Chapter 105: Journey Through The Past

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"Hmm.." James looked up and frowned a little. "Isn't this the dramatic entrance made by the F4??"

"Yup. I can see Yvette over there." Lily pointed at the group of new Ravenclaws who were not in Hogwarts uniform. "It had been quite some time since I last seen her."

"I wonder how they're doing at the other side of earth." Remus asked no one in particular. "At least I believe they must be still having havoc."

"Creating havoc would be more appropriate to describe those guys." Lily grinned.

"Just like the Marauders." Stefanie said and the two girls high-fived.

"Look at the little Marauders jealous faces." Lily said teasingly.

"What jealous faces??" James asked innocently.

"I saw that priceless expressions." Stefanie laughed slightly harder. The younger Marauders in the past had that jealous looks, they had denied it back then, and they were denying it once again.

"Never mind. You know, I know, that's enough." Lily told Stefanie in particular.

"Ok guys, its time to move on." Remus told the girls.

"Another guy is trying to defend about being jealous." Lily told Stefanie, pointing to Remus.

"Since when do we need to be jealous about the guys??" Remus said innocently. "Hey, you guys ready??" He asked the two other guys.

"Okay." The five held hands and Remus began to concentrate once again.

"We're at the pitch again." Sirius looked around. "And this match is – the one against Hufflepuff!!"

"Oh – that one that lasted for countless number of days." Stefanie repeated.

"Yeah, the one you fainted at the end." Remus told her.

"Oh, don't remind me."

"Which part of it are we at??" James asked around.

"I think the middle part where we were taking over the shift at night." Lily said, looking at the fliers above her.

"The part where we were against the F4 at night." James said as he caught sight of himself flying high above, as well as their competitors in another uniform.

"That was the longest match in Hogwarts history, I believe." Remus added.

"But it was really memorable." Stefanie told him.

"Definitely." Remus grinned. "There wouldn't be so much fun without the F4 around."

"Maybe we should apparate to meet them someday soon." James suggested.

"Enough over here. Let's go." Upon Remus' cue, they held hands and shut their eyes again.

"What a party!!" Sirius exclaimed. It was like the peak of the party. "When was this??"

"Look at that two." Stefanie pointed. "Remember the red and green highlights??"

"Oh, that party." Lily started laughing. "It was so funny!!"

"The one in which Sirius did something to Bell's hair, and then Bell turned him in a human rolling ball." James started laughing. They were situated somewhere at the corner of the Great Hall where they were able to have a great view of the whole party.

"It's just so funny thinking about it even." Stefanie laughed. "You two were hilarious, you know that??" She turned to Sirius.

"Since when am I not funny??" Sirius asked the group. No one bothered to answer him because it was another of his stupid questions.

"Okay, better head off." Remus told the group. Sirius the rolling ball had entered the Great Hall and began to knock people off their feet. They held hands together quickly and repeated the whole procedures again.

"We're in Hogwarts corridor." James looked around. "Strange, when was this??" He turned to ask Remus.

"Make a guess." Remus grinned. "You will find out soon enough." As if it was a cue, some high pitch voices were heard at the end of the corridor. They quickly hit themselves behind the several large statues and kept a lookout for the incoming people.

"I was just suggesting. Your F-cup boobs and your twenty four inches waistline aren't exactly very proportionate."

"Your E-cup is weighing you down as well. And by the way you look horrible with rosy cheeks."

"At least my chest isn't as heavy as yours. You've got the biggest boobs in school, not to mention the saggiest."

"Well, I don't have cheeks like a monkey's butt."

"You've the most out of proportion body here. Everyone is staring at your boobs as if it was mutated."

"Not that yours have any more support than mine."

"Mine isn't as heavy, you see."

As soon as the Slytherins were out of sight, they slowly walked out from their hiding place.

"That was so - " Sirius was literally rolling on floor laughing out loud, "- funny!!"

"So bimbotic!!" James added and holding his stomach as he laughed.

"I was having a hard time controlling my laughter as they walked past." Lily laughed until her eyes were a little teary.

"I just can't stop laughing." Remus was laughing until he had to bend down slightly.

"Maybe we can do it on them again??" Sirius suggested. "For a nice good laugh."

"It's a pity we didn't get to see that scene back then."

"At least we saw it now and knew how they behaved back then."

