Christmas 1990
December seemed to come pretty fast. I had become close friends with the Weasley twins, along with Jessie. Professor McGonagall called us the new Marauders. I tried to explain that I am an original Marauder so couldn't be a new one. She just shook her head at me. I was happy to see the Marauders Map was still a go. The twins found it in Flichs office during detention one day.
I was even more excited to see it complete. It even had Houses United on it. Because of this though, I had to do my own magic and take that room off for now. I couldn't have the twins seeing I was there a lot with Severus. Harry had also grown very close to us all. He looked forward to the days we had him as much as we did. Severus and I had already started him out on learning small charms and potions. He had to use one of our wands to do the charms and did very well to be using a wand that did not pick him. Mine worked best for him. Professor McGonagall really wanted to meet Harry, but so far we had not figured out a way to do this.
She refused to take away mine and Severus's weekend and two teachers couldn't leave for the day without arising suspicion. She also couldn't leave during the week, Tuesday and Thursdays,  to see him. I figured a way to get it so she could see him, but it would be tricky. It took me one week to get Professor Dumbledore to agree to let me set everything up. I didn't tell anyone my plans. The weekend before Christmas holiday started, I picked Harry up before the crack of dawn and paid the Dursleys extra saying I had more work to be done and he would need to stay over night. They were happy to have extra money and to he rid of Harry. I told Sirius and Remus to meet me in Houses United around 7am. Severus was still sleeping when I left Hogwarts. I put a blind fold over Harry and took him to Hogwarts. I lead him to Houses United under a disillusionment charm. Once inside the room I let the blind fold come off. Harry gasped.
The room was decorated in red and green. There was a large Christmas tree in the corner with loads of gifts under them. I had already gotten the gifts from Sirius and Remus and brought them here. Severus and my gifts were also under the tree. I smiled at the excitement in Harry's eyes.
"No one knows you are here. The Dursleys won't let us get you for Christmas. They said they need you there that day. Everyone was upset they wouldn't see you for Christmas. Seeing as this is our last weekend with you, I thought I would surpise them and you. Sit and eat breakfast. The others will be here soon."
Harry sat and started eating. He constantly looked around the room in amazement. I couldn't help but smile. I was shocked Severus had yet to come in, he was normally a pretty early riser. Sirius and Remus were the first to arrive. The excitement on their faces also pleased me to no end. Chris and Sherry showed up shortly after and introduced themselves to Harry. They also bought him gifts, though this was their first time meeting him. Professor McGonagall had the best reaction of all. She walked in and her jaw dropped.
"Oh my! He looks just like James, except he has Lilys eyes." She whispered and pulled Harry into a hug.
"Harry, this is Professor McGonagall,  head of Gryffindor. She teaches transfiguration." I said, unable to stop smiling, yet worried about Severus and Jessie who had yet to show up.
"Nice to meet you ma'am." Harry said, smiling at her. Five minutes later, the door opened again and in walked Jessie and Severus. I ran and gave him a hug and kiss, not noticing he left the door open. Leaving the door open was a big no no. As long as it was open, others could see it and come in, closed, only those who's magic the room knew were allowed in.
"Sorry it took so long to get here. We had some trouble with the terrible 2s." Severus said kissing me.
"Fred and George are not that bad. James and Sirius were worse." I said, then pointed to Harry.
Severus's eyes widened in shock and he smiled at Harry and hugged him. "Good to see you Harry."
"Good to see you sir." Harry replied and went back to listening to Professor McGonagall explain transfiguration to him.
"We can't have him for Christmas so I thought we would make our Christmas a little early." I said, hugging Severus close to me. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed the top of my head.
"I love you Amy."
"I love you Severus."
About that time I heard two familiar voices say, "What the bloody hell is going on here."
Everyone stopped and looked at the door. There were Fred and George Weasley, mouths open in shock. I rolled my eyes. "Who forgot to shut the door?"
"I didn't forget, I left it open for them. I think they may have been scared to follow me in though." Severus said.
"Why?" I asked.
"They are your friends Amy. They deserve to know the truth about us and how we came to be. I thought I would surpise you." Severus said and I kissed him on the lips making Sirius pretend the gag and the twins turn a ugly shade of green.
"I think," George said.
"I'm going to be sick." Fred said.
I rolled my eyes and pulled them inside the door and took my glamors off. Thir mouths fell open in shock. I pulled them to a seat and made them sit down. Harry and the others gather around us. I noticed Jessie had taken off her glamors and was sitting very close to Sirius. I smiled at them making them both blush. "I guess I have some explaining to do, but first,  Silky!" I called and a small house elf dressed in a black shirt came to me.
"Silky, could you please retrieve Fred and George Christmas from me? They have joined our early Christmas."
"Yes Amy. Silky will get the weasels christmas." And the elf vanished again.
"Silky comes here also?" Harry asked.
"Silky has been my house elf for years Harry. She goes where she is called. She will also answer to you if you call her. She's grown as attached to you as we have." I said smiling. So had Shy, who was currently sitting at Harry's feet.
