𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 -

❝ ɴɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍᴀɢɢɪᴇ ❞

THE MARAUDERS WENT TO DETENTION IN SUSPICION and confusion - while Magnolia and Harry got settled in their room.

It was weird for them to go into the Gryffindor common room again, it was so nostalgic.

As they went up the stairs, a spiral of memories couldn't help but consume their minds. Going up and into the one bedroom at the end of the hall, Harry looked around like a happy kid meanwhile Magnolia chuckled in astonishment. It was weird coming back, knowing the last time they saw the castle they grew up in was destroyed by a war filled with death eaters and losing loved ones. It's nice that everything is okay... but the trauma was still creeping up through anxiety.

Once they entered their room, they noticed the two beds, two desks, and two closets and Harry looked at Maggie with a small smirk as she rolled her eyes. They grabbed the wands that awaited them on their bedside tables and cast the room to be situated a little differently to suit the couple.

The two beds turned into one big bed in the middle of the room, with the bedside tables on both sides of the bed. They kept everything else in its right place.

"They give us free wands, what's next - clothes?" She chuckles, going through the shelves and closets. "Oh well never mind, I guess so..."

In the drawers and closets, there were undergarments, pajamas, casual clothes, and uniforms. And they all looked to be their exact sizes too. Minerva must have spelled clothes for them to the room so that they're comfortable... But it's unnerving since it feels like they'll be staying a lot longer than they've anticipated...

Harry gets off the bed, walks up behind Magnolia with a mischievous grin, and wraps his arms around her waist. She squeals with a laugh as he lifts her and tosses her on the bed. She looked at him, propping her elbows up to watch him with a laugh as he crawled on top of her.

"This is unbelievable" He whispers, before pressing a firm kiss on her lips, feeling her smile against him as he begins going lower to start tracing her neck with his kisses. She takes a deep breath in contentment before her mind starts racing about the current situation they're in and where they are now - way in the past, not their present.

"Harry?" He doesn't listen as he bites her neck, creating a small purple hickey on her pale skin.

"Harry?" She asks again, making him look up concerned.

"What's wrong?" He asks in worry as his eyes widen in realization before sitting up away from her. "Sorry, I forgot to ask if it's okay-" She shakes her head quickly, and quickly kisses his lips before he gets in his head too much and he shyly smiles with a sheepish laugh.

"No, absolutely not, you're doing nothing wrong... I just can't help but think... Could we change the future?" He lays down beside her on the bed, and she turns on her side to face him. He looks up at the ceiling in thought, running his hand through his messy brown hair.

"I-I don't want to face him again, Mags... I-I just can't" He stutters, talking about Voldemort and she sits up to hold him in her arms. He lays his head on her chest, holding on to her arm as she uses her other arm to rub his arm and she lays her head on top of his head.

"I promise, you won't, I'll let nothing happen to you and I will certainly never force you to face him again" She promised in reassurance as he looked up at her, kissed her, and pulled away. He stared into her blue eyes with a dazed look, hopelessly in love with the girl that was holding him - the girl that's practically vowing she'll always protect him. He cuddled into her more, and it was only a matter of minutes till he fell asleep.

Maggie lays on her side on the bed, letting him cuddle into her side as a pillow. She fiddles with her fingers nervously, not being able to fall asleep. She looks down at Harry in her lap, slowly pushing him off her side, and replaces herself with an actual pillow for his head to lie on. She sighed, seeing as he was still wearing jeans. Knowing he'll be uncomfortable, she takes them off for him leaving him in his white T-shirt and boxers. She grabs a thin fluffy red blanket and drapes it over his body.

She freezes as he starts shifting but then takes a breath as he starts sleeping comfortably with small snores. She smiled before taking off her jean shorts and replacing them with a pair of red plaid pants and walked to the door.

She needed to take a walk.

When she was at Hogwarts, she'd do this all the time. And once she started dating Harry, she'd sneak out when he slept or asked if he wanted to come along if he was still awake.

She exited out of their room and sneakily walked out of the common room. Thanking that everyone was out to bed since it finally hit lights out.

She laughed, totally forgetting the stairs could move directions as she stepped on them.

She smiled, remembering bits and pieces of memories when she was in a certain area of the castle.

As she walked for a little bit, not paying much attention to where her feet took her - she turned a corner, only resulting in herself crashing into someone's chest.

"Ow-"

"I'm sorry-" She stares at him in confusion, immediately seeing Harry till she looks at him closely before her eyes widen. "Your-"

"Prongs! What's taking you so long?" Two other guys came into view, and Maggie backed away, staring in shock.

"Oh, I accidentally bumped into her" Magnolia slowly took a step back as the dark-haired - sort of long-haired guy looked at her in surprise but slowly smirked alongside the messy-haired brunette next to him.

"Sirius Black, milady," He tells her with a knowing smirk, she stands frozen as he takes her hand and kisses it. She looked at him and then his hand before quickly taking it away in disgust, rubbing it on her pants. Sirius didn't notice as James caught his attention, Remus chuckled at the look of disgust on her, seeming to be the only one that noticed it.

"Where's Peter-"

"He went to the kitchen to sneak a few snacks."

"Oh okay! Well... Milady, this is James POTTER" He emphasizes his last name, making Maggie bite her inner cheek nervously.

"I'm sorry but I have to go, I'm in sort of a rush-"

"And this tall specimen right here is Remus LUPIN!" Sirius - again - emphasized his last name. Remus gave her a small smile and wave as she lightly coughed.

She gnaws at her inner cheek, trying to keep herself from bursting into tears. Seeing them all now - healthy and young and very much alive... She realized she was nowhere near ready to see them again.

