Hermione and I were still pretty pissed off at both Harry and Ron. She was a little bit more forgiving and was already at the stage that she was still talking again, but me? Pfft, like I'm going to easily forgive the two of them for leaving her like that. Complete and utter shitheads if you ask me. I glared at Harry from the other side of the table, he stared at me and quickly looked down, embarrassed.
"Dray, you really should consider forgiving them you know," Hermione advised, both boys looked up at me pleadingly.
"No." I stated. They sunk back down in their chairs. We were all doing research for Harry about his second task. I hinted off to Hermione to start learning about seaweed, not a big tip-off I know. But I don't particularly remember what happened whilst I was talking to Potter when I returned from the Astral Plane.
I'm getting way too distracted with these guys, was that a problem? Yes, it was a huge one. I turned back to my book and thought for a minute, "We have only a couple more hours till the Second Task. I don't remember… I don't know what to do. Potter told me… but I'm forgetting." I confessed.
"Forgetting?" Hermione asked, I nodded. "Is that bad? Should you be forgetting?"
"Hermione it is natural for me to forget events. I did only meet Potter last year. HOw he survived the Second Task wasn't an issue that he really thought to bring up… He di say something along the lines of Neville and Dobby though? I shouldn't be telling you this but we're running out of time." I stood up and pulled up my bookbag.
"Mr Malfoy," I flinched as Moody called out my name, "Ms Granger, Professor McGonagall would like to speak with you." Moody informed, he looked at me with his regular eye. I arched a brow, what was this about- oh.
"But Professor we really need to stay with Harry, we-"
"Hermione, no. Let's go." I grabbed her arm and ran out of the Library, not before Madam Pince scowled at my behaviour, "sorry!" I called. We ran into Professor McGonagall's class to see Tommy and a little girl, who I remember was called Gabrielle. Tommy rolled his eyes and got back to sketching.
"Hey Tommy?" I asked, more than greeted.
"I'm sketching you." He answered. I looked at Hermione in confusion, then turned back to him, "Look, you're getting eaten by a shark. But you're happy about it." He tilted his lips only the slightest, I think that was the first time I had ever seen the boy smile at me and not Cassius. Now that I think about it? I'm pretty sure Cassius was the only person ever able to make Tommy smile… aww.
"That's nice, can I keep it?"
"Nope, need to show Cass. He likes my art." Tommy hid his face in his book and smiled, I smirked at the tiny blush. To be completely honest, Tommy's drawing were more cartoon figures that a 5 year-old could draw. It had crayons marks and everything. Nice to know that Cassius like it.
"Ahh you're all here." McGonagall came out of her office and turned to look at us all. Tommy put his sketch book his bookbag and slouched as McGonagall walked over. "Today I'll need to you all to drink this potion-"
"I'm not drinking anything." Tommy scowled.
"Professor Snape brewed it," she informed. Tommy looked at her and then the potion before shrugging and downing the lot. Tommy then collapsed on the ground, I helped pick him up and place him on a desk. "Knew that'd work. Now come on, Gabrielle, your turn."
Gabrielle looked Professor McGonagall as if she was crazy but drank the potion. Hermione helped her when the little girl collapsed into her arms. "My turn, I guess."
"Draco, this might have negative effects on your Subconscious form." McGonagall informed. I nodded and looked at the potion, there was only one way to find out. I took a swig of the juice, which tasted of water… nothing and was immediately consumed with darkness.
I opened my eyes to see Harry cupping my cheek, I looked around and saw that I just resurfaced from the Black Lake. I looked at the stands and started to swim and when I didn't notice Gabriella. I swam to the Beauxbaton students. "Where is she?" I asked FLeur.
She looked at me worriedly, "Did you save Gabrielle, where is she?" I asked.
"I- I couldn't- There was no time." She was crying and I nodded. I swam back out to the lake, where's Harry? I reached into my robes, which were not there. Okay then. I took a huge gulp of air and swam down. Immediately I saw Harry, he was being dragged down but some creatures I couldn't see properly. I swam closer to him and wrapped my arms around his body.
He opened his eyes and I looked up to see Gabriella. Harry grabbed his wand and whispered ascendio. We both started to rise, I hooked an arm around Gabrielle, my lungs compressed against one another.
