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The Great Hall filled with students for the welcoming feast of 1977. This was the last year for the Marauders and they had plans to rule Hogwarts for their last year. They settled at the end of the Gryffindor table with James taking a seat beside a very pretty redhead named Lily.
"What do you want Potter?" Lily sighed. James had been the bane of her existence since they were first years and met on the train.
James swiped his hand through his messy hair and grinned at the girl of his dreams. "Why Lily Flower, I wanted to see if you would allow me to escort you to Hogsmeade on the first of the first of October. I do believe that is the first Hogsmeade weekend. Please say you will go with my Lily Flower."
Lily just sighed again. She would have to put up with James all year since he was Head Boy and she had made Head Girl. "Oh alright. I will go with you, but if you act like an arrogant toe rag I will never speak to you again."
James gave a whoop and yelled at Sirius, who was sitting across the table. "Did you hear that Pads? I got Lily to say yes to a date." Sirius gave thumbs up as James waved his arms around like a crazy person. Lily just sighed and shook her head at the antics of the boy beside her.
At the next table, Severus Snape sat with Lucius Malfoy watching the Gryffindor act like an idiot. "I have no idea what she sees in him." He said with a grimace.
"I have no idea my friend. Even with her blood she could do better than that idiot." Lucius said as he flicked his hair over his shoulder.
Severus was going to make a comment to his friend when the doors to the Great Hall opened and the first years were escorted in by Professor McGonagall. Each house cheered at each new student that was sorted into their house. The marauders sent a few small hexes towards the two Slytherins sitting across from their position. The Slytherins would send spells right back at them from their position at the Slytherin table. Lily had long since stopped trying to get the marauders to stop the pranking of Slytherins. The Slytherins took great pride in the fact that they were always quick to retaliate.
All attention turned towards the front of the hall as the Headmaster walked to the podium to address the students. "Welcome, welcome to Hogwarts. This year we have a few announcements before the start of term. Our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher will be Mr. Geoffrey Wellborn. I trust you to make sure that he is treated with respect. Mr. Filch has asked me to remind you that magic is not allowed in the halls. The forest is as always forbidden. I believe that this year will…"
The Headmasters speech was cut short as the ceiling of the Great Hall darkened with storm clouds with purple and green lightning flashing from cloud to cloud. No rain seemed to be falling from the enchanted ceiling and the windows showed that Hogwarts grounds were still bathed a warm glow from the sunset. No clouds were visible outside the castle. Dumbledore came from behind his podium as he stared at the darkening ceiling and gave a small jump with the rest of the occupants of the hall as the lightning continued to flash.
"It's impossible." He murmured to himself. With the next blinding flash of purple and green tented lightning he cast a Sonorous on himself so that he could be heard over the panicking children in front of him. "Everyone move to the sides of the hall. Quickly now. That's right, stay calm and move to the side of the room. Clear the middle of the room now. Good, good." The other teachers moved up to stand beside Dumbledore.
"Headmaster? What is going on?" Filius asked from one side of the Headmaster.
"Albus?" McGonagall prodded from his other side.
Dumbledore did not take his eyes off of the storm that grew across the ceiling. "That, my dear, is the result of someone casting a dimensional spell. I have only read about them as theory on the subject is vague at best. The only wizard that it is believed had the power to cross dimensions was Merlin, and there was no proof that he achieved the feat. This is what one of the theory said happened when someone was crossing dimensions." Now the professors and most of the students were looking at the Headmaster like he had lost his mind.
"Another dimension? Are you mad?" Professor Wellborn asked from his place beside Professor Slughorn.
"Purely a theory my boy. I have never seen anything like this before. I have however read extensively on the subject since it is a very fascinating theory. I have no other explanation for the phenomena on the ceiling however." Dumbledore still had not removed his gaze from the gathering storm.
As Wellborn opened his mouth to make another caustic comment, a flash of lightning hit the floor from the ceiling causing the students to scream. The doors to the Great Hall slammed shut as the magic in the room built up. Never before had the weather from the enchanted ceiling made it to the floor.
"Everyone stay close to the walls. Older years please place the younger years behind you." Dumbledore called out to the students. Quickly the smaller students disappeared behind the older students. Slytherins and Gryffindors were on one side of the hall with Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff huddling on the other side. The teachers remained near the front of the hall with the teachers table behind them. All of the teachers had their wands out. Most of the seventh years followed suit when they saw the teachers standing with their wands out.
