This is a result of boredome. Pleas etell me what you think!

Harry pushed the door open to his house-the Potter Manor. He pulled off his Auror's robes, something he detested now, and threw it on the stand nearby. Running his hand through his now white hair, he walked in the house and shouted, "I'm home!"

The effect was immediate. Something crashed on the above floors and someone seemed to move on the first floor. As he walked towards the Dining, he heard muffled voices. Opening the door, he looked right in front. Green eyes met hazel, both tired and old.

"Ginny, what were you doing?" asked Harry, eyes narrowed. Ginny placed her hand on the chair beside her and said, "Nothing."

Harry raised an eyebrow and looked around. Everything seemed to be at the right place, but something was different. An Auror's eye should not miss details.

"Anyways, I invited Dudley and Draco to dinner tomorrow. Hope you don't mind." Said Ginny and then she rolled her wheelchair towards him. Harry mumbled something and then said, "Yeah, no problem at all."

He watched as Ginny summoned the food and laid it on the table. Harry cleaned his hands and sat down on the chair next to Ginny. They ate in silence till Winky brought some more. Both thanked her and she disappeared.

"So," Harry tried to start a conversation, "I caught a few Dark Arts dealers today. Going to Azkaban soon."

"Hmm, that's good." Said Ginny. Harry asked, "What did you do?"

"Hmm?" she looked at Harry and then said, "Oh, nothing interesting. Just dusting this old place, roaming in some corridors."

"Like the third floor?" asked Harry and Ginny's hand stopped midway. "N-No, why do you ask?"
She tried to act normal but color had drained of her face.

Harry kept his hand on hers-two fingers missing- and said, "Ginny, there is a reason I have asked you not to go there."

"And it does not sound a pretty legitimate reason to me!" Harry heard Ron's voice. He looked at Ginny who was instead concentrating on her hand.

"Ron, ask your wife if it is wise what your sister is doing." Harry turned to look at the portrait of his best friend. He still looked as young as Harry remembered him, with only a few gray hairs in his ginger. Ron shrugged and said, "Well, I think she deserves to see her family!"

"Oh Ronald!" Harry heard Hermione come into the frame. She didn't look a day older 43. She turned to look at Harry and said, "Sorry Harry, but you know how these two can get!"

"Sod off Hermione!" said Ron angrily. Harry stood up and said, "Ron, I request you to go back."

"It gets boring there!"

"You have your whole family!"

"I don't have you two!"

Harry sighed as Hermione tried to pull Ron away. "Let him be Hermione."

Hermione was shocked and so were Ron and Ginny. Finally, Ron broke into a grin and said, "You really mean it mate?"

"Yeah. In fact, why don't all of you come down? It's been long since I have had a family dinner." Harry smiled. Ron immediately rushed out of the frame with Hermione following him, frowning.

Ginny looked at Harry and said, "Why did you do that?"

Harry shrugged and said, "Maybe because it won't make a difference. Every time I put a new charm you manage to get past through it!"

"I am sorry." Muttered Ginny, breaking into sobs. Harry held her and she continued, "I just can't stop thinking about them. It was so perfect, so good! And then, that damned Delphi…"

"Mum! Dad!" Harry and Ginny heard three cries. They looked up to see 21 year old James, 19 year old Albus and 17 year old Lily smiling in the frame in front of them. Harry and Ginny smiled and Harry said, "How're my little troublemakers? Sorry I haven't been visiting."

"Oh it's all right, Mum has been!" Lily said excitedly and then bit her lip as she received glares from her brothers. Harry chuckled and said, "It's all right, I know."

"Harry! Hey brother-in-law, long time no see!" said the twins in unison. Harry smiled at them as they crossed the kids' portrait and went to their own portrait. Soon, the whole Weasley clan had joined them, along with Teddy, Scorpius, Remus, Tonks, James and Lily, Sirius, Longbottoms and Scammanders.

Dinner after that was a cheerful affair. The marauders and the twins joked and Molly scolded them all. Teddy and Tonks entertained Lily, both of them while Bill, Charlie and Percy engaged Ginny in a conversation and Ron and Hermione talked to Harry non-stop.

Finally, it was bed time and the whole clan bid the 61 year old couple goodnight. Harry carried Ginny to their bedroom and made her sit on the bed. He gave her the daily dosage of Potions she required, which she took with a disgusted face. Taking his own potion, the couple wrapped their arms around each other and went to a dreamless sleep.


It all started after Albus' adventure. The Aurors had locked Delphini Riddle down, but she had gathered quite a few followers. They were hell bent on taking revenge as well. In the start it was small attacks, on Ginny, on Neville, on Ron and so on. Then it turned to the next generation, starting with Teddy and then all the way down to Hugo, the youngest.

By the time Harry actually understood what was going on, the Third War had started.

