Under the Stars

Chapter two

Chapter two is here!!!! Hehehehehe... Okay no. So, I'm probably binge updating this because I have like 20 chapters saved on my phone and now that I've published this, I have somewhere to put them! Yay! Anyways, here's a new chapter for you lovely people
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Life doesn't stop for anyone
~The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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James watched from his spot on the floor of his room as Teddy struggled to carry his heavy trunk down the stairs. He smiled slightly and snickered as Teddy dropped the trunk on his foot and swore rather loudly. He noticed there was a slight Irish Lilt to his accent. Teddy's grandmother had moved to Ireland, saying England held too many memories. Teddy had visited her for one of their summer holidays during his fifth year and came back with a Irish accent to add to his British one. James told him when he came back that all the ladies would be after him, and how girls fancy a different accent. But now he just wished girls would stop fawning over Teddy and his stupidly attractive looks and his stupid accent. Not that he was jealous. No, teddy can have all the girls he wanted for all James cared. But now it was time to go back to Hogwarts. James looked at his trunk, which was a disaster, and sighed.
"Need any help there, Jaime?" James jumped and turned to his father, who was standing in the doorway. Harry Potter, James father, stood leaning on the doorway, his glasses perched on his nose and was running a hand through his already ruffled hair.
James smiled at his father.
"That'd be great, dad. I have no clue how To fold these things."
"Lucky for you, I had to spend the last half hour with your brother while your mother lectured him on how to fold his clothes properly. I swear, she's becoming more like Molly every day. Don't tell her I said that." Harry half smiled and strode into the room, sitting beside James on the floor.
"Wouldn't dream of it." James smirked at his father who groaned.
"You're becoming more and more like your uncle every day." Harry rolled his eyes and glared playfully at James.
"Don't blame me! Blame Fred for introducing me to the wonderful world of pranking to follow after his father and or me to follow after my namesakes."
Harry sighed. Fred was James's best friend and partner in crime. His father, George Weasley and James's uncle, ran the most popular joke shop in the wizard world. James, along with Fred, Teddy, and Draco Malfoy's son, Scorpius, were the next generation Marauders of Hogwarts.
"You know, sometimes I regret ever telling you your namesakes were famous for their pranks at Hogwarts. You're turning into a mini George. It doesn't help you've got Fred and Scorpius as your marauder group. Why can't you be more like Teddy?" Harry groaned as he stuffed the rest if the clothes into the trunk unceremoniously. James grinned.
"If I was like Teddy, i'd be a boring head boy. What's the fun in that? Anyways, Teddy is part of almost all our pranks, he's just more responsible and less likely to get caught."
"You sound so much like your uncle when Molly asked them the same thing about Percy."
"Well, uncle Percy is stuck up. Not exactly a great example for them, is he?"
"No, you're right. He is a little pompous. He's been that way even before I knew the Weasleys, as Ron likes to complain. But now, we need to get your trunk downstairs."
James laughed.
"Don't drop it on your foot like Teddy did."
"I'll try. These things always have to be so bloody heavy." Harry rolled his eyes.
James watched as his father carried the trunk down the stairs, yelling to his wife that he had James' things. James turned and grabbed his owl's cage, his owl being a midnight black owl with bright green eyes named Ace. James loved Ace the moment he saw him in his second year, remarking that he looked like his father. James ran out the door, shoved his shoes on from their spot outside the doorway, and raced down the steps. Waiting for him was his father, his younger brother, Albus, who was a fifth year and a Gryffindor, and Lily, who was in her second year and a Ravenclaw. James turned as he heard footsteps running towards them. He saw Teddy, his hair a brilliant shade of turquoise, running to the family with a grin on his face.
"Sorry, just had to check to see if I forgot anything." Teddy grinned and ruffled his hair, the same way Harry and James always did. Harry grinned at him and motioned for all the children to follow him outside to the car, finding Ginny Potter waiting there, shoving the last bag into the trunk.
"You know, every year it's always Ginny who gets everything into the car, with an inhuman strength, and it's always Harry who makes sure everyone's ready. That makes Harry so macho, doesn't it?" Teddy leaned over and whispered to James.
James let out a loud snort of laughter, making Harry turn to glance at him suspiciously.
"I didn't do anything. Teddy was just telling me a joke." James raised his hand that wasn't holding Ace in surrender. Harry shook his head and walked over to help Ginny with the car.
"So, Lils, excited for your fourth year? And what about you, Al?" Teddy smiled at the two.
Albus shrugged. "I guess so... It's my OWLs year."
Teddy sighed.
"Tough luck, mate. Good luck on that."
"I'm excited, my friend Marisol's sister is being sorted. Mari told me she's excited but she says she doesn't want to be in Slytherin. I hope she isn't."
"You do realise my best friend is in that house? I mean, he's nothing like a Slytherin, but his family has been in there for generations, so he's stuck there, but still, don't insult the house in front of him. Scorpius is still sore over being put in there and not Gryffindor."
Teddy laughed.
"Scorpius didn't have Harry to tell you that the hat takes your choice into consideration. If he knew that, he could've said 'not Slytherin.' Like Harry."
James glared at him.
"It's not his fault he grew up with a family of ex death eaters. He knows he's not very well liked and all, being a malfoy, but he doesn't act like one. Scorp tries his best, and even if everyone in his house hates him, he's still got me and Fred. It's not his fault he didn't know how to not be placed in Slytherin because of his family. Don't be rude about him." James glared at Teddy who raised his hands in surrender. James sat down in the car at the window, Teddy sitting next to him, and Lily and Albus behind them. Harry glanced back.
"All set? No wands in your back pockets? Can't have anyone losing their buttocks in the car. Any other time is fine but this car is new." Harry grinned, then gave a yelp as Ginny smacked his arm.
"I swear, you spend too much time with Ron. Don't encourage the loss of buttocks, especially with a prankster in the car. Mum learned that the hard way after the toilet escapade with Fred and George."
James leaned forward.
"Toilet escapade?"
"Nothing you will hear about, James Sirius Potter."
James groaned.
"I'll just have to ask Uncle George." He mumbled.
Teddy snickered from beside him.
"Okay! Off to Hogwarts with you midgets!" Harry tried to imitate Ron, quite accurately.
"Dad, neither Teddy nor I are midgets. If you didn't remember, we are taller than you." James reminded his father.
Harry groaned as he pulled out of the drive.
"Don't remind me."