AN- Sorry I haven't updated in a bit; I've had loads of homework. Just a heads up, I'm not going to be able to update at all until at least the 23rd, because I'm going away for half-term and will not have a computer available. Thanks to all the people who added this/me to their favourites/story alerts/author alerts!
This chapter isn't my best, so I apologize if it seems a bit boring or repetitive at time. I was just aiming to introduce all of the next gen in this chapter, but I promise the next one will be better!
Disclaimer: I own Harry Potter. Why are you looking at me like that? I'm serious! *huffs*Oh fine, I'm lying, my name isn't J.K. Rowling…
2- Introductions
"Now, grip your wand firmly- move it up a bit higher, Dean- and repeat after me. Aq-"
"What's that?" A vague, dreamy voice interrupted him in the middle of the incantation, and not wanting to be distracted by another of Luna's imaginary creatures, Harry pretended that he didn't hear. He was cut off, again, after a second when Fred, who had turned to see what Luna was pointing at, shouted out,
"What is it?"
That got everyone's attention, and they all turned around to see what was going on. A faint, glowing light was pulsing gently in one of the corners, and there was a dusty yellow mist emanating from the center. The light grew steadily brighter, and there were a few gasps around the room as three figures appeared in the middle of the fog. After a few seconds of shocked silence, the light had faded and the smoke had disappeared, and the three teenagers that were standing in the corner seemed oblivious to all the people staring at them, not to mention the 29 wands that had automatically been pointed at them. Harry took advantage of the temporary ignorance of the newcomers to examine them, and maybe determine if they were a threat or not. There were two girls, one of them looking slightly embarrassed, with rectangular glasses and shoulder length red hair, where as the other looked annoyed, a dark green beret draped haphazardly over her blonde hair as if it had been almost knocked off. She crossed her arms, and glowered at the third teen, this one a boy who looked remarkably like a male Luna, complete with a similar dreamy, indifferent look on his face. Many of the D.A. members couldn't help but feel impressed; if the blonde girl had been glaring at them like that, they would be running as fast as they could in the opposite direction.
"LYSANDER! What in Merlin's name did you do?" The taller blonde girl shrieked, whipping out her wand and pointing it at 'Lysander'. The strange owl, which up until now had been dozing on the boy's head, took flight away from the noise and perched on Luna instead. The smallest, red-haired girl was watching the owl's strange uneven flight, and her eyes widened in alarm when she noticed all the people (not to mention wands) watching them.
"Um, Dom, Sander?" she spoke up timidly, still staring at the large group of people, many of which she recognized. The other two teenagers ignored her.
"I mean, who brings a freaking time machine to a birthday party? And then you just had to go step on it-"
"Dom! I think you should see this…" the ginger girl raised her voice slightly, but she was still ignored.
"-and you transport us here! Wherever 'here' is… When we get back home, you are so going to regret-" the blonde girl kept on ranting at the boy, who now had an amused expression on his face, as if this sort of thing happened a lot.
"DOMINIQUE! Shut up a minute and look!" the small girl finally yelled, effectively gaining their attention. Once they were looking at her, she pointed at the group of people, who were now watching the three of them slightly incredulously. Both of them gasped and cursed at the exact same time, before turning and glaring at the other.
"This is your fault!" they both yelled, but before one of them could start screaming again, Harry stepped forward, still keeping a hold on his wand.
"Who are you?" he demanded. He saw a flash of recognition in all of their eyes, and inwardly sighed. Of course they'll recognize me, the boy-who-lived, or whatever the prophet's calling me now. His thoughts were interrupted when the small red-haired girl squealed, and ran forward crying 'Uncle Harry!' The blonde girl, Dom, lunged forward, grabbing the back of her jacket and pulled her back, before examining him suspiciously. "Who are you?" he repeated, this time in confusion. The three teens exchanged looks, before the boy stepped forward, cleared his throat, and stated in a dreamy voice, "This is going to sound strange, but we're from the future."
The entire D.A. stared at them speechlessly for a moment, before Fred and George burst into laughter, causing the three 'time travelers' (yeah right) to turn and look at them. Once again, they seemed to recognize them, and the youngest girl piped up, "Why are there two Uncle Georges?"
"Shut up, Lucy!" the blonde girl hissed, before straightening up and addressing the D.A. "What do we have to do to convince you? Oh, wait, I know." She turned to Ron, who up until this moment had been gaping at them, and stated, "Scabbers, Pettigrew, animagus… Ringing any bells?" If it was possible, Ron's mouth dropped even more.
"Wha- How do you know that?" he demanded, staring at them like they were aliens. Instead of answering, the girl turned to Hermione, and said,
" Second year, polyjuice, cat hair? Sound familiar? And Unc- Harry, your cupboard at Privet Drive?" she smirked at their astonished looks.
"H-How do you know all that?" Harry finally stuttered out. She rolled her eyes.
