Chapter 4:

I took a deep breath and let myself slide down the wall to the floor. James came and sat beside me. Where to start? I know he was waiting for me to start but I couldn't find the right words to express how I feel. I was shocked by how I had reacted, sure I had been in fights before but this was different, I had thrown myself at my mum not Josephine Flint. But thank Merlin; James decided to break the silence:

"I can't possibly imagine how you feel right now so I'm not going to pretend otherwise" he said calmly. "But I can tell you this: your mum must have changed a lot if she ended up marrying Seamus"

"I knew that they didn't see eye to eye for a while after they went to the Yule Ball together but I didn't think it had lasted this long and to this depth" I choked out " Dad means so much to me and I can't take it when anyone insults him even if she is supposedly my mother"

"It's not your fault. " He promised "Didn't I hit Toby Smith for saying that you couldn't play Quidditch and that the only reason you had made the team was because your brother had been made captain? "

"I remember" I sniffed "He spent the week in the hospital wing because you hexed him after you broke his nose" A small smile broke through.

"I knew that would make you smile" he playfully punched my arm.

"But it's not the same thing is it? He was just an idiot that was in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is my mother we're talking about" I said.

"You love your dad right?" James asked. I nodded. "And didn't your mum always tell you she was a bit of a bitch when she was younger?"

"She always told me that but I never really believed her" I said in disbelief "Looks like she was telling the truth after all"

"I'm sure she wouldn't blame you for standing up for your father even if it did mean pinning her 16 year old self to the floor." James concluded.

I smiled again; he really did know how to make me feel better even though his reasoning was a tad weird. That was the thing he always knew what to say to me. I looked up at him and he smiled back.

"Thanks for getting me out of there." I finally said.

"Any time" he replied and stood up. "That's what I do; but I think we should be getting back or Rose will send someone to make sure we're not planning a prank" he added the last part with a grin.

"Knowing her she probably thinks we are" I took his hand that he was holding out to me "Thanks again" I reached up and kissed his cheek.

I pulled him out of the alcove and I swear he was blushing. Stop it Casey, don't get your hopes up you know he doesn't like you that way. I scolded myself. We walked in silence until we reached the Great Hall's doors.

"Here goes nothing" I whispered.

As I opened the doors I saw something I really wasn't expecting. It seemed that three more had managed to blast themselves to the past.

"JAMIE!" Lily yelled as she ran to her brother who opened his arms to catch her as she threw herself at him.

It was really cute to watch, Lily and James really had a special relationship. He really does fill the big brother role when it comes down to Lily. As innocent as Lily seemed I think James and I are the only ones that know that she can be a terrific prankster when she wants to be.

James put Lily back down and we walked up to rest of the crowd with Lily nearly dragging James along. I loved seeing James being so sucked in by his sister: he really could never say no to her.

"Why is it you two are always involved in the life death situations?" Aidan joked as we approached.

"For once, I had nothing to do with this!" I told him "I was the one that was trying to be responsible and told James to put that thing away! He was actually listening to me when those two turned up!" I pointed to Louis and Rose as I spoke.

"Rewind a second? You were trying to be responsible?" Aidan mocked "I don't believe that a second! My sister tried to stay out of trouble for once? Now I have heard it all!"

He came over and gave me a hug which I returned gladly. He was taller than James and definitely had a bigger build. Jake came up and joined the hug. When we broke apart I noticed that my little brother still looked quite pale. He just shrugged and went back to his seat between Rose and Albus.

"So what have we missed?" James tried to break the tension, because Lavender was shooting daggers at me.

"Not much" Fred answered "Just as you two left, Lily, Hugo and Aidan decided to drop in, literally. And we spent the time between their arrival and yours talking about how the hell the three of them ended up here"

"And how did you guys end up here?" I asked.

"Let's just say that the train was too quiet so we decided to come looking for you" Aidan replied.

"We found your compartment full of purple smoke so we decided to have a look inside" Hugo continued.

"And then the door shut behind us and "poof" the room went white and we ended up landing here" Lily finished.

"That's the short version of course" Roxanne butted in "We were lucky enough to hear the whole thing when it could have been that short"

"Why were the two of you not here?" Lily asked with a raised eyebrow.

"We'll tell you later" I muttered and my brother looked at me suspiciously.

"I think we should finish off the introductions, it's getting quite late" Dumbledore announced "You all have classes tomorrow"

"WHAT?" That was the resounding answer that came from all the future kids' mouths.

