The Trouble with Time.
Chapter one
Fred and George visit the Marauders.
The day was a wet and windy. Fred and George Weasley walked grumpily to their classroom; they were not pleased with going to Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Umbridge. They knew that she was going to have them reading that dull book again, and that whenever they tried to have a spot of fun they were immediately given detention and for no real reasons at all. The old battle-ax toad needed to learn to laugh in their opinion.
"We need something to make this year more exciting more fun than just going to class and reading; we need to cause some… trouble…." Fred said with his patented evil smile that was soon shared with George.
"Let's duck into McGonagall's classroom, we can work something up in here, she won't mind as long as it's to cause Umbridge trouble." The two boys slip into her classroom, which was empty at this time. Skipping Umbridge's class seemed like a bit of justice since they figured they'd never learn anything from the old hag and had learn extremely more from Harry so far.
The two sat talking for a while when they heard an odd rattling noise, they looked to see a small chain with what looked like an hourglass.
"What is that?" George commented they walked over to professor McGonagall's desk, picking it up examining it.
"Hey wait I know what this is, remember we saw that bloke use it at dads work, it's a Timeturner, oh yeah we can have some real fun with this," Fred's evil grin grew with happiness.
"Yeah we can go into the future with it and see what the old hag is up to and come back and stop her before she does it.
"Or we could go back and meet the Marauders; I'd love to know who they are,"
"But how far back do we go?"
"Remember when we asked that one time,"
"Oh yeah, that was the year nineteen seventy five. Give or take some, let's go." George said enthusiastically. Fred placed the long thin gold chain around both their necks.
He turn the Timeturner back several times watching as the scenes flash and change constantly around them. The two grinned happily wondering how far back they would go. Or would they need to turn it back some more. They looked around the room it was still spinning quite fast the flashes of images moving too quickly to discern anything in particular.
After a moment the Timeturner stopped Fred and George looked around the class seemed very different from what it was before, the pictures on the walls were newer looking then before.
"How long has McGonagall kept these pictures, she needs to update them," Fred said stunned as he looked at a flowerpot changing into an owl except it looked shiny and new.
Both boys leaped as the door flew open and a crowd of students came clamoring inside.
"Hey Prongs, did you ever see such a git in your life, we just wanted a spot of fun, you think he'd be pleased we choice him for that test,"
The speaker was a very handsome young man with black hair that seems to go where he wanted it to with great effect for his looks to become even better.
The other young man they knew his looks it was Harry Potter's father, James Potter with the same messy do not lie still hair, except he had round hazel eyes that were full of mischief.
"I know I thought he looked good with those rat ears, the slimy git has no sense of humor running off crying like a little girl,"
The other one was also someone Fred and George knew, just very young versions, Professor Lupin.
"I bet you two get detentions again."
"Oh come on Moony like you weren't having fun," Sirius told him thumping him on the back. The two boys were looking at each other wide eyed they had called Remus Moony.
And Sirius had called Harry's father Prongs as they came into the room.
After this sudden surprise for the two time traveling boys, a very pretty girl walked in with someone to make them fall over in surprise.
"Wow its Professor Snape, as a kid…."
"But who is that gorgeous girl with him?" Fred asked his eyes traveling up and down her.
"No clue," George was also watching as the girl sat with Severus Snape who sat at another desk ignoring the marauders.
"Who's the short guy with them?" George whispered.
"Must be Wormtail or better known as Peter Pettigrew the traitor, but wow I can't believe that Harry's dad, Sirius, professor Lupin and Peter were the marauders," Fred and George were stunned by this revelation. "Wish we knew it sooner, I'd have so many thing to ask Sirius and Remus," Fred told him.
"When we get back we'll ask them all about it, I can't believe they kept it secret though. I wonder why they were legends,"
"I know I …" Fred was interrupted by a shout at them.
"HEY; Whacha staring at," Sirius asked just now noticing the two new boys standing by the teachers table.
"Sorry old boy, we were… taken by surprise for a moment," Fred said with a wide grin walking over to them and taking a seat. Other students in the classroom were watching them suspiciously as they had walked by and sat with the famous Marauders. It was as though they were old friends.
"Fred's the name, jokes are my game," he stuck his hand out to them.
