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Chapter 7:
Severus Tobias Snape just heard the most absurd thing in his whole life. There are nine persons from the future currently residing in 12 Grimmauld Place, and Dumbledore has instructed him to go there to send a message.
He let out a grave sigh and adopted his plain, cold look, and then knocked on the door. Molly Weasley opened it and invited him inside, where he was told that the children were waiting.
True enough, everyone currently in Grimmauld Place were there, except for nine persons certainly familiar but not recognizable.
"What are you doing here, Snape?" Sirius asked sharply. Snape internally rolled his eyes. "I'm here to send a message from Professor Dumbledore."
"What is it?" Remus asked, striving to be polite as possible.
"I suppose it is only right for me to know the names of the recepients of the message." The professor arched an eyebrow.
He saw the future kids glance at each other, before a duplicate of his late nemesis stood.
"Potter. James Sirius Potter."
A second boy stood, the boy that inherited Lily's green eyes. "Albus, sir. Albus Severus Potter." He said quietly.
Snape felt gob smacked on the face. He was almost caught off guard if only he didn't master that cold, brooding look that Gryffindors either feared or hated for his past years of teaching. He used the very slightest legilimens on the boy, and if we wan't wrong, the Harry of the future already knew what he did.
"Lily, sir. Lily Potter."
Snape swallowed down a lump in his throat.
"Rose Weasley."
"Hugo Weasley."
"Louis Weasley."
"Scorpius Malfoy."
Snape scrutinized the boy who called himself Scorpius Malfoy. Is he hallucinating? A Malfoy with Potters and Weasleys?
"Hailey Malfoy."
"Teddy Lupin."
Cnape didn't know what to say, so he settled for a sneer.
"Professor Dumbledore said that he's trying to track a book entitled Timeless. Everything written in that book is believed to be legends and fictions, but it is the most accurate one, since Merlin wrote it himself. It is already translated into different languages, interpreted differently across the globe, but still held pretty much the same information if one reads between the lines."
"Timeless? Timeless…" Sirius was muttering under his breath, as if racking his brain to remember something. "I recall… I think…"
Remus frowned at his friend's behavior. "Is there something you want to tell us, Sirius?"
"I think I remember Bella, Cissy, and Reg grab a book from the library and Bella was translating it to—yes! Its title was the French or Latin of Timeless."
"èternel?" Louis suggested in French, making Sirius snap his fingers and nod rapidly. "Yes, yes that's it!"
"I suppose we should get that book somehow." James said thoughtfully. Lily glared at his brother. "Or, we could not break the law and tell Professor Dumbledore about it."
A sudden ringing in their midst, like a phone, disrupted the unofficial meeting. Everyone glanced around, trying to find the object, until Remus and Teddy's sensitive hearing found it—a fork.
Teddy grabbed the ringing fork and peered at it closely, shaking it awkwardly, and then placed it a little bit close to his ear. "Um—hello?"
"Teddy?"
"Uncle Harry?"
"Yes, yes it's me."
"What's this?"
"Oh, Professor Flitwick taught us a little spell. Put down the thing—"
"Fork?"
Even in his imagination, Teddy could see his godfather's amused look. "Fork?" he repeated.
"Uh huh."
"That's ridiculous. Well then, put down that fork and let me talk to everyone around."
Teddy set down the fork in the middle of the table and everyone gathered around it.
"So, Hermione here contacted Kingsley, our present day minister, and he's already communicating with Unspeakables who could help in your case."
"Well," Older Hermione stated "The Unspeakables don't want to reveal the information, so I guess it's confidential enough. I already researched about the Mirror of Time, but what I found out is how it functions and who invented it. It was created from newest soil born on earth, silver tears of a newborn phoenix, and the blood of a creature with a time traveler's blood. Its first appearance and usage came from a man named Leonard Laurent. I am just about to look him up."
"Professor Dumbledore here told us about a book called Timeless, which Uncle Sirius thinks is something Bellatrix Lestrange had. Do you lot now anything about it?" Hailey asked.
"Timeless? The one written by Merlin? The Malfoy Family has an original copy of that, although it's in French, Eternel. I only found out when I turned twenty." Draco's voice said.
All people in the past exchanged looks. "Where is it dad?" Scorpius asked, looking at the fork hopefully.
"It's in the Malfoy Family vault. Although, Scorpius has the key right now and—"
Another voice, a woman's, probably Mrs. Malfoy's judging by how the Malfoy Twins cringed when they heard her voice. "HAILENDRA MARIE MALFOY! SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY! YOU BETTER NOT GET DANGEROUS IDEAS!"
Scorpius and Hailey looked at the fork weakly. "We're not."
They heard multi voices from the fork, telling Mrs. Malfoy to calm down, and after a while, older Harry finally talked.
"I suppose that's all the information we could give. Let's contact each other once we got more news. Stay safe, everyone."
A week later, things became more underproductive. Hermione from the future had a hard time searching for Leonard Laurent, because he was only known as a character in Merlin's book, and because Scorpius has the key, they can't get it out.
Meanwhile in the past, they told Dumbledore all the information they got and also mentioned about Eternel. He said that he is still thinking ways on how to get the book without breaking the law.
In short, without anything to do in the house, it became a tad bit boring.
Scorpius poked the impassive Rose's cheek but his hand was slapped away instantly. He sighed and sat down next to her, earning sniggers from Al and Hailey, who were both pretending that they were looking through an album at the other corner of the room.
They were in RAB's room, killing off time together, and currently, Scorpius was trying to convince Rose to tell the family about their status.
"Rose… Rosie… Hon… Come on, it can't be that bad." Scorpius coaxed budging her lightly, but Rose just turned to him with an eyebrow arched.
"Can't be that bad?" she repeated dully, "Scorpius Hyperion, how can you say htat it can't be that bad? We're in the past! You know how worse things are here."
Scorpius sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "We're going to alter their memories. I just want to be official, Rose. Even just here in the past."
Rose sighed and cupped his face gently. "I do too. But things aren't really in the right time now. We'll have to wait."
He leaned his forehead against hers and grinned. "Okay. But if I can't help myself, you'll have to endure your father's wrath once I snog you in front of him."
Rose narrowed her eyes. "You would do no such thing."
Scorpius smiled slyly, his eyes twinkling mischievously. "Wouldn't I?"
Just as their lips were about to brush, Al and Hailey both shouted, "Oi!"
"What?" the couple chorused innocently.
"Stop doing—icky things." Hailey shuddered awkwardly, her ears heated up. "Jealous?" Rose teased.
Al snorted. "As if. Disgusted, oh yes."
"Why don't you do the same?" Scorpius suggested jokingly. Al and Hailey shuddered violently and jumped away from each other.
"Yuck!"
"Don't ever say such a thing. Never."
"Besides, I'm a big supporter of Al squared." Hailey grinned.
"Al squared?" Al echoed blankly.
"Albus times Alice. Al squared." She explained, shrugging lightly, referring to Alice Longbottom II, a girl also in their year.
"I do not—"
"Don't even try to explain, Albus. You look melted every time she smiles at you." Rose teased her cousin.
"Yeah, like how Scorpius looks at Rose before when they weren't together yet. Stupid." Hailey added, laughing at the offended look Scorpius and Al had.
"Oi! How does this come back to me?"
Okay, it's been a while, but I've been really busy. Sorry :)