The Travelers Chapter 4, a harry potter fanfic

A/N: Thank you for all the reviews and the follows and favorites. I am glad that so many people are enjoying this story. i am sorry for the slow updates, but I have found that I have to be in a certain mood to write this story. updates will continue to be sporadic as I will be writing when the inspiration strikes. I will not be abandoning this story though. This chapter is a bit long.

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Walburga was the first to break the silence as she asked the room at large. "Was that my house elf?" Her incredulous tone accompanied a look of shock on her face. Even her husband was not able to maintain his stoic mask when faced with an elf like the Kreacher they had just seen.

"Nope." Harry said while popping his p and taking a bite out of his chocolate frog. "That is my Kreacher. My Kreacher is better than your Kreacher." He gave a smirk in Sirius mother's direction before turning his attention to his frog card. "Nuts, I got Slytherin again." Gasps were heard as the founder cards were extremely rare and Slytherin was one of the rarest to have ever been printed. "What's that Ferret? Twelve now?"

"Probably. You have the most ridiculous luck Potty." Draco leaned over the table and snatched it out of Harry's hand. "There, you are back at eleven. Aren't I helpful?" Draco smirked at the scowling boy in front of him.

"Not particularly, no." Harry grumbled.

The Black Matriarch and Patriarch blinked at the cheeky boy that looked like a Potter. Dorea was smirking at her from behind the boy. Walburga gave a huff and made her way towards her cousin. Abraxas was already seated close to the Lovegoods so they decided to conjure chairs behind their eldest son. He will probably get into the most trouble anyway. Walburga and Dorea sat with their husbands on either end of them.

As Sirius explained to his parents about the travelers, the Head of the Black family and his wife stared at their son with incredulous expressions. Walburga stiffened when Sirius told her that Narcissa had claimed familiar rights that included a mudblood. She decided that she would not be saying anything at this point since the familiar claim apparently included a boy that had defeated the Dark Lord as a baby and faced a troll and Cerberus in his first year. It would be better to wait and see how much power they all have. If they have the power to defeat a Dark Lord, tainted blood could be overlooked. She has been blood adopted by almost all the others, so that would lessen the taint. Hn. We shall see.

It was three in the afternoon before the families had been caught up to the rest of the inhabitants of the Great Hall. The families that had settled around the travelers sat in silence as they absorbed everything that had been explained up to the point of Harry having his first Christmas at Hogwarts. Dorea was the first to speak to the travelers about their lives.

"You poor dear, having to deal with those horrible muggle relatives of yours. I know that you are new to this world, but they could be just as nasty in this one. Are you sure you don't want Grandmum to take care of them?"

Harry blinked at his dad's mum for a few moments before answering. "Um. No thank you…um…Grandmum…it was nice of you to offer though." Draco snickered at Harry thanking someone for offering to do violence for him. He hushed when a pointy elbow collided with his side.

Walburga had nodded in agreement and seemed disappointed that Dorea would not be taking revenge on the muggles. Well at least he was polite about it. She caught the eye of Dorea and perked up. It looks like the Black women would be taking care of it anyway. How fun. She started a mental inventory of spells she knew that could make life hell for the muggles that had abused her…nephew…cousin…grand-god child…whatever. What he doesn't know won't hurt him.

The travelers all gave a shudder as they watched the smile that crossed Walburga Black's face. Whatever was making her happy did not bode well for someone. All of the travelers correctly guessed that she was thinking about the Dursleys as they had been the topic of the most recent conversation. They all decided as one to ignore it. If we don't know about it, it can't hurt us.

"Well. Now that everyone is caught up, we will just have snack brought out and see what else our travelers have to tell us." Dumbledore clapped his hands and gave instructions to the elf that appeared. A few moments later the tables in the Great Hall were filled. All but for a small section of the Gryffindor table; the empty section of table was being inspected by the adults that had taken up residence behind the students. Henry reached over to the Slytherin table a grabbed a biscuit.

Kreacher popped in and began to place snacks before his charges. He nodded approvingly when Lala popped in with a sniffle and snatched the biscuit from Henry before he could take a bite only to replace it with a plate full of his favorite fruit. The hall watched as she looked towards Kreacher, who nodded at the smaller elf, before she popped away. Henry just stared at the plate that his nanny elf had just shoved into his hands. What just happened?

"Would someone please explain why my elf is acting like that?" Dorea asked the question that her husband was too stunned to ask.

"Oh, that is Harry's fault. He got Kreacher to think that she was not doing her job, so now Kreacher is going to train her how to be a 'good elf' as per his standards." Daphne looked at the older woman with a smile. "It makes Kreacher happy, so I doubt you would be able to get Harry to make him stop."

Harry just shook his head at her when his Grandmum looked at him with a brow raised. He then smirked at Draco when she just sighed and speared a piece of melon with the fork that Lala had just provided her. "You children are going to be a handful, aren't you?" She said with a sigh.

