Manipulating Time

Chapter Ten- second to last chapter. Yay!

What do you mean I CAN'T?!?!?!?!

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, if I did... the books would center on Remus, James, Sirius, and Snape, not being gay, and as teenagers! HAHA!!! (oh, and pettigrew would have earlier been eaten by yours trully. Moona )

A/N: I don't like Tonks.... hides Butcher knife That is evident in this chapter. Enjoy!!! :)

No one moved. They couldn't... Hermione had just said I can't to the preacher... No one had a clue what to say.

"It's not because I don't love you, Sirius." Hermione said quickly, "But... I can't get married without Amanda and Lacey here... She did push us together after all..."

Sirius nodded sadly. "I understand Mione..."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T!?!?!?!?!?!?"

They both jumped, and turned to look at the speaker.

It was a fairly tall woman, soft blonde hair falling around her face, sharp crystal blue eyes... that held a predatory gleam. She looked rather... disgruntled, to say the very least. She also looked... familiar....

"I have to lock you two in the dungeons, lock you outside-- what? Do you want me to Mime for you too?!"

"AMANDA?!?!?!?!"

"And Lacey!" The brown hair woman chirped, popping up next to Amanda.

"How- what-"

"Oh, hush won't you! We've got fifteen minutes before we've gotta run again, so hurry up with the wedding, k?"

Hermione couldn't help but smile, "You got it Amanda."

"Finally..." She muttered in exasperation, sitting next to Lacey, who had previously thrown herself into Snape's lap.

"Do you-"

"YES!!!" Hermione and Sirius both snapped at the same time, rather comically.

The preacher- who happened to be an old man with long white hair named Albus Dumbledore- only chuckled and said: "The I pronounce you husband and wife you may kiss the bride."

They kissed. For about ten minutes.

"Finally..." Amanda muttered again as she approached the wedded couple, grinning from ear to ear.

"Are you staying for the throwing of the flowers?" Hermione asked hopefully.

"Nah," Lacey said, shaking her head, "We've gotta go soon, the suits are still after us you know."

"Oh." Hermione nodded sadly.

Suddenly, Amanda grinned, "Hermione, didn't anyone ever tell you white is for VIRGIN brides?"

Hermione turned beet red, and Sirius just laughed. This, of course, earned him a rather painful elbowing.

"Hey, where's Remus?" Amanda asked suddenly.

"He's here... with Lovett..."

Amanda's eye twitched. "Oh, reeeeeaaaaally?"

Lacey, who now had an annoyed Snape in a headlock, frowned. "Weren't you supposed to keep an eye on her?"

"We tried..." James muttered, frowning.

"There she is!!! Oh, happy wedding Harmony!!!"

"It's Hermione, Lovett."

"Yes, whatever." Lola chirped, dragging a rather disheveled looking Remus in her wake. "We just got here, we were busy you see."

"Buying your casket, eh, Lovett?"

Lola turned to the blonde. "And, who might you be?"

Amanda only grinned, "Don't recognize me, eh? Well, you should, miss Lovett... Oh, do you remember that a pentagram on the palm shows a werewolf's next victim?"

Lola's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as she looked at the burning pentagram on her palm. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She shriek, running away.

Remus gawked at Amanda, "Amanda??? Is that really you?"

"But of course, Remie!"

A huge smile passed over his features.

Lacey jumped suddenly, "Ah, Bathos is beeping us!!! We gotta go!"

"Already?" Hermione frowned.

"Yeah, see you soon! Ta!!!"

With that, they dashed away. Hermione felt her heart drop, and knew the others felt the same.

4 more years later....

Hermione sat scowling on the pew. This wasn't supposed to happen. Amanda and Remus were supposed to get married.... NOT Remus and Lola.... But, after not seeing Amanda for four years, and not knowing when she'll be back, Remus was pretty easy to manipulate.

And now, here she was, watching Remus get married to none other than Lola Lovett.

She though she was going to puke...

Albus, with a slight frown, ended the vows, and asked if there were any objections. There were.

"YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!!!"

Hermione scowled, now Tonks was in this too?

Tonks, running to the front of the Great Hall, proceeded to get into an argument with Lovett. It was actually quite comical. They were both beet red.

"Guess I showed up a little late, eh?"

Hermione turned in surprise, Amanda Moonbeam was sitting right behind her, with a Dementor and Lacey on either side.

She motioned vaguely to the Dementor, "This is Bathos, not a Dementor..."

The Time Creeper, removed his hood, smiling. He looked vampirish- long black hair, red eyes, fangs, the like.

"We've met." Hermione grinned.

"Well." Lacey frowned, "I think you should go march up there and show those hussies not to mess with DragonFang men!!"

Amanda nodded, "I think I'll do that..."

And she did. One look at Lola and a strategically placed "Lola! Look at your palm!" was enough to send Lovett running, but Tonks was another problem.

"Look, werewolf, he's MINE!!!"

Amanda sighed, and conjured up a rather large wooden sledge hammer (think Misty hitting the bugs on Pokemon...) along with a large brass vase. Tonks blinked as Amanda placed it over her head, smiling. "This'll hurt you more than me."

She then proceeded to bang on the brass vase on top of Tonks' head with the large mallet. Sending her vibrating away.

She grinned at Remus, "No one messes with my man!"

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They got married by a happy Dumbledore three weeks later. The suits, who showed up at the wedding, got the gong treatment from Hermione, Lily, and Lacey- Just as Amanda taught them. Lola latter went on to form the first anti werewolf group- who all disappeared shortly after forming. She is currently residing in St. Mungo's muttering about gongs and werewolves... She has been deemed incurable insane.

The night that Harry Potter was born, four r five years back, Voldemort DID manage to find the house- how, no one knew. This was not a problem, however, as he never managed to get inside of it. The next morning all that was found was a shredded black cloak and a death eater's mask. The ministry suspected a werewolf was in on it. Anyone close enough to hear that night may have heard the following:

"Prophecy is a fickle thing. It displays one cause for the same effect to take place. Sybil says Harry defeated You, Voldemort, another thousand say Dumbledore did. Neither has to happen for the end effect to occur.. Either way, Voldie, your as dead as a door nail. Avada Kedavra!!!"

That was how Amanda put it four years later anyway.

Amanda and Remus, much to Amanda's displeasure, ended up owning a large cottage outside of Hogsmeade- with a house full of kids. Apparently werewolves have litters. Remus went on to teach DADA while Amanda taught a new class- Dark Creatures of the Magical World.

Lily and James went on to have two more children. Lily became a nurse at Hogwarts, and James the flying instructor. Not that that's a surprise.

Lacey and Snape got married, weather he was actually willing or not is still sometimes debatable. They're on their fourth child now. Go figure! Snape still teaches Potions, and Lacey.... well, she still has the tendency to pop out of chalk boards and scare the heck out of him at odd class time hours. The children all love her.

Sirius, Remus, and myself took care of the Basilisk in the sewer systems before it could hurt anyone- Amanda found a lovely place for it in her zoo- err, garden.

As for myself and Sirius, we live in Hogsmeade near the school- I have two children now, darling little devils. Sirius' looks and my brains... Look out Hogwarts! We're still married and very much in love... Although, looking back, it's a miracle we survived those last few years at Hogwarts!

Hermione Granger

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The End!!! The next chapter(s) will be bloopers- if you have requests, send them in!!! :)

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