How to live life
Chapter 9
A/N: Hello amazing fanfiction readers! Thanks for returning to my story, I really appreciate it :) Sorry about my little rant last week, this story isn't going anywhere anytime soon, hopefully! Now with out further ado here's chapter nine. Oh, wait, please read this, I wrote a one shot called "Almost Love at First Sight," of when James started Hogwarts and how he and Ella first met, if you're interested, click on my profile and you'll find it in my stories, just thought you'd like to know, now without further ado here's chapter nine.
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"Happy Christmas Eve!" said Harry as he opened the door to his family.
Every year on Christmas Eve the Potter-Weasley clan would gather at the Potter's house and they would open one gift, drink eggnog, and just talk and enjoy one another's company. They have been doing this for many years and it eventually became a tradition.
"Louis, Fred, over here," whispered James as he tapped his friends shoulders.
"What's the whispering for, what are you up to?" asked Louis.
"Just follow me, I don't know exactly what I'm even up to, but what I do know is that we're searching my dads office, now come on, no questions until we get there, get under the invisibility cloak, don't want anyone ratting us out," said James quickly as he put the invisibility cloak over his friends and they made their way to Harry's office
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"So let's open up our one gift..wait... where's James, Louis, and Freddie?" Harry asked as everyone looked around the room.
"Hey kids, can all of you look for them, yes, you too, Teddy," said Ginny.
"Okay," some said as others sighed, but they all got up to look.
"Teddy, look with me?" Victoire asked.
"Of course," said Teddy, but they both knew there wouldn't be any searching going on.
They ran up stairs and into a room for some heated snogging, but were quickly interrupted.
"James put that away!" yelled the voice of no other than Rose Weasley.
"Oh no," whispered Teddy as he and Victoire ran to where the yelling was coming from.
Once they arrived, they saw all their other cousins and friends in the room and something gold hitting the ground. The room then spun around them and everything went black.
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Meanwhile, a bit earlier...
"Where do you think they are?" Rose asked as she rushed through the halls of Potter Manor.
"Well I did hear James say something about going into my dads office," said Albus shyly.
"Why didn't you say anything earlier, Al, who knows what they're doing in there," said Rose as she stopped in her tracks to look at Albus.
"I didn't want to rat them out, and come on! It's almost Christmas, why'd they cause trouble on Christmas," said Albus.
Rose sighed and got back to walking, but this time with a destination, her Uncle's office.
When they arrived they saw James holding a small gold object with a chain, Rose knew exactly what that was, and the trouble it would cause.
"James, put that away!" Rose yelled at James.
"Why? You're not the boss of me," said James.
"Yeah, and that's not yours, so you shouldn't be holding it," yelled Rose.
"Calm down! It's nothing dangerous," said James as some of his cousins and their friends arrived on the scene.
"You obviously have no idea what that is and what it can do," yelled Rose.
"Yes I do! It's a trendy necklace," said James as he played with it.
"No! It's a bloody time turner!" said Rose in a loud whisper, not wanting the adults to hear that bit of information.
James eyes widened then went back to normal, then Fred said, "hey buddy, can I see?"
James responded by throwing it to him which made Rose yell, "No! They're highly sensitive."
Fred attempted to catch it but failed to and it hit the ground just as Victoire and Teddy arrived. The room swirled and went black.
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"Get the hell off me, you lot," yelled James.
"No, you get off me," yelled Rose.
"Well I can't because Molly can't move her big butt," yelled James.
"Well I'll stay right here if that's the way you feel," yelled Molly.
"Just move everyone, then we won't have a problem," yelled Teddy, then everyone untangled themselves.
"What the hell happened?" Victoire asked.
"James broke a time turner," said Rose as Teddy's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of his head.
"You broke a bloody time turner?" questioned Teddy.
"No, it's Fred's fault! He didn't catch it," said James.
"You shouldn't have thrown it though, James," said Victoire.
