A/N: Hello again my lovely readers! Thank you all for your patience and kind reviews. To be honest I'm not very pleased with this chapter, I feel I should have added more to the "intro" of it but I couldn't find a good way to do it so eventually I had to settle with "good enough". Oh well, maybe I'll go back and change it in the future if I get a sudden bout of inspiration for it. I feel better about the next chapter, though I have to warn you it might take a while before I get an opportunity to upload that part.
Anyway, on with the story!
Chapter two - A close call and memories
Lieutenant Colonel Hughes had known he would be in danger when he joined the military. It wasn't even the first time he stared down the barrel of a gun. It was however the first time said gun was held by a creature that somehow had managed to morph into a perfect copy of his darling wife.
It's almost like polyjuice potion, he thought, a part of him distractedly wondering what that even was whilst the other were desperately wishing for his shirt to turn freaking bullet proof.
After that the pain practically exploded in his chest as the bullet hit him and the last thing he noticed before everything went dark were the distant voice of Roy calling for his attention over the phone.
"Oh Charlus, look! He turned his pillow into a cat, he's going to be so powerful our little James!"
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"Hi, I'm James, James Potter! Who are you?"
"I'm Siruis Black, is this your first year at Hogwarts too?"
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"Dipsy!"
CRACK!
"Master James Potter has called for Dipsy?"
"Do my homework!"
"Dipsy is sorry, young master James Potter, but Dipsy has already been ordered by Mistress Dorea Potter to not do young masters homework and to ignore such orders."
"Oh bugger."
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"What are you?"
"I is Dipsy the House Elf!"
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"Wow, look at her, she's so pretty!"
"James, you know she hates you guts, right?"
"Shut up and go back to your book, Lupin!"
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"You're a werewolf?!"
"I- I- I'm sorry! P-please, I-"
"WICKED!"
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"Get back to your chemistry box, Snivellus!"
"How about you get your head out of your arse, Potter?! Come on, Sev, let's go to the library."
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"Are you going to keep me from saving him? He needs an ambulance!"
"Dipsy needs to keep her master's secret! And Dipsy can help Master herself. Dipsy will be right back!"
CRACK
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"I, Mr. Padfoot, hereby name thee… Prongs!"
"Prongs, Padfoot and Wormtail, huh? So where does that leave me?"
"You're Moon Moon."
"Mr. Padfoot, I swear if I ever hear the slightest rumour of you using that I will flay you!"
"Aw, chill down Moony."
"Moony huh? I guess that does suit Remus. Mr. Wormtail thinks Mr. Prongs gave an exceptional name to Mr. Moony. Right Mr. Padfoot?"
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"I'M GOING ON A DATE WITH LILY!"
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"I thought his wife name was Gracia?"
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"Come on, Lils, what do muggles have that we don't?"
"I'll tell you what they have: Common sense."
"Aww, the prank wasn't that bad!"
"Oh yes it was! In case you didn't realize my sister is a muggle and can't undo green skin on her own!"
"Well she still deserved it."
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!"
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"How am I supposed to explain the lack of corpse though? Not that I'm complaining he's alive, but it will raise questions."
"Leave that to Dipsy, Master Muggle Healer Knox!"
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"A prophesy? What are you talking about, Albus?"
"I'm afraid my boy, that your son have just become the number one target on Voldemort's hit list."
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"We'll have to keep him hidden for now."
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"Change the Secret Keeper to Peter?"
"Well, yeah! I'm too obvious a choice, Prongs, so I'll be the perfect decoy!"
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"Lily it's him! Take Harry and run, I'll fight him off!"
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"Now now, Mr. Potter, where's the diversity? Are you just going to keep using transfiguration to fight me? Depulso!"
"Obliviate!"
As the two spells locked on a part of him noticed how his enemy raised his eyebrows in surprise at the choice of spell, but the bigger part of him were trying to overcome the Dark Lord's banishing charm with his memory erasing charm.
Sweat were running down his eyes as he tried to pour as much power as he could into his spell, however, he was not as magically strong as the Dark Lord and before he could manage to jump aside he was overpowered by Voldemort and the two spells slammed into him.
And Maes Hughes sat up in the bed with a startled cry.
A/N: Next time: Chapter three - Old friends and revelations