Eerie music played and footsteps were heard. A gate creaked open and the view panned to show a two-story cottage with smoke coming out of the chimney.
'Wait isn't that our cottage in Godric's Hollow?' James commented wondering why they were seeing such a secluded property.
Inside, a messy black-haired boy no older than 21 was seen playing with a boy who looked almost identical to him except the green eyes and the older male's glasses. Sitting beside him watching in awe at the bubbles coming out of her father's wand was a black haired girl with hazel eyes.
'What are you doing at the property with the least amount of wards and charms?' James, though hesitant to look in his sister's direction, pondered on her words. What was he doing there?
Carina was at the edge of her seat, biting down on her nails in anxiousness. Though she didn't like James- given the treatment he gave to her best friend- she didn't like the idea of her children being there in a house with no family wards and a useless wizard who couldn't cast something more complex than Expelliarmus.
'Oi! I do know how to cast spells more complex than Expelliarmus.' She was confused to see the boy glaring daggers at her and everyone trying to hold in their laughs.
Kally sighed beside her and removed the girl's hand from her mouth, 'Sweetheart I told you, you ramble your thoughts when you are nervous.'
Carina blushed hearing her best friend and hid her face in her hand's which James couldn't help but think was cute. Escaped by her eyes, her mother on the opposite side of the hall was giving her the side-eye for tarnishing their name and her father was looking at her with longing in his eyes.
As the two children got tired of their boring father they started talking to each other in their baby language while James sighed. His gaze snapped upwards when a cup of coffee came in front of his face.
There stood Carina Potter (néé Greengrass) who looked as if she was about to slap him.
Diana couldn't take it anymore, sobbing as she ran to her dad's arms while Harry did the same to his mother. Though the two siblings knew their parents died young, it had never occurred to them that their mother never got to blow out her 21st birthday candles.
The two looked at their children questioning how bad things were between them that their children cried so bad seeing the two together. James, looking at the broken expression on his daughter's face, identical to the one his sister harbored not long ago, decided it was time to man up. While clutching Diana in his arms he sat down beside Carina and brought both her and his son into the father-daughter hug. Rest of the Marauder's followed James and changed their seating arrangement.
'James you are being ridiculous, it's just a stupid muggle holiday besides they won't even remember how cool or crappy their first Halloween was.'
The man chuckled at his lady love's words and proceeded to rest his face in the crook of his wife's neck, his gaze fixed on their children.
'Even though I am still salty about the crappy holiday as you call it, I am worried about Lele.'
Kallista and James paused at the nickname and looked at each other. Did they reconcile in the future?
'Me too, I know she is able to take care of herself but- No you know what nup.'
James looked at Carina confused at her sudden outburst.
In the hall Kally looked at Carina betrayed while the other gave her a pointed look and they must have been communicating through expressions because their faces started twitching and finally Kally gasped and cried out a 'Rina!!' while the blonde just rolled her eyes and turned away like nothing happened. Unknowingly, a small smile danced on both Lucius and James' lips which Regulus took notice of and glared at the blonde boy.
'I always tell her to stay away from things that may cause problems and she knows that I am always right but noooo she suddenly turns deaf when it comes to me being right and then later on comes crying to me and expects me to fix it for her.'
'Classic Kallista.' James clicked his tongue.
As he went to take a sip of his coffee he saw the wards being infiltrated. Carina sensing the same thing picked up her children and clutched them close to her chest.
'It's probably just Sirius, right?' she questioned her husband, 'Right James? Jamie it's Sirius right?' she asked the messy-haired boy desperately.
James from the window saw bright red eyes glaring at him. His reflexes clicked in and he jumped back dragging Carina towards the staircase.
Everyone in the great Hall was at the edge of their seats, unknowingly Carina clutched onto James while Kally clutched the blonde and Sirius clutched the messy-haired boy too.
