A/N: Hey! Here is the latest chapter of Time Turner. For those who possibly are wondering, I will not update "A Marauder's Tale" until at least one review goes through, but this one I write for my own personal enjoyment and because its something I want to do, so that's why I'm only updating this particular Harry Potter story. Just to clear that up. The actual update order of my stories, is Grand Theft Autumn, Time Turner, Fantastic Four: A New Addition, and then Secrets Can be Deadly. A Marauder's Tale just falls in whenever I get the time, which I actual do have a lot of sometimes. Thanks to those who reviewed, and I hope you enjoy this chapter D Also, I don't know if it has ever been said but in this story I'm making Regulus one year younger than Sirius so he won't start school until Lily and the Marauder's second year at Hogwarts. Just to clear that up.
Disclaimer: You'd think after 4 chapters people would know Harry Potter isn't mine huh? Oh well... I'll say it again, I'll type REAL slow in case you can't read fast XD AHA HAHAHAHA! I wonder if anyone actually understood that was a joke...? Oh well. I love jokes, the good and the lame. D D
Reminder: (I'll do this every five chapters to sum up what's happened so far and you can skip it if you wish). So far, we've met Lily Evans as an 11 year old witch. She learns that she has a place at an unknown school and passes on the opportunity to go to the best school in Britain to try this unique school she's never even heard of. Her parents disapprove at first but finally, determined in thinking she'll hate Hogwarts, they tell her she can go for ONE year and see how things go, how she likes it, how the work is etc. She is fascinated with the world of magic so far, and she has just gotten to Platform 9 and 3/4 and is about to get on the Hogwarts Express. That's around where this chapter starts D
Time Turner
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Chapter Five: Hogwarts Express
"Lily do you think that's a good id— did she just disappear through that wall?" Mrs Evans asked, shocked. A woman with dark hair and hazel eyes smiled at Mr and Mrs Evans.
"New to the wizarding world?" she asked kindly. Mrs Evans nodded.
"That obvious is it?" Mrs Evans asked. She took a deep breath and walked through the barrier. She waited on the other side for the woman and her child to come through.
"A little, yes. Its my son's first year, but I remember from when I went to Hogwarts. Being a muggle can be hard, I understand. Non magic person," the woman added. "But believe me, Hogwarts is a very good school and it teaches you a lot as well as has lots of fun new sports and new people. Believe me, you'll be going crazy trying to keep up with your daughter once she gets home from school. The kids always enjoy it their first year because their actually allowed to do magic." Mr Evans cleared his throat.
"So... this school does teach magic then, does it?"
"Yes. I'm Sarah Potter," the woman added. "This here is my son James, and... well, his father works at the Ministry... a wizard government basically, to enforce the laws we have and ensure the protection of witches and wizards and even muggles when a wizard threatens to harm them." Mrs Potter nodded towards her son and then looked around. "And where might your child be?" she asked. Mrs Evans looked around, but there was no sign of Lily.
"Oh dear, I don't know... she was supposed to wait here on this side, but she isn't... Lily!" Mrs Evans cried out relieved as her daughter walked up with her owl.
"Sorry, mum, I sort of lost control of the cart and... well, I had to go chase after it." Lily saw her father and greeted him.
"Was Petunia upset that mother couldn't be there to see her off? You know, I told you that I could have gotten onto the train on my own..." Lily added. Mr Evans seemed shocked at the thought.
"You're only eleven, Lillian." He replied sternly. Lily grimaced at the use of her full first name. She saw the boy that was with the woman her parents had been talking to was going up to another boy with dark hair as well. They didn't look related, though, Lily figured they knew each other and felt sadness at the thought that these people already had their best friends and she was going to have to start from scratch.
"This is Mrs Potter, Lily, and her son James. He's the same age as you. And this boy... well I never met this boy. What's your name, dear?" Mrs Evans asked. The boy put on his most adorable smile and replied, "Sirius, mam."
"Serious? Er... that's your... name?" Mr Evans asked. He felt that he had been very rude the instant the words were out of his mouth, but it was too late now. What was said had been said, and he couldn't exactly go back in time and erase it. Then again, Mr Evans thought, in this world, I suppose I probably COULD turn time back.
