A/N: Long wait again! I'm sorry about that!

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Chapter 7- Two Time Turners

       Lily and James ran, and ran, and ran. It was awhile before Lily was beginning to trip over her own feet, and James was realizing that they weren't reaching the hut that they had been told they would reach. He almost laughed at the position they were in. Was it not hopeless at this point? How long had they been running? Half an hour? A full hour? What good were pointless questions doing them?

"Lily," he panted, slowing his pace.

"Where is it?" she asked desperately.

"Lily, I have a feeling that we aren't going to find it. We've gone the wrong way, somehow. We..."

 She paused, staring at him with both alarmed and weary emerald eyes. "We should stop." she looked down at her feet.

He turned away, looking at the setting sun and feeling his heart sink with it. What now?

"No, Lily. We can't rest, not now. Who knows whether Salazar is looking for us or not?" he said no more and she nodded, so they kept on.

How would they know now which way to go? They guessed they had gone too far to the right, but how much good did that do them? So they turned right, they turned back ahead, they stopped and planned what to do next. It was useless.

And then, up ahead they saw something gleaming in what light was left. Slowly, they snuck closer. When they came close enough, both of them became confused. Hogwarts? They had gone in a complete circle?

James grabbed a hold of Lily's shirt and was about to suggest starting over again when they heard voices.

"Where are they, Godric?" Salazar's voice boomed angrily.

"Why does that concern you? Why do you care?" Godric retorted, remaining fairly calm. "You wanted them gone, and now they are."

"They aren't gone, you fool! I have been to see my friend, and he has said that his time turner is gone, but a man has taken it. Not two teenagers."

Godric quickly glanced right over to where Lily and James were standing. "Salazar, you chose to leave. None of this is your business anymore."

"I know one of them is a mudblood, and you're cradling them! Mudbloods are not to be allowed here!"

"Who's to decide that, Salazar?" Godric asked softly. "Surely not you." he turned and started to walk away, but he had sharp ears, and the faint whispers of his old friend stopped him. In one moment, he was turned around to face him, his wand out and uttering a curse. But he was one second too late.

Salazar smirked, seeing his friend lying there bound to the ground, and walked over. He looked down into Godric's face, who stared back at him with startlingly bright eyes.

The dark-haired man reached a hand into Godric's pocket, in one motion pulling out the time turner that was hidden there. Another smirk, and he stalked off. A few moments later, and Godric was unbound, either by Salazar or himself. 

Lily and James stared. The time turner was gone. What else could possibly go wrong? They made a move to run out and meet Godric, but he raised a finger behind him, so that they would see and not move. Slowly, he made his way over to them, trying not to make it obvious what he was doing. They could be under surveillance.

He reached them through the bushes, and silently pulled each of them close to him.

"Godric- the time turner's gone! How will we ever get home?" Lily asked desperately, only hoping that he held the answer.

At this, he grinned. "No, Lily. He doesn't have the time turner." He reached a hand out, feeling the ground, until something must have given him a sign. He dug a little ways, and there was the time turner, gleaming in the moonlight. To Lily and James, this was a miracle.

"But how?" James wondered aloud.

"I knew he would be after you. I knew you wouldn't get there in time. So I did. And then I had to put a barrier around the hut, so that you would not find it. No, that wouldn't have done. Not after I had the time turner already." He paused thoughtfully. "But then Salazar learned that I had it by means of his friend. So it was time for plan B- I transfigured an old rock into a time turner and hid the real one here."

"Godric, I…I don't know how we can ever thank you." Lily said, staring at him as if he were their savior. Maybe he was.

"The spell will run out soon, I was never that good at transfiguring…You must hurry. It's now or never."

All three of them stared at one another. Slowly, James knelt down to scoop up the time turner.  

"You must go now." Godric whispered. "But do me a favor."

"Anything."

"Don't tell everyone about this trip of yours. They must not know. It's bad luck for people in the past to learn of their future, but it can be destructive for people in the future to learn secrets of the past."

The two teenagers nodded, and James threw the time turner chain over both of their necks. They gave Godric smiles, and he warily grinned back.

James gave the time turner a good thrust, and it turned, and turned, and turned. A bright flash of light, and they were standing in the Gryffindor tower. Lily stumbled, and grabbed onto James. The both tumbled to the floor, still tangled with the chain.

"Thank the lord you didn't turn it too far, James." He grinned, and they laughed. She gave him a quick kiss before lifting the chain over her head, and then his, and hiding it within her mounds of books, which were still sitting there.

They sat up slowly, their heads flowing with thoughts and memories. What would they tell people? It was time for them to go to sleep…but was that possible, after all of that? What would happen now?

James almost thought that they should tell Dumbledore, but then he remembered the promise to Godric. He would never break that promise, he couldn't.  "Lily, I guess we should be getting to bed. In the morning, well, we can surprise everybody with a little…affection." He winked.

A grin. "Of course we will, James, of course we will." They both went their separate ways, Lily with her pile of books and of course the time turner buried inside. She would take care with that, from now on.

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          The next morning Lily awoke feeling strange- until she remembered why. Wow, she thought.  Did that really happen?  She kicked the covers from her body and looked around. Everyone else had already left.

"I'd better go find James and the others…" she mumbled to herself.

She dressed quickly, and descended the stairs one at a time. Her first glimpse of the common room showed her the Marauders and a few of her friends, sitting together on one side of the room.

James looked up and saw her. He grinned cutely. The rest of them followed his gaze, and were thoroughly confused to see Lily Evans standing there grinning back. She sauntered over, her eyes not leaving his face. Walking right up to him, he stood up, and they both moved in for a kiss. Gasps arose all around them, from everyone who could see what was going on.

They carried the kiss on, longer than any others they had shared, perhaps just because it was giving them such happiness to surprise everybody like this. When they finally broke apart, Lily glanced around and saw everyone staring at them with open mouths.

Lily and James turned to each other and burst out laughing.

"You see, I told you it would happen!" Maegan burst out, directed at Sirius.

But Lily left James' side a moment, something on the fireplace having caught her eye. She ambled over, and read 'Godric Gryffindor' engraved in gold. Something she had never noticed. But now it held a different meaning for her. She reached a hand out slowly, and ran her fingers lightly over the letters.

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A/N: I'm sad to say that I must end the story here- I just don't have time to keep up with all three of my stories =( But I did really enjoy writing this chapter. And thanks for last chapter's reviews! Please let me know one last time what you thought of the ending!

I might be writing a sequel, depending on how many people would like me to ;)

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