In Memory of Harry Potter

Authors Notes: Hey, first of I have to apologise for how long I've taken to get this next chapter up. A lot in my life has changed in the past year and my time for writing has been completely cut out by my other commitments. I really want to finish this fic before the release of the next book so hopefully, with a bit of help from my reviewers I can get back into it! Thankyou to everyone who's supported me over the time of this fic, I really appreciate it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, or anything in his world, I'm just having a bit of fun.


"Albus?" Harry questioned as he looked around the room in awe. The usually tidy office looked as though a tornado had zoomed through it destroying everything in its path. The floor of the room was covered with scrolls and pieces of parchment that were scattered everywhere in no sort of order, the towering bookshelves were almost empty with the majority of its books now stacked in piles of varying heights around the room. If Harry wasn't mistaken Dumbledore was looking for something, and he was determined to find it.

"Good evening Mr Saven" Dumbledore replied his head appearing from behind the piles of books and scrolls sitting on his desk.

"Er- what happened?" Harry asked still looking around the room.

"Oh nothing's happened, I just had the sudden impulse to spring clean the office" He told Harry his eyes sparkling with mirth.

Harry nodded slowly "I bet" He said with a small smile on his face, "So have you found what your looking for?"

Dumbledore smiled. "Once upon a time you would have questioned my sanity on such a comment, now, I fear, you understand me far to well" He said looking at Harry intently, "To answer your question, no, I have not as yet found what I was looking for, although I have found some unfinished work that I put aside many years ago and I must admit it has been extremely distracting."

"Oh?" Harry said as he attempted to find a path to the seat that was opposite Dumbledore's desk.

"Actually, it may interest you. These" He said gesturing to the file that was open in front of him containing pages upon pages of parchment, "are the records of every act of foolery played by James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew during their period at Hogwarts"

Harry laughed, "I have to admit, I'm surprised it's not thicker than that"

Dumbledore chuckled, "This file is there fifth year alone, there are another six files, plus a box full of reports that I never had time to record." He said, "There's also another box lying around somewhere which contains the record of pranks that we never found the culprits for, although I would not be surprised if your father and his friends were not the masterminds behind the majority of those either."

Harry shook his head, "They will be so proud of themselves" He said grinning. "It'd probably be worth getting Sirius and Remus up here one day to go through them, I'm sure the stories of the planning behind each prank would be just as entertaining as the prank themselves"

"I would not be surprised." The headmaster said with a smile.

"So what were you looking for in the first place?" Harry asked as he moved a few rolls of parchment of a chair so he could sit down in front of the Hogwarts Headmaster.

Dumbledore looked tired as he moved what he obviously considered to be happy memories off his desk. "I'm determined to find the staff records documenting the four guardians" He stated warily

Harry looked surprised by this, "I assumed that they were here too long ago for any documentation to be kept concerning their employment here"

"On the contrary, a record of every professor at this school has been kept from the time of its founding. Wizards are more wary about history and time than muggles seem to be, so they always leave things that make it possible to retrace steps and stages through time, the only thing is, none of the previous headmasters had ever thought to file any of the work."

Harry leaned back into his chair as he considered this new piece of information. "Do you think there will be some sort of clue in these documents?"

"I have no idea" Dumbledore answered honestly. "What gives me hope though is the revelation that the further back through Hogwarts staff records you go, the documents become more detailed and more information is given on each professor"

"Well I suppose that makes sense" Harry said. "The old wizards were far more wary about those they were employing back then"

"Are you implying that I could have made better decisions about who I chose to employ during your years at Hogwarts?" Albus asked his eyes sparkling.

Harry grinned "Oh no, I would never imply that. After all I had a terrific time having death predicted by Trelawnly every time I walked into the room. Not to mention that Snape hated me with a passion, oh and that Professor Moody turned out to be a psycho manic that wanted to help bring Voldemort back." He said his voice dripping with sarcasm. "And we can't forget Umbridge who attempted to convince everyone at Hogwarts, no, everyone in the entire wizarding world, that I was an attention -seeking youth with serious mental problems."

"I not sure why you didn't rally against me" Dumbledore chuckled, his eyes sparkling. "Although you have to admit, all those "wonderful" teachers of yours made life at Hogwarts memorable."

Harry rolled his eyes at the comment then smiled. "There's no point lingering in the past I suppose" He said slightly distracted. "Actually I came here to talk about the future."

"Oh?" Dumbledore questioned his demeanour turning serious.

"The Order meeting last Friday brought up a lot of issues that I am positive many members will not want to believe." Harry said frowning. "While I still wish to remain dead to the rest of the wizarding world, I think it's best that the elite Order of the Phoenix know exactly who their source is"

Dumbledore's eyes no longer sparkled but instead revealed the pride that he held for the younger man in making such a choice. The old headmaster had already considered the difficulty of trying to convince his allies of the truth, but now the problem had been solved as Harry risked losing the element of surprise he was relying on just to make sure the wizarding world is alerted of the threat that they were convinced was gone.

"Are you sure Harry, what you stand to lose...?"

