CHAPTER ONE

OWL POST

After breakfast and Ginny's prank being removed, they went back to the room.

"I'll read first since I didn't read in the second book." Sprout said taking the book. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."

"I wonder who that could be." Snape said sarcastically as he glared at Sirius.

Harry just smiled and leaned his head on Sirius' shoulder. This shouldn't be too bad of a book.

"Chapter 1. Owl Post"

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"Okay." Fred said. "Fact Number three isn't so weird."

"But Harry…wanting to do homework and hating summer?" George asked.

"Did you and Hermione switch bodies?" Fred asked.

"Shut up." Both Harry and Hermione said.

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Sprout had to raise her voice as the twins, and to the adults' embarrassment, Sirius, had covered their ears and were going "La-La-La-La-La" as if reading the passage from the actual text book was torture.

"Why are you guys keeping the fact you're the Marauders a secret?" Harry whispered to Remus.

"Molly doesn't want to give the twins any ideas." Remus whispered back. "Not that it'll work because chances are they're going to find out anyways."

"It just seems pointless to hide it when it's so obvious." Harry stated.

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"They better not have!" Molly declared dangerously.

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"They should be living in terror that nobody from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry find out how they had treated him!" Bill said.

"Bill." Harry said pointing to the professors.

"I don't feel sorry." Bill stated.

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Flitwick, Sprout, and McGonagall all glared daggers at Snape.

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Sirius looked torn.

"Sirius?" Harry asked.

"On one hand, I like the sneakiness. Completely…well, had it been for another purpose, it's what we would have done in your position. However, not sure I like that talent being used for homework." Sirius said.

Hermione rolled her eyes.

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"Sorry" Ron apologized looking sheepish.

"What happened?" Charlie asked.

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Everyone but Ron and Harry winced.

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"You shouldn't have yelled." Hermione groaned.

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"Not the right thing to say." Ginny said.

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"What is your deal with spiders?" Ron muttered.

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"Hey! We're not noble scrawny gits!" Fred and George exclaimed.

"OI!" Harry exclaimed indignantly.

"They're right though." Ginny said smirking at her brothers. "They're just gits."

"No." Fred said.

"We're NOBLE gits." George said.

Everyone else rolled their eyes.

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"True, but I was on holiday. By the time I got home, it was about time for our summer meeting anyways." Hermione said.

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"You really do need your sleep, Harry." Molly said.

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"Really?" Tonks asked remembering how she had counted the minutes.

"Hey. Some people don't care unlike OTHERS who wake entire dorms up screaming 'I'M AN OFFICAL TEENAGER AND HAVE AN EXCUSE TO PIG OUT!'" Harry said glaring at Ron.

"Hey! I didn't say that last part!" Ron said.

"But honestly Ron. I thought Dean and Seamus were going to murder you. I was sure ready to as that was one of the few nights I was getting sleep."

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"How many times are we going to have to hear about this?" Ron groaned.

Sirius placed a comforting hand on Ron's shoulder. He was annoyed with the constant reminder too even if it was for a different reason.

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"Errol" the Weasleys chorused.

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Harry smiled. He really loved that bird.

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Sirius closed his eyes not sure if he liked or hated that article. On one hand, it had the rat in the picture. On the other hand, that was the article that motivated him to get out of that hellhole. If he had not seen it, he would still be in Azkaban…instead of reading about his godson's life and what he missed.

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Fists clinched at the mention of the rat.

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"It's about time." Bill muttered under his breath.

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"Of course he was." Charlie muttered as the Head Boy badge had skipped over him.

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Sirius chuckled as Bill and Molly glared at the two whistling boys.

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"Hermione. We're talking Ron." Ginny said.

"True." Hermione said. "But a girl can be optimistic even if it is a far-fetched idea."

"Oi! I'm right here!" Ron declared.

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Right now, the four heads of houses were so glad that she hadn't done that for their classes. Students tended to forget that teachers had lives too and there was more to it than grading papers and exams.

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"It wasn't?" Everyone but Hermione and Harry asked.

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"Wow, Hermione!" Ron exclaimed stunned at how non-Hermione-ish the gift was.

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Ron went red as everyone chuckled at the similar reaction. Harry wondered what was so embarrassing, but he was quickly informed why.

"First Ginny and now Ron?" Fred teased.

"Ron! We didn't know you swung that way!" George joked.

Both Harry and Ron threw pillows at the twins.

"Harry's more like my brother." Ron informed his brothers. "And I DON'T swing that way!"

"Yeah." Harry agreed. "This was more like when you two repeat stuff."

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"Understatement of the century." The twins said.

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Harry sighed with a wince. That had been the year he lost his Nimbus, but gained his Firebolt.

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"Our favorite book" Harry joked with Ron.

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"You're sure you didn't get Hermione's and Hagrid's gifts mixed up?" Charlie asked.

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"Never mind." Charlie said.

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"When have they ever?" Tonks asked.

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"I remember when your Dad got his." Remus chuckled. "He and your grandmother had been visiting me and my parents when the owls showed up. He ran to the kitchen where they were talking and practically shoved both of our letters into our parents' faces. In his excitement, he had given my mum his and his mum mine."

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"Good point. Especially since Dursley lives to make you miserable." Ginny said.

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"You should REALLY get to bed Harry." Molly said.

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"You weren't glad on your 11th?" Ron asked.

"I had discovered that my parents were brutally murdered." Harry reminded his friend. "And then thrown into a world of fame and fortune with very little prep."

"I'll read next." Flitwick said.