Sirius starred at James, (or who he thought was James) for a moment. He noticed the color of his eyes. They were green...just like Lily's! But that's not possible! For as long as I've known him...he's had brown! How could this be?
"Evans? "said Sirius, now more confused then ever. He sighed as the blue glow faded from the mirror. What stupid trick is James trying to pull on me? he thought. It had to have been him, but his eyes...they were green...like Lily's.. Sirius sighed, but then a sickening thought also hit him. He said I was almost forty! Which means I was in my late thirties! Which means...I was old.. And he said I died! Sirius shook himself out of it. It was only James, Padfoot. Only James.
He shakily checked himself in the mirror once more (to make sure he maintained his good looks), then threw the mirror in a draw next to the bed and headed out of the Common Room. James was sitting on one of the big, velvet maroon couches, talking to Remus. Sirius saw no mirror in sight.
"Oi, Prongs!" whispered Sirius to his best friend. James turned around. "Did you just contact me with your mirror?"
"Er—no. Why?"
Sirius studied James, looking for anything on his face that would give him away. But nothing did. James looked genuinely confused.
"You just contacted me with it!" he shouted pointing his finger.
"No I didn't. My mirror is in my bedroom, there's no use in contacting you while we're in here." He said, giving Sirius a very weirded-out look.
Sirius's heart started pounding. He turned to Remus. "Did he just use his mirror?"
Remus shook his head. "No, Sirius.... Why do you think he did?"
Sirius took a step back. "Guys, this isn't funny!" he growled.
"What the hell do you mean funny?! I didn't use my mirror just now!"
Sirius sat down for a moment, opposite of James. Consider the possibilities, Sirius, he told himself. What if someone, that just happened to look like James contacted you by accident. We're probably not the only geniuses out there that have figured out how to use Contacting Mirrors... Maybe it was just a regular kid, that looked coincidentally like James, that tried to contact me even though he didn't know me, that seemed to know all this stuff about me, that—
"Sirius, are you all right?" asked James worriedly. Sirius barely nodded. I'm not listening to you anymore, he told himself bitterly.
"James, do you know any Harry's?" Sirius said quickly.
James shook his head. "No...why?"
"Just wondering." Suddenly a thought shot through Sirius's head like a lightning bolt. THE EYES! THEY WERE GREEN, NOT BROWN!!! THE EYES!!! Sirius leaped off the couch, and catapulted himself onto James, nearly pinning him down to the couch.
"What the—"began James, but Sirius looked at him so ferociously that he dared not continue. His eyes were brown. Brown. Not green.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR EYES?!" screamed Sirius, waking up the whole Common Room while he shook James' shoulders...somewhat expecting them to turn green. Everyone stared at James, who looked quite frightened, and Sirius who looked like a madman. Molly Prewett, (yes it's true that's her maiden name...according to ) the Head Girl, began to shout at Sirius.
"What are you doing?! Get off of him!!" She said as she stomped over angrily towards him.
Only then, Sirius seemed to realize what he was doing, and quickly got off of James, still looking confused and upset. James looked taken aback, and Remus and Peter had their mouths wide open. Molly began to lecture Sirius for about ten minutes, ("...making commotion in the Common Room when people are studying, you have N.E.W.T.s coming up soon you SHOULD be studying harder. And ATTACKING another student let alone a friend is downright shameful in Gryffindor and...") while people began to return to what they were doing. After she was done, she huffed off, clearly annoyed.
"Sorry Prongs," said Sirius in a barely audible voice, crossing his arms.
"Why do I have the feeling there is something he's not telling us?" asked Peter.
"Yeah, Padfoot. Sit down, and for god sake's calm down! What happened? What's wrong with my eyes, and why were you talking about contacting mirrors and someone named Harry?" asked James, slightly laughing at the thought of Sirius as a mysterious person named Harry.
Sirius sighed, and decided he might as well tell them the truth. They already think I'm mad, what else could they possibly think? So he did, and when he was finished everyone sat in a stunned silence.
Finally Remus asked, "Have you ever seen or heard of this Harry kid before?" as he shifted his weight slightly. Sirius shook his head.
"What did he look like?"
"Exactly like Prongs! Only with green eyes." He thought eerily of Lily.
