Over the next week Harry spent almost every moment of the day possible with his uncle. As annoying as it would seem to any other sixteen year old, but to Harry it meant a lot. It meant that his uncle cared for him, and growing up he didn't have love, so he wanted as much as he could get. It was rather amusing for the first two days to see the werewolf sneaking in and out of the infirmary. Then it was just plain annoying. It was that day that the time traveler, as Remus so kindly pointed out that same afternoon, gave his invisibility cloak to his uncle.

***FLASHBACK***

Harry had been sitting on his bed bored out of his mind for hours! Remus had promised that he'd visit during his free period after lunch. Lunch ended a good twenty minutes ago. All Harry could do was sit and stare at the ceiling. Boring. Madam Pomfrey had allowed him books to pass the time, he read them all. Remus was supposed to bring a few more when he came by. Whenever that would be.

Harry turned onto his side to stare out the window. Tomorrow there'd be the first Quidditch match of the season. And where would Harry be? No, he would not be playing seeker for Gryffindor like he did at home. No, he would not be sitting with his mother and uncle cheering their team on in the stands. No, he wouldn't be doing any of that because where would he be? He would be confined to his bed reading a book while listening to the game from afar.

It was in the middle of his brooding when the door opened to a very disheveled and tired Remus Lupin. The young man walked into the room and slunk into the chair next to his nephew's bedside. "Sorry I'm late cub, I hope I didn't upset you." He reached out for the boy who jumped three feet at the contact. "SORRY!"

"HOLY FUCK! Rem, when did you get here?" Harry was panting, really when did the blonde get there? Why didn't he say anything?

"Cub I just got here, you didn't hear me come in?"

"No"

Remus sighed. His pup had far too much time on his hands and was constantly caught up in his thoughts. "Really. I take it you didn't hear what I said either."

"No" The raven haired boy flushed scarlet making Remus chuckle.

"Its fine, all I said was I'm sorry I'm late and that I hope I didn't upset you." He frowned "I didn't did I?"

"No, it's just that being cooped up here with hardly anything to do, I haven't gotten out of bed once since I got here, AND the first Quidditch match of the season is tomorrow and I won't even be able to see it let alone play." Harry bowed his head "I'm so sorry about that. I usually don't act that way. I just don't like all of this white. It messing with my head."

Remus laughed as lifted the boy's chin with his index finger. "Hey I know the feeling. You know, moony keeps me here a lot more than I'd like." The two shared a laugh before settling in their respected places.

"So Rem, what happened to you? You look like you've run a marathon."

"I feel like it too. Let me tell you, your father and the rest of the marauders are some of the nosiest people on the planet! They saw me come down from the tower with your books, here they are by the way ("thank you"), yes they thought I was seeing someone. A Ravenclaw, so they bugged me to tell them who the lucky bloke was. When I didn't tell them and tried to get away, they chased me and I had to use a secret passage to get here unnoticed."

"Remy I'm sorry! I didn't mean to cause you trouble!"

"Don't worry about it Harry, they can deal without me. The only trouble is trying to get around the castle without being seen."

"Without being seen…" The younger boy murmured to himself. "Oh! I got it! Remy, look in my trunk! There's something in there that might help you."

Doing as he was told, the blonde werewolf opened the trunk. Inside there was a small jumble of clothes, parchment, quills, books, a fucking super fancy broom, and…no way! It couldn't be! A piece of parchment folded and aged. Taking it out he tapped his wand to the paper. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." Just like the map up in his dorm, ink danced across the front revealing itself. The Marauders Map. "This c-can't be! The map's upstairs!"

"Correct Uncle Moony. Your map. This one's mine. From my time."

"My word! This—IT WORKS TOO!!!" Harry beamed at his stunned uncle.

"Yes, there's more too, look in the trunk."

Again, Remus looked into the trunk. There on the side of the trunk was a duplicate, or the same just older, invisibility cloak. Were these what Harry was talking about? He looked up at his nephew where their eyes locked. Harry nodded as if reading his mind.

"Will they make it easier for you Rem?"

"Definitely, my little time-traveler."

***END FLASHBACK***

That had been last Friday, it was now Tuesday. Gryffindor had lost their match against Ravenclaw, badly. The final score was 210-10. Needless to say, Remus came by in a sour mood that day. It was actually very funny.

Harry giggled as he turned made to sit up. Finally he could do a bit of exercise! Granted it wasn't running around the castle or Quidditch, but he was allowed to stand and walk with somebody watching him.

Noises outside the door made the boy sit straighter. It was right outside the door, but too much noise to be his uncle. That would mean he was going to be visited by more than just the Matron and Remus.