Faster and faster the lightning hit the floor in the center of the Great hall. Wind picked up from nowhere and caused small bits of paper and debris to rush around the middle of the room. The students and teachers raised their hands to block their eyes from the bright light that seemed to be emerging from the lightning flashes that had become constant. All of a sudden there was a loud BANG and the hall was quiet and still for a moment. The teachers and students were trying desperately to blink away the blindness caused by the flash of light that had accompanied the Bang.
"Ow. Get off me you bloody ferret." A muffled voice could be heard.
"This is all your fault Scar Head."
"Oh both of you shut up. I am going to kill the both of you once you bloody get off!" A girl's voice overrode both of the boy's grumblings.
"What happened?" Said a third male voice.
"I think that we are the victims of Stufflelumps." Came a dreamy voice.
"Yeah, ok." Sighed the third male.
"I hate you all." A third female voice grouched from the pile. "Shit always happens around you guys. I hate you."
"You love us Daph. You know you do." The boy that had been called Scar Head quipped.
Slowly the great hall was able to see a pile of bodies lying in the middle of the floor of the Great Hall. The ceiling was now clear and showed no signs of the storm that had just rocked the world.
"What the bloody hell did you two do?" Screeched a girl with curly brown hair.
"Now Mione. What makes you think we did anything?" A boy that looked remarkably like James Potter spoke with a look of innocence that James had never been able to pull off. The occupants of the great hall finally had a face to go with the name Scar Head.
"Don't you pull that crap with me Harry. I know it was you and Draco. Don't even try to get out of this. What the bloody hell did you do?"
"Come now Hermione," A blond picked himself off of the floor to try to calm the girl in front of him. Her hair was starting to get a bit frizzy and those that knew her knew to be wary of her temper. "we were just studying for NEWTs. You said that we should study."
Two blond girls and a tall boy with brown hair both winced.
"Are you trying to say that this is my fault? I told you to bloody well study, not do something monumentally stupid and send us Merlin only knows where with a stupid spell that you and Harry decided to try out without doing research. And on top of that, we were having a party; I know that you were not studying and that you were drinking. I was there! You always do stupid shit when you drink because you have no alcohol tolerance. What did YOU DO?" Several of the students around the hall winced as her voice rose with her anger. The teachers seemed to only be able to look on incredulously at the six new people standing in the great hall. This was the strangest thing they had ever seen
"It was just a spell, Mione. We found it in one of the books in the Library." Harry tried to smile at the girl that was glaring daggers at him.
"So you thought that it was a good idea to just cast a spell out of that library without checking to see what it would do?" At the messy haired boy's sheepish expression and the blonde's total avoidance of the question by looking at the ceiling, she growled. "What spell was it Harry?"
"Um, well, I think it was Ad alium se orbem terrarium, or something like that." Harry was now looking at the floor with a blush.
"You think? YOU THINK? That's bloody Latin for 'to another world' Harry." The girl began to smack the back of Harry's head with each word as she vented her anger. When the boy ducked behind one of the blond girls she turned her wrath on the blond boy that was still looking at the ceiling as if he had done nothing wrong. "And don't think that I don't know that you weren't right there egging him on you bloody ferret. It's always you two getting us into some horrible mess. I don't have my bag or anything and there is no way to get back home. Don't you ignore me Draco Malfoy." She then began to smack the boy on the back of his head as he had paid her absolutely no mind.
James was staring at the boy that looked like him as was Lucius Malfoy. Both were standing close enough to each other that they would glance at each other before looking back the new arrivals. When Hermione called the blond Draco Malfoy, both boys' eyes got wide as they tried to make sense of the identities of the two boys in front of them. The new comers were still ignoring the fact that they had landed in an occupied space
"Ow, Bloody hell Hermione." Draco ducked her next blow and caught her in his arms. "Hush Hermione. It will be ok."
"How can it be ok? You idiots have sent us to another dimension. We are stuck here and it's all your bloody fault." She mumbled this all into the chest of Draco as he held her and rubbed her back.
