"EXPELLIARMUS! What? Why isn't my magic working!?"
"Pathetic Half-Blood, now I'll end you." Voldemort sneers, pointing his wand at the boy-who-lives — now dead, boy-who-dies. "AVADA KEDRAVA!"
"Noooo! Not my baby." Lily was ready to jump in front of her son but no light came out of Voldemort's wand. As the Riddle's Manor changed, both parties tried to use their magic yet only to find outu that they can't.
"Why is my magic not working? Dumbledore, what have you done!" Voldemort glared spitefully at the old wizard who seemed equally confused and lost as he is.
"I... don't know." He really doesn't know, in all his life Dumbledore was stumped, he had never seen magic such as this, nor experienced this type of situation. Voldemort wanted to curse him, this old meddling fool, he must've done this!
"M'lord?" A blond man called out cautiously. "What is it, Lucius!?"
Voldemort send a sharp glare at the ferret man who interrupted his thought. He hated this, he hated that he can't feel his magic, or use it. He hated the powerless feelings he's having right now. He hates being defenseless!
The said ferret, or rather Lucius Malfoy, flinched. Swallowing a gulped of saliva, he said, "I think our surroundings have changed, M'lord." That seems to be true as both parties, the Light and Dark, scan around and see that the once abandon Manor they've been in changed into something new like it has never been abandoned or covered in dirt. There's also something new that looked like it's been added too. And the long table for the Death Eater meeting has been changed into something more vintage. Everything seems to be vintage.
"What is this thing?" Of course, the most curious one would be none other than Sirius Black. "It's a Record player, Sirius," Lily Potter informs her friend. "Oh, what does it do?"
James Potter stepped in and said, "Sirius, they played music. I remember my father owning one of these when I was little, it's a muggle technology."
"Music, huh?" Sirius then let out a mischievous grin, he reached out but surprisingly his hand went through: "Woah!" Both men look at each other. Their exclamations attracted others' attention. "What happened?" Ronald Weasley asked.
"His hand went through," Lily said.
"Is that so?" Dumbledore hummed thoughtfully. The other tried out and also see that their hands went through. Something was definitely wrong. "Let's go out and see!" Charlus Fredrick Potter, or Charles, proposed. "I second that!" Ron said along with his sister, Ginny Weasley, who stared at Charlus with a lovestruck look.
"No, we are staying here until we know what's going on," a nagging bossy voice said. It was a girl with bushy hair. "But Hermione ~ " Ron whine.
"I agreed with Miss Granger," said Dumbledore, in which the teenage girl with bushy hair — named Hermione Granger, puffs out her chest in pride. The Death Eater sneered. "As if I will stay with muggle-loving fools," Voldemort said with disgust. "Rodolphus, go open the door. We're leaving!"
"Yes, M'lord," Rodolphus nods. He walked towards the door and tried to twist the door's knobs. He thought his hand would go through yet surprisingly it didn't, but why can't he open the door? "What is taking so long!"
"Now Tom, remember our hands can go through so — "
"Shut it you fool!"
"Sir, I can't open it."
"Then go through it!" Seeing the rage in his lord's eyes, Rodolphus quickly did exactly just that. Others expected him to go immediately through, but then a loud thud came from Rodolphus. "Cursed!" The said man clutches his forehead.
"What is going on, Dumbledore?! You said we can go through!!" Voldemort said. Demanding an answer. "Well yes, but — "
"Shush! If it weren't for you and your Order of the Flaming Chickens, we wouldn't be stuck in this unlikely situation. Bellatrix!"
"Yes, M'lord!" Bellatrix gleefully answers. Voldemort inwardly shivers in disgust, "Try to open the door."
"Of course, M'lord." With that, she push her husband out the way and tried to open the door yet it was no use. With every push and bang, she gets angrier and angrier. "Open up you damn door!"
"Enough!!" Getting irritated, Voldemort's angry bellow made everyone flinch. "Dumbledore, explain now!"
