Chapter One

THE FUTURE

A distraught couple was led through the halls of the Ministry to a private room. Seated on a tufted leather couch, the platinum blonde haired man pulled his crying wife into his arms, as they waited to meet with the head of the Department of Mysteries.

A woman in a long emerald green cloak soon entered the office, closing the heavy oak door behind her. She silently took a seat across from them, and gently folded her hands on the desk before her.

The man sat up a little straighter at the sight of the Head of the Department of Mysteries. Before she spoke, he already had an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach.

Peering across the desk at them, she said solemnly, "I'm afraid, I have unfortunate news."

The man tightened his grip on his wife, and tried to keep his emotions under control. The couple remained silent, and braced themselves for what came next.

"The Department of Mysteries was made aware of a time portal that came into existence this morning. Given the circumstance and timing of your daughter's disappearance, we believe the evidence suggests that she was transported into the past."

His wife's quiet tears turned to full body sobs, and he pulled her closer. Feeling a tightness in his throat, he had to clear it a few times before saying, "How—How far in the past?"

Sadness filled the woman's eyes and she said with hesitancy, "We believe it to be the year 1996."

His heart sank. His three year old daughter had disappeared before his eyes, and was thrown into a time of war. Who would care for her? How could she survive? He knew little about time portals, but had never heard of someone travelling forward in time. Was she lost forever?

No longer able to compose himself, he buried his face in the bushy hair of his pregnant wife.

A/N:

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