Harry Potter
TITLE CHANGE!
I'd like to announce I have decided on a new title for my story. I'm sorry if this will confuse and/or annoy my reviews, but I very much like the new title more. I believe it fits in with the story, and tells more about it.
Marauders In 1997 (no longer Forward Motion)
Chapter Eight: The Letter Deja Vu
Disclaimer- I own nothing of JK Rowlings! ect ect ect... I think I'll shorten this disclaimer... maybe just for today anyways!
Authors Note!
Hey guys! I actually wasn't going to post this till I recieved one last review, reaching my goal of 80. But today I have to complain was an extreamly crappy day for me! BLAH! So I came home and found this extreamly mood boosting review by, Kait-Lynn23! And it was just enough to make me want to update just as soon as I could. So you all owe Kait-Lynn23 a big THANK YOU! Without her who knows when I would have updated.
p.s. please excuse all spelling errors, I am still without a beta... hehehe Shreya where'd you go:D
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Dear James,
I come to you with a message, one you must hear. For in your hands I place, the future happenings for you to trace. I entrust in you a journey to undertake. And you can decide if you accept this fate.
A mirror reflects the onlookers eyes, for neither can live while the other survives. A flash of lightning a jolt of faith. A boy sent to earth to ensure a fate. He can not fulfill the journey he began, without the help from one young man. You must believe, and you will receive the answer to all your questions.
Tonight at midnight it all begins. Take Moony and Padfoot and Wormtail, too. On a nightly prowl under the cresent moon. For on your sneak you will come across a door. Open it slowly, but do not implore. For in the center of the room you will find, a machine that is truly most divined.
Through snow through ice, do not simply entice. For this is the beginning of an adventure brimming. You will meet a red head, and you will think him to have a thickhead. But soon enough you will find that this boy is entwined with the journey you're designed.
And without further ado I will let you pursue the adventure of you life. Be brave.
Under The Gum Drops Secrets Lie, For Neither Can Live While The Other Survives.
I am, yours most sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore
OOO
As James finished reading he looked up from the letter. Everyone was wearing a different expression, but in everyone's eyes was a look of confusion.
"James," Remus was the first to speak. "If you knew about all this then why didn't you say anything?" The others all nodded in agreement, Sirius looked mad that his mate would keep such news from him.
"Look, I didn't even really know who this guy was." James agrued, "Besides, if you got something like this would you share it with the world?"
Peter shook his head, "No, but I would share it with my best mates." Remus and Sirius nodded, both looking rather livid.
"And if you don't know who the guy is then why would you follow the instructions! You could have gotten us killed if it was some sort of a trap!" Remus growled.
"Well I thought that much over, I do my research before I take you on adventures like these. I figured he knew something we didn't and it would benefit us all if why were to find it." James stated, he was beginning to sound nervous as his friends argued with him.
"So if it was going to be such a great Marauders discovery I still don't understand why you didn't let us in." Peter pushed, "Do you not trust us?"
James looked at Sirius, he hadn't said a word. "You guys gotta believe that I trust you, I trust you with my life!"
"And our lives don't seem to be so precious to you, willing to throw them away on some stupid quest." Remus shook his head in discust at his friend.
James smirked angerly, "You are all taking this waaay to seriously!"
"No we're not, if this thing could teleport us into the future who says it couldn't of killed us say we touched the wrong knob?" Remus barked back.
"Peter seemed to know which knob to pull, why don't you ask him!" James voice was starting to get more rough. "Why is this all my fault, I didn't ask for the letter!"
"And you didn't share it with us either, the Marauders are a team, a family, we're brothers!" Sirius' statement hit hard. James glare softened as he looked upon Sirius, but Sirius' expression was not so light.
"I know, alright, I know now that I should have told you about this." James bowed his head in shame of his dishonestly to his brothers. "I'm sorry, from now on my discovery is my family's."
Silence.
Sirius, Remus, and Peter seemed to be thinking over whether to forgive him or not. Finally Sirius spoke, in a soft voice. "Don't you let it happen again, Prongs."
"Prongs, that means I'm forgiven," James thought in relief. And like that the fight blew over, they didn't hug, they didn't do some strange handshake, it was just known, all was well. The heaviness in the room had lifted, everyone let out a breath they didn't know they were holding.
Harry was stunned by the relationship James had with his friends, they were so tight. He knew only one person could destroy that of which was there friendship, Voldemort. But he wasn't going to let it happen, he was going to destroy Voldemort then send the Marauders back to there time.
Harry stopped. But what would happen, everything would change. If there was no Voldemort life in the Wizarding World would be different. No Dark Lord haunting every little child's dreams. No He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, showing up and destroying lives of innocent people.
Would his parents still have met, would he grow up differently. Would he remember any of the life he'd lived before. No, probably not… things would be very different. But that was a sacrifice he had to make, destroying Voldemort was what he had to do.
