My lovelies! So, here's another chapter! I hope you like it. The first one I wrote in a day. True story. Anyway, here it is. I know that the years won't go with the math, so I made up the years by myself. No hate?
Disclaimer: I don't own any HP characters.
Godric's Hollow
July 15, 2025
1:49 in the afternoon
"James, we really shouldn't be in dad's office. He told us to never come in here without him," Lily said from the doorway. Her older brother, James, had come up with the brilliant idea to 'investigate' their dad's private office in the house. Of course, Lily being Lily, she wasn't very keen on the idea.
Yes, she trusted James, of course. He was an Auror! But, her brothers could be quite, uh, idiotic, at times. This was one of those days, however, that when James comes up with an idea, and Hugo or Fred follows through, many things could go wrong.
"Ah, cool down, Lily. All of the adults, with the exception of Teddy and I, are at a party with some of dad's work associates. No one will catch us in here," James replied, sitting down at his dad's desk. He began to look through the desk drawers before pulling something out. It was an orange box with a big, purple 'W' on the top.
"Hey!" James exclaimed, "It's the prank box that Uncle George personally gave me for Christmas! I was wondering where it had gone off to." James began to sift through the contents of the box, making sure everything was there.
Lily sighed. She wouldn't be able to het him out of there. She turned around and sat down on the couch beside her cousin, Rose. "What are you reading, Rosie?"
Rosie was like her mum in many ways. Reading and studying habits were one of them. The girl could never be seen without a book in her hands.
"It's a book on time travel. It has a lot of really interesting facts. For instance, did you know that there is a device that can send people back in time? It's called a time turner." Rose turned the book around to show Lily the picture of a golden, spherical object with a small hourglass in the middle with a chain around it. "It can only go back up to twenty-four hours, though."
Lily looked at the picture. Where have I seen that before? She knows she's seen it, but where? Then she remembered.
"I've seen it before! I was going to come in here to ask my dad something when I was little. I saw him fiddling with it before I walked in," Lily said, and ran over to where James was sitting. "James, get up." He didn't look at her.
"James, up, or when we go back to school and you're patrolling Hogsmeade, I will perform a Bat-Bogey Hex on your unmentionables," Lily threatened. She watched with satisfactory as James closed all the drawers and walked over to Albus.
That was one thing Lily had inherited from her mum. Her temper, and the power of her Bat-Bogey Hexes. Apparently, her mum had performed one so well, she had gotten into an exclusive club with her Potions professor in her fifth year.
Lily sat down at the desk and tried to recall the events that had happened when she saw her dad with the time turner.
A six-year-old Lily walked down the hallway. She giggled as she almost tripped on her snowy white kitten, Hedwig. "Sorry, Hedwig!" she told the cat and continued down the hallway. She stopped in front of the two glass doors that lead into her father's office. She cupped her hands around her eyes and put them against the glass.
Inside, she saw her father, Harry, sitting at his desk, holding a small object with a smile on his face. She giggled again.
Tap! Tap!
She knocked on the door and saw her father look up and smile at her, beckoning her to come inside. "Hi daddy!" Lily yelled as she ran towards her father's opened arms. He sat her on his lap and kissed her head. "Hello, little Lily Luna!"
Harry tickled her stomach, causing her to giggle again. "Daddy?" she asked, playing with his glasses that had been on top of his desk. "Yes, darling?"
She hesitated. Should she ask him? She didn't want to get in trouble. "What were you playing with?" she asked, pointing to the small object that was laying, abandoned, on his desk.
Harry looked at it. "It's a special toy that can send people back in time. I used to use it when I was Teddy's age," he sighed. Lily nodded.
"What did you come here for, little one?" Harry asked, changing the subject swiftly and putting the object into the top drawer of his desk. "Oh! Mummy said lunch is ready. She wanted me to come and fetch you."
Lily smiled and reached down to open the top drawer. "Merlin!" she yelled. It was locked.
"Teddy? Will you come unlock this drawer for me?" she called to the young adult. He sighed and pulled out his wand as he walked over to the redheaded child.
He pointed his wand at the drawer and muttered, "Alohamora. Lily, I don't know what on Earth you are doing, put please do not get me involved." He walked back over to his chess game with Rose's brother, Hugo.
Lily smiled and opened the drawer and, upon spotting it, pulled out the time turner. "Rosie? This is it, right?" Lily said, holding up the device for her cousin's eyes. Rose looked up from her book and yelled, "Lily! Put that back! It's one of the last four in the world!"
Lily squealed and ran over to hide behind her cousin, Fred. "Freddie, protect me! Rose is out to get me!" Fred rolled his eyes and continued conversing with his sister, Roxanne.
