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Summary: Someone is messing with the timeline, why are they doing it and what has it got to do with Harry's parents?

Authors note: I know you probably all hate me because I haven't updated this in ages I'm so, so, so sorry please forgive me. Anyway here's the next chapter in this story I hope you enjoy and please remember to review once you've read it. On with the story.

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Colours swirled past them on all sides as they travelled faster and faster down a blue tunnel swirling with times and dates. Harry could hear Sirius shouting behind him but he couldn't hear what he was saying, he could see Megan doing somersaults down the tunnel in front of him while Remus was floating along beside him smiling at Megan and ignoring Sirius. Suddenly with an almighty boom they were all thrust forward through the middle of a very big white clock with no numbers or hands on it. Harry wondered for a second why it didn't have anything on it but this thought was thrust out of his head as he flew out the other side of the clock and across a very large room eventually landing in a heap on top of a very bedraggled looking Remus. Harry looked around him at the room he was in realising almost immediately it was the Gryfindor common room.

"Ow," he said as a very bemused looking Sirius landed on top of him with a thump.

"What you all doing?" Sirius asked smirking at a very annoyed looking Remus who was glaring up at him.

"What's it look like Sirius?" Remus asked glaring at him even more as Sirius carried on smirking and raised an eyebrow.

"Never mind just get off of me," Remus barked ignoring the hurt, puppy dog expression Sirius had on his face at his tone.

"Where's Meg?" Sirius asked looking around him as he clambered off Harry.

"Down here," muttered a very muffled voice from underneath Remus.

"Oh god," Remus muttered pulling himself up just as Harry got to his feet.

They all looked down at the person who'd been lying underneath Remus who was laughing softly.

"Well isn't someone going to help me up then," she asked smiling as three hands reached down immediately to pull her back onto her feet.

"Si, Remi what you doing helping her," a voice thundered from behind them.

Harry heard gasps from his companions as they all suddenly whirled round towards the owner of the voice dropping a very pale looking Megan back onto the floor again as they did so. What stood there caused Harry's heart to jump into his mouth; James was standing there looking murderously at Sirius and Remus. They however didn't seem to notice as they flung themselves at James, hugging him fiercely as if they hadn't seen him for years, which Harry knew they hadn't. Harry felt jealousy flood through him as he realised he'd never be able to do that because in the future James was dead and in the present he, Harry, didn't exist.

"Hey what you idiots doing?" he heard his dad ask embarrassed as he tried to push the two boys off of him.

Harry smiled at this as he saw Remus and Sirius didn't have any intention of letting his dad go and James moves had just made them hug him tighter. Poor dad, he thought, he looks like he's getting crushed.

"Guys, what are you doing? Get off people are staring at us," James said again his eyes travelling around the room filled with very bemused looking Gryfindors.

James looked into the faces of his two best friends; confusion and shock clouding his eyes as they once again ignored his words and just carried on hugging him fiercely to them. What's got into them he thought as he tried unsuccessfully to disentangle himself from them? What is going on, he wondered? Harry read all of this in his face and decided to tell Sirius and Remus before they made him any more suspicious than he already seemed to be.

"Er Sirius, Remus," Harry said tapping them on the shoulders "maybe you should let him go now".

Harry watched their faces in silence as they seemed to ponder this for a while and then with a slight nod to each other they reluctantly let their arms drop from around their best friend and hang limply at their sides.

"Ok," James said staring at one and then the other with a look that clearly showed that he thought they'd both lost their minds, then seeing he was going to get no explanation for their weird behaviour he focused his attention on another matter.

"Why were you helping her?" James said pointing down at a very shocked and bewildered looking Megan still sitting on the floor where Sirius and Remus had dropped her before.

"Er…" said Sirius looking confused as to why they were helping her when like James they weren't supposed to like Megan because she was a friend of Lily's.

"Si wasn't sure how to tell you this James," Remus said stuttering slightly as he stared into James narrowed eyes.

"Tell me what?" James asked suspiciously eyeing the three people around him.

"Si's seeing her," Remus said pointing down at Megan as she stared up at Remus her mouth open in shock.

"I'm what?" Sirius bellowed glaring at Remus.

"James had to know sometime," Remus said turning to Sirius and glaring at him as he gave him a sharp dig in the ribs.

"I don't believe you," James said eyes narrowed as he stared at his two best friends in disbelief.

"It's true James," Remus said staring his best friend in the eye and hoping Sirius would play along "he didn't know how to tell you".

"He wouldn't date… that," James said shaking his head in disbelief as he waved a dismissive hand in Megan's direction

As James wasn't looking Remus hit Sirius in the head and gave a swift tilt of his head in the direction of Megan. Sirius closed his eyes quickly as he realised he had no other choice but to play along and lie to his best friend, nodding quickly at Remus in understanding. Seeing no other choice and praying James wouldn't kill him he walked over to Megan and gently lifted her to her feet. He watched his best friend's eyes narrow as he gently smoothed some stray hairs out of her eyes and then he placed an arm protectively and gently around her waist.

"Why Si? Why date that?" James said glaring at Sirius his face like thunder.

"I like her James," Sirius said realising he'd have to tell James part of the truth to make him believe it "I've liked her for a long time".

Sirius stared down into Megan's eyes as he said this reading the questions floating in them he nodded his head in answer and gently kissed her on the lips feeling a happiness he'd never felt before flood through him as he felt her sigh happily. They stared into each other's eyes as the kiss finished the world around them receding as they stared at each other

"Ok Si," James said causing them both to come back into the real world. He passed a critical eye over Megan and sneered at what he saw causing Sirius to scowl "I don't see how you could like that but I suppose since you do I'll have to put up with it. I suppose at least it's not Evans".

James spat out the name as if it was poisonous and then with one last glance at the couple before him he walked away from them towards the dorms.

"Well he took it better than I thought," Remus said to the others as they watched James' retreating back.

"I wonder if Lily will take it that well," Megan laughed as she looked at that the three boys standing around her, her eyes finally coming to rest on Sirius as a new bond never spoken before but always felt started to form between the two.