Before the Authors Note: I wrote this all a while ago, and posted it on fanfiction.net, so if something in my a/n happened a while ago, or you don't recognize the user names, that's why!!!
A/N: Heyyy my lovely readers! Last chapter turned out to be a big hit! Thanks for my reviews! I totally agree with you, Jahmina Stephens, Malfoy does need to be dirty and sneering. He doesn't exist in fluffy scenes. Lol. And yes I too have heard so many stories where he is a softy and a lover. One of my stories has him a bit different, where he's a good guy, but I didn't like that story as much! And yes. Seamus's reaction was classic. Lol. I'm so sad this story is nearing end…I've had fun with it! I'll let ya know bout any sequels or anythin' later. I've already got one too many story ideas in my head as it is!! Well…I won't keep ya waitin…
On with the show…!!!
Ps. I've decided to add another chapter after these next two, an afterward, you'll understand why later.
Pps. There is a quote from Smallville in here! Sorry if it this gets out late Thursday, I had to watch the new episode of Smallville on WB. OMG! LANA SAID YES TO LEX!! EWW! Lol.
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They locked hands and stood close.
"Lillian Evans-Potter and James Potter." They said in unison and threw back the potion in one sip.
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They felt the potion run through every vain in their body, overtaking them. Hermione and Harry gripped onto each other tighter, as their vision blurred and their brains rattled. Their vision was blocked and barricaded; they couldn't see a thing as they felt a strange spinning sensation pass throughout their bodies. Their vision faded back. They slowly say a foggy, white scene come into view, it became a bit clearer with each second that passed. Hermione was closer to Harry now, her head near his chest, but still looking onward, he had his arm around her waist and he was looking to forward, too.
Their vision finally came back to them as they fell through somewhat of a tunnel and landed with a hard thud on the ground. Bad memories of their first portkey to the Quidditch World Cup came to mind.
"Ow!" They both said in unison. Dr. Graham didn't mention pain was involved. Harry got up and held out his hand to help Hermione up. She took it and he pulled her to her feet. The turned around and discovered they were in what looked like any wizard or witches ordinary living room; with Quidditch memorabilia and moving pictures on the walls. Then, Harry saw a sight he never, ever, imagined he would ever see. Hermione and Harry broke out into huge grins as they saw Harry's parents, James and Lily sitting on the couch smiling and watching the two. James looking exactly like an older version of Harry, raven black hair, green eyes, even the glasses. Lily with her long, beautiful red hair and emerald eyes.
Harry was a bit nervous at first. These were his parents, yes, but they were…dead. It was cool, but a bit creepy, and unusual. Hell, he decided Who cares, these are my parents!
James and Lily stood up and Harry nervously walked up to them, Hermione was trying to give him his space, but he was still holding her hand and pulling her behind him. "Hello, Harry." Lily said breaking out into a wide grin.
"Mum. Dad." Harry said, smiling. He let go of Hermione's hand to hug his mother tightly. Lily was crying. "Oh, Harry. I can't believe it's you." She hugged him even tighter. Harry felt tears in eyes. He regrettably let go of his mother to face his dad. He didn't waist a second as he hugged his father tightly, as well.
"Well, son. I've been waiting 16 years to see you again. 16 years is much too long." James said, with tears in his eyes in their embrace.
Lily stared and clutched her heart at the wonderful sight of her husband and her grown up son hugging. She was crying harder with every passing moment. Hermione stood with a humongous grin on her face. She was incredibly happy for Harry, he deserved this. Lily, averting her gaze from father and son turned to Hermione. Hermione's heart jumped. She was meeting the Potters. She was meeting Harry's mom.
"Hi." Hermione finally said to Lily, who had just turned to look at her with a smile on her face, and tears flooding down her cheeks. Hermione found herself crying as well. Harry turned out of his father's arms to face Hermione and his mother when he heard Hermione bid hello to his mum. He smiled again.
"Mum, dad, this is Hermione." He told them.
Lily smiled sweetly and James grinned and winked at his son, "She's a keeper."
