Kaylee and Inara walked around Serenity.

"I'm glad the Captain asked you to stay for a while longer. You maybe thinking about living here on Serenity full time again?" Kaylee smiled innocently.

"I think I would go mad! However, business is starting to go down...maybe staying here would give me a bigger variety of clients. You might be in luck." Inara grinned back at her friend.

"You know, I really do miss having you on the ship...and I know that Capt'n does too." Inara knew this already; those looks that Mal gave her whenever she said that she couldn't stay showed his true feelings well enough.

Suddenly there was a loud bang from Inara's shuttle.

"What was that?" Kaylee said with worry in her voice.

"Oh, probably Mal trying to teach River how to fly again. Just aftershocks, I suppose."

The girls walked towards the shuttle, Kaylee still looking terrified.

"Maybe we should go get the Captain..." Kaylee had always been paranoid, ever since Jubal Early had come aboard the ship and had threatened to rape her. That hit her real hard, and she hadn't really been the same since.

"Kaylee, stop worrying! I'm sure it's just a broken vase or some-" The women gasped as they opened the hatch to the shuttle, and saw five teenagers staring back at them.

A young redhead girl held hands with a boy who had messy black hair and glasses. Another boy with longer black hair and a roguish look about him stood next to a younger boy. He had tawny coloured hair and was grabbing hold of the older boy's arm. At the back was a plump little thing, with mousy hair and a full face. They all stared at the women carefully.

"Whoa..." Whispered the boy with the long black hair.

"Must have been a portkey..." Muttered the tawny haired boy.

"Could you tell us where we are? We're kind of...lost." Said the redhead calmly.

"We're from Hogwarts, you see." The plump boy added.

"I...um...we should really get the captain...Kaylee, go and find Mal." Inara said, very puzzled at the new arrivals. Kaylee left the room and the extraordinary group sat in silence for a few minutes.

"My name is James. James Potter." The boy with the glasses offered his hand to Inara. "This is Lily Evans. Over there is Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Behind them is Peter Pettigrew." The teenagers all approached Inara carefully.

"Pleased to meet you. I'm Inara Serra, and this is Serenity." Inara was cut short when Kaylee, Mal, Zoe and Jayne all burst into the shuttle.

"Whoa. They sure are freaky. I mean, look at the way they dress! That ain't normal. You think they're aliens?" Grunted Jayne.

"Alright, I want an explanation as to why you're on my ship. Now!" Shouted Mal, pointing a gun at the teenagers.

"We-we-we're sorry! We just found this piece of fabric in our school and...We just came here! We don't know how it happened, or why, or anything! We're just five teenagers from Hogwarts!" Hurried Sirius.

"Sir, they don't exactly look dangerous...maybe they're telling the truth." Zoe usually was the voice of reason, and today was no exception. Mal thought for a while.

"Get the Doc. And River too. We're gonna do a little test on you kids." He beckoned Zoe to come closer, and then he whispered something in her ear. She nodded and exited the shuttle. Mal folded his arms. "So what kind of a planet is Hogwarts? Never heard of it myself."

"Planet?" Remus said, very confused. "Like...Jupiter and Mars and Uranus?"

"What you saying 'bout my an-"

"Jayne! Shut up! You're talking about the old planets, boy. They got left behind with Earth-That-Was. They're long gone." Mal finished.

"Earth that was?" Quizzed Lily. "What are you talking about?"

"Oh my god..." Remus said with a look of horror on his face. "We haven't just changed location, we've..."

"Gone forward in time?" Asked Lily.

"Precisely."