"George here, never fear we'll drive you insane," he stuck his other hand out to them with a large grin.
The four marauders all laughed at this. Severus Snape and Lily scowled at them.
Fred leans in a little closer, whispering to them.
"I gotta know who that beauty is with profes… uh Snape is?"
"Oh you know Snivellus huh," Sirius said with a chuckle missing the slip of Fred's tongue.
"That beauty is not up for grabs, that's Lily Evans my future wife," James said once again staking his claim, even though she continued to deny this claim at every chance when he reminded her of it.
"What that's Lily Potter?" Fred blurted out without thinking. She was drop dead gorgeous he felt a pang of jealousy for Harry's dad; he was a very lucky man.
The boys looked at him oddly. George groaned slapping him hard upside the head.
"She'll be Potter one day yeah, right now she's Evans," James said warily looking at these two unknown boys who seemed a bit older then fifteen.
James looked over at her with puppy eyes, scowling for a moment at Snape.
"Hey Evans we're getting married one day," James reminded her.
She turned to give him a dirty look.
"Let me know how you enjoy life with the Giant Squid, I never knew its name was Evans and it was female." Lily scowled at him she turned her attention back to Snape.
Snape was grinning happily at them he gave her back a patting with a very affectionate look.
"So profes…. um Snape has the hots for Lily too huh," George asked surprised as he watched the two of them speaking very closely together. James looked furious.
Fred smacked him upside the head for the same slip of the tongue.
"Greasy git, when will he learn she's mine," James grumbled. They turn their attention to professor McGonagall; she had walked into the room.
The class had started up and professor McGonagall didn't seem to notice that she had two extra students who were sitting low in their seats so as to not attract attention.
"Hey why don't you guys try this?" Lupin asked as he looked over at George and Fred watching them work; their spells to change the kitten into mittens.
"Don't feel like it,"
"Yeah we wouldn't want to show ya up," Fred told them with a smirk since they were now seventh year students they had this spell down pat.
"Sounds like a challenge what do you think Prongs," Sirius asked with his own smirk.
"It sure does let's show these new boys who has; the talent and brains around here," James smirked at them as they shared equally happy smirks back at them.
"And ladies," Sirius chuckled.
"Sounds like fun to us," Fred chuckled until an eraser smacked him hard on the back of the head.
Sirius and James roared with laughter.
"Potter, Black shall you serve detention again?" McGonagall said sternly as they gave her sweet winning smiles,
"No thanks ma'am we did it last night," James grinned.
"Are you boys ever going to grow up," Lily asked sternly herself she gave them both dirty looks,
"I will when you go out with me Evans," James told her without a pause for thought.
"I guess you'll never grow up then huh Potter," Lily stuck her tongue out at him.
She waved her wand producing very pretty blue mittens with little purple flowers.
Snape smirked at him as he slipped his arm around her waist leaning in whispering to her, causing her to turn cutely pink around her cheeks.
Fred and George laughed as they watched them, whispering to each other.
"If Harry could see this he'd faint,"
"Oh if only we had a camera with us, we'd get some great pictures we could use…."
"Old Snape would never give us detention again," George, agreed they laughed some more each earning an eraser to the back of their heads.
"Boys please pay attention to your work," McGonagall told them as she looked at them, "What are your… names?"
"I'm Fred ma'am,"
"I'm George, we're twins," George said unnecessary as they smiled at her.
"Which house are you in?"
"Oh house well we haven't been sorted yet….. Just transferred in, but I'm sure we'll get Gryffindor," George reassured her.
"I see, fine I shall speak with Professor Dumbledore about you two and get you into the proper house,"
George and Fred grinned at her then each other.
"On with transfiguring your kittens now,"
"Sure thing Professor," George immediately changed his into mittens with thick furry trim.
Fred changed his into mittens with big eyes and furry trim.
"What odd boys," Snape said looking at them, his hand still on Lily's slender waist.
"Yeah but when did they get here? I never saw them at breakfast or lunch but they are here now?" Lily shrugged she changed her other kitten into a matching mitten.
"Very good Miss Evans, twenty points for Gryffindor,"
"Hey Evans look at this," James held up his own two mittens they matched the color of her eyes.
