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Chapter One
A Change of Plans

Lily Evan's POV

It was the winter of 1977, the last winter I'd ever get to enjoy at Hogwarts. I had come to regard it as a second home, and I wasn't sure if I was ready to leave just yet.

"LILY!" James bellowed from the common room.

"I'm coming, just give me a second!" I yelled back while grabbing my coat before I descended the stairs.

"Took you long enough," James muttered.

"At least I came down in the end, didn't I?" I smiled. He opened his mouth to protest, but I quickly silenced him with a deep kiss.

"Will you two just quit it? At this rate, we'll never get to Hogsmead," Sirius groaned as Remus chuckled.

"Sirius has a point," James murmured as he pulled away.

I pouted and crossed my arms over my chest. "Fine. Be that way."

"Aww, come on, Lils," James smiled, pulling me into a tight embrace. "Sirius is just bitter because Sara Hawthorne refused to tag along on our little trip."

"Hawthorne?" I turned around to face Sirius. Hawthorne was part Veela and a serial heartbreaker. "Are you kidding me, Black?"

"No, Evans, I'm serious," he replied. The sides of his mouth turned up slightly at the ridiculous pun.

At that moment, Remus noticed the time turner on a gold chain around my neck.

"What's this, Lily? Present from James?" he asked.

"No, it's a time turner. McGonagall gave it to me as I was attending extra classes this year."

"Time turner, eh?" James remarked, suddenly interested in the tiny hourglass embedded in three gold rings. "So if we turn it, we'll go back in time?"

"Depends on the direction of the rotation, but that's basically it," I nodded. "Aren't we going to Hogsmead?"

"Forget Hogsmead," Sirius grinned. He ripped the gold chain off my neck and extended it before throwing it over the four of us. "Let's get this party started."

"B-but-"

"Relax, Lils," James smiled. "This is going to be fun!"

"Fine," I sighed in resignation. "But if we get into trouble, this is all Sirius' fault."

"Deal," James laughed, as Sirius yelled "Why ME?" in mock outrage.

Nevertheless, he still turned the time tuner a couple of times. The world started spinning and, eventually, everything went black.