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"Get up boy!" growled a low, hoarse voice. Teddy peeled his eyelids open to a scared, snarling face. He quickly found himself tied up in a chair in an empty room. Automatically, his hand flew to his wand (Harry had taught him Auror instincts when he was only 13) and found that it was gone. Teddy groaned inwardly and turned to the scared face that Teddy immediately recognized from the photo albums in his grandmother's house.
"Mad Eye Moody," Teddy breathed, staring at his mother's mentor and Arielle's uncle in great admiration. Then it hit him. Moody was supposed to be dead. This meant…Ted groaned realizing what must have happened.
"How do you know my name, and why did you call me 'Mad Eye' boy?" demanded Moody, thrusting his wand at Teddy's neck.
"Look, sir, please just let me explain," Ted tried to say. Mad Eye let out a bark of laughter.
"Not a chance boy. We're taking you to Dumbledore," growled the retired Auror, waving his wand and the ropes fell.
"Dumbledore?" asked Ted, feeling relief and excitement rush over him. Harry had told him that Dumbledore was the first person that accepted his dad (besides his dad's parents) as a werewolf. Mad Eye kept his wand at Teddy as he escorted the boy to another room.
They walked into the room and Teddy noticed with relief that his two best friends, Orion Black and Arielle Bones, looked perfectly fine, just as he tripped over nothing and fell flat on his face.
"Nice entrance Ted," smirked Orion. Teddy shot back a rude hand gesture, as hair turned a dark, hot pink from embarrassment. Arielle burst out laughing.
"A metamorphmagus," observed a voice. Teddy picked himself up and turned to the voice of Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore," stammered Ted in awe of the great wizard.
"Yeah," agreed Arielle, "Orion almost fainted when he saw him."
"I did not!" Orion protested to his two friend's laughter.
Arielle seemed to finally notice her supposed to be dead uncle and became quiet. Teddy gave her a sad smile. Orion, who did not notice, being observant was not one of Orion's greatest strengths, gave Ted a questioning look. Teddy inclined his head slightly to Moody. Orion wrapped an arm around Arielle who gave him a grateful look.
Dumbledore stood up. "According to Miss Arielle over here," he smiled at the latter mentioned who smiled weakly back, "you are from the future, the year 2016 in fact. We have no choice but to give you Veritaserum."
"No!" burst Orion. The first Order of the Phoenix, though Teddy noticed that none of their parents were here, including his godfather's, all turned to Orion. Teddy sighed.
"What he means is that we won't be able to control what we are saying, which means we could say some stuff about the future that could destroy time according to Hogwarts a History, and we really don't want to risk it," Ted explained.
"Sound like anyone you know?" muttered one of the Order to another. Ted quickly recognized them as Frank and Alice Longbottom, Professor Longbottom's parents.
"We could always use different methods to make sure you are not lying," whispered Dumbledore in Teddy's mind, using Occulmary. Teddy pushed out Dumbledore with great effort saying to the professor in his mind,
"It's still too dangerous. You could read something in our minds that would destroy time." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled.
"A metamorphmagus and an Occulms," he noted, smiling.
"I have an idea," Arielle said suddenly. Just as she was about to say her idea, the door burst open and a man walked in with two others following in. It was Remus Lupin, Kaleb Bones, and Aria Moody: Teddy's father and Arielle's parents.
"Sorry, we're late," apologized Remus. "We ran into some Death Eaters on our way back and just escaped."
"Aria did some very impressive spell work for someone so young," Kaleb praised, smiling kindly at his future wife.
"Thanks Kaleb," blushed Arielle's mother.
Orion glanced at his best friend and his girlfriend worriedly. Ted was a very pale color, even paler than his usual paleness. He looked like he was going to pass out, seeing his young dead father. Arielle wasn't doing much better. She was gripping Orion's hand so hard, he thought it might fall off. She was breathing very fast, as though she had just run a marathon.
One thing the trio could relate to with each other was dead parents. Both of Teddy's and Orion's parents had died. Arielle's mother had died. She still had her dad who was now Head of the Department of Mysteries.
