Seventeen year-old Hermione Granger and sixteen year-old Ginny Weasley sat in the Gryffindor common room, laughing hysterically.
"I-I-I can't believe he di-did that!" Ginny cried in between laughs. Hermione was laughing so hard that tears were streaming down her face.
"Aw, Gin, you should've been there! It was hilarious!"
"I bet it was! Trust Ron to freak out and scream like a girl when he sees a spider!" Hermione laughed madly. Ginny's eyes twinkled as she grinned mischievously.
"I can use this against Ron, y'know?" Hermione giggled.
"I'm sure he'll love that!" Ginny grabbed a hold of her hairbrush as she brushed her long red hair. It was now down to her waist and she absolutely loved it. Hermione had now transformed herself into a proper woman, she had all the curves and the summer before she came back to school, she'd managed to get a hair-straightener, so now her hair was completely straight. Her hair trailed to half-way down her back. She tucked her hair behind her ears as she laughed, then covered her legs with her skirt. Hermione had long thin legs that had most of the male population drooling over her. At first, she found it unnerving, but after a while, she began to enjoy the attention.
"So, when's your next date with my brother?" Ginny asked interestedly. Hermione shrugged.
"I'm waiting for him to ask, what about your date with Harry?"
"Saturday, he's taking me to The Three Butterbeers for a drink" Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Oh, he's so romantic" Ginny giggled, looked at the time and leapt up.
"Oh god, we're half an hour late for our classes!" Ginny shrieked. They both picked up their bags. Grabbing a time-turner from under her robes, Ginny hurried out of the Gryffindor common room with Hermione hot on her heels.
"Where did you get a time-turner?" she gasped, whilst running next to her.
"McGonagall gave it to me because I'm taking two extra classes than normal!" she panted, then gasped as she slipped. Hermione grabbed a hold of her, but it was too late. Ginny had accidentally loosened her grip on the time-turner and it had gone crashing to the ground.
"NO!" Ginny screamed holding tightly onto Hermione as their surroundings went spinning.
"What's happening?!" Ginny shouted, looking fearful as they blacked out.
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As Hermione's surroundings came into focus, she sat bolt upright. That had felt like it'd gone on forever. Ginny lay down beside her, clearly unconscious. It looked like they were in one of the Hogwarts' corridors. Trying to wake Ginny, Hermione started slapping her. Her eyes opened and she sat upright.
"Aw man, that hurt!" she whined, massaging her back, then she voiced the very question that was preying on the two girls' minds.
"Where are we?"
"That's a very good question, wait, look, we haven't gone too far back in time, there's Harry!" She shrieked, pointing at messy black-haired boy walking down the corridor on his own.
Ginny and Hermione ran at full speed down to Harry and hugged him.
"Oh Harry! We've been looking all over for you! Ginny needed to talk to you about your date on Saturday" Of course, this wasn't true, it was just an excuse to talk with him. Harry raised an eyebrow.
"What are you talking about? First off, the name's James, not Harry and secondly, I've already got a girlfriend by the name of Lily Evans" Ginny and Hermione glanced at each other in confusion, then turned back to 'James'. Ginny gasped. Harry's eyes were an emerald green, but this boys eyes were a dark brown; she gripped onto Hermione's arm.
"Hermione" she whispered "That's not Harry" Hermione paled, on realizing it also.
"It's James Potter" She whispered, so that only Ginny could hear and at the same time, they passed out.
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". . . don't know where who they are"
"They said I was . . ."
"Are you sure? I mean . . ."
Ginny screwed her eyes shut tight; the voices were giving her a headache. On hearing a moan next to her, she snapped her eyes open to see Hermione lying in the next bed. She smiled weakly.
"Ah, I see you've awoken" Looking up, she saw Albus Dumbledore standing over her, his eyes twinkling.
"Oh, hello Professor" she muttered weakly. Dumbledore nodded to Hermione.
"She hasn't awoken yet" Ginny nodded.
"How did you two come to be here?" Dumbledore questioned. Madam Pomfrey stood over them, looking curious, while the Marauders had obviously left.
"We-We're time-travelers, sir. It was an accident"
"And you ran up to James Potter calling him Harry, am I correct?" Ginny nodded, blushing bright red.
"May I ask who Harry is?"
"Well . . ." she hesitated "He's a-a friend from the future. We're from the future" Ginny finished lamely.
Dumbledore nodded.
"Is it safe to assume that he's James Potter's son?"
"Yes" Dumbledore chuckled softly.
"Very well, you both attend Hogwarts, correct?" It was Hermione who answered this time.
"Yes Professor and we're both in Gryffindor"
"What year?"
"Well, Ginny's sixteen and I'm seventeen, but can she please be in my year? We don't want to be separated"
"Understandable. Yes, Miss . . . ?" he trailed off, realizing that he hadn't got either of their names.
"Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger"
"Very well, Miss Weasley and Miss Granger, you may keep your last names"
"Thank you Professor" they both said in unison.
Dumbledore chuckled.
"Now, you both need somebody from your house to show you around Hogwarts, otherwise it'll look very suspicious for new students to know where they're going"
Hermione and Ginny both nodded in understanding.
"Right, I'll get Miss Lily Evans to look after you both. She's Head Girl. Ah, that reminds me. Miss Granger, I'm afraid that I will have to remove your Head Girl badge" Hermione sighed as she reluctantly handed it to the Headmaster. Dumbledore beamed at them both.
"Have a good time in the past, ladies. I'll try and find a way to get you two back, until then, I hope you make some friends" and with that, he left, leaving a bewildered Hermione and Ginny behind.