The blond girl with large eyes suddenly had a look of surprise as she gave a small yelp gaining the attention of the other dimension travelers. "Ew. The nargles here are orange. I don't like it. Neville, smack them." The dreamy blond pointed at the other two boys with a look of disgust on her face. The boy that they now knew was Neville simply stepped over and smacked both boys on the back of the head without hesitation before moving back towards the blond girl.
Severus Snape was standing beside Sirius Black as they watched the interaction between the newcomers. "What the hell is a nargel?"
Sirius just shrugged and continued to stare.
Both boys winced and said in unison. "Sorry Luna."
She gave a sniff and settled herself on the Gryffindor table. "You better hope that the others don't look like vomit. They are supposed to be blue, not orange." Neville settled beside her to rub her back comfortingly.
The other blond took a seat beside her with a sigh and a roll of her eyes. "Merlin. You people sure keep things interesting."
"Daphne, you should get used to it by now. We never have a dull moment." The third boy seemed to be the quietest and the calmest of males. The girl that was now known as Daphne just rolled her eyes again and flipped her hair over her shoulder.
The marauders, Lily, Severus and Lucius had all migrated closer together as the new comers continued to argue among themselves. A smaller version of Sirius squeezed between some older students to stand beside his brother and have a better look at what was going on. They were all too stunned to fight amongst themselves.
Everyone jumped when a small pop was heard and a then grumbling from a very irate house elf followed. Students from all houses blinked at the ancient house elf that began to take Harry to task. Sirius and Regulus felt like they were going to pass out.
"Bad Master Harry. Master Harry being bad at not taking his Kreacher with him to other world. Kreacher had to find Master Harry and Master Harry not being anywheres. Kreacher is binging having to use old elf magic to track his naughty Master Harry." The house elf stopped before Harry and looked up at the boy while shaking a finger at him. "Master Harry is not being leaving his Kreacher behind again or Master Harry is not being getting his treacle tart."
"Um, Reg? isn't that Kreacher? Our crazy house elf?" Sirius asked his little brother through the side of his mouth. His eyes felt like they were going to pop right out of his head at what he was seeing.
"Yep." Was the only thing Regulus said in reply.
"Oh Kreacher. Are you ok? I am glad you found us." Hermione removed herself from Draco's arms to address the house elf.
"Kreacher is being a good house elf. Kreacher be following his Master Harry even if he does not bes telling Kreacher where they bes going. Mistress Grangy, I bes packing everything and bring you yours bag." The elf held out a battered beaded bag to the girl who squealed and hugged the elf as she took her bag. Kreacher just bore the hug as if he had been hugged every day of his life much to the shock of the Blacks currently in the hall. Kreacher was not an elf that would allow hugs.
Luna smiled and looked around the table she was sitting on. "Oh look, pudding." She picked up a bowl and was about to take a bite when Kreacher took the bowl from her. Daphne just snickered into her hand.
"Bad Missy Loony. You not being eating this pudding. Kreacher bes bringing you your pudding." Sirius and Regulus' jaw dropped at the actions of their house elf. Kreacher made his way back over to Hermione and reached into her bag when she held it open for him. After a moment he leaned in and it looked like the bag was trying to gobble the elf up. Eyes of the teachers and students were locked on the bag that seemed to have massive amounts of space in it. "Here it bes Missy Loony." He handed her a plate of Chocolate cake and a glass of milk. The others soon sat down at the table and began to eat the cake that Kreacher laid out for them. The travelers finally began to look around the hall.
"Hey Pott Head." Draco said looking around while eating.
"Yeah ferret?"
"I see dead people." Milk came out of Harry's nose as Draco made his comment. Hermione just smacked Harry on the back of the head again.
"Harry, you have got to stop letting him watch muggle movies. He keeps quoting those at the most ridiculous times. Honestly, 'I see dead people. Luna, smack Draco, I can't reach." SMACK. Draco winced as his head was again smacked from behind. Neville just smiled and continued to eat cake. Out of all the boys, he was the least likely to be smacked by the girls. Life was good.
Up at the head of the Great Hall, Professor Dumbledore's eyes were thinking like mad as he looked at the travelers sitting at a table eating cake produced from a beaded handback and a crazy house elf. This is going to be a great year. He could not help but be amused and excited that there were dimensional travelers in his school.