"I told you, we're from the future. Do you want me to say anymore, like how your wand and Voldy's had twin cores-"
"No, no, I believe you!" he said hastily, casting a nervous glance at his friends, but they seemed to be too busy staring at the three time travelers to have heard. "Um… Maybe some introductions are in order?" he suggested, but before he could continue, someone else stepped forward.
"Wait, so just because they said some random words, you're just going to believe them? Well, I for one want some actual proof." Zacharias Smith crossed his arms defiantly. Once again, the three travelers exchanged looks. 'Lysander' stepped forward, and completely ignoring Zacharias, turned to the rest of the D.A.
"Okay, let's see, this is the room of requirement? Great. You group of people are called Dumbledore's Army, D.A. for short, a secret defense group formed because Umbridge won't teach you to defend yourselves. Some of the original name ideas were the Ministry of Magic are Morons Group, and the Defense Association. Is that enough 'actual proof' for you? He addressed the last part to Smith, who huffed (AN- lol, Hufflepuff jokes…) and stepped backwards into the crowd. "Okay, introductions…" He looked nervously back at the blonde girl, who shrugged, saying,
"We're going to have to obliviate them before we leave, anyway."
Nodding, the boy turned back to the others. "I guess I'll start… My name's Lysander Scamander, I'm 15 and in Ravenclaw, my parents are Luna and Rolf Scamander." Luna looked at him with vague interest, a small smile on her face. "Oh, and that's Midge." Lysander added, gesturing to the miniature owl currently stationed on top of Luna's head. Next, the small redhead stepped forward.
"My name is Lucy Cedrella Weasley, I'm a 3rd year Ravenclaw, my mother is Audrey Weasley, and my father is Percy Weasley-" she paused and glanced nervously at the Weasleys in the room, who had all hissed and muttered under their breath when they had heard the name of their estranged brother, "-I was named after my aunt Lucille* and my great-grandmother Cedrella." Nervously pushing her glasses farther up her nose, she looked from Fred and George, who were both glaring at her, Ron, who looked as if he wasn't sure what to think, Ginny, who looked both relieved, annoyed, and confused at the same time, and her feet. Ginny was the first to move, stepping towards Lucy and clearing her throat. The smaller girl's eyes flickered upwards for a second, looking terrified as if she thought Ginny was going to hit he. She looked utterly bewildered then, when Ginny walked up to her and gave her a large hug.
Lucy smiled slightly, relieved. "So, the prat comes back then?" Ginny asked loudly, stepping away from her future niece. When Lucy nodded, the Weasley twins immediately dropped their glares, looking slightly ashamed. Dominique stepped forward, drawing the attention back to her.
"I'm Dominique Apolline Weasley, but please, call me Dom. I'm a fifth year Ravenclaw, same as Sander, and I play beater on the house team, like my Uncle George…and Fred." She added hastily, attempting to cover up her mistake. Luckily nobody seemed to notice, but she didn't see both Hermione and Luna's eyes narrow suspiciously. "My parents are Bill and Fleur Weasley," at her mother's name, Harry elbowed Ron subtly and he flushed bright red, "and my best friends are Lorcan and Sander."
Hermione had just opened her mouth when there was another flash of light, this one only lasting a second, and a whole group of people was dumped ungracefully on the ground. The D.A. quickly counted thirteen heads, a few of them gawking openly at the tall man with the bright blue hair. Similar to the original three time travelers, none of the newcomers seemed to have noticed the large number of people already in the room. Harry did a fast scan of the room; there were two ginger girls helping a boy with thick, reddish brown hair off the ground; two tall boys were snickering about something together, one with hazel hair and brown eyes, the other with caramel coloured skin and dark hair, a third boy with silvery blonde hair standing next to them examining a book; there was a familiar looking white-blonde boy slumped on the ground next to (Harry did a double take) an almost exact replica of himself; the blue haired man seemed to be checking if everyone was okay along with a beautiful girl with hair that seemed to shimmer as she moved; another caramel-skinned dark-haired child, this one a girl, was surveying the scene, and a boy that was identical to Lysander seemed to be completely unruffled by the sudden change of scenery, choosing to gaze around thoughtfully.
It was the boy who could only be Lysander's twin that noticed the D.A. first, letting out an inaudible gasp. The dark girl beside him noticed his surprise, and turned around to see what he was gaping at. She was slightly more vocal with her shock, letting out a piercing shriek once she saw them all. "Merlin's beard, Roxy, do you have to be so loud?" the boy that looked like her, and strangely seemed similar to Fred and George at the same time, complained, rubbing his ears in pain. "I think you just broke my brain." Seemingly shocked by the lack of a witty retort, the boy turned to see what had happened, gaping at the crowd of people silently watching them. "James! Oi, James!" the boy whispered, elbowing 'James' in the ribs to get him to turn around. It was a chain reaction, and soon everyone in the room was silently watching each other. After a few more seconds of awkward silence, the girl who had shrieked shrugged and walked over to the D.A.
"Hello!" She grinned confidently at them. "I know most of you, but you don't know me, so I'm Roxanne! Why are there two of dad?"
