The Future
'Dumbledore can do everything,' James assured the twins as they entered the dormitory again 'Look' he told them. The room had already been adjusted to the new situation. It seemed slightly bigger and contained two beds that hadn't been there before.
'Wow,' said George 'That was fast.'
'Maybe he really can do everything,' Fred agreed.
'Yeah, just stop worrying about it. All you can do now is wait.'
'Eighteen years?' This time it actually sounded funny. After all Fred and George's situation wasn't so bad. Their dream had come true. They had met Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs. The only problem was that Dumbledore had told them to be very careful. Everythng they did could change history. And changing things that have already happened is never good.
'So what's the future like?' Padfoot suddenly asked the question they had been most worried about.
'Oh, we have no idea,' said George
'We're just foreign exchange students and we know nothing about the future' Fred added. Of course everyone knew it wasn't true, but they understood why he said it.
'I thought you were from the future!' well… except for Wormtail.
'Well, they can't tell us anything,' Moony the Prefect explained 'If we know our future, it might change their past.'
'But we try to predict the future in Divination all the time!' Padfoot argued
'You don't. You just make it all up!'
'Ok, we're supposed to try to predict the future. And there's nothing bad about it.'
'Maybe because it never works. This is different.'(1)
(1) The author of this fic believes that the thing Remus Lupin's Boggart turned into was actually a crystal ball. I mean, who would mistake the moon for a crystal ball? He was probably scared because Trelawney had just tried to predict his future. Makes sense, doesn't it?
II, The Loony One (:
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Finally the six boys decided to leave the future alone and prepare a little surprise for the Slytherins. It was already quite late in the evening. Nearly midnight in fact. The boys had to be careful. However, being careful can be quite difficult with six people and only one invisibility cloak. They decided not to use it that night because it just wouldn't work anyway. Instead five of them were looking around very carefully and Wormtail was looking at the Map to make sure Filch wasn't anywhere around. At last they reached the kitchen.
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Convincing the House-elves to help them with the prank took them about half an hour. It was a very good prank and they couldn't wait to see the Slytherins' faces the next morning. Everyone was in a very good mood. Even Fred and George forgot that they were stuck in the past for Merlin knows how long (2), relaxed and began to really enjoy all this. But maybe it wasn't the best time for relaxing. Being too relaxed can sometimes lead to not noticing some really important things until it's too late.
'Not this way!' hissed Wormtail looking up from the map 'Mrs. Norris is there!'
'Why don't we just kick her and go there anyway?' said Padfoot.
'We tried that once' said George 'Remember, Fred?'
'Yeah. Two weeks of detentions…'
'We do it about once a week,' Padfoot announced proudly 'don't we, Prongs?'
'Yeah, but she can't see us under the cloak.'
'How about going that way?' Moony pointed at another corridor.
'Ok, let's go,' Wormtail agreed. Without looking at the map. Which was a big mistake.
(2) Or, more probably, even he doesn't know. Especially since the amount of time they would spend in the past did not necessarily have to be the same as the one when they were missing from their time. Travelling in time is enough to get even Merlin confused.
