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"You've faced Voldemort?" James asked immediately after they sat down.

Harry looked up at him, and then at the others. They all has the same curious expression on their face, except for Sirius of course. He knew he wasn't going to get out of this.

"Yes." He said shortly.

They gaped openly at him.

"Why?" Peter asked suspiciously.

"Does it really matter." Harry said harshly.

"Yes!" Peter began, "The Dark Lord is the most powerful wizard in the world. How did you escape? Why did you face him in the first place?"

"And WHY do you think I would answer your questions! What RIGHT do you have to ask me ANYTHING about my life!" Harry yelled angrily, glaring at Peter. "Why do you care what has happened to me!"

The head table was beginning to look worried.

Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were stunned into silence.

"Now wait just a minute here." James said shocked at Harry's behavior. "I am supposed to be your fath--"

"YOU ARE NOT MY PARENTS!" Harry yelled jumping to his feet, "MY PARENTS ARE...are...are at home."

"I AM going to be one of them though!" James protested. "So that DOES give me a right to ask something!"

Harry's temper flared back up again and before he could stop himself he yelled, "IT DOES NOT! YOU WEREN'T THERE!"

James looked confused, "What do you mean I wasn't there?"

"I..I mean, your not my father yet...so you haven't been there for me yet." Harry said quickly.

"But I will be in the future." James began arguing again. "Look, I just want to know why Voldemort would go after my son?"

"James, leave him alone." Sirius said harshly. "He obviously doesn't want to talk about it."

"But--" James said looking disbelievingly at Sirius.

"I said, leave it." Sirius said, his eyes flashing, "Why would he want to talk to us about why Voldemort is after him? It's not something he could find very pleasant. Now let's all get back to eating our dinner."

Surprisingly, they all did. Harry felt a rush of relief spread over him and he gave Sirius a small smile.

After dinner, Sirius, Remus, and James returned to their room, while Peter went for a walk around the lake.

"WHAT were you playing at, down there!" James bellowed at Sirius. "WHY did you tell me to leave him alone?"

"He didn't want to talk about it!" Sirius yelled back.

"I AM HIS FATHER, AND HE STILL BELIEVED I HAD NO RIGHT TO KNOW!" James yelled remembering what Harry had said.

"JAMES, YOU IDIOT!" Sirius yelled stepping directly in front of him. "DIDN'T YOU SEE HE WAS DIRECTING THAT TO PETER, NOT YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE!"

James thought for a moment and comprehension dawned on his face. He had been glaring at Peter when he said that!

James groaned and sat on the bed, "I never would have yelled at him if I had caught that then."

"I thought as much." Sirius said coldly.

"He did say I wasn't his father though--" James began, but was cut off.

"You know as well as I that he said that out of anger. And he is right. Your not his father yet!" Sirius said pointedly.

James looked at him, his regret showing plainly on his face, "But...it hurt, Sirius. Even if I'm not his father yet...it hurt."

Sirius looked at him with pity, "Go talk to him."

"I can't do that." James said shaking his head.

"That wasn't a request James. Go talk to him!" Sirius said forcefully and literally pushing him out of the door.

"Why did he direct that to Peter though?" Remus asked questioningly once the door was shut.

Sirius turned his gaze to him and said, "I don't know Remus. But we need to find out."

Harry sat on his bed. How could I have said that to him? Why did I say that to him. True, he isn't my father yet, but he is my father.

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Harry said in a flat voice.

The door opened and James walked into the room. There was an awkward pause and then,

"I'm sorry." They both blurted out at the same time.

"What are you sorry for?" Harry asked.

"For trying to push you into answering a question you didn't want to. For yelling at you when you didn't deserve it. I didn't mean to, but...when you said that I wasn't you father and didn't have a right to ask about your life..it just--I don't know why but...it hurt. It just felt like you didn't want me to be your father." James said slightly embarrassed.

"No! That's not it at all!" Harry said quickly. "I do want you to be my dad! And I'm sorry about what I said, it's just...my temper got the better of me. I wasn't ready to explain and I just lost it. I shouldn't have said that to you, and I didn't mean any of it. I just...I can't explain it."

James nodded and said, "It seems we Potters have some bad tempers, huh?"

Harry laughed and nodded.

