Chapter 2
Arriving
Ginny looked at the package Professor McGonogall handed her and sighed, nodding. She went to the livingroom of Grimmauld Place with her trunk. It held a new set of robes, her registered wand, a few bags of galleons as a parting present from her dear twin brothers (along with an assortment of emergency potions they'd invented), spellbooks, her broom, and regular clothes. Everyone was waiting. Harry hugged her and sighed.
"Gonna miss you tons, Gin." he said. She smiled.
"Do you have what I asked for?" she asked. He put a small bag into her pocket discreetly.
"You'll do great." he said. She moved on, hugging everyone else. Finally, she came to her mother. They hugged and McGonogall gave her the letter for the Potter's.
"Can you apparate?" McGonogall asked.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Apparate to Godric's Hollow and then use the time-turner. It's set to take you as soon as you put it on." she said. Ginny nodded. She hugged everyone quickly once more before letting McGonogall put the disillusionment charm on her. She went outside and apparated to Godric's Hollow. She looked at the empty lot that had once been the Potter's house and took the disillusionment charm offof herself. She pulled out the time turner and put it around her neck. She vanished in the storm of time.
Ginny blinked and looked around. She was in front of a glorious house that looked about as large, yet less terrifying, as Malfoy Manor. She went to the front door and knocked. A teenage boy answered it. "Yes?" he frowned.
"Hello, James. I need to speak to your parents." she said. He frowned and a woman came into view. She looked at Ginny curiously and Ginny gave her the note from McGonogall. She read over it and looked at the time-turner. "I'm sorry to impose, but it's a matter of life and death." she said. Mrs. Potter smiled, shaking her head.
"It's quite alright, Miss Weasley." she opened the door farther.
"Just Ginny, please, I am going to be seeing a lot of you." Ginny smiled. Mrs. Potter smiled sweetly. "Harry..." she whispered.
"Hmm?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"Nothing...your grandson has your smile." she said. James held up his hands as if to object.
"Grandson? What's going on?!" he demanded. Mrs. Potter handed him the note.
"Lead her up to a spare bedroom and get her set up." she said. James read the note and nodded mutely.
"When Padfoot gets here, tell him to come up. He'd like to meet a time-traveller." he said. He led Ginny up the stairs and opened the door to a very cozy-looking room. "So, you're here why?" he asked. She set her trunk down at the foot of the bed.
"To help your son kill Voldemort." she said. He frowned.
"I don't have a son."
"I'm from the future where, unfortunately, your son has no parents. He's trying to kill voldemort. I don't feel like telling the story more than once, so can it wait until Lily, Remus, Sirius,the traitor, and you are all here?" she sighed.
"Traitor?" he asked.
"Wormtail is the reason your son is an orphan. You know, he grew up with Lily's sister's family? For the first eleven years of his life, he was made to live in the cupboard under the stairs because he did accidental magic." she said. He leaned against the wall.
"What can I do to keep it from happening?"
"Harry only asked me to bring you this." she said. She pulled the small bag from her pocket. He smiled slightly, taking it.
"Harry...Lily probably picked his name." he said. He opened it and looked at the first picture on a stack of many. Harry in his quidditch uniform, holding the snitch. He smiled and a choked laugh escaped his lips. "He plays seeker?"
"Got to start playing his first year. He thought you'd be proud." she smiled. James laughed. "He's only lost one game. And that was because dementors looking for Sirius attacked on the pitch." she said. He looked at her, wide eyed.
"Why were they after Sirius?" he asked.
"Pettigrew framed him for leaking you, Lily, and Harry's location to Voldemort. He spent thirteen years in Azkaban for it. He was never quite right in the head. Still a bit flirtatious with anything in a dress." she said. James nodded.
"Pettigrew, gone. Understood." he said. She sighed. Then a tall shadow fell over her and James.
"Prongs, you have Lily finally and you get another one?" a voice teased. Ginny jumped up and looked at Sirius Black.
"Remus was right. You are worse when you're younger." she smiled. He frowned, looking at James.
"Prongs, strange girl is who?" he asked. James smiled and held a picture up to Sirius of Harry, Hermione, Ron, Luna, and Ginny. They were all smiling and laughing in front of the lake. "Who are they? Is that you and this girl?" Sirius asked.
"That's my son." James smiled. Sirius looked closer in the picture.
"Your son? But..."
"I'm from the future." Ginny held up the time turner. Sirius looked at her in awe. "It's good to see you alive again." she said. He frowned.
"Yeah, like I'll believe you." he said. James made a sound halfway between a sob and a laugh and choked. Ginny and Sirius looked at the letter he was reading.
