Chapter 2
"1998?" Lily scrunched her nose. "Like, 20 years ahead in future?" She asked again.
"Likely, seeing the situation. What I can't understand is how she was able to send us back this long?" Andrea rubbed her chin in concentration.
"All I know is that Bellatrix and Dolohov were the last ones I saw before losing consciousness." Athena sighed. "Definitely not a good face to see." She grunted.
"Bellatrix was alive?" Sirius asked, shocked.
"Yeah." Athena nodded. "And very much insane." She sighed, rubbing up her chest slightly, as if she could still feel the pain of Cruciatus Curse.
"What were you doing? You both were bloodied up when you arrived." James asked and the two girls looked at him, and widened their eyes.
"Merlin Harry! You are alive!" They both cried out and latched on James, wincing, yet happy that Harry is alive. "You self sacrificing git! How dare you pull such idiocy!" Athena cried.
"I am not Harry, you must be mistaken." James awkwardly said, removing them away from himself.
"What?" Andrea asked until something hit her. "Y-your eyes, they are Hazel." She pointed out. "And Harry had emerald green, like his mothers." She added.
"Then who is this?" Athena asked, looking at the messy mop of black hairs which must have given his hairdresser heart palpitations.
"I am James Fleamont Potter." James replied, a cocky grin taking its place on his face, and they widened their eyes.
"Merlin's pants Andy!" Athena turned to her sister. "This is Prongs." She added, excited about meeting their helper in Pranks. "Your Marauder's Map helped us A LOT in our pranks and during our 5th year secret meetings." She said with a laugh.
"Okay that's a thing for some other time, but we need to know why you called James Harry?" Lily asked.
"Are you pregnant?" Athena asked bluntly, and Lily blanched. "What?!" She almost screamed. "No!"
"We were in the baby making process when you interrupted us." James said, and was nearly hit by a vase by Lily. "Shut up James!" She screeched.
"Harry was born in 80, Thena." Andrea said in a 'duh' tone and turned to everyone. "Looks like it's story time." She signed.
"We joined Hogwarts in 1993, our Third year. We didn't even know coming to Hogwarts will throw us in some life staking things. Though we had a choice, we took the chance to defeat Voldemort." Everyone winced at that. "Harry was James and Lily's son." She added, looking at Lily and James who's expressions changed to that of worry. "Potters were killed on the night of 30th October 1981, and Harry survived after some ancient blood protection charm which Lily unknowingly placed on him." She told them. "When the Prophecy regarding the end of Voldemort came out, he had gone behind Potters. Professor Dumbledore asked them to go into hiding for a while, and Sirius was their secret Keeper of Fidelius Charm." Everyone keenly listened. "And he sold the Potters out."
"I would rather do suicide than betraying Lily and James." Sirius said, tearing up.
"In our third year, when we both joined Hogwarts, Sirius Black has escaped Azkaban in search of Harry Potter. He was an alleged Death Eater, and everyone thought– including Harry himself, who was hell bent over killing Sirius. At the end of the year, Ron– Harry's best friend and our very close friend– was abducted by a skinny black dog and we came across Sirius Black, whom Harry would have almost killed if it wasn't for Professor Lupin to interject." Athena laughed.
"But why will I join death eaters?" Sirius asked dumbly.
"We all thought that, until we heard the story through Sirius's point of view." Athena told them. "Sirius told us that someone else was the secret keeper who sold Potters. Peter Pettigrew." Athena spat the name with such venom that even Basilisk will get afraid.
"Hey!!" Sirius, Remus and James shouted together. "He is our friend! How dare you!?" James yelled in anger.
"Listen to us!" Andrea raised her voice, glaring down at James. "We had the same illusion. Until Remus and Sirius revealed that it was Ron's pet rat Scabbers, who was Pettigrew. We were shocked, when Peter agreed that he sold James and Lily out. Sirius told us and Professor Lupin that he was sure death eaters will go behind him, and he had doubts about Professor Lupin since he was going to Werewolves to ask them to join The Order. So they made Pettigrew the Secret Keeper and the bastard sold them out." Athena told them.
"If it wasn't for the full moon, Peter would be in Azkaban and Harry would HAVE a great life." Andrea started. "He escaped when Professor Lupin's change started, and it took our attention. Sirius was on the run, and the Professor had to leave because Snape revealed to the entire school that Professor Lupin was a werewolf, and everyone was concerned for their child." Andrea said. "And then came the Triwizard Tournament." She looked up.
"Someone had put Harry's name in the Tournament, who was underage. And it was all a plan to bring Harry to Pettigrew, who used the most DIRTY way to bring Voldemort back to life." Andrea said. "And when he came back, he killed Cedric." She sniffled softly, trying to stop her tears.
"The Minister at that time, Cornelius Fudge denied Voldemort being back and tried to put Harry into Azkaban at every move. In the end, during the battle of the Department of Mysteries, he agreed that Voldemort was back after seeing him in flesh." Athena told them. "Sirius died after Bellatrix hit him with an unknown spell." She sighed and Sirius sucked a breath in, making Kingsley pat his back.
"Professor Dumbledore died in our sixth year, Snape killed him." Athena's voice turned venomous. "He had killed Professor Dumbledore after Draco didn't had guts to!" She seethed. "I am disgusted to call him our professor." She angrily said.
"We didn't return for our sixth year. We opted out and started living with our eldest cousin sister Elizabeth Leonhart. We started giving Harry, Ron and Hermione clues to find Horcruxes, and possible ways to end them. They had found many, and in the end, we were attacked. Liz, me and Andy had run to The Order, and with them we went to Hogwarts. After the first battle, Harry sacrificed himself for us. And Death Eaters attacked us at the order of Voldemort. Rest is history." Athena concluded.
A deafening silence has taken place over the room. Everyone except Archembeau Twins were trying to accept what they heard. They all had a hard time believing this.
Suddenly Athena realized something and perked up. "Andy!" She nearly screamed, cutting off the tension with a knife.
"What?" Andrea asked, slightly alarmed.
"We can change the future!" Athena said. "Pardon?" Andrea got confused. "We can change the fates of these peoples! We can give Harry a happy life!" Athena's eyes glinted with hope.
"Thena are you mad? This can change the future!" Andrea rose from her seat. "The Prophecy was about Harry! He was destined to kill Voldemort." She added.
"No. You know what Grandmother Gabriella told us about prophecies right? They can be misleading. And here, we can be sure of one thing that whoever destroys the horcruxes, kills Voldemort." Athena said with a determination in her voice. But seeing Andrea's conflicted expressions, she tried to persuade her again. "Come on, Andy. We can save many lives with this! Harry won't have to live without parents, Neville will have parents, Sirius, Remus, everyone will be alive!"
Andrea looked conflicted for a second. She looked around herself, and remembered Harry's eyes. So much determination hiding the pain. The trauma and depression in his 5th year broke Andrea once, and when Sirius died, Harry was shattered. Her eyes went tough, and she looked in Athena's hopeful eyes.
"Let's do this." She said,
"So, what do we have to do?" Dumbledore asked calmly.