Harry and Hermione laughed. Lily said, "Oh, it's so nice to meet you, darling." She said hugging Hermione. Hermione hugged her back, "It's nice to meet you to finally meet you, Ms. Potter!" She said, hugging Lily back.
"Oh, please do call us Lily and James." She said, crying even harder as she let go of Hermione. James shrugged and hugged Hermione, too. Hermione grinned wider and hugged him back. James let go and said, "Now, please, I understand we only have one hour. We must talk, I want to know everything." He said chuckling and smiling.
Harry and Hermione sat down across from them. Harry and Hermione sat close, for fear of sitting any farther apart. Lily and Hermione were still crying. Lily spoke up first, "How are you, Harry?" Harry shrugged.
"I've been much better." He said.
"Yes, we know about the war, and the final battle. But I'd rather not discuss things so sad. We know barely anything about you personally. It is very hard to watch over you, it's almost impossible to `watch over' anyone. Sorry to disappoint anyone's fairy tales." He chuckled softly.
Hermione and Harry chuckled softly, too. "Well, I went to Hogwarts, of course. That's where I met my best friends, along with learning magic."
Hermione laughed, "Oh, yes, have you ever heard of the `golden trio'" Harry laughed at this as well. James and Lily smiled, "We've heard about it."
"That's us." Harry said. "Me, Hermione and my other best friend, Ronald Weasley. The golden trio who led the war."
"Weasley!" James and Lily exclaimed immediately. Harry and Hermione grinned.
"Oh, those red headed Weasley's are something, aren't they? I knew Arthur in school. He was very…vibrant." James said chuckling.
"Oh, James, he was wonderful." She corrected him, swatting him playfully in the arm.
"Well anyways," Harry continued laughing, "Hermione, Ron and I have been friends since our first day-"
But Hermione interrupted him, "Ahem. First Day?" She questioned looking at him. Lily and James looked
intrigued in their simplest conversation.
"Well, okay, Ron and I have been best friends since day one," he stated correcting himself with a grin, "Ron and I got off with kind of a rocky start towards Hermione, but when we saved her from that troll in the beginning of the year…that's when she joined the group."
"Yes, they were quite rude to me at first, especially Ron, but eventually…I turned them around." She said laughing.
"Just like your father, I see?" James asked.
Hermione nodded playfully, "From what I've heard…"
"I consider it a compliment, Mione." He said smiling and laughing. They all broke out into laughter.
"So you two are just friends?" Lily asked with a smirk, raising her eyebrow. Hermione smiled, biting her lip
and looked down, obviously trying to hold back her laughter. Harry smirked.
"I wish. No, I'm kidding. We used to be, but now…" Harry winked at Hermione. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"I knew you loved her, just wasn't sure if you'd admitted it or not." James said.
"On more than one occasion." Hermione commented with an eye roll.
"Are you saying you don't love me?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow about her.
"Oh, don't be silly." Hermione said, looking to Lily and James. "I guess I'm supposed to admit to you that I love your son or something…so there you go. I love him."
Lily laughed, "I know. I may not be able to read minds or watch over him, but I can certainly see it in both of your eyes. You two would be obvious to a blind bat!"
They all laughed again, Harry just enjoying a fun and light conversation with his parents.
"I'm happy for you, son, you've done so much. I may not be able to watch you, but I've heard many people's stories as they cross over. Professor Dumbledore, especially. He was in such frail condition when he arrived, but he told us a lot of stories of you. Your adventures at Hogwarts. We've heard about Hermione and Ron many times in those stories, however I never saw them or heard much personally about them." James commented.
Harry smiled at his father, "I've missed you so much. Both of you, of course."
"I know, I hate that you have to go through life without us there, but Harry, we'll always be with you. Whenever you need us, we'll always been in your heart." Lily assured him with more tears.
"Mum…" Harry got up and hugged his mother closely. Lily sobbed into him, "I never thought I'd be able to see you. Never. And now you're here. I love you so much, Harry, so much. I can't believe I'm holding you right now."
