This chapter was written by Pixar.
Chapter 21:
"Come on, Sirius, think!"
"I'm trying, I'm trying!" Sirius snapped impatiently. "You're forgetting I was drunk when I bewitched the ring! I'm getting a hangover just thinking about it!"
Teddy gritted his teeth and massaged his temples. His frustrated expression mirrored Sirius's, who was hunched over a ring, glaring at his wand.
"Okay," said Teddy, his voice forced calm. "Well, what was happening before I arrived in your time?"
"I told you, we were partying," Sirius said.
"Yeah, and you were all, 'Hey, I've got a really stupid idea! Let's fuck up some poor future kid's life!' What happened after that?"
"I got the idea—which was brilliant, I'll have you know, you just got in the way—and bewitched the ring," said Sirius. "And then you appeared."
"There must be something we're overlooking," said Teddy, running his fingers through his auburn hair. "Wand movement? Spell pronunciation?"
Teddy jumped slightly when Sirius violently slapped himself in the forehead.
"I'm a moron," he muttered. "It was non-verbal! That's the problem!"
Teddy rolled his eyes. "Okay, do it!"
"It's going to take a little effort, Ted," Sirius said. "I've got to send you back, not to now. Be patient."
Teddy watched apprehensively as Sirius raised the ring and his wand. He placed the tip of his wand to the ring, his face set in concentration. Then, a bright light flashed, blinding them both. Sirius dropped the ring at once to the floor and stepped away.
Eyes watering, stinging, Teddy grinned at Sirius. "Still got it."
"Do you have a plan?" Sirius asked. "Do you know what to do?"
Teddy bit his lip. He hadn't really thought out anything. "I guess not. But I can't go around following Lily and James everyday until they get married. I supposed all I can do is make sure Lily doesn't fall for me."
Sirius nodded, looking nervous. Teddy felt a thousand times worse.
"It'll be tough," he sighed.
"Are you sure you can do this?" asked Sirius, his face uncharacteristically serious. And Teddy wondered. Could he do it? Should he? Sirius was alive. So were James, and his father too. If he were to change everything, would he just be ensuring the death of the people he'd befriended?
What was better? A world where everything was upside down, but people he loved here alive, or a world that had existed before the people he loved were dead, because that's how it's supposed to be?
Teddy looked sadly at the grim-faced Sirius. "No. I'm not sure. But I've got to try."
He stopped to the floor, extending his arm. He hesitated, his hand hovering over the ring. Teddy closed his eyes, and grabbed it.
A bright light, a jerk around his navel, and Teddy, once more, was flying through time.
Sorry that kinda took a while. I'm still in spring break mode, and my gay teachers decided to assign homework the week we got back. I'll post the next chapter sooner, I promise.