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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.

Important Authors Note: The Order of the Pheonix spoilers in this chapter!

Forwards in Time

Chapter Six: The Marauders Map

Lily didn't know what made her do that. She was so furious with him. She felt so sorry for Harry and wondered why James would do such a thing. She headed back to the Gryffindor Common Room so she could apologize to Harry. She entered and saw Ginny, Ron and Hermione having a serious conversation on the squashy armchairs. Lily walked towards them and said, "Hey guys, is Harry still up there?"

"Yeah, he's really upset," Ginny said sadly.

"I'm sorry, I had no idea," Lily apologized looking at her feet.

"It's okay, it's just that he doesn't like talking about his parents," Hermione said soothingly.

'Parents, that means both,' she thought to herself and got even angrier. "Oh, do you guys think I'll be able to talk to him?" she asked looking up the boy's staircase.

"Maybe, but Harry kind of has a bad temper," Ron shrugged.

"Alright, I guess it's worth a try," she sighed and started up the stairs.

Lily knocked gently on the door. She heard no answer so she opened it. Harry was sitting on his bed with what looked like a broken mirror. She advanced towards him and asked, "Harry, can we talk?"

Harry looked up, not noticing her presence and asked, "About?"

"Look, Harry, I'm really sorry, I didn't know, please I'll make it up to you," she said apologetically.

"It's okay," he mumbled.

"Really, Harry, I think you're just saying that," she said worriedly.

"No, Lillian, it's okay I shouldn't have done that, you didn't know," he said with a smile.

"Thanks and I really am sorry," she said as she left the room. She went down and saw that Remus and Sirius were back in the common room talking. She headed towards them and said, "Hey guys, I just went up there and apologized to Harry."

"Really, what was he doing there?" Remus asked.

"He was sitting on his bed looking at what looked like a broken mirror," she shrugged and sank down on one of the armchairs.

"Well, Joshua is coming out tomorrow morning," Sirius said in a bored tone.

"So, what did Harry say?" Remus asked, trying to change the subject after looking at Lily's angry face.

"He said, it was okay," she said sadly.

"Oh," was all he could say.

"But, you know what bugs me is, that, Hermione said he doesn't like talking about his 'parents', that means two, both of them," she said turning angrier.

"But, Lily, how do you know they abandoned him? They might have been in an accident or something," Remus said trying not to think of a bad excuse to why Harry acted that way.

"I know, but… but… oh, you're right, I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions," she sighed. "Great, now I have to apologize to Potter," she frowned.

"I think you've done enough apologizing for today, just do it when he gets out of there," Remus smiled.

"Hey you guys, I'm hungry, can we eat now," Sirius whined.

"Alright let's go," Remus said as they walked out.

TWO DAYS LATER

Harry had cooled off from Lily's question. James had just come out of the Hospital Wing and Lily apologized. They were all doing great with their Polyjuice Potions, making Snape angrier and James, Sirius and Remus made the Quidditch team. Unfortunately, Lily didn't make the cut.

They were all headed to the Gryffindor Common Room from their classes when Malfoy came to them.

"Liked our little 'prank', Potter?" He smirked as he glanced at Lily and James.

"Shut up, Malfoy, get a life," Harry spat.

"No, Potter, I think I won't," He said.

"You should thank me, Potter, you know I actually did you a favor because if that, Mudblood was on your team, the team would be ten times worst, that it already is, of coarse," he smirked.

"Shut up, Malfoy, apologize to her," James demanded.

"No, you, shut up, Topper, this is a conversation between me and Potter," he said, eyes narrowed.

"If it's a conversation between you and 'Potter', then why did you bring Lillian in it?" Remus asked smartly.

"You think you are so smart, Lupe," he sneered.

"No, Malfoy, I do not think I'm smart, I know I'm smart," Remus pointed out smartly.

"Shut up!" he growled.

"Haven't we already been through this?" Remus asked.

"I told you to shut up!" he repeated.

"No, Malfoy, I think I won't," Remus said in a mocking tone making Malfoy turn red.

"It's kind of funny how easily he gets mad, huh, guys," Sirius smirked causing everyone to laugh.

"Anyways, Potter," Malfoy started coolly, after the laughter died down. "I just talked to my father-" he got cut off.

"You mean the one in Azkaban?" Harry asked, making Malfoy's eye to twitch.

"You're father's in Azkaban?" James laughed.

"Shut up, Topper!" he yelled.

"What did he do?" Remus asked, motioning for Sirius to finish.

"Rape Snape?" Sirius laughed, sounding like a bark. Everyone laughed at this except for Lily. She just glared at Sirius until he noticed her and stopped.

They all looked at Malfoy, who was so red he looked like he was going to explode.

"Shut up!" he yelled.

"So anyways, Malfoy, you had your little roll with us but we still had more fun. Now if you're done, please run along and join your little pug-faced-girlfriend," James said motioning his hand for Malfoy to leave.