The travelers all looked in her direction and replied as one. "No Grandmum. We promise we will be good." The adults in the room just blinked at the travelers in shock. Dorea and Walburga traded exasperated looks when they saw the expressions of innocence that the travelers all pulled off remarkably well. They were not fooled. They knew exactly what that look meant thanks to Sirius and James; although, the travelers seemed much more adept at looking innocent.

"Get on with the story then." Dorea just sighed at the group around the table. Everyone's eyes focused on the travelers in excitement. Everyone wanted to know what else had happened to them.

"Well," Harry said looking at the ceiling in deep thought, "I think we still need to cover Norbert, The mirror, detention and the stone for first year. Shall we go in that order?" His siblings all thought for a few moments before nodding.

"And just who is Norbert? I don't remember anyone with that name being talked about yet?" Walburga asked Harry with one brow raised. I am not really sure that I want to know. Even Sirius has not been able to get into so much trouble as these children have.

Draco decided that he would explain about Norbert. "I am sure that you can all remember that Hagrid owned Fluffy. He has a thing for dangerous animals and thinks that they are all adorable or some such rot." Hagrid was blushing from his place at the head table. "Well, he was drinking and playing some card game when he won a dragons egg off of some random bloke." Draco preened as he heard the gasps from around the room. He always liked being the center of attention. "Harry, Hermione and the weasel found out about the bloody egg and were there when the thing hatched; I was looking in from the window and watched the whole thing too. It was a little bit awesome. I have to agree with Hagrid that Dragons are interesting." Draco was now gazing off in the distance with glazed eyes and Hagrid was beaming at the thought of finally getting a Dragon's egg. The other teachers and adults in the room were staring at the Giant in horror. Dumbledore looked like he was trying to stay as still as possible so as not to attract Minerva's attention. He just knew that he was going to be blamed for this too.

Daphne could see that Draco was now in his own little world thinking about dragons, so she decided to continue the story. "When the 'Golden Trio' found out that Draco knew about the bloody thing, they decided to smuggle the dragon out of the castle so that it could go to a reserve." She giggled. "It was hilarious. The dumb beast caught the hut on fire a few times and bit that idiot Ron. Draco was sneaking out to the hut almost every day so that he could watch that dragon. Seriously Draco, you have a problem."

Draco frowned and tossed a chocolate tart towards her. "I don't have a problem. I just think that dragons are awesome. Who wouldn't want to own a dragon? It would be absolutely fabulous. And they obviously like to bite weasels so they would make a great guard pet." As he was ranting both Lucius and Abraxas were looking at him incredulously before again pinching the bridge of their noses. Hermione could not seem to decide if she was more amused at the elder Malfoys or horrified to know that her boyfriend was a regular sized Hagrid. Daphne and Luna were both ignoring their blond brother to make their seatmates blush. Walburga and Orin were eyeing the girl in front of them with appraising eyes. And the Lovegoods were still looking dreamy. Dragons were not strange enough to catch their interest. Most of the other adults were just blinking at the still ranting Draco.

"Draco. You cannot have a bloody dragon." Hermione finally interrupted the boy who began to pout at her. "No, don't look at me like that. I have enough of the blasted creatures and will be quite happy to never see one again. You will not have one. Me having to ride one out of Gringotts is more than enough for a lifetime and that does not even include the other two fucking dragons. NO DRAGONS!" Hermione's tone of voice made even the adults wince in fear.

All was silent in the hall until Abraxas finally caught up with the conversation. "Wait a minute. What the hell were you doing on a fucking dragon? And what do you mean 'out of Gringotts'?" Abraxas was looking at his grandson's girlfriend in horror while everyone else in the hall looked at the girl for an explanation.

"Oh umm." Hermione just blinked at the others.

"You have to wait till we explain our seventh year for that one. We still have to get to the one in fourth year first." Luna said from her spot beside Severus. Xenophilius smiled in satisfaction as he watched the arm around Luna tighten as the boy his daughter had chosen drew her closer.

"I need a drink." Orion said from his spot beside his wife. The other adults nodded and called for their house elves.

As their elves popped in, Kreacher appeared to monitor the activity. Apparently he had contacted Dobby, and the Kreacher from this time line to give them some advice on serving skills. He had also found a small little elf that had no family called Happy that would bond to the Lovegoods, who were delighted with the sweet elf. The other adults were horrified when their elves looked to the travelers Kreacher for approval before popping away. The last one to leave was the Kreacher from this time line. The two had a staring contest before the travelers Kreacher growled and the other one popped away with wide fearful eyes. Kreacher smirked at his charges and popped away.

"I am going to need more than this drink." Orion stared at the spot that his elf had just disappeared from before taking a long pull from his glass of fire whisky."