Harry hugged her tighter, "Mum, believe me I know, I never thought I would be able to see you and Dad again. In my wildest dreams, maybe. But I love you, too. And now, here we are." Lily nodded. Harry pulled away a little and then Hermione came over, crying and sat down comfortably next to him, who was sitting next to Lily, who was sitting next to James. The four sat in content for a few minutes before Harry spoke up.
"I've never been happier in my entire life. I have the three people who I love most with me right now." He said.
"I wish we had more time. We only have 30 minutes left." Hermione said.
"Me, too." Lily agreed with her. "I wish it could be like this forever."
"I'm afraid all we can do is to live your life to the fullest and spend as much time as you can with the people you love." James advised him. "We may not be there anymore, but you have Hermione, and all your friends, and the Weasley's…" He dropped his sentence, "I love you, son."
"I love you, too, dad." Harry told him.
"So, tell us more about Hogwarts. And your last 16 years." Lily asked, trying to lighten the mood.
"Well, until I was 11, I had absolutely no clue I was a wizard. I found out when I got the letter from Hogwarts and Hagrid came. Then of course, I met with Hermione and Ron. The first year we found the Sorcerer's stone underneath the school and saved it from being stolen by a man who was well, possessed by Voldemort. Then in second year, we came face to face with Tom Riddle aka Voldemort in the chamber of secrets, and destroyed him. Then in third year…I met Sirius. Well we, as in Hermione and I met Sirius." He stopped there.
"Sirius! Oh my! He told us of how Hermione and you helped him. We heard the whole story." Lily exclaimed. Hermione and Harry smiled.
"Sirius…" Hermione trailed off with a smiled on her face.
Harry said, "I miss him."
"I know you do, he misses you, too." James told them. "Both of you. He was quite fond of you, Hermione. I believe he referred to you as the brightest witch of your age." He smiled, "Just like Lily."
Lily smiled, "Thank you, James. But I believe I have some competition with Hermione, here."
Hermione laughed, "Not even, Lily, I'm sure you're much smarter than me."
"Don't cut yourself short, Hermione. I'm sure you're very bright." Lily said.
"She's absolutely brilliant, you have no idea. She always has her nose in a book. That is, when she's not with me…" Harry started.
"I don't always read books!" Hermione exclaimed.
"No, but you do a lot. But I guess it's not fair to me to say always. She's the one who found this brilliant doctor with the potion." Harry explained. He looked at his watch. "Which is gone in 10 minutes."
"Time flies." James said.
Harry continued, "Anyways…in fourth year, I participated, on accident, in the Tri Wizard Tournament."
Lily gasped.
"Dumbledore told us that!" She exclaimed, "He told us the whole dreadful story!"
"Yeah." Harry continued, "Well then you know all about that story. Fifth year, The war basically started, we went searching for Horcruxes. Sixth year, kind of spun out of control. Seventh…well…here we are…"
"Harry, you forgot one important detail about fifth year. Harry dated a girl named Cho." Hermione let out with a giggle.
"You did?" James asked confused.
"She was pretty." Hermione continued, "Harry had a huge crush on her."
"Hermione!" Harry exclaimed, but then smiled, "But she was jealous of Hermione."
"And that's how we do it." Lily said, high-fiving Hermione as they both laughed.
"Do what?" James asked laughing.
Lily and Hermione looked at each other and then in unison said, "Win over the Potter men."
Lily and Hermione laughed. Harry and James shook his head and laughed.
"So, I should expect Hermione to be my future daughter in law?" James asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes. Unless…" Harry looked at Hermione questioningly.
She looked at him like `is that even a question'. "Harry, don't be crazy. Of course I'd marry you one day."
"Good." Lily said, "I'd be honored to have you as a daughter in law." She laughed.
Harry was enjoying this laid back, light conversation with his parents. However, they only have five minutes left.
"I never want to leave this. But, unfortunately, whether we're ready or not, we're going to have to go in five minutes." He carefully stood up and pulled Hermione with him. "I promise, the next time we're allowed to get our hands on this potion, which will be in exactly one year, according to the doctor, we will come and see you again, now that we have access to this potion."
