It had been ten years since that fateful Halloween night, the night the he-who-must-not-be-named fell in power. According to Ministry records, an unknown hero had defeated the once powerful wizard. The Order of the Phoenix, however, knew the truth. They knew that a mutant girl had defeated him, with their help of course. He-who-must-not-be-named had been in a coma ever since. The mutants who had helped them destroy the most powerful wizard of the age hadn't been seen or heard of since.

Sirius opened the paper that morning to read while he drank his coffee. He took a casual sip before spitting it out all over his table cloth causing his roommate, Remus, to curl his lip in disgust. He took a paper napkin and attempted to dry off his shirt.

"Was that really necessary?" Remus asked.

Sirius laid the newspaper down in front of Remus on top of his toast. "See anyone familiar?" he asked pointing to the moving picture on the front page.

Sirius waited a moment as he watched his long time best friends eyes widen in surprise. "Oh. My. God." He said almost breathless. His head snapped up to meet the excited eyes of Sirius. "Does Dumbledore know?"

"A more important question is, does James know?" He said before snatching the paper out of Remus' hands. There was a loud crack that signaled Sirius had left for James and Lily's home.

Remus pulled out his own copy of the Daily Prophet out so he could read the article regarding the picture that had started that morning's conversation. The reason that they each had a subscription to the same newspaper was because Sirius often took the newspaper with him. He and James had become Auror's after Voldemort had been defeated while Lupin had taken on a job as Defense against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

Crack!

Sirius had apparently miscalculated when he had apperated over to the Potters residence in Godric's Hallow. He knew this for two reasons, the first and most important being that he was covered in orange juice and would have to take another shower. The second and less important reason, being that he was sitting in his best friends lap.

"Bloody hell, Padfoot!" James yelled as he pushed Sirius into the floor.

In the corner by the stove Lily was doubled over laughing at the pair. "I didn't mean nothing by It." he said as he stood up and tried to squeeze excess orange juice out of his shirt and into an empty glass. "Have you read your paper this morning?" he asked.

James held up a soggy copy of the Daily Prophet. "No, some git decided it would be a good idea to apperate onto my lap and spill my morning drink on it."

"Oh come off it!" Sirius said taking an empty seat next to James. He shoved his own copy of the newspaper across the table.

James sent him a glare before picking it up and reading the headline out loud. "Mutant teenage girl defeats ancient mutant known as Apocalypse." Sirius watched in anticipation as he watched James eyes travel down to the picture. "Bloody hell, Lily, come look!" he called to his wife.

She looked up from where she was washing her hands at the sink; Lily dried her hands off and walked over to the breakfast table. She leaned over James shoulder and let out a small gasp. "Oh, I thought we'd never see her again." She said quietly.

"Mum, Dad! Have you seen my broom?" harry called from upstairs just as there was a rather large thump. "Never mind."

"Oh I swear, he is as bad as you!" lily said, teasing James.

"What are you talking about? I never lose anything!" he said. "You're the one who got lost in the broom closet."

"An enchanted broom closet doesn't count and you know it James Potter!" she said pointing a finger at him as she walked back over to the sink.

Sirius ignored them both and snatched the paper back. He studied the girl in the picture. She didn't look happy at all to get her picture taken; she looked like she would rather be anywhere but there. He looked for Remy and spotted him in the background watching her.

"What do you say we get the order back together this Halloween and celebrate the tenth anniversary of Voldemort's defeat?" Sirius said as he began reading the article.

"Oh that sounds lovely! I'll have to send Dumbledore an owl." Lily said excitedly.

"Why don't we get Remy and Rogue to come too?" Sirius ventured.

"I don't know if that's a good idea." Lily said after a beat.

"Why not?" James asked just as curious.

"Think about it, they just defeated a great mutant villain and then we invite them to a party where all we talk about is defeating a great dark wizard. It would be kind of upsetting to say the least." She reasoned.

"I suppose so." Sirius said, put out.

"No harm in asking Dumbledore, didn't he say he was friends with her Professor? Maybe they're still in contact." James said after a moment. That seemed to make Sirius happier.

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"Why are we here again Professor?" Rogue asked for what felt like the hundredth time.

"Because my long time friend Albus Dumbledore would like to meet you and Remy." He explained, also for the hundredth time.

Remy slung an arm around her shoulder. "Jus' relax chere, t'ink o' this as a vacation." He said pulling her closer.

Rogue wrenched herself away from him as their carriage drew nearer to the impressive castle. "Ah get that part, what ah don't get is why us two." She grumbled.

