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A poem that I like- "Dreams" By Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

"YES!" James shouted. He then proceeded to do a very strange, and very un-manly little victory dance. Harry stared in shock at the man who was supposedly his father, move in that way. Sirius, Remus, Lily, and Rella just hung their heads in shame. Yes, he had done this before, much to their displeasure. They hoped this would be the last.

After having enough of his display of victory, Rella walked over and pushed him to the ground, where face met floor, and floor met face.

"Please promise you will never do that again," she pleaded.

"I won't, because nothing can compare to finding out you're going to get married to Lily Evans," James said happily.

Lily smiled in spite of herself. She had received a very big shock, but she knew James would never fully give up until he had a ring on her finger. She wondered when she would finally give in to his advances. Well, she thought, that's really up to him.

"Um, so you time traveled?" Hermione meekly prodded.

"Yes," Remus said.

"Why?" Ron asked. He, personally, didn't see the fun in time traveling for the sake of it.

"We got bored," Sirius shrugged. Time travel wasn't the worst they had done when Sirius got bored, and heaven help us when it happens.

"Ah," Harry understood what mayhem occurred. When he had looked into Snape's pensieve, Harry had seen them show the school Snape's underpants, just because.

"So," Rella said eagerly, "Do you have any cousins?"

"Only my cousin Dudley," Harry said.

"Well," Rella said, "That's probably not my child unless I went mad just before I named him."

"No," Harry said, "That's my Aunt Petunia's son."

"Oh," Rella said, "Thank God."

"My sister named her son Dudley?" Lily struggled to keep her laughter in.

"Yep," Harry clearly enjoyed spending time with his family.

"Who's your Godfather?" Sirius asked.

"You are," Harry said.

"Ha!" Sirius said, "In your face, Moony!"

"Yes, yes whatever," Remus said. He was a little disappointed, but he didn't expect any different. Sirius was first and foremost, James' best friend.

"So the only reason you travelled here was because you were bored?" Hermione said incredulously.

The group nodded their heads, as if to say, "Why else?"

"We should go to Dumbledore," Hermione said immediately.

"Why?" Harry asked.

"Excuse us for a moment," she said to the Marauders, Lily, and Rella, while dragging Harry away.

"Because," Hermione said in a low voice, "Half of them are dead!"

"So?" Ron asked.

"What if they find out there dead?" Hermione said, frustrated, "They might try to change it!"

"Hermione," Harry said slowly, "That's actually a good idea."

"Oh no, Harry!" she groaned, catching on, "This is a bad idea! You know how dangerous tampering with time is!"

"That's why we'll go to Dumbledore," Harry said earnestly, "If he says no, I'll leave it alone, promise."

"Oh, give it a rest, Hermione," Ron said, "What would you do in his place?"

"Well," Hermione bit her lip, "I still don't approve… But if Dumbledore does…"

"Excellent," Harry patted her on the back, "Thanks Hermione."

"But, remember," she said, "Don't tell them anything!"

"We won't," Ron rolled his eyes, "Come on, Harry."

"Wait!" Hermione said, "What about your parents?"

"We can't leave them here," Harry said, thinking they would not obey his instructions for them to stay in Gryffindor Tower.

"I'll stay with them," Ron said, "You need to go, Harry, and he'll probably give loads of instructions to Hermione that I'd forget."

"Thanks mate," Harry said in relief. He didn't know what he'd do if he had to lead his dead parents along the corridors of Hogwarts. If he did, they'd never get to Dumbledore's office.

"Thanks Ron," said Hermione, "We'd best get going."

"Um, we'll be back in a minute," Harry said while Hermione nodded.

"Okay, we'll relax here," James said easily, settling down on one of the sofas. As Hermione and Harry left, the group all settled down on the seats, while Ron stood awkwardly, but watching them warily. Sirius and Rella were forced to sit next to each other, which was a great discomfort. Whereas earlier, they would've elbowed each other nonstop, but now they sat as far as each other as they could.

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"Fizzing Whizzbees," Harry spoke the password to the two gargoyles that stood guard over Dumbledores office. They moved aside to let he and Hermione in.

"Ah, Harry," Dumbledore looked up from the piece of paper he was reading, "And Miss Hermione Granger, too. To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"Well, Sir," Harry said, "My parents, Sirius, Professor Lupin, and my Aunt, Aurelia, have appeared in the Gryffindor Common Room."

