The Unspeakables
I walked behind the headmistress in a daze, what did she mean 'Mine'? What did any of it mean, and why was the headmistress taking it so seriously? Everyone knew that Trelawney had only ever made two correct prophecies. The crap she was saying was fake, she was just being vague and dramatic, right? Then why did I feel like I had left my stomach back in her classroom and then Peeves found it and was dropping it repeatedly off the astronomy tower?
"Brisket" Barked Mcgonagall.
"Wha-" I started but then saw the gargoyle move aside to show the moving staircase. I hadn't realized we were already here.
I followed her up the stairs to the very familiar office, I was here so often that it almost felt normal to sit in the wooden chair in front of her desk, except this wasn't the normal 'I skipped class' or 'bad mouthed a teacher', and McGonagall wasn't giving me an exasperated look and making me explain myself.
She didn't even sit down she went straight for the fireplace "Mr Potter's ministry aurors office." She called throwing the powder into the flame, and dad stepped through looking exasperated
"Which one did what this time?" Dad asked with a sigh.
"Actually, Mr Potter none of your children have done anything wrong. Well, that I know of at least." she amended, but her voice stayed serious.
"What happened was anyone hurt?" Dad asked worriedly.
"No, not yet. Sybil has made another prophecy," she paused "about Lily"
"Are you sure? Prophecies are hard to understand the meaning. Are you even sure its a real prophecy?" he said without stopping to breathe
"Mr Potter, do you think I would have called if it wasn't a real prophecy? If I wasn't sure, and if it's about Lily. It's pretty clear, but I have made mistakes in the past so why don't I let you hear it and decide?"
"Lily go wait outside" said dad tiredly.
"But I've already-" I started before I was interrupted.
"Lily, just please, go." He said.
"Fine" I grumbled before marching out of the room slamming the door behind me.
I thought about listening at the door but didn't really see the point as I had already heard it anyway, besides McGonagall probably had a spell on the door anyway.
Plopping myself down on the stairs,as I had planned. Proved to be a problem, as every time I stepped onto the stairs it started moving. And once I reached the bottom the stairs would throw me onto the floor. So I walked out to the corridor and sat there.
"Hey Lily." I looked up to see my brother Al grinning at me with the map in his hand.
"How did you get James to give you the map?" I asked knowing that my other brother never let either of us have the map or cloak even though Dad said we should share it.
"Told him I was planning to prank the Slytherins." he said apologetic "So you might want to stay anyway during breakfast tomorrow." he said with a small smile.
"Thanks, so what did you really want it for?" I asked making him blush.
"Um, well I-" he spluttered.
"Whats her name?" I asked rolling my eyes.
"Jenny." he muttered beat red.
"Jennifer Higgins?" I asked thinking of the pretty Ravenclaw in six year.
"Yeah" he said, still red.
"Does she know you're stalking her?" I asked teasingly
"I'm not stalking her!" he exclaimed. "I just wanted to find a time to talk to her when she's not surrounded by all her friends." he said.
"Ah-mm, cause waiting till shes alone so you can corner her is not creepy?" I said.
"I'm not- That's not the- Anyway what did you do to get Dad called here?" he said trying to change the subject. Letting it slide I had picked on him enough, for today anyway.
"I didn't do anything!" I said annoyed. Al just raised his eyebrow at me. "I swear I didn't do anything. It was that weird teacher professor Trawlony. She made a prophecy or something." I said.
"Trawlony? But she hasn't made a real prophecy since Dad was in school!"he exclaimed
"I know! But McGonagall and Dad seem to be taking the old fraud seriously." I said miffed
"Lily, you can come back in now." I heard my dad call from the top of the stairs. with a slight wave at Al. I headed back into the headmistress's office.
I was surprised to see the office looked like a hurricane had hit,
"So is it real?" I asked trying not to roll my eyes at the silliness of it.
"Yes." my dad said trying to keep his voice from quivering. That surprised me. My dad wasn't fooled easily, but if there was even a tiny chance of me or my brothers being in danger he would panic, so it couldn't be that bad, right?
"Well what does it mean?" I asked plopping myself back into the chair I had vacated a few minutes before.
"Some heroes are destined for greatness, but you my dear there is no doubt you will do great things in your future, as it has already come to pass." Said a portrait from the wall cryptically.
Looking up I realized that this was Albus Dumbledore, the man my brother was named after.
When we did not show intimidate understand to his vague comment he sighed seemingly resigned to our stupidity.
"The past shall be rewritten,
The future shall never be,"
"This obviously means that someone is trying to tamper with time but in the attempt to change one event completely changes the future."
