Remus "Moony" Lupin was, without a doubt, the most unique student at Hogworts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the year 1975. For starters, the kind and studious boy was a werewolf. For another, Remus, at least this world's Remus, was very, very gay. (In the creatorsverse, the world were all primary creators reside, a bunch of people began to squeal while a few were highly disappointed, and there were even a few that yelled a bit about how it 'wasn't canon' but no-one cares about them.) And lastly and most importantly of all, Remus Lupin was a Marauder.
So why, you might ask, was Moony wondering around the school on the first day back for no apparent reason? Well, he did have a reason. A flimsy one, but a reason. He was going to the library. On the first day. (Are there even fiction books in the Hogworts library?) Anyway, as everyone's favorite werewolf was on his way to the place of books known as the library, he saw Dumbledore exit an empty classroom. Dumbles also looked around suspiciously. When he saw Remus, he just shrugged, thinking that because he had let the young Wolf into his school, he wouldn't poke around out of gratitude.
He was very wrong, for Remus was also a Marauder.
Moony entered the classroom to find it covered in dust, except for seven books, a table, a chair, a note, and many rolls of parchment of notes. Thinking the whole thing odd, he walked closer to look at the books. However, as soon as he saw the first book's title, he felt like he had been smacked with a stick. Repeatedly. By Sirius Black, because even though it hurt, he knew he would let it go.
The title of the first book read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
While Remus was understandably shocked, as he had no clue who Harry Potter was or why he had anything to do with the Philosopher's stone, he also realized there were six more books, and he had to see the titles of those as well, did they also involve this Harry Potter.
The answer is yes, but you already knew that, didn't you? If you didn't, you must have been living under a rock since 1997. Just sayin'.
The second was entitled Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 'The Chamber of Secrets?' Remus thought, 'But... Isn't that just a legend?'
The third was no better, as it was called Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 'Azkaban?!' Remus could hardly believe his eyes. 'What? How?'
Of course, the fourth could be considered either worse or better, depending on how one looked at it, as it was entitled Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.Remus only knew of one Goblet of Fire, and that one was the one that picked the competitors for the (Hunger Games! Kidding, kidding. Although...) Triwizard Tournament, an event that hadn't happened in over one hundred years!
The fifth, on the other hand, didn't sound so bad, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. They sounded decent enough, at least they weren't from Azkaban!
The sixth, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, didn't sound all that interesting, while the seventh, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, sounded like maybe something dangerous.
In all honesty, Remus wasn't sure whether to read these books here and now, or to run away and hide. In hopes of obtaining an answer, he looked to the note.
To Whomever finds these books,
These are a telling of what happened during our school years. Please, we beg you to try and change what you can by using these books to give you foreknowledge of the events. Too many good people died.
-Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger
Remus was now blinking rapidly to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. Then he pinched himself to see if he was dreaming. Upon realizing he was doing neither, Remus was struck with a dilemma. Did he take the books and risk Dumbledore knowing it was him, or try to read as much as he could when Dumbledore wasn't here?
Luckily for Moony, his dilemma was resolved with a second note appeared. This one was sloppily written and rushed. Remus quickly open it to read.
To Not-Dumbledore,
This letter has been charmed so that Dumbledore cannot receive it. We have discovered that our Dumbledore received books like these from another place oh so similar to ours, but instead of changing things, he enforced them! We fear yours may do the same. Please... Take the books, take those you trust, and go to the Room of Requirement. It's across from the tapestry of a man teaching trolls ballet. Walk in front of that section of wall, thinking of the purpose you need it for, and hide in there. Read these books. Change your world. Ours is in shambles.
-Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger.
Remus felt his eyes widen. He knew he had to do as the note said, somewhere in him. As a result, he quickly grabbed the books and the notes and ran for the Gryffindor tower as fast as he could, which was quite fast.
Less than five minutes later, he was huffing out the password to the Fat Lady. She let him in with an odd look. Not even ten seconds later, he was unfortunate enough to engage in a head-on collision with Lily Evans. It was painful for the both of them.
"Remus Lupin! Watch where you are going!" The redhead yelled at her fellow prefect.
"Sorry, Lily!" He yelped as he stood up. "Um, wait here for about a minute, please? I'll explain as soon as I can."
"What? Remus!" Lily practically shouted, but Moony was already half-way up the stairs to the boys dormitories.
Remus burst into the dorm room, seven books in hand, slamming the door back loudly in a way the other Marauders simply could not ignore. "You three… Come… Now… Please…" he huffed out, tired from just running up the stairs in a sprint, something which sane people should never do. Then again, there is no such thing as a sane person, is there? I mean, I've never met a sane person, any of you?
"Moony?" Sirius Black looked at his friend (crush) with a small amount of concern. "What's wrong?"
Remus, who had managed to recover enough breath to speak semi-normally, said, "I will explain… when we get there…"
Sirius got up to follow Moony without another thought to the matter, and, after about a little less than three seconds, James and Peter trailed after them too.
When Lily saw her fellow prefect rushing back down the stairs, friends trailing behind, she groaned. "Oh no, iPotter/i is involved in this?"
Remus paused for just a moment, just long enough to say, "Lily, I… trust him… If you… trust me… follow us… but don't… tell anyone…" before continuing to race forward, but this time he had four people trailing after him.
When they came to a sudden stop in front of the tapestry of a wizard teaching trolls ballet, Remus began pacing before it, confusing the others in the group, when suddenly a door appeared.
"In!" Moony yelled at them, something which he normally didn't do.
"Moony…" James seemed apprehensive. "Where are we?"
"In!" Remus repeated, this time shoving in his friends. Once they were inside, he also disappeared into the room. And after he vanished, not ten seconds later, so did the door.
"Alright Moony, where are we?" Padfoot asked, everyone else nodding to his question.
By way of response, Remus handed them the notes from Harry, Hermione, and Ron, and said, "Read these."
After the others had read them, they practically exploded. There was only chaos and noise.
"WHAT!"
"How DARE he!"
"But he's the headmaster!"
"DUMBlEDORE?!"
"QUIET!" Moony yelled over the din. "I grabbed the books… I thought maybe we could change it even if Dumbledore is trying so hard to keep it the same."
"That's a great plan Moony!" Sirius told the (quite nice looking) werewolf. "You read first." James and Lily nodded in agreement. Peter just looked shocked and slightly befuddled.
"Alright," Remus said as he sat down and cracked open the first book.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
"What?" James was shocked. "Harry Potter? Is he related to me?"
"I'm a bit more worried about the whole Philosopher's Stone part, Potter! This Harry person could be in great danger! Or be dangerous!" Lily yelled at him.
"Lily," Remus reminded her, "Harry Potter was one of the names on the notes. He is not dangerous if he's asking us to change a horrid timeline."
"Oh," Lily said. "Right."
"Are we all ready to begin the book?" Remus asked, in a way that implied that the answer better be yes, or else.
Chapter One: The Boy Who Lived.