Euphemia looked anxiously at the screen praying for her son and his wife to be safe but couldn't help looking at the four clutching each other and worrying for Lucius' sanity.
That's when it dawned on both Carina and James their children didn't cry because things were bad between the two and they were divorced or something they cried because they had no memory of them being together or even alive.
James grasped Carina's face, memorizing every little detail about her knowing it'd be the last time he'll see the woman who taught him what love is. He couldn't help but feel guilty about having dragged someone who could barely be considered an adult into their family mess.
Knowing that the girl would yell at him and defy him, he didn't give her a chance to say anything and pressed his lips onto hers and whispered softly, 'i love you so bloody much Carina Potter thank you for giving me my bambi and prongslet, please keep them and my baby sister safe.'
Not a single eye was left dry in the great hall. Some were crying because the people on the screen were their loved ones, some were crying because of pity while some were crying about how young the couple were.
Without saying anything Carina ran upstairs with the two children. James turned to the tall black-haired man standing in front of him. Realization dawned on him that he didn't have his wand on him and knew he had to do something to try to stall the dark wizard so Carina could either get out or get the children to safety.
'You know if you weren't a pedophile and didn't kill her family at every turn my sister might actually go for you rather than a blonde peacock.'
Silence. Absolute silence. One by one all the occupants of the Great Hall turned to James and gave him a look asking him if he was an absolute idiot with their eyes. James, seeing the glances, shrugged his shoulders, 'Pretty epic last words if you ask me.'
Kathy reached over Carina and smacked her brother on his head. Once again, everyone turned, one-by-one, back to the screen.
The taller man sneered at him and a green light emerged from his wand and struck him right in between his chest. The young boy who had so much to live for fell back, his eyes wide and glasses askew. A rush of memories flashed before his eyes his children, his wife, his three brothers, his niece and nephew, his sister and so many more important people. He could only hope that his wife had escaped with their children.
James was clutched by his parents and children. 'Don't worry guys we'll change that.'
He looked towards his right and saw his wife, *cough* future wife *cough* being clutched tightly by his sister and her brother- Alex Greengrass.
Meanwhile, Carina rushed inside her children's nursery and the door boarded up behind her with furniture.
'Why are you not running out of there?' Kally screamed in best friend's ear, while shaking her, noticing her rummaging through the cupboard instead of making a portkey or apparating. The Greengrass girl was about to say something but was stopped by the shorter girl, 'NO, I am trying to shake your brain cells awake.'
She sighed a breath of relief when she pulled out a white colored potion.
'Why are you taking a forget me draught?' Carina, annoyed by her best friend's questioning, turned to the girl and pronounced every word as if speaking to a child.
'I don't know Kally, it's in the future, I don't know why or how my future self does the things she does. And please tell your brother to stop STICKING TO ME LIKE A LEECH.'
Seeing James jump back from where he was holding her arm in a tight grip she sighed and turned back to the screen. Not noticing her future boyfriends kicked puppy expression, but Sirius surely did and at that moment accepted Carina as the girl he would share James with.
Carina drank the potion and her irises turned white before they changed back to her usual green color. She turned to the children who were watching her cautiously.
'I love you both so much. You are so loved. Ana take care of your little brother for me okay?' She caressed her daughter's cheek and her son's head. Just then the door to the nursery was blasted open and there stood the man her best friend, whom she considered her sister, once loved.
The entire hall turned to Kally as she sinked in her chair, 'I don't right now, it's future me's problems and decisions.'
'Have you met him?' Kally turned her nose up as though she was disgusted at the sight of her mother but nevertheless replied, 'Yes, and I rejected his offer to join him as soon as it came.'
'Now Carina Greengrass-'
'It's Potter.' she stated with a defiant look in her eyes.
A/N in this book Tommy boy is still good looking and does indeed have a nose
Tom looked at the girl in front of him with an amused expression. 'Well Carina I know how much you mean to Kallista so I would refrain myself from killing you and your children, in return all I need is my beloved's current location.'
