Marauders in the future
(Author's note) Hello every one! This is my first fic! And I would love to get reviews Sakura is my own character. So please don't take her with out asking me! Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter! (Man, I wish I did though) It is JK Rowling's (lucky) and she deserves every thing! All credit!
5th
book spoilers!
This is the revised chapter, I'm sure when I get done I'll work on it some more, but for now it's just so it doesn't look so bad. It will also be the reason why this chapter is better written, then chapter two goes back to beginning writer writing. When I get done this story I'm going to work on editing and revising the other chapters, but you'll have to bear with me until then, sorry, and don't forget to review!
Chapter one: What happened to the 1970s?
James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin were currently wandering around one of the many halls of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. These halls were unusually quiet, but there was a good reason for that. You see, everyone else was in class, including the fourth Marauder, Peter. James had stupidly forgotten the invisibility cloak in their dorm room, so all they had was the Marauder's Map.
"Ouch, Sirius that was my foot!" James hissed.
"Oh, sorry" Sirius muttered back.
"SHHH! Professor McGonagall's coming!" Remus whispered, after a glance at the map. He had no idea why he was here, maybe it was because he hated the Potions Professor that he decided to skip class, because it was something he wouldn't usually do. But, then again, James and Sirius always had that kind of affect on him.
"Stay quiet! She doesn't know we're here!" Sirius and Remus looked at him.
"Uh James…"
"Oh yeah," He was so used to the invisibility cloak. James looked around for a place to hide. There was one a few feet away, and just their luck, it looked like an empty classroom. "Moony, which way is she coming?"
Remus looked back at the map, "She should come around the corner behind us any minute."
James nodded, "alright, we have to run into the room" he pointed to the empty classroom, Sirius and Remus followed his gaze and nodded. "Go!"
They ran toward the door, "Alohomora" He said, pointing his wand toward the door. It opened just as they reached it; the three of them went inside, closing the door behind them. James stopped, causing Remus and Sirius to run into him, they were all on the floor in a matter of seconds. The room was nothing special; it was an empty room, literally. The floor was covered with dust and spider webs covered the place, top to bottom.
"That was close!" Sirius grinned. He stood up, moving off Remus, who he had been sitting on.
"Too close, I wonder why McGonagall didn't have classes?" Remus asked no one in particular.
"Aw, come on Moony, it was fun!" James said as Remus got off him, they both stood up next to Sirius.
Remus just gave him 'a look'. They sat in silence for a few minutes until Remus took a look at the map to see if anyone was comming. "Hey, guys, look at this." Sirius and James leaned over his shoulder to take a look.
"What 'bout it Moony?"
"Look, we're not on the map" Sirius and James took another look.
"Wow, we're not. This room isn't either, that must be why." James and Remus agreed.
They all took a very good look at the map once more. What they saw made them gasp. Almost every name on the map was unrecognizable. McGonagall and Dumbledore were still there, Flitwick, Binns… The next words the boys read made they cry out. Professor Snape was walking around Hogwarts.
"T-The Map's broken…that must be it…"
"Yeah, that would explain it…" Sirius said.
"Let's go, McGonagall's not here anymore." Remus replied. The two Marauders agreed. They stood up and opened the door slowly. One by one they walked out, looking around. Something was different, all three saw it at once, but what?
"Harry? I thought you were in the common room." The three boys turned around, they were facing some girl they'd never seen before. She had soft, dark, (almost black) hair they fell around her shoulders. She had bright blue eyes that reminding the Marauders of Dumbledore's eyes, in some odd way. The girl was wearing a black shirt with the words Linkin Park written slightly sideways on it. The Marauders had no idea what 'Linkin Park' was, so they guessed it was some muggle thing. The shirt did look good with the dark jeans she was wearing, though. Her robes, the Marauders noticed, had the small Gryffindor symbol on it's left side. This just made them more confused.
James looked behind him. "Who's Harry?" He asked.
