Title: A Timed Mistake
Summary: Lily owns a time turner. James spots it one day, and they make the mistake of taking themselves through time. They travel back-and maybe a little farther than they'd have liked to. Now they must try to cooperate with each other in order to find a way back into their own time.
A/N: My classes at school have been exceedingly boring lately, and I came up with this idea in history. I decided to go ahead and give it a chance. I'll admit it, I find this fic a little odd. Thanks a lot for reading and I hope you enjoy!
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Chapter 1- The Accident
Lily Evans sat in the common room, surrounded by a large mound of books. Her long, dark red hair fell into her face as she leaned over her arithmancy homework. Emerald green eyes scanned the parchment before she thought to herself Darn it! I need another two lines! and began scribbling furiously again.
It was her last year at Hogwarts, and she was Head Girl. Everything that she had worked for, everything she had done, it was all coming to a close. She had not a clue as to what her future would hold, but didn't want to think about it just then. She had much left to do.
"What are you doing?" she looked up to see a tall boy standing before her, his raven-colored hair as untidy as ever, and his dark brown eyes peering at her.
"Why do you care? Do you have to know everything?" she snapped, trying to look away.
"Geez. Why are you so snappy all the time? Are you constantly PMSing or something?" he asked snidely.
She glared at him, an expression she saved solely for him, and turned her eyes back on the parchment. She wasn't especially fond of James Potter. The two of them often had bitter battles to see who would get the top grades. They might have been good friends, if they weren't always arguing. They were so alike, but yet they disagreed on everything.
"No." she replied shortly. "I just don't like know-it-alls such as you."
He snorted. "Oh. And I suppose you'd tell me that *you* aren't a know-it- all?"
"No, I'm-" she began, but was cut off as James noticed something buried in her pile of schoolwork.
He stretched a hand out to grab it, but she was quicker. Frantically, she tried to hide it.
"What's that?" he asked.
"None of your business. And I'm not going to tell you." she snapped.
He waited until she relaxed a little, and then made another grab for it. This time he succeeded, and opened his palm to see what was clutched inside.
"A time-?" he started, but Lily snatched it out of his hand as quick as lightning. He made a grab for it again. In their struggle to gain possession of the time turner, it fell to the ground, rolling quite a few times. Both Lily and James clasped onto it just as it stopped rolling.
There was a blinding flash of light, and wind was rushing past them in a frenzy of colors. And then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped. Lily blinked and glanced around her, startled. Trees? she thought to herself. "The Forbidden Forest?" she wondered aloud. The two of them were standing in the middle of a forest. Sunlight streamed through the treetops, and there was a peculiar green light around them.
James stood beside here, looking a bit disgruntled. Where were they? Or, a better question was, when were they? "Lily, where did you get a time turner?" he asked slowly. "You aren't supposed to have one."
"Well, I got special permission from the Ministry because of how many classes I'm taking."
"Oh." he replied. "I always wondered why you had so much more homework than me."
She scowled, and indicated the broken time turner at their feet. "Now look what you've done! It's broken and we'll never get back!"
"Calm down. We'll just have to figure out where we are, find Hogsmeade or something, and send an owl out for help. Now, which direction should we go?"
She started walking to their right, muttering, "Every other time I've used this it's taken me to the exact same place as I was before, just a different time." She stopped and turned back for another glance. There was a clearing near where they had landed, and...a lake. She gasped as it all clicked in her head. "James..." he turned and looked too.
There was no Hogwarts where certainly Hogwarts had once been. Where was the castle? They turned and looked at each other, eyes wide with wonder.
"Um…what do we do now? If Hogwarts isn't here, then Hogsmeade must not be either. And pretty much nothing else." James said softly.
"What time period *is* this?" she asked, her eyes searching for the answer. There was a long silence, before James spoke.
"Ugh. I can't believe I'm stuck here with *you*."
"And you think that I enjoy being here alone with you? I'd much rather be with someone else. You're such a show-off, I don't know how long I'll last with just you."
"I am *not* a show-off. If anyone is, it's you."
"Must I remind you of arithmancy class yesterday?"
