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The Hufflepuff and Gryffindor match occurred a few weeks later. Grace managed to catch the Snitch and thereby won the game for Gryffindor, two hundred twenty points to forty. Right after that, Hermione started obsessing about the final exams. Even the Ravenclaws, who took studying and schoolwork seriously, weren't like this, and the rest of Unity found it annoying, especially when she began nagging them to study as well. Vince and Greg found this so annoying in fact, that they decided to quit the group. They promised not to reveal any of Unity's secrets, particularly to Malfoy, and then gathered their things and left. As the two weren't the best of company, and were still a few Knuts short of a Sickle even though they had gotten smarter, nobody really minded their departure, especially when Michael Croner decided that he wanted to join Unity, bringing the number of members back to its original thirty.

It wasn't until Seamus suggested that they create a new rule against being annoying that Hermione calmed down and stopped nagging the rest of Unity to study for the exams. However, as she spent most of Unity's time in the Room of Requirement revising, the others reluctantly joined her in it. Meanwhile, James started feeling prickles of pain in his scar every so ofte, He went to Stella about it, who had no idea as to why it was happening and advised him to ask Snape or Remus about it.

Snape frowned when he was told. "Your scar is a curse scar, so it wouldn't act like a normal scar, Mr. Lydell. It might have a connection with the Dark Lord. After all, he's only greatly weakened and without a proper body, according to Professor Dumbledore, and I happen to agree with him."

"That's just wonderful," James muttered. "I might have a connection with the stupid evil wizard that murdered my parents through my scar. And if he's still out there, he'll want to return to power and gain a proper body. Then he'll target me again and I'll have to fight him. Though that'll take awhile, since he has no idea that James Lydell is really -" He trailed off as he realized something. "Voldemort's after the Philosopher's Stone! He'll use it to regain his body and return to power!"

Snape winced at the mention of the name and demanded, "Mr. Lydell, how do you know that? Students aren't supposed to have any knowledge of the Philsopher's Stone!"

"Well, too bad, because all of Unity knows about it being hidden at Hogwarts," said James. "The Ravenclaws in the group accidentally found out about Fluffy, and told the rest. We gathered that something was being guarded and then got out from Hagrid that it was matter between Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel. After that, we started searching for Flamel and before Christmas break, found out who he was and that he'd created the Philosopher's Stone. Unity hasn't told anyone outside of our group, so other than the staff and the Flamels, we're probably the ones that know about the Stone being hidden at Hogwarts."

Snape sighed. "Five points from all four houses for meddling in things that don't concern them. And ten points to each house for good detective skills. Now, please tell the rest of Unity not to worry about the Stone. It's well guarded, and Professor Dumbledore is keeping an eye on things. There is a member of staff that is a bit suspicious and the headmaster and myself are keeping an eye on that staff member. If he should turn out to be working for the Dark Lord, Professor Dumbledore will deal with the matter."

"All right, Professor Snape," said James. "Thanks for your help."

Unfortunately, another matter occurred. The Hufflepuffs in Unity had gone to visit Hagrid and discovered that he was hatching a dragon. He apparently had won a dragon egg at a game of cards one night when he was at a pub in Hogsmeade, the nearby wizarding village. That alarmed everyone, since Hagrid's house was made of wood and you simply couldn't tame a dragon. He couldn't hide one in his house forever, and hiding it in the Forbidden Forest once it got big was no solution either. The denizens of the Forest would not take kindly to a dragon living with them, and people would notice when sections of the Forest caught on fire.

James contacted Sirius and Remus, who came to Hogwarts and after a long talk with Hagrid, convinced him that the dragon would be better off at a perserve, specifically the one in Romania that Charlie Weasley worked at. Ron immediately wrote to his brother, who sent a reply in a week saying that he would be willing to take the dragon. After the egg had hatched, Hagrid named the baby dragon Norbert, and tended him for a couple of days, Sirius and Remus came by again and made arrangements to send Norbert to Charlie.

