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Chapter 4
Professor McGonagall led Hermione, Ron, Sirius, James and Remus from her office and down the corridor. None of them spoke the entire time they were following her. She halted when they reached a statue of a Phoenix.
"Cockroach Cluster." She said and the statue started to move upwards revealing a spiral staircase. "Professor Dumbledore will be waiting for you." She said; then turned on her heels and left.
Hermione stepped on the staircase closely followed by Ron. Remus got on after them and James and Sirius went up reluctantly.
Hermione opened the door and stepped tentatively into the office. "Professor Dumbledore…sir?" she called softly.
Ron followed her through the door and noticed Professor Dumbledore in his chair talking to someone. "Hermione," he whispered "he is talking to someone; maybe we should wait."
"Don't be stupid," she whispered back
Remus stepped off the stairs and into the office. He didn't say anything and went over to where Hermione and Ron were having a whisper fight.
James opened the door and walked into the room; he didn't notice that Dumbledore had a visitor. "Professor, what is going on?" he asked; completely clueless that he was interrupting.
Sirius opened the door just as Professor Dumbledore turned around in his chair.
"Well this is odd." Dumbledore said softly.
Remus shrank back into the shadows of the office trying to figure out what was going on. He turned the thoughts over in his head; he figured that Sirius got the spell wrong and sent them forward in time.
"Who are you talking to Dumbledore?" asked a voice
"It is Ron, Hermione, and…some others." Dumbledore said, still confused about what was happening.
The person, who had spoken, stepped out from where they were standing so as to get a better look. "Oh hello Hermione; hello Ron." The person looked around "Where is Harry?"
Hermione smiled slightly, "He went to the common room…er…" she still was a little uncomfortable calling this person by his first name.
Ron rolled his eyes "He got scared by those three and ran off. I thought Harry said you were coming during the break Remus?"
Remus sighed "I came early because the new Defense against the Dark Arts professor is quitting at the end of term and Professor Dumbledore asked me to take the job." He peered into the shadows trying to see who was hiding. He hadn't noticed James and Sirius yet but that didn't last long.
Sirius's eyes widened and he punched James in the arm "Mate, we are definitely not in our time anymore."
James nodded dumbly and looked over where the younger Remus was hiding in the shadows. He went over and pulled him over to where he and Sirius were standing. "You were right mate." James whispered.
The older Remus looked at Sirius and nearly fainted. He then noticed James and himself; he looked at Dumbledore who had started chuckling. "I do not find this very funny Albus." He muttered
Dumbledore smiled "Sit down all of you I will explain." They all obeyed, except for the younger Remus who had to be forced into a chair by Sirius. "Now that you are all settled I will tell you what happened.
Roughly thirty years ago, James, Sirius and Remus were lost for a few weeks. None of us could find them even when we did a summoning charm to help us look."
"I don't remember any of this." The older Remus interrupted
Dumbledore smiled kindly. "Let me finish; well, after a few weeks they returned but were unable to tell us where they were. We had suspected that Lord Voldemort had tried to learn something from them, so they were put under surveillance. Now of course I know what happened all those years ago."
The six nodded dumbly and looked at Dumbledore.
"How are they going to go back?" Hermione asked; regaining her voice first.
"I do not know Hermione." He looked at James, Sirius and young Remus. "You are going to attend all of the sixth year classes until we can figure out how to send you back."
Sirius groaned "But Professor…" he started to protest
"No Sirius, you can not just wander the halls until we figure this out. It would be suspicious and people would wonder who you were."
Sirius sighed and shared a look with James. "Well, at least Snape isn't here." He said cheerfully.
"Yes but that Malfoy boy is. Who is he anyway?" he asked Hermione
"Er…that was Draco, Lucius Malfoy's son."
He nodded "Oh that explains it."
"What happened to Snape?" Sirius asked "Is he dead?" he said, trying to keep the hopeful tone out of his voice.
The older Remus paled slightly and turned to Dumbledore. "I had forgotten how much they hated Severus."
Dumbledore nodded, "Severus Snape is a Professor and is to be treated with respect." He said shortly
Ron snorted and earned himself a glare from the older Remus, "Sorry…Professor." He muttered
"Also, you will call Remus; Professor Lupin because that is who he is." Dumbledore said with authority.
Sirius and James didn't know how to react. They had Remus sitting right next to them, and then they had an older wearier looking Remus, in front of them.
Hermione looked at Professor Lupin, "Um…Professor, I think you may need to talk to Harry."
Lupin nodded "I know, after hearing Dumbledore's explanation, I think I understand."
Dumbledore nodded at them "James, Sirius and Remus; follow Hermione and Ron to the Gryffindor common room. Make sure they are not questioned. Take them to the dormitory next to yours Ron."
"But…" Ron was about to protest that there was no dormitory next to his but Dumbledore cut him off.
"There is one there now. Off you go, Professor Lupin and I need to discuss some things."
Ron, Hermione, James, Sirius, and Remus left Dumbledore's office and headed to the common room.
Professor Lupin turned to Dumbledore. "How are you going to explain this to the staff and students?"
Dumbledore smiled "The staff will learn the truth about what has happened. Tonight at dinner I will introduce Jack, Orion, and Paul; our new exchange students." Dumbledore had a merry glint in his eyes.
Professor Lupin nodded "Oh, I understand."
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