(A/N Two chapters in one day? Why not! Notice any errors or things you're confused on, please leave a review and I'll fix it or answer your questions in a flash. Reviews make me happy and questions make me jump up and down!)

Disclaimer: If offered Harry Potter, I would take it... but sadly, I don't own Harry Potter yet. Only my character.

Chapter 24-Hogsmeade Part Three

Ally stumbled forward as the world stopped spinning in front of her eyes. Her feet were wobbly and she unceremoniously fell onto the bench in front of her. Lily tucked the golden chain back onto her neck.

"What was that?" Ally said weakly. She looked around.

Lily and Ally were in a small alley. Hogsmeade was as it should be. The sky was darkening and a large clock top of the Three Broomsticks chimed ten o' clock. Ally rubbed her head against the ringing of the clock. The streets were empty except for the random passerby.

Lily looked around her. She noticed the clock time and made note of it.

"Do you remember when we got our timetables?"

Ally sighed. Whatever was happening, she better just go along with it.

"Yes, I remember getting our time tables... What does that have to do with anything? And where are we?"

"When I got my time table I showed you this," she held up the golden chain. "It's a time turner, remember?"

Ally looked at the golden chain and twirled it between her fingers. She faintly remembered a distant conversation in the beginning of the year.

"Yeah, I remember that."

She looked around, realization dawning on her face.

"Oh," she said. "This is interesting... but... when are we?"

"When are we?" Lily repeated. "We're in last night. Before Hogsmeade I should think... Yes, it looks like this is before anything happened." Lily pointed to the calendar that they could see through the window.

Ally raised her head slightly to get a better look into the window. Sure enough, the calendar read May 4th, yesterday. Or was it today? She pondered.

"Well... what do we do?" Ally asked.

"Hmm," Lily tapped her finger on her chin. "We must have had some sort of involvement in the day we just left. Something we missed..."

"Well, I say we saved our lives." Ally said sarcastically. "But maybe I imagined that..."

"No." Lily said. "How did we get there? Wasn't there something mysterious about yesterday?"

"I don't know," Ally said. "I think we should take this opportunity to relax."

Lily looked at her reproachfully

"What?" Ally said. "How else are we going to be certain that we'll be in this exact alley at this exact time?"

"For a number of reasons," Lily said, ticking them of with her fingers. "For one, if we're caught, we'll be questioned as to why we aren't in Hogwarts, asleep. Two, if we get caught, we'll meet our own selves; that's bad, Ally. People might think we're Death Eaters. Three, we may have some involvement in this day that we don't know about. And if we miss it, then we may just mess up time forever."

Ally nodded glumly. As much as she hated to admit it, Lily was almost always right. There was a big chance that any of these things could happen, and they couldn't risk their own lives. There really is such a thing as death by laziness.

"And most of all... bad things happen to witches and wizards who meddle in time. If we mess things up too much, we may even cause someone else serious misfortune. Even worse, we could kill ourselves."

Ally nodded determinedly and sat up. She immediately felt a little dizzy but she shook it off.

"Time travel is not for me."

"No travel is for you," Lily jibed.

"Don't even mention floo," Ally said remorsefully.

She straightened up and began to walk down the empty streets of Hogsmeade. Lily quickly caught up to her.

"Where are you going?" she asked, but didn't stop Lily.

"Honeydukes," said Ally smartly.

"Honeydukes?" Lily asked with a sneer. "Why do you need candy now? Cant this wait."

"I'm not going for candy!" Ally rebuked. "I accidentally picked up on a Marauder conversation."

"Accidentally?" Lily asked, and then added wisely. "I see."

"Yes, accidentally," Ally replied. "They were too absorbed in their conversation about a party to realize that I was listening. Sirius said that he was going to go down to the cellar of Honeydukes. He was saying that he had just discovered a passageway that goes from the cellar to Hogwarts."

Ally and Lily ran down the side alley of Honeydukes and slipped through the back door quietly. Ally looked ahead and around the corner and gave a 'thumbs up' to Lily.

"It's all clear." Ally whispered, now that they were inside, they certainly didn't want to be caught.

"So where are we going?"

Ally stepped ahead to view the cellar. She saw boxes piled up to the ceiling and a few knick nacks. Some boxes were oddly shaped and distorted. On box was a clear bubble with jumping jelly beans inside. They bounced happily as they saw the new intruders.

