CHAPTER EIGHT

When Friday came it was after dinner when they were summoned to the headmistress office.

Letters in hand they tried to calm their nerves on the way to McGonagall.

Scorpious sighed," Ready?" Cassie lightly knocked on the door. "Come in." Called professor McGonagall's voice.

They piled into the room one by one. They thought they were the first ones there. Scorpious and James went in first but froze when they noticed their fathers standing in either side of the desk. The twins mother standing next to Professor McGonagall.

Cassie and the rest pushed passed them." Scorp? Jamie? Aren't you going to let the rest of us in?" She said. She moved around them. She looked in the direction they were staring at and her eyes went wide. "Da..!"

Althea put a hand over her mouth just in time.

McGonagall brows raised." Come in and we shall talk."

The boys finally unfroze and they stood near the door as the girls transfigured chairs to sit on.

Harry was staring at them his green eyes twinkling with curiosity. His gaze landed on James with green eyes and messy black hair. Was he having a flashback to his teenage years? Is this some sort of test?

Draco was the same shock and confusion on his face as he looked at the two platinum blonde teens with ice grey eyes. Though the usual unreadable and cold expression came back in an instant.

Harry, Draco and Hermione looked to their former headmistress in confusion. McGonagall held up her right hand as if to stop their inevitable questions," I would like them to explain them selves." She nodded towards the kids.

As the teenagers introduced themselves , they explained everything they told Professor McGonagall previously. Harry and Draco froze in shock when they heard who they were.

Hermione gasped. A time turner that was modified to travel back years? That wasn't possible. Even she couldn't fathom ever having the ability to do so even if she was the brightest witch of her age.

"That's not possible. No one has ever tried to modify the purpose of a time turner. Even if they had I don't think they would have been successful." Hermione said skeptical of the story the teenagers have surely concocted.

Draco scoffed," Just because you haven't figured it out Granger doesn't mean no one else can." Rolling his eyes.

Cassie and Scorp mouths dropped open in surprise then shut again at their fathers rudeness towards their mother.

Hermione was about to retort when Harry held her arm," How do we know your not making this up? How we supposed to take you seriously?" Harry had his authoritative mode on staring down at the teenagers.

Hermione finally thinking clearly and having forgotten any retort to malfoy,

"Considering Minerva finds it important enough to call us here- The headmistress gave her a nod-" then we should hear them out."

"Well, to start. Why would all of you go to Malfoy Manor?." Draco asked directing his gaze at the platinum blonde twins.

"Malfoy Manor is our home..." Scorpious started. "While our parents were side by side seeing to the attack, we hid." Cassie added. McGonagall gasped. Having already been told who their mother was. She was shocked to here this new information.

"The attack happened at Malfoy Manor. Thats why we all went over there." James looked to the twins.

"Who are your parents?" Draco asked still focused on the twins. The platinum hair obviously gave it away but he wanted to hear them say it.

"You are our father." Cassie said pointing unnecessarily to Draco.

"Not really surprised." Hermione said shrugging. Harry shook his head as if trying to clear his head. "As obvious as that may be we still don't know if they are telling the truth."

"We are telling the truth dad!" Harry snapped his around to look at James. The same emerald green eyes locked on each other.

"Professor is it possible we could use veritserum on them without consequences?" Harry asked suddenly not wanting to just accept what was happening. He did not want to waste his time if these teenagers were just up to no good.

"If you see fit to do so Mr. Potter. I assume you have some at your disposal?"

Harry nodded. "I'll try to be quick." He left the room.

"Is he serious? Why would be make up something as huge as this?!" Althea exclaimed.

Draco quirked his one eyebrow and said,

" Twins eh. Astoria and I must of gotten lucky."

Hermione rolled her eyes. McGonagall looked at Draco shaking her head. She could already forsee a confrontation.

"Astoria?" Asked Scorpious confused. Cassie hit him on his arm and gave him a look to shut him up. Draco observed the two with a faint smile.

Just then Harry walked back into the room. He held up a vial," I only have enough for one."

"That should suffice." Professor McGonagall took the vile. "Who will be taking the serum?"

The teenagers looked at each other nervously. Shuffling their feet,trying to persuade each other to do it by pushing them towards the front.

"I'll do it." Theo stepped up to towards the headmistress who gave him the vial. He took 3 drops and handed it back.

All eyes were in him. Harry started the questioning.

"Who are your parents?"

"Theodore and Pansy Nott."

At that Draco laughed,"Poor Theo."

They promptly ignored him.

"Who are they?" Harry asked pointing to his friends.

"Cassiopeia and Scorpious Malfoy. My sister Althea Nott. Alexander Zabini. James and Albus Potter."

Seeing Harry frozen. Hermione took over the questioning. Patting Harry on the shoulder taking him out of his thoughts.

"Who are their parents?" She asked.

"Draco and Hermione Malfoy. Blaise and..."

"What?!" Draco standing up from his chair not believing what he just heard.

Hermione's jaw dropped. That was definitely not possible? How could Malfoy death eater extraordinaire and pompous git ever marry someone like her? Why would she allow it?

McGonagall sighed."Continue Mr. Nott. No more interruptions please." Looking to the three other adults in the room seemingly frozen in various emotions of confusion and anger.

"As I was saying. Blaise and Luna Zabini. Harry and Daphne Potter."

McGonagall despite her own shock glared at the the trio and they got the message.

Half and hour later the serum wore off.

Cassie wanting to move the discussion along decided to speak. "The ministry was attacked. Most of the building was destroyed. It was like a bomb...explosives if you will...went off."

"After the explosions an image was cast in the smoke.." Scorpious continued.

"The dark mark?"Draco who finally sat back down, although he was full of tension, had been listening. His anger evident in his clenched fists.

Alex shook his head," No. it was an image of a crooked wand."

Hermione gasped. Bellatrix? But she was dead. How could she have been in the future? She subconsciously rubbed at her left arm where her scar still gave her nightmares of the torture she endured under the crazy witch.

Harry put his arm around Hermione's shoulders. Knowing what his best friend had gone through.

"The owner of that wand is dead. It could be a copy cat or a voldermort sympathizer ." Draco suddenly found his dragon hide shoes interesting. He tried so hard to push those thoughts and emotions out. The guilt and the nightmares still marred him.

"Bellatrix Lestrange. I saw her name on the papers dad had on his desk. We know she's dead. There was also something about a pregnancy. Nothing about the baby other than being born in 1980."

Apparently today was the day they nearly get heart attacks from all the new information they were getting.

"Where did they get this information ?" Harry asked auror mode on once again.

"Ministry Archives I believe. The papers were in a folder with the ministry logo imprinted on the cover." He ran his hand through his blonde locks. Something Draco noticed that was his own nervous habit.

"We know who Bellatrix is. We know what she did to our mum. To you." Cassie said looking at Hermione unshed tears glistening in her grey eyes.