He looked up to see Hermione staring at him. He tried to smile but knew it came out as a grimmince when Hermione looked at him sympathetically.
"I'm fine, Hermione." Harry muttered to her, but the worried expression didn't leave her face. "Really, I was just thinking."
Hermione nodded and let out a low breath, so this was it. These were the people who were going to defeat the Dark Lord, that was, if they wanted too.
Ginny and Ron appeared at Harry's side. "We need to talk, now… privately." She added as the Marauders, Lily, Sam, and Neville all made to follow them. "Actually it's best you come too Neville, sorry you've been dragged into all this."
Harry shook his head, "No he's been dragged into it for a reason, Dumbledore wants him to come with us." He motioned for Neville to follow as the witches and wizards of 1997 disappeared into a separate room.
Ginny spoke first, "So obviously Dumbledore wants them to come along, but do you really think they'll all want to come?"
Hermione shrugged, "I'm not sure, but if they stay much longer we have to agree on one thing," The group listened intently to Hermione. "No one is to tell them that James and Lily are married, got it, not one mention of the subject."
They all nodded, but Neville looked confused. "So… I take it we're all going to go on some adventure to kill He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?"
Harry nodded, "Something to that sort, I don't think you know about Horcruxes yet, so I'll wait till we get back out there to explain what they are." Harry inhaled slowly, he hated the idea of dragging all these people along with him, but he knew he needed there support, and there help.
Ron stiffled a yawn, "So can we talk about this in the morning, I'm as pooped as a phionex!" He blinked trying to clear his sleepy head, "Besides, they're probably all really tired too, considering what they've been through."
Ginny nodded, "Yea we should probably get back out there, but remember what Hermione said, not a word." She looked over at her brother, "Promise?"
"What?"
"Promise you won't mention that James and Lily are married," Hermione reminded him, unsure if he was really hearing her.
"Oh yea, right, I promise I won't say a peep!" He yawned widely, "Now let me go to sleep!" He pushed open the door and the all stepped back into the common room.
James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were all asleep, but Lily and Sam were looking around dumbfound. Both girls looked up as they entered.
"What's going on?" Harry asked, surprised to see his father and friends sprawled across the couch and floor, fast asleep.
Lily peered at Sirius, "I'm not sure…" Sam nudged her friend in the gut, "Everything's fine, we're all just really tired." She finished looking away from Sirius up to Harry.
He studied the two girls intently. "Well, I think I know a room you can stay in tonight." He walked over and kicked all the Marauders meaning to wake them from there slumber. "Follow me," He was taken aback at how the boys all seemed to jump from there sleep, eyes wide.
"Ok lead the way, I'm so tired." Sirius jumped up and down waiting to follow Harry.
Ginny looked over Sirius, "Did you hex them or something?" She looked over at Sam and Lily. Sam nodded, "Yea we couldn't seem to get them to shut up… heh"
Hermione yawned, "Well is it ok if I hit the hay, I need some sleep." Harry nodded, "I can take them to the Room of Requirement, no problem. You guys all get some rest,"
"What about you m-m-mate?" Ron stiffled another large yawn. Harry sighed, "I don't think I'll be getting much sleep tonight anyways, I've got a lot to think about."
They all nodded and headed up to there dorms, Ginny planting a quick kiss on his cheek before following Hermione to the Girls Dorm.
"Let's go, let's go, let's go!" Sirius jumped up and down. Harry gave him a strange look, "What's going on, I wasn't born yesterday, what happened while we were gone?"
Sirius' energetic face instantly transformed to an innocent tired mesh of sleepiness. "Nothing, it's just when I get really tired I get hyper."
James jumped in, "Yea, you should see him sometimes, we gotta throw him in bed quick before he starts bounching off walls.
"Alright, I've got just the place." Harry explained the Room of Requirement to them as he made his way to the 7th floor. "Here it is, give me a second and I'll have your room in no time."
Remus leaned over and muttered something in James' ear that Harry unmistakably heard as something along the lines of 'add this to our map'. He smiled as he began to pace back and fourth along the empty wall.
"I need someplace for them to stay, some place where they can sleep."
"I need someplace for them to stay, some place where they can sleep."
"I need someplace for them to stay, some place where they can sleep."
He opened his eyes, there on the wall was a simple brown door. "Perfect," He walked forward and opened it, revealing a cozy room filled with four beds. Looking closer Harry let out a relief of a breath realizing that there was a separate room, most likely for the girls.
"That's a sweet trick!" James complimented as he strode into the room, "Very cozy… very nice."
The girls nodded and smiled as they saw the second door. "Later guys, no coming in, got it!" Sam warned glaring at Sirius.
"We promise," Remus stated, he'd held his friends back once before. One out of ten times that they'd attempted to enter the girls dorm.
"Whatever, we're putting a silencing charm on our room though, so you can't hear anything." Sam stated as Lily disappeared into the room.
