Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, or anything connected to it.

A/N: This is my first multi-chapter fic (I have three one-shots), so, please, be gentle. Reviews are welcome, flames aren't. Constructive criticism is prized.

I will update every Saturday – don't worry, I already have all the chapters typed up. Enjoy!

The Past and Future

Chapter One: An Unexpected Turn of Events

Friday, January 30th, 1981

James, Lily, Sirius and Remus were sitting around the table at the headquarters of the order of the phoenix and talking quietly to their friends, waiting for the rest to get there.

When they were all there, Dumbledore called the meeting to order.

"Are all present?" he asked.

James spoke up. "Sir, Peter has to take care of his mother, he's sorry he couldn't come."

Dumbledore looked at him over his half-moon spectacles. "I trust you four will fill him in, someplace you cannot be overheard?"

"Yes sir, we will." Sirius said.

"Very well, anyone else missing?" he looked around at each one of them.

Silence.

"Well, our plans for the next week or so are—" he was cut off mid-sentence by a loud thud and several muffled voices.

As one, the order all stood up and pointed their wands in the direction the noise came from.

The thing that had made the noise was actually a group of people – mostly teenagers, and two adults, from what they could determine.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Dumbledore asked quietly, but his voice nonetheless carried.

The group of people untangled themselves, and when they stood, quite a few order members gasped; the Potters, Sirius and Remus among them.

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Saturday, January 30th, 2021

The adults were talking in the sitting room, Teddy and Victoire were trying to stop Fred and James from sneaking into Harry's office, with no luck, Albus, Lily, Hugo, Dominique, Louis and Roxanne were outside playing three on three Quidditch, and Rose, Molly II and Lucy were reading in the library.

It was a normal Saturday afternoon Weasley/Potter gathering at Potter manor.

After failing three times, James decided to get Lily's help in distracting Teddy and Victoire's attention from him and Fred, so they could sneak into his father's office undetected.

After much wheedling and begging, Lily agreed helping her brother and cousin, on the condition that Rose and Albus would be there, to make sure they don't do something too stupid.

And since Hugo and Lily did everything together, even help James and Fred with a stupid prank, he came with them.

While Lily and Hugo were distracting Teddy and Victoire, Fred, James, Rose and Albus went into their father/uncle's office for the first time.

It was a square room; the wall facing them was entirely window, from floor to ceiling, with heavy, maroon curtains. The wall to their left had a huge desk made of oak, and a matching chair. The desk had many drawers and was covered with papers and a few curious objects. The last wall was covered with bookshelves.

James went straight for the desk. He picked up one of the objects. It was a small hourglass on a chain.

Rose turned pale. "PUT THAT DOWN, JAMES!"

James jumped, and dropped the hourglass. Just before it hit the floor and broke into a million pieces, Teddy, Victoire, Lily and Hugo burst into the room.

As the hourglass, or time-turner, as it was more accurately called, broke, the eight people disappeared.

TBC.