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Hogwarts, 6-14-1944,

Tom Riddle was sitting alone at the lake, staring at the silhouette of his first true home, Hogwarts. He had just completed his N.E.W.T exams and was going to leave the castle in a few days, along with other students in his year.

A lot of his house-mates were making an open display of how sad they felt about the prospect of leaving their school. However, Tom knew that their grief was nothing compared to his and yet he didn't show one sign of emotion on his face. He always thought that it was a weakness to show your true feelings, to open out your heart to others, who are always ready to take advantage of it. The Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs were famous for being 'emotional fools', as Tom often called them, but he had at least expected a better conduct from his fellow Slytherins.

He remembered about yesterday, when he had gone to ask Professor Dippet whether he could give him the job of teaching Defense against the Dark Arts. Professor Dippet was almost going to say 'yes', but just then a certain meddling coot called Dumbledore had interfered, saying that Tom was too young for the post and should perhaps apply a few years later. 'Too young', seriously, thought Tom, he had done stuff during his seven years at the school, which none of the older wizards had ever been able to do.

He was wondering what he should do after Hogwarts. Most people had suggested to him, that he should join the ministry but he felt that it was a very lame and boring option. He wanted to delve deeper into magic, especially the dark arts. He wanted to become the most powerful sorcerer ever.

Just as he was lost in these thoughts, he noticed a green light hovering at the edge of the lake. He looked around; no one else seemed to have noticed it. Curious, he got up and went near it.

As Tom got closer to it, the light changed form to become a wide green portal, and to Tom's horror it started pulling him inside it. Tom used whichever spell he could think of but nothing could stop the force with which he was getting sucked inside the portal. He shouted loudly but no one in the vicinity heard him. To his great surprise people around him were behaving in a perfectly normal manner, as though they couldn't see that their head boy was being sucked in some type of a portal.

Soon, the green light vanished and the portal disappeared carrying away a very shocked and helpless Tom Riddle along with it.

Hogwarts, 6-14-1977,

A boy having greasy hair, hooked nose and a very sallow face stood hidden behind an ancient suit of armor, staring at the scene in front of him. A boy with messy black hair and glasses was holding a red haired, green eyed girl in his arms. They were kissing.

Seeing the girl that he had loved for ages kiss his worst enemy made Severus Snape's heart clench tightly in pain. He was just about to turn away and go, when he overheard them speaking,

"James, did you remember to apply for the auror post at the ministry? Because I've already sent my application," Lily asked James.

"Course I remembered Lily. The first thing I'm gonna do after getting our N.E.W.T.S results is to become an auror," James Potter answered.

"I was also thinking about joining the order," Lily said softly.

"Me too. Dumbledore would just have to accept me in the order after I finish school. He can't create excuses forever," said James.

"It's just that you and Sirius are a little reckless James, that's why Dumbledore's delaying it," Lily answered with a laugh.

Severus couldn't believe this. His Lily was thinking of becoming an auror, and of joining the order. It was too dangerous. She shouldn't be doing this.

"Hey, Lily," James suddenly asked her, "Do you just spend all your time thinking about our careers or have you got any plans for our future too?"

"Well, actually I do think about it. You might feel it is a bit too early, as we just started dating like two months ago, but I can imagine my future with you James. Who knows, we might even get married after starting our jobs," Lily answered, playfully tugging at his sleeve.

"Yeah, er, we might decide to marry, that's right," James replied, his cheeks bright red now, "But I will surely propose you in a much better way than this," he added immediately.

Severus was shocked to say the least. Lily was actually thinking of marrying that disgusting, arrogant Potter. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize that he was putting too much pressure on the suit of armor and soon it fell down with a loud 'thud', causing him to topple too.

James Potter looked at him with a shocked expression and yelled, "What in the name of Merlin are you doing over here Snivellus?"

"I was …" but he didn't got a chance to say anything as James took out his wand saying,

"You need to be taught some manners. Impedimenta!" He yelled loudly, and Snape was sent knocking down the corridor.

"James stop it! I think we should just go, not bother ourselves with him," Lily said.

"No Lily, I need to teach this git a lesson once and for all," he replied, and then shouted, "Incarcerous!"

But this time Snape was ready and dodged the spell. He quickly took out his own wand and yelled, "Incendio!"

James barely managed to dodge it and send one of his one spell in return. So busy were they fighting that none of them noticed that a broom cupboard had suddenly appeared out of nowhere at the end of the corridor. At least they didn't notice it until it opened and a bright green portal was visible inside it.

"What's that?" Lily wondered, as even James and Snape stopped fighting to stare at it.

Then to everyone's horror a powerful force got set up in it and started pulling them towards it.

"Lily, hold on!" James shouted, immediately holding her hand.

But it was too late as both of them were sucked in through the portal, Snape was running behind them, desperately trying to save Lily, but before he knew it, he too got pulled in.

