I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTEr
A/N: I just wanted to say that I am doing all the the cousins, but I'll be posting them in [what i believe is] their birth order
James Sirius Potter
December 27, 2004
1. He's a musician
It's all thanks to Teddy, really. After all, Teddy was the one who bought him a guitar when he was nine. The guitar, which he quickly mastered, soon branched out into violin, piano, and drums. If only there were four of him—then he could start a band!
All jokes aside, music really was his passion. It annoyed Albus and Lily to no end when James felt the need for an impromptu concert in the middle of the night. Harry even took to casting muffliato on his son's door so the rest of the family could get their sleep. And while most people would never go to Hogwarts without their pet or broomstick (both of which James also took with him), the eldest Potter offspring wouldn't dare to spend a year parted from his black acoustic. And while the older kids would usher the first and second years upstairs once the Gryffindor parties started going crazy, they always let James stay and play music for them.
2. He was the smallest cousin
As a baby it was understandable, considering the fact that he was about a month premature. But as he got older, he never seemed to catch up to the other kids. Even Al, who was 10 months younger than him, was always the same height, if not an inch or two taller, than his older brother. James hated it. All he could do was thank Merlin that Lily was always shorter than him. Although, that might also be due to their three year age gap.
3. He always though Al would marry Jenna
The two of them were best friends since the day they met at Hogwarts. Whenever James looked for one, he would always find the other there. After hearing about how [most] of his Aunts and Uncles married one of the first people they met at Hogwarts, James assumed that most people married the person they spent the train ride with. That was probably why he assumed he would marry Madyson Isler, too. Thank god he dodged a bullet on that one.
4. He was the first Weasley grandson
It's funny how after generations of only boys in the Weasley family, the first few grandchildren were all girls. Of course, he technically wasn't a Weasley since he had his father's surname. And he was supposed to be born the day after Louis.
James always felt that Grandma Weasley always favored him because of his gender. Not that it was huge favoritism or anything, but (and Al noticed this too) she seemed to smile wider at James, her eyes seemed to twinkle more, and all of the cousins always swore that James' Christmas sweater was the softest
James also took it the hardest out of all the grandchildren when his grandmother passed away.
5. James played keeper
He believed that keeper was the most important position. Okay, James was probably biased, but it was still true. The seeker, while important, is useless if adding the 150 points doesn't give the team a lead. The keeper prevents scores, letting their own team get ahead. Without the keeper—without James—the other team would most likely win.
6. James left to find himself
Growing up, he was always known as "Harry Potter's son". It seemed that anything he even attempted to do, his dad already did and had about 1000 obstacles to face while doing it. All James wanted was a chance to find himself without having the world on his back, wondering how the young man was going outshine his father. And James hated being stuck in his shadow.
At the time, James figured that Harry was hardly ever home—would it make a difference if James left? The answer, although not obvious to him, was yes.
After he left, he was scared to come back. After hearing about Uncle Percy leaving, he knew his family would be angry at him. Yet, they would also be hurting. James was suddenly ashamed to call himself a Gryffindor.
And then he ran into Jenna. And he heard about the wedding. And Jenna convinced him to go to Al's graduation. The thing is, his family welcomed him back. He still doesn't believe he deserves them.
7. He was allergic to pumpkins
He doesn't quite remember how he found out, but his parents forbade him from eating pumpkin pie, drinking pumpkin juice, and carving them at Halloween. When he was eight, James decided he must know what pumpkin juice tasted like.
After spending two days in St. Mungo's, Teddy told James that he was the epitome of a Gryffindor. Ginny claimed that he was the biggest idiot ever, although she wouldn't stop hugging him. And Harry was on an Auror mission, and know about any of it until a week later.
8. He never considered himself a next generation marauder.
He did have his fair share of pranks, but most weren't as extravagant as his grandfather. He would do simpler things, such as put a simple sticking charm on one of the Ravenclaw benches in the Great Hall, or leave trails of treats for Filch to follow all night, wasting the caretaker's time. And with the invisibility cloak and Marauder's map in hand, he hardly ever got caught.
Of course, his plan had always been to prank Al. In a perfect world, it would be all day every day. In reality, after the younger Potter took a beating by the Womping Willow and a howler was sent, James would have to resort to teasing.
9. His name was James.
Jamie was a girl's name. Jim was a fat, middle-aged man. Jimmy just didn't suit him. He had no problem giving other people nicknames, "Al" for Albus, "Teddy" even though everyone else eventually called him Ted (as a compromise, Teddy called him Jim), calling Nikotius Bell "Nicky". But no one could call him anything but James
So when Jenna came alone and called him "Jamie" without him blowing his head off, everyone knew there was something special between them.
10. James loved camping
The first time he ever went camping was in his summer between first and second year. Nicky Bell invited him to go along with the Bell family. Needless to say, James loved it. He spent the next year begging his parents to go on a trip. For some reason though, his father loathed the idea of camping. He claimed that he "camped enough to last five lifetimes".
It never stopped James from asking at the end of every school year.
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