XXX Sirius sat at breakfast, eating everything in sight. His friends looked in astonishment, wondering where all the food the boy had eaten went. It seemed to have vanished as though Dumbledore was no longer serving food at Hogwarts.
He was about to get up when the mail came in and Bronze, his uncle's owl, swooped down joyfully and sat in front of him, letter tied to his leg. James and Lilly watched with fascination. It wasn't everyday Sirius got mail deliver.
Sirius opened the letter.
Dear Sirius, the awesome, most favorite nephew in the world,
I will get the book you asked for. I will be going to your house in three days. I shall send it then. Are you planning on doing something entirely illegal, because if you are, just tell me. I wouldn't care, I'd probably help you.
Love,
Cygnus
Sirius smirked. Flower would get her book soon and she could return to her own time. The thought slightly saddened him. She was a very good friend and one of the only girls that rejected him flat out. He respected that.
"What's that?" James asked, a mouth full of food. His eyes were glancing over whatever he could read from his angle.
Sirius shook his head. "It's nothing, old boy. It's nothing important. I promised to help Flower with something and I had to get my uncle Cygnus to help with it."
"Oh, okay." James said, whipping his mouth. "We got class, come on."
XXX Harry tapped his desk and sighed quietly. Ethan and Nathan were sleeping in the love seat in his office and had inherited his light sleeping. He had talked with Lucius; it was the first time seeing the man in a long time and honestly, Harry enjoyed it very much. He was still sane, somewhat. The loss of Narcissa hadn't pushed him over, but they were still wary.
Lucius told them of Lilly and Teddy showing up. They were smart and reveled nothing to the Slytherins about their future. Lucius had told Harry that Lilly was very good friends with Remus, Sirius, and Severus. That didn't surprise him much because Severus had always been a favorite of hers and she would have loved to meet Sirius and Remus.
Harry remembered slightly about the conversation with one who he had never wanted to even see again; Bellatrix LeStrange. She was obviously tortured enough to have her arms and legs broken most of the time. He didn't even take his wand in to talk.
Harry opened the door, hearing the soft creak of the hinges. The body of his worst enemy besides Tom Riddle lay on the ground, bent and broken horribly. Blood coated the floor and seeped into his shoes as he stepped over to the body, but he didn't care.
"What do you want…Potter?" A tired voice asked. Bellatrix's face was facing the floor, but she still knew who would even dare enter her cell.
"I want to know if you've dreamt or remembered anything about two exchange students in your fifth year." Harry stated firmly. He quite frankly didn't trust her to tell the truth.
"What about them? They were from Beauxbatons… Who cares?" She muttered darkly. Apparently there was something she didn't like that they did.
"What do you remember about them?" He asked again, ignoring his carelessness.
Bellatrix snorted and turned her dirty, blood covered head. Her eyes closed as though she were about to go to sleep and ignore him, but then she started talking. "They were brave and smart. Both were utter Slytherins; Slughorn's favorites. Flower could beat anyone and Theo followed Flower like he was a puppy-dog." She stopped and coughed loudly. "I don't remember much. It's blurry about them." For a while, everything was silent.
Harry thanked her in his head, refusing to say anything to her anymore. Then, he left.
He didn't talk to any other people who could have been there. Many had died and he had never found their ghosts if they had stayed.
"Daddy?" Harry picked his head up and he saw Ethan blinking his blurry brown eyes at him. He got up and went over to his son. After scooping him up and kissing his forehead, he walked back over to his desk and sat down.
"Yeah, Ethan?" He asked, resting his head on his son's red hair. Ethan yawned.
"What are Lilly and Teddy coming back?" The question pulled on his heart. He didn't know, even though he knew he could probably get to them.
"You know they're in the past, buddy. I don't know how to get to them yet. There safe." Harry sighed. "They're with Sirius and Remus and-" Harry shot up, still gripping his son in his arms.
"Daddy? What's wrong?" Ethan asked sleepily. Harry placed him back on the love seat.
