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Chapter 3
"Let's follow them." James said.
"Follow them? Why would we want to do that?" asked Sirius.
"Because, you git, they seem to be under the impression that you and I are dead." James replied with a slight roll of his eyes. "Also, they act like they know us, but I'm pretty sure I've never seen them around before. What if this is some trick by that Voldemort guy?"
"Don't be daft!" Sirius exclaimed. "Why would some wanna-be dark lord want to kill us? Besides, they're just kids!"
Remus shut them both up by pointing out that there was something not right in the castle, and that if they wanted to find out what was going on, they should probably catch up with those other kids before they disappeared around the corner.
They ran after the three kids they'd heard talking. When they got near, Sirius held up a hand, signalling for James and Remus to be quiet and follow him. The latter two exchanged glances and crept along behind him.
Sirius snuck up behind the boy he'd heard referred to as Harry and yelled "Boo!" in his ear.
Harry swore and spun around, his friends quickly following suit. Now that they could see Harry's face, Sirius, James and Remus stared at him in confusion. Harry and his friends were staring at Sirius in shock, having not yet noticed James or Remus.
"S-S-Sirius?" Harry managed to stutter.
"The one and only." Sirius said proudly before the strangeness of it really hit him. "Hang on, who are you? How do you know my name? Why do you look like James?"
Harry blinked, then turned and sprinted away in the direction of Gryffindor Tower.
"What's with him?" Sirius asked the remaining two.
One of them, a red-headed boy with freckles who, as Remus noted with interest, bore a strange resemblance to Arthur Weasely, simply stood gaping speechlessly at Sirius. The other, a girl with bushy brown hair, seemed to have just noticed James and Remus. She wasn't quite so speechless.
"Are you who we think you are?" she asked a little uncertainly.
James rolled his eyes at this statement. "You know, that has to be one of the stupidest questions I've ever heard."
"And you have to be one of the rudest people I've ever met." the girl shot back.
"Who do you think we are?" Remus asked. "And who are you?"
"Well, um," the girl seemed to be at a loss for words.
"You look a whole lot like James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, but you couldn't possibly be them!" supplied the red-head, coming out of his daze.
"We look like them because we are them, genius." Sirius informed them a little more sarcastically than was necessary. "Who are you, and how do you know us?"
"I think we had better go and find Professor McGonagall." the girl replied faintly.
They began walking at a brisk pace towards McGonagall's office, with Sirius and James still trying to get answers.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Hermione Granger and he's Ron Weasely." the girl informed quickly.
"But you can't be a Weasely!" James said in confusion. "The only Weasely at Hogwarts is Arthur!"
"Arthur Weasely's my dad." said Ron with a frown.
Remus stopped very suddenly with a look of horror on his face. "Guys?"
The others turned to face him.
"Er, Ron, Hermione, this is going to sound a bit, well, odd," he said sheepishly. "But, is James Potter your friend Harry's father?"
"Yes, everyone knows that." Ron replied.
"And Arthur Weasely is your father?"
"Yeah."
Remus paled dramatically. "Oh no."
James, Sirius and Hermione seemed to catch on.
"This can't be a good thing." Hermione breathed.
"What?" asked Ron. "Did I miss something?"
"Oh Ron! Isn't it obvious?" Hermione cried as the five of them began to run.
"What? Isn't what obvious?"
They crashed into McGonagall's office. The professor looked up from her desk and nearly fainted with shock.
"Oh my." she muttered.
"Professor?" James prompted, staring a little. "Er, what's going on?"
"Perhaps we ought to visit the headmaster." McGonagall sighed.
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