A/N - Everyone thank goldacharmed! His/Her review was the one that got me to finish this chapter! And I'm sorry it took so long, I was busy! goldacharmed, thanks for your review, it helped me out a lot and I'll probably be using your prank suggestion, because there will be more pranks! I would also like to thank Triis, your review helped a lot too!! Read on my faithful readers! I haven't given up on this story and I'm not planning on it!

Disclaimer – I don't own Harry Potter. There. I wrote it. Stupid disclaimer.

Mr. Norris was stalking down the dungeon hallway. It was early Friday morning and master Filch told him that the Marauders are probably up to something. He knew their smell, he knew that they had been here a while and he knew that they weren't nice him or master. He sniffed the rest of the hall, but there was no trace of the boys. Satisfied that they weren't around, he turned around and pranced out of the dungeons and into the Great Hall with his poufy tail high in the air.

The Marauders of course, having been here for 7 years, knew the pattern of Filch's cat, Mr. Norris. He would enter the dungeon, sniff around for a bit and then leave with his tail stuck in the air. It was all they could do to stifle their laughter as they made their way down to the kitchen under James' invisibility cloak. Sirius of course was holding Peter in his rat form.

When they reached the painting that led to the kitchen, James step out from under the cloak and tickled the pear to let them in. Once the entered the kitchen, they were immediately assaulted by over-eager house elves. One in particular managed to squeak out an understandable sentence.

"Masters! It's been so long. What an honor t'is for yous to visit us again! What an honor! Anything we can do for yous?"

"Actually yes, there is Tibby. We need you to place these mints at all the house tables for breakfast this morning." Sirius said, pulling out four bags of green and white mints from his robes.

"Of course Master Black! Anything." Tibby squeaked, taking the bags from Sirius as he cringed about being called 'Master Black'.

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At Breakfast…

Harry, Lily, Alice, and Marlene walked down to the Great Hall in high spirits. It was Friday, which meant that tomorrow was Saturday, which meant no classes. The girls where chatting animatedly, while Harry followed being silently. He was thinking about the week, noting that it was one of the happiest weeks he's ever had. This morning he had woken up refreshed for the first time in months. After having a week to recuperate from the battle and traveling 20 years into the past, he finally had his energy back.

This didn't go unnoticed by Lily, of course. In fact, it didn't even go unnoticed by the Marauders. When the foursome had walked through the doors, they had immediately noticed that Porter had seemed less gloomy and more content. Lily noticed the moment they met in the common room, though began to under why he all of a sudden seemed less stressed and more relaxed. She easily brushed it off as finally becoming more relaxed at Hogwarts.

They sat down at their regular spots and began to fill their plates with breakfast. Harry, paying attention to the conversation about when Lily was freaking out about O., much to her displeasure, just reached for food by habit. He didn't he even know what he was filling his plate with, and it wasn't until his hand found a small bowl filled with mints that he noticed something was wrong. Harry had never had mints at breakfast before, and never had he seen white and green mints at Hogwarts. They were usually all the house colors, when they had mints.

Harry glanced down the table to the Marauders and noticed that they were looking around the Hall, with huge grins on their faces, but nobody else seemed to notice. He turned his attention back to the girls, and noticed that Marlene had just taken a mint.

He turned to Lily and asked, "Do they normally have mints at breakfast?"

"No, why?"

Harry pointed to the mints, and saw that Lily's smile turned upside down into a frown. She has the same expression as Hermione when she's thinking, Harry thought, but he immediately stopped that train of thought. He felt a pain in his chest as he thought of his friends, all the in the future, stuck with Voldemort. He silently scolded himself for think that, knowing that someone would notice if started to shake and was as white as a ghost. Lily came out of her trance and quickly grabbed Marlene's mint, but not without a protest from her.

"How many mints have shown up a breakfast before, Marlene? This is obviously a Marauder's prank!" Lily stated furiously.

Marlene looked at her for a second, and then realized that Lily was right and glared down at the Marauders, but they weren't paying attention. They had their attention at the Slytherin's table, and were trying to suppress their laughter. Harry looked over, and to his surprise, he saw a teenage Snape, looking furious. Then he realized why. His skin was purple.

