"What! Where are you parents!" Hermione looked around at the crowded Quidditch field. Harry looked paler than ever.
" Right there. The black haired seeker and the redhead". Lily had just been thrown over James shoulder and James was screaming, "Gryffindor For the Cup!" Lily was laughing kicking her legs against James chest.
"Put me down! You're the one they are supposed to lift on peoples shoulders not me!"
"Oh yeah forgot about that!" He put her down then ran over to the over the other Gryfinndors. They lifted James up and carried him picking up the refrain of "Gryfinndor for the cup!" A short round face girl with dimples came up to Lily.
"Lily, spectacular play by your boyfriend there!" Lily smiled her green eyes sparkling.
" Oh Autumn, I think it's wonderful how you still come to all the Quidditch matches even though Frank no longer plays."
" Hey, just because Frank is too caught up in his Defense Against the Dark Arts classes to be a chaser anymore doesn't I'm too caught up to watch my Gryfinndors play. See look at my spirit! She lowered her head although it was unnecessary because Lily was taller then her. Holding back her golden brown hair was a scarlet and gold ribbon the Gryfinndor colors. Lily laughed and said,
" Do you know how terrible that would look in my hair! Ugh, it's so orange I hate it.
" Don't worry dear. According to genetics red hair is recessive so when you marry James your kid will have dark hair".
"How do you know I'm going to marry James!" Then girls laughed, then the two girls moved away. Hermione and Ron stared at Harry blankly. Finally Ron broke the silence.
"Is that girl physic? How'd she know you would look like that?" Hermione sighed,
"Its called genetics Ron! Punnet Squares say that red hair is a recessive trait and black hair is dominant. You make the square the shows the Lily has two recessive red hair gene and James has two dominant genes so in the square you get four combinations of Br so that kid is destined to have black hair…"
"Umm, Hermione would you mind explaining the mysteries of life to Ron later? I would like to see my parents you know!"
"Harry, we came here to find Erin not your parents…" But Harry silenced her with the look that he sent her. That was twice that Harry had scared Hermione just with his eyes in one day. They all followed the crowd but didn't get up to the common room in time. Not knowing the password they had to wait outside the portrait hole. By that time Harry was in a very bad temper.
" This is all your fault! This is the one time I'll be able to see my parents as they actually were and you two ruin it for me!" Hermione put placating hand on his shoulder.
"Harry, we understand how you feel, But…" Harry shook her off then rounded on both of them.
"You understand do you! Are your parents dead Granger! No! You know your parents ok! I don't! So just shut up!" Hermione sank against the wall her eyes full of tears. Ron sat down beside her and put an arm around her shaking shoulders.
"Hush don't cry Hermione he's sorry. He's upset about his parents. He doesn't mean it. Shh, he doesn't mean it".
" I most certainly mean it Weasley! Stop sympathizing with the little crybaby. She doesn't know what it's like! Everything's perfect for her! She has parents, she has the best grades, and she's not broke like your family Weasley!" Harry stopped suddenly as if hearing what he said for the first time. " Oh Ron, I'm sorry I didn't mean to say that about your family and money, Ron…" Ron's eyes narrowed at Harry his face turning red with rage.
" I should break your neck for that one, Potter. But because we are in the presence of a lady and Dumbledore would be mad if I killed precious Harry Potter, I'm not going to bash your face up on the wall!" Hermione stopped whimpering enough to say,
"Stop it, someone's coming!" It was true a very tall thin boy with brown hair and ice cold blue eyes was walking down the hallway jumbling his pile of books trying to get there without dropping them. He walked up to the portrait hole said, "Polaris" and Harry, Ron, and Hermione scrambled in after him.
There was a party going on in the Gryfinndor common room. People were toasting butter beers and screaming and shouting. In front of the fire was a little couch on in sat James with Lily on his lap, Sirius next to him, Remus on the other side and Peter lounging at his feet.
"Can I just kill Peter now?" Ron whispered to Hermione.
"No! You can't change time, well you could but you wouldn't be able to do that. I realized since no one has noticed us yet, because we are not born in this time, we don't exist. They can't see us!" A small girl with dark shiny hair and heavily hooded eyes sat on a chair next to the couch. Lily lifted her head from James's shoulder and asked,
"Belinda? Is something wrong?"
"No, Lily I just feel bad for the Slytherins.
" WHAT!" came the chorus of responses.
" You feel bad for those lying stinking traitors!" Sirius looked over to the small table in the corner where the tall boy, who showed Hermione, Ron and Harry the password, was sitting surrounded by books, with the girl who had showed off her ribbon to Lily.
"Longbottom!" Sirius called out, " Get over here and beat your sister for me!" The boy looked torn between his books and his friends and looked like he was going back to his studies when the pretty girl next to him took his hand and dragged him over to the couch. Something clicked in Hermione's mind. "Oh my Gosh!" she whispered to Ron. "That's Neville's father!"
"What is it Sirius? What did my sister do now?" He glared at the small girl with the tired eyes who they all called Belinda. James tilted his head back to look at the tall boy.
" Little Longbottom was saying how she wanted the Slytherins to win the match"
"No I didn't!" The small girl cried out rising from her chair." Frank!" She said tugging at his sleeve. Peter patted her knee.
"I feel bad for the team that loses too Belinda". He must have felt all the eyes on him because he hurried to say, "Except when they're Slytherins". A cheer went up at this but Frank Longbottom was still glaring at his sister.
" You seem to have developed a fondness for Slytherins, Belinda. Maybe you should be one!" A gasp went out at this. The little girl dropped Frank's hand and looked at the rest of the group with tears in her eyes.
" Maybe I should have been!" She said before running up the stairs to the first year dormitory. An awkward silence followed this. The girl with the ribbon whose name was Autumn broke it first.
" Sirius, Do not tease Frank's familia, por favor for amiga?" Sirius laughed and looked at her,
"Autumn darling me no speaka the Spanishta" They all laughed at Sirius's fake Spanish. James looked up again at the girl whose arm was hooked with Frank's.
" Woman thinks she's smart and can speak in tongues when engaged to the headboy me see". Autumn smiled flashed around her diamond ring again and was about to sit down when Frank said,
"I better get back to work, Autumn you can stay". But Autumn went up with him, over to the table her quietly speaking to him. Sirius looked over at Autumn and Frank's retreating backs.
"Wow, Frank is sure lucky to have her." Lily and James and Remus looked at him oddly." Not that I can't get who I want!" They all laughed at him. A group of girls looked up. One of them, Kelley O' Connor got up and walked over.
" That's Seamus's mom! I met her at the Triwizard Tournament!" Hermione whispered to Ron because Harry was still fuming.
"What was that Sirius?" she said smiling.
" I just said, I could get you to kiss me". Kelley laughed then bent down to kiss Sirius's cheek.
"There Sirius, here's a bit of Irish luck for you". Sirius started flirting shamelessly
" I'd like some more of that Irish touch er I mean luck". They all laughed and Kelley sat down on the couch. Hermione grabbed Harry and Ron. Guys my watch is still right. It's almost morning. We have to go. Harry glowered at her. Suddenly, Erin, Parvati, and Lavender came into the common room with a group of first years. Hermione ran over to them.
" Oh guys I'm so glad I caught you, it's time to go back. The girls ran over to Harry and Ron and they all held hands and turned the timeturner backwards three times. All six of them landed on Seamus's bed. Seamus looked at the four girls crowded on top of him and just looked at the sky and said,
"Oh God please don't let me wake up!"
