He saw Ginny standing outside Ollivanders. He told Mrs. Weasley he would be taking Ginny for a walk. She allowed it and Ginny followed him. He took her to Quality Quidditch Supplies. There he saw Cho Chang looking at some gear in the corner. She smiled at him and he smiled back. Ginny frowned. Harry then saw stuff out of the corner of his eye and he headed in that direction, conveniently away from Cho. Ginny found her own things to look at, that wasn't far from him.
Cho came over to Harry and said. "Hello."
"Hi." he said.
"Are you Harry Potter?" she asked.
"Yes, yes I am." he said.
"Im, Cho, Cho Chang. I was just wondering, maybe you'd like to go get some ice cream with me?" she asked.
Harry looked over to her, "I have to stay with Ginny." he said, hoping she would get the hint that no, he didn't want to go anywhere with her.
"Maybe later then?" she asked hopefully.
"Maybe." he said, no go away.
Cho smiled, thinking that was a yes.Still dumb. he noted.
Ginny was glaring heavily at the rack she was looking at, she could hear every word of the conversation. Harry walked over to her, inwardly celebrating about her expression, "Find something you like?" he asked.
She nodded a yes, it's a quidditch store, how could you not? "What is it?" he asked.
She pointed to the rack in front of her, mini figurines of the Holyhead Harpies. He smiled and walked away. She did too after a bit. Harry swooped back around and got each of the seven mini figures with 7 brooms. Then he swept over to the Canons side and did the same with their figurines. He paid for them quietly. He then put her 'present' behind his back. "Find something?" he asked.
"No." she said moving to the next rack. Then she turned to him, "All finished?" she asked. He replied with a "Only if you are." she glanced at the rack of mini figs then nodded, "All done." she said.
He smiled and walked out with her, under the watchful eye of a Ravenclaw.
When they were outside he steered her to the ice cream shop and sat her down. He insisted on buying her ice cream. She smiled in thanks and sat down. He sat across from her and quietly set the bag down. The he watched her eat. She blushed the whole time. When she was done he put his closed hands on the table and slowly opened them to reveal the box mini figures in one hand and a box of brooms in the other. Her eyes widened as he slide them across the table to her. "Harry!" she said.
"I saw you looking at them." he said shrugging. "Plus out of all the things in the store to look at, not even a broom you look for mini figurines, I thought Why not?"
"I can't accept these!" she said blushing a dark pink. "It was bad enough you bought me ice cream!"
"Too bad, you're taking the mini figurines. Mostly because I figured it might not look as weird if I bought Ron a set for the cannons." he said.
She oogled the boxes before saying "No, I still can't accept this."
"Like I said, too bad. You are taking them." he said smiling. "It is the least I can do for a pretty redhead like yourself."
She blushed heavily, darker than her hair. She grabbed the boxes, "Thank you." she said. That compliment right there, made her mother's wrath worth it.
She put the boxes carefully into her pocket and let Harry take her down the alley to a jewelry store. He lead her inside and told her to pick something. "I insist, a gorgeous girl needs something to remind herself her complimenter." he said. She rolled her eyes while blushing madly and picked out a small ring that had a fake but shinny green gem on top. It did go well with his eyes. She pointed to it and the clerk pulled it out of the case, "30 knuts." he said. Harry handed the knuts over and he slid the cute ring onto Ginny's right hand, both of their hand were extremely warm and they tingled with something other magical energy, nervousness, or even love. Both kind of looked at each other before she grinned to him, "You are very kind." she said as they walked out of the store.
He merely smiled. "No really, you compliment me when you don't have to, and buy me things." she said. "You have a pure heart to match your very pretty face." she said blushing when she realized she had actually told him that.
He grinned, "No problem." he said. "The pleasure is all mine, I need something to make sure this beautiful lady in front of me is satisfied. Plus if I get you nice things and treat you right, I'll get more time with such a beauty." he said. They entered Wiseacres and sat down, Ginny was blushing madly. Then the rest of the Weasley's came back with the makeshift list Harry made earlier for the school supplies. Molly looked to her blushing daughter and asked her what she had in her now bulging pockets. She showed her the mini figurines. "Where did you get the money for those?" she asked her.
"I got them for her Mrs. Weasley." said Harry. He leaned over and whispered, "Ex girlfriend from the dream and was pretty much re asking me out. Jealous, who was practically growling at the rack she was looking at." he chuckled lightly, "The girl was talking to me, so I thought since Ginny didn't do anything to her, how about I buy her something." he explained.
Molly grinned, "Alright dear." she said. Harry whispered, "I also got Ron some so it wouldn't look as weird."
Molly nodded after a moment. Harry grabbed the bag and handed it to Ron. He looked at Harry and then he opened the bag and pulled out the mini figures. "Wow!" he said. "Thanks Harry!" he said oogily at his already best mate and then his boxes.
Then at last in came Wiseacre "They are done."
Harry shrunk them down and handed them to James who put some charms on them and stuck them in a small pouch he had. They walked out and went into the Leaky Cauldron, laughing. So of course everyone finally saw Lily and James.
"THE POTTERS!" were heard all over the pub. They quickly ran to the exit. They flooed to King's Cross, it was 10:15.