"Is anyone going to bother to ask where the hell are we?" asked Albus.
The place seemed familiar in a way, but they couldn't put a name on it.
"I think we're in Grimmauld place," said Lily quietly.
"I think you're right, Lily, but how'd you know?" asked Teddy.
But Lily couldn't answer because the people of this time seemed to have found them.
"Who the hell are you guys and what are you doing here?" asked Kingsley Shacklebot.
"Well, it's a long story," said James with a laugh.
"They're death eaters!" Mad-eye Moody yelled.
"They're just kids," said Remus Lupin, at the sight of him Teddy froze.
"Then who are they then?" Moody asked.
"I say we consult Dumbledore," said Kingsley.
"Consult me with what?" asked Dumbledore as he arrived on the scene.
"To see who the hell these kids are," said Sirius.
"Well, we must use Veritaserum, it's the only way," said Dumbledore.
"Who do you want to question?" asked Sirius.
"How about the blue haired boy, he's the oldest," suggested Moody.
"Okay, bring him out. Sirius, would you mind keeping an eye on the rest of them," said Dumbledore.
Sirius nodded as the rest of them made their way out of the room.
"Where're they taking him," asked Victoire.
"Why? Is he your boyfriend or something?" asked Sirius, with a laugh.
"In matter in fact he is, and I would very much like to know where they took him," demanded Victoire.
"I'm not telling a filthy death eater anything," scoffed Sirius.
Victoire was about to put up a fight, but Chloe pulled her back and told her it wasn't worth it.
"This may sound weird, but what year would it happen to be right now," asked Rose.
"1995, why?" asked Sirius.
"Oh, nothing," said Rose, but inside she was freaking out, they were in the middle of a war right now!
"James Sirius Potter! You brought us back to 1995! Do you realize that you brought us back to a time where Voldemort lives!" yelled Rose in frustration.
"Yeah, I think I realized it when one of my name sakes said it over there," James said in a snarky way.
"This is no time to be snarky," said Rose.
Meanwhile Sirius was completely confused. Brought back to 1995? A time when Voldemort lived? I'm that boy who looks like James, name sake? It's as if they were time travelers, said Sirius to himself. Soon enough he would realize he was indeed correct.
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"Now I think I will question him alone. If you don't mind, would you all let the others know everything is under control?" asked Dumbledore.
"Okay, Albus," said Moody, as he Remus, and Kingsley made their way to the dinning room.
"Okay, so let's start, I think the Veritaserum should have sunk in by now," said Dumbledore to Teddy.
"So what's your full name," asked Dumbledore to Teddy.
"Teddy Remus Lupin," Teddy told him.
Dumbledore's eyes widened in shock then he looked confused, "that can't be, unless.." trailed off Dumbledore.
"Unless we're time travelers, sir," said Teddy.
"Are you?" asked Dumbledore.
"We are, sir, from December twenty-fourth 2017," said Teddy.
"Oh dear, this isn't good, how did you all get here?" asked Dumbledore.
"My god brother, James, broke a time turner and it took all of us here," explained Teddy.
"Well then, it will probably be some time before we get you back to your time, so some introductions should be made," said Dumbledore as he led Teddy out of the room.
"Are you sure that's a good idea, sir?" asked Teddy.
"The damage has already been done, plus, you will have to obliviate us when you leave anyway, so what's the point of not telling us," said Dumbledore.
Teddy nodded and they arrived in the room the other time travelers were in and they brought them all out to the dining room.
"Do they know?" Rose asked Teddy.
"Only Dumbledore, but we're about to introduce ourselves to everyone," said Teddy.
"Teddy! That could mess up everything," said Rose.
"I know, but Dumbledore said we would obliviate everyone before we left anyway," said Teddy, that got a nod of approval from Rose.
"Who're they?" asked Harry as they entered the room.
"Well this is Teddy, but I don't know the rest of their names yet, but they were just about to tell us. But before we do so, can I talk to the adults outside the room for a second," said Dumbledore, then the adults nodded and left the room.
