Chapter 1: The Time Turner

On the outskirts of the small town of Ottery St. Catchpole, if one looked closely, they would find a large, lopsided house that looked as though the only thing which could keep it standing was magic. Inside of the house, there lived a group of the oddest amalgamation of people. A majority of these people were obviously related - with red hair and freckles, it would be hard to mistake each of them as anything other than a Weasley. But others were not as easily recognizable. For example, in the kitchen, with the rest of the adult women, stood a tall black woman who seemed to be built of nothing but muscle. Likely she was, as she had been a chaser for the Holyhead Harpies since the year 1998. Next to her stood another woman, equally as noticeable in the sea of redheads surrounding her, with silvery-blonde hair and deep blue eyes as well as a miniscule frame. Next to her was a younger girl who looked as though she could be her daughter. This young girl was holding a baby boy, no more than three months old, whose hair was changing colour as each new woman talked to him.

Yes. The Burrow was filled with the most diverse group of people on the afternoon of August 31, 2023. It was the day the first of September, so the Weasleys and Potters, as well as close family friends, had decided it would be good to celebrate the return of the younger children to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, just as they had done since Teddy Lupin's first year at the school. Teddy, however, was long out of school, and at this point, every member of the next generation of Potters and Weasleys was either in school or had finished. This year was rather important, as it was time for the biggest class of Potters and Weasleys to enter their seventh and final year of Hogwarts. Albus Potter and his cousins Rose, Dominique, and Roxanne Weasley were all ready to finish Hogwarts, excited to start on the new paths that they had planned for themselves after their NEWTs were finished. Rose planned to study to be a Healer after her seventh year, having already been accepted into the training program at St. Mungo's, a grand achievement as she has yet to finish her NEWTs. Dominique desired to become an Unspeakable in the Department of Mysteries, a career that promised to be full of excitement, and Roxanne wished to follow in her Uncle Charlie's footsteps and become a dragon trainer. Albus, however, had no idea of what it was he wanted to do after Hogwarts. His entire life had been devoted to school since he was a boy, and now that it would no longer be, he wasn't sure what to pursue instead.

The four Weasley-Potters were not the only ones in the Burrow about to enter their seventh year. No, Albus Potter, who had been sorted into Slytherin his first year, had brought along his best friend today, just as he had since the summer before his second year. Scorpius Malfoy was nothing like his father had been in school. Where the senior Malfoy had been a purist, Scorpius liked to think of himself as rather accepting of any sort of wizard or witch; where his father had been sly and conniving, Scorpius was rather forward and did not hesitate to help others when necessary; where Draco Malfoy had been a bratty child, Scorpius was grateful for all that he had. Scorpius Malfoy was, in fact, one of the nicest people anyone had ever met, and if that weren't enough, he was definitely one of the most attractive ones. All of the Weasley-Potters thought so - well, almost all of them. Ronald Bilius Weasley wanted nothing to do with the boy, and his daughter held the same view. It was not helped that Rose believed Scorpius had stolen her best friend from her in first year, even though the three were always together when Rose wasn't with her roommates. In fact, the trio had been likened to the next Golden Trio. However, this moniker had no effect on the feelings Rose had toward Scorpius. She could not stand the sight of the boy, which was truly disappointing as she had to see him in order to see her favorite cousin.

Scorpius, for the life of him, could not figure out why Rose disliked him so much. It was a misfortune that she did not like him at all, as he had been bonkers about her since he saw her from across the platform in their first year. He can still recall thinking that she looked like a real-life princess from a storybook, with rosy-red hair that fell to her waist and the brightest blue eyes anyone had ever seen. She had only become more attractive as the years progressed, but Scorpius could never seem to get on her good side.

In fact, just now as he was thinking about how beautiful she was, she was yelling at him for something he did not, in fact, do.

"I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU, MALFOY! WHY AL WOULD EVER EVEN CONSIDER BECOMING YOUR FRIEND IS BEYOND ME!" Rose was blaming Scorpius for the large stain that was now being vigorously scrubbed off her white shirt by Lucy Weasley, the youngest of the Weasley clan at thirteen years old. See, a few moments prior, Scorpius and Al had been messing around, playing with their celebratory cake, as teenage boys do. Scorpius didn't mean to hit Rose with the chocolate piece of cake that he flung from his fork. He really hadn't. He was aiming at Albus, who had previously gotten Scorpius in the face with his chocolate ammunition.

While Rose continued to scream at Scorpius for ruining her favorite shirt, upstairs there were three boys who were acting rather suspicious. James Sirius Potter, lovingly called Jamie by his family and friends, was standing with his two best mates, Freddie Weasley and Frankie Longbottom. The three boys, along with Jo Thomas, Dean and Parvati Thomas's daughter, had graduated from Hogwarts the year prior, and the boys were eager to play a devastating prank on their younger cousins, as they wouldn't be able to wreak havoc on them all year while the children were at school.

"I found it yesterday, boys. What do you think?" Jamie was saying to the other two. The day before, Jamie had found a rather interesting device in his father's office desk. The three boys gathered around the interesting device, not having any clue what it was. "I figure if we hook it onto a dungbomb, it'll break open and cover them all in glitter, as well as the dungbomb making them smell rather horrid."

The two other boys thought the idea was interesting, but Frankie, always having been the brains in the trio, was skeptical, "Jamie, how do we know that isn't laced with some sort of horrible magic that could kill them all?"

Jamie, having not thought of that as an option, looked down, considering. After a while, he managed to come up with an answer, "My dad wouldn't leave anything lying around that could potentially harm us. After all, he knows how often we get into his stuff. I mean, surely he knew we'd had the map for the past seven years."

Frankie, appeased by the answer, smiled. "Well, then, what are we waiting for? Let's do it!"

The three boys snuck down the stairs to hide under them when they pulled off their prank. By this time, Scorpius was fighting Rose back on her accusations, as he could never sit still and let her yell at him. Arguing with her was far too much fun to do that. Victoire, having left her son, Remi, in the kitchen with the adult women, was vehemently attempting to break the fight up. None of the adults ever bothered when Rose and Scorpius began fighting, as they had all deemed it a lost cause. Victoire, however, was quite sick of their childish antics and wanted them to stop yelling so that Remi could have his nap.

Seeing it was a perfect distraction, Freddie, who was closest to the commotion, released the dungbomb with the device strapped to it. Going almost perfectly to plan, the device exploded, leaving the cousins, all of which had gathered in the family room to watch the Rose and Scorpius show, covered in golden dust. Unfortunately, Jamie, Freddie, and Frankie were all covered as well, but they didn't seem to mind as they stepped out from behind their hiding spot to laugh at the shocked looks on their family's faces.

Just as Rose was about to turn her yelling onto the trio of boys, with Victoire ready to join her in this round, the entire Clan, as they so lovingly referred to themselves, vanished in a great big flash of light.

A/N: Please read and review! I'm hoping to update every day (if possible) because I know how impatient I get! ?

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