Surprises

"Professor?" said James in puzzlement.

"I assure you I have yet to lose my marbles dear boy," said Dumbledore with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Now Minerva," he said, turning to his deputy headmistress "you need to welcome our first years in the great hall soon; I suggest you to be off, as Hagrid was never late."

McGonagall's nostrils flared but turned around and walked out of the office briskly. Dumbledore turned to James and Lily.

"Now Mr Potter and Ms Evans, would you be kind enough to tell me how did you two arrive into 1997 when you are suppose to be in 1977?"

James looked at Lily, who was staring at her hands. Lily heard a small buzzing in her head; and James was bewildered – still, not recovering from the shock of going forward in time.

"The thing is professor, er...we don't know," said Lily.

"All I know professor, is that I went into the Heads compartment and Lily started yelling at me as usual..." a chuckle was sound from the other side of the room. James tried to see who was there but he was interrupted by the headmaster.

"Yes James please continue," Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling.

"And...And...Well, you see sir," said James, fumbling with the ham of his robe, "I decided today that…er…" James began to blush and Lily looked at him in wonder, "That I'll try to…er…deflate my head a little."

Lily snorted and someone laughed hard on the other side of the room.

"Hey! I can do it! And who is it there?" James asked, a little hurt that they won't believe him.

"You see James, you ARE in the future. So if you please come here professor…" said Dumbledore, obviously trying to hold his laughter.

A man came forward; James gasped and held Lily's hand unconsciously. Lily gawked but when she noticed James's hand on hers, she said, "Get off me Potter! I want my blood circulation back! Remus...? Oh my goodness is that you?"

"Yes Lily, it is me, want a hand James?" asked Remus

Wow, his hand really felt good on mine... Thought Lily regretfully Wait! Hold on a minute! Stop! Stop this thought immediately! Thought Lily in appall Are you saying that you want him to hold your hand? Lily mentally shuddered and shook herself back to the present.

"Don't play pun with me Moony" James said slyly.

But then he realized Remus was there, 20 years older than him.

"Wha-Whoa! Moony holy marauder! This is- bloody hell!" James said wide-eyed "sorry professor" he added after he remembered that Dumbledore was still in the room.

"I'm afraid I have gone temporarily deaf. Now, please continue your story," said Dumbledore merrily

James continued, although he looked like he didn't want to "Well…Like I said I decided to change for Evans" Lily looked at him in disbelief written all over her face.

For me? Why would he change himself for me? He can't have feelings for me right? It was all acting 'cos I'm the only girl who ever turned him down. Lily tried to convince herself.

James continued "Um…I kinda didn't want to make her angry and I just…I just didn't say anything to her until I broke down and told her I'm not in the mood. And then, the whole compartment was spinning and we fell on this redhead boy and this girl."

"The compartment was spinning you said?" asked Dumbledore and he sat for a moment in silence.

"Remus, be kind enough to bring Mr Weasley and Ms Granger over here after dinner. Make some excuse to Harry. In the mean while, Mr Potter, I suggest you and Ms Evans to eat your start-of-term feast in the kitchens."

"Why in the kitchens sir?" asked Lily.

"Because dear girl, you may cause panic between the student body and between some – some of the teachers," he said, thinking of the heart attack Severus will get if his long-lost-crush and enemy in heart will appear at the feast.

Lily and James stood up.

"Ah, before you two go I want you to promise me that you'll stay in the kitchens. And also, I'll cast a Disillusionment Charm on you, just in case someone will stumble his way into the kitchen," he said.

"Yes sir" they mumbled

"Sir, I must ask you one thing though," said Lily hesitatingly "If we are in the future, does that mean that we are no longer Head Boy and Girl, sir?"

"I am afraid so Ms Evans, but don't worry, when you will go back to your time, I am certain you will be the fantastic Head Girl as I remembered you were. Same for you Mr Potter. I am sure you will be a wonderful pairing."

Lily, who blushed to the compliment from the headmaster now, stood in shock and a little anger at the headmaster who suggested that she and Potter was a wonderful pair.

Does he know something that we don't? James wondered and mentally smirked.

"Is he suggesting something here Moony?" asked James suggestively to Remus.

"I must certainly not," Dumbledore said, eyes twinkling non-stop while Remus chuckled.

"Very well, let's go," he said after he cast the charm.

James, Lily, Remus and Dumbledore left the office, splitting when they got to the staircase separating the kitchens floor to the Great Hall.

"Well professor, that was entertaining. I forgot how much she used to dislike him," said Remus in amusement after James and Lily went.

"Indeed, indeed my dear friend. It was a very enlightening event," said Dumbledore.

"Professor…before they came…you said that there is a chance we can bring them back to life. Is that…is that true?" Remus said when a hope balloon started to grow in his stomach.

"Yes. You see Remus, in the 12th century; a charm was invented by the greatest wizard at the time, Ajax Ambrose. This charm can be cast in order to reverse time, and to keep the travellers in time in the age they were before they cast the reversed charm - to travel to the future. This charm is not an incantation. It is a sentence that in both future and past, the person who said it has a strong feeling of pure love towards the other person."

"And you guess that both James and Ron have these 'pure love' feelings towards Lily and Hermione and they both said the same sentence?" Dumbledore nodded in affirmation.

"Well, we both know James had feeling for Lily ever since third year but Ron...? This is surprising," said Remus, chuckling.

