1969
The group stood in the same spot just outside the borrow and Harry was glad that Hermione had thought about that prior and they weren't now stuck inside the house attempting to get out. The house looked very different though. This was probably due to the fact that it was quite younger. "Okay, so we need to find a way to figure out what today's date". Hermione's brain had snapped back into "working" before anyone else's. "Maybe we can spy on whoever is in the house" suggest Ron. "One of us will", suggested Hermione pulling Harry's invisibility cloak out of her bag.
"I will" said Harry taking the cloak, "if we're anywhere after 1969 the Weasley's will be in the house." That needed no further explanation any of the three Weasley's might end up memorized (or something) by the sight if this was during a time that their family inhabited the house and well Hermione wasn't going to object. Harry put the cloak on and headed off towards the house. The rest of the group went behind a tree and kept. Everyone was completely alert not wanting to get cault and watching for signs of Harry.
Harry peaked in the bottom floor window he didn't see anyone at first and mostly looked around for any calendar or something to tell him the date. He was unsuccessful and watched as a woman came downstairs. The women walked over to the sink to do the dishes and Harry ducked out of instinct before remembering that he couldn't be seen. The women then turned on television the news to be exact. "Today is September 1st 1969 and this is your news!" said the anchor. Well, that couldn't have been more convenient thought Harry. He decided not to waste time and headed back to the group.
He almost gave Ron a heart attack when he took of the cloak right in front of him. The group looked at Harry and he almost forgot what he was supposed to have found out. "September 1st 1969. The woman in the house watches the news" he reported. "They had television back in 1969?" Ron asked. "Yes." Hermione remarked noticeably reframing herself from continuing on with the whole history of television. "Mom and dad are married" stated Ginny. "Which means Voldemort has followers" stated Hermione. "Which means we have to be extra careful" added Harry.
"Okay so if we were Voldemort, where would we be?" George asked the group. "Hogwarts?" Ron suggested. "Hogwarts?" the group repeated. Then after thinking for a minute Hermione replied, "Actually, that could be a start. If today's September 1st then it's the start of another term. If Voldemort has followers, he may attempt to stop all the muggleborns from ever getting to Hogwarts." Harry's thoughts went to his mother. "If he had," questioned Ginny, "wouldn't we have heard about it?" The group remained silent as Harry (and he presumed the others) went mental through Voldemort's history and attempting to remember anything about this time period they could.
"He also wanted to be a professor," Harry reminded the group, "It is highly luckily that at the very least he would have some of his new followers spying around in preparation for an attack. Hogwarts has always been so protected and Voldemort would know that. " That decided it and the group headed off towards Hogwarts in hopes that their theories would be correct and somehow they would spot Voldemort or be led to him by one of his followers. They decided that it would be easiest to apparate just outside of the school ground and go from there.
Once there hiding became more difficult as professor were waiting by the gates and such to welcome students back. The group ended hiding on the very edge of the forbidden forest. "Alright, so we have to smart about this." Hermione told them. "Because, no one can see us. Yes, we know." Remarked George who Harry presumed was just getting anxious. "We have the invisibility cloak still" reminded Ginny. Harry went to speak when Hermione stopped him, "I think you should stay back this time." She told him, "this would be your parents first year and we can't have you distracted if you should happen to spot them."
As much as Harry hated to admit it she was right, he couldn't even be sure that he would recognize them but if anything stopped his focus for a second they could end up in a very bad situation. "Alright I'll stay here but, two people should go, in case something happens." Harry replied. "Hermione and I will go" stated Ron. Hermione agreed and the two of them put the cloak on and were off before anyone else in the group could say anything more. Harry sat next to Ginny under a tree and wrapped his arms around her. George sat straight across from them with his wand out looking as if he was going to pick a fight any second.
It was another two hours before Hermione and Ron returned. "There you are I was getting ready to come after you" remarked Ginny. Harry nodded in agreement. "We had to follow a death eater for quite some time" Replied Hermione. "But we found him" added Ron. "We have a little bit more of an issue then we thought" Hermione explained, "It appears he has already created some horcruxes." The group all took deep breaths at once.