A/N: this is the last chapter before the Sequel. The sequel is much better in my eyes. Well. ENJOY!

Chapter 14: Catching up

Hermione ran to the common room, slowing down as she came to the portrait hole.

Giving the Fat Lady the password she climbed inside to see it deserted.

She walked over to the study room deciding to wait for everyone in there. She sure got the surprise of her life!

She stared at the two people in front of her in disbelief. She rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things.

The two people stared at her "Who are you?" the man asked with a blank look on his face.

The woman nudged him and he looked at her grinning.

She rolled her eyes at him and he gave her an innocent look.

"A-a-are you Lily and James Potter?" Hermione squeaked out.

They nodded looking at her curiously. "How do you know our names?" Lily asked.

Hermione didn't seem to hear. She was staring at James. "Goodness you look just like Harry!" she exclaimed.

"My son looks just like me?" James asked with a big grin. "Does he have good luck with the ladies?" he asked jokingly.

Hermione's jaw dropped. "For one thing he doesn't act anything like you and he has green eyes just like yours," Hermione said looking at Lily.

Lily's eyes brightened. "Do you know where he is?" she asked.

Hermione shook her head. "I came in here to wait for him. He was with Sirius last I saw but I don't know what they have gotten into now. One thing he is like James though. He tends to break lots of rules." She said.

James laughed and Lily looked at him disapprovingly.

She opened her mouth to say something when Hermione yelled, "I've got it!"

James and Lily jumped at her sudden outburst. "Dobby?" she asked.

James and Lily looked at her confused when a loud crack made them jump again.

They stared in astonishment at a House Elf in front of them. "Dobby do you know where Harry is?" she asked bending down.

His face lit up. "Harry Potter sir is in the kitchens with sirs Ron Weasley and Sirius Black," He said with a huge smile.

James laughed. "That's all Padfoot thinks about is food. To the kitchens!" he yelled.

Everyone headed out and made their way to the kitchens.

Hermione led the way to the picture of the fruit bowl. She tickled the pear and it giggled.

"Hey lets scare them and sneak up behind them," Hermione said giggling.

They nodded and quietly slipped inside. When a few elves opened their mouths to talk they put their fingers to their lips and the elves walked away smothering laughter.

Hermione pointed to Harry and mouthed 'Yell his whole name out'. They nodded. James counted with his fingers. One… two… three… go!

"HARRY JAMES POTTER!" they yelled together.

The result was hilarious. Harry jumped out of his chair after letting out a yelp of surprise. After turning around he lost his balance and fell.

Sirius had been balancing his chair on two legs and had fallen backwards. Looking at them upside down he grinned.

Ron on the other hand had yelled. "AAAHHHHH! THE ATTACK OF THE SPIDERS!!!"

Lily, James, and Hermione roared with laughter. Lily was actually crying. Harry and Ron looked at them dumbfounded.

Harry blinked. "Did you want something?" he asked.

Sirius laughed. "They were just trying to scare you Harry. They didn't need to tell you anything."

Ron's mouth dropped open and he stared at Hermione. "You actually played a trick on us!" he yelled in disbelief. "Fred and George are never going to believe this," he muttered.

Sirius smiled. "Well it seems Hermione has met my friends." He said.

Harry was staring in disbelief at the people in front of him.

Those green eyes, the mirror image of him, the red flaming hair! These were the people in his dreams and he was most sad to think this was all a dream.

James saw Harry frown. "What's up little man?" he asked concerned.

Sirius looked at Harry and gave him a sympathetic smile. "Harry. This is real. Go ahead and pinch yourself." He said with a grin.

"Padfoot!" James exclaimed.

Harry laughed. James smiled at the sound of his laugh. It was Lily's laugh. He looked at Harry's eyes but looked away quickly. They were not exactly like Lily's eyes. These were eyes that had seen too much. Endured too much pain. Harry's eyes had a strange fire in them too, like a little kid determined to get something.

Sirius saw James look at Harry's eyes then look away quickly. He understood perfectly. "James, Lils come here. I need to tell you something."

Everyone watched as they walked away.

"Prongs you need to understand all the pain Harry has had. You die when he is a baby and he has to go live with his aunt because I land myself in Azkaban." Sirius said bitterly.

Lily's jaw dropped in horror. "But she hates magic! The poor boy!" she exclaimed.

James looked at Sirius in horror for a totally different reason. "Azkaban?" he asked weakly.

"I tried to go and kill Peter. He was the one who betrayed you to Voldemort. He shot a spell and transformed into a rat after cutting off his finger making it look like I killed a wizard and thirteen muggles.

"People knew all about Harry in the wizarding world but that confused him greatly. He had no clue why he was famous and when he got to Hogwarts he was an instant celebrity. When you two died Voldemort tried killing him but the spell rebounded and Voldemort disappeared for fourteen years." Sirius said smiling.

James opened his mouth to say something but Sirius held up a hand firmly. "Let me finish James." He said.

James closed his mouth and Sirius continued. "Voldemort didn't give up. In his first year Harry, Ron, and Hermione were inseparable. Together they figured out someone was going to steal the Philosopher's Stone. Of course they had the thief wrong. They went through the puzzles the teachers themselves had made up and Harry faced Voldemort again. Voldemort was trying to steal the stone to become stronger again. Luckily Harry foiled his plans and as you can see survived." He was grinning by then.