"What's your name?" James asks, crossing his arms over his chest. Remus felt like there was a certain pull between him and the girl - like he was supposed to protect her. Not in a romantic way, more platonic... Maybe? He didn't know exactly what the feeling was-

But he did know he didn't like the way the boys cornered her as she looked panicky.

"Maggie Taurus." She finally got out, with a forced smile that was a bit obvious. Sirius stepped closer to her as she stepped away, only being stopped by the wall behind her.

"Taurus? Are you sure about that? We-"

"Sirius, come on leave her alone" James and Sirius both looked at Remus expectantly confused before Remus gave them a certain stern look. He looks at Magnolia and gives her a small smile and nods.

"Nice to meet you, Maggie" She nods, as Remus then grabs the two by the arms dragging them away.

"Ow! Moony, what the hell- we need to figure this out!"

"Just shut up"

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"I got chips!" Peter exclaims as he enters their dorm room - but no one is there.

He huffs before going to his bed and putting all the snacks on it, taking it out of all the pockets in his robe. Just in time, Remus comes barging in with a complaining and practically wailing James and Sirius.

"Bloody hell! When have you gotten so strong?!" James exclaims as Sirius rubs his arm with a scowl.

"Since I've been going on long runs once a month in the forest" Remus scoffs, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Why did you take us away - I'd like to learn if she's an actual spy!" Sirius exclaims as he throws himself on his bed before kicking off his shoes and shrugging off his robes. Remus gave him a small glare with a Are you serious? look, "If you didn't notice, you were freaking her out!"

"What's the real reason? Do you know her or something? Her actual last name is Lupin for goodness sake!"

"No, I don't bloody know her but - I wasn't gonna mention it but I feel a connection with her" They grow confused and the werewolf sighs, scratching the back of his neck.

"Not in a weird romantic way like I like her or something... It's like I've seen her before or something and she means something to me."

"Do you think it's a werewolf thing?"

"I don't know, but I felt like I needed to keep her safe and with you guys surrounding her like the way you guys did - I didn't like it." James and Sirius glance at each other.

"Maybe it is a werewolf thing and... She's a werewolf" Remus furrows his eyebrows, quickly snapping his eyes to them at the suggestion.

"I mean I did see those scars on her face and that connection could be you, sensing that she's also a werewolf," Peter says with a shrug as Sirius goes into thought before sitting up in only his boxers now and speaking on it. "I felt it too- well not exactly, but I felt like I knew her. She was familiar."

"You guys are talking about that Mrs. Lupin girl, right?"

"Yes, Peter - catch up!" He puts his hand up in surrender sarcastically, stuffing a handful of chips in his mouth.

"And bloody hell - why does that guy look exactly like you too?" Peter asks, making James shrug with a bewildered look too.

"You guys have got distant family members you don't know about or something because this shit is weird" Remus and James roll their eyes.

"And if you look close enough - that Taurus girl looks like if you put a blonde wig and blue eye contacts on Moony" Peter laughs, making Remus scoff, rolling his eyes before falling on his back on his bed.

"Maybe that's why she's so hot," Sirius says with a teasing smirk, winking at Remus before getting a pillow quickly thrown at his face by Remus.

"You and that guy look like legit twins though," Remus remarks to James, as he scoffs.

"We need to figure out who these people are because one - they disguised their last names with different ones - and their actual last name is me and Moony's."

"Two - They even look like you guys," Sirius says.

"Three - We all feel like we know her" Remus remarks.

"Four - she might be a werewolf, and that can cause a bit of havoc during full moons with two werewolves," Peter says pointedly as Sirius points his finger in agreement, nodding. "I even heard female werewolves are a lot more vicious too!"

"And five! It must be a big thing going on because Minnie's a part of it" James ends last with a loud clap and shout, ignoring Peter and Sirius's small conversation on the research about how female werewolves are more dangerous and could most likely beat up Moony.

"OKAY! So let's not interrogate her because Moony gets upset-" Remus rolls his eyes with a groan.

"And that 'Granger' guy - we'll just talk to him. And if she's a werewolf, we'll help her out and find out if she's one at full moon."

"We should try to be her friend," Peter says with chips in his mouth, and Sirius snaps his finger with a nod.

"Brilliant idea Wormtail - I'll seduce her!"

"That's not what I said-"

"Seriously Padfoot? You just met her and now you want to snog her?" Remus asks with a raised eyebrow, as Sirius nods.

"She looks nice - why not? I like a mystery"

"You're gross," James remarks as Sirius rolls his eyes.

"Says the boring twat! You've liked Evans for - oh how long? One, two... Three" He sarcastically counts his finger. "FIVE YEARS! And she still has yet to say yes to a date!" James tackles Sirius to the ground, making them start fighting each other.

"Ow - you fucking asshole!"

"At least I don't use girls for a quick shag!"

"You take that back!" Sirius shouts, pulling at James's hair as he yells in pain.

"Never!"

"Children... I'm surrounded by children" Remus mutters, shaking his head as James and Sirius continue to pull at each other's hair.

"Ow, you bitch! You just bit me!" Sirius exclaims, holding his hand in pain as James smirks triumphantly.

"Yeah, who's the dog now - BITCH!" James yells before putting Sirius's arm behind his back, pinning him to the ground... Winning the second out of the three physical fights they've had today.

authors note !!!

i love those two! james and sirius give me actual brother vibes that bicker all the time... which lead to actual physical fights (like fred and george)

the reason they haven't felt that "connection" with harry is that they haven't gotten that close or talked to him yet :)