'Is this the end?' thought Victoire Weasley as her vision was obstructed and she was buried under what felt like 3 people.
"Get off!" she yelled once everyone had shifted enough so she could speak, "You're squishing me."
"Well, I think my arm is broken," whined Fred, "Hugo was stepping on it when we landed"
"Landed? Where did we go? Oh, James, I'm going to kill you once Albus gets off me." Rose glared, or at least, tried to glare at her cousin.
"Hey, it looks like we're still in Grimmauld Place! That's good, right Teddy?" said Lily, sending a hopeful look at her blue-haired godbrother. He seemed to be in shock, not hearing Lily at all. "Teddy?"
Shaking his head, he turned around and looked at his charges. How could everything have gone so wrong? "Guys, we are still in Grimmauld Place, but look around! It looks dirty, not at all like our home." Teddy took a deep breath before starting again, "So, I think the question isn't where we went, but when."
Silence. A state of being unheard of with the Potters, before Rose shrieked, "What do you mean, WHEN?" Her face became redder and redder and she got angrier and angrier and stalked over to James, "What. Have. You. Done," she moaned, in the coldest voice she could manage.
"Who are you?"
The group whipped around. A man had his wand pointed at Fred's face, his sandy hair flopping over his eyes as he looked at them speculatively.
Victoire recognized the man immediately. They were absolutely fucked.
"Remus Lupin, please get your wand out of my cousin's face and let us explain." The older man's mouth fell open as he heard the unknown girl say his name. "It may sound insane, but you need to hear us out. I promise we won't hurt you." Teddy looked at his girlfriend with a pained expression but kept quiet. This was his father.
As Remus lowered his wand, Mad-Eye Moody ran over and pulled his arm back up. "Are you crazy, Remus? That one is old enough to be a Death Eater? Keep your wand up!" He pointed at Teddy, before pulling his own wand up at Victoire.
"Please, we're not Death Eaters. Let us speak. You're scaring Hugo!" Teddy glared at the man, his hair flashing red. He picked Hugo up and continued, looking at terrified kids. "All of you, drop your wands. We have to show them we mean no harm." He pulled his own out and dropped it onto the floor.
"But Teddy-" Rose started.
"Do what I say, Rose. It'll be alright." The young girl with the bushy red hair grumbled but pulled her own wand out, as all the kids followed suit. "These two are too young for Hogwarts," Teddy continued pointing at Lily and Hugo. That's all our wands, now can we speak?"
Calling the rest of the Order into the room, Remus nodded at the kids.
"I am Victoire, and this is my boyfriend, Teddy. We were in this house, taking care of these kids, my cousins, when these two," she said, pointing at two of the boys, one who had hazel eyes and wild auburn hair, and one who looked like a younger Fred and George Weasley with a darker complexion; they both looked sheepish as she continued, "broke into my Uncle Ha-, I mean my uncle's office, found a time turner, gave it to Hugo, who dropped and broke it, Lily picked it up, Teddy realized it was a time turner, and now, we're here." She finished her story quickly, ignoring the incredulous looks the Order was giving her. It was quiet for a moment before Tonks spoke up.
"Are you a metamorphmagus?" She asked Teddy, who looked shocked at being addressed by his mother.
"Um- yes, I am. I got it from my mother." She grinned at him and concentrated on changing her hair to the same blue color he left his at.
"How can we believe them?" said Sirius, "They didn't even give us last names!"
James bounded over to his namesake. It had been his dream to be able to meet him, and now he finally was able to, and though it was under these circumstances, he was still incredibly happy about it.
"Are you Sirius Black?" He asked, his face shining as he smiled at the man. Sirius looked shocked at the young boy for calling him out directly and not seeming scared of him at all, but nodded. "I know that you're innocent and I also know that you were a Marauder and that you made a map and that Aun- Hermione Granger and Harry Potter saved you with a Hippogriff from Hogwarts and also with a Time-Turner and that you can be a dog sometimes and that you're Harry Potter's Godfather and that-"
"Okay! James, I think he gets it!" Sirius' eyes were wide already and went wider when the boy was called James. "We can introduce ourselves completely, can't we Teddy? They'll just be obliviated anyway, and I want to see my dad when he was younger, oh please Teddy!" Rose Granger-Weasley smiled widely at the Order's reactions to this, and Teddy sighed. There really wasn't much else they could do at the moment, at least, until Uncle Harry realized what had happened, so he relented.
"Could you please bring your children, Harry Potter, and Hermione Granger down from upstairs, Mrs. Weasley," he turned "and Dumbledore and Severus Snape, if you can." Teddy directed at Tonks. She seemed happy to do it and flooed away to get the people he had mentioned, and Mrs. Weasley called for the kids up the stairs.
Sirus looked over at the young metamorphmagus, and said "I believe you if it helps." He smiled at him and the boy just sighed again. "This is going to be a strange experience, isn't it Teddy?"
