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"POTTER!!" I scream out loud.
James insulting, arrogant, good for nothing Potter turns around to see me running towards him. My wand is out and I mutter the counter curse of a stunning spell as Severus Snape woke up.
"Mudblood." Severus spat out.
"Yes, Prince?" I asked mocking him.
He stares out me. HAHA! I had found his weakness. Perfecto! I smile wickedly as I whisper.
"Oh yes. I know you're the Half-Blood Prince. Now why don't you run along before I put you in detention for not having a decent bone in your body?" I whisper as he recoils.
Severus whimpers away as Potter gets closer to me. He puts his hand on my shoulder and I shove it off.
"Lily, Lily, Lily. Was that really necessary?" Potter asked as he pulled me close.
"I'm mad at you. Stop it." I say fidgeting.
I mean, we had been dating for what - six months? And he still knows how to drive me up the wall!
"What did I do?" James asked now.
I tried calming down. Talk Now. Snog Later.
"You hexed Severus. Believe it or not, but he is a good friend of mine. No there's nothing going on between us, no, I don't care if he calls me that awful name, and yes, I'll only love you." I say as James gives me a satisfied smile.
"You always answer all my questions." James whispered giving me a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm still mad at you." I say trying not to smile as I push away.
"I love you Lily." James says giving her a kiss.
"Suck up." Lily muttered.
"You love me for it." James whispered as they began to walk down the corridors.
"So Prongsie, are you behaving with Lilykins?" Sirius Black laughed mocking his best friend and his girlfriend.
"Aw Sirius. Shouldn't you be the one being asked about behavior? I think we should give you an obedience collar for Christmas." Lily laughed.
"Depends on the color. It had to match my eyes." Sirius said joining the joke.
"Dark Blue." Remus muttered.
"Nice one Moony." James said clapping Remus Lupin on the back.
"And I'll be getting YOU something that James will want to keep." Sirius said to Lily wiggling his eyebrows.
"You do that and I swear I'll hex you to bits." Lily muttered.
"Relax Lily. You know I can get what I want anytime I want it." James smiled.
"So you think." Lily said quietly.
After dinner, professor Dumbledore walked up to me and tapped my shoulder.
"Yes professor?" I asked.
"I must speak with you and Mr. Potter immediately. Please follow me." He said and led James and I to his office.
Once we were inside he motioned for us to sit down. We did. He then began to speak to us.
"A student has been murdered on a trip to Hogsmeade today." He began.
I clapped my hand over my mouth so I didn't scream. Gosh, this is the fifth student this year! And only in Hogsmeade!! People have been dying all over.
"I will need you two to patrol every night for three hours to tighten security. You will have the fourth floor. Hogsmeade visits are postponed. Now, this may sound weird but I am sending you two and Mr. Lupin and Mr. Black on a little trip." Dumbledore said.
"What kind of trip sir?" I asked.
"I need you to deliver a box for me to a student. Now, before I continue I must let Mr. Lupin and Mr. Black inside." Dumbledore continued.
Remus and Sirius walked inside and sat down as Dumbledore continued.
"I am sending you to the future. There is a boy there, who has the power to stop Voldemort, and I have been sending myself mental notes throughout the years. He has suffered many loses. I foresee my own death, which will leave the boy even more, lost. I have been his mentor and need you to deliver this." Dumbledore stopped to point at a small chest.
"I want none of you to open it or touch anything in it. He will know what to do. Now, before I send you on this adventure, I need to change your last names." Dumbledore paused.
"What? Why?" Sirius, Remus and James outraged.
"The boy knows you all quiet fondly. His name is. This may come shocking to some of you but the boys name is Harry James Potter." Dumbledore said clearing his throat.
Time stopped.
Potter? Another Potter? In the future? Oh dear lord, I love James and everything by please!
"He's not my son or something is he?" James asked.
"He is indeed you son." Dumbledore nodded
"Who'd Prongs marry? Sirius asked.
"Mrs. Potter is in this room." Dumbledore said softly.
"What? He's my son too!" Lily exclaimed.
"And he considers Remus and Sirius his second and third father. You guys helped him out I some tricky situations. Now, Harry Potter is famous. He is the only person to survive the killing curse and destroy Voldemort. But Voldemort is back and with more power. Harry must defeat him or die in the process." Dumbledore concluded.
"Lily. You shall be Laura McCatherine. James you are John Simmons. Sirius is Steven Penn and Remus will be Richard Orelli. Now if you will take this and hold onto this. I will see you in a moment." Dumbledore said handing them the chest and a time turner, which was set to the year 1996.
The four of them began to notice their surroundings change. Then, everything stopped and they were looking at Professor Dumbledore and a boy with untidy black hair. He had glasses and shimmering emerald green eyes.
Something wasn't right. Professor Dumbledore was in a portrait. And the boy was quit sad.
"Let me get this straight. You let him kill you! You left me on my own so I have no idea what I'm doing! Professor, I'm lost. I have no idea what Im doing! How can I do this alone?" The boy began to speak.