"Nothing, son. I got something important to do. I'll be back later." Harry then rushed out of his office and down the stairs. On the way he passed Orion, "Orion! Watch the twins! I'll be back later!" He didn't hear the response, but he was sure that Orion would do as he asked. The kid was smart enough to know what was going on.
Harry ran into the living room and went to the fireplace. Grabbing some Floo powder, he yelled "Headmaster's office, Hogwarts!" and stepped into the flames.
In the office he ran out the door, not caring about the greetings he received from the previous Headmasters' and didn't stop running until he reached his destination: the dungeons. Harry hit himself; why hadn't he thought of his before! He was so stupid. He should have thought of his first after talking with Lucius in Azkaban.
Knocking on the door, to keep the privacy ward up, he waited until he heard the voice inside say, "Come in." He bursted in then.
"Severus!" He yelped. The man stood next to the desk where a student would normally help him to teach a potion. His ghostly form radiated the room. "Lilly and Teddy-"
"Are in the past and I'm friends with them? I know. I was wondering when you were going to come here and ask. I curse that I can't move freely from place to place like others. I'm stuck here I guess." Severus said sorrowfully.
Harry could feel sympathetic for the man. He had been stuck at the Dursley's for the first fourteen years of his life.
"I'm sorry I didn't think of this earlier. I should have thought about you after I talked with Lucius. I need to know what's happening with my kids. Please." Harry wasn't one to beg, especially to one who he used to hate very much.
Severus sighed and looked at him. He had his head bowed and his shoulders were shaken. He was obviously trying to hold in tears. Severus knew that Harry loved his children. He loved them all, even his dead son Albus.
"Get a hold of yourself, Potter." He said harshly and Harry straightened out but kept his head down. "They're not dead. They aren't on anyone's death list, especially Voldemort's. They're fine and I promise you I'd be watching them. My younger self already found the friend I have now in Lilly and I'm sure I will in Teddy." He stated the last sentence calmly.
Harry's shoulders shook and his face was towards the ground. Severus, not for the first time, wished that he was alive again. He hated being a ghost when people he liked needed comfort and he was unable to give any.
"Harry," He said gently; the man looked up. "Go to your children and hug them. Go home and see your wife. See her, and then sleep. You need it if you're going to try and find out where Lilly and Teddy are."
Harry nodded and walked shakily towards the exit.
XXX Orion lay back; the baby blue sky filled with clouds, shifting up above him. His arms were behind his head and his legs were crossed. He was dressed in cargo shorts and a white muscle shirt. His feet were clad in worn out trainers.
Jameson walked towards him and lay down next to him, same position. "Miss them?" He whispered. He knew Orion missed Teddy; they were really close cousins. Jameson himself was feeling empty. Lilly was his twin, how was he supposed to cause trouble without his twin? It was madness.
"Yeah… Everyone does." Orion blinked and sighed. Jameson closed his eyes. "What can we do to help? We've tried everything. People we've talked to only tell us what they were like or what they remember, but that isn't helping at all!" Orion flung his arms out, almost hitting Jameson's head, but narrowly missed. "What can we do?" He whined.
Jameson sighed. "We can try the library, but I doubt we'll find anything with just us. Let's get the others to help." He pulled himself up and Orion leaped up and to the house before Jameson could help him.
They searched the house and found everyone. Jameson's youngest sister, Melody, was with Scorpius Malfoy and the other set of twins in their family, Ethan and Nathan. Michael and Jillian were going over homework in their dad's office; Damien Malfoy and Tyler Longbottom were with them.
In the garden were Brianna, Denzel, and Corbin Weasley, who were practicing Quidditch. Charlotte and Lance Malfoy were doing a mock duel. Nicolas Longbottom was clapping and cheering for Lance to win. Christina Black and Ivy Longbottom were reading their defense books and looking up once in a while to watch the duel.
After they gathered everyone together, they told them all of what they planned to do.
Michael rubbed his chin and hummed. "I guess we could search the office's library." He guessed. He nodded at Jameson and Orion. He turned to the others. "Ivy, Charlotte, Christina, Jamie and Brie go search the library in the living room." They nodded and left.
