After Lily got the letter she was unhappy. Everyone tried to make her laugh and smile all day. Most of the time it would work but Ginny know that it was all fake. She was just putting on a fake smile for the Marauders to not hurt their feelings. It has been a few days since the funeral of her father's death. Lily's family just wanted it to be a private thing. Of course Lily had the Potter family and her friends there to confer her through the whole thing. That night Ginny heard a knock on her door.
"Come in."
Lily poked her head in and Ginny patted a spot on her bed for Lily. Lily came in and sat on Ginny's bed. You could tell that she was crying. Ginny gave Lily a reassuring smile and said,
"What's wrong Lils?"
"I can't sleep Gins. All I see is the disused look of my sister and my parents in my mind. I have nightmares of them telling me it's my entire fault that they are dead." Lily said breaking down in tears.
"Lily it is not your fault. None of us would have guessed that they would have gone after your family. There is a war going on out there in this world and it could have been anyone." Ginny said trying to reassure her friend.
"That is what I'm afraid of. We talk so much about war and none of us are ready for it. I'm scared Ginny." Lily said.
They talked the rest of the night. The rest of Christmas break went by fast. You could tell that Lily and James were becoming closer now. There has not been a bicker or a fight for a long time now. The school year went on and everyone got back into their routine. Ginny was missing her family and home more and more every day. Since Christmas Ginny wanted to go back. Lily and Remus both know that Ginny was sad about it. They would try to distract her. But when she was alone all the memories and everything came to her. Ginny would visit Dumbledore every other day to see if he found anything yet. But every time she went in there it was the same thing over and over again. Ginny was beginning to lose hope.
"Claws you are very quiet over there. Is everything alright?" Sirius asked.
"Pads you have no idea." Ginny said being truthful.
Both James and Sirius know something was wrong with their feisty Claws. To tell you the truth they did not like it. James looked toward Sirius and they both glanced to Remus for some idea of what is going on. Remus just sat by Ginny rubbing her arm. He whispered something in her ear and those made Ginny have huge eyes and then sighed.
"You are right Moony. It is time to tell them." Ginny said.
Sirius and James looked toward Remus and Ginny confused. Lily came down the stairs for the dormitory and asked,
"Why do James and Sirius look scared?"
"Because I am going to tell them the secret." Ginny stated.
"Are you sure? This is big, I know that you can trust them but do you really want to do it here?" Lily asked looking around.
"We can do it in the Marauder's dorm room. We have wards on our room so that no one can hear us plan." Remus stated.
They all walked up to the room and Ginny, Lily sat on Remus bed while Remus sat on a chair. Sirius and James sat on their bed and faced the other three. Both boys were scared on what the secret was. They thought, was it bigger then Moony's furry little problem or out of this world kind of secret.
"Before I tell you. You have to swear that you will not speak a word of this to anyone but who is in this room." Ginny stated.
Both boys swear and Ginny continue,
"Alright, James Sirius I know you know that I have been acting weird lately."
"Yeah, we know that you are not yourself and we are worried." James stated.
"Yeah, well the thing is I have been missing home." Ginny started.
"Well this year is almost over. You will see home soon." Sirius interrupted confused.
"I don't mean it that way. I am not from this time period." Ginny said quietly.
Sirius and James look toward each other and both said,
"What?"
"Gins, they did not hear you because you were to quiet." Lily said.
"Alright. I am not from this time period. I am from the future!" Ginny spatted.
James and Sirius looked at Ginny. They did not know what to say. Sirius just started to laugh. Remus slapped him on the back of the head. James did not say a word. He looked at Lily to get confirm. Lily nodded her head in confirm.
"So how do we know that you are telling the truth?" James asked.
"I know about all of you in my time. Some of you I have met. But I am not going into detail of you future." Ginny said.
"Trust me, Lily and I have already tried many times." Remus said.
"Wait you two know before us. How long have you known?" Sirius spatted.
"They only know because they figured it out. Those two are too smart for their own good." Ginny said.
It has been a month since James and Sirius has found out. The Marauders and Lily has been helping Ginny out with her research of how she can get back to the future. They have read every book in the library and there was no hope. Ginny was losing more hope every day.
Ginny and the Marauders were relaxing in the common room. Lily ran in and started to ramble. James grabbed her hand and said,
"Lils calm down. We cannot understand what you are saying."
"I said I may have a solution to the Gins problem!" Lily almost screamed it.
Everyone got up from where they were at and started to speak at once. Ginny looked at all her excited friends and screamed,
"SHUT UP! One at a time!"
"Well first off we are going to need go to Professor Dumbledore with this information." Remus said heading to the headmaster entrance. Ginny said the password and they all went up. Ginny ran in and screamed,
"Headmaster! Lily might have figured it out."
Dumbledore looked at the group of excited students and asked,
"What is it that Miss Evans had figured out?"
"I might know a way to make the broken time turner into portal that can take her back to the future." Lily stated.
"Really Miss Evans?" Dumbledore said impressed.
"It is a long shot but I think it is possible. If I had the help of Remus." Lily said looking at her friend.
Remus agreed to help. Everyone was excited and wanted to help in any way possible. Dumbledore looked at his students and said,
"When do we start?"
Lily told him the tools she was going to need and headed to one of the empty class rooms. It has been a few days since then. No one has seen Lily or Remus since. They have been working hard on the time turner. Every day pasted Ginny had hope. Her hope grew when Lily ran into the common room and told her the new.
Everyone was sitting in the class room watching Lily work. She did not give up. Lily let Remus take a break but she would not take a break until it was done. Everyone was having a conversation about nothing and anything until they heard Lily said joyfully,
"Done!"
Ginny was the first to look up. Everyone was on edge and could not believe it. Lily had done it. Right then Dumbledore came in. He saw all the smiling faces.
"I will take the smile saying that Miss Evans and Mr. Remus is done."
"Yes. It was more Lily then my helping," Remus said.
"Rubbish Remus. You helped me a lot. If I did not have your help it would not be done by now." Lily stated.
"Lets not delay time even more. I think Miss Granger would like to go back home." Dumbledore said.
The room went quiet and Lily explained to Ginny what she had to do. The only thing she had to do was turn it ten times to get back to where she wanted to go. Ginny smiled and thanked everyone and then she look toward Dumbledore and said,
"Remember what you said. I want to make sure you do it. So do it right now."
"What is it that she is talking about?" James asked.
"Miss Granger and I have agreed that for your benefits that we alter your memories." Dumbledore said taking his wand out.
Before anyone could say or argue with it Dumbledore casted the spell. Ginny turned the time turner and watched everything speed up. Before she knew it she was back at the same spot and same time like she left it. Hermione came back and said,
"Oh there is my time turner." She grabbed the golden neckless on the ground and put it back on her neck. She turned to Ginny and said,
"Don't tell anyone I have this." Hermione started to walk back down the hallway. Then turned around and screamed, "Are you coming? You are going to miss dinner."
Ginny ran and caught up to her. She was happy to be back in her own time but she was going to miss all her friends from the past. She knew that everything was going to change since then. Ginny know that it was a mistake to go back in the past but was that her true mistake.
*Author's Note*
I hope you liked this story and I am going to make a sequel for Claws. Tell what you think and I want to thank all my readers that reviewed, followed, and favorite. Please read some of my other stories and keep an eye out for a sequel. Stay magical all my readers!