"Moving on." Neville said from his place between his parents. He really wanted to move this conversation along as his dad kept poking him in the side as if to see if he was really there. Apparently mums were not the only ones that were weird. "They decided that they would take Norbert to the top of the astronomy tower to meet with Ron's brother's friends who would then take the dragon to Ron's brother at the reserve that he worked on." The occupants of the great hall blinked as they tried to decipher the explanation that they were hearing. "Draco was out in the halls trying to tell McGonagal about the dragon so that they would get into trouble, and I was out trying to warn them about Draco warning the teacher about the dragon. They left their cloak at the of the tower and we all got assigned a detention for being out after curfew. Apparently it is appropriate to take fifty points each for that infraction and assigned detentions in the Forbidden Forrest that start at eleven at night." He shot a glare at the surprised McGonagal as he finished his explanation with clear sarcasm.

James popped up from his seat so that he could aim a glare at his Head of House. "Oy!, You have caught us out of bed many times and you have been that harsh and that and we get into trouble all the time. They were first years! What gives giving my son that kind of punishment?" The other marauders nodded as they waited for an explanation. Dumbledore turned twinkling eyes towards the woman beside him as he enjoyed her being in trouble instead of him for a few minutes.

"Well, I don't know." McGonagal stuttered under the glares that were aimed her way from all tables. "It does seem a bit harsh of a punishment. I don't know why I would have done that at all." She was met by silence.

The only thing that could be heard in the Great Hall was the frantic scratching of a quill against parchment as Regulus continued to write down notes. His parchment was now a foot long and filled with tiny cramped writing. Lucius raised his brows as he looked over his friends shoulder at the list of questions; only a few questions had little lines crossing them out. He has even started columns that have questions relating to each year. How in Merlin's name is he that organized?

Dumbledore cleared his throat to get the attention of the occupants of the room. "I am sure that there was a reason for the punishment. Please continue the story." He made a vague motion with his hand that made him look as though he was a king granting a favor to his subjects.

Luna smirked from her place beside Severus causing those that could see her expression to shiver. Severus caught her expression from the corner of his eye and could not help the small up-curve to the corner of his lips. He was feeling much more comfortable around the girl that was stuck to his side as though she had cast a sticking charm. He had to admit, he had never felt so full in his life. He sighed and nibbled at the piece of fruit that she held up for him.

Draco gave a glare in the direction of the Headmaster. "Alright, well, on the night of our detention, we went out to meet Hagrid. The git, Harry, Neville and I were then escorted into the woods so that we could find out what was killing the unicorns. Thanks for the nightmares that caused. Hagrid then split us up so that two first years could wonder the forest alone, and find a malevolent disembodied spirit sucking the blood out the dead unicorn that we managed to find. It was an excellent detention Headmaster. And I am sure that you are right that there was a reason those four FIRST years was given the task of trying to find out what could have killed unicorns." The sneer on his face clearly showed that Draco had still not forgiven the teachers for that particular punishment.

Gasps had been heard around the hall as Draco described the detention that they had received for being out of bed after curfew for the first time. The Headmaster paled as eyes around the hall turned towards him with accusation and anger.

"Headmaster." Dumbledore flinched when the calm voice of Dorea Black reached him. "Is there a reasonable explanation why four first years in your charge, four first years and three heirs to the Ancient and Noble houses, are sent into the woods to look for something strong enough to kill unicorns? Are you encouraging punishments like this now, or does it only occur later in your tenure?"

"I assure you my lady, nothing of this sort happens now and I will do everything in my power to make sure that it never happens in this school." Dumbledore rushed to appease the seemingly calm woman in front of him. Even the Lovegoods were glaring at the Headmaster. I am not sure that I want to hear this story anymore. It does not look like this is going to go good for me at all.

Abraxas was looking at the headmaster with narrowed eyes. "Hn. Just to ensure that this…does…not…happen I the future…I believe that the board will be keeping a closer eye on the goings on at this school. I am sure the other board members will feel that this is just as needed when they hear of this." The other parents and some of the students in the hall all nodded much to the dismay of the Headmaster.

Everyone was distracted by Kreacher popping back in. He handed each of the travelers vial with a green potion swirling inside. All the travelers winced and tossed back their potions as fast as they could before quickly taking sips of pumpkin juice to remove the taste from their mouths. Kreacher nodded in approval as he took the vials back and disappeared.

Severus was frowning at the girl sitting beside him. "Why are you all talking nutrient potions; and strong ones at that?"

Harry just blinked at his future professor as if he had lost brain cells recently. Well, I suppose that his brain may not be getting enough blood. He continued to blink at the young Severus as he answered with a look on his face that clearly showed that Severus should have already known the answer to the question. "We are taking nutrient potions because we need nutrients. Are you feeling light headed at all?" After spending so much time together, the travelers had no problem following his train of thought, causing Draco to choke out a laugh at the insinuation.

Severus was now feeling a bit peeved. "I get that you dunderhead, why do you need nutrients in the first place?" Lily and James were too busy waiting for an answer to be upset about Severus calling their son a dunderhead.

"What a silly question Sev." All eyes turned to look at the blond girl that was glued to Severus's side. If it was not for the fact that it was odd to see Severus close to anyone, let alone a girl, people would have forgotten that she was there since she had not said much and seemed to put all of her focus on the boy beside her. "We need the potions because Kreacher said so." There was a lot of blinking going on in the hall as people processed the fact that she had said that the house elf was the one that was making them take the potions.