"Tom, I told you before. I don't know what's going on." Albus Dumbledore calmly answered. Veins popped from Voldemort's forehead. His scarlet snake eyes glow in rage. "I say, Voldemort, why don't you calm down," said Charlus Potter, arrogantly and fearlessly.
"How dare you!" Bellatrix shrieked.
"Potter, I advised you to have your brat shut his mouth," Severus sneered.
James Potter snarled, "Don't talk to my son like that!"
"Yeah, Snivellus!" Sirius said disdainfully, in which Severus Snape only sneered at him in return.
"Alright! Alright! Please don't fight anymore. James? Severus?" Lily said looking hopefully at both men. Their glare retreated. Lily sighed before stepping toward her son, "Alex, don't talk anymore okay?"
"But mom ~ " Alex wanted to whine but the stern look from his mother quickly shut him up. "Fine."
"I can't believe Potter is the one who defeated the Dark Lord," Draco Malfoy said. "I heard that! Ferret boy! It's obvious that I'm more stronger and powerful than that snake face," Charles Potter brag with a cocky smirk. It was a wrong choice to say that as the temperature in the room got colder.
"Charlus Fredrick Potter — !" Lily Potter was cut off immediately. "Is that so?" Voldemort's smooth voice rang in. His eyes narrowed staring intensely at the cocky boy who is no older than sixteen. The said boy gulped in fear and tried to step back when the Dark Lord came forward with a dark aura surrounding him.
"You are not harming my son," both Potters's stepped in front of the Dark Lord along with the rest of the Order of the Phoenix. The atmosphere turned tense and stiff. Both parties were ready to shoot out spells, their wands in their hands, forgetting that they can't do magic here.
Luna Lovegood, who was forgotten, watch in amusement before staring at a vintage Grandfather clock. "Hey, Luna? Do you know what's happening?" Neville Longbottom asked his strange friend.
"I don't, but the Nargarls might. Oh my, look, the Stars reversed, I suspect this was great-grandmother's doing," Luna said dreamingly at the clock. "Nar — star — grandmother — ah, nevermind," Neville sighed. He still can't understand what his blond friend is saying.
"Eh, don't fret about it, Nev. Luna is being Luna. Right, Georgie!"
"You got it, Freddy!" Fred and George Weasley, the notorious mischievous twin, look at each other with something only both of them could understand. "Hm? Oh no, the Stars did reverse."
"Luna, Stars can't reverse," Hermione said, rolling her eyes. "Not if there's magic and Time involved," Luna replied making the bushy hair female speechless. Sighing, she said, "Alright, if the Stars can reverse then where is it."
"Right here," Luna pointed to the clock. "A clock?" A male voice speaks out. "Yes, Mr. Lestrange," Luna went on still staring at the clock. Rabastan raises an eyebrow then glances back at his brother who still rubbing his forehead and cursing the damn door. Okay... "Haha-! Don't worry Mr. Lestrange. Luna is just like that — " Fred started.
" — Like an aloof bird — " George then said.
" — With a tea party hat! — " Both exclaimed in unison, grinning. Amused, Rabastan said, "You do realize you're speaking to a Death Eater, right?" But that made the twin's grin widen, "Who cares, we're quite neutral anyway. We're only here to sell our products."
Rabastan chuckled with disbelief, "You're telling me, you two, who came barging into the Dark Lord lair only to sell products?"
"Yep!" Seeing the confident and serious expression on their face, Rabastan couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "What kind of products?" Both the red hair twins have a glint in their eyes and explain their new products which had Rabastan in interest along with those who were listening. " — and that's what it is!"
Fred ended. " — So, Lord Lestrange, since you were quite a cooperative listener, we will give you a 60% discount — " George was then cut off by his brother, Ronald Weasley.
"What?! You would give a slimy Death Eater a discount but not your own brother!?" Fred and George look at each other with blank faces, "Now, now, Ronnikins. A business is a business."
Enraged, Ron said, "I'm telling mom!"
"HAHAHA! — I like you two!" Said Rabastan with a grin on his face.
Rodolphus rolls his eyes at his brother's antics, Luckily, we can't use our magic right now, or else the Lord might start cruciating him. "Rabastan, shut it! Don't talk to those Weasels!" Bellatrix hiss.
