Chapter 2
The next morning the seven who found out about the future couldn't believe they were about to change the future for the better. Lily, Alice and Robin got dressed and met the boys downstairs to go down to the Great Hall for breakfast. All night the three girls could hear the other girls talk about how they appeared in the Hall. Apparently rumors were that they learned to apparate inside school to they were abducted by Voldemort in the middle of the night and sent back the next day as Death Eaters.
The boys were already in the common room when they came down the stairs. Peter was quiet, like he was expecting them to turn on him any second. The truth was that Lily was a little weary, but if they could make him see what would happen in the future they could keep him in the light.
"You guys ready to go down?" Frank asked. Frank wrapped his arms around Alice. James did the same to Lily and Sirius to Robin.
"Yeah, let's go." Lily said. Peter looked at Remus and looked back at Sirius and Robin.
"You don't have a problem?" he asked gesturing to the couple in front of them. Remus shook his head and chuckled.
"We saw how it would be. We all lost a lot, so why not find love?" Remus said. Pete looked at him curiously.
"What about you then?"
"Apparently, I will still have to wait until my girl will be of age." Remus said with a chuckle.
"You better, or I'll beat your ass, Moony." Sirius said.
"Like I would do anything to a four year old." Remus said rolling his eyes.
They finally made it to the Great Hall and sat down at the Gryffindor table when McGonagall walked over to them.
"All of you, including you, Mr. Pettigrew, are to come to the Headmaster's office after breakfast." McGonagall said. They nodded though Peter a little more curiously.
"It's a good thing that it's Easter Break." Lily said.
"No kidding," James said.
"What is that about?" Pete asked.
"I have an idea, Wormtail." Remus said. He left it at that and they finished their meal. Everyone was quiet when they made their way back to the Headmaster's office. Dumbledore and McGonagall were sitting in there, McGonagall a little pensive about the situation.
"Good, you're all here. Why I have called all of you here is quite simple, but first we must wait for Mr. Regulus Black and Mr. Snape before we continue." Dumbledore said. Sirius stiffened, if Dumbledore was going to put them all in the Order it would be very hard on Regulus. There was soon a knock on the door and entered the two Slytherins.
"Good, we're all here. Now, I know that seven of you arrived from the future with viable information to end this war early. Am I correct?"
"Yes, sir." The seven said.
"Right, what I want you all to do is come with me tonight to an Order meeting. You are still too young to join but it'll give a feel on what it is like. And it'll give them a feel on what to expect from the next recruits. At the moment we only have thirteen members and more would be very helpful. Now I have a portkey ready to take us to the headquarters, and once we are there, you will explain everything to them.
The seven nodded and Regulus, Severus and Peter looked at the headmaster.
"What about us?" Regulus asked.
"You three will be there because it affects you as well. We will make sure we have all the knowledge there is so we can defeat him sooner without such high loses on our side." he said. They nodded and Dumbledore got out an old book and everyone placed a finger somewhere on it and soon enough that familiar tugging sensation around the naval pulled them away from Hogwarts.
They arrived at what looked like a huge mansion that James, Sirius, Remus and Peter recognized immediately.
"Mom and Dad are part of the Order?" James asked.
"Well they do support us and their home is large enough for us to hold our meetings." Dumbledore said. James nodded and they walked into the house. Lily was gaping as they entered into the large home.
"You live here?" she asked.
"I do, with Sirius of course, Remus and Peter come along as well. It's quite fun when we're all here." James said. Suddenly there was a shriek and a grey haired woman entered into the foyer.
"Albus Dumbledore! I forbid James and Sirius from joining, they are too young!" Dorea Potter shouted. The seven chuckled, instantly reminding themselves of Molly Weasley's reaction in the future.
"Mum, calm down, we aren't joining yet, we can't until we're out of school, but we do have information on the war that the Order needs to hear." James said.
"And how did you come across this information James Charlus Potter?" Dorea asked narrowing her gaze on her trouble making son.
"Honestly mum, you wouldn't believe me even if I told you." James said.
"But we will be telling the Order, Mama P, so you can listen in if you want." Sirius said.
"I think I might just do this. Charlus! If you're not in the dining room get in there now!" Dorea shouted heading to the dining room.
"My parents are older, so they kind of are overprotective of me." James said. Lily looked at him then at the retreating back of his mom.
"It's fine, I still have all the pictures to show them to believe us as well." Lily said.
"And if we need to we can show them a memory." Remus said. They walked into the dining room to see it filled with people. The long table in the middle of the room was long enough to fit the entire house of Gryffindor students. Everyone in the room sat down to the side closest to the door and looked at them. Dorea and a man with silver hair and round glasses sat together on the left side of the table. A man with a severely scared face stood up with the help of a walking stick.
"Albus, what are these kids doing here?" he said. The seven immediately recognized the voice of Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody, though at the moment he is just Alastor Moody since he hadn't lost his eye yet.
"Mr. Moody, I know you won't believe us but we were in the future, for a few weeks learning how to destroy Voldemort." Robin said stepping forward.
