Disclaimer: I Don't Own Harry Potter
As Snape was about to leave Ron spoke up, "I'm coming with you."
Harry and Snape stared at Ron surprised.
"I am fine." Snape said sharply.
"No, you're not fine. I'm not fine. None of this is fine Hermione could be stuck in the past. I can't just sit idly by and do nothing." Ron said.
Then Harry said, "Me either, we can both go we probably can find it faster."
"No." Snape said.
Ron looked utterly crushed. He could tell he really was going to go crazy sitting around waiting.
"Weasly, can come with me but Potter you stay here and make sure Sirius doesn't say anything he shouldn't."
"I love when you talk about me like I'm not in the room Snivlous."
Then Lily bit back, "Wow, all of these years and your still calling him that. Git!"
"I see your point. Just hurry up and find it." Harry said.
Harry would never in a million years think that he would dread being in the same room as his mother and Siruis. He imagined being in the same room with his father and his friends and his mother he thought it would be the coolest thing. All of the stories Sirius and Lupin told him were amazing he loved it. All of the stories he heard about his mother and how wonderful and kind she was he loved hearing about that. He thought she'd be this kind hearted person. He thought she was friends with Sirius and she loved his father.
He looked at both of them and at Lily as she huffed impatiently and did that twirling thing with her hair that Hermione does. He knew what she turned out like. She did marry his father after all. She couldn't have hated him and his friends forever. It was just weird thinking that things can change that much.
"So what do we do now?" Lily asked impatiently.
"We wait." Sirius said.
"Great. So I am stuck with this pompass jerk."
"Actually this pompass jerk was just leaving."
Harry stared at him with pleading eyes. He disliked the fighting but was better than leaving him alone with her.
"Well he hasn't changed a bit. Except…" Lily said.
"What?" Harry asked.
"His eyes they look harsher."
"Well, he had a harsh life."
"Harsh life? Sirius, he's rich and everyone loves him. How did it get…right? Oh come on Sirius life has nothing to do with mine? You can't tell me?" She asked batting her eyes.
That was just weird. Harry laughed a little.
"I can't tell you anything about the future any ones future could still change the past."
"Yeah, yeah. I know. OK so do you have any books?"
"Books?"
"Yeah, you know back in the day there were these things called books with papers and words and you read them. Are those exstinct now?"
"No of course not." Harry said.
"The library is down stairs and even if you go down there you could…"
"Wow, OK fine. Can you get me a book then do you have any books on time travel? If I did a little more research on long term time travel I could probably figure this out."
"Shouldn't we just wait for Snape?"
"It might take some time and if I know him he'll try to brew the potion himself but if I can figure something else out in the mean time all the better. Multiple plans are always the best strategy." She said smiling.
That made Harry smile.
"Will he be very happy about that?"
"Well, assuming nothing has changed he'd get a little peeved that I figured something out with out him but he always known me and knows I'll be hard at work trying to figure something out on my own. He gets kind of a thrill out of the competition of it all."
"Really?" Harry asked surprised.
"Yeah, we are always in competition over school projects. And right now we were in strict competition over who gets a better score on their OWLS."
"Nice. I bet you'll beat him."
"Thanks. I try. So do you have any books about time travel?"
"I'll check. Stay here."
"Yeah, yeah, don't want to break the space time continuum I get it."
Harry sighed and left his mother there. Despite the whole hating her father and Sirius and loving Snape she did seem to be getting better, uh he kind of reminded him of…
He bumped into Lupin, "Hey Harry why is Sirius downing the rum? Did Snape and him really get into it again."
"No, it's well, Lily."
"Lily. Did you ask about her or something that usally doesn't get him upset mostly nostaligic remembering his friend."
"Were they friends really?" Harry asked pointedly.
"Of course. What's going on Harry?"
"Lily's here." Harry said.
"What? Harry I know you miss your parents and want to meet them some magic is forbidden for a reason ." Lupin said.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. For the last time it wasn't me Lily came here from the past and she switched places with Hermione." Harry said getting annoyed everyone including those who e trusted just assumed e caused this.
"Hermione! What?" Lupin asked shocked and concerned.
