15th July, 2021.

All was quiet in the Weasley household. Hugo and his father, Ron Weasley, were sat at the chess table once again. Hugo was slowly winning, and Ron knew it. Hugo was planning his next attack while Ron was studying his own pieces, wondering how he could win back this match. To the rest of the world, Hermione Weasley and Ginny Potter seemed to be having a silent conversation, only their lips moving. They were actually discussing the plans of Harry's 40th birthday party. They'd been forced, much to Hermiones' annoyance, under the Muffliato Charm by Ron and Hugo, who wanted silence during their games.

James Potter, Hugo's older cousin and George Weasley were the only ones who actually seemed as interested in the game as Hugo and Ron themselves. Neither of them had a particular interest in the game, as all of the family knew, but they'd just put bets on who was going to win. They did it every time George visited, although they had to keep it secret from either of the two witches. Because if they knew, they'd hit the roof, especially Ginny. And everyone in the Weasley and Potter family knew not to annoy Ginny.

Lily Luna Potter, James' younger sister wasn't really interested in the game either. In fact, she was bored out of her mind. She couldn't concentrate on the book she had in front of her either. But she had to put up with it because she was on duty. The Golden Trio – Rose Weasley, Albus Potter, and Scorpius Malfoy – were upstairs planning something of their own, and herself Hugo and James had been told that under no circumstances could the adults go upstairs.

Back at the chess game, Hugo smirked slightly and moved his bishop two steps up the board towards Ron's pieces, "Checkmate." And sure enough, Ron's king was cornered. Ron put his head in his hands and George jumped up and cheered for Hugo. Ron, Hugo and James rolled their eyes. He was forty-two and still up to his old tricks.

The two witched realised the game was over and dropped the charm, much to Hermione's relief, she still wasn't used to that charm. The bushy haired witch stood up, "I'm going to make dinner now. Ginny, George, You staying?"

"Aye, might as well," George said. "Angelina has taken Fred and Roxanne to their Grandmothers in Ireland, she won't be back until later."

"And Harry won't be back until around nine tonight," Ginny said. "I'll help in the kitchen."

"Ron, make yourself useful and lay the table will you?"

Ron groaned but followed the two witches into the kitchen anyway. James quickly took the empty seat across from Hugo, who raised a suspicious eyebrow at his cousin. George, having won a Galleon on the bet, was now lounging quite happily on the sofa, reading the Daily Prophet, not bothered about James' schemes. Lily, however, was also watching her brother suspiciously too. It was common knowledge that the only way James Potter could ever beat Hugo was when he cheated.

"Only if you play fair, James," his younger cousin warned him, rearranging his pieces.

"Of course Hugo," James said innocently. "Let's start."

"Are you sure about this?" Scorpius asked, sitting furthest away from the mess of nut and bolts.

"Look Scorpius. We have Dad's old Potions book with the notes in."

"Which wasn't actually his.." Scorpius added. Albus looked over at him and sighed.

"Dad said all the spells he tried from this book always worked, 100%," Albus said. "And if I'm named after him, he must be a good wizard. We have Rosie's brains. And your knowledge of the Dark Arts."

"Legal DarkISH Arts!"

"What can go wrong?" Albus continued as if the blonde hadn't spoken.

"A whole lot," Scorpius muttered."

"And we got the tools from Grandad Arthur. They're Muggle tools so they're safe and won't have curses on them," Rose grinned. "Plus, you said you trust Grandad."

"I do...But," the blonde muttered.

"But nothing," Albus said. "If we invent this, we'll be millionaires!"

"And it will give us infinite time to study," Rose said.

"But guys! We aren't actually inventing anything. A Time Turner already exists," Scorpius whined.

"But this isn't just a Time Turner. Time Turners are limited. Plus if this goes right, time in the present will freeze, so we can spend as much time as we want in the past or future! We could call it the Time Turner 2.0!"

"And no one will figure out we ever went anywhere," Rose smiled.

"And you're sure it will work?"

"Scorpius, you trust me don't you?" Albus asked, his green eyes suddenly serious.

"Of course I do, you know I do," the blonde replied. "You know I do. I just don't want it to go wrong. I don't want either of you two hurt."

"You worry too much," Rose grinned. "Al, is it nearly done?"

"It'll be done as soon as I get this part on," Albus said adjusting a plastic object.

"What is it?" Scorpius asked.

"Muggles can leave their money in the bank and pay for things on a plastic card. They put the card in this, enter a passcode and the money goes out of the bank."

"That's lazy," Scorpius said. "Why not just go to the bank?"

"It's just the Muggles. They're really into their technology, Mum says," Rose said.

Albus bolted the main compartments together, retrieved the Half-Blood Princes book – now more battered than ever – and a book which Scorpius 'borrowed' from Malfoy Manor called "The Not-S-Dark Arts" from his rucksack and began looking for the spells needed.

"Ah, here," the wizard said before attempting a very complex spell. The trio thought he must've pronounced it wrong because all the contraption did was fall to pieces, as the credit card machine shut down. The three teenagers stared at it for a moment before they heard shouting from downstairs.

"...James," the three said in unison.

"Wow he must have done something really bad to piss off both Hugo AND Lily," Albus groaned.

They heard someone thundering up the stairs as a girls voice shouted, "James, get back here NOW!"

James burst into Roses room and dived under the bed, "Don't let her get me."

"What did you do to her?"

But before James could answer, two more faces appeared at the door. An annoyed Hugo, and a livid – and soaked to the skin – Lily. Lily didn't get angry often, but when she did? Everyone knew she was almost as bad as her mother. And THAT was bad.

Lily rushed to the bed and grabbed one of James' legs and tried pulling him out from under it. Everyone else joined in, knowing it would be well worth watching Lily take revenge on her 17 year old, 6ft 4 brother.

Unknown to everyone else, the 'time machine' now started to glow an emerald green colour, almost like a portkey.

James surrendered, and everyone returned to their places, Lily sat next to Rose and Hugo next to Albus. James managed to get out from under the bed, despite his tall frame in the small, crowded bedroom. He tried to make a run for it but ended up tripping over Scorpius, landing face first on top of everyone, his hand on top of the glowing, Muggle objects where he'd attempted to break his fall.

15th July, 1995.

Six teenagers were sat silently outside the kitchen door of 12 Grimmauld Place. Fred, George, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were all clutching Extendable Ears, trying to listen in on today's Order Meeting.

CRASH!

"Oh, That will be Tonks," Molly sighed from the kitchen. "Late as well as clumsy."

Molly opened the door and almost fainted from what she saw. She Harry, Ron, Hermione, The Twins and Ginny all looking in shock at another set of teenagers in the hallway. It was obvious from the way they were all trying to clamber over each other that they were the source of the crash. It was also obvious that these new teenagers were in some way related to the people already here.

"Hey.. Molly, I'm already here," Tonks said from the kitchen.