fellow auror. And... that's all I know about him. Oh, I know he is abit more serious.' James answered.
'That's all?' Harry asked confused.
'Yeah... my dad never comes home. I never really see him, and when he is home, he doesn't take much interest in my life... he thinks Sirius is the funniest guy on earth, but he's just... tough with me... I don't know how to explain. You definitely have to stay for Christmas at my house. My mum might stop in, and the guys are staying. Lily will stay, along with Mich and Faye. Don't be offended if you see my dad once and he's kind of... um... strict.' James said, hoping Harry wouldn't judge him by his father's ways of raising a kid.
'Doesn't matter anyways... I've never known anyone from your side of the family... I'll just be happy to see him.' Harry said laughing.
'Oh, and he looks exactly like us... except with brown hair, so don't be surprised with that either.' James told him.
'And your mum?' Harry asked.
'Black hair, like ours with blue eyes... really nice, and tries to loosen my dad up sometimes, but that never really works. She will actually take off work for special events.' James informed him.
'She sounds like fun.' Harry said.
'She is. How's life with Petunia? Your mum hates her.' James asked him.
Harry stopped grinning and shrugged. 'It's dull.' He said simply.
'Like... just dull?' James questioned.
'Yep... I don't really have people to talk to... their son is scared of me, they had bars put on my window, they feed me through a cat flap, and I used to live in a cupboard, but aside from that, it's dull.' Harry said to him.
'They put bars on your window?' James asked horrified.
'Yeah, but the Weasley's came and saved me... and I finally learned how to get food on my own... I write the Weasleys and they send me food. And, ever since the Hogwart's letter, I got moved to Dudley's second bedroom.' Harry answered, shrugging again.
James looked angry. 'I can't believe they treated a Potter like that!' James said, breathing heavily.
'Hey, calm down... They ignore me most of the time, so it's really no big deal. No one cares whether you are a Potter or not in that family, they're pretty easy to manage, just threated to do magic... ' Harry said.
'Why can't Remus take you?' James asked in a huffy sounding voice.
'You know that... His condition... and I don't know Faye or Mich in my life...' Harry answered.
'That must suck... well, now we're ready... and don't worry, Voldemort won't pull a move on us... if he does I'll just step infront of it again...' James said, thinking he would do anything to protect them.
Harry didn't smile. 'Don't talk like that... It already sucks enough. You can't die... not this time. I need... I need a family.' Harry said quietly, his voice getting caught in his throat.
'Nothing will happen. I don't trust Peter anymore... and we won't let him be our secret-keeper.' James answered simply.
'I wonder how that will change my future.' Harry said.
'What do you mean?' James asked.
'I am known as the boy-who-lived... because I'm the only one who survived the killing curse. If mum doesn't sacrifice herself for me... I won't have my scar, and I won't be the one who survived it... but, I will have to fight him, no matter what. I wonder if it will change all that I've done... I wonder what will happen when I go back to my time. Will it all be a different world, or will it be the same?' Harry said out loud.
'As long as you have your friends, your crush, and you don't have some mad, psycho chasing after you, then... leave it how it is.' James told him wisely.
'Hey you guys.' Lily said as she came down the stairs, interrupting their conversation.
'Hey.' They both said to her. James gave her a kiss and Lily ruffled Harry's hair.
'What's up with you two?' Lily asked.
'Nothing much...' James answered.
'Alright... what are you doing tonight?' Lily asked him, thinking they could all take a visit to the kitchens.
'Uhh,' James sent a look to Harry. 'Tonight's a full moon.' He answered cautiously.
Lily frowned and looked like she was thinking a lot. After much comtemplation she finally decided and said,'Well... um, you better be careful. Take the mirror so you can call if you need our help.' Lily answered, looking as if she didn't want to say it, but felt obligated to.
James looked excited. 'Really! You're serious?' He asked her happily.
'Of course... but please, be careful... don't get hurt like last time... you've still got some of those scars.' She said looked scared. She bit her lip, and turned to Harry. 'Do you want to come with me on patrols?' She asked him.
'Sure.' Harry said smiling.
'Good.' Lily replied, trying to get her mind off tonight.
'Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love you... I hope you know that...' James said, jumping up and down and kissing Lily everywhere, who was smiling, glad she made him happy.
'If there are any problems... you better call on the mirror! Me and Harry can come and help... at the least.' Lily said to him.
'I will, I promise. I love you. I so love you.' James continued.
'We've got classes today... I'm dreading them.' Lily said in a irritated voice.
James stopped kissing Lily and looked at her with wide eyes. 'You, Lily Marie Evans, are dreading a day full of classes?' He said in awe.
'Yes, James Potter, I am dreading Potions, Divination, Arithmancy, and Runes.' Lily said aggravatedly.
'Eugh...' Harry said, knowing those classes were horrid.
James laughed at his shudder. 'That's my boy, he knows his classes well... Transfiguration is my special... mainly.' James said in a joking voice.
