Disclaimer: I unlike quite a few people do not wish to own Harry Potter all I want is to use James and Lily in my LOTL world, which is my imaginary world which I do not profit from (in said LOTL world neither of them die!).

BTW: I think I have to update MMS next but I'm not sure. Sorry for the wait, schools starting again soon so I'm trying to cram as many updates as possible or preferably write the entire story then update a chapter a week. Also happy (incredibly) belated birthday to two people who should know who they are, if they're bothering to read my stories.

Chapter 4: Back to the Past

James ran along the second floor corridor, he was being chased by Mr Gorgath (Filch's precedent); he looked around desperately his gaze settling on the girl's bathroom. He hesitated, Myrtle had always had a crush on him, hearing Gorgath's cries of "You can run but you can't hide!" James hesitated once more before making a decision; he walked into the Girl's Bathroom.

Harry began drifting in and out of consciousness; he caught brief snatches of conversation whilst awake which he forgot as unconsciousness took over him again. Eventually the periods of consciousness became longer and eventually Harry woke up.

Harry sat up with a start, looking around what was unmistakably the hospital wing, what was he doing here? Suddenly everything from the previous day flooded back to him, his mum's ghost, the potion, the pain. Harry squinted at a calendar, realising that he wasn't wearing his glasses; he groped the bedside table until his fingers came in contact with the cold metal frame of his new glasses. He slipped them unto his nose and looked at the calendar not needing to squint.

1975 (I don't know what date the Marauders era was in), it had worked; he had travelled back in time! He had a throbbing head ache though. A medi-witch that Harry hadn't seen before came into view, "Ahh, Mr Potter decided to join the living?" she smiled, Harry suddenly remembered what Dumbledore had said,

"Oh, I'm not this Potter guy, I'm an exchange student from…New Zealand! My name is…erm Harrison Parker! Yeah that's it Harrison Parker!" The medi-witch frowned,

"You know you have an uncanny resemblance with James Potter, he's in here a lot!" Harry allowed the nurse to continue babbling contently, to allow himself to submerge himself in his thoughts; he had to get to Lily and find out whether it was too late, then if it was mend the situation by doing whatever needed doing.

Harry sighed; it was going to be a looong day. He interrupted the nurse, "I'm sorry but am I in good enough condition to leave, I need to find my cousin." The woman looked a little hurt a being interrupted whilst she talked about Fluffy one of her cats, "Oh, of course, by the way I'm Mrs Figg!" Harry struggled not to gasp at this piece of news, who would have thought?

Harry smiled at Mrs Figg then got up and left the Hospital Wing.

James stared at the ghost sitting on the sink; he had never seen her before. "Myrtle?" the ghost looked over at him, noticing him for the first time.

"No, I'm Emerald." She said softly; she had an enchanting, melodious voice, "If you want Myrtle I think she went to the lake to insult the merpeople."

"I haven't seen you before."

"I only died a couple of days ago." James frowned,

"You look about sixteen, so why haven't I seen you around school before your death?" she didn't answer but gazed out of the window once more. James could see that her death was a delicate subject that she did not want to talk about. He took a moment to observe her, there was no doubt that even in death she was gorgeous. She had long hair. Being transparent diluted the colour slightly making it a light red, normally he eyes were also diluted but hers stood out, a bright emerald green; her namesake.

"Is Emerald your real name?" James asked lightly;

"No." It was clear that she wasn't going to tell him what her real name was.

"I'm James."

"I know." She said coolly, she paused a moment, "Why is kranky pants chasing you?" he smiled, her curiosity had gotten the better of her.

"I threw five dung bombs into his office." He said smugly.

"You know he's retiring, he recommended his nephew. I think his name was Filch." James shrugged,

"He can't be any worse than Gorgath."

"I don't know," Emerald mused, "I heard he got fired from Beaubatons for chaining the students against a wall." James laughed, she stared at him.

"Wait you're not serious!"

"No, I believe that would be your friend!"

Harry sat down on one of the large comfortable armchairs in Dumbledore's office; he had guessed about 100 different magical and non-magical sweets until the door opened at "Cockroach Clusters".

Dumbledore was sitting opposite him, "So Mr Potter, can I help you?" luckily Harry remembered straightaway that he was in the past,

"I don't know who this Potter guy is. I'm Harrison Parker an exchange student from New Zealand." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled in amusement,

"You don't have much of an accent Mr Potter." Harry was starting to get mad now, (Oh crap, remember that he inherited Lily's temper!)

"I AM NOT THIS POTTER GUY!!" He shouted, Dumbledore seemed quite taken aback by this display of outrage. He looked up into Harry's eyes, his mouth forming a quiet "O" of surprise.

"I am terribly sorry Mr Parker; you look almost exactly like James Potter, except your eyes."

"So I've been told." Harry said flatly; Dumbledore still looked slightly sheepish.

"You'll have to be sorted by the hat into one of our four houses. We'll do that tomorrow at breakfast." Harry hesitated,

"I know this is may sound strange, but has a red haired girl with green eyes been killed recently?" Dumbledore stiffened in his chair,

"Do you know who she is?" Harry chose his words carefully,

"Yes she's my… cousin, Rose Parker. She came here for the same exchange program as me, when we didn't get any news from her; we assumed Voldemort had gotten to her. We're in a pureblood family, but a few of us are considered blood traitors." Dumbledore frowned.

"She told us she had no family left." Harry inwardly cursed his mother from the past,

"Well, most of our family are pureblood maniacs, her close family especially." Harry lowered his voice, "Her parents disowned her when they caught her in a relationship with a Muggle." Dumbledore nodded. Harry couldn't believe that Dumbledore bought it.

"Why don't we go find your cousin then?"

You may be wondering why no one realises Lily is missing, I will answer. Because if they did there would be a huge problem of me not knowing what to do! Also they didn't use the potion before because it was only just invented and was a prototype.

But the reason I'm going to give is that, everyone thinks of Lily as a Wallflower even the teachers so they don't notice.

If you can think of a better reason why no one realises Lily is gone PLEASE MESSAGE ME!!

Lots of LURVE!

JRK

Time to thank/reply to my brilliant reviewers!

0Rosina0: Ask and thou shalt receive (about 3 weeks later!) (I ran out of smiles)

Thorn Wilde: AHA! I have finally beaten the evil beast of Writer's Block (temporarily!) Thanks so much, I had a feeling AU was alternate universe but I wasn't sure. &

Indigo.infusion: Thank you so much! I tried to update as soon as I could BUT I had to update EVERYTHING else as well! I think I have to update MMS next… I'm not actually sure.