The way he yelled at me, Peter thought as he wandered the grounds. The way he looked at me. 'What RIGHT do you have...' He knows! That's the only explanation! He knows I'm a Death Eater! How though? How? There isn't any way he could know that, is there? Not even the Death Eaters know who each other are. And I KNOW he hasn't see my mark. No...he couldn't possibly know. But what about what just happened? He looked at me with so much hate? Was it hate? Maybe it's suspicion. Yea...that's got to be it. He suspects me of something. I haven't been overly nice to him. Maybe that's why he said what he said. He couldn't know...he just couldn't. Maybe I should be a bit more careful around him though...and the others. He couldn't possibly know...

Ginny hadn't gotten much sleep. She sat on her bed staring at the best friends necklace. She thinks of me as a best friend. I can't let her die. I could tell her what will happen so she could stop it. But what would happen if she did? Would it all turn out the same way? Would she die anyway? What would happen to Harry? There has got to be another way. I can't let her down...

"Hey Lily?" Ginny called slowly.

Lily looked up from her book, "Yea?"

"Can you tell me how you got here?" Ginny asked.

"Well...we were in the library and Sirius opened this book that I had been looking for. I told him not to because I wasn't sure if it was the right one. It was for one of Flitwick's assignments. Next thing I know, we end up here." Lily finished shrugging.

"Book? What book?" Ginny asked earnestly.

"No idea." Lily muttered vaguely. "It didn't have a title or anything on it."

"Where did you find it?" Ginny pressed.

"Well...I don't really remember what shelf it was on," Lily began thoughtfully, "it was in the restricted section though. And I know you usually need a note to be in there, but we had special permission to find the 'mystery charm' Flitwick assigned. "

Ginny shot her a confused look, "Mystery charm?"

"Yea. It was just an extra assignment. He gave us a list of clues to find the book it was in, and then a riddle to find out which charm it was." Lily said casually.

"Do you remember them?" Ginny asked slowly.

Lily frowned, "Actually...I don't. I remember part of the riddle though."

"What was it?" Ginny asked curiously.

"Something like...'What is right is done, while what...'," Lily's frown deepened, "I don't understand why I can't remember this! I had no problem when I was looking for this book! But another part was...something about knowing. I can't remember the exact wording of it, but it was something about knowing."

Ginny frowned as well. "Hmmm. Well do you know what the book looked like?"

"It was a kind of goldish bronze color." Lily said shaking her head, "Why can't I remember this stuff?"

"Don't worry about it Lily, it's not your fault. Must be some side effect or something." Ginny said gently.

Lily put her face in her hands and said angrily, "I don't get it though, I thought I had found the right book! I followed those clues with no problems! Not one!"

"Things happen, Lily. Don't worry. We'll find out what happened." Ginny said comfortingly.

The last few days of Christmas vacation passed and Hogwarts was suddenly full again. At breakfast on the first day of lessons Dumbledore stood,

"I am sure some of you have discovered that we have some new students in our midst. They transferred here over Christmas break and have been sorted into Gryffindor. I am sure you will all do your best to make them feel welcome." Dumbledore's eyes began to twinkle, "On another note, it is my regret to inform you that the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Deritell, has decided to resign. However, it is my great pleasure to welcome back Professor Lupin, who has agreed to fill in for the remainder of the year."

Everyone, except the Slytherins, clapped wildly as Professor Lupin entered the Great Hall.

(a/n--Ok, future Remus is gonna be referred to as Professor Lupin and the past one will be Remus/Randie/Moony.)

"That's me!" Remus asked quietly.

"Yea, that's you!" Harry whispered back.

"Still devilishly handsome there, Moony!" Sirius said grinning broadly.

James laughed and winked, "Bet you drive the female students here wild."

"Yea there were quite a few girls in my year that had crushes on you." Ginny added smiling.

Remus blushed and said bitterly, "Bet they wouldn't if they knew the truth."

"But they did." Ginny said seriously.

"What? They knew?" Remus asked incredulously.

"Well, yea." Ginny shrugged.

Remus gaped open mouthed at Ginny. "There is no way..."

Ginny rolled her eyes, "Believe what you want, but the facts remain the same. They knew you were a werewolf and liked you anyway!"

"So what class do we have first?" Ron cut in.

"Charms." Hermione said simply.

"Ohhhh, really?" Lily asked excitedly.

James consulted his schedule, "Yea, double Charms. Looks like we've got Transfiguration, History of Magic, and double Defense Against the Dark Arts as well.

