Recap since it has been forever. You might as well reread everything:
Lily Luna smiled. "As they deserve.. Anyways, I really don't feel like thinking about the future either. I go by a quotation where we just focus on the present, and let that determine the future." Molly I smiled.
"Pretty wise of you, dear." A rumbling sound was heard.
"Yeah, yeah. Lily's smart and all.. But you know what's better than that? Food!" Arthur and Molly I laughed.
"Alright, dears. Let me just set up the table, and we can all go and eat lunch. While doing that, I want to get to know you better.. Know more than what you've told us.."
James II smirked. "Deal."
Everyone began to stand up from where they had sat, except those people who were already standing since the time the people of the Next Generation were introducing themselves. Some of them had left already, such as Mad Eye and Dumbledore. Meanwhile, the rest who had remained were all feeling a mixture of anxiousness and curiosity.
Those who were most excited and curious to know of the future, a future without Voldemort and Death Eaters and a Terrible Ministry, had walked in a fast pace towards the dining table. On the other hand, a good amount of people, the group being composed of the Next Generation and some of the adults, had walked slow, as if dreading what to say, what they would say.
After all, no one gets out of a war unscathed.
Not one side could win without lives lost on both sides.
When everyone was seated, and Mrs. Weasley had placed down all the food, James ran a hand through his hair, and a deadly serious expression was on his face. "Look, I know all of you want to know details about the war.. But now isn't the time. I wish we don't have to talk about the past, ever. But I know you're all gonna be persistent to know." The eldest Potter child started to say, but after that he didn't know how to continue, so Victoire continued for him.
"For now, all I can say is that we win. A few injuries here and there, but victory belongs to us." A few injuries, yeah right, what an understatement, James thought, but thanked his cousin anyway for saving him right there. "So let's not ruin our appetite and let's talk about the bright future!" James Sirius said, a grin back on his face. There was a tense silence for a while, the only sounds heard were the utensils hitting the place as people had sliced up their food.
Tonks was getting tired of the awkwardness in the room, so she tried to bring up a topic. "So how's the ministry now? I swear if Fudge is still the damn Minister, I'll-" Teddy had laughed at his mother, and that had somehow ceased the tension in the room.
"Cornelius Fudge? You're kidding! Aunt Ginny told me that he was sacked at Harry's sixth year! Anyway, our new Minister of Magic is Kingsley." The said man, who was in the room with the rest of the Order, gasped. "Me? The new Minister?"
Sirius chortled. "Of course you, Shacklebolt! We don't know any other Kingsleys, do we?" Remus smiled. "I think you'd be a great Minister in the future." Fred II nodded enthusiastically. "Mhm, he's awesome! We're on first name terms with him, and all." He grinned. "Probably because he constantly visits Uncle Harry and the rest of the Weasleys often- since a lot of our parents work in the Ministry and all."
Hugo had been eating his meal heartily, then deciding he had something to say on the topic, had swallowed whatever food he had in his mouth, wanting to be polite. "Mum is in good terms with him, ever since he was very supportive of the laws she had made regarding fair rights on Magical Creatures like House Elves and Werewolves."
"I made those laws? I was able to make S.P.E.W happen?" Hermione gasped, both surprised and proud of herself. Rose nodded. "Well, yeah. You are part of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Besides, it was a nice change for the Wizarding World. Werewolves didn't have to hide anymore. House Elves were paid, got sick days, and were treated like equals. Aunt Luna made an article regarding it too, since she supported your cause and what not."
Scorpius continued. "My dad, Draco Malfoy, as even able to enhance the Wolfsbane potion. I heard it doesn't taste as bad, and it's far easier to make with newly discovered ingredients, therefore it's more easily accessible to anyone."
As Remus Lupin tried to grasp all of this information, while seeing the smiles being directed at him by Dora, Sirius, and others, he felt a grateful smile tug on to his lips. "Thank you, Hermione. This really means a lot to me." He told Hermione, who flushed red with praise. Remus turned to Scorpius. "And to your father too. I bet he's made a ton of lives easier, in the future."
Ron gave a low whistle, still munching on his food. "So spew finally happened, huh. And I thought it was silly." Hermione turned to him, a tiny glare aimed. "Excuse me Ronald, but it is S.P.E.W, not spew! And don't eat with your mouth full!"
Fred and George laughed. "Are you sure Hermione is Ronnie-kin's wife?" Fred started. "And not his mother?" George finished for him, and Mrs. Weasley looked at her twins. "Stop that, you two."
Dominique had a smirk on her face. "Speaking of House Elves and Hermione and Ron, who here wants to know how our favorite couple of the century got together?" A chorus of 'yes' had piped up. Dumbledore simply had that twinkle in his eye, the more serious members of the Order had a bit of amusement present on their features, and although Hermione and Ron didn't say anything, they were curious.
