The Time Capsule

Chapter One: The Box

September 21st 1974

" Lily, are you sure you want to do this?" James asked her.

"This time capsule is something we can look back on when we are older...with all the dark things happening I just can think of what will happen." Lily replied looking up into his eyes.

" Alright then," he said looking back at her. "Give me your hand," He took her hand cut her palm, and then did the same to himself. He dripped their blood into the potion and put a letter, three lilies, and some scraped bark off of James broom into a box and poured the potion on the box. It was magically sealed. They put the box into the hollow part of the tree and closed it. Then Lily took out her wand and carved a heart, and wrote inside...

J.P.

L.E.

Always Forever

Then the two of them back up to the castle not knowing that later that very night they would get the surprise of a lifetime.

September 21st Today

It was the first weekend back from summer holiday. The trio was starting their 7th year at Hogwarts. Harry and Hermione decided they need some fresh air. Ron was at detention, for some odd reason Snape thought Ron was trying to make a deadly poison instead of a shrinking solution. So as it be Hermione and Harry were alone for the next few hours time.

"Weird, huh." Harry asked as they walked along the lake.

"What's weird?" Hermione answered.

"I was just thinking about the generations of families that have and will walk these grounds." His face was very thoughtful. "I mean, think about it. My mother and father may have walked this very path, which you and myself are walking right now. They didn't know what was going to happen to them in years to come. I don't know what I'm talking about. Sorry, it's just... What will happen in our futures? It makes you think, don't it?"

"No you're right, I mean, I think so much about my future. When I have no real clue if I will be the same person I am now, next week. By next week You-Know-Who could attack any one of us, like you. If I lost you Harry, I know I wouldn't be the same person." Hermione expressed. "Its like everyday I'm worried that we are missing apart of growing up-" she was cut of when Harry grabbed her arm.

"If you lost me? Come off it Hermione! I am so grateful that you and Ron stick around, yet it kills me that one day you might die because of me. ME. HERMONIE! Bloody hell and I am so scarred to even tell you how I really feel because if someone knows how I feel about you then you will become a even bigger target then you already are!" Harry yelled out of rage. He also wished he could take back the last part. They had stopped waking now and were standing under a tree along the lake. They locked eyes.

"As years go by, I race the clock with you,

But if you die right now, you'd know that I'd die too.

I'd die too.

You remind me of the times when I new who I was.

Still it will catch us, like it always does.

Till the day I die, until the day I die,

I'd spill my heart for you.

Until the day I die."

(Simple Plan)

As she looked into his emerald green eyes she whispered, "And how do you feel about me?"

"I feel... I feel like every time I'm around you it's like I can't breath. Every word that comes out of your mouth is so brilliant; without you I probably wouldn't be alive today. And I can't stand the fact that as close as we are I don't get to touch you, kiss you, hold you tight. I want to make sure no harm ever comes to you and I just want you to be happy. I want to be with you so bad; I have wanted to be with you for as long as I can remember..." he paused. They were keeping eye contact, and she had tears were in her eyes. " But as much as I want to be with you, I know I can't. I can't because if ANYTHING were to ever happen to you, I couldn't help but blame myself. I could never forgive myself."

"No Harry! Don't you see it in my eyes? I love you god damn it! I would be making the sacrifice of giving up at any other life, but I want a life with you in it. If anything were to happen to me, would you have rather have loved and lost then to have never loved at all? Is that what you want, Harry? I have no say in this. I would die for you, and if that's not enough for you then I don't know what is." She cried.

This was not the reaction he thought he would get. He couldn't hold it back any longer, their eyes connected and he pushed her against the tree they were standing by and kissed her. A soft, gentle, long overdue kiss. Harry opened his eyes to see behind Hermione a carving in the tree. He turned Hermione around to read, " 'J.P and L.E. always and forever' wow Harry"

Harry traced the letters with his fingers. As he did this he tree sort of reconfigured to show an opening there the heart had been. Inside the opening was a box. "Should we open it?" Harry questioned.

"Let me take a look first." He handed the box to her. "Reveal" she stated. She tried to open it but it wouldn't budge. " You try." And she handed him the box. He took the box and as it was in his hands it just sprang open. Hermione lifted the three lily's out and smelled them,
because it was as if the had just bloomed. Harry looked at some pieces of bark questionably. "Ohhhh, look Harry theirs a letter too!" She pointed out.

He picked up the letter and they sat down below the tree. He took the letter out and started to read it.

Dear Lily or James (our future selves)

If you are reading this then something has happened to one of us. Our loves is so strong and just remember the happy time we had together.
Our love is always! Even now that one of us is gone. We have made this so maybe we can try and fix that. Well, if you are opening this then you already know what you have started just by opening this box so I have to say good luck and no matter what, each of us will love each other even in death.

Lily and James

"Goods Luck? That doesn't sound too good." Hermione worried. All of a sudden they were being pulled every which way. When they landed they were right next to the tree they started at. Only with out the letter,
flowers and... tree bark?

"What happened?" Harry asked.

" I haven't a clue." She replied. "Lets get back up to the castle"
They started to walk up.

