A/N Next bit!
Lily, James and Sirius' heads snapped to the door as they heard it click, it had become a very ominous sound now.
Moony pushed himself up ignoring Lily's hand on his shoulder and closing his eyes against the dizziness that crept in immediately.
"Let me," he huffed impatiently. James smiled at his friend's attempts to look strong in the face of an enemy.
They could hear quiet talking outside and strained their ears, Voldemort and Death Eaters weren't usually ones to dawdle outside.
A man stepped in looking around himself quickly, his wand out. His hair was a light brown colour and was greying in places and his robes were slightly patchy. He looked familiar but none were sure why, Remus still had his eyes shut and was taking deep breaths. The man caught sight of them and smiled warmly.
"Are you ok?" he said quietly walking towards them.
They didn't answer just stared at him, and slowly but surely realization hit them and one by one their mouths dropped open.
"Moony?" James asked amazed. Remus raised his eyebrows at him and smiled.
"You got really old," Sirius said a little untactfully.
"What are you talking about?" said Moony from Lily's side opening his eyes in exasperation, and then he saw his future self and it smiled at him.
"Oh good God this is way too much," he muttered closing his eyes again and continued to take extremely deep calming breaths.
"Actually Sirius," said Remus smirking at his past self's reaction and turning to face Sirius, "I'm only 36,"
Sirius shrugged and continued to stare at him.
"I'm guessing," Remus continued now bending closer to look at himself and the injuries he had.
"That this…" he pointed at Moony's neck, "…is where this came from," and he tugged his collar down showing a bumpy looking scar.
"Yeah must be," said James looking intently at Remus' neck.
"Can you do anything for him…you," murmured Lily as she shifted her position seeing as Moony had leant against her again.
"One thing at a time, I'm obviously not dead yet," he said trying to keep his voice as quiet as possible.
He hadn't heard any sounds of a battle nearby but he couldn't be sure, and the thought of not meeting any Death Eaters troubled him deeply.
"Where's Harry?" he asked looking intently at all of the people in front of him and his gaze settled on himself, he distinctly remembered being the last person with Harry.
"Peter has him…" Moony said quietly his eyes still closed "…I don't know where."
Remus sucked in a deep breath and stood up quickly and was about to call Tonks in when he remembered Sirius. He closed his eyes and called quietly,
"You can come in…it's safe," he took a time letting his breath out.
It was going to be fun explaining this to Sirius, and a twenty one year old Sirius at that.
"Had enough yet Potter," mocked Peter. Harry raised his head heavily to look at him.
"Go... to... Hell," he gasped watching Peter carefully.
"Maybe you would benefit from a little…walk,"
Harry narrowed his eyes, what was he talking about?
"A visit to your parents maybe, the Imperius Curse is very useful in that area," hissed Peter walking towards Harry quickly.
Harry tried to make his face look shocked and afraid, but in reality he felt quite calm, this could be exactly what he had been waiting for.
He watched, almost as if in a dream, as Peter waved his wand and he felt the manacles release him and he fell roughly to the ground. This had to be some kind of trick, Peter was handing his freedom to him on a plate. Harry slowly found his feet and pushed himself up holding on to the wall.
"Imperio," muttered Peter pointing his wand at Harry.
Harry felt the bliss of emptiness wash over him. He knew he had to fight the curse but found himself very unwilling to do so. Gone were the pains of the cruciatus curse, cuts and whips lashes…he felt liberated.
Peter's whiny voice brought him back to his senses abruptly,
"Walk towards me Potter,"
Harry found himself in the middle of an inward battle. Finally he overpowered his brain's desire to listen to Wormtail properly and felt the aches come rushing back and his eyes became focused once more.
"Walk towards me Potter,"
Harry watched Peter as he said this. He hadn't noticed that Harry had broken free of the curse, and Harry had managed to do so without uttering a word. Deciding on a plan of action quickly he walked slowly towards Peter, wincing inwardly as his body protested violently.
"Good, now take your wand…" Harry managed not to show his delight at being offered his wand again and quietly held out his hand to receive it. Peter placed it in his hand and watched as Harry grasped it tightly.
"Now walk with me to find your parents…time to teach them a lesson,"
Harry followed Peter willingly and watched him open the door. He stepped outside quickly and waited for Peter to follow. Peter grinned nastily at Harry's emotionless face as he passed and walked ahead leading the way to the cell that held his parents.
He turned slowly when he heard no footsteps following him. He felt his stomach drop. Harry was grinning at him now and had his wand pointed directly at his chest.
Harry had muttered "Stupefy" before Peter could even think of a shield spell. He fell lifelessly to the floor.
Remus held his breath as Tonks stepped inside the cell, she smiled warmly at the five people in front of her.
"Nym?" asked Sirius, his eyes widened with surprise. Tonks grinned at him again.
"Hey," she mumbled turning to look at Moony with a look of concern on her face.
"Could you…do you think…you're better at…" babbled Remus gesturing towards his past self.
Tonks rolled her eyes, he was so cute when he was like this. She stood on her tiptoes and brushed his lips with the briefest of kisses.
Remus stood there momentarily stunned, that he had not expected and now explaining to Sirius would be even more interesting.
He looked over at Sirius whose face was still one of shock but Remus had known him long enough to know that it was not a good shocked look.
"Now Sirius," started Remus stepping forward slightly with his hands raised in front of him, in a peaceful gesture.
"You….and…Nymphadora….my cousin Nymphadora!" spluttered Sirius standing up.
"Don't call me that," mumbled Tonks quietly but not heard above the rants the Sirius was now hurling fluently at Remus who had stayed rooted to the floor.
James had got up and was desperately trying to make Sirius at least be quiet for fear of alerting the Death Eaters to Remus' presence.
"Padfoot please…"
"Don't Padfoot me…it's wrong…you're…she's," Sirius cut off from himself and thought a while whilst pushing James off him.
"…she's six years old," he finished quietly finally realising that James was probably right.
"He's not going out with her," Remus hissed pointing his finger at his past self.
"I am…in the future…and she's 22... in the future,"
Sirius stood there looking furious. Remus wasn't sure what else he could say.
"Sirius…" interjected Lily pulling on his sleeve lightly. He looked down at her and his expression softened slightly. Remus prayed that Lily could smooth this over, she was his last chance.
"…you should be happy that your cousin ends up with Remus…he's caring, considerate, he's an excellent listener with a good sense of humour,"
Remus watched Sirius' expression change gradually, Lily was actually working her magic on him…it was working…he wasn't going to die.
"Not to mention…" started Tonks and Remus felt his insides plummet horribly.
"He's fantastic in the…" but she couldn't describe what Remus was fantastic in because Remus had jumped towards her and planted his hand firmly over her mouth.
"Nym," he muttered, "not now,"
Looking towards his friends again he saw Sirius standing there with a look of disgust plastered on his face, Lily and James looked fit to burst into giggles any moment, and his own face was one of complete horror and embarrassment.
"You've…" said Sirius in an angry whisper but couldn't seem to complete the sentence and was simply pointing between Remus and Tonks quickly.
He leapt at Remus but Remus easily held him off seeing as Sirius had had little nourishment during his time in the cell.
"Yes I'm afraid so Padfoot… but I didn't force her," pleaded Remus quietly holding Sirius away from him and avoiding Sirius' swinging arms.
Sirius quietened and looked over at Tonks and then to Moony on the floor.
"Fine…I'll live with it…but please spare me the details," he murmured quietly.
Remus visibly relaxed and loosened his grip on Padfoot who sat back on the floor silently.
Remus turned to Tonks,
"As I was saying could you heal him…me…" Remus shook his head despairingly before looking up at Tonks,
"You know what I mean," he said in a defeated tone.
Tonks was about to nod when Hermione and Ron came hurtling through the cell door.
A/N Please review! I know it's short but the next chapter is up already!