"No, I think I won't because I haven't finished. So, Potter, how your friend, Black," He turned to Harry. James, Sirius, Remus and Lily all listening carefully, confused of what they had heard.

"Shut up, Malfoy," Harry growled angrily.

"No, Potter, he was an animagus, wasn't he?" Malfoy smirked.

Harry was not in the mood to talk about Sirius, actually, he never ever was in the mood to talk about Sirius. "Shut up Malfoy," Harry repeated.

Sirius was red, James and Remus looked as if they wanted to attack Malfoy, and Lily was still concentrating on their conversation. Ron and Hermione's hands were in their robes, ready to throw their wands out, while Harry and Malfoy glared at each other.

"He was your Godfather, correct?" Malfoy asked again, still smirking.

"Shut up Malfoy!" Harry, Ron, and Hermione shouted in unison. James, Remus and Lily looked at Sirius, who was red with anger and surprised at the same time.

"Too bad he's dead, now you don't have anyone to care for you," with that Malfoy turned around and left. Sirius was shocked and James was worried. Remus looked over at Harry who looked like as if he was going to have a nervous breakdown and Lily looked over at Hermione, who mouthed, I'll tell you later.

Without warning, Harry ran to the Gryffindor Common Room, Ron and Hermione looked at each other and, they ran after Harry. James, Sirius, Remus and Lily, who all looking confused and worried, also followed.

When they got through the portrait hole, the common room was empty because most of the students were in the Great Hall. "Harry, open up! Harry, please, open the door!" they heard Hermione and Ron yelling and pounding on the door. They looked over and saw them in front of the Boy's Dormitories, both pleading Harry to open the door.

"Ron, Hermione, maybe you should give him time to himself," Lily said gently. James knew that Lily did care for Harry, it was like she knew him.

"But, he'd been doing this a lot lately, when he was over at my house whenever some one said his Godfather's name he would just lock himself somewhere and stay there for hours," Ron explained as he made his way down the stairs.

"Why, what happened to his Godfather?" Sirius asked in a slightly scared voice.

They all settled down on the squashy armchairs and Hermione said, "He thinks it's his fault that his Godfather, Sirius Black died." James, Remus and Lily all looked over at Sirius, who's mouth was open.

"Yeah, I know, Simon, you must be shocked. Sirius Black, Harry's Godfather, the most wanted man in the Wizarding and Muggle World," Ron sighed, making Sirius' eyes grow like saucers.

"But he was innocent," Hermione said quickly, making Sirius sigh in relief.

"Oh, heh, heh, really, that's a relief," Sirius said nervously. He looked over at his friends, who looked terrified at what his future held for him.

"Yeah, well, Dumbledore wouldn't have let him visit Harry if he was guilty," Ron said matter-of-factly.

"Anyways, last year, Sirius died in the Department of Mysteries, after rescuing Harry from Voldimort's Death eaters. Oh stop it Ron," she said looking at them.

"Yeah, and for the record, Harry escaped Voldimort five times already," Ron smiled nervously, it had been his first time using his real name.

"Well, anyways, Voldimort tricked Harry into thinking that he had Sirius so his Death Eater- Voldimort's followers- can get something Voldimort wanted. Harry had been able to see visions of what Voldimort was doing so he went off the Department of Mysteries with, Me, Ron, Ginny, Luna Lovegood, and Neville Longbottom to rescue him," She paused and saw that James, Sirius, Remus and Lily were all on the edge of their seats. "And then when Sirius found out, he, Remus Lupin, Alastor Moody also known as Mad-Eye Moody, Nymphadora Tonks and Kingsley Shacklebolt went there to help Harry," She continued.

Remus looked over at Sirius, who was now almost falling off his seat. He looked over at James, who had a disappointed face because his name was not mentioned. But wait, Harry didn't even know his father, James got so angry at himself for doing whatever he had done in the future and his best friend died because he cared about Harry and he did not.

"After battling, we weren't exactly there, because Hermione had fallen unconscious, Ginny broke her ankle, and I was being strangled by brains, Harry and Neville fought them, along with the Sirius, Professor Lupin, Tonks, Made-Eye and Kingsley. Sirius died after falling into a veil," Ron sighed sadly.

"What? How did he fall?" James asked, after looking at the confused faces around him.

"His cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange and him had a wand fight and he fell," Hermione said, both her's and Ron's eyes red.

"Oh," was all James could say. He looked over at Sirius and he was stone white.

"Were you two close to Sirius?" Lily asked.

"Well, we would visit him with Harry where ever he would hide out," she replied.

"Malfoy said he was an animagus?" Lily asked.

"Yes, he was, he would turn into a big black dog," Ron said sadly.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Lily said and looked at Sirius in shock.

"So, Remus Lupin, he's a teacher here?" Remus asked all eyes turned on him.

"Well, he was, for only one year though," Hermione said sadly.

"Yeah, and he was the best Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher we ever had," Ron sighed.

"So why was he removed?" Remus asked looking disappointed. He knew it would be hard for him to find a job after Hogwarts, considering he was a werewolf.

