Chapter 07

2019 (original timeline) Hogwarts.

"They're still not back, and the kids are getting a little worried," Neville said once he finished herbology club. Jessa and Alice were both there so James and Albus were also there following them.

"Well of course they're worried, they're baby cousin/sister is gone and they aren't getting any information," McGonagall said.

"This is getting out of hand, we need to tell Harry and Ginny," Hermione said.

"They'll just get worried and probably angry, and I for one am not wanting bat bogeys attacking me," Neville said.

"They have the right to know, their daughter is in an alternate universe and we don't know how long they'll be there or how to get them back. Wouldn't you want to know?" Hermione snapped.

Neville sighed. If one of his daughters were in an alternate universe with no idea how to get back he would want to know, maybe be of some help. Harry would definitely want to do something he was very protective of his little girl. "Yes, your right,"

"Of course I am, now I'm going to tell them," Hermione said walking straight through the fire.

Xxxxx 2019 (new timeline) Lupin cottage

Teddy sat with a paper and pencil drawing out his brilliant plan. Well sort of brilliant. He had the beginning but all the little details were hard to come up with. He really needed Lily here at a time like this.

"What do we do first Teddy?" Janie asked looking excited. Issie and her husband Luke were more apprehensive but Remus and Tonks were ready to get this war over with.

"We need to talk to the Weasleys, but first I need to know everything that has happened in the wizarding world since the day Voldemort supposedly vanished in 1981." Teddy said turning to Remus and Tonks since they would know.

Remus sighed. "Well just before the attack on godrics hallow lily and James told Dumbledore and myself that Sirius was innocent and peter was the actually secret keeper, that night they were killed and peter was locked up in Azkaban, I heard about this and tried to tell them he was a rat but by that time he had already escaped. Sirius went to find Harry and had a nice long shouting match with petunia, eventually a deal was made that since petunia had to have harry with her for part of the year that before he went to Hogwarts he would stay for the school year and come to Sirius and I in the summer, that worked out and then the summer was split once he went to Hogwarts. He was a good boy at Hogwarts, always did his homework never got in trouble had a good friend, Hermione who he had met at muggle school. That year Quirrel nearly got the stone but he couldn't figure out how to get the stone out of the mirror so Voldemort killed him and went to find another way back. His second year the chamber of secrets was opened and Ginny Weasley was taken down, he drained her life and lived until the point when he stopped writing in the diary,"

"Yeah heard that part," Teddy said shuddering.

"His third year was uneventful, nothing happened. His fourth year though the triwizard tournament when you-know-who came back for good, and killed nearly everyone at the school who stood against him. We were lucky enough to have not been there for that task, you-know-who has been controlling the world ever since,"

"Great, it's worse than I thought," Teddy muttered.

"Will you be able to fix it?" Janie asked.

"Yeah, give me time and a nice long meeting with quite a few people," Teddy said.

"Who do you need?" Tonks asked.

"The Weasleys, Harry, Hermione, any Hogwarts teachers, and anyone in the order," Teddy said. Remus blinked.

"The order?" he asked.

"Yes, the order of the phoenix, I know it probably hasn't been around since the last war but we need it back, now," Teddy said. "We'll start with the Weasleys; they live in the country right?"

"Yes, I'll just flu call them," Tonks said going to the other room. Teddy went back to writing out his plan.

"Looks like the attacks are over in London," Janie said banging her hand on the wizarding wireless which was emitting crackling sounds.

"Good, I need to get Lily," Teddy said pulling out his phone.

Hello?

Lily? Hey the attacks are over can you get over to Lupin cottage?

Yeah just let me ask Hermione, and we'll be right over. Do you have a plan?

Yes, sort of, it involves the Weasleys,

Great mine does too. See you in a few.

Teddy put the phone back in his pocket and proceeded to wait.

Lily came a few minutes later like she had said. She looked different thought.

"Lily?" he asked. She rolled her eyes in a very Lily like way.

"Yes knucklehead what did you think? I was going to look like a Weasley?" she asked.

"Good point," Teddy conceded. Lily went forward to give Teddy a hug. She felt safe for the first time since arriving in this new strange universe.

"Right so when are we going to the Weasleys?" Lily asked.

"Right now," Tonks said. Lily stared at the woman for a minute and smiled brightly. Maybe this world was a messed up place but at least Teddy got to meet his parents.

"Perfect, lets go," Lily said.

"We're fluing over, their home is well protected," Tonks said. Lily nodded.

"The burrow?" she clarified. Tonks nodded. Teddy went first since he knew what was going on, then Lily and then everyone else.

Molly and Arthur were there, Ron and lavender with four children, Percy with Penelope and their children, bill and Charlie.

Lily stared at her family. But they weren't really the family she knew. Lavender was Seamus's wife not uncle Ron's, Percy married Audrey not Penelope. Bill had married fleur and Charlie, well he was the same. And where were the twins?

