CHAPTER 1
Ron and Hermione stood up, as Hermione battled her bushy hair out of her face, Ron swore loudly and angrily exclaimed, "What the bloody hell was that?!"
"No idea." Hermione responded, she looked around them, nothing seemed out of place. "The light disappeared. It's so odd, I've never read about something like that happening before, at least not at Hogwarts." she pondered, still looking around for something unusual.
Ron narrowed his eyes at the hallway. Hermione knew he could feel it as well; something was wrong.
"Something's weird."
"Yeah." she agreed.
Three students around their year came through a tapestry shortcut into the empty hallway.
"Oi! Seen Harry?"
"Ron!" Hermione said, horrified.
"What?" he asked her, turning away from the three curies boys.
Really! They just established that something weird was up!
Ron shrugged and turned back to the guys. "So?"
The closest one- with black massy hair- shook his head and smirked "Sorry mate; don't know any Harrys."
Ron rolled his eyes, are they joking? Hermione wasn't able to shut him up in time. "You know, The-Boy-Who-Lived!"
Hermione smacked her hand on her forehead; why did Ron have to be so tactless?
The three guys looked even more confused at that. The one with light brown hair frowned, as the one with the long black hair said "The-Boy Who-What-Now? Listen, are you guys new or something because I didn't see you before?..You better not be pulling our legs!" he finished threateningly.
Hermione paled-she recognized who the boy was, no man, no boy...how was this possible?!
Ron sniggered. "'Pulling our legs'? Mate, my mother doesn't even say that anymore."
The other two looked at Ron as though he was crazy, the one who spoke however looked offended- he was never accused before of being out of fashion.
"Come on Ron you idiot!" she went forward and grabbed his arm, tightly.
"Ow! What's that for Hermione?!"
"Didn't I say it already? For being an idiot."
The boys laughed at the calm and obvious tone she said it in, and Ron looked put out.
"Sorry for disturbing you guys, we're, er, new. We'd like to know where the Headmaster's office is, please." she told the boys politely.
They looked at each other and shrugged; they didn't think it was wise to mess with her and lie-and she WAS polite...
The one with the long hair smirked appealingly "Well, since you asked so nicely miss," he winked at her. "sure thing." He then turned away and started leading them to Dumbledore's office.
The other two looked at Hermione, surprised, who was looking non-perturbed by the other boys flirt.
"Wh-" Hermione covered Ron's mouth with her hand.
The other two looked suspicious. 'This isn't good; if I don't ditch them and explain things to Ron and find a way back home, then he might let something slip, and we might change the time-line.
But if we do ditch them, then they'll use the Marauders Map and see our real names on it.'
"Well, are you coming?" a sixteen year old Sirius Black called out to them from the next corridor.
From afar, the face features were more blurry, and the long black hair stood out. Finally, Hermione saw Ron's eyes go wide with realization.
Ron did his best to look nonchalant as he took another glance at the two guys standing next to him and Hermione. The one he approached looked a lot more like Harry then he thought at first. The second was definitely his ex-and most favorite- Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher; Remus Lupin. The black haired man was Sirius Black.
How could he be so stupid? Of course, the third one was James Potter, Harry's Dad.