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Chapter 8
The next morning was the day they had to back to school and the three boys groaned, not wanting to go, but got up, got dressed, ate breakfast and left for King's Cross.
"I don't want to get on the train." Severus complained.
"And here I thought you obsessed with school and getting good grades." Sirius said, walking up to them.
"No, I'm not obsessed with getting good grades, but it is nice." Severus said.
"Hey!" James shouted.
"Hey, how are you?" Harry asked.
"Fine, you?" Harry answered.
"Good," James said. "now let's get on the train, before we miss it."
"Alright." The other five said, following James onto the train. The six sat in their usual compartment and chatted.
"So, I hear you are planning to try out for quidditch." Sirius said.
"Yes, I am." Harry said.
"Harry, Severus, how are you fairing, after the attack?" Lily asked.
"Better, but we are still trying to fix up our home." Harry answered.
"What attack?" Sirius asked, confused.
"You haven't heard about it?" Severus asked him.
"I have, but they didn't give the location or who was attacked." Sirius answered.
"Dad and Abraxas probably threatened the reporters or something." Severus said.
"Yeah, that would my dad," Lucius said "threatening anyone who gets in his way or his family's way."
"Your dad thinks that we are part of his family?" Harry asked, confused.
"Yeah, he thinks of you as his nephews and Tobias as his little brother." Lucius said.
"Wow, I never knew that." Severus said, smiling.
"Yeah, I over heard Tobias and dad talking about two weeks before school started." Lucius said.
"Hey, is house rebuilt yet?" Sirius asked.
"No, not even close." Severus answered.
"Oh." Was all Sirius said. The train eventually stopped and the six friends got off and sat in a carriage with Lucius.
"So, when you try out and if you make it, will you compete against James?" Sirius asked.
"Of course." Harry said.
"Oh, right, you are a Slytherin," Sirius said "I forgot."
"That's alright," Harry said. "friends forget what house you come from because they don't care." the carriage soon came a stop and they got out and went to their respective tables for the first day of school.
"Wow, look at the first years this year," Severus said. "I wonder how many are going to be Slytherins."
"Who knows." Harry told him. They watched the first get sorted and there was 7 Griffindors, 5 Ravenclaws, 5 Hufflepuffs, and 6 Slytherins. After the feast, the prefects showed the way to the dorms and common room.
"Same as always." Severus said.
"Yep, but it's our home for the school year." Harry said. Severus smiled and unpacked.
"Yeah, I know." Severus said. The two boys went to bed thinking about classes the next day.
After classes the next day the six friends met in the library and discussed schoolwork, until James brought up something.
"Hey, I found out something." James said.
"What?" Lily asked.
"Since Remus always disappears during the full moon, I figured out that he must be a werewolf." James answered.
"Really?" Severus said.
"Yeah, I confirmed it, when he told me last night." Sirius said.
"You didn't tell me you were talking to Remus." James said.
"You were already sleeping, so I couldn't." Sirius said.
"Where is he now?" Lucius asked.
"Studying." James answered.
Well, why don't we study to become animagi, so we could go out with him." Lucius suggested.
"Yeah, I totally with that plan." Sirius agreed.
"Yeah, let's do it." Harry said.
"You boys can do it, I have no need to get into trouble." Lily said.
"Oh, come on Lils." Severus said.
"No." Lily said.
"Please?" Harry said.
"Fine." Lily said, knowing she couldn't say no to her two best friends.
The six friends worked hard on their animagus forms and so far they had all figured out their forms.
"What is your form?" Harry asked Severus.
"A black leopard." Severus answered.
"Funny, mine is also a black leopard." Harry said.
"Mine is a large black dog." Sirius said.
"I am a stag." James said.
"My form is a hawk." Lucius said.
"And I'm a red fox." Lily said.
"I think we should have mastered our forms enough by fourth or fifth year." Harry said.
"I'm graduating next year though." Lucius said.
"You could always continue without us during the school year and then during the summer we could train with you." Severus said.
"Alright, I like that idea." Lucius said. Later, they went to their dorms and fell asleep reading.
Over the next few months of practicing their forms, they almost got to the point where they change in a second or two.
"This is so cool!" Sirius said, after he changed back into a human.
"I know, but when we turn seventeen, we are either going to have to tell our parents and register our forms or don't tell our parents and don't register our forms." Harry said
"I like the second idea better." Severus said.
"yeah, me too." Sirius said.
"anyone for registering our forms?" Harry asked. No raised their hand. "Good." Harry said.
The six friends went to dinner and they all sat at the Griffindor table and talked about quidditch, knowing the next game was today.
"So, how is quidditch?" Sirius asked.
"Wonderful." Harry, Severus, and James answered, has they tried out for quidditch earlier in the year and made it. Severus and James played seeker and Harry played chaser.
"That's great, I can't wait to watch to which house wins at the end of the year." Sirius said.
"Which house do you think will win this time?" Lucius asked.
"Griffindor." Sirius said.
"Still set on Griffindor winning?" Severus asked.
"Of course," Sirius answered. "It is my house after all."
"I know that, but I would've thought that since Slytherin has been winning most of the games this year, you would've picked Slytherin." Severus said.
"Yeah, but I hope Griffindor tries harder." Sirius said.
"Yeah, we surely beat this time!" James said, excitedly.
After dinner, the quidditch players from Griffindor and Slytherin went down to their changing rooms and got changed for the game.
"Hey, I hope we win." Severus said.
"Just catch the snitch and we'll be fine." Harry said.
"Alright." Severus said, as he mounted his broom.
