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Previously:
McGonagall had just put her quill down on her desk and was carefully placing the newly inked parchment in a drawer on her right side when the door suddenly burst open.
She looked up to see the three Malfoy siblings gasping for air, her brows scrunched up in confusion, 'What could have happened that has these three so distressed?'
"Is there a reason for such a rude intrusion my dears?" McGonagall questioned the teenagers, wiping away traces of her confusion and replacing it with a scowl.
It was the youngest Malfoy boy who replied, "He…he.."
Raising her eyebrows McGonagall waited.
Finally, catching his breath the boy replied, "James Potter knows…"
McGonagall, bewildered, closed the little drawer with a quick thud.
The drawer opened with a dull thud.
"Oohf," Neville Longbottom had been pacing behind his desk. He looked down at the offending item rubbing his slightly throbbing thigh. The contents of the drawer had his eyes widening.
10 minutes later:
"Uncle Neville, what's going on?" Lily asked as she entered the office with her husband right behind her.
"I have some news for you both. Have a seat."
"Is…is something wrong?!" Lily whimpered.
Scorpius looked at the calm demeanor of his former professor and understood. This wasn't something bad it's probably news that would give them some hope.
"Lily, it's ok. Let's just sit down and let Neville talk."
Lily just nodded at her husband understanding that her anxiousness wasn't going to get them an answer any time soon.
As soon as the two parents had sat, Neville passed them a piece of old parchment. Picking it up, the two recognized the neat scrawl. They couldn't believe what they were reading.
"THEY ARE IN 2023!" it was Scorpius who blurted out the question.
"Yes," Neville replied, "I believe that they are."
"Headmistress McGonagall sent you this?"
"Yes she did," Neville smiled remembering the time his two students had gotten in so much trouble that she had ended up taking drastic measures just for them to be able to talk to each other without hexing the others' face off. To say Harry and Draco were irate with the final outcome, would be an understatement.
"But why didn't she send it to us?"
"I don't know, Lily. But I can tell you this, she didn't send it through normal post." When the parents' eyebrows scrunched in confusion, he continued to explain, "When I took office, I noticed there were a few drawers in this desk that wouldn't open, no matter what I did! Well now I know why. I believe that the drawer that contained this letter had some kind of time spell on it. Not that it would travel through time, just that it would open only when it is time for it to open. Seems to me it was time for this letter to reach us, so it did." Neville shrugged.
"Ok. I get that. But if they are in 2023 then it probably means that we have met them…right? I mean the letter being from Headmistress McGonagall suggests that they are in Hogwarts and with us, doesn't it?"
A frown suddenly crossed the Headmaster's head.
"Umm, Neville, it's good right…it just means they are with us and safe, isn't it?" Lily asked.
"Neville…" Both husband and wife were now trying to get his attention back to the matter at hand.
"Huh?!…Oh yeah…uh sure yeah, listen I…I just remembered something, do you think we could continue this a little later?"
"Umm yea ok," Scorpius replied.
"But…but you didn't…" Lily stopped when Scorpius clutched her hand.
"It's ok Lily, we'll come back later."
"I have arranged for accommodations for you both here at the school in the professors' quarters. Even with the speed of our transportation systems, I know you would feel better to be close by.
"Thank you, Headmaster."
As soon as the couple had exited the office, Neville turned to the sleeping portrait of Headmaster Dumbledore. Whenever he wished guidance he would turn to the wise man for it.
"Headmaster Dumbledore?" he called.
Dumbledore awoke from his false slumber, smiling, he replied, "Yes, Headmaster?"
"Headmaster, according to the timeline I should have met the three in 2023. Why is it that I don't remember ever meeting them then? And why can't Lily and Scorpius remember too?
"I believe you know the answer to that."
"Alright. But why is it that Headmistress McGonagall didn't ask you to deliver this message?"
"Oh well, I do not know son. You might have to ask her that yourself."
"Well then why didn't she give this message herself. She must have noted down the date or something somewhere?!"
"I cannot give you the answers you seek Neville. You see son, I am, but a mere portrait on a wall."
"We both know that is just a cover story Headmaster." Neville smiled.
Blue eyes behind the half moon spectacles twinkled, chuckling, Dumbledore replied, "You know it's true, I am just an observer. I do have an advice for you, though. I may not have the answers to your questions but I believe the letter will tell you who does." With that Dumbledore exited his frame, leaving the Headmaster to think about the wise mans words.