"It only seems natural that you continue with the classes you should be attending if you were back home" Dumbledore said plainly "It is obvious that we are not going to find a way back for you tonight! I need time to figure out how to get you back"

"Bloody brilliant" Hugo mumbled.

"We manage to fling ourselves back in time and it has to be when school is on, bloody perfect" Louis groaned.

"I find it completely logical that we have to attend class" Rose smirked.

"SHUT UP!" James, Fred, Roxy, Louis, Aidan and I chorused.

"Please, can all of you shut it so we can get to bed?" Jake surprisingly added.

"Fine, I think you were talking Casey?" Fred turned and looked at me.

"I was done, only that I have to add that I'm not a prefect either. I spend too much time in detention for that." I smiled at James for the detention part and we gave each other a quick high five. "I think James forgot: he's not a prefect either."

"Thank god for that" Rose said in an undertone.

"Sounds like I'm next then?" Fred asked.

"No you're not" I replied "We're going from oldest to youngest remember? Aidan's here now, so that makes him the oldest."

Fred looked disappointed but sat back down and waved at my brother to go ahead.

"Well, I'm Aidan Lloyd Finnigan. I'm 17 and I'm in my last year at Hogwarts. I'm a Gryffindor, chaser and captain of the team. I dropped my prefect duties because of the team captaincy and I don't regret it a bit!"

"You're forgetting something" I smirked.

"And what would that be?" he asked innocently.

"Doesn't Haley Clark ring a bell?" Jake reminded him.

If looks could kill, I swear Jake and I would have dropped dead because of the look Aidan was shooting us.

"Since Aidan doesn't seem to be telling I'll go ahead then" I started to say.

"No, I'll do it" He cut me off "Haley is my girlfriend; she's the daughter of Adam Clark and Parvati Patil. We've been going out since our fifth year."

"Who is Adam Clark?" A slightly red Parvati asked.

"He's a muggle; I think he's a teacher in a muggle school in England." Aidan answered.

Parvati had gone completely red now and Aidan looked quite uncomfortable. It must be awkward for him to admit you're dating someone's daughter when she is currently younger than yourself.

"Can I go now?" Fred asked impatiently.

"Go ahead" Aidan rushed is words as he quickly sat down.

"Well, I'm Fred George Weasley, the only son of the one and only George Weasley" he beamed "I'm a sixth year Gryffindor and I'm a beater on the team and I have an amazing twin sister."

Roxanne stepped forward and waved.

"Roxanne "Roxy" Angelina Weasley" she smiled "I'm the twin sister. I'm the other beater on the team. Neither of us are prefects. And our mother is Angelina Johnson well in our time Angelina Weasley"

"George married his brother's ex-girlfriend?" Ginny looked disgusted.

"Don't worry everything and everyone was fine about it" Fred reassured them.

"Why did George name you after Fred?" Ron asked.

This could have been an awkward silence and probably the part where Fred's death would have been spilled but it looked like Fred was prepared for it. He's always one step ahead of us all.

"Small price to pay when you marry your brother's ex! Uncle Fred had said it at a joke at the time, but Dad decided to do it!" Fred was really well rehearsed because his smile didn't falter.

Everyone from the past seemed content with the answer, and thankfully didn't ask any more questions.

"If you guys are done, that means I'm next" Albus broke in.

"I'm Al Potter, unlike my dear brother I'm quite quiet and mostly stick to rules but trouble often finds me even though I don't go looking for it. I'm in my fourth year at Hogwarts and I'm a Gryffindor but not on the team because all the chaser spots are taken but I'm hoping to get on the team next year."

"My charming brother I believe you haven't given your full name" James said while putting his arm around his brother's shoulders.

"Bug off James" he snapped.

"Come on Al, please" Young innocent Lily with her angelic smile was able to break anyone but Al seemed to resist for once.

"Can we please leave it at that?" he snapped again.

"Nope" James smiled.

"Albus Severus Potter" he muttered.

"No one heard you, mate" Jake smiled.

"ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER!" he had definitely lost the rag. "Was that loud enough for you?"

"No need to shout bro!" James replied while taking a step back from him rubbing his ears.

"You definitely inherited Harry's temper" Hermione smiled.

"No, it's Mum who yells like that. Apparently Dad was like that when he was our age. But trust me you don't want to be on the other side of Mum's howlers or anywhere near her when she starts to crack up!" James explained.

"So who is your Mum?" Ron looked eager.

