Chapter Eleven

"So... we're time travelers?" Lily asked, eyes wide. You could almost see the cogs turning in her head.

"Yeah, although I still don't understand how you got here." Hermione answered.

"Wait, you don't understand how I got here? What about the rest of you? You know how you got here?" asked Lily.

"To some extent. Harry, Ron and I got here because of a spell Voldemort cast at us. Sirius arrived... Wait. How did Sirius get here?" Hermione directed that question towards Harry.

"I know that Lily came here through my Patronus. Sirius, however, just appeared. I have a theory. Lily arrived through my Patronus because my memory, or thought was about her. Sirius arrived through the Death Veil. He went through it and instead of dying like everyone thought, he was sent here." Harry finished.

Hermione's brain was on overload, trying to find any kind of flaw in Harry's theory.

"But I don't understand. How did Lily just 'appear' out of a Patronus? That doesn't make any sense." Hermione said, proud to have found something wrong with what he said, as Harry's theory was really good.

"She didn't just 'appear'. She materialized. Kind of like the way we disappeared. I think that my thought of the way she would've treated me activated something in Voldemort's spell. The only way to prove it is to figure out what spell he used." Harry said, running his hands through his hair in frustration.

"Harry, we should probably get to Dumbledore. He should know about Sirius." Hermione said.

"Wait, someone should transfigure Lily back to the way she was." Harry said, looking pointedly at Ron.

"Alright," said Ron as he got up off the couch.

"Stand please." He said to Lily.

Lily stood up and Ron pointed his wand at her face.

Ron muttered the incantations under his breath and Lily changed back to Ms. Tyler (as she dubbed her transfigured self).

"Perfect." Harry approved.

"Let's go." Hermione led the way out of the room.

They, once again, found themselves knocking on the Headmaster's door.

"Enter."

They did.

"It seems that we have a new guest, Prof- Albus." Harry said, standing in front of Sirius.

The Headmaster grinned. "Who is it this time?"

Sirius stepped out from behind the crowd of young Professors.

"Ah, who do we have here?"

Dumbledore didn't recognize him. He changed a lot from his stay in Azkaban.

"Albus, this is my time's Sirius Black. We have already explained everything to him and Lily." Harry explained.

"We just thought that we should inform you that he is here."

"How did he get here?" Dumbledore asked, his eyes twinkling with curiosity.

"Well, you see, we sort of got stuck in a duel with a group of Death Eaters in my fifth year. The duel happened to be taking place in the Department of Mysteries, the main part being in the room with the Death Veil. The Order had come to help us once they caught wind of the situation and where it was. Sirius wasn't supposed to come, but he did anyway. And then..." Harry trailed off. It still hurt him to think of what happened... or what had supposedly happened, seeing as Sirius was still alive.

So Hermione finished for him. "Sirius was dueling with Bellatrix Lestrange when she hit him with a stunner. He was standing right in front of the Death Veil at the time. He fell through. So I guess this 'Death Veil' isn't really a Death Veil. Its more of a time-traveling device."

Dumbledore stared at Sirius, looking thoughtful.

"Hmmm, well I suppose the only thing that we can do for now is to have Sirius stay with us. Another room will be added to your already existing quarters. Sirius, I suppose you could help teach Defense. I will be needing Lily's assistance starting in about two weeks, actually. I was going to contact you tonight, after dinner. Will that be okay, Mr. Robinson?" Dumbledore said, directing the question at Harry.

"Of course, it'll be fine. So, Sirius' name is Zach now. It was the first thing that popped into my head. But he needs a last name." Harry said, studying Sirius.

"How 'bout Knight? It works with the whole star theme." He said with a smile.

Dumbledore chuckled. "Very clever, Mr. Knight."

Suddenly there was a gurgling noise coming from behind them.

Everyone turned around to see Ron, blushing, holding his stomach.

"What? I can't help it! I'm hungry!" He cried.

Everyone laughed.

"Time for dinner, I suppose. Do you think he should be transfigured?" Dumbledore asked Harry.

"No, the whole seventh year Defense class saw him already. I don't think they can tell."

"Alright, I trust your judgment." Dumbledore said, making Harry smile.

"Dinner?" Ron moaned.

"Dinner."

"Students! Please, I need your attention for just a few moments and then you can return to filling your empty stomachs. I have another new Professor to introduce you to. His name is Mr. Knight and he will be taking over the assistant Defense Against the Dark Arts position when Ms. Tyler leaves in two weeks. Now before you all go around asking why she is leaving, I will tell you. I am in need of an assistant and she is perfect for the job. Now Mr. Knight will be helping with Defense classes now, so he will be able to get a feel of it. Without further ado, Mr. Knight." Dumbledore said, looking towards where he was coming into the Great Hall.

The Marauders realized that this was the guy who Professor Robinson ran out of the room with during class. They all voiced this at the same time, in hushed voices.

"Hey! That's the guy-"

"Who appeared-"

"During Defense-"

"Today!"

"Wait, who appeared when?" Peter asked feeling confused.

"That man, Mr. Knight, appeared in the middle of defense today! Professor Robinson ran out of the room with him. Hmmm, I wonder why he just appeared like that. I mean, you cant Apparate into Hogwarts so... I don't know how he could have possibly..." Remus said, trailing off in his own thoughts toward the end.

"Oh." Peter said.

As soon as Dumbledore told them they could continue with their meal, bad things came into plan.

"You know what I'm thinking, Mr. Padfoot?" James said, stroking an imaginary beard.

"Yes, Mr. Prongs, I have a feeling we are having the same thoughts at the moment. When shall we put them into action?" Sirius answered, rubbing his temples, eyes wide like he was seeing something no one else could.

"Guys... maybe we should lay off the new guy." Remus said, catching on to what they were planning.

"But Moony! We didn't even prank the first five newbies! That was five, FIVE newbies that were left UNPRANKED! C'mon! Please? All we did this year was the welcome back prank to the Slytherins! You know you want to do another one!" James begged, putting on his puppy dogface.

"Fine. But only because you've been somewhat good." Remus said, giving in with a smile.

"Yes!" James and Sirius yelled, slapping each other hi fives.

The Mr. Knight heard this and looked over to where he thought he heard the noise. When he saw the Marauders, heads together, conversing in hushed tones, he cracked a smile. He still felt a little odd, though. Watching himself isn't an experience you could get used to immediately. He realized what they were doing almost right after he was done thinking about all this.

"Hey Harry?" he asked, leaning over so that Harry could hear his whisper.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think I would get in trouble if I pranked myself before I prank me?" Sirius asked, realizing only after he said it how odd that sounded.

Harry laughed. "No, the only thing that would probably happen would be disapproving looks from some of the staff and utmost respect from yourself." He finished with a smile.

"Awesome. Wanna help?"

"Sure. I could use some fun. Should I ask Ron? He's great at strategy."

"Yuppers. Go for it."

"Hey, Ron!" Harry whisper-yelled, poking Ron in the head.

"Hey! What?" Ron whisper-yelled back, rubbing the spot where Harry had poked him.

"Sirius wants to prank himself. He needs help. You want in?" Harry asked.

"Yeah! Sounds like fun. When do we start?"

"Tonight. Room of Requirement." Harry said. Then he turned and told Sirius.

'Tonight was going to be one hell of a night' they all thought.

A/N- WOOHOO!!!

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