Hi everyone! I am a confused soul right now... Haven't we all felt like this at some point in time or the other?
Anyway... I'm back with another chapter. An experiment, this one... I have tried a different kind of narrative. Hope you enjoy it!
FYI, this one's set in the future...
"Since Ronald Bilius Weasley and Daisy Taylor-Williams have grown in knowledge and love of one another, and because they have agreed in their desire to go forward in life together, seeking an even richer, deepening relationship, and because they have pledged to meet sorrow and joy as one family, we rejoice to recognize them as Husband and Wife," announced the marriage officiant with a big cheerful smile and glanced at Ron and Daisy. "You may now kiss each other," he remarked.
There was a huge round of applause and cheers as she and Ron shared the first kiss of their married life.
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"I have 2 very good news for you, Daisy," smiled the doctor. "Congratulations, you are going to be a mother," she announced with a big smile.
"Oh my God," she gasped as Ron kissed her, with a big grin on his face.
"And the next?" she asked, looking at the doctor.
"You're both blessed with twins," the doctor replied with a smile on her face. The smile on her face grew wider and shrunk almost immediately, while she glanced at Ron and he had a similar expression on his face.
"That is brilliant," remarked Ron, with a mix of happiness and sorrow.
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"Congratulations, Ron," exclaimed Hermione and hugged Ron as she walked into the ICU. "Congratulations, Daisy..." wished Hermione and proceeded to give her a quick hug.
"None of this feels real," remarked Ron, a little trembling.
"Both of them look really cute," remarked Hermione as she watched the babies, sleeping peacefully.
"My precious little J & J..." she exclaimed, as she leaned sideways to give both her kids a kiss on the forehead.
Hermione pulled Ron aside and whispered to him. "John and Jane?" asked Hermione.
"She was adamant that they be named the same," whispered Ron in response.
"What are you two whispering there?" she asked.
"Nothing, darling," replied Ron, with a guilty look.
"Listen, you are a bad liar," she smiled. "If it is to happen, it is going to happen. I don't want to talk about my kids disappearing to another time, on the day they are born," she added harshly.
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"Queen takes f7, checkmate," exclaimed baby Rose, loudly and started dancing in front of John.
"I don't... like this... game," remarked baby John, angrily, and started throwing the chess pieces all over the room.
"Don't throw them away..." exclaimed baby Rose, angrily and started hitting John haphazardly. Chaos ensued in the room as baby John and a slightly older baby Rose started crying and hitting each other. To round it all off, baby Jane stood on one side of the room and started jumping around happily, clapping her hands.
"What is happening here?" she asked as she rushed into the room, at the sounds of shouting and screaming. "Let each other go..." she remarked as she pulled the 2 fighting kids apart.
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"They should go to school, Ron," she remarked, perplexed by the look on Ron's face.
"Why?" retorted Ron, chuckling.
"Everyone else their age is going to school. Why shouldn't they?" she retorted back.
"But they are going to go to Hogwarts. It's just a matter of a few years," replied Ron, seemingly confused.
"They will go to Hogwarts after they turn 11 when they get their letter. Till then, they can go to this school. And make friends with other students here. It will be a nice experience for them," she remarked.
"I really don't see the point of this," retorted Ron. After a few seconds, he continued. "Edward never went to muggle school. Rose isn't going to muggle school. Why do you want our kids to go there?" he asked, a little annoyed.
"Whether or not Edward goes to muggle school, is Remus' decision. Charlie and Andreea never sent Rose to school, and it was their decision. Why do you want to make a decision based on what they did with their kids?" she replied.
"Fine... Fine... We will send them to the muggle school nearby," remarked Ron after a few seconds.
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"Do that once again," exclaimed Ron, as he beamed with pride. Happily, Jane began to move her hand towards a toy broomstick that was lying on the floor, far away. She twisted her tiny fingers and almost immediately, the broomstick started shaking. Jane raised her hands slightly, and with the movement of her hand, the toy broomstick started rising, inch by inch, till it was almost a couple of feet in the air. Finally, Jane let go and the broomstick fell to the floor, with a thud.
"Daisy... Daisy... Come, see this," exclaimed Ron, cheerfully. She walked into the main room after a few seconds, by which point, Jane had already started another round of demonstration.
"Oh, my God... Wow," she exclaimed. "My baby is showing magic," she remarked, happily. Jane started laughing loudly as the toy broomstick she was playing with fell down once again. Without any hesitation, Jane began another round of demonstration, laughing as she did.
"She's going to be a lot of trouble," remarked Ron and earned a glare from her.
"No, she's not," she retorted. "You are going to be the best, aren't you, darling..." she exclaimed as she grabbed Jane and swung her around, lovingly.
