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Remember; 'Sirius' is from the future and Sirius is from the past
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Leslie woke with rays of sunlight filtering through the window. The bed sheets were warm and comfortable, her pillow was soft and deep. For the first time since she was a little girl she didn't want to get out of bed. But she had strict rules with herself about sleeping in, so with a sigh she reluctantly dragged herself out of bed.
Her eyes were still unwilling to stay open so Leslie had to feel her way down to the common room. The Headmaster had given the time-travellers their own private chambers since the school was still open and Harry and Leslie weren't enrolled in this time. It was set up like the Gryffindor Tower, so Harry and 'Sirius' felt right at home. Their past families had decided to stay the night since there was going to be an Order meeting that day to introduce the time-travellers.
Leslie spotted her older father asleep on the sofa. He was lying on his stomach, his right arm slung over the edge of his chosen bed. 'Sirius' was muttering incoherent words in between snoring and he had a lopsided grin planted on his face. Leslie got an idea. She suddenly felt wide awake and she grinned maliciously. It was time to practise her telekinetic abilities.
Leslie crept back up to the girls' dormitory and wandered to the bathroom. After finding a bucket and filling it to the brim with ice cold water, she crept back downstairs making sure she didn't spill any. 'Sirius' was still sound asleep but he now looked like he was chasing a cat in his dream. Oh well! Even dogs can dream.
Leslie silently placed the bucket of water by the sofa and took a few steps back. She turned and faced the bucket, reached out with her left hand and focused. 'Lift,' she thought, 'Lift.' Slowly the bucket rose into the air. It wobbled slightly as it took off. It was a lot heavier than Leslie had expected, or maybe her telekinetic ability wasn't strong enough yet, but whatever it was it took her two minutes to get the bucket to the right height. Then, she slowly tilted her hand towards her father, the bucket mimicking her hand actions.
SPLASH!
'Sirius' woke up and screamed bloody murder and tried to sit up at the same time but ended up falling off the sofa. At this point Leslie couldn't hold the bucket up any longer and it ended up on 'Sirius'' head.
Harry, Remus, James and Sirius came running out of the boys' dormitory wondering what on earth the noise was all about. They were greeted with the sight of Leslie huddled on the floor and howling in laughter and what appeared to be a wet middle-aged man with a bucket for a head. Of course, they figured out who it was and within seconds they were all falling over in silent giggles. The noise, of course, drew Lily and Bridget out from the girls' dormitory. By this time 'Sirius' had managed to pry the bucket off his head.
"What happened to you?" Bridget asked while she tried to wipe a smile off her face. Lily was giggling behind her hand. 'Sirius'' face was quite red but no one could tell if it was from anger or just from being stuck inside a bucket. "Your daughter thought it would be funny to give me a wake-up call!"
"She had the right idea!" James managed to say in between laughs. 'Sirius' gave Leslie a death glare that clearly said she would all pay dearly for pulling a prank on her own father.
Leslie, however, seemed unfazed by the look 'Sirius' gave her and made her way to the door. It was opened by Dumbledore before she got there. The elderly wizard observed the sight in front of him and suppressed the urge to fall into silent laughter. "I take it you all slept well," he asked.
"I slept just fine, but the wake-up call wasn't necessary!" 'Sirius' growled.
"Am I really that bad when I'm annoyed?" Sirius whispered to Remus.
"Yes." Dumbledore, Leslie and 'Sirius' were the only ones who didn't answer that question.
"Well, since you're all up I thought you should know that since today is a Hogsmeade visit the meeting will take place at lunchtime in the Great Hall." Dumbledore informed them.
Everyone nodded in understanding. "Alright, how 'bout we all go get some breakfast!" Sirius suggested eagerly.
"Race you guys to the kitchens!" yelled 'Sirius'. His younger counterpart immediately tore after him with James hot at their heels. Leslie looked at them, slightly worried. "Is Dad always like this?" she asked no one in particular.
"Yes," everyone replied, Dumbledore and Harry included.
"Should I be worried?"
"If you're at Hogwarts you'll be fine. If you're at home, you might want to keep some food hidden in case he does eat you out of house and home," Bridget advised.
