A/N: HAHA, IT LEAVES YOU IN SUSPENSE, HAHA! SORRY, I'M CRUEL. UM, THEY KIND OF TALK LIKE BEATNIKS, BUT HEY, IT WAS THE 60'S THEN...
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Dong! As the clock struck it's twelfth tone, the common room was empty. Or so it seemed, for hidden underneath a cloak of invisibility were Harry, Ron and Hermione.
They climbed silently through the portrait hole and descended the long sweeping staircase to the entrance hall. Their trip was fairly uneventful, until they reached the office, in which a light was on. They knew they had to work quickly, the professor might be back at any minute.
They slipped noiselessly into the room, and looked around for the memosphere. It was easy to find, perched on a high file cabinet near the teacher's desk so that it wasn't in danger of falling. Harry reached for it, just as they heard footsteps outside.
"Hurry up!" Ron whispered urgently.
But it was no use, Harry was once again transfixed by what he saw in the orb's infinite depths. Hermione fished her wand out of her pocket, just as the doorknob began to turn.
Suddenly, the room exploded with blasts of flashing coloured lights. The three felt themselves being carried away in a swirling mass of colours.
Harry felt himself hit the ground with a large thud. Judging from the sound of two equally large thuds around him, he was sure that Hermione and Ron had arrived in a similar fashion.
But to where exactly had they arrived? Harry stood up, trying to get his bearings. They appeared to still be inside of Hogwarts! Well then what had happened? Harry stood there, rubbing his extremely sore backside, and feeling completely befuddled. Before long, Ron and Hermione had both risen with groans to join Harry in looking around.
"Well, looks like we're back where we started." Ron said. "But, whew, that was weird! What happened back there? Oh well, who cares as long as we're still in Hogwarts and not in detention!"
"Something just doesn't seem right, though." Hermione muttered under her breath. " Oh well, I guess we better go on back to the common room...no chance of stealing the memosphere tonight."
So they trudged back up the stairway to the tower. When they reached the fat lady they gave the password: fairies eat cherries. She glared at them. " Are you those Slytherins coming back again and trying to sneak inside? Well, I won't let you in! I'm not stupid y'know, not only do I know the password, but I also recognize all of the Gryffindors, and you don't look at all familiar to me!"
"But- but-we are Gryffindors!" whined Hermione.
The fat lady shook her head, and went back to sleep, knowing that there was no other way for them to get in.
Harry gazed at his friends; they seemed to have his same feelings. Ron shrugged at Harry, a rather bewildered look pasted on his freckled face. Hermione stood, looking extremely worried and puzzled, as she bit her lower lip.
From down the corridor, Harry suddenly heard the sounds of shuffling feet, and loud whispers. The tree young Gryffindors turned there heads toward the noise.
"Maybe that's another Gryffindor who can let us in!" Hermione whispered excitedly to her companions. As the voices drew nearer, however, there was still no one in sight. Finally, Ron heard a voice that he could swear was right behind his shoulder.
"Ahh! Who stepped on my foot?"
"I think that was me, but I didn't mean to, someone was sticking their elbow in my ear."
"Oh, sorry! Whoops, just kicked someone else!"
"We are getting way too big for us to all fit under this!"
The fat lady had once again awakened from her nap, this time looking even more annoyed and grumpy. "Now really! I simply cannot let you in without the password!"
"Not that I don't know who's under that invisibility cloak! Come out and show yourself, Mr. Potter, if you want to get in."
Harry, Ron, and Hermione all watched in amazement as a boy pulled the cloak off of his shoulders. It was Harry! Or was it?
Hermione gasped. "Oh my God, there are two of you!"
The boy turned around, his jaw dropped in amazement. "WHAT?" He turned back to his friends, still hidden under the cloak. "Come on out, guys, you gotta see this! There's two of me!"
Three other boys disentangled themselves from the invisibility cloak. The fat lady blinked in astonishment. "Oh my! Is this another one of your pranks? I mean really, one James is quite enough!"
Harry took a closer look at the boy. They didn't look exactly alike. "Dad?" he breathed.
James was bowled over with astonishment. He lay on the ground, looking extremely pale. "What? Did you just call me dad?"
One of the other boys laughed. "Ha! Way to go James, not even eighteen and you already have a son! Whew!" The boy continued to laugh, his short black hair falling into his eyes as he shook with merriment.