Unity breathed a sigh of relief when the matter had been handled. James was really glad that his godfather and god-wolf had been able to help. (He had asked why three of the Marauders had become Animagi and Remus had to admit the truth. James didn't mind at all that Remus was a werewolf, and like his father, referred to it as a 'furry little problem'.)

Three weeks after that, the first of the exams began. Everyone in Unity felt varying degrees of nervousness, for failing the final exams would result in repeating first year or getting thrown out from Hogwarts all together. James wasn't particularly worried about Potions and Charms, since those were his best subjects. In fact, in the practical part of the Charms exam, he had not only made the pineapple tap dance on the desk, but also on the wall and part of the ceiling. Professor Flitwick had looked very impressed with that. James had no problem with brewing a Forgetfulness potion, though some of the other students were nervous with Snape breathing down their necks while they tried to work.

The Transfiguration exam went well, though James wished he had done a better job in transfiguring a mouse into a snuffbox. While he had succeeded, the snuffbox had the same color as the mouse, a dull brown, and it was still a bit furry. (Though thankfully it didn't have whiskers like Neville' and Justin's snuffboxes.) Herbology went pretty well, thanks to Neville's tutoring in that subject, though everyone in Unity knew that Neville had done the best, as that was the one subject he excelled in and did better than anyone else.

Their very last exam was History of Magic. One hour of answering questions about batty old wizards who'd invented self stirring cauldrons and they'd be free, free for a whole wonderful week until their exam results came out. When the ghost of Professor Binns told them to put down their quills and roll up their parchment, James couldn't help cheering with the rest.

"That was far easier than I thought it would be," said Hermione as they joined the crowds flocking out onto the sunny grounds. "I needn't have learned about the 1637 Werewolf Code of Conduct or the uprising of Elfric the Eager."

Hermione always liked to go through their exam papers afterward, but other than most of the Ravenclaws, nobody else wanted to, so Unity wandered down to the lake and flopped under the trees nearby. James tried to relax, but his scar was hurting again, and he couldn't say so without having to reveal that he was Harry Potter. "What's the matter?" asked Su, noticing his discomfort. "Aren't you happy that the exams are over, James?"

"Yes, but -" began James.

"But what?" asked Seamus, sitting up and looking somewhat concerned.

James looked around at the group, then made a decision. With Crabbe and Goyle gone, there was no worry about them letting anything slip. And Ry and Michael had proven themselves to be trustworthy and could keep a secret. He didn't really like keeping his big secret from the rest of Unity (besides Mari and Kyle) anyway. "I have something really important to tell you guys, but you must swear to keep it secret and never tell anyone else about it," he said solemnly.

They all nodded, except for Mari, who looked alarmed, and Kyle, who shot James a look that clearly said Are you sure about this? James nodded and then asked Unity to go to the Room of Requirement. Once inside, James said, "Okay, Mari and Kyle already know about it, since they were my best friends before Hogwarts. I've decided to trust you guys with it. Now, I am a Metamorphmagus, or someone who can change their appearance at will. This isn't my real appearance. This is." With that, he concentrated and resumed his real appearance.

"Wow, you look like Harry Potter!" exclaimed Ron.

"No, you idiot, he is Harry Potter!" snapped Padma. "No offense, Ron. Now we need an explanation. I suppose Stuart and Stella know the truth, James?"

James nodded. "They were the ones that found out and told me. I was left on the steps of Sunnybrook Orphanage without a note, so Mrs. Draper, the director, had to make up a name for me. She had some problems coming up with a last name and Stuart and Stella suggested that I have theirs, so I could be like their younger brother. So that's how I got the name of James Evan Lydell. I don't want to be famous and have people fuss over me because of my fame, not because they know me as a person and like me. So that's why I'm not revealing myself. I suppose I may have to tell the rest of the wizarding world eventually, but it's not going to be for several more years, I hope, and by then, people will have known me as James too long to start giving me special treatment. Well, actually they will, but they'll have known me as an ordinary person, so it won't be that bad."