At the Ministry Sirius went to the main desk in the Atrium. "I would like to see Amelia Bones, I sent my patronus this morning."
The lady looked up, "Lord Black, you may go in now. Step into the lift and go to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement."
He nodded "Thank you." he bowed, customary for a Lord of a Noble house.
He walked to the lift, a few minutes later he was walking down level two.
"I am here to see Amelia." he said. The assistant continues writing in the book.
"Do you have an appointment?"
"Yes, as you can see she has a clear schedule today except for the time block for now." She nodded and looked up after reading the name.
"You may go in Lord Black." He bowed again and walked to the door. He knocked, "Enter."
He opened the door and shut it behind him. "Lord Black, sit down please." she stated motioning for him to sit.
He sat, "Can we get past the formalities, Amelia? You have a clear schedule today. So we can talk personal not professional." he said.
She nodded, "Alright Sirius." she said. Sirius winced, she used to call him Siri. It all went down that night at James reception, he had proposed and she refused and left.
"I am sorry, you know. I wasn't thinking, I was drunk but I meant every word I said, about loving you. I have never settled down and thats what I wanted, even if I was drunk I could remember what I wanted."
She looked down, she was zoning out remembering everything. Sirius sat there waiting for her to come back to reality. He would be waiting a while and he knew that, it wasn't long or affectionate but it was completely and utterly stupid. He could figure out what to say with his time.
*Flashback*
She was dancing with a drunk Sirius. They could hear giggling behind them as Remus danced with a little Tonks. It was James and Lily Potter's small wedding reception. Amelia felt like she was floating, in school her and Sirius had skillfully and gracefully danced around each other, both unconsciously falling for each other. Neither of them had yet to admit it and she knew they probably wouldn't they were both stubborn, if she wasn't going to he wasn't. She decided she was going to say something to him, when he was sober that is. She was planning it when the drunk Sirius pulled her closer. She didn't object which him in his drunken stupor, he took as encouragement. He leaned down and kissed her neck, making her gasped.
"I love you Amelia Bones. Have since fourth year." he murmured. "You should be mine."
She looked at him, surely he can't be forming a coherent thought, he was drunk! But drunk people tell the truth. She knew that, she had blurted out to Remus and James about her liking Sirius when she got drunk on a Hogsmeade day at school. The first time she had actually said about it, but she wasn't lying either.
He kissed right below her ear, she gasped again and moaned softly. He waved his wand, for being drunk the silencing charm worked. He bit her earlobe and she moaned. He chuckled and pulled back and said simply. "I love you so much. Marry Me, Amelia."
She looked repulsed, he confessed his love for her and then asked her to marriage, they hadn't even gone on a date! Or kissed on the lips! She was actually very tempted to say yes. But she wasn't drunk, so she thought it through. "If you expect that to work you are mistaken." she said.
"It will work because I will marry you. Tonight." he said as his hand moved to her butt. He grinned stupidly at her.
He just wants me for the sex! He doesn't actually want me! She stepped back and slapped him across the face. She left in tears. That was what really got him out of his stupor. He watched her leave and frowned, he just made the biggest mistake of his life right then. He decided he would cry about it later, now he needed to get more drunk.
*End of Flashback*
She came back to reality and Sirius continued.
"Look I'm not asking to be married right here right now. I just want another chance, at a relationship."
"Sirius... I don't-"
"How do you think I can do a patronus?" he interrupted her.
She furrowed her brow and shrugged, "How?" she asked. She was curious as to what he could say about his patronus of all things, that was so important he interrupted her sentence and was a very big change of subject.
"I use the memories of us being together, like at Hogsmeade and stuff. I was truly happy there." he said. "With you was when I was most happy, I can remember all of it, every breath taking second we spent together."
"Sirius." she whispered awestruck, how wasn't that taken from him by the dementors? He said breathtaking, meaning he liked it as much as I did.
"If your going to reject me just say it." he said looking down.
"I'm not, I was so depressed when you were imprisoned. I couldn't help but think if I had accepted your proposal, you wouldn't have gotten locked up." she admitted as her eyes clouded over.
His head snapped up, "Why I got imprisoned was my own fault."
"Yeah but if we were engaged you may not have ran after him because you had something to come back to." she cried out as the first tear fell from her eye.
"You maybe right, but what I did was extremely wrong. I should have waited, done it like a classic down on one knee. Not drunk. Actually was in a relationship with you. Actually had a ring…" he trailed. He stood up and walked around the desk to her now standing figure.
"Siri" she whispered as she hugged him.My nickname! That's a good sign! A really good sign! he thought. "I do love you. The reason I didn't accept was when you put your hand on my butt. I thought you only wanted me for sex, not me." she said.
"I love you too! Love you, not sex. I put my hand on your butt, I actually thought it would help. I have never had sex before by the way." he said.
She gasped, "But those girls?" she asked. "They said-"
"Said they did because of memory charms and if you can get one girl to say she did the rest believe her and they claim they have just to prove something or whatever. So then, I became the sex god of the school and James was right up there with me, I just never denied it. I'm pretty sure James did the same thing too, he loved Lily like I loved you. So we just saved ourselves." he said.