"I am a man of many plans. These four individuals are part of one. Now, this is Laura McCatherine, John Simmons, Steven Penn and Richard Orelli. They will have some things for you. Help them out Harry. And remember. Your power." Dumbledore said.
"Stupid love. Look where it's got me." Harry mumbled.
Just then, Minerva McGonagall walked into the office.
"Potter you have had enough time today. Back to your common room." Professor McGonagall said. "And who are you?" she asked looking at us four.
"I will explain Minerva once they are gone." Dumbledore said.
"Very well. Potter, take them to Gryffindor Common Room." McGonagall said.
"Yes professor." Harry said and motioned for us to follow him.
He began to walk silently. I looked at the boys wondering what to say. But Harry spoke first.
"This is Gryffindor Common Room. We all -" harry began but stopped when he say Malfoy.
"Look who it is famous Harry Potter. And who are these freaks? Your friends abandon you Potter? Wouldn't blame them. Mudblood, Blood traitors, and even you're ex girlfriend. If she wasn't a blood traitor I think I might have dated her." Malfoy said with a grin on his face.
"Don't you dare talk about Ginny like that. And If I remember you make a great ferret. How was the trip down Crabbe's pants?" Harry asked trying not to laugh.
"The end draws near Potter." Malfoy shouted as harry began to walk.
"Tell your father I said hi when you're in Azkaban!" Harry shouted back.
I followed Harry into the common room where he turned to face us.
"Well. This is the common room. Make yourself at home." Harry said and left us as he walked to the corner to break up a snogging couple.
He began to whisper to them who looked over at us and I smiled. The girl whispered back furiously as the other boy just smiled. I had to give it to Harry though. He was a very good-looking boy. But she then noticed a lightning bolt scar.
I nudged James and began to whisper.
"Jam – I mean, John. Look. He has a scar under his hair." I whispered.
"Blimey. That's a neat scar." Sirius said in awe.
"He's a nice kid. And Im guessing those two people who were snogging are his friends." Remus muttered.
But then they all sat down and talked quietly. James had shrunken the chest and put inside his robe pocket. They began to talk why it was so necessary that they were there. It seemed rather foolish since they were just sitting around. Shouldn't they just get the job done and be done with it?
Lily noticed as a girl with long red hair and brown eyes walked over to Harry. She tapped his shoulder. He spun around and immediately smiled. Lily could make out a little of their conversation.
"Hi Harry." The girl smiled.
"Ginny." Harry nodded but groaning as if he knew what we coming next.
"Harry please listen to me. I want to help you. I know how dangerous it is." Ginny said.
"No. I don't want you hurt. Im tired of all this Gin – you know it's the only way for you to be safe, so accept it." Harry said and got up.
He began to walk toward the door as Ginny ran up to him and grabbed his arm.
"Listen to me Harry Potter. If you don't let the people who love you help you, you will die. And I'm not going to let you die just like Sirius and Dumbledore did!" Ginny said coldly.
"Why do you always have to bring them up Ginny?" Harry asked groaning again as he backed away.
"Look. I loved Sirius like my own godfather and his death was hard on me! And Dumbledore. You and Dumbledore were doing something and it must have been dangerous because you both were extremely weak when you got back." Ginny replied.
"That's between me and Dumbledore Gin. You know that." Harry said simply.
"Don't you think Dumbledore would have wanted you to get help? Even he got help! I want to stop Tom just as much as you do! I want to kill a few Death Eaters, take down Wormtail and I want to help you avenge your parents' deaths!" Ginny exclaimed.
"You don't need to avenge my parents' death." Harry said quietly.
"I have to avenge my Uncles death." Ginny said softly.
"I need to get away. Please, Ginny – just don't make this harder than it already is." Harry said and ran out of the common room.
Ginny just stood there and watched his leave. She then began to walk away as she wiped away what looked like tear droplets. Lily walked over to Ginny cautiously and smiled at her. Ginny looked at her and smiled meekly before I spoke quickly.
"Hi. I'm Laura. "I said offering her hand.
"Ginny Weasley." Ginny said softly wiping tears from her eyes.
"Do you know Harry well?" I asked carefully.
"He's my ex boyfriend." Ginny said.
"Oh." I replied simply.
Then a girl walked up to Ginny. She had to be in fifth year.
"Weasley what did you do to Harry now?" the girl asked.
"I don't know Vane. Maybe it wasn't me. Maybe it was because he saw your face." Ginny said angrily.
"Well. Why don't you -" the girl immediately stopped as she got covered in bats.
James, Sirius and Remus looked up to see Ginny with her wand out and the girl covered in bats.
"GINNY!" a girl with bushy brown hair yelled.
"She deserved it!" Ginny yelled back.
"Sorry Romilda. Let me fix that. RON! Knock some sense into your sister!" Hermione yelled.
"Coming, what did you do that for?" Ron asked Ginny as Hermione fixed Romildas face.
"Harry is being a bloody git. He won't let anyone help him!" Ginny shouted.
"Harry is mourning! He has a right! And we are going to help him" Ron said pointing at him and Hermione.