"So who are you guys?" Ginny asked.
Teddy then said, "Well we can't say..."
"We're time travelers," bursted out James, which caused Teddy to slam his face in his hand.
"Why would you say that? Are you that stupid, James?" Rose said in outrage.
"Hey!" James said, clearly offended.
"You would have to have a time turner for that! The Ministry wouldn't just give a kid a time turner for this," said Hermione.
"Well...you see… it wasn't exactly ours..." said Teddy.
"You stole a time turner!" Fred asked with wide eyes.
"Well, not from the Ministry, James, Louis, and Freddie here took one from James' Dad's home office, then broke it," Rose explained.
"Your dad has a time turner at home!" George asked in amazement.
"Well he is a very famous and respected wizard, not to mention he is Head Auror," Albus told them.
"Show me this time turner, I do have experience with them," said Hermione.
James then handed it to her, but when they touched it, the whole room spun again and everything went back.
The adults then walked back in to find an empty room and Dumbledore knew exactly what happened.
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"Bloody hell, we're in Potter Manor, we're home," said James as he jumped for joy.
"Wait, why do you live in, ohhh..." said Hermione as she just got hit with a realization.
"Finally figure out who we are, Aunt Hermione? For the brightest witch of your age, it sure took you long enough," said Albus with a laugh.
"What? I just thought you were Harry's kids! How could I be your aunt unless..." said Hermione before blushing red.
"Unless what, Hermione?" Harry asked, who was already shocked because he saw his future kids.
"You'll find out soon enough, come on you guys," said James before exiting the room, only to stop and stare a minute later.
"What's wrong, James?" Albus asked.
He then went over to see what his brother was staring at, then he too froze.
"What's wrong you two?" asked Teddy.
"We're not back in our time," said Albus.
"What do you mean?" Victoire asked worryingly.
"See that girl right there," said James as he pointed to a red head with green eyes down the hall.
"Yeah, who is she?" asked Rose.
"That's our grandmother, Lily Potter née Evans," finished James.
"What? So we're back in sometime in the late 1970's," said Rose, who was now evidently panicking.
"Apparently," said Albus.
Then Lily Evans turned around and saw a group of kids who she never met behind her. She then screamed and ran off somewhere.
"Wait! Don't scream, I'm your grand baby," said James before running after her.
Albus then banged his head on the wall at his brothers stupidity.
"Is he that stupid?" asked Hermione.
"No, he's actually pretty smart. Just doesn't have much common sense of tact," Teddy explained with a nervous laugh.
Hermione nodded, "Stop banging your head on the wall, can't help that your brother is stupid."
Albus then laughed and went to chase after his brother, since he knew the house better than the others.
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"What are you talking about, Lily?" the late James Potter asked Lily.
"They're a big group of kids in this house! One of them even started chasing me and saying, and I quote, 'wait I'm your grand baby,' and the scary part is that he looks exactly like you!" said Lily.
"James, I think she has finally lost it," said Sirius with a laugh, Lily then threw a pillow off of James bed at him.
"Oh, so you don't believe me! These could be death eaters for all we know! Come look for yourself, that boy will probably find us soon, oh look here he comes," said Lily while pointing down the hall out the door to a boy with messy black hair and hazel brown eyes, James.
"Dang, he does look like you Prongs," said Remus.
"Yeah, but without the nerdy glasses," said Sirius with a laugh, which got a light punch from James.
"James, get back here, what would make you want to chase after her!" said a boy with messy black hair, but with bright green eyes, Albus.
"What? I just wanted to say hello to my grandma, is that a problem?" James asked as he stopped to look at his brother.
"Yes! She doesn't know who you are! How would you feel if you were just walking around your house during war, then a boy pops out and says, don't run away I'm your grand baby," said Albus.
"Okay, I see it was a stupid move, now," said James as he pushed back his hair.