She looked to Teddy who was also staring sadly at the Weasleys. She thought she may have seen a tear glistening in his eye. She would not cry she would fix the war here and maybe get her aunt and uncle back together and she would go home. Where her family was right. Where she belonged.

"Alright," she said taking charge. "Let's get down to business,"

"Who put you in charge?" one of Ron and lavender's kids asked snootily. Lily rolled her eyes.

"I'm about to explain," she said.

"You're younger than me, what could make you so important?" she shot back.

"If you shut up and let me talk I will tell you," Lily snapped angrily. She was not going to take crap from anyone. Not now. "Now that we're all quiet I will explain the situation, we – meaning Teddy and I – are from an alternate universe, I went back in time to change something, only a little thing and it ended up creating a wholenother universe."

"So you're saying that you're not our Lily?" Molly clarified.

"Yup, don't know a thing about your Lily but I am not her, I am definitely not her," she said looking at Hermione.

"So what's different about your universe?" Ron asked.

"Well for one thing, you two aren't married," Lily said casting a looking at lavender. Both blanched. Their children looked horrified.

"Not married? Then who do we marry?" lavender asked.

"Well you marry Seamus Finigan," Lily said causing lavender to blush. Ron didn't bat an eye. Instead he snuck a glance at Hermione. No he could not think such things, maybe he didn't marry lavender in the other universe but they were married now, not to mention Harry and Hermione were happily married no need to cause trouble. "And Ron marries Hermione,"

Both of them now blush very deeply.

"What about Harry?" Molly asked looking at a blushing Hermione.

"Well," Lily started looking at Teddy for help.

"He married Ginny," he said looking straight at his surgegate grandmother. Molly gasped and fell out of her seat.

"Impossible," she stammered. "She – she's,"

"I know," Teddy says gently leaning down to help her up. "But in our universe she is very much alive, she and Harry are very happy."

"How did she survive?" Molly asked.

"Well, Harry isn't a wimp for one thing so he goes in and saves her from the chamber," Lily says.

"Harry does?" Ron asked. He didn't know Harry well but he knew that the boy was a wimp.

"Yes, he's very brave and noble in our world," Lily says defending her dad.

"Not here," Ron says.

"I realize that," Lily said before getting cut off.

"He may have saved her in your universe but he didn't in this one,"

"Ron please,"

"No! You're gonna listen, because of your stupid mistake we're living this life we would have never lived! It's all your fault!" Ron bellowed.

"No, you're gonna listen to me! I am 12 years old, I made a mistake! I heard that my dad had been locked in a cupboard for the first ten years of his life! I heard that the Dursleys beat him and hurt him! I went back to give him a better childhood! Wouldn't you do the same thing if it had been your parents! Or Hermione! Yes I made a mistake! But I am just a kid and I'm doing my best to fix it! My dad is a wimp in this universe I know, I did that I know, but he was only a 12 year old kid too, no he didn't risk his life to go down into the chamber and save a first year girl. But neither did anyone else! You blame him for not doing anything, well what did you do? Did you risk your life time and time again to save people you knew and people you didn't? Did you save the entire wizarding world from Voldemort! No, you helped, or your other universe self did. But you Ronald Weasley have no room to blame him or me for the mistakes we made at 12 years old." Lily screamed before rushing into the kitchen. Teddy followed her casting a glare at Ron who looked absolutely dumbstruck that anyone, especially a 12 year old girl would yell at him like that.

Teddy entered the kitchen to see Lily crying, Lily never cried, she had too much of her mother in her to cry. But being blamed for all the bad things that were happening by your own uncle, someone you trust to bring you up, to support you, that was crushing and Lily was driven to the breaking point.

She looked up with tear streaked eyes when she heard Teddy enter. He offered his arms which she immediately ran to.

"I'm scared Teddy," she mumbled through the tears.

"I know Lil," he said stroking her hair. She cried for a good while before looking up again.

"I probably shouldn't have yelled at him, but I couldn't let him insult daddy," she said.

"I know, you didn't do anything wrong, you were just defending yourself and your dad, and Ron was being an idiot, but what else is new?" this coaxed a tiny laugh out of Lily.

"Thank you Teddy, I don't think I could do this if you hadn't come to get me," Lily said.

"Me neither, now let's go fix this war and go home," Teddy said. Lily smiled and nodded.

A/N I need ideas! I am so writer's blocked right now and I have no idea what to do next! Please help me! and I'm not updating until I get at least 5 reviews, and good reviews. Ones that actuallly say something other than 'good' I want constructive critacism but no flames! Please tell me what you like and and what you don't!

Long chapter, I know the end is a little sad but I needed Lily to break down at some point, she can't always be strong. Despite being a Weasley and all. So I put that part in. I'm also glad she stood up to Ron; he was really being a but-head. He deserved that lecture.

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