Okay okay folks. I know I'm writing so many different stories at once. I guess that my mind is kind of restless lately. I can't bring my thoughts together to really work on the others. But I am. It's just going slower than I thought it would.
Update on the story with Womanofthepast: Woman's uncle and her great grand mother have both died and she and her family is facing the possibility of losing a very close family friend. It's a rather hard time. So we are holding off. I don't want to post the updates without her, but if it comes down to it I just might and she take over some later chapters.
Thank you all and I do apologize for the large length of time that has spaced between updates. Please keep with Woman and with me. Review often and keep Woman and her family in your prayers.. or thoughts.
Now, onward to my fiction.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling is the brilliant mind and it all belongs to her.
Chapter 1
Once Upon A History
Harry and Ginny Potter watched their young son, James Potter get upon the Hogwarts Express for his first year of Hogwarts. Harry's arm was wrapped around Ginny's waist.
"I have a feeling that something strange is going to start happening," Ginny stated softly. Harry nodded.
"I think you're right."
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James Potter walked into a compartment and smiled. A young man with very dark brown hair was saying something to a band of boys and girls.
"Arg mateys! I am Sirius Black and I am commendering this here compartment for First Years! Now, tell me your names and I may spare your pitiful lives," he arged like a pirate. He pointed at a girl with radiant green eyes and red hair that instantly captured James' heart.
"I'm Lily Evans," she said softly, blushing brightly.
"Remus Lupin, at your service," he said, coming out from behind his book for a moment.
"Erm... Peter Pettigrew," a blonde haired boy answered, still hiding his face from view.
"I'm Alice Applegate," a dark brown haired girl announced proudly.
"I'm Frank Longbottom," a dark brown haired boy announced, coming closer to the girl named Alice.
"I'm Hestia Jones. It's a pleasure to meet you Sirius," she greeted, her blonde curls bouncing.
"And I'm Nancy Jordan," a girl with brilliant baby blue eyes said, flashing her eyes at Sirius. Sirius gave her a cheeky smile before turning around to look behind him.
"Arg matey! Who might you be?" He growled.
James bowed low in front of everyone.
"Arg! I be James Potter and I take over the command of this here compartment, matey," James arged.
"No! I am the commander!" Sirius whined.
"OH okay, fine. That's okay. You can be the commander. I was just kidding around. So you are all first years?" James asked as he sat down next to Lily. They nodded.
"Are you?" Sirius asked. James nodded and turned to the girl next to him.
"I'm going to marry you," he stated in a matter of fact kind of way. Lily looked at him and laughed.
"I'm not going to marry you. You are too much of a prat," she answered.
"You said that the last time I said that to you. You won't date me until Seventh Year. Then you'll fall deeply in love with me and we'll have a son named Harry," James said in the same tone.
"What? How do you know that?" Lily asked him. A cold wave like a watery fog engulfed the group of students.
"It's happened before," James said. Sirius blinked.
"He's right. Do you guys feel that we've done this before? That we've sat here and introduced ourselves like this once before?" Sirius asked. The gang nodded.
"Odd... Wait, I think I know why!" Remus exclaimed as he rummaged in his back pack for something.
"Why Remus?" Nancy asked. Remus pulled out a book.
"Some guy named Dumbledore sent this to my mother when she was pregnant with me. She said that she didn't know how it was possible because he had been dead years before I was born. It won't open, but maybe it will now. Let's all put our hands on it," Remus suggested, holding out the book for all to hold onto.
The group put a hand upon the book. A bright yellow light engulfed them and the book opened. A shadowy figure of an old man with a very long beard came out of the book.
"Hello young ones. You have no idea who I am. I am Albus Dumbledore, the former Headmaster at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardy. As you may be feeling right now that you realize that life is seeming to repeat itself, at least your lives. That is because all of you that are in this room right now have died previously. Now, don't get discouraged. It won't happen the same way again. You must realize the mistakes that you made and try to right them in order to get past those dates that you did die. I know that sounds horrible, but I have had the privilieage to come to know that your souls would be reborn. Like phoenixes. It's rather amazing really. Anyway, you are all the people that you once were. You are given a chance to do something with your lives. Make them what you want them to be. Don't regret a moment of it and remember to enjoy it."
The man disappeared and the book closed. The gang looked at each other.
"We died," James and Lily said softly, their hands clasping each other. Sirius nodded.
"I died a while after. I knew your son, Harry," Sirius said solemly. Together they turned and looked at Peter.
"I'm sorry," he said as tears began to stream down his eyes.
"Why did you do it, Peter?" Lily asked him gently.
"I was weak. He offered me such glory, such power. I had always been in your shadows. I was just the boy that tagged along with the great James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin. I was that annoying boy that just happened to follow you all. I had no idea that when he tortured me for the information that he was doing it to kill your son. Please, please forgive me," Peter begged.
"We forgive you. Just don't do it again. If Voldemort or a descendant of him comes back into play then you have to stay strong. You know what they will do to you," James pointed out.
"You can achieve the power and glory you seek. For good, Peter. Remember that," Alice jumped in. Peter nodded.
"I vow to you all that I will never do that again. I have learned and changed. I know that I helped Voldemort nearly kill your son so many times. I did such evil. You have no idea what hell I have been put through for doing that. I understand now. I understand," Peter said.
"Do you think there will be another Dark Lord?" Frank asked softly, his eyes looked far away. The group shrugged.
"If there is then we know the magic. We know far more than anyone else ever believed of eleven year olds. We are older, wiser, and we will stop the war long before it begins," Nancy said strongly.
"Let our lives begin. Again," Sirius said.