"You'll see."
The Floo Channel reactivated and Severus Snape and Dumbledore came through. "Ah, I heard we had some time travelers. Am I correct to assume that that is you, children?"
Al looked at the two men with wide eyes. His namesakes were right in front of him! He turned towards Teddy, who shook his head at him, and said, "You are correct, sir, it's an honor to meet you." He cringed when he realized his mistake. "Sorry, didn't mean to say that."
Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as he said, "Do not worry, young man. Death is but an expectation of life." The rest of the Order looked at the elderly man, disbelievingly, as he was just told he was going to die and seemed to be completely fine with it.
Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and the rest of the Weasley children bounded into the room. "Daddy!" Lily called as she skipped over to Harry, who looked at her with shock, and jumped into his arms. Teddy ran over to the little girl and pulled her off her future father. "I'm so sorry! She didn't-"
"I see," said Dumbledore, that stupid twinkle still in his eyes, "I believe I understand the time that you came from.
"But the thing is Professor-"
"-We still don't understand"
The Weasley Twins laughed as Harry frowned. This didn't seem like a regular Order meeting.
"We can introduce ourselves now if you'd like sir. How about we say, full names, ages, Houses, and parents? Hugo and Lily don't go to Hogwarts yet, so we could start with them?" Teddy stood at the front of the table, motioning for everyone to either get closer or sit. Dumbledore nodded at the kids as they began. "Lily, you first."
The little girl beamed and stood on the chair at the head of the table. Her red hair bounced as she jumped up, and her green eyes shone. "I am Lily Luna Potter. I am 8 years old, and my best friend is Hugo, he's right there!" She waved at her cousin and he shrunk down. "Um, I like to play chess but Hugo always beats me because he is a pro-te-ge but it's still fun. I'm Daddy's favorite. My Daddy is called Harry but I call him Daddy. That's it." She jumped off the chair and strode over to Teddy, seeming to ask if her introduction was good enough. He nodded at her and looked up at the group of people collected at the table.
Harry Potter was white as a sheet. How could he have an eight-year-old daughter? He was only 15, for Merlin's sake!
"We should've explained this first, Harry, I'm so sorry. This must be a great shock. They're from the future." Remus explained softly to his former student. "They came when a time turner broke, it's a long story." Harry seemed to relax, but tensed up again.
"Who let them in? How can we trust them?" He seemed to be getting angry, so Teddy spoke up.
"We've already told them some things that we could only know if we were from the future, but we can take Veritaserum if you'd like? Only Victoire and I, though, these are kids and my charges for the night, so I'm not letting you give them any potions, is that clear?" Harry nodded up at the older teenager, and waved, motioning for them to continue.
"I have Veritaserum, Albus, if you'd like to use it on them. We've already taken their wands." Dumbledore looked thoughtful for a moment, and nodded at Professor Snape.
"Do give it to Teddy, he seems to be a very responsible young man. You understand we must be sure you are trustworthy."
So, before continuing the rest of the introductions, Teddy was given Veritaserum. He seemed quite nervous, but determined. Arthur Weasley was going to be questioning him, as he seemed most curious and was very trustworthy.
"What is your full name, son?"
Teddy sighed but felt the effects of the Veritaserum take over, "Edward Remus Lupin."
Remus' head whipped around and looked at the young boy. The Order all seemed to have lost their voices, and the shock could be felt in the air.
Arthur continued awkwardly, "And who are your parents?"
"Remus John Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks Lupin" He blurted out, turning red with embarrassment. He knew his parents had just met at this point, and were not even close to being a couple, let alone having him or getting married.
The silence continued until Sirius laughed, "Well, he did say he got it from his mother! What did I tell you Remus, you have a family!" Tonks seemed elated that she had a child, though she did wonder when she had acquired feelings for Remus, seeing as she only thought she was quite handsome now.
The awkward silence was broken then, everyone laughing with Sirius until Remus interrupted. "That's not possible, I mean," He turned towards the young man he now knew to be his son. "Are you a were-"
Quickly, Teddy added "No, I'm not a werewolf. I am more like my Uncle Bill, who likes his meat on the rarer side and is a bit restless on the full moon."
Victoire slapped Teddy on his shoulder, reminding him "Teddy! That hasn't happened yet, oh, I'm so sorry Da-" Bill looked green, which didn't look great with his red hair.
"Bloody hell! All of you, be quiet, you're going to keep revealing things that we don't want them to know yet, let Mr. Arthur continue questioning Teddy." Rose Granger-Weasley said firmly. Everyone was being idiotic, and when she turned, her mother looked at her curiously before turning away.
"Ok, son, two more questions. What is your birthdate?"
"April 24th, 1998," Teddy answered easily.
It seemed at that point that everyone was convinced and Arthur continued. "And are you and your cousins and girlfriend, really from the future?"
"Yes."
"Well, then," said Dumbledore, "let us continue with the introductions."