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At first, Harry wasn't sure how they managed to walk the halls towards the kitchen without running into any students. Then a glance at his watch and the fact that it was Saturday explained it all. I mean, how many kids so you know that wake up at seven in the morning on a flipping Saturday!
Leslie was still in awe at what she found in the kitchens. Sure, she knew what house-elves were but that didn't mean that she'd seen them before. That awe was gone once she saw three grown men literally wolfing down any scarps of food in sight. 'Sirius' saw the disgusted looks his daughter and godson were giving him. "I haven't eaten in several years," he explained.
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The time-travellers watched as thousands of kids left for Hogsmeade from the window in their private chambers. Once they'd all left the Order members started to arrive. Harry recognised Mad-Eye Moody, Molly and Arthur Weasley, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, Gideon and Fabian Prewett and Frank and Alice Longbottom. The last person to go in was Hagrid.
Remus poked his head into the private chambers. "Guys, it's time to go."
"I thought Dumbledore wanted us to stay out of sight until he introduced us," 'Sirius' asked.
"He does, but he thought it might be better if you stayed out of sight somewhere nearby," Remus clarified. The time-travellers shared a nervous glace. Leslie took a deep breath. "Let's just get this over with."
Truth be told, she didn't like making public appearances. It was a good opportunity for people to ask stupid questions and she hated stupid questions.
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Lily Potter had never been more scared in her entire life. Her future son and goddaughter were about to be introduced to the Order and news of Peter Pettigrew's betrayal was already making them suspicious and on edge. What if they didn't believe them? What if they thought it was just a trick from Voldemort? Would Leslie and Harry's plan be foiled by the Order's mistrust? Did they even need their trust? So many questions were flooding through her head that before long the meeting was in session.
James took a seat next to his wife, who by now was slightly shaking from nerves. Bridget sat next to Lily and Sirius took a seat next to his best friend. Remus wasn't there yet but they knew where he was. In fact the only person missing from their little group was Peter. Or 'the rat' as Sirius and James had taken to calling him.
Dumbledore rose from his seat and greeted everyone. "I thank you all for coming on such short notice. I'm sure you all read the Daily Prophet today and there are many questions you may wish to ask but for now I must draw your attention to something else that happened yesterday."
The Order members shared confused glances. Dumbledore motioned for James and Sirius to come forward. Sirius took a deep breath. "Yesterday, Bridget Remus and I were spending the day with James and Lily. At about midday we were ambushed by Death Eaters." Everyone gasped in shock at this statement. Sirius continued, "A Death Eater had me and Bridget cornered when out of nowhere this seventeen year old girl comes and saves us. Along with her were a seventeen year old boy and a middle-aged man who turned out to be the girl's father."
James took over. "These people helped us fight the Death Eaters but what confused us was how this girl had fought. She had mage powers." At this point most people's eyes were popping out of their sockets.
"And then they gave us a shocking discovery," James wrapped up.
"Why don't we meet these people," Dumbledore suggested and he looked at the door as though expecting someone. The doors swung open and in came Remus Lupin. No one was really amazed by him. I mean, come on they'd seen him before. What everyone was gawking at were the three people that followed him. A carbon copy of James, a not-so-carbon copy of Bridget and what appeared to be an older version of Sirius.
Moody immediately jumped to his feet, wand in hand. "Is this some kind of joke? What is going on here?" he demanded. Most of the Order members agreed with him, several had also jumped to their feet and drawn their wands. Dumbledore took charge. "Alastor, calm down. Everyone, please lower your wands. These people mean us no harm."
The Order members that had raised their wands reluctantly lowered them. "Thank you. Now, why don't we let our newcomers introduce themselves," Dumbledore suggested.
The teenagers, however, were reluctant to disclose that piece of information. 'Sirius' had a feeling of what the reason was. It was one thing to give that fact to younger versions of your family, it was quite another to reveal it to hundreds of people – half of which they'd never met before. Eventually, he stepped forward. "As unbelievable as it may seem, I am Sirius Black. This lovely lady next to me is my daughter Leslie and this lad is my godson Harry Potter."
The silence that followed was similar to the silence that they received at Godric's Hollow. The only difference was that nobody fainted. Finally Frank Longbottom spoke up. "How is this even possible? There can't be more than one Sirius Black in the world and we're pretty sure that he doesn't have a fully grown daughter and godson."