James grinned. "Maybe Lily and I had a baby together," he joked, smiling at the thought. Everyone laughed, except for Remus, who seemed to be deep in thought.
"What was he wearing?" asked Remus sharply.
"I dunno...wasn't paying that much attention. I think it was sort of a maroon-ish color," answered Sirius. He pointed to the couch he was sitting on. "Like this one!"
"Are you sure you've never seen this kid before?"
"Positive. But he looked so much like James! I seriously thought it was you when I picked up the mirror!"
James raised his eyebrows. "Oh, you just know me so well!"
Peter laughed. Remus still sat still. Finally he began to open his mouth, but then quickly shut it and looked at the clock in the wall. Sirius followed Remus's gaze, and then gasped.
"DETENTION! I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT DETENTION TWENTY EFFING MINUTES AGO!" (Where have we seen this before?) With that, he ran out of the Common Room as though he was sprinting a marathon.
The three friends sat in silence a few minutes. James rested his chin on his hand.
"What do you think that was all about?"
"I don't know...it's strange though, don't you think?" said Remus.
"Yeah, definitely."
"I don't know if I'm correct...but I have a hunch about this whole thing," began Remus, but he was cut off by the slam of a door. James, Remus, and Peter looked up towards the portrait hole, where they saw a flustered Lily stomping through, towards the couches. James began ruffling his hair furiously. Lily, who was quite red in the face now, made a beeline for James. James had his mouth wide open in shock. Was Lily really here to talk to him? Remus heard the door open and shut again, a bit more quietly before. He turned and to see Ginny had also come in and was now leaning on the stair rail of the Girls' Dormitory, grinning slightly.
Lily was only about three feet away from James now. The room seemed to have froze again. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at James and Lily, as if they were the only ones in the room.
"Evans?" stuttered James. He gulped. She looked mad. Lily walked straight up to him, grabbing his robes. She slowly lifted him up, and looked into his eyes. Then she did something that no one would ever believe she would do. She kissed James Potter. On the lips. In front of the entire Common Room. For more then ten seconds. Girls gasped, boys cheered them on. After what seemed like an eternity, Lily backed away from him, looking a bit shocked herself. She then tucked a strand of red hair behind her ear and headed back towards the dormitories. As soon as she got up the staircase she slammed the door, immediately unfreezing the room. Everyone began to talk at once. James stood completely still, as though he was a stature, still quite unbelieving of what just happened. All the girls began rushing up the staircase, following Lily to ask her questions. James finally got a grip on himself, and slowly made his way up the staircase and into his room, grinning stupidly into space. All boys followed suit, Peter trying to get ahead of everyone to be with James. Only Remus remained in the room. Ginny made her way down the steps, and sat down next to Remus, who was still unmoving. There was silence, but neither of them felt uncomfortable. For the first time in her life, Ginny felt there was no need to try to make conversation with a boy sitting inches apart from her. Remus felt the same way. So they both sat happily in silence, until Sirius came back in the room looking exhausted. He looked around, puzzled.
"Where the hell is everyone?" he asked, obviously flustered and agitated.
"Lily kissed James," said Ginny, being matter-of-factly. Sirius opened his mouth wide.
"L-l-lily kissed James?"
Ginny nodded. "You just missed it." Sirius still looked unbelieving.
"Don't you mean James kissed Lily?" he said crossing his arms and lifting and eyebrow.
"Nope," said Ginny, shaking her head.
"Are you sure?" asked Sirius aghast.
"Quite."
"But—"
"She's right, Sirius," said Remus. "I find it a bit funny though.... Lily has never shown any signs of liking James. Why now?"
"How do you know she's never shown any signs?" asked Ginny, getting up from her relaxed position and sitting up straighter.
"Because I know," he answered.
"How do you know?"
"Because I can read girls."
"Oh, really?" she said with skepticism in her voice.
"Really."
"Take it from a girl—no one can read girls. Especially boys," said Ginny, laughing a little bit. Remus looked a tad annoyed.
"Well, I'm not like all boys!"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, really," said Remus, getting angry.
"And how are you different?" asked Ginny, faking innocent confusion.
"I just am," growled Remus, slightly ashamed of his...condition.