Ally looked around.

"I didn't hear enough from them to know exactly where it was..." Ally said. "I heard them say that they had to move a stone... that's it."

"Alright," Lily whispered back. "You search the bottom... I'll search the sides."

Ally nodded and Lily could barely see it. The light that was streaming in from the small window near the top of the wall was fading fast as night was setting in.

It didn't take long for Ally to remove one stone to see darkness below it. She waved for Lily to stop searching and pointed to the dark bottom.

"How deep is it?" Lily asked, with both of their heads craned over the side.

"I don't know, Lumos." she said and ignited her wand.

She lowered it cautiously and examined the tunnel. It was only a small drop to the first step on a long set of stairs and Ally sighed in relief.

"No broken legs today," she said and hopped down.

"Good," Lily said and followed. "I'd have terrible trouble kicking Potter."

Lily used some simple magic to fix the stone entrance back to its original form. Lily started forward and Ally followed.

The tunnel was wide at the beginning, but it soon narrowed out the farther they went. Ally kept her wand lit, but then extinguished it. There was no need to keep her wand lit if there was obviously no one there. Not to mention it was impossible to get lost, the entire tunnel was one way. It curved slightly at the end and Lily could feel the wall in front of her. She lit her wand and pushed the stone.

Miraculously it gave in and Lily and Ally tumbled out. Ally stumbled and stood back up. She looked around her. They were on the third floor of Hogwarts. The passageway must have been concealed by the statue of the Hump-back Witch. Ally was about find a way to close the opening, when it magically sealed itself.

"That was easy," Ally said.

"We should remember that!" Lily said. "Dead useful..."

"Right," Ally nodded. "I suppose that we should go to the dormitories now. I mean... that's where we are..."

"We should," Lily nodded in agreement and started to climb the stairs. "We want to keep a good track of ourselves..."

Ally and Lily walked silently through the castle. It must have been near midnight by now. The tunnel had taken ages to travel through. They reached the seventh floor quickly and Ally stopped Lily just before they reached the Fat Lady.

"What are we going to tell the Fat Lady?" she said in concern. "As far as she's concerned... we're in bed right now."

"I'm not sure." Lily said, "But she has to let us in if we know the password. She serves Hogwarts."

Ally looked beyond where they were standing and watched as the Fat Lady snored loudly.

"I think I know a charm... but do charms work on paintings?"

"What have we got to lose?" Lily said, "We should be getting up soon, and we don't want to miss that in case anything goes wrong..."

"Okay, but if anything goes wrong..." Ally said lightly. "Let's blame it on James."

"Of course," Lily said, "It's the Lally motto."

"You said Lally!" Ally jumped and gave her friend a hug. "I knew you had it in you!"

"I can't believe I said that." Lily pawed her face. "That was so stupid."

"What?" Ally said innocently.

"Nothing," Lily smiled. "Let's get into the dormitory..."
Lily followed Ally, who had just pulled out her wand. She watched a light green light shot from Ally's wand and hit the Fat Lady on they head. The Fat Lady snorted and woke up drowsily.

She grinned sleepily at them and then nodded.

"Why, hello there! Little Dilys and little Boris...What brings you to Ravenclaw tower in the middle of the desert today?"

Ally grinned mischievously, obviously glad that her spell had functioned properly, and she lowered her wand and smiled back.

"Nothing much, we just wanted to get by," Ally said cheerfully.

"Well! Password?" said the Fat Lady, plucking a grape from a bowl in the painting next to her.

"Mackled Malaclaw!" Lily said quickly, eager to get in.

"Correct Dilys!" she said proudly, a bit tearfully too. "My, they grow up so fast."

She swung open to reveal the way into Gryffindor tower. As Ally passed by, she pulled out her wand and cast a sleeping spell on the portrait.

"What was that?" Lily asked. "I thought I was the master of every charm."

"Actually, it's only the Confundus Charm." Ally shrugged.

"Oh," Lily said, "But don't you normally need a specific motive for it to work?"

"Yeah, but if you use it as a normal spell... it does something really wonky."

"Is that why she thought she was in the desert?" Lily said dryly.

"Yeah," Ally said. "That would be why."

