Missing Moments: Harry Potter Edition

1 | The Vanishing Glass

Lines will be taken directly from the Harry Potter books starting in this chapter. These lines will be bolded, except for the first two words of each chapter, which will ALWAYS be bolded.

In the beginning I tried to go without the bolded words because I personally don't like it, but that didn't work out too well.

1 - The Vanishing Glass

Book 1, Chapter 2

Albus reached out a quick hand to stop Sirius. "Hold on, just one moment please. I wish to speak about one more topic before we begin." He pointed a look at Sirius whom dismally leaned back.

"It is also to my belief that this book has appeared for a specific reason. Because of its peculiar contents of a supposed detailed summary of all the events from the past, present, and future years, I believe that it was given to us in order to make changes and prevent or derail current and future affairs."

His latest statement left the room in a heavy silence with all of the possible implications of his words. This was unbelievable and left many people in shock and regret for the fact of not having this book sooner as to save so many more.

If only we'd had this in 1980, thought Sirius. Then perhaps James and Lily . . . No. What's happened has happened and we all have to deal with its consequences. Little did he know that much of the same thing was also being roughly pushed around in Remus's own head.

Remus kept his face stoic and impassive next to him, but his eyes told an entirely different story. They spoke of long years dealing with an exhausting physical and mental condition, of years spent dealing with unimaginable pain, loss, and suffering. He might not have had to face the same horrors as Sirius did day-in and day-out, but instead silently dealt with his own inner demons and fears alongside the tragedies that struck almost everyone nowadays.

"The future, and even the present, is unpredictable and any possible idea we might have on what might happen could be misleading. Meddling with time and its set course of events is incredibly dangerous and ill-advised. It is with great caution that I say we delve into reading and educate and prepare ourselves for what is to happen, with or without any changes."

No one dare spoke a word or take their attention from Dumbledore. "We must take this opportunity very seriously and think through our new courses of action. Time is a curious thing, and one must not overstep any boundaries." With that final validation, Albus smiled genially and sat down between Molly and Snape.

A calloused hand motioned towards Sirius to urge him to continue as the children grouped together on the back wall and whispered together in hushed tones. Merlin only knew what they could already see forthcoming to the adults.

Sirius cleared his throat and reopened to the first official page. "Part one, chapter one: the vanishing glass. . . Nearly ten years had passed since the Dursleys had woken up to find their nephew on the front step, but Privet Drive had hardly changed at all," he began uncertainly. Everyone knew Harry wasn't fond of the Dursleys in the slightest and vise versa. The sun rose on the same tidy front door; it crept into their living room, which was almost exactly the same as it had been on the night when Mr. Dursley had seen that fateful news report about the owls."

"Ah, that's right. I remember setting off fireworks the night we got the news and how there were owls flying all over the world to relatives and distant others," said Dedalus Diggle.