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Chapter 3- What to do?

As he looked around, Teddy wondered why Albus and Rose looked so shocked; it wasn't like they weren't used to accidents and explosions whilst James was around, it was considered odd if those things didn't happen. He'd just picked Lucy up off the floor, who had been trying so hard to escape the glittering dust, that she'd fallen over when it had finally released them. Once he'd dusted her down and given her a hug and kissed her grazed hands he turned to Victoire.

"Vic, you okay?" He asked, but she didn't turn to him. She didn't even acknowledge hearing him.

"Vic, Vic look at me!"

He reached out to gently turn her face towards him, panic stabbing at his stomach. What if the dust had hurt her, or affected her, or…
Suddenly she turned to look at him and the panic was clear in her eyes. Teddy gripped her shoulders and shook her lightly,

"Vic what is it?"

"Teddy that was a Time Turner that broke. Look around you Teddy." She whispered hoarsely "Look what's changed, what's missing?"

He stared at her like she'd gone crazy, but he looked around anyways.

He didn't see it at first, but then he realised. They were gone-all the kid's parents were gone. In fact all of the parents were gone, as well as all the kids he recognised. They were all replaced by different kids and parents, yet somehow a lot of them looked strangely familiar. Then he blanched as he recognised the person who had just walked past. It was Neville Longbottom, his godfather's friend. Only Professor Longbottom wasn't in his late thirties like he should have been, he was in his teens, about James and Fred's age.

At that very moment it hit Teddy what had happened, why Albus and Rose had looked so shocked, the look of panic in Vic's eyes and why Dominique looked like she was about to strangle James. Just as she leapt towards him, Molly and Roxie's arms clamped down on her shoulders.

"JAMES YOU STUPID BLOODY IDIOT!" she screamed "DO YOU REALISE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, DO YOU REALISE WHERE WE ARE!"

At this Teddy stepped in, because he was afraid of what might come out of Dominique's mouth next.

"Dom. Dom! DOMINIQUE GABRIELLE WEASLEY LOOK AT ME!" He hissed "Shut up! You keep shouting like that and they'll drag you off to St Mungo's! We can't risk drawing attention to ourselves! Now for Merlin's sake SHUT UP!"

At this Dominique quietened and proceeded to send James one of her death glares, which were normally reserved for her quidditch matches. Teddy sighed and looked around to see who else had come with them.

Obviously Dom and James had made it here and so had Vic, Rose and Albus. Fred was also there and seemed to find the whole thing quite hilarious until Roxie proceeded to give him a slap upside the head. Lucy was stood clutching Hugo's hand, looking rather alarmed at their big cousin's sudden outburst. Louis was hovering protectively near them, and Scorpius was stood with his two friends at the edge of the group. Teddy sighed, of course if they were sent back in time, he would be the oldest one there-and he would have to be in charge of the 12 Weasley cousins and a Malfoy.

"I swear to God, I'm going to murder you in your sleep James Potter!" Dominique whispered

"I'd like to see you try! It's a miracle you can even hit a bludger with a bat, McGonagall must have been on the firewhisky when she made you captain!"

Teddy sighed, if they were onto quidditch jibes then the argument was not heading in a positive direction. He was just about to tell them off again when his girlfriend beat him to it.

"I swear to all things magical James and Dominique, if you don't shut up and let Teddy think, I'll murder you both in your sleep and we'll bring you back to 2019 in a bloody box!" she hissed, her eyes crackling with anger.

Merlin, Teddy thought, she could be bloody scary when she was angry. Whilst Victoire's warning had shut James and Dominique up, it had also brought everyone's attention to him. 13 pairs of eyes watched him, as he quickly tried to formulate a plan, but the pressure was too much. He just couldn't think out here on the smoky platform surrounded by a growing number of Hogwarts students who were actually nearly 15 years older than him. It was enough to make anyone's head hurt.

"Need a drink, can't think properly." The words stumbled out of his mouth. "What time is it?" he asked.

"10:00, our train leaves in one hour, and oh yeah merlin knows how many years!" Dominique muttered

"Oh shut up Dom!" Molly groaned brushing her long brown hair out of her eyes "Teddy why don't we go to the café?"