"Yes sir, S-I-R-I-U-S... my family has weird names. Like Andromeda, Regulus, and loads more." Sirius smiled again and then turned to Mrs Potter.
"Mrs Potter, nice to see you again and how are you on this lovely..."
"Don't try it with me, Sirius. I seem to remember a little cooking experiment you and James had and I am still upset about the fact that without wands you both managed to make the cookie dough come alive. I have to tell you, almost getting eaten by my favourite type of cookie is one scary thought. So... where are your... parents?" Mrs Potter tried to be nice but it was very clear that she had a very strong opinion about Sirius' parents, and it was not a good one.
"Oh... they just dropped me off, had to take Regulus to the ice cream parlour in... Diagon Alley." Sirius for a moment looked a little sad but perked up instantly. "But that's okay. Who wants parents dragging them down on their first day of school?" Lily turned to Sirius.
"You mean to tell me that you've never been to any school... ever?" Sirius looked at her and examined her head to toe. Lily suddenly grew both angry and embarrassed that someone she didn't even know was acting as though they were the best of friends.
"Let me guess... Muggle born? That means... oh no! JAMES! If she's a muggle born... that means she doesn't know about..."
"QUIDDITCH!" they both shouted at once. Mrs Potter rolled her eyes and glanced at the clock.
"Better get on the train kids. And Sirius? Tell me something... are your parents planning on ever escorting you to the train, even when they're taking Regulus to school next year?" Mrs Potter asked. Sirius looked at his feet.
"I don't think so, Mrs Potter..." he replied. Mrs Potter smiled at him, truly feeling sorry for the boy. She knew that together, he and James were troublemakers, but she also knew that Sirius was a good boy and really deserved parents that appreciated him for who he was. He never quite lived up to their expectations... of sticking his nose in the air at the sight of a muggle, muggle-born, or even a half-blood, and the fact that he was actually talking to a muggle born now showed that he wasn't like them. To the Blacks, he was nothing but an enormous disappointment all in one nice little package.
"Well then I think perhaps you should come stay with us near the end of the summer and Mr Potter and I can take you." Sirius liked the thoughts of that and for the rest of the walk to the train, he was happy. Lily noticed that the boy named James was glancing at her from time to time, and she looked away, determined to stare at anything that was directly ahead of her and never looking at either side, even though she was burning with curiosity. When they reached the train, Mr and Mrs Evans were very reluctant to let Lily go.
"You know we could always get you on the next train to the other school, I'm sure..." Mrs Evans started, but stopped when Lily crossed her arms, something she often did when she was secretly annoyed but trying her hardest not to show it.
"Mum? I want to go to this school. A school that is unique and different from any school I've ever been to!"
"That's an understatement..." James muttered under his breath. Lily glared at him.
"At least I have some education unlike certain people. What on earth have you done for the past eleven years of your life?" Lily asked. Sirius cut in.
"Well, I started off as a very large bald baby... I took my first steps at the age of— " James covered Sirius' mouth and cut in. "Sirius? She didn't really want your life story." As the boys got onto the train, Mrs Evans turned on her daughter.
"LILY! That was very, very rude of you! How would you like it if those boys teased you because you didn't know anything about the... wizarding... world?" Mrs Evans asked. Lily rolled her eyes.
"I don't know mum, I'll send you a letter and tell you after they do." She was shocked with herself... here she was, acting like a regular "My-parents-hate-me-nobody-understands-me" teenager, and she was a respectful, brilliant, kind hearted eleven year old girl! She walked up to her parents and hugged them both. "I'm sorry, mum, dad. Its just... I want you two to trust me on this, and if I can't even get you to trust me on something like this... well, I don't know what will happen then." She waved to them and dragged her owl and her trunk onto the train, struggling a little but trying hard not to let her parents see that. She knew they would look for any excuse to try and help her so they could try one last time to talk her out of going to the school.
Once she was on the train, she noticed a lot of kids ranging in all ages were running around, entering and leaving the compartments. She tried to find one that was empty, but had so far had no luck. She didn't feel like asking someone if she could sit with them... she didn't know anybody other than those two boys... That's it! I'll go find James and Sirius! They may be idiotic boys that seem a bit rude, but what boy isn't? At least I know them... and I don't see any empty compartments. Lily jumped when a voice to her right called at her.
"Need some help?" Lily turned and saw that it was James.
"Oh. You. Well..." Lily glanced around again and sighed. "Sure, thanks." James grabbed her trunk and he and Sirius went to put it up onto the top rack but Lily stopped them.
"Oh! Wait, I need to get something out of there..." Lily opened it quickly and moved aside some of the photo's of her family. Sirius glanced behind her at the family portrait they had taken the previous winter.
"Who's the ugly one in this picture?" Sirius asked. Lily bit her lip to keep from laughing at Sirius boldly calling Petunia ugly.
"The ugly one is my sister, Petunia." Lily replied. She grabbed one of her books and closed the trunk and Sirius and James lifted it up onto the top rack.
"Oh... sorry, I didn't mean ugly, just... plain...plain-ish..." Sirius tried to make up for what he said but Lily stopped him.
"Don't worry about it Sirius. My sister hates me, so anything you say doesn't bother me in the least." Lily replied. She sat down on the seat close to the window and opened her book. Two girls walked in and sat down.
"Hey James, Sirius. Hey are they bothering you?" the girl asked Lily. Lily glanced up from her book and smiled.
"Their a tad... well, no, at the moment their not." Sirius pretended to be insulted.
"Why... I lifted your trunk up for you!" Sirius exclaimed. James punched him in the shoulder.
"Yeah 'cause your suddenly super strong and had no help whatsoever..." Sirius nodded proudly and James hit him on the head.
"Well I take it you know these two idiots, but we haven't meant. I'm Lexi and this is Erin." Lily said her name and returned to her book.
"She doesn't talk a lot, does she?" Erin asked. Erin was the smaller of the two... much shorter. She had pale blonde hair and deep blue eyes. Lexi on the other hand had dark hair and... purple eyes? Lexi saw where Lily was looking.
"Oh, yeah, my eyes are really green, like light tree leaves green, but my older brother changes the colour with one of the spells he learned. They don't really know WHO does magic, they just trust the parents to control their children. Of course if you're a muggle born, they can tell immediately that it must be the underage witch or wizard. Usually its in Diagon Alley when my brother changes my eyes... I always went with him when he bought his school supplies." Lexi sat down and stretched out. James glanced at her.
"Yeah and no matter what he does you're still as ugly as ever," James replied. Lexi glared at him.
"Oh if I knew how to do some hex I would HEX YOU on the spot! How I ever got a cousin so rude I'll never now." Lexi glanced at Lily's book that she was reading.
"A school book? HEY! Maybe you learned a hex?" Lexi asked hopefully. Lily glanced in the book and looked up shyly.
"I... I'm a muggle born... I've never done magic. Well, on purpose. I did a few times accidentally, but... I can try. Nothing really bad, though," she added hurriedly. She wasn't afraid of James and Sirius overhearing, because they were in their own little world, and although Lily didn't know it, they were planning their next prank. She saw one spell in her book that didn't seem painful, and thought she'd try it.
"Petrificus Totalus!" she cried out, pointing her wand at James. He became rigid and fell to the floor, frozen in his position. When he fell to the floor Lily winced, afraid he would break, but he didn't.
"HEY! For a first attempt, for a muggle born, that was pretty good. You sure you didn't try some of these back in Diagon Alley or something?" Erin asked. Lily shook her head.
"No, I couldn't. See, the man who told me I was a witch went with me to Diagon Alley and he's quite large and at first a little frightening, and he wouldn't give me a second to even look at the inside of the books I bought. But... there's a slight problem." Lily admitted. Sirius was still staring at James, shaking him, and looked up at her.
"Oh? And what's that, oh brilliant one?" Sirius asked sarcastically. Lily bit her bottom lip, something she also did when she was nervous.
"I... don't know how to reverse the hex."
A/N: Bit of a longer chapter for you, so that's good D Again it won't be so very detailed and going from day to day as it basically has been so far, just the first little while to get the feel of Hogwarts and the magic into this story, to get the descriptions of what Hogwarts looks like in certain places that have never been described to us before, and then second year it will almost fly by, depending. Don't forget to review, and I'll hopefully get another chapter up on the weekend again for you guys D