"Well," Ally sat back on the couch, "Let's recap."

"Let's," Lily sat down.

"Okay, soon," Ally said. "I'm going to scream murder. Then McGonagall will rush up. Then the boys will come down. Then we will be escorted to Dumbledore's office."

"Right," Lily said. "We have to make sure that all of that happens."

"I guess all we have to do is wait..."

"I guess..."

Lily and Ally lapsed into silence as they waited for Ally's scream to be heard. Ally was tempted to do something, read a book even. But Lily had warned her that a single thing out of place could do serious damage. Soon Ally was straining her ears to hear anything.

She looked up at the clock, it was getting late. Time had passes and it must have been the next day by now. Ally sighed and lay back.

Then she heard it.

Faintly, ever so faintly, Ally heard her past self scream.

Ally looked at Lily in confusion.

"Why is it so quiet?" Ally asked.

"I don't know... you don't think that—"

"Silencing enchantment," Ally said. "It must be that McGonagall put them up. Probably the Marauders fault, they like to annoy her with noise, don't they?"

"So..." Lily trailed off, "Scream."

"What?"

"Scream! Now!" Lily said.

"What are—?"

"You have to wake McGonagall up! Scream!"

Ally shook her head and imagined a spider crawling on her head. Easily, she screamed loudly. Lily had taken the liberty of transfiguring a book into a spider and dangling it in front of her face.

Lily pulled her back and they hid behind an arm chair. Lily clamped a hand over her mouth as McGonagall's footsteps could be heard crossing the common room. Ally dared to look up and she saw McGonagall's robe disappear around the staircase that led to the girl's dormitories.

Despite, their efforts, the boys were still not coming down.

"Good," Lily said. "I didn't want James to come with us anyways!"

"Lily!" Ally said. "You just told me that we have to be sure everything goes precisely. If we don't wake them up, then Potter will never meet us at the Three Broomsticks!"

Lily sighed.

"Fine!"

She stood up and left their hiding place behind the large armchair, crossing the room she ran up the boy's dormitory. Ally could distantly hear Lily scream very loudly. She looked up as Lily raced down the stairs.

"Don't worry; I did a spell so that it'll seem as if it came from the girls' dormitory."

Ally and Lily watched the scene unfold before them.

The boys slowly came streaming out into the common room. They were mainly huddled near the staircases, so Lily and Ally didn't bother moving from their hiding place. Ally watched as Lily came down the staircase with Professor McGonagall. Ally could see herself trailing behind them.

"—heard a scream."

"It was from the girls' dormitory."

"There's Professor McGonagall and Lily."

"Al's there too."

"Is she holding a book?"

"Typical."

"Professor, what happened?"

They both watched with interest as McGonagall spoke to James and the rest of the boys. The disgruntled Gryffindors slowly left the common room. Ally watched as James asked Professor McGonagall if the Marauders could come with.

"Professor," James spoke out, "Maybe we should escort Lily and Al to the Hospital wing?"

Ally watched the fire crackle loudly. Ally stared for a moment. The fire never did that... then it clicked. She turned her head to the portrait. The Fat lady was still asleep. How could Dumbledore get into the common room?

Ally swiftly got up and snuck around to the portrait. Avoiding any notice, everyone was staring at McGonagall, waiting for her to make up her mind; she pushed the portrait hole gently open.

Dumbledore entered right after Ally had gone back to hiding behind the armchair.

"I don't think that's—"

"What a wonderful idea." Dumbledore said.

Ally had just enough time to ponder how Dumbledore even knew what James had asked if he wasn't here. Her mind drifted back to how the fire had crackled. Then she shook her head. It was Dumbledore, after all.

Ally and Lily watched as Dumbledore led their past selves and a past James out of the common room. She could have sworn though, that Dumbledore slightly nodded in their direction.

Ally and Lily breathed a sigh of relief as the common room was now empty.

"I hate to say I told you so," Lily said. "But I was right."

"Yeah, I can't believe we would be needed to do all that."

"It's a bit confusing... isn't it?"

"I wish I was taller..."

"That was random."

"I know... but I still wish I was taller."

Lily rolled her eyes; together they left the common room. They followed themselves at a distant. Ally made a few mistakes by letting her shadow be seen by her past self. She cursed inwardly. That explained why she was afraid of the shadows last night... or this night.