"Well, welcome to Hogwarts." He said with arms open wide as if to embrace the travelers. The six newcomers looked up from their cake and then at each other before returning their gazes to the Headmaster. The boys all mumbled hello while Daphne, Luna and Hermione waved and smiled at the Headmaster. "So if I understand correctly, you have yet to take your NEWTs?" at the nods from the travelers he continued with enthusiasm. "Well, now that you are here, we will just get you sorted and you can continue your studies."
Once again the six looked at each other before nodding and standing as if this was no big deal. The girls made their way to the front of the hall with the boys trailing behind still holding their plates of cake. They held them protectively when Hermione gestured for them to put the plates down. No one in their right mind passed up Kreacher's chocolate cake. Kreacher followed the travelers and looked around at the students and teachers as if trying to gage whether or not they were a threat to his charges.
"Alright. Now you are all in seventh year, yes?" Again the newcomers nodded at the Headmaster. "Wonderful. Sit here on this stool and we will get you all sorted out." Turning to the hall he addressed the students that were still standing at the edges of the room. "Everyone head back to your tables. As you can see we have some dimensional travelers that will be staying with us as they will not be able to get back to their home world. They will be sorted and join you in your classes." Kreacher took the empty plate from Neville as he wondered up to the stool and took a seat. McGonagall handed the battered hat to the Headmaster looked at the boy on the stool. "State your name please."
"Neville Longbottom." A gasp was heard from a girl who was sitting beside Lily at the table. Her betrothed was a Longbottom and looked a lot like this young man.
There was no hesitation as the hat shouted "Gryffindor." Neville removed the hat and handed it back to the headmaster as he made his way to the Gryffindor table and took a seat. Kreacher popped away and reappeared with a plate of sandwiches for the boy who smiled at the elf.
"Er, your elf does not have to bring you food. We will be having a feast here in a moment." Dumbledore stated with a bemused look at the house elf.
The house elf turned to the Headmaster and shook his finger at the old man. "No one else bes serving my Master Harry or his family. I serve Master Harry and Master Nev, and Mistress Grangy and Mistress Loony and Master Ferret and Mistress Daphy. No one else is being serving my humans." The headmaster and students blinked at the ranting elf.
"Yeah," Harry said from his place beside the others. "Kreacher is a bit possessive of us." He took another bite of his cake. Regulus and Sirius looked like they had been hit with a bludgers to the head. That would be the only reason that they would be seeing their crazy house elf serve someone with such devotion. Even Regulus had never been argued over like this.
"Um, alright then." Dumbledore seemed to be at a loss as well. He had never been taken to task by a house elf before. "Who will be sorted next." Luna walked over and took her seat. "Your name"
"Luna Lovegood." Her voice was dreamy and she seemed to be staring at something on the wall as she waited to be sorted.
The hat again wasted no time in shouting out the chosen house. "Ravenclaw." Once again Kreacher popped out again only to appear with a plate of sandwiches and more cake. Those at her table noticed that their seemed to be bits of radishes in her sandwiches and would crunch when she took a bite.
The girl who answered to Daphne glided up to the stool and sat gracefully as she waited to be sorted. "Daphne Greengrass." The hat was placed on her head for only a moment before shouting "Slytherin."
Hermione took a seat on the stool next and said with confidence. "Hermione Granger." This time the hat took a moment to deliberate placement for the new student.
While waiting for the hat to call out a house for the new girl, Regulus whispered to Lucius. "Granger. Do you know any Grangers Malfoy?" Lucius could only shake his head. "But Kreacher would never serve someone who was not pureblood." Regulus turned bewildered eyes back to the front of the hall in time to hear the hat call "Ravenclaw." Hermione grinned and made her way to sit beside Luna. Kreacher soon placed a plate with veggies and grilled cheese sandwiches before the witch.
Draco Malfoy handed his now empty plate to Kreacher before sauntering to the stool to take a seat. He raised one brow at the students in front of him and drawled. "Draco Malfoy."
The hat wasted no time in calling Slytherin. Draco turned his smirk towards Harry before making his way to the Slytherin table where Kreacher provided him with a plate that held a meat pie and some rice and gravy. Three Slytherins were craning their necks to get a good look at the new Malfoy. Lucius was trying not to show how shocked he was.