"If not for the last of the three,"
"This person is going to stop whoever is meddling in time"
"The child of the chosen"
"The chosen is most likely referring to her earlier prophecy that the dark lord chose you and not Neville. So it's one of your children, and as the previous line says last of the three it is referring to your third child"
"And her partisan of golden"
"A partisan is a supporter of a person, group, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased,or emotional allegiance"
"And as usually when we say someone is golden it means that they are perfect or have great value "
"her partisan of golden would most likely mean that this is a person who has an emotional connection to her who she values above all else. "
"Shall be sent forth to this time,"
"Lily and her companion will be sent back in time to stop whoever went to change things"
"To chose the fate of all mankind."
"And their actions will determine the future of the whole world."
"Any questions?" Asked the portrait smiling over his spectacles at our stunned faces.
"Yeah I have one, how do we even know it's a real prophecy and not a bunch of crap like she usually makes up?" I asked after I remembered that she was, after all, a fraud there was no way I had to go back in time. Everyone was just overreacting, weren't they?
"Because Sybil has never been able to remember her prophecies, so would have no
idea what she looks and sounds like when making a prophecy, besides this has already happened." said Dumbledore absentmindedly.
"Wait if already happened that means i'm not the one from the prophecy, doesn't
it?" I said
"Actually, it proves that you are, because I met you before you were ever born." said Dumbledore mysteriously. We all just stared at him open mouthed, then the headmistresses fire turned green, and two people in dark blue hooded robes stepped out of the fireplace.
"Unspeakables." I whispered quietly, curious as to why they were here.
"Do what do I owe the pleasure of a visit from the department of mysteries?" asked Mcgonagall, stiffly, hand balling up at her side briefly before it relaxed.
"Hey, professor long time no see!" said the Unspeakable to the right before pulling down his hood to reveal golden blonde hair. purple eyes and a crooked grin.
"Teddy!" I yelled throwing myself at my adopted big brother and hugging him tightly with a huge smile on my face. "You got in! I knew you would, you were the smartest wizard in your year! they would have been dumb not to take you!" My rambling only stopped when he put his hand over my mouth.
"Lils it's great to see you, but I am on official business." he said winking to show he wasn't mad. I blushed and stopped talking, glancing at the other Unspeakable who had stiffened at our exchange but otherwise didn't move.
"You are supposed to keep your hood on at all times so as not to reveal your identity to those who could use it against you. You should remember that next time Unspeakable Lupin." said the still cloaked figure her voice serous. "Or I will be forced to report you." her voice got a bit more light at the end as if she was trying to hide a smile.
"Aww! But you would never report me. I'm just too lovable." Teddy replied, his voice light and playful. "Besides it's not like any of the people in here are going to try and kidnap and torture my family, because they are my family!" he said rolling his eyes at her.
"Don't you roll your eyes at me I am your commanding officer, Probie, and how do you know that there is not someone invisible in this room or one of the people in here could be under pollyjuice potion or one of the paintings could be a spy or-"She said exasperated before he cut her off.
"Okay, okay I get it no need to get your knickers in a knot I'll keep my hood up next time." said Teddy waving his hand dismissively.
"Still have no respect for authority, Mr Lupin?" asked McGonagle lips twitching.
"Of course not Aunt Minnie! look who they had raise me!" he said grinning at Dad wrilly, "Besides if you can't get me to listen to authority figures then I doubt anyone's up for the job." he joked.
"As much, fun, as it is watching this family reunion, we are in fact here for a purpose, Unspeakable Lupin" said the cloaked figure wearily.
"Right. Sorry, carry on." said Teddy pulling his hood up and and taking a step back to stand beside her.
"We are here to get a copy of a new prophecy that has been told." she stated calmly.
"But how did you know that there was even a prophecy made?" I asked curiously.
"Oh we track the psychic energy with this mhmhmh..." started Teddy before the other unspeakable covered his mouth with her hand.
"We cannot discuss department secrets to those without the proper clearance." she stated glaring at Teddy as she spoke, " Isn't that right Unspeakable Lupin, though I don't think you deserve the title Unspeakable as you couldn't keep your mouth closed if I spelled it shut!" she chastised.
"Well that say more about your spell work then it does about-" he started jokingly only to grasp at his throat unable to speak. The Unspeakable put her wand away then turned back to us seemingly satisfied.
"My sincerest apologies for my colleague. He was only hired yesterday and has no sense of discretion or or formality." she said a small smile appearing at the corner of her mouth (the only part of her face not hidden by shadows). "Now on to the matter at hand, it has come to our knowledge that a Sybill Trelawney's has made a prophecy this evening and that there were two witnesses?" she stated more than asked but her eyes traveled from face to face as if asking who witnessed it.
