July 2019
"I'm bored." James Potter loudly complained from his place on the couch.
Teddy Lupin's head immediately snapped up from the book he was reading; James being bored was never a good thing. "Why don't you play some quidditch?" He asked.
"It's too hot." James groaned.
"Besides, we lost one of the bludgers." Roxanne added. "There's really no point in playing without both."
"You mean to tell me that there's a blunger zooming around muggle London right now?"
"Maybe. It may or may not be in London." Said James.
"Oh, heads are going to roll at the ministry." Teddy moaned. "Here I am trying to be a model ministry wizard, and my own cousins set a blunger loose in muggle London."
"Hey, it'll be fine." Said Victoire, sliding in next to him and slipping an arm around his shoulders. "And James, if you're bored you can go clean your room."
"Watch over your cousins while we're at the ministry dinner, they said, it'll be fun, they said." Said Teddy. He leaned back and surveyed the living room of the Potter Manor, where the Weasleys and Potters were hanging out: James, Fred, and Louis, whispering together in a corner; Dominique and Roxanne gossiping about the hot Hufflepuff seeker; Lucy, buried deep in her father's copy of Prefects Who Gained Power; Albus and Rose paging through an old family album and laughing at pictures of their teenage parents; and Lilly, Molly, and Hugo, playing an intense game of Exploding Snap.
"We'll be fine." Said Victoire. "No one has died yet."
"Emphasis on yet." Said Teddy.
"It'll probably be James who accidentally kills someone." Said Victoire.
"Either him or Fred. Speaking of, where did they go?"
"That's not good." Said Victoire.
"Louis, where'd James and Fred go?"
"Nowhere." Lied Louis.
"They went somewhere and you're covering for them." Said Victoire angrily. "I swear, if they're planning another prank-"
There was a muffled thump from upstairs, causing all of them to look up nervously. Teddy and Victoire drew their wands and ran towards the stairs as James and Fred came down, trying to stifle their laughter.
"This'll be so much fun." Fred giggled.
"What've you done now? If you've put another frog in my bed, I'll make you pay!" Albus yelled from across the room.
"Oh please Al, that was five years ago." Said James. "Don't worry, because we'll be doing much more interesting." He opened his hand to reveal a tiny hourglass dangling from a long gold chain. "Found it in Dad's office."
Teddy gripped his wand tighter. "James Sirius Potter, put that down now. You could get in serious trouble!"
"C'mon, Teddy. Haven't you always wanted to go back in time? Meet the marauders? Uncle Fred? Your parents?"
Teddy bristled. "As much as I'd like to see my parents, I really don't think it's worth a trip to Azkaban! Now give me the time turner!" He stepped toward James, who tripped over a couch leg and fell onto Rose, who was holding the album under her arm. They fell hard on the ground, both covered in fine sand.
"Are you guys okay?" Victoire asked.
"That's time turner sand, don't touch anything!" Teddy yelled.
"James, you've broken a magical item and gotten sand all over a family heirloom!" Rose shrieked. "If you ruined the album-"
She never finished her sentence. The sand spun faster and faster into a swirling vortex, sucking all thirteen of them into the void.