Reunion: A Jily Returns Harry Potter Fan-fiction

3. Observations

4/19/2016

A/N Konnichiwa! So far I've been doing a good job of keeping up with this story... let's see how long that lasts, shall we?

Anyway, I really don't know what exactly I'm going to have happen in this chapter, I have a rough idea though. So, it'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

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     James grinned at the sight of his old friend. He looked older than when he had lat seen him, and he seemed tired and irritable, but it was still very good to see him. Lupin was around here as well. That was nearly all of the marauders other than Peter, he wondered where Wormtail was....

     "BLOOD TRAITOR! FILTH OF MY OFFSPRING! HOW DARE YOU ENTER THE NOBLE HOUSE OF BLA-"  At that moment Sirius yanked the curtains closed over a portrait of an old woman wearing a black cap, who had been screaming as if she was being tortured.

     "That's better." Sirius said as the screaming finally stopped. He turned around, and for a moment James thought he was looking at him, before he remembered that he was invisible. "Ron, will you find Hermione and ask her to please remember to be quiet, especially in this hallway."

     "Sure. Did ya hear about Harry?"

     Sirius sighed. "Yes, I sent him a note telling him to not leave the house."

     "They're not really going to expel him are they?" Sirius shook his head.

     "Normally, I'd say no. But with the Ministry as it is, I think they'll try anything. They're being blind to the truth that's staring them in the face. As it is, I can't even leave the house as a dog." James noted the bitterness in Sirius's voice. If he had really been unable to leave the house, James could only imagine what that had been like. Sirius was not the type of person to sit still. "Dumbledore managed to convince them to give him a trial, though, and that's something." Sirius began to pace. "There was something strange in his note, though, and I can't figure it out."

     "What was it?"

     "He said, 'there's a wonderful surprise for you in the house, and if circumstances are right it may reveal itself to you.' What do you think it could mean?"

     "No idea. I'm sure Dumbledore'll explain when he gets back."

     James knew what it meant. And Lily did too.

     Dumbledore had given them the go-ahead to tell Sirius.

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     James wanted to tell Sirius, he really did. But the more he thought about it, the more he thought it would be better to wait for Dumbledore. Sirius was likely to assume they were frauds, and who knew what kind of nasty spell he would send their way before they had a chance to explain.

     James explained his hesitance to Lily and she agreed. "And besides," She had said to him, "I want Harry to be the first person to see us. Other than Dumbledore, of course." 

     Maybe it was selfish of them to not tell anyone that they were there, that they were alive when they were sure everyone would want to know as soon as possible. But they felt Harry should be the first person to know.

     Just then they heard a cry from the room Ron and Hermione were in. (Hermione had returned to the room after being disappointed at the lack of books in the house.)

     "She bit me!" The Potters went into the room to see what had happened. "Look, Hermione! It's bleeding! Hedwig?!"

     When the Potters entered the room, they saw that a snowy owl had, in fact, pecked Ron's hand until it bled. They saw scratched on Hermione's hands that suggested the owl had done the same to her.