Dumbledore was the first to speak up.

"Why did you follow us back here?" he questioned in a harsh voice. Sirius, Remus, Lily, Arthur and Peter all pointed at James while Peter spoke.

"It was all James' idea, he wanted to see what it was like in the future." He said in a high pitched squeak. James' eyes widened as everyone turned to stare at him. He looked at Sirius and pointed at him.

"Don't put all the blame on me, Sirius wanted to come as well, it was mostly his idea!" Sirius' jaw dropped.

"Prongs! Quit trying to get me in trouble! I didn't have anything to do with this" Sirius said, looking shocked. Lily sighed and crossed her arms.

"We all wanted to come, let's just leave it at that" Dumbledore smiled at her, then his gaze hardened.

"Whether you wanted to come or not, you shouldn't have, you could cause quite a few problems in the future" The fifth years' gazes looked ashamedly to the ground.

"We're sorry Professor, we just really wanted to see what the future was like" Peter mumbled under his breath. The older Sirius let out a snort.

"There's nothing much that you would be interested in Wormtail, unless you've already turned traitor against us" Sirius said harshly. Peter flinched and looked at the older Sirius with wide eyes.

"What are you talking about?" Peter squeaked.

"Sirius, do not tell him anymore!" Dumbledore said sharply.

Sirius shrugged, but still glared at Peter. Harry looked apprehensively at him, he was betting that Sirius wanted to kill him right there and then.

Remus shifted uncomfortably under the gaze of everyone in the room. He eventually spoke up after a long uncomfortable silence.

"Uh . . . just wondering, what are we going to do while we're here?" He questioned. Dumbledore looked at him and put on a small smile.

"You will be students here, until we find a way to get you home" Snape's head snapped up.

"What?" he questioned sharply.

"James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Arthur and Lily will be in fifth year in Gryffindor until we find a way to get them back to their time Severus" Snape's face paled considerably.

"You mean, I have to teach them?" he asked, looking worried. Dumbledore nodded.

The Marauders started to grin and Harry, Ron and Hermione smirked.

"Oh and Remus" Dumbledore said, addressing the older Lupin. Lupin looked at him curiously.

"Professor Umbridge has left because she was unable to control the class, seeing as she has left, if you would like to, you may have the Defense against the Dark Arts position again" Lupin looked at him amazed.

"The students and staff wouldn't mind?" he asked in a strange voice. Dumbledore smiled yet again.

"Many students like you and I'm sure if you were to return, they would be very happy" Harry, Ron and Hermione cheered.

"We get the best Defense against the Dark Arts teacher back!" Harry yelled happily. Lupin smiled and nodded.

"I would like my old job back" Dumbledore nodded.

"You may begin whenever you like Remus" Sirius looked at him and clapped him on the back. "Moony, I wouldn't mind seeing you teach" Lupin looked at him uncertainly.

"I don't think that that would be possible Sirius"

"Sure it would! Sirius can stay in his Animagus form and I'll just tell everyone I bought him at the Magical Menagerie" Harry told him. Hermione giggled.

"They don't sell dogs there Harry"

"Fine, I'll just say I found a lovable stray in Hogsmeade that became attached to me and I adopted him then" Ron laughed at that.

"Strange, but it just might work, what do you think Professor Dumbledore sir?"

Dumbledore looked thoughtful, then nodded.

"Even I could accept that, Sirius, you may attend Harry's classes, but on condition that you stay as your Animagus form! And Severus, do not blow Mr. Black's cover!" Dumbledore said, looking sternly at Snape. Snape nodded.

"Yes, Headmaster"

The Marauders, Lily and Arthur looked at them confused.

"Why does Padfoot have to stay in his Animagus form? How did you find out?" James questioned.

"We cannot tell you because of the consequences" Snape snapped, glaring at him.

"Oi, quit picking on Prongs Snivellus!" The older Sirius snapped.

"Uh-oh!" Harry muttered.

"Wanna make something out of it Black?" Snape said, reaching for his wand.

Sirius smirked and reached for his wand as well. "Sirius! NO!" Harry yelped and dashing forward, trying to prevent a fight that was breaking out. Sirius tried to push him away.

"Harry! Get-out-of-it!" Sirius said, through gritted teeth.

"Enough!" came the stern voice of Dumbledore. Sirius and Snape turned to look at the old wizard.

"Stop this childish behavior, you are adults now, not little kids, put the past behind you and look to the future, you are on the same side, there is no reason for you to fight"

Sirius and Snape nodded and put their wands back into their pockets, even though they were still glaring at each other. Harry let out a sigh of relief, while the younger Sirius and James looked amused at what they had witnessed.

Lupin shook his head.

"Professor, I already know more or less what I am going to teach the students, so may I please just go straight to my next class?" Lupin questioned Dumbledore nodded and Lupin left the room.

Harry, Ron and Hermione smiled.

"That means that we've got him next" Ron said, sounding excited.

"Professor, may we please leave and get ready for our classes?" Hermione asked. Dumbledore nodded and they left the room.

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"Hermione, what time is it?" questioned Ron.

"8:30am, we should go down to the Great Hall and get breakfast"

Harry and Ron nodded in agreement and made their way to the Great Hall.