"Better pick ourselves up. Otherwise we're going to spend our precious time laughing to our hearts content here." Remus stood up and pulled Stefanie back to her feet. The rest followed while they were still laughing rather heartily. "Ready folks??" Remus asked. The four only managed a mere nod in their midst of laughter.

"Now, where are we again??" James asked. The rest looked around as well. "Are we still at the same place??"

"Wait and you'll know." Remus shrugged.

"People coming. Hide!!" Sirius hissed and the five dived behind some statues once again.

"Woah!! Make way!!" An approaching boy's voice was heard. The five peeped to see what was happening. It appeared to be someone carrying a rather huge animal running past. They continued watching as the person running came closer and ran past their hiding place.

"That was Giant and I." Sirius blinked in amusement. "I don't remember acting so funny."

"That was you, alright." James was laughing. "Carrying Giant from the dungeons towards the lake."

"Remember your potion went wrong and Giant expanded until like no tomorrow." Lily could not help but laughed at the memory and the scene that played before her.

"Shall we follow and see what happens??" Stefanie asked. "We didn't get to see the part after he left the class."

"Sure!! What are we waiting for??" Remus grinned and the four headed towards the direction little Sirius went.

"Why don't we just give it a miss??" Sirius stood rooted at his previous position. "Let's move on in time."

"How can I miss something as interesting as Padfoot carrying a squid??" The rest laughed even harder upon James' comment. Since most of the students were having lessons, they had little problems hiding from the rest of the student's eyes.

"Oh Merlin, did you see that??" Stefanie told the rest.

"I don't think I missed the part about Sirius kissing Giant." The whole group laughed even harder than before upon the sight of Sirius kissing the expanding squid.

"That's not funny." Sirius' face turned into a shade of red behind them. He refused to watch himself behind humiliated.

"I didn't know you were that sentimental." James told him. "But that was, ahem, cute." He burst into laughter again.

"Let's go, classes are ending soon and we're at some prominent spot." Remus told them and grabbed the two boys with him. Repeating the usual time traveling procedures again, they held hands and eyes closed tightly but that did not managed to stop them from laughing at Sirius.

"Looks dark." Stefanie commented. The Great Hall was rather dark except for the lit candles by the walls.

"What's that thing in front??" James asked, pointing at the silhouette of four rectangular objects at the front of the Hall.

"Ooh!! That bed thingie." Lily said with a jolt of recognition.

"Don't remind me about that sabotage!!" Sirius whined. "It was so humiliating!!"

"Shall we move to the next day so we can have a special preview on recollection of Marauders' Feminine Side??" Lily suggested.

"No!!" The three guys said at the same time.

"That's why I only take you all here to have a little preview of your prank." Remus told the girls. "I won't take you all to the part that humiliate me."

"But you took them to the part to humiliate me!!" Sirius gave Remus a brotherly punch on his arm.

"I can choose where I want to go, but you can't." Remus gave Sirius the silly grin. "Alright, let's move on." Once again, hands held and eyes closed, they spun to the next time frame. They were in the Great Hall again, except that it was brighter this time round.

"Those are -" Lily pointed at the little figures moving and flying around the Great Hall.

"Us. Remember we shrunk everyone??" James reminded her.

"Oh ya." Lily grinned. "We're the one flying in our teeny weenie broomsticks."

"That's right. We look huge in this place."

"Besides the teachers, of course."

"Let's head back after this??" Remus suggested. "It had been a tiring day."

"It must be really hard on you." Stefanie gave Remus a peck on his cheek. "At least we all had a great and nostalgic New Year Day."

"You must be exhausted." Lily said. "I can help you if you need."

"Nah, I'm fine. I've enough practice back then. Thanks for the offer."

"Anytime."

"James will probably strangle me if I need your help."

"No, he won't." Lily smiled at James.

"Of course I won't." James said.

"Lily, he only says that because you're here. Trust me, I know him well enough." Sirius added.

"Haha, okay. Then I'll do it secretly."

"Don't you dare!!" James said in a threatening way jokingly.

"Who says I don't dare." Lily defied.

"You.."

"Me what??"

"Cut that off, you two." Stefanie interrupted. "James, Lily can be quite stubborn in case you don't know."

"Of course I know that." James grinned cheekily. "I know her more than she thinks."

"Oh yeah??" Lily asked skeptically in pretended surprise.

"So I take it as you guys are ready to go back??" Remus intervened the bickering duo. "Okay, let's go." They formed their little circle and all prepared to be transported back to their dimension.