"Both myself and my student Ms. Potter were there when the prophecy was given" stated McGonagall, stepping forward.
"I see and has anyone else heard the prophecy since then?" she questioned, though I could have sworn that she glanced at my dad as she said this but I wasn't sure as her eyes were covered.
"I have, as well as the portraits." replied my dad respectfully.
"So I assume that you have already have withdrawn the memory so that you were able to show it to Mr Potter?" asked the Unspeakable.
"Yes of course, I have it right here" said Mcgonagall pulling out a vial of swirling silvery liquid,
the unspeakable held out her hand expectantly, and the headmistress handed it over with only a second's pause.
"Do you mind if we watch it here?" asked the Unspeakable, much to everyone's surprise, even Teddy I noticed had a blank look as if he was trying not to show emotion.
"You are welcome to, but I would have thought you would have a pensive?" stated McGonagall questioningly.
The Unspeakable didn't respond but just poured the vials content into the stone bowl. before sticking her head in followed shortly by Teddy. I was momentarily surprised that they didn't lower their hoods before sticking their heads into the liquid.
The next few moments felt like an eternity, when they finally removed there heads from the basin they both wore a grim but resigned faces.
"Well I guess that's settled then, when do we leave?" Teddy asked, his face void of any emotion.
"What!" Dad yelled, "You can't be serious? " He looked around the room as if trying to find someone to back him up, but even the headmistress was oddly silent.
Teddy ignored him. "Well, if you'll have me, that is." he said his eyes turning to me. Never before had his face been so emotionless, it was as if he was a empty shell of what he used to be. As I stared at his blank face I saw the shell crack ever so slightly and such a range of emotions leaked through that it scared me a little. Because in that moment looking into his eyes I knew he didn't have a doubt that it was true, and in that moment, neither did I.
I thought for a moment before responding "But, what about Victori?" I asked hesitantly. I searched his face while waiting for my answer it was still blank but I could just barely see the sadness behind his gaze. He shoved his hands in his pockets and shrugged, "We'll be back, and besides, like I'm gonna let a girl stop me from protecting my sister?" then a smirk replaced his blank stare. "You wouldn't last five minutes without me" he joked.
"I wouldn't want anyone else guarding my back," I said with a smile of my own.
"NOW WAIT A MOMENT! NO ONES GOING BACK IN TIME!" my dad yelled.
"But you see Lord Potter as it is the past it has already happened, so either they went back in time without your approval or you changed your mind. but either way they will go back in time and if you stop them the fabric of time and space could collapse." said the cloaked Unspeakable. "Besides they should only be there for a few months and only a few days will pass in this timeline." said the Unspeakable reasonably.
"WELL THEN THE WHOLE WORLD CAN FALL TO PIECES FOR ALL I CARE! BUT I'M NOT SENDING MY KIDS TO FIGHT A WAR THAT WE'VE ALREADY WON JUST BECAUSE OF SOME PROPHECY!" yelled Dad his eyes blazing
"Do you think I would send children if there wasn't another choice? I could care less about the prophesy if it weren't for the fact that the department of mystery's hadn't been broken into last night" she said her voice eerily calm
"Wha-" my dad started before she cut him off without even raising her voice.
"You may not care about the world but I do, and unless you want all of your children to never even be born or born in a world run by Voldemort and his death eaters I suggest you let history run its course. I also lived through the war lord Potter and have just as much at stake here as anybody, and i'll be damned if I let you single handedly bring the death eaters to power." she said staring him down her hand subconsciously dropping to her stomach. Everybody's eyes followed her hand which she dropped quickly, Teddy's jaw dropped even quicker than the Unspeakables hand.
"Woah, Gravy, you're pregnant?" Teddy exclaimed staring at her stomach trying to see the bump.
"So what if I am, and I thought I told you not to call me that ridiculous nickname" the Unspeakable snapped.
"Well you also told me not to say your real name in public, what do you want me to call you? Master?" he said exasperated.
"That would be nice" joked the Unspeakable with a small grin.
"What's this about the department of mystery's being broken into?" asked my Dad interrupting their banter.
"Last night someone broke into the time room at the department and never returned, he was later identified as Sullivan Fawley the Second, who was the son of a death eater who died in battle, he was only seven years old at the time, and it seems to have left a permanent mental scars.
He was always getting in trouble at school for shouting death eater propaganda and insulting his fellow classmates. It appears that he used the experimental long distance time travel to try and change the outcome of the war. We do not know the date he went back to but we can track his magical signature, we have a few weeks at most to prepare a spell that should take you to him. " Stated the Unspeakable,
"I will get started on the preparations and will return in a hour and I expect an answer then." She said and with a swoop of her cloak she threw the powder into the flames and was gone.