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"Harry!" Hermione scolded, "They aren't supposed to know!"
"They know they die! Besides, I won't have my dad and my godfather hate each other because of that rat!" Harry said hotly. "I'm telling them the truth! It won't matter anyway...Dumbledore with just 'Obliviate' them or something."
"That's true..." Hermione muttered distractedly.
"Are you sure about this mate?" Ron asked tentively.
James was staring between between all of them. "Is SOMEONE going to tell me what's going on?"
"I did tell you!" Harry said coldly, turning his back on James and walking over to Sirius. "Sirius didn't betray you...Peter did!"
"But..but the book...it said Siri--" James stuttered.
"I told you! The book got it wrong!" Harry snapped, cutting James off. "Peter framed Sirius for your murders!"
"Framed me? Peter framed me!" Sirius asked disbelievingly.
"I guess I had better start at the beginning..." Harry muttered, running his hand through his hair. "I suppose you heard me mention something about a prophecy?"
"Yes..." Lily answered slowly.
"Well then we will start there...18 years ago, a prophecy was made about the one that was meant to defeat Voldemort. It said that he would be born at the end of July. There was more to it than that but it all adds up to me being the one the prophecy was talking about. Therefore, we were targeted as Voldemort's next victims since I was born. When I was one, you needed to go into hiding. Dumbledore said the Fidelius Charm would be your best bet. Dumbledore offered to be your secret keeper, but you wanted Sirius to be it instead." Harry reeled off monotonously.
"So he was our secret keeper!" James burst out angrily.
"Sit down and let me finish," Harry said irritably. "As I said, you wanted Sirius to be your secret keeper, but at the last minute you changed to Peter. You thought it would be the perfect bluff, because no one would go after Peter. Sirius was the obvious choice, being your best friend and all. Anyway, as it turned out Peter worked for Voldemort. He told him where we were. Voldemort showed up and killed you first. Then he went to kill me...but mum stood in his way. She told him to take her instead of me. Finally he killed her and moved onto me. When he tried to kill me, mum's sacrifice saved me, and instead the curse rebounded upon Voldemort. He was reduced to something barely alive and went into hiding. Dumbledore sent me to live with Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon--"
"Petunia?" Lily gasped, looking horrified. "But...Petunia hates me...why would she take my son? She hates magic! Do they treat you alright?"
"That's not the point." Harry said quickly, shifting his gaze to the floor.
"But...I'm your godfather...why didn't I get you?" Sirius asked from the armchair he just sank into.
"You couldn't...everyone--including Dumbledore--thought you were my parents secret keeper. Which is why you were blamed for their deaths. But that's not the only death you were framed for...When you discovered that Peter wasn't at his hiding spot, you went to my parents house. You found them dead. You went after Peter, and managed to cornor him...but before you could curse him, Peter yelled out to the street how you betrayed my parents and blew it up with his wand behind his back. He cut off his finger and transformed into a rat, to fake his own death...You were sent to Azkaban..."
"Azkaban?" James croaked. "They sent him to Azkaban...But didn't he tell them what really happened or something?"
"They sent him to Azkaban without a trial..." Harry said softly staring at his feet.
James walked over to Sirius and said gently, "I'm sorry Sirius...I should have known you would never do that...it's just that when I read that I felt so...I'm sorry..."
"It's ok James...You should know I wouldn't ever do that to you though, I mean...your like a brother to me." Sirius muttered.
"I know...I'm sorry." James repeated.
"But you said you knew me still..." Sirius said suddenly, looking up at Harry. "When we first met, you knew me...And you told me..."
Harry tore his gaze from his shoes and looked at Sirius. "Yea I knew you...You broke out of Azkaban in my third year. Everyone believed you broke out to kill me. At the end of third year we found out what really happened. You broke out because you found out that Pettigrew was at Hogwarts. In perfect position to kill me. He was my friend's rat. Anyway, you told us how it was really him and not you and then you and Lupin forced Pettigrew out of his hiding place and he admitted it. We were going to hand him over to the dementors but he escaped when Lupin transformed...he forgot to take the potion that night...The dementors caught you, but we were able to help you escape before they kissed you. No one would believe the story without Pettigrew...so...you went on the run. And two years later...as you know, you die protecting me..."
"You knew you were going to die?" James asked. "And you didn't tell us?"
"Didn't think there was any point in upsetting anyone..." Sirius said casually.
"You didn't think that would be something we consider important?" Remus asked.
"Well...like I said. What's the point in getting upset...it hasn't happened yet, and I am happy that at the very least it helped Harry..." Sirius said shrugging. He looked back over to Harry and said, "But now I understand why you were so upset...I never thought you wouldn't have Lily and James...And if I was the closest thing to a..."
Harry nodded. "You were. It was great to have someone that really cared about me...outside Hogwarts I mean..."
