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Harry and Hermione woke up to the sound of screaming. They got up and quickly got dressed, then ran towards their children's room. There they saw that Lily had a few burnt fingers and James was soaking wet, from head to toe.
Harry ran up to Lily while Hermione ran to James, comforting them. James and Lily were both crying, pointing their fingers at each other.
"Mommy," James cried.
"Daddy," Lily cried. Harry took her fingers in his hand and muttered an incantation. With in a few seconds, the burns were gone. Lily smiled through tears and flung herself on her father.
"Daddy, James hurtd me," she said.
Hermione dried off her son and picked him up. "Mommy, Lily got me wet." He buried his face in Hermione's shoulder and started to slowly drift back to sleep.
Harry, meanwhile, was carrying Lily, who, too, was drifting off to sleep in her father's arms. Once they were sure that James and Lily had went to sleep, they placed them into their beds and left the room.
Harry checked the clock: 5:44am.
"Great," Harry muttered. He really wanted to go to sleep, he'd only gotten about three through the whole night. Hermione on the other hand, was wide awake.
"Harry, I don't know if their accidental magic is accidental anymore," Hermione said pacing around the room.
Harry thought about it. There was a chance that Hermione was right. He sighed and got up, stopping her pacing. "You're right. They're not so 'accidental' anymore. Perhaps we should show them how to control it," he said, placing his arms on her shoulders to stop her from pacing once more.
She sighed, "I don't know, Harry. With classes, making sure that James and Lily don't slip up, and everything, I don't know…" She put her head on his shoulder, not knowing what else to do. He started combing his fingers through her hair.
"Don't worry, we'll figure something out." He gave her a kiss and went back to bed. "Now c'mon, I'm tired and I bet you are, too." She smiled and shook her head, all the while muttering 'men.' She climbed in and snuggled closer to him.
0—0—0—0
"Alright kids, we're going to be dueling today," Hermione announced to the seventh year students.
"Okay, now," Harry said, "get with your partners and form a line. Whoever is first will duel, and then so on."
Everyone got into their groups: Lily and Erin, Sirius and Remus, etc. James stood near the front of the line, in front of two boys that seemed to be quiet hyper.
"Okay, Miss Evans and Miss McCabe, you know what to do," Harry said. They nodded and went on the platform.
They met up in the middle, wands near their faces, and took five big steps back.
"Now, on the count of three… one… two… three," Hermione said.
"Expelliarmus!" shouted Erin. Lily quickly cast a protego and sent a stupefy straight at her.
The duel went on for about five minutes. Lily, when Erin was looking elsewhere, cast another stupefy and hit the girl right in the chest.
"Okay! Well, I think we know who our winner is," Harry said cheerfully. He had a feeling that his mother would win the duel. "Okay, next is… Mister Black and Mister Lupin, get up."
Sirius and Remus walked on to the platform, wands at hand. They met at the middle, bowed to each other, and took five big steps away from each other.
"Expelliarmus!" shouted Remus. Sirius barely sidestepped it.
"Stupefy!" Sirius shouted. Remus quickly cast a 'protego', and was there for saved.
"Diffindo!" shouted Remus. He shot another one right after that, so it caught Sirius off guard.
"Bloody hell," Sirius hissed. It might've been a minor cutting spell, but those things stung. He put all of his energy in to a "Stupefy," which had caught Remus off guard and hit him in the chest.
"Okay," Harry said, "it seems as though Mister Black has won." He woke up Remus and congratulated him. "Good job," he said smiling.
"Thanks," Remus said. Remus walked up to Sirius and shook his hand. "Good job Padfoot."
"Thanks. Not such a bad job yourself, Moony," Sirius said. They smiled at each other and got off the platform.
"Okay, who's next?" Hermione asked.
"Me and James," Harry said.
James gulped; this wasn't going to be easy. He got up on the platform, as did Harry. Harry took off his robes and gave them to Hermione. The whole class got out of their line and clumped around the platform to see the two duelers.
They met up at the middle, wands in front of their faces, and took five big steps back. James was the first to cast.
"Expelliarmus," James shouted. Harry easily sidestepped it.
"Stupefy," Harry shouted.
"Protego," James shouted. He wasn't really sure how he could beat the professor.
"Diffindo," Harry shouted.
"Protego," James shouted. All of a sudden, he had an idea. "Accio wand," he shouted.
Harry, who wasn't suspecting that, found that he was suddenly empty handed. James grinned in victory. But the young professor wasn't done yet.
He stuck out his hand at an unsuspecting James and silently thought "Stupefy."
James, all of a sudden, fell on the floor unconscious. Harry smiled and said, "Never let your guard down until you know that you've beaten them."