"Damien, Tyler, Corbin and Denzel search the office library." They all nodded and began searching the room, as they were already there. "Melody, Scorpius, Ethan and Nathan distract the house elves, so we can search. Don't tell them anything or why we're making such a mess, okay?" They nodded eagerly; they wanted to cause trouble. "Jameson, Orion, you two are with me. We're going into mom and dad's room. They're bound to have a library in there somewhere."
Everyone was set and as Michael, Jameson and Orion traveled into the main bedroom, the feeling of uneasiness settled on them. What if they didn't find anything? What if there was nothing? Michael smacked his forehead, there had to be something! There would be… right?
After many hours of just nothing, everyone was alerted by Christina in the living room library. Once meeting up, she turned to everyone with a heavy book called Brīnumi Laiks (Wonders of Time).
"Here, Mikey" She said quietly. "Read this." She pointed at the chapter.
Nepareizs laiks (Wrong Time)
Burtot (Spell): Atpakaļ laikā, ja tie nekad nedrīkst iet (Back in time, where they should never go)
Šī Burtot transportē persona, kas reizi vēsturē, ka tie nekad nedrīkst collas laiks parasti ir laiks, kad persona varētu mainīt kaut ko radikāli savā dzīvē. (This spell transports a person to a time in history that they should never be in. The time is usually a time where the person would be able to change something drastic in their lives.)
There was more to the spell, but that was all Michael needed. He bit his lip and rushed towards the main room with everyone behind him.
"Dad! Mom!" He yelled. His parents, who were before talking to Ron and Luna Weasley, snapped their heads towards Michael and frowned.
"What now, Mikey?" Hermione said. "We're trying to find-"
"But I think I found out how they got there! There's this spell, I'm sorry. We had to search all the libraries to find it and…" Michael handed the book to them and watched the four adults scan the page.
The others' all stood by each other.
"Mione…" Harry whispered as he read the spell. "Could someone have cast this on them?" His voice seemed almost silent.
Hermione read the page over and over, thinking it through and wondering who could have cast this on their children. Who would have made them suffer? Any death eater caught was in Azkaban or given the Kiss. All the children of the Longbottom, Malfoy, Weasley, and Potter families were heavily guarded, so no death eater no one's caught could have gotten to them.
Hermione's eyes started to tear. Who would have done this?
"I don't know, Harry. I really don't. Our families are so heavily guarded. No one can touch us without our say so and I'm sure Alastar and Kingsley haven't left our children alone at any point. I'm not sure what to believe." Harry watched Hermione rant and shake.
Ron and Luna stood, holding the book and reading farther on in the book.
Burvestību piešķir pati viena persona, un pēc tam piešķir pati uz citu tuvu pirmajai. Tas tur strādā, kamēr persona vai lieta, kas lietos to, ir pārtraukta.(The spell attaches itself to one person, and then attaches itself to another close to the first. It keeps working until the person or thing that cast it, is stopped.)
"Hey, Harry! Hermione!" Ron said suddenly. "It says that if we find out who or what cast the spell, it will stop." He looked his friends in the eyes. "How do we find out who cast it?"
Everyone in the room looked at each other. How would they find out?
XXX "I'm pretty sure that is not supposed to be that color, Sirius." Flower scratched her head.
In potions class, the students were trying to make a Forgetting Potion and many had forgotten how. Only a select few were able to remember; Severus, Lucius, the LeStrange twins, Narcissa, Bellatrix, and Flower. Lilly was getting help from Severus. Slughorn was deeply disappointed in his students for forgetting.
"I'm appalled. Did none of you even pick up a book this summer?" Slughorn was on a rant. "In all my years teaching, there's never been a class that couldn't make this simple, little potion!"
Severus leaned over to Flower, "I bet my future career that's a lie." He whispered.
Flower giggled. Severus would become a teacher through and through no matter how many times he wished to bet it gone.
"…I mean it! Of course, my best students, Mr. Snape and Ms. Evans could remember!"
Lilly leaned over to the two, "Only because I got a hint we were going to make it from the first class and reread the chapter." Severus and Flower stifled their laughter.