"Second year Lucius Malfoy gave Ginny Weasley a black book. It was a diary of Tom Riddle's. That used to be Voldemort's name. The book was a Horcrux and unfortunately Ginny told Tom everything about her. Tom got stronger as she kept in touch. The diary possessed her opening the Chamber of Secrets. Ginny set a basilisk on muggle-borns and ended up almost getting killed. Harry found out about Ginny and found the entrance to the chamber. He saved her life with a sword and a phoenix. He was up against a 50 foot basilisk and a memory of 15 year old Tom Riddle." James' mouth was hanging open when he finished. Sirius smiled and continued.

"Third year was the year I escaped from Azkaban. I used my animagus powers to get out and doggy paddled to Hogwarts. Literally. Moony was teaching here that year and he's teaching here this year too. Moony somehow found out about me but the reason I came was because of Peter. He was disguised as Ron's pet rat and I came to commit the murder I was locked up for. The first time Harry looked at me…" a sad look came across his face.

"Padfoot?" James asked concerned.

Sirius looked at him. "It was a look of absolute hatred. You see when Peter killed all those muggles he shouted out one thing. He said, 'You traitor! You betrayed James and Lily!' That's what he yelled so Harry believed it was me who killed you. I know it was a mistake but it still hurt. Anyway, when Moony explained to the three friends what really happened he totally gave in to me. It was amazing. It was almost like he had never been loved before. I offered him a life with me when I was proved innocent. Turns out it never happened.

"Peter was our evidence and he got away. It was a full moon that night and Moony was with us. I tried to hold him back and we fought a vicious battle. He hurt me badly when he threw me down a hill and lucky for me Harry went after me to see if I was all right."

James and Lily were looking at him in horror when he mentioned Peter's escape and being thrown down a hill.

Sirius just smiled grimly and resumed. "There were Dementors guarding the castle when word got out I was headed for Hogwarts. They tried giving me the kiss but Harry saved my life with a Patronus charm. Moony taught it to him in his 3rd year. Not many grown ups can do that! Harry and Hermione rescued me from the Dementor's kiss again by giving me a hippogriff and I escaped on that. His name was Buckbeak. I imagine Hagrid has him again.

"In Harry's 4th year they let the schools do the TriWizard tournament. That year Mad-eye Moody was doing the defense post. As they called out the TriWizard champions Harry's name came out. He wasn't even supposed to be in it. He had only been 15 and they were supposed to be 17. He had to play because of the magical contract but the other schools thought they had cheated somehow. Harry had a horrible time as even Ron turned against him.

"I contacted him by fire and warned him to be alert. I knew someone was trying to kill him but I didn't know who. Harry's scar gives him visions of what Voldemort's doing and sometimes he has real dreams of what is happening too. He had a dream that this was going to happen but he couldn't remember who was going to do it.

"His first task was very lucky. He had to get a fake egg from a dragon. His just happened to be the Hungarian Horntail. Krum got the Chinese Fireball, Fleur got the Welsh Green and Cedric Diggory got the Swedish Short-Snout. Harry got his egg the fastest by summoning his broom and luring the dragon in the air. He then swooped under it and got the golden egg. His second task he had to hold his breath for an hour and go into the Black Lake and return whatever the Mermaids had taken. He used gillyweed to breathe underwater for an hour. Dunno how he thought of it or where he got it. But I don't really care if he took it from someone." Sirius said grinning.

Lily looked at him disapprovingly. "You're supposed to be his godfather! You aren't supposed to just act all reckless Sirius!" she scolded.

Sirius made a face and continued. "For the 3rd task he had to go through a maze to get the TriWizard cup. This was where the problem began. I don't know what happened in the maze; just that Harry and Cedric got to it at the same time. They agreed to take it together. The cup was a portkey and when they touched it they were transported to Toms' mom's old house. Harry saw Wormtail come out of the house with a bundle in his arms. Wormtail killed Cedric immediately. Harry had to witness Voldemort's resurrection and Voldemort being the stupid person that he was used Harry's blood to resurrect himself making the bond between them stronger. Now Harry could enter Voldemort's mind but Voldemort wouldn't even be conscious of it!" Sirius said rolling his eyes.

"Your ghosts ended up saving his life-" he started.

"Padfoot you git, if we were ghosts we wouldn't be here!" James exclaimed smacking his friend playfully on the head.

Sirius made a face and dodged another swipe from James. "Spirit then!" Sirius said.

Lily rolled her eyes. "It wasn't a spirit either Sirius," she said.

"Well Harry did this Priori Incantatem thing because his and Voldemort's wand had twin cores and your ghosts or whatever popped out. You guys gave Harry time to get away and he grabbed Cedric's body before returning. Turns out Mad-eye Moody wasn't really Mad-eye Moody. He was someone in disguise with polyjuice potion. Harry once again escaped old Voldie twice in the same day. By his spy and Voldie himself!" Sirius said with glee.

Lily's and James's jaws had dropped when he had called Voldemort by 'Old Voldie'. Sirius sensed their surprise and said "I'll explain later," they nodded and he continued.

"5th year… well I think I should let Harry tell you from there. I wasn't exactly around then," Sirius said sadly.

James and Lily looked at each other. They were both amazed at the stuff Harry had to go through! They were also wondering why Sirius hadn't been there.

They went over to Harry and got to know his friends a little better. Hermione nudged Harry and pointed to the door. They excused themselves and walked out.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I have to go. Tell them I… had a meeting with someone important." She giggled. "I do have a meeting with someone important," she said smiling bleakly.

Harry was alarmed at how scared she sounded but he just nodded and she took off.

THE END!

A/N: not exactly sure what the next one is going to be called. I think It might be Daughter Of Mine. REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!! You know you want to….