"Harry," Dumbledore said softly, but with lines of confusion on his face, "Your parents and Sirius Black are dead."

"Professor," Hermione piped up, "They said they time-traveled."

"Ah, well that is very interesting," Dumbledore said, "Well, if it's not too much trouble, I think it's time for me to get reacquainted with the younger troublemakers of this school."

Harry and Hermione lead Dumbledore to Gryffindor Tower, though he already knew where it was.

"Godric," Harry spoke the password, and the Fat Lady swung open.

"… I think we did the spell perfectly, "Lily was saying, "I mean, it's the winter holidays, and it was about 7pm when we left, and it seems like its 7pm here."

"Well, Miss Evans," Dumbledore said, announcing his presence, "It seems there is no spell you cannot do."

"Professor Dumbledore!" Lily gasped.

"You didn't say you were going to get him!" Sirius accused. Harry, Hermione, and Ron just shrugged.

"Is there something wrong with me coming here, Mr. Black?" Dumbledore said pleasantly.

"No," Sirius resumed the look he had perfected with previous teachers.

"Excellent," Dumbledore had a twinkle in his eye, and though he, and most of the other teachers didn't show it, they had missed this particular group of students, "Now, if you could tell me, what aspects of time-traveling seemed endearing to you?"

"We got bored," James said bluntly.

"Ah," Dumbledore nodded knowingly, "Strange things happen when one is bored, though even more strange things seem to happen to you."

"Well, Sir," Rella said earnestly, "It's not our fault."

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows at her, until she admitted, "Okay, maybe it is."

"Well, I shall all of you at dinner," he said, "And, can I have a word with you three?" He pointed to Harry, Hermione, and Ron.

Once they were outside, Dumbledore said, "I assume you haven't told them about the future?"

"No, sir," Harry said.

"Then please continue to do that," Dumbledore said.

"But, sir," Hermione protested, "If we do that, then that could change the whole future!"

"Which is exactly what I want to happen, Miss Granger," Dumbledore said. Seeing as none of them had understood, he continued, "If we entrust the mission of destroying Voldemort, or at the very least, tell Lily and James not to put their trust into their friend, Peter Pettigrew, then maybe we can change the future for the better, and save all those lives."

Comprehension dawned on their faces. Harry thought back to how gleeful he felt when he saw his parents. To have that feeling, every day, he wondered what it would be like to have parents.

"Thank you, sir," Harry said.

"Well, it is a long story," Dumbledore smiled, "You might want to start straight away." With that he walked off leisurely to his office.

Meanwhile, back at the barnyard, (Sorry, couldn't help myself )

Lily and James were talking about their supposed marriage.

"So…" James trailed off, not wanting to approach the subject.

"Yeah," Lily said lamely. Well, maybe they weren't talking about their supposed marriage.

"I… I'm sorry for overreacting earlier," James said. Actually, never mind, they were talking about it.

Lily was shocked and slightly flattered. This was the second time James had apologized to her.

"It's fine," she smiled at him.

"We're going to get married," James stated.

"Yeah," Lily said, yet again.

"What do you think?" James looked at her intensely.

"I didn't mind," Lily admitted. James raised his eyebrows. Lily, who had hexed him when he had asked her out, just two weeks ago, was saying she didn't mind getting married to him.

"Then why say you don't want to go out with me?" James asked, confused.

"Because it's the way you ask me out," Lily said, "I don't want to remember our first date like that!"

"I'm sorry," James said, again. Lily smiled.

"If you're going to apologize for every single time you asked me out," she said, "Then that's going to take some time."

"Well," he said, "how about this?" he then took both of her hands and asked her softly, "Will you do me the honor of going to dinner with me, Lily?"

"Yes," she said smiling.

"Finally," Sirius said dramatically.

"I thought you were going to ask her to marry you, just then James," Rella was beaming.

"And I thought this day was never going to come," Remus said.

"What?" Ron asked as the three entered the Common Room again, "What day?"

"Our dear Lilykins has finally said yes to our dear Prongsie here," Sirius crooned.

"Congratulations," Harry said, feeling strange. His Dad was asking his Mum out? Too weird…

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Yay! Lily and James finally got together! Time travel with last only a few more chapters. Like, one or two. I know, I didn't put the sneak peek in this chapter, but I promise it'll be in the next. Thank you so much!