"Who else knows besides your 'siblings' and best friends?" demanded Ernie.

"Sirius Black and Remus Lupin know, since they were my dad's best friends and my godfathers. And Professor Snape, because I had to show him my real appearance if he was going to be able to heal me after I'd gotten hit by a Bludger in that match Ravenclaw had with Slytherin. Oh, and your twin brothers know, Ron. They found a map that my dad and his friends made of Hogwarts and it shows people's locations." This was for the ones that didn't know about the Marauder's Map. "My real name appeared on that map and Fred and George found out about my real identity and promised to keep it a secret, adding that it could be seen as the longest-running prank in history."

Dean couldn't help chuckling at that. "They're right, it could be seen as a prank. Anyway, I'm definitely not telling anyone your true identity."

Daphne snatched a piece of parchment and wrote, "We, the undersigned people, swear to never reveal James Lydell's real identity to anyone else unless he says so." She then handed it to Hermione and asked, "Could you do some sort of spell to make certain that the signers keep James's secret, Hermione?"

Hermione thought for a moment, then said, "Well, it wouldn't exactly keep people from telling, but it will make the person regret doing so." She put the strongest hex she could do on the parchment and then everyone in Unity signed it to show that they would never reveal that James was really Harry Potter. If someone should break this promise, then the hex placed on the parchment would take affect on him or her.

James then went into some more detail about what was going on, with help from Mari and Kyle. Finally he explained about how his scar was hurting and that Professor Snape had a theory that it might be be connected with Voldemort in some way. Most of Unity winced at the name and Lavender protested, "But You-Know-Who's dead!"

"Just because I defeated him doesn't make him dead," replied James. "Snape says that Dumbledore believes that Moldydork just lost most of his powers and a proper body. Snape believes Dumbledore, and I do too. In fact, that would explain why someone is after the Philosopher's Stone. If you were Moldydork and didn't have a body and much power, wouldn't you want to get your hands on something that would help you gain a body and return to power?"

Normally they would have found 'Moldydork' funny, but the subject was too serious for Unity to laugh at anything. "That's not good," said Anthony, eyes wide.

"That's the understatement of the century," muttered Susan. "My Uncle Edgar and his family were killed back when You-Know-Who was in power."

Neville shuddered and in a small voice revealed how his parents had been tortured into insanity by Death Eaters that had wanted to find out Voldemort's whereabouts after his defeat. Everyone looked sympathetic and James wondered what was worse, having your parents dead, or alive but unable to recognize you. From the look on Mari's face, it was quite obvious what she thought, that having your parents alive but insane was worse.

"Well, what can we do?" asked Theo after several minutes of silence. "We can hardly go out and stop You-Know-Who."

James stood up. "I'm going to talk to Snape and see if he can help." He returned half an hour later, an alarmed look on his face. "Dumbledore's gone! He got a letter from the Ministry and left Hogwarts! And Snape says that I shouldn't worry, since the Stone is well-protected and the one suspect he has doesn't know how to get past Fluffy. Which I doubt, because right after that, I realized that it was suspicious how Hagrid was able to get a dragon's egg. So I went down to see him and it turns out he let slip how to get past Fluffy that night he won Norbert! Well, the stranger did get Hagrid drunk and said he wanted to make sure that Hagrid would be able to tend a dragon."

"Oh no, that means that whoever's after the Stone will likely go after it tonight!" exclaimed Ry.

"You mean 'whomever'," corrected Hermione, which made the rest gave her annoyed looks for caring about grammer right now.

"Well, I'm going to make sure that Moldydork or his servant doesn't succeed," said James flatly. "By the way, Snape told me that the suspect is Quirrell, since he's been acting odd since he came back from his, what's the word, oh right, sabbatical. And Hagrid let slip that playing music will put Fluffy to sleep."

Everyone stared at him, then Mari got up. "Well, you're not doing this alone, James. I'm going with you. No arguments. You'll probably need some help getting past the other protections, even if you are a Ravenclaw, and I'm the top student of the year, along with Hermione."

