Summary
Albus and James decided to spend the Christmas in Hogwarts but with the Potter luck nothing ends up good, a time travel story
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It was the last day before Christmas holiday starts while the Weasley were packing along with most the Gryffindors, the Potters were playing chess
"Are you two sure you don't want to come?" Fred Weasley asked his two cousins Albus and James "I mean it won't be fun without all the family"
"We're sure" Albus said smiling "checkmate James"
James growled and then looked up at Fred "look it's not that we don't want to come but" he lowered his voice so it was only a whisper "we want to test something we can't tell you now" he said quickly when Fred opened his mouth to say something
"We will tell you all once you get back"
"Well I can stay and the three of us will test whatever you want to" Fred said whispering
Albus and James exchanged a look then James smiled at Fred
"Are you sure you want to" Albus asked and Fred nodded
"I'll tell Roxanne that I'm staying" Fred said grinning "I'll be right back" he ran off
Rose was listening to the three boys and knew that they were up to no good, slowly she made her way to the Owlery to send her parents a letter that she would be staying then to professor Longbottom's office, since he is the head of Gryffindor house, to sign her name to stay and she wasn't surprised when she saw Fred's name on the list
Next morning Albus, James and Fred said good bye to their cousins in the common room after breakfast then James and Fred took their usual seat beside the fireplace while Albus headed to his dormitory
"So when are we leaving" Fred asked
"We'll leave after curfew" James said in a whisper to Fred
"But what if we got caught" Fred asked in a whisper
"We won't get caught" James said grinning "not as long as I have the invisibility clock"
"How did you get it" Fred asked "you didn't steal right"
"No, I didn't steal, dad gave it to me" James said still whispering "did you see where Al went"
"I saw him going up stair" Fred answered.
Minutes later Albus came back down stair looking around, he moved quickly until he reached his brother and cousin then said "guess what I have in my pocket"
They both looked at him perplexed, when he got no answer he extract some old yellow parchment and waved it in front of their faces, but they just looked at it with boredom
"What is it the oldest parchment in history" James joked
"No it must be Slytherin will" Fred said and he burst in laughter with James
Albus just smiled and brought out his wand
"Oh what are you going to do train Wingardium Leviosa at me" James said and laughed even harder but Albus gave him no mind
"I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good" he said and tapped the parchment with his wand the laughter died at once
"The Marauder's Map" Fred said in a very low voce
"How did you get it" James asked with disbelieve
"The same way you got the clock" Albus said grinning
"That is great" James said laughing again "no one would ever found us"
Albus handed the map to Fred who had his eyes transfixed on it and his mouth wide open, once he took it his face broke into a grin that made him look exactly like his father
"So we'll be meeting here at mid night" James said "I will bring the clock and al will bring the map"
"And I will bring a professor" the three of them turned to find Rose with her arms folded on her chest and wearing a frown that matched her mother
"Rose, what are you doing here" Fred asked standing very quickly, Albus muttered 'mischief managed' and hid the parchment in his pocket
"What do you mean Fred" rose asked
"I mean you'll miss the train y'know" Fred was laughing nervously
"Oh I'm staying" rose said smirking "and I'm keeping my eyes on you so whatever you hid al give it here"
"No" James said "he'll give you nothing" but Albus was already heading to Rose, he got the parchment out and gave to Rose, James and Fred looked betrayed
"Thanks Al" she said very kindly "I knew you're not like them" and she glared angrily at Fred and James, Albus turned and flashed a grin to the boys before standing next to them looking guilty
Rose stared at the empty parchment then tapped it with her wand while saying "reveal yourself" but the parchment was blank, Rose glanced at James and Fred who sighed making her more angry, again she tapped her wand to the parchment saying "I Rose Weasley commands you
To yield the information you conceal"
As though an invisible hand were writing upon it, words appeared on the smooth surface of the parchment
"Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Ms. Rose Weasley, and begs Her to keep her little nose out of other people's business"
Rose glared at the parchment and while Fred and James looked surprised, Albus was hiding his laughter very good as more writing appeared
Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Ms. Weasley is such a little whiny girl
And for Rose bad luck the insults kept going
"Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that a bookworm like that ever became a Gryffindor"
Rose face become redder than her hair, with anger while Albus was starting to have problem containing his laughter
"Mr. Wormtail bids, Ms. Weasley good day, and advises her to stop being such a bossy insufferable girl."
