The Stars Returning Shadows

Explanation Needed

Waking up in the morning should be pretty simple right? Well, when Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione made their way downstairs, it really wasn't a normal morning. In the living room, Bill, Charlie, Percy, George, Molly, Arthur, Fred, Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Tonks, and Regulus sat there waiting for them. Nobody bothered to talk for a bit, but just by how they starred at them, they knew what was coming for them. 

Wait- the kids! Perfect. That's a good idea, then we can avoid what's coming. Where are the children? 

"Don't worry about them" Stated Molly, getting the group's attention "Alice and Frank are back to normal and they'll be watching them" She finished giving Ginny, Harry, Ron, and Hermione a look that said sit down. Harry looked at his friends for a quick moment. How would they get out of this one? "You four were missing, what happened?" Asked Sirius, for once he was being Serious. 

"Ok..." Started Ginny, maybe they could backfire something at them? That's when an idea hit Harry. "We'll tell you," He said "But, you'll need to tell everyone else what happened" He finished looking directly at Remus and Sirius as they started to pale.

"Deal"

Ginny, Ron, Harry, and Hermione sat down slowly, very slowly. If they were going to explain this then everyone needed to be ready. "Er-" Ron said slowly, now looking at Charlie. Charlie had been the only other person that knew why they left and where they had been. Hermione decided not to take it slow and went straight to the point. "In 5th year" She started quickly "Before the whole ministry battle started, when me, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Neville, and Luna had got there..." Hermione trailed off a bit at the end. Harry caught on and quickly continued "We heard a prophecy," he said slowly, "It said that six people would be chosen to bring back those lost" By finishing that Ginny spoke up ignoring the worried looks on the adults' faces. "It showed a sign and said that only the six chosen would be able to see it once they were chosen." Taking a quick break, Molly looked like she wanted to scream. Before anyone could say anything Ron took this chance to speak "Long story short, we were chosen along with Neville and Luna" Ginny, Harry, Hermione, and Ron took a breath. "Why didn't you tell us?" asked Remus, he was butting in to keep Molly from screaming. The Golden Group shared a look for a moment and tried to think of why they didn't tell any of the adults. "Uhm" Said Ron based on the look on his face you could tell that he was confused. "We couldn't" Ginny spoke up catching her brothers confustion for a moment Harry wondered if he should say anything. "And we didn't know what to say" Said Harry speaking up, before any of the others could question them. Hopefully that was all they needed to answer. 

Bill sighed and turned to face Charlie. "Charlie?" He asked slowly hoping that he wasn't right. "Mhm" Charlie replied quickly, once again Bill sighed. "Did.. Did you know about this?" Bill spoke quietly, just by looking at Ron, Ginny, Harry, or Hermione you could be answered. Charlie slowly smiled at his older brother and allowed it to fade before answering. "Yeah" He answered. Just by looking you could see that not everyone was happy with this. Fred and George had gripped onto each other. Percy was holding tightly to the couch. Arthur and Molly were holding hands tightly. Bill seemed to grip his hand into a fist tightly. Regulus would glance at the Golden Group and Charlie while ocassinally switching to Sirius. By now Sirius was holding his breath. Tonks had her hand slightly on Remus' leg to give support. Remus was nearly a deadly pale. James and Lily were confused, very confused. Ron was very pale. Hermione had tightly grabbed a ball in her pocket. Ginny and Harry had gripped hands. It really wasn't a pretty sight.

Thankfully, Bill decided to let it go for a little while. "We can talk about this later, for now let's answer some questions" Bill said softly, truthfully he was unsure of how he felt about that. James turned to Sirius and Remus, he had two questions he wanted answered. "Alright, uh- Sirius, Remus when did you two die?" James asked slowly. Sirius gave him a small smile "1996" Sirius said, smiled softly Harry finished that thought "Me, Ron, and Hermione's 5th year, and Ginny's 4th" Harry said gripping even tighter to Ginny's hand. Remus and Tonks looked a bit uneasy at the least. Lily had tilted her head down and James was shutting his eyes in hope of not allowing a tear to seap through. Fred noticed this and ended up speaking up "Er- Remus and Tonks died at the- end... of the second wizarding war. I- also died there as well" He said barely above a whisper. Tears where forming in George's eyes. James had pretty much fail at trying not to cry as a couple of tears had run down his face. 