"Why on earth is your elf making you take potions?" Orion seemed to be offended at the thought of people following the dictates of an elf. Granted, their Kreacher was a bit scary, but he was still an elf. Kreacher popped in beside the Head of the House of Black with narrowed eyes.

"Kreacher is a good elf and good elf is being taking care of family. Kreacher's family is being needing potions to bes making up for not having food and beings hurted by the bad mens. Kreacher is beings a good elf to his family even if they don't likes it. Theys being listening to their's Kreacher or theys is being not having their puddinings or havings their telly time." Kreacher was once again wagging a finger in someonees face. Orion was too shocked to say anything. Walburga, Sirius and Regulus were all looking at the elf in shock. Kreacher narrowed his eyes even further. "Kreacher is beings making sure that yours Kreacher is beings trained to take propers cares of you from nows on." He gave a sharp nod of his head at his decision and popped back out.

No one spoke while they processed another verbal dressing down delivered from odd elf that had come from another dimension to track his charges. All the parents in attendance except for the Lovegoods were horrified at the thought of this elf teaching their own elves. Once again Dorea sent a pleading look to Harry who was sitting in front of her. He simply smirked and shook his head. He knew exactly what she wanted but Kreacher was happy and that made him happy. There was no way he was getting rid of such a rich source of entertainment.

Regulus had narrowed his eyes on the spot that the crazy version of his elf had stood while processing the information. Why did he say they had no food? What bad men? What the hell is 'telly time'? he quickly started to write down his questions while shooting glances through narrowed eyes at the travelers. His thoughts were very similar to what most people were thinking. Lily and Alice had begun to hug Harry and Neville again while Narcissa grabbed hold of Draco's arm with enough force to make him wince. What happened to these people?

"What's "telly time" Peter asked from his space from beside Remus." Most people stared at him incredulously for a moment before rolling their eyes.

"Honestly?" Lily hissed from her seat. "We find out that they have apparently been so short on food and had some kind of encounter with what that elf called 'bad men, and you want to know what 'telly time' is?" Peter blushed and looked down at the table as he shifted in his seat.

"I am sorry Lily." He mumbled.

"Kreacher won't let us watch movies on the telly if he is upset with us." Draco said with a pout causing his father and grandfather to raise their right eyebrows.

Hermione just sighed and shook her head. "Kreacher packed everything in the bag. I am sure that the telly is in there. We will set it up latter and you can watch a movie then." Draco beamed at his girlfriend.

Dumbledore twinkled at the bushy haired girl. "I am sorry Miss Granger, but muggle electronics will not work at Hogwarts in this dimension. Do they in your old world?"

"No sir, but I came up with a runic array that allowed the electronic devices to pull energy from magic instead of electricity and another one that made them stop blowing up around magic. We are good to go and can get it to work fine." Most of the Ravenclaws and some of the teachers looked at the girl in awe.

"Well then. How wonderful. Shall we return to the story? We seem to have gotten off track. I believe that we had just heard about that unfortunate detention. You said something about a stone and mirror?" The headmaster ignored the glares that were aimed his way at the reminder of the detention that four of the travelers had been subject to as he twinkled at the students seated at the Gryffindor table.

"Oh, well. Since I had a nifty invisibility cloak, I took to wondering the castle when I was having trouble sleeping. One night I almost got caught by Filch and Snape, so I ducked into an empty classroom. In the middle of the room was this large mirror with the words Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi."

Dumbledore paled at this description. Oh Merlin. Minnie is going to kill me. He winced as he looked at the suspicious faces of the parents sitting behind the students. Of course that is if I survive what the parents do to me. Oh I want to have a few words with my counterpart. What on Earth was he thinking to have such a thing in the school. Its probably a good thing that they are now here for me to look after if this is what they get up to in there other world. I need a drink.

"I have heard of that." Regulus looked as though he was trying to remember where he had heard about the mirror before. "Isn't that the mirror that is enchanted to ensnare people by showing them whatever they want? What was that doing here?" He was frowning at the messy headed boy across the table from him.

Everyone was quiet as they waited for an answer, their gazes switching between Regulus and Harry. "You are right. The inscription is written backwards and says ""I show not your face but your heart's desire" Abraxas Malfoy sucked air in through clenched teeth as he joined the three women from the Black family in glaring at the Headmaster. "So, when I looked into the mirror, I saw my family. It was the first time I had ever seen what they looked like."

Lily started to cry again and hugged Harry tight again before shoving him into the startled arms of James. She then startled everyone by standing on the bench and quickly casting a spell towards an unprepared Professor Dumbledore. He sat in his chair blinking at the head girl while his hair started to cycle through the colors of the rainbow. His robes were cycling in clashing colors. Raising her chin as if daring him to say anything about her actions she glared at the silent Headmaster before sitting back down and pulling a snickering Harry back into her arms. A laughing James fell out of his seat when he heard his son mutter under his breath about 'mums being strange.' While the students in the hall were laughing at the Headmaster's plight, the adults were all still glaring at the Headmaster. Those glares promised that he would be dealing with the fallout from his counterpart. The headmaster just sighed, resigned to being hexed with various embarrassing spells from the temperamental Lily Evens. Why could we not get detention travelers from a world where I am a wonderful mentor?