"Now, now, Bella. A business is a business," He responds with the same response as the twin. "You!! — "
"Bellatrix, silence!" Voldemort's voice suddenly said with rage and annoyance in his tone.
"But, M'lord ~ "
"Silence!" Which easily shut Bellatrix's mouth closed. Silence... They then went back to what they were doing. Hermione, who was still questioning Luna's remark, asked: "Luna, how is a clock connected to the star reversing?"
"Look closely," That's all Luna said. So she did, Hermione scanned around then something clicks in her mind, "Professor! Professor Lupin, what time was it when we arrive here?"
"I say, about 9:30. Why do you ask Miss Granger?" Professor Lupin, Remus Lupin, was a man who has a scar on his cheeks. "Well, the time has changed," this made everyone in the room confused. "Get on with it mudblood!" Bellatrix said.
Hermione fumed in anger. "Hey, don't talk to her like that!" Ron said glaring at Bellatrix.
"What? Going to defend your girlfriend, Weasley?" Draco Malfoy smirk.
Flustered, Ron quickly said: "S-she's not my girlfriend! She's my best — "
"Yeah, yeah, how can she be your girlfriend. After all, who would marry such poor family who could barely — "
"Alright, that's enough!!" This time it was Dumbledore who raised his voice, "Now, Miss Granger, please continue." Hermione cleared her throat, "Yes, Headmaster. Now, when Luna said the 'star reverse' I was confused at first, but when she pointed to the clock, I immediately thought she must've meant the time. The time has reversed."
"Well then the clock must've just stopped working," said Alex, shrugging. "Yes, I thought so too but when I look closely, it was working fine. The first thing I remember before coming here was that it was night, but if you look outside, it's already morning and also the change in our surroundings. So, what does that conclude?" Everyone began to think, some just scoffed in disdain.
"If I may, Miss Granger?" No one expected Narcissa Malfoy to suddenly speak.
"Yes, Mrs. Malfoy."
"What Miss Granger might be saying is that we must've traveled back in time — "
"Ding ding ding." Someone mutters from behind the Death Eaters but wasn't heard as there was shouting from both leaders of Dark and Light.
"What?!" T-travel back in time?!! Both sides stood there in stunned. Even Voldemort before his eyes narrowed in anger. "Albus!"
"Tom — "
"Stop calling me that!! Now explain!"
"To — Voldemort, I swear on my magic that I did not mean this for to happen."
'How can you swear on your magic if we can't do our magic?' Neville thought but didn't say. Voldemort glare for a few minutes before sneering. "Then how are we going to get back to our timeline if our magic can't work?! How are we going to get out of this stupid room!?" The more he thought about it, the angrier he gets.
No one speaks, not wanting the Dark Lord's wrath befell on them. Swallowing a mouthful of spit, Hermione bravely said, "We didn't exactly travel in time — " Scarlet snake eyes snapped towards her. "Explain, Miss Granger." Flinching, Hermione continued, "What I mean is the world travel back in time — "
"Then we did travel back in time!"
"No Ron. Listen to me, the place has been reversed, the world has been reversed, but we did not since we can't touch anything."
"Oh, are we a ghost?"
"Something like that — "
"Are we dead?!"
"No Ron, oh Merlin! Does this not remind you of anything?!" All of them thought again... it reminded them of... of... "Memory!" Hermione said. "This is a memory!" It then clicks in everyone's minds. "Ah, I see — " Remus started, " — so that means we're in someone's memory."
"No Professor. We're not in someone's memory but in a memory. I theorized it must be connected to this Manor." There was a pause. "But whose house is this?" Ron asked. Hermione sigh, "Ron, did you not do your research?" Only for the redhair boy to give a sheepish laugh. "It's the Riddle's Manor, so that means — "
"Enough!" Voldemort said, his eyes burning with fury and something paranoia in it. "Tom, it is your father's home, is it not?" Said Dumbledore, calmly.
"Don't talk about that man!" Voldemort snarled in disgust and contempt.