"You are, what-" She stopped. Something clicked in her head, she whipped out her wand. "State your name!" She said. She voice was sturdy, but her hand was shaking.
The Marauders gave each other a glance. They were at the wrong end, that'd have to do what the girl said.
"R-Remus Lupin." Remus was the brave one, he went first.
"Sirius Black" He grumbled.
James figured it was his turn, so he opened his mouth to speak, but the girl cut him off. "You're not James Potter, are you?"
James couldn't help but grin, "Yes I am."
"You're lying." James' face fell.
"No I'm not!"
"Potter!" She said sharply.
James sighed on the inside, he guessed she was one of Lily's friends, when Lily heard about them skipping class… oh, he could hear another Evan's lecture coming on.
"Well, my name is Sakura, just so you know, and I think we need to go to Dumbledore's office, now."
"Professor Dumbledore is still here?" Remus let out a sigh of relief when she nodded.
"Ms. Moatiki, what are you doing?" Sakura rolled her eyes and turned around. James, Sirius, and Remus looked around her, in front of them stood Professor Snape. "You and Potter better be behaving yourselves."
"Yes, Professor Snape"
"SNAPE?" Sirius and James yelled.
"That's Professor Snape to you, Potter"
"Snivellus, is that really you?" James questioned.
"I told you never to mention that! Fifty points from Gryffindor!"
"What?" All four of them said at the same time.
"Sir, this isn't Harry, it's James!" Sakura pointed at James.
"Would you like more points taken, Potter, stop trying to look like your pathetic father." Snape turned around and started to walk away.
"Sir, please, Harry is with Ron and Hermione!"
"Moatiki, twenty points from Gryffindor."
"Professor!" Sakura yelled. "He doesn't have the scar."
James really wanted to ask about this scar, and even more, this Harry guy everyone thought he was. Unfortunately, this wasn't really the time.
Snape turned around and glared at the group. He looked over all of them, his eyes fell on James. His eyes, they were hazel, but his scar was- no, there was no scar, nothing about him was right, it wasn't Harry. It was James.
"See Professor?" Sakura said, assuming that Snape had realized that it wasn't Harry. "It's James Potter, and Lupin, and Sirius," She pointed to each Marauder as they were identified. " Some how, I think they're alive…."
James was getting too annoyed, he didn't care, he was going to speak up. "Who's Harry? What Scar? Why would I be dead? Why would Remus and Sirius be dead?" James was way beyond confused, they thought he was dead, Snape was older and a teacher. Everyone had gone crazy.
"Come on Mr. Potter you are going to have a visit to Professor Dumbledore, you know that it is against the law to use polyluice potion" then Snape gave an evil grin "unless you are wearing make up."
That was the last straw, NO ONE said James Potter wore makeup. "WHAT DID YOU SAY, SNIVELLUS? I DO NOT WEAR MAKE UP!" A very furious James shouted.
"Uh...James do you have any relatives named Harry?" Remus asked, it was the first time he'd spoken, but he couldn't help but feel like he needed to try and get James under control. He was actually sort of surprised at how James was acting.
"No I don't! I have no cousins what so ever and no relative named Harry Potter!" He replied angrily.
The four students turned around that the sound of foot steps. The Marauders' first impulse was to run, but they had to remember not too. Professor McGonagall was walking up toward them. THIS meant trouble.
"What are you doing? Don't tell me you four got another detention." She said in her usual stern voice, one James and Sirius knew all to well. "And, for goodness sakes, what were you shouting about?"
"Professor it's J-"Sakura began before Snape cut her off.
"Mr. Potter has been playing a very interesting game, you see, he's trying to be James." Snape said, he seemed to be enjoying this.
"I am James!" James replied, glaring at Snape before he turned to McGonagall. He opened his mouth but Sakura stopped him again.
"Professor McGonagall, Harry is in the common room finishing a paper for Defense Against the Dark Arts, I'll go get him if you don't believe me!"