"Oh, that story?" I swear I hear it all the time, during the annual clan reunion." Roxanne commented, and Alice laughed. "Doesn't stop it from being less funny, though."
"Good to know you find humour in my future love life, everyone." Ron muttered darkly, causing everyone to laugh.
Lysander's eyebrows raised. "Oh, I remember that one. When mum took us with her to visit Aunt Ginny and the rest of the Potters, Uncle Harry told Lily about Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione's first kiss, since she was curious." Lorcan nodded, fondly remembering the memory. "Oh yes, that one. We kinda just eavesdropped, courtesy Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products."
"I think I also told both of you one time during our second year." Molly II said, and Hermione groaned. "So many people just find our romance amusing, can you please just explain what happened?"
Teddy gave an amused grin. "Know why it's so funny? Because you made the first move, Auntie. Uncle Ron started talking about saving the house elves, and you got so happy you kissed him!" Loud laughter was heard throughout the room. Tonks, Sirius, and George begrudgingly gave five galleons to Remus, Ginny, and Fred. Harry had to hold on to someone for support, as he was clutching his stomach. Ron was extremely red in the face, and Hermione had faced palm.
Really? She had to make the first move?
She looked at Ginny who was in the same state as Harry, and smirked. All is fair in love and war, Ginny.
"Oh would you quit it!" But for extra measure, the Granger Girl cheekily added. "Say, what about Ginny and Harry?" The two people mentioned by the brunette had flinched, while everyone had moved their attention at them, laughing, while still enjoying their meal.
"I'd like to know, too." Molly I had said, smiling at her daughter. Bill, meanwhile, cracked his knuckles at the mention of his little sister, and Harry paled quite a bit.
Louis let out a laugh. "I don't even know how you're alive, Uncle Harry." Victoire gave him a flick in the head. "You're scaring him, Lou!"
The youngest of the Potters had piped up. "Ooh! I love this story! It's so romantic! Dad just finds out that Gryffindor had won the Quidditch match, and that mum caught the snitch. Everyone was celebrating, and then mum approached him, dad was so happy and just kisses her, not caring that people, including Uncle Ron himself, could see them." And the rest of the girls, even Dominique and Samantha, had agreed.
Albus shrugged at his sister. "I don't know about it being so romantic, but I'll admit it was cool how mum won the cup for Gryffindor. I mean, she was supposed to be chaser, not a seeker like dad, yet she caught the snitch like a boss!"
James nodded, and it was clear to the others that those two held some kind of admiration for their mother, Ginny Weasley. "Huh? I win the cup? And why was I the seeker, not Harry?"
James laughed at his young mother. "Too many questions, mum. Besides, if I keep talking about it, I'm afraid the Weasley men will crack your future husband's skull, and we'll never be born." He had joked.
And they looked over to the Weasley men. While Mrs. Weasley looked absolutely happy, her husband was not as delighted. He liked Harry for his daughter, but hearing about the romance was different. Same went to Ginny's brother's, who were glaring holes into Harry's head.
Meanwhile, Sirius had whispered to Remus. "So similar to Prongs, huh, Moony."
Remus nodded. "Same taste with women too, Padfoot. Except Lily kissed James when they won the game against the house of her ex boyfriend, and not the other way around."
Ginny turned to Teddy, who noticed the look in her eyes and the youthful grin she wore. Then she looked at her older brother, Bill, and spoke loudly. "Well, I, for one, would like to know the love life of my future niece and you." As Teddy's hair went pale pink, and Victoire was trying to hide a smile, the teenagers had laughed at Bill's expression.
First, his precious little sister. Now, his future daughter too? Then, Dominique may not be in a stable relationship, but his skin turned white at the thought that she was simply screwing around with men. His future wife, Fleur, probably had gotten too many stares for her own good, thanks to being a veela.
I'm going to go to Azkaban soon with being too protective of these women, Bill thought to himself.
Ginny's idea didn't work out too well, though, as Teddy was able to successfully change the topic of converse. In the end, she just forgot all about it.
"So what fun things did you guys do at Hogwarts?" Fred asked, wiggling his brows.
"Any interesting adventures you want to talk about?" George had continued.
Fred II laughed. "Of course! It's always interesting with us! Well, maybe not with Rose and Molly and Scorpius and their books but.." The said three people glared at them. "Joking. Ask anyone who doesn't hate us or isn't sarcastic at all- It's super fun with us!"
Lucy, who was quiet for most of the time unless Louis or Molly II was talking, finally spoke up. "All of us have our grandiose moments of fun.. Just in different ways."
"Well we'd like to hear all about them." Mr. Weasley said with a smile. The look in Fred, George, Sirius, and even Remus's eyes showed that they were the most excited to know about their adventures and pranks. The adults could only hope it wasn't the kind of adventures that Harry, Ron, and Hermione had.