"Even if you hate him, he is still your father."
"Shut it! That insect is no father of mine. He was a coward!" No one spoke, all they can hear was Dumbledore sighing. "What are we talking about? What's happening?" Ronald, the foolish boy, seems to not know the tense atmosphere. "This is Voldemort's father's house. His father was a muggle so he murdered him," Hermione accidentally said. She quickly clasped her mouth.
The atmosphere became colder.
"How do they know, Dumbledore..." Voldemort asked with a cool tone, while scarlet eyes ferociously glare at the old wizard.
Dumbledore shut his eyes for a moment with a bit of shame, "I... we went through your memory." If looks can kill, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore would've been dead right now. People dare not to breathe. Of course, Voldemort was angry, he was beyond furious. Veins popping from his forehead. A few minutes later, he took a deep breath in and let go of his anger. "Miss Granger, how do we get out of here?"
Flustered, Hermione quickly said: "I-I-don't know sir." People sigh in relief, at least the Dark Lord is not angry anymore. "Alright — " James Potter cautiously spoke up, " — If we are in a memory, then what date is it?"
"1920," Luna calmly answered.
"Are you serious?!" Ron and Alex exclaimed. "How?!" This made people abruptly ask in confusion. "Magic and Time," Luna says skipping towards the person that is hiding in the shadows behind the Death Eaters.
A chuckle rang out throughout the room, startling the two groups. "Well, well, well if isn't Light vs Dark leaders and their pathetic minions." Both groups glared at the person, how dare they! Voldemort narrowed his eyes at the person in the shadows, when said person steps into the light. He freezes, shock going through his body, he recognised the person. "Si — " He was interrupted by a flash of bright light and soon, a woman was standing there, with bright amethyst and cobalt eyes and pitch pure white hair, her aura flaming dangerously that almost makes everyone shiver in fear. It was worse than the Dark Lord himself. However, for Voldemort, he felt comfort and warmth and he had no idea why.
"Oh goody, you're here." Both parties raised their wands — clearly forgetting that they don't have their magic with them — at the intruder.
"Who are you!?" Dumbledore shouts, glaring at her, as she reminds her of his ex...
"Xenia, now put those wands down, you don't have magic on you or with you at the moment."
"The name Xenia is illegal in the Wizarding World and disrespectful to Lady Time." Lucius says, sneering at the woman.
"Yes, yes, yes... Kinda of stupid rule to be honest with you." Xenia blabs before coughing, "Anyways, I brought you here to know the truth. Frankly I didn't want to bring the Light Side but my husband opposed and says it might be a good idea to bring out the truth of what REALLY happened to the beginning of Voldy's birth and pre-after that. As you can see, this is my daughter, Amara Black née Riddle, Lady of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black, mother to Sirius, Regulus, Vespera, Pandora Black and sister to Voldy. But originally she died in your universe, y'know?" At the weak nod that Voldemort gave her, she continued, as Voldemort continued to his very much alive little sister. He never really found out who killed his precious little sister... but now that she's alive in front of him... "but she was murdered in your universe. I brought you all here to learn what really happened and what caused Voldemort's uprising. Oh and Sirius, Walburga isn't your birth mother." Sirius gave her a stunned look, before she continued, "at least not in this life or dimension or whatever. Anyways enjoy the memory!" Then she disappeared in a blue and purple flame cloud of smoke and was gone.
Dumbledore paled, his plans were going downfall now!
Voldemort turned to Amara, he stepped forward but the Potter's noticed this and stepped in front of her, annoying both of them. "Move." Voldemort snarls.
"No. We won't let you harm Miss Black." Lily says bravely.
Voldemort laughs maniacally, "how delusional, as if I would kill my own sister, now get lost!" The Potter's were stunned but they weren't the only ones. Their Lord had or has a sister? Especially the Lady of The Most Ancient and Noble House of Black? That Lady Black??
Dumbledore paled even more, how can she be alive? I made sure she wouldn't be!
Then suddenly a loud bang from the door snaps them out of their stated, "Father! I have news to tell!"