The next morning, Remus awoke to find Ginny lying next to him with her arms wrapped around his chest. He smiled and ran his fingers through her hair, which made her smile. Slowly, but surely, Ginny opened her eyes and snuggled closer to her fiancée.
"Good morning" Remus spoke softly, kissing her forehead. Ginny merely wrapped her arms tighter around his chest in response.
"Isn't it amazing?" Ginny croaked out "With everything that we've gone through, we're still together. I honestly never thought we would make it this far" she admitted.
"Me neither" Remus confessed, grinning sheepishly.
"Shows how much we believe in our relationship, huh?" Remus chuckled and started tickling her. Ginny gasped, trying not to laugh.
"N-No, REMUS! ST-STOP IT!" She screamed, laughing loudly. Suddenly, Ginny fell out of the bed, making Remus fall out of bed too and land on top of her. Remus grinned.
"I like this position" he whispered cheekily into her ear. Ginny quickly pushed him off her smacked him playfully around the head.
"Don't do that!"
"Sorry, should I be punished now?" Remus teased. Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Maybe later" she told him, standing up and heading to the bathroom.
"Hey, where are you going?"
"To get washed and dressed, then I'm going to go downstairs and get some breakfast, I'm hungry"
"Do we have to?" Remus whined "I'd rather we stay up here together for today"
"Well, you can, but I'm hungry" Ginny repeated, making to close the door, but Remus stopped her, a huge grin plastered on his face.
"Mind if I join you?" Ginny smiled and raised an eyebrow.
"If you must"
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Sirius entered Headquarters of the Order Of the Phoenix, feeling confused. James wasn't anywhere to be found and Harry had informed him that they'd gone to number 12, Grimmauld Place to discuss something. He smiled on seeing James and Lily seated next to each other and laughing at something.
"Hey guys, why didn't you tell me that you'd left Hogwarts?" Immediately, Sirius was taken aback by his friends' coldness. Never in his entire life had he known James to just completely blank him out, and to do it so horribly made him feel apprehensive. James was purposely ignoring him and Sirius couldn't think as to why.
"Have I done something wrong?" Sirius questioned worriedly. Lily stared at him incredulously. He was acting as if he'd never tried to break up Ginny and Remus, she couldn't believe the nerve of him!
"Sirius, don't you think you've done enough damage without you being here?" Lily demanded sharply. Sirius winced slightly on the harshness of Lily's voice. Suddenly, Remus and Ginny appeared out of the kitchen, looking quite happy in each other's arms. They both stopped on seeing Sirius and immediately made their way to the fireplace and made their way to Hogwarts, Lily and James following suit. Sirius stared after them, feeling totally lost. The Lupin's and The Potter's made their way to Hogwarts also, making Sirius feel even more depressed than he had on seeing Ginny and James leave him. Sighing sadly, he made his way back to Hogwarts, hoping he'd get to talk to someone.
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Dumbledore summoned the time-travelers to his office as soon as they'd arrived in Hogwarts. They all watched with curiosity as he told them all to sit down.
"We've found a way to take you back to the past" he informed them. There wasn't one single face that appeared happy, in fact, they all seemed extremely upset. Dumbledore sighed.
"I know you don't want to go back, but you have to" They all nodded reluctantly. Dumbledore looked to Ginny and smiled, his eyes twinkling.
"You'll be going back too, I assume?" he questioned her. Ginny nodded.
"Well, all you have to do is hold onto this" Dumbledore pulled out an old boot. Severus, Lucius and Narcissa eyed it wearily, but nodded.
"How much longer do we have left?" James asked, wanting to say goodbye to his only son.
"You have one minute"
"ONE MINUTE?!" Outraged cries could be heard, but Dumbledore held up his hand to silence them all.
"I know how close you've become attached to the future and that's why it's planned for now and not later. The more you stay, the more you will be reluctant to go back, so I ask of you now. Touch the boot, you should land in my office" he told them.
Reluctantly, the time-travelers touched the boot, heck, even the Slytherins didn't want to go and that was saying something!
"5 …4…3…2…1…" They all heard Dumbledore mutter and then a feeling of them lurching forward around their navels surprised them all.
Where they landed was definitely not Dumbledore's office. It was a gloomy place and it became apparent to them all that something had gone wrong.
"Ah, excellent. It worked, I'll have to congratulate the young Malfoy on his splendid work" A man dressed all in black hissed, making a shiver run down Ginny's spine.
It was only then that they realized that they were all behind bars. Lily's and Narcissa's eyes widened in horror as Ginny suddenly felt faint. They were all stuck in a cell and, looking around them, there seemed to be more than one. Severus furrowed his brow, wondering why anyone would change the Portkey, it just didn't seem right…
"This is wonderful! The Master will be pleased! He'll be able to kill of Evans and Potter, then there won't be any prophecy with him fighting against their son!" A Death Eater exclaimed, sounding gleeful. Lily and James wrapped their arms around each other in horror, both of them feeling scared.
"I'll inform the Dark Lord that the plan worked" The Death Eater muttered, turning to a small, plump Death Eater.
"Keep an eye on them, make sure that they don't escape, or there'll be hell to pay" he threatened menacingly, before storming off.
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While this had happened, Harry had visioned it and was now terrified for their lives. He'd ordered for the Dumbledore's Army together and had informed them of what had happened.
"We're in with you" Angelina told him, looking determined. Everyone else nodded in agreement, making Harry feel slightly relieved that they were all behind him, but also worried for their lives.
"Excellent, now if anyone wants to back out now, they can do so. We'll completely understand if you don't want to do it" No one moved and Harry glanced quickly to Ron and Hermione, who smiled encouragingly back at him.
"Alright, I have a hunch where Voldemort's taken them, now, let's move out!"
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Ginny whimpered as she clung tightly onto both Severus and Remus. Lily gripped tightly onto James, while Narcissa kept her arms around Lucius' neck. The adults sat together, whispering anxiously to each other, trying to devise a plan that would help them to escape. Sirius sat at the back of the cell alone, with no one to comfort him. He carried on watching Ginny and Remus with jealousy. It was strange, to say the least, and most people in their present time, would've found it rather comical to find the great Sirius Black mad with jealously over one of his best friends' fiancée's. He knew that he'd never have Ginny, yet a part of him refused to believe it…
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"Now, this is going to be quite dangerous" Harry whispered. They'd managed to use a Portkey to get to Tom Riddle's house. This was where the time-travelers had been held, after all, Harry had seen it in his vision and he'd been here once before.
"Are you all ready?" he whispered softly. Everyone nodded, looking determined.
"Alright then. Now, ATTACK!" He screamed.
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A Death Eater strode forward, a strange glint in his eye.
"Lily and James Potter" he said, opening the cell. James eyed him wearily.
"Yeah, what do you want?"
"Come with me. The Dark Lord wishes to see you"