Dear Dad and Mum,
Hi. I'm Harry. I don't know what to say...ha. sixteen years of wanting to say anything and when the time comes I can't. Just my luck. Well, I'm just turned 17 and I'm about to go start killing Voldemort's horcruxes and, eventually, him with my best friends, Hermione and Ron. Ginny is Ron's little sister. We're, unfortunately, having to miss our 7th year at Hogwarts, however. How are you? Did you like the broom I have? Sirius got it for me when my first one crashed into the Whomping Willow in my third year. Tell Sirius I said hi, and I really miss him. The Black house is really boring, but he already knew that. Tell mum I love her. Love you, too, dad.
Harry James Potter
Ginny smiled and Sirius frowned. "Why'd I give some kid a broom?"
"Because he's your godson. Are we to expect Lily and Remus today?" she asked. James stood and put the stuff from Harry in his bedside table.
"Yeah, they'll be here soon. Pettigrew couldn't come." he said. Ginny sat on the bed.
"So...what's your name, witch?" Sirius asked.
"My name, Sirius, is Ginny Weasley. You can call me ma'am if you're going to be so rude about it." she said.
"Weasley? Oh...are you related to Arthur and Molly?"
"Yes, they're my mum and dad." she frowned.
"What's wrong with you?" Sirius asked, genuinely concerned. Ginny shook her head and smiled falsely.
"It's nothing." she lied. He frowned but didn't have the chance to object. Remus and Lily ran in. Lily hugged James and kissed him, beaming. Then she saw Ginny, whom stood immediately.
"Who's she, James?" Lily asked, a slightly annoyed tone in her voice.
Ginny blushed, realising what Lily meant.
"No, no, no. I don't like him like that! He's all yours, trust me." Ginny made a face. James opened his mouth to object.
"Then who are you?" Lily asked, voice calmer.
"I'm Ginny, I time-travelled here to help defeat Voldemort." Ginny said. She saw Remus' shocked expression. "Hello, professor." she smiled. He frowned.
"Professor? But...how much do you know about us?" he asked.
"Plenty. You're Remus Lupin, a were-wolf, you were attacked as a child by Greyback. You hate when I call you professor but it's all I've ever called you." she said.
"How do you know that stuff?" he demanded.
"I told you, I time-travelled here. I'm from twenty years in the future." Ginny sighed. Lily giggled.
"Are James and I still together?" she smiled.
"You're dead. But you were married. And you have a very handsome son with a hero complex." she smiled. Lily frowned and James smiled, getting the pictures and handing them to her. She looked through them, smiling.
"Oh, James, he looks just like you." she smiled.
"Except his eyes, he has your eyes." James smiled. Lily blushed. Sirius made a gagging sound and Ginny giggled.
"Be still my rising vomit." Sirius said.
"Be nice, Siri, they're in love." she hit his arm lightly, smiling. He looked at her a second, then went to the closet. "So, Lily, how much do you know about the Marauders?"
Lily pulled away from James, frowning. "They don't tell me anything about it." she said. Ginny smiled.
"Well, first off, they..." Ginny was silenced with three hands covering her mouth, Remus, James, and Sirius all looking shocked.
"Meeting...Lily, my love, please wait here." James said quickly as they pulled Ginny out of the room. On the top floor, they released her.
"What, don't you have a Marauders Map for your own houses?" she smiled.
"How do you know about the map?" Sirius hissed.
"My twin brothers, Fred and George, stole it from Flich's office and gave it to Harry in his third year. He loaned it to me a few times." she shrugged.
"Why was my son sneaking out of school?" James frowned.
"To go to Hogsmeade. Petunia and Vernon didn't sign his permission form." she said. Sirius looked thoughtful.
"How am I in the future?" he asked. Ginny frowned.
"Siri...you were in Azkaban for thirteen years and then you died fighting in a battle at the ministry." she said quietly.
"Why was I in Azkaban?" he asked.
"Wormtail framed you. He made it seem like you had turned the Potter's in to Voldemort when it was him." she said. The look on Sirius' face fell and lost all childhood.
"But...I would never...James, you know I wouldn't..." he began.
"I know, padfoot, it's okay." James said. Ginny frowned.
"I bet your son hated me." Sirius said.
"Not after he learned the truth. He saw Pettigrew, whom was supposed to be dead, on the map. Then Professor Lupin-er-Remus, confiscated it when Harry got caught with it by Professor Snape..."
"Slimy Snivellus? They're letting him teach?" Sirius asked.
"I'll explain further later. But through the stories, Lily is going to learn a lot about the Marauders. Like the secret passage behind the big witches hump and the passage from the Whomping willow to the Shrieking Shack. All about what Voldemort's done since he's been trying to get back to life." she said. Sirius sighed.
"Well, as whipped as she has James, she'd have learned about it soon anyways." he shrugged. They went back down to the room and saw Lily looking out the window. "Come on, red."