"Want to have mine, they'll keep your hands extra warm and always make you think of me,"
"Oh someone I can slap around huh," Lily smirked at him. He looked dumbfounded,
"Sure I guess if you want too," James said in his most serious voice.
Sirius and Remus laughed heartily as did George and Fred.
"That'd be all he'd be good for," Snape said with a laugh. He changed his kittens into matching black mittens, with soft furry trim, smirking at the two odd twins.
"Did you hear that, prof… Snape cracked a joke?" George pointed out surprised.
"I heard but I'm still in shock I didn't think he knew how to joke," Fred was looking at him stunned by this different Snape.
"Whacha think happen to him?" George asked changing his mitten into slippers that were very furry and cushy. He took off his tennis shoes replacing them with his fuzzy slippers.
"Ooh feel so soft and warm, I'm keeping them," George said to Fred who immediately changed his mittens into slippers before he took off his own shoes switching them for his slippers.
"Oh yeah much better than the old tennis shoes,"
"Uh boys you don't get to keep them they have to be turned into McGonagall for grading," Lily hissed at them. They looked at her in surprise.
"Hermione,"
"Yeah I was thinking the same thing,"
"Scary huh,"
"It sure is," George and Fred looked at each other laughing,
"No worry love, we don't mind if we don't get top grades, we have bigger plans then normal schooling will take us,"
"Oh really what is that?" Lily asked with arched eyebrows curious despite herself.
Snape and James alike were scowling at them for calling her love.
"We're going into business for ourselves, we plan on making a killing with our own jokes that we've developed."
Lily looked at them disbelieving. "Yeah right, like I believe that," Lily scoffed.
"Yup Hermione," Fred confirmed. George nodded his head in agreement.
They all seemed to wonder who Hermione was.
"Don't believe us, try this," Fred handed her a purple candy.
"What is it?" Lily asked curiously since it was not something they had seen before.
"We call it puking pestle, you eat the purple end and throw up, stuff the orange end in no more barfing."
"Yeah right, you're full of shit," Snape told them with narrow eyes laughing.
The twins looked at each other once again surprised by Snape's reaction.
They were both mouthing, "Who is this guy?" Before turning their attention back to them.
"It's true, try it, but not Lily she's too cute to let her puke," George told them.
James and Severus glared at them again.
"I'll try it,"
"Same here," James and Sirius held out their hands, for a piece.
"I'll try it too," Remus said with his hand held out to them.
"I'll try it even if I am too cute," Lily chuckled she liked these odd boys.
"If Lily tries it so do I," Snape told them putting his own hand out for a piece.
Once again Severus who seemed more human as a teen and quite protective of Lily surprised the twins.
"Here Peter you can try the nosebleed nougat," George said handing him a sweet.
Peter looked worried that they seemed to know him when he had not given his name; the others too were looking curiously at them.
No one said anything as they ate their piece of candy; it was almost instantaneous that James, Sirius, Remus, Lily and Severus all started to barf where they sat while Peter's nose burst into twin fountains of gushing blood.
"Wowsa, we'll take them to the hospital wing for you Professor," George said.
He moved up onto his seat to keep from having the sick splatter all over his new slippers.
McGonagall looked horrified. George and Fred lead the six from the room, still throwing up while Peter was bleeding like a fountain.
Once they were out into the corridor the two were laughing heartily.
The six looked angrily at them, five of them with none stop puking the other with his nose gushing blood everywhere.
"Hey no getting mad, here chew these," George and Fred handed out the antidote to stop the puking and one bleeding nose.
They were all amazed as the puking stopped immediately and Peter's nose was cleared up completely.
"Awesome man, that was gnarly, where did you get those?" Peter asked looking very impressed.
The others chuckled while they looked at Peter whispering and laughing.
"We invented them, we have other cool things too," George handed them an extendable ear.
"Someone go off around the corner out of hearing range, we'll tell you what you said,"
"Ok we'll go," Lily took Snape's hand pulling him around the corner and another ten feet away. James looked very put out by her choosing him to go with her.
George and Fred listen to them while their eyes grew wide.
"What are they saying?" James asked suspiciously.
