The Fabric of Time

by Dark Sarcasm 503

The fabric of time is never constant. A single event can change not only the future, but the past as well. In the trio's sevent year, Ron stumbles upon Hermione's timeturner...a bad idea. Hermione sends herself back to find him, and finds him with someone

6. The Prank: stage 2

Chapter 6: The Prank: Stage 2

That night Ron followed Lily and James out of the common room and up to the astronomy tower. When they reached the top of the tower, James kissed Lily on the cheek. "I'll be back in a minute love, I just need to get something." Lily smiled and nodded and James disappeared down the stairs.

Snape stepped out of the shadows. "Hello Lily" he said.

Lily stared at him in surprise. "What are you doing here Severus?"

"What am I doing here?" asked Snape in surprise. "You asked me to meet you here."

"I did no such thing!"

"Yes you did, I have the letters here" said Severus confused, holding out a stack of letters.

Ron stepped out of the shadows where he had been hiding. "This is not fair! It's all a prank. James, where are you? Come out, I know you're here!"

James cursed and stepped out of the stairwell. "I'm really sorry Lily. I don't know what either of them are doing here."

Lily glanced at him then turned to Ron. "Care to explain Ron?"

Ron smiled sadly, shaking his head. "They've been planning it for ages. They knew that Snape liked you and thought it would be funny to get his hopes up. As much as I hate Snape, I can't let this happen to you."

"Is this true?" Lily turned to James in disgust

"Um, no, well, err… my love…" he began

"I don't want to hear it, James, I can't believe you would do this to me. I'm just glad that Ron was here to stop your prank"

Snape whipped out his wand, ready to curse Potter. James did the same, ready to retaliate.

"OH WILL YOU BOYS STOP IT!" Lily screamed and echoed around the tower. "I'm sick of you're endless squabbling. Grow up, will you!" She stormed down the stairs, her red hair flying behind her.

"Wow, that's girls got a temper!" muttered Ron as he followed her down the stairs.

Lily stormed down the corridor, seething. James ran after her. "Lily wait! WAIT! Lily! I didn't mean it, I swear! Oh Lily… please just listen to me!"

Lily whipped around to face James. "Just leave me alone Potter! I can't believe you did it to me!" she screamed at him, before turning and entering Gryffindor Tower.