The Gryffindor table had 17 extra students and the Ravenclaw had 2. Dumbledore had explained that Hogwarts had received "a batch of courageous and clever exchange students".
Fred and George had taken deep interest once they found out James, Fred II, and Amelia were some of the biggest pranksters ever and were currently discussing painting the Great Hall red and gold.
Ginny was extremely fond of Lily, not knowing that's her own daughter of course.
While everyone was getting to know the new students, Hermione was in deep thought. Lily, James, Albus? Molly? Don't I dream about naming my son Hugo? Frank, Alice? What about the Metamorphmagi? And the twins who seem to believe in Nargles too? Didn't they have that dirty blond hair I know so much? Something's up…
"Hey, Hermione," Rose said. "Can you please tell me which teacher teaches History of Magic? I've read ahead and I don't know which one it is." Of course Rose knows Professor Binns is the History of Magic teacher. She just wanted to strike up a conversation with her mom and impress her young self.
"Wow I've only met Ravenclaws who read ahead," Hermione said. "But the History of Magic teacher is the only ghost that teaches us."
"Oh, right. Thanks," Rose said.
"You look a bit young to be in fifth year," Hermione remarked.
"Uh, yeah but er, I'm supposed to be in a younger year but Professor Dumbledore said I can blend in with you guys and he also said and I quote, 'I'd like to see you in the same class as Miss Granger' and that is you, of course," Rose said nervously. Hermione smiled.
"I accept the challenge," she said with a wink.
"I still think he looks like you," Ron said to Harry.
"I DON'T!" Albus said, exasperated. "Our great great great great great great great great great great great grandfathers might have been fifth cousins with the same eyes!"
"I think it's closer than that," Hermoine said as she came out of nowhere.
Aunt Hermione and her brains! Albus thought.
"So is the Ministry still saying you're a liar?" he asked, changing the subject.
"All the time!" Harry groaned.
"You'd think they'd start going after Death Eaters instead of innocent people like Sirius Black!" Albus exclaimed. The Golden Trio gaped at him.
"You, how, Sirius," Harry barely managed to say. Ron still had the shocked expression on his face. No one but they and Order members knew that Sirius was innocent.
"How do you know?" Hermione asked. I knew it! There's no running away now.
"Er, my dad found his wand and found that it performed zero dark magic… no wait he didn't. He just told me so. He didn't explain," Albus answered nervously, but Hermione was already dashing up to the boy's dormitories.
She came back down shortly with the Marauder's Map.
"I knew it!" she exclaimed. "Albus Potter!"
"What?" Albus pretended.
"I don't have a brother, Hermione," Harry said. "You must be going mad."
"No I'm not. Albus Potter, James Potter, Lily Potter, Hugo Weasley, Molly Weasley, Teddy LUPIN, Alice Longbottom, and so on! THE MAP NEVER LIES!" Hermione exclaimed. "Room of requirement, everyone, now! AND GET GINNY AND LUNA!"
"What is it Hermione?" Ginny asked as she and Luna, the last of the people who needed to be there came into the Room of Requirement.
"We'll let the 'exchange students' explain," Hermione said.
"Hermione, I'm 100% sure we don't have relatives," Harry said and sighed.
"Can we go?" Ron nagged.
Before Hermione could speak, a new person popped into the room. Harry stared at the older version of himself.
"Hi there, fifth year me," Older Harry said nervously.
"Daddy!" Lily Luna yelled and ran to hug her daddy. Ginny's jaw dropped. The little girl she was playing with all this time was Harry's daughter?
"You're-" Young Harry began.
"He's you," Luna said.
"An older version that is," Teddy said.
"How did you get here, Dad?" James asked.
"Aha!" Hermione said in the back ground.
"I called your Aunt Hermione. She sent me back here and told me Dumbledore will help with the rest if she doesn't figure it out," Older Harry said. "Brightest witch of your age, Hermione." He threw her a chocolate frog card that had her picture.
"This is the weirdest day of my life," Ron said.
"I've seen Voldemort come back and it's still the weirdest day of mine!" Harry added. "Since you're here and everything, can you tell me if the scar still hurts?"
"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed. "We can't mess up the future."
"Actually, Hermione, your older self charmed it and no matter what I tell you, you can't talk about it when everyone from the future leaves. Yes, if you haven't figured it out, we're from the future. So everything will happen like it's meant to happen. Oh, and the scar hasn't pained me in over twenty years, younger me."
"Then what happened to You-Know-Who?" Ron asked.
"Ron, your future self says the name by the way. And Voldemort's dead. Kingsley is minister. I'm head of the Auror department," Harry explained.
"Woah! You're the Head, Harry!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Ginny, you play for the Harpies. The best Chaser in centauries!"
"Me?" Ginny asked.
"You're retiring this year though," Amelia said from where everyone was seated. "Why do you have to break my heart?"
"Hermione you've worked in the Department of Control of Magical Creatures and now you're in Magical Law Enforcement. House elves are free thanks to you," Harry said with a smile.
"HA! I knew Spew would work!" Hermione said.
"You're married to Ron," Harry said with a smirk. His younger self, Ginny, and Luna burst out laughing while Hermione and Ron were both red in the face. "Hugo, Rose why don't you talk to your parents?"
Hugo and Rose shyly stepped forward and started a conversation with Ron and Hermione.
"Luna, you're married to Rolf Scamander and you've discovered the Nargles. Amelia, Lysander, Lorcan," Harry said and the three names he mentioned stepped forward.
"I had a metamorphmagus," Luna said dreamily.
"Neville married Hannah Abbott and had Frank and Alice. Ron, guess who Bill married?" Harry asked.
"Who?" Ron asked anxiously.
"Fleur Delacour!"
"What?" Ginny exclaimed. "Wait, what about me?" The older Harry went red.
"Well, you marry, moi," he said sheepishly. Ron was fuming.
"YOU!" he said pointing at younger Harry. "3 kids!"
"Ron!" Hermione yelled and slapped Ron's arm.
A blue hole appeared in mid-air. "That's it. Hermione's figured it out. We're going back guys," Harry said.
Lucy stepped into the blue hole and was followed by Molly. "Percy's kids," Harry remarked. "And he goes back to the family."
The Scamander twins were next and were followed by Dominique, Roxanne, and Louis and then by Alice and Hugo.
"Bye everyone," Harry yelled while Albus stepped into the hole. The hole seemed like it was closing so Albus pulled his dad too.
"Shit," James murmured.
"So we're stuck," Fred said. "I'm George and Angelina's son by the way. Roxanne's my sister.
"Let's go to Professor Dumbledore," Hermione suggested and the did so.
"So is there any way you can help them?" Harry asked after Hermione was done explaining the thing with the blue hole.
"I'm extremely sorry, but I think we ought to go to Number 12 Grimmauld Place though I cannot assure you you'll be able to go back," Professor Dumbledore said.