"You're right lass, what evidence do you have that will prove this?"
"Well first, we have our memories, memories of meeting our older selves, our children and we also brought with us pictures." Remus said.
"Let's see these pictures then." Moody said. Lily took out the pictures and handed them to Alastor.
Moody looked through the pictures. The top one was of that of a fifteen year old girl with features of both Lily and James. The second of the girl and an older Sirius, Remus and Robin, the third with Remus, Sirius and Robin with their older counterparts, Robin's pregnant belly clearly visible. On and on they went, once Alastor was down he passed them to the next person who was either Fabian or Gideon Prewett. Once everyone had seen the pictures Charlus looked to his son.
"Who is the girl with you and Lily?" he asked. James grabbed Lily's hand before answering.
"Our daughter, Cristal Rose Potter." James said.
"She is so gorgeous, I wonder if we ever met her." Dorea said gushing over the picture of her granddaughter.
"How are you so sure of it?" Moody asked.
"I thought you would think that, so I had older Sirius, Remus and Robin give us memories of the wedding and the night Cristal was born." Frank said. He pulled out a few vials filled with the shiny silver liquid and handed them to Dumbledore. Dumbledore then created a Pensieve and placed another temporary spell on it to cast the memories on the wall to their right. They silently watched James and Lily's wedding and the night Cristal Rose Potter was born. Dorea Potter was crying unashamedly, happy for her only child.
"Okay, now we have that covered, what exactly do you have for us?" Moody asked.
"Alright, well, where should we start?" James asked.
"Start after Cristal was born." Dorea said. James and Lily stiffened and nodded. They told them everything that they heard. Dorea and Charlus cried when they heard what happened to their son and his future wife, what became of their granddaughter and how Sirius, who became like their second son, was framed for their deaths and sent to Azkaban. Moody rounded on Peter and growled.
"Albus, are you certain he isn't a Death Eater?" he asked.
"I have checked, do not worry, old friend." Dumbledore said. Moody nodded and they continued their story. They skipped here and there about Cris' life, how she was treated at Lily's sister's house, to when Sirius escaped Azkaban.
"Alright, I have to know, how did you do that?" Gideon asked.
"Well….um?" Sirius said looking towards the headmaster. Dumbledore nodded and Sirius turned back to the Order members. "It'll be easier just to show you." Sirius and the rest of the Marauder's, except for Remus, transformed into their animagus forms. Sirius into his grim-like dog, James into a stag, Robin into a fox and Peter into a rat.
"How did you manage to do that?" Dorea asked. She was glaring at her child and well adopted child.
"They did it for me, Mrs. P. When I was five I was bitten by Fenrir Greyback." Remus said.
"No," Dorea gasped. She stood up and rushed to him and hugged him tightly.
"They achieved it in fifth year, their animal forms help me when I transform. Before, when I transformed I would attack myself, that's why I have all these scars, the wolf attacks itself since I lock myself away every full moon. With them by my side every full moon, the wolf doesn't attack."
"That's because we play all night." Robin said changing back.
"That is actually a really useful skill for the war." Moody said. The four beamed and Lily continued the story. From the point where Cris found out the truth about who was responsible for their deaths to the point where Voldemort had risen again. To the point where Cris found out about the Horcruxes.
"What exactly are Horcruxes?" asked a dark blond guy.
"Horcruxes are basically objects that are created by dark magic by killing someone and placing a piece of their soul into the object. Voldemort created seven them." Sirius said.
"Why in the world would someone do that?" McGonagall asked.
"To achieve immortality, Voldemort is frightened of death." Remus said. The Order nodded and Lily continued, giving them exactly what the Horcruxes were and where they could possibly be at this time. Lily left out Cris because she wasn't part of this at this time. When the story was finished the Order looked shocked and looked at each other.
"Thank you," Dumbledore said.
"You lot can wait in the kitchen for Dumbledore and McGonagall." Dorea said. James nodded and led the way to the kitchen. There were enough chairs sitting around the island.
"So those things actually exist?" Regulus asked.
"Yeah, it seems so." Sirius said.
"It's going to be difficult to get the cup out of Bella's vault." Regulus said.
"I'm sure we'll find some way to do, we have to in order to finish Voldemort." Robin said. Regulus nodded and they sat quietly waiting for the meeting to end. They had no idea how long they waited until Dumbledore came back into the kitchen.
"Thank you for letting us know how to defeat Voldemort. Once you have graduated you are more than welcome to join the Order. But now I will be sending you back and it is up to you for what you do with the rest of the day." Dumbledore said. He tapped an old spoon and all of the kids were sent back to the Headmaster's office.
"So what do we do now?" Regulus asked.
"I say we just go to the lake and enjoy the sun." Alice said.
"That is actually a very good idea." Frank said. The group then went down to the lake and enjoyed the rest of the day, hardly worrying about the future.
A.N.
The new chapter for Cris Potter's life is up on novel joy, please enjoy.