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Chapter 3 – And So We Met Again

"Come on", Hermione said and pulled Ron in through the entrance. "We have to find Harry and remember, they can't see me either."

"Meaning that I will have to find him?"

"Actually... yes."

"I wish we had an invisibility cloak."

"Let's not waste time. Come on."

The two of them walked the corridor down, Ron first and Hermione behind him, almost as if she was hiding, and then arrived at the entrance to the Great Hall.

"Look for Harry or the Marauders", Hermione whispered.

Ron stuck his head in, screwing up his eyes while searching the crowd of students at the different house tables.

"Look at the Gryffindor table", she added.

Ron pulled his head back out into the corridor, glaring angrily at Hermione. "I'm not stupid!"

"I never said you were. I just thought I'd help you and-"

"Oh shut up", Ron snapped and stuck his had back into the doorway. He remained in that position for a couple of minutes, all while Hermione waited impatiently behind him, before he returned. "None of them are there, except for Lily Potter."

"Evans", Hermione corrected him. "They aren't married yet."

Ron rolled his eyes. What did it matter? They knew who he was talking about anyway. Did she really have to comment on everything he did? She was acting more bossy and know-it-all than usually.

Without any specific plans, the duo so walked around the corner of the corridor and continued further down, when suddenly Hermione stopped.

"Now what?" Ron asked with a sigh.

"Shush", Hermione whispered, putting a finger to her lips that should indicate that he should be quiet.

She thought she heard something, voices, familiar voices...

"There's someone there", Ron whispered as if he had read her thoughts.

They walked closer to the source of the voices. Hermione recognized them immediately.

"No shit", Sirius said, "tell me who you are."

"Yeah", James added, "don't mess with us."

"Don't mess with us", echoed Peter.

"I already told you", Harry said, sounding remarkable alike his father. "I'm Harry."

"Harry what?" Remus said softly.

"Ron!" Hermione whispered. "You'll have to take care of it."

And with those words, she had pushed Ron out from behind the corner. He tripped but remained standing, and ended up beside Harry in the middle of the infamous foursome called the Marauders.

It became as silent as in the grave. And surprisingly, Ron was the first to speak, even though he might not have said something extraordinary intelligent.

"Hi", he said.

"Now who the hell are you?" James asked, clearly puzzled by the two mysterious students appearing at the school.

"I'm Ron", Ron said.

Hermione knew that the situation wasn't funny at all, but she somehow just thought the specific phrase, 'I'm Ron' or 'I'm Harry' was so... amusing. It definitely sent the signal 'hey, I'm stupid and am not able to answer a simple question'. She couldn't hold back a chuckle.

"Shush!" James said. "I think I heard something."

Oh shit, Hermione thought and began to back off, but it was too late. In the next second, she stood face to face with James Potter.

Again.

"Alyssa?!" he said in a voice clearly stating he didn't believe neither his eyes, nor his ears, nor any of his senses actually.

Hermione took a deep breath, swallowed and took a big step out into the spot where the rest of the group was. Remus' eyes widened in surprise, Sirius' mouth hung open and Peter looked confused.

"Hermione?!" Harry exclaimed.

"Now what did you call her?" Sirius asked.

"He called her Hermione", Peter informed as if the others hadn't been given ears to hear that for themselves.

"He must have been thinking of my twin sister", Hermione said. "I have a twin sister named Hermione."

"No, you do-"Harry started but Hermione gave him a death glare.

"Yes I do", she said, laughing nervously. "You haven't forgotten, have you Harry?"

"Shouldn't you be in France?" James asked.

"Yeah", Peter added.

"I thought I'd come visiting", Hermione said cheerfully. "So what's up with you guys?"

"Now wait a moment", Sirius said.

"Yeah", Peter agreed. "Don't just change the subject like that."

"Can you say something less intelligent, you evil, betraying little incompetent rat?!" Harry exploded.

Within the next second, he was up against the wall by James' and Sirius' wands.

"Now what the hell do you think you're doing?" James said. "You appear at my school, looking exactly like me and refusing to tell us where you came from. Staring at me like I'm some kind of weirdo."

"Then you appear", Sirius said to Hermione. "And Harry here calls you Hermione. And with that, some weird non-talking friend of yours", he added with a nod towards Ron.

"And then this bastard", James said, looking at Harry, "insults our friend Peter here."

"Didn't I tell you, Alyssa", Sirius continued, "that it is no good messing with the Marauders?"

"We want an explanation", James finished.

Silence fell. Harry was still up against the wall and James and Sirius were still threatening him. Remus stood behind, looking confused, and Peter stood next to Remus with a evil grin on his face.

He must be happy that his big friends defends him, Hermione thought. Without James and Sirius, Harry would have killed him.

Hermione glanced at Ron, whose mouth had fallen open while watching the scene. He seemed to be stuck in the shock phase.

"Guys...", Remus tried.

She couldn't hold it anymore. It just broke, and one lonely tear rolled down her cheek, but closely followed by dozens of others.

"Herm – Aly – hey", Ron said and took uncertainly a step towards Hermione. "Are you okay?"

She shook her head. "This situation is out of control. We will probably change the future, and-"she sobbed.

"We need to find Dumbledore", Ron whispered. "He'll know what to do."

"You know what, Ron?" Hermione whispered back. "I take back that about you being stupid."

"Thanks."

"Now what are you whispering about?" Peter demanded.

He would never have dared saying such thing without James and Sirius there, Hermione thought again. That evil little rat.

But she didn't say that, of course. Instead, she brushed away some tears from her cheek with the back of her hand, cleared her throat and said:

"Let's go and see Professor Dumbledore, shall we?"

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