It's July 1972 and first Black cousins (Bellatrix, Andromeda, Narcisse, Sirius, and Regulus) receive a vision from the future thanks to a spell from Teddy. They decide that they need to change fate.
Another Black fic from me? Yes. I am obsessed.
I don't own Harry Potter even though I wish I did.
Happy New Year!
July 2nd, 1972
Number 12 Grimmauld Place
It was the second day of the Summer vacation. The End-of-Term Feast happened on the 30th and the Hogwarts Express sent everyone home on the 1st. Sirius Black was asleep in his room until he got a very strange vision. When he opened his eyes, he saw his brother Regulus and his cousin Narcissa who were waiting for him to wake up.
"So, you two got the same strange dream?" asked the Gryffindor.
"Yes," said the current and future Slytherins.
"So Reggie dies, and…thank you Cissy for indirectly causing my death!"
"Sorry Sirius, I didn't intend on it."
"You showed no emotions when Bella told you she killed me. It's like all our childhood memories meant nothing. You were always my favourite cousin! You would even hold me as a baby."
"I don't know what got to my future self, Sirius. But you must know that I am really sorry."
"Then you shouldn't marry a Death Eater!"
"My future self really horrifies me. I became too cold and too complacent with my husband and the Dark Lord. I didn't even care that my sister killed my niece."
"You were like a different person, Cissy," said Regulus.
"I know. Narcissa Malfoy really horrifies me."
"But your father will insist you marry Malfoy."
"Then I may consider running away. I am starting to understand why Andy did it."
"You also threatened to send my godson to "poor Sirius". It's as if you were glad I died."
"I don't think I meant it, but please Sirius, I told you that I am sorry. I haven't done these stuff yet and I am not intending to."
"You are right. And if Lucius Malfoy wants you, we should kill him. Heck, if my mother wants to force Reggie to become a Death Eater, we should kill her too."
"I think the best thing to do is to talk to Grandfather Arcturus. I don't know why Uncle Orion is Lord Black, everyone knows he's just Aunt Walburga's puppet," said the blonde witch.
"I agree with you, Cissy," said Sirius.
"Me too," said Regulus.
July 3rd, 1972
Black Manor – Wales
After Sirius, Regulus, and Narcissa wrote to him, claiming they received a vision from the future and asking him to provide a Pensieve to verify their claims, Arcturus invited the three Blacks in addition to Bellatrix, and to everyone's surprise, Andromeda to meet him at his house.
Open seeing her older sister, Andromeda slapped her.
"What was that for?" asked the older witch.
"You killed my daughter."
"She's nothing but a filthy half-breed."
"She's still your niece, Bella," said Narcissa.
"And your beloved Dark Lord is the son of a Muggle and a quasi-Squib," added the middle sister.
"Really Bella? Following the descendant of a Gaunt?" asked Regulus.
"You mean the same nutters who only marry their cousins, squandered their wealth, and don't even send their children to Hogwarts?" asked Sirius.
"Yes, them. I have suspected the Dark Lord to not be a pureblood given he never uses his real name, but I never expected him to be the son of a Gaunt," said Arcturus. "Now, show me your memories."
Sirius was the one who volunteered to have his memories shown, since all five cousins got the same vision.
Getting back the Pensieve from his grandson, Arcturus tapped his wand at it and the memories started playing like on a projector.
The images started from their current year, but only showed events that have yet to happen. They could see Muggles getting tortured and killed by Bellatrix Lestrange. Time passed and the crimes because worse and worse. When they reached 1976, they saw Sirius Black running away from home and Narcissa getting married to Lucius Malfoy, a man she didn't initially want but started to love later on. In 1977, Bellatrix Lestrange started going to the deep end, torturing Muggle newborns for fun and wiping out entire families. They also saw Regulus joining the Death Eaters and getting horrified at what he saw. In 1979, Snape overheard part of the Prophecy, Peter Pettigrew started spying on the Order of the Phoenix for Voldemort, and Regulus died after having stolen a Horcrux, getting dragged by the Inferi. In 1981, Bellatrix Lestrange nearly wiped out the Bones family and danced at it. This was followed by Voldemort's attack on Godric's Hollow, the torture of the Longbottoms, which made everyone in the room, even Bellatrix herself, sick, and the arrest of Sirius Black without a trial after getting framed by Peter Pettigrew. Then the memories shifted to Harry Potter growing up at the Dursleys and getting abused by them, leading all the Slytherins (current and future) in the room to mutter "filthy Muggles". 1991 arrived and Harry Potter started Hogwarts. They saw Voldemort going after the Philosopher's Stone, the Chamber of Secrets getting opened, Sirius Black's escape and the Dementors, Peter Pettigrew running away to help revive Voldemort, the Triwizard Tournament, and Voldemort's restoration. Then everything went south. Narcissa was horrified to see the Dark Lord live in her house. She felt something in her stomach when she informed the Dark Lord everything Kreacher told her, and everyone was horrified when Bellatrix killed Sirius and boasted about it. Everyone was shocked when Snape killed Dumbledore, and relief washed when Voldemort was defeated once and for all. Narcissa was glad to see she lied to the monster."
"Thanks for killing me, Bella! Or as I should call you, cousin killer."
"I don't know what got to my future self."
"Your madness and worship of Voldemort."
"And that's something we should work on," said Arcturus.
"Grandfather, can you annul my marriage to Rodoplhus? He doesn't treat me well and I only married him so Aunt Walburga would stop torturing me."
"I will be informing the family's priest of it. Neither did you give consent nor did Rodolphus abide by the contract. I will also tell Orion from step down from his role as Lord Black and allow me to resume the role. He's just Walburga's puppet."
"Thank you very much, Grandfather!"
A.N.
Birthdays:
Bellatrix: September 30th, 1951
Andromeda: October 12th, 1953
Narcissa : November 13th, 1955
Sirius: November 3rd, 1959
Regulus: May 5th, 1961
And yes, I know Arcturus Black is the great-uncle of the Black sisters, but he's like a grandfather to them.
