YOLO is a Myth

Summary: Anna-Marie Potter is broken after the war. A few Death Eaters ambush her on day, three different spells cross, and she somehow ended up in the Marauders Era, right into the arms of a young certain, and handsome werewolf.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Notes:

Anna-Marie Potter: Lily Collins

Remus Lupin: Andrew Garfield

Sirius Black: Ben Barnes

James Potter: Harry Styles

Peter Pettigrew: Michael Cera

Chapter One:

Anna's POV

I wore my usual black and red robes as I walked around what was left of Diagon Alley. It was eerie, cold, and lifeless. No wandering shoppers, flying merchandise, owl hoots and cat meows, nothing.

George's shop was closed for now. He was still mourning Fred.

Fred… My brother in all but blood. I'll never hear his cheesy jokes, see the twinkle in his eyes. get crushed by his bear hugs.

Tears streamed down my face like a waterfall. Fred, Snape, Parvati, Lavender, Remus, Tonks… Too many people have died. It breaks my heart so much to know that I was the cause of this war leading to their deaths.

Suddenly, a huge hand covers my mouth and wraps around my waist, two other pairs of arms grab my arms. Trying to get out of their grip, I feared the worst.

They pulled me into an abandoned shop and pushed me against the wall. Three wands were held in front my face.

I looked to my captors to see that they were a few of the dozens of Death Eaters that were fighting on Voldemort's side, their faces were printed on the Daily Prophet.

"Anna-Maria Potter. For the murder of the Dark Lord, our master, you will require no trial, only a death sentence." The one in the middle said.

"Go 'head. I've got no reason to live." I said in a monotone voice.

They each smirked evilly and stepped back a couple feet, wands still pointed to me. "With pleasure." The one on the far right said.

I clutched the necklace that Sirius gave to me, and my hand in my pocket was clutching the charmed beaded bag Hermione gave to me. Closing my eyes, I listened as they said three different curses.

The curses hit me straight at my heart and I waited for the impact of my body hitting the wall behind me. But it didn't come, I was still breathing and it felt like I was slowly falling in air.

I opened my eyes when I realized I was falling through the sky. My fingers went through the puffs of clouds. "Where am I?" I said out loud.

"You are being given a second chance child." Was what I heard in my head.

"Who are you?"

"I am Merlin, lord of magic. You have suffered through war, loss, abuse, love, grief, and so many others. You deserve a second chance."

Then his voice was gone from my mind like a mere thought leaving my memory. I looked around and noticed my black and red robes were exchanged with a beautiful white dress that went to my ankles, I didn't have any shoes on, and a periwinkle colored cloak. My wand was in my right hand and my beaded bag was in my left.

Then I drifted out of consciousness and felt myself float down to the Earth. I don't know how long I was unconscious, but when I woke up, I found myself in a familiar looking room.

Sitting up with a groan, I looked around and almost fell off the bed I was on in shock. I was in the hospital wing. I hear the click of heels and soon came Madame Pomfrey, younger looking.

"Oh thank goodness you're awake. Gave us quite a scare child. Here drink this." She said giving me a godlet of water.

"Thank you." I said in a soft voice and drank the water thankful. "Where am I?" I asked.

"You're at Hogwarts, child. I must say, you look around seventeen, am I correct?" I nodded in response. "What school do you go to?"

"I was homeschooled, ma'am. But my parents were killed." That wasn't completely a lie.

"Oh you poor dear. Hang on, I will get Professor Dumbledore over here. And your saviours are here wanting to see you, shall I send them in?"

"Yes please, I would like to thank them." She nodded and walked off with a smile.

I looked around and saw that my wand and bag were on the bedside table. I grabbed both and opened my bag. I made sure everything was in there. I sighed in relief when everything was in there.

I heard four footsteps nearing me and I looked up. I drew in a sharp intake of breath when I saw people that look extremely familiar. Seventeen year old dad, Sirius, Remus, and Peter; only I thought Remus to be extremely handsome.

