Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter,

Authors Note: When they strap me to the electric chair tell them the murder was just. Beware one disturbing image in this to do with Dumbledore, also even though Remus has given up on Hermione doesn't mean he can't make one last attempt.

Saturday Fred awoke to the feeling his head was being split in two. Soft moonlight was streaming through the window and his back was killing him but he noticed neither of these as he climbed out of his chair in search of parcetamol. He groped across the room eyes half closed against the pain until he spotted a cupboard this seemed his most likely choice. He opened the cabinet door and stared confused at hundreds of little coloured containers full of tablets. He pushed his hands though the bottles until he came across one marked aspirin. He opened it blindly and downed a couple of tablets before scurrying back to what he thought was his bed and waiting for the medication to take effect unaware of the beds other occupant.

Fred was awoken again much later by a shift in weight. A comfortable mass was taken from him and a gust of icy wind hit him square on. He desperately grabbed for the warmth without opening his eyes but he was shocked when his fingers touched skin and pyjama fabric. Squinting up through his eye lashes he saw Hermione kneeling on his bed-or well what he thought had been his bed,

"How did I get here?" he wondered aloud,

"I don't know. The last thing I remember is falling asleep and you were sitting in that chair." Fred looked up at Hermione she looked like a deer caught in the headlights he smiled,

"Wait I remember; I got up in the night to look for painkillers and I guess I thought this was my bed," he swivelled his body and let his legs hang off the bed,

"Painkillers?" Hermione's head perked up, "My head is in agony where are they," she asked getting off the bed. Fred pointed in the general direction of the cupboard and went over to his bed, he stretched resulting in him making a cat like noise as his arms bent down and his fingers laced before his knees buckled and he fell in a chair. Hermione laughed but he shrugged it off and grabbed some thick clothes. 'If we're going to spend all day in Hogsmeade I might as well be warm in my misery,'

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"So I think we should go see Dumbledore and tell them about these headache," the pounding in his head had lowered to a low thud and Hermione said hers had died down too.

"You're right it is a bit strange that we both have them and that they are getting worse,"

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"Mr. Willow, Miss. Mark, to what do I owe this pleasure," Fred looked closely at Professor. Dumbledore. His eyes seemed to have more twinkles in them then the last time they had spoken, his robes seemed slightly ruffled and he kept glancing at a cupboard at the back of the room.

"Well you see Professor, Fred and I have had these strange headaches for about 48 hours and we were wondering if it was a side affect of the time travel?" Professor. Dumbledore looked at them gravely before glancing at the cupboard again and smiling secretly.

"Yes I believe it is a sign that you are going home soon," Hermione and Fred both blushed they knew the only way they were getting home is if they-

'Kiss' the word swam around Fred's mind and he found himself grinning and his eyes twinkling just like… 'Oh OH, OH MY GOD,' he screamed inside his head and whirled around to look at the cupboard. Professor. Dumbledore winked at him and Fred felt a great desire to gag.

"We'll be off now, Professor," he said in a strangled voice and guided Hermione out of the room shooting a horrified glance at the cupboard. Once they were safely on the spiral staircase, he began to try and pull his hair from his head. Floating through the cement was Dumbledores voice, and a growl,

"You can come out again Minnie, they've gone. You know red lingerie really suits you,"

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"You heard what?" asked Hermione as she laughed and held her sides. Fred scowled arms crossed and replied,

"I'm not repeating it again, oh the IMAGES" he made to gouge out his eyes, but Hermione grabbed his arms and pulled them down as she continued to laugh. Neither of the pair realised how close they were sitting until Hermione gave a violent giggle and they touched noses,

"Oh." She said and smiled,

"So all we have to do is kiss and we can go home?" Fred asked Hermione nodded and their noses brushed again,

"Do you think we'll be friends in the future?" Hermione asked, her brown eyes searching his blue. Fred thought back to their latest vision,

"Erm something like that," he said softly, "I get the feeling future me likes future you," Fred laughed and leant his forehead on hers.