Ally watched Dumbledore closely.

"Candied Strawberries." he spoke clearly.

Ally and Lily rushed forward to catch up, but it was too late. The stone gargoyle jumped back into place.

"Candied Strawberries." Ally whispered.

The gargoyle refused to budge.

"Candied Strawberries." Lily whispered.

The gargoyle still refused to move Ally sighed inwardly.

"Dumbledore obviously doesn't want us in there."

"I wonder why," Lily asked. "Maybe he sealed his office shut... or maybe he just doesn't want us in there."

"I think he knows that we're here," Ally said. "He nodded at us in the common room."

"I saw that too," Lily confirmed. "He must know that we're here."

"Maybe he's saying that we don't need to be here right now." Ally suggested.

Lily nodded.

"I guess so, but what are we going to do in the meantime?"

"We could tour the castle..." Ally suggested.

"Well..." Lily began to walk. "What else is there to do?"

Ally followed behind her and they slowly made their way down the castle. Not knowing quite where they were going, they wandered for a while, finally deciding on the Great Hall. If anything was going to happen, it would probably happen there.

The walked silently through the halls, and they never ran into Filch. That was odd, they admitted, but not unheard of. Maybe he was simply... doing something else at the moment. In their minds, Ally and Lily both knew that this was ludicrous, but... you never know.

The reached the Great Hall, and were shocked to find nothing there. The tables were lined accordingly. Nothing missing, nothing added to the hall. Ally strolled around with Lily and they both agreed that there was nothing there.

They walked to the Charms hall, nothing, the transfiguration classroom, nothing. In fact, no place they thought of had anything out of normal in it. Lily and Ally were running out of luck as they finally made the long trip into the dungeons.

Ally's hopes were almost distinguished when she heard voices.

"Really Flint, I can't believe this! How could you possibly think that I would allow my own Quidditch team to cheat!"

It was Slughorn. Lily and Ally both looked at each other and then they slowly walked to where Slughorn held his office.

"I know you meant well, my dear boy, but this is not the way to victory."

Ally and Lily could clearly see the scene in front of them now. Flint, the quidditch captain, was standing in front of Slughorn's desk. He had the nerve to look unabashed at the way Slughorn was talking to him. He was in his pajamas. Slughorn was also in his pajamas: big, ugly, violet and yellow striped pajamas. He was holding up a set of vials with a brown liquid within it.

"If I didn't understand the pressures that came with being a leader... I don't know how severely you would be punished."

Slughorn placed the vials down on the desk that he was sitting at. Slowly, he got up and placed a fatherly hand on Flint's shoulder.

"Now, Merwyn..."

(A/N Merwyn is the name of a wizard who invented many jinxes and spells. He can be found at the hplexicon.)

Ally had to clap her hand over her mouth from giggling. Lily seemed to have the same problem, she was bent over with her mouth closed tightly, trying not to laugh. What kind of name was Merwyn?

"I don't think that I need to mention this to anyone else. Let's keep this between us," Slughorn whispered loudly. "I can't disqualify you if I want Slytherin to win this year, now can I?"

He gave out a jovial laugh and then continued on with a bit more seriousness in his voice.

"I'll let you off on a warning. But I mean this. If I ever catch you brewing a potion to enhance your team's chances on winning the cup, I'll have to cut you from the team."

"Yes, Professor," Flint said. "I understand."

"Good boy, Merwyn!" Slughorn clapped him on the shoulder. "You best be on your way then. You'll want to get a good night's sleep. Hogsmeade is tomorrow! We can't have you missing that!"

Flint stalked out of the room. Ally and Lily ducked into the shadows to let him pass. She could see a triumphant smirk on Flint's face as he left the room. He had, after all, gotten off with no punishment.

Slughorn then left the room. Under his arm he had stashed the vials. As he turned to lock the door to the office, Lily flicked her wand and two vials came soaring into her hand.

Once Slughorn had left, Ally looked at Lily incredulously as she handed the vials over to her.

"What did you do that for?" Ally asked, accepting the vials and stowing them in her robe pockets.

"Well," Lily said mysteriously. "You never know when we might need them."

Ally nodded and they left the dungeons quickly, having no need to stay there anymore.

