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"Good luck Harry!"

Harry waved at his friends as he headed to the Quidditch pitch.

"We don't need luck as long as we have you on that broom." Oliver said with a competitive gleam in his eyes. He had been thrilled to learn that Harry had received the Firebolt back and had even arranged extra practices so that Harry could get more adjusted to how the new broom moved.

Harry grinned as he mounted his broom and flew into the air when the whistle sounded. He loved being in the sky and the feeling of freedom that he got. The Firebolt flew like a dream although he had also enjoyed using his Grandfather's broom. Maybe he would alternate between them.

Harry cheered as one of the Weasley twins blocked a bludger and sent it towards the Ravenclaw players. He noticed the Ravenclaw seeker, Cho Chang, scanning the area for the golden snitch. She caught his eye and smiled a little. Harry blushed and looked away, focusing on the game. The snitch usually took awhile to show though he made sure to keep an eye out for it.

Gryffindor had been up by eighty points but Ravenclaw was starting to score more and soon they were only up by fifty points. Harry began flying back and forth as he looked for the snitch. He noticed out of the corner of his eye that Cho Chang was now, instead of looking for the snitch, was following his movements. Harry mentally rolled his eyes at the usual ploy and pretended he saw the snitch, bursting ahead with Chang following closely behind. He laughed as he did a quick turn and went back to where he had been hovering, an innocent look on his face. He smirked when he saw Cho's scowl as she realized she had been tricked. He managed to pull the same scam fifteen minutes later and snickered when the Ravenclaw captain, Roger Davies, yelled at her to focus better. He felt a little bad and offered her an apologetic look to which she rolled her eyes and grinned sheepishly in response.

A flash of gold caught Harry's eye and suddenly all he could think of was catching the snitch and winning the game for Gryffindor. He pulled fast twists and turns as the snitch led him through the bleachers. He was momentarily distracted when he heard a shout and saw two Dementors crossing the pitch. He acted automatically and pulled his wand. "Expecto Patronum!" He didn't watch to see what happened, he simply concentrated and sped forward on the Firebolt. He reached out and grasped the little snitch, pulling his broom to an abrupt stop and holding the golden prize up in the air. Loud cheers and applause erupted and he lowered himself down to the ground with a huge grin on his face.

Harry noticed a small ground in the middle of the pitch and wondered what had happened with the Dementors. He hadn't heard any screams or felt the usual coldness and dread that he had before, which made him feel pretty proud of himself. The lessons must be working.

"Harry that was some great flying-"

"And casting! That was brilliant!"

Fred and George ran up to him and clapped him on the back. The rest of the team joined them and Oliver slung his arm around Harry's shoulders. "Another win! And I had no idea you could cast a Patronus. That was wicked!"

"Those morons didn't know what hit them!" Katie Bell added with a laugh.

"Morons?" Harry craned his neck and saw his father on the pitch. He looked furious.

"What were you thinking? Are you three insane?" Severus was yelling at Theo Nott, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. They were holding large black cloaks and had scared looks on their faces.

"I have never seen a more cowardice display!" Severus spat out at his students. "I am disgusted with you! You have brought shame to your House!"

Harry's mouth dropped open as he realized that there hadn't been any Dementors at all! Nott, Crabbe and Goyle had dressed up as them. Gee that's not embarrassing, Harry thought with a wince. He had cast a Patronus on students! Well, more likely a wisp of a Patronus.

"Harry! Your Patronus was so cute!" Hermione squealed as she and Ron hurried up to him.

"You didn't tell us you could cast a full Patronus!" Ron added, looking impressed.

"I cast a full Patronus?" Harry repeated in shock. "What was it?" He asked eagerly.

"A young fawn." Hermione told him.

A fawn? Harry wished he could have seen it. He looked to where his Dad was still yelling at his Slytherins.

"Detention for a month and twenty-five points will be taken from each of you! And your parents will be hearing about your disgrace to your House, I assure you." Severus finished with a fierce glare that had his three delinquent students cowering.

"Wow, seventy-five points taken from Slytherin!" Ron whispered in awe.

"I thought I only saw two Dementors." Harry said, his brow furrowed in confusion.

"Yeah, Nott was on Crabbe's shoulders to appear taller." Draco commented as he, Blaise and Pansy walked up to them. He had an angry look on his face. "They will pay for making us lose so many points." He added darkly.

"They are such an embarrassment to Slytherin." Pansy added in disgust.

