Avalon, The Battle of Avalon, 998 AD

Merlin's forces had overtaken most of the island. Now it had come down to a final stand by Morgana's army against Merlin's forces; the so called "Order of Wizards" and the Knights of the Round Table led by King Arthur. Morgan couldn't believe that even her enemy, the wizard Merlin would use filthy Muggles like Arthur and his rogues to fight her. She knew that the Muggles would simply turn on them after winning the battle. Morgan's only wish was that she could be there to see the alliance fall apart. Even as she knew this fact as surely as she knew the sun would rise over her island the next morning she also knew her followers couldn't stop the two armies.

From inside the top tower of the castle she watched her army fighting honorably against the enemy. They were killing large numbers of Merlin's forces with deadly curses but for every one of the enemy killed two more seemed to rise up.

"Lady Le Fay," came a voice from the door to her room.

"Enter handmaiden," Morgan demanded.

The handmaiden did so. She looked unsure of herself.

"Milady our forces are about to be defeated," she said.

"Yes I can well see that," Morgan said.

"Well with all due respect shouldn't we flee?" she asked.

"Selene," Morgan said as she walked over to her and caressed her hair.

"Do you not look like me?" she asked.

"Yes milady, you asked me to dye my hair and dress in your garb," Sellene said.

"Yes and you have the same body type, I've been slimming you down with smaller food portions," said Morgan. "And you have the same eyes," she said.

"Milady I do not understand," Selene said.

"Oh Selene," said Morgan. "You'll look like me when I kill you," she said.

Before Selene could run, Morgan pointed her wand at Selene and said "Avada Kedavra."

Jet green light came from Morgan's wand and Selene's scream was cut short as her life was ended. Morgan looked down to see the Knights had broken down the door and were entering the castle. She supposed the time had come. She opened her cabinet and took out her prize. It was a Time- Turner modified to go forwards in time. It had always been her failsafe, her backup plan. The enemy would think that she had committed suicide upon seeing her kingdom fall. Merlin and Arthur's arrogance would keep them from seeing that the dead woman was not in fact Morgan Le Fay. Morgan took a deep breath. It had to be done. If she couldn't rule the past she would have to rule the future. She took a deep breath and turned the Time- Turner.

12 Grimmauld Place, 2020

Albus shook Lily awake. She rubbed her eyes and sat up. What could possibly be important enough to wake Lily up early in the morning during the summer?

"Lily wake up, it's my birthday," he said.

Oh right she had promised to wake up early for Albus' birthday. Lily needed to stop making promises she couldn't (or didn't want to) keep.

"Five minutes," she said groggily.

"Come on Lily," Albus protested.

Lily said a muffled "Fine" and got up, yawning. She walked downstairs with Albus.

"I think it's unnatural that a fourteen year old is so excited about his birthday," said Lily.

"Hey this is important, I'm fourteen. At Hogwarts its my transition year from being an underclassmen to an upperclassmen," he explained.

"You have a reason every birthday is important," Lily said grumpily.

The two siblings walked down to find Harry already woken up. He went over to Albus. He ruffled his hair.

"How's my birthday boy?" he asked.

"Great dad," said Albus smiling. "I can't wait to go to Diagon Alley," he said.

Lily left the two to talk when the newspaper headline caught her eye.

"Dad, Hogwarts has a new headmaster?" Lily inquired.

Harry looked up from his conversation with Albus.

"Yeah, Aurora Sinistra is taking over as headmistress," he explained.

It hadn't been surprising when old Headmaster Slughorn had retired at the end of the year. He had been going on 100 and was getting very forgetful. Lily was surprised that the Astronomy Professor had gotten the job but wasn't too upset. The professor was cold but not mean and Lily didn't have a problem with her. Lily yawned again. She needed a good cup of tea.

"So how do you think your new headmistress will be?" Harry asked Albus.

Albus shrugged. "She's okay I guess, a bit strict but I guess she would be responsible," he explained.

"Maybe okay for you," said James.

Lily's fifteen- year old brother walked in standing tall with his trademark messy hair that girls at Hogwarts went gaga over. He was much bigger than Albus who had his hair neatly combed and was skinny and fairly short. As she filled the kettle Lily watched as James calmly strode over to the kitchen table.

"As I was saying she might be okay for a grade- grind like you…" he started.

"James stop insulting your brother," Harry demanded.