By now everyone had noticed that people were turning purple. Harry looked around and saw that students everywhere were turning purple. He just shook his head and laughed, than turned back to Lily and her friends. Lily appeared absolutely furious, while Marlene and Alice looked like they were trying to contain their laughter.

"Come on Lily, the prank was harmless. They just turned people purple, it's not like they actually focused on one person like they usually do. This was a just a laugh!" Marlene scolded Lily. Lily looked like she was about to protest, than looked around the Hall and just dropped her head to the table wit an exasperated sigh.

"Is she usually like this?" Harry asked.

"Ya. Whenever the Marauders pull a prank, she usually marches up to the boys and starts yelling at them to stop their 'immature, pointless and stupid prank' and to grow up." Alice explains with a smile, while patting Lily's red hair.

"Do not." Lily mumbled weakly from beneath her arms. Everyone else just laughed.

Their laughter didn't go unnoticed by the Marauders. James was looking jealously over at Porter. James vaguely wondered how Porter had managed to become friends with her so fast, until he realized that he had avoided the prank.

"Do you realize that he avoided our prank?" James stated out to his friends.

"Yes. But so did the half of the school that has brains." Remus said exasperatedly. "The only thing prank proves is that Porter is not an idiot. You three are going to have to come up with some cleverer pranks than this to get him."

The other Marauders looked sourly over at the new boy, and nodded solemnly to show Remus that he was right. But from the grins that appeared on their faces seconds later, Remus knew that they weren't giving up.

And that was how the following week continued. The Marauders attempted to prank Harry, while Harry continuously avoided them. As the Marauders got more and more frustrated with their lack of success, their pranks got more and more dangerous, until Remus finally decided to step in and stop them.

"Guys! You've got to stop before this gets out of control! Your pranks are getting less humiliating, and more to cause Porter harm! These pranks are more like the ones you pull on Snape!" Remus finally yelled, after he heard them planning on making him unable to walk more 3 steps at a time. Usually that wouldn't be dangerous, but seeing how many stairs there are in Hogwarts, and how often one must go up them, this prank became a problem. "Besides, you must have noticed that Porter's patience is starting to run thin. He looks like he could explode any minute now!"

The other Marauders nodded, hearing the truth in Remus' words, and swore that they would tone down the pranks on Porter, going back to the harmless humiliating ones.

What they didn't know, was that Harry was indeed getting close to his boiling point. Which of course didn't go unnoticed by Lily. She was actually surprised that he had held his cool this long; especially after all the pranks the Marauders have been pulling on him lately.

As a matter of fact, Harry was close to his boiling point. Yes, he understood that he was the newbie. Yes, he understood that the Marauders disliked him. But why did they have to prank him every other day? It was hard enough adjusting without having to watch his back for pranks!

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Saturday- 2 weeks after arrival

They had finally pranked Porter! It wasn't their greatest prank, but it was harmless and humiliating, just so Remus wouldn't yell at them. They made a 'KICK ME' sign float above his head for the entire day. Let's just say, Porter was going to have lots bruises on his shins…

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That Morning

Harry had woken up late, as usual on Saturday morning, feeling good because he had next to no homework for the weekend! He only had an essay from McGonagall and some stuff to predict (make up) for Seemore. Walking down to the common room, he spots Lily exiting the room to head down to breakast. He quickly hurries to walk with her, not even noticing that James had cast a spell on him.

It wasn't until they left the common room did Lily notice the giant sign floating above Harry's head.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, pointing above his head. Harry looked up and scowled as he saw the sign above his head.

That's what pretty much set the tone for the rest of the day. Harry hanging out with Lily, Marlene and Alice, avoiding people as they tried to kick him. No matter what he did, or what the girls did for that matter, he couldn't get rid of the sign.

Of course, the Marauders weren't just going to sit back and watch, as they were the most frequent evildoers trying to kick him, which only made Harry angrier.

It was after Harry blew up at the unfortunate 3rd year boy, did a teacher, McGonagall, decide to intervene.

"Porter! You will not curse students at this school!" She barked at him.

Harry merely glared at the little boy, and stomped off, back towards McGonagall.

"I know you're knew here Porter, but it seems as if you need a refresher on the rules here. Come with me to Dumbledore's office, so he can tell you the rules."