We resurfaced in to the landing, hard against the wood. Cheers erupted from everyone around us, I looked around and saw that Fleur was hugging her sister, Harry was shivering. Hermione was sitting next me trying to talk and Ron was wrapping a towel on both Harry and I. My head was hurting, and not the good kind. I hissed and grabbed my head, until the pain consumed my body.
"Dray!" I heard my friend shouting, Hermione was pulling my hands away, Harry was holding my face and Ron had his arms around my legs to stop them flailing. No! I'm dematerialising! Don't touch me! I tried so hard to scream my words out until we were all consumed in purple.
"NO!" I screamed as Harry, Hermione and Ron screamed in agony around me. We all fell on something and rolled off. I landed on top of Harry who groaned, realising that we were still in our same clothes but they were a lot more dry. "Guys?" Harry looked up to see me and groaned.
"I think I hit my head," he informed.
"Erm, Dray?" Hermione called. Harry and I both stood up and looked up. I looked at my surroundings, we were in the Great Hall.
"Oh okay, the Great Hall, with students…" I turned to face Hermione and almost shrieked, "Professor McGonagall? The Deputy Head?" I asked.
"That's Head, actually," she informed. My face paled, no. That- the other- they couldn't know.
"Stop!" I shouted, I looked over to see… Potter, Granger and Weaselbee… oh my god… and me. "Professor, could we go to your office?" I asked, I didn't wait for answer before I dragged Hermione, Ron and Harry with me.
"Dray, where are we?" Harry asked. I stopped and looked around at the office. I was in the TRansfiguration office, it'd only take Minnie a couple minutes for her to realise I meant her 'old' office and not her 'new' one. That was enough time to explain.
"Okay, look. To stop confusion, I'll call you guys by your Animagus names and the older us's my personal nicknames. Also, hi welcome to me timeline. The original timeline. Don't ask how I know, we must have gone through a portal. I'm still trying to figure out how this whole Subconscious Conscious charm works, but well… I'm guessing my Subconscious tried to go back to my Conscious form. Except we ended up here, the original timeline… the one where I didn't make the Subconscious charm." I looked at their confused faces, even Hermione. "Okay, you're still confused. Look I can't explain but-"
The door opened and in stepped Scarhead, Draco, Weaselbee and Mud- Granger. I scowled, calling her mudblood was easier, but I've changed. Damn… I sound like a Gryffindor. "Please sit down you three- I mean four. And explain." she ordered. We all sat down, I wonder if it's a good time to eat some biscuits.
"Okay, so I guess I'll start. Hi, names Draco but you can call me Dray-"
"Shut up Malfoy and cut to the chase," Ron sneered.
"Excuse me?" I looked at Thnx who stood up, "what did you just say to my friend. Dray you never told me I was an arse!" Griffin held him down. The older us looked very shocked to say the least.
"Erm, guys?" I asked, everyone turned to me, "I meant the Marauders 2.0." I explained. Scarhead. Granger and Weaselbee looked very shocked to say the least.
"Yes?" Prongs asked.
"Can you go outside?"
"But-" I glared at Prongs and he huffed, "finnnneeee."
They all left and I quickly went to explaining. "Okay, so after the war I decided to use this Charm… long story short it's called the Subconscious Conscious charm. Meaning I could split my body into two forms… I took it a step further and decided to go back in time. Anyway, I've spent three years with Prongs, Griffin and Thnx-"
"Who?" Draco asked. We all looked at older me a little more surprised, "what? I want to know what I did."
"Griffin is Hermione. Prongs Jr, or Prongs for short is Harry. Ron is called Thnx- Personally I think it's the best name and then there's me Dray. Yeah, I know I'm boring. Anyway I decided to go back in time to change the events of the time, save all those who died, try to prevent the war-"
"Do you know how dangerous that is?" Scarhead shouted, "what could change?"
"Yeah, I know. Why'd you think I risked it? I have no life now, I'm only here to help, you scarhead can go to hell!" I stood up and glared at the man. "Don't forget that I may look 14 but I'm 19, I'd hex you into oblivion if I didn't leave my wand with Minnie." McGonagall gasped and I smirked.
"The only people who know about my Subconscious Conscious charm is McGonagall, Harry, Hermione and Ron. But, the only people who about the past is McGonagall." I stared at the Headmistress and nodded. "Some things have changed, since then. I'm a Gryffindor-" Draco snorted, "and the others don't know. You can't tell them anything. We've just come from the Second Task in the Triwizard Tournament."
