Disclaimer: Do I look like J.K. Rowling, nope. I wish I was but I'm not. I hate writing this but I don't want to be sued. All canon characters are Ms. Rowling creation.
Author's Note: FINAL CHAPTER! Thanks so much for all who have subscribe and review. It means so much. Just saw the final Harry Potter filmed. Loved it. It was nice seeing all the Marauders together again (At least James, Sirius and Remus).
Ch. 20 Summer Again
Sirius awoke with a jolt. The first thing he wondered was why he was on the floor. Second he wondered why James was on the floor. Then he saw them. Peter, Amber, and Sirius were both looking horrorstruck at him in the comer.
"Are you alright Sirius" Remus said helping him up. Sirius nodded. Amber had gone to try to wake up James. Peter was very pale.
"That was so scary" Peter said shaking.
"What happened?" Sirius asked. He felt very light headed.
"Well there was this big blast of light, than you and James were lying on the floor. You starting screaming" Peter told him. Sirius stared at him. His voice did feel like he had screamed himself hoarse. He looked over at James, he was starting to stir. Sirius could see that there were tears in his eyes on the
"Huh, why am I crying" James asked. His glasses had flown off and he was groping around for them. Amber took pity on him and gave him his glasses.
"You don't remember?" Sirius asked. The weird thing one was he did. He didn't know if even now he believed it. He felt like he had just met James for the first time. He remembered back when he and James first became friends. It was like they had known each other their whole lives.
"Was that real?" James asked.
"I'm not sure" Sirius said.
"What did you guys see?" Peter asked. James looked at Sirius. It was clear that they both were debating whether or not to tell the others.
"It's complicated" Sirius said. Peter folded his arms.
"Well it's not very nice for you two to keep secrets from the rest of us" Peter pouted.
"Now, Peter if they don't want to tell us if they don't want us to" Remus told him. There was a hint of a lecture. Peter sighed.
"Are you cured?" Amber asked. Her nose was bleeding. The ritual had obviously been a little advanced for her.
"Yes" James said confidently. Sirius knew he truly believed it and for some reason he knew that James wouldn't go through what he went through this year.
"Here, hold your head back" Remus said kindly taking the napkin out of his pocket. Amber did as she was told. Sirius smirked at them.
"Thank you Remus" Amber said gratefully. Her eyes were full of adoration.
"Your welcome" Remus said blushing. Out of know where Amber hugged him. It was only because Remus one was one of his best friends that Sirius didn't laugh.
"That's what you have to do to get a hug, staunch a nose bleed. I'm never getting a hug." James pouted. Sirius smirked and then engulfed him in a hug.
"I mean from Lily you unbelievable git" James said angrily. Peter chuckled.
"I'm never messing with Divination again" Amber said looking most upset.
"Why?" James asked.
"Look at what happened. You guys could have been seriously hurt. Look at my nose. Think about what would have happened if I was a fully qualified witch." She explained.
"You were only trying to help." Remus said trying to comfort her. She smiled weakly.
"Why should you give up at least learning about Divination? You love it" Sirius asked.
"Because I think I should give it up. There some things even in the Wizarding World were not meant to understand. I thought Divination was harmless but now I see that it can be dangerous." Amber said gravely.
"We better go" Peter said looking at his watch. Silently they walked out of the room. Sirius pulled James back.
"What?" James asked.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Sirius asked.
"I'm sure. I'm just in shock. Wow your reincarnated to" James said smirking.
"Well I'm not sure about that but we agree that something did happen?" Sirius asked him. He was trying not to sound doubtful but trying to tell him that he was uncertain at the same time.
"Yeah but admit it, it is interesting. You know it's kind of cool if you think about, we were always meant to be friends" James smiled.
"Always" Sirius said.
"I wondered who pushed me in the lake though" James asked.
"I thought Albert did" Sirius said frowning.
"No I mean the horrible boy Harry mentioned" James told him.
"Well he could have been talking about Snape" Sirius told him. James nodded.
"Probably. We may never know for sure though" James sighed. Sirius nodded in agreement.
"Let's go before Filch catches us" Sirius said. They were definitely passed curfew. It had been one long, strange night.
After the incident in the Room of Requirement things got back to normal. The only thing that changed was Amber started hanging out with them more. She and James shared a love of Quidditch, so they got on really well. Sirius laughed at the annoyed expression on Remus' face when ever James came back from the Quidditch field with Amber. Apparently Amber did have many friends. Remus spent most of his of free time helping tutoring Peter. Sirius and James helped whenever they could. They took their exams. Peter was a nervous wreck during exam week that Remus forced him to take a calming potion.
"Finally it's over" Peter said sitting down in his favorite armchair in the common room on the day of their last exam.
"Why is History of Magic so boring" James groaned stretching his arms. James swore that he must have written the longest essay of the year. Sirius highly doubted this because Remus had stopped writing his essay a long time after James.
"Only have to wait a week for results now. Then Summer" James said. Sirius stomach gave a nasty lurch. He had completely forgotten that he was to spend a few weeks of his summer holiday with his cousin Bellatrix. It was going to be horrendous.
"Yeah I'm very excited" Sirius said sarcastically. Remus gave him a concerned look. James looked ashamed of his thoughtlessness. Peter frowned.
"Is your cousin really that bad" Peter asked fearfully. Sirius thought of a good way to explain his cousin Bellatrix.
"She could make even the meanest Slytherin cry." Sirius said told him. This statement didn't seem to sooth Peter, not that it was suppose to.
"She might be horrible but she couldn't physically harm you, right" James asked clearly afraid of the answer. Sirius let out a bark like laugh. Bellatrix wouldn't dare hurt the oldest male Black heir. At least not if his parents still recognized him as a son
"As long as I'm a part of the family, she won't. It's Andromeda that needs to watch out for her" Sirius told them confidently.
"Why?" James asked.
"Because she did the worst thing possible, marry a Muggleborn. I'll be surprised if a simple disownment would due for dear Bella" Sirius said with disgust. They boys looked at each other fearfully. It was obvious that they didn't want him anywhere near Bellatrix.
"Well she better not harm Andromeda now, she's pregnant" Remus said with fury at the idea of someone harming a pregnant woman. Sirius didn't say anything but simply remained silent. It clearly signified the end of the conversation. It did not however make the prospect of the beginning of the summer any less pleasant.
Magnificently, Peter managed to meet the requirement to enter third year. Sirius was shocked to see that he managed to get straight O's, as did James. Remus was thrilled with this and decided to celebrate their success with a little party.
"I told my mom she's thrilled" James said brightly.
"Your parent's will be pleased as well, I'm sure Sirius" Remus told him knowing what the frown meant.
"Doubt they will care. My parents aren't really fused about things like grades. I didn't do it for my parents anyway" Sirius told. Remus nodded with approval. Sirius smiled at them and picked up a chocolate frog.
The end of term came too quickly. Gryffindor had won the house cup but it did little to improve Sirius mood of melancholy. The boys shared their usually compartment. They had a plan to end the year that was going to happen at noon. Amber came in before their prank began.
"You guys will write, won't you?" Amber asked.
"Of course" James said. Sirius nodded but then elbowed Remus in the ribs.
"Ouch." Remus said glaring at Sirius. Sirius looked pointed at Amber.
"I will, gosh Sirius that hurt" Remus said rubbing his ribs. Amber chuckled. Sirius looked at his watch.
"It's time" Sirius said. Amber looked confused. Remus got the firework out of his bag. Noticing the look on Amber's face he quickly explained that she would see in a minute. Seconds later green, blue, red, orange light and loud bangs filled the train. Students came out to see the fireworks.
"Wow cool" A seventh year Hufflepuff said.
"Who are the Marauder" A first year asked. The firework had written their signature in air. Amber jaw almost hit the floor. She hustle the boys back in.
"YOU GUYS ARE THE MARAUDERS" She said excitedly. She jumped up and down.
"Yes but please don't tell anyone." James begged.
"Of course not. Just warn me when you guys have a prank planned. Don't want me to get caught in the prank, do you" She asked them. They nodded vigorously.
Much too soon the train stopped. Sirius felt like he was being led to his doom. Amber said goodbye to all of them. They saw James and Remus' parents immediately. Peter's mom arrived little after they got off the train.
"Who's picking you up Sirius, dear" Mrs. Potter asked.
"Umm my cousin, Mrs. Potter" He said. James looked like he was about to speak but Sirius silence him with a look. Sirius looked over the platform and saw Bellatrix.
"There's my cousin. I better go. See you guys later" He said trying not to so his dread. Sirius didn't dare chance a look back. Sirius had never meant his cousin's husband but could just tell that he was going to be unpleasant.
"Hey" He said awkwardly.
"Why if it isn't baby Sirius. Well come on, can't hang around all day" Bellatrix said. Sirius wanted to tell her not to call him a baby but didn't dare argue. He followed his cousin wondering what kind of summer he was going to have.