She smiled through her tears, "How do you remember all this?" she asked.
"One of the only things the dementors couldn't take from me. My love for you because it wasn't a happy thought because of what I did." he said hugging her closer.
She cried harder, "At least something good came out of my refusal, you wouldn't forget about me." she sobbed into him.
"Shhh, don't cry. I'd never forget about you. Never, no matter what happens. You are a permanent mark in my heart." he whispered. "Just please do me something."
"Anything." she said immediately.
"Be mine." he said. "Be my girl." he said.
"Yeah" she said. "Of course, I love you." She snuffled and wiped her nose. He wiped her tears.
"I love you too."
"If I promise to be yours will you promise something for me?" she asked as she looked up to him with pleading eyes.
"Like what?" he asked.
"Don't ever leave me." she whispered.
"I promise to never leave you." he said. His eyes sparkled with love. "So, Madame Bones, I hear you have a free schedule. I happen to know soon a bunch of nutters will be heading to King's Cross soon. Care to join me?" he asked in a mock respectable tone.
She nodded, "How is your godson?" she asked.
"Great, he is the one who got me out actually." he said grinning.
"Wow impressive." she said. "I never believed you did it, but really not many people believed me when I would argue you were innocent. I tried to get you a trial so many times but everyone was so convinced you were guilty. Now I'm allowed to say I told you so to everyone, when you go out in public. Or if you visit me."
He laughed, "So stubborn." he said. She grinned, "You know it." she laughed as she grabbed his hand and dragged him to the fireplace.
"More than most." he said. "Another reason to love you."
She grinned, "Come on you dog." she cooed. Then she stopped and said "I was offered a job that I can to on the go, that I don't have to be here 24/7." she said. "If you would like, I'll take it. Then I can spend more time with you, that is if you don't mind my niece coming with me."
"I don't mind at all, if you stay at Potter Manor, then she will have friends. Harry, and sometimes the Weasleys." he said. She grinned, this was going to be great!
When the Diagon Alley shoppers got there they saw a curly black haired, grey eyes, sort of cute guy with a girl with brown hair and blue eyes. Harry ran up to Sirius.
"Madame Bones! So did you accompany Sirius here for any particular reason?" he said excitedly.
She blushed "Yes, he convinced me to be his girlfriend."
Harry and Sirius high-fived."You did it!" said Harry as everyone caught up.
"This is Amelia, Amy, Bones. My girlfriend." he introduced even though they all knew who she was.
"Amy!" said Lily.
"Lils! Y-Your b-back?" said Amy, she seemed to take shock well.
"Yes! Thanks to Sev, Harry and Sirius." she said while hugging her.
"Oh… so James, you came too?" she asked smirking.
"Like I could stay away." he said winking.
They talked for the next 43 minutes. Then they heard a slight rumbling. Harry perked up immediately. 'Fred' he thought. Molly and Arthur remembered what he said about who ever died is who he hugged first. It wasn't Bill, Ron or Ginny. He would have hugged one of them by now and he won't see Bill. Thought Molly.
Soon 4 redheads walked of the train. James, Sirius, and Arthur walked over to help with the luggage. With Amelia who was listening as she had yet to hear of the dream.
When they got back over they had heard the whole story, about the dream, they parents coming back and such. Harry walked up to the twins and Molly and Arthur gasped. Harry looked at them, picked out Fred quickly and hugged them. Molly started to sob, and Arthur started to cry a little too. Harry quickly hugged George and Charlie, his last year was that year (like Nymphadora, but he didn't graduate early like her). He then shook Percy's hand, knowing that's what he prefered. Harry then quickly walked over to Molly and Arthur. The adults caught the expressions on their faces before the rest of the boys did so they blocked their way of seeing them as Harry took over.
"It's okay, they are both here. Fred is alive, and he always will be. You will get to watch him grow up. Right beside George in more than spirit. He's fine we are all alright. There won't be a battle. I'm going to end it before he gets the chance to start one." Harry said so only they could hear.
"You're not going to be alone, we will help." said Arthur as he started to clear off his face.
"I know, but trust me most of this can be done and should be done alone." said Harry."Please, just keep the Weasley's out of it." said Harry a bit teary eyed, but he held them back. "I can't lose any of them again."
Molly nodded and tried to clean herself up. They stood up and Harry used a spell and cleaned them all up completely.
Thankfully James and Sirius distracted the boys a while ago so they weren't suspicious.
Then they all went to the Burrow. There Lily suggested they go to Potter Manor after the boys put their things in their room, they agreed. Amelia stopped by her house to collect Susan and some temporary things for the both of them. She quickly explained how they were going to Potter Manor, where Harry Potter was, and she explained about the strange dream and how Lily and James were back.
Susan felt that lurch in her stomach that came from apparation, she stared at what was supposed to be called a Manor, but she looked around and didn't see anything. Then, as if, out of nowhere, a man walked out to them. He hugged and kissed her aunt Amelia on the cheek, she realized, this must be her aunts new boyfriend, Sirius Black. Ex- mass murder, proven innocent after spending 9 years wasted in Azkaban, according to her aunt. All because he was thought to betray his best friends, and was at the wrong place at the wrong time, but after the right person. He had been framed, looking at the man in front of her who had sparkling eyes and still a bit of a gaunt shadow on his face, she would believe he didn't do it. He doesn't look to be someone who would pass information to You-know-who.