"Alright, alright, I see my signal to leave. When you guys are done flirting with each other, you should really get some sleep—the Transfiguration test is tomorrow, and it's not going to be easy," said Sirius. Seeing the shocked expressions on Ginny and Remus's faces, he grinned and went up to the dormitories. Ginny turned a bright red, as well as Remus.
After a moments hesitation, Ginny asked, "Were you just flirting with me, Mr. Lupin?"
Remus, still shocked, answered quickly, "I was most certainly not!" he said with a look of disgust on his face.
"Good."
"Good."
"Well, I am glad that's settled," said Ginny, getting up. She was still a bit pink in the face. "Well, have a good night then."
She began to work her way up the stairs when she heard Remus say softly, "And you too." She smiled to herself, and opened the door.
When Remus entered the boy's dormitories, he heard James describing each and every bit about his kiss with Lily. He couldn't help smiling as he changed into his pajamas. Sirius was egging him on, trying to get every little detail here and there, so it would be like he never missed it at all.
"So...it was just a regular kiss then?" Sirius finally finished.
"Er, well it was a really good kiss on her part...I didn't know she was such a great kisser," answered James all stretched out on his bed, looking very pleased with himself.
"How did ya know it was a good kiss?" asked a boy named Gregory.
"Well...."
"Hey, James, wasn't this your first kiss?" asked Peter rather loudly. James glared at him.
"NO!" he shouted, throwing a pillow at him.
"I meant your first received kiss, god only knows how many times you've kissed a girl," explained Peter, as though he was talking to a three year old.
James paused. "Um...well.."
"It was his first!" cried Sirius, pounding his best friend on the back. "We're so proud of you, Prongs!"
James turned bright red. "Shut up!" he muttered. Then he grabbed a pillow and began beating Sirius with it. Sirius began to laugh and grabbed a pillow of his own.
"PILLOW FIGHT!" screamed Peter, and soon all the boys grabbed pillows and began to throw and thrash them at everyone else in the room. The boys didn't get to sleep until half past two that night. Remus fell asleep to the thought of Ginny. (heh...EVIL, We already used that line!)
As soon as Ginny opened the door to the girl's dormitories, she heard an outburst of girly voices and giggles.
"So, did you two french?" asked Felicity, one of Lily's good friends.
Lily laughed. "No! Definitely not!"
"I always knew you liked him," drawled Betsy from one of the corner beds.
"Not true! I do not like James Potter anymore then I did yesterday," said Lily, but her face began to turn red.
"Liar, liar, pants on fire!" shouted Felicity in a singsong voice.
"I'm not lying!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Well, it certainly looked like you were enjoying it," said a blonde named Keira. "I know how to recognize a passionate kiss, and you were certainly giving one." She said with a far-out look. (Note: I don't usually like adding in new characters...but hey. Co-authors idea and it works so yeah).
Lily bit her tongue. The other part of the deal with Ginny was that she was not allowed to tell anyone that she had been dared to do it.... But was I actually being dared, Lily asked herself. I did do it on my own accord, didn't I? No, Lily, Ginny tricked you into doing it and you do NOT like James Potter. She nodded her head, agreeing with her more sensible side.
Ginny smirked at Lily, knowing she wasn't enjoying all the attention she was getting. I'm not a bad person...I was merely giving them a head start, she told herself. Hearing all the stories from her parents, she knew that James and Lily didn't actually start dating until their seventh year. But it couldn't hurt getting started a year early, could it? she thought, giggling to herself.
Soon enough the girls began to yawn and quiet down a bit, then minutes later they were all fast asleep. Ginny, who had finally gotten her own bed that day, looked to the side to see Lily smiling to herself. Wonder what she's dreaming about, Ginny thought, grinning. She rolled over to her other side, facing the wooden dressers. How do I feel about Remus? she asked herself. He is cute, she thought, but immediately dismissed it. He's was your bloody professor in second year! But—No buts! Imagine what Dumbledore would think about this? Dumbledore... he told me that time would tell why I was here...time will tell...he said make friends and enjoy yourself...study and work as well....make friends and enjoy yourself.....time will tell....time will tell....