"Shut up, Sirius," James muttered under his breath.
"Hermione!" Harry turned to face his friend; "We must have traveled back in time, by the memosphere! This is so weird!"
"You're right," said Ron "What else could've happened?"
Harry began to explain to his father. "Um, I know this may sound like a joke, but you really are my father. My friends and I traveled back in time, but we're not sure how. Oh, this is Hermione, and Ron." He went forward to shake his Dad's hand. "My name is Harry."
James shook his hand, still looking a bit shocked. "Um, nice to meet you. Sorry, it's not that I'm not happy to meet you, but this is a bit of a shock. You really are my son? So, um, who did I marry?"
"Lily," Harry answered.
One of the other boys smiled and nudged James, "Ha, well, we always knew James liked her."
Harry looked up at this boy; he didn't look at all familiar. Harry looked more closely, "Gosh! Professor Lupin, I hardly recognized you! You look so different!"
"Whoa! This kid can't be from the future, I mean that's just nuts! Me, a professor? No way, man."
Peter smiled at Harry, "Hey guys, be nice to the kid, I bet he's just as shocked as us!"
Sirius put his arm around Harry, Ron, and Hermione, "So guys, any other good stuff from the future?"
"Um, well..."
James stood up, "Any dirt on Sirius?"
"Well, actually, he's an esca--"
Hermione grabbed Harry by the shoulder, "Harry, no."
"What?"
"Don't say it, don't, then you'll have to explain everything, and think about wht will happen."
"Explain, everything; Hermione-"
Harry's eyes widened with realization. He'd have to tell them a bout what would happen to them, about Peter betraying them to Voldemort, Sirius being wrongly imprisoned, and... his parents' death.
"Hermoine, how can I not tell them? I could save my parents lives! You don't know how it is, you've always had a mother and a father, you don't understand, Hermione, God, I've wished for so long that they had lived, and finally, here is a way."
"Harry, no." Hermione interrupted firmly, "Remember in our third year when we traveled back in time? We had to be careful not to alter the past! This is just the same, we don't know what we could be messing with, don't, Harry, please don't. Besides, look how happy they are, do you want to ruin that for them? Let them be happy now, their lives will be filled with hardship soon enough anyways, don't take it from them..."
Harry's jaw was set as he turned to face his father, "Sirius, oh yeah, well, he's a--"
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Dong! As the clock struck it's twelfth tone, the common room was empty. Or so it seemed, for hidden underneath a cloak of invisibility were Harry, Ron and Hermione.
They climbed silently through the portrait hole and descended the long sweeping staircase to the entrance hall. Their trip was fairly uneventful, until they reached the office, in which a light was on. They knew they had to work quickly, the professor might be back at any minute.
They slipped noiselessly into the room, and looked around for the memosphere. It was easy to find, perched on a high file cabinet near the teacher's desk so that it wasn't in danger of falling. Harry reached for it, just as they heard footsteps outside.
"Hurry up!" Ron whispered urgently.
But it was no use, Harry was once again transfixed by what he saw in the orb's infinite depths. Hermione fished her wand out of her pocket, just as the doorknob began to turn.
Suddenly, the room exploded with blasts of flashing coloured lights. The three felt themselves being carried away in a swirling mass of colours.
Harry felt himself hit the ground with a large thud. Judging from the sound of two equally large thuds around him, he was sure that Hermione and Ron had arrived in a similar fashion.
But to where exactly had they arrived? Harry stood up, trying to get his bearings. They appeared to still be inside of Hogwarts! Well then what had happened? Harry stood there, rubbing his extremely sore backside, and feeling completely befuddled. Before long, Ron and Hermione had both risen with groans to join Harry in looking around.
"Well, looks like we're back where we started." Ron said. "But, whew, that was weird! What happened back there? Oh well, who cares as long as we're still in Hogwarts and not in detention!"
"Something just doesn't seem right, though." Hermione muttered under her breath. " Oh well, I guess we better go on back to the common room...no chance of stealing the memosphere tonight."
So they trudged back up the stairway to the tower. When they reached the fat lady they gave the password: fairies eat cherries. She glared at them. " Are you those Slytherins coming back again and trying to sneak inside? Well, I won't let you in! I'm not stupid y'know, not only do I know the password, but I also recognize all of the Gryffindors, and you don't look at all familiar to me!"
"But- but-we are Gryffindors!" whined Hermione.
