(A/N: Ello! This is the next chapter. I'm just going to reply to my reviews.
Twin Tails: In this chapter there is going to be a prank. But there's no flying chairs involved. Sorry
jehanm: I love the dumb jokes Sirius makes, too!
animelover/Hilary: Thanks for reviewing and I'm still writing)
Harry woke up from a funny dream. At first, he was utterly confused, and then he remembered that he had been halfway through a wizard chess match and had dozed off. Harry looked around at his room, the rest of them were asleep.
Hermione's head was on the table while opposite of her, Remus was softly snoring, his head resting onhis arms. Lily's head, on the other hand,was resting on a few rolls of parchment, the full bottle of inkshe had used earlier was now half full and her right arm hung limply from the table holding a quill loosely. Sirius and Ron were snoring loudly from a nearby table and James was leaning back on the back of his chair, mouth open and glasses, lopsided. All of them looked quite comical.
Harry laughed softly at the funny sight and looked out the window. The sun was setting and it was almost dinner time. At the thought of a delicious dinner in the Great Hall, his stomachrumbled loudly. He remembered that he didn't eat his lunch. The grandfather clock chimed. Harry's attention was instinctively directed to it. The clock's face showed seven o' clock. At the sound of the grandfather clock, the rest of them woke up.
"What time is it?" asked Lily sleepily from her table. She stretched her arms and looked around. She picked up the pieces of parchment and began looking through them. Everyone remained quiet and looked eagerly at her.
"Well," said James. "Who won, Lily?" he asked. Everyone was nodded in agreement as Lily look at the parchment, Lily was softly muttering as she recounted the scores.
"Unbelievable," said Lily looking through the pieces of parchment. "It's a tie!" she said. "Everyone won two games, each. Congrats."
Everyone looked at each and laughed. A murmur of congratulations to each other filled the room. Ron and Sirius's stomachs rumbled. "Time for dinner, I guess," said Sirius. Everyone laughed loudly.
Hermione looked at the clock. "It's been more than seven hours since we began playing," she said. "We've got to ask Professor McGonagall for help to get them back." she motioned to James, Lily, Sirius and Remus. "Now."
"Okay," said Harry disappointed, he was hoping they could stay longer. "Let's go to her office right now."
Harry and James took out their Invisibility Cloaks. Harry covered Sirius and Remus with his cloak and James went under his cloak and looked at Lily eagerly. Lily hesitated but sighed and went under the cloak with James. "Don't try anything funny, Potter," she said as the cloak covered them. "You still don't trust me?" asked James sadly. "Let me think about it," said Lily sarcastically. "No."
"Follow us," said Harry as he went out his room followed by Ron, Hermione, James with Lily and Remus with Sirius. They all went through the common room and down a few floors. As they were halfway down a flight of stairs, Draco Malfoy came from around the corner with his cronies, Crabbe and Goyle.Malfoy smirked and stood in front of them, blocking the wayto the Headmistress's office.
"Well, if it isn't Potty, Mudblood and the Weasel," he sneered. James and Lily shifted angrily under the cloak. James tried to run down the stairs and punch Malfoy but Harrystopped him.
"Get out of the way, Malfoy," said Harry restraining the invisible James. Malfoy raised an eyebrow as he saw Harry pushing back something. "What are you doing, Potter?" asked Malfoy forgetting all rudeness and advancing towards him.
"Mind your own business, ferret," said Ron helping Harry restrain James who was stronger than Harry.
Malfoy, becoming more curious pushed Harry and Ron out of the way. Suddenly, he was knocked backwards by James, still under the cloak. Lily was left visible and was immediately dragged under Harry's cloak by Remus and Sirius.
"Wh-what?" stuttered Malfoy bewildered as James began to punch him. Crabbe and Goyle tried to grab James but unfortunately for them, they were pushed away and held back by the invisible Remus, Lily and Sirius.
Malfoy grabbed the invisibility cloak that was covering James and pulled it, revealing James's head, which appeared to be floating in mid-air. Malfoy's eyes widened. "It's happening again!" Crabbe and Goyle yelled breaking away from Remus, Sirius and Lily's grip and running away.
Malfoy was breathing heavily, looking from Harry to the floating head of James and back again. James released him and Malfoy scrambled to his feet. He stood frozen on the spot. Sirius sniggered and Malfoy looked around. "He's seen too much," said Sirius in a deep voice as James pulled the cloak back on.
James got the idea and answered. "Yes," he said in a deep voice. "We must dispose of him,"Lily said menacingly, joining in onthe joke.. Malfoy yelped and started to run but was caught and held up inches from the ground by Remus. Malfoy remained suspended in mid-air, frightened out of his wits, as Harry, Ron and Hermione fell laughing.