Most of the class looked at him in disbelief; while others looked scared. Sirius and Remus stood there wide eyed at what their Professor had just done to one of the best duelers in their class.
He woke James up, who jumped up on his feet, wand pointing at Harry, "who are you?"
"Umm… Harry?" James still didn't take his wand down from where it was. "Can you take your wand down? And could I have mine back?" Harry asked.
"Why? You don't need it anyways," James said, wand not moving.
Harry rolled his eyes and got his wand, which was on the floor near James' shoe. "Okay, now… unless you fancy a detention, I suggest that you put your wand back, Mister Potter," Harry said. His father could be really stubborn sometimes.
James reluctantly put his wand back in his pocket and got off the platform.
"Okay, anyways, class will end in a few minutes. You guys can leave early today," Hermione said. She still wasn't sure why James pointed his wand at Harry, but she knew it wasn't a good sign.
---0—0--
"We need to keep an eye on our 'professor'," James said.
"Yeah, did you see how he did that wandless magic? He didn't even speak!" Sirius said.
"Yes… that was odd. Though, we shouldn't jump to conclusions. Remember what happened last time?" Remus said, reminding them the last time they thought their Professors were death eaters.
"Well, yeah… but still, you never know." James suddenly noticed the bulletin post, "hey look! The Porter's are going to duel in front of the whole school!"
Remus laughed, "I guess you aren't the only ones that think they're death eaters."
"What do you mean?" James asked.
"I mean," Remus explained, "that their only having a duel to see if their qualified enough. Those two are young, 19 years old, they've got kids, and they're really powerful. Surely not everyone believes that they could've gotten the training from being home-schooled or something," Remus said.
"True… Dumbledore might think that they're like, dark or something," Sirius said.
"Then why don't they have the dark mark?" James asked.
"There you two go again, jumping to conclusions." Remus sighed. "I hardly think that they're dark. They've got children for Merlin's sake!" He said. Though, he wasn't too sure himself. He still hadn't forgotten about the day at Hogsmead or the incident that one night.
'No, it'd be too dangerous,' his logical side concluded. 'But what if they didn't care?' his other part thought. 'No, they don't seem like that,' he thought. 'That's what James and Sirius thought, right up until they dueled, that is,' he thought.
While he was having his internal debate, James and Sirius (Peter was no where to be found) were snapping and waving their fingers and hands to get Remus' attention.
"Oh!" Remus said, suddenly. "I'm sorry, I was having a debate with myself," he said.
"Ahh, only Moony would have a debate with himself," Sirius said chuckling.
"Shut up. C'mon, we've got dinner soon, let's put our books back and head for the Great Hall." They nodded their heads in agreement and they left for Gryffindor tower.
---0---0—
Hermione walked out of the shower, hair dripping wet, and walked over to the bed to get her clothes. She took a pair of blue jeans and a red shirt with an elegant cardinal on it, and went back into the bathroom. Once she was decent, she walked over to James and Lily's room to check on them.
James was wearing a white shirt and black jeans, while Lily's hair was in pigtails and she was wearing a pink dress.
"Mommy, look at my dress!" Lily exclaimed.
"It's very pretty, Lily. James, where's your father?" Hermione asked.
"I think daddy is in the bafroom," he said.
Just then, Harry came out wearing the same black shirt with silver snakes on it with loose ripped blue jeans. His hair was still black, and his eyes emerald. Hermione looked at him expectantly.
"What?" He asked, looking at his clothes. Hermione pointed to his hair and eyes. "Oh!" He quickly changed his hair and eyes to silver.
"Okay, everyone ready?" Hermione asked. James nodded, as did Lily.
"One moment, let me get my robe," Harry said, walking towards his and Hermione's room.
"Okay, c'mon, let's go," Hermione said once Harry came back.
"Mommy, do we get to see gamma and gandpa again?" James asked.
"Umm… perhaps, let's get to dinner first.
They exited their tower and started walking towards the Great Hall. On their way there, they bumped into the Marauders.
"Oh, sorry," Harry said.
"It's alright," Remus said.
Jade ran up to James and held out her arms, asking him to hold her. James looked at the child for a moment, wondering if it was alright, then picked her up. She squealed in delight.
"C'mon, daddy, dinner!" exclaimed Daniel.
Harry looked at James for a moment, and then nodded. Together they walked into the Great Hall, where Dumbledore was just about to serve.
"Right on time, Moony," James said. Remus rolled his eyes and walked over towards Gryffindor table. Sirius followed closely behind him.
"Alright, Jade, I think your dad would want you right now." He put her down, not giving into her puppy-dog face, and walked towards Remus and Sirius.