"Thank you, Captain Obvious!" Leslie said sarcastically. This was the moment of stupid questions that she had been dreading, but she might as well get it over with. "We are from the year 1997. We travelled back in time to save a few people, who they are, is not your business unless we choose to involve you. But since Dumbledore did take the time to call this meeting we might as well answer any questions that you may want to ask. So who's first?"
Alice stood up and faced her friends. "If what you say is true, you Lily and Bridget have some explaining to do!" To everyone's surprise she said it with a huge grin on her face. "Are you guys both pregnant?" she said excitedly. Lily and Bridget glanced at each other anxiously before planting smiles on their faces.
"OH MY GOSH!" While everyone in the room (or rather all the men) covered their ears with the fear that they'd lost their hearing, the women ran to Lily and Bridget and gave them bone-crushing hugs and discussed baby names, completely forgetting that the unborn kids already had names.
It was another ten minutes before Dumbledore calmed down all the women. By that time all the Order members had to leave with the usual instructions of keeping their eyes open and reporting any unusual activity. The time-travellers and their families were told to wait in his office for their instructions.
"It went better than I thought it would," Leslie reviewed, "At least no one asked the stupid questions I thought they would."
"Never mind the stupid questions, I could barely breathe with all those women crowding around me and touching my stomach. They should know there's nothing to touch if you're only a few days pregnant!" Bridget complained.
"Oh come on, babe. You know you liked being the centre of attention for once." Sirius smiled and put an arm around his wife.
"What are you talking about?" Bridget asked, "I'm always the centre of attention. When we were in school all the girls were jealous of me –except Lily and Alice."
Sirius scoffed. "Please, the only reason all the girls were green with envy was because you always had yours truly giving you all his attention."
Bridget suddenly stopped and gave him a death glare. "Are you saying that I'm not pretty enough to have all the female population be jealous of me?"
"Umm…no, I just meant-"
"You just meant what?"
"……."
"We're here." Remus announced. Sirius rushed off and immediately pretended to try and figure out the password to Dumbledore's office. Eventually James got fed up and took over. "Pumpkin Pasties." Leslie gave a start when she saw the gargoyle move. 'Sirius' put a reassuring hand on his daughter's shoulder and they group went into the headmaster's office.
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"As we know, our time-travel friends must be kept a secret lest Voldemort find out and foil their plans."
"Professor, we already know this," Leslie said, trying her best to keep from lashing out at Dumbledore's 'stating the obvious' sentence. "I'm hoping that this isn't all you've got to say to us."
"Actually Miss Black I summoned you here to tell you I've got the perfect disguise for you."
Everyone shared confused glances before Dumbledore continued. "Since Miss Black and young Mr Potter were due to start their last year at Hogwarts-"
"Harry was due to start his last year at Hogwarts," Leslie interrupted. "In case you don't remember I wasn't allowed to go to school."
"But if you had you would've been in the same year as Harry, am I right?" Leslie was about to respond to that sentence before Remus held her back. "Just let him finish."
"As I was saying, since you were both due to start you last year at Hogwarts I see no reason as to why you can't continue – or in Miss Black's case start – your magical education as seventh years."
Harry, who hadn't been expecting this, was happy that he could spend time in the place he called home. Leslie was astonished. All her life she'd dreamed and hoped for this moment but never had she thought that it would come true.
"But, sir, I don't know any basic spells. I've never even held a wand before. Are you sure I'd be ok at Hogwarts?"
Dumbledore smiled. "The students aren't due back for another three hours, if you all go to Diagon Alley now and purchase everything you need you could make it back for dinner and I'll introduce you to the school as exchange students from Salem Academy of Magic. Miss Black you are the daughter of two of some of the best students that Hogwarts has seen (Bridget and Sirius blushed at this compliment) I have no doubt that you'll do just fine. If you still have doubts I'm sure that some of your family members can tutor you in anything you find difficult."
Leslie was so happy that tears were welling up in her eyes. "Thank you, sir," was all she managed to say.
Dumbledore gave her another smile. "Now, let's get you all a portkey to Diagon Alley."