"So that's it then..." James muttered. "Moony is the last Marauder standing..."
"That must be why I seem so sad in the future..." Remus said thoughtfully.
Surprisingly, Harry smirked. "Yea...but at least you have a great girlfriend..."
Remus went purple. "W-what?"
"Moony's got a girlfriend!" James echoed smiling with glee.
"Yea...Nymphadora Tonks...we just call her Tonks. She's a metamorphmagus...and she's Sirius's cousin." Ginny chimed in smiling.
"Maybe you should talk to your older self about that one Remus..." Harry said.
"Wait a second...I haven't got a cousin named Nymphadora..." Sirius said frowning.
"She hadn't been born yet in your time I guess. She's Andromeda's daughter." Harry replied casually.
"A younger girl, Remus? Moony...you got yourself a younger girl!" James practically squealed.
"That's not possible..." Remus breathed, frowning slightly. "No girl in their right mind would--"
"Remus!" Ginny said sternly. "Before you even start, she knows and she doesn't care! She even fought you about it!"
"Yes she is a determined one..." Harry and Ron laughed.
"Moony...You had better take good care of my cousin there!" Sirius said shaking his finger at Remus while everyone laughed.
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Lily, Hermione, Remus. and Sirius were just taking their seats as the Gryffindor and Slytherin teams trooped out onto the field.
"Look, look! There's Harry...and there is James!" Lily squealed pointing at the two raven haired boys.
"Blimey...how can you tell the difference from this distance?" Sirius asked, squinting in their direction.
"A mother always knows..." Hermione stated smugly.
Lily stiffened visably at first, but relaxed slightly as she said "Yes...she does. And don't you forget it! Oh look, there is Ginny and Ron too!"
"Are they any good?" Remus asked Hermione. "I mean I know James is good, and Harry must be great considering James was nearly crying with joy when he said how good practice went."
"They should have let us watch the practices!" Sirius said indignintaly.
"They wanted it to be a surprise!" Hermione said for the hundreth time. "And yes Remus, they are good...Ginny is really good and Ron is definitly better than he was at first. He gets nervous sometimes..."
"Mount your brooms!" Madam Hooch's voice bellowed, and was followed shortly by the shrill blast of her whistle.
The fourteen brooms rose into the air.
"Harry!" James called looking over his shoulder. "Good luck. Make me proud ok!"
Harry's breath caught slightly in his throat. "I'll try!"
"Gryffindor in possesion of the quaffle. I'm sure the question on everyone's mind today is how good is Potter's new recruit. There have been several rumors circulating the past weeks but now they will all be put to the test!" Neville said brightly. He and Luna Lovegood had been alternating as commentaire. "Weasley passes to Thomas, Thomas gets clobbered and drops the quaffle, Parker flying underneath catches it, Parker tosses it to Weasley, Weasley flying down the pitch, Weasley passes back to Parker, PARKER SCORES! 10-0 to Gryffindor! Slytherin takes the quaffle..."
"GO JAMES!" Lily screamed standing on the bleachers.
"Laura!" Hermione said pointedly.
Lily looked utterly confused for a moment and suddenly screamed, "GO JAY!"
"It's a good thing she was yelling...No one seemed to have understood what she was saying!" Sirius said in an undertone as Lily resumed her seat.
"Sorry...got caught up in the moment..." Lily said flushing scarlet.
"Zabini gets hit by the bludger sent his way from Jackson. Weasley with the quaffle, WEASLEY SCORES! Zabini in possesion of the quaffle again. This time dodges the bludger, he shoots...and he scored. 20-10 Gryffindor."
Within the next 15 minutes, Gryffindor had scored 5 more times. Yet there had been no sign of the snitch. Malfoy was marking him for the mostpart.
I have to get the snitch before Malfoy. I'm not going to lose a game in front of my dad. I need to make him proud. I have to...
Harry looked above him and saw a glint of gold hovering about 20 feet above him. Malfoy was at the other end of the pitch, still searching frantically below him. Harry turned his broom upward and shot off towards the snitch. He was getting closer. Just 5 more feet. As his fist closed around the snitch he felt a sickening wave of joy unconnected with his own. His scar began burning as if in protest and soon after, everything went black.
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"YOU LET ME IN RIGHT THIS MINUTE!" Lily screeched at a very ruffled Madam Pomfrey.
"Ms. you must keep you voice down!" Madam Pomfrey said holding the girl back.
"NOT UNTIL YOU LET ME THROUGH THIS DOOR!" Lily bellowed, still fighting to get inside.
"Madame Pomfrey, I think you should let her in before you loose a hand..." James said smiling slightly.
"Oh all right but only two people!" Madam Pomfrey said resolutly.
Lily ran to Harry's bedside and began to check him over, James in her wake.
"Oh James, look at him! He's so pale...What happened?" Lily asked pleadingly.
