"Where the hell are we?" James said, looking around. They appeared to be in the Gryffindor common room, but nothing was different. The only thing that was out of place was that there were now a bunch of people in the common room. No one noticed the 5 of them suddenly appear.
"Potter! What the hell did you do?" Lily asked, dropping her hand from where it rested on his.
"Don't blame Prongs! This is your fault!" Sirius retorted, dropping his hand from James' shoulder.
"Y-yeah!" Peter squeaked, ducking behind his three best friends.
"I just wanted to go back in time to stop myself making you challenge me!" James finished, reaching behind himself and dragging out Peter.
"Well guys, I think that we're in the future. I wonder how far, a few hours?" Remus said. All four of them glanced around the room before noticing something very off.
"What the hell is going on guys? I don't know anyone here!" said Lily looking frightened.
"That's impossible! I know everyone in Gryffindor!" Sirius said, slightly frantic.
"Hey, hey kid! Is there another school visiting here?" James asked a random nearby first year. The boy glared at him, turning back to his friend, before doing a double take.
"Oh Harry, you should know by now!" the boy said with a smile on his face. The five were confused though; who the hell was Harry?
"Guys, I think that we should go and see Dumbledore! He would know about the other school!" Lily said. The four boys nodded, and they made their way off towards the headmaster's office, using the map.
"Guys, I don't recognize any of the names on this Map, except for Dumbledore!" Sirius complained.
"No way! Let me see that!" Remus exclaimed, grabbing the map from Sirius. He let out a groan when he saw that the idiot was right.
"Well, nothing to do now but carry on!" Said Lily cheerily as the stopped in front of the Gargoyle outside Dumbledore's office.
"Shit! We need a password!" Remus swore.
"What was it last time?" Lily asked. She knew that the Marauders knew; they were sent their frequently.
"It was Lemon drops but I don't think-" James said, but jumped in amazement as the wall opened to reveal a spiraling staircase.
"Maybe we aren't in the future, and the students are playing a prank on us!" Sirius grinned from ear to ear as he mounted the staircase. They reached the top in due time, and were waiting patiently (in Lily's case at least) while Remus knocked.
"Come in!" they heard a quiet voice say. They grinned at each other, pushed the door opened and walked in, Remus and James leading.
"I say Harry! I wasn't expecting to see you! You look more like your father every day! Even your eyes seem to have changed colours! And Remus! You look marvelous!" said Dumbledore, smiling cheerily.
"Why is everyone calling me 'Harry' today?! I don't know any Harrys!" James exclaimed, and Dumbledore looked taken aback. Just then, he noticed the rest of the group and grew very pale.
"Oh, I see that it is much worse. Much worse indeed." Said Dumbledore gravely.
"Professor, what's wrong?" Lily said, and Dumbledore pulled out a candy from his drawers, offering it to each in turn.
"I never thought that I'd ever see you four here again." He said, his shock seeming to have worn off a little bit.
"What do you mean Alby? We were here just last week! You didn't think that we'd give up pranking yet, did you? We're only in 6th year!" Said Sirius.
"Sirius Black, do you have any idea what's wrong?" Dumbledore said.
"Other than the fact that the common room is filled with strangers?" He said. Dumbledore gave him 'the look', which shut him up.
"Mr. Black, Mr. Potter, Miss. Evans, Mr. Pettigrew, Mr. Lupin, I have some news for you, and I don't want you to freak out too badly." Dumbledore said.
"Whatever you have to say professor, I'm sure we can take it!" said James confidently. Dumbledore rubbed his nose.
"You're in the future." He said.
"We kind of figured." Said Lily.
"Do you know what year it is?"
"1976" she responded easily.
"Try again Miss. Evans."
"1977? 78? 79?" she tried again and again, getting met with a shook head each time. She looked terrified as she said "It's not… 1980 is it? I'm not ready for the 80's yet! It can't be! Professor! Tell me it's not!" She sighed with relief when he shook his head again.
"Its 1996" He said. James and Sirius burst out laughing, Remus looked politely confused, Peter chuckled (giggled) nervously, and Lily just stood with an amused expression on her face.
"Good one professor! Next you're going to say that Fudge is the minister for magic!" James said in between laughs. They all sobered up when Dumbledore's eyes remained grave.
"I'm serious (he ignored the joke from Sirius), welcome to the '90s."
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