AHHHHH! Oh my gosh, I'm updating! I feel really awful for not doing it sooner,, but school caught me and wouldn't let me go until last night. I'm free! So, yeah, this is most of the memory part of Nach's past. Enjoy!!

Oh yeah, Disclaimer: I no own Harry Potter, X-Men, or Naruto, although I love them all. They belong to their creators. But Nach/Sasha belongs to me, so its cool. And her mom too. And the plot of this wacky story...

Chapter 7: Memory Lane

This is a review of what happened last chapter:

Voldemort let out an unearthly shriek, and screaming, "Sectumsempra!" pointed his wand towards Nach. Before anyone could move, blood spurted from Nach's chest.

Gaara and the other ninjas jumped forward to catch her as she fell, stepping around the large snake's body. As they reached her, her eyes flew open. They were a brilliant glowing blue, the whites in her eyes gone.

Harry and the other Hogwarts kids and the Mutants stared as the battlefield flashed and then vanished, leaving them standing all alone with the ninja group in pitch black.

Suddenly, John swore. "Damnit, I hate it when this happens. It's so eerie."

He blinked at the baffled looks on the Hogwarts group's faces and sighed, preparing himself to explain. "When Nach gets hurt now, her Mutant ability creates a defense mechanism that effectively immobilizes everyone surrounding her. It lasts a few seconds, but it feels longer. Most people just sit in darkness during it, but sometimes, if you're in a large group, like we are," here he gestured at the large group of wizards, Mutants, and ninja, "often times you end up seeing something. You see parts of her memories. This usually only happens if you actually know her or are interested in her past. I suppose that's what's going to happen to us."

-Now the new part start's...- Enjoy please!

The group stood uncertainly, excepting the Mutants and ninjas, who seemed to have gone through this before. Then, slowly, the darkness around them started to ease into grey, and part of the dark became transparent, like a window into a different world. John looked at it, then walked over and reached his hand out. The Hogwarts kids gasped as his hand went two-dimensional, almost a part of the screen. He glanced back and shrugged. "I wouldn't worry about it," he said. "This is like a Pensieve, so I suppose you sort of fade into it."

The group glanced around, not seeing any difference in the scenery around them other than a screen, and then stepped through it all together; into Nach's memories.

The group looked around curiously; they seemed to be in a metallic room. John and the other Mutants smiled in recognition of their school's inner rooms, and waited for whatever was going to happen to happen.

"Sasha, you do remember that you're supposed to go to see Dumbledore?" The group whirled as they saw Professor Xavier roll up to a younger Sasha, who looked horrified.

"Oh no! I forgot! I'm gonna be late!" She looked panicked. "I'm supposed to meet with McGonagall too, ohhhh, they're gonna be so mad! Hey, I know, why don't I go back a few minutes, then I won't be late!"

"Wait Sasha! That's not a good ide-" The professor looked horrified as Sasha disappeared from view, having already teleported, taking the group with her.

Harry and the others looked around at their new location, recognizing it as Hogwarts. But, it wasn't the Hogwarts of four years ago. It seemed different, somehow. Apparently, the Sasha of the memories seemed to agree. She looked around cautiously, and then something seemed to dawn on her.

"Ummm…what was it that Dumbledore told me?" She furrowed her brow in thought. "Oh. Right! Never try to teleport back in time; it's a very imprecise form of travel, so only try to go to the same time…ah. Shit. What time is this?" She looked around frantically, as if trying to find a calendar. Seemingly giving up, she started walking towards the headmaster's office, muttering, "Well, I haven't anywhere else to go…"

The group followed her, the Hogwarts kids starting to have a suspicion about just what time Sasha was in. When they arrived at the stairs, they climbed on after Sasha, and followed her up to the office. She knocked on the door timidly, probably terrified at who might be behind it.

"Who is it?" A voice that was easily recognizable to all who had ever gone to Hogwarts rang out, and Hermione covered her mouth, holding back a cry. Albus Dumbledore opened the door, looking younger and happier than he had before he had died.

Draco froze, not seeing Sasha step into the room and fidget nervously. He was only focused on Dumbledore, about to panic, he remembered the last moments of Dumbledore's life, when he himself had been meaning to kill him. He remembered lowering his wand, then Snape coming in and yelling out the now hated words in Draco's mind, those of the killing curse. Draco backed up from the door, meaning to run as far as he could from this sight, when Harry grabbed his arm, pulling him out of his reverie.

