Part 20-
*6:45 A.M.*
Megan stood in the center of the room, the eye of the hurricane. The drone of snoring boys floating around her. She bit her bottom lip and looked out the window behind her. The sun was rising over the trees lazily, with thin gray clouds floating by. She turned back around and looked over at Reumus lying in his bed, splayed out with his mouth open and a bit of drool coming from his mouth. She grinned a little.
"Wake up!" She shouted. They all shot up with a start and groaned when they saw the earliness of the day and Megan's smiling face.
"What time is it?" Sirius rumbled and rubbed his eye, the back of his hair sticking up in a cowlick grandly.
"Almost seven." She said and walked over to his bed as he got out of it, she then climbed in it pulled the covers up around her waist and sat up, propping the pillows behind her back.
"Wha-" Sirius questioned sleepily.
"It's my last day, and I think a good way to celebrate is breakfast in bed." She declared with a smile and patted the comforter and then tugged at her braids that went down either side of her face.
"Get out of my bed." Sirius said, ignoring her.
"You're being selfish." She replied. "Now go make me breakfast." Sirius looked at her like he was trying to get angry. "Well, you don't actually have to MAKE it, just collect some muffins and such and bring them back up here on a platter and feed me. Oh, and you fan me while he does it." She said and pointed to Peter, who seemed just flabbergasted.
"So, six fifty-two actually exists." James said and looked at his watch. "Hrm, thought it was just an urban legend..." Then he yawned.
"Well, since you're all up, you might as well do my biding."
"Get out of my bed." Sirius whined. Megan stayed put. "Why not have James do it, he's your grandpa."
"He never did anything for me." She said indignantly.
"That's because I'm dead by the time you're born." James said and pulled on his shoes.
"You didn't have to be." Megan said and gave Peter a glare. "That's the stink-eye. Oo, giving you the stink-eye!" She growled.
*7:30*
After a good hour of trying to convince Megan that she would have to feed herself and that she would not be fanned they finally started getting ready. Getting downstairs ("WHAT! I could be sitting in that bed, but I actually have to DESCEND the stairs!" Was Megan's great lament) they were met by many confused stares and didn't realize it was Sirius' still very apparent cowlick that caused these.
They came in the Great Hall and were met at the door by Lily who smiled and gave Megan a hug.
"It's nice to see you Megan." Lily said, cheerily.
"You wouldn't have to see me if these boys would have just been kind enough to feed and fan me!" She said with her arms crossed haughtily as if they were denying her of some privilege she deserved.
"Why would they feed and fan you?"
"It's only appropriate treatment for an Egyptian princess." She said and posed.
"You're not Egyptian, much less an Egyptian princess." Reumus said and rolled his eyes.
"Do not talk to the Megan!" She said and stuck her hand in his face, then slapped her leg loudly. "The Megan is mad at you!" She said and repeated the action.
"THE Megan?" Sirius asked.
"You do not like The Megan?" She asked and slapped her leg again.
"Let's go sit down." Sirius said and they filed towards the table, Megan rubbing her leg where she had been slapping herself. It really hurt.
"I'm going to miss Megan. Remember that time we found her in the forest and we thought she was a wild animal?" Sirius said reminiscently, with a piece of cantaloupe speared on his fork.
"Glad to know you think so highly of me, Sirius." Megan said and grumbled.
"Yeah, remember that time she locked herself in the bathroom because she was mad at us about Jim Morrison?" Peter asked. The group concurred with a laugh.
"Guys, let's not think about what we're going to miss about Megan." Lily offered, looking sad.
"Remember when she tried to sleep in my bed while I was in it, and then she seduced me?" Darryl asked.
"No." David said, confused. "I actually don't remember that. Are you sure it wasn't me she was trying to seduce?"
"Positive." Darryl said with a grin and a nudge of his elbow into his brother's side. Megan rolled her eyes and looked into her plate of bacon.
"You know what I'm going to like the most about Megan being gone?" James said. "Sleeping in my bed."
"Yeah. You know what I'm going to like the most about her being gone? Not getting punched as much." He said and lifted his sleeve enough to where his bruise on his upper arm was visible.
"You know what I'm going to like the most about being gone, you guys not talking about me like I'm not here when I'm sitting right here." She said and poked Sirius in the arm with her fork.
*10:30*
As they congregated at the edge of the forest Megan felt the wind blow from the trees and leaves rustling around on the ground, she sighed and smelt the air. It smelled exactly like it did in 2018 but there was a different feeling to it. An air of the end. Dumbledore drew his wand and smiled at her, his spectacles rising with his cheeks.
"Just in case." He said with a wink and proceeded down the path. James, Sirius, Reumus and Peter filed behind her, as she followed the Professor. The wind blew again and she pulled her bag tighter to her. James laid a caring eye on her and she smiled, he smiled back.
"It's a shame." She said, looking off into the distance. James gave a questioning look.
"What?"
"That you don't get to meet Harry. He's a good kid, even though he's a real asshole sometimes, he's a good kid." She said, still not looking at them.
"Yeah." He said, not sure of what to say.
"You don't really get to know a kid in a year. Guy wasn't even talking!" She said, getting a little teary-eyed.
"Megan are you alr-"
"I mean, it had to be rough on him you know. Not having a dad. Or a mom for that matter!" She cut Sirius off instantly.
"There is no time for this tangent, Ms. Potter." Dumbledore said soothingly. "We have exactly, nine minuets until we need to be at this vortex. Come on, hurry up boys and Megan." They scurried behind him, Megan wiping warm tears from her comparatively cold face from the wind.
Then there was the familiar clearing. The opening in the trees, the beaten path that seemed to expand out of nowhere where the boys used to meet to discuss trouble. Megan saw the trees and the space between them where soon there would be the silver-y, purple, metallic film that would somehow take her back.
"Megan, what are you doing?" She was on all fours running her hands across the ground, intertwining her fingers with plants and grass, dirt running over her hands.
"The cloak! I dropped the invisibility cloak here when I got here and I never found it. My dad'll kill me if I come back and it's gone!"
And with a whir and a bright purple haze the vortex was there. Megan's face was illuminated by the glow and she had to sheild her eyes. She turned around and Dumbledore raised his eyebrows. She shot up from the ground and quickly hugged her counterparts and dashed through the vortex. And as it swallowed her, Dumbledore turned to the boys and with a wave of his wand they had never heard of Megan Potter.
{A/N: Damn, that took a while. Enjoy.}
*6:45 A.M.*
Megan stood in the center of the room, the eye of the hurricane. The drone of snoring boys floating around her. She bit her bottom lip and looked out the window behind her. The sun was rising over the trees lazily, with thin gray clouds floating by. She turned back around and looked over at Reumus lying in his bed, splayed out with his mouth open and a bit of drool coming from his mouth. She grinned a little.
"Wake up!" She shouted. They all shot up with a start and groaned when they saw the earliness of the day and Megan's smiling face.
"What time is it?" Sirius rumbled and rubbed his eye, the back of his hair sticking up in a cowlick grandly.
"Almost seven." She said and walked over to his bed as he got out of it, she then climbed in it pulled the covers up around her waist and sat up, propping the pillows behind her back.
"Wha-" Sirius questioned sleepily.
"It's my last day, and I think a good way to celebrate is breakfast in bed." She declared with a smile and patted the comforter and then tugged at her braids that went down either side of her face.
"Get out of my bed." Sirius said, ignoring her.
"You're being selfish." She replied. "Now go make me breakfast." Sirius looked at her like he was trying to get angry. "Well, you don't actually have to MAKE it, just collect some muffins and such and bring them back up here on a platter and feed me. Oh, and you fan me while he does it." She said and pointed to Peter, who seemed just flabbergasted.
"So, six fifty-two actually exists." James said and looked at his watch. "Hrm, thought it was just an urban legend..." Then he yawned.
"Well, since you're all up, you might as well do my biding."
"Get out of my bed." Sirius whined. Megan stayed put. "Why not have James do it, he's your grandpa."
"He never did anything for me." She said indignantly.
"That's because I'm dead by the time you're born." James said and pulled on his shoes.
"You didn't have to be." Megan said and gave Peter a glare. "That's the stink-eye. Oo, giving you the stink-eye!" She growled.
*7:30*
After a good hour of trying to convince Megan that she would have to feed herself and that she would not be fanned they finally started getting ready. Getting downstairs ("WHAT! I could be sitting in that bed, but I actually have to DESCEND the stairs!" Was Megan's great lament) they were met by many confused stares and didn't realize it was Sirius' still very apparent cowlick that caused these.
They came in the Great Hall and were met at the door by Lily who smiled and gave Megan a hug.
"It's nice to see you Megan." Lily said, cheerily.
"You wouldn't have to see me if these boys would have just been kind enough to feed and fan me!" She said with her arms crossed haughtily as if they were denying her of some privilege she deserved.
"Why would they feed and fan you?"
"It's only appropriate treatment for an Egyptian princess." She said and posed.
"You're not Egyptian, much less an Egyptian princess." Reumus said and rolled his eyes.
"Do not talk to the Megan!" She said and stuck her hand in his face, then slapped her leg loudly. "The Megan is mad at you!" She said and repeated the action.
"THE Megan?" Sirius asked.
"You do not like The Megan?" She asked and slapped her leg again.
"Let's go sit down." Sirius said and they filed towards the table, Megan rubbing her leg where she had been slapping herself. It really hurt.
"I'm going to miss Megan. Remember that time we found her in the forest and we thought she was a wild animal?" Sirius said reminiscently, with a piece of cantaloupe speared on his fork.
"Glad to know you think so highly of me, Sirius." Megan said and grumbled.
"Yeah, remember that time she locked herself in the bathroom because she was mad at us about Jim Morrison?" Peter asked. The group concurred with a laugh.
"Guys, let's not think about what we're going to miss about Megan." Lily offered, looking sad.
"Remember when she tried to sleep in my bed while I was in it, and then she seduced me?" Darryl asked.
"No." David said, confused. "I actually don't remember that. Are you sure it wasn't me she was trying to seduce?"
"Positive." Darryl said with a grin and a nudge of his elbow into his brother's side. Megan rolled her eyes and looked into her plate of bacon.
"You know what I'm going to like the most about Megan being gone?" James said. "Sleeping in my bed."
"Yeah. You know what I'm going to like the most about her being gone? Not getting punched as much." He said and lifted his sleeve enough to where his bruise on his upper arm was visible.
"You know what I'm going to like the most about being gone, you guys not talking about me like I'm not here when I'm sitting right here." She said and poked Sirius in the arm with her fork.
*10:30*
As they congregated at the edge of the forest Megan felt the wind blow from the trees and leaves rustling around on the ground, she sighed and smelt the air. It smelled exactly like it did in 2018 but there was a different feeling to it. An air of the end. Dumbledore drew his wand and smiled at her, his spectacles rising with his cheeks.
"Just in case." He said with a wink and proceeded down the path. James, Sirius, Reumus and Peter filed behind her, as she followed the Professor. The wind blew again and she pulled her bag tighter to her. James laid a caring eye on her and she smiled, he smiled back.
"It's a shame." She said, looking off into the distance. James gave a questioning look.
"What?"
"That you don't get to meet Harry. He's a good kid, even though he's a real asshole sometimes, he's a good kid." She said, still not looking at them.
"Yeah." He said, not sure of what to say.
"You don't really get to know a kid in a year. Guy wasn't even talking!" She said, getting a little teary-eyed.
"Megan are you alr-"
"I mean, it had to be rough on him you know. Not having a dad. Or a mom for that matter!" She cut Sirius off instantly.
"There is no time for this tangent, Ms. Potter." Dumbledore said soothingly. "We have exactly, nine minuets until we need to be at this vortex. Come on, hurry up boys and Megan." They scurried behind him, Megan wiping warm tears from her comparatively cold face from the wind.
Then there was the familiar clearing. The opening in the trees, the beaten path that seemed to expand out of nowhere where the boys used to meet to discuss trouble. Megan saw the trees and the space between them where soon there would be the silver-y, purple, metallic film that would somehow take her back.
"Megan, what are you doing?" She was on all fours running her hands across the ground, intertwining her fingers with plants and grass, dirt running over her hands.
"The cloak! I dropped the invisibility cloak here when I got here and I never found it. My dad'll kill me if I come back and it's gone!"
And with a whir and a bright purple haze the vortex was there. Megan's face was illuminated by the glow and she had to sheild her eyes. She turned around and Dumbledore raised his eyebrows. She shot up from the ground and quickly hugged her counterparts and dashed through the vortex. And as it swallowed her, Dumbledore turned to the boys and with a wave of his wand they had never heard of Megan Potter.
{A/N: Damn, that took a while. Enjoy.}