Around about three o' clock the next day, The Potter's, Sirius, Peter, Lucius, Narcissa and Snape flooed over to the Lupin's to see Ginny. Lily immediately enveloped her into a hug as soon as she saw her.
"Oh Gin, are you alright?" Lily asked, her eyes shining with unshed tears. Ginny carried on shaking violently; she was still in shock over the previous nights' events.
"It's all my fault!" Narcissa cried "I shouldn't have let you walk home, I should've made you floo" Ginny shook her head and carried on staring into space.
James and Sirius were staring at Ginny, both extremely pale. Remus was nowhere to be seen, while Marie and Charlotte were both hugging Ginny and trying to calm her down. Miranda and Jack watched the red head with the utmost sympathy. She looked awful.
"Hey, seems like we've got a full house" Zak commented on seeing the crowd of people in the living room "Anyone want something to drink?" he questioned.
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"Hey Moony" James said quietly on seeing his friend. Not surprisingly, Remus was extremely pale and it didn't look like he'd gotten much sleep during the night. He yawned, rubbed his eyes and smiled weakly at his friends. Snape, Lucius and Narcissa were busy fussing over Ginny, trying to get her to talk or make her laugh, but nothing seemed to be working.
"I feel awful" Remus whispered, looking at Ginny's eyes, which were locked with his, her eyes shone worriedly at him "I let her down"
"No, Moony, you didn't" Sirius assured him "You weren't to know. It's no one's fault, except Avery's"
"Hey, wanna see something that none of us lot have seen in a good few years? Seeing as we've known our way around Hogwarts, we haven't really needed it, but I thought it might put a smile on your face" James smiled as he pulled out the Marauder's map. Sirius, Remus and Peter all stared at it and smiled, remembering the good old days when they used to roam around Hogwarts at night.
"The Marauder's map" Peter whispered, looking at the map with wide eyes "I almost forgot about that"
"Shall we open it once again or have you all forgotten the password?" he questioned cheekily. Sirius smacked him playfully around the head and everyone laughed.
"How could we forget? Put it down over there, Prongs, I think dinner's ready" Remus commented. James did as he was told and everyone sat down to eat. It was surprising to see James and Snape be civilized, yet it looked as if they were trying only for Ginny's sake. She smiled gratefully at their efforts, but frowned when she saw Sirius glaring evilly at Lucius.
"Sirius, stop it!" Lily hissed "Make the effort to be civilized for Gin, please" Sirius rolled his eyes and nodded, turning to talk to Peter.
Meanwhile, up the other end of the table, Marie, Max, Zak, Charlotte, Miranda and Jack were all talking in hushed tones.
Jack and Miranda looked startled as Charlotte whispered something to her.
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Ginny got up from the table after dinner and made her way into the living room. She was so tired and, to be perfectly honest, she needed to rest. Her eyes landed on a piece of parchment. She picked it up and stared at it quizzically. Turning around, she watched everyone file into the living room.
"Hey guys, what's a spare piece of parchment doing here?" she asked, looking confused. James paled and moved forward.
"Uh, that's mine"
Ginny's eyes widened when she saw writing appear on the parchment.
Ginny, are you there? It's Harry, Sirius and Professor Lupin.
The writing stayed there for a few minutes as Ginny stared at the parchment in horror.
Professor Lupin? What sort of a sick joke was this? James froze and blinked a few times, then he swore silently.
"That's something that I've never seen before" he whispered in awe.
Suddenly, the map glowed white and Ginny jumped back in fright. She stumbled into Remus and they both went flying backwards. Remus rubbed his head, whilst placing a firm arm around Ginny's waist. Ginny hugged him fearfully around the neck, terrified at what the piece of parchment was doing. Everyone yelled out in surprise when they were all blinded white. A few seconds later, everyone in the living room was gone . while the glowing Marauder's map died down.
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"Where.are.we?" Lucius mumbled, rubbing his head to ease away the pain. Snape grunted as he tried to get up. They were all in a dark room, yet they had absolutely no idea where they were. Suddenly, a terrible shriek filled the entire room. Everyone screamed.
Filth! Scum! By-products of dirt and vileness! Half-breeds, mutants, freaks, begone from this place! How dare you befoul the house of my fathers-"
Sirius groaned loudly in annoyance.
"We're at my place and that's my mother, I know that voice anywhere"
"What are we doing at your house?" Zak asked in bewilderment.
"You got me, I've no idea" Sirius said, sounding just as bewildered. Suddenly, the door burst open to reveal a man with long black hair and blue eyes. His jaw dropped on seeing the people in the room.
"My god. it's not possible!" he whispered softly. His eyes widened when he saw Lily and James, then he stared at Ginny.
"Ginny, you're back!" he cried, looking happy "Oh, will Molly, Arthur and Hermione be happy!"
Ginny gave him a blank stare and watched the man with confusion. He acted as if he knew her, yet she'd never seen this man in her life.
"Um . who are you?" she asked apprehensively. The man chuckled and grinned.
"Nice try Gin, trying to pretend you don't know me. You know exactly who I am. Hey, you look a lot older than when I last saw you" he observed. Ginny nervously clung to Remus, terrified of being near any other male.
"Ginny, I-" The man held out his hand to take Ginny's, but Remus stepped in the way and pulled out his wand.
"Get away from her!" he growled. The man blinked a few times, staring at Remus amusedly.
"Moony, get out of the way already" he told him. The Marauders' jaws dropped in astonishment.
"H-How do you know-?" he questioned.
"That'll be because I'm-"
"Padfoot, what the hell are you doing in a dark room?" A man walked in with a concerned expression on his face. He had sandy brown hair and hazel eyes. He gasped on seeing everyone in the room, then he looked to Remus, who had his arm wrapped firmly around Ginny's waist and his jaw dropped.
"Uh, what's going on?" Sirius asked, looking confused. The man with black hair looked to him, his eyes twinkling.
"I'm you, twenty years later, and that over there, is Remus" Black said, pointing to Lupin.
"Padfoot! Moony! Where are ya?" A boy's voice sounded out. Lupin's eyes widened.
"Sirius!" he hissed "That's Harry!" Black raised an eyebrow.
"And?"
"Potter! Come back here!" A harsh voice sounded out. Black groaned.
"God, can't Snape just give Harry a break already?" he muttered as he stormed out of the room. Everyone stayed frozen, staring at Lupin in awe. Lupin ran a hand through his hair.
"Well. come out and see the Order, I guess, then we'll call Albus and see what he has to say about this" He told them. They all cautiously made their way out of the room and downstairs.
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Lupin stopped abruptly as just before they all walked into the main room.
"I'll warn you now that this might come as a shock to you all" he said gently "You're about to see James' and Lily's child" he told them.
"Oh great" Snape groaned, looking totally annoyed. As soon as they all emerged into the main room, they all gasped, there, standing next to a boy with red hair and blue eyes and a girl with bushy brown hair and green eyes was boy that looked exactly like James, except he had Lily's emerald green eyes.
"I'd like you to meet Harry James Potter" Lupin said with a small smile. That was all they heard as both Ginny and Lily passed out.