"Uh…" George looked at him not wanting to tell him they hardly talked but to say those two are weird and were now leaving their words to actions instead they were kissing and what they were hearing was heavy making out around the corner.
"They umm don't believe it'll work and we're weird," Fred said stunned he and George shared the same look.
"Wow who knew," Fred said softly to George who nodded stunned.
"Here let me listen," Remus asked holding out a hand to George who handed it over without thinking a worried look on his face. Lupin stuffed it into his ear listening his eyes too grew big as he slowly turned to look horrified at James.
"WHAT?" James bellowed, placing a hand out for the Extendable Ear.
"Nothing, it's like they said," Remus lied looking at the two odd red haired boys handing the Extendable Ear back to them.
"Fine I'll go look and see for myself," James grumped he started to walk off.
Lupin used his wand to trip him up.
James turned furiously around to look at the twins.
"Sorry old boy, but that was funny," Fred grinned at him. James laughed as he sent Fred flying upward from his ankle.
"So is that," James laughed climbing to his feet.
"What are you boys doing now, let him down Potter," Lily gave him a dirty look.
"Sure thing Evans, anything for you," James said letting Fred fall down to land hard onto the floor.
Fred though had expected it and sent a cushioning spell to the floor so he was not hurt upon landing.
"Now go out with me," James grinned at her. She shook her head exasperated once again.
"Don't be so pushy James; she'll date ya one day." George told him confidently.
"Oh really a lot you know about me," Lily told George coldly she looked at them with narrow eyes.
"We're going to the library to get some work done, have fun boys," Lily walked off with Snape giving them a very odd grin.
"I bet they aren't going to the library," Fred whispered to George who nodded his head vigorously.
"Too bad we don't have the map anymore we could watch them," George whispered to him. Fred nodded agreement.
This is when they noticed James taking the map from his inside pocket opening it up and saying the famous words.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," tapping the map so that it was now showing little dots, spelling out the words.
"Welcome Prongs, so glad you're getting into trouble again,"
George and Fred looked stunned by this as they watched it continue talking.
"Are you joined in this fun by Moony, Padfoot and Wormtail?"
"Of course they are, like one of us would keep all the fun to ourselves,"
"Of course not, Prongs so what kind of mischief are you hoping to get into this… time…"
"I want to see where Lily Evans is going?" James told the map as it suddenly enlarged her dot, which was not heading toward the library but toward the seventh floor corridor.
"Is she going to the common room with Snivellus?" Peter asked watching the map with everyone else.
"Can't be it's the wrong direction for that," Sirius said pointing to her dot, which stopped then, moved back and forth in the same area. Fred and George looked stunned at each other it seemed that Lily knew of the Room of Requirement.
In moments she and Snape's dots disappeared off the map.
"Gone again, where do they go?" James exclaimed angrily he glared at the map then the others.
"No clue mate, we've tried dozens of times to get into the blank wall but we haven't had any luck,"
Fred and George shared the same look, they thought about what those two could be doing in a private room; no one would get into after hearing them around the corner.
"Why don't we…. Go into Hogsmeade?" Lupin asked hoping to change the subject, "we have no class after transfiguration and since we've left that one let's not waste this extra time to have fun," Remus grinned at the other boys who all looked pleased.
"So where were you guys at school before here?" Lupin asked as they walked down the hall.
"More like… when not where," Fred, grinned at them.
"Oh…" Remus looked at them oddly.
"What do you mean when?" Peter asked curiously.
"We're from the future, we used a Timeturner to come back to meet you marauders, after all your map had taught us a lot… more so than the teachers," George grinned pleased.
The four boys laughed hysterically.
"Hey how did you guys get our map?" Lupin asked curiously.
"We nicked it from Filch, we have no clue when he had gotten it from you lot but while he was telling us why he was going to hang us by our toes we freed it from his filing cabinet."
The four Marauders laughed at this,
"I'm glad I wouldn't want that old squib keeping it," James told them seriously.
"Sounds like our map has had a good time, do you have it still?" Sirius asked curious to see it.
"Ah no we bestowed it upon a worthy successor," Fred said with a small smile,
"Oh really, who got to have it," James asked also curious.
The twins shared the same evil grin. The four boys did not miss this as they wondered who could have gotten their old map.
