The Threat of Time
Chapter 1
"Hey… do you know who they are, Prongs?"
"No… what about you Mooney?"
"I can't place them either… Worm tongue why don't you go tell McGonagall?"
"Sure thing." The sound of footsteps rushed off.
"Hey Prongs, does the black haired guy look familiar to you?"
Ginny stopped breathing… where was she? The last thing she could remember was trying to spell Malfoy and Harry into unconscious. They were in her way… oh no! The test! Snape's not going to let her be his assistant now!
"You know I see it too Mooney… he looks like Prongs? Is that what you see?" Ginny felt her stomach sink in disperse, even though she had not heard the voice in two years she could tell who it was. Sirius Black.
"No… I don't see it at all. His nose is way to big and he looks too feminine. I don't look feminine." The voice, Prongs, ended with a huff.
The other two voices laughed.
"Well even thought you seem to think that the black haired guy looks nothing like you," cough, "the blond over here looks like that Malfoy guy who graduated a while back. You know the slime ball."
Ginny felt a hand on her shoulder. She did not want to show them that she was awake but they would find out anyway… maybe if she pretended that she had lost her memories that would not ask any questions. Please don't ask any questions. Ginny popped open her eyes and found she looking at the deepest blue eyes she had ever seen. Sirius's eyes.
"Hey! Look the girls awake. Are you okay? Do you need anything?" Sirius said his voice full of concern. Ginny shook her head slowly and tried to rise but found herself held back by two different bodies. Turning her head to the left she found Malfoy hand and head resting on her thigh and to her left Harry's head rested on the other shoulder. Noticing the direction of her gaze the three boys blushed and shuffled their feet uncomfortably. Sirius spoke for the group.
"Sorry when we found you those two were right next to each other but they seemed to be fighting so we moved them closer to you, on opposite sides. And both clamed down. We figured that you all knew each other and you would not mind. It was the only way we could think of to get them to stop fighting." He finished slightly out of breath.
Ginny felt her cheeks and ears heat up. Harry she could understand, but Malfoy? Why would he be calmed by her presence? It just was too weird to be real.
Finally really looking at the other two boys she felt a scream in her throat. It was Harry! Okay she knew it was not Harry but the resemblance was uncanny. Except for the eyes, the eyes that stared down at her were not the same bright green eyes that she had once thought she loved, no these eyes were hazel. Still very beautiful but not Harry's.
"Oh God… you are James Potter!" James stared down at Ginny in shock.
"And… and your Remus and Sirius!"
"Well yes… we are. How do you know are names?" Remus asked his light brown eyes bright with curiosity.
"Oh no! You're sooo…. So… young." Ginny finished the color gone from her cheeks.
The three boys stole glances at each other then looked back at Ginny.
"Well I am 17… James is 17 and little Remmy will be 17 in a few months." Sirius explained the ages. Ginny nodded dumbly and stared at the parent of her once crush. He blushed under her close scrutiny.
"Could you tell us what your name is?" Remus asked.
"Virginia We… Schafer?" the three looked uncertain but went along with it.
"And their names?"
Ginny looked at Harry… well she could not say Harry Potter now could she?
"Harry Schafer. My cousin." She hoped she could tell Harry in time.
"And the other? He's not a Malfoy is he?" Sirius asked anger in his voice.
"Of course he… is not. Why would I be near a Malfoy?" she asked with a forced laugh.
"Then who is he? Another cousin?" this time it was James who asked.
"He's Draco… Wolf." She nodded her head. That sounded like Draco… a wolf.
"Really? Wolf huh… never heard of a wizard family with that name… or even with the surname Schafer. Are you wizards?" Sirius smiled brightly but it seemed to be an act.
"Why would they have robes on if they were Muggles, Sirius?" Remus asked. Sirius glared and retorted.
"They could just like them." A bit childishly.
Ignoring them Ginny answered the question.
"Well of course. We are all wizards. Though Malfoy here is muggle born." She finished with a smirk that would really piss off Malfoy he has to be a Muggle born here. Poetic Justice, she thought.
"Malfoy?! I thought you said his name was Wolf?" the three grabbed their wands at the ready.
Oopps.
"Oh… he is Wolf…. I mean…. I just…. You confused me…. I… " Ginny did not know what to do.
"I am Draco Malfoy and I am not a Muggle born. I am a pure blood. Who may I ask are you three? And where am I?" Draco apparently had been conscience for a good while because he stood with no swaying. He was much taller then James and Remus but Sirius was the same height a fact that annoyed him. He was used to being the tallest and looking down on people. Only Ron, her brother, beat him in height in school. Not even Professor Snape, though he was only an inch or so shorter then Draco.
"You are a Malfoy?" James asked.
"Yes, I can see that you are a bright one. Who. Are. You?" he asked as if speaking to a child of a very low intelligence.
James face turned a violent shade of red, and then he paled considerably. His fist gripping his wand he stood in front of Draco.
"Why you useless, idiot who do you think you are to act as though you are above the rest of us?" James asked.
"I am a Malfoy. Who are you?" Draco asked again though his eyes narrowed with suspicion.
"James Potter of Gryffindor," he said it with a high level of pride and as if he expected Draco to fall on his knees and beg forgiveness from him. Draco's mask of indifference lifted enough for anyone to see the surprise then revolution that showed in his eyes.
"Potter?" he spun on his heel and looked deep into Ginny's eyes asking her for the truth. She stared back unblinkingly. Yes, she mouthed the word. He looked longer in her eyes then he noticed the other boy whose head had laid against Ginny's thigh. He reached into his robe, pulling out his wand.
"No! Don't hurt him!" Ginny yelled. Draco shrugged but advanced on Harry, a wicked gleam in his eyes.
"Revive" he whispered the spell.
Harry immediately shot up in the air. Once standing he doubled over and puked.
Ginny smacked Harry on the back, trying to help but Sirius saw this as a threat and griped her wrist in his hand. She tried to pull her hand back but he tightened his hold on her. She said in the calm voice just like her mother's that really showed a person that the Weasley temper was about to come out full throttle.
"Let go of me… please." She gritted out the last word still trying to be polite to Harry's Godfather.
Sirius smirked; he did not know the full extent of a Wesley's temper yet.
Ginny pulled back her left leg and kicked with all her mite at Sirius' groin, just as a punch went flying threw the air at his head. He fell with a grunt and rolled over to protect his groin form any other attacks for the red haired girl. Ginny looked up form the withering form on the ground to see the speechless expressions on his two friends and Harry's faces… Draco seemed to be indifferent but he did rub his fist.
"Wow… James… a girl did not fall at Siri's feet. What ever will he do?" instead of being angry the teen seemed to enjoy the fact that one of his best friends was one the floor. James looked about the same way. In fact he stuck out his hand for Ginny to shake.
"You are all right. We expect that most girls would just let him fondle them whenever he wanted to. I am personally glad to have met you." he smiled the same warm smile that Harry had.
"Well I sure as hell not. She kicks bloody hard for a girl." Sirius managed to stand.
Ginny raised her foot in a threat like pose at him, but she smiled to show him no harm done.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin I have just been informed of the three stowaways." Headmaster Dumbldor's eyes twinkled over half moon spectacles.
"Please return to your dormitories I would like to speak to them alone for now. Have a nice night boys."
"Goodnight, headmaster." The four chanted in unison, then headed off to Gryffindor tower. Dumbledor watched the four leave, peter had joined the group.
"Now… follow me please. This mite be more pleasant if we handled it in my office." He led the way to the gargoyle statue that guarded his office and whispered the password.
"This way please… watch you step. I would not want you to fall and break something important." He chuckled. The Harry and Ginny smiled, Draco was indifferent.
Once everyone was settled into to his or her chairs he peered at each of the teens.
"You," he looked at Ginny, " you said your name was Virginia Schafer? Was it?"
"Yes, headmaster." She replied meekly.
""And you two… your names were?" he looked Draco over first his eyes lingering on the white blond hair, then looked Harry over.
"Draco Malfoy, Sir."
"Harry… well Potter."
"Draco Malfoy and Harry Well potter." He smiled at Harry.
"Harry Schafer, sir, he is my cousin." Ginny supplied in a squeak.
"Indeed. Can you tell me why you where the Hogwarts uniforms yet I have no knowledge of you attending school here?" he smiled at the three, in his knowing smile.
"Well…. You see… we…ahhhh Harry?" Ginny turned to Harry hoping that he would know what to say.
"Er…. Ummm…" was all Harry could think to say, his mind still bungled from the spell Draco had used to revive him.
"We are from the future and do not think that it would be wise for you to ask to many questions." Draco supplied, shocking not only Dombldore but Harry and Ginny as well. He told the truth to a guy he supposedly thought was not qualified for his job.
"Well… I see. Then of course all you need to do is take these test to see what year you are in, I assume that you are still in school?" the three nodded. "Then here you go. After we have placed your year, we will re-sort you. Lemon drop?" he asked the trio.
"Re-sort? But I am a Gryffindor! I can't be re-sorted!" Harry said.
"I will only be in Slytherin." Draco said a board tone, as if someone had just asked him if he knew the sky was blue.
"I am a Gryffindor! No one in my family has been anything else!" Ginny said, her face red.
"Well that may be the case in the future but times change and you all will be re-sorted." His voice was final. The two of the three nodded reluctantly.
"I will be a Slytherin, sir." Draco said.
"We will see later. Now please place the tips of your wand to your left temples," they did," now sat Test," they did, "good... very good. Now place the wand tips on this please." He held out a piece of parchment. Red sparks flew from there wands.
He glanced at the paper.
"Good then the three of you will start the seventh year as soon as you have been sorted and introduced to the school. Which seeing as it is a Saturday will be Monday. You have miss about a week of school, but the only person I see who might have trouble is Ms. Schaffer. You just barley made it into the 7th." He smiled kindly at her.
"But she was only a sixth year and we haven't even had our first class!" Harry said.
TBC
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