"Hello, Susan." he said merrily. Yeah, he is innocent. she thought as he shook her hand.
"Hello." she replied. "You don't look crazy." she said glancing at her now blushing aunt. Sirius looked to Amelia with an amused expression, "You told her I was crazy?" he asked.
"No she didn't, she just said you spent 9 years in Azkaban, that place is supposed to make you go crazy." she said.
"Can't go anywhere you already are." said Amelia.
Sirius scowled in a playful manner at them, "But no, I'm not exactly classified as crazy."
"Why did the dementors effect you then?" she asked confused.
"They did, it was just that they couldn't take away most of my good memories because of things I have done made them sour memories." he said. "Like knowing I was innocent, because of what happened, it wasn't a happy memory and they couldn't take them from me. I still could form easy thoughts and things that weren't good so the dementors didn't drive me insane like the rest of the prisoners." he finished. She stared at him, "Then how do you remember aunt Amelia? Are those not happy memories?" she asked.
Sirius glanced to Amelia worriedly before he turned back to Susan, "They were, but then I did what most men do, I made a mistake and the memories became sour. So I remember them now, but as a positive thing." he said.
Susan nodded and he passed her a piece of paper, "Read it, memorize it, don't forget it." he said. She looked at the paper,
Potter Manor is located in the middle of the Galloway Forest Park, UK.
She gave the paper back and it disintegrated, she looked over and saw a big house that just appeared out of nowhere. She had heard about this park, it was supposed to be very pretty, and what she had seen when she had first got there it was. This house, for as big as it is, it fits in perfectly. She stared at it, it was very pretty. Not to mention it was full of life, "I thought you said someone hasn't lived here in 10 years?" she asked.
"They haven't." said Sirius.
"But, wouldn't it have worn a bit? Magical or not?" she asked.
"Not with house elves." he said. She tilted her head and looked at it. "Like it?" he asked.
She nodded, "I thought Galloway was a preserved park for muggles?" she asked.
"It is supposed to be, but the potters already owned it, the whole thing, so long ago they agreed with some of the knowing muggles that muggles could come to parts of it. But they agreed that the Potters would put up wards and muggles could look as some of the wonders, while they would get confused and refuse to go any farther because of the wards." said Sirius gazing at his home, since he was 17.
"So muggles don't know this house is out here?"
"Nope and with luck, they never will." he said.
"Cool."
They all walked into the wards then and Sirius asked her, "What house do you want to be in?"
"Hufflepuff." she said.
"Really? You sound more like a Ravenclaw to me?" he asked.
She nodded. He shrugged, "If I recall, your family was in Hufflepuff?" he asked.
She nodded, "Except Amelia of course, brilliant Gryffindor you were." he said. Amelia blushed, the hat had tried to put her in Ravenclaw, but it decided she would find who she needed in Gryffindor.
Sirius grabbed Amelia's hand as they walked back to the Manor. Susan thought this house was perfect, it had one of those mythical cobblestone pathways leading up to the door. It looked to be perfectly symmetrical, and it had white walls, that had natural darker patches that made it look great. Then she neared the big fountain it had the potter family crest, the Gryffindor crest, and strangely the peverell crest. She studied coat of arms at one point, just because she was bored. So she recognized them. On top there was a lion that if you looked closely you could see a slight carving of a symbol in the lion's eyes. She frowned, but kept on walking, she could ask James later. If he isn't busy that is. Sirius led them inside the house and Amelia listened as he pointed out rooms, Amelia went back to a door and pointed to it. "That's my room." he said. She nodded, "If you want it have it I'll move." he said.
"No, you stay there." she said. Then she winked, "I'll join you." she said. He raised his eyebrows, winked and grinned. Susan picked a room that was close to them, but not right next to it. Amelia emptied her stuff she brought in a undetected extended bag. What was left was Susans so she brought the bag to her room. She went back to Sirius' room and she kissed him, "Do you want me to expand the room, and put in another bed or.." Sirius trailed off looking around the room.
"Hmmm, I think the one bed will do just fine if you don't mind." she said.
"I don't mind, but are you sure, you can always back out later."
"Why would I do that?" she asked.
"Well we did just officially get together this morning, I don't want to push you."
"Trust me, you don't have to push me to let me sleep in that bed with you." she said. "You don't really have to push me to do anything, not with you anyway."
He smiled, "If you're sure."
"I couldn't be anymore sure." she said. He nodded.
Susan gingerly emptied her bag, and carefully placed things around the room, she grabbed her muggle notebook and pencil and started off down the hall. "Hello." she heard midway down the hall, making her jump. She spun around and saw who she assumed was Harry Potter. He hair was parted, you could see his scar. His green eyes were behind the circle rimmed glasses. "Hi." she said to the head poking out of the room.
"Look for something specific?" he asked.
"Your father, I have questions about the house." she said.
"Ahh, first floor, back door, check outside. Probably by the Quidditch pitch." he said.
