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"I'll meet you in the Entrance Hall tomorrow morning okay?" Remus was hugging Lily good-bye as she went upstairs to the library to meet Mary. Remus, on the other hand, was off to goof around with James, Sirius, and Peter. Although Remus did help pull the pranks, he also helped to control them.
Lily hugged Remus back and kissed him on the cheek before starting up the stairs. He's wonderful, she thought to herself. So nice and disciplined with just enough of a rebel in him to keep him from being lame. And besides that, he's cute!
*****
Many years later a lean and lanky sixteen-year-old boy woke with a start. His mother. with Lupin? Harry glanced through the hangings of his bed to make sure none of the other boys in his dormitory had woken up from the noise of his gasp. Ron was snoring ever so slightly, Neville was still out cold, and Harry could hear the steady breathing of Dean and Seamus. Good, he though, no one heard me.
His dream was so weird. His mother was going out with Lupin. That wasn't right. Harry wasn't sure it was just a dream though; it was one of his visions. As Harry became more and more aware of what this meant his eyes opened wide. He just had to go back in time somehow. His mom wasn't supposed to end up with Lupin. She was supposed to be with James, Harry's dad! Harry had the strangest feeling that if he didn't somehow correct this, it could change the way everything turned out in the future. If he didn't stop his mom from liking Lupin, and if he couldn't get his dad to quit being such a dork around his mom, then Lupin would be his father, not James. As much as Harry liked Lupin, James was his real father and he wouldn't change that for anything.
Harry threw off the covers and dressed silently. He momentarily thought of waking Ron too but stopped. This was his problem, not Ron's, and he would fix it. Harry almost ran down the stairs and out the portrait hole all the way to Professor Dumbledore's office. He, of all people, would know what to do.
*****
The next morning dawned bright and clear for Lily. She was going out with Remus today, and Mary with Sirius. James must be feeling like a loser, he was the only one of the Marauders who didn't have a date - very unusual. Well, Peter didn't have a girl either but he never did. Lily rolled out of bed and brushed her hair. She dressed silently and was about to wake up Mary but her bed was empty. She must have been so excited she left without me, Lily thought. She giggled to herself. Mary was absolutely ecstatic that she was going to Hogsmead with Sirius.
Lily never saw Mary that morning. She had a strange suspicion of what happened to her, though. When Lily came out to meet Remus, Mary and Sirius came out from behind a curtain, faces flushed and Mary's usually neat hair was somewhat wispy looking. Lily just shook her head. Poor Mary. Tomorrow Sirius would be into some new girl and Mary would be long forgotten.
"Hey beautiful." Remus whispered behind her. She jumped and turned around to see him standing there.
"Oh Remus you scarred me!" Lily threw her arms around his neck and hugged him.
"Ready?" He asked. Lily nodded and, taking her hand, Remus motioned for her to go through the door before him.
"I see Sirius has gone through his usual routine with you friend Mary over there." Remus nodded to the couple who were passionately preoccupied with themselves. "I really do feel sorry for her, though. He may not keep her very long before he moves on."
"Yes, and she knows it too but she refuses to accept it." Lily sighed and continued down the path, hand in hand with Remus.
The silence continued but it wasn't a tense silence like the two were wondering what the other was thinking about them, rather it was a peaceful silence - like they didn't need to say anything to enjoy their time spent together. There was a soft thumping noise behind them. Someone was running up to them.
"Hey Moony ole pal! What are you two lovebirds doin'?" James had run right between Lily and Remus, jerking the two apart and had his left arm draped across Remus's shoulder and an arm around Lily. Lily quickly pulled away, disgusted with James. He always had to ruin the moment.
"Just because you can't find a girl who'll have you doesn't mean you can barge in on us. Go away, James. You'll never have me."
James just smirked at her. "Fine," he said. "Have it your way but I must warn you that my mate Remus isn't as good a kisser as I am. Guess you'll have to suffer through it."
Lily raised an eyebrow. "Oh, because you would know what he kisses like? You disgust me." Lily thought a moment before acting.
She took Remus's face in her hands and kissed him on the lips. The two boys were shocked. Remus just looked at James like he didn't know what to do. He shrugged his shoulders and lead Lily down the path and into Hogsmead.
*****
Harry's mind snapped back to the present. He had been sitting in Dumbledore's office for some time, repeating his dream to him all the while accumulating more and more of a headache.
"Harry? Are you all right?" Dumbledore looked concerned.
"Yeah, I. I just had another vision thingy. I saw my mom again. Only this time she was going with Remus to Hogsmead when my dad came up to them."
Harry recounted the dream to Professor Dumbledore who seemed only to say "I see" and "Ah ha" a lot.