Louis smirked. "This will take a while then. Might as well hope you eat slower."
"Whatever, let's just say the others later. I'll start. Let's get this over with, shall we?" Molly II said. "I wasn't the type for pranks, especially in my first year at Hogwarts. I mean, they were interesting, I'm not a total filch, I just never brought myself to do it. So most of the time I ended up reading books about charms and spells."
"I wonder what our ickle Molly-kins did." Lysander laughed. Lorcan did a hesitant chuckle, oh, he remembered vividly what had happened that night. "Oh, this story? I'll help you out in explaining then, Molls."
Lorcan continued, "And then my brother, Molls, and I overheard Hagrid and Professor Nev talk about something special in the Forbidden Forest, and Molly dear got curious." Molly II kicked him. "You were curious too, but of course Lysander apparently wanted to sleep at night and not sneak out so he was out of the plan."
"Mhm, so long story short, Molly and I found a spell we could use to sneak out, Misceo Circum. It's a newly made spell that allows the user, and the company, to blend in their surroundings; kind of like camouflage. The spell only lasted for about ten minutes, since we haven't reached our maximum magic power yet, so we just started running to the Forbidden Forest as fast as we can before anyone could see us."
Molly II's namesake frowned. "I think it would have been better off if someone caught you.. Merlin's sake, were you hurt?" Lorcan smiled, yet instead of explaining, he simply let Molly continue the story. "When we got there, we saw a bunch of fairies, and they were.. Uh, what was the word you used again, Lor? Was it dancing?"
Lorcan nodded. "Yep, they were just dancing around. So for a while we joined them, but then we both got tired so we absentmindedly just walked straight back to the castle, and both of us forgot to put the charm back on."
Some of the people on the table groaned, while others were curious on what happened to the pair afterwards. "Blimey, mate. Didn't you forget to bring your invisibility cloak when you and Mione went back in the castle after bringing the dragon back?" Ron murmured quietly to Harry who was seated to his left, so that his mother couldn't hear. Hermione, who sat to his right, replied instead. "Yeah.. Kind of like history repeating itself, huh?"
Harry snorted. "At least all those two had to deal with was harmless, dancing fairies. We had to deal with a damn dragon that has poison!" The Golden Trio laughed amongst themselves. "Ugh, young dad and uncle and aunt." James Sirius grimaced. "So. Weird." Fred II said, agreeing.
"So what happened afterwards?" Tonks asked. Molly shrugged. "Nothing too interesting. Alice's Dad caught us walking back around the halls, and asked where we came from and why. We were all honest about it and said we came from the forbidden forest and wanted to check out the special thing there that he and Hagrid talked about. Apparently the professors wanted no one to go there, particularly trouble makers, in fear that they would disturb them, which we didn't at least. We kind of mingled with them even, weird, huh. So he basically just let us off and brought us back to our common rooms."
Remus raised a brow. "No punishment at all?"
"Well, not really. He did take off 5 points each, and then lectured us a bit on what if it was something dangerous in the forest instead. But then he gave us some warm milk, commended us on our advanced charm work, and then like we said, sent us back to our common room."
Alice giggled, and James secretly payed attention to her from the corner of his eye as he continued to chat with Fred, George, Louis, and Fred II. "That definitely sounds like something dad would do. He has more than a bit of a soft spot for the Potters, the Weasleys, the Scamanders, and Teddy, of course."
"Hm? I understand the Potters and Weasleys and Teddy, but what about the Scamanders being close with him and all. I mean are Rolf and Neville friends or-" Lysander cut off Ginny with a bit of a laugh, scratching the back of his head. "Oh, well it's more of Professor slash Uncle Neville and Mum being best friends more or less."
"More or less? More, definitely. Mum once mentioned that Prof Nev and Aunt Luna dated briefly, but barely a year into their relationship Aunt Luna decided that she would be traveling around the world chasing after her dreams and Professor Nev decided that a long distance relationship wasn't going to work out." Rose told them all.
James smirked, stopping his conversation with the others. "Mum was pretty mad about it, I mean her two best friends broke up because Uncle Nev said it just wouldn't work out. I think she hexed him once, but held back because she somewhat understood the situation.. And because they were best friends."
Ginny scowled at the looks Fred and George gave him, but then having a thoughtful look on her face. "So I'm best friends with Neville and Loo-Luna Lovegood, huh." The redhead muttered to herself.
"We're doing story telling, are we?" Roxanne smiled, bits of food stuck in her teeth as she tried to get them off. "Well, I'll go next. Alice, back me up on this, babe." The said girl with sea green eyes gave a sweet smile. "Which one, Roxy?"
