Author's Note: Hiya peeps! I FINALLY have decided to write this chapter. The event that happened....I can't even say anymore. It also made the delay in this chapter. Anywayz, I hope you guys like this chapter.

Title: Lost in the Marauder's Time

Author: Miss Park Avenue

Rating/Couple: PG, Remus/Hermione

Disclaimer: None belongs to me, it all belongs to the talented Miss J.K. Rowling

Chapter Seven: The Forgotten Curse, a Prophetic Dream, and Another Curse

He suddenly snapped. "No," he said softly. "No!" Remus tried to get up, but stumbled on his frayed robes and fell, bruising his knee even more. He limped to where her body laid. He was afraid to touch her. He put his head in his hands and started to cry. "I'm-I'm sorry, Melody! I'm s-s-o sorry!"

Remus's mind went blank. He couldn't see. Or hear. He just sat there, sobbing, without the intention of stopping. He just cried there, with no thoughts...no mind. Emotions flooded in. He tried to think straight. Melody. Dead. Melody is dead. The person I loved is dead. The person who withstood my cruel behavior, is dead.

"Oh god."

Remus heard Sirius's voice. His friends circled around him. They had stone-faced expressions of feeling Remus's pain. They stood there, looking down at the face of their beloved Dark Arts professor. For what seemed like forever, James said, swallowing, "Remus, we-we have to go back to the castle. Dumbledore needs us."

Remus tried to interpret these words and at the same time grieve for Melody. In a very quiet and grim voice Remus said, "Wait, I have to do something. Go ahead. I'll catch up."

James nodded at the rest of the group, and slowly walked away. Remus looked at her face. It was almost like she was still alive. It was still glowing unusually. Remus though ignored this, picked up her head, bent down and kissed her forehead. She's still warm. Oh...my...god... Remus speedily went to her wrist and felt her pulse. A very light tapping reached his fingers. "Oh my god! She's-she's alive! James! Sirius! Peter! Come back! She's not dead! She's alive!"

The rushing of footsteps got nearer, and nearer. Until finally, the other three Marauders saw the 'undead' professor. "Here! Feel her pulse!" Remus said excitedly, pointing at Hermione's wrist. Sirius went down, and felt it. He nodded, signaling that, yes, Melody Rivera was alive. "Do you think she's unconscious?" asked James.

"I don't know, James. C'mon, we'll take her to Dumbledore. He'll know what to do."

All four boys nodded and Remus spoke the words, "Mobilicorpus."

Hermione was now suspended a few feet from the ground, and was going in the boys' direction. As they walked, Remus looked back to see if Melody was still floating behind him. He didn't want to lose her again. The other three saw this, and left him alone.

A couple of moments later, they came upon Dumbledore. He saw the knocked out professor and rushed forward. "She's alive sir. Feel her pulse."

Dumbledore did, and nodded. "She will live, but," the aged, wise wizard said with hesitation, "I don't understand why she isn't waking up."

"Maybe she's stunned, or just knocked out."

"Hmm." Dumbledore took his wand out, bent down, and spoke the words, "Ennervate."

Nothing happened. Dumbledore, tried other various spells, but none seemed to work. Remus was now starting to worry. Minutes passed. Suddenly the headmaster spoke. "I think," Dumbledore began, "She is in a coma. Yes... I'm thinking she was hit by a Coma Curse."

"Coma Curse? I've never heard of a curse like that," said Sirius in an amazed tone.

Remus quickly asked, "Can she be revived?"

"I'm not sure on that Remus. The Coma Curse was a very old spell, hardly ever used. It was originally used to fool people into thinking that they were dead. But, in this time, it's going to take research to find out the counter-curse. Let's go to the hospital wing and ask Madam Promfey. She's more of an expert on this."

Now, five occupied the unconscious professor. They walked in an eerie silence. No one dared to speak. As they walked through Hogwarts, they passed damaged parts of the once great, magnificent castle. A few moments later, Madam Promfey came rushing out exclaiming, "Oh dear! Another injured one!"

"I'm afraid so, Poppy. It's Miss Melody Rivera," Dumbledore said in a grave tone.

Madam Promfey sighed. "Another to tend to. Will you three boys like to help me in the wing? I'm afraid I have a lot on my hands."

The three boys nodded, signifying yes. The exhausted nurse went back into the wing and the boys followed. They stared in shock at the sight that was before them. Most of the hospital beds were filled with injured patients from the horrendous attack on Hogwarts. Madam Promfey immediately started the boys off, with a set of directions.

"Madam Promfey? Do you mind if I occupy Professor Rivera?" asked Remus.

"Of course, dear. Go ahead. But here." Madam Promfey handed Remus a huge collection of books filled with curses, jinxes, and hexes galore. "You need to research the Coma Curse in order to revive Miss Rivera. Take these books and look through them thoroughly and carefully."

Remus nodded, knowing that Melody's life depended on his job. He pulled a chair over to Melody's bed, and started to research. He would look over at Melody a few times to remind him why he was doing this.

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While all of this was happening, an invisible spirit hovered over the body of an unconscious witch. Her eyes were shut, and she could hear voices. She tried to put them in words.

"Hey James? Do you know where I can find a bigger pillow? I need it for someone's hurt leg."

"Yeah, here!"

"Thanks!"

She knew those voices. She recognized their voices. She finally opened her eyes, and saw a crowded hospital wing. Beds were filled up, and people were hurrying to tend to the injured people's needs. She saw a tired witch rushing all over to help. She looked down, and saw, that she wasn't even touching the ground. She grew frightened and put her arms in a position so they would break her fall. She also realized, she was stuck, floating in the air.