Harry could not help but smirk back at Draco as he made his way to the stool. Dumbledore gave him an encouraging smile as he took his seat and called out his name.
"Harry Potter-Black." He had been blood adopted by his godfather when he was a baby and had not found out until after the war. Once he found out that his godfather had made him his heir and had adopted him he added the Black to his name so that he could honor his heritage from both his parents and godfather. James, Sirius, and Regulus all seemed to choke on air when the messy haired boy said his name.
The hat was placed on his head and there was a short moment of quiet as the hat deliberated. Harry just continued to smirk. The hall was silent as the hat called out the final house for the Travelers. "Slytherin." Harry continued to smirk as he made his way to the Slytherin table to take his place next to Draco. Harry received a plate that had grilled cheese and tomato soup from his house elf.
"Ah, now that our new students are settled, let the feast begin." With a clap of his hands food appeared on the tables before the other students. Daphne, Draco and Harry continued to eat that which Kreacher had provided at the Slytherin table. Lucius poked the student that was between him and the new people until the boy huffed and moved further down the table. Lucius, Severus, and Regulus all slid down so that they could see the newcomers clearly.
"Who are you people?" Regulus covered his mouth when he realized that he had blurted out the question in a completely Griffindorish way.
Draco just smirked. "I thought that was pretty self-explanatory. I am Draco Malfoy and this is Harry Potter-Black." Harry waived his fork in the other boy's general direction.
"I don't think that is what he meant." Severus raised one brow at the blond boy that had the exact same smirk as his longtime friend. All three Slytherins jumped a little when they were interrupted by the other travelers. Other houses had never come to sit at the Slytherin table before.
"Budge up a bit there yeah?" Neville pulled Luna down with him between Severus and Regulus. Both just stared at the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw that were sitting happily beside them. Severus blinked at the girl who glanced at Kreacher before quickly using her fork to steal some of his cake from his plate.
"Don't let Kreacher see you do that Luna. You know how he gets." Hermione said as she settled between Draco and Harry.
"I know Hermione, but it is cake." Luna smiled as if that explained everything. The travelers had brought their plates to the table so that they could all eat together. The Slytherins were further surprised when the Marauders came over and sat down at the table too along with a brown haired girl with a round face that was pulling a reluctant Lily. Apparently their curiosity was stronger than their hatred of all things Slytherin. They did not even glance at the Slytherins but sat down while keeping their eyes fixed on the travelers. The six new comers just smiled at the Gryffindors that had made their way to the Slytherin table.
"Um, nope. I don't care." Regulus turned his attention away from his brother that had settled right beside him and turned back to the travelers. "So again I ask. Who are you people?"
"Well," Harry looked up from his plate. "That is sort of complicated."
"How is it complicated?" James spoke up from beside Lucius.
"Well, what happened was this." Neville spoke up with a blush. "We all got drunk a few weeks ago, and did a blood adoption ritual and adopted each other as siblings. Except for Draco and Hermione of course; which would be just strange since those two are always snogging every time we turn around. Our names are some combination of Black, Lovegood, Potter, Malfoy, Granger, Greengrass, and Longbottom." Lucius was now looking intently between Hermione and Draco.
Crickets could be heard as the nine students that had settled around the newcomers blinked at the travelers.
"I'm sorry, What?" Severus's tone conveyed to the travelers how irritated he was getting. This caused all six of them to snicker. Apparently some things were the same in every world.
"What he means is that being drunk and having wands and potions available are a headache." Hermione spoke up with a smile at the dark haired boy. "I have our names and the order of titles listed down somewhere. But honestly, it's just easier to drop the extra. Oh and I guess the titles will change since some of you are still alive in this world which will be so much easier. Right now we are just picking a title at random since there are about twenty or twenty five titles between us. You people still being alive will make the paperwork so much easier. We will have to go to Gringotts eventually to sort that out. Do you think they will let us in Harry?" she said to the boy beside her who just shrugged and looked at Draco for an answer.
"I don't see why they won't let you in. It's not like you broke in, robbed, and set a dragon free at this one. We are probably good to go."
Again, the travelers received looks of disbelief from their tablemates. Regulus looked at Sirius and whispered "Did that make since?" Sirius just shook his head. "Not just me then." He looked relived that he had not gone crazy.