"Yeah sorry," he apologized. "What I meant was that I'd rather have an old snooze like Slughorn when I'm pulling one of my pranks then someone "responsible" like Sinistra," he explained.

"You don't want to get in trouble you mean?" Lily asked as she poured the water, which had been heating on the stove, from the kettle into a cup.

"Precisely," said James ginning.

"If what you did with Slughorn in charge was not getting in trouble I'd hate to see what this year is like," said Albus.

"Yeah well not everyone can be perfect you little git," said James.

"Oh yeah," Albus shot back.

The two brothers proceeded to start a pointless argument. As Harry tried to break it up Lily took out the tea bag she had put in and stirred in milk and sugar.

"Boys stop," Harry pleaded.

"OY STOP BOTH OF YOU!" came the booming voice of Ginerva Weasley who looked like a mess, most likely comig straight from bed.

The two boys ceased fighting. Lily's mother Ginny Weasley had an effect on her children that demanded total respect from them. Her yell was a key part of that effect.

"Happy birthday Albus," she said calmly. "But you two are seriously way too old to still be having a sibling rivalry," she said.

"Sorry," they both mumbled.

"By the way James you should wish your brother a happy birthday," Harry said.

"Sure, I love when Albus' birthday comes around," said James.

"Really?" Lily asked in between sips of tea.

"Yeah I love going to Diagon Alley," said James.

Lily had to admit she liked that part of Albus' birthday too. Since Albus' birthday was so close to the start of the school year, the whole family got to go to Diagon Alley for school supplies. Most years for her that had just been going to the candy store and to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. But this year even though she would have to get school supplies for the second year she was going with a friend.

"We're meeting Jane at the Leaky Cauldron, Lily," Harry said as if on cue.

"Great," said Lily. Since she had met Jane Macmillan the year before she had become one of her best friends along with Seth Thomas.

After everyone got dressed, ate breakfast and took showers they went to the fireplace with some Floo powder. Lily was the last in line.

"The Leaky Cauldron," she said as she jumped into the fire.

She fell out onto the wood floor of the big pub. She looked up to see the rest of her family standing up and Professor Longbottom's wife Hannah tending the bar. Ginny and Hannah were already talking to each other.

"So I heard with Sinistra taking over, Neville is now Deputy Headmaster," said Ginny.

"Yeah, he's really moving up the ranks," said Hannah.

Just then Lily heard a familiar voice behind her.

"Nice seeing you again, Potter," said Jane.

"It's good to see you showed up Macmillan," said Lily in mock snobbery.

They both burst out laughing.

"So you heard about Sinistra taking over?" asked Jane.

"Yeah, you here about Avalon?" asked Lily.

"You mean it being flooded? Yeah. I don't much care though," she snorted.

"Why not?" Lily asked.

"It's just a dumpy island. No one lives on it, so who cares if it's going underwater?" Jane asked.

"But it's where one of the most famous battles of all time took place. It's sad to see rich history go to waste," Lily pointed out.

"You sound like Seth," Jane said.

"Where do you think I got the news from?" Lily asked.

Jane snickered.

"Lily lets go!" said Harry and the Potter family along with Jane and her dad stepped out onto Diagon Alley.

As the family walked down the street there was a fair amount of pointing and staring. Lily was used to it, she had dealt with it her entire life. That was how it was when you were the daughter of the man who defeated Lord Voldemort. Harry was a living legend in the Wizarding World. Lily, Jane and Seth had also gained brief fame for their adventures the year before. But the public just knew that they had helped capture a Death Eater, no details. In the high paced media of the Wizarding World this had become old news.

"What're we getting for school supplies?" asked Jane.

"First we need new textbooks for Charms," said Lily.

The girls spent the rest of the day getting supplies from their list. The two finally ended up in Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Jane had been particularly captivated, by the upgraded Extendable Ears. Lily couldn't afford it now but remembered to put it on her list for Christmas. The day had gone great until they headed back to the Leaky Cauldron to head home.

Lily had fallen behind the rest of the group when she heard two shadowy figures talking.

"Yes they're very intelligent, genetically engineered," one voice said.

"They'll work well I think," said a lower voice.

"Good, the Dark Lady will be pleased with us," said the first voice.

Those words made Lily's blood run cold. She remembered that Alecto Carrow had mentioned the Dark Lady in the Forest last year. If she actually existed… Lily didn't want to think about it. She walked in the direction she had heard the voices but the two figures had disappeared.