"Hugo! Catch!" James tossed a book over to Hugo, which was intercepted by Lily, who caught the book with her Seeker reflexes. Lily ran back to the desk and sat down, placing everything on top of it, which seemed to have calmed Rose down significantly.
"Thank you," Rose sighed. She went back to the couch and sat down, allowing Lily to lean back and wallow in her memories of her and her father when she was little.
When Lily wasn't looking, James and Fred had tiptoed up to the desk. James grinned mischievously at his cousin, who ginned back. Roxanne was watching them with an amused look.
Roxanne was the younger than the two of them, and one of Lily's best friends. She knew how Lily would react to her brother and idiotic cousin if they began messing with it- which was quite likely, now that she thought of it.
James snatched up the time turner and began tossing it from hand to hand. Lily and Rose had snapped their attention to James and Fred, who had just begun tossing the item of choice in between the two of them.
"James!" Lily screeched. "James Sirius, put that back now!" James looked at her and laughed.
"What are you going to do? You're underage! You can't do magic outside of school! Besides, you're only a third year, Luna!" He ruffled her hair- but, he wan't quick enough, because Lily grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back. "I'll tell mum. I'll tell her it was your idea to come in here, and I just happened to stumble upon the time turner. Got it?" Lily whispered in his ear. James shook his head frantically and Lily released him.
Fred shrugged his shoulders and called to James, "James! Catch!" He tossed the time turner to the said boy. The time turner fell to the floor and hit Lily's cat, Hedwig. Hedwig hissed and leaped into Lily's arms. Lily cuddled the white half-cat, half-Kneazle (just like her aunt's).
After Hedwig had jumped up, the group of eight watched the time turner fall onto the wood floor. There was a shatter as the glass broke and a cloud of gold smoke enveloped the group.
Number 12 Grimmauld Place
July 15, 1995
7:46 in the evening
"JAMES SIRIUS POTTER!" Lily screamed once they had gotten up from the floor. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? And you," she said, ganging up on Fred, "Deciding to throw the time turner to James. Fred! His back was to you, and-"
"Excuse me?" Lily spun around to face a room of adults and teenagers. Everyone had their wands out. Most of these adults were supposed to be dead. What had happened? Lily went and stood between her brothers, who both grabbed one of her hands and gave them a squeeze.
"Who are you and where are you from?" one man asked. He had balding, red hair, and seemed weary. "Grandpa Arthur?" Rose questioned. The man stared at her as if she had just sprouted another head. "Pardon? I'm no grandfather. Sirius, I think they may need Veritaserum."
One man nodded, and walked to the cupboards over the sink. He cam back and stood in front of Teddy, whose hair had been a calm brown had turned a bright turquoise. "Just a sip," said the man, and handed Teddy a small glass phial of Truth Potion. Teddy nodded and took the smallest sip of the liquid.
"State your full name, age, and where you're from," the man said. He handed the small bottle over to Teddy. Teddy let out a breath and took a sip.
"Ted Joshua Lupin. I'm twenty-four and we're all from the year 2025. What year are we in now?" Teddy asked, looking at everyone in confusion. A man with thinning hair answered, "1995. Who're your parents, boy?" Teddy took a deep breath.
"Remus John Lupin and Nymphadora Eilene Tonks Lupin. Mum, dad," Teddy added, seeing them and recognizing them from photos that Harry had around the house.
His mum's hair had turned from the mousy brown it usually was, to her favorite shade of bubblegum pink. His father, whom of which he had seen almost immediately, had scars evident on his face and his own brown hair was thinning. Teddy had also noticed that when he had announced his fatherhood, Remus' face had paled considerably.
"Ted, you're not a-" Remus had begun before Teddy shook his head, expecting this. "No, I'm not. Although, I am Metamorphmagus." Remus gained some color in his face, but still looked a little uncertain.
Tonks had come up and thrown her arms around Teddy, who, quite surprised by this, placed his own arms on her gingerly. She let go, and, smiling up at him, led him to where Remus was standing.
Teddy had passed the phial to Roxanne, who sighed and took a the smallest sip of potion before asking, "When will the potion wear off?" She knew she should know, being Rose's cousin, but she had never really paid attention.
"Around an hour," the man who had gotten the potion answered. Roxanne nodded before continuing with her information, "I'm Roxanne Delilah Weasley. I'm thirteen years old and my parents are George and Angelina Johnson Weasley."
A girl's eyes widened. "George and Angelina? I can't see them together. It's like, impossible," she said. There were murmurs of agreement around the room.
"Well, come here, then!" George motioned for Roxanne to join them, and Roxanne smiled and walked over after handing the potion to Fred. Fred smirked and, after taking a sip himself, handed it over to James who did the same.