"Well... we know she's going to be a lot of trouble too," chuckled Ron, with pain in his eyes.
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"Bye, dear brother... I'll be waiting for you there," whispered Edward. John stared at him, up and down, and after a few seconds, replied, "Bye".
"Bye, Jane," whispered Edward, looking at Jane.
"Bye," replied Jane as she waved her hands.
"You're going to do great at Hogwarts," wished Ron as he picked up Edward.
"You will be a star," she smiled as she kissed Edward on the forehead. With that, Edward Lupin left for platform 9 ¾.
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"Mom... Mom... Look," called John, loudly. She came running outside and found John in the garden. John showed her the flower he had plucked out.
"This is beautiful," she remarked. "Can you give it to me?" she asked, holding her hand out. John stared at her and after a moment, the flower flew from his hand and into hers.
"Wh... wait, did you just do that with your mind?" she asked, shocked. John looked around and then at his mother. After a moment, he nodded slightly. He then plucked another flower from the plant and it directly flew into her palms.
"Wow... My beautiful boy, that was great," she exclaimed, happily. "I'll tell your dad when he comes back home. He is going to be so happy," she remarked. John smiled at her, in response.
"Mom... Mom..." called out Jane from the other side of the garden and came running towards them.
"What happened, Jane?" she asked.
"I did it first... I did it first," exclaimed Jane.
John pushed Jane and she went back a few steps. "Go away..." exclaimed John.
"John, don't push your sister," she remarked.
Jane started laughing at John. "I did it first, I did it first," she kept repeating.
"Shut up..." exclaimed John. "Mom... ask her to stop shouting," remarked John, as his eyes welled up.
"Jane, that's enough," she exclaimed. But Jane didn't seem to stop. While she ran away from them, she still kept dancing and repeating the phrase, "I did it first".
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"You are not going to believe what John did today," she began, glancing at Ron. Ron, however, was busy with something and just nodded along.
"He made a couple of flowers fly," she remarked, with a beaming face. Ron's glance turned from his work towards her.
"He did?" asked Ron, surprised.
"Yes, it was truly magical," she replied.
"Wow," sighed Ron, happily. After a moment, he glanced again at Daisy. "Are you sure it did not get blown away by the wind or something?" he asked.
"Ron," she exclaimed, annoyed. "Of course not," she added. "John did that all by himself," she finished.
And that's when Ron's eyes fell on John, who was standing just outside the room, eavesdropping on his parents.
"Hey, champ..." he called him. But John stood there, unmoved.
"I heard you did something wonderful today..." added Ron. John nodded his head slightly. Ron got up from his seat and walked towards John. "This is such a great news. I knew you had magic in you," he remarked as he picked up his son.
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"Do you ever wonder why they grow up and decide to go back in time?" remarked Ron.
She chuckled and after a moment, replied, "Where has this come from?" she asked.
"Just like that, I suppose. Don't you ever want to stop them?" asked Ron.
"I don't think about it. Can we really change anything if we wanted to?" she remarked, in reply.
"But, what if we could change things?" asked Ron.
"Perhaps, that's what they thought before going back in time," she replied, bluntly.
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"Stop fighting with each other," she yelled.
"She started it," retorted John.
"Mom, he's lying," retorted Jane.
"I don't care," she snapped. "I'm tired of you two fighting all the time," she added and walked away.
"I hate you," snapped John, staring at Jane.
"Move away from me," retorted Jane and walked away to the hall.
"What did you do?" asked Ron.
"I didn't do anything..." exclaimed Jane, angrily. "Why do you always think, it was me who did something?" she snapped and went out of the house, in tears.
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"Dad, where are we going?" asked John.
"Can't you shut up for a moment?" retorted Jane.
"Jane," she exclaimed, angrily.
"I'm not even talking to you, idiot..." snapped John.
"John," she exclaimed, this time glaring at John.
"We are going to a hospital, John," replied Ron, masking some tears.
"Why are we going to a hospital?" asked John.
"Uh... One of Dad's old friends is admitted to the hospital," she replied and gave Ron a quick glance who seemed to nod in acknowledgement.
Once the family reached the healing facility, she and Ron left the kids to play in the lobby, while they went to speak with the head doctor.
"Is there anyone else from the family who's going to be here?" asked the healer.
"No," replied Ron. "My brothers did not have the strength in them to stop by," he added.
"I'm so sorry, Mr Weasley. There's very little we could do to help her," consoled the healer.
And with that, Ginny was taken off of her life support.
"I'm sorry..." she whispered as she hugged her husband.
"All these years..." remarked Ron, as he choked on his words. "... I thought, maybe... there was a chance..." The words barely came out of his mouth.
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"I'm going to miss you a lot," remarked Rose as she grabbed John into a quick hug.