"Well, he had a sickness and Snape told the whole school, so he resigned," Hermione said angrily.

"And he was one of Sirius' best friends," Ron pointed out.

James, Sirius, and Remus knew exactly what the 'sickness' was, but Lily, however was confused. All of them angry at the fact that Snape told the whole school about Remus, Lily thinking it was a disease.

"So what ever happened to Harry's parents?" James asked, wanting to know his wrong and to fix it in the future.

"Well, Harry's parents died when he was very young," Hermione said, making Lily gasp and looked at James apologetically, he just nodded and they listened to the rest of the story.

"Yeah, his parents were killed be Voldimort," Ron said, again surprised that he was able to say his name.

"Oh, no wonder he was so upset," Sirius finally spoke. "So who were his parents?" Sirius asked finally being able to recover a little bit from hearing his future.

"James Potter and Lily Evans, yeah, I think that was her last name," Hermione said simply, causing the Marauders and Lily to gasp.

"What?" Ron asked confusingly.

"N-n-nothing, uh, I think I forgot something in the classroom. Excuse me," Lily said as she ran off. She couldn't believe it, she wouldn't believe it! She and James, but wait, how, when. How would that happen? She kept asking herself these questions until she reached the Library, where she could have some time to think quietly.

Lily sat there, for what seemed like hours thinking about what Hermione had just said. Then without even noticing it she saw someone sitting on her table. She looked up and saw James smiling at her.

"What do you want, Potter?" She asked coldly.

"Evans, can we talk?" he asked.

"Talk about what?" she asked, her mind still somewhere else.

"About, what we just heard," he said in a kinder, less annoying voice.

"Okay…" she said slowly.

"I know you're angry at the fact that you somehow end up with me but, who knows, maybe something in the future might change the was we act towards each other," he said with a warm smile.

"Yeah, I guess, but, how? We hate each other," she said.

"You may hate me, Evans, but I sure don't hate you," he grinned.

"But, we died, and that wasn't the future that I planned on. I mean look at Harry, he's depressed and lonely. He doesn't have parents and his Godfather is dead," she said as tears started to flow out.

"There's still Remus, he can take care of Harry," James said, whipping the tears off her cheeks.

"But, but, he has a sickness, he can't take care of Harry if he has a sickness," she said as more tears started to come out.

"Well, where do you think Harry lives now?" He asked her.

"I don't know. What if he's an orphan?" she asked.

"He can't be with my parents because they're dead," James started.

"I'm so sorry, James," she said sadly.

"It's okay. And I have no siblings, nor do my parents. So anyone from your side?" James asked.

"I have a sister, but she would never let him live with her because she hates anything to do with magic," Lily said as the tears stopped.

"Well, maybe he lives with Ron," James suggested.

"I don't think so," she frowned. Just then Sirius came running in the room.

"James, we have to go hurry, do you know what time it is?" he asked.

"Oh, no, it's pretty late, we better get to bed," Lily said as they stood.

They walked hurriedly into the Gryffindor Common Room. They didn't know how the time flew by so quickly. Once there, James and Sirius pretended they were headed up the stair case but ran back down after Lily descended into hers.

"Wow, we're late," James said.

"Yeah, Moony's been waiting pretty long," Sirius said as they walked out and looked carefully incase Filtch and his cat, Mrs. Norris came. They did not have James' invisibility cloak or the Marauders Map so it was very hard.

Once outside, they transformed and joined Remus in the Shrieking Shack. They did not need Peter anymore because they learned to just run quickly inside. They had a great time in the Shrieking Shack until about five o'clock in the morning where the sun started to rise. James and Sirius ran outside, still in their animal forms looking for the right moment, just then Harry burst out of the doors from the castle.

Harry's POV

Harry fell asleep early and woke up early in the morning. He was hungry, not eating lunch or dinner from the previous day and decided to go to the kitchen. He took out the Marauders Map and his invisibility cloak and headed out the door, planning on going to the kitchen. He looked at the piece of parchment, tapped his wand at it and whispered, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

Hogwarts and it's grounds showed on the map but for some reason his eyes traveled on the grounds of Hogwarts. In front of the castle, he said two labels that said James Potter and Sirius Black. He ran out as quick as he could and burst out the front doors. He knew it couldn't be true, but he just had to see it for himself.

Harry saw a stag and a big black dog that looked exactly like Sirius when he would transform, but it looked healthier. He had tears streaming down his cheeks. He knew it was the impossible but he thought about Nearly Headless Nick and thought that maybe, just maybe they had come back.

He approached the stag and the dog. He was full of joy, then he said, "Prongs, Padfoot?"

A/n: Alright guys, there you are Harry found out that it was James and Sirius!!! This chapter was very, very tricky to write. Now, I think I did make a couple of mistakes on the story about the Department of Mysteries but I was in a rush. It's 12:56 am right now and I'm planning to post it at one o'clock but I'm still not sure because I didn't finish answering the reviews. Well, let's just hope I get to finish by tomorrow!

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