Harry nodded. "I know these people Albus. And if they have honestly changed so much in the past five years that they would pass on my secret, then that's the way it will have to be." Harry said. "It's more important now that they understand just how dangerous times are about to become."

Dumbledore nodded, an understanding shining in his eyes that Harry had not seen for years. He smiled. "Well good luck with your search, although it will undoubtedly be interrupted again."

The old headmaster chuckled. "I noticed that the Slytherin Common Room had been redecorated, although I could not bring myself to do anything about it, pink just happens to be one of my favourite colours."

"I'm sure," Harry laughed as he walked to the door. Before leaving he turned back to Dumbledore. "If you find anything..."

"You will be the first to be told"

o-

"Oh go on Snape, pink suits you" Sirius said as Harry walked into the staff room. No sooner had he turned to look in the direction of his godfather's voice that he found that he was doubled over laughing hysterically.

"Not a word Saven" Severus warned dangerously.

"Snape if you had any sort of sense of humour you'd understand why we find this so funny" Ron cried laughing.

"Shut up Weasley, your not students any more, there is no reason why I can't curse you" He said dangerously.

This though, Harry found, only made the situation more hilarious. It wasn't often that one found Severus Snape wearing pink robes with his hair in pigtails that had been tied neatly with pink ribbons, but it was even rarer to find Snape dressed as he was trying to threaten his friends and he.

"Regardless of whether you did it or not, I know you can reverse the spell" Snape said through clenched teeth, glaring at Sirius.

"Sirius, have you seen the... oh" Remus said as he walked into the staff room. His comment was cut short as his eyes fell upon the form of Snape looking pretty in pink.

Remus' expression looked pained as he tried to stop himself from laughing at the potions master. "It's a nice look for you" He said to Snape who glared at the werewolf. "Surprisingly familiar" He added looking at Sirius.

"Students these days are so unoriginal" Sirius replied honestly. Harry smiled as he realised that the Marauders must have played a similar if not the same prank during their days at Hogwarts.

"So you didn't do it?" Ron asked incredulously

Sirius rolled his eyes, "No, I didn't, but if I did I wouldn't admit it in front of pinky over here" He said gesturing to Snape who looked furious at the use of the nickname.

"I will repeat myself, regardless of whether you did this or not, because of certain events in the past, I know you can reverse it" Snape scowled.

"And ruin someone's handy work?" Sirius cried, "You don't understand how much preparation we put into just getting you, these kids did the entire Slytherin population and the common room!"

"I'm moved that the Gryffindors have wasted so much of their time thinking about my house and I" Snape sneered his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"I think it would be best if you remove it Sirius" Remus said as he sat down in an arm chair. "At least that way the children will know to think up something new rather than just copying our ideas"

"I'm interested to know if they were aware that this prank had been played before" said Sirius looking pensive. "I certainly haven't told anyone about it; actually I don't think any of the students are aware that Remus and I are two of the Marauders."

"Just remove the spell before I give everyone in Gryffindor detention" Snape threatened looking at Sirius.

"Oh for Merlin's sake" Harry exclaimed rolling his eyes, then with a flick of his wand Severus was back to his normal self. "Don't say thank you," he muttered to the potions master who was staring at him stunned.

"What'd you do that for?" Sirius asked looking at the now normal Snape.

"Death Eater meeting" Harry whispered looking at Sirius. At this Harry's godfather spun around to look at the potions master.

"You should have said so you git!" He exclaimed.

"Of course, I was going to cry it out for the world to hear." Severus sneered. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm already late" he scowled as he walked out of the room.

"Idiot" Sirius muttered still looking at the door that had closed behind the potions master. "If he'd just talk to someone..."

"I don't think he wants to share the horrors Sirius" Harry said darkly. "He's well aware that we've all had our fair share of them in our lives, he doesn't want to burden us with his."

"Not to mention none of us really listen" Remus sighed.

"More that none of us have time to" Ron noted. Harry nodded looking at his best friend in a new light. Since he had got back Ron and he had spent quite a bit of time together but it wasn't till times like this that he noticed how much older his old friend really was.

Sirius sighed, "Maybe once all this is over we can all sort out our problems."

"Speak for yourself, I haven't got any problems" Malfoy exclaimed appearing out of no where.

"Apart from the fact that you're dead" Ron noted.

"And that Severus has spent the last few days trying to figure out a way to bring you back from the dead so that he can kill you again" Remus added.

Harry and Sirius laughed as Malfoy's expression changed rapidly from happy to annoyed. "Don't remind me. I know I'm dead, and as for Severus, do you know how hard it is to avoid him. I'm invisible all the time and he still manages to find me"

Ron snorted, "Now you now how Harry and I felt during our seven years at Hogwarts"

Harry laughed, "You have to admit it got better in our seventh."

"Yeah but our seventh year wasn't didn't occur in the happiest of times, and you were head boy. It just wouldn't be fitting for the Potions Professor to insult one of Hogwarts leaders." Ron said

"I think it's more that we didn't get the time. Really we were only together at Order meetings and in class, but by that time Hermione had taught me enough about potions to get through without that much fuss." Harry said.