"You cast a Patronus." Draco said and there was a hint of admiration in his voice. "Not bad Potter."

Harry laughed ruefully. "Thanks."

Severus walked over to Harry and put a gentle hand on his shoulder. "Congratulations on your win and your Patronus. I am very proud of you."

Harry grinned up at his tall Dad. "Thanks. I can't believe I thought they were real Dementors." He flushed a little.

"They fooled almost everyone at first." Severus assured his son, understanding that Harry was embarrassed. "I am deeply sorry for what they did, although not as sorry as they will be after a month's detention with Mr. Filch." And he knew the rest of the Slytherins would make their displeasure at losing so many points known to the three reckless students.

"It's not your fault Dad." Harry responded. "So my Patronus was a fawn?" He had kind of been hoping it would have been an eagle or a lion or something.

Severus had an extremely pleased look on his face. "Yes it was. My Patronus is a doe, as was your mother's."

Harry perked up at that. A fawn made sense then and Harry suddenly thought a young fawn was the perfect Patronus for him.

HPHPHPHP

The next weekend found Harry waving glumly at Ron and Hermione as they left for Hogsmeade. He wished he could go too and once again regretted that he had acted like such a brat over the Firebolt. His friends had offered to stay at Hogwarts with him but he had insisted that they go. They had promised to bring him back some sweets which Harry appreciated. As much as he wished he could go, he realized with Black out there somewhere it was safer for him to stay at Hogwarts.

He began walking back to the Tower, figuring he could get some homework out of the way when he heard his name.

"Oi Harry!"

Harry turned around and saw the Weasley twins approaching him. "Hey guys. Why aren't you in Hogsmeade?"

"We're going in a minute. But we wanted to talk to you first." Fred said with a mischievous look in his eyes.

"We heard you weren't going this weekend." George added.

"Um, it didn't work out for me to go this time." Harry shrugged. It was too embarrassing to say he was grounded from going. Although, they probably had already heard about it from Ron.

"Well, what if it could work out?" Fred asked slyly.

"Yeah what if you could go and not get caught?" George winked.

"Oh, you mean because of my cloak?" Harry frowned. "No, I couldn't do that. It wouldn't be safe with Sirius Black out there."

"That's where we come in."

"We have just the thing."

Fred held out a blank parchment which Harry just raised an eyebrow to, looking a lot like his father. "I don't get it."

Fred smirked and tapped his wand to the parchment. "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good."

The parchment began to fill out with ink. Messers Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs are proud to present The Marauder's Map. Soon Harry was staring at a complete map of Hogwarts. "Wow!" There were the names of everyone in Hogwarts and even showed where they were.

"This has been the secret to our success." George said proudly. "We nicked it from Filch's office first year."

"It's one of our proudest moments." Fred grinned.

"Who are the Marauder's?" Harry asked, his eyes riveted to the map.

"Wish we knew." George shrugged. "We owe them so much. This little map here shows everyone in the castle, where they are, and when they are on the move. It also shows the secret passageways of the castle. There are seven but this is the one that you might be interested in for today." Fred pointed on the map.

Harry peered closely. "The one-eyed witch statue?"

George nodded. "It leads straight to the cellar of Honeydukes." He said meaningfully. "The password is Dissendium." He pointed his wand at the parchment. "Mischief managed." Immediately the ink disappeared and it looked like a blank spare bit of parchment again. "It's yours now."

"What?" Harry asked with wide eyes as Fred handed the map over.

"We have all the secret passageways memorized." Fred explained. "It's time to pass it down. Between this and your cloak, you're good to go." He gave Harry a pat on the shoulder as he and George began to walk away.

"Perhaps we'll see you soon!" George called over his shoulder.

Harry watched them go with a grin on his face. "This is so cool." Harry murmured to himself as he looked at the parchment. He did the incantation to make the map appear again. For a fleeting moment he considered using the map the twins had suggested and sneaking into Hogsmeade. However, he was quick to dismiss the thought. He had already been to Hogsmeade after all, and knew it wouldn't be worth it if he got caught. His Dad would certainly not be pleased and Harry didn't have a death wish after all.

Harry continued watching the names on the map. He could see that his Dad was in his office. I wonder what he would think of this, he thought. Hmm, he should memorize the passageways before showing the map to his Dad, which he knew he had to do. And if there was ever a day where he wasn't being sought after by a madman, the passageways would be fun to investigate with Ron and Hermione.

"Harry?"