"Hi," grinned Orion, trying to get his friend's parents' attention on him and not their children.
"Hi," Remus said slowly, glancing at the three teenagers. Teddy stared at the floor, probably trying not to draw attention to himself; which does not work well if you have turquoise hair and amber eyes.
"We have ourselves a trio of time travels from the future," Dumbledore said cheerfully, eyes twinkling madly. Remus, Kaleb, and Aria shared doubtful looks. "To see if they are telling the truth, we were going to use Veritaserum, but Mr. Teddy," continued Dumbledore, Teddy desperately stared at the floor, "reminded us that we could destroy time. Thankfully, Miss Arielle has an idea," Dumbledore continued. All eyes turned to the latter mentioned who was still gripping Orion's hand painfully.
"I love your name," smiled Aria to her daughter.
"Thanks," Arielle mumbled quietly. "Um, my idea was that…we could…" her voice trailed off, still shocked from seeing her deceased mother. Orion gave her hand an encouraging squeeze and she smiled at her boyfriend. "My idea is to do an Unbreakable Vow," she said confidently. Murmurs fluttered around the room. "I know it's extremely risky, but it's the only choice we have if we don't want to destroy time."
Dumbledore beamed. "Brilliant idea!" he said. Arielle blushed. "Who shall go first?" There was silence as the trio gave you-go-first-no-you-looks to each other when the door swung open again and three people walked in.
"Hi!" grinned Sirius, uncannily looking exactly like his son. Orion was the one now gripping onto Arielle's hand.
"Wotcher," smiled Teddy, with the cheerfulness of his mum and the smile of his dad. Ever since Andromeda had told her grandson her daughter's favorite of saying hi, Teddy had stuck with it.
"We were a bit slowed down by the baby," grinned James, taking a chubby baby Harry out of his wife's arms. Lily smiled, and then noticed the trio.
"New recruits? A bit young though. How old are you let?" she asked kindly. The trio didn't hear her. Orion was inwardly having a panic attack, though he would never admit it. Ted and Arielle were busy staring at Harry the baby and his alive parents.
"Um, no," Teddy finally said, "we're time travelers, from the future. We're all in our early twenties. We were about to take an Unforgivable Vow to prove we're not lying," the turquoise haired boy explained.
"Are you a metamorphmagus?" asked Sirius. Ted nodded. Sirius grinned. "Cool. I have a cousin who's also one. She has a strange addiction for bubblegum pink hair." Teddy gave a weak smile. The cousin Orion's dad was talking about was his mother. Dumbledore cleared her throat.
"Who would like to go first?" he asked kindly. The trio exchanged panicked looks. None of them wanted to see how their parents (some of them dead in the future) would react.
"Ladies first," Orion quickly said, smirking as he gestured his girlfriend towards Dumbledore. Arielle gave Orion one of her best death glares who continued to keep on smirking.
"Come on Arielle. Just get on with it," Teddy sighed. Arielle did an angry flip with her brownish blondish hair and walked over to Dumbledore taking his hands. Dumbledore smiled kindly at her.
"Moody?" he asked, "Would you like to be our Binder (Don't know what it's called)?" Arielle's uncle walked over, raising his wand.
"I, Arielle Minerva Bones," she declared after a couple deep breaths, Kaleb stared in shock, "swear on an Unbreakable Vow that I am from the future." There was flash from the binding and then all was quiet.
"Ted's turn," Orion announced. Ted rolled his eyes.
"You're," Kaleb asked, in astonishment, "my," he paused.
"Hi dad," Arielle smiled softly.
"This-," her father paused, "is a lot to take in right now." He staggered back. Arielle, looking a bit hurt at her dad's reaction, sat down, avoiding all eyes. Lily Potter sat down next to her and rubbed the girl comfortingly on the back. Arielle smiled at Harry's mother.
"Ted you go!" argued Orion, drawing his wand out. Ted pulled out his wand, raising his eyebrows.
