The screen changed, showing Euphemia and Monty in their bedroom holding a small baby wrapped in a bundle of blankets, smiling down at their son, peacefully.
They're startled by loud footsteps and a crash.
The screen changed to show Lydia on the floor with a smashed vase by her feet, she cringed before pointedly ignoring it.
"I'm okay! I'm coming baby brother!" Lydia shouted, continuing running to her parents room.
The hall all laughed at the girl.
"I knew you broke that vase young lady!" Mia said, sending a playful glare to her daughter, making everyone laugh, including Druella and Cygnus.
"I don't know why you two are laughing, that was your vase" Monty said chuckling at how their laugh's immediately cut off.
"Young lady!" Druella shouted trying to hide her laugh.
"It's so weird seeing my family be nice to yours.." James and Sirius whispered at each other.
Lydia opened the door into her parents room and jumped onto the bed next to her mother, promptly snatching her brother out of her moms hands, making her parents panic.
"I love that she just snatched you." Marlene said with a laugh.
"Hi baby Jamie! I'm your big sister Lydia. I'm gonna teach you all about magical creatures like— like— like werewolves, and unicorns and thestrals! Oh! And quidditch! It's so cool! They zoom so quickly on their brooms! I haven't been able to summon one yet but that's okay! Daddy says I'm just a bit of a late bloomer with my magic! But soon we'll be able to fly together!! And Hogwarts! Hogwarts will be sooooo cool baby brother!" Lydia rambled to her brother as her parents smiled lovingly at their children.
Lydia smiled sadly at the screen, reminiscing about all the excitement she had for her life. She ran her hands through Harry and James hair.
"My favorite thing from before I left was watching you fly, Jamie." Lydia said to her baby brother with a smile, making him hide his face in her leg. Lily looked at him with a small smile, her friends teasing her when they see.
Three years later.
"Okay, so a pretty big skip." Regulus said, watching the screen curiously.
Lydia avoided the looks from her parents, and the older parts of the black family, who all know what they're about to watch.
"Okay everyone! Gather around!" Mia shouted with a bright smile, looking at her now nine year old daughter.
Three year old James, was sitting on the floor near his family with a little Sirius and Regulus. Lydia smiled before giving all three boys kisses on the top of their heads.
"Woah. We met before the train ride?" James looked shocked at Sirius, and an equally shocked Regulus.
"Jamie, I was practically a daughter to the Blacks, we were all very close, bub." Lydia said, making James frown a bit, still not understanding why they wouldn't have grown up together. "Regulus was my favorite though, look at those cheeks he was so tiny and adorable" Lydia cooed, making the youngest Black blush profusely. "Lyds! The betrayal!" James pouted with Sirius.
"Aunt Lydia isn't wrong though, dad. Look at him, he's adorable" Harry said, Lily nodded in agreement.
"Okay everyone, today we are here to determine our little Lydia's magical core type, I'm so happy you all could make it today, come now, Princess" Monty said, leading his daughter to the spot for her ritual.
"Do people still do rituals like this?" Hermoine asked.
"Not often anymore, only the older families really perform these, the ministry shies away from things like this. A lot of light families believe that it's dark magic." Monty responded to the girl with a smile.
"I thought the Potter's were a light family?" Lily questioned, making Lydia choke on her spit and cackle, Bellatrix slapping her back to help her breathe properly. "That's hilarious" Lydia said, James sank in his seat just a little, not prepared for the reality of his family to come to light.
"We're neutral." Mia and Monty said in unison, all of the Potters exchanging heavy eye contact with eachother.
"Something tells me we don't know as much about the Potter family as we think.." Barty whispered to Regulus and Evan.
"Daddy, what if nothing happens?" Lydia whispered to him with a small frown tugging at her lips
"Then we will love you just as we do now, and go from there, we love you, not your magic." Monty said to his daughter, fixing her hair with a smile and pulling her towards her mother.
Lydia stood tall in front of her loved ones and her parents peers and took a deep breath, beginning the ritual, everyone sucked in a breath, until;
Nothing.
Although everyone in the hall knew the outcome of the ritual, it was still sad to see the young heiress go through
"I can't imagine that, all you knew was magic" Regulus said with a frown.
"You're not wrong. It definitely hurt for awhile, but I'd say I've done pretty well in the muggle world. I got my American citizenship when I turned eighteen, I joined the Army, now I'm stationed in Washington. I've made some really good friends" Lydia said with a smile, making her family smile aswell.
"Oh shit! I forgot everyone else! One second please!"
In the hall there was a crash with a pile of bodies.
"Harry? What the fuck is going on?"
"Uncle Alex! This is gonna sound crazy, but you guys are used to this by now! We're watching Aunt Lydia's life."
The newcomer's paused and stared at Lydia, all gasping.
"Fuck, Lydia." Alex said pulling the girl into his arms, choked up.
"Wait, is that a ring? Someone married you, Evil spawn?" Which went ignored as the rest of her little family embraced her.
"Introduce yourselves, please."
"Alex Karev,"
"Cristina Yang,."
"Jo Wilson"
"Meredith Grey"
"Amelia Shepherd"
"Miranda Bailey"
"April Kepner "
"Jackson Avery"
Her little family joined the table,
"So.. tequila?" That was also ignored
Lydia went pale as a sheet of paper, chin wobbling and ran out of the house, into the gardens. Hushed whisperers emerged around the room, as the Potter's, and the two Blacks stared worriedly at each other.
"No one will say anything of this, or you will feel the wrath of the Potters- and the Blacks- get out of my home." Monty demanded, him and Cygnus pointing their wands at the frightened visitors of the manor, who quickly evacuated.
"I'm gonna go speak with her,-" Euphemia started, before watching the three black sisters run out of the door into the gardens.
A/n Jesus that took me so fucking long. I'm sorry, I was stuck for awhile with the ritual because I just couldn't think of what to do. I'm sorry it's not super long, but hey Greys characters are here now!!