"James Sirius Potter, what am I going to do with you," said Albus as he put an arm around his brother and started to make their way back to the others.
"Wait, did he just say his name was James Sirius Potter?" James asked.
"Did they just say I was their grandma?" Lily asked.
"Thanks guys! Your son named his son after me," said Sirius happily.
"Guys, those are time travelers, and James, Lily, I think those two are your grandkids," said Remus.
"Congratulations guys, it seems like it was only a month ago you got together, now you're grandparents, how time flies," said Sirius as he wiped away fake tears.
"Sarcasm is an ugly color on you, Padfoot," James told him as he patted his friend on the back.
"Let's go meet them and see why they're here," said Lily.
"Are you sure they're not death eaters?" asked Remus.
"Yeah, they looked too much like James, and that one had Lily's eyes, that can't be Polyjuice because no one looks like that yet," said Sirius.
"How did they get here, anyway?" Lily asked.
James shrugged and said, "We'll just have to ask."
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"Look,there they are," whispered Teddy.
"We have to talk to them, they may know how to help us," said Rose.
"Okay then, James, Albus, Lily, go out there," said Teddy.
"Why us?" Lily asked.
"Because your grandparents are out there, and I don't think I can face my father just yet," said Teddy.
"Why can't our dad go?" Albus asked.
"Same reason as me," said Teddy.
"Okay, it makes sense, come on boys," said Lily and she gestured for her brothers to follow her.
"Hello," Lily said enthusiastically to James, Sirius, Remus, and Lily. Young Lily noticed Peter wasn't there, which was a relief because of what they were going to find out.
"Hey, who are you?" asked the older Lily sweetly.
"I'm Lily Luna Potter," said young Lily.
"How about you two," asked past James.
"Al Potter," said Albus, not wanting to use his middle name.
"Full name, Al," said young James and Lily with a laugh.
"What's so wrong with his full name," asked Sirius curiously.
"Just wait for it, now come on Al, just say it," said Lily.
"Albus Severus Potter," whispered Albus, causing a nasty reaction from the others.
"Why are you named after that slimy git!" said Sirius angrily.
"What's wrong with my son and his wife, why would they give you that middle name, do they hate you?" asked past James while rubbing his forehead.
"Apparently he is the bravest man he ever knew," said young James with a laugh.
"How?" asked Sirius.
"I don't know, makes no sense to me. He may had saved his life many times, but he is the reason you guys are-" rambled Albus before young James and Lily slapped a hand over his mouth before he said something he shouldn't. The fact that late James and Lily are dead.
"That we're what?" asked late James.
"Nothing," said Albus a little too quickly.
"Just tell us, it can't be that bad," said Remus.
"You'll probably find out later, let's just not ruin the moment, okay?" said young Lily.
The four of them nodded then young James said," we have some cousins and friends who got into this mess with us, do you mind if we stay here for a bit until we get back to our time?"
"Sure, my parents are not coming back for the last two days of Christmas break due to Auror stuff," said James.
"Yo Teddy, get the others and come out," yelled young James.
"They're right over there, no need to yell," said young Lily.
"Well I wanted to," young James, told her, which got an eye roll from young Lily.
"Okay, just follow me and we can go to the living room to talk," said James as he led the big lot of people to his living room.
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"I'm Teddy Lupin, son of Remus and Nymphadora Lupin, I've been out of Hogwarts for two years and I'm an auror-in-training," said Teddy.
"Congratulations Remus! I always told you!" said late Lily.
"You're not a..." said Remus.
"No, but I do get a little moody around full moon, but I'm a metamorphosis," said Teddy as he changed his hair to bubblegum pink, his mothers signature color.
"Wait, wait, wait, you married my seven year old cousin?" said Sirius. "Moony! This means we're finally family!"
"Yeah, yeah, Vic, how about you and your siblings go," said Teddy.
"Okay, I'm Victoire Weasley, seventh year Gryffindor and Head Girl. I'm also a seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team," said Victoire.