"Boy!" barked Moody. "Where'd you get your wand back?" Teddy just gave a mischievous smile, raising his eyebrows again.
"Those stupid eyebrows," Orion said suddenly, "do you know how annoying it is just talking to you and then you just raise your eyebrows as a response?" Ted just raised his eyebrows cheekily. The Order chuckled at the two friends. "Come on Teddy. You can't just let me go first! You'd kill my heart! What are best friends for?" Orion sighed dramatically, hands to heart, giving his best puppy dog look.
Teddy shook his head. "Why do I even bother?" Dumbledore found this exchange very amusing, his eyes twinkling madly. Teddy took the Headmaster's hands, glanced at his father, took a deep breath, conjured all the Gryffindor courage he had and said softly, but firmly, "I, Teddy Remus Lupin," there was a crash where Remus had dropped the glass he was holding, "swear on an Unforgivable Vow that I am from the future."
"But," stammered Remus, a very pale color, "That means, you're a, why would I," Remus gripped onto James.
"I'm not one," Teddy said quietly. "I just have great hearing, great smell, and gets cranky near and on full moons." Remus looked relieved, but still dumbfounded about having a son. Harry's mum smiled brightly.
"See Remus," she smiled, "I told you, that you could have a happy life, get married, have kids, and raise them." Remus smiled weakly back, glancing at Teddy who was smiling at the kindness of Lily Potter.
Arielle walked over to Teddy and slipped an arm around him. Teddy gave a grateful smile. Teddy loved Arielle dearly, but only as a sister. Besides, he had Victorie Weasley, his amazing girlfriend.
Whenever the Golden Trio saw the three of them hanging out they would always say Arielle, Orion, and Teddy reminded them of themselves so much.
"Orion," called his girlfriend. Orion turned to Arielle. "It's your turn." Orion gulped and walked over to Dumbledore.
"I, Orion Charles Black, swear on an Unforgivable Vow that I am from the future," Orion declared, everyone's eyes turned to Sirius who was doing a spectacular impression of a fish.
"You're my son?" Sirius finally asked.
"Yeah," Orion shrugged calmly, walking over to Ted and Arielle. "Now that everyone's up to date," he yawned, "what do we do now?"
"Yeah, that's definitely your kid," laughed James, nudging his best mate. Dumbledore cleared his throat.
"I suggest that-," he was cut off by the door swinging open for the third time and a witch walked in, hugging Lily.
"Sorry I'm late," she smiled apologetically, "That cow Skeeter was getting all up in my business again." Orion felt his heart burst as he saw the face of Willow Vance, his mother.
Arielle looked at Orion's mother in shock. She had only seen Willow in the albums, but this Willow standing in front of her right now looked so different than in the pictures. She looked younger, happier, like the world was all wonderful.
She hadn't fallen in love with Sirius Black yet, getting married to him, and then finding him in Azkaban for murder and causing the murder of her best friend. She would spend long hard years of life before her husband escaping prison and found innocent. They would be reunited again, Willow would get pregnant, and then Sirius would disappear in the veil.
Arielle felt a sad smile slid onto her face, remembering how Willow had died. Her father had told her that after Orion was born, Willow had her Muggle sister take care of him as she fought in the war. At the Second Wizarding War, Death Eaters hid in the dungeons, after Voldemort's defeat. They were going to launch a surprise attack, killing Harry Potter. Willow found them and brought down the dungeons with her and the Death Eater, sacrificing her life.
Arielle remembered the sad look on her dad's face as he told her that Orion's mother had been a hero that no one knew until one little first year told what had happened, after they had found Willow's body.
"Hi I'm Willow, what are your names?" asked the young woman a smile on her face. Teddy smiled, but it had a hint of sadness in it, making him look exactly like his father's sad smiles.
"I'm Ted Lupin. Nice to meet you," he said shaking her hand. Willow beamed and looked at Remus, who was staring at the floor.
"So you're from the future?" she asked. Ted nodded. Arielle guessed Dumbledore had explained while she was blanking out.
