When time stopped we find ourselves still sitting in my room only now it looks different. All the posters and paintings on my walls are gone in fact my walls are barren save for the Slytherin green paint that coats them. The bedspread is different too, it's black instead of silver. Looking around the room I notice pictures of a young blonde man that looks relatively like me, with a group of others standing around him.
"It's Lucius's." Mines commented.
I look at her then the picture.
"It worked." I sigh.
"Yeah but now we're trapped in your pap's room with no excuse as to why we are here, if we get caught the ministry will punish us severely." Dora states.
"I know a charm. If I cast it on our clothes we will be invisible till we sleep. We can use it to sneak out of here then we can Apparate to Black manor, I know someone there that will gladly help us." Hermione says.
She stands up and casts a quick spell on the three of us.
"Your father?" I ask.
"No. Callum Black, he's our great-great-great Granddaddy. He adores children and will gladly do anything to protect his family especially if we're nice. Plus he likes mischief. He is the one who created the peeping maps, one of which Sirius stole from him, and has a Time Turner that will allow us to travel by months and or hours. It's really cool, he built it himself."
Dora and I nod as Mines holds out her hands to us, we each take one. Our bodies' twist, expanding and contract before we finally land on our ass in a cold empty dungeon. Mines stands first, causing torches to ignite all around us, then starts walking down a long hall.
"Come on, his portrait is down this hall. You know he'll probably get a good laugh out of this."
We follow her lead till we reach the end of the hall. There sits a massive image of an old man, with a long mane of raven black hair littered with silver strands and a matching goatee, sleeping on a plush green lounge couch, held up by gold leg.
"Granddaddy." Mines whispers, as she rubs the picture's cheek.
His head starts to shake spurring the girl on, with one mighty tug she tilts the painting causing him to fall off the couch.
"WHAT IN THE FUCKING HELL IS- Oh hello little ones."
He seems slightly confused by our presence as he examines us.
"Hi Granddaddy. We need your help really bad." Hermione whimpers in a childish voice.
The old man tilts his head to the side then slowly nods for her to continue. Mines tells him every, he seems really pissed when she told him what happened to my mother then even angrier when she told him our plan.
"You're too late, they've already made an unbreakable pact to wed when she graduates. They are currently spending the summer together in Aspen." He deadpans.
"I know…well I know that the school year's over, that's why I need your Time Turner, the one we have only works in years. If I've calculated correctly we need to jump back a good five months from now to make any change. We can spy on them easier at Hogwarts with your peeing maps."
He watches her for a moment then nods as the frame he is trapped in pops off the wall, revealing a secret lounge.
"Welcome to my fun house, the maps and Turner are in my drawer you lot can use it as much as you want. Also for easy access there's a portal behind the hog's head painting in that back that leads to my old private dorm, it's vacant at the moment so you can sleep there to."
"Won't you forget about us?" I inquire.
He ponders the question for a moment then responds. "Your right. You lot bets do it in the dorm then, it'll save you some time."
"Alright thanks Granddaddy," Hermione says before giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Oh child, you're so sweet, you make my old heart pitter pat," He chuckles.
Mines just smiles then walks out of the room with Dora and I in tow. When we're in the room Mines stops, as her eyes look it over.
"Mines?" I question.
"This is my dorm room, as well as me moms."
I look at the black walls, the plush green carpet, the Julius Caesar sized bed, and the fairly large silver desk that is next to a black oak door that leads to a private bathroom. These similarities cause me to draw the same conclusion. She smiles then looks to Dora and I. With a smirk the girl wraps the chain of the new time turner around our necks. She turns it five times.
This time nothing really seems to change except for the time of day. I'm guessing it's because Aunt Bella already graduated and no one occupied the room after her except Hermione.
"You two rest I'm gunna find us some rations and assistance," Mione stats as she pulls the chain from around our necks.
She walks towards the portrait we just came through then opens it.
"Be careful," Dora beckons just before Mione leaves.
The bushy haired girl smiles at us then walks into the portal. I look at my worried cousin then trudging over towards the bed and slip under the covers.
"I'm gunna take a bath do you want me to leave the door open?" Dora asks.
"No, I'll be fine."
She nods as I close my eyes and drift off. When I open my silver orbs I notice that I'm in a lush garden…..My mother's garden. I dark hooded figure appears in front of me and just stares at me before lowering the hood.
"Mummy?"
"Draco, My sweet son, what are you doing here?" Her hoarse voice questions.
I do not answer for I'm too caught up in her mere presence and radiance; she looks like a dark angel in those black robes.
"Mummy," I repeat, leaning forward to touch her.
To my dismay I fall straight through her, once so comforting, frame. Tears fill my gaze as I turn to look at her face that is now marred by angry bruises.
"Draco," She whispers one last time before disappearing.
Again my eyes open only this time my two faithful cousins are sleeping by my side. My stomach growls loudly so I decide to sneak out the bed and fetch us some breakfast. Before I'm off the bed a hand tightly wraps around my wrist.
"Kreacher will bring us our food," My older cousin grogs.
I look at Dora with a confused smile and ask. "Why is Kreacher bringing us our food, and what the hell happened while I was asleep?"
"Well Mines went to our great-great grandfather Cygnus and told him everything. He agreed to help us by ordering Kreacher to be our personal house elf. He also said he'd advocate for us as family members from America that wish to transfer to Hogwarts, gave Mines a charmed necklace and everything."
"What about us?"
"Well I'm a Metamorphmagus so I can change my form at will. As for you…..well we didn't tell him about you."
"What? Why not?" I ask, kinda hurt.
"Because you brought us here for a reason," I jump, in fright, when Hermione speaks.
Dora and I turn to look at the girl, who is now sitting up. She looks at me then continues.
"You could have gone to any time yet you chose this one so obviously you have a plan of some sort, weather you know it or not. So it'd be best for you to stay hidden and watch from the sidelines so you can do whatever you came here to do before you kill Lucius."
"What about you two, why do you need to be students?"
"We can change our future for the better. I don't know how yet, but I'm cretin we can."
"So what now?" Dora asks.
"We eat, get dressed, Apparate to Diagonally, and pick up some supplies with Cygnus."