The first casualty was Luna and her family. They were off to somewhere in Africa looking for an extinct species when they had been tortured to death. The whole family had put up a good fight, but they were slaughtered after being tortured.

Next was Scorpius Malfoy. The boy had been a warning to Draco Malfoy. Mad in rage, Draco had killed two of the Risen Death Eaters whom he had been able to recognize. He had to be sent to Azkaban after that, nothing could save him.

The young boy's death had angered Albus Potter and Rose Granger-Weasley too. They had somehow been able to take Delphini out of the prison to take revenge, but that was actually the plan. Their dead bodies were found the next day, with Delphini Riddle missing.

That was what had started Ginny Weasley-Potter's despair. She had wanted to avenge her son and niece and had in fact put up a very appreciable fight with the monster herself. The whole Weasley family was there when it happened.

And that was the day of Molly, Arthur, Charlie, Fred ll, James Sirius, Audrey, Victorie and Neville's death. That was the day Ginny lost her legs.

The muggles had soon been brought in the fight as well. Millions had been slaughtered. Somehow, it wasn't about cleansing the society anymore- it was more of a power show, to make terror a day-to-day thing. Dudley, now an army officer, was more than happy to extend his help. His marriage to Cho Chang might have been the reason as well.

And thus the attacks continued. Azkaban had to be emptied, for it was rumored to be in control of Delphi. Draco Malfoy then joined the war. Three years later, Harry killed Delphini. But the price was too great. The only people left to celebrate the victory were Harry and Ginny Potter, Dudley Dursley and a handful of wizards-mostly half bloods. The muggle world too was in rumble.

Delphi had managed to do what her father and mother wanted in mere four years.

Ginny had managed to get the whole family's portraits being painted, but that only made the suffering harder. The fact that they could see and hear them but could not feel them or watch them grow was terrible. Harry had locked all the portraits and asked them not to come out despite them having a frame in the dining hall, for Ginny's mental condition seemed to worsen every time she saw them. Harry had even tried to get her away from the house, but she had magically bonded herself.

So that was the life for four 61 year olds-Ginny almost mad in grief, every time going to the paintings and then losing her mind, Draco trying to drink his pain away and failing miserably and Dudley and Harry trying to clear the magical and muggle world respectively.


Dudley reached the Potter manor at the exact time Ginny had asked him to come. Long gone was the fat boy- Dudley was a man of great weight. He proudly more many scars, most from the Third War. The most prominent one was one that ran from his left cheek to all the way right chest. Had it not been for Ron Weasley that day, Dudley would have been mauled by the werewolf. But that act of heroics only caused Ron to become a monster-something that took away his and his wife's lives.

As he knocked on the door, the house-elf, Winky opened the door.

"Hello Winky. Are Harry and Ginny here?"

"Yes. Master has been expecting Dudley sir. Draco sir has just come. Master asked Winky to escort you to dining hall."

"It's all right, I can go there myself." Dudley said, but Winky was reluctant to lead hi. Dudley chuckled and followed the house-elf. Indeed, three figures sat in the Dining when he reached there.

"Hello Malfoy. Haven't seen you for a while."

Draco scoffed and said, "Haven't had any reason to socialize exactly Dursley."

Dudley nodded. It was a wasted try to talk to Draco. The only person who listened to him and to who he listened was Ginny.

Dudley took a seat beside Harry, across Draco and Ginny.

"So, what was the gathering about?" if it was a gathering.

"Nothing." Said Ginny. "Just wanted to meet some old friends." She smiled at Draco who seemed to soften at her gaze. He felt only she understood his pain of losing a child, despite the fact that both Harry and Dudley had lost their children as well.

The dinner was normal, with talk on small things, like how Quidditch matches were finally starting once more and how the muggle government was co-operating with the disaster.

Soon enough it was time to go back. The four walked to the door. All were silent, as they gazed into the sky.

"It's beautiful tonight." Murmured Harry. Dudley nodded. It was then that they saw a shooting star.

"Muggles say that if you wish upon a shooting star, your wish comes true." Said Ginny. Malfoy sneered ad said, "What nonsense!" But deep inside, he wished, he wished to re-do everything from the very starting. What he didn't know that the other four people had wished for the same thing.

As the star disappeared, Dudley shook his head and said, "Well, I guess I should go. Coming Malfoy? I can give you a ride."

Malfoy nodded his head. "See you ginny, Harry." He walked away and the couple went back in their house.

As four people slept that night, fate began its work.

Okay, so I have no idea how this came into being, but the idea just popped and I had to write it or else I would forget it. It will be a time-travel fic, if you want me to continue it. So, hope to hear from you!

P.S.: This story will also have the same fate as the others for a while. You know, OWLS. So, keep telling me your ideas!