"Hey, you're okay. Nearly gave us a heart attack." Young dad told me. "I'm James, James Potter. These are my friends Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. What's your name?" Just then, Merlin's voice came back and it seemed as if the four in front of me were moving in slow-motion.

"I made sure that there was information on you, Anna-Marie 'Purdy', and that you have records of parents. They will find an illusion of a couple that looks like you in a cottage in the wizarding world. But don't worry, they don't look like your real parents."

"Anna-Marie Purdy," I said, "But call me Anna."

"Nice to Anna." Sirius said, flashing me a handsome smile.

"What were you doing in the middle of the field near the school?" Peter squeaked out.

"I-I was at my home with my parents, they homeschooled me. Out of nowhere, three Death Eaters barge in and tried to kill us, but my parents helped me to escape." It was partly true.

As I said this, I thought of all my friends who helped me fight the war, they gave up their lives to help save and protect the wizarding and muggle world. As I think about this, tears fall one by one.

"I'm sorry." Remus says, sitting next to me on the bed. Dad, erh James sat on the other side, so Remus was on my right and James was on my left. Sirius and Peter sat on chairs in front of me.

"It's not your fault, it's mine. If I had just gone back and fought them off, mum and dad would still be alive, they wouldn't have died because of me." I say as more tears fall.

"Hey, it's not your fault." Sirius told me.

"Yeah," Peter squeaked out. "Your parents risked their lives to save you, they loved you that much."

"So don't go around blaming yourself for their bravery." James said next.

"They would have wanted you to live your life and not blame yourself." Remus said, taking my hand in his. I didn't bother to let it go or move my hand away. His hand with mine was comforting. When he was close to me, I felt a connection to him,

I sniffled a little, but wiped away the tears from my eyes, giving them a small smile. "Thank you for comforting me." I said, looking to each of them. Peter isn't so bad, but he will be in the future.

Merlin told me he that people deserved second chances, so I'm going to change Peter's fate and teach him to make the right decisions for himself and others.

I hear two more pairs of footsteps coming our way, the five of us turned to see Madame Pomfrey back, only Professor Dumbledore was with her. He looked younger.

"Hello, I am Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts. May I ask your name?"

"Anna-Marie Purdy, professor."

"Ah, Mr. Potter, Lupin, Black, Pettigrew, I see you have come to see if Miss Purdy is alright." Dumbledore said.

"Yes sir. We were worried about her when she came about in a field near the school." Remus spoke up, squeezing my hand. James, Sirius, and Peter nodding in agreement.

"Well, once I am done talking to Miss Purdy, you may have her. Now, go to lunch, your teachers have been notified of your absence."

They nodded and stood up, Remus was a little reluctant to leave me. He gave my hand one last squeeze, but pressed a warm kiss to my head without hesitation. I was shocked by the gesture, but smiled once I felt the butterflies in my stomach.

They soon left with one glance back to me and small smiles. I smiled back. They left the hospital wing and I looked to Dumbledore who still had that wise look and twinkle in his eye. I soon felt emptiness in me when Remus was gone.

"Let us go to my office, it's more private up there." I nodded and grabbed my wand, bag, and put my cloak back on.

We walked through the halls of the school, I didn't care that I was barefoot. We walked around until we got to the familiar gargoyle in front of the entrance of the headmasters office.

"Sherbert Lemon." Dumbledore said, and the gargoyle moved aside to reveal the stairs. We stepped in and the stairs magically moved in a swirl up the tower.

It soon came to a stop and there was the office door. Dumbledore walked up and opened it, holding it for me. It was the same office as I last saw, but with less knick knacks.

Dumbledore took a seat behind his desk and I took a seat in front of his desk. "Now tell me and be honest, who are you and how did you come here?" He asked more in curiosity than demanding.

"My real name is Anna-Marie Potter, daughter of James Potter and Lily Potter nee Evans. I am from the future. In my time, I was prophesied to be the power to destroy the Dark Lord, in my time he's dead. I was wandering the abandoned Diagon Alley when three Death Eaters grabbed me and pulled me into an abandoned shop, pinning me to the wall with their wands pointed at me.