"Thanks." she said. He smiled and went back into the room he was in and closed the door. She went down the steps, to the first floor, found the back door and went outside. She looked around and saw a bunch of redheads. She looked up and saw some were on brooms. She scanned the red heads and quickly found 3 girls. She walked closer and saw one with Green eyes, Lily. "Hello." she said. Lily looked over at the new voice, "Hello, you must be Susan." she said shaking her hand. Susan nodded, "Do you think I could talk to your husband?" she asked pointed to the black haired boy on a broom. Lily nodded and then shouted, "Oi! Potter! Get down here!"
James landed quickly. "You'd think you would stop say Potter to get me to do things, Potter." he said to her. She smiled and gestured to Susan. "Susan?" he asked. She nodded, "Nice to meet you." he said. Lily then walked away, "I was wondering if maybe you could tell me about the house, Mr. Potter." she said.
"Call me James, and sure." he said. They started to walk to the front, "Specifically the fountain." she said. He nodded as they approached the fountain. "What do you want to know?" he asked.
"The crests, at the bottom. I understand the Potter one and I'm guessing since the Potters are descendants from Gryffindor, that makes sense but this one here." she said pointing to the remaining one, "The Peverell coat of arms, why that one?"
James was impressed she recognized those, they didn't have names on them. "Potters, are descendants from Ignotus Peverell." he said.
She gasped, "That makes sense with the eyes then."
"What?" he asked.
"The eyes of the Lion," she said pointing at the lion on top of the fountain. "it had the sign of Grindelwald in them. Or what is called the Deathly Hallows symbol." she said.
"What are the deathly hallows?" he asked.
"It is kind of hard to explain." she said staring intently at the statue. She then straightened as she noticed a distinct imprint in the lion, "What?" asked James walking to her. She traced a straight line on the left side of the lion, then on the neck there was a square imprint there and then on the right hand side there was a strange imprint. "You wouldn't happen to own an invisibility cloak?" she asked.
James blinked then slowly nodded, she grinned, he may not know anything about it, but maybe Harry might. He seemed different, more mature than most, plus what was a 10 year old boy doing in a room alone? Probably more advanced magic than he should be. "Thanks James." she said before running toward the house. "Where are you going?" he asked.
"To talk to Harry!" she said. He stared after her before walking away confused.
James walked around the house, more confused than he had ever been in his life. That girl had to be a Ravenclaw! "Where did Susan go?" asked Lily.
"She went to get Harry, I think she knows something about that fountain I don't." he said. If anyone had been looking at her, you would have seen Ginny scowl. Since she also noticed no one noticed her, she slipped away and hid by a bush to watch the fountain.
She knocked on the door of the room Harry's head had poked out from earlier. "Enter." he said. She opened the door and saw him with his wand moving things and casting advanced things. "I knew it!" she said. He spun around and his eyes widened.
"You know things you shouldn't." she stated glancing around the room, "How?"
He sighed and moved the trunks, "About a week ago, I woke up from a dream. The dream was completely detailed replica of what was supposed to happen to me from that day to September 1st of 2017." he sighed. "So, now I have to start things earlier before people die and Voldemort comes back again." he looked up to her. She didn't flinch and she wasn't surprised.
He flicked his wand and started working on the trunks again. "What do you know of the Deathly Hallows?" she asked. Everything he had levitated dropped to the ground with various thuds around the room. He spun quickly to her, "Why do you want to know?" he asked sharply.
"So I take it you know of them?" she asked. He nodded, "Your fountain, out in front of the house, you didn't look at it did you? Like really look at it?"
"No, it's just a fountain." he said.
"No, it's a mold."
"Mold, mold for what?" he asked.
"Well, if you could stop working on those, I could show you." he nodded and they ran out of the house. They reached the fountain, "Here." she said pointing to the one of the crests, "Potter." she said, then she moved to the next, "Gryffindor." and then to the last, "Peverell. Do you know why they are there?"
"Well this is Potter Manor, and Potters are descendants of Godric Gryffindor, and the Ignotus Peverell, the third brother." he said. She nodded and then drug him by the hand over to the front of the statue while Ginny had to bite her tongue from growling out loud, she touched his hand.
Susan pointed to the eyes and he stared at them, "The deathly hallows symbol." he gasped. She nodded, "In this dream of yours," she said. "Had you ever seen the Elder wand?" she asked.
"Yes." he said.
"The resurrection stone?"
"Yes."
"The cloak of invisibility?"
"I do own that one." he said.
"Did it ever tear, or wear out?" she asked.
"No,"
"So you passed it to a child of yours?" she asked.
"Yes, me and... my wife had to decide which one as we had 2 boys, a girl and 2 godchildren, we ruled one out because she was technically Ron's girl, as he was my godson. But my other godchild, my godson, lost his parents before he was a month old so he was pretty much ours, but we decided our first born should get it." he said. She nodded.
"So you definitely know what they look like?"
"Of course." he said.
She led him to the side of the lion, left side. "So the wand, would it fit in this slot?" she asked.
He nodded and she pointed to the top of the lion, the neck. "The stone?" he nodded again and they went to the right, "The cloak?" He nodded again, "It's a mold then."