"Café?" Louis asked

"Yes the café," Molly sighed exasperated "A Bottle of Butterbeer, it should've just opened only a couple of years ago in this time if I'm right, only you lot wouldn't know, because you all like to arrive minutes before the train leaves!"

"She's only so early because Uncle Percy is so…" Fred whispered to James, but trailed off at the look Molly was giving him. Teddy took the moment of silence and ran with it; he quickly hurried his entourage over and into A Bottle of Butterbeer, sat them all down and ordered a pitcher of Pumpkin juice and a load of glasses. As he gulped down the ice cold Pumpkin juice, his mind began to clear, and thoughts and ideas began to formulate within his mind. He heard the scrape of a chair and looked up. Dominique had got up and was speaking to the woman behind the counter. The woman nodded and handed Dom a handful of papers. When she sat back down, she pushed the paper toward him.

'I asked her for today's newspaper. Look at the date, its the 1st September 1995, so where does that put us?'

Opposite him, Albus began to count back on bis hands.

'5th year,' he whispered, 'It would be Dad's 5th year.'

'Oh Merlin,' James whispered, 'Do you know what this means? I'm the same age as my mum!'

At this comment, Teddy's family sank in subdued silence, only broken by a few tearful or nervous whispers. Teddy began to think of various plans and ideas. They couldn't go to the Ministry. Harry's 5th year was around about the time when Voldemort started infiltrating the Ministry, and the one thing he couldn't do was expose people from the future to Voldemort, let alone Harry's own children. They also couldn't stay here in London, as it would only draw attention to them. A big group of 14 teenagers and children where the oldest person there was only 21? Someone was bound to ask questions, and it would be ridiculously hard to provide for everyone and research a way back home, as he had no access to any money.

He sighed and let his head drop to the table. He didn't want to admit it but he was scared. As far as he knew the only way to return to your normal time after using a time turner was to live through the time you'd traveled back in. That would mean the kids ending up the same age as their parents, and having to live through the war that had killed his parents. His parents! It hit Teddy then when he actually was, His parents were alive. He could go to them and surely they'd trust him? Just then Teddy felt a light pressure on his hand. He looked up and saw Victoire smiling warmly at him. Thank merlin she was there. He smiled weakly back at her.

"Could we? No, we couldn't, it's a stupid idea. Or well, it might work I suppose."

Teddy looked around at Molly who was sat in the corner of the booth with her little sister on her lap and was muttering to herself.

"Any ideas Molls? Because honestly I'm really struggling right now."

"Why can't we just go to the ministry?" Louis piped up "I mean they are the ones who should be able to help us, who knows what's hidden away in the ministry?"

"Err," Teddy said, looking around and seeing a similar panic in Molly, Dominique and Victoire's eyes to the panic that he felt. Obviously they were the only ones who'd realised the real consequences of being when they were.

"We can't Louis," Molly lied smoothly "If they didn't believe us, it could be dangerous for us, and how do you know that we won't tell them something that will change the future? In my opinion we can't risk talking to anyone until we're sure of how to get back."

Teddy shot Molly a grateful look, relieved that she could come up with something so quickly.

"What were you saying before Molly? What was your idea?"

"Well, it may be kind of stupid," she paused "But where was the one safe place Uncle Harry always told us about? Hogwarts! If we go there we'll have access to food from the kitchens, research in the library, and all of us who should be going to Hogwarts will blend in if we are spotted. The only thing is how to get there, and where we'd stay when we got there. I mean we can't just stay in our dormitories because there'll be students in there, and even though it's Hogwarts I still don't think we should tell anyone who we are."

Teddy and the others stared at Molly. It was brilliant, if they could get it to work; but she was right how would they get there? Where would they stay and what would they do about getting Lucy and Hugo there who were clearly too young to be going to Hogwarts.

"It's brilliant Molly!" Roxie breathed, "But you're right. How would we get there and where would we stay?"

"Oh if only we had a whopping great scarlet train that goes to Hogwarts and leaves in about 20 minutes but really I think that's asking too much for a thing like that to exist!" James drawled sarcastically, making the others feel a bit stupid they hadn't thought of that.