"Good we don't want to hear your snores anyways," Peter taunted. Sam stuck her tounge out at him before she too, disappeared into the room, closing the door behind her.
"Well, I guess I'll see you in the morning then. Just come down to the Great Hall when you wake up, but wear these." He handed each of them a small ring, and two extras for the girls.
"What are these?" Remus asked, looking over the small ring. "Does it hide us?"
Harry nodded, "Hermione made them, they're a sort of disguise ring. You wear them and people will think you're somebody else."
"What happens if they know who they think we are?" Remus asked, "What if they know that the person they think we are is sitting right next to them?"
"The second they try to think of who you are they forget what they were thinking about entirely. In other words, you'll be fine." Harry informed them.
"But then you won't recognize us," Peter stated slipping the ring over his pudging right pointer finger.
"No… don't ask me how, but we'll be able to see you for who you are, because we already know who you are… it's hard to explain. If you really want to find out ask Hermione, but I doubt she'll make much sense."
Sirius nodded, "Well night then, see you in the morning." He got up and practically shoved Harry out the door. "Sweet dreams, and all that other stuff." And with that he shut the door, pointed his wand at it and muttered, "Silencio!"
Now know one could hear in, Sirius jumped on his bed and looked around at all his friends.
"Alright, OUT WITH IT!" James cried, you promised you'd tell us as soon as we were alone, now what did you hear!"
Remus nodded, "We looked like fools when they came out, it looked like Lily and Sam had hexed us!" Remus laughed, "Know tell us what you made us dive onto the floor and act like we were asleep for, it better be good."
Peter agreed, "I thought for sure they were going to bust you Sirius, did you see Lily, I was sure she was gonna say something!"
"Hey, Lily's not a rat, she kept his secret. And now I wanna know it, what did you hear!" James groaned throwing a piece of thread he'd pulled from the quilt at Sirius.
Sirius opened his mouth, excitement filling his features. "James, you and Lily are going to…"
BANG BANG BANG.
There was a knock at the door connecting the boys room to the girls. They all groaned as Sirius stopped midway into his news.
"Speak of the devil," Sirius muttered getting up to answer the door. As soon as he opened in Lily and Sam rushed in.
"Tell us what happened!" Lily ordered, "What the heck did you hear! And don't tell me you didn't hear anything good, cause I saw that smirk on your face while you were lying on the ground 'supposedly' asleep."
James groaned, "Lily you don't need to know, this is our info and we might chose not to share it with you,"
"Like you chose not to share Dumbledore's letter with you best mates?" Sam hissed from behind Lily. "Tell us what happened, besides if James gets to hear it so should we."
"Let it go!" James growled, "Besides that doesn't make any sense, why should Sirius tell you just because he's telling me?"
"Because, he should trust us as much as he trusts you, because you kept a huge secret from him." Lily spat, "Now spill, what did you hear!"
"So really I shouldn't tell any of you three, only Remus and Peter deserve to hear it, is that what you're getting at?" Sirius questioned, kicking up an eyebrow at Lily.
"Fine, don't tell us, but you can't tell James either then!" Lily insisted, yanking on James' sleeve.
"Eh, probably best I don't tell you anyways, James." Sirius nodded in agreement with Lily, making James' face change into a look of horror.
"NO WAY! You're gonna listen to her!" James complained glaring hard at Lily, whom looked very proud of herself.
"Believe me James, maybe you're just not ready to hear this yet." Sirius smiled slightly, "Besides, I get my payback this way."
James growled menacingly as Lily and Sam dragged him back into the girls room. "Look on the bright side James, you get to spend some time with Lily and Sam!" Remus stated brightly.
"humph, Remus sometimes I hate you," Were James' last words before the door was closed in his face.
Remus quickly charmed the door, so know one could heard what they were saying and then turned to Sirius. "Now I know this is big news, lets hear it."
"Somehow I think I already knew when I saw Harry, but this confirms it. Lily and James got married, and had Harry!"
Remus' mouth dropped open. "You're kidding. I know you're kidding, look at that lying smile, you're smiling, so you must be lying!"
Sirius looked over at Remus. "Nu-uh, I'm smiling cause it's frigging hilarious!"
"You're lying!"
"Am not, why do you always blame me of lying when I smile, I'm just a naturally happy guy." Sirius shot back, his beam shrinking slightly.
"Why would Lily marry James?"
"Why wouldn't she?"
"Well that's a dumb question!"
"You're just stubborn," Sirius complained frustrated that he couldn't get Remus to believe him.
"I'm stubborn?"
Peter watched the two bicker. He was silent, he neither moved nor spoke. He simply sat and watched his friends, unfazed by the news. If Sirius or Remus had paid an ounce of attention to him they would realise that he seemed to accept the strange fact, but not only accept it, he seemed to know that it was in-fact true.
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