Time is Relative
Summary: After a curse from Snape goes awry, the Mauraders and Lily find themselves in HP time. At first they have fun discovering ways to terrorize the older Snape, but all is not well in the school. A mysterious, green-eyed Slytherin wants to seduce Lily; Remus battles his inner demons as he explores the whomping willow and the destruction he finds at the end of its tunnel; Sirius has gotten detention from every teacher he's visited (no mean feat); and James has discovered the Mirror of Erised. Through it all, however, a plot runs through the school that will involve the four time-travelers more than they want it to, and it becomes increasingly difficult to keep their identities a secret- especially when Harry is so intent on probing the similarities between himself and James.
Chapter One
Rain fell heavily from the downcast sky, coming down in great sheets of water that threatened to drown the entire school, if it wasn't knocked over by the force of the wind. The Marauders lounged by the fireplace, wondering whether or not they could convince Peeves to do something really horrible to Snape.
"I still think we should just each take on the appearance of Snivellus and do embarrassing things. Wouldn't that be fun?" Peter looked around to see if anyone would like his suggestion.
"Yeah, but remember that Polyjuice potion takes a month to make," said James. "And then we'd also have to go around actually with that body- I can't imagine having that git's greasy hair." At this they all laughed. It was a common joke among them to call Snape greasy.
Throughout the rest of the very rainy afternoon, the Marauders played games of chess and exploding snap with each other as they talked and laughed.
As most of the sixth year Gryffindors headed down to dinner together, later that evening, James walked up to Lily.
"Hey Evans," he said. Lilly just rolled her eyes. "I will not go out with you James. Why do you bother?" He just smiled. He opened his mouth to say something in reply (undoubtedly something that would have annoyed Lily to no end) but Sirius stopped him with a tug on the shoulder. Remus and Peter had also stopped walking. Sirius pointed down the corridor where Snape was walking by himself, and James sniggered evilly.
Lilly turned away from her friend at the sound of this, and walked back to them to tell them off for picking on other students. Just because she was a fellow Gryffindor, the Marauders expected her to turn the other way whenever they broke school rules. Lilly, however, was determined to live up to a Prefect's expected standards, and stood right in front of Sirius, who was getting out his wand.
"Absolutely not. Go to dinner, and leave him alone." Sirius pushed her a little to the side, enough to get his wand to point at Snape. "Oy, Snivellus!" The boy looked up, then immediately scowled, drawing his own wand.
He was just about to cast a spell, when James yelled, "Rictusempra," and Snape went flying backwards. The Marauders erupted in laughter, and Snape rose shakily to his feet. He walked towards them, fists balled. The Marauders allowed him to get within a few feet when James again cursed him, drawing more laughter. Snape now had bats covering his face.
"James Potter, I command you to stop! I'll dock house points from you!" She performed the counter curse on Snape and pulled him to his feet. He looked at her in disgust as he pulled his arm away from her hand violently enough to almost make Lilly lose her balance. "Filthy mudblood, how dare you touch me!"
A huge amount of shouting immediately erupted from the marauders at his comment, and after a few beams of light had hit him, Snape was flung quite a ways down the corridor.
"Get out of our sight, Snivellus!" shouted Sirius.
"And stay downwind as you leave!" yelled Peter, drawing more laughter.
Lilly, quite hurt at having been called that horrible name, turned to go to dinner. The Marauders turned also. Snape, however, whispered a curse, shooting a bright purple beam of searing light from the end of his wand. It hit Lilly squarely in the back just as James was putting his hand on her shoulder. A blinding flash of light lit the entire hallway, and Snape had to cover his eyes. When a few seconds had passed and he opened them again, the hallway was deserted- devoid of life, save him. Wondering if he had uttered the wrong spell, Snape decided that he didn't really care. At least they were gone.
However, as Snape disappeared around the corner, Peter suddenly materialized out of nowhere. He looked around to say something to one of his friends, then realized that they weren't with him. They had been just three feet behind him, where had they gone? Shakily, he looked around. It just wasn't possible for them to have disappeared so quickly.
"G-guys? James? Sirius? Remus? E-Evans?"