"I'm Arielle. Daughter of Kaleb Bones," Arielle stepped forward, smiling at her boyfriend's mother. Willow turned to Kaleb who gave a small smile. Arielle grinned at her dad, eyes turning to her mom who was standing next to her uncle.
"I'm Orion Black. Pleasure to meet you," Orion finally said, shaking his mother's hand.
"Sirius Black's kid?" Willow asked smiling. Orion nodded, eyes taking in his mother. Dumbledore smiled.
"I believe that it will take a while to get you back to your time, so you can sleep here," he suggested.
"Thank you," Arielle thanked graciously.
"Can I suggest something?" Ted asked quietly. Dumbledore nodded cheerfully. "I was thinking that since magic today is not that advanced, we'll have to think a bit risky, which means either doing a spell or a potion. Time travel is very powerful, so I believe that if we combine a potion and spell together we can create magic powerful enough to send us back into the future. So I was wondering if you could supply us with all the ingredients and books we will most likely need," Teddy finished. The Order stared at Teddy.
"That's Teddy for you," mumbled Orion, "always the nerd." James burst out laughing slapping Remus on the back
"That's Mooney's kid through and through," he grinned. Remus smiled weakly, brushing off his shabby robes. Teddy flushed, the tips of his spiky, turquoise hair, turning dark hot pink.
"Love the hair," approved Aria.
"Thanks," grinned Teddy.
"I don't want to seem rude, but I'm quite tired. Could you show me where the bedrooms are?" asked Arielle.
"Of course," Dumbledore said cheerfully. "Aria, could you show this young lady a guest room?" Aria smiled at her daughter.
"Right this way," Arielle's mother said, not knowing how fast her daughter's heart was beating.
"Thanks," Arielle smiled softly. Mother and daughter walked out of the room.
"Remus?"
"Yes?" he asked quietly.
"Could you show our other time travelers a room they can share?" Dumbledore beamed, blue eyes sparkling. Remus nodded and turned to his son and his son's best friend.
"This way," he opened the door. Orion cheerfully followed, as Teddy slowly fell in behind his father.
"Whose house is this?" asked Orion, looking around.
"Sirius's," answered the sandy haired scared man, "he inherited this place from his uncle." Orion fell silent. Teddy knew why.
Orion had inherited this house when he graduated from Hogwarts, but no one (even Harry) had told him which member of the Black family had lived here. Orion had guessed that it was probably one of his proud pureblood ancestors.
"Is there a library here? We'll definitely have to do a lot of research if we want to get back home?" Teddy asked, changing the subject for Orion's sake.
"There's a great library here. Sirius never goes into it, but they have books on everything. He even has a collection of Heridith books," Remus replied. Teddy looked like a little kid on Christmas.
"Heridith books?"
"The whole collection," confirmed Remus having the same facial expression as his son. Orion rolled his eyes, but did not say anything, not wanting to ruin Teddy's first conversation with his dad.
"Wicked," breathed Teddy. "How could Sirius not go into his library?" Remus nodded vigorously in agreement.
"Here's your room," Remus said kindly, as they got to a large room.
"Thanks," yawned Orion. "I'm going to get my beauty sleep. I mean you can't look this handsome without your beauty sleep." Orion slipped into the room, crashing on one of the two beds, and immediately started snoring; loudly, like shaking the bed loudly.
"Ignore him," laughed Ted.
"It's kind of hard with all the snoring. He snores louder than Sirius," said Remus wryly.
"At least you didn't have to share a dorm with him for seven years," grinned Ted. Father and son laughed and Teddy felt his heart lift with joy.
"Well," Remus said shifting. The warm air had suddenly vanished, like a Dementor was lurking in the shadows, leaving cold and awkward silence. "Goodnight," Ted's dad said finally.
"Goodnight," Teddy said quietly. He so badly wanted to be like a 6 year old again and hug his dad tight, but he was twenty one now. Both he and his dad had never met each other until now. The metamorphmagus slipped into bed, staring at the ceiling. He was this close, but yet so far.
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