"Doesn't sound like that bad of a day, really!" Sirius commented as he began on his eggs. "If you don't count History of Magic, of course."

"What are the teachers in this time like?" Peter asked, his mouth full of toast.

"Well...Flitwick, McGonagall, Sprout, and Binns are still teaching." Harry replied, staring at his breakfast instead of Peter. "And then there is Professor Trelawney, who teaches Divination, she is alright sometimes I guess, but a fraud...for the most part anyway. Snape teaches potions, you already know how he is. Then there is Hagrid who teaches Care of Magical Creatures, those lessons are always interesting. And then Remus, who is easily one of the most liked teachers in the school."

Hermione checked her watch, "Charms starts in 5 minutes, we'd better get going."

"Yea, I guess so...see you later Ginny." Harry said before they left from the table.

Lavender heard him as he left and turned to Ginny, "Since when does Harry Potter say bye to you when he leaves the table?"

"I guess since today," Ginny replied coolly as she continued to eat her cereal.

"It doesn't mean anything you know," Lavender said shrilly.

Ginny raised her eyebrows, "I never said it did. And since when do you care who says bye to me?"

"I don't," Lavender said coldly. "I just don't want you to run away with the false idea that Harry Potter might like you! After all, to him you will always be Ron's little sister and nothing more! Everyone knows you had a crush on him! You are crazy to think that The Harry Potter would even waste his time on a little girl like you."

"That is just it! I HAD a crush on him. I know you are to thick to realize that had is past tense which means I don't anymore! Now you might want to keep your nose out of my hair because my brothers have taught me a few good spells that would burn it off for you! Now if your done, I have a Herbology class to be in." Ginny said angrily and stalked off. Once she was on the grounds she thought to herself,

No...you don't have a crush on him anymore...

"Today we will be practicing the Paradoneia charm," Flitwick began, staring around the class. "Does anyone know what that charm does?"

Lily and Hermione's hands shot into the air.

"Yes, Ms. err..," He looked back down at his roll call sheet. "Ms. Edlyn."

"The Paradoneia charm is used to heal. It works on most fatal wounds, but not all." Lily said.

"Very good, Ms. Edlyn. Ten points to Gryffindor!" Flickwick said happily. "Now can anyone tell me how this charm is used?"

Lily's hand shot up again, and to everyone's surprise, Hermione's didn't.

Flitwick looked slightly surprised, "Yes, Ms. Edlyn."

"The true power of the Paradoneia charm can only be used if the one attempting the charm and the person they are healing have some sort of connection. And only by using it's true power can it heal fatal wounds. It is more often used to heal scrapes and such because a connection isn't needed." Lily reeled off.

"Well done, Ms. Edlyn! Twenty points to Gryffindor!" Filtwick said deeply impressed. "I wouldn't have expected anyone to have known that because it wasn't even in the book! How did you know that?"

Lily smiled, "There was a Charms club at my old school, and I learned it there."

Flitwick still looked awed. "We used to have a Charms club here many years ago, but too many people lost interest. Maybe it is time to start that up again. Would you be interested?"

Lily nodded her head vigorously, "Of course I would!"

Professor Flitwick laughed, "My, my, the only person I have seen with that much enthusiasm for charms was Lily Potter!" His eyes saddened and he looked over to Harry, "I'm sorry to have brought that up Mr. Potter, I didn't mean---"

"Don't mention it Professor," Harry said hurriedly. "It's quite alright."

Professor Flitwick nodded and cleared his throat, "Anyway, as none of us have any fatal wounds, you will pair up and simply heal any minor ones that you might have."

Near the end of the lesson, the door slammed shut. Everyone looked up to see Ginny Weasley standing there and slowly turning red.

"Ms. Weasley, what is the meaning of this? Why are you out of class?" Professor Flitwick frowned.

"I'm sorry professor, but we were let out of Herbology early, and I was hoping to have a word with you before your next class." Ginny said tentively.

Flitwick gave her a searching look and then nodded, "Very well, Ms. Weasley. Feel free to have a seat in the back and we can talk after the lesson."

Harry shot her a look that said plainly, 'What was that about?'

She just shook her head and mouthed, "Later."

The lesson ended about 5 minutes later, and after much shuffling, and a few questioning looks from the others, everyone left.

"What is it that you wanted to speak to me about, Ms. Weasley?" Flitwick asked her curiously.