He stared at the lion, "Tell me when you get all three, I want to know what this will do." she said before strolling around the grounds. He stared at it, "You can come out of the bush now Ginny." he said not even turning to look at her. She blushed and walked up to him, he smiled. "I wasn't head auror for nothing." he said. She blushed.
"I can hear what you are thinking you know, so I knew you were out here already." her eyes widened and she blushed.
"Yeah, I heard the growling." he said answering her unheard question. She blushed a lot darker, "It's alright, if it were you I would have done the same." he said. She was surprised, "Ever since my original 6th year at Hogwarts, I was protective of you. Even though your bat bogey hex would have helped a lot too, it never hurt having the Chosen one there either." he said smiling at the memories. She smiled. "Thought I kind of did owe you anyways, saving your life wasn't enough of what you gave back to me." he said without thinking and then mentally cursed when she thought the question, hoping she wouldn't say it aloud. She did.
"What did I give back to you? What could I possibly give back to you?" she asked.
He looked away and mouthed 'Love, a family.'
"What was that?" she asked.
"It's classified." he said. "You will have to do part of it again before I tell you." he said before walking into the house. She frowned. On his way to the door he heard a thought that wasn't his, 'He saved my life, so whatever I gave him is worth more to him than saving a life?' she asked herself. He smiled, 3 children, 2 godchildren (Rose and Teddy), and a wife. That was worth more than saving her life, but he never regretted it. He saved her and she lived, lived to fall in love with him and have his children. They were still happily married by the end of the dream and he could tell they always would be.
Ginny shook her head and went into the house, she found a comfy chair in the floo room and fell asleep watching the fire as Harry continue to work on the trunks.
Ginny gasped as she awoke, best dream ever, but also the worst. It was so vivid, so real. It was good for little, then she was possessed, then she had to cope with it, then she had to watch the boy she fell for go through a horrid tournament, then go with him to fight, then he had to get over the passing of his godfather as she got her second boyfriend, when he finally came around at towards the end of her 5th year when he kissed her and they started dating. Then he broke up with her and she guessed right about nobel thing. Then went through a year at school without him while were death eaters there, ruining everything. To the battle, losing her brother, thinking she had lost Harry, then them continuing to date before they got married and she was a professional quidditch player before she retired to be a mom and a writer. It was so strange, it fit what Harry said, 2 godchildren, 3 children, 2 boys and a girl, and how they had given his cloak to the first born son. She blinked, Harry described his dream as vivid and real, maybe this dream was like that. Everything fit.
She pushed these thoughts from her mind before focusing on Quidditch. That's when James came in saying Harry had requested that she come to the one room with him. She nodded, fixed her hair and came with him.
In the Library, Harry had completely finished the trunks, miraculously. He worked fast because he wanted them done. He was glad he had doubled checked everything or his, which he had done the fastest, wouldn't have worked and he would have been hexed if he tried to open it. So he had to go back through some of his finalization charms, undo them and fix the hexes before re-finalizing them again.
Almost all of them were confused except, James, Sirius, and Harry. Harry stood in front of the now normal sized and charmed trunks. "You have been called here today to become a member of a group, that no one but the people and this room, and select people we have not met yet. But before I tell you what we may be I would like to introduce three people in this room with names so far some of you have only heard but two of you already know what they have done."
He motioned them forward and they arranged themselves into order, "This is Moony, Padfoot, and Prongs." he said. The twins fell over in their shock, they quickly rightened themselves and stayed on the floor.
"The Marauders!" they said as they got down and kissed their feet. "You are the best pranksters ever!"
Just before they could say anything about Wormtail, Harry sent them a sort of Legilimens message, this had taken him awhile to manage when he grew up. Especially because he had worked tirelessly to make almost perfect shields for his mind, he finally got that and quickly picked up Legilimency, but the messages were more difficult. Especially if they already had up their shields, if they were good he was all but screwed when he first learned. Soon he wasd a complete master at Legilimency, and he could then start to easily break through all the best shields.'Do not mention Wormtail, his real name is Peter Pettigrew. He was the person who betrayed my parents and caused them to die.'
They both looked at Harry then shrugged. Fred then pulled the original Marauder's Map out of his pocket.
"We present to you, our greatest weapon and tool, o mighty and powerful Marauders." they said in unison raising the map. At this even Remus grinned. "The wonderful Marauders map! Nicked it from Filch in our first year."
"I think if it is so useful you should keep it." said James smirking. "Even though you probably will keep it as a souvenir after this meeting." he continued looking at Harry. Harry nodded and then looked to Fred and George who rose up to their normal height and looked at him with respect.
"Now, as I was saying about a group I am forming a group for the people in this room that not to many of you know about, it will be called the Junior Marauders." said Harry "We will be trained and equipped with only the best, trained to fight, ace classes and more, and above all I do believe there will be Slytherins to be pranked."
"We're in!" said Fred and George immediately, pranking Slytherins? They were in! Everyone else nodded. So Harry stepped to the side, gesturing to the Trunks, each with a map on it. "Now please step up to your Trunks. They have your initials already on them." They all stepped up.
"So this group, we all get black trunks and pieces of parchment?" said Ron.