'I figured...' Harry told him.
'Charms...' Lily said to him.
'I never knew that...' Harry said out loud.
'So... are you coming to classes with us today? Or just going to stay in here? I can always skive off and we can hang out...' James said, looking excited at the prospect of skipping classes.
'No you will not!' Lily said strictly.
'I can just stay here, or maybe ramble down to the kitchens... who knows. I'll find a way to entertain myself.' Harry said, solving the fight immediately.
'Ok, see you Harry.'
'Bye Harry.'
James and Lily left the room hand-in-hand, to their next class, which was Potions.
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'Are we ready?' Sirius asked James eagerly. They were all sitting in the Head Common Room, but not Peter... they were going to meet him outside of the Whomping Willow's entrance.
'Yeah... come on!' James said, jumping up and down and getting excited. Remus was already sitting in the Shrieking Shack, preparing himself. He couldn't help but feel embarrassed because he knew that all his friends now knew of his condition and now probably felt different about it... which really they didn't, but of course he was self-conscience about it.
'Be careful!' Faye said, smoothing Sirius' jacket out.
Lily squinted at him, but then put on a fake smile. 'If there is any trouble...' She began.
'We know, call on the mirror... you already told us!' James said, giving Lily a very deep and very passionate kiss. 'I promise.' He added sweetly.
Lily smiled a comforted smile. 'Thank you. Harry, we better go... patrols start... like now, see you tonight James... we'll be waiting.' She called out to him. She and Harry walked out of the room, talking about general things, and began patrols, with the mirror at hand. The Marauder's Map and Invisibility Cloak were being used by the boys tonight... for they needed it more.
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During the full moon wanderings, the boys met the fully fledged werewolf, Moony, at the entrance of the Shrieking Shack. He fought them for quite awhile like he ususally did, not used to the presence of them. Normally, it only took him maybe five minutes at the most, but he seemed irritable and wasn't cooperating, just like last time... except this was worse, much worse. James and Sirius were having an extremely rough night. Wormtail, as usual, was on the side of the fight that was happening before his eyes. He winced as he saw Prongs cover for the hurt Padfoot, who was slashed on the stomach/ribs area.
Prongs and Padfoot made eye contact, and they could tell the other's thoughts; Why is Mooney being so stubborn... he never takes this long to get cooperate with them...
It was when Sirius lost consciencesness, when James began getting scared. Now he was all alone with Moony, with no help from the traitorous rat.
Moony let out a loud, high-pitched howl and began charging at James, who quickly, side-stepped him and watched his transformed friend run straight into a wall, causing him to fall down on the ground whimpering. The whines soon stopped and James realized that Moony, like Sirius, blacked out and was no longer awake. He changed back into his human form, and noticed Peter doing the same.
'Peter, I don't know what to do.' He said in a fearfilled voice.
Peter looked at James with wide eyes. 'I dunno either... should we just leave them?' He asked flustered.
James looked at him horrified, 'No. We don't leave them.' He snapped at him.
'Just a suggestion.' Peter mumbled.
'If we leave them, Moony could wake up and kill off Sirius. Or, Sirius could wake up and be panicked... leave them... my God... stupid suggestion...' James explained, almost in an angry sort-of way. He bit his lip, and did the thing he didn't want to do most of all. He reached in his pocket to call Lily.
'James, what are you doing?' Peter asked suddenly.
'I'm calling Lily,' James answered. 'Lily.' He said into the mirror.
'Why? So she can go tell on you?' Peter asked him, even more.
'Lily wouldn't tell Peter, she's not like that. She wouldn't tell.' James said forcefully. He looked back into the mirror to see Lily's face looking into his own.
'What happened?' She asked immediately.
'It's nothing big... just Padfoot's passed out, and so has Moony, we don't know what to do.' James answered to her.
'I uh... I'm not sure what to do... is Remus bleeding anywhere badly?' Lily asked him, bitting her lower lip.
'No, he ran into a wall, but I don't see any pools of blood, why?' He asked her.
'Because, if he were bleeding, then he could loose alot of blood, and it could kill him. Is Sirius?' She explained to James' pale, wide-eyed face, and then asked.
'Yeah, his... uh... ribs are pretty badly mangled... and I think that his leg might be broken.' James filled her in.
'Well, bring Sirius here... he could be loosing too much blood, and he... he just needs to be seen. Uh, do you need any help carrying him?' She asked him.
'No, I think we can handle it.' James said. He then pocketed the mirror and looked at Peter.
'Well?' Peter asked.
'We're gonna take Padfoot to Lily and she can look him over... and uh... Moony will wake up tomorrow, no doubt with a bad arse headache. But, he'll be fine for now.' James told him.
'Alright.' Peter said, and together, they gingerly picked up the wounded dog, and under the Invisibility Cloak they went.
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THAT IS CHAPTER THIRTEEN. I HOPE U LIKED IT !
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