Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter

James Potter knew something was wrong when he woke up at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. This meant he slept in. To him, this might as well be a sign of the apocalypse. Nobody ever let James sleep in. Because if they did, he would only be awake half as much as everyone else; at home it was his mum, at family gatherings it was Molly, and at Hogwarts it was Nathan Wood, a burly brown-haired boy that shared his dorm with him. James then noticed he was in his dorm room. What was he doing here? He could've sworn he was at the Burrow when he fell asleep. How did he even get here? He'd rather not be at school when he didn't have to be.

He groggily got out of bed and looked around. There were no trunks or personal belongings, only the four-poster beds, furniture, and other Hogwarts property. The beds were all made and everything was so clean. Something was definitely wrong. The raven-haired boy decided to check to see if anyone else was present and started going from dorm- to-dorm only to find them all vacant. He couldn't very well check the girl's tower but concluded that if no one was in the boy's then why would there be some in the girl's?

The Fat Lady gave a startled cry at being open unsuspectingly

"Wha- who's there?" She panted, clutching her heart as James stepped through "What are you doing here? How'd you get in?" Her questions faded as the bespeckled boy strolled down the corridor. He approached the headmaster's office to realize he didn't know the password

"Blood pops" he tried "Bertie Botts" "Chocolate Frogs" "Frosted Bugbears" "Licorice Wands" "Cauldron Cakes" "Pumpkin Pasties" "Candy Floss" "Sherbet Lemon" "Pepper Imps" "Fizzing Wizbees" "Cockroach Clusters" He was running out of sweets "Oh in the name of Godric! Just let me in!"

"What are you doing here anyway kid? School hasn't started yet" The stone gargoyle said

"Yes, yes I know! That's why I need to speak to Professor Dumbledore!"

"He isn't here"

"What?"

"He's out doing something for the Ministry"

"Well is there anyone else I could talk to here?"

"There's Argus Filch and Rubeus Hagrid…"

"Alright, thanks!" With that James tore off to onto the grounds in the direction of Hagrid's hut. In his rush James didn't realize that the weather was off. That it should be cold out or maybe even snowing considering it was winter holiday. Instead it was bright and sunny. If he had brought this detail to mind he would've remembered that a handful of students and the Professors should have been staying over like they always did on break. Since it was winter holiday there should've been caroling ghosts, and holly and mistletoe, baubles, tinsel, festive trees… But there was none of this. The castle was bare and vacated. James should've noticed all of this. But right now, his only focus was on seeing a familiar face and getting an explanation.

"Hagrid!" James rapped on the door to his friend's hut. It swung open revealing a large man with a scraggly beard and warm beady black eyes. These eyes were narrowed in confusion as he looked around, finally focusing on the fourteen year old before him.

"Harry? Wha' are ya' doing here?" James looked behind him as if expecting to see his father, but saw it was only him

"Hagrid? I'm not Harry"

"But of course you are!"

"No I'm James"

"James? Harry that isn't funny"

"I'm not joking, Hagrid what are you talking about?" Maybe it was Jame's serious tone or maybe it was the look in his eyes- brown eyes - but Hagrid found that this boy looked different than Harry. His eyes were brown, not green. His cheeks were lightly freckled his smile and expressions different, and his nose unlike Harry's. His built was wrong too, he was more well-fed, taller, and had an athletic structure. His scar was missing.

"James?" Hagrid gasped, this was impossible. But the boy in front of him resembled the deceased man so much it was frightening "James Potter?"

"Yeah it's me, what wrong?" He asked, Hagrid had gone pale

"But, you can't be James!"

"And why not?"

"Because you've been dead for fourteen years"

Alright, these first four were sort of like prologues. The chapters will be longer from now! I promise!