Picking up the letter, Neville re-read it's contents,
Dear Headmaster/Headmistress of 2046,
Your students; Terrance, Regis and Abigail Malfoy have inadvertently landed here in the year, 2023, through a broken time turner. We are doing everything in our power to get them back to your time. The Unspeakables have been informed so that they can find a way back for the three siblings. Meanwhile, I propose you do the same.
I will keep you informed on the progress on our side. Eventhough, you can't do the same, I hope and pray whatever we do brings the kids back to their home.
Sincerely,
Headmistress Minerva McGonagall
Then it clicked…the Uspeakables! They maybe able to shed some light on the matter. Of course the big problem lay in their title. It wasn't going to be easy to find one who would talk. In fact, there was no way he would find someone who will.
A smile spread on the Headmaster's face. Of course they will talk. This the 'Chosen One's' grandchildren they are talking about. Looks like it was time to bring in his old housemate and Lily;s father.
Harry entered through the fireplace, dusting off excess soot from his shoulders.
"Headmistress Mcgonagall! It is so good to see you again! Thank you so much for having me here on such short notice."
"Oh it's nothing Harry…How is Ginny?"
"She's good, she misses the kids though."
"She is so much like her mother than she would like to acknowledge."
"Don't tell her that…I paid dearly for such a comment the first year James joined Hogwarts."
Chuckling McGonagall offered her former student a seat opposite her.
"So what brings you here, Harry?"
"Well I am here on behalf of Mr. Ashtown."
"Ahh the Unspeakables' chief…Why didn't he come here himself?"
"Well, he mentioned something about me having better relations with the school and it's Headmistress, also the fact that this case could very well require the involvement of the Auror office."
"Really?! But why? All we need is a simple solution to a difficult problem."
"Yes but the problem consists of a time travelling trio. It is possible that they may entail a threat to the community."
"Oh don't worry Harry! Those three are harmless teenagers and nothing else. Besides they have travelled from the future and not from the past, I say that with such conviction because they are mirror images of their parents who happen to be studying in the school right now."
"That really is complicated! I was wondering if I could talk to these three time travelers if it's alright with you. Get as many specifics as possible, without, of course posing any threat to the timeline."
"Of course, of course that will not be a problem. But if you don't mind me asking, what kind of questions?"
"Well, what time they come from? Where exactly did they land after the journey? Any specifics about their family?"
"Why the family? As I said Harry, their parents happen to be a part of the current Hogwarts student population…I know who they are but don't you think that the less the people know the better?"
"Yes you are right Professor, but…"
"But what Harry? Why would you even need specifics about their family? It's not like you can contact them or anything"
"Actually we can. I was thinking we could keep a few letters ready to be delivered on specific dates in whatever year they are from…"
"That would be 2046"
"Ok…and that way we inform their family about what time they have landed in and what we will be doing from our side to help them."
"Oh well then you needn't worry, dear. I have already started to write such letters for the future Headmaster or Headmistress."
"Well, that's one problem solved. What about the kids?"
"You know what Harry? Why don't you leave your set of questions with me and I will deliver the answers to you through tonights owl. The kids are in classes, I wouldn't want to disturb that! They are trying to fit in. we can't take that away from them now can we?! Especially, after all that they have been through."
"Umm…alright Headmistress as you say. I'll write them down for you"
"Very well" McGonagall agreed, passing parchment and quill to Harry.
"So I hear Lily's in detention. What did she do now Headmistress?"
"Oh don't ask…anyways, it was a long time coming. I am just glad she and her opponent didn't blow up the quidditch pitch!"
"That bad, huh?!"
She replied with a smile.
"You could have let him meet the kids you know."
The voice came from behind her as she saw her former student exit the room. She looked up to the portrait of her old friend and with a tired sigh replied, "Do you want to be the one to tell him that his baby girl will marry Draco Malfoy's son?"
"Oh he wouldn't have noticed."
"You are forgetting how alike Lily and Abigail look. And what about the sons? They look exactly like their father with a little bit of their mother mixed in."
"Yes they do, don't they?!" Dumbledore chuckled, the twinkle in his eye showing how amusing he found this situation to be.