Tale As Old As 1996

Chapter 2| When Deatheaters Didn't Attack

Previously on 'Tale As Old As 1996'

James was looking at the supposedly empty barrels that were left behind. He thought that he could puzzle out what was in them not knowing time powder previously resides in the barrels and worked on prying the lid open. Meanwhile, Lily found the shower in the lab which was used in case a dangerous reaction occurred and needed to be washed off. Lily underestimated the water pressure of the shower and quite a bit of the floor was covered in water. Teddy groaned and stood up to dry the floor using his wand but before he could do that James had managed to open the barrel's lid but he had tugged too hard and the barrel which was seemingly not empty and was one of the barrel's that was not taken to be tested, was filled with time powder. In seemingly slow motion, the time powder fell on the wet ground, the powder proceeded to react aggressively and in a few seconds there was a large boom, a flash of light, and the 8 people in that room were gone as if they were never there.

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After a flash of light, the children were dropped into a dark, and dusty room. They were all tangled within each other. Since this was not the first time this unfortunate circumstance had occurred, the next generation of kids groaned internally and focused on freeing themselves. They were so focused on getting free they didn't think to pay attention to their surroundings or the fact that they were causing a ruckus in a potentially dangerous environment.

The Order of The Phoenix were having a report meeting. Currently, Dumbledore was explaining a rough draft of his plan to send Remus Lupin underground to gather intel from the werewolves as Voldemort could recruit them at any point. As Dumbledore was giving his speech the members heard a loud thud from upstairs. Being the trained wizards they were, all of them immediately grabbed their wands and went one by one up the stairs ready to deal with death eaters. However, to their utmost surprise, all they saw were 8 young wizards and witches yelling at each other to get off them

"James, I swear to go if you punch my face one more time so help me" Lily cried

"Rose!! That's my foot" complained Teddy

"Oh for the love of, Lucy get off of me" Roxanne screamed

The adults all watched in shock as the kids tried to untangle themselves. After a couple of minutes, Teddy being the first one to detangle himself from the hoard of kids noticed that there were adults in the room and he immediately took his wand out while standing in front of the kids in a defensive position and telling them "guys be quiet, we have company"

His soft yet stern voice immediately quieted his cousins and while Teddy held his wand in a defensive position, his family made quick work of getting free and joining him.

Suddenly, Lily's eyes lit up from realization and she whispered something into Teddy's ear which he listened to intently, and then nodded. He waved his family behind him to put down their wands. While they were all reluctant, all of them obeyed Teddy and put their wands back where they originally were. Teddy looked at all the adults who had gotten over their initial shock and were ready to fight and calmly stated "Do not hurt us please, I am not sure how much I can reveal but we know some people here"

"Oh, yea?" How do we know your not death eaters in disguise?" Sirius sneered

Teddy was at loss for words since he was unsure about how much he could reveal without changing the timeline.

Fortunately, Dumbledore stepped forwards and said "There is an easy way to check that, while I am not fully convinced, I believe from what these children look like that I have an idea of what happened. We can also, by all means, test them by Veritaserum. Before that, however, I must insist you tell us where you come from, just so an old man's speculations can be proven right or wrong."