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"I think I'm going to be sick." Leslie stated. She did look very green indeed. Harry put a comforting arm around her. "Don't worry, Les, you'll get used to it."
The Gringotts carts hadn't been any fun for Leslie – despite that fact that both her fathers had been whooping in joy the whole ride. Not even the amount of gold that was in her family's vault had been enough to distract her.
"Come on sweetie," Bridget coaxed, "Let's go get you guys some Hogwarts robes. We'll go over the cover story on the way."
"What cover story?" 'Sirius' asked.
"You don't seriously think that your daughter is going to go to school and tell everyone that she's from the future!"
"No. I was just wondering," 'Sirius' lied. Truth be told he hadn't really thought about it.
"Ok, Leslie. You are Bridget's half-sister," James informed her, "The older Sirius is your father but your names are Simon and Leslie Campbell. Simon was offered a job in England and Leslie chose to come because she wanted to meet her family. That's your story."
"Also she's friends with Harry from school and she knows all about his situation and didn't want to be separated from her friend," Remus added.
"Why does she get to keep her first name?" 'Sirius' whined.
"Sirius isn't exactly a common name, Dad. People would ask questions," Leslie clarified.
"What about me? What's my story?" Harry asked.
"You're James' distant cousin so you can keep your first name and surname. Your parents just died in a Death Eater raid and James is your last living relative so he is now your guardian until you are of age," Lily informed her son.
The time-travellers nodded in understanding but 'Sirius' still whined at the unfairness of having to change his full name by the time they'd finished at Madame Malkin's and Flourish and Blotts. Leslie had had enough. "If you don't stop whining I won't let you come into Ollivander's and see me pick out my first wand!" That shut him up.
Ollivander's was just the same as when Harry first stepped in here and it still gave the impression of a very strict library. It was so quiet that everyone jumped when Mr Ollivander stepped out from the shadows. "I wasn't expecting anyone at this time of year," he frowned in confusion.
"Well, you see sir, we had a last minute arrangement. My half-sister is joining Hogwarts and her wands has snapped so we need a new one," Bridget explained.
Mr Ollivander didn't look like he believed Bridget's story but he didn't question it..
"Well then, Miss …"
"Campbell. Leslie Campbell," Leslie offered. Mr Ollivander nodded. He took her measurments and started to look for a wand that he thought would suit her. "Try this. Maple, 12 inches, one unicorn hair as its core." He gave Leslie the wand, but before she had even waved it, he took it away from her again. "Here, pine, 13 inches, phoenix tail feather."
This was the routine for five more wands and Leslie felt more downhearted with each wand that didn't chose her. Harry tried to reassure her and said that it was more or less the same for him, but Leslie couldn't help but wander if her grandmother had been right. What if she wasn't worthy to be a witch? "Aha! Try this one. Magnolia, 12 inches and a rather special core."
Leslie hesitantly took the wand. All at once she felt warmth spread to her fingers. She waved the wand and everyone gazed in awe at the trail of pure white light that it gave. Mr Ollivander was amazed. "Sir, you never told us what its core was," 'Sirius' said.
"That wand's core is the hair of a mermaid." Everyone in the room froze. Most thought that either Mr Ollivander was joking or that their ears needed testing. "Several years ago I was wandering by the ocean when I happened to come across a beached mermaid. I felt sorry for the poor thing so I put it back in the water. As a thank-you she gave me one of her hairs. I told her what I planned to do with it and she informed me that whoever came to own that wand would be able to do great and powerful things with it." Mr Ollivander explained. "Before she left she told me that she hoped the owner of this wand would be a good person out to change the world for the better."
Leslie paid seven galleons for her wand and the group took a portkey back to Dumbledore's office. Before meeting with the elderly wizard she asked everyone not to tell him her wand core. She privately felt that it should be kept between family only.
James, Lily, Remus, Bridget and Sirius left after they met with Dumbledore. The teenagers were hugged by their parents and their mothers warned them to stay out of trouble. 'Sirius' was going to stay in the private chambers and act as a substitute teacher whenever he was needed. He too hugged the kids goodbye and wished them luck at school. Harry and Leslie were waiting outside the Great Hall waiting for Dumbledore to introduce them.
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