"We'll be waiting." Lily said standing up. She started crying again and wrapped her arms around her son. "Oh, I love you, Harry!"
"I love you, too, Mum." He hugged her tightly. "I'll miss you." She said, reluctantly letting go after a minute. He moved to his dad. He hugged his dad tightly.
"I love you dad." Harry told his dad.
"I love you, too, Harry." His dad said, hugging him even tighter.
He let go of his father. Hermione smiled. She started to cry and threw her arms around Lily. Lily hugged her future daughter in law tightly. "Hermione. I love you like the daughter I never had. I don't care if I just met you, I feel like I've known you my whole life! Take care of my son, and Harry, you take care of Hermione. As long as you two have each other. I can't wait until I get to see you next, but if I end up never getting to, I want you to know how sweet I think you are. You are perfect for my son, I'll miss you."
Hermione pulled back, crying. "Thank you, Lily. I love you like another mom. I've heard so much about you
before. I promise you, we'll try so hard to get back here to you! I'll miss you, too."
Lily smiled. James said, "Is it my turn now?" Hermione laughed, wiping a tear from her eyes and hugged him. "I'll miss you, too, James. Your exactly like Harry."
"Oh, Hermione. I'll miss you." She pulled back and smiled. Lily cried and looked at her son again, holding his hands.
"Harry, I'll miss you so much. Take care. Please. Take care of yourself. I love you. So much. You're my son, and I am so proud of you. I can't wait until I get to spend more time with you. But I'm glad that I got the chance to see you after all these years. You're everything to me and your father. We are so proud of you. Thank you. Thank you for coming back to us. I love you, so much. And I want to you to think back and remember all you can about the happy times, don't reflect on your tragedies. I love you." Lily said hugging him again. She pulled back. And James took his turn.
"Son, I've missed you so much. I've wanted nothing but to see you and talk with you again. Harry, like your mother said, I am so proud of you. You really are everything to me. I couldn't have asked for a better son. I'm so happy you got to see us again. I love you. Remember what I said, Live your life to the fullest and spend as much time as you can with the people who love you. I love you so much, Harry." James said, hugging his son again. "Take care of yourself."
Harry smiled and nodded, "I love you." He said addressing his parents, "I'll miss you."
Hermione smiled, "I'll miss you."
Harry checked his watch. Thirty Seconds.
"Goodbye, Mum, Dad." Harry said, kissing his mum's cheek and shaking his dad's hand.
"Goodbye, Lily, James." Hermione said, kissing Lily and James on the cheek.
Harry and Hermione joined hands, smiled, and waved at Lily and James. Lily and James smiled and waved back.
All of the sudden, they fell into a vortex, spinning and whirling. Flashes of light passing in front of them. Hermione clutched to Harry like she had when they came. They landed, stumbling as they struggled to stand up straight. They took a second to adjust to their surroundings.
Then, Hermione fell into Harry's arms crying. They felt a gush of air and two spirits filled them and then spun away, "We'll always be with you…" They heard whispered through the gush of the spirits. The spirits of Lily and James Potter disappeared as quickly as they had appeared. Hermione continued sobbing into Harry's chest. "It's not fair to you, Harry. They're amazing people, your parents. Amazing. Wonderful. I can't believe that they can't be here. I mean…in the physical sense." She kept crying. Harry held her.
"I know, Mione, I know. It's not. But I saw them again. You met them. At least we have that much. And we're going to find a way to see them again. I know we will." He said, rubbing Hermione's back.
"Look at me, here I am, crying. You're the one who should be upset!" Hermione said shaking her head, trying to stop crying.
"No, Mione, no, it's okay, love. You can cry. You can be upset. You met them, too. It was intense. I am upset, and angry, but my dad is right. They'll always be with us." He said softly into her ear, as he held her crying figure.
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A/N: HA! That would've been an amazing way to end it! But I cant end it there. Next chapter will be about the Grangers.
The quote from Smallville was, in case you were wondering… "Live your life to the fullest and spend as much time as you can with the people who love you." Jonathon said it to Clark when Martha was about to die. (but she didn't really die)
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