She looked down again, and noticed a wizard about her age, working tirelessly, looking and searching through book, after book. For some reason, she wanted to go down closer. Surprisingly, she found herself on the ground, next to him. I guess I can control where I go. She walked over to his shoulder, and read:

The Forgotten Curses

There have been many curses which are forgotten. One of them is the Coma Curse. One of the two main forgotten curses, the coma curse was believed to be used as a decoy in plans to trick people into believing that they were dead. Suddenly the curse was forgotten, and was only used in very rare occasions. The revision spell has not yet been entirely figured out, but The Committee for Forgotten Spells, Curses, Jinxes, and Hexes has declared from old, written records th-

"ARGH!"

The mysterious girl noticed that a piece of the page was missing. It was missing the counter-curse part. The now angered boy threw the book across the room, and collapsed. He put his head in his hands and just sat there, like a dead, motionless stone. The girl felt utter sympathy for the boy and walked over to pat him on the back. She noticed the boy looked up, with a confused expression on hid face, searched around and went back down again. The girl pondered this, for she had not figured out, she was invisible.

~*~*~*~*~

Remus sat back down on his chair, pondering. He had just gone to get a drink. He was absolutely sure he felt someone touch him. I'm going crazy over this. He looked back at Melody and sighed. Everybody had gone to take a rest so, the rest of the hospital was deserted except for the patients. He leaned his head back as far as it could go in his chair and soon fell asleep. He didn't notice a swift, cloaked person enter and place something in his drink.

Beginning of Dream

Loud noises interrupted Remus's reverie. "Wha? Where am I?" asked a confused Remus. "Well, wherever I am, I think it's Hogwarts."

He woke up in a background that looked like the Hogwarts Quidditch field. All he could see was red, gold, green, and silver blurs, so that meant a Gryffindor and Slytherin match. He spun his head and saw a messy, black-jet haired boy playing the active, speedy Seeker. "Weird, I always thought James played Chaser." Remus looked around and stood frozen. He looked to his right. He never saw those people before. He went left, and behind and in front of him. He recognized none of the people around him. He stood up to get a better view to see if he was wrong, but he was right. None of the people in the Quidditch stand he knew. He willed himself to watch the Quidditch match again and not wonder why he was stuck with a bunch of wizards in which whom he knew none of. A red blur with the quaffle was speeding toward the goal post. She scored, and when she sped up towards the sky to show off her victory, she had bright, blazing red hair.

"Lily doesn't play Quidditch. She's terrified of it. What in the world is going-"

"Oy! Professor Lupin! Come over here for a closer look! I think Harry's got the Snitch!"

"Professor? Harry? Who's Har-"

"Coming!"

Remus turned around to find himself staring at a 20 year old aged Remus Lupin. He widened his eyes and utter and complete shock and quickly looked away so he wouldn't catch the attention of his 'older self.'

He looked grimly back at the game and he could see 'Harry' holding the Snitch, high above his head. The crowd roared with applause, screaming, and shouting. Harry flew down to meet a brunette with bright brown eyes...

"Melody!"

Remus rushed over but stopped dead in his tracks to see Melody strangling Harry. "Oh god! You could've died. Gosh, I'm ranting again, but anyways, amazing job Harry!"

"Thanks!"

"Yes, great job Harry as always. James would've been proud of you."

"Thanks Professor Lupin."

Remus watched this sight with a confused mind. Harry? Who in the world is Harry? And Melody's there. How come she's here? And why did I see me? And also say something about James?

Remus shook his head in frustration. Suddenly his world was fading.

End of Dream

Remus quickly opened his eyes and searched around his surroundings. He was back in the Hogwarts hospital, with Melody, who wasn't hugging a James look-alike who went by the name Harry. He sighed, and took a huge gulp of his drink to relieve of his dream. The taste was sweet at first, but then suddenly went bitter. Remus cried out from the nasty taste of the liquid, and started to choke. He fell to the sturdy ground, holding his throat, and blacked out.

~*~*~*~*~*~

The spirit, who was observing from above, quickly rushed down to the fallen boy. She bent down and shook him, but he did not respond back. She grew more anxious. Finally she decided to go and look for somebody to help Remus. She flew out of the silent ward, and searched for anyone who could help. She soon came upon a tall, handsome boy with black hair, and brown eyes. She tried to reach out and grab him, but she went through him. She gasped at this, for she now figured out that she was invisible to the naked eye, and no one could feel her. The boy walked on, not noticing a frustrated spirit following him.

When they passed the hospital door, the spirit had an idea. She went to the door, and when the boy passed, she opened the door. The boy noticed this, got curious and went inside, and she then heard the shouts of the boy calling, "Remus? Are you ok?"

The spirit sighed gratefully and beamed at her accomplishment of helping somebody. She then heard the rushing footsteps of Sirius, racing out the door. Eventually, Dumbledore, Sirius, James, and Lily came to see what the dilemma was. They bent down and Dumbledore felt Remus's pulse. "Oh dear," he said grimly.

"Remus...he's in a coma-"

"No, thankfully. But, he's-"

"Huh? Wha-Wha-,"

"Oh my god! He's awake!" Lily shouted excitedly.

"Hmm? Uh, yeah Lily. What's going on?"

Dumbledore smiled humbly at him. "We found you laying on the floor, unconscious. Do you remember what happened to you when you were with Melody?"

Remus looked confused. He looked up at the towering faces and asked, "Who's Melody?"

Author's Note: I'm SO SORRY FOR NOT WRITING FOR SO LONG! But, I've been battling with so many ideas, and I have laid out the rest of this story. School has been keeping me, and other activities. ATTENTION: If you would like to be on the mailing list where when I update my chapters, you can get them directly from me, via e-mail. And you don't want to be fussing on ff.net on where to find the next chapter, please e-mail me at: milkncookies24@hotmail.com. Thanks so much!

Later Dayz, Miss Park Avenue