"Yeah, I guess it had something to do with them both wearing the time turners and they went off."
"Oh." Lupin replied deep in thought.
"So Lily wants me to get some books on time travel to try to figure it all out while Snape is out looking for the recipe for potion that will help them locate the time turner."
"Snape saw her?"
"Yep, so Lupin were you ever going to tell me that Snape and my mother were…"
"No, most likely not. It's in the past a past that…well… I was pretty sure it was a past you most likely wouldn't like."
"Really you think? From the way you always talked about my mom I thought you all were friends for a long time."
"Things change Harry people change and just because she was with Snape back then did not mean she was a bad person."
"I know. But she seems to think Sirius and my dad are."
"That does explain the drinking." Lupin mused.
"I think I know of a book that can help her. You go back and stay with her. And Harry."
"Yeah?"
"I know it's hard. You'll want to save her and tell her what happened but you can't."
"How can I? I don't even know what happened not really there's so much that is a mystery."
"She can't help you with that Harry. From how you sounded it sounds like she is who Sirius affectionately calls Dark Ages Lily. She won't have the answers you seek she's just a kid like you."
Harry swallowed hard already knowing this and hating it; he wished he could have answers. There was so much he didn't know about her past. He wanted to know his mother. She didn't have the answers he sought.
Then he went back in the room Lily was wandering around the room looking through Herminie's desk and there a few books and papers and scrolls spread across her.
She looked up like she got her hand stuck in a cookie jar.
"Sorry, I got bored and when I get bored I get curious." Lily said.
"It' OK."
"So that was fast. No books?"
"Actually Lupin says he may know one that could…"
"Lupin? He's here really? I should have guess where Sirus is Lupin isn't far behind. I guess I just thought Lupin should have wised up by now."
"Wise up?"
She looked at him for a moment and looked with in his eyes.
"I'm sorry all my talk about how horrible Sirius and James are isn't helpful is it?"
"Not exactly. I just… I didn't expect them to… Sirius and Lupin their like family and they told me stories about the good times at Hogwarts I just never thought that they… I mean I never thought that you…"
"What you thought we were all best friends?"
"Yeah, or something like that."
She pursed her lips sympathetically.
"They just always gave Sev a hard time. I always gave them a hard time for giving him a hard time."
"Why?"
"Because he's different from them because he's a Slytherian. They just assume because he's a Slytheran that he'll automatically go all dark Lord. I mean they hate the Slytherians who are all Pure bloods are so great and any else are beneath and mudbloods are scum. But Severous isn't like that. He gets it just as bad from a lot of the Slytherans as he does from everyone else. We both do."
Lily said her eyes getting dark as she looked off in the empty void.
"That must be hard." Harry said remembering all of the times most of the school hated him.
She looked into his eyes and sighed, "I can't believe I'm telling you all of this. I don't even know you."
Harry wanted so much to tell her that she did know or she would know him at least for a little while. He wanted to tell her that she was is mother.
"It's alright." Harry said.
Lily pursed her lips and said, "I think it is. You seem like an OK guy Harry. Nothing like your father."
Harry panicked she couldn't know that, he was trying so careful to conceal the truth from her.
"Relax, I know I'm not supposed to know the future but come on it is staring me right in the face. It's hard not to know. I'm not daft you're last names Potter and you look just like him with the hair and the glasses."
"I used to think that was cool… but now I'm not so sure he kind of sounsd like a…"
"Prat? That's because he is."
Harry looked at her and then she said,
"Sorry. He's … not so horrible all of the time. He has his moments. He can be kind if he wants to be but most of the time he's arrogant and spoiled and…"
"I get it."
"Sorry, not the point. Look for all I know he's changed and turned out to be a great father to you so I'm sorry. Really." Lily said giving him a hopeful smile.
"Thanks." Harry said.
"Don't mention it." Lily said.
Then she looked around, "Now where is Lupin with that book?" Lily asked.
Harry smiled at her his teenaged mother was starting to not look so bad. He had mixed feelings about the whole thing. He did not like to think of is father Sirius as Bully's and he didn't like to think of Snape as the poor victim. And the image of Snape and his mother still disturbed him. At least his mother didn't seem all bad.