"It's strange we're taking this quite well!" Hermione said,

"Well the fact that we're both high on painkillers probably helped." Fred laughed and Hermione joined in, "All I have to do right now is lean in and kiss you and we'd go flying home, but you don't want me to kiss you," he leaned in closer and their noses pressed.

"How do you know? Why don't you, and see what happens" Fred opened his mouth to reply but thought better of it and closed the tiny gap between them. Their lips were just about to touch when-

"There you are, the guys are waiting down in the entrance hall, everyone else…" Peter's voice drifted off when he saw the two's position. "Come on," Fred and Hermione quickly hurried after him. Just before they got to the entrance hall Peter turned, "Don't worry I won't tell," he said quickly, before rounding the corner and running to his friends.

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As they walk down to Hogsmeade Fred found himself wedged between James and Sirius. Even though he towered a few inches above he couldn't help but feel intimidated; these boys had magic sticks and he didn't - this day was not going to be fun.

He watched Hermione talking happily to Remus, and swore under his breath 'Damn Peter, talk about bad timing,' As they arrived in Hogsmeade, he watched James sign something to Remus his fingers moving like lightning, Remus shook his head and shrugged but wandered off with Hermione. Fred made to follow them but James and Sirius grabbed his shoulders,

"Oh no you don't. You're coming with us, this is the first time we've seen Remus like someone this much and you're not going to ruin it for him." The remaining marauders dragged him into Honeydukes. Fred sifted through a box 'NEW PRODUCT Sugarquills' looking up between the shelves he saw Hermione and Remus pass. He felt jealousy flood his features and he stepped back and headed for the door but a marauder caught his arm,

"What does it take with you dude?" said Sirius from his position a meter away, where he was looking at fudge, he shrugged James off him and strutted over to Sirius.

"Look pretty boy. Let's stop this charade shall we? You three obviously don't like me and I sure as hell hate you so I'm out of here," he stormed towards the door and was two feet away when three sets of hands pulled him back.

"No can do, Freddie o' pal," said Sirius, Fred felt the pressure of a wand tip on his back,

"Try it," he snarled, "Go on. Hex a man completely defenceless, who has pretty much no idea what's happening to him except that he's come back in time. When all he's done to you is ruin your little friends chances with a girl." The marauders dropped him as though he was red hot, he shrugged his jacket up his shoulders from where it had slipped during the struggle… then he realised what he had just said, he spun around to see the marauders looking at him.

"I mean… erm excuse me " he made to dart away from them again, but they latched on again with a stronger hold,

"No excuses. You know guys it would make a lot of sense… ha Remus is a cradle snatcher" laughed James as Fred tried to struggle, but three 17 year old boys were more then a match for one 19 year old.

"Look guys just let me go! There is nothing between me and 'mione!" he said desperately as he continued to toss and turn in vain.

"Oh so it's 'mione now? And anyway why should we take you word for it?" James laughs,

"Because I'm telling the truth… hey isn't that Lily?" Fred said, the marauders dropped him so James could look innocent, and he made another fruitless attempt to escape,

"That was a dirty trick Willow!" James growled when they next caught him. Suddenly Peter spoke quietly,

"When I found them they were about to kiss," Sirius and James grinned,

"Hark so much for nothing between you, well we definitely can't let you go now!" they started to drag him towards the storeroom, he dug his heels in and shouted to Peter,

"Traitor, Hermione and I trusted you," something inside his head zinged and he remembered exactly what Peter would do in the future, "You! You're the reason Harry will have no parents! You become a deatheater you betrayed them!" Peter froze and looked around shocked,

"Wh…what? You can't be serious that's impossible," Peter laughed nervously

"He's gone insane!" barked Sirius,

"Okay which one of you hit him over the head?" said James but both boys looked at Peter in a new light. They dragged Fred into the storeroom and dumped him before hurrying back into the shop and calling down,

"Don't hold a grudge!" and then they locked the door.

