Harry
November 1978

Minoe and I are in her office at the Ministry surrounded by broken time turners. After each time-turner is broken all I can think about is how the chance of getting Nat back becomes slimmer.

"I can see you thinking about Nat," Hermione sighs after breaking a time-turner. She comes and sits on her desk beside me and gets lost in her own thoughts,

"Can we really not -" I start,

"No." Mione states firmly cutting me off before I've even finished, I look at her with loss evident in my eyes.

"She's my sister, Mione, she is Jack's too. Jack doesn't even leave his house unless it's for work. At the Auror office he always puts his hand up for the most dangerous jobs. He wants to meet the same fate and see her again. It's been 6 months. She didn't have to die," I sigh, 'What do you think Harry would Jack and I make good siblings?'

'You two already make the best brother and sister,'

'Shut up Harry I don't want to cry,'

"I miss her so much. Jack lost his other half, I don't think I've seen him smile since the battle,"

"We can't meddle with time, I miss her too but we all knew what we were getting ourselves into she accepted it better than anyone else. She made jokes out of everything on the run, I doubt we would have had so much hope," Hermione tells me reminiscing on her own memories, she stands back up and picks up the remaining 3 time-turners before walking back to me and dragging me off the desk.

"Every time we break on it feels like she's getting further away," I whisper my voice cracking and I look down at Hermione who has tears in her eyes,

"I know I feel it too," She whispers back tears slowly falling from her eyes. Mione places two of the time turners in a hidden safe and places the other on her desk, "On three?"

"One," I whisper starting us off,

"T-two," Hermione whispers her voice cracking like she's losing part of herself by getting rid of our last chance.

"Three," I say and we both shoot different spells at the time turner to destroy it. Instead of the glass just breaking and the sand falling off the desk it glows gold and whips around us in a circle. Looking at Hermione she has realises the same thing I have, We are going back in time and we don't know how far.

...

Looking up at the commentating stand I see a young-looking Remus with a beaming smile on his face,

"MCKINNON CATCHES THE SNITCH! GRYFFINDOR WINS 330-110!" Remus screams into the mic before he disappears, I turn my head to look at Hermione and mouth,

"As in Marlene McKinnon?" She just shrugs and is looking around trying to find something to tell us when we are.

"Mary you were amazing!" Two girls yell to another who has just gotten off her broom, the girl with red hair catches my attention, She can't be. The girl with brown hair who was with who must be my mum feels us watching her because she turns to look at us. She looks a bit like Neville, I think to myself as she gives us a welcoming and confused smile, and waves us over. Just as a group of three boys walks over to them smirking and smiling,

"Come on My precious Lily flower, why don't you reward my win by letting me take you on a date," a guy with messing black hair and the same facial structure as me,

"Shove off Potter I'm trying to celebrate my friends' win," Mum snaps turning away from him,

"H-hey Mary," a boy with blonde hair stutters to the girl in Quidditch uniform,

"Hey Peter," She responds not looking at him, and is in a conversation with Mum and the other girl before the girls turn to us making young Sirius, Dad, and ... Wait he must be Peter! I feel Hermione's hand on my arm silently telling me no.

"Hi I'm Alice this is Lily," points to Mum Hermione and I nod along and Hermione's grip on my arm tightens, "Mary, Sirius, Peter, and James," Alice says pointing to everyone as she says their names, they all wave,

"I'm Hermione and this is Harold," Hermione responds and uses that name, I scowl at her before looking at everyone else and putting on a smile.

"Where are you guys from? I haven't seen you round," Dad asks looking between me and Mione,

"Ilvermorny we were in Wampus our version of Gryffindor I guess," Hermione blurts out and all of them nod in understanding and talk amongst themselves giving Hermione and me a chance to talk.

"What year do you think we are in?" I whisper to Hermione as a girl who looks like Marlene did in the fifth year walks over to the girls, "Never mind I think we are in their fifth year," I say after seeing Marlene, Hermione nods in understanding before whispering in my ear so nobody else hears.

"I think we should go see Professor McGonagall or Dumbledore. So we can go get a turn-turner and go home," I whip my head in her direction,

"I can't go home yet I need to know my parents even if it's just for a bit," I plead knowing this is my only chance to get to see what they are like for myself. She sighs but nods just as we hear someone slightly raise their voice,

"Hey, Lils who are the others?" A familiar voice asks Mum, once she takes a step closer my heart is lodged in my throat and I am looking at fifth-year Nat with a young Remus' arm slung around her shoulder,

"Oh, this is -" The rest of Mum's sentence is cut off by both mine and Hermione's shocked voices,

"Nat?" We say at the same time bringing Natalia's full attention to me and Mione. She freezes in place looking frantically between us before sprinting right at me. I wrap my arms around her and lift her off the group spinning her around feeling tears on my neck but also hearing the laugh I have missed so much. I gently put her down and instantly Hermione jumps on her pulling her into one of her mum hugs and is sobbing.

"How are you not dead!" Hermione sobs holding Nat so tight like she's going to vanish into thin air. Nat isn't much better,

"How are you here? I didn't know if any of you died," Nat cries quietly before lifting her head from Hermione's shoulder and looking at me a teasing smile on her lips, "And the chosen one. He can never die, I should have known," She chokes a laugh and pulls back from Hermione and holds her face in her hands examining her,

"Godric Nat, what are you doing?" I laugh trying not to let my voice fail me,

"I'm figuring out how long ago that day was and my guess is six months," she responds confidently as always,

"You're right," Hermione says a smile breaking free,

"As always," I add rolling my eyes,

"Yes, Harold as always it's time you get that in your head," She teases knocking on top of my head, and I scowl again at the nickname. Why with the horrid nickname it's longer than my actual name, I think a smile playing on my lips, I got my sister back.

Cough "Still here," cough, Sirius fake coughs getting our attention back in the group of shocked and confused teens.

"I'm sorry Sirius is your fragile ego not able to handle three people not paying attention to you?" Everyone laughs and Sirius glares at Nat. He punches both James and Peter's arms and they cough to cover their laughs.

"This. This right here is why you are my best friend, Talia," Marlene states wrapping her arm around Nat's shoulders and smiling triumphantly.

"Hey Nat how do you know these two?" Peter asks and is not so shy anymore, Filthy rat. Nat elbows me not so gently in the stomach telling me to back off,

"We went to school together they are two years above me, kinda like my big brother and sister," she shrugs and I can tell she's hoping they leave it at that but I see I'm my father's son firsthand,

"And the whole I thought you were dead, the chosen one never dies?" Dad questions raising an eyebrow at her,

"Oh so now you listen not when I tried to help with your holiday homework," Nat grumbles kicking the ground,

"Yeah cause this is interesting," Dad responds cheerfully,

"We had a dark wizard problem for a little bit and obviously I thought I saw him die," She points at me, "And they thought they saw me die," You did die, she adds pointing to herself before grabbing mine and Mione's arms dragging us away,

"You're still coming to the party, right? Don't leave me and Mary alone!" Marlene calls after us,

"And miss the first party of the year NEVER!" Nat yells after her and drags us all the way to the Black Lake at our willow.

A/N I don't know how I came up with this but hope you enjoyed the chapter

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