On arriving, they seated themselves at the Gryffindor table and looked to see Lupin eating rather quickly. They all smiled as Snape, Dumbledore, James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Lily, Arthur and a black dog filed in.

The Marauders, Lily and Arthur sat down nearest Harry, Ron and Hermione, while the black dog seated himself on the ground next to Harry.

Dumbledore opened his arms out wide and made an announcement.

"Morning to all, there is an announcement I'd like to make. As you all know, Professor Umbridge has left due to er . . . complications" There was quite a few sniggers at this, especially from Fred and George "But I am happy to say that we have our old Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher back, Professor Lupin"

At this, everyone broke into tumultuous applause and there were even whistles coming from the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw tables. Lupin stood up, took a bow, smiled and sat down again.

The younger Remus looked quite flustered.

Dumbledore was about continue when they was a huge cry from one of the girls from Ravenclaw "We love you Professor Lupin! We don't care about your condition!" Lupin blushed bright red and Dumbledore chuckled. All the Marauders grinned at this and even looked to the younger Lupin. The black dog barked, while Harry, Ron and Hermione laughed.

"Lupin's way more popular than Snape!" Ron whispered to Harry.

"Maybe that's because he's fair and a really nice person" Harry whispered back.

Suddenly, there was a huge shout from the Slytherin table.

"You mean, we're gonna be taught by that monster again?!" came the cruel voice of Draco Malfoy.

Lupin paled and so did the younger Remus. Harry, who was shaking with anger, was just about to stand up, when Hermione got there first. Everyone turned to stare at her. Her eyes were ablaze and she was looking at Malfoy with the utmost loathing.

"Professor Lupin is NOT a monster! He's a more decent wizard than anyone in YOUR family Malfoy! So, he's a little different from everyone else, who cares? Not many! You just like putting other people down to make you feel big! I'm telling you now that it's pathetic! So why don't you just grow up Malfoy!" and with that, she sat back down, still fuming.

It was after a few moments of stunned silence, that Dumbledore started clapping. Eventually everyone else did too. Hermione looked up in surprise to see Harry and Ron grinning at her. She looked over to see Lupin who was nodding and smiling happily at her. She bit her lip as she looked away. She smiled weakly at the Marauders, Arthur and Lily who were clapping madly and grinning.

"As I was saying before I was interrupted, there will be a ball on Christmas Eve, third years and over may attend" Dumbledore said, smiling "Now, let the feast begin"

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"Hermione, I still can't believe you did that!" Ron said, looking amazed. Hermione smiled broadly.

"Well, it's the fact that he's always hurting other people's feelings and I guess I was ready to erupt" Hermione said, shrugging.

"That was even better than when you slapped Malfoy in third year!" Harry exclaimed.

The Marauders, Arthur and Lily looked at her in surprise.

"You slapped Malfoy?" Hermione grinned.

"Yep, but he's nothing like his dad, he's always saying, "wait till my father hears about this" Hermione said, putting on an uncanny impression of Draco. Harry and Ron laughed.

Suddenly, Ginny walked into the common room, she saw Harry and waved slightly.

"Hi Harry" she said, while blushing like mad.

"Oh, hiya Gin, what's up?" Harry said happily. Ginny immediately bolted up the girls' dormitories. The Marauders, Harry and Ron looked at each other looking confused, while Lily and Hermione smiled at each other.

"What was that all about?" Sirius asked, looking confused.

Hermione sighed.

"Isn't it obvious?" Ron sighed.

"You said the same thing about Lupin when we couldn't figure out what was wrong with him every month" Ron said, rolling his eyes. Hermione sniffed.

"Now that was obvious! I still can't believe you guys didn't figure it out"

"Well, like Lupin said in third year "You're the cleverest witch of your age I've ever met Hermione"

"Wow! How'd you remember that? The only thing I remember on that night was them explaining about the past and Pettigrew, oh and of course, who could forget Hermione's outburst when we all thought that Sirius was still a murderer and Lupin helped him?" Harry said, sounding amused. Hermione hung her head.

"I still feel guilty about that"

The black dog barked and nuzzled into Hermione's leg. Hermione smiled.

"What was it again? Something along the lines of "NO! Harry, don't trust him, he's been helping Black get into the castle, he wants you dead too- he's a werewolf" Ron said, imitating Hermione. Harry just stared at him, dumbstruck.

"How DO you remember that stuff?!"

"Anyway, we're getting off track, we were talking about Ginny" Hermione said.

Suddenly, Ron's eyes lit up.

"Ooh! Is it because she still-Ow! Hermione!" Hermione glared at him as if trying to send him a hint through her eyes. Ron finally understood and nodded.

"I still don't get what I did wrong," Harry said, looking worried "Should I go talk to her?"

"No, she still fancies you Harry" Ron said, while Hermione and Lily slapped their foreheads.

"You idiot!" Lily said, looking annoyed.

"Harry wouldn't muck around with my sister, not if he wanted to die at a young age" Ron said, smirking at Harry.

"Wait a minute guys . . . what's the time?" James said, looking curious. Hermione took one look at her watch and jumped up.

"My god! We're five minutes late!" Hermione cried, while grabbing hold of her bag and rushing down the corridor.

"What have we got first?" Harry yelled.

"Defense against the Dark Arts!"