Now it was Carina's turn to be amused .She looked at him and replied with a mocking tone, 'Well I would tell you if I could, but even I don't remember where she is.'
Tom's eyes flicked towards the empty potion bottle lying there and killed the young girl the same way as her husband.
Carina Potter, a girl whose eyes shined bright like emeralds turned dull and lifeless, even her blonde hair which shone like the sun appeared to be dead and lifeless.
The entire hall could hear the sobs leaving the Potter children and Kallista's mouths. Kally couldn't believe it, her best friend, the girl who gave her a reason to live for, the one person who loved her endlessly and her soulmate was dead.
Her sobs deepened to think that one day she won't wake up with her best friend by her side, she wouldn't have Carina to rant about her problems with. It hurt to think about the fact that one day there won't be a Rina to her Kally.
Tom looked at the two children who looked so much like his Kallista. He originally wasn't going to touch those two children but Kallista's defiance which once used to be amusing was now turning annoying. He personally felt as though Kallista needed to be taught a lesson on how to not betray him.
He fired a spell and just as it touched the girl it backfired and he was met with an agonizing scream that he didn't realize was his until he was fully submerged with magic he was so familiar with.
Silence.
Dead silence.
Bellatrix was simmering with fury; she couldn't believe that her lord was killed by a baby. A snot faced baby. Neither could she believe that he loved Kallista.
Didn't she spend so many days practicing magic and spells for him to even glance in her direction but here he was in love with a blood traitor that left quite a bitter taste in Bellatrix's mouth.
The scene changed once again and the view paned to show the Malfoy Manor. There sat a beautiful woman with brown hair and hazel eyes, she was drinking tea (or was it firewhiskey?) while watching two toddlers playing with one another.
The present time Kallista smirked and whistled at her future self. 'Looks like we now know who got the brains as well as the looks of the family James.'
James nodded at her before he finally registered what she said and let out a sound of offense which sounded similar to a dying cat and Sirius snorted beside him seeing why his little brother liked the Drumstrang girl.
The door opening was heard and Lucius Malfoy came inside and sat at the chair next to his wife.
'Why are you looking at me like I am going to explode.' she turned to look at him with amusement clear on her face.
The man sighed before summoning a house-elf and ordering them to take the children out of the room.
'The dark lord has been defeated.' he saw the way his wife's eyes lit up and hated how he was going to have to crumble it, 'He attacked Godric's Hollow, James and Carina didn't make it and nobody knows where the kids are, neither we nor the Greengrass' are allowed to have custody,'
Kally didn't feel the arms wrapped around her, she didn't hear the comforting words being whispered to her, the only thing she felt was numbness and absolute pain. She slid onto the floor still wrapped in Lucius' arms Rina was dead. Her Rina was dead, her first love was dead, her soulmate was dead.
The Rina to her Kally was dead.
Dead.
As in never coming back. Dead.
The numbness was finally replaced by pain and that's when the waterfall of tears started.
Something similar happened in the great hall. The dried tear marks were replaced by a new fresh batch, she was wrapped in Carina's arms. Her Rina's arms.
James knew it was ridiculous but he couldn't help being jealous of the girl on and off screen crying for his wife and not him. Something similar was being felt by Regulus; it was Lucius whose arms were wrapped around Kally and not his. Looking at the girl he couldn't help but wonder was letting her go best for her. Turning to his son who looked just like him he couldn't help but think maybe it was if it would keep his son happy.
Euphemia couldn't help but replay her son's lifeless eyes and her daughter's screams back again and again in her head. One of her children was dead and the other was absolutely broken.
The future generation wondered what the future would be if instead of showing them this and basically tying them down to their future partners they had instead defeated Voldemort. The saddest part to them was that they all knew if they had done that none of their parent's would be together. The only reason they even missed each other in the future was because they were drowning in guilt and one of their partner's was dead.
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