Full summary: Fate is doing her thing AGAIN. Somehow she found a way to send the Marauders and Lily to—"YEAR 2022?". Fate was beaten on round one. She swears she wouldn't be beaten on round two… and on round two, she'll kill them all with a flash. This is a sequel to the Mirror of Time, and I recommend you to read the first one so this would not be confusing.

Note from the Author: *whistles* I did not say that the sequel would be about time travelling? Really? I thought I did! Well, at least now you know! C:

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the second installment of the Mirror of Time.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

-[Set in the Marauders' seventh year]-

December 14, 1977

Chapter 1: THE MYSTERY WOMAN

Lily Evans sat, cross legged, on the floor in the Gryffindor Common Room, Her green eyes barely left her book, lost in the world that entices her inside. The common room wasn't even half full, especially because almost everyone was home with their families. Lily wanted to be with her family of course, but her impatient sister brought them to some tropical country and decided to leave her.

A sound of something suddenly crashing captured her attention and she looked up, seeing the three boys [infamously known as the Marauders] fall from their staircase. She just rolled her eyes and returned to her book once again.

"Oi, Evans! It's Christmas, `ya know! Stop reading! It's not normal!" Sirius Black yelled from across the room, his obscure silky hair falling on his face as he stood up and walked towards her. Lily snorted and leaned back on the window. "Your hair's not normal." She mumbled back, but did not heed any more attention.

"What was that, flower? About my hair?"

"Leave her alone, Sirius. I thought when James stopped pestering her you would too. She's having an adventure." Remus scolded, sitting on the long couch. Sirius turned around and stuck his tongue out at him. James snorted from his place and sat beside Lily.

"I'd like to object that I was not pestering her. I was asking her out, but she kept on saying no." he protested.

"And with good reason." Lily teased, turning around so she can lean on his back.

Having been appointed as Head Boy and Head Girl, it was safe to say that the two of them were at the very least friends.

"It's because you're crazy." James said knowingly, but there was mischief sparkling in his eyes. He felt Lily just shake her head behind him and continued to read.

"What are you even—" He suddenly twisted around to look at Lily, who immediately fell on his lap because of the unexpected turn. She looked up at him with an exasperated expression, hitting his stomach with her now closed book.

"OW!"

"I was getting on the good part!" Lily told him, sitting up again.

"Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte," James read aloud, grabbing the book. "What's this about?"

Lily hesitated, not really comfortable with explaining what the book is about aloud. "It's about—"

"Oooh—Look at them, Moony! They're getting all warm and cuddly!" Sirius cooed in stage whisper, sitting beside Remus and entwining his arms around him, acting like a girl. Both the two others blushed and proceeded to throw him things in their reach—James the book and Lily her shoe. Both hit Sirius on the nose and the forehead respectively.

"James!"

"What?"

"You threw the book!"

"So?"

Lily grumbled and stood, grabbing the book from the floor. "It should be against the law; throwing books."

Remus nodded sympathetically. "I agree."

"Swots," James and Sirius coughed, and both were hit with shoes. "OW!"

They turned to see Lily, grinning triumphantly her socks against the carpet. "Both of you shut up! Oh, by the way, where is your fourth egg?"

"Fourth egg?" Remus repeated, looking at her blankly.

"Men don't have four eggs Lils, only two." Sirius informed her knowingly. Lily, who just regained her shoe, threw it again at Sirius.

"WOMAN! THAT'S THE THIRD TIME!"

"Oh, if you mean Wormtail, his mom needs him on Christmas, he says." James answered with a shrug. Lily nodded with her brows furrowed. "His mom's sickness has been pretty repetitive. Are you sure she's alright?"

"Wormtail said so. Stop worrying about it, Lils." Remus told her, smiling. Lily smiled at him in return.

"Lily," one of the girls in Lily's year, Alice, called her. "Someone's looking for you outside. He—he said he wants to talk to you."

"Who's that?" James asked curiously, running a hand through his hair. Alice shrugged. "He—he doesn't want me to say his name."

Lily opened her mouth to speak, but everything suddenly froze in their place, like some invisible force pressed the pause button. The only ones left who can move were the Marauders and Lily. "Erm—what happened?" Sirius asked.

Remus looked around, his eyebrows rising and rising that they're on the verge of disappearing in his hairline. "Everything seemed to stop."

That was true. Even Frank Longbottom and Kyle Dewers froze in their mid- jumps, jelly beans floating in the air. A third year girl had her mouth wide open, as if having been frozen in the middle of laughing. Lily glanced outside the window, and was surprised to see the snow had stopped falling outside. Lily glanced outside the window and was surprised to see the snow had stopped falling outside; as in they were floating in the air. The fire in the hearth suddenly went out.

