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Summary: Professor McGonagall sent Lily to fetch James for her. She can't find him anywhere and is furious with him. When she finally finds him and his friends, they head back to the castle, but they spot something shiny on the ground and it magically takes them to the future.

A/N: Thanks for all the help with the pairings. I have decided which pairings I should do. I did a survey on which couples had the most votes and the winners are (lol): Lily and James, Harry and Ginny, and Hermione and Ron!!!! Thanks for all the help and I'm still not sure if Sirius and Remus should be with someone. I might just add it along as I go. Thanks once again and here's chapter three!!!!

Forwards in Time

Chapter Three: Potions Class


The next morning Lily, James, Remus and Sirius all said disguiso before getting out of bed. Lily went off to breakfast with Hermione, while James, Sirius, and Remus went with Harry and Ron. They all sat together as they all began to eat. Lily spoke with Remus while Ron and Hermione argued and Sirius and James talked about Snape very quietly. James saw that Harry was talking to a red head girl, he'd never seen before.

"So, Harry, do you like that Professor over there," Sirius asked, pointing at the staff table.

Harry and Ginny both looked at the direction where he was pointing and said, "Coarse not."

"Why?" James asked as Lily and Remus turned to see what they were talking about.

"Because he's a git," Harry replied smugly making James, Sirius and Remus grin.

"He can't be that bad," Lily finally spoke.

"Actually, Lillian, he is," Harry said.

"Why, what does he do?" Remus asked.

"Well, he plays favorites," Ginny began.

"He hates Gryffindors," Ron continued.

"He hates muggle borns," Hermione pointed out.

"And he hates me," Harry finished, leaving the rest confused at what he had just said.

"Why does he hate you Harry?" Lily asked in a concerned voice.

"Because of my parents, especially my dad," he replied quietly, as Lily shot a dangerous look over to James, who was grinning.

"What do you mean?" Lily asked, trying to make the poor boy feel better. She felt sorry for him, because he was James' son and James, she thought, would have been a lousy dad.

"Well, last year I went into Snape's pensive," he stopped by Sirius' and James' snorts that they tried to hold in, then continued, "And my dad was really rotten to him," he said as Sirius and James couldn't hold it any longer and laughed hysterically, making Harry angry.

"What's so funny?" he asked, his temper rising.

"Nothing, nothing, it's just, you went in his pensive," Sirius laughed as he drank his pumpkin juice but failed to drain it down and laughed some more, causing him to spit out all over Lily and Remus, who were sitting across from him.

"Simon!!" Remus shouted as he took his wand and cleaned both him and Lily up.

"Sorry, Richard, Eve," he said as he laughed even louder joined by James.

"Urgh!" Lily grunted as she started to walk to her classes followed by Hermione, Harry, Ron, Remus, James and Sirius.

They went to Transfiguration, where Lily and Hermione sat together, James and Sirius sat behind them, Remus and Neville sat behind them, and Harry and Ron sat behind them. Transfiguration was James' best subject and Lily's worst but she still knew a couple of things and it wouldn't stop her from showing him that she was better than him.

When Professor McGonagall entered the room Lily and Hermione both straightened their backs, making James and Sirius snort but stopped when Lily scowled at them. Professor started to ask a question making Lily's, James', Remus', Sirius' and Hermione's hands shoot up at the same time causing many stares and Slytherins to whisper.

Professor McGonagall chose Hermione, knowing what would happen if she chose Lily or James. Hermione answered the question correctly, making Lily, James, Sirius, and Remus to moan. She them asked another question and the same hands shot up except Hermione's. Professor McGonagall chose Sirius and to Harry's, Ron's and Hermione's surprise he was correct. They had always thought that Sirius was the joker of the group but he showed them.

Harry, Ron and the rest of the class were enjoying, how James and Lily would glare at each other whenever they weren't chosen and how Remus would always answer in such a kind tone, and how Sirius would always make a joke before answering the question. But not Hermione, she was a bit jealous that she had never known about these things they were answering.

Most of their classes were like that, James won in Transfiguration but Lily won in Charms, being her best subject and James' worst. Remus beat them at Defense Against the Dark Arts, while Sirius would surely beat them at Potions. But luckily it was their last class until dinner.

They entered the dungeons and sat in the same seating positions they sat in while they were in Transfiguration and even had it with the Slytherins as well. Sirius spotted a Slytherin with blond hair that reminded him of someone. He turned to James and asked, "Hey isn't that Malfoy's kid?"

"Sure looks like him," James shrugged as their Potions Master entered the room.

"You've got to be kidding me. My best subject is going to be taught by the slimy git," Sirius said making James laugh.

"Quiet, Mr. Topper," Professor Snape snapped making James glare at him.

"Today we will be working on a potion that will take up a lot of time, so you better do it right!" he shot as he turned to Neville who was cowering in his seat, and Remus glaring at him for picking on this forgetful child, he gathered while he sat with him for most of his classes.