"Yes, yes…the problem is how we are going to get James and Lily back to 1977. I'll have to think carefully about this…" Dumbledore looked pensive. "Would you like to join us for dinner? I'm sure that our new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher will keep you busy for a while," said Dumbledore with a sly look at Remus.

"What do you mean?" asked Remus, his heart beating.

"Oh, don't worry Remus; I'm sure that you'll find her company very enjoyable." Dumbledore said with the usual twinkle in his eyes.

Remus didn't know what to say in response to this statement so he kept walking.

"Where do you recon Dumbledore is? I mean…he was never absent from the start-of-term feast," said Harry.

"I don't know," lied Hermione smoothly.

"Um…anyway Harry, who do you recon that woman is?" asked Ron pointing to the teachers table; desperately trying to change the subject. Hermione shot Ron a quick grateful look.

"There is only one option open is there?" said Harry reasonably "But, wait a minute what's professor Lupin doing here?"

"What?" said Hermione and Ron at once and quickly searched the great hall, their eyes darting and widening as they saw him.

"So…so…that means that they –" Ron started but was pinched by Hermione "Ouch! Sorry Herms,"

"Don't call me Herms you prat!" hissed Hermione and Harry couldn't help but laugh.

"What is so funny Harry?" she asked bitterly.

"Nothing, HERMS" he said and he and Ron burst out laughing.

Dumbledore watched the three teenagers that were laughing. His eyes lingered on the black-haired boy. They stopped laughing and no matter that a smirk was all over his face, Harry Potter's eyes gave him away.

Even when he laughs, his eyes are still sad. He needs someone to cry on.

He remembered the letters Hermione and Ron were writing him for two summers, reporting on Harry's condition.

"He says that he is okay but I think that the summers are particularly hard on him."

He remembered one of Hermione's letters to him this summer; "It makes him to think of this. He needs Hogwarts, and fast."

But then, a thought popped up in his mind and he turned to Lupin.

"Remus, do you see what I see in Harry's eye? Do you see his sadness?" he asked sadly.

Remus nodded as he tried to understand where this conversation is going.

"Do you think it's wise to let Harry see his parents?"

Remus sat still for a few seconds. "Professor, I think that first he needs to readjust Hogwarts, if his summers are bad as Ron and Hermione say, he needs some time."

Albus sat there a moment, while the students were sorted and finally said "Very well." Yet again Dumbledore marvelled on his students' intelligence.

As the sorting ceremony was over, he stood up for the regular start-of-term notices.

"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts! First I would like to introduce you to your new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, professor Amy Isadora."

Remus froze. Amy Isadora? This name was familiar. He looked at the new Defence teacher and paled. On the other side of the table, Snape's face tightened. Harry, Ron and Hermione took notice of that, and wondered whom that teacher was.

"Now, First-years ought to know that the dark forest is strictly out of bounds, Mr Filch our caretaker has asked me to remind you that no magic is permitted in corridors between classes. In addition, he asked me to tell you all that no Bowtruckles are to be taken from the greenhouses." Several chuckles were sounded from the students as they remembered Lee Jordan's prank (inspired from the twins) from last year.

"Now, I believe I said it all, Tuck in!" several groans of satisfaction were sounded, as the tables were suddenly full with food.

"So Remus, what are you doing here?" asked a voice near Remus.

"Amy! Is that really you?" whispered Remus as he looked disbelievingly at the woman near him.

"Of course it is me you prat! Who do you think I am, a Death Eater under Polijuice Potion?" said Amy jovially.

"You'll be surprised; it happened three years ago."

"Really? Well now, I assure you I'm no more Death Eater than you are," she said happily.

"I know Am" he smiled at her, "So…what did you do since…since Lily and James died?"

"I've been working in Jordan for the Order." She said quietly.

"Funny, Dumbledore never mentioned you," he said suspiciously.

"Yes, well…I was undercover you know…he can't afford telling the whole Order what are the plans…well, you saw what happened last time. That blasted Black," she said clutching her hands so tightly that her knuckles were white.

"Am, he was innocent" Remus said, somewhat chocking.

"Innocent? How can you say that Remus? He was their blasted secret keeper! And he murdered 12 people! Not to mention that he murdered Peter!"

Harry, who sat in the end of the table, caught her words. He felt frozen; a numbing sensation was spread all over his brain. He put down his fork, got up and went straight to the common room.

"Oh my god, is that Harry?" she whispered tearfully.

"Yes Amy, that WAS Harry, and you just insulted his dead godfather, the only person he knew that was close to a father to him." Said Remus with barely concealed anger.

With that, he got up and went. Amy sat there, shocked until Dumbledore got up.

"You may want to return to your common rooms. Teachers, we will be having a meeting tomorrow morning. As such, classes are cancelled until after lunch tomorrow. Good Night"

"What's going on professor?" Amy asked. Dumbledore studied her for a moment

"You'll know everything tomorrow Amy, go to rest, you'll need that" he said with a sad smile.

A/N : Thank you all for reading and reviewing, it means a lot. I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday, I was so engrossed in other fanfics I just forgot. I wouldn't be able to update tomorrow as well because I have a major history test on Wednesday.

Bill Hagridsson – Thanks for the correction. I was told last time of that mistake and just couldn't find where it was. But it is fixed now. Thanks for reviewing.

Jinxeh - -sigh- it happened in the first time I posted this story. I made up Flooer Powder, a one that can Floo you directly to Hogwarts. I didn't know if the usual Floo can do that and didn't want to be yelled at.Thanks for reviewing.

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