(flashback)
"Yes, Miss Evans?" Professor Krine asked, noticing that Lily's hand was up in the air.
"Can you explain that equation again please, Professor, I'm not sure that I understand it." Krine looked a little surprised at this. Lily Evans was a model student. Good at everything. She had never needed anything to be explained twice before.
"Er, yes, if you'd like." Professor Krine replied. She began to turn towards the chalkboard to explain it once more, when she noticed that James's hand was now in the air. "Mr. Potter, do you have a question?"
"Well, I just thought maybe I could explain it to the class. I understand it well enough."
"Um, I, well, if you want to, Mr. Potter, go ahead." she handed him the chalk as he rose and walked to the chalkboard. Lily scowled at him, green eyes flashing.
"Well, it's like this," James glanced at her and smirked. The rest of the class was spent with James showing off and Lily trying to concentrate on anything but the sound of his voice.
(end flashback)
James sighed. "Alright fine. But that was only once. I'm not normally a show off."
"Yeah, whatever." She mumbled in response.
"Aw, come on. I'm not *that* bad." He said, nudging her with his elbow. "You know you love me."
"Gross! I know nothing of the kind!" she sighed. "But we might as well make this pleasant, for as long as we have to spend here together."
"Yeah, I guess so. I hope we can find away out of here soon." But things didn't seem to be going that way. The way it looked then, they would never get out of the forest.
Suddenly, nearby voices could be heard.
"I told you, Rowena, this is the perfect place to build it." A man's voice rang out into the forest. James and Lily edged closer. Standing in the large clearing were four oddly dressed people. Two were men, and two women. The man who had spoken had a sword tied to his hip.
"But you must look at the facts, Godric. Will the muggles notice a large castle in the middle of this forest and come to investigate?" Rowena answered matter-of-factly.
James and Lily looked to each other, eyes as wide as they could go and jaws dropped. Godric *Gryffindor*?
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A/N: Okay, so this chapter moved a little faster than I had first planned. But thanks a lot for reading! It's up to you guys whether I continue or not. If you liked it, let me know! If it sucked, let me know that too! Thanks a ton!
~Emily~
Summary: Lily owns a time turner. James spots it one day, and they make the mistake of taking themselves through time. They travel back-and maybe a little farther than they'd have liked to. Now they must try to cooperate with each other in order to find a way back into their own time.
A/N: My classes at school have been exceedingly boring lately, and I came up with this idea in history. I decided to go ahead and give it a chance. I'll admit it, I find this fic a little odd. Thanks a lot for reading and I hope you enjoy!
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Chapter 1- The Accident
Lily Evans sat in the common room, surrounded by a large mound of books. Her long, dark red hair fell into her face as she leaned over her arithmancy homework. Emerald green eyes scanned the parchment before she thought to herself Darn it! I need another two lines! and began scribbling furiously again.
It was her last year at Hogwarts, and she was Head Girl. Everything that she had worked for, everything she had done, it was all coming to a close. She had not a clue as to what her future would hold, but didn't want to think about it just then. She had much left to do.
"What are you doing?" she looked up to see a tall boy standing before her, his raven-colored hair as untidy as ever, and his dark brown eyes peering at her.
"Why do you care? Do you have to know everything?" she snapped, trying to look away.
"Geez. Why are you so snappy all the time? Are you constantly PMSing or something?" he asked snidely.
She glared at him, an expression she saved solely for him, and turned her eyes back on the parchment. She wasn't especially fond of James Potter. The two of them often had bitter battles to see who would get the top grades. They might have been good friends, if they weren't always arguing. They were so alike, but yet they disagreed on everything.
"No." she replied shortly. "I just don't like know-it-alls such as you."
He snorted. "Oh. And I suppose you'd tell me that *you* aren't a know-it- all?"
"No, I'm-" she began, but was cut off as James noticed something buried in her pile of schoolwork.
He stretched a hand out to grab it, but she was quicker. Frantically, she tried to hide it.
"What's that?" he asked.
"None of your business. And I'm not going to tell you." she snapped.
He waited until she relaxed a little, and then made another grab for it. This time he succeeded, and opened his palm to see what was clutched inside.
