Marauders in Time

Dumbledore's Army

"What?" Sirius asked them, confused.

Fred and George looked at each other, grinning. They then turned back to the Marauders and motioned for them to follow wherever they went. James did so without hesitating, followed by Sirius. Remus was more reluctant but soon followed. When they exited the common room, Fred and George kept making sideways glances.

"Come on!" They motioned the rest as they hurried through an empty corridor.

The Marauders followed, making sideway glances similar to the twins. Remus leaned in towards James and asked, "Are you sure about this?"

"They just complimented us," he replied. "I'm sure its fine."

"That's the thing," Remus said again as they turned into another empty corridor. "They know about the Marauders. What else could they possibly know?"

"What are you saying?"

Once they had made a stop to check another corridor, Remus turned to face James fully, "What if they know about the map?"

James shrugged, "If they do, then its in safe hands. Lets just hope they are the only ones that know. I trust Fred and George enough now not to spread stuff about a secret map."

Once they had reached what seemed like a dead-end, Fred and George stopped to look at a wall. For a moment, the Marauders were confused and gave each other looks, but then the wall started to change colour and there were linings that looked like it formed a doorway. Soon enough, a real door stood in front of them and Fred went to open it. They could hear the faint murmur from inside. Once they had entered, they were greeted by about 30 students all chatting excitedly. It was a room that was filled with Defence Against the Dark Arts tools such as Sneakoscopes and spellbooks filled with curses and counter-curses.

"Welcome to the Room of Requirement!" The twins announced.

"Wow!" Peter gasped, admiring its surroundings.

This was a room that none of them had ever seen before. And it truly was magnificent. Some of the students gave them weird looks and some looks of disapproval. There was a boy who Sirius recognized from Hufflepuff and briefly remembered him talking badly of some of his friends. He was eyeing Remus's scar marks carefully. But the Marauders were unfazed as they accepted the view of the room.

"Glad you could make it!"

The Marauders turned to find Harry smiling broadly at them for the first time, at it was a genuine smile. Flanking him were Ron and Hermione, both beaming with excitement. 

"You found this room?" Sirius asked.

"Yes... Well Neville did," he pointed to the boy that James had helped when he set fire in Umbridge's classroom.

"It's brilliant!" Remus smiled. "How long have you known this room to be here?"

"Its the Room of Requirement," Hermione informed them. "It is equipped with the seeker's needs. We only found this a few weeks ago when Harry was debating a place to practice."

"Practice for Defence Against the Dark Arts you mean?"

Hermione nodded, "We figured that since Umbridge wasn't giving us proper lessons, we would take matters into our own hands. Harry has been teaching us."

James turned to him, "You have?"

He gave a slight nod, trying to stay humble. Ron spoke up, "He has more experience than any of us and was the first one to stand up to Umbridge. If anyone has the right to teach us, its him."