McGonagall nodded her head and said, "Bring Potter to my office right away. Do not bring Weasley or Granger."
She nodded; "Yes professor!" and she ran off toward the Gryffindor Common room.
…
Minutes later Sakura reached the fat lady. She said the password, Zonko's, and entered. She took a quick glance around the room until she found Harry, Ron, and Hermione –her three best friends- sitting in their favorite seats. "Harry, you…have to… come with… me…" She painted. She sat down on the floor right where she had been standing.
"What is it, Sakura?" Harry asked.
She refused to answer until she had caught her breath, that was a few minutes later. After her heart was going normal speed she spoke, "I just meet a young James potter, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black!"
"You're... kidding…" The trio stared at her.
"No, I didn't believe it at first either, but I really think they are. In any case, McGonagall wants to see you,"
"Well then, let's go!" Ron stood up. "I want to meet them."
"Sorry, Ron, but only Harry is supposed to go."
"What about you?"
"I get to go, I guess, because I'm the first person who met them."
"That makes sense." Hermione said.
"Don't worry Ron, we'll be right back" Harry said then seeing the look on his face quickly added, "and we'll tell you everything."
"Fine! But you better not hide anything!" Ron said, he really wanted to go, this just seemed to add the things Harry did and he didn't. Sometimes he felt like a lackey or something like that. It was not a good feeling.
"Shouldn't you too be going? McGonagall will wonder where you-" Hermione started.
"Yeah, we wasted too much time!" Sakura grabbed Harry's wrist and pulled him out the portrait door.
"I want to know where she gets all that energy" Hermione said as she watched Harry get dragged out the door.
Ron nodded. "Me to"
…
"So... uh do you mind telling me how you found my father here?" Harry asked while they walked down to McGonagall's office. They still had a ways to go.
"Well sure! I wouldn't mind! You have right to know, although I'm sure I'll have to tell it to Professor McGonagall and Snape, I wouldn't even be surprised if Dumbledore was there... but anyway," Sakura preceded to tell Harry the events of how She came across the Marauders. Harry couldn't help but laugh at his father and his friends. He was also secretly happy that they were more then what he had seen in Snape's pensive last year. He had never wanted to think that his father and friends were just a bunch of bullies; after all, he had been on Snape's end of bullying for the first eleven years of his life.
They entered McGonagall's office a few minutes after Sakura had finished telling Harry about the Marauder encounter. When they walked in they found Professor McGonagall seated behind her desk, she had a look on her face that said 'don't mess me'. Sakura and Harry knew that the Marauders had given McGonagall Hell during the years they were at school, although she grew to like them, the thought of having the pranksters back must have been to much for the aging Professor.
Professor Snape was sitting in one of the three chairs that sat in front of Professor McGonagall's desk. Snape said nothing; if possible, he looked worse then McGonagall. But, then again, McGonagall's life had been havoc with the Marauders in school, but at least she was a Professor, Snape had had worse then McGonagall, they supposed. Sakura and Harry couldn't help but feel a tad bit sorry for the professors, well, McGonagall, at least. Snape deserved most of what he got.
"Sorry we're late Professor!" Sakura said to McGonagall. She was to freaked out about today's events to bother with an explanation. If Professor McGonagall wanted one, she could ask. That was Sakura's thinking, anyway.
"Well, Mr. Potter, I'm sure Ms. Moatiki here has explained why you are here?" Harry nodded. "Well, Professor Dumbledore has been interrogating the boys in the back, and they seem to be the real thing," Sakura glanced at Harry's face; he was going in to over shock mode. "Although the reason as to why they are here, or how someone managed to seen them into our time is still a matter of concern." Professor McGonagall explained.
A door that was set in the corner of the room opened. McGonagall gave a small nod in it's direction. Threw it walked Professor Dumbledore.
"Sakura, Harry, I've very glad you came." He said. The two teenagers said nothing, but of them were in momentary shock, Harry much more then Sakura.
