Harry Potter and the Test of Time
Chapter three – Bring me to Life
Harry rolled over in the extremely comfortable bed to get away from the sun that was shining in his eyes when he hit his head against a wall.
"Funny" Harry thought. "I don't remember my bed being against a wall."
Harry tiredly opened his eyes to see a light gray silvery wall in front of him this confused him even more. Ron's room was still all decked out in a violent orange color to support his favorite Quidditch team the Chudley Cannons. Now that he thought of it Ron would never have a silver wall because silver and green were the Slytherin house colors and Ron wanted nothing to do with Slytherin, well except for Constanza. The more Harry thought about it the more he realized that he had no idea where he was. Just as Harry was about to freak out he remembered Sirius and Remus inviting him to stay with them for the night and he assumed that, that was where he was.
Harry turned to the other side to get a better look at the room but quickly realized that he wasn't at Sirius and Remus' either, at least he didn't think he was. This room was defiantly lived in and it looked like it was supposed to be occupied by a girl. There was a dresser against the far wall with makeup, jewelry, and various other odds and ends scattered on top of it. But it was the biggest thing on the dresser that scared Harry. On the left side of the dresser sat a small black television, which meant that he was in a muggle's room. As Harry's eyes scanned the other contents of the room he realized that his suspicion was confirmed. There was nothing magical in this room at all, and even though he figured out where he was it still didn't answer how he had gotten there. Harry had gotten up to further inspect the room to try to figure out exactly where he was when the room was filled with popping sounds. Harry looked around in confusion to see what was causing the sound but when he saw what it was he was even more shocked.
The room was now populated by four more people, people who did not normally occupy this room, people like Harry. There standing in front of the closet doors were Ron, Hermione, Remus and Sirius.
"What are you guys doing here?" Harry asked surprised
"We should be asking you the same thing Harry." Sirius retorted.
"Yea how'd you get here Harry?" Ron inquired.
"I dunno I just woke up here. I'm still trying to figure out how I got here."
"We were all in the living room talking when suddenly we were plucked from there and dropped here. Where is here by the way Harry?" Hermione stated.
"I'm not really sure but I do know that wherever we are we're in a muggle house at least."
"How can you tell?" Ron asked.
"There's nothing magical about this room. Everything here is muggle stuff."
"Yea it is." Hermione added.
Just then the door to the room burst open and in rushed a girl of around 16. She had long dark auburn hair that hung about mid-back. She was wearing a long denim skirt and a pink tank top. She walked over to the dresser, picked up a controller of some sort and pointed it at the radio, instantly the room was filled with music. The girl began to sing along with the music as she picked up the brush and ran it through her hair.
The five other people in the room stood like statues and held their breath ready and waiting for her to flip out because they were there, but it never came. Instead the girl went on singing as she drifted about the room putting things away completely oblivious to the five other people in the room trying to avoid running into her.
As Harry watched her move about the room he realized that she looked painfully familiar but he just couldn't place who she was. Little did Harry know that Remus and Sirius were noticing the same exact things. After watching her for five minutes Hermione gave up and decided to use the blatant approach to try to fix their problem.
"Excuse me, but could you tell us where we are?" Hermione asked as politely as she could.
But the girl just kept going about her business as if she hadn't even heard Hermione. Hermione didn't take this response very well and tried again before outright yelling at the girl but still she didn't respond. Hermione was about to completely lose it when Remus spoke up for the first time.
"She can't hear you." He stated in a dead tone.
"What? Why?" Hermione demanded.
"Because she doesn't see us and therefore does not know that we are hear."
The group fell silent at this and watched her some more until she turned around and fully faced them for the first time. After getting a good look at her a collective gasp came from Sirius and Remus.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked concerned.
"She…She looks like Lily!" Sirius exclaimed.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione just stared dumbly at Sirius as the outburst was processed.
"She…She looks like my mum?" Harry asked in disbelief
"All except for her eyes." Remus added.
"What's different about her eyes?" Sirius asked slightly confused.
"Lily's eyes were a brilliant green just like Harry's but her eyes…They're more of a deep green with blue around the edges. Almost like they're really not meant to be green but more of a green-blue."
"Rem you're looking into things a little too deeply just because her eyes are the same doesn't mean it's her." Sirius replied.
"It is look at her!" Remus practically shouted.
"But what about the hair…"
"Sirius would you really look at her."
"I am."
While Sirius and Remus were discussing the girl Harry was watching her trying to place who she was. Remus was right those eyes looked so familiar, but the only girls with red hair that he really knew was Ginny and this defiantly wasn't Ginny. But the closer he looked the more he recognized this mystery girl, and then finally it clicked.
"She died her hair!" Harry blurted out completely confusing the other four around him.
"What are you talking about Harry?" Hermione questioned.
"It's Olivia…only she died her hair. I should've realized it when I woke up in the room since were in here before when she accidentally brought us here." Harry explained.
At this Ron, Hermione and Sirius took a double look at the girl before agreeing with Harry.
"Oh my god it really it is her!" Sirius admitted looking at Remus worriedly.
"I told you so." Remus muttered darkly before falling completely silent and staring off into space.
Sirius knew how hard it was on Remus to lose his girls the first time and it was even harder the second time. Sirius was upset almost as much as Remus over the girl's disappearance but he could only assume what Remus was feeling at the moment. He wasn't really sure just how much more of this his werewolf friend could take before going off the edge.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione watched their friend and professor with concern written all over their features. Not one of them even had a clue as to why he was acting the way he was and all three of them wanted to know.
"Sirius what's wrong with Remus?" Harry asked cautiously.
"I'm afraid that I can't tell you Harry." Sirius replied sadly.
"Why not?"
"Because it's not my story to tell its Remus'."
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For the next two days the group silently followed Olivia around wherever she went, which wasn't very far as it was the summer holidays. They spent most of the time talking to amongst themselves as Olivia surfed the internet or read a book. They were all starting to get a little restless by the third day and were glad when they were presented with a way to get out of the house.
Olivia had been on the phone for quite a while with one of her friends when suddenly she hung up and bolted up the stairs to her room. The group, who was relaxing in the living room, was about to head up the stairs after her when she came tearing down the steps and out the front door yelling a hurried goodbye to her mother in the kitchen. The group, now thoroughly intrigued followed her out the door and into the car before she drove away. Olivia sang along to the radio as the others talked excitedly among themselves speculating where they were headed. After a while Olivia pulled into the driveway of a small looking one story house.
"Oh I thought we'd be going to a mall." Sirius complained when he saw their destination.
"The Great Sirius Black wants to go to a muggle mall what has the world come to?" Remus gasped in mock shock.
"Really Rem you know first hand how much fun they are. So many muggles to prank. Do you remember the first time Lily took us all to one?"
"Like I could ever forget."
The two men broke into fits of laughter and the three teens smiled glad to see everyone back to normal. Remus had sulked the whole first day and was a little moody the day before. They were just glad to see that he was more like himself today.
They continued to sit in the car with Olivia as she waited for someone to come out and join her. Their laughter was silenced however by Ron's sudden outburst.
"Bloody hell it's Constanza!"
They all turned to see a tall girl with soft curly dark, almost black, hair. She wore tan shorts and an orange tank top with sandals on her feet. The closer she got to the car the more they all realized that it really was Constanza.
"Where are we headed to?" Constanza asked getting into the car.
"I dunno I figured I'd pick you up and then decide where we were going."
"Alright let's head to the mall." Constanza suggested.
"The Mall?" Olivia asked.
"Yep the mall."
"Alright let's go!" Olivia responded as they headed off.
"Yes we get to go to a mall." Sirius cheered gleefully in the back of the car.
* * *
The group followed the girls all around the massive mall as they drifted in and out of every type of store possible. Hermione was the only one of the group who wasn't overly amazed with the mall as she'd been in many before, the thing that amazed her was the sheer size of it. But as they walked around a simple, yet complex question nagged Harry in the back of his mind. The question was too difficult to answer on his own so he pushed it aside and promised to bring it up to the rest later.
* * *
Later that night as they all sat around the living room Harry remembered his nagging question.
"Sirius I have a question that's been bugging me all day." Harry started.
"And what's that Harry?" Sirius responded.
"Do Constanza and Olivia not notice us because they're not magical?"
"What exactly do you mean?"
"Well they're both muggles so…I just don't get how they're muggles, came to Hogwarts for a year, and then disappear and completely forget everything."
"First you need to realize that neither one of the girls is a muggle." Remus stated.
"What do you mean? They come from the muggle world and even Dumbledore said that Olivia 'stumbled' upon Hogwarts. She even told us that she was a muggle and only got in because of some book she read." Hermione defended.
"And all of that was a lie. Both Olivia and Constanza are pure-blood witches from some very long lineages of magical heritage." Remus responded.
"So why do they live with muggles in the muggle world then?" Ron inquired.
"Because they had to."
"But how come they didn't come to Hogwarts before now?"
"Because they weren't supposed to enter the magical world again until it was time for them to aid the heir of Gryffindor defeat the heir of Slytherin. They're not even technically supposed to know each other exist. In fact their twins but don't really know it."
"But they don't look like twins." Harry offered.
"I know that's because they have a concealing charm on them to keep them from looking alike so that no one would know who they are."
"But how come they don't seem to know anything about the magical world now?" Harry persisted.
"That I can not answer Harry." Remus replied.
"I don't mean to be nosey or anything but how do you know all this?" Hermione inquired.
"I know all this and much more because Olivia and Constanza are really Evelyn and Elizabeth Lupin. My twin daughters."
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I think that's a perfect place to stop for now don't you think? (Yea I do happen to know that I'm evil but oh well get over it!) Anyway I wonder how everyone's gonna react to that? Well Actually I already know so it's you who's gotta do the guessing. I hope that you're all enjoying the story so far and feedback is always welcomed………….ENJOY!
~Autumn