"This year, we'll be reviewing some of my favorite potions and we won't get them all if you all can't work!" Slughorn bellowed. "We're learning the Ageing Potion, Babbling Beverage, Befuddlement Draught, Bruise Removal Paste, Calming Draught, and the Draught of the Living Dead. You all understand?"
The class nodded.
The rest of the day went on with a few incidents and some lectures from all class. Many students were interested in Theo's morphing abilities and many a times they were stopped because they wanted to watch him change.
Today though, he turned his hair a reddish color with blond in it. His eyes were white, but had a black ring around where the color stopped. He refused to turn them any other color unless Flower asked him too and many of the girls were in awww at that. All the guys rolled their eyes.
The Marauders were being closely watched by the teachers, even Dumbledore, as they haven't made a prank or trick in over a month or two. It mostly had to do with the fact that Remus and/or Sirius were always with Flower or Theo.
Dumbledore, on one hand, was still trying to figure out who the two transfer student were, and on the other hand, didn't want to even try. He had tried getting Alastar to tell him by any means and it hasn't worked so far. He was running out of ideas. He couldn't get their blood for parental tests because they were never hurt and it couldn't be done without their permission, so says the rules. Dumbledore was stumped. Flower looked much like Lilly Evans, he would agree to that, but he was still uncertain because she had some features about her that weren't Lilly Evans's or James Potter's. She couldn't be their daughter.
Theo, the other time traveler, could change his appearance at will, so it was very, very difficult to choose anyone to be a potential parent or relative. He was a werewolf, but he could have been bitten or it he wasn't, surely time would have made a complete scar remover. He could never know.
McGonagall had come to him, telling him about how the two students were at the top of their game. They were smart, intelligent, and completely in love from what everyone say. Slughorn had nothing to complain about. Sprout was glad to have them. Every other teacher found nothing wrong whatsoever with them.
The minister was being rather testy after Alastar wouldn't tell him about the teens. He wasn't on very good speaking terms with Dumbledore either. He tried several times to contact the two teens and they replied to each saying that Alastar Moody would have told him if they were dangerous and they'd get locked in Azkaban in seconds. Since they were neither, the minister had nothing to talk to them about.
A full moon was heading up rather quickly and Remus was nervous about having another male alpha with him. Surely, they would rip each other to pieces, but he thought about it later on and remembered that a female mate would calm a alpha down. He hoped it would be enough to help him be alone.
Flower reminded him that mates stayed away from unmated wolves, so they were all good. James, Sirius, and Peter all decided that they weren't going to miss out on this full moon. After running it by Theo, Remus and Flower, they were all set.
Voldemort, on one hand, was angry that he couldn't figure out who the girl was. He tried to get into her mind, that didn't work. He wanted to torture her, but hey, many of the death eaters liked her and she was powerful. He couldn't think of anything. Voldemort heard that the minister had tried, but failed at knowing her.
XXX Draco rubbed his forehead, sweat covering it. He had been plowed over with papers about Merlin knows what. Werewolf Bill… Thersrals Rights… It was the stupidest thing that interrupted him (except the Werewolf Bill). Pansy had come in to tell him that the kids were over at Harry's house, probably to cause enough trouble to distract the Potter couple for a bare minimum of a day or two.
The ministry was going haywire with death eater sightings and the Unspeakable workers were going overtime trying to do their jobs and doing others. The ministry didn't have enough Aurors these years.
Draco tapped the desk and willed with all his might that the paperwork would go down soon. There were cases of accidental magic and werewolves finding mates under the legal age of consent. Sometimes, Draco Malfoy wishes he wasn't minister anymore.
XXX "Flower!" A voice called. "FLOWER!"
"Who's there?" Lillian called. She was standing in the Forbidden Forest, full moon out, and naked as the day she was born. Her right shoulder was covered in a tribal tattoo that Grey had on his arm once. "Hello?"
There was no answer.
Lillian walked forward and glanced around with her amber-green eyes tracking anything and everything it saw. There was no movement. What was going on?
"Do you think she's okay?"
"Hello?" She called, hearing the voice, but seeing nothing.
"She did fall suddenly. Maybe she's just tired. You keep her up all night?"