She watched as the strange beasts pulling their carriage stopped right in front of the equally impressive front doors to the castle. The two southerners climbed out of the carriage and while rogue was admiring the grounds, Remy was busy helping Xavier into his wheel chair. Rogue turned around to see an incredibly old man in what appeared to be robes smiling at them from the front door.

"Ah, Charles old friend, it's good to see you." The man said as he came forward.

"As it is you too, Albus." Charles said as Remy rolled him toward the man.

Rogue couldn't shake the feeling of déjà vu all around her. It was unnerving, she felt like she had been here before, not one of her psyches, but her physical being. She glanced toward Remy who was looking at Albus strangely.

"Let me introduce you to my students, this is Remy Lebeau, also known as Gambit." Xavier said and Remy reached his hand out to shake the old man's hand. "And this is Rogue." he said, not giving her full name because the truth was not even she knew what it was.

Rogue stuck out her hand and shook his hand as well. "Yes it is so good to see you two again." He said, his blue eyes twinkling.

Rogue raised an eyebrow, the man was clearly nuts. "Ah don' t'ink we've ever met before." Remy said before Rogue could.

The man gave them a warm and knowing smile as he led them into the castle. On the way there Xavier had told them that this was the famous Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Rogue was kind of excited about this, she had always wanted to visit this school and see all the magic. Dumbledore lead them down the hallways were the pictures moved and the suits of armor creaked and groaned. They passed very few students on their way; some of them gave lingering looks but quickly hurried off when Gambit turned his demonic eyes on them.

If she didn't know that he knew she would kill him, she would think he was marking his territory. He seemed to be doing that more often after she had given up her gothic persona and had adopted lighter clothing and makeup. In fact he seemed to stick to her like glue almost since the defeat of Apocalypse; it was kind of annoying most of the time. But there were rare occasions when he could be sweet almost, but then he would open his mouth and it was all over.

"Ah, here we are." He said as they reached a closed door. Rogue could hear the music and voices from the other side of the rather thick looking door.

"Now there are a few things I need to tell you before we enter." He said his eyes twinkling once more and rogue suddenly felt as though he were x-raying her. "Have either of you ever heard of time turners?"

Rogue shook her head no but Gambit answered yes. "Well Rogue, a time turner is a little device that allows the user to go back in time for a few hours. I discovered an ancient time turner that will allow the user to go back years. In an alternant future a few years from now, you two went back in time to defeat a great dark wizard by the name of Voldemort. After his defeat you sort of evaporated into the folds of time. Today the members of The Order of the Phoenix are celebrating the tenth anniversary of Voldemort's defeat." He said with a smile. "Voldemort currently resides in Azkaban prison and has been in a coma for these last ten years."

There was a moment of quiet while Rogue just looked at the crazy old man before her. "Come again?" she said.

"I know it is a lot to take in and the original plan was to never tell you, but some of the members believed you had a right to know and wanted to celebrate with you two as the guests of honor tonight."

"So in dis alternate future did Rogue finally agree ta marry me?" Remy asked with a shameless grin.

Rogue rolled her eyes, always the jokester. "Yeah an' we had three little demon eyed kids taggin' along." She said.

"Why stop at three?" he said as he slung an arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him.

Rogue gave a disgusted grunt and pulled away from him. She was not pleased to see that Xavier and Dumbledore were smiling at the pair of them. She decided to direct the conversation back to more important matters. "So this all really happened?" she asked looking between the two professors.

"I'm afraid so Rogue." Xavier said. "Albus contacted me not long after it happened."

"So ya've known this whole time?" she asked increadously. "Why didn't ya tell us?" she asked.

"Ah gotta agree wit' Rogue, we had a right to know before now." Remy said.

"Oh? You think so?" Xavier said with a smile.

"And what would you have done when you found out?" Dumbledore asked.

"Woulda put it on mon resume." Remy said, as quick as ever.

Both men smiled at the pair. "Well I think we have held them off long enough, shall we?" Dumbledore said as he gestured toward the closed door.

Rogue slid a look at gambit who didn't look so cocky anymore, instead he looked curious. She on the other hand wasn't looking forward to this little meeting at all, they all knew her but she didn't know any of them.

Dumbledore opened the door and all goings on ceased to an abrupt halt. Rogue tentively peered around the door and saw thirty or so smiling faces. She had the insatiable urge to run as Remy put a warm hand to her back and pushed her forward into the room. Cheers suddenly rang out as she was pulled forward into the room. she looked back to see that Remy was being handled much the same way as their hands were shaken repeatedly and had their backs patted.

