It was a nice August evening as Minerva McGonagall went upstairs to Gryffindor tower to check the preparations for the new term. She was in a good mood because everything went smoothly so far but things should take quite a turn as she entered the common room. Inside was a group of people looking around quite stunned. When a black-haired woman caught sight of her she walked over. "Professor, do you know what's going on?" Confused Minerva took a step back but then she recognized something familiar about the girl. "You… are you related to Helena Black?" It took a moment of surprise before the girl nodded firmly. "Well of course, I'm her daughter. I'm Alhena." "Oh my. This is impossible." The shocked look on her face made the other people come closer. A man with messy black hair addressed her. "Professor, which year is this?" "1981" was the answer which was no more than a whisper. "Oh crap" Alhena exclaimed. "But we never intended to use that spell. It must have taken action on its own." The others nodded. Upon Minerva's confused look they explained who they were. They told her how they found this spell that would take them back in time but decided against using it as they didn't know how this would affect their timeline and didn't want to risk the consequences. After she had calmed down a bit Minerva decided to take them to the headmaster.
Dumbledore seemed quite amused by the fact that people from the future were in his office. After introducing themselves again Alhena took a bag she had carried and handed it to Dumbledore. "We found these shortly before we got here. They are about us. This list names a number of people we know, I believe that we shall read those books together with them." She handed him a list which had been lying between the books and he nodded. "I will see to it that all those people are gathered tomorrow. But you must be very tired. Minerva, can you take them to Gryffindor tower? As most of them seem to be former Gryffindors that would be the best place I think." Minerva nodded and led them back to the tower while Dumbledore left his office as soon as the door closed.
The next day
As promised Dumbledore had arranged for all the people on the list to come to Hogwarts. The first to arrive were Lily and James Potter with their baby Harry who were directly led into the great hall. The tables had been moved to the sides except for one. Soon they were followed by Sirius and only a few minutes later Remus. They were quite surprised as none of them were informed what they should come for.
It didn't help either when shortly after them the Weasley family entered followed by Frank and Alice Longbottom and their baby. On the contrary the surprise was even greater when the door opened again and Severus Snape entered followed by Regulus Black. "What are those two doing here?" Sirius pointed at them. However just in that moment Dumbledore entered and smiled calmly. "I told them to come as I did with you. It's very important that all those involved gather." He took a glance at a watch with stars and planets instead of hands. "Excuse me sir, but what is it that we are involved with?" Remus had spoken politely as he always did but there was a note of curiosity in his voice. Dumbledore still smiled. "I will explain in a minute but we have to wait for some other people."Before anyone could ask the door was opened and a pair with a child stepped in. The woman had bluish black hair and silver eyes while her husband has fair blond hair and clear blue eyes. The child got the black hair from its mother but the eyes of its father. The woman stopped dead as she spotted the other people. "Professor, what is this about?" She seemed clearly unpleased by the surprise but her husband patted her shoulder. The others recognized Lionel Aislin as he had been pretty popular at school. Remus also recognized the woman and the child. "Professor, what is it that even involves Lionel and Helena?" Dumbledore nodded towards the door where Minerva was waiting. She nodded back and left. "Yesterday our dear Minerva stumbled across something interesting. It concerns all of you so we asked you to come. It is really important especially for" "Harry!" The baby in Helena's arms had interrupted him but Dumbledore smiled brightly. "I see she got her mother's brains. Yes little Alhena, it involves little Harry." The baby clapped its hands happily while everyone except Dumbledore and her parents were confused. "Why does she know his name" Lily asked eying the little girl. Helena smiled slightly at her child. "Let's say it's a talent from her father's side. A special connection she shares with your son since birth. His name was even the first word she ever spoke." Lily wanted to ask further