"And I'm going too," declared Kyle. "You're my best friend along with Mari and I'm not letting you face Moldydork alone."

The rest of Unity then said they wanted to help as well. James looked even more alarmed. "But you'll all get in trouble if you're caught! And what if you got hurt or killed? After all, my parents died because of me! If I had never been born, they would still be-"

"They did not die because of you!" interrupted Morag angrily. "Your parents died because they chose to oppose You-Know-Who! Blame their deaths on Moldydork, not yourself."

"And if you think we'd let a member of Unity face danger alone, you're crazy, James," added Blaise. "Our charter clearly states that we will help each other no matter what. And one of the rules happens to be 'As long as you are a member, there will be no deserting the other members.' We all signed our names and so we're helping you."

"Fine," sighed James, admitting defeat. "But it's going to look ridiculous having all thirty of us trying to make sure the Stone doesn't get taken and used for evil."

The others just shrugged and then began making sure that they had gotten the hang of the Disillusionment Charm so they could get to the third floor corridor that night without being spotted by Filch or a teacher. Neville and Sally-Ann had some difficulty making their entire bodies invisible, or rather blending in with the surroundings, so Hermione would do the spell on them instead. After that, they began looking up spells that might help and James ran up to his dorm room to grab the Marauder's Map and the flute Hagrid had sent him for Christmas.

None of them had much appetite at dinner and only ate because Hermione pointed out that they would need all the strength they could get to get past the defenses on the Stone and face Quirrell or Voldemort. After the meal, they returned to the Room of Requirement and continued practicing spells. After an hour, James stopped and just stared at the Marauder's Map so they would know if Quirrell or anyone else went to the third-floor corridor. It was almost midnight when James noticed a dot in the part of the map representing the third-floor corridor. For some reason, it was labeled with two names. One said 'Quirinius Quirrell', while the other said 'Tom Riddle'. He pointed this out to the others, who had no idea why there were two names either. In any case, there was no time to wonder, for they had to stop Quirrell/Tom Riddle.

With that, they performed the Disillusionment Charm on themselves and hurried away for the third-floor corridor. When they arrived, it was clear from the harp in the corner that Quirrell had already gotten past Fluffy. James started playing his flute, which made the three-headed dog fall asleep. Everyone hesitated about going through the trapdoor, except Mari, who snapped, "Don't be such cowards," and jumped down herself. A moment later, she called up, "It's all right! There's a plant that breaks the fall!"

James handed the flute to Kyle and then jumped down himself. The rest followed, with Kyle being last. Neville was the one that noticed that the plant was dangerous and he and sveral of the others managed to escape its grasp. The rest weren't so lucky. "What is this blasted plant?" demanded Terry in a shaky voice.

"It's a Devil's Snare!" exclaimed Neville. "How do you fight it? Oh yes, it likes the dark and damp, so we need a fire!"

As Hermione was the best one at conjuring fire, Unity turned to her, but she wailed, "But there's no wood!"

"HAVE YOU GONE MAD?" bellowed Ron, struggling against the Devil's Snare's bonds. "ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?"

"Oh, right!" exclaimed Hermione, cheeks pink with embarassment. She whipped out her wand, pointed it at the Devil's Snare, and muttered a spell, which made bluebell blue flames appear. The plant shrunk back and the eighteen that had been captured by it were able to free themselves.

Everyone congratulated Neville on knowing how to deal with the Devil's Snare and Hermione on the fire she conjured. After that, they set off to the next chamber, which turned out to house flying keys. It was quite clear that one of the keys would open the door leading to the next chamber. As there were only four brooms, James, Ron, Dean, and Susan, the best flyers, went searching for the correct key. James was the one to spot it and after directing Ron, Susan, and Dean, managed to catch it. He stuffed it into the lock and turned it. The door opened and the key flew back to join the others, looking rather battered now that it had been caught twice.

The third chamber had a giant chess set, which had to be McGonagall's protection, just as the Devil's Snare had been Sprout's and the flying keys had been Flitwick's. It was clear that they had to play and win to get across. As there were only sixteen pieces to a side and thirty of them, not all of them would play. Considering that pieces would inevitably be taken, there would be less than sixteen of them playing as well. Ron, who was the best at chess and had beat everyone else in Unity, took charge. He took the place of a knight, directed James to be king and Mari to be queen, and Kyle as rook. When Lisa and Susan said they wanted to take part also, they took the place of a bishop and the other rook.

Play began, with Ron using his chess skills to the utmost. Finally he saw a way for them to win, but it would involve having to sacrifice himself. Everyone protested, but Ron snapped, "Do you want to stop Moldydork from returning to power or not? It's the only way. I'm doing this. Susan, remember your move that will checkmate white."

Susan nodded. Ron, face pale, but looking determined, made his move. The white queen struck him with her arm, knocking him out. Hermione screamed and would have moved forward, but Michael and Hannah grabbed her. Susan shakily made her move and the white king threw down his crown. Unity had won. Tracey, Claire, Anthony, and Seamus stayed behind to tend to Ron while the rest moved on.

The next room contained a troll, but it was already knocked out cold, so they didn't have to deal with it. Holding their noses at the smell, the group headed for the next room.

James pulled open the next door, none of them hardly daring to look at what came next - but there was nothing very frightening in here, just a table with seven differently shaped bottles standing on it in a line.

"Professor Snape's," said Millie with a frown. "What do we have to do?"

They all stepped over the threshold, and immediately a fire sprang up behind them in the doorway. It wasn't ordinary fire either; it was purple. At the same instant, black flames shot up in the doorway leading onward. They were trapped.

"Look!" Hermione seized a roll of paper lying next to the bottles. She read it out loud.

Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,
Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,
One among us seven will let you move ahead,
Another will transport the drinker back instead,
Two of our number hold only nettled wine,
Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.
Choose, unless you wish to stay here for evermore,
To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:
First, however slyly the poison tried to hise
You will always find some on nettles wine's left side;
Second, different are those who stand at either end,
But if you would move onwards, neither is your friend;
Third, as you see clearly, are all different size,
Neither dwarf or giant holds death in their insides;
Fourth, the second left and the second on the right
Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight.

The Ravenclaws, Hermione, and Mari, the logical thinkers of the group, started figuring out the bottes of potions based on the poem. After about five minutes, they worked out which bottle would allow you to go forward and which would let you go behind. However, there was only enough potion to let only one person go forward. When James told the others to go back, Mari gave him a withering look. "If you seriously think that Kyle and I will let you go on alone, you're crazy, James. The three of us have done important things together ever since we became best friends. The rest of Unity, yes, should go back and contact Dumbledore or another teacher, but Kyle and I will be going with you."

"But there's only enough potion for one of us to go ahead!" protested James.

Kyle shook his head. "Remember that we're magical?" He dumped out one of the bottles that contained nettle wine and poured the tiny amount of the potion that let you go forward in it. He handed the bottle to Mari, who did a spell that increased the contents so that there would be enough potion for the three of them.

The rest of Unity wished them good luck, though they all looked as if they were wishing that they could join the trio and help them. The twenty-two of them drank from the bottle that would let them go back and after a final good-luck wish, stepped through the purple fire. James, Kyle, and Mari drank from the other potion and stepped through the black fire.

In the final room was Quirrell, busily examining a mirror that James recognized to be the Mirror of Erised. The Defense professor turned with surprise when the three entered and demanded, "What are you doing here? I thought students weren't supposed to know about the Stone!"

"Well, too bad, because all of Unity knows about it," said Kyle coolly. "The three of us are here to stop you and the rest of Unity have gone to alert the teachers."

"Do explain who Tom Riddle is," said Mari. "We did a spell that would show anyone who was in the forbidden corridor and the parchment showed two names next to the dot representing you. One was your name, but the other was Tom Riddle."