James and Fred held their wands to their necks, and spoke, their voices ten times louder than normal. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" James began, followed by Fred, then Hugo, who had caught wind of their idea and taking a swig as well.
"YOU ARE HERE TO SEE THE PLEASURES OF FRED ARTHUR WEASLEY, HUGO ALAN WEASLEY, AND JAMES SIRIUS POTTER!"
"I am James Sirius Potter, twenty years of being alive, and I graduated from Gryffindor as a Chaser for the House team. My parents are, yes, the Harry Potter and fantastic Ginny Weasley Potter. I am proud to be here today, in front of you all, my family. I-" he was cut off by Fred, who shoved him out of the way.
"Yeah, yeah, mate. Don't go all lovey dovey on me. And look, you made your mum blush!" He had gestured to Ginny, who blushed even harder. She caught Harry's eye and looked down, seeing his own red face.
"Fred Arthur Weasley, the second. Although, according to my darling cousin," Fred hugged Lily, "my name is Freddie. Anyway, I'm fourteen, in my fourth year as a Gryffindor, and I am Roxie's brother. I do play the position of Beater, just like my dear dad."
Hugo rolled his eyes, and when Fred didn't continue, began himself, "I'm Hugo Alan Weasley, thirteen years old, a proud Gryffindor, and Keeper for the team. I've been told I'm the best one since my dad went to school. My father is Ronald Bilius Weasley," he stopped, hearing a groan emit from a ginger. "Mum! My middle name!" A pillow from nowhere hit him in the head.
"And my mother is Hermione Jean Granger Weasley. Lovely meeting you all." Hugo concluded, giving a little bow, and handing the phial of potion to his sister, Rose.
Hermione was blushing a bright red, and was looking at her trainers. Ron's ears were red and he was staring at the wall, not trying to catch anyone's eye.
"About bloody time!"
"We've known all along," Fred and George said. Ron muttered, "Shut up," before sinking in his seat.
Rose passed the potion onto Lily and said, "I'm the offspring of Hermione Granger. Don't you think I'd tell the truth?" Hermione nodded and shrugged her shoulders, "I wouldn't lie, you all know that."
James found a loophole, "Ah, but you are also Ron's offspring." This seemed to convince Rose, as she took the Veritaserum from Lily's hands and took a sip. "My name is Rose Lynn Weasley. I am Hugo's sister, fifteen, in my fifth year at Hogwarts as a Ravenclaw, and I play Chaser. I think that's it." Rose gave a curt nod and went to stand by Hugo, who ruffled her hair.
Lily looked at the potion and swallowed. Albus, noticing this, took the Veritaserum from her and swallowed some. "I'm Albus Severus Potter. I'm in Slytherin, fifth year, and the House Seeker," he rushed out. He looked around the room, meeting shocked faces. It was only a matter of seconds before they all broke out into a riot.
"You named him after Snape?"
"Harry! You birthed a Slytherin!"
"EVERYONE! Calm down, please! Can I just-have a moment to explain?" Albus screamed. Everyone quieted down to let him speak. He turned to his dad, green meeting green. "You named me after Snape because you called him one of the bravest men you've ever known. And he was a Slytherin. You told me it wouldn't a difference to you if I was a Slytherin or a Gryffindor because you would still love me. You were actually happy that I made Slytherin, now that I think of it, wasn't he, Lil?" He turned to his sister, who nodded. "You told me the Hat takes a person's own wants into accord. It did for you." Harry nodded.
"Alright, Albus. I understand. Anything else I need to know?" Albus shook his head, just as Hugo said, "Actually! Rosie has something to say. Ow, Rose."
"No, I do not need to say anything," Rose kept a firm hand on Hugo's mouth. James II jumped up and yelled, "ROSE IS DATING A MALFOY!" He then proceeded to run around the room, barely escaping Rose's clutches.
"James!" she kept screaming. She was running past Teddy and his parents when an arm wrapped around her waist.
"Woah there, Rose. No need to go killing your cousin, because I think your dad will kill you," Teddy pointed to her dad, who was going red in the face.
"Surprise, daddy! Wait, dad. He's actually not a Slytherin; he's a Ravenclaw, like me. His dad has changed, too," she explained. Ron's face returned to normal after that brief explanation.
"Well," Remus cleared his throat, "Now that we've done that, Sirius and I need to see James the first, Lily Evans, Moony, Pads, Harry, Hermione, and Ron in the drawing room. Hurry, now."
The small group of people followed Remus up the stairs and into a room off the first landing.
"Hi mum, dad," was what Harry said first.