"Mr. Potter," Harry glanced at him, "My apologies, Harry, it's not you," Mr. Potter, Black, Lupin, you may come in now." He moved out of the way as the three very confused boys walked in.
They eyed everyone in the room with odd glances. They clearly hadn't been told much as to what they were doing here.
"Professor, what's going on here?" Remus asked, he was speaking to Dumbledore, but his eyes were eyeing Harry.
"And we don't have a professor named Snape, only a git student by that name." James added.
"Potter!" McGonagall snapped, she was still in a foul mood.
"Professor, you know it's true!" James protested. "It looks like Snape though, with that greasy hair." James whispered to Sirius, he was standing between the two Marauders.
Sirius gave a loud snort, which caught the attention of the entire room, which wasn't that hard, because the room's eyes were already watching the Marauder's every move.
"Wow, James, look at that kid, he's like your twin!" Sirius pointed at Harry excitedly. He clearly had taken no notice of Harry before then.
Harry didn't say anything; he was still in shock at meeting the infamous Marauders, alive, his age, in front of him. It would send anyone into shock.
"I would like you three to explain in as much detail as to how you got here." Professor McGonagall said, saving Harry from having to answer his father.
The Marauders shot looks at each other, it looked like another detention for them.
"James, I think you should tell them,"
Sirius nodded, "Yeah, Prongs."
James glared at his friends, "Well, we were wandering around the halls and saw this room, we didn't recognize it... so we decided to take a look…" So it wasn't the complete truth, but it was good enough. "We closed the door behind us, we looked around… it was nothing special..."
"Can you explain in detail what the classroom looked like?" Dumbledore asked them.
"Moony, this one belongs to you,"
Remus shot a quick glare at James before answering the question. "Well, it wasn't a classroom; it was just an empty room, full of dust and spider webs."
"Is that all?" Dumbledore asked again.
"Yes, we didn't look that closely at it though, it didn't seem important." Remus said, Dumbledore nodded.
"Well, I know this will come was a shock to you three, but this is not the Hogwarts you are used too," They have him questing looks, "In your time this would be called the future." They gaped at him.
"Ha ha, Professor, you can't prank us, this is a joke!" No one laughed. Sirius had expected everyone to start laughing and tell him that he was right, it was a big joke. "It is, right…?"
"I'm sorry, Sirius, but this is year 2001"
((AN: I'm not sure what year it would be for Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts, so I just guessed.))
The Marauders started at him, they had never been so confused in their lives.
"So, what do we do?" Sirius asked, "I bet we're all aruors or something, although Remus might be a teacher," James and Sirius started to laugh. While the others, minus Remus, exchanged glances, only Remus caught them.
"As a matter of fact, Remus was our DADA teacher two years ago."
James and Sirius went into a laughing fit, "Professor Moony!" They cried together.
"What do James and I do?" Sirius asked excitedly again.
"Harry would you like to tell him, or should I?" Dumbledore asked, looked at Harry.
"I-I'll do it professor," Harry replied, gaining his voice back again.
"First, I think they should know your name." The Marauders nodded in agreement to Dumbledore's statement.
"OK, well, My name is Harry Potter-"
"ARE YOU JAMES' SON?" Sirius shouted, when Harry nodded a grin spread over Sirius' handsome face, "Good job, Prongs, you've been busy, eh?" James punched Sirius in the arm playfully, he was blushing. "So, Prongs lit, who's the lucky girl?"
Harry glanced at Dumbledore, he nodded. "Her name was Lily-" Sirius interrupted Harry again.
"Heh, guess you never got over Evans, eh, you found someone else named Lily" Sirius chuckled, along with Remus.
"Not really, Sirius," Harry said, "He married Lily Evans." Sirius', Remus', and James' mouths fell to the floor.
"I Marry Lily Evan?"
"Yep"
James went off into dream land. His eyes started off into something that no one could see, he sighed happily, and mumbled, "Lily Evans, I marry Lily Evans…"
