Hey guys, sorry for not updating in THREE weeks *the horror*. I had a stomach bug, then went through some emotional shit at school and then i came down with the flu and then some more shit and then my teachers decided to make all assignments due today so this wasnt too high on my priorities list. So sorry

So this chapter is starting in relevance to The Vanishing Glass and i wasnt quite sure how i should do this so I experimented. I hope i wrote it well :)

SHOUTOUT TO Callidora-Malfoy and BLAH for reviewing EVERY chapter so far :D You guys are awesome.

Disclaimer: I am not J.K Rowling and neither are you

Thank you to CLARE for proof reading this but i didnt see any corrections... so there are probably still some there :D

Galloping along, the cool wind hit my face like a dozen pins at once. It wasn't a painful experience. It was rather nice considering I had been galloping for hours. Ducking, weaving, jumping and running, the nature of it after doing for years was now a steady rhythm and I hardly had to pay attention to it. Instead I focused on the sounds and the scenery that engulfed me. Up above a hippogriff soared in the black sky illuminated by the full moon which seemed eerily bright tonight. The hippogriff gave out a loud squawk, his cry echoing through the sky, his cry finding its way through the leaves of each tree, into every crevice and working its way into everyone's ear.

There was a rustle to my left and I ducked just in time as a huge and monstrous beast leaped out from the unknown, trying to pin me to the ground. My heart thumped painfully in my chest as I tensed up, lowering my head so my antlers faced the unknown danger and hoping it would provide some protection to me. A low growling sound came from beneath me and as my instincts took over and I started to run.

But I stopped when I heard a dog making a barking sound like he was laughing. I turned around with an annoyed huff and started to charge at the grim like dog when a werewolf jumped in front of me protecting the dog. There was a squeaking directly below me at my feet and glancing down I saw a rat. I lowered my head so he could climb on me.

The wolf let out a howl and we ran. The trees slipped past us, almost like they too were the wind.

There was a glimpse of red which stood out against the dark colours of the forest. I paused and looked closely trying to figure out what it was. But the dog and wolf kept running like there was nothing there. A slight weight continuing down my back alerted me to the fact that the rat was climbing off my back.

The red appeared again and I gave chase. But it did not move. Then I heard it.

'James? James? James? James! JAMES POTTER YOU WAKE UP RIGHT NOW'

This puzzled me for a moment but I had more important things to think about. Such as the fact the forest was slowly fading around me. I tried holding on, but it was like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands.

The red thing started coming into focus and I sat up as if I had been electrocuted. Right in front of me was the face of Lily Evans. And it was morphed into a very unattractive scowl.

'Aww Lily! Don't pull that face! It doesn't look good on you'. This earned me a light slap on the arm. Wow what did I do wrong?

'James guess what day it is?' Woopee. A guessing game.

'Erm… oh yes Happy Birthday!' Save 1 for James Potter.

She glared at me coldly. 'My Birthday was about 5 months ago.'

Woops.

'Um… oh is it MY birthday?'

'No.'

'Is it… our anniversary?'

'No'. She was getting more agitated by the second.

'Ah… I really have no idea'. She hit me again on the arm.

'It's Dudley's 11th birthday!' She said in an annoyed way.

'And why again am I concerned that it's the big sack of potatoes birthday?'

'BECAUSE Harry is always miserable on Dudley's birthday and I would like to be there watching over him.' She said slowly as if explaining that 1 + 1 = 2 to a 5 year old.

I finally understood the fuss and relaxed slightly which brought my attention back to the dream. The dream wasn't really a dream. More like a memory. It was one of our last nights' running wild around the school under the light of a full moon.

It was odd because each full moon, for the past 2 or 3 years, without fail I have had a dream about what I did on the full moon. The first time the dream was about my first time as an animagus, the second time was about my second dream and so on. It was odd, but I welcomed them with open arms. I know I shouldn't live in the past, but the past was so hard to let go.

Shaking my head, I got up leaving Lily sitting on the hammock staring after me.

'You had another dream didn't you?' She said softly.

'Yeah… I think this one was our third last time before we graduated.' She smiled sadly and I offered her my hand. She accepted and gracefully climbed out of my hammock.

After breakfast food is more for novelty reasons up here rather than for survival Lily dragged me off to the cliff.

'Harry Potter' Lily said fondly. Even though we've never really met the kid properly (I mean you can't have a conversation with a 1 year old. And if you do they are usually one sided…) we still loved him and Lily was quite proud of him. I would have preferred a bit more a trouble maker but he's perfect. And I mean turning his teacher's wig blue? Priceless!

I felt a rush of anger spoil my mood as I watched Harry cook breakfast while the THINGS spoil their special little Duddykins rotten. Boy I might have felt sorry for Dudley… IF he wasn't so mean to Harry and a rotten boy in general! But Duddykins? *Shudders*

Harry took a quick glimpse at the table which had a permanently sagged due to the amount of food and presents that sit upon its back every year. I saw a flash of anger and sadness cross his face before he went back to cooking.

'Harry's never had a birthday has he?' I nudged Lily to let her know I was talking to her.

She shook her head sadly. Up here, every year we would throw wild parties to celebrate Harry's birthday. The down side was that he was never there, and would never know.

Harry finished cooking and made his way to the table to serve breakfast.

'Like their own personal slave.' Murmured Lily. But what happened next shocked Lily and me senseless.

'Thirty-six presents' Dudley said looking up to his parents and blinking at them. 'That's two less than last year.'

'That Absolute, SPOILT BRAT!' Lily raged as she jumped up. Even I wasn't that spoilt!

'His own COUSIN waits on him, his PARENTS wait on him and he STILL complains about the number of presents he has! Thirty six is MORE than plenty! Most people get about 10, 15 at the most! Now STOP being a pig and APPRECIATE what you have got!'

'You took the words straight out of my mouth! But with double the volume I might add.' She smirked at me as I pulled her down.

Harry was wolfing down his food like there's no tomorrow. Looking exactly like Padfoot! Or Moony with chocolate.

'Little tyke wants his money's worth' Mr whale chuckled while ruffling mini whale's hair. Mr Whale and Mini Whale… this could work. I nudged Lily in the ribs.

'Hey I thought up some better nicknames for them!' She raised an eyebrow.

'You mean better than Mr Pudgy Teddy Bear, Mrs Stick Insect and Mini Potato?' Yeah don't get me started on those…

'I thought we agreed to never mention that ever again. EVER.'

'And did you ACTUALLY think for a moment I would take that deal seriously?' Yes. The look on my face must have confirmed her suspicions and she laughed.

'Fine then, that incident never happened. So what have you made up THIS time?'

'Mr Whale and Mini Whale!' I said gleefully. She pondered that for a moment, her brow set in deep concentration.

'Yes, that could work. Not very original but I LOVE IT!' Score 1 to Mr Prongs.

'We can work on Petunias later.' She said and we turned our attention to Harry yet again. Harry and Mr Whale were watching Mini Whale open his presents and Petunia stormed back into the room.

'What's got her knickers in a knot?' Lily shushed me and leant closer.

'Bad news, Vernon. Mr's Figgs broken her leg. She can't take him' jerking her head towards my son. Who has a name!

'He has a name. It's Harry if you didn't know. Use it' I growled.

'You could just leave me here?' Harry said hopefully, delight in his eyes. His eyes went dull again as Petunia snapped back

'And come back and find the house in ruins?'

'No that's what will happen if James was there. But that's Harry, not James' came a voice from beside me. Thanks Lily. Thanks. I'm just going to ignore the fact that it's true.

Harry's face was slowly lighting up and hearing the conversation I didn't blame him.

'I suppose we could take him to the zoo… and leave him in the car…'

'He's not a dog! That's Padfoot!'

'That car's new; he's not sitting there alone!'

'Good'

Just at that moment Mini Whale started crying. But any normal person could tell he was faking it. Mr Whale and his wife however aren't normal and are quite blind. So of course they didn't notice.

'Dinky Duddydums…' Lily and I missed the rest of what she said because we were both too busy cracking up. Who in their right mind would call someone Dinky Duddydums? But then again Petunia ISNT in her right mind.

'I… don't… want… him… t-t-to come!' Dudley yelled between huge sobs. He then shot Harry an extremely nasty grin. Despicable child!

'Hey he reminds me of someone' Lily said then turned and pointedly looked at me.

'Oi! I wasn't that bad!' I protested. Lily snickered.

'What about that time in first year, about the 200th time you asked me out and I rejected, you sat in the middle of the great hall and sobbed hoping I'd take pity on you. You were quite dramatic. Worse than that beast down there I must admit.' Oh merlin I was such an idiot back then.

'I was ELEVEN!' She smirked but nodded.

A rat face kid then walked in the door and Dudley immediately stopped crying. And they STILL don't get he was faking.

After this it was just Mr Whale and Petunia discussing what to do with the "freak" while Mini Whale and Rat Face chased Harry all over the house.

I could hardly believe my sons luck and apparently neither could he when he found himself in the car on the way to the zoo. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Lily nod in approval.

After about 10 minutes of driving Mr Whale started to complain and today it was about Motorbikes.

'… roaring along like maniacs, the young hoodlums' Yup, definitely Padfoot.

'Padfoot' Lily chuckled.

'I had a dream about a motorbike.' Oh really young Harry? 'It was flying.' Oh my gosh… bad idea…

'Idiot kid' I muttered under my breath

'Oi that "idiot kid" is our son!' Lily protested hotly.

'Okay okay! It was just a umm… Idiotic moment?' I suggested weakly. She seemed satisfied with my answer and let the matter drop. Down below Mr Whale was shouting yet again… this time something about motorbikes not flying. Awkward for you because they do. THAT RHYMED!

'You know James, Harry had a remarkable memory' she said thoughtfully.

'What? How? Didn't he forget not to mention stuff like that in front of Mr Whale?' She hit the back of my head.

'No' she scowled. 'The fact that he remembers that motorbike.'

'What motorbike?' I asked somewhat stupidly.

'You know… the motorbike you always used to take Harry on… the one you and Sirius crashed… the one you and Sirius ran away from the death eaters on and ran into the police (AN: If you haven't read the mini story J.K Rowling wrote about it GO READ IT NOW (its online somewhere… just google James and Sirius Prequel)) and the one that Hagrid took Harry on to get to Privet Drive.' Oh THAT one.

'Oh THAT one! I thought you were talking about the other one…' Woops.

'Sorry James dear, I didn't quite catch that. What OTHER one?' She smiled sweetly. Quick, quick I need a distraction. COME ON BRAIN THINK! I NEED A DISTRACTION.

'Oh look they have arrived at the zoo!' I blurted out. It turns out they had.

As they walked towards the entrance to the zoo Harry looked around in amazement and all the different sights. He seemed to be drinking the image up. SLUUUUUURRRRRRPPPP. Mini Whale and Rat Face had just knocked a little girl over and then laughed when she started to cry. Mr Whale and Petunia paid no attention to this but instead chose to reprimand Harry for "dawdling". I saw the mother of the little kid that got pushed over approach Mr Whale and Petunia. This will be good. Lily seemed to think the same thing as I saw her as I saw the subtle marks of excitement show on her face and in her posture.

Her lips parted a bit, just enough to show a bit of white while her eye brows raised. Her cheeks turned a rosy pink and I saw her lean lower to the ground.

'Um sorry to bother you but your son and his friend just knocked my daughter to the ground and laughed.' Mr Whale and Petunia turned around in outrage. The lady seemed to realise this but held her ground. Gryffindor for sure. Hey that also kinda rhymed!

'I am sure it was just an accident! Our diddykins will never do such a thing!' Petunia cried.

'I am extremely sure of what I saw ma'am' the lady said and gave a glare so fierce I swore it was Minnie for a moment!

'Oh you must be talking about our nephew! I am sorry but he is disturbed around crowds' and with that Mr Whale called Harry over and swiftly slapped him on the hand. The lady tried to stop it but she was too late.

'No I am not talking about this darling boy here. Aww he's such a sweet thing. I am talking about the overweight child over there with his rat faced friend' she snapped quite rudely.

'This boy is a menace' Mr Whale and Petunia then stalked away, dragging Harry with them. The lady tried to run after but they were soon lost in the crowd.

Lily and I had watched this scene roll out in shock. But soon she started laughing. Shouldn't she be ranting about how Petunia is an idiot or something now?

Seeing my questioning look she attempted to stop laughing and managed to choke out between bursts of laughter.

'Just… the glare… that … lady had! Reminded… me of… McGonagall… and… I'm surprised… Petunia didn't…. give into that… ladies wishes.' Soon I was laughing too and the whole incident was forgotten.

'What are we laughing about again?' I questioned when we had both calmed down. Lily pondered on that for a moment. Eventually she said

'I DON'T KNOW!' And that set us off again. We were acting like we had in first year, and everyone was looking at us weirdly. It was nice to finally de-stress in a moment of insanity. We must have laughed for a long time as when we stopped the Dursleys, rat face and Harry were having lunch. Mmmm that looks nice. Lily and I decided to skip lunch today and we just sat there and watched Harry. It looked like Harry was having a nice time. Good, that kid needs at least SOME happy memories.

'It's too good to be true' Lily mumbled. Thank you for that captain optimism.

But she was right.

It was getting late but Mini Whale insisted on going to the snake enclosure, so to the snake enclosure they went. What Mini Whale wants, Mini Whale gets. Mini Whale and Rat Face headed immediately to the biggest snake there was on display. No surprise there. But it appeared to be sleeping as Harry strolled up to it and stood next to Mini Whale and observed. Mini Whale slammed his dirty nose up against the glass and pressed his whole face into it.

'Disgusting child' lily spat out. Yes, you have told me 100 million times this year alone.

'Make it move' Mini Whale whined. Mr Whale rapped the glass smartly but the snake slept on.

'This is boring' he complained while he shuffled away. Harry moved over a bit so he was right on front of the snake. Then snake then rose up until they were looking eye to eye. And the snake winked.

'SNAKES DON'T HAVE EYELIDS!' Lily shouted outraged.

'Well this one does' I retorted cheekily. But I have to admit I was curious about what would happen. Why is the snake winking at Harry?

Harry leaned cautiously closer, making sure no one was watching.

'HIIIIIISSSSSSSSS' Harry err… hissed?

'HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS' went the snake back. Wait…

'James… I think Harry's a parselmouth.' Wait what? My son is a parselmouth?

'But parselmouth is the sign of an evil wizard! MY SON IS NOT EVIL!' Lily seemed to get really annoy4ed at me then.

'Well why exactly is parselmouth a sign of an evil wizard? Just because Slytherin could speak does NOT mean it is evil!'

'But' I began to protest.

'No James. Get over your prejudice ways and open your eyes. Not all Slytherin's are evil. Not all Gryffindor's are good. Not all Ravenclaw's are nerds. Not all Hufflepuff's are useless. Not all light spells are good. Not all dark spells are evil.' I was left speechless.

'Lily…' I began.

'No' she cut me off. I reached over to grab her hand but she knocked me back. We sat in awkward silence as Harry performed accidental magic and made the glass vanish. Hahaha that was a good one. But I didn't dare laugh.

Once the Dursley's arrived back home and Mr Whale threw Harry in the cupboard and said no meals I felt Lily tense but I would much rather have all limbs intact than try to comfort her so I made no attempt.

After a few more minutes Lily stood up and walked away. I made no effort to run after, she'd come back in her own time. So I grabbed a broom and flew.

Everything in bold apart from this is quoted from Harry Potter and the PHILOSOPHERS Stone.

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