The fat lady shook her head, and went back to sleep, knowing that there was no other way for them to get in.
Harry gazed at his friends; they seemed to have his same feelings. Ron shrugged at Harry, a rather bewildered look pasted on his freckled face. Hermione stood, looking extremely worried and puzzled, as she bit her lower lip.
From down the corridor, Harry suddenly heard the sounds of shuffling feet, and loud whispers. The tree young Gryffindors turned there heads toward the noise.
"Maybe that's another Gryffindor who can let us in!" Hermione whispered excitedly to her companions. As the voices drew nearer, however, there was still no one in sight. Finally, Ron heard a voice that he could swear was right behind his shoulder.
"Ahh! Who stepped on my foot?"
"I think that was me, but I didn't mean to, someone was sticking their elbow in my ear."
"Oh, sorry! Whoops, just kicked someone else!"
"We are getting way too big for us to all fit under this!"
The fat lady had once again awakened from her nap, this time looking even more annoyed and grumpy. "Now really! I simply cannot let you in without the password!"
"Not that I don't know who's under that invisibility cloak! Come out and show yourself, Mr. Potter, if you want to get in."
Harry, Ron, and Hermione all watched in amazement as a boy pulled the cloak off of his shoulders. It was Harry! Or was it?
Hermione gasped. "Oh my God, there are two of you!"
The boy turned around, his jaw dropped in amazement. "WHAT?" He turned back to his friends, still hidden under the cloak. "Come on out, guys, you gotta see this! There's two of me!"
Three other boys disentangled themselves from the invisibility cloak. The fat lady blinked in astonishment. "Oh my! Is this another one of your pranks? I mean really, one James is quite enough!"
Harry took a closer look at the boy. They didn't look exactly alike. "Dad?" he breathed.
James was bowled over with astonishment. He lay on the ground, looking extremely pale. "What? Did you just call me dad?"
One of the other boys laughed. "Ha! Way to go James, not even eighteen and you already have a son! Whew!" The boy continued to laugh, his short black hair falling into his eyes as he shook with merriment.
"Shut up, Sirius," James muttered under his breath.
"Hermione!" Harry turned to face his friend; "We must have traveled back in time, by the memosphere! This is so weird!"
"You're right," said Ron "What else could've happened?"
Harry began to explain to his father. "Um, I know this may sound like a joke, but you really are my father. My friends and I traveled back in time, but we're not sure how. Oh, this is Hermione, and Ron." He went forward to shake his Dad's hand. "My name is Harry."
James shook his hand, still looking a bit shocked. "Um, nice to meet you. Sorry, it's not that I'm not happy to meet you, but this is a bit of a shock. You really are my son? So, um, who did I marry?"
"Lily," Harry answered.
One of the other boys smiled and nudged James, "Ha, well, we always knew James liked her."
Harry looked up at this boy; he didn't look at all familiar. Harry looked more closely, "Gosh! Professor Lupin, I hardly recognized you! You look so different!"
"Whoa! This kid can't be from the future, I mean that's just nuts! Me, a professor? No way, man."
Peter smiled at Harry, "Hey guys, be nice to the kid, I bet he's just as shocked as us!"
Sirius put his arm around Harry, Ron, and Hermione, "So guys, any other good stuff from the future?"
"Um, well..."
James stood up, "Any dirt on Sirius?"
"Well, actually, he's an esca--"
Hermione grabbed Harry by the shoulder, "Harry, no."
"What?"
"Don't say it, don't, then you'll have to explain everything, and think about wht will happen."
"Explain, everything; Hermione-"
Harry's eyes widened with realization. He'd have to tell them a bout what would happen to them, about Peter betraying them to Voldemort, Sirius being wrongly imprisoned, and... his parents' death.
"Hermoine, how can I not tell them? I could save my parents lives! You don't know how it is, you've always had a mother and a father, you don't understand, Hermione, God, I've wished for so long that they had lived, and finally, here is a way."
"Harry, no." Hermione interrupted firmly, "Remember in our third year when we traveled back in time? We had to be careful not to alter the past! This is just the same, we don't know what we could be messing with, don't, Harry, please don't. Besides, look how happy they are, do you want to ruin that for them? Let them be happy now, their lives will be filled with hardship soon enough anyways, don't take it from them..."
Harry's jaw was set as he turned to face his father, "Sirius, oh yeah, well, he's a--"