"Hey! Look what I found!"

Sirius ran through the portrait door and into the Gryffindor Common Room, holding a golden chain. Remus turned from his Charms textbook, raising his eyebrow at his friend. James and Lily, who had been huddled together on the couch, looked at their friend questioningly.

"Where's Wormtail?" Sirius asked, momentarily forgetting about the object he was holding.

"He was sent home. His mum's sick again. What is that, Padfoot?" Remus asked. He closed his textbook, putting it on the arm of the chair he was sitting in. He, James, and Lily watched warily as Sirius fondled with the object in his hand, turning the different dials.

"Sirius, where did you get that?" Lily asked. The necklace seemed familiar to her, but she could put her finger on the name.

"I don't know," Sirius answered, "Just... found it."

"Padfoot, stop playing with it," James told his best friend, "We don't know what it is."

This made Sirius frown. "C'mon, Prongs! What's Evans done to you! Look, no harm do-"

Before any of them could react, a bright white light engulfed them, and the Gryffindor Common Room was left empty.

"Ow!"

"Get off me, Moony!"

"I think I broke something! Oh dear, I can't feel my legs!"

"Shut up, Sirius! Stop overreacting," Lily whispered crossly. Luckily, she had end up on top of the pile and was able to detangle herself quickly. She stood up, combing out her tangled red hair with her fingers. Her emerald green eyed surveyed their surroundings, not recognizing it as anywhere in Hogwarts. In front of them stood a building- the only one for miles. There were only vast amounts of plain covered with long grass surrounding the odd-looking building.

The building, which Lily assumed to be a home, was several stories high with different chimneys coming out at the top. It must be home to wizards, Lily thought, for it wouldn't have been able to stand just using Muggle materials. Light streamed out the windows, and muffled voices could be heard from inside.

"Guys, where are we?" Lily asked, eyes widening.

The three boys had finally managed to separate themselves from each other and were smoothing out their clothes. They stopped their cursing at Sirius, who had gotten the, into this mess, and went to stand near Lily. She could see them taking their wands out, and she did the same.

"Should we knock?" Sirius asked from the behind them, earning himself a glare from Lily.

"Well, there's other building for miles," James said. "It looks friendly enough. I'll do it."

James, being the most courageous, strode up the front steps and to the door. Sirius, Remus, and Lily followed behind him, wands at the ready. They watched as James hesitated, before firmly knocking on the wooden door.

The voices inside seemed to die down, and the sound of a chair scraping against the floor was heard. Footsteps approached the other side if the door, and the four teenagers waited ominously with their wands at the ready.

"State your name," a male voice said through the door.

James looked back, and once finding Lily's look of reassurance, answered the man. "James Potter," he said, "Along with my friends. Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Lily Evans.

There was no answer. From the corner of his eye, James swore he saw shadows moving in the small space under the door. The four 17 year olds stood there, hearing nothing but the wind rustling through the long grass around the home.

"It's freezing out here," Sirius whispered, rubbing his hands together. "Why don't they just let us in?"

"I don't blame them. It would be suspicious for someone to knock on my door if I lived this far out," Remus said, casting a heating charm on himself. Sirius did the same, remembering that he was a wizard as well.

"Well, I'm starving," Sirius announced to no one in particular.

"Be quiet, Sirius," Lily told the boy next to her.

"But-"

Before Sirius could say anything else, the door suddenly opened. There were several wizards standing with their wands pointed, hitting each of the door teenagers with a stunning spell.

The Order members watched as four bodies thumped to the ground. There were three boys and one girl, and oddly enough, they wore Hogwarts school robes.

"Bound them," Kingsley said. "Arthur and I will check the wards."

"Who do you think they are?" Bill Weasley asked. He watched as Remus Lupin took the wands from the intruders and helped cast an Incarcerous on each of the strangers and levitate them to the dining room.

The Order of the Phoenix had a small meeting discussing Harry's mission. Due to the danger of revealing The Burrow's location, only the Lupins, the Weasleys, and Kingsley had been able to attend.

"Might be Death Eaters... but how could they have used Polyjuice Potion?" Remus asked, looking at the faces of the intruders. He shook his head, laying his eyes on the younger versions of his old friends. "It's not possible..."

"Who are these people?" asked Molly Weasley. Bill and Remus set the bodies on chairs which had been aligned against the wall.

The members of the Order looked at the people who had been brought in. In their Hogwarts uniforms, they had thought one of the boys to be Harry Potter, but this changed once finding a few differences.

"Remus," Tonks said to her husband. She was about four months pregnant, her baby bump peeking out from her shirt. "Look at them."

"I know," Remus said sadly. He stared at the friends who he had lost. This was how they had looked in their seventh year. And they were dead. How could someone be this cruel. Just then, Kingsley and Arthur returned, everyone turning to face them.

"The wards were not broken. It did not have any signs of someone trying to take them down. It did not sense anything dangerous about these four," Kingsley told the group. After Dumbledore and Moody had died, the leadership of the Order had been pass down to him.

"They claimed to be James Potter, Sirius Black, Lily Evans," Arthur looked to Remus, "and Remus Lupin."

"How? Zey only look just about age!" Fleur said. She would be considered a Weasley now, her wedding a few months before.

"Only they can tell us," Kingsley told them, indicating the tied up strangers. He took his wand out, nodding to the other men to do the same. He, Remus, Arthur, and Bill pointed each of their wands to an intruder.

"Rennervate!"

Remus opened his eyes, blinking once the light got into his eyes. The last thing he remembered was getting it by a spell. He tried to spread his arms out, only to find himself bound together with ropes. He felt around his pocket for his wand, finding it gone.

"Why are we tied up?" He heard James ask next to him. "Who are you people?"

Remus looked around the room. He and his friends were bound as well and were struggling to untie themselves. There were several adults watching them, the men pointing their wands.

"Who are you, and how did you pass through the wards?" a man asked. He had bright red hair, though you could tell that he was beginning to bald. He wasn't the only person with bright red hair, for the man next to him had the same shade and the same tall, thin build. He was younger and good looking, but had what looked to be claw marks on his face.

"I'm James Potter. These are my fri-"

"Liar!" yelled the man in front of James. He seemed to point his wand even closer to James after this. The man had light brown hair flecked with gray and green eyes similar to Remus's.

Remus just stared in shock, seeing the scars that also marked himself. The man was a werewolf too. It would take someone truly blind not to see the striking similarities between the two.

"Lying? But I am!" James yelled back, his stubborn streak showing. He did not like being accused for something he did not do, and in this case, for being a liar.

"That's not possible!"

"And why not?"

The man had a grave expression on his face, his eyes becoming dark.

"Because James Potter is dead."