"Yes but trust me, these are not ordinary Trunks and pieces of parchment." said Harry levitating his trunk and parchment to him, with no wand or words. Dora, Remus, James, Sirius, Amelia, Lily, Ron, Ginny, Fred, and George all gasped, even though some of them have seen him do it before. "Alright now please start by picking up your parchment. These are all just like the original Marauder's map, except there are 18 of them and each have more unique and complicated charms place on them. Now be prepared and listen closely I'll be talking for a while…." he said. They all nodded having a new respect at his tone.
"There are 18 maps in total showing all the rooms and people in whatever place you desire. It shows all the people there and gives each person their own dot that moves when they do and puts their name with it. If you tap the dot with your wand it shows an animation of the person and it will show you what they are saying, thinking and what they are doing. It will show you all the secret rooms and passages and how to get into them. It shows if something is bewitched with Dark Magic or has the Dark Mark. It also shows all the portraits and their names and if requested by taping a wand on the portrait on the map twice it will give a brief history, three time is a full history with all facts you can find, on them. You can say the Marauder catchphrase and the portraits will appear on the corner of the map so you can speak with them there instead of going to them, even when you turn pages and open flaps in the map the portraits follow until you do the second catchphrase. You can talk to more than one at a time, and you can also get the histories and communicate like this with ghosts and spirits. The maps also light up where spells are being cast, it shows the correct color of spell if it has a color and labels what spell it is and who casted it. If it is being cast at you the map will deploy a shield as soon as the caster thinks or acts on trying to hit you even if you don't have your map with you. There is only one way to break the shield of stop it from coming, and only the owner of the map can stop it from coming by thinking "Duel" to turn the shield back on just think "Duel Over." The map heats up if a Marauder requests a meeting. It vibrates if one is in a bad place as in an office they weren't planning to be in or by something that could harm them or are in an evil place of by bad people. The map also shows what creatures look like, a boggart, and who they are, and animagus or werewolf. The maps are unbreakable, untearable and there isn't a way to break, tear or damage the maps. Questions?" Harry finished.
"Who is N.L, H.G, and L.L?" asked Fred pearing at the other trunks.
"Neville LONGBOTTOM." he said the last word mostly to his mum then he continued after it flicked on her face who it was. "will be starting this year with us, his parents were driven insane with the Cruciatus Curse by Bellatrix , Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange and Barty Crouch Junior. He is a pureblood, now living with his grandmother, Augusta." he said. Most nodded, "And with the right wand and right friends, he will be a great addition to us."
"Hermione Granger is an extremely intelligent muggle-born also starting this year. Her dualling wasn't ever the best, but with the proper knowledge she could be wonderful." he said looking at the loving expression on Ron's face. "She is a genius, and knows her way around any library you could put her in. She is one of the smartest witches I know." he said.
Harry smirked then looked at Ginny. "Luna Lovegood is a dreamy person, but still intelligent. Her dad is Xenophilius Lovegood, the writer of the Quibbler. Her mom died in a failed experiment, but she is so far in a dream like state that the most she said was 'it is sad sometimes' but don't think she is weird, she is actually a really good person."
Ginny beamed "I know her! She doesn't live far from us! Just over the hill! And you're right, about her being in a dreamy state."
Harry smiled then looked at the Junior Marauders as a whole. "I believe some of you know what to do but for those who don't take out your wands, here Ginny."
Ginny smiled again after her frown about the wands, she was still too young at 9. "Then tap it and say 'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good' and watch."
Everyone did it and those who didn't know gasped."That is, of course, the first catchphrase." Harry watched. "Now I was thinking, to get names we should learn to be animagus. If you would like just say so."
They all agreed even though he knew there was 2 in there that already accomplished it.
"Great now time for punch." Harry took his wand from Ginny and silently summoned the bowl of punch, that had the Animagus potion in it. He summoned glasses and everyone drank, Everyone went down, right after Harry banished everyone's punch/potion. He drunk his quickly and made it disappear before he collapsed. What everyone saw shocked them, seeing how everyone knows you can only have 1 animagus form. They didn't have two or even three, they all had at least seven. Even Remus, that's not supposed to be possible for him.
When they woke up two minutes later. They all stared at Harry. He shrugged. He crossed his legs and everyone did the same.
"So… that was interesting. Who would like to share what they got?" he said hesitantly.
"I got a Lion, Eagle, Snake, Badger, Merman, Acromantula, Phoenix, and a Fox." said George.
"Me too." said Fred.
"I got a Lion, Eagle, Snake, Badger, Merman, Acromantula, Phoenix, and a giant pygmy puff." said Ron.
"I got a Lion, Eagle, Snake, Badger, Merman, Acromantula and a Phoenix! I'm not supposed to be able have any because of my condition." said Remus.
"So I am guessing we all got those then?" asked Harry and everyone nodded including James and Sirius.
"How about we go and say what else we got, with the exception of Moony of course, seeing how he may not see it as helpful but it would be, trust me." said Harry, Remus frowned until he caught Tonks looking at him, then he grinned which she returned.
"So Fred and George got Foxes, Ron a giant pygmy puff, who else." said Harry. Ron blushed, A pygmy puff? That is so girly.
"I got a Panda." said Tonks.
"I got a Cat." said Amelia, Sirius scowled. He hated cats, except this one.
