Back To You | A Marauders Love Story

Chapter 3- Back To The Beginning

"PRONGS!!" I heard someone yelling.

I opened my eyes to see a tree above me. I sat up and saw the Black Lake in front of me. What am I doing at Hogwarts? What happened? Am I dead?

"GOD DAMNIT PRONGS!!!" I looked to the side and saw a younger version of Sirius wearing his Gryffindor robes. I looked at myself and saw myself wearing the same thing.

He finally reached me, huffing out of breathe.

"I...have...been looking...everywhere for you." He said as he finally caught his breath. "We have to get ready for the sorting ceremony tonight. " I want to see what house my baby brother get's into."

"Aww, is baby Black finally coming to join us?" I heard myself ask with a laugh.

"Baby Black will hex you into oblivion if you keep calling him that. Now let's go. All the other 2nd years are already getting ready to head to the great hall." He said ad helped me up.

This is weird. It's like I'm myself but don't know it. Like y older consciousness is in my younger body but isn't aware. Maybe it's a good thing. I can be the backseat driver. I thought.

Let me see if I have a controll over my body. I decided to smack Siri in the head. Like pay back for his future self.

"Oww. Why'd you hit me!?" He yelled.

"I don't know, it's like my arm had a mind of it's own." I heard myself say.

"Sure thing Prongs." He rubbed his head and we continued walking to the great hall.

This was weird. Like weirder than anything I've done before. But I'll go along with it for the sake of Reggie.

Maybe I can change the coarse of the future. I walked with Siri as we headed into the castle, meeting up with Moony and Peter as we approached the hall. I already know of the future that awaits, and I can't look at Pettigrew the same.

"Finally found him." Moony said as he leaned against the wall with his hands in his pocket.

"Yeah, found him half asleep by the lake. Surprised the squid didn't try to drag him under." Pads chuckled making myself and Moony smile. Pettigrew smiled too but when he did I stopped. I used whatever control I had on this body to just look at him making him squirm uneasily.

"Is everything okay James?" He asked me. My younger self shook out head and smiled.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just feel a bit weird is all." I said as I fixed my glasses.

I need to find a way to gain full control of the body. Else it could cause problems.

We made our way into the hall and to Griffindor table. About 10 minutes later the new first years came in and began getting sorted. I looked over the crowd trying to find him until I spotted him with his head down playing with his fingers.

"Seems like baby Black is a bit nervous." I smiled.

"I'm going to tell him you keep calling him that. See how he hexes you into next year."
Siri said as he side eyed me.

I smiled and laughed. "Reggie wouldn't hurt me. He loves me." I said confidently.

"Are we talked about the same Regulus? The one that throws objects at you whenever you enter his personal space? The one that almost left you hanging out your bedroom window when you tried to sneak out?" Moony asked with a raised eyebrow.

My mouth fell open unable to formulate a proper sentence. But I didn't need to as I he next student was called.

"Regulus Black." The great hall grew silent. Wondering if the boy would go to Griffindor like his brother,or Slytherin Luke the rest of his family. I watched as Sirius held his breath. Secretary hoping that it'd be the first option.

Reggie sat in the stool, and before the hat could properly eat on his head it let out a shout. "SLYTHERIN!" It called and Reggie let a breath.

Most people were silent, but the 4 of us along with some of our other friends cheered him on along with the Slytherins. It clearly isn't a secret that Sirius and Regulus were brothers so we still showed our support for the younger Black brother.

The sorting ceremony carried on and once it was over, we had dinner and was sent off to bed while the perfects explained everything to the first years.

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After getting dressed for bed, I crawled into my four poster bed and drew the curtains and made my body put a privacy charm and silencing charm around it. And I layed down.

Maybe I can take control while younger me sleeps. I felt my body fall asleep while the weirdest thing happened.

I slipped into the mind space. I could see a physical form of my older body. I looked around, but there was nothing to look at. Then I saw something, or rather someone emerge from the darkness.

"Who are you? I felt you lurking around all day." My younger self asked cautiously.

"No need to panick James. I am you. But from the future. It's quite complicated. But long story short, I need control of your body, my body, what ever." I tried to tell him.

"How do I know this isn't a trick of Voldemort. In his upcoming war. From the stores I heard from Professor Dumbledore, he uses dark magic to trick the mind." He said pointing his wand at me.

"First of all , you do know that you can't use magic on your mind space don't you? And second, you shouldn't believe anything that Dumbledore tells you. He's a liar." I said. I infact did remember everything that happened. Up until being obliviated.

"How dear you speak bad on Professor Dumbledore?! What do you know?!" He yelled at me.

"Look kid. I know everything that happens now until 1981. Only reason I'm hear in the first place is cause the future I come from I die. And I have a chance to change that, and I'm not letting anything stop me. Especially a Dumbledore fanatic. So help me or stand back. I can and will erase your consciousness from this body and take it over by force it I have to." I told my younger self.

"I'll help you. But you aren't taking control of my body. You are older, so if you try to act like your younger self, someone is bound to notice. Especially Moony. He sees through everything. You can be like that little voice in my head."

"Whatever floats you boat. I just need to stop my unfortunate future from happening and loosing the love of my life." I said more to myself.

"Lily dies too?" He asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah but I'm not talking about her." I rolled my eyes.  I'm still upset with all my friends from keeping the truth from me.

"Then who? Because right now the only person I want to be with is Lily."

"Do you really believe that kid? You think you're in love with the girl who keeps rejecting you?" I deadpanned.

"Sh-she'll come around. Beside who else would I like...." he trailed off as he thought of something and I just looked at him with a raised eyebrow as something clicked in his mind and he looked at me.

"No." He said.

"Yep. Now if you'll excuse me I need to start my plan for the future." I told him and sat on the dark floor. I closed my eyes to concentrate but still felt him looking at me.

"Go to sleep you have classes tomorrow."

After I said that, I felt that presence leave the mind space and I sighed. It's going to be a long few years.