Ginny awoke the next morning to see fresh snow on the Hogwarts' grounds. She looked up to the sky, and saw that it was gray and gloomy looking, which only meant that there would be more snow delivered that morning. No one else was up yet, so Ginny quickly and quietly got dressed. After she made sure she had clean robes on, she bent down to pick up her books when a glint of gold caught her eye. Sticking partly out of her book bag was the gold necklace. The time turner. How did you get here? Ginny thought to herself. The last time she remembered having it was when she went back in time... She picked it up and stared at it. It looked as though it was in mint condition...no scratches or anything. But it had been broken, she reminded herself. How odd. She opened the draw in the little night table next to her bed and dropped it in for safekeeping, without giving it much thought. She then put her books in her bag and headed out of the room. When she shut her door she heard the door on the opposite end shut as well, and turned to see Remus Lupin heading down the staircase. She blushed when she saw him. He looked as though he was fidgeting with his robes, and avoided her eyes as they both came to the center of the room.
"Good morning," she said quietly.
"Good morning." There was an awkward silence. Then, "I was wondering..if..."
"Yes," prodded on Ginny.
"If you wanted to go to Hogsmeade with well not me really but-uh yeah me too, but I mean like Prongs and Padfoot are out for the day taking care of stuff and I don't really hang around with Peter. Er- not like a date or anything I just er-"
"Really?" interrupted Ginny, her heart beating a little faster then usual.
"Well er- the guys are going to Zonko's and I don't like and I figured I could show you around because Lily is usually with her friends and stuff, you know just for fun" he said trailing off, slightly blushing.
"I'd love to come!" Remus felt his whole body heat up a notch.
"Great! Er- I mean, that's good. Then meet me after breakfast today in the Great Hall, and we'll go from there." Ginny smiled and nodded. Remus headed out of the Common Room, and looked behind to see if Ginny was going to follow.
"I'll be there in just a second," she called over to him. He nodded, and headed out. Ginny sighed happily, and went over to look at the Gryffindor Common Room board, which held a calendar of events. She looked at it and saw that today, sure enough, was a Hogsmeade trip. It astounded her how far they were through December. It was the 19 of December. That's funny, she thought. I've been here for exactly three days...and it was the 16 of December when I left the present...time sure is organized. She snapped out of her thoughts when she looked at the following two weeks. It was labeled 'Holiday Break'. A wave of homesickness broke over her. I'll be missing Christmas with my family, she thought sadly. I guess I'll be spending Christmas here...unless I go home before then. But I doubt that will happen. She sighed. Oh well, try to make the best of it Ginny! Ask who else is going to stay—maybe Lily and the Marauders will too!
As though they had heard her thoughts, the three remaining Marauders ran down the staircase, and began cascading her with questions.
"What did Lily say about me?" asked James, a wild look in his eyes, tugging on her robes.
"Did Lily say anything about James using his—"(that one belonged to Sirius).
"Where's Remus?"
"Did Lily already leave?"
"Are you sure Lily didn't say anything about James's—"
"SIRIUS!"
"What?"
"BOYS!" shouted Ginny over their voices. They immediately stopped. "Calm down! Please, one at a time."
"Okay, me first," said James, pushing Sirius and Peter aside. "What did Lily say about me? Did she enjoy the kiss? Does she wanna go out with me?"
"Er---I think she enjoyed the kiss. Um...I don't know if she's ready for a steady relationship with you, but she could be thinking about it and...yeah."
James looked a little disappointed. "Well why the hell would she kiss me like that if she doesn't want to go out with me?"
"Girls will be girls," answered Sirius, snorting. Ginny shot him a glare.
"What? It's true!"
"Remus went down stairs to breakfast," she told Peter. "Is that all then?"
"Nope, you didn't answered mine," said Sirius, grinning. "Did Lily say anything about James's—"
"SIRIUS!"
"What?"
Just then the door opened and out came Lily Evans. James began blushing like mad, and he rifled his hair a bit. Lily didn't give him a second look. She marched straight past him and walked to the portrait. James frowned.
"Evans?" he called to her.
She ignored him. "Ginny, walk with me," she said coolly. Ginny shrugged at the Marauders and followed her. Sirius smirked.
"Guess she's not thinking about a relationship then, mate," he said, laughing a little bit.
James scowled. "She's just playing hard to get."
"Sure." Sirius ran to catch up with the girls, suddenly remembering what happened before he left for detention.