The next second, the doors of the broom cupboard closed and it vanished from sight.

Hogwarts, 6-14-1998,

Harry Potter was standing in one of the broken corridors of the castle, staring down at its vast grounds and lake. He had returned to the school with his friends and was helping them in its reconstruction. He remembered Hermione telling him that she was going to return back to complete her seventh year.

Harry, however, had no intentions of completing his education and was thinking of accepting Kingsley's offer of becoming an auror, just like Ron had accepted it. That would also allow him to spend some time away from Ginny, who had once again got her hopes about Harry all up, now that the war was over and all. Harry, himself however wasn't so sure about her anymore. Yes, he had loved her once but he didn't felt the same way about her now. It was as if the war had changed something inside him.

He also felt a lot more depressed these days, because whatever others told him, deep in his heart he still held himself responsible for his friends' deaths. He had started having horrible nightmares because of the war and had taken to spending more and more of his time alone.

Sometimes his thoughts also use to wander over on Voldemort. He couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Voldemort and often used to wonder how much would have changed if the boy Tom Riddle had never became the man named Voldemort. Harry knew that most of the wizarding world would probably think that he is insane for having such thoughts but deep in his heart he couldn't deny the fact that his and Voldemort's pasts were quite similar. If he wouldn't have found true friends at Hogwarts and if he would have been just as powerful as Voldemort, even he might have ended up the same way.

As Harry was busy thinking all this he saw to his surprise that a door had appeared on the opposite side of the wall. Harry knew the castle by-heart, and was totally sure that there wasn't any door over here before. His curiosity got the better of him and he walked slowly towards the door.

Placing a hand on its knob, he opened it quietly. To his shock he saw a bright green portal inside it. Surprised, he tried to back away, but the force of the portal was so strong that before he knew it he got pulled inside it. The next second both Harry and the portal vanished.

Hogwarts, 6-14-2024

A girl with bushy red hair and bright blue eyes was standing near the dungeons apparently waiting for someone. Just then she heard footsteps as a boy having a pale pointed face, sharp grey eyes and soft blond hair came hurrying down the corridor.

"Sorry, I was busy with a few head boy duties. Did you have to wait a lot?" an anxious Scorpius Malfoy asked Rose Weasley.

"Nope. It's okay," Rose answered, then asked with a little worry on her face, "So, did you told your parents?"

"Well, I thought about it," Scorpius mumbled, fidgeting with his extremely expensive robes, "But I think that it's not a very good idea to tell them everything through a letter. The school's gonna get over in a few days as it is, so I guess we can tell them when we meet them."

Rose sighed. She and Scorpius had been dating for three years but neither had the courage to tell their parents or anyone else about it. They had to meet each other secretly, something that Rose heartily hated. She often used to picture the two of them going together to Hogsmeade or holding each other's hands while sitting near the lake or kissing each other at breakfast and not giving a damn to what the whole school said. But, unfortunately they were never able to do any of these things.

Seeing her downcast eyes, Scorpius gently lifted up her chin and said,

"Don't worry, my parents might be a little strict but they usually allow me to do what I want. Well, it might take a while to explain this to dad, but I guess he would understand."

"You don't understand!" Rose said, tears forming in her eyes, "Your parents might be a little understandable but my parents would never ever agree! Our dads hate each other as though they are mortal enemies or something! My dad has always warned me and Hugo from staying away from your family. Think how he would react when he finds out that I'm in love with you. And mom would probably not speak with me for ages! And perhaps the entire Weasley family would disown me!" Rose had started to sob uncontrollably by now.

"Rose please, calm down!" Scorpius said, holding her close, "You know that I love you too right? And we'll always be together irrespective of our parents' opinions."

Rose nodded, still looking doubtful, "I just wish they would accept our relationship, but it seems so impossible."

"Well it might be a little difficult to convince them, but I think we'll find some way out of it," Scorpius replied looking very worried. He always got worried whenever Rose started crying and Rose felt that it made him look very cute.

Just then the passageway towards the dungeons lit up with a strange eerie green light. Rose gasped and Scorpius turned around to stare at it, frowning slightly.

"What's that?" he asked.

"Let's go and find out," Rose said immediately.

They soon found out that the light was coming from an old unused room in the dungeons. They opened the door and found a bright green portal in front of them.

"Oh no! It's a time portal! I had read about it in the book called 'Magical Inventions of the 21st Century'," Rose exclaimed.

"I think we should go," Scorpius said, slowly pulling him and Rose away from the portal.

But just then some sort of force got set up in the portal and it started to pull both of them towards it. Rose quickly took out her wand trying some spells to shield both of them, but the force was so strong that before they knew it, they both were sucked inside the portal. Immediately the green light vanished and the portal disappeared.

A.N:- Hello everyone, so that's what happens in this chapter. Please tell me whether I got everyone in character or not or if anyone sounded a little OOC. Also, tell me if I messed up with the dates or anything.

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