The Trouble with Time Chapter 1 Fred and George visit the Marauders

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Fred. George, Sirius, James, Lily and Remus all appear inside the castle of Hogwart’s although the feel of the place is quite different than they were expecting it to be.

“Why is… everything silver and green?” Fred asked softly looking at the decorations around the castle, and a large increase in snake decorating the walls, with all the old portraits of past students and others who had made some difference with Hogwarts over the years.

“Boys what are you doing out of uniform?” A stern voice asked behind them.

 They turned to see McGonagall walking toward him, her lips a thin line, her eyes looking horrified.

“Out of uniform,” George whispered wondering what was wrong with his school robes.

“Hurry all of you, go change quickly before your seen like this; this is no time for jokes,”

Fred looked at the others they nodded to McGonagall hurrying off toward the laundry where they could find these ‘uniforms’.

Once down in the laundry room they talked there, figuring they would be safer.

“I don’t get it, what’s going on here?” Fred looked around at the others.

“I have no clue,” George told him looking worried.

“Is this not your…. Time?” Remus asked since they were in Hogwarts

“Well year time it should be… but we’ve never had uniforms that looked like this?” George held up a green robe with a silver serpent on the left side, with the name Slytherin School on the right.

“Slytherin School?”

“But this is Hogwarts?” James told them looking horrified at the green robe.

“Where have you’ve been living under a rock?” the five boys and Lily turned to look at Neville Longbottom.

“Neville?” Fred asked unsure if the boy in front of them was really him.

“Yeah, of course, what’s your problem, you two are so lame and weird,” Neville, sneered at them. He took a drag on a cigarette blowing smoke in their faces.

“I guess that’s what happens when your dads chucked off to Azkaban for being stupid,”

“WHAT did you say?” Fred growled as he brought his wand out.

“Don’t act so tough Fred, you know why he’s there and why you’re always in the bottom of the class, no one likes you guys, no one wants to be around you because your family won’t act like a proper wizarding family.” Neville gave him a look of deepest contempt he strolled off looking extremely superior.

“Who was that?” Fred looked at George in shock.

“You called him Neville, but he sure wasn’t very nice was he?” Lily pointed out watching his retreating form. She didn’t like him and hoped any child of hers would not be friend with him.

“Do you think anyone will notice us and wonder who we are?” James asked looking at himself in the new school robes. He was sure he would be sick wearing them.

“I don’t even know who we are, let’s go.” Sirius said feeling quite disgusted.

“Maybe we can talk with Dumbledore, see what he has to say about all of this?” Remus told them heading for the door.

“Sounds good let’s to go the headmaster’s office,” Lily agreed with thim.

The five boys plus Lily walked down the corridors looking at the other students as they filed by they all looked stone face and very serious.