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A/N: the explanation for the chapter title is this: 'the flowers' is pretty obvious (Lily and Rose), 'the asp' is Albus, as he is a Slytherin, and those are his initials. Simba is Hugo, because he's a Gryffindor, and has red hair.

The Past and Future

Chapter Three: Introducing The Flowers, The Asp And Simba

Dumbledore said, "excellent, whose next?" with a twinkle in his eye.

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"I am," Albus stepped forward. "Before I tell you who I am, please promise me you won't freak out at my name." he was looking at James and Sirius as he said this.

"Why would we freak out at your name?" asked James I.

"Are you named after Snape or something?" Sirius said.

"Actually, I am. Albus Severus Potter, at your service."

James and Sirius had identical horrified expressions on their faces.

James groaned, "Why, Harry, why? Why would you name your son after Snape, of all people?"

Albus was very indignant. "Dad said Severus Snape was the bravest man he ever knew! Everyone thought he was Voldemort's right hand man, but he was a spy! Dad said he couldn't have killed Voldemort if it wasn't for Snape giving him his memories as he lay dying, because of the information dad got from them; the light side won the war! Severus Snape is a war hero!"

Everyone was staring at him after his little rant, and he blushed. Dumbledore, however, was beaming. "I'm touched. Harry named his son after me? Truthfully, I never thought that someone would honor me like that. Now, how about you finish your introduction, young Albus?"

"Right," he mumbled. He cleared his throat, and said, "Well, most people call me Al, I'm 15 years old, I was sorted into Slytherin, and I'm James' younger brother, sadly." He grinned at James II, while a few people chuckled. James II stuck his tongue out at Albus, who rolled his eyes at him in turn. Teddy groaned. "Can you guys go five minutes without annoying each other? Five minutes, that's all I ask?" he was practically begging them.

"You were sorted into Slytherin?" asked James I curiously. "I can't remember any Potter who wasn't in Gryffindor." Albus shrugged in response.

"Does that happen a lot?" asked Remus, referring to James II and Albus II's exchange.

"Yeah," said Teddy, nodding vigorously. "And as their godbrother, the godson of their dad, I always end up as the one stopping them."

"Harry's your godfather?" asked Remus, surprised.

"Mm-hm." Teddy said.

When everyone quieted down, Rose stepped up and introduced herself, "Rose Hermione Weasley, 15 years old, in Ravenclaw house, and my parents are Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger Weasley. By the way, my mum's muggle-born, so you wouldn't know her," she added as Fabian opened his mouth.

"I wasn't going to ask if we knew your mum!" he said indignantly. "I was going to ask if all of our nephews married!"

Rose blushed. "Oh, sorry, but to answer your question, Uncle Charlie never married, he said his dragons were enough, and Uncle Fred, um… he's sworn to be an eternal bachelor." She made up the last part, so that they wouldn't know that he was actually dead.

Sirius said, pouting, "What about me? Don't I have kids?"

The cousins looked at each other. Teddy tried to salvage the situation before Sirius got suspicious. "You're like Fred, sworn to be an eternal bachelor."

"Oh, cool so after those two introduce themselves, why don't you tell us about Percy's kids."

They nodded, and Hugo stepped forward. "Hugo Ronald Weasley, 13, Gryffindor, and I'm Rose' younger brother, so, yeah same parents."

"Are any of you only children?" Hestia Jones asked curiously.

They all shook their heads. "Only Teddy, but he's counted as a Potter, so…"

"What about Fred and Victoire?" asked Dorcas Meadows.

"Our siblings stayed in our time, thankfully." Victoire explained.

Dumbledore asked Lily II to please introduce herself, and everyone quieted down to hear what Lily I's look-alike was called. "My name's Lily Luna Potter," she started nervously, but got more confident as she was talking. "I'm 13 years old, and in Gryffindor. My parents are the same as James' and Al's."

Lily I gasped softly. "Harry would name his daughter after me?"

Lily II went over to her grandmother, and comforted her while the others were fulfilling their promise to tell them about the cousins that were absent. Victoire started, "I have a sister, who's three years younger than me, Dominique Apolline Weasley, and a brother, who's two years younger than her, Louis William Weasley. Dom was in Ravenclaw with me, but Louis is in Gryffindor with those two idiots."

"Hey!" Fred and James II said in unison. Victoire raised her eyebrow. "What makes you think I was referring to you?"

"Maybe because that's what everyone says about us!" Fred said.

"And why do you think everyone calls you an idiot? Could it possibly be that you actually are one?" Her expression was almost too innocent.

Everyone was struggling to maintain a straight face, and when the two 'idiots' saw this, they harrumphed, and became silent. Victoire had a smug look on her face.

Teddy took over the family introduction from her. "Fred has a younger sister, Roxanne, or Roxy as everyone calls her, who's 14 and in Gryffindor. Percy's kids are Molly II and Lucy. Molly is in Ravenclaw, and 14, and Lucy's in Gryffindor, and 13. But you wouldn't know they were sisters unless someone managed to convince you somehow. Molly is exactly like Percy, studious and abides by the rules, while Lucy is full of life and couldn't care less about rules."

Albus added, "In looks, too, they're night and day. Molly has the traditional Weasley looks of red hair and freckles, while Lucy is blonde and blue-eyed, like their mother."

Before anyone could say anything more, the cancan sounded. Everyone jumped; they weren't expecting the sudden music. They all looked around, trying to locate where it came from. A few even went so far as to take out their wands.

Victoire, however, put their fears to rest, when she took out a small cell phone from her pocket. She pressed a button, and said "hello?" into the mouthpiece.

They heard fast, worried shouting from it, but no one except Victoire could understand anything being said.

Everyone other than the people from 2021, Lily I and Benjy Fenwick stared at the small phone in astonishment. In the wizarding word, such a thing did not exist, even in imagination.

Victoire started shouting over the phone, trying to calm the extremely worried woman on the other end down. A few minutes later, Victoire handed the phone to James II, saying, "Aunt Ginny wants to speak with you."

James groaned, but nonetheless took it from his cousin. "Mum?" he said cautiously, as though waiting for the phone to explode.

"What in the name of Merlin's beard were you thinking, James Sirius Potter? Your father's office is forbidden for a reason! There are very dangerous things in there, which you found out the hard way. Do you have any idea how worried we were when we couldn't find the eight of you? All of you are grounded, from the very second Harry manages to get you home." They could hear the furious woman from across the room.

As James hung up, the Prewett brothers wolf-whistled. "Wow, little Gin-Gin definitely inherited her mother's lungs. That was some yelling."

"Oh, you mean that? That was nothing, you should hear our mum." Hugo said, indicating himself and Rose.

"It seems like all of your nephews married women with impressive lungs," Frank Longbottom remarked.

"Aunt Audrey doesn't shout that loud," mused Rose. "But Aunts Fleur, Angelina, Ginny and mum more than make up for it."

There was a commotion by the far end of the table, where suddenly fireworks had appeared.

James I said innocently, "I thought we should celebrate my Lily's birthday." He took out a small box from his pocket, enlarged it, and pulled off the cover.

It was a cake. It said in icing, Happy Birthday, Lily!

Lily was astonished, and her husband grinned. Everyone sang the traditional song and had a piece of the cake.

The meeting broke up not long after, and the time travelers went with the Potters to their cottage.

TBC.