Harry finally managed to get out of his mother's arms and continued while casting glances at the clingy girl beside him. I need a drink. Maybe I could talk Hermione into letting us try that spell again. At least in a world of Treacle I would not be smothered by my mum. Are all mum's like this. Looking around he noticed that Draco was wincing at the grip his mum had on his arm. Neville looked resigned to being squeezed to death by his mum. They shared exasperated looks over the heads of their respective mothers. James was now sitting back in his seat while trying to avoid his hair being smoothed by his mother. Walburga seemed to be controlling herself the best but was clutching her wand in one hand while glaring at the headmaster. Okay. Apparently Mum's are all nutters.

"A lot of the students came across that mirror." Hermione said into the silence. "I saw myself getting perfect scores on my NEWTs." Hermione had a small smile on her face as she thought about her greatest desire.

"I saw my father giving me a dragon." Draco turned wide eyes towards his dad and grandfather who just stared at him in disbelief. Surely he did not think they would get him a dragon?

"Draco!" Hermione huffed before narrowing her eyes. "Okay, fine. You want a Dragon? Kreacher?" Eyes around the hall widened as the girl called out for the crazy house elf. Surely she was not going to get her boyfriend a dragon? As the elf popped into the room she smirked evilly towards the elf who's ears perked up. "Kreacher, Draco is still going on about wanting a dragon. Can you get him one?" Most of those in the hall shuddered when they saw the smile that spread across Kreacher's face. The travelers all started to snicker while Draco paled and stared at his girlfriend in horror. Before he could protest Kreacher had already popped away. Within a few moments he returned with a green and silver stuffed dragon plushy. Kreacher smirked at the blond boy before popping back away.

"Mione, that's mean." She just smirked as he held the plushy in his arms while the hall broke out in laughter.

"Mean am I?" Her voice was sweet as she spoke. "Let me tell you what will happen if you ask for a bloody dragon again." She leaned in close so that no one could hear as she whispered into Draco's ear. The hall watched as a look of horror spread across his face as she spoke. Soon to bright spots of color could be seen on his cheeks.

"You are right Hermione. You are a wonderful girlfriend and I am lucky to have you for my girl. This is a wonderful and thoughtful gift. I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy." His lips snapped closed as his girlfriend twitched at yet another move quote from Finding Nemo.

"No more Disney for a while, Draco." Dorea, Walburga and Abraxas were all looking at the bushy headed girl with a bit of pride. A woman that could keep a Malfoy in line would be an asset regardless of blood. Suddenly a lot of the misgivings from the adult Malfoy and Black were assuaged.

Luna spoke into the new silence that had developed when Draco received a new plushy. "I was not there since I am a year younger so I was the only one that did not see the mirror." The others nodded.

"Hold on. I thought you were all in seventh year." Remus looked confused.

"We are all in seventh year. We all missed our seventh year for one reason or another. Luna missed most of her sixth, but we were able to get her caught up and get her into our year once we decided to come back to school to finish our NEWTs. We were having an eighth year for those that had missed." Daphne smirked at the befuddled looks she was getting from around the hall while everyone tried to figure out what had caused them to miss so much school.

Lucius looked like he was going to ask a question but was startled when a hand quickly covered his mouth to prevent him from asking anything. He raised an eyebrow and looked at Regulus to find out the reason the boy had done such a thing.

"For the love of Merlin, don't ask right now. They will go off on another tangent and we will be here even longer. I will write it down and we will find out later." Regulus hissed. Lucius nodded. These newcomers did seem to have very short attention spans.

Daphne grinned widely at Regulus from across the table before turning back towards Sirius. "When I looked into the mirror I saw something wonderful." She then leaned closer to the boy so that she could whisper into his ear. Whatever she was telling the boy caused him to squirm and turn a bright red that had never been seen on the womanizing boy's face before. After a moment Daphne sat back with a satisfied smirk on her face while Sirius tried to control his breathing. His parents were looking on with amusement as one of the travelers managed to make their wild son completely speechless. Almost everyone in the hall wanted to know what she had said.

Neville rolled his eyes at Daphne's antics. "I only came across it once. I also saw my parents seeing me graduate." No one thought to ask why this would be his deepest wish but his siblings all sent him comforting smiles.

"So anyways." Harry really did not want to finish telling about his first year. Mum is going to be all strange again. "We, meaning that Hermione, Ron the prat, and I found out that someone was going to steal the philosopher's stone, which was hidden on the third floor corridor. We thought that Severus was going to steal it." He laughed out loud when he saw the offended look that spread across the boy's face at that comment. We left the common room so that we could get the stone first." The parents all groaned and then glared at the Headmaster again, who had figured out that he would be glared at until this story was finished.