"Professor, what do I do? My mother is about to fall in love with the wrong guy! And my dad! Well, he's obviously screwing things up for himself. Isn't there something I can do?" Harry pleaded with Dumbledore. He had nothing against Lupin but Harry knew that's not how it was suppose to work. If all of this happened, it could change history forever! Harry wouldn't be the Boy Who Lived. James Potter may have been the werewolf teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts instead of Lupin. things would be so crazy.
"Professor, it just can't happen. I won't let it. Please tell me there is something I can do to make things right in the past."
Professor Dumbledore stared at Harry for a moment, in deep thought. He got up and walked around his desk, staring out the window.
"There is something," he said, stroking his long silver beard. "I'm hesitant to let you do it, however."
"But Professor! - "
"Listen, Harry." He held up a hand to hush the distraught young man. "It is not like the Time Turner, where you cannot be seen, and it is not like going into Tom Riddle's diary, where no one could see you. You will become a real person. If something were to happen to you and you never came back, the results would be as disastrous as they would be without ever doing it in the first place."
Professor Dumbledore moved from the window back to the desk and leaned heavily upon it. "I cannot let you do it alone, Harry."
"I'll bring Ron! I'll bring Malfoy if I have to, just let me do with I have to do!"
Professor Dumbledore chuckled at Harry's desperation. Harry would have had to been desperate if he was willing to take Malfoy in order to save his mother from making a huge mistake.
Dumbledore walked over to his cabinet filled with all sorts of strange and intriguing, twirling objects. He took a silver spindly thing from the highest shelf and set it in front of Harry.
"Do you know what this is, Harry?"
Harry shook his head, no. Harry noticed that it wasn't as sharp and pointy looking as he thought it was. Inside the silver spindles was a glass ball no bigger than a snitch. It looked as though a thousand galaxies were swirling about in a whirl of color and bright stars.
"This is Time and Space, Harry. To use it for purposes other than using it for the good of the world would be a most grievous crime and is punishable by death. As you are only going to save your mother from making a horrible decision I doubt to would be considered a crime. However, if you let it out of your sight and someone else finds it and uses it for his or her own benefit, it will be upon your head, Harry. Now, as to how it works."
*Well? What do you think? I realize it's not as long as my chapters usually are but I knew I had to get Harry in there somewhere. I didn't want to reveal too much about him thought (heh heh heh) so you get a short chapter. Please review or I just might die of boredom. And then comes the cheese! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ahem *find your center, find your center.* yes. Go on, click the little button that says "Go" to review. You know you want to.
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"I'll meet you in the Entrance Hall tomorrow morning okay?" Remus was hugging Lily good-bye as she went upstairs to the library to meet Mary. Remus, on the other hand, was off to goof around with James, Sirius, and Peter. Although Remus did help pull the pranks, he also helped to control them.
Lily hugged Remus back and kissed him on the cheek before starting up the stairs. He's wonderful, she thought to herself. So nice and disciplined with just enough of a rebel in him to keep him from being lame. And besides that, he's cute!
*****
Many years later a lean and lanky sixteen-year-old boy woke with a start. His mother. with Lupin? Harry glanced through the hangings of his bed to make sure none of the other boys in his dormitory had woken up from the noise of his gasp. Ron was snoring ever so slightly, Neville was still out cold, and Harry could hear the steady breathing of Dean and Seamus. Good, he though, no one heard me.
His dream was so weird. His mother was going out with Lupin. That wasn't right. Harry wasn't sure it was just a dream though; it was one of his visions. As Harry became more and more aware of what this meant his eyes opened wide. He just had to go back in time somehow. His mom wasn't supposed to end up with Lupin. She was supposed to be with James, Harry's dad! Harry had the strangest feeling that if he didn't somehow correct this, it could change the way everything turned out in the future. If he didn't stop his mom from liking Lupin, and if he couldn't get his dad to quit being such a dork around his mom, then Lupin would be his father, not James. As much as Harry liked Lupin, James was his real father and he wouldn't change that for anything.
Harry threw off the covers and dressed silently. He momentarily thought of waking Ron too but stopped. This was his problem, not Ron's, and he would fix it. Harry almost ran down the stairs and out the portrait hole all the way to Professor Dumbledore's office. He, of all people, would know what to do.
*****
The next morning dawned bright and clear for Lily. She was going out with Remus today, and Mary with Sirius. James must be feeling like a loser, he was the only one of the Marauders who didn't have a date - very unusual. Well, Peter didn't have a girl either but he never did. Lily rolled out of bed and brushed her hair. She dressed silently and was about to wake up Mary but her bed was empty. She must have been so excited she left without me, Lily thought. She giggled to herself. Mary was absolutely ecstatic that she was going to Hogsmead with Sirius.
Lily never saw Mary that morning. She had a strange suspicion of what happened to her, though. When Lily came out to meet Remus, Mary and Sirius came out from behind a curtain, faces flushed and Mary's usually neat hair was somewhat wispy looking. Lily just shook her head. Poor Mary. Tomorrow Sirius would be into some new girl and Mary would be long forgotten.