"I don't know Lily. That is what we are going to have to ask him when he wakes up." James said shaking his head.
"Thank god you caught him James!" Lily said tearfully.
"I almost didn't..." James said shakily. "Lily, we can't change the future..."
Lily looked at him quizically, "What are you talking about that now for?"
"I just understand why we can't change it. If we do, Harry could die. I don't want him to die. At least we know that if we die when we are supposed to, he will live." James said quietly.
"It's our fate...you're right James, we can't change it. No matter how much we want to be here for him, we can't." Lily said sitting down.
"Lily, we could be here for him now. And that's probably what he needs..." James said sadly.
Ok, ok I know, I'm a bit late aren't I? Wow have I been busy. Between work, school, and golf I'm surprised I have time to sleep! Ok well anyway I'm really sorry and I will try to get better at this. And let me know if you guys think this chapter seems weird/rushed. On to the reviews!
Holly-Short-Evans-Sorry I took so long, but I'm thrilled to have a new reviewer! Lol, sorry bout the cliffe...had to do it. I hope you liked this chapter though! What's your favorite part so far? Let me know what you think, and thanks so much for the review!
maqiquill9- It's here...Finally! I'm sorry I took forever and a week to write this. I feel like I'm letting you all down. I'm going to start writing the next chapter right after I post this! Hopefully that will help me get it out quicker. (Hopefully I'll get it out today!) But anyway, I'm glad I got another new reviewer...and I hope myt lack of updating recently isn't going to stop you from reading this. Well I hope you like the chapter, and let me know what you think. Thanks for reviewing!
Mischievous Crystal- Another new reviewer...you guys are spoiling me. (But I never said stop! ;) ) AND YOUR MY 50TH REVIEWER!I'm so sorry I took so long! I'm going to try to make sure that doesn't happen again. And I'm so glad that you like this! I'm always wondering 'does this sound right' or 'is that to ooc', so let me know what you think about it. Thanks for offering some of the ideas in your stories, I think I have an idea where I'm going with this story, but I want to write some others and maybe a sequel some day so I'm definently going to go check them out (if that's ok, I mean)! Thanks for reviewing and I hope to hear from you again!
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ElvenMuggle- Lol yea, Finally! And once again it took awhile for this one! Life is just getting so hectic now isn't it. Thanks! Glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing!
Unicorn'sWhisper-Thanks, I'm glad you think so! I feel so bad for making everyone wait so long for this. And this chapter seemed kind of flat when i wrote it, know what I mean. So let me know what you think of it, be brutally honest. And my story should be picking up real soon, so Don't Leave! Well thanks for reviewing, and remember...brutally honest!
madamwolf-Lol, they are a bit nosey aren't they. But your right, can't blame 'em. I agree! Peter is an ugly git! And there will be more Remus in there for you in the next chappie! Thanks for reviewing and be sure to take it easy on those pixie sticks, lol.
NikkyB- It was your favorite chapter! Good, that worked out nicely then didn't it. lol. No I was serious about my job, and thanks! HBP was awesome! I cried too. I'm a h/g too, lol. I'm sorry it took so long to get this one out. And truth be told I'm a bit dissapointed with it. I could have had it out a few weeks ago, but I kept trying to tweak it to make it better...didn't work, and was completely useless! I guess cuz I'm comparing it to what I know is coming next. And I am anxious to write it. lol. I think I might just go and write the end so I can get it out of my system and not rush through all the rest of the story. Anyway thanks for reviewing!
Joanna Potter-I'm starting to really feel bad now! I'm getting all these new reviewers and I'm making them wait over a month for a review! I'm terrible aren't I. I hope your not too angry with me though. Thanks for the review! I'm sort of in the mood to do some anti-wormtail things...lol, won't that be fun. Thanks again!
HP super freak-It was? Only say it if you mean it! lol. Thanks so much! It was obvious stupidness, to put it bluntly, wasn't it! I liked writing that because think of how Sirius must have felt. Your friend walking in and starting to hit you for no apparent reason. Sorry I took so long to get this chapter out. I don't want that to happen again! Thanks again and thanks for reviewing!
pandas rule the world- I liked that part too. I think he should have hit him harder! lol. He really did deserve it (and then some)! Sorry for the month's wait! Hope your not mad at me or anything. Thanks for reviewing.
purrbaby101- lol, I liked the recap though! I'm sorry about the wait. I feel bad for leaving a cliffhanger and then taking my sweet old time with it. I'm glad you liked that last chapter, and I hope you like this one! Let me know what you think. Thanks for reviewing.
OperaGustus- Yea there was quite a bit that happened in that chapter. And thats not a bad suggestion, lol. I'm sorry...I left you on your tip toes for a while there didn't I. I'm sorry, I'll try not to let that happen ever again. Thanks for reviewing and I'll get the next one out a lot sooner!
