Chapter 1: Black Time Turners.

"Sirius, this is a terrible idea." Said Remus Lupin for what had to have been close to the hundredth time in the hour after Sirius had suggested his maniacal plan.

"Yes Moony, we know..." Sighed the animagus in question absentmindedly as he fiddled intently with an object in his hand. "This stupid thing wont turn..." He muttered to himself.

"You can always stay behind, you know." Said James from the other side of Sirius, where he had been watching his friend's hands for the past ten minutes.

"And let the three of you kill yourselves when you try to do the charm alone? I think not..."

"Then stop complaining!" Snapped Sirius, seemingly frustrated with the object in his hand's lack of co-operation. "If I remember correctly, this whole thing was your idea anyway."

"No, it wasn't"

"Yes, it was."

"Well yes, the prank was my...my, suggestion, but this...this is crazy!"

It was true, two days ago, at breakfast in the great hall, James had been furious about something Lucius Malfoy had said about Lily Evans. Something involving the word 'mudblood'. Naturally, James wanted to hex him into oblivion right then and there, but Remus held him back as Professor McGonagall walked past the table. He hadn't however, refrained from telling James that they could get back at Malfoy later, and in a much worse way than just hexing the slytherin. (After all, what he had said about Lily Evans had been particularity nasty) But James had pointed out that if they did something of the kind Remus was suggesting, there was no way they wouldn't get caught. Normally, James wouldn't have cared if he had to sit through another detention. (I would gladly do it for my love!) He had boldly proclaimed more than once... but the other day, after a minor dungbomb explosion in the dungeons, Professor McGonagall had threatened him with an expulsion from the quidditch team for the remainder of the year if he got one more detention before the Christmas Holidays.

In fact, as Peter had pointed out, the only way they could have pulled off such an elaborate prank without being caught, was if they were able to be in two places at once. And since the charm for the prank required two people to do it, and the only two people in the marauder's small group who could do it with perfection were Remus and James, they would both have to be present for it to work. And they had to be sure McGonagall...or any other professors, could have absolutely no proof that James was involved in the prank.

And so...Sirius had made the oh-so-brilliant suggestion that they use a time turner,go back in time for an few hours, and set the prank in motion while the Marauder's counterparts were all safely in transfiguration class, under Minnie's watchful eye.

And now, as the four of them sat crowded around Sirius in their Gryffindor dormitory as he fiddled with a time turner from his house that he had brought in case of 'emergencys' , Remus was sorely regretting ever suggesting the prank in the first place.

It didn't help that the time turner Sirius had in his possession wasn't like the others Remus had seen in his life. Instead of the metal surrounding the small hourglass being gold, it was a shiny black color, encrusted with what the werewolf suspected to be real diamonds. Sirius claimed he had...borrowed it from a cabinet in the drawing room at his parent's house over the summer to try it out when he had been incredibly bored,(Remus marveled at his stupidity) and said that it worked perfectly fine. But at the moment, he was having a hard time turning the knob that would take them back in time four hours into the afternoon.

After another five minutes of waiting for Sirius, James finally lost it.

"Here, lemme have a go..." He said anxiously. "You're probably not turning it hard enough."

Sirius shrugged, handing the time turner to James. "I dunno what's wrong with it..." He said, sounding genuinely puzzled. "It worked fine last time..."

"But what if it doesn't work this time!" Squeaked Peter. "What if we blow up or something!"

"We aren't going to blow up..." Said James, as if this was the stupidest think he'd ever heard.

"But what if something does go wrong!" Said Remus, sympathizing heavily with Peter. "Look, we need to just think this out-"

"I got it!" Cried James triumphantly. Remus's head snapped back to the time turner ,which had begun to spin.

And at that moment, there was knock on the door. Remus jumped as whipped around towards the door, but the other three apparently hadn't heard. They were to busy staring at the time turner, which was now spinning out of control.

"Sirius, it's...it's shaking! Is it suppose to do that?" James cried out in panic.

The door began to open, and none other than Lily Evans walked into the dorm, her eyes landing on Remus.

"Remus," She said dryly, holding out a book in front of her,careful not to look anywhere but at Remus,lest James Potter caught her eye. "thank you for the book, I finished the essay-" She cut off as she noticed the other three, and what they were doing. "What are you-"

But she never finished her half yelled sentence. At that moment, the glass on the hourglass exploded, and a blue shock wave flashed through the room from inside it, knocking all four boys and Lily onto their backs. The world span and shook, and the last thing Remus saw was the slowly fading light hanging from the dormitory ceiling.

A/N : Sorry it's short. More coming soon! Please review and tell me what you think. And feel free to correct my grammer and things. Fire is my friend :D And I don't have a beta...so...yea.... *cough cough*