"Well, professor...you see, I was just wondering...have you ever given any of your students in the past a 'mystery charm' that they had to find?" Ginny asked breathlessly.

"Well...," Flitwick began slowly, furrowing his eyebrows. "Yes, I believe I did. It was a great many years ago though. I think I did it quite often as a matter of fact. I just can't really remember when exactly."

"I see...well, do you by any chance still have the lists of riddles and clues you gave them?" Ginny asked.

Flitwick frowned again, "How did you know I gave lists of riddles and clues to find the charm? After all, it had been such a long time ago and even I had forgotten that I used to do that!"

"One of the suits of armors told me over holiday break, and I was just curious about them." Ginny lied quickly. She took a deep breath and said eagerly, "I would very much like to try out those old lists and see it I can figure them out. Do you think you might still have them?"

Flitwick smiled slightly, "Glad to see someone is becoming interested in Charms! Yes, I'm sure I still have them. They would be somewhere in the filing cabinet in my office. But I am sorry to say that I cannot look for them now, as my class will be starting in about 3 minutes."

Ginny's face fell, "I understand, sir, of course."

Flitwick saw the disappointment and asked, "Do you have a class next?"

Ginny nodded, "Divination."

"Oh I see," Flitwick said, some of the disappointment showing in his voice now. "I was going to suggest that if you didn't have a class, you may search through the file cabinets to find them yourself."

"I don't think Professor Trelawny would mind, sir." Ginny said hurriedly, "After all, this is one of my most important classes! I'd make up the class if she wanted me to though, of course."

"Well...this is rather important to you, isn't it?" He asked looking over at her. She nodded her head immediately so he continued, "Very well then, you have my permission to stay here for the hour, and I will let Professor Trelawney know you are here helping me."

"Oh, thank you professor!" Ginny said sincerely. "You have no idea what this means to me."

Professor Flitwick laughed and began walking toward his office, "I'm always here to help someone that has a love for charms. Now, those papers should be in one of these two cabinets. Happy Hunting!"

Ginny quickly walked over to the cabinets and began her search.

"Welcome back, class!" Professor McGonagall said as the lesson started. "Before break we were working on turning the table into a mammal of your choice. Let's see how far along you've come."

There were many groans as everyone began attempting to change the table.

"Don't know what everyone's complaining about...I mean it's not like we're taking notes or anything!" James said in an undertone to Harry.

Harry laughed a bit and Sirius said, "You know, there is really not that much different in the future than in the past. This is exactly what McGonagall would have been teaching us!"

"Just wait till potions." Ron said scowling.

"Is it really that bad?" Remus asked.

"That bad?" Sirius said disbelievingly. "Rem- I mean Randie are you NUTS! It's Snivellus for crying out loud! Of COURSE it's bad. Your stuck in a room for over an hour with the slimeball!"

Remus shuddered, "When you put it that way I see your point."

"Of course you do. I am always right!" Sirius said stiffly, sticking his nose in the air.

James snorted, "Sure, Sean...and what about a few weeks ago when you got us detention for that prank you were so sure would work?"

"That was..." Sirius started, "That didn't count!"

"May I ask why not?" Remus asked smiled and Peter was sniggering in the background.

"Because," he said indignantly, "that involved the mistakes you made as well!"

"Of course, the mistakes we made..." James said sarcastically as he easily transfigured his table into a horse and back again.

"Well done Mr. Parker! Take twenty points to Gryffindor." Professor McGonagall said as she walked among the desks.

"Speaking of that...it has already been half of our first day back, and we haven't even tried to prank anyone!" Sirius said in an undertone to the marauders.

"You know your right." James said slowly.

"What do you guys have in mind?" Remus added, even more quietly.

"As long as we're not caught again!" Peter squeaked.

"There is no way to guarantee that!" Sirius said dismissively. "Besides, the risk is half the fun! And like the teachers don't already expect this from us. We're the Marauders!"

A smile slowly spread across James's face as he shook his head, "They won't expect it!"

"Why wouldn't they?" Remus asked interestedly.

"Because," he breathed, "no one besides McGonagall, Snape, and Dumbledore know we are here."

Sirius grinned, "That's right! Most of them don't know! You know what this means? We have a whole new audience to impress!"

"That's not all!" James said, his smile never leaving his face. "Now we have a Marauder as a teacher."

They all looked at Remus.

"I don't know..." Remus started, transfiguring his table into a turtle.