Draco stared at Harry, terrified. What was he going to do to him? Harry had suspected him all the past year of planning something, and had almost caught him on multiple occasions. Harry said only, "We all know you weren't the one to do the killing, so stop it. I want to know what's going on."

At these words, Draco turned his attention back to the scene from a memory. Sasha was currently quickly explaining her plight to Dumbledore, although everyone noticed that she left out her last name and the fact that she was supposed to be meeting his future self instead of this one. She made it seem as if she was a Mutant student who knew of Dumbledore, and was playing around with her abilities and ended up here.

When she finished, Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully. He asked slowly, "You are unable to return to your own time?" Sasha shook her head, explaining that she had used up her mental energy and didn't know when she would have the capacity to take herself back home. Dumbledore nodded and continued, "I see. I suppose you will have to stay here. Of course, you can't hide out, so you will be a transfer student from Salem Academy for Witches. You came here on a foreign exchange trip…some days earlier than the school began. Does that suit you?"

Sasha nodded and said, "I know some spells, but I don't have a wand."

Dumbledore took that into consideration, and said, "We can enroll you in classes that do not involve wands. Therefore, you won't have to worry about it." Sasha smiled, seemingly not so nervous.

Ron noticed Gaara smiling slightly. "What's funny?" he asked, confused.

Gaara blinked, turned his gaze to the other red-headed boy, and said slowly, "I met Sasha after this. She was completely different than this girl. She was much better at coming up with fake backgrounds, for one."

Blaise asked curiously, "She made up a story when she first met you?"

The blond boy, now known as Naruto, so the author doesn't need to repeat herself, said loudly, laughing, "Sure did! It was such a whopper! We all believed her at first, but she told Gaara the truth later."

The pineapple haired boy, now called Shikamaru, continued, "She told us that she was from another village, traveling so she could earn some money for her mother. She worked at a restaurant that we all went to a lot."

Duck-butt haired boy, whose name is Sasuke, said, "I only met her a few months later, of course."

Hermione asked, "Why? Weren't all of you friends?"

Sasuke said nothing, only glowered a little. The ninjas were silent, and then Sakura, the pink-haired girl, said softly, "Sasuke was a traitor to our village during the time Sasha was with us."

Draco stared at Sasuke. "Really?" he asked. The dark-haired boy nodded.

John grinned widely. "Well," he said cheerfully, "It looks like every one of our groups had a traitor who returned to the good side. Weird coincidence, isn't it?"

Ginny asked, "Who was the traitor in your group?"

John smiled more, then said, if possible, more cheerfully, "Me!"

The Hogwarts kids stared at John, dumbfounded. Nach's own brother had been a traitor? No way! He was way too nice. The boy smiled at them, and continued, "Only for a little while though. Sis hadn't gotten her Mutant powers yet, and when she did and found out about me going to the dark side, she came after me. It was rather painful." He smiled again, but Blaise saw that he seemed a little sad.

Pansy interrupted the confessions by saying, "Hey guys! Nach's leaving! Let's go!" The group waited until Sasha finished walking through them and went down the stairs, and then followed her.

The hallway suddenly faded away, and the group stood still, wondering where they would end up this time.

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The air cleared, and they found themselves once again in Hogwarts. The group looked around curiously, then saw Sasha walking down the hall quickly.

"Hey Sasha! Wait up!" An auburn-haired girl ran down the hall after Sasha, a blonde girl and a mousy-brown haired girl following.

Sasha turned towards the group and grinned. "Hey guys! What's up?" The three girls caught up to Sasha, and paused, catching their breath.

The blonde haired girl said quickly, trying not to laugh, "Lily got the Gryffindor boys to agree to go to Hogsmeade with us for New Year's, Alice got Frank to agree to go with her, and I got Lucius to say yes!"

Sasha clapped her hands with glee. "Of course, none of our boys know that we're inviting the others, right?" The other girls grinned and nodded.

The Hogwarts kids stared as they watched Narcissa, Lily, and Alice talk happily together about how they were getting the Marauders, Frank Longbottom, and Lucius Malfoy to agree to go to Hogsmeade for a party. The boys looked in shock at each other as the implications of these simple statements became clear. The four girls, all from different houses, were apparently best friends.

Lily piped up, "Hey, Sasha, have you talked to Snape yet?" The Hogwarts group jumped and blinked. Snape, why would Lily Evans care about him?