"I got a Doe." said Lily.
"I got a stag, of course but instead of a Snake I got a Basilisk!" said Harry, remembering Ginny in the Chamber and the basilisk he had to face.
"I got a doe, and instead of a Snake I got a Basilisk too." said Ginny. Harry's eyes went immediately to her. She blushed and looked over to Lily. "You got a Doe too?" she asked a bit shy.
"Yes, so when we learn we can do it together." said Lily scooting to Ginny.
Harry and James looked at each other and smirked, knowing exactly why they both got a doe. James winked and Harry returned it.
"Alright, lets do the trunks then, I think we will all like them, I hope. And lets just say the beds in our rooms at our houses and the four poster beds at Hogwarts won't do us any good now." said Harry standing.
Everyone else stood and went over to their trunks.
"Ok, now again I did complicated charms on them and now listen I will talk way too much again just bare with me…" he said, looking if they were listening. They were so he continued, " The Trunks all have a compartment on the outside where they can put your maps at without being detected except by them. To open that compartment, they put their wands on the letters of their names on the side of the trunk and use the first Marauder catchphrase. Inside the trunks have seven compartments each and they are all based with the same charms as the Room of Requirement. In the first compartment is a large bedroom and each has a king sized bed and a full bathroom with a shower/bath and a large wardrobe with clothes specifically tailored to whoever needs them and their style, it is impossible to run out of clothes from the wardrobe. In the second compartment is a room of requirement which is almost identical to the first but instead of walking in front of a door you step into the compartment and think of what kind of room you want. In the third compartment was a kitchen with as much food as you can think of, it is impossible to run out of food and each trunk has a house elf, a dining room with 12 chairs, and a sitting room with 10 different chairs and couches and large fireplace and pensive. In the fourth compartment is gameroom with as many games you can think of and even a swimming pool if you want to use it. In the fifth compartment is a outdoor forest with trees, animals and bugs, a river,mostly for pets enjoyment, each trunks have an owl of their choice and they all have names but aren't use often and you can change their appearance similar to a metamorphmagus except they aren't in charge the owner is, this ability was given to them for tracking and security reasons. They have an open field with a quidditch pitch equipped with several brooms that will morph into the newest and best brooms if wanted to. It also has a master set of the 4 balls and several spares. In the sixth compartment each chest has the best library in the world each library is identical and every time someone adds a book every chest gets it as well. In the seventh and top of the compartments is for normal items you may find in a trunk, but there is a way to use the trunk to duplicate and send something in this compartment to anyone in the Marauders who have a trunk. Each trunk had feather-light charms, wheels, and are collapsible. Has extremely powerful protection and intrusion wards. Only authorised people can touch the trunks, if unauthorised then it will fling them across the room and burn their body parts that touched it, however people can have partial access by being able to touch and open the trunks but not come in. The protection wards make sure to place heavy bat-bogey hexes and stunners on anyone within a 20 foot radius of the trunks that has the dark mark, is working with evil people, or have any connection that could help the dark side and not light." said Harry. They all opened their trunks.
"You said about animals and house elves?"
"Yeah, again right their names here and then go in and greet them, to get out just think Mischief Managed, the second catchphrase if you listened to what I said. Sirius, if you would please bring Kreacher out of your trunk we could talk to him while they go in?"
"Mmm-hmm." said Sirius.
They all came to fill out the paper. It read:
House Elves and Owls respectively
George: Gred (boy) and Angie (girl)
Fred: Forge (boy) and Ali (girl)
Ginny:Harold (boy) and Quaffle (girl)
Harry: Ginger (boy) and Hedwig (girl)
Luna:
Neville:
Hermione:
Ron: Jean (boy) and Mione (girl)
Amelia: Orion (boy) and Susan (girl)
Tonks: Cissy (girl) and John (boy)
Remus: Ed (boy) and Dora (girl)
Lily: Jamie (boy) and Seeker (girl)
Sirius: Kreacher (boy) and Aims (girl)
James: Lillian (girl) and Snitch (boy)
After everyone went in except Sirius, and Harry, who had named theirs earlier, but Sirius left Kreacher alone then.
"Kreacher?" said Sirius
*Pop* "Yes master Sirius?" he grumbled.
"I would like to thank you Kreacher, you served Master Regulus well, he would have been proud you know, and by the end of the school year you will be able to fulfill your final order."
"M-Master Sirius!" the little elf croaked.
"Yes, by the end of the year, you can destroy the locket once and for all."
"Kreacher thanks you! Is there anything you would like Kreacher to do for Master Sirius?" he croaked.
"If you would, take the week off starting tomorrow and then start to clean all the dark things out of Grimmauld Place… oh and Kreacher, please give Master Regulus' locket to Harry sometime before the end of the summer, he can keep it safe, and get what you need to destroy it."
"Yes Master Kreacher would be delighted to help, his Master. Kreacher would like to thank Master Sirius, you made Kreacher very happy, sir."
"Don't mention it." said Sirius eyeing him, he still didn't really trust the elf.
*Pop* He was gone. Sirius turned to Harry then smiled and shrugged. Sirius rehearsed that, didn't think of the words much and didn't notice his brother was being described as a good guy.