Marauders Short Stories

Solutions to Future Problems

Description: James Potter finds himself lost in time after the time turner (that he stole) malfunctions. But was it for the better?

"James where in Merlin's name did you get that?" Remus asked as James paraded into their dorm with a gold necklace looking very proud.

"More importantly what is that?" Peter asked.

"This my dear Wormy, is a time turner." James replied.

"Yes James but the question still remains, where did you get it?" Remus asked again.

"It was in Minnie's office. I took it while I was serving detention." James said.

"Ok first of all, don't call her Minnie. It's weird. Second of all I am begging you not to use that highly dangerous magical object." Remus said.

"Well if you won't let him use the highly dangerous magical object then I'll use the highly dangerous magical object." Sirius declared, climbing out of his bed to join the rest of the marauders.

"None of you are using the highly dangerous object that our lovely Prongs stole." Remus announced.

"Why not?" Sirius whined.

"Because there is a very high chance you will cause a rip in the space-time continuum." Remus said matter of factly. He tried to reach for the necklace James backed up across the room.

"Now now Moony, I'm sure we can come to a compromise here." James said.

"I highly doubt that will be necessary." Remus said, now following James around the room, while James tried to keep the necklace away from him.

"Ok what if one of us did an experiment?" Sirius proposed, "Only one of us goes back only an hour, then after the hour is up they'll just walk back here and tell us it worked!". Remus stopped chasing James around the room. Then he sighed.

"I can't stop you from using this eventually can I?".

"Nope." James and Sirius said in unison. Remus sighed again.

"Alright." he said, "But there is no way I am using that thing."

"I'll use it!" Sirius shouted.

"Absolutely not! I am the one that found it." James said.

"It does make sense that James be the one to use it first since he found it." Peter chimed in. Sirius groaned.

"Fine, but I'm going second." Sirius grumbled.

"Lovely!" James said as he put on the necklace, "Now how does the highly dangerous magical object work?".

"Just turn it back once and we'll go from there. And DO NOT be seen." Remus said.

"Seems simple enough." James said. The three other boys gathered around James as he started to turn the dial. He turned it back once counter clockwise to go back in time, but as soon as he did, the dial started turning clockwise on his own, it kept turning and turning, sending James farther and farther away. The last thing James heard were his friends' frantic voices as he travelled to who knows when.

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When James's surroundings stopped spinning he found himself in his dorm, but it wasn't the same. Padfoot, Moony, and Wormtail weren't there. Neither were any of their belongings. People definitely lived in this dorm, but it wasn't James or any of the other Marauders. "Oh no." 

James thought, "What if the boys that live here come back?". James quickly ran out of the dorm room and down the stairs. He practically ran across the common room and down the moving staircase. He almost fell about ten times, but he didn't care. He had to get out of the castle before any of the teachers saw him. He ran through the halls down to the circle of stones. In one of the massive hallways, he saw a first year hufflepuff. "Ok. He couldn't possibly know who I am.".