"Drum roll please?" James asked. Fred, Roxy and I drummed the side of the table. "My fabulous mother is none other than the current Miss Ginny Molly Weasley"

The room went silent as Ginny went as red as hair and Harry wasn't far behind. Ron looked ready to pass out. But Hermione was absolutely delighted even Dumbledore looked happy. Dean on the other hand didn't look to pleased that his current girlfriend ended up marrying someone else. Dean had always told me he took the break up hard but now he didn't regret it.

"Well, that seems to have gone down well" James smiled. "It's a bit weird being older than your mum buy what the heck, this is entertaining!"

"Shall we move on to avoid further embarrassment?" Rose proposed.

"You mean give it to someone else" I clarified.

"Exactly" Rose said "I'm Rose Weasley, a fourth year Gryffindor as well but I am not a troublemaker like most of my cousins I am in fact hoping to be a prefect like both my parents were."

"And your parents are?" Ginny rushed.

"Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger" she beamed.

This was brilliant to watch: Ron who had currently had Lavender on his lap and been pale turned redder than his hair. Lavender got up a looked absolutely appalled. Harry was slightly chuckling and Ginny looked relieved.

"Won-Won? You don't believe then do you?" Lavender squeaked.

"Of course it's true you dumb bimbo!" I answered her "You end up marrying someone else! That you really don't deserve right now and how the hell you two got together beats me but you really must have redeemed yourself in your seventh year! Merlin, I don't know how Dad found it in his heart to forgive you!" And that's when I bit my tongue.

Everyone was staring from me to Lavender and finally to Seamus. Most looked absolutely shocked, and I wasn't surprised seeing how my mum acted as a teenager.

"You've got to be bloody joking right?" Dad asked "Please tell me you are joking"

"Sadly I can't." I managed.

"I don't believe this" Lavender stormed out of the hall at those words and of course slamming the doors behind her. Parvati soon followed to make sure she was okay.

"I believe we have only three of you left maybe we should finish quickly so we can all get a good night's sleep so we can get our heads around this" McGonagall suggested.

"I'm next. Jacob Liam Finnigan, the last of the Finnigan's" he added much to Dad's relief. "But please just call me Jake, I only get called Jacob when I'm in trouble or when I'm having a serious conversation with someone. Anyway, I'm a fourth year. And unlike my siblings, I haven't taken to Quidditch as much even though I like going to the games."

"I'm up next!" Hugo declared. "I'm Hugo Ronald Weasley, Rose's younger brother." Ron went pale again. "Gryffindor second year so I'm 12. I want to try out for keeper once the current keeper leaves Hogwarts."

"You are only 12?" A shocked Hermione asked.

"Yeah, I got the tall genes of Dad" he replied.

"If you're done Hugo, can I go?" Lily butted in. Hugo nodded. "I'm Lily Luna Potter"

Luna looked at Harry and Ginny and smiled her dreamy smile.

"Yes, I got my second name from you" Lily beamed. "You're my brilliant godmother"

"That is so kind of you" she thanked.

"I'm in the same year as Hugo and obviously a Gryffindor. I will probably try out for seeker once my darling brother leaves" she continued. "And well that's all I've got to stay right now."

"Is that everyone?" Dumbledore asked.

"That's us" Aidan confirmed.

"Now for the sleeping arrangements" Dumbledore wondered. "I'm sure that Casey, Rose and Roxanne could join the sixth year's dormitories. And young Lily here could join Miss Weasley?"

Hermione and Ginny agreed but I don't think this is going to be a walk in the park seeing as my mother hates my guts right now. Sharing a dormitory with her, I don't think this will go down well with her.

"As for the boys, it's a little more complicated." Dumbledore said. "There are 7 of you, does anyone have any suggestions?"

"We could put some mattresses on the floor in the sixth year's boy dorm but not 7 possible 4? And the other 3 can take the spare beds in the fifth year's dorm." McGonagall suggested.

"That sounds reasonable to me" Dumbledore agreed. "You make up the groups yourselves boys, I'm sure that won't pose any problems."

"The four will be, Aidan, Louis, Fred and I, sir" James said. "And then that leaves Al, Jake and Hugo together. Does anyone object my proposal?"

The boys agreed it was obvious that was going to be the groups.

"Well then, I'm sure you shall all sleep well." Dumbledore said. "I wish you all a good night. Now off to bed, classes in the morning!"

All of us left the Great Hall together and started to climb the staircase. There was kind of an awkward silence until a certain poltergeist decided to appear.

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