"There is no way he'd punish us if we were caught!" Peter said catching on.

"So then we'll need to do it right before his class. But what are we going to do, and who is our target?"

"Well of course the Slytherins!" James said exasperatedly. "But we don't have that class with them, so how are we going to get at them?"

"Set a trap of course!" Sirius began. "At least one Slytherin will have to pass through that corridor to get to their class!"

"I don't want to prank just one! I want to prank them all!" James said.

"You misunderstood!" Sirius said impatiently. "All we need is one of them to activate the trap and then the prank will happen to all of them!"

James grinned, "Brilliant!"

"How are you going to do that?" Peter asked confused.

"We are going to have Moony do that useful little charm of his." Sirius said, very obviously annoyed.

"But what is the prank going to be?" Remus asked. "That charm won't work for everything."

"Don't worry Moony, we have all of History of Magic to come up with something that will work with it!" James said stretching out and transfiguring the table again.

"You wanted to see me, Professor Dumbledore?" Professor Lupin asked tentivly from the door.

"Yes I did, Remus. Please have a seat." Dumbledore said gesturing to the chairs in front of his desk. Lupin crossed the room and seated himself in one of them. "I have something important to tell you, so I must ask that you remain calm."

"Does this have to do with why you insisted on me returning to teach for the rest of the year?" Remus asked.

"As a matter-of-fact, it does. You see...an interesting thing has happened." Dumbledore said slowly. Remus looked politely puzzled, so he continued. "Over Christmas break, a few...familiar faces turned up."

Professor Lupin frowned, "I'm afraid I don't know what you mean?"

"I know this is going to be difficult for you to hear, but..." Dumbledore attempted again.

"Professor, what is it?" Lupin asked urgently.

"Lily, James, Sirius, Peter, and yourself have traveled here from the past. They are currently posing as the transfer students." Dumbledore said finally. Lupin gaped openly at Dumbledore. He certainly wasn't expecting that. After a few minutes Dumbledore asked, "Do you remember anything like that happening before?"

"No," Lupin breathed. "Nothing like that has ever happened to us?"

"I see...well I'm sure it must be a memory charm or something. I probably cast one on you to stop you from remembering anything you discovered..." Dumbledore said frowning.

Thoughts suddenly flooded Lupin's mind, "How old are they? Does Harry know? How's he taking this?"

Dumbledore held up his hand to stop the questions, "They are in 7th year, Harry does know, and is taking it pretty well."

Lupin shook his head, "I don't believe this! Lily...James...and Sirius all here! There is something odd about all this! But...it would be nice to see them again..."

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled, "Indeed...well I believe you have a class to attend. And unless I'm mistaken, I think you will have your hands quite full!"

"Padfoot would you shut up! Your going to give us away!" James whispered fiercely.

"I would if Wormtail would get off my foot!" Sirius whispered back.

"There isn't enough space in here, can't you move over Prongs?" Peter said slightly muffled from being squashed up against the wall.

"Will all of you just shut up!" Remus muttered irritably.

"Look! Here comes one of them now. Hurry Padfoot, put it up!" James said elbowing Sirius in the stomach. He pulled out his wand and drew a line from one wall to the other. James muttered something, and so did Remus when he was finished.

"Now be quiet!" Sirius instructed in an undertone once he was back in the cover of their hiding spot.

A Slytherin 5th year was walking briskly down the hall. When he paused to pick up the Herbology book he had dropped, the bell rang. He straightened back up and started to run down the hall. He ran straight through the invisible line that Sirius drew and continued on amid the gales of laughter that followed him. The second he ran through the trap, his robes turned pink and his face broke out into zits. Zits that spelled out 'Slytherins Stink!'.

"Wonder when he'll notice.." Sirius laughed.

BANG! Doors opened and groups of furious Slytherins spilled out, all sporting bright pink robes and zit patterned faces. The hall roared with laughter, as did the marauders.

"Well, well, well...I wonder who could have done something like this?" A voice questioned from behind the marauders. They all wheeled around and came face-to-face with a smiling Professor Lupin. "Now...do you have any idea who could have done this?"

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A/N- Hello Reviewers! I was so happy to see more! Ok, well this one did seem to take awhile didn't it? I started on part of another chapter when I was still writing this one. I had to make sure everything would tie in (not to mention I really wanted to write it!). So anyway, reviews rock, and so do the reviewers! I think you know what I'm asking you to do! ; )

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