"I guess everything does happen for a reason," she said to herself.

Ally and Lily slowly watched the sun come up from behind the windows. They had reached the Great hall before anyone was up and managed a few hungry bites before leaving the hall. They didn't want to be caught by anyone. A few students had seen them, but hadn't said anything. As far as they knew, they had just woken up early that day in anticipation of Hogsmeade.

Ally and Lily waited breakfast and caught the first carriage to Hogsmeade. They didn't want to arouse suspicion so they had jumped out of the carriage before it came to the entrance of the village. If anyone saw them, it would be bad. They didn't want anyone to note that two Lilys and two Allys had come to Hogsmeade at different times.

Ally and Lily pulled up the hoods of their cloaks. Ally almost mentally slapped herself for not thinking of that before. It was beginning to rain so no one noticed; in fact a few other people pulled their hoods up as well.

They ran into the small alley that they had been in when they had gone back in time. The rain had lightened up slightly.

"Where are we now?" Ally asked. "Are we in the Three Broomsticks?"

Lily immediately looked into the window into the pub, but then she ducked and pulled Ally down. Ally was about to rebuke her, but then the window was thrown open by MadamWinchcombe, who was muttering about the room being 'stuffy'.

Ally and Lily let out the breath they had been holding.

"She really shouldn't do that."

"You mean open windows?"

"Yeah," Ally wrinkled her nose. "Dangerous thing, opening windows, you never know who you're opening them to."

"Like a bunch of time travelers?" Lily asked.

"Like a bunch of slimy, evil, no good, time travel—hey!"

"Sorry," Lily said. "Couldn't resist."

Ally laughed along with Lily and they watched through the window as Madam Winchcombe brought their past selves the first round of Butterbeers.

"Hey..." Ally asked, when James and Sirius came in. "Did you feel anything weird when we got the third round of Butterbeer?"

"Yeah, I did." Lily said as James questioned them and they yawned tiredly. "It felt like I had more energy and—"

"You were more awake..."

Ally and Lily pondered over this as a second round of Butterbeers arrived. James and Sirius were talking animatedly as Lily and Ally started to fall asleep.

They were still talking when Lily ordered the third round of Butterbeer. That was when James started to warn Lily on having a third round, surprisingly a rowdy customer called out.

"Hey—hey Madam Winchcombe!" he called. "We need some service here!"

Madam Winchcombe sighed and put down the Butterbeers destined for Lily's and Ally's table. By coincidence, she happened to set them down right next to the window where Lily and Ally were watching.

Lily snapped her fingers and hr face lit up.

"Al! The vials! I can't believe I didn't think of it before!"

Lily waved her wand and the Butterbeers floated over. Ally nodded and took both vials. She poured the odd colored potion into both of them and then Lily set them back onto the table.

Madam Winchcombe appeared and took the two Butterbeers to their table. Ally and Lily watched as Lily took a sip and then brightened up. With renewed energy, they watched their past selves talk swiftly with James and Sirius before skipping happily out of the Three Broomsticks.

The rain had let up, but they didn't think their past selves noticed, as they were talking vibrantly to themselves and James and Sirius. Ally and Lily followed them closely before stopping a few feet away from where the group was standing.

Ally shook a branch and then stepped back as she swore Sam had looked at her. Lily hid behind a tree to and sent Ally a glare. What did you do that for?

Ally shrugged and waited for a few minutes. Then she turned around. Sam was still looking spaced out; I hope she didn't recognize me...

Then, she heard herself say 'dog problems' and Sam stopped looking at the tree. They watched their past selves walk away from Sam and talk about how nice she would look with a different colored hair.

The conversation was boring to Lily and Ally. They had, after all, already lived through it. They followed closely behind the past Lily, Ally, Sam, Sirius, James, and Remus as they walked back to Hogsmeade.

Lily and Ally watched Sam realize what they had been telling her. They watched themselves hug Sam. Remus did look dreadfully sick know that they had a better look at him

Ally found it extremely funny, when, by accident, Lily twirled her wand and a butterfly shot out of it. She could barely stop herself from laughing when the past Lily watched it fly away.

Then, they heard the screaming from the streets all over again. Lily and Ally followed their group as they fought against the crowd.

They saw James flip the invisibility cloak over them.