Sasha smiled. "Yup! He said that as the responsible sibling, he has to go to make sure I don't get in trouble." The four girls laughed, and Narcissa commented, "It's so funny how he's completely taken care of you. It's as if you two really are siblings. The only way we can see that he isn't a stick-in-the-mud is when he's around you!"

Sasha shrugged. "As long as the Gryffindor boys don't get nasty, I'm sure this will go fine. If they do, us girls will gang up on them, right?" The other three nodded firmly.

The ninjas followed the four girls swiftly, apparently quite interested in what their future friend was planning. The Hogwarts kids continued to be in shock, Neville from seeing his mother sane, Harry from seeing his mother, and Draco from seeing his mother laughing and enjoying herself. The Mutants followed the ninjas, also quite interested in this new event. Or they could just have been enjoying the show, but then, it's hard to understand the motivation to follow your friend's past self around.

Once again, the hallway faded, and quickly the scenery changed to snow and ice, and a group of young wizards and witches walking down the familiar pathway to Hogsmeade. The kids followed quickly.

They could clearly see the four Marauders walking together, although Peter seemed somewhat withdrawn, which could be explained by the fact that Sasha was walking close behind him, with Severus Snape next to her. Behind them, Lily and Alice walked with Frank, discussing the advantages of using Cheering Charms during exams. Lucius and Narcissa walked in the back, clearly content just to be together. Draco stared as his father gently grasped Narcissa's hand, entwined their fingers and then brought her hand to his lips, making her blush. Instead of seeming smug, the young Lucius Malfoy blushed slightly as well, with a small smile flitting across his youthful face. Draco had never seen a look like that in his entire sixteen years around his father.

The group walked into the Three Broomsticks, and the young Marauders immediately went and got drinks for everyone, including Snape. The butterbeer looked slightly more potent than usual, as it was New Year's, and soon the group of boys and girls was laughing and dancing, waiting for midnight to strike. Well, except for Snape and Sasha, who didn't drink any butterbeer and were in a very intense conversation, judging by the looks on their faces as they spoke quickly to each other.

Lily and James were currently doing a messy tango and laughing hysterically, while Remus was dragged around in circles by Sirius, albeit reluctantly. Peter was talking happily with an old warlock who was sitting in a corner, apparently about Quidditch. Narcissa and Lucius were dancing slowly together, whispering to each other. Alice and Frank were waltzing slightly unsteadily around the cleared dance floor, laughing and talking loudly. The group was clearly enjoying themselves, and was also clearly amusing the other customers, as well as Madam Rosmerta.

The Hogwarts Sextet, Mutants, and ninjas watched the scene silently, and all were smiling. Well, except for Gaara, the purple-eyed man whose name was Neji, and the boy with sunglasses whose name was Shino, but they were happy. Those three just don't show emotion very much, but that's irrelevant to this story, so let's put that aside.

The scene slowly faded away when the clock struck midnight and the crowd cheered loudly, with Sirius's and James' voices echoing loudly above the rest.

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An unknown hallway appeared, and the memory-travelers watched as the Marauders, Frank, Lily, Alice, Narcissa, and Lucius walked down a hall together, all looking immensely tired. The group was talking about New Year's, which led the memory-travelers to assume that it was the morning after.

James asked, "But where's Snape? Wasn't he in your dorm?"

Lucius shook his head. "I woke up with a headache present and Severus absent. I guess he left early or something."

Narcissa said thoughtfully, "But I remember Sasha and Severus discussing how they were going to get all of us back to our dorms without getting caught. I distinctly remember them agreeing to take the Gryffindors up together, since there was a majority of you in our group, then taking Alice back to Hufflepuff, and the rest of us back to Slytherin. We all ended up in the right dorms, so Severus should have been there…"

The group shrugged and continued down the hallway. Sirius suddenly asked, "How did Sasha and Snape know all the passwords?"

Alice said patiently, "Because we girls made Sasha the designated caretaker, since she's the youngest, and we told her the passwords to our houses. She told us that she would tell Snape them too, so he could take care of the boys and she the girls, since neither of them planned on drinking."

Sirius said loudly, "He was in our dorm?! No way! Nothing was stolen or messed up!"

Then girls all glared at him, as did James and Remus. Lily said exasperatedly, "You idiot. Why would he do that? Severus isn't like that. I know you would take advantage of the situation, but he wouldn't, which is part of the reason we chose to make him the designated caretaker with Sasha." James nodded in agreement, and added, "Besides, Snape wasn't the one to instigate the whole rivalry. I hate to admit it, but that was me and you guys." Remus nodded tiredly.

