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"I am never letting you do that to me again!" Marlene made a point to signal towards the door that she had just apparated through as she leant against the wall catching her breath. Mary was skipping up the steps to the dorm and Lily rubbed on her back. 

"Yeah yeah I assumed at least one of you would say that," Harry frowned, "kinda expected it to be the big guy over here though." Remus looked appalled at Harry's description of his height but he supposed it's the truth so he couldn't say much really. They all walked once Marlene had proceeded to dry heave for about three minutes before they continued and they met back up with Mary who had (Somehow???) managed to make her own way to the Marauders' dorm. Regardless, Harry was so excited to finally enjoy his time in the past and get to know his parents and their friends because what else would you do if you're a sixteen year old orphan sat in a room with your past family that do not know that you are their family. Harry doesn't like to think too in depth about it. 

They all sat around in a circle - almost cult like - and that made Harry start giggling for some reason. Which made Sirius start giggling. So by the time that the two boys' giggling fit had subsided, Lily was already on her second drink and the ice had been broken in the room as everybody waited for the monstrosity of a conversation that was supposedly happening between Sirius and the new-boy to finish. 

"Let's get this party started shall we?" James proclaimed to the rest of the circle and got up to put on the record player - Abbey Road by The Beatles - and Harry didn't know if he could be any prouder of James' music taste. He'll soon learn that was false when it was swapped to the Rolling Stones and finally, Harry looked at his father and thought - we'd definitely be friends if he was high. James sat back down and then Pete volunteered. 

"Never have I ever... snuck out of the house?" Peter was such a great start. Not. 

Harry drank, he didn't know if his escape plan with the Weasley Twins and Ron that one time in his second year counted but he classed it. There was also the time that he used the invisibility cloak to get bottles of Hooch from the corner shop for him and Dudley at four in the morning. So yes he also counted that. Sirius also drank - no surprise there and also Mary, Marlene and Remus. Harry was surprised James hadn't y'know with the whole owning the little cloak of absolute secrecy but that thought was cut short when Sirius leaned across to 'whisper' (talk quietly because he was pissed up.)

"You'll learn, James' parents are literal angels. They raised an angel and there is zero reason that he should want to leave that house." Sirius leaned drunkenly a little into Remus. Harry had never met his grandparents. 

"I'll go next!"  Mary smiled and shifted a little to think. "Never have I ever... snogged in the library!" She giggled a little and oh, she was there to play like a teenager and Harry was so down for that. He didn't drink though because most of his library activities were done on his lonesome, at early hours of the morning, in the restricted section but that didn't stop him from being slightly disappointed and he added it to the list of things to do one day. Sirius drank again and it was a shock that he might not be the most pissed by the end. So did... Lily? 

"Woah Lils!" James looked uncomfortable but he continued, "What's the story there?" Everybody's attention diverted to the ginger who laughed... gingerly (???). 

"Well everybody knows that I had that thing with Severus," Lily was very swiftly interrupted by Sirius and Harry. 

"Ugh Snivellus what the fuck!" 

"Severus! As in Severus Snape!" Harry went white in the face and took a long, long lonnnngg swig of his drink. 

"You know him?" Lily questioned and Harry had caught everybody's attention all of a sudden despite his own curiosity about Lily's explanation. Actually, the more he thought about it, the less he wanted to know. 

"I've heard of him." Harry diverted his eyes. 

"What do you think?" Remus pushed for an answer. Mr Know-it-all obviously needed to know it all. 

"Oh absolute wanker!" Harry flung his arms as he saw the rest of them smile. 

"Thank you very much! That's a man who knows what's going on!" Marlene made faces at Lily as she also signalled and then they continued on with the game. Harry still felt sick about his mum and Snape which was revolting and disgusting and wrong and he just could not believe his ears but he allowed it to continue nonetheless. 

"Never have I ever got a tattoo!" Lily was obviously getting bored of certain people not drinking because this question basically wiped the group out. Everybody except Peter and Mary drank. 

"Oh my God are you guys serious?" Mary obviously found the situation absolutely hilarious because she then wanted everybody to, "show off your tattoos then you drink." She proclaimed this rather loudly to the group who had already taken their drink, but if you weren't daft in the head as Harry was coming to learn, you don't say no when Mary asks. And she didn't even ask. 

Marlene showed the little tulip she had behind her ear and said that it had no special meaning but it did make her look absolutely rock solid and cool when people noticed it. Harry had not, in fact, noticed it. She continued to look embarrassed as she pulled her bottom lip down and there on the cover was the word 'SUCK' in all caps. Harry looked just as shocked as the rest of them and Marlene took a fast swig of her drink. 

"Wow Marls that's badass." Remus smirked at her and she made eyes towards James to go next. 

Shit. Harry hadn't even noticed his dad had drank. He was noticing him now though as he threw his shirt off and revealed a tattoo about the size of Harry's hand to the right of his chest - a tree, a rather beautiful tree at that. Peter made a small 'woah' noise as James showed off his tattoo. Sirius was not at all surprised and neither was Remus but the rest seemed absolutely baffled, Harry included but he'd never had the reason to see James shirtless, or the ability to. 

James began to introduce the tattoo like an old friend, "This is a banyan tree. I got it to honour my mother's heritage and therefore mine. I hope you all love it, which I know you do because without it I wouldn't be me." James got rather sentimental when he drank. Must be the side effect of being excitable when sober. Either way, Harry thought that it was absolutely bloody gorgeous and he comes to realise that nobody had ever told him about his heritage - not even Sirius but he hadn't had that long with his Godfather anyways. Another thing to go on the list of things to do when he got back. James drank proudly. 

Sirius was an actual piece of artwork. There were many different things littering his skin some including words like 'pride' and 'regret' both in funky or blocky fonts, he had a smiley face that was dripping on his right, back shoulder and down his spine he had the phrase 'Who bleeds Black?' which Harry thought was quite ironic because Sirius didn't even bleed when he died. Sirius didn't explain the tattoo, he did however change the focus to a large moon just next to his heart which was so sweet that Harry gipped. That was obviously for a certain Moony. Anyways, speaking of Moony, Remus was fast with his tattoo presentation. Lifting his shirt to reveal part of his hipbone and just up his left side, where there were just lines, three of them jagged stretching from his side to his belly button. Harry knew what they meant after studying lycanthropy with Hermione for a while. Coward. Weakling. Harry didn't regard Remus as either. Sirius clinked his glass against Remus's in cheers and they both drank together. 

Harry was next. He had a lot of explaining and not much soberness left to do it. Nothing like a boost of confidence. 

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⏰ Last updated: Jul 03, 2024 ⏰

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