With that, McGonagall walked off with Harry following reluctantly. He looked back, and to his annoyance, say that the Marauders where laughing their heads off, rolling on the ground, clutching their sides. His eyes then found Lily who was torn between disappointment (trying to curse a kid and all) and being worried.

It didn't take long before they reached the gargoyle to Dumbledore's office. McGonagall said the password and Harry went inside, knocking lightly on his door.

"Come in Mr. Porter."

Harry entered the office and sat down in the chair in front of Dumbledore's desk.

"I'm slightly disappointed in your style of handling the prank, but as you actually hadn't cursed him, there will be no punishment. And I'm sure you know all the rules, but I do have a reason for asking you to be here." Dumbledore said gently. "I have yet to find a way to send you back to your own time, but I have however found a way to bring someone back to our time."

With that, a huge grin spread over Harry's face. He could finally see Ginny again! She would make this whole experience that much better and easier to handle.

"Come back here next Saturday morning and we'll perform the spell. Next on the list are your eyes. I think that we should redo the spell again"

Harry nodded, his entire body filled with joy. Dumbledore performed the spell and Harry left his office with a spring in his step.

He spent the rest of the day with girls, with the 'I'm-insane' smile plastered on his face. The girls, of course, bombarded him with questions about what happened in Dumbledore's office and he just answered that he wasn't in trouble and that his friend was coming soon. They left it at that and continued to relax for the afternoon.

Even when Harry was going to bed, he was still thinking about next Saturday when he would see Ginny again. Would she be mad at him? He started wondering about the others too, when he drifted off to sleep.

For the first time since Harry had arrived in the past, he dreamt. At first it started nice, going through the memories that he and Ginny had shared during his sixth year. Then the dream changed to the good times shared by Hermione and Ron. Then it changed again to Sirius, then to Remus, then to the twins, and finally to Hogwarts.

That's when the nightmare started.

Flashes of the past year started to pass by his eyes. He was terrified. Images of Hermione's wounded body came forward, followed by Ron's angry face leaving them. Next were his parents being murdered, his mother's scream echoing in his mind.

Dobby's body with the knife sticking out of his chest.

Remus and Tonks' bodies in the Great Hall.

Fred's dull eyes staring past at something unknown, the grin painted on his face.

Then the images turned to the previous years.

Dumbledore falling.

Sirius falling.

Cedric falling.

The basilisk.

The mirror.

His life was flashing before his eyes.

The next thing Harry knew was that a terrified Remus was shaking him awake. He had been screaming again.

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Porter had been oddly happy all day. It was a bit disturbing. After McGonagall had taken him to Dumbledore, the Marauders thought that he would be unhappy all day, but no, he was ecstatic. Remus had overheard that he didn't get in any trouble and that his friend was coming soon. Sirius, James and Peter will be disappointed, Remus thought.

Porter was so happy that he forgot about the sign above his head, although no one thought about kicking him again, because of his earlier performance and that megalomaniac grin on his face. His friend must mean a lot to him.

He thought everything was fine with Porter now, he had been pretty sad when he first arrived, but now he was practically shinning. Until he heard him screaming in his sleep.

It was late and Remus was having a great dream, he had an entire mountain of chocolate all to himself when he was awakened with Harry's blood curling scream. Of course, all the other Marauders were out of bed at that instant too. He wouldn't be surprised if all of Gryffindor heard it.

Remus quickly ran over to Harry's bed. His face plainly showed that he was terrified of what ever he was dreaming of. His arms were rigid at his sides, his hands pulled into tight fists. Next thing Remus knew, he had started thrashing around, still screaming.

Thinking fast, Remus immediately to hold of Harry's shoulders and started to shake him, yelling his name over and over again. It seemed to take ages for Harry to wake, and it was his piercing blue eyes that scared Remus more than the screaming or the thrashing. The eyes where filled absolute terror. He had never seen someone so afraid. It looked as if he were watching people die around him.

Remus finally tore his eyes away from Harry's to notice the rest of body. It was shaking and he was sweating. Looking back up at his face, he noticed that he was extremely pale, even a little green.

Abruptly, Harry rose out of bed and made his to the bathroom. The Marauders heard the water running, and knew instantly that he wasn't coming out for a while. They shared terrified looks and silently crawling back to their beds. All knowing that they wouldn't be getting back to sleep for a while.

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