NOTE: Completely AU. Don't own the characters, don't think I ever will. Oh, well.

The Past Becomes the Present

Chapter One

September 1, 1977

Lily Evan's POV

So I just got my Time Turner from Professor McGonagall. I'm taking extra classes so I can graduate sooner. I will be going into the medical field because of the war. It is my O.W.L. year so it will be quite challenging. I think I'll go see where Sev is before supper.

General POV

"Hey Lily!" James Potter called.

Lily stopped in her tracks and turned around. "What do you want Potter?" she snapped.

"Will you go out with me?"

"The answer is the same today as it has been for the past two years. NO! I WILL NOT GO OUT WITH AN ARROGANT TOE RAG LIKE YOU!" she yelled before storming off.

"Ooh. Denied. That's got to hurt," laughed Sirius Black, one of James's friends and fellow Marauder. "She's already yelling at you and it's only the first day of school. I don't want to imagine what she'll be like on the last day of school."

"She'll cave by then. That's why I keep trying."

"Lily is too stubborn to cave," another Marauder, Remus Lupin, chimed in.

"I'm hungry," whined the last Marauder, Peter Pettigrew. "Can we go eat now?"

"Is that all you can think of?" both James and Sirius asked.

"Umm…"

"We'll take that as a yes," teased Sirius.

"I'm hungry too," agreed Remus.

Sirius sighed, "Fine. Let's go eat."

"So, do we have everything ready for the prank?" James asked as they walked to the Great Hall.

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When Lily found Severus he was just going into the Great Hall. She waved. He smiled back and waited for her.

"What did McGonagall want?"

"Oh just some stuff about beginning of term things and how I'm going to get through all of my classes this year," responded Lily.

"Sounds like loads of fun," Severus quipped quite sarcastically, then changed the subject. "Do you want to hang out after the feast?"

"Yes, I would but I can't. I will have a long day tomorrow and I have to show the first years how to get to the common room. How about tomorrow?"

"Sure. Do you want to meet in the usual place?"

"Of course. Be careful though, Sev. I'm sure the Idiots have some stupid prank planned aimed at the Slytherins."

"When don't they?"

"Just don't fight them."

"I won't unless it is painful."

"Sev, I'm serious-"

"No you're not! I'm Sirius," joked, well who else, Sirius, as he and the other Marauders came up behind Lily and Severus. James and Remus both groaned at Sirius's serious joke, while Peter, as always, almost wet himself laughing.

Severus being in a bad mood for being interrupted sneered, "You absolutely slay me with your sense of humor, Black," before leading Lily to the Gryffindor table. He then sat directly behind her at the Slytherin table.

James stood by the entrance to the Great Hall watching their whole exchange. He wondered out loud, "What does Snivellus got that I don't?"

"Well… do you really want that answered?" asked Remus.

"Yes and no."

"He's a friend to her, cares about her, lives in her neighborhood, and is polite to her. Should I continue?"

"NO!"

"Can we eat now?" Peter whined. He was getting cranky now because he hadn't eaten for 2 full hours. Rather than have a grumpy Peter, the rest complied and went to sit in the only empty seats at the Gryffindor table; the ones by Lily. She moved as far as she could away from James who took it upon himself to sit next to her.

It didn't take long for the Sorting Hat to sing his song and sort the new first years. Then the feast began along with the Marauder's prank, which was focused solely on the Slytherin students. As the students started to reach for food, it started flying at them. Some dishes of food exploded. The kids tried to run away, but found themselves stuck to the bench, and unable to get away. After the food was emptied from the dish, it started hitting the Slytherins as well. Severus found himself to be hit more than anyone else. When each of the students at the table was covered in food, the 'prank' stopped.

Severus was absolutely furious. Standing and facing the Marauders, he took out his wand and fired a hex at them. James and Sirius each fired hexes back. By now Lily and Remus had jumped up to stop the fight, and teachers were making their way from the Head Table. Lily's Time Turner fell out of her pocket, and rolled into the middle of the fight. An engorgio, enlargement charm, hit the chain on the Time Turner, and it became rather large. During the fight Lily, Severus, and the Marauders stepped inside the area encompassed by the chain. Two curses met in midair, and one deflected upward while the other hit the charm part of the Time Turner making it spin. Then with a flash, all six of them disappeared. TBC