questions but she stopped as the girl struggled to be released from her mother's grip and crawled towards Regulus. "Uncle Reg." She smiled as he took her in his arms and raised her above his head. "Hey there little Ally. How do you do?" "Li' a 'ool." He laughed at her response. "Well, I'm sure that you're not a fool." Little Alhena clapped her hands laughing when Sirius interrupted them. "Ok, what is going on?" Regulus looked at Helena who sighed and nodded. He turned the baby to face Sirius and said: "Well brother. Meet your one and only niece." At this Sirius got angry. "I don't have a niece you don't have any children." "Yeah" his brother continued "but our sister has. I found out only a short time before Ally was born but her mother Helena is our sister." Sirius looked at him in disbelief but then Remus nodded. "She is you sister, it's true. I found out after we left school. Ally is my godchild." Sirius turned around to stare at the werewolf before grabbing him by the collar. "And you couldn't tell me I've got a sister? What sort of friend are you?" Before Remus could answer Helena had grabbed Sirius' arm and pulled it down. "It was my fault. I asked him to tell no one. After our parents had abandoned me I didn't want to cause you trouble by telling you so we kept it secret. Reg found out by chance and since he didn't have any contact with you he didn't tell." She smiled at him in a calming manner which caused him to let go of Remus. Lionel stood behind her crossing his arms behind his neck. "Ah, now I have to spill my little secret too." He seemed to quite enjoy himself. "Well I'll make it short. I'm the son of Gerald Aislin and Eileen Prince so that potions crack over there is my little brother. Joy to the world but you are related." He grinned at Sirius who grew paler every second as the words reached his mind. "I am what? I'm related to Snivellus? Oh crap!" James was laughing hard right now and little Ally seemed to enjoy herself too.
They were interrupted again as the doors opened and a group of people stepped in. Gasps were heard as everyone thought the same. There were two James. And the black-haired woman next to him looked a lot like Helena. They were accompanied by two other women, three men and seven children. The woman with the bluish-black hair was grinning slightly while a woman with brown hair stepped forward. "Erm, I think we should introduce ourselves." She glances insecurely at a red-haired man who nodded."My name is Hermione Weasley née Granger. I'm muggleborn so you wouldn't know my family. Right now I'm working in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. This" she pointed at the red-haired man" is my husband Ronald Bilius Weasley. He has worked as an Auror before he started to work at Weasleys Wizard Wheezes." At this Molly gasped and looked at the baby in her arms. "You mean… my little Ronald…" Ron nodded and smiled at her. "Hey Mum. Nice to see you. Hey Dad." Arthur smiled at his son. Hermione continued by pushing a little girl slightly forward. "This is our oldest daughter Rose. She turned three this year. And this baby is our son Hugo he is only a year old." She smiled at the baby in her arms before pointing to a black-haired man. "This man is Neville Longbottom. He's a good friend of ours and in our time he teaches Herbology at Hogwarts." At this Alice and Frank smiled proudly at their adult son who smiled back. It was nice to see that his parents were happy with his future. The black-haired woman poked the man who looked so much like James into his side to tell him he was next. He laughed and nodded. "Alright I'll continue. My name is Harry James Potter. Well not so hard to guess I think. I'm head of the Auror office and this is my wonderful wife Ginevra Potter née Weasley. She has been playing for the Holyhead Harpies but now she is Quidditch-correspond for the Daily Prophet." Molly looked at her future daughter proudly and stroked the baby in her husband's arms affectionately. Lily and James smiled at the adult version of their son. Harry pushed two children forward smiling at them reassuringly. "These are our children. Our oldest son James Sirius is five." He pointed at the oldest boy which made his father and godfather grin widely. "Yes, he named his son after us!" both chorused. Harry pointed at his second son. "This is Albus Severus" he ignored the shocked expressions "three years old and our youngest Lily Luna. She is only a year old." He pointed at the baby in Ginny's arms which was sleeping peacefully. "Why did you have to name your son after him?" Sirius asked pointing at Snape. Harry just shrugged his shoulders. "I have my reasons and I think it's quite a good choice. You will see after everything