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A/N Sorry to those of you who read this before. I (Star) take full responsibility *sad face* I am really sorry you guys.

Chapter 7

Ron and Hermione were talking to Remus outside the Defense classroom while they were waiting for Harry. Sirius and James, apparently uninterested in the conversation, had already gone to the Great Hall for lunch.

"Wait, I don't get it." Ron said. "How can an incorrect banishing spell possibly be enough to send you three through time? Even if it was enough, I was under the impression that you guys were good at magic."

Remus blushed slightly. "I wasn't just a simple banishing spell, really. Half of it was something from an old charms book and the other half was something Sirius made up."

"Wait, you actually trusted Sirius to do something properly?" Hermione asked, astounded. "And did you just say that Sirius made up a charm?"

"Sure, why not? Out of everything that we do at school, charms and pranking Slytherins are his two best subjects." Remus said with a laugh. "Besides, he hasn't gotten us killed yet, so I figure we're doing ok."

Ron laughed as Harry came to join them.

"What's funny?" he asked as they started walking towards the Great Hall.

"Remus, actually." Hermione said. "He was telling us about the charm they used that got them here."

"Oh, right."

When they entered the Great Hall, they were met one of the strangest scenes they'd ever witnessed. A lot of girls and even some of the boys were standing on benches and tables as they shrieked at the bright blue mice that seemed to cover the floor and the tiny bug-like things that were zooming around in the air. Everyone seemed to be wearing technicoloured robes and red hair dye and the Slytherins had red and gold tiaras stuck to their heads.

Snape was furiously trying every charm he knew to remove the tiaras and mice and return the colours to normal, helped by a few other staff members, but nothing seemed to do it. They were stuck that way until the charms wore off.

James and Sirius were sitting in the midst of the chaos, calmly eating their meals as though this were nothing out of the ordinary. Remus shook his head and rolled his eyes and he walked into the hall, followed by Harry, Ron and Hermione. Their robes and hair changed colours as they passed though the doorway.

They quickly waded through the sea of blue mice to where James and Sirius were sitting.

"Why do I get the impression that you're behind this?" Harry asked them.

James and Sirius looked outraged and shocked.

"You accuse us of making this -" James gestured to the blue mice "Disgusting, disease carrying, food nibbling sea of rodents?"

"You think we'd actually want to change the colours of our most beautiful school robes?" Sirius added.

"In other words, yes." Remus said, still rolling his eyes as he sat down and began spooning out some food for himself.

James and Sirius exchanged identical evil grins and returned their attention to their meals.

Harry, Ron and Hermione sat down opposite James and Sirius. They wanted to be able to keep an eye on them so as not to be at the butt end of any pranks.

Sirius caught Harry watching him wearily. "What's the matter?" he asked. "You don't think we'd prank you, do you Pronglet?"

"The Prongs from his time has probably already told him about all of our pranks anyway." Remus pointed out.

Harry fell quiet and refused to make eye contact with any of the marauders. Ron noticed this and frowned at Remus.

"That's not funny."

"What's not funny?" asked Remus.

"What you said about Harry's dad." Hermione joined in. "You should know -"

Harry cut her off. "I don't think Dumbledore told them."

Hermione fell silent.

"Told us what?" Sirius demanded.

"This has to do with where Sirius and Peter and I are, hasn't it?" James said suspiciously.

"Can we talk about this later please?" Ron asked.

The marauders nodded confused agreement and the 6 teens returned to their meals in silence. That is, until Professor McGonagall showed up.

"Jack, Orion and Paul." she started.

"Yes professor?" James asked innocently.

"I have reason to believe that you three are behind this." she continued.

"Behind what professor?" Sirius asked innocently as one of the tiny bug-like things hit his forehead and fell to the ground, leaving a bright blue spot where it had hit.

McGonagall glared at him. "Do not play games with me Orion."

James and Sirius still looked the perfect pictures of innocence as Remus banged his head lightly on the table.

"The three of you will be serving detentions tomorrow night with Mr Filch." McGonagall informed them.

"But professor," Sirius started.

McGonagall sent him her best death glare, but he kept on talking.

"That's not very fair. Remus had nothing to do with this. He didn't even know about it."

The professor's face softened a little.

"In that case, he is excused from detention." she said. "But I expect the two of you to be outside Mr Filch's office at eight o'clock tomorrow evening."

"Yes professor." Sirius and James said in unison.

"Now, tell me how to get rid of this." she demanded.

Sirius and James exchanged glances.

"You can't."

"Can't?" she repeated weakly.

"It'll wear off after a while." Sirius assured her.

McGonagall seemed to have expected an answer similar to this one, as she walked off muttering about marauders not leaving her alone even in her old age.

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(Later that evening)

"So, are you going to tell us where we are?" James asked Harry as the group of 6 worked on various homework assignments in the Common Room.

"Err," Harry started, confused. "You're in the Gryffindor Common Room."

Sirius rolled his eyes. "What my dear friend here means is where are old-we?"

"Padfoot and Prongs senior!" James added.

"Well, the thing about that is," Hermione started.

"They're dead." Ron said flatly.

James stared. "Dead? As in, dead? As a doornail?"

Sirius joined in. "You mean, deceased?"

"No more?"

"Dead and gone?"

"Dead and buried?"

"Lifeless?"

"Breathless?"

"Extinct?"

"Inanimate?"

"Stone cold dead?"

"Late?"

"Lamented?"

"Perished?"

"Stop it!" Harry yelled.

A few people looked up to see what he was yelling about and he lowered his voice.

"Just stop it, ok?" he said angrily.

James and Sirius looked at little shocked, though whether this was because their older selves were dead or because they'd just been told to stop was open to debate. All the same, they fell silent for a moment.

"How?" asked Remus.

"Voldemort." Harry replied.

Ron shuddered at the name.

"Voldemort?" Sirius asked. "Isn't he that nutter behind all those murders?"

"We're at war with him now." Hemione told him.

"Where's Wormtail then?" James asked, looking as though he wasn't sure if he wanted an answer.

Harry looked furious. "That rat? It's his fault my mum and dad died!"

"His fault?" Sirius asked.

"He sold them to you-know-who." Ron clarified.

"I'm going to bed." Harry announced, packing up his things.

Sirius, James and Remus nodded, still slightly dazed.

"You ok mate?" Ron asked.

Harry nodded. As he left, he heard Ron and Hermione explaining what had happened to his parents and Sirius.

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