"Care to explain," Fred started.
"How you are with," George continued.
"Our most hated teacher." They finished.
"It really shouldn't come off as that big of a shock. How often has she lost Gryffindor points or landed in detention from flirting with him?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"I always give the points back." Severus said, pouting. This made Professor McGonagall laugh.
"I know you do, now if we could just get Amy to behave." Professor McGonagall said shaking her head.
"I happen to enjoy flirting with Severus and the detentions are even better." I smiled a very evil smile making Sirius gag.
"She likes to time travel. She spends 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th year at the same time as I do." Severus told the twins.
"I've already spent 4th year with them. That's when Severus and I fell in love." I said, smiling at the memories.
"That was also one of the best years the Marauders ever had." Sirius said.
"The Marauders? You know the Marauders?" The twins asked, eyes wide.
"Even better, I am a Marauder." I said and I honestly thought the twins were going to faint.
"Which one are you?" Fred asked.
"Shadow." Sirius said.
"No Padfoot, you can never be as amazingly awesome as Shadow." I said, smiling at the twins.
"I think Moony was the best of the lot." Remus said, showing a lopsided smile.
"Oh no! I was the best!" I said, grinning a fairly evil grin.
"I was!" Sirius cried, standing up and pulling out his wand.
Remus and I did the same. Harry, Severus and Professor McGonagall moved out of the way, Chris and Sharry took their lead. Jessie pulled her own wand out. "I'm even better then the Marauders."
That was it. Spells were flying everywhere. It was a all out prank war that the twins soon joined. 30 minutes later, the door opened and in stepped a very unsuspecting Professor Dumbledore, who was hit by a spell George sent, turning his beard bright green. Everyone stopped. I was currently blue and orange, Fred was Pink and George was purple. Sirius and Jessie were black with pink and yellow pokadots on them. Remus was a burgundy color with bright neon blue hair.
"Looks like I'm missing quite the party. Miss Links, care to explain how Sirius Black, a man I know to be in Azkaban, is currently in my school."
"We've never really been good at following rules, now have we?" I asked, one eyebrow raised, something Severus had taught me.
"That you have not." Professor Dumbledore said, with that irritating twinkle in his eyes.
"To clear things up, no one will notice he's no longer in Azkaban. I'm going to find Peter and clear his name." I stated, making it clear he was not to touch Sirius.
"I do hope you are right dear child. For Harry's sake and your own." Professor Dumbledore said, eyeing Harry and walking back out.
"Who was that?" Harry asked.
"That was Professor Albus Dumbledore. The Headmaster of this school. He's is a very powerful wizard. Not sure how I feel about him yet." I explained.
Severus changed us all back to our right colors and said, "Shall we let Harry open his gifts now?"
This caused everyone to get excited. "Brilliant idea!" Sirius exclamed.
We all sat on the floor around the Christmas tree. "I've had Silky bring everyone attendings gift. Silky, join us dear." Silky appeared and sat beside me.
"Harry, would you like to hand out the gifts?" Remus asked.
Harry's eyes widened again and he nodded his head. He started handing out gifts to everyone. No one unwrapped their gifts until each person had their gifts. Harry had the biggest pile, surpising him. "There is more for you pup, but some would not fit under the tree." Sirius told him.
"There are more gifts, but I don't see anyone by these names here." Harry said, pointing to the seven wrapped gifts left.
"Give those to the Weasley twins. They have told me all about their family so I got each member of their family a small gift." I said and Harry did as I asked.
"Thank you Amy." Fred said.
"You didn't have to do that." George said.
"I know, I like buying stuff though." This caused a few people to laugh.
"Ok, let's open our gifts." Sirius said.
Fred, George and Harry tore into their gifts. I smiled, I enjoyed seeing him so happy. Sirius got him a racing broom. I refused to let him buy the new brand until Harry learned to fly so it was only a cleanswip. Harry loved it. Remus got him some more books on DADA,  something we learned Harry enjoyed reading. Severus and I got him a gift together,  we got him a potions kit, with ingredients and a book. His eyes lit up at every gift. The last gift for Harry was marked from Mom and Dad. Harry looked questionly at us.
"Go on, open it." Sirius said, extremely excited.
Harry opened the box and pulled out two stuff animals. One was a mighty stag, the other, a very beautiful doe with a lily flower on her head. Harry looked at the gifts a bit confused. "Names could turn into a Stag. His patronus was also a stag." I said.
"Lily never mastered becoming an animagus, however her patronus was a doe. James always called her Lily Flower. We called James, Prongs." Sirius said, his eyes watering up.
"We know you're a bit big for stuff animals, but we couldn't resist these. Now you can always have something in resemblance to your parents with you." Remus said.
"We have charmed them so only magical people can see them, so you can have them at the Dursleys." Severus said.
Harry's eyes teared up, he hugged the stag and doe close to him and mumbled thank you. Professor McGonagall and Sherry had to wipe tears away from their faces as well. I smiled, we done good. Sirius looked over at me and smiled as well. Remus and Severus were also smiling. Fred and George were unsure how to react to this so they stayed silent.