"A lot changed that year" Sirius muttered. Silence was the result of this comment as everyone present in the room became lost in their own thoughts. It would have stayed that way for a long time had the doors not flown open with a loud bang revealing two Gryffindor students who looked extremely disappointed.

"Is something wrong?" Sirius asked with a bemused look on his face. Harry smiled as he realised that these two were the main causes of mischief at Hogwarts, Casper Jordan and Michael Weasley.

"No, not really" Casper sighed while Michael was looking at Ron,

"Hey Uncle Ron" Michael said his flaming red hair falling into his eyes. "Are we in trouble?"

"It would probably do you well to explain why you just ran into the staff room as though you were going to find Godric Gryffindor standing in here in all his glory" Remus commented before Ron could say anything.

"Not Godric Gryffindor," Casper sighed, "Harry Potter"

"And Draco Malfoy" Michael added,

Harry blinked and everyone in the room was suddenly on the edge of their seats. "What?" Sirius asked carefully.

"It doesn't matter" Michael sighed, "So how many detentions is it?"

"Actually it's really important that we know what made you think that Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy were present in this room" Ron said looking at his nephew.

The two boys shared a look, "Well you know about the Marauders Map don't you Uncle Ron" Michael said after a moments hesitation. At this comment the two Marauders muttered something about how stupid they were to forget about it while Ron and Harry shared a look of horror.

"It doesn't really work that well anymore." Casper said sharing a confused look with his friend. "Lately it's been showing all sorts of people at the school who, when we look for them, aren't there..."

"It's really old so we figured that it's just started to get confused..." Michael added.

"It's not that old" Sirius objected, and then his expression changed to a more serious one. "But it is dangerous. Boys I'm afraid we are going to have to confiscate the map"

"WHAT!" The two Gryffindors cried in unison.

"Why?" Michael asked after he'd got past the initial shock of the comment.

James sighed bringing the boys attention to him, "What you two need to understand is while that map may not be working up the standard it once was it still is a danger if it falls into the wrong hands. As you are probably aware that map shows ways in and out of the school that many people are not aware of, and there are wizards out there who would use that information for all the wrong purposes." He told the boys his eyes revealing the seriousness of what could happen.

"But Voldemort's gone" Casper objected.

"That doesn't mean that the world is completely rid of darkness" Remus said,

"Anyway, we have to see if we can get it up and running properly" Sirius added attempting to shift the boys thoughts from why they were taking the map. Harry smiled in thanks at his Godfather after the comment. He had been silently hoping that the conversation would turn away from the question that was threatening to reveal his secret to two teenagers.

Sirius's comment had done the trick though and both boys suddenly turned towards the animagus as they thought about what he could have meant. "No way!" Both boys exclaimed in unison. "You're a Marauder!"

"I am indeed" Sirius said with a grin, "Padfoot, in fact"

The two boys stared in awe as they thought about their heroes in a new light. "That is so cool" Casper said suddenly causing Harry and Ron to burst out laughing. When the same information had been revealed to Ron's twin brothers they had made exactly the same comment, with extremely similar looks on their faces.

"I've never been so happy" Michael said pretending to wipe a tear away from his eyes "Let the world rejoice for the Marauders have been found!

Harry laughed, "Fred or George?" He asked Ron inquiring about which of the twins Michael had as his father.

"George, but he gets his material from both" Ron laughed.

"It's good to see that they are carrying on the legacy of the marauders and the twins" Sirius laughed then moved back into his seat, his smile disappearing. "I suppose its time that we got back to work" He said looking at Remus,

The werewolf nodded as he took the Marauders map from one of the boys, "we have some extra work now too" He said waving the map at Sirius, "It could come in handy to have this working properly..." He said looking at the two students wearily. Harry could tell that Remus was hinting at the Order meeting and how important the map could become in Hogwarts defences. Not to mention how important it may become in proving that he had returned.

Sirius nodded his eyes flickering to the boys. "As hypocritical as this makes me feel I'm going to have to give you two detentions for entering the staff room. It is out of bounds to students, and I'm sure you're well aware of that."

The two boys nodded looking disappointed.

"Friday night with Professor Saven" Sirius said as he got up out of his chair. "Off you go"

The two boys nodded then left the staff room talking about Sirius. "Thanks Sirius" Harry said sarcastically,

"Well you're the only one who isn't working their arses off for the next meeting Friday midnight, which by the way, you're expected to attend" Sirius said,

Harry nodded warily. He hadn't told his godfather or his friends of his decision to reveal himself yet. Harry sighed knowing that the reason behind his secrecy was to allow him more time to think about the pros and cons of his decision with out his friends jumping at the decisions with questions of why and how.

"Talking about work" Remus muttered getting up out of his own chair, "We have a lot to do"

Sirius nodded, "Don't look so disappointed, they really are a pleasure to baby-sit for an hour, full of laughs those two are!" He exclaimed with a grin. "See you later"