Jade walked over to her father and put an arm around his leg, walking towards the Staff Table. Daniel and Hermione were already sitting at the Staff Table and putting food on their plates.
Harry put Jade on his left and started putting food on her table.
"No green stuff," Jade said, eyeing the broccoli.
"Jade, you have to. Your mother wouldn't approve if you didn't eat them. Don't you want to be strong like your mommy and I?"
Jade looked at him, then nodded her head. "Yes, I wanna be juss like you daddy."
Harry grinned and started putting some vegetables on her plate, as well as some mashed potatoes and turkey. Harry then turned to his plate and started piling food on it.
Hermione looked out towards the Great Hall. She remembered it like it was yesterday. The tables were still the same; the ceiling was still enchanted to seem like the weather outside; students chatting away while eating. It was home for Hermione. She could see Severus Snape glance towards her with a sneer, then turn back towards his Slytherin friends. James turned towards their direction and gave a faint smile, almost as if he were nervous. Remus, too, looked over and smiled slightly. Peter was there, eating and not paying attention. She looked over to her left where she saw Daniel eyeing his carrot, as if expecting it to attack him at any given moment. Harry was chopping Jade's turkey and pouring her some pumpkin juice. The other teachers were chatting away, not realizing that Voldermort could attack anytime. But then, she remembered that Voldermort was scared of Dumbledore, and would probably not attack Hogwarts.
She silently wondered if Peter was working for Voldermort now. Every time they'd speak of his name (which wasn't very often), he'd often flinch and whimper, as if expecting him to pop out and kill everyone. Then there was Snape, she would bet her galleons that he was working for Voldermort right now. The way he looked at her, it was as if he could see right through her. Though, she was a master at Occlumency, Snape always gave her that 'look'. It frightened her.
Just then, the owls came in with the evening letters. There was one owl, though, that seemed to be different from the rest. It was a pitch black owl, with only two white feathers on the side, and piercing silver eyes. It wasn't abnormally large, but it wasn't small, either. It landed right in front of Harry.
Harry noted that the Great Hall was silent, and probably everyone was looking at him. Who's owl was this and what did it want? He looked at his leg and saw a black howler.
Odd, I thought they were red, Harry thought. He eyed the bird for a moment, taking in all of its features, and then slowly brought his hands up to the howler. Once he untied it, the birds nipped at his finger, making him bleed, and then flew off. He cursed and sucked his finger, slowing the bleeding down. He looked towards Hermione, whose face was a mix between surprise and worry.
He opened the howler, and to his astonishment, it spoke parstletounge. He quickly hissed back, forgetting that all of Hogwarts was watching and listening intently. The howler hissed; Harry hissed back. They kept on hissing until, finally, the howler stopped hissing and fell limply to the table.
Harry looked at Hermione who nodded silently. Harry quickly picked up Jade and the howler, while Hermione picked up Daniel.
"Daddy, I know that black birdie," Jade whispered quietly, though everyone heard her.
"Yes, Jade, I know."
"Isn't that—"
"Yes it is. Remember what I told you?" He asked her sternly.
"Yes," she mumbled.
The walked out of the Great Hall, eyes never leaving the four.
--0—0—
Sirius looked scared, as did the other Marauders. All of Hogwarts was just soaking in this new information.
"That—that was the Dark Lord," Sirius whispered to the Marauders.
"You mean his owl," Remus corrected.
"This is not the time to be correcting," James said. Remus rolled his eyes and leaned closer to hear better.
"D-do you think—"
"I don't know," Remus said, "I honestly don't know now."
"Maybe we should just leave this up to Dumbledore." Remus and Sirius nodded in agreement. Peter just whimpered slightly.
"I-I don't know what to believe now. I know that was the Dark Lord's owl, used to send letters to Grimmauld all the time," Sirius said.
Just then, Dumbledore and McGonagall left the Great Hall.
"I think they're going to get fired," Peter said.
"Shut up," the three stated in unison.
--0—0---
"What was that?" Hermione asked.
Currently, James and Lily were sitting on a desk in a deserted classroom, while Harry was pacing the room. He put up some silencing spells that he invented, and checked that they were indeed alone.
"Okay," Harry started, "It was a howler from Voldermort. I don't know he knew I was a parstletounge, maybe he just wanted to scare me, again, I don't know. But, he asked if we wanted to join him. I told him we'll think about it. He—it—I don't know, said that we had three days to answer, or else."
"Oh…"
"Yeah… I was thinking that we do join him." At the look Hermione gave him, he decided to explain. "Hermione, it'd be like last time, but for a different cause. We could save my parents and Sirius!"
Hermione sighed, last time they joined Voldermort they had to threaten Voldermort so many times so James and Lily wouldn't get hurt. Now they had to threaten them, not just for their children, but Harry's parents, too.
