13A/N Hello everyone, this is my first fanfic, so I want as much constructive criticism/general reviews as I can get. I would also like to say that I'm dedicating this story to my sister, who gave me many ideas to pick and choose from.
As for why I wrote this fic. . .I have read TONS OF NextGen Time Travel back to the Order of the Phoenix fics, and they're generally all the same, with some of the same lines, clichés, and basically the story itself. So, I've decided to write a totally UN-clichéNextGen Time Travel back to the Order of the Phoenixfic. Also, the fact that this disaster technically happened in "2020" is just a bonus 'cause it makes it even more believable.
Don't know what I just said, so enjoy!
In the summer of 2020 in 12 Grimmauld Place, the Potter parents were nowhere in sight, leaving Teddy, Victoire, Fred, James, Albus, Scorpius, Rose, Lily, and Hugo alone.
In the living room, Teddy could be seen complaining about how boring the ministry people are to Victoire, who was listening attentively. Ok, I lied, she was pretending to. The part-Veela was just happy that she finally got to spend time with Teddy after all the time he's put into his work, hoping to become an Unspeakable.
James, Fred, and Lily were playing Exploding Snap with Lily winning. On the couch were Albus and Scorpius, talking (actually gossiping, but if you asked them they'd deny it) about what the new school year would bring. Rather than join their frivolous conversation, as Rose called it, she was sitting next to Scorp, reading a book about Chaser plays and tips.
Everything was normal, or as normal as things can get with the Potter-Weasley clan plus Teddy (who is practically a Potter himself) and Scorpius. However, as I look over what I have written so far, I see that I forgot to mention where Hugo is in all of this! Well, you see-
"HELP!" screamed Hugo at the top of his lungs. Everyone leapt to their feet, as the instincts from all of that training their Not-Actually-Their-Aunt Aunt Judy had had them go through kicked in. But that's another story and now we go back to the leaping-to-their-feet part, and then running up the stairs to where the shout came from.
And what a sigh that was. I'm literally as shocked as they are, I mean, these kinds of things only happen to Harry Potter! Hugo isn't even biologically related to him, so that can't be an excuse! But there it was, against all odds a blueish, blackish, purpleish vortex that was swallowing Hugo whole!
James, like the stupidly heroic I-don't-think-anything-through- and-just-jump-into-action Gryffindor he is, ran over and took hold of Hugo's forearm, the only part of him left sticking out of the still-swirling vortex. As he was trying to save him by playing tug-of-war (honestly James, can't you see that this is a time of crisis?), he got sucked in too! Teddy started screaming profanities. As if the vortex heard him, it turned towards them and then, by some unGodly force, started moving their way, fast!
They tried every spell they could think of (a Cheering Charm, really Fred?) and still couldn't make it stop or back off.
And so they were sucked in. . .
A/N Sorry that it was short! I'll try to make the next chapter longer.
Date of update: 9/25/2020