"Bye, Rose," whispered John, a little upset, as he put an arm around her.
"I'm going to miss beating you at chess," chuckled Rose as she released the hug and then proceeded to hug Jane.
"Bye, Rose... I'll miss you a lot," remarked Jane.
"Bye, Jane, I'm going to miss you a lot too," replied Rose.
"Where's Ron?" asked Charlie.
"He's down in the basement," she replied. And she glanced at Rose, "Bye, Rose... Have a great year ahead," she remarked as she kissed Rose's forehead.
"Bye, Aunt Daisy," remarked Rose and with that she left for platform 9 ¾.
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"John? Baby... What happened?" she asked, confused. John never called home from school.
"Mom... the teacher wants to speak with you," replied John and immediately handed the phone to the elderly man standing beside him.
"Huh?"
"Mrs Weasley," began the man.
"It's Taylor-Williams, actually. Hi, what's happened?" she replied.
"Excuse me, Mrs Taylor, we would like you to come to the school right away," remarked the man. "We had a small accident at the school involving your daughter, Jane and another student, Clair," he added.
"Oh my God, what happened?" she retorted, panicking. "Is Jane doing okay?" she asked.
"Yes, she is fine, Mrs Taylor. But, it's best if you could come down to the school," replied the man.
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"What did she do now?" asked Ron, annoyed.
"Ron... Our daughter fought with a kid in school and destroyed her bag," she began. "They showed me some of the remains of the other girl's dolls. She tore all the dolls and set them on fire," she continued, in a distressed voice. "And she injured the girl by scratching her face multiple times," she finished. Ron stared at her, dumbfounded.
"She used magic to do all of this?" asked Ron, shocked.
"The teachers have very little clue of what happened. Jane set the fire, she even hurt the girl without touching her," she replied, with tears in her eyes.
"Where is she?" asked Ron, angrily, as he got up from his seat.
"Ron... Ron... what are you going to do?" she exclaimed, following him, closely.
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"Why did you hurt your friend?" asked Ron.
"She's not my friend. She is always mean," replied Jane, instantly.
"How many times have I told you not to use magic outside of our home?" retorted Ron, a surge of anger in his tone.
"Jane, darling... you are not supposed to use your magic to hurt anyone," she remarked, as she walked closer to her daughter.
Jane stood quietly, with a disinterested look on her face.
"How did you even burn her bag, cut up all her dolls and scratch her face, all at the same time?" asked Ron, inquiringly.
"She was being mean to me... and him," replied Jane pointing at John. "I wanted to hurt her and I did," she added, coolly.
"Don't use your brother as an excuse for what you did," began Ron and his rants and yells continued for the rest of the evening.
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"You had no right to scold her like that," she yelled.
"No right? Come again?" snapped Ron. "I'm her father," he added, angrily.
"She made a mistake... She was provoked by the other girl," she retorted.
"She used magic against a muggle, Daisy. We are forbidden from doing that!" remarked Ron. "If anyone had found out about Jane..." he added and stopped mid-sentence.
"Go on... What were you going to say?" she snapped. "If they had found out that Jane was a witch, what would have happened Ron? What would they have done to her?" she retorted.
"Things have changed for the better. That doesn't mean we can go about doing anything we want, just because we are witches and wizards," remarked Ron. "This is exactly the reason I never wanted to send them to the muggle school," he added.
"I knew it... Why am I not surprised?" she remarked sarcastically. "You never wanted the kids to have a life before Hogwarts," she added.
"Don't you dare twist my words! I wasn't opposed to them having muggle friends. But kids can be mean. And when they are mean, what Jane did today, could easily happen more than once," replied Ron, angrily.
"Right... Instead of teaching our kids how to and how not to behave, let's stop them from going into the world completely. That sounds like an excellent idea," she retorted.
"And now you are questioning our kids' brought up? I have done everything I can to give them the best possible life," retorted Ron.
"One which involves very little of you?" she snapped in response.
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"Dad... Mom..." called out Jane, excitedly. "Look... Look what I have found," she exclaimed, as she closed the letter.
"Oh my God, show me," exclaimed Ron, happily as he took the Hogwarts letter from Daisy's hands.
"Daisy... Come here," called out Ron, excitedly as he read the letter carefully.
"We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Please find a list of all the necessary books and equipment.
The term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July"
"I'm so happy today..." exclaimed Ron as he picked up Jane into his arms.
"Oh, this is wonderful... We were expecting this letter any day," she exclaimed, excitedly as she glanced at a happy Jane.
After a moment or two, she glanced at Jane. "Jane... where's John's letter?" she asked.
"I don't know," retorted Jane, nonchalantly.
"What do you mean? Weren't there two letters?" asked Ron, confused.
