Chapter 3- What have we missed.
It took a while for James and Lily to get over the fact that they had been dead and had returned to the living. It took them by surprise that anyone could be able to return to the living from being dead. Even though they wanted to see Harry as soon as possible even if he wasn't a baby anymore, he was still their son. It had been a long day for James and Lily however, so they needed their rest as they hadn't slept since the last time, they were alive, so a long night's rest was in order.
The next morning James and Lily went to breakfast and had the house elves cook for them and they also had them make stuff for Sirius and Remus as somehow, they had slept longer than James and Lily had even though they had more to stress about than they did. Although it wasn't surprising that Sirius and Remus slept longer as James and Lily were still on a one year old's sleep schedule. Lily and James were patient with Remus and Sirius it was nice just to have a morning to themselves as they hadn't had a morning to themselves since Harry was born. Sirius and Remus had finally woken up around 11:00 o'clock after Sirius and Remus had finished their breakfast James and Lily were eager to find Harry and see him again.
"Can we see Harry now?" James asked
"I'm sorry James he is still at Hogwarts, and we can't have you and Lily running around anywhere we have to keep it a secret that you two are alive again." Remus responded.
"Fine." James said defeatedly
"How about you guys tell us about Harry in the meantime." Lily suggested.
"That is an excellent idea." Sirius said. "Although you guys might want to put a pot of tea to boil because we could be here for a long time." As James got up to put a pot of tea on to boil.
"So, what is Harry like and what does he look like?" James asked.
"Well Harry looks exactly like his father but has his mother's eyes." Remus said.
"Harry is a very brave young man and is an excellent quidditch player." Sirius said, with a smirk on James's face due to his quidditch skills.
"What are his grades like?" Lily asked.
"I'm not sure but I can tell you he was able to produce a full Patronus in his third year. He is also excellent at Defense Against the Dark Arts." Remus said.
"Why did Harry need to know a Patronus in his third year?" Lily asked.
"Well maybe we should start Harry's story in his first year." Sirius said. As the tea got to a boil and James served out tea to everyone.
James and Lily nodded as they started to listen about Harry's first year at Hogwarts how he met Ron and Hermione his best friends and the mischief that Harry had gotten into unintentionally. How he was able to make the quidditch team in his first year and had become the youngest seeker in a century. Harry was able to get the invisibility cloak from Dumbledore in his first year and the trouble he got into with not forgetting about it. Then finally how Harry was able to keep the Philosopher's Stone away from Lord Voldemort who was on the back of his defense against the dark arts teacher. By the time Remus and Sirius had finished recapping Harry's first year they decided to break for lunch and continue the story after they would move on to his second year. James and Lily couldn't help but have so much pride in their son accomplishing so much in only his first year but, there was something still missing in Sirius and Remus's story it sounded like they didn't know Harry at the time that these events were happening but, they didn't think much of it.
After lunch Remus and Sirius continued onto Harry's second year and how the chamber of secrets had been opened Harry being a parseltounge, a monster attacking a bunch of students mostly muggle borns, Tom Riddle's diary, and the basilisk and how Harry defeated the basilisk, Harry saving Ginny, and finally how he found out that Tom Riddle was truly Lord Voldemort. They were about to move onto third year until Lily had a question.
"Where is Harry staying it sounds like he wasn't with you or, Remus?" Lily asked.
"You guys probably aren't going to like this answer, but Sirius got thrown into Azkaban because everyone thought that he betrayed you, so Harry ended up with your sister." Sirius said
"What?" Lily and James said
"There was no one to take care of Harry at this point so Dumbledore gave him to your sister to take care of." Remus said.
"Well once you got out you took care of Harry, right?" James asked.
"I feel like to explain it best be that we continue on with Harry's third year." Sirius said.
With that they continued onto Harry's third year and how Sirius escaped from Azkaban, and they put dementors out trying to find him and Remus meeting Harry on the train and saving him from the dementors. They had put dementors around the school for their protection but, Harry was being affected the worst by dementors, so he decided that he needed to learn how to cast a Patronus from Remus. How Sirius was able to find Peter and get into the school and drag Harry to the shrieking shack and tell him the truth about what really happened that night. Remus forgot to take his potion, so Peter got away from them. They finally told him how Harry and Sirius were trapped, and Hermione and Harry used a time turner to save them and Harry producing his first Patronus however they were not able to convince Fudge that Sirius was innocent, so he was still on the run.
"So, Harry is still with Petunia and her whale of a husband?" Lily asked.
"Yes, I'm afraid so." Sirius said solemnly.
"He didn't spend too much time with them this past summer though." Remus said.
"This is where we start Harry's fourth year I suppose then?" James asked.
Even though Remus and Sirius weren't at the quidditch cup they had heard about the death eater attack during it. The tri-wizard tournament had returned to Hogwarts with three champions one from each school being selected they also mentioned that Mad-Eye was teaching at the school. The selection of the three champions was on Halloween night and even though they were only supposed to be three champions and there was an age barrier made by Dumbledore themselves Harry's name somehow was chosen. The First task was getting an egg from a dragon which he was able to complete with ease next, he got first place points for saving not only his friend Ron from the bottom of black lake and one of his competitors sisters. The final challenge was finding the cup in the maze which Harry and Cedric found however, it was a port key transporting them to a grave where Cedric was killed and the return of Lord Voldemort after he had been vanquished all those years ago. Harry was able to return back to Hogwarts where he reported that Voldemort had returned and went with Mad-Eye took Harry except Mad-Eye had been captured and Barty Crouch Jr. had been using Polyjuice potion to put Harry's name in the cup and take him to Voldemort. The only thing was that Fudge didn't believe Harry and that is why Dumbledore needed to do recruitment.
"Wow, I can't believe Harry's been through all of that and he's only 14." Lily said.
"I think we need tonight to comprehend all of these things." James said.
"Would you guys' mind going home so James and I could discuss these things alone." Lily said.
"Of course, we'll leave you two alone. "Remus said.
"I'm just so glad that you guys are back just stay safe tonight." Sirius said.
"Thanks guys nice to see you too. We'll see you tomorrow" James said.
"Of course." Remus said as Sirius and Remus got up and left.
"Lily, I feel like we've failed Harry." James said.
"I know James, I feel it too but, what we can do is be the best parents when we see him again." Lily said.
"You're right." James said. "This is why I love you." James continued.
"I love you too." Lily said as she kissed James.
"We should go to bed now." James said.
"Yes, we should." Lily said.
