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Summary: James, Sirius, and Remus (as second years) go back to when the Weasley twins were second years (the year before Harry, Ron, and Hermione start). Can Hogwarts handle all five of them at once? Will they manage to run all the Slytherins out of Hogwarts? (I wish.) Please R&R!
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Thank you to FrozenFlare for being my first reviewer! –does a happy dance–
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It took the boys almost five minutes to recover from the shock of seeing their old nemesis a fully grown adult wizard; one who probably knew even more hexes now then he used to.
Sirius shed his paralysis first. "Where are we?" he asked, understandably confused.
Remus glanced over at him. "We seem to be at Hogwarts. I think when we are is the more pressing question."
"So when are we?!" James asked.
Remus shrugged. "Judging from Snape, probably somewhere between fifteen and twenty years. In the future." He looked around curiously, wondering how much had changed. A thought struck him. "I wonder if Dumbledore is still here?"
"He better be," James replied fervently. "Because we need to talk to him right now! I bet he's the only one who can get us back to our time…you know, the time when Snape wasn't fifteen to twenty years older than us!"
Remus looked at James in disbelief. "We're more than a decade in the future, and you're upset that you can't pull a prank on Snape?"
"Yeah."
Remus shook his head. That was James for you. Always had to be pulling a prank. He sighed. "Let's go see the Headmaster, and hope that it's still Dumbledore."
When they reached the gargoyle that guarded the Headmaster's office, they stopped dead, realizing that none of them knew the password, which was extremely rare. Sirius and James were sent to Dumbledore so often that normally at least one of them knew the current password.
"Acid Pop." Sirius said. It was the most recent password he remembered.
Nothing happened.
"Well, he probably isn't awake yet, anyway," Remus pointed out. "We should probably wait here for him to come down."
"Aw, c'mon Remus!" James and Sirius complained. "We've never explored this area before. And there's gotta be a secret passageway around here somewhere. Don't you want to find it?"
"Not particularly. Besides, what if Dumbledore comes out while we're wandering around?"
"Then you wait here and Sirius and I will look around."
Remus rolled his eyes. "And just how am I supposed to let you know when he comes out?"
"Fine. We'll wait here." Sirius looked somewhat less than thrilled.
A hour or so later, when James and Sirius were getting bored and starting to think longing of going down to the Great Hall and cursing all the Slytherins they could get their wands on, the gargoyle moved aside. All three of them scrambled to their feet.
Dumbledore stepped out into the corridor, only to be surrounded by three twelve-year-olds. When he recognized them, his eyebrows shot up. "What in Merlin's name are you three doing here?" he asked quietly.
"Well, we're pretty sure we got sent forward in time," Remus spoke up.
"How did you manage that?"
Remus looked at Sirius, who was studying the floor, concentrating on it very hard.
"Mr. Black?" Dumbledore prompted.
"Wetriedtopullaprankbutitbakfiredandnowwe'rehere," Sirius mumbled as fast as he could.
"I'm afraid I didn't quite catch that, Mr. Black."
Sirius took a deep breath. "We tried to pull a prank but it backfired and now we're here."
Dumbledore looked at him for a moment. Three twelve-year-olds had just catapulted almost twenty years into the future. He sighed. This could not be good. "Will the three of you please come up to my office?" Despite the phrasing, it was not a request. The boys stepped onto the moving staircase with Dumbledore behind them. Remus had a sneaking suspicion that Dumbledore was making sure none of them tried to escape.
Once they were all seated in Dumbledore's office, Sirius echoed his friends' thoughts.
"Can you get us back home? I mean, to our time?"
"Most likely. However, it will take some time. Since I do not wish for you to get behind in your studies, you will attend classes with the other Gryffindors of your year." His eyes twinkled at them. He was obviously very amused about something. "You're currently second years, correct?"
The three nodded mutely.
That seemed to amuse him even more, though he knew that the other teachers, particularly Prof. McGonagall and Prof. Snape, would not be happy. McGonagall because she had already had the three of them for seven years and would remember how much trouble they caused, Snape because he had always loathed the three of them. They also would have to deal with the Weasley twins in the same period. No, they definitely would not be happy.
"Now," Dumbledore said briskly, "you will be introduced as exchange students. Your surnames must be changed, of course, to keep students from discovering that you're from the past –it might cause confusion. Despite how much you seem to thrive on confusion, I must ask you not to tell your fellow students that you are from the past.
"James, you will go by Cooper, Remus, you will go by Thompson, Sirius, you will be Mr. Causs. All of you, remember your names. Try not to slip up. Any questions?"
"I have one," Remus said. "Why those names?"
"They are wizarding families that have all but died out. Your families' attitude towards the Dark Side, Muggle-borns, Muggles, and various other things were typical of the family whose name I gave you."
"I have a question, too," Sirius said. "What is Snape doing here?"
Dumbledore smiled slightly. "He is the Potions master."
Sirius looked slightly ill at the thought, and he wasn't the only one. James was dead white. "Snape is our professor?" he croaked, his voiced sounding odd.
"Yes." Dumbledore's smile broadened at the look on James and Sirius' faces. "I think it's time for you to meet your new classmates. Come with me."
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I'll try to update soon! Can anyone give me prank ideas or detention ideas? Pur-lease????