Months passed and nothing had happened. Peter hadn't returned, Sirius had gone back to his usual flirty self, James had become more civil towards Harry, Ron and Ginny and Remus was... Remus.
Orion's defence class had gotten more interesting. They were now learning about The Unforgivables and EVERYONE was looking forward to mini duels. "Right, now, today I am going to demonstrate the Unforgivables to you. Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission for this. I would like to say that I hope you never use these curses and that I hate having to demonstrate this, but you NEED to learn." here, he looked around the class pointedly.
"Right, who can name an Unforgivable?" Seven hands flew up. Orion raised his eyebrow, normally people were too afraid to answer this question. "Mr..Black?"
"The Imperius Curse."
Orion nodded. "Yes, the Imperius curse. It allows the caster to take complete control of his or her victim. Watch." To demonstrate, Orion picked up a large spider. "Imperio." He made it dance in the air, most of the students started to laugh. Harry, who could bear no more, stood up.
"You think it's funny? Imagine being put under that curse, you could be told to kill your best friend! You wouldn't remember doing it, but you'd have to live with the guilt for the rest of your life!" he sat down, breathing heavily.
Orion sighed ruefully. "I'm afraid Harry's right. Look." Suddenly the spider flew over to a bucket of water, resisting with all its might not to fall into the water. He released the spell and put it back in its jar. "Next Curse?...Miss Evans."
"The Cruciatus Curse." Lily whispered.
Harry and Hermione shuddered as she said this. Flashes of the pain they went through, by the hand of Bellatrix and Voldemort ran through their minds. Noticing their stricken faces Ron and Ginny comforted them as best they could.
"I am aware that this may be painful for some of you to watch so if you would like to sit this out, you may leave the room for a few minutes."
"Thank you!" Hermione gasped before sprinting out of the classroom closely followed by Ron.
"Right then. Engorgio." the spider in Orion's hand grew larger. Harry took a deep breath and gripped Ginny's hand tightly. "Crucio." The whole class watched on in disgust as they saw the spider convulse and heard its pitiful squealing. Harry felt tears leak from his eyes before leaning into Ginny's shoulder. Orion stopped the curse. Hermione and Ron walked back into the room, composed. Remus however, noticed the faint tear marks on her cheeks. "And the last Unforgiveable?"
Harry raised his hand. "Avada Kedavra. The killing curse."
"Right you are. Watch. Avada Kedavra." a jet of green light - the spider lay motionless.
Harry found himself staring at his future mum and dad, sadness etched onto his face. The Marauders noticed the sadness on his face and thought back to the memory they had seen of his mother dying. Sirius, however, thought about his best friend's future and how this curse would end him.
"I'm sorry I had to show you these things. If it were up to me, I would never show you, but there is a WAR going on out there, you need to be able to fight. So, if you want, we can spend the rest of the lesson learning to throw odd the Imperius curse. In order to do this I have to cast the spell on you. Those who wish to sit out, may. Those taking part move to the right of the classroom, those of you who aren't move to the left."
Everyone moved to the right. Everyone except for Harry. James noticed this and made a mental note of it. "James, if you please."
James strode forward. "Imperio."
James' mind went blank. "Kiss Remus." James moved forward not knowing what he was doing. He stopped in front of Remus and tilted his head. Harry leant forward, amused by his father's actions. James moved forward and quickly kissed Remus, much to the wolf's embarrassment. Orion removed the spell and sniggered at James' shocked, bright red face. James looked over to his girlfriend and ruffled his hair smiling ruefully.
"Sorry about that, Moony old pal." he laughed slapping said wolf on the back.
"Lets never mention this again." he replied, laughter in his eyes.
Orion quickly made his way through the class, not one had managed to throw off the curse. "Good work everyone. For Homework I want you to write a twelve inch essay on the Unforgiveable Curses. Due next week!" he cried over the groans of the class. "Harry, can I have a word with you?"
"We'll see you in Common Room Harry." Ron called to his friend.
"What's wrong Orion?" Harry asked worriedly.
"Nothing just... why didn't join you class in learning to fight the Imperius Curse?"
Harry smiled. "Oh that! I didn't want to show off, you see, I can already throw it off."
Orion's jaw dropped. "Didn't I tell you that? It was during fourth year."
"No, you must have forgotten to mention that." Orion replied sarcastically.
Outside the classroom door, was James with his ear pressed against the wood, listening raptly.
"Harry do you have experience with crucio?" Orion queried gently.
"Yes." it was barely a whisper but James still heard it. "Bella used it on me and Mione, and Voldemort did as well." James stifled his gasp. This kid had been so much and he had been so horrible to him! James felt guilty. "Orion? Do you ever think about how they died? I mean, I look at them and all I see is a flash of green, and mum's body on the floor. It's so hard to be here and stop myself from changing everything, to save them. Was dad really this horrible, or is it just because I'm here?" Harry asked, on the verge of tears.
James never heard the answer. He had walked off thinking about everything he had heard. Harry's parents were dead. That was a fact.. But, why was he talking as though they were still alive? Sirius' words ran through his mind. "They're from the future!" Was it possible? He began to piece together everything he knew. His mum's name was Lily, and he looked exactly like himself. That must mean that... he married Lily and had a kid!
"Merlin's saggy underpants!" James shouted. He was such a terrible father! He played the worst trick on his only son!