The crowd was pushing them toward the wall. Ally could distantly hear James' wand tapping the brick before a particularly rude person pushed Lily into the wall.

But Lily didn't run into the secret alley. Instead, she bumped into herself.

Ally was quick to act. She pulled Lily to the side. But not before the past Lily looked back and caught a glimpse of red hair.

"That was close!" Lily whispered. "Come on. Let's get to the main streets!"

They sidled along the wall, careful not to be pushed aside. They crowd eventually thinned out and Lily and Ally could walk again. They reached the streets and found themselves in yet another alley.

Their view was not pleasant.

Ally nudged Lily in the arm.

"Look," she whispered as quietly as possible. "They're patrolling the streets."

"Death Eaters," Lily confirmed. "Look what they're doing."

She pointed to a Death Eater who was sketching runes on the side of a building.

"The Darkness, remember. We only have a few seconds to get to the alley by the Three Broomsticks."

Lily and Ally ran from alley to alley and reached the place across from their destination.

Lily held up three fingers.

Three...

Two...

One...

Lily and Ally ran for their life (literally) and crossed the street just in time for a Death Eater to turn his back to them. Also, just in time for all the lights to go out. And just in time to see a group of Dementors float over the village.

They waited... and waited... and waited...

James did not come by... Sirius did not come by... Remus did not come by... Sam did not come by. No one came. Not even a few Death Eaters. It was all dark. Lily and Ally did not dare light their wands in fear of being found. If they did... it would mean that they could be caught...

Soon, they heard their own voices...

"What happened?" Ally heard herself ask. "What is it?"

"It must be a boundary... Someone doesn't want us to get in."

"How did the others get in...?"

"I don't know...There must be a flaw somewhere."

"The Dark Lord makes no flaws..."

Ally and Lily watched the Death Eaters talk and appear before their frightened selves. They watched the conversation happen. Bella, Lucius... they all appeared, even the unsightly man. Ally reached a hand out.

"No!" Lily whispered urgently. "We have to wait for the right time!"

"But we're going to die!"

"We might die if we don't wait!"

"Ah, torture is my expertise. I'm afraid I'm not suited for the simple killing curse. It brings no satisfaction to my part. Bella, would you like to?"

Ally saw Bella raise her wand.

"AVADA..." Ally and Lily reached out, their hands unseen, masked in darkness.

"K—"

Ally and Lily jerked their selves backwards into the alley. Ally kept a tight hand clamped over her past self's mouth.

"Where did they go?"

"They disappeared."

"Should we search for them? The Dark Lord won't be pleased."

"NO! We tell him nothing! We don't look, we never found them! He won't tolerate failure!"

"Let's leave while we can! Now, come sister!"

Lily and Ally breathed a sigh of relief. It had all worked out. They let go of their charges mouths and stepped back.

Ally watched her past self look at her stunned. Ally jumped and realized that they didn't know if anyone else was out there looking for them. It would be pointless to have them self killed when they had just saved their own lives. Lily seemed to be thinking of the same thing.

"Quickly!" Lily said. "Go back!"

"Just go!" Ally said. "You're wasting time."

Ally watched herself blur out of the world as the past Lily swung the gold necklace around herself. Just in time for the light to return to the world.

SWaddict1986: Thank you so much for being a constant reviewer! As you can see from this chapter, a potion that enhances your energy and alertness was in the Butterbeer. Actually, the chapter confusion was my fault, I missed a chapter. I'm profoundly sorry! I never meant to miss it, it just happened. Sorry! Don't worry about the boys and Sam, they're fine.

Rylie D: You rock for reviewing! This chapter was the time turner sequence; I've put in a few things that I hope you guys didn't catch onto too fast!

ComplicatedDarknesS0103: Thank you so much! That Remus Sam thing was just a time filler thing really; I didn't feel like putting it into another chapter. Putting it into the summer was out of line. Personally, I think Ally and Lily liked doing that to Sam. But that's just how I viewed their characters. It was really a distraction from the real plot. Lily and Ally saving themselves was my favorite part to write, though I hope I didn't make it too confusing. It was quiet difficult. Thank you sooooooo much!

greenday and hp: BUT IT DOEN'T STOP THERE! evil laughter It will continue! Actually, this story is going to be quiet long... now that I think about it.