The blue-haired man groaned and smacked his forehead. "Roxy!"
"Oh!" Roxanne gaped at Fred, her eyes widening. "You're Fr- Uncle Fred!" she quickly corrected, rearranging her features in an unconvincing smile. "I, uh, haven't seen you in a bit!" The white-blonde boy smirked slightly, whispering 'nice save' and giving her a sarcastic thumbs up when she shot him a death glare. "Oh shut it, Malfoy." She muttered, stepping back into the crowd.
"Right!" the blue haired man said, clapping his hands together to get everyone's attention. "Normally I would create some kind of excuse, and then go to see the Headmistress to explain, but judging by the…circumstances," at that he shot a stern look at Lucy, Roxanne, Lysander and Dominique, who all looked apologetically back, "I feel the best thing to do is to introduce ourselves. Roxanne, you might as well start."
Roxanne beamed at him, skipping back out in front and dragging the other boy with her. "Roxanne Angelina Weasley, Gryffindor chaser, prankster extraordinaire, and the only daughter of George and Angelina Weasley," she bowed, shoving the boy beside her forward.
"Fred Fabian Weasley, fifth year Gryffindor beater, joint heir of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes at your service!"
"Woah, woah, wait! Not only does my twin have kids with my girlfriend, but also his children inherit our future joke shop? What about my kids, what do they get?" Fred the first questioned, missing the mixture of sad and apprehensive looks exchanged between all the people from the future.
The Harry lookalike stepped forward. "You, er, don't have any children. You say you don't want to be tied down by marriage and responsibility." Fred looked disappointed, but seemed to accept this answer.
Before anyone else could speak up, the tall hazel haired boy shouted out, "This is taking too long! Lets just say our names and speed it up a bit!" Nobody objected, so he continued. "I'm James Sirius Potter." Harry opened his mouth to ask a question, but James quickly added, "No one interrupt!" and Harry closed it again.
"Lily Luna Potter,"
"Al Potter,"
"Rose Jane Weasley,"
"Hugo Victor Weasley,"
"Lorcan Scamander,"
"Molly Amelia Weasley,"
"Victoire Gabrielle Weasley,"
"Louis William Weasley,"
"Teddy Lu- Potter," Teddy seemed to change his mind halfway through stating his name.
"Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy,"
"WHAT! What the bloody hell is a Malfoy doing here!" Ron cried out in outrage, but was shot a glare so intense from Rose and Al that he cringed away from them, shutting his mouth.
"Right!" James beamed, "Now that we're all introduced, I think it's time we-"
"Wait, I have a question." Dom interrupted, "how did the rest of you get here?"
Teddy shrugged. "Lorcan was going to go look for you, but as soon as he opened the door this kind of yellowish fog stuff floated through the doorway and surrounded us, and well, here we are."
"All right, this is getting boring, I want to give Dommity her present!" Fred the second whined, taking the books from Louis. Dom rolled her eyes, both at her cousin's childish behavior and his name for her, but sighed in defeat, taking the three books from his hands. Glancing at the first cover, she froze, her eyes wide. Flipping the book over, she read the back, the expression of disbelief steadily growing on her face.
"Where did you get these?" she demanded, examining the other two books frantically. Everyone else was peering over her shoulder, attempting to see what books they were. Finally, Roxanne got too impatient and grabbed the top book from her hands.
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix," she read out, ignoring the various gasps from around the room. "Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron and Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However, what Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down… " she shrugged. "Sounds interesting. Let's read it!"
"What? I don't want my every move read out to the whole room!" Harry protested, casting a subtle glance at Cho before looking back at Roxanne.
Hermione bit her lip, indecision on her face. "Harry, think of it this way. If this is your fifth year, it will have the future in it! Not to mention the other two books. They could tell you how to defeat V-Voldemort!" she stuttered a bit saying the name, but ignored the flinches from everyone except Harry, Luna, the future kids, Ginny, Fred and George. Harry held her gaze defiantly for a few more seconds, before sighing in defeat and backing away.
"Great!" Roxanne beamed, bouncing up and down with excitement. "I want to read first!" As soon as she finished speaking, bean bags, chairs and sofas appeared all around the room, and she plunked down on the nearest bean bag. "Well, come on then!"
Fred snorted as he sat down. "We're reading with strangers, and we haven't attacked them or put veritaserum in their drinks. I can just hear Mad-Eye yelling 'Constant Vigilance' in my ear!"
George snickered along with his twin, "Yeah, I don't know how Tonks can stand it."
At that, Teddy's head snapped up. "Tonks?" he repeated weakly, "As in Nymphadora Tonks, the auror?" Fred and George nodded, looking confused. "I just- Never mind. Read, Roxy!"
AN- Oh gosh, that was terrible. Dx Please forgive me for my terrible ending, it's late, but I want to post this tonight.
*I'm going to say that Lucille is Audrey's sister, so she's Molly and Lucy's aunt.
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