They shuffled the two from person to person and rogue caught sight of red hair and green eyes. "Lily." She said the name before she could stop herself. For the last two years since she had become an x-man she had always called Jean Lily. She had no idea why, she had never met a Lily before but she just couldn't stop herself. It had even become running joke with the mansions occupants.

"You remember me!" the redhead, who apparently was Lily, said surprised. She was standing next to a man with very messy black hair.

"Umm," long lost dreams she had had when she was a child came hazily back to her. She remembered seeing Lily sitting on a sofa holding a baby with messy black hair. She could almost hear the baby giggle as another unidentifiable figure played peek-a-boo with the little baby. "Sorta, ah thought ya were a dream." She admitted.

"So you must recognize my handsome face then." Said a good looking man with black hair.

Rogue shook her head mutely; the man's smile fell as his friends laughed at him. Over his shoulder she saw a man with a curtain of greasy black hair. And once again the name popped out before she could stop herself. "Snivellus." The man's scowl turned even more sour, which was quite a feat to begin with.

The good looking man and the one with messy black hair roared with laughter as the other man stalked away. "That's not his name is it?" she asked.

"Well not officially, I'm surprised you remembered that." The man with unruly black hair and glasses said.

She felt Remy come up behind her and place a hand on the small of her back again. She didn't know what it was about him but whenever he touched her she felt her toes tingle and her whole body relax. She supposed it was part of his charm power and would need to tell him off later for it but right now it was comforting.

"Since you don't remember us my name is Remus Lupin." Said a man with mousy brown hair who had appeared at her right. Rogue self consciously tugged on her gloves. "This is Sirius Black." He said clapping a hand on the good looking man's shoulder. "And James Potter." He said pointing to the man who had his arm slung around Lily's shoulders.

"Oi, so are you two still playing that cat and mouse game?" Black asked bluntly.

"What?" rogue asked confused. She had no idea what they were talking about.

"Well let's see when we met you, Rogue, you were nineteen I think. And Remy was still chasing you around like James used to chase Lily." Remus said with a smile.

"Hey!" James objected. "I did not chase Lily around!"

Rogue saw Lily smile and suddenly become interested in a painting on the wall to her left. "Oh yes you did mate," Black said with a devilish smile. "Ever since our second year at Hogwarts you were head over heels for her. Every other word was Lily this or Lily that."

"I have no idea what you two are talking about. And besides, we are getting off topic; this is about Remy chasing Rogue." He said.

"Gambit doesn't chase me, he stalks me." Rogue said with a scowl.

"Ah prefer ta think o' it as runnin' in ta ya in a premeditative manner." Remy replied with a cheeky smile.

Rogue rolled her eyes. "An' what would ya call that little trip down ta the bayou?" she asked.

"A weekend away?" he ventured.

"Really? Cause most would call it kidnappin'." She said crossing her arms over her chest.

"Don' pretend ya didn' enjoy it." he said with that heart stopping smile.

"Right, cause ah just loved bein' chased by bloodthirsty assassins an' almost gettin' eatin' by gators." she rolled her eyes as some of the group chuckled.

"Well maybe this will end the debate." Black said as he pulled something out of the pockets of his robes.

Rogue didn't like the shit eating grin he wore as he handed over what looked like a picture to her. She took it and flipped it over to see an older version of herself entangled in the arms of none other than gambit, their lips pressed firmly together. She felt her mouth drop open, this couldn't be real. She noticed that the sides of them seemed to be disintegrating.

"Told ya, ya love me." Gambit said and she could practically feel the smile on his face.

Rogue slide a glare to Black and the others who all had huge smiles on their faces. Remy snatched the picture out of her fingers and held it high above her head. "T'ink ah'm gonna frame dis an' make copies." He said.

Rogue jumped up to get it but he was a good five or six inches taller than her with much longer arms. "Remy! You better give that ta me." She said as she made another grab for it.

"Don' worry Ah'll make ya a copy too." He said. Rogue scowled and kicked him in the shin good and hard.

His hands immediately went to his bruised shin and rogue took the opportunity to snatch the photo out of his grasp and tuck it in her pocket. She would be damned if she would give in without a fight. He would have to drag her kicking and screaming all the way. Though now that she thought about it he would probably like that. She thought about the picture and how at peace she looked.

Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to let him in.

A/N

Ok it's finally done! Review please!