A few minutes later, Hermione walked with Severus Snape in toe. Sirius and James sprang to their feet drawing their wands as Severus pulled his with a shocked and hurt look on his face.
"You lied to me," he snarled at Hermione.
"I did no such thing," she promised, drawing her own wand, waving it, and having all three of the boys' wands wind up in her hands. "Sit, now. All of you." She looked around the room with a glare, her eyes softening when she saw the 2 shaking boys. "Hi," she said softly, speaking only to them.
"Are these true?" Bill asked, gesturing to the letters.
"They are," she replied, still speaking in a soft voice that she always reserved for her boys.
"Then you need to read that letter before anything else happens, because we full heartedly agree," Charlie said excitedly. Hermione pulled out her own letter, reading it quickly, laughing at the idea her boys had come up with.
"That is so like them," she said with a laugh, tears in her eyes. Waving her wand again, the boys both shivered lightly before grinning at her. "Okay, you are now owners of Myra and Mia."
"Wicked," they said together, sitting down on a loveseat that was in the room, in between two empty armchairs that faced the rest of the group.
Hermione turned with a smile, sighing as she saw the scowling looks on Sirius, James, and Severus' faces at being near each other, and the glares that they were shooting her.
"Enough," she ordered in a stern voice, shocking them all. Taking her seat next to Bill, she noticed Luna sit next to Charlie before she turned back to the confused 6th years in front of her.
"I'm assuming you would all like to know why you are here, and why Luna and I seem to know everything about this school, correct?" she asked, smiling as they all nodded. "Okay, well then stop being bickering little boys and pay attention."
She pulled two vials out of her bag, handing one to Luna before looking at the group. "Do any of you know what this is?" she asked showing them the vial that held a clear liquid.
"Veritaserum," three voices, belonging to Severus, Lily, and Remus responded instantly.
"Exactly. This is a truth serum, and Luna and I are going to take it and then you are allowed to ask us any questions, and we will answer. This way you know for a fact that we are not lying. Understand?" she asked. Seeing them nod, her and Luna downed the potions. "You may begin."
"Why are we all here?" Severus asked quietly.
"You are all here," Hermione responded. "Because Luna and I came back to change everything. Everyone in this room, barring Luna, Charlie, Bill, and myself died tragically, and we don't want that to happen again. We were allowed to tell you all the truth, so that is what we are doing."
"What do you mean we all die?" Sirius asked aggressively. "How?"
"I mean exactly what I said Sirius," Hermione answered, her eyes fixed on him. "Lily and James are killed a few years from now, after one of their friends betrayed them, by Voldemort. They died protecting their son. Peter dies on the steps of the Malfoy Manor after showing sympathy to their son. Severus is killed by Voldemort's snake in the Shrieking Shack during the War. Remus falls during the War protecting the students. And you Sirius, you die the year before the War in the Department of Mysteries. Your cousin Bellatrix casts the killing curse, and you fall through the veil."
They all sit there in silence, letting her words sink in. "How do you plan on changing all of this?" Lily asked in a scared voice.
"I was part of the group responsible for bringing Voldemort to his end," Hermione answered the question once again. "Harry, Ron, and I went through and destroyed all of his Horocruxes, and then after Harry sacrificed himself, he killed Voldemort once and for all. I know all the information about the Horocruxes, and have told Professor Dumbledore about them, and he shall find them, destroy them, and then kill Voldemort, which will save you all."
"Hermione and I have fought in the War, and even protected our school against invaders," Luna said in a sad voice. "We left everyone we loved to come back here to change everything to give them a better life."
"What you said to me earlier," Remus said softly. "Was it true?"
"Every word of it Remus," Hermione said with a smile. "I am in fact an unregistered Animagus." She stopped when she saw the shocked looks on James, Sirius, and Peter's faces, and smirked. "Yeah, I finalized everything today, and had my first transformation today."
"And yes Remus," Luna answered in a quiet voice, before she regained her courage. "I am a werewolf. I was bitten during the Final Battle by Fenrir Greyback on the full moon. Hermione made the decision to turn into an Animagus because of me. You actually died protecting me."
A shocked silence hung in the air, scared looks on Lily and Severus' faces, everyone else just accepting it.
"How much do you know about us?" James asked.
"Everything," Hermione smirked when she saw them all gulp. "Hard not to when your son was my best friend, and I was close to Sirius and Remus when they were alive."
"I know the basics," Luna said, happy that everyone had accepted her. "I know more about Professor… Sorry, Severus, here than anyone else."
"Professor?" Severus asked curiously.
"Yes," Hermione answered with a smile. "You were our Potions Master. You hated Harry, and he you. You spent your life protecting him though, and spying on Voldemort for the Order. Harry called you the bravest man he had ever known. And we all agree with him."
Snape flushed as everyone looked at him in wonder. Turning back to the girls, they noticed that Hermione was smiling at Bill and Charlie again.
"What do the runts have to do with anything?" Sirius asked in a hard voice.
"Bill and Charlie," Hermione growled possessively. "Have everything to do with me. They are my brothers, and I love them very much. If you ever say anything bad about them again, or prank them in anyway, you will have to deal with me."