"They wanted to avenge Voldemort and kill me. They said three different curses at the same time. The next thing I know, I'm slowly falling in the sky with the wizard Merlin's voice in my head, telling me he's giving me a second chance away from all the loss and grief of my friends and family that died in the war." I finished with a deep breath.

"I am sorry to hear that you were, how you say, at the wrong place at the wrong time. You didn't deserve that. What else did Merlin tell you?" He asked me.

"He told me that he made what was an illusion of a couple that looks like me but different to my real parents. He made documents in the wizarding world that made it seem like I was a real person. So now I am dubbed Anna-Marie Purdy." I told him.

"Well, since you are I am guessing seventeen." I nodded that he was correct. "I wonder if you would like to attend classes here for your seventh year. Of course you'll have to be sorted if you were to agree." He explained.

"I would love to attend again. Back in my time, the Sorting Hat meant for me to be in Slytherin, but I asked him to put me in Gryffindor."

"Of course, now once you are sorted, you will be brought to the common room of any house you were dubbed and be staying there. I will have house elves bring you uniforms and your school books."

"Thank you professor, I really appreciate it." I said with a smile, which made him smile back in the same grandfatherly way I remembered.

"It's my pleasure Miss 'Purdy'," He said with a wink. "Now, Enzo," He called out.

There was a POP and a male house elf appeared next to the desk. "How may Enzo be of service, headmaster?"

"Can you please get some Hogwarts robes and seventh year class books for Miss Purdy here, she is going to be attending classes her for the other three terms." Huh, I guess it's only first term right now.

"Of course headmaster, Enzo will get anything that the miss needs." And with another POP, Enzo was gone.

"Now, it is the end of lunch, you must be hungry. Come, I will take you to the kitchens. I do believe Enzo will have your things by the time you're done eating."

"Okay. Professor, is it alright if I use my beaded bag instead of a trunk? It already has an undetectable extension charm on it." I wondered.

"I see no harm in it. You really seem attached to your bag."

"It was a gift form a close friend of mine. She helped win the war and is in a relationship with my other best friend." I told him. He nodded with a look of understanding.

We left his office and walked through the halls in a comfortable silence. The only sounds heard where the clicking of his shoes and the low slapping of my barefeet on the stone floor.

At the hall up ahead, I saw James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus; talking, laughing, joking, and playfully shoving each other. Then Sirius saw me, "Hey, Anna. Hello professor." The four of them jogged up to us. I saw they had their messenger bags with them, must be their textbooks.

"Hello boys, I was just taking Miss Purdy to the kitchens, but since you're here, would you like to take her there? I will send a note to your teachers why you are absent." Dumbledore said.

"Of course, professor. We'll make sure she gets to the kitchens for a bite to eat." James said smiling.

"And we never got the chance to know her." Sirius spoke up.

"Thank you boys, now I must take my leave for I have business to attend to. Farewell boys, Miss Purdy. Oh and before dinner, meet me in my office." And with that, Dumbledore left.

"Well what are we waiting for, let's get to the kitchens, anything to ditch Binns and Slughorn's class." Peter spoke up in his squeaky voice.

We laughed and began to walk, the boys leading me to the kitchens even though I know where they are. Whenever I have nightmares, Fred and George would cheer me up by taking me there and we would drink butterbeer, cauldron cakes, and sugar quills. I noticed that Remus and I were walking close, but I didn't mind.

We made it to the portrait or fruits and James tickled the pear to open it. Once it was open we all walked in, but I had to pick up my skirt a little to step over the steps.

"Right you lot, I am still hungry so let's eat." Sirius said clapping his hands.

There was a table inside and it was placed near a fireplace. The kitchen was right through another door by the side. We all took a seat at the table, Remus to my right, Sirius to my left, Peter on the other side of Remus, and James on the other side of Sirius.