"This—this can't be plain magic. I have never heard of this before. This must be a-ancient magic." Lily whispered.

"That is quite true."

The four Gryffindors whirled around and saw a lady dressed in a black sparkling gown, as if she took the starry night sky as her dress, but she looked in her mid- twenties. Her brown hair was braided down to her waist, pulled up with a black sparkling headband as well, and her dark black eyes turning glassy at the moment. It was very hard to see, but they noticed things on her dress; some involved blood, heartaches, pain, and torture. Only a small part had love and happiness. "Good afternoon."

"You did this? Who are you?" Lily asked, snapping herself out of her reverie. The woman shrugged. "I am Fate, and actually, I didn't do this on purpose. I just have that effect whenever I visit this world."

"This… world?" Sirius and James echoed. Fate smiled. "You have so much to know, darlings. Now, why don't we talk about the reason why I'm here?"

The four teenagers slowly nodded.

Fate smiled. "Actually, there are two reasons why I'm here. The first is a warning."

The four of them exchanged looks and stared at Fate, urging her to go on.

"My colleague, Father Time, recently broke a law concerning time travelling. That's why he's being punished as we speak. Unfortunately, I heard of his latest plans—and that is to eliminate the four of you."

"Why us? What did we do?" Remus asked.

"I do not know. It might involve something your future selves would do or something your past selves have done. You know Time; it's complicated." Fate answered, looking around fearfully as she clutched her dress. "The second reason is to offer you my help."

She rushed on. "Recently, the Creator, our leader, just had the Mirror of Time destroyed. The Mirror is a very powerful time travelling device; it's a Mirror that opens up vortexes that lets people travel to different timelines. That means that the only way of Time travelling now, aside from you time turners (which are very low class by the way), is through the Time Portal. The Time Portal is sort of more complicated than the Mirror. It changes its location every seven hours, and only opens during midnight, sunrise, noon, and sunset. If you want, I can take you to another timeline. Because obviously he would search for you here in this place and time setting, but if you're not here…" she trailed off, staring at the four teenagers.

"Hold your hippogriffs, woman. What do you mean? That this crazy man called Father Time wants to kill us, and that we need to transfer to a different timeline so we'll be safe?" Sirius asked, his eyes wide open. Fate nodded.

"That's more understandable." James muttered. Lily nudged him with her shoulder. "If—if we accept your offer, when exactly are we going to? Forward or backward?"

Fate smiled grimly. "That's the thing about the Portal; no one knows if it's going to go backward in the past or forward to the future."

"But how will we search for the Portal? Is it anywhere near Hogwarts?" Remus questioned. Fate nodded nd pointed outside. "It's right there, in your forest. And we still have thirty minutes left, so you better decide now."

"But isn't he Father Time? Wouldn't he be able to just go to the timeline he wants? And what about our past selves? Can't he just go to our past and kill us there?"

"Yes, but as I said before, he's on… probation. His powers are limited and he needed the Portal; that's one. I can send obstacles along the way so he won't be able to find it. The last question is the one harder to explain. Let's see…" Fate paused, looking between them. "You know that you exist now, correct?"

"Correct."

"Okay, so let's say your whole life is like a pie. A one- eighth of the pie is who you are now. If I'm going to remove that, the pie wouldn't be complete; the cycle is interrupted. That is one of the rules for time travelling to work; in order to get to a person's timeline, you need to make sure that his past, present, and future is secured. Do you understand now?"

"A little bit." Lily answered timidly.

"Alright, last one." Sirius said. "How are we going to get back?"

Fate's smile widened. "That's the thing! Once we prove that he really is pursuing you, the Creator will know, and he will be forced to send you back to this time where I will take you."

The four of them exchanged glances and came upon a silent agreement.

"Well, we don't want to die just yet. Show us the way."

"We're here." Fate whispered. She transported them in the midst of the Forbidden Forest, and they hear the sound of the various creatures that leave in it. It's forbidden for a reason, but they don't want to know that reason just yet.

"That's the Portal." Fate said, pointing towards the hole in front of them. It looked like a normal hole if you peeked inside, with all the grass and the soil, but it was very dark inside.

"I'll locate you somehow. Go—jump—until we see again."

The four Gryffindors merely nodded as they stared at each other.

"I'll go first." Sirius volunteered, James patted his back and Remus nodded.

"We'll follow you." Lily assured. Sirius flashed a grin and jumped. As soon as Sirius disappeared, James jumped in, and so did Remus and Lily.

Fate stood, smiling, near the Time Portal. "Very good. Very, very good."

Surprise, surprise! There, the first chapter is up. I just want to express all the gratitude for all the support the readers gave me. Hehe. C: