Chapter 4. More Surprises
All of the boys were waiting on the common room for the girls to come down the stairs. After an hour, the door to the girl's dormitories cracked open.
"Finally," Ron and Sirius grumbled, and raced up the stairs, shortly followed by Harry and Frank.
"Don't..." Remus began, but was cut off as a hissing noise erupted from the staircase.
All of a sudden, the steps came down and turned into something like a slide. The girls all managed to see the three boys land in one giant heap together on the bottom of the stairs.
Raven and Fear slid down the railing, while Hermione, Gemini, and Silvia went down the "slide".
"What just happened there?" James asked, laughing as he walked over to help Sirius and the rest up.
"Well, the founders thought that girls were more trustworthy than boys, so they did this," Hermione informed him.
All of the Marauders and Frank looked at her, mystified.
"What?" Hermione asked nervously as the Dream Team looked at her in horror. "Is it a crime to read Hogwarts: A History?"
The faces of those surrounding her relaxed, as did hers.
"I thought Remus here was the only one who's read that book," Sirius laughed.
"It's actually quite a good read, you should read it some time," Hermione told him.
Sirius looked at her in horror. "Did she just suggest that I read a book intentionally? Entirely out of free will?" he asked James, shaking his head, mouth still wide open.
"Hermione," James scolded. "What were you thinking?"
"Yeah, cause it will just kill him to pick up a book," she muttered sarcastically.
"It actually will," Sirius told her. "I recently caught Readobookphobia, and I can sadly no longer pick up a book."
"Yeah, that's such a tragedy," Remus muttered. "It's not like he actually did anything with a book beforehand."
"So, what do you guys got planned for tonight?" Raven asked, leaning against the railing.
"Well, we were wondering if any of you guys mind getting into trouble, just in case we get in trouble," Frank told them.
"What are you guys planning?" Hermione asked suspiciously, wondering if maybe she should just back out while she could.
"We were thinking that maybe we could take a nighttime stroll around Hogwarts, show you places, etc.," listed out Sirius.
"That sounds cool," Raven cut in, before Hermione could ruin their plans.
"Well, then, let's go," Sirius said, grabbing her hand and dragging her through the portrait, and Frank followed suite. Harry and Ron just stood next to their girls and walked out of the hold while James followed behind, Peter having fallen asleep like a big baby.
They had all walked through the halls for a while, until James finally spoke up.
"If the girls don't mind waiting here for a while, could us gentlemen (the other boys sniggered) get you some refreshments from the kitchen?"
"Alright then," Fear said, waving goodbye to Frank as they all went and turned a corner.
* Boys Dormitories *
Fred and George were in their dormitories, thinking about the events that had happened the past day. Suddenly, George spoke to Fred.
"Fred?" he asked.
"Yeah?" his twin responded.
"What happened to the time turner?" George asked worriedly.
"What do you mean?"
"I didn't see the time turner after we got here."
"You don't think it slipped off?" Fred asked, realizing the seriousness of the situation.
"I don't know, but there is one thing I'm certain of. I have not clue how we're getting back, unless a miracle happens."
* SAME TIME AT FUTURE HOGWARTS *
Neville had entered the common room to find it completely empty. He ran up to check the boy's dormitories, but there were no occupants in there as well.
'That's impossible,' he thought. 'I just saw Harry and Ron come in here.'
Wondering what was going on, he went back to the common room, where he noticed something shiny lying on the floor.
Thinking it had something to do with the disappearance of his classmates, he stuffed it into his pocket and ran to talk to Dumbledore. As he ran through the halls, unknown to him, the time turner slipped out of his pocket. Out of the shadows came a figure that picked it up. It looked the object over and saw a knob, which he turned curiously to the current date, but left the year the same. It smirked, wondering what this object was, and twirled it around its finger, when the person all of a sudden disappeared.
* Back to Past *
"Where are they?" Raven complained, sliding along the wall onto the floor.
"Just be grateful that Filch hasn't caught us yet," Hermione mumbled.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" came a voice from behind a statue.
Gemini jumped high in the air, but then recognized the voice.
"What do you want, Malfoy?" she asked.
"I want to know what you are doing here, without Potter and his friends, you filthy mudblood," growled Malfoy, glancing around, wondering how he got there.
"We are, in fact waiting for him to arrive, so why don't you shut your trap, Lucious?" Raven hissed, looking around for Filch.
"Lucious? I knew you were stupid, but not THAT stupid, Dreams," Malfoy glowered.
"Draco?" Hermione asked.
"The one and only," he groaned, rubbing the back of his head where he had landed. "What are we doing here, you filthy mudblooded fools?"
"Oy, what did you just call them?" called out Sirius, who had just come around a corner.
"You would care, why?" Draco asked him.
"Cause that's our girls you're talking to," Frank cut in, walking up to Fear with two bottles of butter beer in his hands.
"Wait a minute, how did you get here?" Harry asked, looking around for some sort of clue.
"Longbottem dropped some sort of necklace while running along the corridors. I spun it around after turning a knob thing and here I am, unfortunately," he explained, glancing around.
"Where is this necklace thing?" Hermione asked, knowing that it must have been the same one they used, and somehow it had fallen off.
"I don't know," Draco muttered, "all I know is that it didn't come with me."
"Oh God, then we're stuck here?" Raven gasped, understanding what was being said.
"What are you talking about and how do you know him?" Sirius demanded.
"I think a visit to the headmaster is in store for this," Remus said.
"I know the way," both Harry and James said at the same time.
"Oh, don't you worry, you will see the headmaster right now," came a voice from behind them.
They all gasped as they realized who it was, Filch.
All of the boys were waiting on the common room for the girls to come down the stairs. After an hour, the door to the girl's dormitories cracked open.
"Finally," Ron and Sirius grumbled, and raced up the stairs, shortly followed by Harry and Frank.
"Don't..." Remus began, but was cut off as a hissing noise erupted from the staircase.
All of a sudden, the steps came down and turned into something like a slide. The girls all managed to see the three boys land in one giant heap together on the bottom of the stairs.
Raven and Fear slid down the railing, while Hermione, Gemini, and Silvia went down the "slide".
"What just happened there?" James asked, laughing as he walked over to help Sirius and the rest up.
"Well, the founders thought that girls were more trustworthy than boys, so they did this," Hermione informed him.
All of the Marauders and Frank looked at her, mystified.
"What?" Hermione asked nervously as the Dream Team looked at her in horror. "Is it a crime to read Hogwarts: A History?"
The faces of those surrounding her relaxed, as did hers.
"I thought Remus here was the only one who's read that book," Sirius laughed.
"It's actually quite a good read, you should read it some time," Hermione told him.
Sirius looked at her in horror. "Did she just suggest that I read a book intentionally? Entirely out of free will?" he asked James, shaking his head, mouth still wide open.
"Hermione," James scolded. "What were you thinking?"
"Yeah, cause it will just kill him to pick up a book," she muttered sarcastically.
"It actually will," Sirius told her. "I recently caught Readobookphobia, and I can sadly no longer pick up a book."
"Yeah, that's such a tragedy," Remus muttered. "It's not like he actually did anything with a book beforehand."
"So, what do you guys got planned for tonight?" Raven asked, leaning against the railing.
"Well, we were wondering if any of you guys mind getting into trouble, just in case we get in trouble," Frank told them.
"What are you guys planning?" Hermione asked suspiciously, wondering if maybe she should just back out while she could.
"We were thinking that maybe we could take a nighttime stroll around Hogwarts, show you places, etc.," listed out Sirius.
"That sounds cool," Raven cut in, before Hermione could ruin their plans.
"Well, then, let's go," Sirius said, grabbing her hand and dragging her through the portrait, and Frank followed suite. Harry and Ron just stood next to their girls and walked out of the hold while James followed behind, Peter having fallen asleep like a big baby.
They had all walked through the halls for a while, until James finally spoke up.
"If the girls don't mind waiting here for a while, could us gentlemen (the other boys sniggered) get you some refreshments from the kitchen?"
"Alright then," Fear said, waving goodbye to Frank as they all went and turned a corner.
* Boys Dormitories *
Fred and George were in their dormitories, thinking about the events that had happened the past day. Suddenly, George spoke to Fred.
"Fred?" he asked.
"Yeah?" his twin responded.
"What happened to the time turner?" George asked worriedly.
"What do you mean?"
"I didn't see the time turner after we got here."
"You don't think it slipped off?" Fred asked, realizing the seriousness of the situation.
"I don't know, but there is one thing I'm certain of. I have not clue how we're getting back, unless a miracle happens."
* SAME TIME AT FUTURE HOGWARTS *
Neville had entered the common room to find it completely empty. He ran up to check the boy's dormitories, but there were no occupants in there as well.
'That's impossible,' he thought. 'I just saw Harry and Ron come in here.'
Wondering what was going on, he went back to the common room, where he noticed something shiny lying on the floor.
Thinking it had something to do with the disappearance of his classmates, he stuffed it into his pocket and ran to talk to Dumbledore. As he ran through the halls, unknown to him, the time turner slipped out of his pocket. Out of the shadows came a figure that picked it up. It looked the object over and saw a knob, which he turned curiously to the current date, but left the year the same. It smirked, wondering what this object was, and twirled it around its finger, when the person all of a sudden disappeared.
* Back to Past *
"Where are they?" Raven complained, sliding along the wall onto the floor.
"Just be grateful that Filch hasn't caught us yet," Hermione mumbled.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" came a voice from behind a statue.
Gemini jumped high in the air, but then recognized the voice.
"What do you want, Malfoy?" she asked.
"I want to know what you are doing here, without Potter and his friends, you filthy mudblood," growled Malfoy, glancing around, wondering how he got there.
"We are, in fact waiting for him to arrive, so why don't you shut your trap, Lucious?" Raven hissed, looking around for Filch.
"Lucious? I knew you were stupid, but not THAT stupid, Dreams," Malfoy glowered.
"Draco?" Hermione asked.
"The one and only," he groaned, rubbing the back of his head where he had landed. "What are we doing here, you filthy mudblooded fools?"
"Oy, what did you just call them?" called out Sirius, who had just come around a corner.
"You would care, why?" Draco asked him.
"Cause that's our girls you're talking to," Frank cut in, walking up to Fear with two bottles of butter beer in his hands.
"Wait a minute, how did you get here?" Harry asked, looking around for some sort of clue.
"Longbottem dropped some sort of necklace while running along the corridors. I spun it around after turning a knob thing and here I am, unfortunately," he explained, glancing around.
"Where is this necklace thing?" Hermione asked, knowing that it must have been the same one they used, and somehow it had fallen off.
"I don't know," Draco muttered, "all I know is that it didn't come with me."
"Oh God, then we're stuck here?" Raven gasped, understanding what was being said.
"What are you talking about and how do you know him?" Sirius demanded.
"I think a visit to the headmaster is in store for this," Remus said.
"I know the way," both Harry and James said at the same time.
"Oh, don't you worry, you will see the headmaster right now," came a voice from behind them.
They all gasped as they realized who it was, Filch.