A strange voice said, "Reveal me. So I can explain."

"Are you sure, Master?" asked Quirrell, no longer stuttering. It clearly had been an act. "You are not strong enough."

"I have the strength for this," the voice responded. Quirrell sighed and began unwrapping his turban.

"You're possessed!" James cried in horror, realizing the awful truth. "Moldydork must have taken over your body since he doesn't have a proper one of his own!"

"How dare you call me names!" hissed Voldemort from the back of Quirrell's head. The Defense teacher turned around so that the trio could see.

"I'm not calling you names," said James calmly. "It's the truth. You're moldy, and clearly are a dork if a one-year old baby could defeat you. Now, since the spell showed your name to be Tom Riddle, that would mean that 'Voldemort' isn't your name. I suppose when you decided to become a crazy dark lord, you wanted a scary name?"

"How clever of you to figure that out," Voldemort hissed. "Then again, you were Sorted into Ravenclaw." He directed Quirrell to do use his wand to write out the name "Tom Marvolo Riddle." Then the letters were rearranged to spell out "I am Lord Voldemort."

"Oh, how smart!" said Mari sarcastically. "You can do anagrams! I've been doing anagrams since I was eight."

"How did you come up with a name like 'Voldemort'?" asked Kyle. "It's French for 'flight of death'. Not very scary, since anyone who knows French could figure out that you're running away from death. Well. everyone is going to die eventually, and it shows what a pathetic coward you are to be afraid of your own death like that."

"How dare you!" snapped Voldemort, completely distracted from looking for the Philosopher's Stone. "Kill them!"

Quirrell turned, but Mari was quicker. "Expelliarmus!" Quirrell's wand flew out his hand and Kyle caught it. He instantly snapped the wand in two so that it couldn't be used anymore. Voldemort let out a shriek of anger and had Quirrell advance, but just then, Dumbledore arrived. With the appearance of the headmaster, the spirit of Voldemort fled, leaving the body he had been possessing to die. Since he had been living on the back of Quirrell's head for almost ten months, not a few days, there was no chance of Quirrell surviving it.

The trio quickly told Dumbledore what had occured. He was surprised that Unity had figured out about the Stone, but hid it quickly, and explained that the Philosopher's Stone had been hidden in the Mirror of Erised and only someone that wanted to find it but not use it could get it out. He then escorted the trio up to the Hospital Wing so Madam Pomfrey could make sure they were all right. Ron had come to, but was going to stay the rest of night in the Hospital Wing to make sure he fully recovered. The trio was allowed to be released as they had suffered no injuries and they filled the rest of Unity in on the confrontation with Quirrell. They were shocked that Voldemort had been on the back of Quirrell's head and that he had been born Tom Riddle. Unity decided to call him by his real name from now on, though they would still mockingly refer to him as Moldydork whenever they wanted.

On Saturday was the final Quidditch match of the year, between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. James caught the Snitch about five minutes into the game, winning the match and Quidditch Cup for Ravenclaw. Everyone was impressed with how he had caught the Snitch so quickly, for it had to be a Hogwarts record, and with the whole inter-house cooperation, Gryffindor wasn't too disappointed at their loss. Besides, Ravenclaw winning had broken Slytherin's streak, as well as narrowly secured their winning of the House Cup. Gryffindor was last place, Slytherin third, and Hufflepuff second.

However, at the leaving feast, Dumbledore stood up and announced that due to recent events, he had some last-minute points to dish out. Neville, Hermione, Dean, Seamus, Sally-Ann, Lavender, Ry, and Parvati each won fifty points for Gryffindor. Anthony, Terry, Michael, Padma, Morag, Su, Lisa, and Mandy won thirty points each and James sixty for Ravenclaw. Ernie, Susan, Justin, Claire, and Hannah won fifty points each and Kyle sixty for Hufflepuff. Finally, Millie, Blaise, Ron, Tracey, Daphne, and Ron got fifty points each and Mari sixty for Slytherin. The end result was that all four houses were tied at eight hundred and twenty-two points, which had never happened since the House Cup had been established.