"I… I… I guess," she said quietly.
"Mione, think of all the people we could save. My parents, Sirius, so many others peoples lives could be saved because of us," Harry said.
"I guess you're right," she said.
Harry gave her a slight smile and walked over to James and Lily.
"Okay, James, Lily, what we just said never happened, okay?" He said, eyeing his children.
"Yes, daddy," they stated.
"Okay… now, let's go to bed, I bet you two are tired." He picked up James and Lily and walked over to the door.
"Um… can you open the door? My arms are occupied." Hermione chuckled lightly and walked opened the door, finding Dumbledore and McGonagall, trying to take down the spells.
"Hello Dumbledore, McGonagall," Harry said, as if nothing had happened. McGonagall glared at them, while Dumbledore looked at him.
"Harry," he said, "I hadn't the slightest idea that you were a parstletounge."
"Yeah, well, you never asked," he said shrugging it off.
"Daddy, I wanna sleep," Jade whined. Daniel was already half-asleep, head on Harry's shoulder.
"Shh," he said softly, "let mommy take you." He handed her to Hermione and she put her head on her shoulder, breaths evening out.
"Mister and Missus Porter, I need to see you in my office immediately." With that, Dumbledore left. Leaving behind two young adults, two sleeping children, and a Headmistress that was currently glaring at them.
"Look, I don't know what happened tonight, but if I find you two with You-Know-You, you'll be in Azkaban before you can say 'wait'." She glared at them, and then left.
Hermione was worried. "Harry… do you think we should still join…"
"Yes, I do. We'll talk once we get to our tower." They walked towards their tower.
Harry felt another presence there, but quickly shrugged it off, not caring at the moment. Once they'd left, the Marauders took of the invisibility cloak.
"D-does that m-mean…?" Sirius asked.
"Well…" Remus started. "I…" he trailed off. He didn't know what to believe anymore. Part of him was screaming that they were working for Voldermort. The other, more logical, part of him said that he needed proof, real proof.
"See. Even Moony doesn't know what to say anymore," James said.
"No, personally, I think that they're not. They seem too nice to be death eaters." He sighed. "I think… I think we should just let this go and give them another chance."
"But—"
"No buts. We have to give them another chance. They wouldn't be the cruel heartless people that put other peoples' lives in danger just because."
"Well… you never know. But… I guess. But any funny business and they're going to Azkaban," James said. He looked defeated, because in all reality, he was.
"C'mon, let's go. Don't want to be late for DADA tomorrow. I have a feeling that it'll be extra interesting."
The two boys were still glum, while the amber haired man walked away. James and Sirius soon followed.
---0—0—
Harry was currently in his room, hissing and making the howler for Voldermort. He told him that they accepted. Just to be safe, he told Hermione to leave the room. She was reluctant at first, but then gave in.
Currently Hermione was worried that James and Lily might do something 'accidental' again, so she summoned a house-elf.
"Yes missus Porter, miss. How may I help you?" Lizzie asked.
"Do you think you could, somehow, add a new room? Our children are getting a bit big."
The elf nodded enthusiastically and replied. "Yes missus. Lizzie can do it in moments time!" The elf then ran towards their bedroom and started snapping and waving her bony long fingers. She saw a door appear and the inside of the room being built. After a few minutes, the elf squealed and ran up to Hermione.
"Room is done Missus Porter, miss! Lizzie be going now?" She asked. Hermione nodded and she left with a 'pop'.
Hermione walked in the room. It was just like the other rooms, but the bed was smaller. It had a small bed in the center with a desk towards the side. On the other side of the wall were shelves filled with books and little toys. Hermione smiled; Lizzie had done a good job.
Harry walked in a few minutes later.
"Nice," he commented. "I think Lily will like it here."
Hermione smiled. "Yeah, James never was the one for reading. Kind of like his father, don't you think?" She asked playfully.
"Be quiet," he said tickling her. She squirmed and started laughing. After a few minutes he let her go and became serious.
"Okay, I told him that we'll join. I'll get a reply tomorrow, howler, too, I bet." Hermione nodded and they went to their room.
"What are we going to tell him?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know… I think we could threaten him a bit, just to be safe. We can show him we mean business, and we aren't just some new flunkies."
"Okay," Hermione said getting under the covers. "What about the duel?"
"What about it?"
"I don't know… wouldn't it just give them another reason to think we're going dark?"
"Let them believe what they want," he said. "We'll make sure that no one finds out we're a death eater."
She sighed and snuggled closer to him, not wanting to talk about the topic any longer.
He kissed her forehead and mumbled a goodnight before he headed off to sleep.
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