Chapter 20: Underage Magic Trouble

After the trio flew out of the Chamber in their animagus forms, Harry walked Ron and Ginny to the Fat Lady's Portrait.

"Try not to dwell on what happened down there." Ginny said.

"I'll try." Harry said before giving her a goodnight kiss.

"Eh hem." Ron said clearing his throat as they spent over thirty seconds in the kiss. "Seamus is coming."

The two pulled out. They were keeping their relationship low-key.

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Christmas morning,

Harry was in the Potter Library studying for his NEWTs. He had gotten up extra early and started studying. He was determined to give Hermione a run for her money. If all went well, he would be at the top ten of his class.

"'Arry?" a small voice asked.

Harry looked up from his book and saw Megan walking towards him.

"How did you get here?" Harry asked his sister.

"JAIL BREAK!"

Harry's head jerked up as his father yelled.

"Let's go see who Dad is yelling about." Harry told his younger sister as he picked her up and carried her.

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When they got up to Megan's nursery, they found James looking for Megan.

"Loose something?" Harry teased his father.

"Have you seen your sister?" James asked not looking at his son.

"Didn't you take her out of her crib?" Harry asked.

"No. I went to go get her and she was gone." James explained as he stuck his head under the crib.

"Well, she showed up in the library." Harry said.

"Da-da?" Megan asked.

THUD

James had bumped his head at the sound of his daughter as he tried to get out from under the crib.

"Ow!" James said rubbing his head. "There you are, young lady."

"I guess she apparated." Harry suggested handing Megan to James.

"True. It's possible to apparate inside of the wards. It's just not possible to apparate into the grounds. Now, how about presents?"

Megan grinned widely at the word "presents" knowing what it meant.

"Watch out Dad." Harry said recognizing the grin on his sister's face. "If you make a Marauder out of Megan, Mum will have your head."

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The rest of the Christmas holidays were crazy. After the Weasleys, Grangers, Blacks, Newtons, and Lupins showed up for a Christmas party, Hermione decided that then would be a good time to lecture Harry again about his little Chamber adventure. Luckily, she did it in private.

After the party ended, Lily and James tutored Harry in NEWT subjects. It was hard because Megan had learned to summon things. Her main target: Harry's wand.

"Megan. Give me my wand." Harry said to his sister sweetly after she had disarmed and shrunk her mother and used a body binding curse on her father with Harry's wand.

She just babbled in gibberish.

"Megan. This isn't funny." James told his daughter.

"Actually, it is." Lily said with a laugh. "Harry did the same thing to you at that age."

"You're not one to laugh, Thumbelina." James teased his wife.

A red spark shot from Harry's wand towards the true owner. Using his skills from Quidditch and battling Voldemort, Harry dodged.

"Fine." Harry said. "Two can play at that game. You leave me no choice."

He sighed knowing he was going to get a lecture for not telling anyone he could do this.

"Accio Wand!" he said pointing his hand at the stick that was about to go into Megan's mouth.

The wand flew from Megan's hand into Harry's.

"WHAAAAA!!!!"

"Sorry." Harry apologized to the baby while kneeling in front of her. "But you're not ready for a wand. When you're older, you'll get one."

"WHAAAA!!!!!"

Harry thought for a moment before grinning. He nonverbally conjured up a rubber wand for the baby to play with..

"Here." He said handing the baby the rubber wand

She stopped crying and took the bait.

Harry then turned to his parents to undo the spell Megan placed on them. However, before he did, he started laughing at them.

"Real cute." James said. "No undo this."

"Hold on." Harry said summoning the camera and taking a picture of his parents in their current state.

"HAROLD JAMES POTTER!" Lily yelled after her son left to hide the camera. "GET BACK IN HERE AND UNDO THESE CURSES!"

Her threats weren't taken that seriously because of her height.

Harry came back a few minutes later and waved his wand. His father was freed from the bindings and his mother was back to her original height.

"When did you learn wandless and nonverbal?" Lily asked her son.

"I'm more interested in why he took his sweet time to undo the mess." James said.

"I learned at the beginning of my sixth year." Harry explained. "Ron was hiding a new Chocolate Frog card and I summoned it wandlessly and noverbally. Turns out he had good reason to hide it considering it was of me."

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The train back to Hogwarts was filled with laughter as Harry showed his friends the picture he took of what Megan was capable of doing.

"I don't think I'll ever take your father seriously again." Ginny said laughing.

"You were able to before?" Ron asked.

"What's so funny?" Remus asked coming into the cabin.

"What are you doing on the train?" Hermione asked.

"I felt like riding it this year." Remus said

Harry handed him the picture.

Remus chuckled. He then pulled out a picture from his robe pocket, and handed the picture to Harry.

"Sara gave this to me after I told her what had really happened to Sirius."

Harry laughed at the sight of a younger James Potter, a younger, leather-wearing, Sirius Black, and a younger Frank Longbottom tied up in body-binds while struggling to get out. In the side of the picture, a younger Lily was laughing at her husband and his best friend while comforting a whimpering, black-haired baby using a stuffed stag. A younger Alice Longbottom was next to her comforting another baby.

"Your mother was on a Girls-Night-Out one night during the full moon with Sara and Alice. Sirius, James, and Frank babysat you and Neville. When they came back, they found Frank, Sirius, and James in body-binds and you conjuring butterflies with James' wand and Neville was changing the color scheme of the house. Your mother summoned both wands, while Sara and Alice laughed at the guys. Sara took a picture of the guys while Lily and Alice calmed you two down." Remus explained

"But…I thought I was practically a squib until I bounced." Neville said.

"That was AFTER…the attack." Remus said. "You and Harry were quite the troublesome duo before. Frank actually threatened to not allow you anywhere near Harry if Sirius and James were around. He felt they were having too much influence on you. After the attacks, you pretty much gave up on magic."

He then looked back on the picture Harry took.

"Of course," he added. "I don't think either of you ever used a shrinking spell on Lily or Alice."

"Not according to Mum." Harry said. "That was all Megan. She's going to be quite a witch."

TBC

Next time,

"Think they saw the notice?" Harry asked Hermione.

"Can you think of another reason why most of the guys at Hogwarts would be beating down the door?" Hermione answered.

"Can you answer it?" He almost begged.

"Harry Potter, the Boy-who-lived and defeated the most evil wizard of the century, is SCARED to face his friends?"