Chapter Two
"Potter."
Harry and Ginny looked at each other again. They couldn't believe it.
"What year is it?" James asked, still on the floor.
"The summer of 1994. Why?" Remus asked, eyeing the newcomers.
"Damn it... we are going to be in huge trouble..." James said quietly.
"I know! What did you do?!" Lily nearly shouted at him.
"I didn't do anything! I don't even know what happened! One minute I was standing with Dad, training and the next I was here looking at your face! Not a very pleasant sight to wake up to." James said, glaring at his sister.
Lily ignored the jibe and started to think. "So I don't understand... how did we get here? I mean the last thing I remember was with shopping with mum who-" Lily's musing was interrupted by Sirius.
"Wait, so are you from the future?" Sirius asked.
"Durr..." James said, rolling his eyes.
"James! Don't be rude! We barged in on them." She glared at him and then turned to Sirius. "Yes, twenty one years, I think. What year are you going into Harry?" she looked at him.
"His fifth year, Lily! Sirius is here and he looks pissed about being cooped up and dad looks like he hasn't got a good nights sleep in a while... what other year could he being going into?" James explained to Lily, talking slowly like he was explaining it to a two year old.
"James! SHUT. UP." Lily shouted in his face.
"Wait, so you two are Harry's kids?" Ginny knew somewhere deep in the recesses of her mind that they were her kids too, but she couldn't take it in.
"And yours." Sirius said.
"How can they be both mine and Harry's?" Ginny asked, looking confused.
"Gin, are you okay?" Harry asked, knowing that this information was a lot to take in but didn't understand why Ginny couldn't process it.
"Yeah, just a bit confused."
"Mum," James said, "You and Harry are married. We are the products of that marriage." James said with a grin.
Then Ginny fainted.
Harry caught her due to his Quidditch skills but he couldn't believe that Ginny just fainted. The only time he has ever seen Ginny so weak was in the Chamber of Secrets. She was usually a very strong person. It surprised everyone in the room.
"Nice catch, Dad." James said with a smile that immediately vanished as Lily started in on him.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT? YOU KNEW THAT SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE TAKING IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO THROW IT IN HER FACE! Oooo I'm going to tell her what you did and she's going to be so pissed! Hehe, this is the best!" Lily said with a wicked smile on her face.
James expression was one of true horror.
Harry took one look at his face and burst out laughing. Sirius and Remus saw this too and joined him. Their laughter was contagious and soon everyone (beside the unconscious ginger) was double over with laughter fit to burst.
They were all just starting to calm down when Ron entered the room. He looked around and greeted each person in turn.
"Hi Sirius." He said to Sirius.
"Hi Remus." He said to Remus.
"Hi Harry." He said to James.
"Hi Ginny." He said to Lily.
"Hi Harry." He said to Harry.
"Why is Ginny unconscious?" He asked turning to look at the real (passed out) Ginny.
He looked around the rest of the room, waiting for someone to answer. It was then that he spotted the two Harrys and the other Ginny.
"What the bloody hell is going on?!" he shouted.
Everyone burst out laughing again.
Ron fumed. He was confused and wanted to be told what was going on. He left to go find Hermione.
"Ron! Wait!" Harry called through his laughter.
Ron continued on. He had to find Hermione. She would be able to explain what's going on.
He walked into the kitchen to find Hermione alone reading a giant book and eating a cookie.
"Hermione! Come! I have to show you something!" Ron said loudly, grabbing her arm and trying to tug her away.
"Ron! What are you doing? I'm trying to read! What could possibly be so important that-" Hermione was cut off.
"I can't tell you! I can't explain it right. Just come and see!" Ron said, succeeding in tugging her away.
"Alright, fine." Hermione said reluctantly, looking at her cookie as she was tugged away.
As they neared the door they heard voices.
"Ennervate." That sounded like Remus.
"Ginny are you alright?" That was Harry.
"Yeah, Harry. I'm bloody brilliant. Especially considering I just found out I'm married to you and we have kids! KIDS!" Ginny yelled.
That caused Ron to be pushed to the side while Hermione barged in.
"YOU WHAT?!" Hermione shouted in Harry and Ginny's faces.
"Um, Hermione meet James and Lily. Our kids." Harry said, watching Hermione's face.
"Your what?" Hermione asked in deathly whisper.
"Kids. Don't worry Hermione, I fainted when it finally sunk into me." Ginny said, patting Hermione on the shoulder.
Sirius and Remus were just watching this all take place. It was quite amusing.
Just then Ron stormed in.
"YOU marry MY little sister?!" He shouted at Harry.
"It seems that way." Ginny said, her voice cold.
Ron just kept glaring at Harry.
Ginny stepped in between them.
"Ron, you don't get to determine who I marry or not. You can't possibly even think about being angry with Harry for something that hasn't even happened yet! And when it does I expect absolutely no opinion voiced from you, because whom I decide to love does not concern you. Got it?" Ginny said with so much force Harry was surprised that she had so much in her after fainting. He also noticed her choice of words... when it happens... and his stomach did a back flip. All that was forgotten, however, when he spotted Ron's face. It was all he could do not to burst out laughing right there.
Ron looked terrified and nodded his agreement. Hermione burst out laughing. Everyone just looked at her.
"Your...face!" She said pointing and laughing.
Finally she sobered up and asked them to explain.
"Alright... be prepared!" James said in a spooky voice.
And they all explained everything that has happened so far.
"Wow. That's just... wow." Was all Hermione could say. "I don't understand. How is this possible?" She started pacing and muttering to herself.
Lily and James looked at her, concern written across their faces.
"Don't be so worried. She does this all the time. I believe it's her way of getting the 'smart' juices flowing." Ginny said with a wink.
James and Lily chuckled.
"We have to speak Dumbledore." Hermione said after about ten minutes of thinking.
"It took you ten minutes to come up with that? We thought of that ages ago!" James burst out.
"Well, then why didn't you do it?"
"Maybe because we were too busy explaining thing to you and everyone else! And now, we're going to have to do it all over again for Dumbledore!" James said, sounding like he's been doing way more then just lounging on the floor.
"And Molly, Arthur, Fred, George, Tonks, Kingsley, Moody and many other important people." Lily said, looking thoughtful. "Right?" She asked turning to the only two adults (ha.) in the room. They nodded. She smiled, happy she was right.
"Although we probably should tell Dumbledore right now." Harry said. "Sirius? The Floo?"
"Yup, follow meeeee!" He said, squealing on the 'me' and then rushing out of the room.
Harry rolled his eyes while the two time travelers were cracking up, having never met Sirius in real life.
Arriving at the kitchen, they found Harry with his head in the fire. A minute later, he came out with Dumbledore following a moment later.
He seemed to have spotted Lily and James. "Well, who do we have here?" He said, the twinkle in his eye on overload.
"Lily Potter, sir, and my brother, James. We don't know or understand what has happened, but we do know that we aren't from this time. Do you know anything about what could have happened or how we are to get home, Professor?" Lily asked, looking at the Headmaster with hope gleaming in her eyes. She really just wanted to get home. James, however, wanted to stay and hang out with his dad as a teenager and Sirius. They could probably have a whole bunch of pranks planned out by the end of the day.
"Not at this moment, Lily. I apologize but it's going to take me at least a week or two to find anything that would even have a chance at sending you that far forward into the future without complications. I promise that I will try my best, though. Oh, and don't worry about telling them anything about their future, Lily, as everyone will be getting memory charms before you leave. Just try to keep them guessing, okay? It allows the memory charm work better. As soon as I find anything I will contact you. Good day." Dumbledore said as he threw some floo powder into the grate, stepped in and left without another word.
