A Twist in Time (1)

Chapter Eighteen

James Sirius went to the Room of Requirement and thought of exactly what his Aunt told him to. He needed a room where he could have nightmares. When the door finally appeared James Sirius pulled it open to reveal a room with a single bed and no other furniture or anything. He checked behind him before walking in. He sealed the door behind him and went to lie down in the bed. He had the dream once more but no one interrupted this time. He woke up early and went back to the common room. He knew he had bags under his eyes from his poor sleep, he cast a spell to make them go away before anyone saw him. Harry, Ron and Hermione were all already up when he walked into the common room.

"Hey," was all James Sirius said as he sat on a chair across from Harry, Ron and Hermione.

"Where were you all night?" Hermione asked but she already knew the answer, she knew he was the same place as he was yesterday the only problem was when she, Harry and Hermione went back to the same room they had found him yesterday night but he wasn't there. He knew they would be following and changed what room he wanted in the room of requirement. 

"I was just out," James Sirius answered vaguely rubbing under his eyes. 

"You seem tired, didn't get enough sleep?" Hermione pushed, annoyance flashed across his face but he recovered quickly. How could his Aunt Hermione be so calm about this but the young Hermione was going mad not knowing everything about James Sirius and his family.

"I got plenty of sleep, it's the quality that's the problem," James Sirius muttered as he picked some dust off his cloths. "I have to go get ready for class."

"It's Saturday," Ron told him.

"Oh, ya I knew that. It just slipped my mind," James Sirius muttered leaning back against the chair. James was exhausted so the spell he cast on the bags under his eyes was already wearing off.

"Wow, you seem to have become ten times more tired in the past ten seconds. I think I may just close my eyes for a little bit..." James Sirius mumbled as he closed his eyes, he was asleep within seconds. They waited a few minutes before they started talking.

"Where was he last night?" Harry asked his two best friends.

"I think he was still in the room of requirement but he made it different and we didn't know what to look for. Something is up with him and his family and I think it's important that we find out who their parents are," Hermione said.

"I agree, but we should wake him up," Harry told them as he stood to wake up James Sirius. He tapped his shoulder and James Sirius's eyes opened suddenly.

"Sorry, I have to go get ready for breakfast," James Sirius said as he slowly walked up to his dormitory. He was so tired that he quickly got dressed and wend down for breakfast. The first thing he did when he got to the great hall was drink a large cup of coffee. A couple minutes later everyone started coming in in groups or pairs. James Sirius ate quickly as James and Sirius sat next to him. He wanted to tell them about what his parents had told him. He quietly whispered to them while he cased a muffliato spell on the people around him. They nodded and looked pleased that they had been right. 

"Okay, we'll figure it out eventually," James agreed when James Sirius finally finished. He removed the spell so no one would get suspicious of them or at least more suspicious. James Sirius didn't know what to do, he was tired and all he wanted to do was sleep but he didn't know that he could. Hermione, Harry, and Ron were already overly suspicious of him as it was they didn't need any other reasons. It was later in the day and James Sirius was walking alone out on the grounds trying to simply stay awake witch was proving rather difficult from the common room which housed many comfortable chairs and couches. He hadn't heard the three students approach him from behind but when they grabbed him by his robes he panicked he pulled himself away and removed his wand from his pocket. When he saw it was only Harry, Ron and Hermione he lowered it.

"A word," was all Hermione said before pulling him behind a large tree that was a couple yards away from Greenhouse four. 

"Hello," James Sirius said when they finally stopped walking.

"We know who your parents are," Harry stated. James Sirius visibly paled as the six words slid out of his mouth. Could he really know? No, they would be acting far different then they are now James Sirius thought to himself. Harry, Ron and Hermione had been researching important modern wizards who had names similar to Patterson, they had come across a certain couple by the name of Lory and Dennis Peterson. They were the right age, they even resembled James in a way. 

"Who?" James Sirius asked trying to cover up his fear.

"Lory and Dennis Peterson," Ron told him with a smug look as he believed 100% that he was right. James Sirius laughed and a smirk returned to his features although it looked out of place with the bags under his eyes standing out in the sun.

"No," James Sirius told them as he let out a sigh of relief.

"What do you mean no?" Ron demanded fuming at the boys strange reaction to the news.

"No means no those aren't my parents I've never even heard of either of those people. Please just stop digging for information you wont find. I'll give you a hint though, my parents wont be  in any book or any database the ministry has, you won't find them so just give up while your ahead," James Sirius told them as he started walking away again.

"If you don't tell us then we'll tell you siblings that your an unregistered animagus," Hermione stated, the statement made James Sirius stop and his tracks and turn back to them.

"If you do, I'll tell everyone in the school that you lot let Sirius Black escape in your third year by using a time turner," James Sirius said using the first thing that came to mind. It was the trio's turn to pale at the thought.

"H- How did you know?" Hermione stuttered in utter surprise.

"I guess you lot aren't the only ones who know how to blackmail. Maybe next time know what your getting yours-" James Sirius started before Hermione pulled out her wand and cast a spell before James Sirius could so much as move.

"Stupify!" Hermione yelled and James Sirius fell to the ground unconscious.

"Hermione was that really necessary?" Ron demanded as Hermione cast a spell that made James's body float upwards as if his hand's and feet were tied with string. 

"Yes, I also stole some veritiserum from Umbridge now we need to get him to the room of requirement before he wakes up," Hermione stated. "Harry, do you have the cloak?"

Harry Pulled a silvery invisibility cloak out of his pocket and handed it to Harry you threw it over James Sirius making him completely invisible.