The group stopped in front of an unknown doorway and knocked on the door. When no one answered, Lily knocked harder and said loudly, "C'mon Sasha! We know you're tired, but you have to get up!"

The group stared when Snape opened the door and glared blearily at them all. He moaned tiredly, "Can't you leave us alone? We were up until three in the morning getting you all back to bed, and then we actually went to bed at four-thirty."

Lucius asked slowly, "Uh, Severus? Why are you in Sasha's room?"

Severus stared at him and said slowly and patiently, "I am not in Sasha's room; I am in her living room. We stayed up talking about the effects of the Youth potion, and I was too tired to go back to the dorm, so I slept on her couch. I'll go wake her up." With that, the boy went back into the room, leaving the door open. The group of Hogwarts students and the memory-travelers peered in.

Sasha's living area was like a flat. There was a small living room, where there was clearly a pile of parchment notes on the coffee table and the couch had blankets and a pillow on it. Then, there was a door that Snape had just walked through which was clearly Sasha's bedroom. The group heard Snape say, "Hey, wake up. Everyone's waiting for us."

Sasha's voice answered back, "I don' wanna. I'm still sleepy. Go away…"

Snape said, exasperated, "Fine. Go back to sleep. But don't come crying to me when you're hungry from missing breakfast."

At that, Sasha cried, "Breakfast?! Why didn't you say so! I'm up, I'm up, let's go already!" The girl came running out of the room and started out the door, Severus following patiently behind.

Lucius threw out a hand to stop the young woman from running down the hallway. "Sasha," he said slowly. "You're still in your pajamas."

Sasha glanced down. She was wearing comfortable flannel pants and a tank top, as well as being barefoot. She went back into the room and came out with a flannel top, though still barefoot. "There," she said, "I'm ready to go now!" She once again started out the door. When Lucius started to protest her lack of proper clothing, Severus stopped him with a shake of his head.

"Don't bother," the group heard him mutter. "Once she starts thinking about food, she's not going to listen to you anymore. I figured that out when she visited my parents with me. It's not worth arguing about."

Lucius blinked at him, and then nodded slowly.

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The hallway faded out, and Sasha's room appeared slowly. Sasha was quickly walking around the room and towards the door. She opened it, looked at the hallway around it, and closed the door and muttered softly. The door shimmered and disappeared.

Walking towards the couch, Sasha grabbed a tea tray off of the mantle, and put it down on the coffee table. Sitting in the armchair, she swiftly poured tea and handed it to the girl sitting across from her on the couch. Draco gasped at the change in his mother's features. In what seemed to be only a few months, she had changed from carefree to seemingly drained of life.

Narcissa grasped the tea cup tightly and hiccupped, her eyes red from crying. Sasha gazed at her and asked softly, "Are you going to tell me what's wrong?" Narcissa stiffened and clamped her lips together, tears falling from her eyes.

Sasha furrowed her brows and said sympathetically, "Lucy got the Mark." It was a statement, not a question. Narcissa's eyes flew to Sasha, and she burst into sobs.

Sasha moved over next to Narcissa and rubbed her back, murmuring softly, "Cissy, you knew it was going to happen. What's wrong? Did he hurt you?"

Narcissa shook her head and whispered, "He would never hurt me. But, it's just…it's not Lucius anymore. He's changed. He doesn't kiss me or tell me he loves me anymore. It's as if part of him died that night. It's horrible."

Sasha sighed and said sadly, "That's what the Mark does. When the wearer makes their first kill, the real curse of the Mark is activated. The branded person, unless they have a very deep love of someone, loses that ability to show their love. Lucy will never be the same man he was. Don't blame yourself Cissy."

Narcissa turned her eyes towards the brown-haired girl at her side and asked, voice breaking, "Does he still love me? Or am I dooming myself to a lonely marriage?"

Sasha cocked her head at Narcissa. "You're marrying him?"

Narcissa nodded. "He asked me…on New Year's. He told me he loved me and-" She burst into sobs again. "And that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. And now, now he's gone! It's not Lucius anymore! It's some man who is obsessed. All he talks about now is the Dark Lord, and how he's going to bring honor to the Malfoy name. It's horrible."

Sasha said slowly, "So call off the marriage. You deserve to be with someone who loves you."

Narcissa shrugged broken-heartedly. "I don't want to. I still love him. That's what matters, right? And…and sometimes he still seems to care. When he thought I was sleeping while we were in the Common Room together, he brushed my hair back and kissed my forehead, then shook me and told me that it was improper for the wife-to-be of a Malfoy to let herself be seen sleeping in front of commoners."