Wiping his eyes James pulled himself together. "Where's Peter?" He asked. Though, Remus and Sirius hadn't told James yet, they were kinda shocked that he didn't know. "Peter-" Remus started "Gave you and Lily up to- Voldemort" Intergected Sirius. Lily put her hand over her mouth and James just starred at Remus and Sirius as if trying stare into their souls. It was at that time that a shocked Lily ran off and James ran in the opposite direction. Molly and Tonks ran after Lily while Remus and Sirius went after James, this should be fun...

Remus and Sirius had already assumed of where James would've gone so without saying a word they went there. In all honestly they had expected that something like this would happen. The only reason that Peter had even been their friend- best friend was because of James. They had trusted him, honestly they trusted him with their lives. Walking into the room they were right, of course James was there. Where else would he go? Remus and Sirius looked at each other for a moment. "James" Remus sais softly, already knowing that James wouldn't take this well. James looked at Remus straight in the eye "I don't understand" He said before turning back to face the wall. Sirius spoke up "I don't think any of us understand" He said taking a step closer to James. Remus also made his way slowly over to James, putting a hand on his friends shoulder. Tears formed in James' eyes and he quickly covered his face with his hands before letting out a strained sob. "I-I" He sputtered "Why?! We-We were h-his friends!" James said unable to keep from crying, Sirius sat down and gave a James a hug in hope to calm him down. After a minute or so Remus also hugged their friend. It took a bit, but James eventualy calmed down and looked at his two friends. "What happened to you two?" He asked, unsure if they had unstood what he meant he said "I mean, did h-he do anything to you two?" Once again, tear formed in James' eyes hoping that the two of his friends that would always be there for him didn't have to suffer through anything else because of that tratior. Sirius looked at the ground and James knew that something had happened. "What did he do?" James asked trying to restrain crying anymore. "He kill-killed twelve muggles, cut his finger off and framed me" Sirius strained out "I-I was sentenced to Azkaban for the rest of my life- until I escaped 12 years later..." He finished with all the strength he could muster up for his friend. Before speaking, James decided to allow Remus to speak "Er- for awhile I was pretty depressed at having you dead, Sirius in Azkaban, and thinking that Peter was dead" He stated slowly "Actually, the only reason that I got out of depression is because of Harry" He added with a small- strained smile. "Can I kill that rat?" James asked, now very mad. This comment caused laughter from a unknown person from behind them. The friends turned their heads to find- Harry. "Honestly, you sound like those two in my 3rd year" Harry said smiling. "What did you two do?" James asked his friends. Before they could answer though Harry took a step closer in the room "Tried to kill him" Harry stated quickly. James smiled at this and looked at both Remus and Sirius. Both of them were happy that their friend could actually smile after hearing that. "Oh right- By the way, you can't kill him" Harry said happily- maybe a bit to happy- eh no just the right amount. The marauders looked at him, all sharing the same confused look. "He's dead" Harry said answering the unsaid question. All of them smiled and Sirius laughing in a- insane way. "At least that rat traitor is dead" Sirius said, somewhat pulling himself together- no where near pulling himself together. Ron and Hermione showed up moving on either side of Harry. James smiled at his son's friends. "It's like the next generation of us, isn't it." He said, everyone else in the room smiled at this. "Yeah, it is" Said Sirius. 

The Marauders and The Golden Trio, two of the most know groups that have ever attended Hogwarts. Both groups have suffered through unexplainable things, all in Gryffindors, but most of all, both groups friendship with eachother is legendary, amazing, and will never be broken.