Lils: So! Chapter four!

Jaye: Here's da next chappie! Funness!


Chapter four: Space-time Continuum

"I'm not quite sure," Artemis mused. He closed his eyes, thinking hard.

"Johnson had some sort of portal, didn't she?" Jaye commented.

"Your point?" Holly snapped grumpily.

"Well," Jaye said, frowning at the irritable LEP captain. "Maybe if we catch her when she's got the portal open, we can…get in and…maybe control the space-time conteneum thingy."

"Whoa," James said, staggering back.

"What?" Jaye yelped, alarmed.

"You just said something smart!" James snickered. Jaye punched him in the arm.

"You're a jerk James," she laughed.

"Can we get serious here!" Lily and Artemis snapped in unison.

"But I'm already here!" Sirius said, grinning stupidly.

"SHUT UP BLACK!" Lily roared. (And then comes the awkward silence.)

"Right…we won't get anywhere arguing like two-year-olds!" Artemis sighed, rubbing his temples. "But what Jaye said seems to be our best and only hope."

"Mmhm…just one thing," Holly blurted. "How are we going to get Johnson to come after us?"


And that was why Lily, Artemis, and Jaye were staked out on top of the Astronomy Tower that night.

"This is ridiculous," Lily hissed. "She won't come!"

Wreeeeeeep!

"I stand corrected."

"Johnson!" Artemis hissed as she stepped from her portal.

"Fowl?" It was obvious Bree was surprised…perfect.

"Jaye!" Lily screamed. "Grab her!"

"With pleasure."

Jaye tackled Bree, who started screaming. Lily pulled out the mirror James had given her and hissed, "Sirius Black!"

Sirius's face appeared. "You got her?"

"Yeah, get up here!"

In a flash, the rest of the group was standing there.

Artemis stood off to the side, clear of the screaming Bree. He stared at the swirling black portal.

"What do we do now?" asked Holly, who had come up to the Astronomy tower with help of her Dragonfly wing model. She waved a hand in front of the transfixed mud boy.

"We go through."

Artemis stepped through, followed by Holly, Remus, James, Sirius, Lily, and finally Jaye.

It was dark. That's the first thing he noticed. It was black and dark purple...A tunnel that never seemed to end.

Somewhere in the distance, someone screamed. Artemis spun around, only to find himself alone in the darkness. What he didn't know, however, was that his friends were experiencing a similar effect. Only Johnson, who had jumped in at the last moment and was used to the dark, could see the scared faces around her.

"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?" Jaye screamed.

"HOW SHOULD I KNOW?" Lily yelled back.

Bree started snickering. Every single one of the others turned and glared murderously at her.

"Well, this was smart, wasn't it, Arty?" she taunted, easily sliding out of Holly's way. "Do you have any idea where to stop?" She laughed. Artemis scowled.

Meanwhile, Lily was looking feverishly around the purple-black void. As she looked harder, she thought she could see snatches of things…images…

"EEEVAAANNNS!" James shouted as he came spiraling through the air toward her. Lily glanced up at him.

"POTTER! GRAB ANYONE YOU CAN AND TELL THEM TO DO THE SAME – WE NEED TO GET OUT – NOW!"

"There is no way out for you now, EVANS!" Johnson cackled.

The Hogwarts kids, Artemis, and Holly formed a chain, and James, who was on the end, was frantically grabbing for anything that could get them to stop.

Ironic that this was what caused them to land. But not in their own time...

"Hey! We're right back in Hogwarts!" Sirius growled.

"Yeah…but…this isn't the Hogwarts we know, bro," Jaye whispered.

"No, it most certainly isn't," Remus observed.

"There's no one here…" said Lily.

"Nope. No one but us – and the founders," Johnson cackled from behind them.

"You mean..."

"Yah, you git, that's what she means. We're in the past," Jaye told him, scowling at her twin's stupidity.

"Whoa. Whoa... WHOA!" Sirius yelped the last word as something knocked him off of his feet.

"What?" Holly was alert. Something about the yellowish tint to the place around her unnerved her, making her feel as if she had just strayed into some old-fashioned mud person movie. In a way, she wasn't far off.

Sirius rubbed his rump. "What was that?"

"HI SIRI!" yelled an all too familiar voice. "I MISSED YOU!"

"GAH! RUN!" Sirius and Remus screamed, both turning to run.

"What's wrong with them?" Johnson asked.

"Three words: Meg and Cait," Lily snickered.

"Oh don't run!" Meg protested. "We just want to tell you something!"

"What?" Sirius raised his eyebrows wearily.

"Well…congratulations! You've made it alive into the past!" Meg boasted. "Well actually, we made you make it alive…but that's besides the point. You know what else? This isn't like the other time-travels you've heard about. Here you can interact with others…and they can interact with you! Fun, huh?"

"Whoo hoo." James waved his hands nonchalantly.

"Interact with others...?" Jaye looked confused. "Whaddya mean?"

"Well, it's like this," Cait started. She frowned. "Actually, it's hard to explain. Meg?"

Meg took over.

"And you're the brains of this operation?" Lily scoffed under her breath. "That's scary."

"What I mean is…you can actually talk and feel people here. It's a lot different than your normal past century journeys."

"Oh…right…" Remus understood, nodding.

"Yeah," Meg carried on blissfully. "I find it rather rude when people just ignore you, so we wanted you guys to be able to actually talk to the Founders!"

Artemis grew pale. "Speak to the most powerful witches and wizards?"

Holly smirked. "Hopefully they don't dislike conceited mud boys…oh wait…you're pretty much doomed Fowl."

Cait's eyes blazed. "DON'T BE MEAN TO ARTY!" she snapped.

Shocked silence.

"Okay, I think Cait has had enough emotional stress today…" Meg surveyed Johnson nervously. The girl was regaining her confidence fast…"You know what? You really look like you want to hurt me…"

Johnson glared.

Cait and Meg looked at each other, and then winked at the group. "Take care!" Meg called as the two writers vanished into thin air.

"I hate how they do that!" Lily groaned. "They are always randomly popping in and out! Arg!"

"Calm down, Lilsers," Jaye snickered.

"DON'T CALL ME LILSERS!"

Artemis cleared his throat. "So sorry for breaking up this…lovely exchange of shouts but…it seems as though we have company."

Holly almost laughed. Almost. The scared look on the mud boy's face was classic, and she was about to point it out. That is, until she looked and saw the man swaggering toward them. He wore a long green robe, shiny black boots that came to his knees, and a thin, stretched expression.

"Well well well. What have we here?"


Lils: Ok…just to fill you guys in…(deep breath) Meg and Cait are…well…just another way of saying Lily and Jaye. Yes. I am Meg and Cait is Jaye. It's sad really…but one day in 6th grade (probably in social studies…our teacher always let us talk) we decided it would be fun to put ourselves in our fanfictions! I think it is hilarious! So, anyway…review please!

Jaye: Muha, who liked it? (raises hand and waves wildly) This is so much fun!

Lils: I would have to agree. Quite entertaining!