Dear James Potter:

There is a matter that you, and a few others, must help us resolve. This is urgent. Please gather Lily Evans, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Alice Prewett, and Frank Longbotton and meet me in the Room of Requirement and 12:00 tomorrow.

Good luck,

Professor McGonagall

"Hey, Padfoot! Look at what I got!" yelled James across the room to his best friend.

"Prongs, I don't care! I'm tired!" Sirius yelled back. James got up and handed the letter to Sirius.

"Read it."

Sirius read it through once, twice, three times then shoved it back at James. "Looks like we gotta go, doesn't it."

"Yeah" James replied.

"Hey. What are you doing?" asked a voice from behind them. James whipped around and found himself face-to-face with Remus.

"Reading a letter." Sirius told him.

"From who? Can I read it?" asked Moony.

"Sure."

Just then, James spotted his recent girlfriend of 4 weeks coming down the stairs from the girls dormitory. "Lils!" he called. "Look at this letter we got from McGonagall!"

This attracted a few odd looks from people in the common room including:

"Frank, Alice, you got over here, too!" All three dutifully walked over and read the letter after James shoved it at Lily. "So do you think we should go?"

"Of course!" said Lily, who naturally liked to do everything a teacher tells her to do, especially if it was McGonagall.

So the next day, the six of them marched to the Room of Requirement to find McGonagall waiting for them.

"What's up, Minnie?" asked Sirius.

"Hello. You must be wondering why I called you here," she said, and when she was answered with a few nods, she continued. "I am not the McGonagall you all know, I am from 25 years in the future."

There was silence, and then a few nervous chuckles. Answers ranging from "What? Impossible!" to "Are you all right, Professor?"

McGonagall waved them off. I brought you some books to read, published in 1997."

Lily grabbed the book and flipped it open. "It's true," she announced, awed. "It was published in 1997."

After everybody checked, McGonagall told them, "The room is to lock until you finish them. If you wish to change your future, you must give me your wands. The room will provide everything you need."

"Sorry, Professor," started James, "But why would we want to change our futures?"

"Well," said McGonagall briskly, "I am from 25 years in the future, by which time you will all be dead. Or worse."

Silence.

"Your wands?" asked McGonagall. And one by one they all handed her their wands and she led them inside. There were already people sitting there.

There was a boy who looked like James, a redheaded boy, a girl with bushy brown hair, a redheaded girl, a round-faced boy, a blonde, dreamy looking girl, and a baby sitting in James' miniature's lap.

"I'll let you all make introductions," she stated, and then she left the room.

They all stared at each other until the blonde girl said, "Well, I guess I'll start. I'm Luna," she told them. "Luna Lovegood."

James Jr. version said "I'm Harry Potter," and James' head snapped up.

"You're my son?" he asked

The boy nodded and continued. "And this is Teddy Lupin." Now it was Remus's turn to look shocked.

"I can't…I'm not…I'm a…" he sputtered.

"You can and you did," said Harry firmly while Teddy's hair turned turquoise.

Sirius lit up. "He's a metamorphogus! That's so cool!" he crowed.

After they all finished making their introductions, including an ecstatic Frank and Alice when their son introduced himself, and an ecstatic Lily when he learned Ginny was her sons girlfriend, they all sat down on the couches and chairs the room had provided and Harry pulled out a book. "I'll start," he said.

And he started to read.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.