"Oh, like I'm scared," he mocked.
"You should be," Luna said boldly. "Considering the fact that in the future you had yet to beat her at a duel, and she killed your cousin."
"Are you serious?" he asked in shock.
"Um no," Hermione replied back with a smile. "That would be your name, remember?"
The group laughed lightly at her joke.
"Mi," Charlie said in a shy voice. "Do you have a dragon too?"
"Yes Charlie," she answered him in a sweet voice. "You and your brother here convinced me that I should go and get one. He's a Hungarian Horntail named Black."
"What?" Sirius asked, wondering why she had said his surname.
"Not you," she replied exasperated. "You really need to listen Sirius." Transfiguring her shirt into a bikini top, she turned so everyone could see the dragon. "This is Black."
"Wicked," Charlie breathed as he and Bill lightly ran their fingers over the dragon, hearing him growl happily.
Hermione smiled at them as she turned back to the group, sitting comfortably in the chairs in the top. "You boys should feel lucky," she said with a laugh. "If it was anyone else, that action would've hurt."
"What do you mean?" Peter asked curiously.
"What I mean is that wizarding dragon tattoos are very territorial," she explained. "They normally don't allow anyone to touch them other than the person they are bonded with. Charlie and Bill are the exception when it comes to Black because their future selves took the time to become friends with him. He recognizes them, so he won't hurt them. I normally have to concentrate to not let him hurt anyone else."
"Really?" Sirius asked in a skeptical voice.
"Yes Sirius," she answered with a grin. "Wanna test it?" With that, she held out her hand, daring him to take it. He grasped her hand, and 6 seconds later yelped and let go, noticing the light burns on his hand. "And that wasn't even full strength."
"Bloody hell," he cursed softly. "So how in the hell do you ever have men get close to you?"
"That really hasn't been an issue," Hermione said in a tight, sad voice. "I was in the middle of a war after all."
"Well, not an issue in a way," Bill said with an evil smirk. "According to my older self, my brother and I have seen everything."
Hermione laughed as everyone looked at her in shock. "Those boys," she said fondly. "They would include that, and make it out to sound the worst way ever. Yes you boys have seen everything as I have with you, but there are absolutely no romantic feelings between any of us, and there never will be."
Bill and Charlie sulked, looking put out while the rest of the group smiled.
"Any other questions, or are you done interrogating us?" Luna asked in a dazed voice.
"I have a few more," Remus said quietly. "What is your Animagus form Hermione? What is going to happen on the night of the full moon? And lastly what is your favorite spell to perform?"
"Well, I think showing you would be easier than telling you," Hermione said with a smile. She then turned herself into her chocolate haired fluff ball. After a few minutes, she turned back and sat down.
"As for the full moon, Hermione will brew the wolfsbane potion for me," Luna said, smiling when she saw Remus look up in shock. "It's commonly used in our time. Dumbledore then requested we go to the Shrieking Shack, and spend the night there." They shared a look with the Marauders, knowing exactly what was going through their heads. "Oh and my favorite spell would have to be Expelliarmus, considering the fact that Harry killed Voldemort using that spell."
"That was a good memory," Hermione said fondly. "Listening to Harry taunt Tom as he failed to kill him for like the what, 7th time was priceless. Anyways, my favorite would be casting the Patronus Charm. It was the only spell I ever struggled with, and my Patronus has a deeper meaning to me now."
"Cast it," James said.
Hermione took a deep breath before easily casting the spell. A huge silvery dog exploded from the end of her wand, causing 4 men in the room to go completely still, shocked.
"Why?" Sirius asked. "Why does that have such a deep meaning to you?" His eyes locked on hers, seeing the pain and love shining through.
"Because," Hermione said with a sigh, looking at Luna for help.
"Her Patronus means so much to her because he shifted shapes after a tragic event," Luna supplied, trying to save Hermione. "It used to be an otter, now, well, you all saw him."
"The time is almost up on the potion, even though we can continue answering your questions without it," Hermione said softly, her eyes on her lap. "You have time for one last question without it."
"Other than changing the future," Lily asked. "Why are you both here?"
"I'm here because I was tired of my fellow classmates treating me like a, well, a werewolf," Luna said sadly. "Other than Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Ron, and the rest of the Weasly's, and yes boys there are a lot more of you, everyone either avoided me or made hurtful comments. I couldn't live like that anymore. Dumbledore made us an offer, and here we are."
"I came here for two reasons," Hermione said, looking at her companion before looking at the group in front of her. "One, was to help Luna. I was already in the process of becoming an Animagus, and I did that to help her. We learned from very wise men that large animals are very helpful to a werewolf when they have transformed. They make the wolf more, human." The Marauders locked eyes with each other and nodded slightly, so no one else could notice.
"As for my second reason," Hermione said, locking eyes with Sirius briefly before looking at her lap again. "I came here because the man I love was killed. I found out recently that he had loved me back, but had never told me because he was waiting until I left school. Obviously, he is from your time, so here I am."
Everyone but Bill, Charlie, and Luna looked at her curiously.