"The prank we did on the Gryffindors during our 6th year, of course." The ebony skinned girl chuckled, and Alice recalled the whole scene in her head. "Oh yes, when we turned their skin into the colour bronze, and their hair was blue." James gasped. Sure, that prank had been done before, but..
"All of them were affected, all except Jamesie and my dear brother Freddie." Roxanne grinned, and Bill had the corners of his lips rise into a grin. "So it was to get them in trouble? After all, you made it seem as if they were the ones who did it, as they weren't affected."
The oldest one amongst the Potter Children prevented either of the two ladies from speaking. "It was you two? We got detention for that with Filch! Minnie thought it was us, although I don't know why. I mean I would never turn the skin of people from my own house into our rival's house colors." Fred II nodded. "That was quite an amateurish prank, too. It's been done before."
Roxanne rolled his eyes at his brother. "Oh come on, the prank wasn't to show off our pranking skills, because we definitely can do better. The point was we got you two in trouble, and that we got away from detention." Alice then lowered her eyes, and her best friend spared the girl a look.
"Well, that was one of the reasons. Another was because we would be playing against Hufflepuff that day." Some of those from the Next Generation- Alice, Roxanne, James, Fred II, Rose, Scorpius, Lorcan, Lysander, and Molly to be most precise, had their faces darkened. The others listened in with curiosity.
Roxanne decided to get it over with. She didn't want to say this part of the story, she wanted to talk about the planning of the prank, but she couldn't help herself into spilling in the story. "Alice had just broken up with someone from the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, a seventh year. He broke it off with her after she found the git snog somebody else. He revealed that he only dated her so that he could distract her from playing chaser as good as she usually is."
James couldn't help the growl that exited his mouth. He had desperately tried to get the two broken up. He never liked them together, he just wasn't good enough for her. And, he even caught him on the act of cheating on her. And he was right about it all along. Ah, he definitely forgave her for the trouble they caused on them for the prank. She, at least, had a purpose. "Ugh, he should have been in Slytherin." The hazel eyed boy cursed, and Fred II had agreed with him.
The Slytherins didn't like that they were still prejudiced as mean, but they did agree that someone like him should not have gone to Hufflepuff. "Reckon he persuaded the hat?" Tonks asked. Ginny shook her head, "Nah, more like he got terrible through puberty."
Mrs. Weasley grumbled to herself. "Blokes these days.."
"Anyways," Roxanne interrupted. Alice looked as if she was uncomfortable with the comments. She did care for her first boyfriend, even if it wasn't love or anything, she still was hurt to be used. "It worked, sort of. She was bothered, her mind constantly thinking about it. Apparently a bludger would have hit her if it weren't for the beaters. She needed to be relieved, so pranking, as well as the fact that the Gryffindors had all worn the Raven colours, really helped her out."
"Roxanne.." Alice was getting more and more uncomfortable about the talk with her and her ex. She also felt the angry aura around James and the rest. "SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT FOR THE WHOLE MATCH ALL THE GRYFFINDORS WERE BLUE AND BRONZE. It was definitely funny to see the faces of the Hufflepuffs that day, I mean Slytherins mostly supported Hufflepuff so that Slytherin wouldn't fall behind in their chance for the cup, but.." Alice faltered.
James II snorted. "Just like Slytherins.. You might have been better than Hufflepuff, but they obviously didn't want Ravenclaw to increase their chance of winning even more, yeah?"
Sirius whistled. "That was actually a decent prank.. You did better than Petal ever would, anyway. The girl blushes too much, she would get caught too easily." Remus simply nodded. "Trust us, we know from experience. Prongs tried to get Lily to prank with him one time. She only got away since she was the Head Girl, but you should have seen how red her face was as she tried to explain to Minnie."
McGonagall simply sighed. "Oh I remember. Poor girl, I just had to let her off the hook."
"Say, James, Fred, why don't you two go next?" Rose offered to her cousins, who ever so politely declined. "Nah, Rosie Posie." Fred II replied back to the curly haired Weasley. "Got to save the best for last." The ginger simply harrumphed. "Dare I say our adventures can just be as good as your pranks." She retorted.
"AND- Our pranks can just be as good as your pranks too." Albus added. Minerva sighed. "Why do I have this bad feeling you three are going to be just as bad as Mr. Potter, Weasley, and Ms. Granger?" Scorpius laughed. "Oh, we're not as bad. We don't fight giant snakes and dragons, after all."
The adults in the room had frozen. Dragons? Giant Snakes? How come they haven't heard of these tales yet?
Albus' green eyes had an excited spark to it. "Looks like we're next in this story telling, huh."
Note de l' Auteur (Author's Note): I finally have rekindled my old spark for Harry Potter after my one year Hiatus! I'll be rereading all the books and rewatching all the movies again just to make sure I put the correct information here. Hmm, I think my writing style is a tad better now. I add more descriptions and all, though I still rush endings quite a bit more than I should.
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