"Hermione wait..." They stopped. " Before that just happened...umm...are we together now?" She walked up to him, kissed him lightly on the lips and smiled.

" I should hope so." She smiled again. They continued to walk back up to the castle. When the reached the castle doors and were looking at the other students they noticed they didn't know any of them. Neither of them has seen any of these people before in their life. It was Harry who right away recognized a couple that seemed to be walking up to the great hall. He had seen them before. How could he forget the messy black hair, that was his own and those bight green eyes? They were his parents.

" 'Mione ... those people right their...their my parents." He just stared at them. She looked, and also new it was them.

" Harry! Oh my gosh! I think they put a time travel charm on that box.
Remember it said, 'Good Luck.' Harry what are we going to do?" She cried. But he was already a step ahead of her. He had ran up to James and Lily. She ran after him.

"HEY, DAD! I mean...HEY JAMES!" Harry Yelled. They stopped. Hermione and Harry had caught up to them now.

" Harry what do you think your doing." She whispered desperately.

"Figuring out what happened." He told her. Harry turned to face Lily and James who where just looking at these two people that had stopped them.

"Yes?" Lily asked.

"Why did you send us back in time?" He blurted. The future Mr. And Mrs.
Potter looked at each other with a stricken panic.

"Come with me." James requested. They followed James; Lily was at his side into an empty classroom.

"James...what's going on? That potion was only meant to bring us back...No one else. That's why we used our blood? And neither one of them is us?" Lily explained. Then it struck Harry.

"Me. It was me who opened the box." He looked at Hermione. "It must have thought I was him." He pointed at James.

"Well you do look alike, but unless..." Lily's eyes were on Harry and she just stared at him. "Unless your our son?" James eyes were now too on Harry. Who in return was looking at them? He was unable to speak.

"Your right. His name is Harry Potter. Son of James and Lily Potter. My name is Hermione Granger." She told them. "I think we should go talk to Dumbledore" Lily calmly walked over to Harry and hugged him. Hermione was just in awe, tears were coming to her eyes. James walked over and gave a side ways grin. Which Hermione thought looked like the same charming grin that Harry had.

" I have a son." He seemed so happy. The three of them hugged. Hermione could see that Harry had tears in his eyes.

" Why are you crying? I know I am because I just found out that it works out with James and me and we have a son together." Lily breathed.

"I'm just so glad to finally meet you. I've dreamed about it for as long as I can remember." He cried. The stepped back. Hermione new he had gone to far and shouldn't have told them that.

"What! I'm your father how can we not know each other." James protested.

"Harry... we can't tell them. It will change the future. Remember the time turner? Time is so precise that even the smallest thing would change the whole world. Especially if you tell them what I know you want to. Think about all the people we could hurt? Who could die? You could die." All of a sudden Hermione started to cry. " Harry we are already altering history! What are we going to do? What...Wha-" Harry walked over to her and put his arms around her.

" Hermione...don't worry I can fix it. Don't think of the damage. Think of how we can make the world better? This time we are one step ahead of him." He consoled. Him meaning Voldamort.

"Could someone please tell me why I don't know my own SON?" James was yelling now. The look on Lily's face was pure horror.

" Its easy James... because were dead." It wasn't a question it was more of a statement. Hermione and Harry just looked down. Everyone in the room was in some state of shock. The door swung open and...

"Ohh love birds...do you have to go in to every empty classroom and sno- what's going on?" Sirius Black had come into the room with a rather peaky looking Professor Lupin. Both with a look of concern seeing James on the verge of tears and pissed as hell, And lily sobbing. " Who the hell are you? What the bloody hell did you do to them?" Sirius screamed. Remus walked over to comfort Lily while Sirius confronted Harry and Hermione.

" No. Leave them alone. They didn't do anything. Their ok." James stuttered. " We need to go though. We have to take a walk to Professor Dumbledore's office. I'll meet you two back up to the dorm, when I get their."

" Now hold on a minute Prongs! What's going on?" Sirius asked.

"I'll tell you when I know. Now we have to go!" He picked Lily up and hugged her. " Its ok! Shhhh. Its ok. Its ok." But Sirius could tell something was going on. Something big was happening.

" James I'm not going to let you out of this room unless you tell me what is going on!" Sirius had moved in front of the door.

"NOT NOW PADFOOT, NOW MOVE!" Sirius did as he was told. Harry and Hermione followed them yet Harry was looking at his godfather.

" That kid could be his clone? I hope not... James would really be in for it now." he heard Lupin tell Sirius.

Harry walked into the office he had been in so many times before, only this time he was with his parents. ' What's Dumbledore going to tell us?' Harry though. There he was, Dumbledore, sitting in his chair.

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Author notes: THANKS to every one in Mrs Bowdens Office for helping me so much! BIG thanks to AYLSSA DURR! your my H.P Buddy for life. i don't know how i oculd have gottten threw my overly obsessed harry potter period! hehehe.

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Because if you don't like where i am going i just might have to hate myself because this is my first fic!

Next chapter: Is Dumbledore going to help them change the future? or is he not? What will James do when he finds out that it's peters fault that he and Lily are dead?