A/N My usual disclaimer: Any of the characters are mine. They sadly belong to JKR, but I play with them as I please

Not on my guard

- "Codeword" – said a harsh voice from behind her back.

- "Are you serious?" – said her in a whisper.

- "You are wrong, that was mine" – said menacingly

- "Sirius, it's me. It's Hermione"- said the afraid girl starting to turn around, when she saw the straight face of her comrade, she backed her hands down and said – "Ok. Ok. Buckbeak, It is Buckbeak. The safe word is Buckbeak. Oh, Please…"

But her words were silenced when an emotional Sirius hugged her, and both started to cry. It was a dark and a hot night, it was hell. The both needed comfort and they both have only each other right then.

The order of Phoenix has been long gone, the remaining members have scattered all over Britain, some had gone to the continent, most of them were beyond the veil.

They both appeared near a seemingly abandoned old house, all in ruins if you didn't know what to look for, but they both knew. She was one of the owners of the house and Sirius was living there with the only other people they could trust their lives.

- "You look awful, sweetheart" – said her old mentor, one professor Lupin opening the door carrying a candle, when they climbed the four steps that led to the main door of old Potter Manor.

She started to cry again and went for another hug while murmuring

- "Oh, Professor"

She came in, still embraced in a fierce hug from Remus. Sirius came in behind them and closed the door.

- "I am okey Moony, thank you for asking." – Said Sirius while managing a smirk

Dobby handed all of them a cup of tea and a cold sandwich. Dobby wanted to be in the front line, but Harry have forbidden him to go into danger, and he obeyed, that was a lot of commitment being him a free elf like he was.

When some minutes have passed, minutes that have seemed hours. The habitants of the house have been incredibly nervous since that evening, the time haven't passed with enough ease.

Sirius was the first to talk, he could not have stayed silent and waiting for another second even if his life depended on it.

- "Please, explain, we have received your patronus but we only could understand the meeting place and the hour, she was such a mess" – said Sirius while looking her.

- "He" – she started, and then paused taking breath – "He is gone. I know you know. Merlin, everybody knows, it was first page in the Deatheater Gazette. If there were one.

All the three of them nodded in agreement

We, I mean Harry and I, had a plan" – She said after a short pause.

- "What were you going to do" – said Sirius raising an eyebrow. He wasn't surprised. Harry and Hermione were always planning and always were good plans.

- "We" - she sighted – "we were going to went back in time…. Well, sort of"

- "What?" - Both Marauders asked in unison.

- "We wanted to go back in time, Harry wanted to go to his second year at Hogwarts. He wanted to take you out of prison one year prior. And then work things from there. But now,"-sob- "now, I can't do it without you. I can't do the time travel. I need you to be the one travelling" – she said with pleading eyes looking at Sirius.

- "Why?" Why 1.992?" – Asked Remus doing the math.

- "We needed the person travelling to be alive then, and conscious, and capable of doing some magic, and understand what is going on the second the conscious landed there. There is not enough magic in a Time Turner to turn all those years by but … We found out in a comic how..."

- "A comic? What comic? What IS a comic" – Asked Sirius

- "It's a … It is not important Sirius" – Said Remus – "Are you talking about the X-Men and Kitty Pride"?

- "Yes" – she agreed – "We can do that magic, that's is why it was Harry who was going to do the travelling. Can y…"

- "Who is you?" – Asked Sirius. He coughed – "You said 'we'. Who is this WE?

- "Me and Harry's daughter" – said a smiling yet crying Hermione protecting her belly with one hand. "I am pregnant, I am on my first term, but I can tell that our magic combined is powerful enough to do that trick. Your mind is strong enough to do the timetravel, and keep sane, Sirius. Remus, Dobby and I will keep your body safe here, in the future."

Sirius breathed and closed his grey eyes. He knew that jumping in time was not an easy gest, and for what Hermione was saying he could not come back. He knew that fool things happened with those who messed with time.

- "Ok. Let's do it the most of it" - said Sirius jumping with both feet at the adventure like a true Gryffindor – "But, as you said in 1992 I was still in Azkaban, and would have been for 11 years by then. Even travelling back then I would have to scape and heal I do not know if my feeble mind would be able to handle my old mind. – A mischievous light bright in his eye – "So. I won't be time travelling to 1992. I will be travelling to 1981, 1st of October to be exact. I can do much more that what you were going to achieve. For once, I can save James and Lily, I can send Peter to Azkaban. Maybe I can even prevent the death of Regulus.

Hermione stared at the man dumbfounded. Her mind was racing. "was it even possible to make that long journey. If anyone can were they of course. She was a powerful witch; her daughter was immensely powerful also. If Remus and Dobby protected Sirius' and herself of any harm and keep her hydrated and feed, it could be possible to go back in time that far.

- "Ok" – We can manage. "Please…"

- "Yes" – I will be safe Hermione – "I will not let anything to happen to toddler Harry, I know it would be the end of me…"

He went to hug Remus, no need of words between those two. Snape said once that they quarrelled like and old, married couple. But it was the understanding between them, the simple look into each other eyes that made their partnership so unique.

- "Any tips?" – Asked Sirius while eating some sandwich. He was going to be in a near static state but the healthy he was, the longer he could be out.

- "I don't know. Do not look at me. Harry did some meditation when he was preparing himself for doing that trip, and he only wanted some more years to prepare himself. You might be able to come back sometimes to know if you changed the right thing, but I would rather prefer you to do it in one go. Take all the time you need. And hopefully you will not be returning to this point in time.

- "I hope that is good then"

- "Yes. It will be good. Do you remember the list of the people you can trust, and we are trying to save?"

- "Of course, Mmmmm, what was your name again?"

- "That is not funny, Padfood" – said Hermione grinning against her will.

Sirius sat on the bed that was disposed in the middle of the dining room. All the lights were lightened, Sirius and Remus shared a smile.

- "Do you remember where to find me?" – Asked Remus.

- "Yes," – He said with a tiredness in his voice – "you were at the Obscurus Club with Snivellus. You know you could have asked any of us to brew the WolfBane Potion for you, don't you?"

- "I was an afraid teenager. And you were all looking funny at me"

- "Of course, we all thought you were dating that Deatheater wannabe!"

- "Boys." _ Hermione noticed both men looking at her. "I am going to have the baby if we don't start soon. It is good that we could have a date where you were going to met anyway. And that both of you remember where you were at that time"

- "Ok, let's do it Mrs. Potter" – said Remus while lying on the bed and closing his eyes.