(Letter from Remus to James)

James,

I know that it is only the start of term, and I'm not sure if Harry has told you this - or even if he will - but something happened on the train last night. It stopped not to far a way from the castle - to allow a dementor on board. When I boarded the train, my compartment was empty and I fell asleep, but when I awoke from the cold from the dementor, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were there with me. Because of the dementor, Harry passed out. When he awoke, he said that he heard screaming...a woman screaming. And because dementors force us to relive our worst experiences, I think he heard Lily the night you three were attacked by Voldemort. I gave Harry some chocolate, and he seemed to do better. I sent an owl ahead to the school and McGonagall had Madam Pomfrey check him over, so he's fine. I thought you and Lily would want to know, but tell Lily not to worry...I don't think Harry will need to encounter the dementors further.
- Remus

(Letter from Harry to James and Lilly)

Dear Mum and Dad,

Last Saturday was our first Quidditch match against Slytherin, only they chickened out because Malfoy, their seeker, was attacked by Hagrid's hippogriff, Buckbeak. But everyone knows that they didn't play because there was a huge storm on the day of the match.

So we ended up playing Hufflepuff instead. The storm was so bad, I could barely see the end of my broom, let alone the snitch. But something happened during the game...the dementors came out to the pitch. Before, when there was a dementor on the train, I heard a woman screaming...Remus thought I heard Mum the night that we were attacked.

This time, I could actually hear Mum and Voldemort talking. Well, they weren't exactly talking - arguing more like. I passed out and fell off my broom. Fred Weasley thinks I must have fallen fifty feet.

But here's the worst part - after I fell, the wind from the storm blew my broomstick into the Whomping Willow and all that's left is a pile of twigs....So, if I could get a new broom, that would be great - even if that's all I get for Christmas. Thanks a lot.

- Harry
P.S. I know Remus is "ill" quite a bit, but I think I'm going to ask him if he could help me fight off the dementors. After all, he did make the one on the train leave.

(Letter from James to Harry)

Dear Harry,

You're probably wondering why we're sending the broom at night instead of with the regular post...I thought your broom could be a surprise for the next match, which, I believe, is against Ravenclaw. This broom will leave all of theirs in the dust! It's a Firebolt....no, I'm not kidding, it's an actual Firebolt. Your Mum wasn't too please when I suggested it, but she just doesn't understand Quidditch like we do. Sirius and I had to work on her for a few days, but she finally broke down.So get outside and try it out!

- Dad

(Letter from Harry to James and Lilly)

Dear Mum and Dad,

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so much for the Firebolt. I thought Wood was going to pass out when I showed him! All he could say was, "A Firebolt...a real Firebolt on our team..."
- Harry

(Remus to James )
(Personally, this is my favourite letter!)
Prongs,

If you want to sleep in your own bed tonight, do not - I repeat DO NOT - let Lily read this. In fact, burn it after you - and probably Padfoot - finish reading it. Yesterday was a Hogsmeade day, so I stayed in the castle while most of the students went down to the village.

I was grading some essays when Snape called me to his office. When I got there, Snape was saying that he had confiscated an old piece of parchment from Harry, who was sitting in his office. I recognized it immediately - it was our map! It looked as though Snape was trying to get information out of it, and I'm sure you can only imagine what it did.

The Marauders had left these messages:"Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.""Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.""Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor.""Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball."

I made up that Harry probably bought it from Zonko's, and he played along. I took the Map from Snape, and told Harry that I needed to talk to him about an essay I had assigned and we left. Once we were back upstairs,

I asked Harry where he had gotten it because Filch took it from us in our seventh year. He said that Fred and George Weasley had given it to him, but he had no idea how they got it. I told him that I obviously could not give it back to him - but if he just happened to come by my office when I wasn't there and the Map just happened to be lying on my desk, and when I came back it was no longer there...well, there's nothing I can do about a missing piece of old parchment.
- Moony

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The Daily Prophet - June 4, 1994

There has been a recent sighting of Azkaban escapee Peter Pettigrew, writes Rita Skeeter.

But, fortunately, it was not in the United Kingdom. This sighting - the only one that has occurred since his escape last summer - was in northern Albania. While this is good news for witches and wizards across the country, I cannot help but wonder something.

Wasn't Albania where He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was last rumored to be hiding? While the majority of the wizarding community believe You-Know-Who to have been destroyed nearly thirteen years ago by Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, there are few who still think that He is merely in hiding.

Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, is prominent among them. Speaking of which, Dumbledore has asked the Ministry to remove the dementors from there posts at the entrances of Hogwarts. The dementors were placed there last September to protect the student from Pettigrew, should he decide to attack the school.

James didn't even bother finishing the article. He handed it to Lily, which she accepted and read.

"Well, at least he's not in England anymore," she said, trying to sound positive.

"But what if Skeeter's right - he could get in touch with Voldemort. I mean, it's not like he has anywhere else to go," said James.
A shiver went down Lily's spine. Voldemort alone and friendless was one thing, but Voldemort having supporters, even one - even Pettigrew - was an entirely different matter.

"But what can we do about it?"

"Sirius and I can tell Dumbledore everything," James replied

."Are you sure you want to do that?" James nodded.

"I'm going to write to Sirius and Remus, but I'm sure they'll agree with me,"

That night, James and Sirius met Remus at Hogwarts to tell Dumbledore that Pettigrew was an Animagus and that James and Sirius were as well. Lily was pacing the floor all night. What would Dumbledore say?

Surely he wouldn't turn them into the Ministry...or would he? What seemed like hours later, James and Sirius finally came back. They were barely out of the fireplace when she asked,

"How'd it go?"They looked at each other before James smiled slightly and replied,

"Everything's okay,"Lily's mouth fell open slightly and said,

"How in the hell did you manage to get out of that?"

"He seemed more impressed than anything," Sirius replied.

"So what did you tell him?"

"Everything," said James,

"How we figured out the Remus was a werewolf when we were in our second year, how Sirius had jokingly said that he wished we could turn into animals - that way we could still be with Remus and not get torn to pieces, and how I didn't take it as a joke. We told him how it took us three years, but we finally did it. We told him that I could transform into a stag, Sirius could transform into a black dog, and Peter could transform into a rat,"

"And how did he take it?" Lily asked.

"I think he was more shocked than anything," said Sirius, "he even seemed a little proud."

"I mean, what did he say about Peter being an Animagus?" Lily said impatiently.

"He took it in stride," James said,

"He said that what would happen, would happen, and for now there's nothing we can do but let events unfold,"

"So he was talking about Rita's article in the paper?" asked Lily.

"I think so," replied James.Lily took a deep breath before saying,

"So Peter's gone to Albania to find Voldemort." It was not a question. All that James and Sirius could do was nod.