"Dray? Can we come in, now?" Prongs asked. We all looked back to see the Marauders 2.0. Walking back in, "honestly I'm a bit knackered." he sat down next me and rested his head on my shoulder.
"You know I still hate you from the Yule Ball." I smirked as Prongs whined.
"But I apologised-"
"Yeah Dray, seriously. It's okay." Griffin said. Granger stood up and glared daggers at me.
"No I can't believe that this is all true. I'd never be friends with you." Granger shouted.
"Don't you dare judge him!" Griffin shouted, rounding up on her older self.
"He called me mudblood!"
"He called me sister!" she creamed her hair going more frizzy. Granger stopped and looked at me in disbelief. I sat up and hooked an arm around Griffin's tense shoulders.
"Calm, sis. Ron and Hermione are the closests people I'll ever have to calling a brother and sister," I said. Draco walked from behind McGonagall and patted my back.
"You did good. Had the life I never got. I'm proud."
"Cool, dad kicked us out of the Manor by the way…"
"He WHAT?"
"Yeah… pretty annoying if you tell me." I shrugged, Prongs laughed and hugged me from behind. "Still annoyed." Griffin let go and looked at me. "What? Okay finnneee… I'll forgive!" Prongs cheered and kissed me on the cheek.
"You are the best ex boyfriend ever!" he cheered, I laughed along with him.
"Wait what?" both Draco and Scarhead shouted, looking between Prongs and I; then back at each other.
"Well, not dating anymore… we broke up- on good terms though. We're deciding to take it slow." Prongs informed.
McGonagall snorted and looked at Weaselbee. He rolled his eyes but handed her 10 galleons. "Even if you're from an Alternate Timeline, still counts." she winked and pocketed the money. Whilst Scarhead and Draco looked utterly betrayed.
"You know?" Thnx said. We all turned to look at him, "this place sucks. Like there's no unity. The slytherin's over here really do hate the Gryffindor's. Where's the house unity?" Ron asked. I looked away from the others and turned to the Marauders.
"That's kind of how life here is. Back in our timeline everyone sits with everyone, we're all friends and the Slytherins are nicer to Gryffindors. Albeit, still disliking but they act civil, over here? Everyone kind of-" I turn to looked at the Golden Trio, "belittle's the Slytherins. We were locked up in the Dungeons for the war, you know? We're not that important-"
"That's disgusting? You guys left that happen?" Griffin turned to the Golden Trio, McGonagall and Draco, "In my Hogwarts we're aloud to sit wherever we want. It's pretty much all about House Unity, we don't care about who wins or anything, we just care about each other. I want to go back to my Hogwarts."
"Yeah same… this place just- it reeks of rivalry." Ron turned his head in disgust.
"I'd like to know more about my past self but I kind of agree with you guys on that. Let's get out of here, Dray?" Prongs looked up at me.
"I'm pretty sure I know how to get out, but first. Scarhead? I need to talk to you."
"What do you want, Malfoy?" I rolled my eyes and smirked.
"Always nice to have a little rivalry, I do miss it sometimes. Anyway, that's not why I called for you… I need to know where you were taken at the end of the Third Task."
"What?" Scarhead glared at me, "I knew you were lying-"
"I wasn't, I'm going to try and save Cassius. Remember him? He's the Hogwarts Triwizard Champions, not Cedric- Yeah I was surprised as well. Just tell me where you went, I did do the Charm to save lives you know?"
I smirk as he calms down, "It was Voldemort's Dad graveyard." I nodded and thanked him before walked away, "hey Draco? Have- have you told me you're a Death Eater yet?"
I looked down, "It's not important."
"So that's it?" Griffin asked.
"Pretty much." I said, smiling unsurely. I just thought that this would work. There's literally no facts to help me. "Hold tightly." Before I started to chant the words; Et subconscientiae erumpentem, conscia tolli.
"Dray!"
"What?"
"Where fallllliinnggg!" Harry shouted, I looked down to see the Black Lake. We fell in with a satisfying splash and all resurfaced.
"That was weird!" Ron said as he swam to the edge. Everyone was waiting as if we'd only been gone for 2 seconds.
"Not weird, crazy!" Harry laughed. I couldn't help it, I was laughing to.