"No!"
"Hey! Who are you?" Lillian screamed almost. Where were the voices coming from? Why couldn't they hear her?
"FLOWER! WALK UP!"
Flower jumped up and tried to catch her breath. What happened?
Sirius, Theo, and Severus were crowded around her. Remus was off on the side of the bed, noting her shakiness. Flower blinked, her eyes weren't used to the bright light. She was in the hospital wing.
"What happened to me? All I remember was…" She began.
Sirius nudged her. "Remember…?"
Flower blinked again. "I remember being in Potions class and… the cauldron exploding, but I remember going to Charms and…"
"Flower you never went to Charms." Theo said. He reached up and rubbed her shoulders. "The potion hit you. It was poisoned or sabotaged. Someone was deliberately trying to hurt you."
"Did they find out who it was?" She asked, sitting up against Theo's effort to keep her lying down. She noticed Sirius's robes were half burnt, Severus's face had a bandage on it, and Theo's right hand was covered in cloth. "What happened to you three?"
Sirius brushed his robes. "We all tried to get the potion off you and ended up being burnt. The potion apparently only works on you because none of us fainted or hallucinated about anything; we got off lucky I suppose." Sirius shrugged and tried fixing any part of the remainder of his robes could be. It was useless.
"It only worked on me? Why would someone try and hurt me? What have I done?" Flower asked outraged. She was mostly mad that her friends and mate got hurt trying to help her. They seemed fine just risking their body to help her get out of trouble. She expected it from Theo, but not Severus or Sirius, who had only known her for a school year.
"You didn't do anything, Flower. Some asshole's going to get their ass kicked though. Nobody messes with my best friend!" Sirius cheered with a smile. Severus even cracked a small turn of the lip.
Flower thanked him with a hug and asked when she could leave.
"Madam Pomfrey wanted to check you over to make sure the potion was out of your system or off your body completely before letting you go. If you start thinking you're going to class and everything's dandy, then you might never wake up if you're asleep." Remus explained. "The potion was a Forgetting Potion, so your mind is going to be affected by it either way, in your body or on it."
Flower sighed and hit her forehead. "I don't want to stay here; I want to go kick someone's ass." She whined with a pout. The four boys laughed and Madam Pomfrey shooed them away. She gave Flower some food and said Dumbledore was going to come in for a talk later in the evening. Flower didn't question why, but the curiosity was eating at her.
Dumbledore couldn't have known who she was; unless he toke her memories when she was weak and defenseless, but she assumed she would remember that. The minister wouldn't be wanting another meeting right?
Madam Pomfrey noticed her confused look and said, "I'm sure nothing's wrong. It's just about the potion incident." Somehow, Flower doubted that was the reason for the talking for later.
It was after dinner, about an hour, when Dumbledore came in. He was wearing bright purple robes with florescent yellow stars. Flower smiled; she had to find out where the man got his taste, and those awesome robes.
"Aw. Ms. Riddle, how are you feeling? Better?" He asked, hid glasses sliding down his crooked nose.
She nodded, "Yeah, I didn't realize what happened. I didn't know what was going on when I woke up." She explained. He nodded and walked over and sat at the side of the bed.
"Yes, I was afraid you might not remember what happened to you. That's probably the effect of the Forgetting Potion at work. It was unfortunate that you had to be around that potion when it hit, usually it blanks out the person's whole memory forever." He told her wisely.
Flower gulped, she didn't know that could happen. She assumed that someone would have fixed that potion by now. "So any clues to my mystery creep?" She asked calmly. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled with amusement.
"No, not yet. There wasn't much left from the cauldron, so whatever was put in it is gone. Everyone in the room was neither near you or paying attention when the explosion happened. We're afraid there's nothing to look for." He replied sadly.
Flower nodded, expecting the answer. There wouldn't have been much left if someone trained to hurt someone was the one doing it. There was no point on dwelling on it because nothing good would come from it.
"What did Madam Pomfrey say?"
Dumbledore cleared his throat. "She says that when you were brought to her, other than the potion all over your clothes and body, there was nothing physically wrong with you. Until you woke up, we couldn't tell if something was mentally wrong. We couldn't tell where or how it was going to affect you."