Sasha watched Narcissa silently, sadness in her eyes. "If that's what you want." She whispered. "Just, don't lose your heart, okay Cissy? Don't let your heart die. If you feel that Lucy still loves you, show him how much you care. If you do that, his heart won't die completely. Promise me, don't forget how to love."

Narcissa whispered, "I swear." Sasha held up her pinky and grinned, saying, "Pinky promise?" Narcissa laughed slightly, and entwined her pinky with Sasha's, saying clearly, "Pinky promise, silly."

The two giggled, and Narcissa suddenly asked worriedly, "You won't tell the others?" Sasha shook her head. "Not a soul. Your secret's safe with me."

Narcissa smiled and said, "And yours with me."

Sasha cocked her head. Narcissa smirked and said, "You're not from the Salem Academy for Witches. Your name doesn't show up in their records, and it also doesn't show up in the birth records. You don't exist, Miss Sasha." Sasha straightened up and looked at Narcissa warily. Narcissa continued softly, "You went back further than you intended, huh?" Sasha nodded, and grinned in spite of herself. Narcissa reiterated, "Your secret's safe with me, pinky promise." The two grinned at each other, knowing their secrets were safe.

The memory faded, and the girls in all the memory-traveler groups wiped their eyes, while the boys shifted uncomfortably, glancing at Draco. Well, except for Gaara, Shino, and Neji, but they're special cases.

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The inside of Dumbledore's office appeared, with Dumbledore, Narcissa, and Sasha present. The three were talking quickly, and Narcissa was wiping her eyes.

Sasha turned to Narcissa and hugged her tightly. "I'm going home, okay? Tell Severus the truth after I'm gone, and don't forget about me, okay?"

Narcissa smiled through her tears. "Like I'd ever forget about you? I'll keep in touch with the other girls, and try to keep the boys in line, though Severus and Remus barely need it. And Alice takes care of Frank, so don't worry about him."

Sasha smiled and waved goodbye as Narcissa left the office, wiping her tears. Sasha turned to Dumbledore and smiled. She said softly, "Sorry for any trouble I caused."

Dumbledore smiled back. "Don't worry about it. On the contrary, I think I've seen the most House unity this year than I ever have in all my years. I should be thanking you."

Sasha grinned, and then glanced out the window. She straightened up and grabbed her bag. She said, "Here comes your owl, so I'd better be going."

Dumbledore looked from the window towards the girl, confused. "What is so important about this owl?"

Sasha shook her head. "Read it yourself, old man. You'll get a nice surprise. See you in sixteen years!" With that, she faded away. However, the memory-travelers remained, looking around curiously.

Dumbledore took the letter from the owl, and handing it a few Knuts, sat at his desk to read the letter. He opened it and curiously began reading it. He paused, and then softly read it out loud, clearly enough that the travelers could hear him.

"Hey gramps! Congratulations! You're now a great-great-great grandfather! The twins' names are Sasha Celeste Riddle and John Brian Riddle. Tom's overjoyed, but also a bit worried for them, with him being possessed and all, you know? But I'm just happy. Tom, of course, is planning on getting them pets already. He's so excited, but I'm trying to get him to wait until they can choose them themselves. I think both of them will be either magical or Mutants. I couldn't care either way, they're both beautiful!

Love always,

Bridget

The old wizard dropped the letter onto his desk, and started to laugh, muttering to himself, "Pulled the wool right over my eyes. Amazing. She's just like her dad."

Then, the darkness reclaimed the travelers, just as Harry suddenly yelled, "Riddle?! Riddle?!" He pointed at John in shock. "Your father's Voldemort!?" The taller boy grinned and nodded, and added cheerfully, "And I'm Dumbledore's great-great-whatever grandson!"

END! PLEASE READ THIS!!!! PRETTY PLEASE WITH CHERRIES AND SWEETS ON TOP!

Review if y'alls want the next chappie soon, even though I can't promise anything. I think it will have Sasha's memory of returning to the future, and then the end of the battle. Things do get explained though, so that's a relief. Now y'alls know her heritage! Hahaha! This was a good chapter to write.

Right then. It's late and I'm tired. Good night or good day, depends on when or if you read this.

Have a nice day or night and SMILE!

And mucho thanks to Libaka-chan for betaing for me. I needed it! She got work for the first time in forever! Yay!

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Tam