Harry Potter sat in the Gryffindor common room with his two best friends: Ron and Hermione. It was their fifth year at Hogwarts and they were doing their essay on werewolves for Defense against the Dark Arts. Ron had suddenly thrown down his quill in frustration.

"I can't find anything else and I've only done half a roll of parchment!" he cried out.

Harry rubbed his eyes to make himself stay awake, but to no avail, he was tired and he needed sleep. He looked at the time; it was 2:30am.

Hermione yawned and rubbed her eyes. It seemed that she was also tired. She looked over at Harry and Ron, who were both yawning. She sighed deeply and looked at her essay. True, she had done more than both of the boys, but she still needed more information. She had only done one roll of parchment. Their essay was due in for the next day and if they failed in giving the right amount, they were threatened with detention for the rest of the year.

"Should we go down to the library and see if we can find anything else on werewolves?" Hermione suggested.

"It's two thirty in the morning Hermione! Are you crazy?" Harry exclaimed.

"Well, no, not really, if we all went under your invisibility cloak and used the Marauders map, we could all go down and see if there's any more information" Hermione said. Harry pondered it for a moment, then smiled.

"Okay, let's go! I don't want detention for the rest of the year, considering we're only in our first week!" Harry said.

"I really don't like Professor Umbridge, she's totally unfair!" Ron complained.

"I don't think anyone likes her Ron" Hermione told her friend, while Harry ran up to get the two things he needed. When he ran back down, he caught his foot in the invisibility cloak and fell down the rest of the stairs. Ron and Hermione looked at him in alarm.

"Oh Harry, are you alright?" Hermione asked, looking worried.

"I'm fine" Harry mumbled, before standing up and untangling the invisibility cloak from his foot. When he'd finished, he quickly motioned for Ron and Hermione to get under the cloak too. As soon as this was done, Harry took out a spare piece of parchment and whispered "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good" and with that, the Marauders map appeared. With this done, all three slowly made their way to the library under the cloak.

After a while of walking, they finally arrived at the library. Harry cheered silently and quickly scanned the Marauders map to see if anyone was nearby. Filch was on the other side of the castle, along with Mrs. Norris. Harry sighed with relief.

"Can we take off the cloak if no one's nearby then?" Ron questioned.

Harry nodded. Hermione and Ron took off the cloak and proceeded towards different areas of the library in search of information.

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While checking through a few books on werewolves, Harry suddenly heard a voice outside the library. He knew instantly that it was Filch. Panicking, he tried to hurry over to his two best friends under the invisibility cloak. He grabbed hold of them both by the wrists and pulled them under the cloak. Making sure that they were covered completely, they attempted to make their exit out of the library.

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While hurriedly running back to the Gryffindor common room, Hermione tripped over the hem of the cloak and fell over, making Ron and Harry fall too. Unfortunately, Hermione, at this time, was wearing her time-turner around her neck. As she fell, the time-turner managed to fall out of her robes and smash onto the floor. As it broke into tiny pieces, it started to make the fifth years surroundings spin, making Harry, Ron and Hermione fall into unconsciousness. . .

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Harry was the first to stir. As he opened his eyes, he came face-to-face with someone very familiar, but he couldn't put a name to the face.

"Are you alright mate?" the person who stood in front of him asked, looking concerned. Harry sat up and nodded, then looked around. He knew straight away that he was still in Hogwarts.

"H-Harry? Is that you?" Harry recognized that voice as Hermione's. He looked over and his heart did a double-flip. There was a boy who looked exactly like him, standing over his best female friend.

"Are you alright? You look like you've had a bad fall" The boy who looked like Harry said, looking at Hermione worriedly.

"Harry, oh, you're alright!" Hermione said, hugging the Harry look-a-like.

"Hermione, I'm over here" Harry said, finding his voice. Hermione looked over and her mouth dropped open.

"Hold on, if you're over there, then who's this?"

"Uh . . . I'm James" the boy said, blushing.

"Oh . . . I-I'm so sorry" Hermione said, blushing bright red at her mistake.

"Ah, it's alright" James said, waving aside her apology.

"Has Ron come round yet?" Hermione asked.

"I don't think so" The boy who was standing over Ron said.

Harry and Hermione's jaws dropped.

"P-Professor Lupin?!" Hermione said, aghast. The boy turned to Hermione, looking confused.

"Who's a professor?"

"Oh . . . um, nothing" Hermione said, looking away.

"Uh . . . Harry? Hermione?" Ron suddenly sat bolt upright and looked around wide-eyed.

"Where are we?!" He said, looking terrified.

"We're in Hogwarts Ron, don't worry" Harry said, smiling. The three boys who were standing over Harry, Ron and Hermione smiled and held their hands out to help them up. Harry, Ron and Hermione took them gratefully.

"Thanks a lot for your help" Harry said.

"No problem" James said.

"Um, no offense or anything, but you and Harry look almost like twins" Ron said, staring from Harry to the other boy.

"Yeah, now that he's awake, he does look an awful lot like you James" The boy with black hair said.

"What are your names?" Hermione asked. The three boys puffed their chests out as they said their names.