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"So, you're the two new students? Pleased to meet you, I'm Lily Evans" She smiled weakly "I sound like a tour guide" Ginny and Hermione giggled.
"Nah, its okay, we don't mind, you can be our tour guide if you want"
Lily flashed Hermione a broad grin.
"Thanks, I'm Lily Evans and I'll be your tour guide this evening" They all burst out laughing.
"I'm a muggle-born, so I know what you're talking about, Ginny does too, but she's a pure-blood"
"What's wrong with being a pure-blood?" Ginny asked, looking wounded.
"Gin, I didn't mean it in a horrible way!" Ginny waved it aside and giggled.
"I know" Lily looked at the two girls strangely.
"Are you two friends?" she questioned. They both nodded.
"Best friends in fact" Lily grinned.
"Cool! Ah, here we are" she said, stopping outside the Fat Lady. She gave the Fat Lady the password and entered.
On entering, there was a huge explosion and four boys laughed hysterically. Lily sighed.
"You'd do well to stay away from those four" she told them "They're nothing but trouble, well apart from James" she pointed over to the Harry-look-a-like "He's my boyfriend"
"Ooh" Ginny said with a grin "Had sex yet?" Lily's jaw dropped, while Hermione looked shocked.
"Gin! You're not supposed to ask things like that!" Lily blushed bright red.
"Sorry, I didn't realize I'd said it! Damn it! I've been hanging out with my brother's way too long!" Lily laughed.
"My brother's are pranksters, so I pick up some stuff" Hermione giggled.
"Hey Lils!" James said, putting his arm around his girlfriend "Who are these two? Oh, you're the one that mistook me for some other guy" Ginny looked apologetic.
"I'm sorry, it's just, you look so much like my boyfriend and I thought it was miracle that he'd be here too" James smiled sympathetically.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to annoy you or anything, I'll leave you alone" she said as she made for the girls' dormitories. James pulled her back.
"Wait, I haven't introduced myself properly! I'm James Potter, pleased to meet you" he said, holding out his hand to shake hers. Ginny smiled.
"I'm Ginny Weasley and this is Hermione Granger"
"Wanna meet my friends? I promise, they're not as scary as they look"
"No, they're even scarier!" Lily said, stifling a giggle.
"Oi!" Hermione and Ginny both bit their lips. Two years ago, they'd had mega crushes on the Marauders. Ginny had a crush on Lupin, while Hermione had a crush on Sirius, they'd both ended up fighting over who was the better Marauder. The memory seemed to amuse them both because they both started giggling simultaneously.
"What?" James asked.
"Oh, nothing" Hermione said, sending Ginny a grin. Ginny returned it.
As they made their way over to the Marauders, their hearts were doing nervous flips; they were meeting the Marauders, the people that Fred and George idolized! The people that made the Marauders map!
A handsome boy with floppy black hair and deep blue eyes was leaning back lazily in one of the armchairs, grinning broadly. This had to be Sirius Black. Another boy had sandy brown hair with grey bits flecked in it. He looked rather pale, but happy nevertheless. No doubt that this boy was Remus Lupin. Last, but not least, the last boy had blonde hair and a mousy look about him, he had watery blue eyes and a small smile on his face. This had to be the rat, Peter Pettigrew.
"This is Sirus, Remus and Peter, guys, meet Hermione and Ginny" James said, pointing to each of them in turn. They all said their "hellos" and "Nice to meet you", except Sirius, who took Hermione's and Ginny's hands and kissed them lightly.
"A pleasure to meet such lovely ladies such as yourselves" Ginny and Hermione looked at each other, then burst out laughing.
"Please, don't tell me you're one of those charmers who try to shag every single girl in their year!" Sirius flashed a grin.
"I might be"
"Aw, Hermione, looks like you're gonna get lucky!" Ginny said with a wink to her best friend. Hermione blushed and glared at Ginny.
"Shut it! I bet you anything that you'll probably be the first to get bedded by Mr. Charmer here"
"Whatever! No way! Not my type!" Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Sure"
"Hermione . . . we're doing it again" Hermione raised an eyebrow, looking amused.
"What, you mean, the arguing?" Ginny giggled and nodded "Hey, remember when we argued over who was cuter, our old Professor or Harry's godfather?" she asked. Ginny nodded. Hermione laughed.
"Will you two stop talking as if we weren't here?" Lily asked, looking exasperated.
"Oh . . . sorry"
"Come on, let's go to our dormitories and leave the lads to talk about . . . whatever they were talking about" Ginny said as her and Hermione left. Lily giggled.
"Those two are weird!" James nodded.
"I agree!"
"You would!"
"Hey!"
"Well, I think I'm gonna go and get to know them a little better, see you guys later" and with that, Lily disappeared up the girls' dormitories.
"Well" Sirius said, leaning back in his chair and letting out a low whistle "Looks like we've got some hotties in our year" Remus and Peter nodded in agreement. James just shrugged.
"I guess"
"Well, I think I'm gonna try my charm on that Hermione girl, she's hot!"
"Ginny's very pretty"
Remus commented. Peter raised an eyebrow.
"I think Hermione was a lot prettier than Ginny"
"Nuh-uh! Ginny's prettier!"
"Hermione's prettier!"
"Ginny's prettier!"
"Guys! They're both pretty, alright? Sheesh, I've never seen you guys fight over females before!" James said, running a hand through his hair. Suddenly, Sirius yawned and stretched his arms upwards.
"I'm gonna go to bed, see you guys tomorrow" and with that, Sirius left, leaving the others to talk about the new girls.