"Harry Potter, your son," Fred grinned at him, James looked stunned then pleased.
"My son you gave it to my son, what's he like, his mom is Lily right?" James asked excitedly.
"He looks just like you,"
"Poor kid," Sirius, said solemnly.
James smacked him hard in the back of the head.
"He has his moms' vibrant green eyes," George told him pleased.
James cheered.
"I knew it I knew I'd get her, ha you guys loooooooooose that bet," James laughed heartily.
"We'll wait to pay you when we have proof of that," Sirius said with arched eyebrows.
"He's a born trouble maker but a great teacher," Fred told him seriously, the four boys look at him in surprise.
"Teacher, how could he be a teacher is he a grown man now, how old is he? How far back did you two come?" James asked stunned.
"He's fifteen, I have no clue how old you two are when you have him,"
James look at the others oddly, "Fifteen and he's teaching?"
"Well just Defense Against the Dark Arts, he really knows his stuff there, and since that old hag won't let us do anything but read from a book Hermione had him teach us. He was only going to teach her and Ron but she convinced him to teach anyone who wanted to learn,"
"Really… but….. why are…"
Fred and George explained about Umbridge and her idea of teaching and why she was doing it and how they used that mysterious room to hold classes in them. They did not tell James he was dead already or that Peter was a traitorous turncoat, they knew from lessons that you had to be careful to not interfere with past lives or it could cause havoc with future lives.
They didn't want to be the ones to stop Harry from being born later, although they were worried since Lily had gone off with Snape to a very private room.
The four boys were also surprised to learn that the Umbridge they were talking about was Delores Umbridge a student there at the same year as them. They all hated her and enjoyed hexing her when she trotted by with a love sick look on her face for Snape, James, Remus or Sirius whichever one was around at the time.
"So why don't you guys tell us why you gave yourself those nicknames?" Fred said although they already knew it they figured it would be cool to see James change into a stag.
"Sure come on lets go out to the woods, we can show you the Centaur village.
"What?" Fred looked at them as though this was not to thrilling.
The boys all laughed as they headed out to the woods.
James rolling up the map saying mischief managed so that it went blank.
They went with them to the woods, where James changed into a stag, Sirius was now a large black dog, Peter a rat, without the missing toe, and Lupin became a large wolf this took them by surprise.
"Wow cool guys, so umm…. Anyway you could teach us, I'm not sure the centaur village would enjoy having a couple of guys show up there," Fred told him seriously since as far as they knew from their time the centaurs were anything but friendly.
The four popped back into their selves as they grinned at them.
"It's not very easy to do, but we do have this." Sirius took out a small bottle it was filled with a green liquid.
"What is that?"
"Transformation potion, it allows you to change into an animal, this batch will change you into a large dog, James has some so you're a stag and Lupin has wolf."
"Why not teach us?"
"It'll take too long to help you and we'd like to have some fun," Sirius told him seriously as he handed the bottle to Fred who took it in his hand uncorking it and taking a drink.
Fred coughed he suddenly found himself on all fours with a tail.
Fred tried to speak but all that came out was a barking noise George laughed as he drank the potion that James handed him. George didn't try to speak he just nodded his head enthusiastically.
The others all changed with Peter climbing up onto the horns on Prongs, clinging on tightly the six ran off into the woods. George and Fred were having a great time running when they slowed down looking through a thick crop of bushes to see the village they had not known was there from all their times wandering into the woods.
Sirius and James nodded their heads they pushed through to walk over to several young fillies with the others close behind them. Fred and George were glad their eyes didn't pop out looking at the bare breasted females.
"Oooh girls their back," A filly; with dark brown hair down her back to her fuzzy mid-section, Said as she trotted over to them with the other girls quickly following after her, the six boys were soon surrounded by the bare chest girls. They all cuddled them up petting them happily. The boys all gave blissful looks to each other. Peter sighed with pleasure held between two large breasts as the filly stroke his small head with a couple of fingers.
After a while the girls let the strange but very friendly animals go as the males came over grumping about the animals around here becoming to domesticated and a strange magic was causing wild animals that should be natural enemies to become close friends, it was unnatural and scary to boot.