It was sad that there was no evidence of anyone doing this to her, but she didn't care. Her good friend and enemy, Karma would get them and oh, the horrible feeling that person will get.
Dumbledore left and she settled back into her temporary bed. She lay there, thinking about the day (or what she had dreaming of it). It seemed so real that it was kind of frightening that it hadn't been real at all. The only thing of the whole dream that gave it away was the end when she woke up.
Who would try this? Voldemort? No, he wasn't here and his followers were practically her friends. Dumbledore? He was just as confused, anyone could see that. One of the death eaters she knew? Severus wouldn't if he tried to help her. Rabastan and Rodolphus had been on the other side of the room the whole time she remembered. Bellatrix and Narcissa were too taken with her to even think of hurting her this bad or even obey an order like that. She was their friend, not an enemy that they wanted to be gone.
Who would have done this?
XXX He felt horrible. He had never wanted to hurt her. He was told the potion was going to just make her pass out. Itdidn't! She was composing on the floor and her eyes were rolling in the back in her head, a tiny bit of foam came out of her mouth! It looked like she was about to die, or explode all over the potion's classroom. Slughorn had freaked out and the other students acted like the world was going to end all suddenly.
They were all scared, and he himself admits it – he was terrified. Not knowing what the purpose of the potion was one thing, but being completely lied to about the effect on the person was horrifying. He knew he would never get caught. Voldemort promised that. He wished he hadn't done it, but he had no choice. He had too.
She, he thought, would forgive him if she knew the reason. She understood things that no one else would. She would know about things like this. But for Merlin's sake! He nearly poisoned her! She could have died! She probably almost did! He had never been that scared, he nearly shit himself in terror of the sight.
He was saving someone dear to him, but he had also hurt another trying. He was so confused, how was this going to help him save him? What could "poisoning" Flower Rettop ever do for him? Except maybe getting a black eye and bruises in places that don't exist…
She would hopefully forgive him, and maybe protect him. He deserved the punishments he received from their friends anyway.
He hadn't visited her in the hospital wing yet. He was too scared she would be able to see how he hurt her. From Severus he learned she didn't remember anything about the incident and a tiny ray of hope welled up in his chest. Could he get out of it? She was alright, physically okay, but mentally they were still unsure what was going on. Madam Pomfrey had to run tests and keep her for a while. He would have to see her eventually; people have seen them together and would assume that he would go visit her. Plus, he had classes with her that others didn't; he would have to explain things and give her homework she missed. Of holy lord of all that is good, help him!
He would lay low any other time though. He would not be caught poisoning one of his best friends! He would never tell her if nothing came up, but he had a feeling no one would rest (especially not Theo!) until they found out who had done this.
"Hey! You okay?" Severus looked at him. He nodded, concentrating on his book for Herbology.
"Just studying…" A whispered reply.
"You? Studying? What has that world coming to? First Flower's accident, now you're choosing to study…" He teased.
He flinched. Flower… "Eh. Stop, and it's not a choice, Narcissa and Bellatrix will have my head if I failed another class."
"Whatever, you say, mate."
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Hey peoples, sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I was sick, my birthday came, and my family was being a terrible mess of shit. School sucked as well, but hey it always does.
Potter Harry/Hermione
Michael – 17
Jillian – 15
Albus – 1 (DEAD)
Jameson – 13 (TWIN 1)
Lillian – 13 (TWIN 2)
Ethan – 7 (TWIN 1)
Nathanael – 7 (TWIN 2)
Melody – 5
Black/Lupin Sirius…. Remus/Tonks
Orion Black– 13 (TWIN 1)
Christina Black – 13 (TWIN 2)
Teddy Lupin - 13
Malfoy Draco/Pansy
Damien – 15
Charlotte – 13 (NOT a twin)
Lance – 13 (NOT a twin)
Scorpius – 8
Longbottom Neville/Ginny
Ivy – 15
Tyler – 13
Nicolas – 11
Weasley Ron/Luna
Brianna – 17
Denzel – 13
Corbin – 11