"Hey beautiful." Remus whispered behind her. She jumped and turned around to see him standing there.
"Oh Remus you scarred me!" Lily threw her arms around his neck and hugged him.
"Ready?" He asked. Lily nodded and, taking her hand, Remus motioned for her to go through the door before him.
"I see Sirius has gone through his usual routine with you friend Mary over there." Remus nodded to the couple who were passionately preoccupied with themselves. "I really do feel sorry for her, though. He may not keep her very long before he moves on."
"Yes, and she knows it too but she refuses to accept it." Lily sighed and continued down the path, hand in hand with Remus.
The silence continued but it wasn't a tense silence like the two were wondering what the other was thinking about them, rather it was a peaceful silence - like they didn't need to say anything to enjoy their time spent together. There was a soft thumping noise behind them. Someone was running up to them.
"Hey Moony ole pal! What are you two lovebirds doin'?" James had run right between Lily and Remus, jerking the two apart and had his left arm draped across Remus's shoulder and an arm around Lily. Lily quickly pulled away, disgusted with James. He always had to ruin the moment.
"Just because you can't find a girl who'll have you doesn't mean you can barge in on us. Go away, James. You'll never have me."
James just smirked at her. "Fine," he said. "Have it your way but I must warn you that my mate Remus isn't as good a kisser as I am. Guess you'll have to suffer through it."
Lily raised an eyebrow. "Oh, because you would know what he kisses like? You disgust me." Lily thought a moment before acting.
She took Remus's face in her hands and kissed him on the lips. The two boys were shocked. Remus just looked at James like he didn't know what to do. He shrugged his shoulders and lead Lily down the path and into Hogsmead.
*****
Harry's mind snapped back to the present. He had been sitting in Dumbledore's office for some time, repeating his dream to him all the while accumulating more and more of a headache.
"Harry? Are you all right?" Dumbledore looked concerned.
"Yeah, I. I just had another vision thingy. I saw my mom again. Only this time she was going with Remus to Hogsmead when my dad came up to them."
Harry recounted the dream to Professor Dumbledore who seemed only to say "I see" and "Ah ha" a lot.
"Professor, what do I do? My mother is about to fall in love with the wrong guy! And my dad! Well, he's obviously screwing things up for himself. Isn't there something I can do?" Harry pleaded with Dumbledore. He had nothing against Lupin but Harry knew that's not how it was suppose to work. If all of this happened, it could change history forever! Harry wouldn't be the Boy Who Lived. James Potter may have been the werewolf teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts instead of Lupin. things would be so crazy.
"Professor, it just can't happen. I won't let it. Please tell me there is something I can do to make things right in the past."
Professor Dumbledore stared at Harry for a moment, in deep thought. He got up and walked around his desk, staring out the window.
"There is something," he said, stroking his long silver beard. "I'm hesitant to let you do it, however."
"But Professor! - "
"Listen, Harry." He held up a hand to hush the distraught young man. "It is not like the Time Turner, where you cannot be seen, and it is not like going into Tom Riddle's diary, where no one could see you. You will become a real person. If something were to happen to you and you never came back, the results would be as disastrous as they would be without ever doing it in the first place."
Professor Dumbledore moved from the window back to the desk and leaned heavily upon it. "I cannot let you do it alone, Harry."
"I'll bring Ron! I'll bring Malfoy if I have to, just let me do with I have to do!"
Professor Dumbledore chuckled at Harry's desperation. Harry would have had to been desperate if he was willing to take Malfoy in order to save his mother from making a huge mistake.
Dumbledore walked over to his cabinet filled with all sorts of strange and intriguing, twirling objects. He took a silver spindly thing from the highest shelf and set it in front of Harry.
"Do you know what this is, Harry?"
Harry shook his head, no. Harry noticed that it wasn't as sharp and pointy looking as he thought it was. Inside the silver spindles was a glass ball no bigger than a snitch. It looked as though a thousand galaxies were swirling about in a whirl of color and bright stars.
"This is Time and Space, Harry. To use it for purposes other than using it for the good of the world would be a most grievous crime and is punishable by death. As you are only going to save your mother from making a horrible decision I doubt to would be considered a crime. However, if you let it out of your sight and someone else finds it and uses it for his or her own benefit, it will be upon your head, Harry. Now, as to how it works."
*Well? What do you think? I realize it's not as long as my chapters usually are but I knew I had to get Harry in there somewhere. I didn't want to reveal too much about him thought (heh heh heh) so you get a short chapter. Please review or I just might die of boredom. And then comes the cheese! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ahem *find your center, find your center.* yes. Go on, click the little button that says "Go" to review. You know you want to.
*Cowgirl Up*