Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
A/N- ok, this is my first Harry Potter Fan Fiction. I'm not exactly proud of stories I've written before, so I'm hoping I can do better on this one. Read and review please!
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Chapter 1
The Time Turner and The Bludger
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Oh bloody hell...
James Potter was pacing around his dormitory that he shared with his friends Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black, better known as Moony, Wormtail, and Padfoot.
How could I let this happen? I must be the world's thickest git.
Remus was getting really tired of this. James was clearly overreacting again. "Prongs, just relax, okay? All you have to do is tell Lily that you can't-"
"But I already booked a table at the Three Broomsticks! Besides, I can't exactly miss Valentines Day with my girlfriend. Lily would kill me!"
Silence broke over them again as James continued to walk back and forth. Tomorrow was Valentines Day and somehow James had managed to get a detention. "But Snape deserved it!" he tried to explain to Proffesor McGonagall. Obviously she wasn't convinced.
Sirius sighed. "Look mate. There's no other way out of this... Unless you skip detention of course."
"Dumbledore would skin him!" Peter gaped at his friend.
"I could sneak out. I'd just need to get out the invisibility cloak and the marauder's map..." James considered this, but gave up on it. "It would be way too risky."
Remus sat in thought. In honesty, he did know a way that James could pull this off, but he wasn't completely sure that his friend wouldn't get too carried away. On the other hand, he was incredibly sleepy and James' whining was really starting to get on his nerves. So why not then?
"Prongs...Prongs! Stop pacing for a moment! I'm getting motion sickness here! And anyways, I think I have a solution for you."
James stopped abruptly and waited for Remus to continue. What's he going on about? He wondered.
Remus reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny golden hourglass attatched to a long chain. "I got a time turner from Proffesor McGonagall at the beginning of the school year. It's how I've been getting to all of my classes this year." Sirius smirked and muttered something that sounded like "geek". Remus glared at him before continuing. "I suppose I can let you borrow it for tomorrow so you can go to both your detention and your date with Lily. But I have to warn you about something. You can not be seen by McGonagall (or yourself, for that matter) under any circumstances. And don't be pulling any pranks with this either! It wouldn't be very wise."
James gaped and snatched the necklace from Remus' hands. "Moony, I could kiss you right now. I've always said you were a genious."
Remus rolled his eyes. "Just promise me that you won't do anything incredibly stupid."
"Well, that'll be hard to avoid. You can't exactly ask something like that of our friend Prongs here, now can you, Moony?" Sirius laughed. James shot him a look before lying down in his bed.
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"Score! That's 90 to 20 for Gryffindor!" announced the commentator. Harry smirked at Malfoy as he flew overhead.
Harry soared over the Quidditch pitch on his firebolt, looking for any sign of the golden snitch, which was ridiculously hard to do due to the pummelling rain and harsh winds.
Lucky for Harry, his girlfriend Hermione was at the top of their class and was able to put a charm on his glasses to deflect the rain. It didn't help as much as he would have liked though.
Suddenly, a flicker of gold appeared near one of the Ravenclaw stands. Harry immediately shot through the sky towards it. The next thing he knew he was off his broom and falling fast. He had been hit by a bludger! Everything around him faded into darkness.
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It's about bloody time! James thought to himself as he placed the very last polished trophy back into the trophy case. He had decided to get his detention over with first before going back in time to go to Hogsmeade. Best to get the worst out of the way first.
McGonagall came in a short while later to tell James he could go. He headed off towards the broom closet near the front doors where he could go back in time. He figured that no one would see him if he used the time turner in there.
James pulled the thin gold chain out of his pocket and pulled it over his head as he walked through the 3rd floor corridors. Unfortunately for him, that's where he saw Snape. Severus sneared at him as he passed and had flicked his wand, but James hadn't been paying attention to him. He was too busy thinking about how his date with Lily was going to turn out.
"Alright, here we go." James turned the tiny hourglass back three times.
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"You think he's all right?"
"Sure. He'll be fine. He's fallen from higher than that before."
"At least we managed to get to his broom before the Whomping Willow this time."
Harry opened his eyes. He could blearily make out the Gryffindor Quidditch team and Hermione standing around his bed in the hospital wing.
"How badly did we lose?" He asked as he rubbed his eyes and put on his glasses.
"Actually, we tied," explained Ron. "We have to reface Slytherin next weekend."
"It's better than losing to be sure, but not very much better," commented George.
"Madam Pomfrey wants you to stay over night. Luckily, it's the weekend tomorrow, so you won't be missing any classes." Hermione was sitting beside him on the bed.
"You call that lucky?" He asked as she kissed him on the cheek.
They visited and talked with Harry a while longer before Madam Pomfrey forced them all out of the room claiming that Harry needed his rest. For once, Harry agreed with her. He fell asleep a few minutes after they left the room.
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A/N- And there you have it. Sorry it's so short. The next chapter will be longer, I swear!
Let me know what you thought of the story! (That means you, Jen:P)