"So Anna," Sirius spoke up, putting his elbows in the table and resting his chin on his palms. "My curiosity is getting the better of me: what is in your bag?"

"You really want to see?" I asked, he nodded with a grin. I sighed in fake annoyance and reached elbow deep into my bag.

I pulled out all my things; robes, potions ingredients, potion supplies, my Firebolt, my accessories, other clothing for all occasions, my acoustic guitar, my sketchbook, oil pastels, books for everything, some wolfsbane potions, and Snuffles my stuffed dog. But once I saw Snuffles, I grabbed him and held him close, not even embarrassed that the boys are seeing me cuddle with him.

"Wow, you play guitar?" Remus asks.

"Yeah, when I was a kid, a family friend of mine got one for me and I taught myself how to play." I explained, looking into his beautiful brown eyes that I could get lost in.

"Wait, what am I saying? Why do I feel like I want to be near him every second of every day?"

"These are amazing." I heard James say. I turned to see him, Peter, and Sirius looking at my sketchbook.

"Uh, that's just something I do in my spare time." I said in a shy voice. Then I heard Sirius give a loud squeal like a fangirl.

"Is that a Firebolt?!" He exclaimed.

"Uh yeah," I said. "And don't touch." I scolded, smacking his hand away. The caused James, Peter, and Remus to snicker at his pouty face. "My precious." I said in a scary voice, rubbing the broomstick lovingly.

"Do you play quidditch?" James asked.

"Yeah, when me and my friends played, I would always play seeker. And my team never lost a game, even if it was a friendly competition."

"Wicked." I heard Remus mutter.

A loud POP was heard and there was Enzo with my books and uniform. "Here you are miss, the uniform and books headmaster requested Enzo bring to you. If you need anything more, just call Enzo."

"Thank you Enzo, I appreciate you assistance." He looked about ready to cry at my manners towards him, but bowed and left with another POP.

The boys looked at the books and uniform. "Are you going to attend Hogwarts?" Peter asked.

"Mhm, I was homeschooled back then, so I realized that I need to get out and go to classes with others my age besides my friends and family." I said as I put all my stuff back in my bag, including my uniforms and new books.

Soon, house elves came in with food and we all thanked them. As we ate the delicious food I would never forget, we talked, joked, laughed, and told stories. They told me about how they became the Marauders and how they love to prank people at the school. Then I went on telling them the pranks I did with Fred and George.

"So me, Fred, and George were at a dinner party for young adults. But thing is, there was a table full of snotty, mean, and evil kids who bullied my friends and I. So the three of us decided to get revenge. We made a smoke bomb that would make them look like something embarrassing.

"We planted it under the table and when it went off in the middle of the party, some of the girls looked like freaky animals or had a couple moles on their faces with messy hair. The guys were dressed like girls or were only wearing undershirts, boxers, and socks. It was the most hilarious thing I have ever seen." By now, we were all laughing uncontrollably. James almost fell off his seat.

As soon as we sobered up, it was almost time for dinner. "I better got, Professor Dumbledore will want to see me."

"We'll see you later, Anna. I hope you get into Gryffindor." Sirius said.

"Me too, you're awesome. I already feel like you and I could be like brother and sister." James said.

"I agree." Peter spoke up.

"Maybe we could even have the first female Marauder." Remus said.

"Yeah." The others exclaimed.

"You could help us with pranks, studying, Quidditch, and other stuff!" James exclaimed. I thought about it for a few minutes; becoming an official Marauder with my dad, godfather, Remus, and Peter. I could help them and set things right for the future.

"If this is what you want, then I'll join you guys." I announced. The four of them cheered, whooped, and high-fived before pulling me into a bone-crushing hug. I laughed and hugged them back. "Okay," I said pulling out. "I really need to get going. I'll see you at dinner."

We all exited the kitchen and went our separate ways, the boys to the Great Hall and me to the headmasters office.

I held my skirt in one hand, and my wand and bag in the other as I ran to Dumbledore's office.

"Sherbert Lemon." I said to the gargoyle and stood on the moving stairs.

