The Marauders And The Rose

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Remus's Point of View:
   
"Fine. We're not who we said we are but we can't tell you who we are. It's too risky." Aquila said.
   
"What year are you from?" I asked barely comprehending that James and Sirius have kids.
    
"1995. We came here by accident. We broke a Time Turner, Dumbledore is trying to find a way to get us back to our time." Howard said, his resemblance to James was unbelievable.
    
"We're not supposed to tell anyone who we are. We can't risk changing the future." Rosabella said.
     
"I hate to break it to you but James wrote to his parents asking about family in America and they told him they have no family in America and Sirius found out he and his brother are the only ones left with the Black name." I informed them with a frown.

Harry and Rosabella gave each other worried looks.

We all then started to head back to Gryffindor Tower, Aquila was reluctant to go. She was quiet the whole time and she looked lost in thought. Howard had yo stop her bumbing into a lot of things.
    
"Can't we just —" I heard Howard mutter before Aquila cut him off.
     
"No, you heard what Dumbledore said we can't change the past! I'll come up with something . . ." Aquila said but she sounded concerned.

We were soon climbing through the portrait hole.

Rosalie's Point of View:
   
"Have you noticed that Aquila doesn't talk to me at all? She seems to talk to everyone but me." I said.
    
"Eh, she's french. I wouldn't worry about it." Marlene said dismissively as we did our homework in the common room.
    
"I'd say she's shy but I think you're right. She hangs out with the Marauders and to just survive around them even for a minute you can't be shy." Alice said as she did her homework.
     
"She does talk to us quiet a bit, only really in the dormitory she spends most her time with Marauders." Lily said but not seeming interested as she started writing her last paragraph of her essay.
    
"Well she seems to be quite similar to them. Remus told me she's been helping a lot with the pranks and she's a natural at it." Mary said with a small smile at the mention of Remus.

Alice, Marlene, Lily and I all smirked at each other.
     
"Yeah, Sirius told me the same. He even said she rivals their pranking ability." I said and the others all looked at me in shock.

The idea of the Marauders admitting that seemed impossible. I nodded and was about to say 'I know right? Unbelievable.' But the Marauders came up to us before I could.
 
"We have to tell you something. Meet us in our dorm it's important." Sirius said, uncharacteristically serious.

I looked at my friends and they looked confused, concerned and curious.
James went to grab Frank and we all went up the dorm.
    
"Where's Remus?" I asked Sirius after he closed the door and wrapped his arm around my shoulder.
     
"I don't know he had some sort of revalation and disappeared somewhere." Sirius replied.
    
"What's so important you dragged us up here?" Frank asked, standing close to Alice.

Marlene noticed this too and we smirked at each other.

James and Sirius explained to us what they had discovered about Howard and Aquila.
     
"So, who are they then?" Mary said urgently.
     
"Why would they lie about who they are?" Marlene said quickly.
      
"What else could they be hiding?" Frank insisted.

At that moment Remus entered with Howard and Aquila behind him. Remus shut the door and Howard and Aquila stood on the far side if the room.

No one said anything for a few minutes, as we all stared each other down. I had to admit I was impressed Aquila managed to glare back so resiliently that she made others look away from her as if they had done something wrong. Howard avoided eye contact with everyone and he looked to be debating something. Remus wasn't glaring and looked sympathic.
       
"Who are you?" Alice said in shockingly firm voice.

Her usual kind face contorted with a mask of distrust.

Aquila and Howard did not answer. Aquila continued to stare defianitely and Howard moved over to whisper in her ear. I was standing close enough to hear.
     
"Ro, maybe we should —" Howard started to whisper.

Ro? Obviously it's a nickname but how is it a nickname for Aquila.
     
"We can't! I wish we could but you heard what Dumbledore said. This is about more then just us!" Aquila whispered urgently.

The Marauders, my friends, Frank and I all looked at each other in confusion, all of us but Remus who looked as if he knew exactly what was going on.
     
"I'm tired of this, Ro. Dumbledore also suspected they'd figure it out and they have. Dumbledore will fix it." Howard whispered back reasonably.
     
"It's too much of a risk!" Aquila whispered back.
     
"We've got yo give them some sort of explanation. Have you come up with anything?" Howard whispered.

Aquila open her mouth to speak but then bit her lip hesitantly. Evidently she hadn't come up with another cover story.
     
"I'm telling them." Howard then said, no longer whispering.
     
"Don't!" Aquila warned frantically.
     
"I'm —" Howard was about to say loudly to us  but he was cut off when Aquila tackled him to the ground and clamped a hand over his mouth as she straddled him.
      
"Harry James Potter, don't you dare —!" Aquila said and then clapped a hand over her mouth, looking appalled and horror struck.

Howard, or I guess Harry, moved his hand behind his head and looked smug and casual.
   
"Knew if I got you angry enough you'd say my name for me." Harry said in a satisfied voice.

Aquila glared at him.
    
"Under better circumstances I'd be impressed you tricked me." Aquila said still looking horrified.

Wait so his name is Harry? His middle name is James and Potter is his last name? We all looked at James who looked shocked as he studied the boy who resembled him so much.

It can't be.

Aquila slowly got off Harry and got to her feet. She then helped Harry to his feet and she looked slowly at Sirius and I.
   
"This is impossible! It can't possibly be —" James said but cut himself off.
    
"Who are you?" Sirius asked, looking at Aquila.

Aquila bit her lip nervously and she looked at Harry who gave her an encouraging smile.

Aquila sighed in defeat.
     
"Harry, your dealing with Hermione when we get back." Aquila warned and Harry laughed.

Aquila then slowly moved to stand in front of Sirius and I. She reach behind her neck and unclasped a beautiful gold heart shaped locket from around her neck. Aquila opened the locket and showed it to Sirius and I.

The locket held for pictures. One with Aquila and Harry in a loving embrace and wearing clothes you would wear at a ball. One with Aquila and four older boys with similar features and a man who looked like Remus but older. The third photo was one with a girl with bushy brown hair, a red head boy, Harry and Aquila. The last one shocked me the most. There was a man and a women sitting in an elegant sofa in a large living room.

The man had his right arm around the women and he had a boy that looked around the age of one on his left knee. The one year old boy looked curiously at the pink bundle in the women's arms. The man's left hand reached across to cradle the head of a newborn baby wrapped in pink blankets. There was two boys, they looked about two years old, sitting on the floor by their parents, they glanced curiously at the baby in their mothers arms. On the women left was another boy, who looked the age of three, and he smiled happily at the baby in his mothers arms.

What held my attention the most in this picture was that the man looked exactly like Sirius just taller and his shoulders broader then they already were. The women looked exactly like me just a little older but not much older. How is this possible?

Sirius and I looked at each other after we both finished examining the photo that was undeniably us. We then looked back at Aquila, who looked nervous and emotional, tears pricking her eyes.
  
"My name isn't Aquila, it's Rosabella Black. I'm your daughter." Rosabella said.