'What just happened?' he thought shocked and worried, he picked himself up off the ground and dusted off his hands how the hell was he gonna get himself out of this one. He looked around the storeroom, it was full of boxes and cobwebs his eyes swept across a patch of seemingly normal floor but something in his mind was telling him that there was something fishy bout it. He scurried over and lifted it up: it was a trap door. Guessing that the marauders hadn't left the shop, he quickly pushed over a tower of boxes and yelled a bloodcurdling scream. He smirked and quickly hid under the trap door. Soon enough the marauders soon ran in to see if he was dead, he waited till their backs were turned to him and the door before sprinting for the exit. He whooped as he reached the top and narrowly missed the red spells being thrown at him.

He ran through the various students in Honeydukes and reached the street, pulling his cloak tighter around him he ran on. His eyes searched for a hiding place and he quickly spotted an alley. He darted into it as the marauders ran out of the shop.

Fred started to laugh; the whole situation he was in was amusing he was doing all these secret agent moves to escape three teenage boys who were two years younger then him. He chuckled and rubbed his head with his knuckles it seemed his headache was getting worse again. Suddenly Hermione's delicate little laugh floated toward him on the breeze, he scrambled to his feet and darted around the corner. In an alley leading off from his stood Hermione and Remus. He watched as 'Mione laughed and Remus scowled, downed a potion, pulled glasses out of his pocket and then taped his robes with his wand. Before Fred's very eyes Remus transformed into a curly hared, bespectacled Ravenclaw. Hermione and 'Remus' both walked out of the alley heading in the direction of he guessed the bookstore.

Suddenly Fred hears pounding footsteps behind him, he quickly jumps into a dustbin as the marauders run past. Sighing he climbed out whilst pulling a banana peel of his trouser leg and shaking a strand of noodles off his hand. Fred wanders out of the alleyway and begins to search in the windows of all the big bookstores. In Candlewick Inc. he sees 'Remus' and Hermione looking around in awe, and cooing over various books. 'She looks so innocent and childlike when she is in a bookstore… almost as cute as when she's sleeping." He looks closer and sees their hands brush when Remus passes her a book, he blushes but she barely notices the contact. They move to a table and sit inches apart he sees 'Remus' 'accidentally' scoot closer on the bench to see a textbook in front of Hermione,

"THEY'RE TOUCHING!" he screamed and without looking at the shocked bystanders rushed into the shop. He pushed his way through piles of students, warlocks, ogres 'Who knew ogres could read?" he thought to himself before shaking himself out of it – just in time to go flying over a hags walking stick. He landed ruffly on something solid and bumpy, looking down he realised that he was lying across a shocked 'Remus' and Hermione's table.

"Erm…?" he said at a loss for words. The marauders rushed into the shop and spotted him. He yelped rolled off the table, grabbed Hermione's hand and rushed her out a back entrance.

"What has gotten into you?" Hermione asked once they had reached the main pavement, he span her around pulled her into his arms leaned down and kissed her.

The two became so engrossed neither of them noticed as they began to spin and memories of another life – a life in the future flooded into their minds and they landed with a thud in Hogsmeade.

"Oh," Hermione looked around, "I guess those drugs really did make you go loopy," said Hermione quietly with a sad look on her face. Fred grinned, grabbed her again and they fell backwards into the soft snow.

"Hermione?" asks a quiet voice above them, as they crack open their eyes against the December sunlight, they see the shadowed faces of Harry Potter, and Ron and Ginny Weasley looking down on them. Harry started laughing and walked away one arm wrapped around Ginny's waist to leave Ron to explode with anger.

"YOU DISSAPEAR FOR A WEEK AND THEN YOU SHOW UP IN THE MIDDLE OF HOGSMEADE KISSING MY BROTHER!" he shouted his face slowly turning purple, Fred grinned and spoke to Hermione,

"The idiot's right," he paused and scrambled to his feet as Hermione's eyes bulged, "This is a weird place to kiss, come on Hermione I've never shown you my flat before have I? I think you'll like the décor in the bedroom the most. In fact I think you'll like it so much that's the first room I'll show you." He pulled her to her feet and side-along apparated them away leaving Ron to shout to thin air.

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That's it this story is finished. Anyway feel free to make your own assumptions to whether the marauders took Fred's warning. But I personally think they did and that Harry has parents, that would be a nice happy ending wouldn't it? THANKYOU FOR READING!

1Malone