Remus growled. "You when back to that three headed dog, didn't you?" Harry shifted guiltily at the question.

"Well. We had found out that you can put them to sleep with a bit of music, so it was really not that bad." He paused as people around the room snorted. Abraxas and Lucius had once again taken up mirror positions with their eyes closed and their fingers pinching the bridge of their noses. At least I know where Draco gets that from. I wonder if it is learned or actually genetic. The Kreacher from this world popped in with a new glass of fire whiskey for Orion Black and was quickly followed by Lala providing the same to Henry Potter. Both elves looked towards Kreacher for approval before popping away much to the dismay of Walburga and Dorea.

"Well then we went down the trapdoor that the Cerberus was guarding. There we landed on Devils Snare. Hermione was wonderful and cast a fire spell so that we were able to get loose." Harry tried to ignore how everyone was tensing up and how his mum was staring at him in horror. He decided to rush thought this as fast as he could to try to minimize his time being suffocated by his mother. "Then there I had to catch a Key that was flying around a room by fly on a broom. Ron got us past the next challenge by playing us across a giant wizarding chess set." He winced at the grip that his mum had just inflicted on his arm. How does Draco stand that? Aunt Cissy has not removed her grip for a while. I wonder if we have any bruise paste. Oh man, Kreacher is going to go nuts if I have a bruise. "Ahem, well, then there was another troll, but that was okay because it had already been knocked out."

He could tell that his attempt to calm everyone down was not working. Obviously they understood that someone would have had to been there to knock the thing out. Everyone was leaning in so as not to miss anything. Regulus was writing on his parchment while never looking away from the messy headed boy.

"Ahem. Then Hermione solved a logic puzzle from Severus and I went into the last room alone since there was only enough potion for one to go forward." The people around him that had never heard the story all groaned. "And that is when I found out that it was Quirrell that had been after the stone and not Severus." Severus just looked at the boy as if to say of course it was not me you dunderhead. Harry could not help but smile at his younger potions professor as he sat and held a smiling Luna. That girl should have been in Slytherin He thought as she sent a wink in his direction.

"Wait. I thought that was the professor that was afraid of his own shadow that you said was worthless." Dorea interrupted with a confused expression.

"Well. He was being sneaky." Harry winced at the look that his grandmother gave him. Apparently she did not appreciate cheek. "Anyways. He was being possessed by Voldemort and had Voldemort's face sticking out of the back of his head. There was this thing where he was trying to use me to get the stone for him for a moment and then I tried to get away and then he attacked me but I was protected still by my mum's whatever it is that she did to save me the first time, so when he touched me he burned all up and that was the end of the first year." Harry spoke without stopping as he tried to explain as much as he could by saying as little as he could.

Crickets could be heard in the Great Hall as everyone but the other travelers looked at the boy incredulously. All of a student the adults were all on their feet along with the young versions of the travelers parents. Even the Lovegood looked incensed at the explanation that they had just heard, startling some with the clarity that was shining out of the usually dreamy eyes. Harry just winced and scrunched down in his seat as questions were being yelled.

"What?"

"What do you mean a face coming out of the back of his head?

"Burned him with a touch?

"…why did you even have to…?

"You are never going to leave the house!"

Only a few words and questions could be heard over the noise in the Great Hall until Luna got fed up. She stood on her seat and cast a powerful percussion hex towards the celling. The loud boom was enough to have everyone go silent and turn all attention to her. Everyone blinked at the stern look that she had on her face. Her parents looked proud.

"I am only going to say this once, so listen carefully." Shivers ran down spines as she spoke in her dreamy voice while sounding like she would gladly hurt anyone that crossed her. Severus was just looking up at her with a dazed expression on his face. "You were warned before we began that you would not enjoy our story, and if you continue to make so much noise as to draw Jagerloms here, we will not continue. This was their first year. You will either deal, or the story will stop. We do not have to tell you anything and if you continue to behave thus, we will not continue. You will listen and ask questions in a manor that will not cause us to accidently hex you. If I see one Jagerlom, the story ends. Am I clear?"

"What's a Jagerlom?" Regulus once again slammed a hand over his mouth as he realized that he had once again blurted out a question like a common Gryffindors. Luna just smiled at him as she retook her seat and snuggled into the side of a still dazed Severus. His arms wrapped around her without her having to do anything other than cuddle close. Everyone began to take their seats as they stared at the blond girl warily.

"I have a question." Sirius was looking at the blond to make sure that his question was okay with her. She just nodded in his direction before beginning to run her fingers through the Severus's silky hair. Lucius and Regulus were both staring at their housemate in shock as he did not protest. "So. He is gone now and you will never see You Know Who again, right?" His question distracted everyone from the sight of Severus allowing the scary blond girl to mess with his hair. All eyes turned back to the messy headed teen. Harry just gave a sheepish grin and shrugged.

"Sorry, but nope." Harry mumbled.