is finished." Before anyone could say more the woman next to him cleared her throat and spoke. "Well I shall continue. My name is Alhena Helena Malfoy née Aislin. I'm a former Gryffindor and after spending some time as an Auror I'm working at Hogwarts as the teacher for Defence against the Dark Arts after this dunderhead" she nodded at Harry "had refused to do it." Harry smiled at her. "Sorry for being a dunderhead. It's all your fault." She pouted and huffed slightly. "How is it my fault if you are not listening to what I'm telling you?" At the confused looks she hastily regained her composure and nodded at the blond man next to her. "This is my wonderful husband Draco Lucius Malfoy. Well at least he got wonderful after he got some sense beaten into him." "Ally, stop that." The man turned slightly pink. However this was nothing to the change in colour Sirius was going through. After finally recovering from the shock of being related to Severus he got another nasty shock. "NO! Not only my cousin but also my niece! A Malfoy!" James patted his shoulder in a comforting manner though he had to admit that this was kinda amusing. Alhena grinned. "Don't worry I know how to handle him if he gets too cocky. Anyway… This boy is our son Scorpius Hyperion. He turned three years old this spring." She was pointing at a blonde boy with blue eyes who was holding his father's hand in a tight grasp. Then she suddenly turned around looking for something. "Huh? Where the… ah, there you are." She pulled forward a boy from behind Neville. That boy had turquoise hair and amber-coloured eyes. She hugged him affectionately and ruffled his hair. "Isn't he cute? Too bad he's not mine. I didn't even get to be named his godmother; Harry had snatched that spot from me. Well at least I got to be godmother of Jamesy and Al. Mione had taken Lils before I could say anything." She tried to act as if she was mortally offended but then she smiled again and hugged the boy even more. "This little gentleman is Teddy Remus Lupin. He will be a second year Gryffindor this term." She kissed him on the head and glanced at Remus who had gone pale. "He is…" Ally nodded. "Is he…?" At this Alhena's smile grew even wider. "Oh no, he didn't get that. Though he tends to get a bit moody once in a month. He has inherited his mother's talent. Would you show him, Teddy?" The boy grinned and his hair-colour changed to hers. At this Sirius gasped and pointed at Remus then at Teddy and back at Remus again. Finally he found his voice and cheered: "Mate we're related!" Remus looked at him oddly before he too understood. "His mother is Tonks?" Alhena' grin answered his question. "So" Remus continued "are we here because of you?" Alhena looked at Harry who shook his head. "Not entirely. We researched how to change the past but after coming across a certain spell we decided it would be better to not try. However it seems like something has sent us back through time on its own. We found a few books which seemed to be about us and the next moment we were here. There was a list with your names saying we should read those books together with you. So Professor Dumbledore offered to gather everyone involved to read."
Finally the whole thing made at least some sense. As they sat down Alhena and Hermione remained standing taking the children a few steps away. With a flung of Hermione's wand there was a barrier and inside there were toys and other things needed for the children. The babies and younger ones were placed in a play pen. Jamesy was allowed to stay outside but Alhena seemed to tell him something as he nodded. Only Teddy was allowed to come back with them. "I think it's best if all the younger children stay in there. The books are a bit scary at some parts and it might be better for you if you can concentrate. They will be taken care of inside the barrier and won't hear a thing from the outside." Hermione looked at the adults and soon all children except for Teddy were put inside. Finally they settled down when Remus looked at Teddy. "Shouldn't he stay inside of that barrier too?" Harry smiled while Ally laughed. "Starting to be a father already? Well little Teddy already knows most of the story and he's a pretty smart and brave boy. And since he's already twelve there should be no problem with it." She grabbed the first book and held it out to the boy. "Would you like to start Teddy?" The boy smiled. His hair had turned turquoise again as he opened the book after reading the title "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". "Ah yes. Do you remember Harry?" Ally asked in a sarcastically sweet voice. Harry smiled weakly. "How could I forget, Ally?" Teddy turned to the correct page and started to read.