Remus, still holding Malfoy, walked to a broom cupboard. James opened the door and Remus threw him in. Malfoy fell in with a crash and as he stood up, Lily pointed her wand at him and muttered, "Incarcerous." Ropesappeared from the tip of her wand and coiled around Malfoy, tying himup tightly. Lily took out her handkercheif and tied it over Malfoy's mouth. Sirius slammed the door shut and locked it. "The executioner will be with you shortly," saidRemus in a deep voice.
They left Malfoy, gagged and tied up, in the cupboard and walked towards the trio who were laughing hysterically, tears coming to their eyes. "How come we've never thought of that before?" asked Hermione in a fit of giggles.
"The Marauders are the best at thinking up of new tricks," said James, now laughing along with them. "Why did those two dumbbells mean when they said, 'It's happening again'?" asked James curiously.
"Long story, short, they saw my floating head during a Hogsmeade trip," said Harry laughing harder as he heard the muffled yells of Malfoy coming from the cupboard.
"Okay, let's go to Professor McGonagall's office, now," said Hermione fighting her urge to continue laughing. Lily went under the cloak with James and all of them walked towards a statue of a gargoyle.
They stopped in front of it. "Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans," Harry said and the stone gargoyle leapt aside revealing a marble staircase which began to move.
Harry and the rest stepped onto the staircase after a minute or two, the staircase slowed down and Harry came face to face with the polished oak door. He knocked and waited for a response. "Come in," said a female voice from inside as the door automatically opened. Professor McGonagall was sitting behind her desk. She looked up and saw Harry, Ron and Hermione. The door slammed shut as Ron and Hermione came in. "Owww," they heard James and Lily say loudly. Apparently, the door had slammed on both of their faces.
"Who was that?" asked the surprised professor. The door opened again and closed.
"Well, professor," said Lily under the cloak. Professor McGonagall gave a gasp. James, Lily, Sirius and Remus took off the Invisibility Cloaks.
"Yesterday, I mean the past, I mean a few years ago in the past," said James. "We broke a Time Turner," said Lily. "Now we're in the future," said Sirius. "And we don't know how to get back," said Remus.
"I see," said Professor McGonagall now standing up. "Well, we must find a way to send you back. But the only way I can think of is the time portal that is inside the Department of Mysteries which is deep inside the Ministry of Magic, since someone broke the whole stock of Time Turners two years ago." Hermione blushed.
"The Department of Mysteries?" repeated James.
"Yes, Potter," said Professor McGonagall. "But to make the portal work, you will need a tail feather of a Phoenix. But since Fawkes is still featherless, you will need to find another Phoenix and pluck one of its. The only place that I can think of that has Phoenixes is the Ruby Mountains which is very far from Hogwarts. It would be a long journey for you to get there and back because magic is completely useless around that area."
All of them looked at Professor McGonagall for a moment. "We'll take the challenge," said James confidently.
"Well, Potter," said Professor McGonagall, now her voice grim. "You will need to get there before three months past. Because if you don't, I'm afraid that Harry will disappear, forever. Because you and Miss Evans are here in this time."
Harry's heart sank as he heard those words. "No," said Hermione and Ron. Sirius and Remus looked shocked. James looked at Lily and said, "We will get the Phoenix feather in Ruby Mountains and go back in time if it's the last thing we'll do, but we'll need a map."
"Don't worry, Potter," said Professor McGonagall. "I have one right here." She looked into her desk drawer that was chock full of parchment. She pulled an old piece of parchment and unrolled it. She scanned it and handed it to James.
"This is the only known route to the Red Mountains. It would probably take you two full months to reach there," she said. "Potter, Granger and Weasley are allowed to leave the school but will need to come back as soon as they can." She paused and looked at Harry. "If possible," she finished. "Good luck."
James rolled up the map. "Thank you, Professor," he said. "We'll go this very moment."
"Wait a minute," said Hermione. "We'll need to pack and gather supplies first."
"Miss Granger," said Professor McGonagall calmly. "Here is Professor Dumbledore's travelling bag. He gave it to me a week before he was murdered." She took out a backpack. "It will always be full of food, water and medicine. You need to find shelter yourselves, I'm afraid. It is quite useful in a long journey," she said and handed it to Hermione.
"Thank you again, Professor," said James. "Now, we begin our journey."
(A/N: Thanks for reading and please review. Sorry to all Malfoy and Slytherin lovers. Forgive me!)