"There," Hermione said proudly, adding the last of the pixie wings into the potion. "It's done!" She stared happily as the Revictero simmered softly, sending up purple and gold circle of smoke.
"Finally!" Ron said from his corner of the stall. "I got to hand it to you Hermione, you really know your potions."
Hermione blushed slightly.
"Now what do we do with it?" Ginny inquired, leaning over the cauldron to get a better look.
"All five of the kids need to drink a goblet of it," Hermione explained. "And then, if it was brewed correctly, they'll be transported right back to where they came from."
"Well, we should go get them then," Harry said, standing up. "We've had enough close calls with them."
Ron nodded. "Although, I think I might miss the little buggers, though."
"No you won't," Hermione said to him. "You won't remember anything about their little visit here."
"But our future selves will sure be in for a long night of questions," Ginny said. "I mean, after everything they found out here, they're bound to question us!"
"I know," Hermione sighed. "But we need to get them back. So let's go hurry up and fetch them."
Gryffindor Common Room
"You think our parent's will really tell us everything when we get back to our time?" James asked from behind the couch, chewing on a piece of sausage that Ginny managed to grab from the breakfast table.
"I don't see how they can avoid it any longer," Albus said.
"Besides," Rose said. "If they don't tell us the answers, I'm sure I'd be able to find them in some book. I'm actually surprised I've never come across anything regarding the subject before."
"Mum and dad probably took note to hide all book with anything in them," Hugo said. "Mum's probably got a big old collection of them somewhere in the attic or something."
"I just miss mum and daddy," Lily said sadly. "We haven't seem them in days!"
James pulled his little sister into a hug. "We'll be seeing them soon, Lil."
Just then, the five heard the portrait door swing open, and they instantly fell silent.
"It's us," Ron's voice sounded.
"Oh thank goodness," James said, standing up. "I thought it was McGonagall again. She's been in here twice already."
"We've finished the potion," Hermione said, smiling.
"Really?" Rose said. "So we can get back to our time now?"
"Yup," Ginny said. "And we owe it all to Hermione's potion knowledge."
"Let's just hurry up and get them down to the bathroom," Harry said, looking at his watch. "Break will be over soon, and we don't want anybody nosing around."
"Right," Ron said. "You lot, throw on the cloak and follow us."
Obeying, James, Lily, Rose, Hugo and Albus covered themselves with the Invisibility Cloak, and followed their parents out of the Gryffindor common room, and through the corridors and down flights of stairs until they at last arrived at Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
"Hurry up and get inside," Hermione whispered, checking around her to make sure the coast was clear.
"It reeks in here," Lily said, once the five were inside the lavatory.
"That would be the Revictero brewing," Harry said.
"Bring the cauldron out here," Ginny said. "There won't be enough room inside the stall."
Harry and Ron lugged the heavy cauldron out of the stall, careful not to spill any of its contents.
"Alright," Hermione said, fishing out five goblets from here bag. "You'll need to drink these at the same. Now, when you first taste it, you're supposed to feel a slight tingling inside your heads for a few seconds, then you'll feel a loud pop, and it will be like you're blacking out, but don't worry, because the next thing you'll know, you'll be back in your own time.
"Okay," James said, as him and the others accepted their goblets from Hermione.
"Well," Harry said. "I guess this is goodbye."
"Yup," Ron said, awkwardly scratching the back of his neck.
"Well, you'll be seeing us in a few years," Rose pointed out.
Hermione smiled. "You're right."
"Don't be too hard on us in the future," Ginny said. "You know, bombarding us with questions and everything."
Suddenly, the bell signaling the end of the break sounded, and the hallways became filled with the sounds of students heading off to their next lessons.
"Drink them now!" Hermione said.
Simultaneously, the five children raised his or her goblets to their lips, and drank the Revictero. Hermione was right about the reaction. Once the potion slid down the kids' throats, they felt a tingling sensation in their heads, which was closely followed by a loud popping sound. Directly after that, each child's vision began growing fuzzy, and the bathroom they were in grew fainter and fainter. And then it was gone.
Slowly, the five got their vision back.
"We're back!" James exclaimed, looking around at his new surroundings. "We're back in out time!"
The other four all grinned.
"The potion worked!" Lily said.
"Let's put this Portural Revinsive back before anything else happens," Rose said, cautiously picking up the box-like object and placing it back where they had gotten it from.
"Guys, you do realize that we still haven't found a way to clean up the living room," Hugo pointed out.
"Hugo, we've just found out that our parents have been telling lies to us for our whole lives," James said. "I think we've earned our selves a free pass on the living room."
"Speaking of which," Rose said. "I think we need to sort out our questions for out parents."
"Right," Albus said. "Let's get to work."