I then handed Silky her gift from my pocket. It was a small bracelet. Silky enjoyed shiny things. Her eyes lit up and she hugged me, thanking me for the bracelet. I hugged her back, she was, afterall, a very loyal house-elf.  I looked over at the twins.
"Weasleys, we must discuss something of high importants. First off, and most importantly, you have not met Harry Potter. Do you understand?" I asked.
"Why not?" Fred asked.
"Harry lives in the muggle world. Just think about how many wizards and witches would be trying to find him if they knew where he was. This must be a secret." Severus said, giving them his famous Slytherin glare. The twins gulped.
"Yes sir." They said.
"Also, you can not sat anything about Severus and I being together. I'm sure that one needs no explanation." I said.
"Yeah, we understand that one." Fred stated.
"You must also remember to never say anything about Amy time traveling. That is against the law." Severus stated.
"Yes sir." They both said.
"You're more then welcome to come to this room anytime you want. I'm sure you realize no one can come in but a select few. Your magic has already been registered by the room. It will allow you to enter but you must not be seen by others." I said.
"Why isn't this room on the Marauders Map?" George asked.
"It is." Sirius said.
"No its not. When I saw the twins had the map, I hid this room. I couldn't let them see Severus and I being together so much." I said, smiling. I took the map from the boys and added Houses United back to it.
"How come this room his called Houses United?" Fred asked.
"Because we had three Gryffindors, a Slytherin and a Hufflepuff, hanging out and sleeping in this room for many months." I said.
"Try years. It was actually Lilys idea to name the room. My only guess is that Hogwarts liked it." Severus stated, looking over the map.
"So, we have the remainder of the day and night with Harry. What should we do?" I asked.
"Can we take him to your home in America and let him fly?" Sirius asked. Harry and Sirius gave me puppy dog eyes.
"I don't see why not." I said, smiling at the idea.
"Can we come?" The twins asked.
"Of course you can." Jessie said, pulling their brooms out from a corner. "I took these as a just in case."
The twins faces lit up. I blind folded Harry and placed the right charms on him and we made our way out of the school. Once to the school gates I helped Harry grab hold of the port key and we all landed at my house. Sirius, Harry, Jessie and the twins ran off to the backyard to fly. Severus, Remus and I took seats in the backyard to watch. Chris joined the air with the others and Sharry sat with us. 
Most of the day was spent flying. I made homemade burgers and fries for supper and we all sat around talking and joking till late in the night. The next morning, I had to return Harry to his aunt and uncles. He was only able to take the books, which I shrunk and placed in his pockets, and Prongs and Lily Flower, to his aunt and uncles. I told him to go back to my house with Sirius and Remus whenever they would let him.
Severus and I returned to Hogwarts and were lounging in Houses United. Like in the past, I was sitting on the couch with Severus's head in my lap. In one hand I had a book, reading it, the other hand was playing with Severus's hair. He had a book, reading it as well. This is how Professor McGonagall found us a few hours later.
"You two are doing wonderfully with Harry."
"We will be doing better when I make Lily a blood relative of mine and can adopt him."  I stated.
Professor McGonagall strolled across the room and took a seat on the couch across from us. I sat my book down and Severus sat up, placing his book to the side. "How are you planning to go about that?"
"After I return from 5th year, I'm going to go to fill out the paper work needed. I'll say I'm finally on my feet enough to care for Harry. I have a house in England now and it's furnished. I'll make Sirius and Remus move to my house in America while the adoption process is going on. Hopefully, since I graduate in 1976, they will allow it."
"How will you explain being in Hogwarts as a student now?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"I'll tell them I'm doing research on how much the schools changed in the years gone and making sure everything is up to date." I said and Severus smiled at me.
"You know, if the wizarding world sees you in this light, it will not be against the law for us to be together outside of the school."
"See, making myself 20 years older works out all around." I said kissing him on the cheek.
"I do agree, it is a wonderful plan." Professor McGonagall said smiling at us.
"You will still have to pretend to hate me and Harry in school Severus. We all know the Dark Lord will return. He needs to think you make school hell for Harry and his friends."
"We will have to explain this to Harry of course." Professor McGonagall said.
"I'll explain everything to him once I adopt him." I stated.
I knew things were not going to be easy, but it would be worth it in the end. We all sat in comfortable silence for a while, each lost in our own thoughts. Professor McGonagall broke the silence,  "I must say, I'm very proud of you Severus. You are getting along with Mr. Black and Mr . Lupin quite well."
"We have to put our differences aside for Harry. We have come to a silent agreement to put the past in the past and leave it there." Severus said and I smiled.
"Looks like we have many interesting days ahead of us." Professor McGonagall stated and walked out of the room.
"Thank you Amy." Severus said, kissing me lightly on the lips.
"For what?"
"For everything." Severus said and kissed me again.
I agreed, it was going to be a very good adventure from here on out.