"Great!! We're back!!" Sirius jumped onto his bed. They had departed in the early afternoon and now it was already nightfall.

"I'm exhausted." Remus said and bounced onto his bed.

"I'll go and fetch some dinner for us." Lily suggested.

"I go with you." James offered.

"Can I say something??" Sirius told the two of them before they left.

"What??" Lily asked.

"Don't stray off to hanky panky and forget all about us." Sirius told them. "I do need some food rather urgently."

"You can do it after you two deliver the food to us." Remus added.

"Okay, we'll be back in a jiffy." James gave a small laughed before the two departed from the boys' dormitory. "Let's go." He turned over to Lily and said in a softer tone.

"Oooh!!" Funny sound was coming out from Sirius' bed. "Ooooohhh!!"

"Cut that off, Padfoot." James said in a slightly annoyed tone.

"He's just jealous." Lily laughed. "Let's go." She grabbed James' hand and left the room. "Thinking about hungry, I kinda feel like eating sandwiches. What about you??"

"I don't know yet." James held onto Lily's left hand as they walked along the corridors. "Maybe I eat sandwiches too."

"I'm sure you don't want to eat sandwiches. How about some pizza for you?? Or fried finger food??" Lily suggested, looking at him in an adoring manner.

"Why are you looking at me like that??" James raised his brows and asked her teasingly.

"Just felt that you look unusually cute today." Lily said as a matter-of-fact.

"I'm cute everyday, not just today." That was the typical statement made by an egomaniac like James.

"Sounds so egoistic like that." Lily laughed a little.

"Being egoistic boost my hunger."

"Very funny." Lily shook her head a little. "Let's move faster."

"Let's race to the kitchens!!" James suggested. "You go first."

"Not fair, you'll definitely win." Lily argued. "You're like so much taller and with better stamina."

"Why don't you save the energy to argue and use them to run instead??" James started jogging forward very slowly.

"Okay, wait for me." Lily sprinted trying to outrun James.

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"They're running to the kitchens??" Sirius said to no one in particular. He was looking at James and Lily from their map to make sure they did not stray off but went directly to the kitchens.

"Just let them be." Stefanie told him. "You don't want us to be following your every move if it was you, right??"

"I'm trying to, well, discipline them."

"Padfoot!!" Remus said in an exasperated tone. "Stef, ignore him, let's rest." He wrapped his hands around Stefanie's waist and both of them rest comfortably in Remus' bed. Sirius ignored the lovey-dovey couple and continued keeping track on Lily and James since he had nothing better to do.

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"So please co-operate with me for awhile more before this class ends for the day." Professor Flitwick told the half-sleeping students. "Ok, so let me conclude on the usage of this Motion Charm."

"I really can't take it." Lily sat a little closer to Stefanie. "My eyelids are falling." She gave a silent yawn.

"I know what you mean." Stefanie whispered back. "I'm not much better off than you." She supported her head with her hands.

"The time is passing extremely slow today." Lily gave another yawn.

"The next fifteen minutes is going to be a torturing time." Stefanie told her, both girls were too sleepy to be copying down the notes. In fact the entire class were in a dazed mode. It was in the mid-week of the first week of lessons after the break. The Gryffindors had spent most of the night before discussing about the upcoming tryout and hence, the lack of sleep.

"Just hang on." Lily tried scribbling some notes onto her parchment to keep herself from dozing off.

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"Mr. Black and Mr. Potter, I would appreciate very much if you don't snore in my class." Professor Flitwick said in a slightly annoyed tone while he shot a charm to wake James and Sirius by sending them upright immediately.

"Motion Charm is commonly used in-" Sirius started blabbering.

"I wasn't asking a question." Professor Flitwick said simply. The whole class burst into laughter at Sirius' usual embarrassment.

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"So you guys ready for our second trial??" James asked everyone again. They had their event meeting last Friday and after another week of preparations, they were ready to head off for their second tryout.

"Yeah!!"

"Let's hit the skies!!"

"Simply can't wait."

"Okay, I shall cast the Motion Fidelius Charm and then we set off." Lily announced. "So our secret keeper will be James, alright??" She muttered a difficult sounding charm and a white mist emitted from her wand and engulfed everyone within the classroom. "Okay, let's go." The group of prefects, along with the seventh-year Gryffindors mounted their broomsticks and flew out into the dark skies above Hogwarts.