I got to the office door and knocked. "Come in." I stepped in to see professor Dumbledore with Professor McGonagall.

"Ah hello Miss Purdy. Minerva this is Anna-Marie Purdy. Anna this is Professor Minerva McGonagall, head of the Gryffindor house and the transfiguration teacher."

"It's lovely to meet you, Professor." I said politely.

"Likewise, my dear. Professor Dumbledore here has told me that you were homeschooled and are now wishing to attend classes here."

"That is correct, ma'am."

"And I am sorry for the loss of your parents, dear."

"Thank you ma'am. It did hurt that they were killed, but I know that they are now in a better place." I said to her.

"Of course. Now I must get the Sorting Hat and head down to the Great Hall. I will see you there, Albus, Miss Purdy. I do hope you get into Gryffindor." This made me smile.

"Thank you, James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus told me the same."

"Ah, I see you met the famous Marauders. Good luck with them." She said. She then took the Sorting Hat and left the room.

"There is a room down the hall for you to change to your uniforms, Anna. I must go to the Great Hall. Once you get down there, wait outside the doors until I announce you."

"Of course, professor." I walked down the hall to the room Dumbledore told me about. I walked it and saw it was an elegant wash room.

The floor was a white marble, there was a bathtub with a golden faucet and a shower with a golden shower head. The sink was the same as well. The toilet was simple.

I took a uniform out of my bag and began to get changed. It was the same as I remember; white button up, grey knee length skirt, black stockings, ballet flats, grey v-neck sweater, and black robe.

I fixed my hair so that it went over my right shoulder in a long braid that went to my chest. When out of the braid, my hair is actually down to my waist.

Once I was changed, I put my dress and cloak in my bag and exited the washroom. I saw that Dumbledore wasn't in the office like he said. I left his office and went down the stairs then headed straight to the Great Hall. I listened through the huge doors what Dumbledore was saying.

"Now, I know that you have been spreading rumors that there is a guest at the school. Well I am going to set those rumors to rest." Dumbledore paused. "They are true." Whispers spread through the hall, or as far as I could hear through the massive doors. "But further news, she is going to be taking classes here for her seventh year seeing as she was homeschooled. And now please welcome Anna-Marie Purdy."

The huge doors opened and all eyes turned to me. I wasn't nervous or scared at all, I was sorta used to it. I kept my head held high as I walked to where Professor McGonagall was waiting near the stool with the Sorting Hat.

Once I made it to the front, I sat down and she placed the hat on my head.

"Ah, Miss Potter form the future." I tensed a little. "Fear not, I will tell no one."

"Thank you."

"Now, where to put you. You are as loyal as a Hufflepuff; smart as a Ravenclaw; cunning as a Slytherin; and brave as a Gryffindor. Well, since you categorize in all four, I shall give you the choice of which house you want to be in."

"May I please go to Gryffindor? It was the house I was in during my time and the house I want to be in since my parents were in that house."

"Very Well. Gryffindor!" The Sorting Hat said out loud.

Gryffindor gave a standing ovation and applauded for me. McGonagall took the hat off my and I skipped over to where James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus were since they were waving me over. The other houses were clapping respectively.

"You're a Gryffindor!" Sirius exclaimed happily, giving me a bear hug.

"Welcome to Gryffindor, it's hell!" Peter said, making me laugh.

"But don't worry, we'll look after you!" James said, puffing his chest out and hitting his fist on his chest. But he grimaced and started to rub his chest.

This made us laugh. I sat down and took a seat between Peter and Remus. I was now comfortable with being close to Peter.

Dinner appeared in front of us and we all dug in. Everything was a delicious as I remember, but there were some foods I didn't see from Hogwarts dinner in my regular time. I tried them anyway and almost died of its amazing taste.

Soon we were all full, except James, and the food disappeared. "Aw, I wasn't finished." James whined. I giggled and reached into my bag, pulling out a cauldron cake and chocolate frog. "Thanks Anna." He said and took the candy.

We all walked off to our common rooms.