"Don't call me red!" Ginny and Lily unisoned. They looked at each other and laughed.
"He used to call me red before...well." Ginny shrugged. Sirius made a dead expression on his face, his arms crossed over his chest. "Very funny, butthead. Be serious. None of you can ever reveal future information to anyone. Swear."
"Sure, sure, swear." Sirius said.
"Pinky swear it, all of you." she demanded. They all joined pinky's and nodded. "Great. First of all. Harry James Potter was born July 31, 1983 to Lily and James Potter. His godfather was Sirius Black, of course. When he was one, the Potter's had to go into hiding to protect Harry from Voldemort, whom wanted him dead. There had been a prophecy and it said...well, it basically said either harry killed Voldemort or Voldemort killed Harry. In the beginning, Sirius was the Secret Keeper. But, he convinced the two of you that no one would suspect Wormtail. It was faith in a childhood friend. None of you knew Wormtail was a traitor. On Halloween, Voldemort came. James sent Lily with Harry farther into the house in the hopes of defending them. He died.
"Voldemort followed Lily, offered her the chance to live if she gave Harry up. She died defending Harry. When Voldemort rounded on Harry, the magic Lily had used by defending him out of love wouldn't let him be killed by Voldemort. So, the Avada rebounded and hit Voldemort. Sirius got to the house to visit and found it in ruins. Dumbledore sent Hagrid to retrieve Harry and he got there about the same time as Sirius. Sirius gave him some flying bike and Hagrid flew Harry to Privet Drive as Sirius went to find Wormtail. Harry spent the next ten years under the stairs and Sirius spent the next twelve in Azkaban. It caused a royal stink when he escaped. Harry went around most of the year thinking a serial killer was after him...well, another serial killer.
"Voldemort had tried to kill him twice more. In his first year, Voldemort tried to get a stone thing that would make him young forever or something. And the next year, my first year, the Chamber of Secrets was opened. Voldemort was using a student to try to kill muggle born children. He only managed to petrify them. Well, the student told Voldemort, or Tom Marvolo Riddle, jr., about Harry and ,when Harry tried to save the student, it was a trap. Tom tried to get the bailisk to kill him and failed. Twelve and he killed a basilisk and pulled Godric Gryffindor's sword from the sorting hat.
"In his third year, he met Sirius, flew on a hippogriff's back, time travelled, learned to make a patronous, care of Remus, and helped save Siri from dementors. His fourth year, he competed in the triwizard tournamet as a plot from one of the deatheaters. He nearly died and Voldemort was reborn. His fifth year, he got sent to court for magic outside of school and tried to learn occlumency, but he's not level-headed enough. He lost Sirius that year, they had gotten really close. In his sixth year, Dumbledore took him out to find horcruxes. At the end of the year, when they were looking for one, they found a fake. When they got back to Hogwarts, Snape and Draco Malfoy, Harry's school nemesis, were waiting. Draco had been given the job to kill Dumbledore. In the end, he couldn't, so Snape did.
"Over summer, Harry visited the Dursley's home one more time and attended my oldest brother, Bill's, wedding. After that, it was all just hanging out in Sirius' house. Harry, Ron and Hermione were set to leave to find the rest of the horcruxes right after I left. Ron and Hermione are his best friends and Ron is one of my brothers. I'm here to get a horcrux for Harry and leave it somewhere he can find it. Any questions?"
"Yes. Why can't you just take it back to Harry?" James asked.
"Right. In the battle at the ministry, when Siri died, all of the time-turners were damaged. This was the last one and it was still damaged. It only goes back in time." Ginny said. They nodded.
"So you gave up everything to help Harry?" Remus asked.
"Yeah, it's no big deal. You told me you remembered meeting me and that I had fun in the past. That I helped people. That's good enough for me." she shrugged. They heard a snore and looked at the wall to see Sirius fake snoring. "Do you have to be so mean, Siri? You're a lot nicer after Azkaban, you know?" she shot. He frowned at her.
"You just don't have a sense of humor." he said.
"You just don't have a sense of responsibility." she snapped.
"Oh, and little miss spill the futures secrets does?"
"I'm doing this to save lives, you're immature because you hate your family and want to embaress them into disowning you. And, yes, I know they're morons and your baby brother is planning on joining Voldemort, but that should give you reasons to be more mature, not less. You should be taking your brother under your wing, teaching him that blood doesn't matter. My family is pureblood and we aren't snotty bastards, teach him to be like you. Don't stand idly by while he signs his own death warrant." she growled. He looked at her, surprised, and sat down.
"And were you the one from the chamber?" he spat. Ginny frowned, leaning against the wall. They were glaring daggers at each other and the air between them was crackling with hot electricity that could fry an egg. Lily, James, and Remus exchanged glances.