"Oi, Evans!" he shouted.
Lily stopped short and turned around, preparing to give James a speech, but stopped when she saw it was only Sirius. "Yes?"
"Do you know anyone named Harry?"
Lily thought a minute. "No...I don't think so. But that's such a lovely name. If I ever had a son, I would definitely name him Harry!"
Ginny gasped. Lily looked at her, a bit confused, but she just shook her head. "Oh." Sirius walked away rather disappointed. He still wanted to figure out who this 'Harry' boy was.
Lily peeked over her shoulder, making sure there was no one too close to Ginny and herself. Then she said, "What should I do about James? I do not want to go out with him, but that's all anyone's talking about!"
"Well..." began Ginny. "Do you like him?"
"No!" shouted Lily, her nostrils flaring. "I do not like him whatsoever!"
"Okay. Well just go about how you would normally go about then."
"I can't! I just bloody made out with him last night! In front of the whole Common Room! Everyone knows, everyone's expecting us to go out or something! I can't pretend it didn't happen!" shouted Lily, who was now getting a little hysterical. Ginny patted her on the back.
"I understand. But Lily, you really shouldn't care what people think. Just follow your heart and do what you think is right," she told her friend calmly. Lily smiled a bit.
"Thanks Ginny....you're really a great friend."
"No problem, I'm glad I can help," she said. And move this whole romance along a bit quicker, she thought to herself. They headed to the Great Hall to have breakfast.
Shortly after breakfast Ginny fled to meet Remus, not even stopping to tell Lily where she was going. She could hear her heart beating faster than usual. What am I nuts? The man is old enough to be my father! Ginny thought, slowing down slightly. Who cares? It's not a date! Remus would never do that...he's just being nice. Ginny thought stubbornly, quickening her pace again. She saw him not too far away leaning against a tree. Small bits off snow flecked his hair and his scarf blowing in the wind. His beautiful misty blues eyes against the gray sky. He managed to look incredibly handsome every time she saw him. She looked at her own appearance. Her red curls hung limply at the side of her head, her pale skin matched the snow and she had those horrible freckles! She sighed and continued running to him. Who cared how she looked?
When she got to him, she was panting slightly and her cheeks were flushed from the cold.
"I...just...ran..." she panted. Remus starred. He didn't know how she could look so beautiful with out even trying. Her red hair blew in the wind like a wave of crimson silk. Her freckles lightly dotted her cheeks, he milk white skin looked gorgeours. And her eyes, how they shined when she smiled. They gave off a lust for life, and were a dark chocolate brown. He however, thought he looked like a wreck. His robes were patched and frayed. (His mum insisted he wear those until they got too small), his hair wasn't combed and he was sure he looked awful. He knew he was starring. He quickly turned his head.
"Er...that's ok. Just take a rest." He said as she leaned up against the tree and sank into the soft white snow. "Where to?" she said still breathing heavily. Whoa...Ginny thought. Major déjà vu! I said that to Harry a few days ago! She smiled remembering Harry's response.
"Er-I mean...what shops are you going to be show me?" Ginny said as she got to her feet. "Well I guess Honeydukes, Three Broomsticks and well they have places for Christmas shopping." He said...starring at his hands in the process.
"Oh good, I do need to catch up. Let's go!" She grabbed his cold hand and ran towards the village.
They first went to Honeydukes. Remus was pointing out all the candies they had there. Ginny nodded pretending as if she had no idea what they were. There were one or two candies that didn't look familiar, but then again they could have retired the candy before her time. They proceeded to the Three Broomsticks, where Remus introduced Ginny to butterbeer. And of course she already knew what it was, but she drank it happily. They strolled down the road and passed the Shrieking Shack. As soon as Remus saw it, he quickly pulled Ginny into another shop looking slightly pale. He said it had been the weather.
"What was that building?" Ginny said, trying to play her part as best she could. She knew it upset him but if she didn't ask it might look suspicious.
"It's the Shrieking Shack. People uh...say it's haunted, but I don't believe that rubbish." He said with a wave of his hand. "Well let's go," he said as he yanked her out of the store and past the Shrieking Shack.
They strolled down the snow covered street, talking about assorted things when they passed a large sign that said 50% off all Christmas presents! That kept magically appearing and reappearing in different letters. Ginny remembered! She had to buy presents.
