"How can we be at Hogwarts?" Hugo asked in amazement, as he looked around. "We were just in Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny's room!"
"I dunno, but were defiantly here," James said. "In the first floor corridor to be exact."
While Hugo and Lily took in the great castle they had never seen before, Rose turned to James and Albus, and said in a worried tone, "How do you think we got here?"
They both shrugged their shoulders. "I guess it has something to do with that lever James pulled," Albus said.
James shifted incommutably, "Well, I suppose we should go talk to Professor McGonagall," he said. "I mean, she has to be here, she's the headmistress!"
'Good idea," Rose said, starting down the corridor, "But we better find her quick, so she can send us home before our parents get back."
"Yah, like she wont tell them the second we leave," James said under his breath, but he followed her.
The five stopped in front of a large stone gargoyle.
"Wow! What's that?" Lily asked as she ran her hands over it.
"That," Albus said. "Is a good question."
"It's in the spot the Girl in Red should be." Rose stated, staring at the Gargoyle suspiciously.
"The Girl in Red?" Hugo asked confused.
"It's a picture of a little girl in a red dress," Rose explained to her younger brother. "Her frame doubles as a door to get into the Headmistresses office, but you have to say a password to get in."
Lily and Hugo exchanged excited smiles. 'I can't wait until I go here!" Lily said longingly.
"You reckon it's new?" James asked Rose in a hushed tone. "I mean, the girl in red was good, but she never was good at thinking up passwords."
"It must be," Rose said.
"Well then," James said, walking over to the gargoyle. "Maybe it kept the same password. Innocence!"
The Gargoyle remained still.
"James, your such a moron," Rose said, coming over next to him. "If they got a new entrance, then obviously they've changed the password. Let's just go up the Gryffindor Tower and see if McGonagall's there."
"Good thinking," Albus said. "Let's go."
Thrilled that they were going to see even more of the enchanting castle, Hugo and Lily rushed after the older three, though Lily got stuck in the trick staircase for almost five minutes, before Albus and James were able to heave her out.
"Here it is," James said as the came to a stop in front of a picture of a fat lady in pink gowns. "The Gryffindor common room."
"Harmony," Rose said to the lady.
The lady stared down upon the five. "It certainly is not," she said. "And this is the GRYFFINDOR common room, by the way."
"Um, we know that," Albus said, looking at Rose unsure of what she meant.
"So, I advise you to move along to whatever house common room you belong in." she said shortly.
"What? We're Gryffindor's," James said impatiently, indicating to him, Albus and Rose. "Come on, we need to talk to Professor McGonagall about something! Your not still sore about me coming in 5 hours after curfew last week are you?"
"I have no clue what you're talking about," the lady said stubbornly. "And as for you being Gryffindors, I happen to know every student who resides in that house, and neither of you do, although he," she pointed to Albus. "Resembles someone who does, but is far too small to be him."
James opened his mouth to protest, but Rose dragged him away.
"Come on, lets just find Professor Longbottem,"
"But he won't be here," Albus said as they left the Gryffindor entrance. "He left for the holidays, remember? He's probably at Luna's too."
"Well then what are we supposed to do then?" Rose cried exasperatingly.
"What are you doing there?!" came a cracked voice behind them.
They spun around to see a bloodshot, tired man walking towards them, a cat closely behind him.
"Who's this?" Hugo whispered.
"I don't know," Rose said in a worried tone.
"What are you doing out of class? Skipping are you?"
"What'd you mean skipping?" James asked him indignantly. "It's Christmas break! There are no classes!"
"Think you'll be a wise one 'ey?" the man said loudly. "I'll just see how smart you think you are after I get through with you!"
"OY!"
At last, a voice they recognized.
"Hagrid!" they called.
"What'd ya' think yer doin' Filch?" Hagrid asked stepping past them and staring down at Filch.
"My job you big oaf!" Filch said through his clenched teeth. "I caught these kids here strutting down the halls when they should be in class!"
Hagrid turned to look at the five. "They look like first year Filch, they probably got lost on the way to class."
"First years?" James said in an offended tone.
"I'll take them Filch, go run around somewheres else!"
Filch gave them a final look of disapproval, then went around the corner.
"Thanks Hagrid." Rose said. "We owe you one."
"Filch can be a bit of an old blunder," Hagrid said. "But you really should get ter class, I'll help yer find it if yer like."
"What class?" James cried out in frustration. "It's Christmas break?"
Hagrid gave him a weird look. "Christmas break ain't till December."
"Which it is!"
Hagrid shook his head. "It's November. Are you sure you're alright?"
"We're fine," Albus said. "Are you okay? Because we're sure it's December. We just left yesterday to go home for Christmas. You saw us, you told us to say hi to mum and dad for you."
"Don't know what's wrong with yer, but I'm positive it's November. Now yer better hurry up and get ter where yer need ter be before Filch sees yers again."
He gave them another wary look, and then left in the same direction as Filch did.
"What's wrong with him?" asked Lily in a scared voice.
"He must have drunk too much," Rose said. "I mean, how else can he think it's November?"
A bell sounded.
"Why are the bells still going off?" Albus inquired.
"Guess someone forgot to take the charm off it," Rose said.
But seconds after the bell rang, the corridor was suddenly filled with students, bumping into them.
"Blimey, how many people stay here during break?" James asked, looking around at the flood of students.
"I'm starting to get worried," Rose said. "I don't think something's right."
"Hey look!" Albus pointed towards an open door, which Professor McGonagall was standing by.
"Oh thank goodness," Rose said in relief.
"Professor McGonagall," James said, running up to her. "We need help."
Professor McGonagall gave James a severe look. None of them found this odd though, after all, she was famous for that face.
"What sort of help do you require?" she asked. "I have a class to teach!"
"You teach a class?" James questioned in surprise. "But this is the transfiguration room. Professor Gippop teaches here."
"Yah, and there's no classes anyways," Rose said.
"Who's this Professor Gippop?" asked McGonagall sharply. "I've taught this position for many years! And as for no classes, I'm afraid you're terribly mistaken."
"But-" began Albus.
"What are your names?" she asked curiously. "I've never seen you before."
"I'm James." Said James slowly. "You know, the one that gets sent to your office everyday."
"Yah, and I'm Albus," Albus stated. "And this is Rose," he indicated Rose
"I don't know what kind of practical joke you're trying to pull, but I assure you, I don't find it amusing."
"Joke? There's no joke professor," Rose said in an assuring voice. "You see, we accidentally got sent here. We're supposed to be home for Christmas."
"Well then you can go home when December comes," McGonagall said briskly. "Now if you don't mind, my class is ready to begin."
And with that, she closed the classroom door in their face.
"Alright, something really weird is going on," Albus said to James. "I mean, she didn't even know us!"
"Neither did Hagrid or the fat lady," added Rose.
"Hey," Lily called over from a suit of armor not far away. "Come over here. Fast. It's important!"
Rose, James and Albus all rushed over to where Lily and Hugo were.
"What," asked James.
"It's dad," Lily, pointing at a boy with jet black hair about twenty feet away.
"And that's mom," Hugo said to Rose, referring to the girl he was talking to with bushy hair.
"That can't be mom and uncle Harry," Rose said in a shocked whisper. "They don't look much older then 16."
"Wait a minute," said James, scrunching up his face, showing that he was in deep thought. "I know it may sound crazy, but it's the only thing that makes sense."
"What?" Hugo asked Albus eagerly.
"We must have went back in time."
Rose gave a gasp. "Of course! That thing James set off before must have been a Portural Revinsive!"
"A what?" James, Lily, Albus, and Hugo all asked.
"It's a device that takes whoever uses it to another timeframe." She explained.
"We must be in our parents school days"