Hey, this week has been crappy and next week will also be crappy, but I hope that does not influence my story-writing ability.
Luckily, the group arrived late to breakfast and there were not many people left in the Great Hall. The few who remained were other Weasley relatives: Hugo, Molly, Lucy, and Louis. The others rushed up to their cousins the moment they saw each other. Lucy had spilled some juice on her sleeve in her haste, and Hugo still had his toast in his mouth.
"How did they get here?" Hugo hissed at his sister as soon as he swallowed.
"No idea," Rose replied.
"What are we doing about it?" Louis questioned.
"Fred's up in the owlery writing to Uncle Percy," James answered.
"He's writing Dad? Why's he writing to Dad?" Molly looked up from Lucy's sleeve, which she was drying with her wand.
"We needed to tell someone, and, on top of being the least affected by these particular time travelers, he also might have connections at the ministry who can send them back to the 1970's," Roxanne explained without taking her eyes off of the Marauders and Lily, who were sitting at the Gryffindor table.
"And what are we doing 'til Dad gets the letter?" Lucy asked.
"They said they were on their way to the Hospital Wing, so we're going with them," Lily said.
"Oh, wonderful," Lily Evans said sarcastically. "More of them. More people I don't recognize. More people joining the crowd. They know something that they're not telling us. Something important. And I intend to find out what."
"Lily, you're driving yourself crazy. Here, have something to eat." Remus held up a piece of toast to the girl sitting across from him.
"He's right," Prongs agreed.
"Maybe she's too crazy to eat," Peter said.
"Nope, insanity never stopped Padfoot from eating, and he's much crazier than she is," Moony said.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence in my mental stability, Remus." The use of sarcasm was definitely a habit of Lily's.
"Evans has a point," Sirius thought aloud. "There is something very strange going on. Those people who look like Prongs and Evans keep finding more strangers who all seem to be around our age wearing Gryffindor robes. Also, when I went over to talk to them earlier, they all went silent as soon as they realized I was there. I heard them saying that they should write to someone. Someone other than that 'Uncle Percy' one of them ran off to send a letter to."
"Weird. Definitely weird," James agreed.
"Very suspicious," Remus concurred.
"What could they be hiding, though?" Peter asked.
"Probably the reason we don't see anyone we know and why they seemed so shocked to see us," Lily answered.
"Are you ready to go to the Hospital Wing?" Rose asked as she approached them.
"Yeah," Lily responded before Prongs and Sirius could ask for more time to eat. Answers were more important than breakfast.
As I said before, my life is crappy right now, but reviews would make things better.