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Harry didn't move. He was barely aware of telling Hermione to say, 'Mischief Managed,' to turn it off. His mind was a blur and he was clutching the sides of the box he was sitting on so tightly, his knuckles were white.

"Harry," Ginny said timidly, placing a hand on his forearm.

"He was right there," Harry murmured, his eyes misty, "My mum, too…"

"Maybe this was a mistake, watching these," Hermione said carefully.

Harry said nothing, but somehow he managed to shake his head.

"If his parents were here they would have told him all this anyways." Ginny reasoned, "Plus, you heard Sirius. He said he would give these to their children."

Hermione continued to look uncertain as she wrung her hands together, "Harry, you shouldn't dwell on the past…"

"He has a right to know his parents, 'Mione," Ron said quietly.

"Yes of course he does, but do they really want him to remember them like this?" Hermione asked frantically, "As pranksters? Immature teenagers?"

"I want to have some way to remember them." Harry said, "I want to know my parents."

"These aren't your parents!" Hermione cried desperately, "I mean sure…it's them many years ago, but they probably want you to remember them as the mature adults they grew to be."

"Hermione," Ron said, somewhat sharply, "Let Harry decide, it's his past we're talking about."

There was silence, and Hermione paced around the dusty attic. Harry's pulse was quickening his speed again. He wanted so desperately to see his parents again, to hear them speak. Hermione was right though, he shouldn't dwell on the past.

"Is there a number two?" Harry asked, his voice cracking.

"Yes…" Hermione mumbled, snatching up the picture that said number two.

"Your dad," Ron began slowly as Hermione enlarged the picture, "He was really funny. He and Sirius and their war cries…"

Harry gave a little half grin as he felt something sear inside of him. "He was," He said quietly.

Once it was as large as before, Hermione stuck the picture on the wall and said 'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.' She took her seat between Ron and Ginny, all the while eyeing Harry anxiously.

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"Tape two of Pursuing Lily Evans," Sirius said proudly, trying to balance the camera in one hand to view him, and add gestures in the other.

"WHAT did you decide to name this?" James asked suddenly from somewhere in the background.

Sirius spun the camera around and jammed his eye in the eye hole Remus had created. Holding it firmly between his two palms, he tried to maneuver the camera around the room in hopes of spotting James.

"Now all I can see is black!" Sirius cried bewilderedly, "What's happening?"

"Sirius," Remus sighed, "James is right in front of you, you're taping his shirt."

Sirius nodded and tipped the camera upwards. "Now all I can see is white!" He whined.

"That's the ceiling, Sirius," Remus said impatiently, snatching the camera out of Sirius' grasp. He turned the lens towards him and propped it on his lap.

"Moony," Sirius began cautiously, "Let's try to keep this P.G., here…"

Remus scowled, "I'm not trying to show the camera my…well, my…"

"Male reproductive system," Peter suggested.

"Yes, that," Remus finished awkwardly, "I'm trying to bewitch this to have it float around following us. That way Sirius will no longer be in possession of this camera."

Sirius snorted defiantly.

There was blackness for a moment, until it became light once more. The camera was hovering above the four boys who were staring up at it from their places in their dorm.

Sirius, James, and Peter clapped enthusiastically.

Remus rolled his eyes and picked up a book that was lying on the floor.

"Now," James began angrily, "WHAT did we decide to call this?"

"Pursuing Lily Evans."

"Change it," James said firmly, "We most defiantly are not naming it something like that…"

"We just did," Sirius beamed. James growled and throw a pillow at him. "Watch it! You almost hit the camera!"

Sirius' face appeared, taking up the whole screen. He leaned in closer until it became incredibly foggy, "Hello," He growled.

"SIRIUS BLACK!" Remus said as he shut his book with a snap, "Are you trying to seduce the camera?"

"No," Sirius said, stepping back from the camera so it became clear once more.

"Then why were you stroking it?" Peter asked, looking at Sirius with wide eyes.

Sirius shrugged, completely unabashed.

"Well," Remus said with a deep breath, "I need to head to a prefect meeting. I'll see you guys later." He departed the room and left the three boys lounging about on their beds.

"I need to go to the bathroom," James said suddenly, already heading towards his destination. The camera zoomed in a little bit, and James spun around to eye it curiously. Shrugging, he turned around once more. "Why is it following me?" He cried as the camera came closer to James as he stepped farther away.

"Uh oh," Sirius said sheepishly.

"What do you mean, uh oh?" James cried, running from one side of the room to the other, the camera following him all the while.

"I told Remus this was going to be a film on your life." Sirius said carefully.

"Why my life?" James asked, finally stopping to glare at Sirius, "I thought this was going to be about all of us!"

"It is still going to be," Sirius said quickly, "Only…we didn't want a camera following us, and you weren't near at the time, so we agreed to make it about you."

James hopped from one foot to the other, "I really have to go…" He said desperately.

"Then go!" Peter said, "I'm sure the camera won't follow you."

James nodded and sprinted for the bathroom as the camera followed him. Just as he was shutting the door, the camera flew in, also.

"Remus bewitched it to follow me!" James cried, flying back out of the room. "Someone help!"

"I'll do it," Sirius volunteered, rolling up his sleeves and lunging for the camera. He missed it by a few inches and landed with a 'thud' on the floor. He cursed under his breath and rolled over.

"Well do it quickly," James said, crossing his legs and doing an odd dance.

Sirius nodded and his face changed to pure determination. He let out his war cry and jumped in the air. "I have it!" He cried triumphantly. "RUN!"

James nodded and took off for the bathroom. He heard a scream and turned around. Sirius was holding the wriggling camera to his stomach and it was pulling him towards James.

"Go now!" Sirius cried, flipping the camera around to face him. A door slammed, signaling James had made it to the bathroom okay, and Sirius breathed a sigh of relief. The camera shook from side to side and Sirius began rolling. "Bloody Hell," He gasped, "It's alive!"

Peter began laughing a horrible, manic laugh.

"Not you, Wormtail," Sirius sighed, "The camera. HURRY UP JAMES!" A few moments later the door opened and Sirius released the camera.

"We need to tell Remus to fix that," Sirius said, rubbing his stomach sorely.

"Well," James chirped, "We have detention about now."

Sirius nodded and scrambled to his feet. They departed the room, the camera following. After exiting the portrait hole, they separated. Sirius to the Transfiguration classrooms and James to Potions.

"EVANS!" James sang, having spotted a flash of red hair.

"Go away," Lily said coldly, not bothering to turn around.

James sighed, "Why won't you give me a chance?"

"I don't need to give an excuse to you," Lily said in the same tone, "Just go away."

James stopped following her and sighed, when he tipped his head up to look at the camera, he looked truly hurt. "I forgot you were following me," He said sadly. "Well, come on, then."

When he arrived at the place he was to have his detention, he entered the room and walked straight towards the rusty cauldrons that were waiting for him. He picked up a rag and set to work scrubbing the dirt off of the first one.

"Well, Potter," Boomed Professor Slughorn, "I trust you know what to do, goodness knows you've been here enough. I have to go visit Dumbledore, I'll be back in a jiffy."

James smiled and nodded and Professor Slughorn walked out of the classroom, leaving him alone. James' smile turned a tad evil as he whipped out a mirror.

"Sirius Black," He said firmly, and at once Sirius' face appeared.

"Hey," Sirius greeted, "You're lucky, Micky just left."

James grinned at the name Sirius had chosen upon giving their professor, "I'm so bored."

"I know," Sirius said, "And we're not even in here for a good reason. I mean sure, if we could tell people, 'Oh yeah, we broke a ton of rules to save the lives of everyone in this school,' or 'We attacked a Death Eater who was trying to murder us.' But no, we get to tell people we were having a pretend attack while shouting war cries in the corridors."

James nodded sadly, "Next time, if we're going to get detention, let's do something that at least sounds good."

Their detentions went by slowly, and by the time James' was finished scrubbing the cauldrons, Slughorn returned.

"Great job, m'boy," He beamed, "I'd say, 'I hope I don't have to see you in detention again,' but I know I will, so instead I'll say, 'until next time, Potter."

James grinned and waved goodbye. When he returned to his dorm, Sirius and Remus were already there.

"Change this," James said to Remus, pointing aggressively towards the camera.

Remus laughed and took out his wand. It went black for a while, like it had before, and when it became light again, the camera was hovering above them once more.

James took off for the bathroom and slammed the door, he opened it a little and stuck his head out in the opening to see if Sirius was wrestling the camera again. When he saw the camera a fair distance away from him, he grinned.

"I bewitched it so it won't follow you when you tell it not to," Remus said, eyeing James curiously, for James was still in the bathroom.

"You clever boy," James said happily as he exited the bathroom fully.

Remus rolled his eyes and enthralled himself once more in the book before him.

"Moony, old pal, do you regret being friends with idiots like these?" Sirius asked, gesturing from Peter to James.

Remus looked up from his book, "Regret it? No." He smiled, "You three are the best things I've got. I don't know how I'd survive without you."

Sirius' face appeared in front of the camera once more, so that all you could see was his mouth, "Very touching ending, Moony. Well, that concludes the second episode of Pursuing Lily Evans."

"WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THAT TITLE IF IT'S THE LAST THING I-"
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It went black once more and Hermione scurried to her feet to turn off the video. She swung around to face her friends, before her eyes grew round and full of sympathy.

Harry turned around to see Remus standing right behind them, his eyes still staring blankly at the screen, tears rolling down his cheeks.


A/N: Thanks everyone for reviewing. they made me so happy. I'll probably wont be able to update as soon as i did, but look for a chapter at least once a week. please read and review!