"And I'm Dominique Weasley, a fifth year Gryffindor. Only one of my siblings who got the Weasley Red hair," said Dom.
"And finally I'm Louis Weasley, only boy of my siblings. I'm a third year Gryffindor and I play beater for the Quidditch team," said Louis.
"And our parents out Bill and Fleur Weasley," said Victoire.
"Damn, they sure were pumping out the babies," said George with a laugh.
"Fleur? Fleur from the triwizard tournament?" asked Ron.
"Yeah, I'm sure you have some, fun, memories with her don't you," said Louis with a laugh.
This made Ron blush and Fred, George, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Harry laugh.
"Molly, Lucy, you two go," said Victoire.
"Okay, I'm Lucy Weasley. The only Weasley in Ravenclaw. I'm in my sixth year and a perfect," said Lucy.
"And I'm Molly Weasley, I'm a fifth year Gryffindor. And our parents our Percy and Aubrey Weasley," said Molly.
"Percy came back?" asked Ginny.
"Yeah, he did," said Louis.
"Now Freddie, Roxy, you go," said Molly.
"Okay, I'm Roxanne Weasley. I'm in Gryffindor and in my fifth year," said Roxanne.
"And I'm the one and only Freddie Weasley. I'm in my third year in Gryffindor and I play beater along with Louis on the Gryffindor Quidditch team," said Freddie.
"And our parents are George and Angelina Weasley," said Roxanne.
"My girlfriend!" exclaimed Fred, leaving George to blush uncomfortably.
"Now it's our turn, I'm Rose Weasley and I'm a first year Gryffindor and this is Hugo Weasley he is nine years old. Our parents our Ron and Hermione Weasley," said Rose.
This caused Hermione and Ron to blush uncomfortably and move away from each other. Then Hugo said, "I could have introduced myself, Rose!"
"Yeah, sorry, but James, it's your turn," said Rose.
"Okay now the person you've been waiting for! The boy you all love and know and if you don't you wish you did, it's James Sirius Potter. I'm a third year Gryffindor and play chaser on the Quidditch team. And this is my girlfriend, Ella," said James.
"No, I'm not!" yelled Ella.
"You wish you were," said James.
"No, you wish you were my boyfriend. You only ask me out every five minutes only to get rejected. You can't take no for answer for some reason," said Ella.
"Remind you of someone," whispered Sirius, causing past James and Lily to blush, but Sirius and Remus laughed.
"Okay, enough of that, I'm Al Potter, I'm not saying my full name because once was enough. And I'm a first year Gryffindor," said Albus.
"And I'm Lily Luna Potter, and I'm nine years old," said Lily.
"And our parents our, drumroll please," said James, who only got a drumroll from Louis and Freddie.
"Harry and Ginny Potter!" said James.
This caused Harry and Ginny to blush, like Ron and Hermione, this also got some reactions from Fred, George, and Ron, "you knocked up our sister!"
"yeah, yeah, whatever, now this is my friend Chloe Smith, also a Gryffindor seventh year and this is her younger sister Ella Smith, a third year Gryffindor, she is also a chaser," said Victoire.
"And this is Scorpius and Lyra Malfoy. Scorpius is a Gryffindor first year and Lyra is nine years old," said Rose.
"My daughter is friends with a Malfoy!" exclaimed Ron.
"Let it go, he's nothing like his grandfather or father that's why he and his sister are staying with the Potter's over break," said Victoire.
"Now let's get to the problem, here's the time turner, now let's think of a way to get us back," said Teddy, as he levitated it onto the coffee table.
But they forgot to warn the Marauders and a Lily about touching it, which caused Sirius to reach out in touch it.
The room once again swirled around then went black.
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A/N: So what did you guys think? Did you like it? Please let me know when you review! And please go and read my one shot Almost Love at First Sight! Again you can find it in my stories on my profile. Till next time then!