Harry looked up in surprise. He had been so lost in his thoughts that he hadn't seen Professor Lupin's name get close to him on the map. "Hi Professor." He greeted.

Remus stared at the map in Harry's hands. "Where did you get that?" He asked harshly, grabbing the map from Harry.

"I-a friend gave it to me." Harry said, looking at his Professor in confusion. Why does he look so mad? He wondered.

"This can be very dangerous in the wrong hands young man!" Remus scolded. His eyes hardened. "Were you planning on using this to sneak into Hogsmeade?"

Harry stared at him. "No, I wasn't." He responded in a hurt voice.

Remus snorted, memories of the past use with this map going through his mind. "Sure."

"I wasn't!"

Remus shook his head. "Your parents, your mother and James that is, died to protect you Harry. You need to take your safety seriously otherwise you mock their sacrifice."

Harry felt like he had been slapped in the face.

"It's a poor way to repay them." Remus continued, not realizing how hurtful his words were to the teenager. He tapped his wand against the map. "Mischief managed."

Tears began to burn in Harry's eyes at the harsh words. He didn't even comprehend that the professor had known how to clear the parchment. Without saying anything, he snatched the map back, turned and ran.

"Harry!"

Harry ran to his Dad's office, remembering he had seen his name there earlier.

Severus looked up in surprise when his door slammed open and immediately could tell something was wrong. "Harry?"

Harry stared at his Dad, fighting back tears and the feeling of guilt he got when thinking of his Mum and James. "I wasn't going to honest!" He fell against his Dad in a hug after Severus got up and walked to him.

"All right, I believe you." Severus said soothingly, even though he had no idea what Harry was talking about. He rubbed Harry's back and waited patiently for his son to talk.

Harry eventually pulled back from the embrace. "I was given a map of Hogwarts. It shows everyone in the school and where they are, as well as some secret passageways in the castle." Harry said quietly. "I was looking at it and was going to show it to you but then he saw me and accused me of using it to sneak into Hogsmeade."

Severus frowned. "Who did?"

"Professor Lupin." Harry said softly. "He didn't believe me when I told him I wasn't going to try and sneak out. He also said I wasn't taking my safety seriously and that it was a poor way to repay Mum and James for sacrificing their lives for me." A few tears escaped from his eyes and he wiped them away hastily. He hated crying, it made him feel like a little kid.

Severus froze for a second but then began to burn with rage. Oh, he was going to have words with Lupin. Perhaps he would let him suffer the pain of changing into a wolf without the Wolfsbane potion, which should teach him a lesson.

"I wasn't going to use it to sneak out." Harry continued earnestly. He needed his Dad to believe him. "I wasn't."

"I believe you son." Severus said reassuringly. He kept the anger he felt for Lupin out of his voice. Hmm, without the Wolfsbane potion Lupin would have to be locked up. Or…he could add a little something to the potion to intensify the pain instead of help ease it.

"I have never meant to insult Mum and James sacrifice." Harry whispered. He leaned back into his Dad and soaked up the comfort and love he felt.

"And you have not." Severus assured him, focusing on his son. "Do not think otherwise, no matter what anyone else says." Severus held his son tighter as he waited for Harry to calm down. "They wanted you to live Harry, which you did. You survived growing up in the Dursley's house and have become a brave, smart and compassionate young man. Your Mother would be just as proud of you as I am. James as well."

Harry felt a warmth rush through him at the words and when he pulled back from the hug; he had a small smile on his face. "Thanks Dad." He sighed and then handed Severus the map. "I was going to give this to you but I had wanted to look at it first. It's pretty brilliant."

Severus raised an eyebrow. "It's blank." He pointed out.

Harry pointed his wand at the parchment. "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good."

Severus watched with interest as the map began to fill out. It was quite extraordinary. Hmm I wouldn't have to patrol anymore as I could just use the map to see who was out of bounds, he couldn't help thinking. He noticed Lupin was in his classroom and he narrowed his eyes as he saw the word Marauders. Now that was a name he had heard before.

"Harry, I'm going to walk you to our quarters. There is something I need to do and then I will join you and we can play a game or two of chess before lunch." Severus suggested.

Harry nodded and his eyes brightened. After his Dad dropped him off at their quarters he paused in the doorway. "Thanks for believing me." He said softly and then slipped inside.

Severus turned and began stalking towards the Defense classroom, letting his anger come to the surface. The wolf was going down.

TBC: I think Remus is in a little trouble, what do you think? =)