"You have to realize. In our world, we just finished a war." Hermione's words seemed to shock everyone as they processed the information. "Anyways. That is the end of our first year." The elder Malfoys had again assumed the 'Malfoy position of frustration and irritation.' Almost everyone else just stared at the travelers as though they would turn into creature right before their eyes. Narcissa, Alice, and Lily were all hugging their sons. Hermione had somehow been pulled into the hug from Narcissa since she had been in Draco's arms when his mum had thrown her arms around them.

"Well. That was delightful." Sarcasm dripped from Daphne's mouth. "Now that we have told you about our first year, we have a party to finish. Headmaster, do you mind if we have an impromptu dance in here?"

The Headmaster blinked at the girl for a moment before speaking. "Erm. That would be fine my dear. Let's see. It is eight now, so let's have first through fourth in the dorms by ten and the older students in by midnight." With a clap of his hands he summoned a house elf and whispered instructions. With a nod, the elf snapped her fingers, causing all of the tables to disappear. As the students would stand, the benches would move to the sides of the hall. The parents all stood and vanished their chairs before making their way to speak with the headmaster.

"Kreacher." The house elf popped in at Draco's call. "Can you get us some music Kreacher. We are going to party for a while."

"Master Ferret is going to bes doings only dancing? Kreacher is not beings have to track naughty masters through old elf magic again?" This odd conversation was observed by everyone in the room.

"Of course not Kreacher. It was an accident last time. I promise we would never leave you behind by choice." Draco quickly placated the suspicious elf.

"I wills be watching Master Ferret. Mistress Grangy, I's bes needing to get music out of yours bag." The parents were astounded as Hermione held open her small beaded bag only for Kreacher to lean into it as though it was going to eat him up. The rest of the hall was just as interested in the bag even though they had seen it before. How much stuff is in that bag. Was a common thought throughout the room. Soon Kreacher had emerged and set up some black boxes on a small table. The muggle born and raised recognized the boxes as odd looking radios with many more buttons than they were used to and what appeared to be speakers. The purebloods just looked on at the devices with confusion.

Soon, the hall was filled with music. Luna was quick to pull Severus close to her in the middle of the floor. She was joined by Daphne who led a hesitant Sirius behind her, and Draco and Hermione. Harry and Neville joined their group without partners, as they did not know anyone in this world next. Everyone watched the group in the middle of the room as music they had never heard began to play. The travelers all began to dance.

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath

Scared to rock the boat and make a mess

So I sit quietly, agree politely

I guess that I forgot I had a choice

I let you push me past the breaking point

I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

Severus stood stiffly as Luna began to sway against him. She did not seem to mind that he did not know what to do. She grabbed his hips and pulled him into motion. Sirius seemed to be doing a little bit better as he was watching the other boys dance to the odd music and was mimicking their movemnts while trying to get closer to a smirking Daphne. Draco , Hermione, Neville, and Harry were all dancing close together.

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, you hear that sound

Like thunder gonna shake the ground

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)

Get ready 'cause I've had enough

I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire

'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

Louder, louder than a lion

'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You're gonna hear me roar

Lily and James made their way over towards the group, followed by Narcissa dragging a reluctant Lucius who was casting desperate looks towards his father, and Alice and Frank. They watched the others dancing closely before joining in and mimicking the dance style. Some of the adults were watching in horror. That was not what they would call dancing.

Now I'm floating like a butterfly

Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes

I went from zero, to my own hero

[Pre-Chorus:]

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, you hear that sound

Like thunder gonna shake the ground

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)

Get ready 'cause I've had enough

I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire

'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

Louder, louder than a lion

'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

(You're gonna hear me roar)

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

(You'll hear me roar)

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You're gonna hear me roar...

The girls all moved closer together.

Ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar

Wands came out of the girls hands to shoot sparks into the air. Luna caused a wispy version of a tiger to stalk through the air. The girls continued to dance while casting spells that flew through the room and caused others to stare at the spell work in awe.

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire

'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

Louder, louder than a lion

'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

(You're gonna hear me roar)

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

(You'll hear me roar)

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You're gonna hear me roar...

Many of the students were now dancing in the middle of the room while mimicking the dance style of the travelers. Many of the couples found that the new style of dancing was a lot of fun, and it also allowed a few to dance alone if they did not have a partner. Harry was quick to start dancing with a girl with black hair and a Hufflepuff uniform. Neville found himself dancing with a brown haired Ravenclaw. The next song started when the first stopped.

Severus tried to leave the dancing area, but was grabbed by Luna who pulled him back to dance with her. Severus was going to protest before she pulled his arms around her and began to sway even closer. I guess it would be rude to just leave her here.

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh

I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies

And I'm not proud of my address,

In a torn-up town, no postcode envy

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom

Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,

We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.

But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.

Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.

We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.

Some of the girls that were not dancing could see the advantage of dancing so close to their crush and made their way to stunned boys to pull onto the dance floor. The adults just continued to stare. They should probably separate the students. They continued to watch the dancing.

Sirius looked like he would pass out if Daphne continued to move against him. He was desperately trying to remember that his parents were in the room. The travelers continued to shoot spells that would fly around.

And we'll never be royals (royals).