"And as for where to stay, I think me and my amigo over there, may well have the answer!" grinned Fred. "During many of our innocent wanderings through the castle, we happened to find a room up on the 7th floor that was perfectly equipped for our every needs and I'm sure, if we did it right, it would work for this as well."

"The room of requirement." Rose breathed

"Yes dear cousin of mine," Fred smiled "The room of requirement."

"Yeah, on the seventh floor!" Scorpius said "How would we get up to the seventh floor on a feast night, past all the teachers, without being seen and questioned?"

"With this!" Fred exclaimed, pointing at James who produced a thick piece of folded parchment from his pocket "The secret to all mischief maker's success!"

"James!" Albus groaned "You knew why Dad wouldn't let you have that!"

"Well then, he really should keep better locks on the place!" James retorted.

Teddy, who had been listening carefully to all of this, grinned. It could work, it could really work! He looked around all his cousins and saw that whilst there had been a hint of panic in their eyes before, there was now a flash of hope. They could get back, they could really do this! He laughed exhilarated, and pulled Victoire in closer to him, wrapping his arms around her and planting a kiss on the top of her head. He could feel her laughing against him in relief. Teddy looked round to where James sat, with Lily beside him, and then over to Albus. They would be safe at Hogwarts. Because if anyone was a target to Voldemort's regime, it was them and he had to keep them safe.

"Right then, that's it settled." He said "We'll board the train in a few minutes in little groups. Al, Rose and Scorpius; you go first and find a completely empty compartment. You'll be closely followed by Roxie, Fred, and Molly then Louis and Lily, and then Victoire, James and myself."

"Why can't I go with James?" Fred whined.

"Because I'm not thick and I don't trust you for a moment together, alone in 1995." Teddy replied receiving a glare from both boys. "Now I've thought about how to get the little ones on the train, and I may have an idea. We'll place disillusionment charms on each of them, and then they each walk in the middle of either my group or Molly's group. Once we get to Hogwarts, we'll sneak up to the room of requirement and think more there, has everyone got it?" Everyone nodded in reply.

"But what about James and Albus, and Scorpius as well for that matter?" Roxie asked

"What about us?"

"The rest of us are alright, but you two are practically identical to your fathers and James also looks to much like Harry to ignore the similarities. If anyone saw you they'd be suspicious straight away."

"We'll transfigure them, change their hair and eyes a bit, maybe make their features a bit different," Teddy replied "I'm just not sure what to do about myself, I mean I look too old to be going to Hogwarts.."

"Are you a metamorphmagus Teddy? Or have you lost that ability in the last 15 minutes?" Rose asked sarcastically.

"Oh, oh yeah." Teddy muttered embarrassed.

And with that, they were ready, James who was the best at transfiguration changed some of his, Albus' and Scorpius' facial features and Teddy used a colour change charm on their hair and eyes. James was now shorter, with caramel coloured hair and a thinner longer nose. Scorpius had longer thick black hair, bright blue eyes and a wider nose and chin. Albus now matched his red haired cousins, with freckles and blue green eyes. At one point he'd had a rather thick monobrow, thanks to James, but after much protesting and a rather frightening glare from Victoire, it was changed back. Disillusionment charms were placed on both Lucy and Hugo, the latter of which was rather delighted with his new look.

With 10 minutes to go, Teddy sent the first group onto to the train, he watched through the train windows as they checked each compartment, until they finally found an empty one and sat down. He shot a look at Molly who took her group onto the train, closely followed by Louis and Lily. Teddy took one last look at his reflection in the train windows. He was now a 17 year old boy with brown hair and green eyes, like his fathers. He gripped his wand tight in his pocket and led his group onto the train.

They finally reached the compartment, and he sent the rest of his group inside when he noticed Lily crouched down on the floor, hugging her knees to her chest. He kneeled down beside her and gently patted her on the shoulder.

"Lily? Hey Lils what's wrong? She turned to look at him, with tears in her eyes.

"It's my first year Teddy," she sniffled "I was meant to be sat with other first years now, talking about which house I was going to be in. I was meant to be sorted into my house, I was meant to be going to Hogwarts in the boats, not the carriages. It's not fair; I want to have my first year, not hide away in the castle."

She began to cry quietly, and Teddy leaned in next to her and pulled her in for a hug. She wrapped her arms around him and cried quietly into his chest. He stroked her back and made soothing noises. Teddy was very protective of Lily, of all of the Potter children really. They were like siblings to him. He sat there like that until she'd calmed down a bit and her tears had turned into quiet sniffles.

"Lily. Lily look at me," he said soothingly "We'll get you your first year, one way or another. You and Louis. We'll get you home." Lily smiled weakly up at him

"Thanks Teddy, you're the best big brother ever."

She stood up and trailed into the carriage leaving Teddy sat on the floor, feeling a bit tearful himself. He'd always considered them his siblings, but he'd never thought they'd feel the same way about him.

The carriage was getting busier now, and with a sigh Teddy heaved himself up and followed Lily into the compartment. He looked around at all his cousins. On one side, Rose sat beside the window, next to Scorpius, Dominique, James and Victoire. Opposite them were Al, Roxie, Fred and Molly, with Lucy sat on her lap. Louis and Lily were sat on the floor beneath the window and Hugo was squeezed in between them, giggling to himself at his funny coloured skin. Teddy grinned at them all and slid the door shut and sat down against it. He checked his watch, five minutes to go and he would be back off to Hogwarts after nearly 4 years.

There was an easy chatter around the carriage, and Teddy had just settled himself against Victoire's legs, when Albus breathed

"Merlin's pants!"

"What?!" exclaimed James "What is it?" Albus simply pointed out the window. Everyone on Albus' side of the carriage followed where he was pointing.

"Oh my goodness!" exclaimed Molly lifting her hand to her mouth, Fred and Roxy had paled and Lucy, who was now wriggling happily on Molly's lap, exclaimed

"UNCLE GEORGE!"

Everyone stopped and stared at the little girl, who was half camouflaged with Molly behind her, and then dashed to the window.

It was a tight squeeze, but Teddy pushed his way through, and let out a gasp himself. Stood not far away from their window, was a group of people. He saw a younger Mr and Mrs Weasley, the latter of which stood kissing some red headed teenagers on the head, who wiped away the kisses grumpily. When they turned around, there was another collective gasp as everyone recognised their Aunt Ginny, Uncle George and- Uncle Fred. Teddy turned to look at Fred and Roxie, who had quietly taken their seats again and looked mournfully into their laps. A little way off from the main group, stood a red headed boy and a girl with thick bushy brown hair, whom Teddy recognised to be his Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione. Unfortunately Hugo realised this at the same time and proceeded to bang his hands on the window.

"MUMMY! DADDY!" He called.

Everyone whipped back into their seats or ducked down from the window, as the man and old woman who had been stood near their window turned around; everyone except Teddy that was, because he knew the man. It was Remus Lupin, his father. But then that meant… He turned to look at the old woman beside his dad, and saw a familiar twinkle in her eye. One he remembered all too well from photographs. It was his mum, disguised by her metamorphmagus ability. It took all Teddy's strength not to rush out of the carriage there and then to go and hug his parents, actually physically see them. He felt someone's hand slide into his and he turned and saw Victoire smile sadly at him. When he turned back, his parents had moved away to stand next to an odd looking man with a porters hat on.

Albus was still staring out the window in a state of slight shock. Teddy followed his gaze, and saw a familiar looking boy, with black untidy hair, green eyes and glasses. It was his godfather, Harry. He stood near the train with, of all things, a dog resting its paws on his shoulders which made the dog look oddly human. This went on, until Mrs Weasley came and lightly shooed the dog off Harry, and sent Harry, Ron and Hermione onto the train. Just as they boarded the train, a whistle blew and the train began to move off. Teddy stared hungrily out of the window at his parents until he couldn't see them anymore. Then the train pulled right out of the station and Teddy sank to the floor with his head in his hands. They were off to Hogwarts again, but he wanted nothing more than to be back on that platform.