"…What?" Lily spoke up from her place beside Alice who had chosen to sit next to Daphne when she dragged Lily to the Slytherin table to find out about the new Longbottom boy.
"Well, This one time, at band camp…" Draco flinched as Hermione smacked the back of his head before he could finish the sentence.
"Harry!" Hermione was clearly not happy at the two boys.
"It's not my fault he keeps quoting them Hermione. Besides it was a funny movie." Harry ducked and leaned into Daphne just in case she tried to hit him too.
"It is your fault. You keep letting him watch them."
"Um…What?" This time it was Remus that asked the question. He was sitting on the other side of Draco.
Luna spoke up as she again stole a bite of Severus's cake. She looked at Remus and asked in her dreamy voice. "Do you know if the Wrackspurts are light green here? The nargles are not blue and I don't want to be surprised." Severus was still blinking at the blond beside him that kept stealing bites of his cake. She looked expectantly at Remus who just blinked back at her.
"Alright, one more time." Regulus said with exasperation. "Who are you people?"
Draco and Harry looked at each other over the top of Hermione's head and sighed in unison. "Alright alright. I will start then yeah?" Draco got happy nods from the confused nine students that had been trying to get information from them. "I am Draco Lucius Malfoy. I was born on June 5th 1980. Apparently time in this dimension time is slower that our own." Hermione nodded at this. Draco pointed at a startled Lucius. "This is my Father. Uncle Sev here is my godfather. Mother is, well, oh there she is." He pointed down the table to Narcissa Black who paused with a spoon halfway to her lips. She blinked at being the center of attention from the crowed around the newcomers. When she processed that one of the boys from the other dimension was her son, she looked at her plate for a moment before standing and making her way to sit beside her cousin Sirius. Sirius looked at with a question in his eyes.
She gave a delicate shrug and said "Family is everything." He nodded since this is something that all Blacks are taught from the cradle. Narcissa made a motion of her hand to indicate that Draco should continue telling them about himself.
"What else about me? Hum…well I like Quidditch and play seeker but like the position of chaser better if I am being honest. Oh and this is my girlfriend Hermione." He smiled warmly down at the girl as he tossed an arm over her shoulders to draw her in close. All attention shifted to the girl with the curly brown hair.
"Hello." She gave a wave to the table as she introduced herself. "I am Hermione Jean Granger. I was born September 19th1979. I don't really know what else to say really."
"Granger." Lucius said with a sneer. "Are you a mudblood?"
Before anyone had a chance to say anything to the arrogant blond, Kreacher popped beside him and dumped a pitcher of pumpkin juice on the boys head. As Lucius sputtered and the Gryffindor's laughed Kreacher wagged his long finger in the face of the blond. Draco hid his face in Hermione's hair as he laughed at his father's predicament.
"You is not to bes calling Mistress Grangy names. Mistress Grangy should turn nasty boy in to a slug so that Kreacher can…"
"Kreacher?" Kreacher stopped mid threat to look at Hermione. "Do you think you could find some strawberry's Kreacher? You know they are my favorite."
Kreacher blinked at the girl before nodding and popping out to get the strawberries. When he placed a bowl next to Hermione, he gave one final glare to the blond across the table before popping away again. The students and teachers in the Great Hall had all stopped conversation to watch the antics of the house elf. Everyone had been trying to listen in to learn about the newcomers.
Hermione picked up a strawberry and bit into it before passing the bowl to Harry. "He is very protective of those he considers his. But yes. I am the first witch of my bloodline."
Lucius finally recovered enough to cast a quick cleaning charm at himself to get rid of the pumpkin juice.
"That's another thing you can explain." Sirius goggled from his seat.
Harry nodded and passed the strawberries over to Daphne who was sitting beside him. The bowl would continue to be passed through the group. "I guess I am next then. I am Harry James Potter-Black. I was born July 31st 1980. James is my dad." James began to beam. "Sirius is my godfather; he blood adopted me when I was a baby so that I could be his heir or something." Sirius seemed to puff up with pride. "And my mum is Lily Evans. Hey Mum." Harry smirked as Lily squeaked from the other side of Alice and looked at the messy haired boy with wide eyes. He had her eyes. She smiled at him around her friend who was looking back and forth between them. James was almost bouncing in his seat.