"Oh Remus, I have to get presents for my family, how bout you?" she said stopping in mid-step.
"Well I already got some gifts, but I don't mind helping you or going along."
"Oh excellent! Do you know of any jewelry stores? My mum loves jewelry, and I want to get something for my friend Her- Hermania. Back home." She said, embarrassed at the ridiculous name she thought of.
"Hermania?"
"Well she wasn't born in France or England. I think it was somewhere in er- Norway, yes Norway. So do you know of any?"
"Well," Remus thought, stroking his chin lightly. "I do know of one, James bought Lily something there I think. It's called The Diamond Earring. It's a few shops this way," he said pointing.
"Excellent," she said smiling, and grabbing his wrist. "C'mon!" she said as she pulled him forward.
Ginny pushed open the wooden door and heard a small ring as she entered, Remus right behind her. She gazed around. The jewelry was absolutely beautiful. She glanced around. How could she possibly buy anything? She felt her hand travel to her pocket pulling out two Galleons. She frowned.
"Ginny, you mind? Now that I think of it, my mum could use some new jewelry."
"Oh no problem, I'll be over here," she said as she walked towards the glass counter. She gazed inside. Beautiful craftsmanship. Beautiful materials. Everything looked wonderful. Ginny's eyes glanced around when she noticed a glint at the back of the case. She quickly glance towards it. It was a medallion, a silver disk on the end of a long silver chain. It had...a wolf on it! Ginny looked at in awe. This was made for Remus, Ginny thought looking in his direction. I have to get in for him! she said. Because...he's been so nice. Ginny called the witch at the counter over.
"Miss, how much is this?" she said pointing to the medallion.
"Ah that, that's been here for years. I never thought anyone would want it." The woman came over, she had big eyeglasses on and a large knitted shawl. She had long brown scraggly hair. She looked around twenty.
"Why not?" Ginny said looking slightly unnerved.
"Well, the picture. It's a werewolf. Everyone's prejudice. Never sold. You have a special werewolf in you life?" The woman said smiling.
"Why yes I do, how much is it?" Ginny said looking hopeful.
"Well it's made of real silver and everything, but since you look like such a nice girl, I can tell you have a pure heart. How about two galleons." Ginny's face drained. That's all I have! I won't be able to buy anything for Ron or Hermione or Harry! Ginny thought. Well...I'll have time when I get back. How many times will I find the perfect present for someone?
"Here," Ginny said taking her only two Galleons and handing them to the woman. The woman removed the tiny pendant and but it into a small, black velvet box. She tapped a tiny green bow on it also.
"Thanks so much, Miss -" Ginny said, as she stashed the black box into her coat.
"Oh dear, call me Sybil. (Heh...who could this be?)" Ginny looked at her. Professor Trelawney? How could it be? She seems so...normal.
"Sybil? Trelawney?" Ginny questioned.
"Why yes? Dearie do you have the inner eye?" Ginny looked around quickly.
"Yes, I do...in a way sort of. Anyway thank you so much Prof- Miss Sybil." She gave Trelawney a quick wave and made her way towards Remus. (okay I dunno, I just thought this was interesting. Everybody has to have a job before Hogwarts right? Well maybe Sybil Trelawney worked in the shop in 1980, she decided to try for a job at her old school because she felt she had the inner eye. It's possible I think! Just use your imagination!)
He was browsing through some rings. He wanted to get Ginny something, something special. However, everything was over 10 galleons. Remus sighed, slightly discouraged when someone tapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Ready to go?" Ginny's beaming face appeared behind him. Apparently she found everything she wanted.
"Yeah, sure." She looked and saw that his hands were empty.
"What about your mum?" Ginny said, questioning his empty hands.
"Oh well I can't...I mean she doesn't need anymore." He said blushing slightly.
"You're sure?" Ginny said patting him lightly on the back. He smiled reassuringly at her.
"Yes I'm sure. So where else do you need to go?" He said as they started for the door. "Well, I don't need to go anyway else." Ginny confessed.
"Why not? You said you had so much shopping to do, for you mum and your friend...Hermania," he said choking the last part out. (She could have done Hermia! I mean...that's in A Midsummer Nights Dream, silly Ginny)
"Er yeah, about that. I kinda can't...I mean I –"Ginny looked at her feet.
