Disclaimer: As much as I would love to own Harry Potter . . . or a certain George Weasley . . . I do not and will never own a thing.

Oh The Things We'll See

It was just supposed to be a trip to the library, but ended up to be so much more. The four Marauders take a ride through the future, each to discover that life after Hogwarts isn't how they imagined it to be, and sometimes, the things that you want and think that you need, really come from the struggles that we survive.

"All right, I'll tell you one last time," Remus Lupin, the intelligent one of the four boys, said to James. "The answer is B."

James, Sirius, and Peter smiled as they each circled the answer 'B' on their papers. "Well done, Moony." Sirius said with a smirk as he shut his notebook and shoved it into his backpack, falling back on the couch and pushing back his thick black hair.

"Well boys," James said, leaning forward and resting his elbows on his knees. "what shall we do with the rest of our time? Maybe, I don't know, go lady scouting? That's always fun,"

Remus shook his head, taking a pile of books from his bag and setting them on his lap. "I have something even better," the boys rolled their eyes and sighed, knowing too well where he wanted them to go. "Let's go to the library."

James looked to Sirius, and Sirius looked to Peter. None of them really wanted to go to the library (or in Sirius' words, the death chamber), but did they really have a choice? Remus was bound to bug them into it if they chose not to.

"Fine, we'll go." Sirius sighed, getting to his feet and throwing his bag over his shoulder. "But if that old bat yells at me one more time for talking," he shook his fist, a nasty look on his face.

James laughed, patting Sirius on the back. "Of course, mate, you'd be the one to ignore the thousands of 'No talking' signs that litter the library walls."

Remus and Peter chuckled at James' comment as they exited the Gryffindor common room, James and Sirius following a close distance behind them.

"...honestly, I just don't see why she won't date you? I mean, come on, you're really not that bigheaded." Sirius said to James as they entered the library; the librarian noting the Marauders entrance and instantly pressing a finger against her lips.

"Bloody hell!" Sirius screeched, throwing up his hands. "Not five seconds after I enter the library and already she's jumping on my bloody back!"

The librarian glared at Sirius, pressing her finger to her lips once more. Sirius threw his hands up in defeat. "All right, all right, I'll be quiet!" He said softly, glaring back at her.

Picking a seat at the far end of the library, Remus plopped down his bag; James, Peter, and Sirius all plopping down in the comfy chairs. "I'll be right back," Remus said, taking his books and quickly walking towards the front to return his books.

"I don't see why he didn't just do that when we first came in?" James said, watching Remus hurry away from them. Sirius smiled. "You know, Moony, he just wanted to make sure that we got here all right."

Peter, who was sitting peacefully next to James, jumped up from his seat and scurried over to a section of books next to their table. James and Sirius looked at him in confusion.

"What the bloody hell are you doing, Wormtail? You know that you can't read." Sirius said with a grin. "And what are you doing in the young adult section? The kids section is over there."

James broke into a fit of laughter, Remus returning back to the table and glaring down at Sirius. "It'll be the day when Sirius Black actually picks up a book and reads, and doesn't have someone else do it for him."

Sirius chuckled to himself, kicking his feet on the chair next to him and resting his hands behind his head. "You've got that right, Moony. I'm not some bookworm."

The three boys turned their attention to Peter as he dropped the book that he was reading through and grabbed another one from the shelve. "Whoa," he said, his eyes growing wide as he looked down at the smaller, glitter coated book.

"Look what I found!" he said proudly as he plopped it down in front of his friends, beaming with excitement as their fingers inched towards it.

"No way," Sirius said, his eyes, too, growing wide at the site of the book. "I can't believe this, but it's a book!"

Remus seemed to pay little attention to his friends laughter as he stared down at the book. This was no ordinary book. It looked and smelled as though it had been hidden there behind the shelve for years.

"Come on, open it." James said, wiping away the tears that brimmed his eyes. "Or did you plan on staring at it all day?"

Flipping the dust coated cover, Remus squinted his eyes as he tried his best to read the tiny writing that covered the page. "It says," he pointed a finger at the first paragraph, "that this book was created for the use of traveling through time; to see a glimpse of what life would truly be like."

Not entirely believing what he was hearing, James snatched the book from Remus and held it in front of him, reading the first paragraph out loud. "In order to complete this task, read the spell below."

The four Marauders eyes shifted to the bottom of the page where the spell was listed. "Just in case it does work, we should all say it together." Remus said softly to his friends. They nodded in agreement.

At once, the Marauders all began to repeat the lines of the spell softly to themselves, each afraid to think of what would happen if it really did come true.

So you thought your life was grand?

Well we'll just have to see

I'll give you a glimpse at your life twelve years from now

and we'll leave at your command.

So hold on tight, and surely be prepared

For all of your dreams

and all that you've wished of

could have possibly never come true.

In seconds, the four Marauders were sucked into the book, and sent through a wild ride, twelve years from now.