"I'm James Potter"

"Sirius Black, at your service"

"The name's Remus Lupin"

Suddenly, all three boys looked at Harry, Ron and Hermione with confusion. Their jaws had dropped in shock.

"B-But, that's not possible!" Ron cried.

"What's not possible?" James asked.

"That you're ali- OW! Hermione! What did you hit me for?" Ron questioned her angrily, while rubbing his head.

Harry, realizing what was going on, nodded to Hermione and turned to the three boys.

"Pleased to meet you, I'm Harry Poor"

"Ron Weasel" Ron said.

"Hermione Granger" Hermione said, while putting on a small smile.

"Nice to meet ya! So, how did you guys come to be here, I don't recall seeing you at dinner or in any classes for that matter" Sirius said, looking at them all in curiosity.

"We just transferred here and we kind of got lost, we need to see the Headmaster so we can at least for now, find a place to sleep" Hermione said, turning to the others, who nodded.

"I see, well, you can always stay in Gryffindor tower if you want" Sirius said.

"Um . . . just wondering, what year is it?" Ron asked, suddenly.

James, Sirius and Remus looked at him in shock.

"You must've hit your head hard! It's the year 1979, why?" Remus asked.

Ron's jaw dropped again, but he quickly shut it at being elbowed in the stomach by Hermione.

"Oh right, thanks"

"Hey, what's that you got there?" Sirius asked pointing to the invisibility cloak in Harry's hand and the Marauder's map in Harry's other. Harry quickly stuffed the map in his robe.

"This is a cloak" Harry said.

Remus and James cracked up laughing.

"You are stupid Padfoot!" James said, while chuckling.

Sirius pulled a face.

"Well, it doesn't look like a normal cloak to me, try it on" Sirius told Harry.

"Uh . . . well . . ." Harry looked at Ron and Hermione for support.

"Just put it on Harry, they might as well know" Hermione said, looking defeated.

Harry shrugged and put on the cloak. James, Sirius and Remus gasped as the reality hit them.

"Hey, he's got an invisibility cloak, just like you Prongs!" Remus said, looking astonished.

Harry took off the cloak and tried to stuff it into his robe, luckily, it managed to fit in.

"So, what are you doing out of bed at . . ." Hermione consulted her watch "two thirty in the morning?" James, Sirius and Remus shifted around uncomfortably and avoided the stares that they were receiving.

"Uh . . . no reason"

Ron raised an eyebrow as he looked at the three Marauders.

"Okay, you guys are weird, there must be a reason why you're out of your common room at two thirty in the morning" Harry immediately started chuckling.

"What?" Ron asked, looking at his best friend.

"You sounded just like Hermione!"

Ron reddened and narrowed his eyes at Harry.

"I will *NEVER* speak to you again if you say that I sound like her!" Ron said, pointing to Hermione, looking disgusted. Hermione, on the other hand, looked rather offended.

"Who's her? The cat's mother?" Hermione asked, making Harry, James, Sirius and Remus snigger "And also, what's wrong with sounding like me? At least if you sound like me, it means that you actually are sounding sensible for once in your life Ron"

Ron glared at Hermione, while Hermione glared back at Ron. Harry, sensing the tension, quickly cut in.

"So, could you take us to Gryffindor tower then" Harry asked "Before those two decide to kill each other" he muttered. Unfortunately, Ron heard.

"What do you mean "before those two decide to kill each other"?" Ron questioned, looking annoyed. Harry muttered something, then looked up at Ron smiling.

"Nothing"

"Come on, let's take you back to Gryffindor tower, before any of the teachers find us" James said and everyone else agreed. While walking back, Harry asked James a question.

"What year are you guys in?"

"We're in fifth year, what about you?" Harry immediately grinned.

"We're gonna be in fifth year too" James smiled.

"Really? Well, this should be an interesting year"

"We'd better point out the people that you shouldn't mix with, unless you want to become our enemies" Sirius said.

"Padfoot!" James said, looking angry "Don't say things like that!"

"Sorry" Sirius said, looking apologetic "So what house do you want to be in? There are four house called . . ."

"Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, we know" Hermione said quickly.

"How do you know?" Remus asked, looking confused.

"Read about it in Hogwarts: A History" Hermione replied "I read it to the boys because they're too stupid to pick up a book and actually read"

"Hey!" Harry and Ron cried "We are not stupid!"

Hermione giggled "Then why don't you two pick up a book and read once in a while?"

"Books don't appeal to me" Ron said.

"Same here" Harry said, sounding bored. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"You two are impossible!"

"We know" Harry grinned.

"So, what house do you want to be in?" James asked, interrupting the conversation.

"Gryffindor of course!" Harry, Ron and Hermione said in unison.

"Whoa! Okay, *THAT* was weird!" Sirius looked at the three strangely.

"Hey, look guys, we're here!" James said, making everyone stop and stare at the Fat Lady.

"Password?" she asked.

"Jelly Beans" Remus answered and with that, the portrait swung open. Harry, Ron, Hermione, James, Sirius and Remus clambered into the common room.

"I think you guys had better sleep on the couches tonight, then we'll tell Professor Dumbledore in the morning about your arrival" Remus said and everyone nodded in agreement.

"See you in the morning" and with that, the three Marauders walked up the stairs and into their dormitory.