A Step Into the Future: A Marauders Fanfiction (completed)

Seven: James Has a Child and the Ministry is Garbage. What Else is New?

JAMES: I could hear the guys calling behind me in hushed tones but I ignored them. I needed to see if this could be my son. Potter wasn't the most common name and if this was my kid...

Why would I have a kid at such a young age? That would mean my partner, (whoever that may be) would have to be pregnant right after our last year of Hogwarts. I did the math, and it added up. This boy was in fourth year, he was  already 14.

Anyway, I walked into the room, muttered the "lumos" incantation and hid under the invisibility cloak, (thank Merlin I had that in my pocket before we traveled here) and the guys followed behind, attempting to stop me.

Five boys around our age were sleeping in their beds. One being a lanky red-head, (definitely one of Molly and Arthur's. Those two were inseparable at school) another being a dark-skinned boy with black hair, another a boy with sandy hair that reminded me somewhat of Remus, another boy was a slightly pudgy blonde that looked an awful lot like Lily's friend Frank Longbottom, and then I spotted him.

It was like looking in a mirror, really. He had jet-black, messy hair just like mine. He also slept the way I did; head back, mouth wide open, drool trailing down his lip. I noticed he had glasses as well sitting on his bedside table. I suddenly felt guilty for passing my awful vision to the poor kid.

"Prongs!" Sirius shot. "We have to go!" I pushed him away and immediately realized what this meant.

"I h-have a kid."

"I think that bit is quite obvious James, let's go before we wake them up!" He pulled on my arm until I finally gave in.

Just as we were about to walk out of the room, I noticed something else on the boy's bedside table. I saw a slip of old, brown parchment. I immediately knew what it was. I snatched it quickly as Remus dragged me away.

"James!" He said, "don't steal the kid's things-" the red-head stirred in his sleep. The guys and I exchanged glances, got under the cloak, and ran out of their faster than a golden snitch.

I stormed into our dorm before the guys could stop me. Once they caught up with me, I set the map down.

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." And as expected, it opened. "Woah."

"So, this really is your kid then?" Remus said.

"I guess so." Sirius snatched the map from me.

"I'm going to see who else in our school hooked up with somebody before I did." His face suddenly paled, and his eyes widened. "Uh...guys?"

"What?"

"Either I've gone insane, or Snivellus has followed us."

"Let me see that!" I took the map back, and couldn't believe my eyes. "Severus Snape" was in clear print, right in the center of the map. Strolling through the corridors like the creep he was.

"Guys, it can't be h-"

"The map doesn't lie Moony! Look, right there, Severus Snape!" Sirius pointed out. He had a point, the map never lies.

"I'm going to take a look."

"Sirius-"

"No, I'm going. You two can either join me or sleep like a bunch of pansies." Remus and I exchanged glances, and shook our heads.

"Goodnight Sirius." We both said, returning to our beds. He sighed.

"You guys are no fun." And he stubbornly went into his bed as well.

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I waited until I heard Remus' snores. That's when I lit up my wand and got my map and cloak.

"Sirius, you still awake?" He shot up from his bed and smirked wildly.

"I knew I could count on you, Prongsie."

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LILY: The girl called Hermione was eyeing me suspiciously from the moment I entered the room. I thought she had fallen asleep, but she wasn't. She was looking at me as if she were pondering something.

"So, where are you from?" She asked.

"Oh, I'm a transfer from a lesser know wizarding school in...Australia. (Australia, really?) they felt the standard was lacking and my parents decided to transfer me here."

"Australia?" She asked, "aren't there a few other guys as well? That's what Dumbledore said."

"Oh! Uh...yeah! They transferred as well." She didn't look convinced, she had seen right through my lie.

"You don't seem very Australian." She pointed out.

"That's because I'm not." Obviously, way to point that out Lily. "I'm from a small town near here actually, which is why my parents thought it best to transfer." She seemed to be pondering something. She was probably wondering why I bothered going to school all the way in Australia if I lived here anyways. It was a stupid coverup.

"To think, with all of the rumors of death eaters spreading around, I'm surprised Dumbledore would let you into the castle. Students may find your arrival suspicious." Death eaters, those were still a thing? She must've seen my puzzled expression.

"You mean you haven't seen the news?"

"I'm sorry, it's just that I'm a muggle-born and I haven't been entirely caught up with the happenings of our world. My sister doesn't tolerate owls, (which isn't a lie) what is it you said about death eaters?" Her expression became hushed.

"The death eaters, you-know-who's servants, they're expanding in numbers. He's recruiting everyone he can get." Him, I did know of. But, back in my time you-know-who was only a rumor. Death eaters were a mere joke. Just wannabe villains.

"Don't worry." The ministry always said, "this you-know-who is only a rumor, nothing more nothing less."

But lately, it seems like the ministry will even lie to keep its people calm. I guess this ministry isn't any different. Maybe the times hadn't changed so much...

"What's the ministry doing about it?" I asked. She sighed.

"Absolutely nothing," she said.

"Because there's nothing to worry about." We said in the same, sarcastic tone. She looked at me curiously.

"I thought you said you weren't caught up with out news?"

"I'm not, but it's just like the ministry to lie like that. Wanting to please its people before taking any sort of action." She chuckled slightly, though she still didn't seem to trust me.

"By the way, I'm muggle-born as well. I guess I'm just a lot more caught up than you are. I've been getting copies of the daily prophet every week this summer. Every article is rubbish, I read them twice through and still can't find any sort of brains behind them."

I suddenly thought of something. If Voldemort is still here and gaining followers, where did that leave my friends and I? Alice, Frank, Marlene, even the bloody marauders for all I care! Who's side did everyone end up on?

And what about Sev?...

Never mind, him. Just last month he was strutting around with his wannabe Death Eater clan hexing students and calling me a...

Never mind, him.

He has his path and I have mine. And whether he ended up in a mansion or a dumpster is none of my business, nor my concern. He could live in hell now for all I care.

"It's getting awfully late, now. We should be getting some rest." She yawned and lay back down on her bed.

"Goodnight, Rose," she said, I almost stupidly replied with, who? But then I remembered the false name I had given her. Rose Mendel.

"Goodnight, Hermione."
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