"He needs more help! I know how to get him to his senses." Ginny said before stalking off.
Hermione and Ron sighed as Ginny let the room.
"Excuse me. But you're Ginny's sister?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm Ron. And this is Hermione." Ron said.
"Oh. Well. Is Ginny going to be ok?" I asked in response watching their faces carefully.
"Does she hex someone every day?" James asked suddenly.
"Yeah, and who are you?" Hermione asked.
"John. That's Steven and that's Richard – but we call him Rich for short." James said introducing themselves. Wow, I'm impressed. He remembered the fake names – I knew there were brains in his head somewhere.
Promise. I have a lot of faith in my boyfriend … at times. Don't look at me like that, would you believe James Potter has a lot of brains? Exactly, moving on…
"Oh well yes, Ginny hasn't been herself since Dumbledore's funeral." Ron said.
Ron and Hermione sat down and began to talk with James, Remus, Sirius and Lily. Then an owl flew to the window and successfully managed not to fly into the wall. Ron made his way over to the window and smiled at the return address.
"Oi! Weasley Wizard Wheezes orders are in!" Ron shouted running to the window.
"Who order the skiving snack boxes…wait...those are mine. Get your stuff." Ron said pocketing his snack box. "My brothers, Fred and George run a joke shop." Ron said as the boys looked at him oddly.
"They pretty good?" Sirius asked.
"Amazing! They set off fireworks and ditched this place in our fifth year." Hermione laughed.
"I thought you were disappointed in them about that. So what are you guys doing here?" Ron asked.
"Um, we have some stuff for Harry." Remus replied.
"Oh. Well come on, let's head to dinner. Maybe Harry will be back." Ron said.
"Or maybe you just want to get the freshest food available." Laughed Hermione quietly.
"Well I love food! Let's go!" Sirius remarked before grabbing James' & Remus' arms and pulling them down the staircases.
Hermione and I began to talk quietly after watching our boys run down the stairs. Since Ron had left to join them. By the time we reached our seats, Ron and everyone else was already eating their hearts out. You'd think they hadn't eaten in a year by the way they were chowing down.
"So, who teaches here?" I asked curiously.
Well – you'd be curious too to see who in your class decided to return to Hogwarts to actually be the teacher and not the student.
"Well. Slughorn teaches Potions since Snape left." Hermione said.
"And good riddance! Slimy git!" Ron added.
"Severus Snape taught here?" James asked.
"Yeah. Potions always wanted the defense post and then he got it and murdered Dumbledore with it! He's on Voldemort's side and on the run." Hermione explained.
"Git." James, Remus and Sirius muttered.
"Ginny! Find Harry?" Hermione asked as Ginny sat down.
"No. I was talking to Remus." Ginny said grubbily.
"Remus?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, I miss him you know. He was the best teacher we ever had. I mean, who cares if he's a werewolf! He was safe and brilliant!" Ginny muttered.
"What did you guys talk about?" Remus asked.
"Harry." Ginny said and buried her head in her arms.
"It's going to be alright." I said confidently.
"And you know this…?" Ginny asked.
"He's probably like his dad." I smiled winking at James.
"How do you know about his parents?" Ron asked quickly with food in his mouth.
"Old stories you know." James responded quickly.
"Where could he be? I should apologize…and…." Ginny began.
"Snog him senseless?" Sirius suggested.
"What a Sirius Black thing to say and after what happened to him." Hermione shrugged her shoulders sadly.
"And what happened?" Sirius asked.
"He was killed by his cousin in the Ministry of Magic when he was one of the most wanted. And the best part was He was innocent! Bloody Pettigrew's fault." Ron said.
"If Harry doesn't show up I'm going to check the map." Hermione said.
"Map?" James, Sirius and Remus said and stopped eating.
"Marauders Map. Harry's dad and friends made it. Helps us find him when he's mourning." Hermione replied.
Oh Snap. We were dead. It shows everybody! Every day and every night! It never lies!
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Hermione pulled out a piece of parchment at ten o'clock with Ginny and Ron.
"Is it just me or does it seem like those people are from the past?" Hermione asked.
"John looks so much like Harry except for Laura's eyes…are you thinking what I think you're thinking?" Ginny asked as soon as she realized what she was stating.
"Maybe… should we check the map?" Hermione asked quietly.
"Mione! What are you too talking about? Im so confused!" Ron said out bursting in confusion.
"Sweetie, just take out the map for me please." Pleaded Hermione kissing his cheek.
Ron took the map out of his book bag and handed the map over to Hermione. Then, Hermione handed the map to Ginny who looked at her in confusion.
"I can't bear to look Gin, what if you're right?" Hermione asked before looking over at John, Steven, Rich and Laura.
"Well. Hermione is right once again. James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Lily Evans are in the common room." Ginny responded as her eyes fell on Lau – Lily.
"This is not good." Hermione said and got up and marched over to the group before standing there, hands on her hips, pulling her best Molly Weasley impression saying, "I have a bone to pick with you guys. Yes, you, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Lily Evans." Hermione gritted angrily.