It don't run in our blood,

That kind of luxe just ain't for us.

We crave a different kind of buzz.

Let me be your ruler (ruler),

You can call me queen Bee

And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.

Let me live that fantasy.

[Verse 2]

My friends and I—we've cracked the code.

We count our dollars on the train to the party.

And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,

We didn't come from money.

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom.

Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,

We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.

But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.

Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash

We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals (royals).

It don't run in our blood

That kind of luxe just ain't for us.

We crave a different kind of buzz.

Let me be your ruler (ruler),

You can call me queen Bee

And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.

Let me live that fantasy.

Ooh ooh oh

We're bigger than we ever dreamed,

And I'm in love with being queen.

Ooh ooh oh

Life is great without a care

We aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).

It don't run in our blood

That kind of luxe just ain't for us.

We crave a different kind of buzz

Let me be your ruler (ruler),

You can call me queen Bee

And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.

Let me live that fantasy.

The next song started as soon as the previous song finished. The travelers all put their hands in the air as they began to dance energetically to the new song. The other students watched closely so that they could mimic the newcomers. Severus looked uncomfortable as he put in an absolutely minimum of effort. Luna smiled at him as he danced awkwardly.

Party rock

Yeah

Whoa!

Let's go!

Party rock is in the house tonight

Everybody just have a good time (yeah)

And we gonna make you lose your mind (whoa!)

Everybody just have a good time (clap!)

Party rock is in the house tonight (oh)

Everybody just have a good time (I can feel it baby!)

And we gonna make you lose your mind (yeah)

We just wanna see you... shake that!

This dance was fairly easy for everyone to catch onto and soon most of the students had joined in even if they were dancing alone

In the club party rock, lookin' for your girl,

She on my jock (huh) non-stop when we're in the spot

Booty move the weight like she owns the block

Where I drank I gots to know

Tight jeans, tattoos cause I'm rock and roll

Half black half white, domino

Gain the money Oprah Doe!

Yo!

I'm running through these hoes like Drano

I got that devilish flow rock and roll no halo

We party rock yeah! that's the crew that I'm repping

On a rise to the top no lead in our Zeppelin

Hey!

Party rock is in the house tonight (whoa)

Everybody just have a good time (yeah)

And we gonna make you lose your mind

Everybody just have a good time

Let's go

Party rock is in the house tonight

Everybody just have a good time (I can feel it baby!)

And we gonna make you lose your mind

We just wanna see you... shake that!

For a moment the hall was silent as the music paused. As soon as it began again the travelers began to dance in a line as the rest watched in interest. Draco had made them all learn the steps from watching the music video.

Every day I'm shuffling

Shuffling shuffling

The group split up again as the started to dance with everyone else again.

Step up fast and be the first girl to make me throw this cash

We get money, don't be mad, now stop – hating's bad

One more shot for us

(Another round)

Please fill up my cup

(Don't mess around)

We just wanna see

(You shake it now)

Now you home with me

(You're naked now)

Get up get down put your hands up to the sound [3x]

Put your hands up to the sound [2x]

Get up [9x]

Put your hands up to the sound, to the sound

Put your hands up! [4x]

Party rock is in the house tonight (put your hands up!)

Everybody just have a good time (put your hands up!)

And we gonna make you lose your mind (put your hands up!)

Everybody just have a good good good time

Oh! Oh! (Put your hands up)

Oh! Oh! (Time to fill it now!)

Oh! Oh! (Put your hands up)

Shake that!

Every day I'm shuf-f-f-ling

Put your put your

Put your put your (yeah yeah)

Put your put your (whoa!)

Put your put your

Put your hands up

Your hands up

Put your hands up

Every day I'm shuffling

The hall was filled with dancing teens late into the night. Teachers continued to be appalled at the new style of dancing that had been introduced to their school. The Headmaster had retired to his office to talk privately when the younger years had been sent to their common rooms. After the Potters, Blacks, and Abraxas yelled at the Headmaster while the Lovegoods looked on serenely. It was finally decided that they were to be given guest rooms since they refused to leave before they heard the whole story from the travelers.

After they retired to their new rooms the Headmaster sat in his chair behind his desk as he contemplated the repercussions of having people from another world join his. I am going to have to make sure that nothing like what these people have gone through happens here. He reached for another lemon drop only to have his personal house elf pop in and snatch the candy from his hands. The elf then proceeded to take his bowl from the desk and his hidden stashes.

"Master Dumbles-e-door is beings eating tos many candies. Kreacher is sayings that Giggles is not beings taking cares of her masters if hes is beings eating to manys candy. I is being making sure that Master Dumbes-e-door is not havings too manys of his candies."

As the elf popped away he sighed. I don't know what is going to be worse. Finding out how much more the alternate me mucked up or having that crazy house elf teaching the elves of this world how to be more like him. I want a lemon drop. The headmaster would have denied that he was pouting if there had been anyone there to see him. I wonder what we will learn tomorrow.

A/N: Music used:

Katy Perry- Roar

LORDE-Royals

LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem