PART 13
The following day Remus was still not in the brightest of moods. He was sitting in the library when James and Sirius found him.
"Hey man listen," said James. "We talked it over and decided that we were waaay too hard yesterday, and said a few things in an effort to make you feel really crappy, and that wasn't very fair."
"It was an important task," said Sirius. "You really helped me, so I should have been more supportive and understanding. But we just couldn't believe what you had done."
"Anyway. In the end, your peace is more important than some toy."
"Really?" Remus asked.
"Yeah."
"So you really don't mind that it's gone, then?"
"Hey, things come and go! It's just the nature of things. It had it's run. Time to move on."
"I was getting bored with it anyway," said Sirius.
"So you won't go back in time to stop me from falling so I won't give it to McGonagall?" Remus asked.
Quite the pause. James and Sirius just shrugged and shook their heads.
"Pfffft!"
"No!"
"No no no!"
"No no no no!"
"You've already gone, and you two are from a different timeline, aren't you?" Remus asked.
"Yes."
XXX
Meanwhile, present day-James and Sirius had gone back in time. They were waiting behind a column near the Death Stairs.
First they saw Sirius and Remus reaching the top of the stairs.
Crack. Just as Sirius was about to slip on that banana skin and fall, past-James and second-past Remus appeared just in the nick of time to prevent that.
"Confusing stuff, are you sure we've got us sorted out properly?" said present-Sirius, already confused.
"No time for that! Now we must prevent first-past-Moony from falling come on!" said James.
That was easier said than done, considering both Remi were identical, and they couldn't remember what he had worn on each day, but they managed to snag the correct one.
But, in a twist of events, present-James (or past-James, it all happened too fast for anybody keep track) wound up falling down those stairs instead.
Typical!