"There was just this one, with my name on it," replied Jane. "Maybe, they didn't send him one," she added, chuckling.
"What's happening here?" came John's voice as he came running into the hall.
"I got my Hogwarts letter," replied Jane, proudly. "And you didn't get one..." she added, laughing.
"Jane," exclaimed Daisy, angrily.
"There must have been a mistake," remarked Ron, confused. "This cannot happen," he added.
"But why would I not get a letter? I can do magic just like she can," asked John, almost in tears.
"No, you can't, dummy... I'm better than you and even Hogwarts knows it," retorted Jane as she grabbed back her letter from her father and ran away to the garden.
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"What happened?" she asked, as her eyes fell on an exhausted-looking Ron.
"Where's he?" asked Ron, distraught.
"I haven't seen John in a while," she replied, anxiously.
"I couldn't talk them into letting John go to Hogwarts. They can be really adamant when they want to be," retorted Ron, angrily. "Hermione did all she could, but we couldn't do anything," he added.
"He's going to be very upset, Ron..." she remarked. "Why would they do this to him?" she added.
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"Where is your brother, Jane?" asked Ron as the couple came searching for their son.
"How should I know?" retorted Jane, annoyed. But just a few moments later, she ran up to her father and spoke up. "I do know where he is... I saw him going to the lake," she confessed. "He was crying," she added.
"Why didn't you tell us this earlier?" snapped Ron and immediately proceeded to jog towards the lake.
Just as she and Ron reached the lake, their eyes fell on a peacefully sitting boy.
"John," she exclaimed and the couple ran towards their son.
"What are you doing here, all alone, boy?" remarked Ron, looking worried.
"The water here is nice... It's nice here..." replied John, calmly. Ron started at Daisy and they shared a glance before Ron looked back at his son.
"John, look at me," said Ron as he knelt down in front of John. "It is not a big deal if you don't get into Hogwarts, alright? Everything you need to learn, I will teach you," he consoled.
"I don't have magic in me, do I Dad?" asked John. "I even showed magic late," he added.
"Don't you ever think that, boy," retorted Ron, strongly. "You are going to grow up to be the most powerful wizard. Just because Hogwarts can't see it, doesn't mean it is not true," he added.
"What happened?" asked Daisy as she finally opened her eyes after what felt like ages. Her eyes were glistening and she wiped them dry immediately.
"I'm so sorry to do this to you..." apologised Lily as she kept her wand away.
"No... It's... It's alright," replied Daisy. "Did you... did you get what you wanted?" she asked.
"I'm grateful to you. I wouldn't know what I'd be doing if you hadn't agreed to help me," replied Lily with a smile. "Understanding John, Jane... all your lives is important to me," she added.
After a few moments of silence, Daisy spoke up. "So, you really believe that Ron has travelled back in time?" she asked.
"I can't be sure. There is no evidence of him travelling back in time. None, that I have been able to find," replied Lily, mournfully. "But, I have gone through his research. He was certainly working on it. His sudden disappearance and our failed efforts in finding him could mean that he was successful with his research," she added.
"He always spoke about changing the past... changing everything bad that happened in our lives," remarked Daisy.
"The memories you shared with me were insightful," replied Lily. "But, I still don't understand how John and Jane come into all of this. I have evidence that strongly suggests they travelled through time as well," she added.
"Perhaps, whatever made them do it, hasn't happened yet," replied Daisy.
"Don't you want to prevent them?" asked Lily, curiously. Daisy stared back at Lily, quietly.
"One day... I will find a way to go back to my time," remarked Lily, confidently.
"I hope you are successful... But I highly doubt you are going to be," replied Daisy, bluntly. Lily stared at her, shocked but didn't retort to her remark.
After a few moments, Lily spoke up. "Thank you so much for your help. But, there is one thing that is bugging me," she said.
"What is it?" asked Daisy.
"Why didn't John get the Hogwarts letter?" she asked.
Daisy chuckled in response. "That is the question, isn't it?" she retorted. "He was simply... unlucky," replied Daisy.
"I don't understand... He is a wizard, he showed magical abilities multiple times throughout his childhood, late as they might have been... I have never heard of something like this happening," remarked Lily.
"There is a book and that's all we were told about it," began Daisy in response. "It's a book where the names of all the children with magical abilities are written down," she added. After a second, she continued, "John's name wasn't," she finished with a tired smile.
"The book of admittance?" asked Lily. But Daisy did not recognize the name. "I wonder why," remarked Lily, surprised. And with that, Lily left Daisy's home, her thirst for the truths of the past, partially quenched. But if she were to uncover Ron's secret, she had a long way to go.
Well... That's all for this chapter... Not my best one, but hope you enjoyed it. Until the next one, Ciao!