"And here comes the Slytherin team!" The announcer shouted.
The game seemed to go on forever especially, since the snitch still hadn't been caught. Harry had sent the quaffle through the hoops and scored many points for Slytherin, but the only was the game would end if one of the seekers caught the snitch. Severus kept looking for the snitch and saw it right behind James. Severus flew towards the snitch and nearly caught, but right as he was about to grab it, it quickly dodged and went a different direction. Both seekers where now chasing the snitch. Severus made his broom go little faster than James' broom and caught the snitch.
"I caught the snitch! I caught the snitch!" Severus yelled. It was Slytherin: 200 and Griffindor: 130. both teams flew down and the Griffindors congratulated the Slytherins on their win. After that everyone went back to their common room, Slytherin having a big party to celebrate their win.
"Hey, James, Sirius, Lily, do you want to come to the Slytherin common room?" Harry asked.
"But, what about your party?" Lily asked.
"Well, I'm pretty sure the Slytherins won't mind a few Griffindors in the snake pit." Harry answered, smiling.
"Alright, I'm in." James said.
"Me too." Sirius said.
"Alright, me three." Lily said. Harry led the into the Slytherin common room, where the was being held.
"Wow, its really a party in here." James said, stating the obvious.
"Yeah, I know." Severus said.
"Hey, Lily, James, Sirius, how are you?" Lucius asked.
"Good." The three answered. The party went on for some time and eventually the first through third years went to bed, the three Griffindors leaving and going back to their common room, and fourth years and up still partying hard. One of the seventh years even managed to sneak some firewhisky into the common room, but wouldn't serve it until the fourth and fifth years went to bed. After that, people either passed out or went to bed.
The next morning when Severus and Harry woke up and walked in the common room, they had to be careful where they stepped, otherwise they would step on a fellow housemate.
"Geez, they look they consumed firewhisky." Severus said.
"They probably did." Harry answered.
"Why?" Severus answered.
"I don't know," Harry answered. "they are sixteen and seventeen years old, how am supposed to know how they think?"
"I don't know," Severus said. "Hey, look, there's Lucius. Should we wake him up?"
"No, better to let him sleep it off." Harry said.
"Thank goodness that it is Saturday, then." Severus said.
"Yeah, lets go down to breakfast." Harry said.
"Alright." Severus said. The two boys went down for breakfast and saw that the Slytherin table was almost empty, with only first through third years sitting at the table, with a few fourth, fifth and sixth years, but no seventh years. Severus and Harry walked over to the Griffindor table and sat down next to James.
"Hey, where is the rest of your house?" James asked.
"Drunk and passed out or sleeping." Severus answered.
"Geez, I didn't think it was possible to sneak any alcohol into Hogwarts." Sirius said.
"Yeah, apparently a seventh year managed to sneak it in without anyone noticing." Harry told them.
"So, I'm guessing that Lucius is one of the ones passed out." James said.
"Yep." Harry said.
"Why didn't you wake him up?" Lily asked.
"Better to let him sleep through it." Severus said.
"Let's continue our animagus training without him, for a least today." Sirius said.
"Yeah, we are going to have to anyway, cause he passed out." James said.
"Alright." Severus said. The five friends went back to the spot, where they were studying before, continued.
"Hey, I think we should name our forms." James said.
"Alright, Prongs." Sirius said. "I think we name each others form."
"Alright, Padfoot." James said.
"I think for Severus' form, it should Shadow and Harry's should be Night." Lily said.
"Then for your name it should be Flame, for how red it is." Severus said.
"What about Lucius' form?" Harry asked.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe Feather or Claw." James said.
"Let's ask him later." Harry said.
"Alright." James said. Later that day they did ask Lucius, when he recovered from his hangover, what his animagus forms name would be.
"It should be Arrow, for its pointed beak." Lucius said.
"I agree." Severus said. Everyone nodded and went to their dorms to get some much needed sleep. Harry, however, kept having those strange dreams, so sometime tomorrow he decided he would tell his friends.
The next morning Harry got his friends into the library for what he needed to tell them.
"Um...guys, I have been having strange dreams for awhile and I thought you would like to know about them." Harry said.
"What is it?" Lily asked, concerned.
"Well, these dreams involve me as this person from the future I think." Harry answered.
"Oh, please tell us." James said.
"I was a boy named Harry Potter and he looked about your age Lucius." Harry said.
"Ok, so told me a little bit, but this much." Lucius said.
"Wait, you already knew?" James asked.
"Yeah, and so does Severus." Lucius answered.
"Why do they know and not us?" Sirius asked.
"Its not like I don't trust you guys, I do, but they started happening when camped and I didn't feel telling anybody yet." Harry explained.
"Oh, tell us more." Sirius said.
"Okay, well this boy, Harry Potter is obviously James' future son, considering his last name." Harry said.
"Oh, I have son? Who did I marry?" James asked.
"I don't know," Harry said. "and what I've seen of the boy, he is at Hogwarts or his summer home."
"Which is?" James asked.
"I can't tell you that, because I don't know!" Harry shouted.
"Maybe these dreams of yours are telling us enough information, without disrupting the future." Lily said.
"How?" The five boys asked.
"Well, without showing who James married or where his summer home is, then we can't try to change the future by altering what we do to our lives." Lily explained.
"We should go to Dumbledore," Lucius said. "he might know what is happening."
"True, but since it's getting late, we should go tomorrow." Harry said.
"Agreed." The other five said. The all went to their dorms and went to sleep, thinking on what tomorrow would hold.