"Spent all your money," he said with compassion, knowing exactly how she felt as he examined his old, tattered robes.
"Yes..." she said embarrassed. "Hey don't worry, I didn't have enough money either." He smiled slightly as he tapped his pocket for Ginny. She smiled lightly as they continued out into the cold street.
"Professor Riddle?" A young lad with blond hair asked as he pushed open the door, cautiously looking down the hall for other people. Lucius Malfoy slowly took a step inside the classroom.
"Ah Mr. Malfoy do come here, I take it you read my note." Tom said as Lucius came slowly shut the door and walked towards his desk.
"Yes sir, I did. I read it right after you gave it to me in class." He said extending the note towards his professor. Tom looked at his own neat writing. Mr. Malfoy, I have something important for you to do. After your Hogsmeade trip come straight to my classroom. Professor Riddle.
"Well Mr. Malfoy, I believe you are aware of how this thing works."
"Yes sir, I am your loyal servant, and you are the Dark Lord following in Salazaar Slytherin's place. A few selected people, such as myself will be your 'Death Eaters' and help you come to power. And we become the ultimate power in the world." The boy said...a look of boyish greed in his gray eyes.
"Very good" Tom chuckled. "You know much for a boy your age. I'm glad I picked you out. You have potential, I assume the others you recommended to me are just as good? "
"Yes my master." Lucius said giving a slight bow.
"Now I want you to do something for me...it will definitely not be easy...especially with Dumbledore around, but I think you can manage. There is a girl in this school. She goes by the name Ginny Weston. However...she is actually Ginny Weasley the girl I corrupted in my future. I took her down to the Chamber of Secrets, yes...in fact... you helped me with that too. You slipped young Miss Weasley the diary and I gained full control of her. That is until...Potter."
"James?" Lucius looked slightly skeptical, James was not one of his favorite people.
"No you fool, Harry Potter. The Boy-who-lived. The son of James Potter. Anyway, I'm surprised Dumbledore let Virginia stay. Surely Dumbledore knows I know about Miss Weasley. If he doesn't he's much more senile than I think. Yes the old man," Tom said grinning slightly drifting off slightly.
"Never the less," he said coming back to reality. "Virginia knows all about me...everything. She could ruin my plans for everything. Yes...all though I am powerful, she too has a sense of power. She could warn the Ministry against me and all would be lost. The element of surprise gone. Everything...would be ruined. However...if she no longer had a time turner she could never go back to her present time, and she'd have to wait it all out until she was forty years old. Yes...you must destroy her time turner."
"Time Turner my lord?"
"Yes! Fool, a little hourglass on a chain. Find it and destroy it." He said grinning wickedly.
"Yes master, is that all?"
"No, there is something else." Tom said, his smile growing larger as though he was thinking something truly evil.
"What is it master?"
"I want you to kill Ginny Weasley."
Author's Note: Oooo! Cliffhanger. MWAHAHAHA! Yes this will all be explained in time. Don't worry! And by the way...last chapter. I meant I though Narcissa's hair was BLOND, I wrote brown again. Anyway hope you like this chapter. Tom is such an evil! And Ginny and Remus finally noticed each other! WEEE! More to come :D
Katriana souless: Gee...I never thought about that. Hmm...I guess whatever cookie you want! (personally, I like chocolate chip) :D Thanks for the review! :: Here have a cookie ::gives katriana souless a cookie::
DarkAngel31: Yes the yankees did win. Bernie is on FIRE! Whoo, he's my favorite player. Heh..anyways. I do believe that Ron is foreshadowing...how astute of you :D Anyways...for your lovely review you get...an ice dream bar! YAY! ::gives DarkAngel31 an ice cream bar from haagen daas::
Pyrogurl4: No problem, it wouldn't let me review some stuff either. You can have an ice cream bar too ::gives Pyrogurl4 an ice cream bar:: Thanks for the review!
Lupinfan227: Ah your story is coming out very good. Very nice...gee I sometimes wish I was Ginny. See gets to kiss Remus ::pouts:: ah well...thanks for the reivew. ::Gives Lupinfan227 a ice cream bar:: :D