Rose stood there for a few minutes then threw the parchment to the ground and ran upstairs to the girls dormitory, once she was out of hearing Albus burst out laughing
"What just happened" Fred asked
James shrugged and looked at his brother who was lying on the floor laughing like he never saw him before, then joined him and Fred followed, when they finally managed to put themselves together Fred rounded at Albus
"You knew the map would insult her, didn't you"
"Same happened to me when dad first gave it to me he told me to try and know what it was, he even gave me his wand to use it"
"What did it call you" James asked
"I'm not saying" Albus said and stood up gripped the map and moved towards the portrait hole "see you at lunch" he told the other two and left
Rose looked the door of her dormitory and then grasped her pillow and throws it across the room, soon the room looked as though it was hit with a tornado
"I'll show them" Rose whispered to herself and started cleaning the room again
Albus decided to visit Hagrid he didn't see him for almost a week now, it was nearing noon now and the sun was hiding behind the clouds and the ground was covered with snow, Albus reached Hagrid's hut and knocked on the door, he heard Fang II barks, that was the dog Harry bought to Hagrid after fang died, moments later a large man opened the door and took Albus in a rib crushing hag
"Bin a while, huh Al" he asked after he released Albus "sorry about that" he said as Albus massaged his rips luck it didn't broke
"Come in, how yeh bin, yer dad said you'll spend the holiday here with yer brother"
"Yeah, thought it would be fun"
He spend an hour chatting with Hagrid about school and their teachers, Hagrid told him some stories about Harry, Ron and Hermione,
"Ah good days it bin" Hagrid said wiping his eyes
"Well, we should be going I guess it's time for lunch" Albus said standing up
"Yeh right, I should be goin' now yer dad invited me fer Christmas" Hagrid said "I guess I see yeh when I get back then, bye"
"Alright, bye" Albus said smiling and got out of the hut
"Say hi to yer brother and whoever stayin' with yeh too" Hagrid called after him
"I will" Albus said and hurried to the castle
He arrived at lunch to find Fred and James already at the Gryffindor table gulping their food, Rose was setting at Ravenclaw table with some girls that Albus didn't know
"Where have you been" James asked as soon as Albus joined the table
"At Hagrid's" Albus answered "he says hi to you two"
"Yeah it's been a while since we last visited him" Fred said "maybe we should go see him after lunch"
"Nah he's leaving" Albus said piling some food in his pate "dad invited him to spend Christmas there"
"Oh alright then, we'll see him when he comes back" James said "sooo… food race" the three of them started shoving their food at top speed
After lunch the went outside to play with the snow, they stayed until it was dinner time, they eat dinner and went to their common room
Rose didn't spoke to them all day and was acting like they didn't exist, she was at the common room when they arrived reading a book, they said good night but she didn't answer so they shrugged and started playing exploding snaps
At ten Rose went up stairs to the girls dormitory
Three seventh year boy and two fifth year girls were still studying, probably for their OWLs and NEWTs, Albus left for his dormitory then James and Fred went to theirs moments later
At midnight the common room was empty, Albus made his way downstairs closely followed by Fred and James, Albus checked the map
"Okay all clear, and now to the third floor" he said and the others nodded, the three of them got under the invisibility clock and climbed through the portrait hole
"Who's there" the fat lady yelled when she didn't see anyone, they remained silent and she went back to sleep when they heard her snoring they moved quickly to the third floor
Rose climbed after them and went to the third floor through another way.
When the three boys arrived at a locked corridor on the right-hand side of the third floor "Alohomora" Albus whispered and the door opened and they stepped inside, once they were in they took the clock off, it was a dark empty room with nothing but a sealed trap door and a box in the corner
Rose saw a door open by itself and knew that there where they gone she moved slowly until she reached the door, she pulled an extendable ear from her pocket and shove it under the door
"So that's what you wanted to test" she heard Fred's voice
"So what do you think Fred" James asked "would you do the honor?"
Fred didn't have any time to reply because the door burst opened revealing a very pissed off Rose
"Rose" the three of them yelled together
"You didn't bring a teacher didn't you" James asked
"No, but I'll bring one"
"Rose come on we're your cousins" Albus said
"Rose look it's just an hour glass" Fred showed her the golden hour glass and she gasped
"That's not just an hour glass that's a time turner" she said with a tune of fear in her voice "put that back Fred"
"No, I want to try it" Fred said "we'll only go back for few hours nothing bad will happen"
"Put it back Fred" she said her voice rising
"Keep your voice down" Albus warned
"Make me" Fred said challenging Rose
In a flash she was now standing in front of them her arms folded around her chest and a very angry look on her face
Fred yelped and the time turner fell to the floor and shattered, the sand was splattered across the floor
"Look what you have done" Rose yelled on top of her voice
"You made me drop it" Fred yelled back
"Be quite we'll get caught" James tried to shut them but they just kept fighting, soon Albus joined in the yelling
They didn't notice when the sand circled them and suddenly they were caught in a sand storm, the room was spinning and it felt as though they were travelling by Floo powder and apparatig in the same time, finally the spinning stopped and the four of them fell to the floor
"JAMES SIRIUS POTTER, GET OFF OF ME" Rose yelled
"ALBUS MOVE" James yelled at his brother who was squashing both James and rose
"FRED IS SQUASHING MY LEGS" Albus yelled and Fred got off and helped them to their feet when they all stood up they turned to find they were not alone
"Hello" Albus said and then the two men who were pointing their wands at each other pointed them in their faces
"Bloody hell" Fred exclaimed and the others nodded