"No guys you can't go in there!" there was Remus, but who was with him?

"And why not? What're you hiding?" James…his dad!! His dad was right outside the door!

"Nothing! I'm not hiding anything!"

"Well then it wouldn't hurt to let us in" Peter that rat! Harry clenched his teeth together.

"You can't go in there!"

"Rem really, what is so important in there that you can't share it with your fellow marauders, your best friends." Oh shit. Someone was playing the wrong card! But…who was it? "is it that girl you keep sneaking off to see? I mean you don't have to sneak around, tell us who she is and let us meet her. I mean—"

"SIRIUS BLACK! For the LAST time I'm not dating anyone!"

That was it. It was too much for Harry. The teen stood up and walked to the door. One. Two. Three! He pull open the door and leaned on the frame in a nonchalant fashion. "Geez Remy, you could have told me you were bringing your friends over. I would've had Madam Pomfrey bring some tea and snacks."

The werewolf turned to glare at the boy, but instead he went wrapped an arm around the younger's shoulder. "Harry! What in the name of Merlin are you bloody doing!"

"Rem, I believe this is called standing." Harry smirked as the others chuckled, all but Remus.

"Not funny Harry. You know what I mean. What are you doing up without any help?!"

"Oh please. You were right outside the door. I heard you. So…"

"So…?"

"Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?"

"Harry, do you think that that's wise?" The blonde asked concerned

"No" Harry shrugged "But I haven't been known for doing wise things have I?"

"True, but what about…you know?"

"If I get uncomfortable I'll let you know Rem. I want to try. Please?"

Remus sighed. "Fine, this is James Potter"

James smiled at the boy. "Hello." James looked almost exactly like harry. Or should it be the other way around? Whatever. James and Harry had the same unruly hair, same face shape and similar features. But James was also taller than his son by at least a head. Their eyes weren't the same, the elder potter was more muscular and tanned. Honestly, it made harry want to cry to see father alive. All he could do was wave back and choke "Hi"

Remus pointed to the smaller and chubbiest marauder. "This is Peter Pettigrew." The boy with mousy hair and beady eyes stared at the younger potter in a way that made him bite his tongue to keep from saying anything. Merlin did he hate that fucking rat!

"And this" Remus pointed to the last boy "Is Sirius Black." Harry remembered all of the stories that both past and future Remus told him of the young man, mostly from the former. Sirius was vain, charming, mischievous, funny, lazy, and pretty smart. Getting a good look at the teen in question, harry could see why Remus considered him vain. He had gorgeous black hair that reached his shoulders, stormy gray eyes, flawless skin, and he was tall, thin, and well proportioned.

"Hello everyone." The green eyed teen whispered.

"Well shit moon, here I thought you were dating some chick, but now I see you've gotten yourself this nice bloke, I see I was wrong! He's a good looking one too. I'd shag him if he wasn't yours." Sirius smirked winking at Harry, who was immediately uncomfortable.

"Rem, I'm going to go…..back in the room. I left my book…" The boy detached himself from his uncle and all but ran into his room.

"Sirius Black you bloody idiot!"

"What? What'd I do moony?"

"Well FIRST off, we are not DATING, moony recognizes him as a pack member not a mate! Secondly there was a reason I told you three not to bloody come! And if you had just fucking listened to me, there wouldn't be a problem!"

The gray eyed teen stared at his fellow marauder. "Remus, I don't get what you're saying. Wasn't that the kid who fell in the Great Hall last week?"

"Yes. His name is Harry Potter. He's a cousin of yours I believe James."

"I have never heard of him." The older potter frowned.

"Well he is related to you and that's why moony recognized him as a pack-mate. He's gone through some really bad stuff since he was a kid and I've been helping him and hanging out with him so he could heal. I was going to take you to meet him when he was ready and so I had time to warn you and explain some things to you. But no, you three can't fucking listen when I say go away."

The three other Marauders looked ashamed. They had just done something really bad. Really, really bad. "But Moony, if you were only coming here, why did you sneak around?" James asked

"BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO AVOID A SITUATUION LIKE THIS! Can you honestly tell me that if I told you I was coming here all of the time to help a kid that fell randomly in the Great Hall that looks like James and yadda-yadda-yadda that you wouldn't do exactly what you did today?

None of the others said anything. It was true. They would do exactly this. Remus sighed. "Look guys, I know that your intentions were good, but you messed up. And not only do I, but you Sirius Black ("Who me?") Yes, have to fix this. Agreed?"

The others nodded "Agreed"