"Now, I will put you in groups of two so you can all work together. We will be making the Polyjuice Potion," he said as he took out a piece of parchment and read the names out load.

"Longbottom and Lupe, Eve and Topper, Back and Weasley, Potter and Granger, Thomas and Finnegan, Brown and Patil, Malfoy and Parkingston, Crabbe and Goyle...." After reading the names, people shuffled around and sat beside their partners. Remus was glad he was with Neville, seeing that he was very shy. Lily was angry that she had to be paired up with James, Sirius thought Ron was pretty cool and Harry and Hermione were just happy because they have done this potion in their second year.

James and Lily were surprisingly doing pretty well with their potions, Sirius and Ron were laughing while they did theirs, Remus and Neville were chatting happily as they got their ingredients ready, and Harry and Hermione knowing exactly what to do, making Snape a bit angry with all of them.

They hardly noticed as time flew and they were on their way to dinner with a lot of homework with them. At dinner Lily and James were arguing about how arrogant he was and the usual. Sirius, Remus and Ron were joking around, while Harry, Hermione, and Ginny were having a conversation.

After dinner they all headed back to the Common Room. When they got there Lily, James, Sirius, and Remus all sat down and raced to finish their homework in Herbology. Hermione, Ron and Harry watched in awe of how they can joke around so much and still like doing work. Hermione had enough standing around and took a seat on the table as she started her homework. Harry and Ron decided they too should finish their work too.

After about ten minutes Lily and James both yelled, 'finish.' Then was followed by Remus saying the same and then Sirius and then Hermione. But Harry and Ron, however were only half way done. Lily, James, Sirius, Remus and Hermione got out their Transfiguration homework. This time James finished first, then Remus, then Lily, then Sirius, and finally Hermione. They were just about to take out their charms homework, when Harry and Ron finally finished their Herbology.

Lily was first to finish this, then Sirius, then Remus, then Hermione, but James seemed like he was having a little bit of trouble with it. Lily, Remus, Sirius and Hermione were all done their homework and waited for James, Harry and Ron to finish. Harry and Ron both finished their Transfiguration and started their charms. They too were having trouble so the others tried to help.

"Harry need some help?" Lily asked as she saw him struggling.

"Umm, yeah kind of," he said as Lily took a seat next to him, making James feel a bit jealous.

"Hey, Pro-," Sirius started, but stopped when Remus smacked him hard on the back. "I mean, Joshua, need some help?" he asked as he started to rub his back. "Moo-," he stopped again as James smacked him had on the stomach. "Ouch, you guys that hurt," he wined like a little boy as he took his seat on one side of James and Remus took a seat on the other side of him while Hermione helped Ron.

When they were finished they put their things away and the red head that Harry always talked to, popped up and gave Harry a peck on the cheek, making him flush.

"So, Harry, is that your girlfriend?" Sirius asked with a grin.

"Yeah, guys this is Ginny, Ginny this is Lillian, Joshua, Simon, and Richard," he said as he pointed to each of them.

"Hey," he said happily. "Do any of you guys play Quidditch?" she asked happily.

"Yeah," James said.

"Oh, Harry, maybe they can try out for the team," she said as she looked at them.

"That's a great idea, Gin," Ron said.

"So you guys want to try out?" Harry asked excitedly, making Lily see that he truly was James' son.

"Sure, what positions are there?" Sirius asked.

"Well, our three chasers left, but Ginny is a chaser, and our two beaters left as well," Harry replied.

"Oh alright, I'll try out for beater," Sirius said.

"Okay, I'm chaser," James said since there was already a seeker.

"Anyone else," Ron asked.

"C'mon Richard, you have to try out," James wined.

"No, its okay," he said as he took out a book.

"Don't be such a spoiled sport, Rich, please try out," Sirius begged.

"No, I'm fine," he said as he opened the book.

"Rich, just try out, you're pretty good," Lily said as she saw the title book that he began to read.

"Fine," he said as he put the book down and Lily picked it up and started to read.

"Thanks," he said sarcastically.

"No prob," she said as she followed them into the pitch the book still in her hands.

A/n: There, finally, chapter three is finished!!! Well thanks for all the reviews and the help. I finally got to Ginny and Harry. Don't worry Ron and Hermione will get together soon, but I'm still thinking of a way to get them together, any suggestions? Lol! Well if you do, just review! Thanks again and I'll try to get chapter four up as soon as possible!

Melian Maia: Thanks for the review. Well I guess you got the pairing you wanted! Anyways, don't worry; there won't be any slash pairings. I'm kind of not into those.

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gboyary: Thanks for reviewing. And thanks for pointing those out, but I knew that. Lol, I know Arabella was a squib but in most of the fics that I usually read she was a witch so I decided to just do it that she was a witch. And the other one, sorry if I didn't explain it better, I knew that Dumbledore knew Remus was a werewolf but I was talking about James and Sirius being Animagus'. Well I hope I cleared that matter and thanks!

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