Dumbledore looked really pleased when he realized this (though James suspected it had been planned all along, for each Ravenclaw in Unity, besides him, had been given less points than the members from the other houses) and said, "Well, it just goes to show how deeply entrenched inter-house cooperation has become. All four houses have succeeded in being tied for the House Cup. If the Founders were here, they would be extremely happy."

Snape didn't seem too pleased at the tie and said, "One point to Slytherin for being a part of inter-house cooperation." This meant that Slytherin would win, except that the three other heads of house immediately awarded their houses a point each as well for the same reason.

Dumbledore chuckled and said, "Let's just let this tie remain, all right?" He clapped his hands and three-quarters of Ravenclaw hangings changed to ones of the other three houses. As no one house won the Cup, the four house tables disappeared as well, to be replaced by the many smaller tables. Unity quickly gathered at their usual table and the other students quickly mingled together as well. Food then appeared and everyone began eating. It was the best evening Unity had that year.

The next day the exam results came out and Unity was quite pleased to see that they had scored the top marks in their year. Hermione and Mari were tied for first place, with Mari's slightly better Charms mark making up for Hermione's slightly better Transfiguration mark. The two, in fact, had gotten the best marks in all the exams, except for Herbology, which Neville beat them in. Harry placed fifth, tied with Anthony. Greg and Vince had the lowest marks, though they had done well enough to pass the year, thanks to the time they had spent in Unity. Mari asked them if they wanted to rejoin the group, but they politely declined, saying that they just wanted to stick to themselves for awhile.

After that, trunks were packed, notes were passed out reminding the students that were underage that their performing magic was not allowed during the holidays, and everyone boarded the Hogwarts Express. Sirius and Remus were there to meet James, Stuart, and Stella. Sirius had gone to Sunnybrook Orphanage and adopted them, essentially telling the truth to Mrs. Draper. He had left out magic and the fact he had been in prison, saying instead that he had been out of the country at the time of death of James's parents and didn't find out until much later. He had been unable to find James when he had returned and so decided to wait until the boy was old enough to attend his parents' alma mater, making the search easier. Mrs. Draper accepted the story, plus the valid paper that said Sirius was godfather, and let him adopt his godson. She was suprised that he was also adopting the Lydell twins until he explained that James had asked him to, since he didn't want to leave his foster siblings.

Mari's Aunt Yuki and Uncle Tomi were there to collect her and her two cousins, and they had brought their daughter Sakura, who was ten years old. Sakura was very happy to meet her cousin and chattered excitedly in a mix of Japanese and English. The Unity members said good-bye to each other, promising to keep in touch via their notebooks, and those that could would visit. After that, they left with their respective parents and guardians. James followed his adoptive siblings, Sirius, and Remus out of King's Cross Station, wondering what his summer was going to be like and who in Unity he would visit besides Mari and Kyle.

Author's Note: I hope readers enjoy this chapter, which is my longest one yet. I wanted to get the first year over with as soon as possible so I can move on to second year. I didn't have James defeat Quirrell/Voldemort like he did in the books because that would make Dumbledore suspicious. Mari and Kyle had to be there because they've been with James ever since they became friends and there was another prophecy made that nobody knows about that says the one who will defeat the Dark Lord will be aided by his two best friends in all confrontations with the Dark Lord until the final one. And please forgive me for having Crabbe and Goyle leave Unity. They're really not all that smart and I didn't like the idea of their being a part of Unity since it was hard to write about them in that capacity. I only wanted to leave Malfoy without any supporters among the first year Slytherins, desides Pansy, so that's why Crabbe and Goyle joined Unity in the first place. Now they've left, but don't worry, they won't go back to Malfoy, and will just stick to themselves. Well, I hope you all enjoyed this and I plan to have the first chapter of James's second year up soon.