"A time-?" he started, but Lily snatched it out of his hand as quick as lightning. He made a grab for it again. In their struggle to gain possession of the time turner, it fell to the ground, rolling quite a few times. Both Lily and James clasped onto it just as it stopped rolling.
There was a blinding flash of light, and wind was rushing past them in a frenzy of colors. And then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped. Lily blinked and glanced around her, startled. Trees? she thought to herself. "The Forbidden Forest?" she wondered aloud. The two of them were standing in the middle of a forest. Sunlight streamed through the treetops, and there was a peculiar green light around them.
James stood beside here, looking a bit disgruntled. Where were they? Or, a better question was, when were they? "Lily, where did you get a time turner?" he asked slowly. "You aren't supposed to have one."
"Well, I got special permission from the Ministry because of how many classes I'm taking."
"Oh." he replied. "I always wondered why you had so much more homework than me."
She scowled, and indicated the broken time turner at their feet. "Now look what you've done! It's broken and we'll never get back!"
"Calm down. We'll just have to figure out where we are, find Hogsmeade or something, and send an owl out for help. Now, which direction should we go?"
She started walking to their right, muttering, "Every other time I've used this it's taken me to the exact same place as I was before, just a different time." She stopped and turned back for another glance. There was a clearing near where they had landed, and...a lake. She gasped as it all clicked in her head. "James..." he turned and looked too.
There was no Hogwarts where certainly Hogwarts had once been. Where was the castle? They turned and looked at each other, eyes wide with wonder.
"Um…what do we do now? If Hogwarts isn't here, then Hogsmeade must not be either. And pretty much nothing else." James said softly.
"What time period *is* this?" she asked, her eyes searching for the answer. There was a long silence, before James spoke.
"Ugh. I can't believe I'm stuck here with *you*."
"And you think that I enjoy being here alone with you? I'd much rather be with someone else. You're such a show-off, I don't know how long I'll last with just you."
"I am *not* a show-off. If anyone is, it's you."
"Must I remind you of arithmancy class yesterday?"
(flashback)
"Yes, Miss Evans?" Professor Krine asked, noticing that Lily's hand was up in the air.
"Can you explain that equation again please, Professor, I'm not sure that I understand it." Krine looked a little surprised at this. Lily Evans was a model student. Good at everything. She had never needed anything to be explained twice before.
"Er, yes, if you'd like." Professor Krine replied. She began to turn towards the chalkboard to explain it once more, when she noticed that James's hand was now in the air. "Mr. Potter, do you have a question?"
"Well, I just thought maybe I could explain it to the class. I understand it well enough."
"Um, I, well, if you want to, Mr. Potter, go ahead." she handed him the chalk as he rose and walked to the chalkboard. Lily scowled at him, green eyes flashing.
"Well, it's like this," James glanced at her and smirked. The rest of the class was spent with James showing off and Lily trying to concentrate on anything but the sound of his voice.
(end flashback)
James sighed. "Alright fine. But that was only once. I'm not normally a show off."
"Yeah, whatever." She mumbled in response.
"Aw, come on. I'm not *that* bad." He said, nudging her with his elbow. "You know you love me."
"Gross! I know nothing of the kind!" she sighed. "But we might as well make this pleasant, for as long as we have to spend here together."
"Yeah, I guess so. I hope we can find away out of here soon." But things didn't seem to be going that way. The way it looked then, they would never get out of the forest.
Suddenly, nearby voices could be heard.
"I told you, Rowena, this is the perfect place to build it." A man's voice rang out into the forest. James and Lily edged closer. Standing in the large clearing were four oddly dressed people. Two were men, and two women. The man who had spoken had a sword tied to his hip.
"But you must look at the facts, Godric. Will the muggles notice a large castle in the middle of this forest and come to investigate?" Rowena answered matter-of-factly.
James and Lily looked to each other, eyes as wide as they could go and jaws dropped. Godric *Gryffindor*?
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A/N: Okay, so this chapter moved a little faster than I had first planned. But thanks a lot for reading! It's up to you guys whether I continue or not. If you liked it, let me know! If it sucked, let me know that too! Thanks a ton!
~Emily~