"Do you hear that Pads? I marry Lily. I marry Lily." Lucius inched away from the bouncing Potter as if he thought the bouncing was contagious. Severus gave a small wince.
Daphne sighed as she looked around the group. "I am Daphne Selene Greengrass. I was born August 4th 1980. My parents are Athena Flint and Hector Greengrass. They should have already graduated. I am not sure how I got caught up with this lot other than I make questionable decisions when I drink. So now I am suck with a large crazy family that drags me to other dimensions."
Hermione snickered. "You love it. You are just mad that we never got to the Karaoke. We will continue our party later Daph. And you can still go shopping on Draco and Harry's Galleon since you beat them in poker." Daphne gave a pleased grin at this while Harry and Draco whimpered. The marauders and Slytherins blinked at the interaction between the newcomers.
Neville cleared his throat. "Me next then. Well. I am Neville Augustus Longbottom. I was born the same day as Harry here. July 31st. My mum is Alice sitting over there." Neville grinned and waved at the young version of his mother. "And my dad is Frank Longbottom."
Everyone looked at the blond that was sitting between Neville and Severus. She was still stealing bites of his cake. "Hummmm. I am Luna Pandora Lovegood. My parents are Xenophilius Lovegood and Pandora Scamander. I was born on February 13th 1980. I like pudding." She finished by taking another bite of Severus's cake. He continued to blink down at her as if she was a creature that he had never seen before.
"There you have it. That is who we are." Draco smirked and took a drink of water.
"So." Regulus did not seem to be satisfied with the introductions. "So um…"
"What is the deal with Kreacher?" Sirius just jumped in with his question causing Regulus to nod. This was information that he also wanted the answer too.
Hermione smiled. "Kreacher became very possessive after the battle of Hogwarts. And then his possessiveness carried over to all of us when we adopted each other. Kreacher is kind of hard to explain."
"Battle of Hogwarts?" This was whispered across the hall but was sputtered from an incredulous James.
"What the hell?" No one could tell if Severus was commenting about the battle of Hogwarts comment or if he was just responding to the blond that had now snuggled up to him and placed her head on his shoulder. He could not seem to take his eyes off of the small blond that was now plastered to his side. His classmates were blinking at the odd sight.
Daphne and Hermione giggled at each other from either side of Harry. "Someone is trying to get detention." The two girls dissolved into giggling heaps while the boys in the group of travelers winced. Harry could be heard mumbling "Bad images, bad images." While Draco just rolled his eyes.
"Detention?" Severus finally looked up from the blond to look at the others around him, but looked back down when there was a dreamy reply of "yes please," from his shoulder. The other two girls just giggled harder.
James huffed. "Why was there a Battle of Hogwarts?" He wanted answers. People around the hall leaned in so that they would be able to hear the answer to his question.
Harry just sighed. "Well if you want to know what happened, it is a long story."
Neville spoke up from across the table. "It is too long to get into tonight. We will tell you tomorrow. After we get some sleep and make a run to Gringotts." While the rest of the travelers nodded, the other students just blinked at the quiet boy. He has spoken with such a firm voice that they were having trouble with the obvious strength of will that he showed.
The dinner tables were now cleared and the Headmaster stood to address the students since it appeared that he would not be hearing anything more on this night. "Well the excitement will continue tomorrow. Let us all make our way to our beds. New students please follow your prefects."
The travelers stood and told the students around them that they already had arrangements for themselves. The Slytherins and Gryffindors just blinked at the travelers when they told them that they would not be joining them in the dorms. Most of them had the same question running across their minds. Where the hell are they going?
One of the Slytherins, however, was sighing internally as he received a very firm hug from a blond. He patted her back awkwardly as he looked at his friends with confusion. They just smirked at his predicament.
She looked up at the dark haired boy and smiled in her dreamy way. "Goodnight Severus.
"Er. Goodnight." She beamed at his reply before skipping after the travelers as they meandered out of the hall.
Everyone stared at the empty doors to the Great Hall for a moment before the Headmaster cleared his throat and gestured for the rest of the students to be on their way. They would learn more about the travelers tomorrow.
The Headmaster stood in the now empty hall with twinkling eyes. This is going to be very interesting indeed.
