𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 -

❝ ɢᴇᴇᴢ - ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘᴏᴛᴛᴇʀ... ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ. ❞

( i somehow made severus hot... louis garrel everyone... )

"STEP THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER-"

Magnolia looked at Regulus in surprise, who had suddenly stepped between her and Percival. Sirius's eyebrows shot up and a smile formed across his lips at the sudden appearance of his brother protecting Maggie.

"Oh yeah, Reggie going rogue on you pricks!" Regulus rolls his eyes at his older brother before directing his attention back to Percival Parkinson.

"Seriously, Black? You're protecting her?"

"Geez - another Potter... Great." Severus mutters under his breath, as he suddenly sees both James and Harry come forward, with Harry coming up and pointing his wand at the back of Percival's neck.

"Nice to see you too, Snape" Harry mutters, a small smirk plastered on his face, meeting the younger version of his Potions professor. But then in a way, it saddens Harry to see him again after being there when he dies in the future.

Severus eyed Harry oddly, finding him to be a replica of James - which was why his first extinct was to call him another Potter. For Harry already knowing who he was when Severus had never met him in his entire life, made him look at the "Potter twin" suspiciously.

"Now can we end this before a professor comes and we all get a detention? Wouldn't want that right?" James asks smugly from beside Peter and Harry. Lucius hastily gets up and glares hard at them with Narcissa at his side.

"Yes, I agree - I was hoping to get breakfast but you guys kind of got in the way" Maggie states, frowning as Regulus bites back a laugh.

"You bloody twats-"

"Or possibly when a prefect comes?" Everyone's head turns to see Remus, leaving the men's restroom. He fixes his sweater and clasps his hands together before a sarcastic smile prompts his face.

"What-" Mulciber and Percival mutter, their eyes suddenly widening.

"Detention for all you Slytherins, except Regulus. And 100 points off your house-"

"You've got to be kidding me!" Mulciber exclaims as Sirius bursts out a laugh and pulls away from the shorter Slytherin.

"HA!" Sirius and James cackle, coming beside one another as Regulus raises an eyebrow at Percival - who still looked like he was gonna blow up on him or Magnolia.

"I'd really-" Harry pushes the tip of his wand harder on the back of Percival's neck, making the Parkinson wince, "really, appreciate it if you stepped away from Reg and my girl"

"Bye, bye" Maggie whispers with a smirk, smugly waving her hand bye to Percival, who scoffed. Harry slowly released his wand from his neck and Percival backed away.

"This isn't over" Lucius threatens with small tears in his eyes, holding his - probably broken - nose. Mulciber and Percival glared at all of them before following the retreating platinum blonde-haired couple. Before following, Severus eyes all of them, especially Magnolia and Harry.

"Run along, Snivellus" James points out with a smirk, with Harry mirroring the same face... Just with those bright green eyes, Severus finds them so familiar.

"I'd go before those 100 points taken away double" Remus declares, as Severus's eyes shift from Magnolia's to the prefect. No words were exchanged until he finally left, eyeing all of them suspiciously.

"Look at you, Moony!" Sirius exclaims, he and James jump up in excitement for him. They shook Harry's shoulders as they jumped in excitement with him laughing alongside them before they ran to their werewolf friend.

"Thank you" Maggie thanked Regulus as he turned around to face her. He gives her a small smile before looking down with a shrug.

"I can tell you mean a lot to Sirius - and whoever is a friend of his, is a friend of mine"

"I see you guys have talked through your family issues since the last time I talked to you," She says with a small laugh, slightly lowering her head so he'd reach eye contact.

"Yeah... I'm sorry about that, I do wish to get to know you better and become friends. And for now... I think things are gonna be different for me and him"

"A good different?" She asks and he notices she's trying to catch his eyes with hers and chuckles. He scratches the back of his neck and looks into her blue eyes.

"Of course."

"Reggie, come here!" Sirius exclaims as they look over and he's motioning towards them, making Maggie smile brightly.

"Pray for me that I don't get a howler from my mother during dinner," He says with a cheeky grin, raising his fingers to show there crossed. She does the same with a laugh, crossing her fingers as he laughs with her before going up to the boys.

"Hello Ms. Lupin" Harry greets, making her fight back with a smile.

"Mr. Potter" She greets, looking to the side, clearly avoiding his eyes - in somewhat embarrassment. He sighs nervously, holding her engagement ring in his hand.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, got a good punch on Malfoy - always wanted to do that ever since Mione punched Draco because she said it felt amazing"

"Yeah, I saw all the blood, can't wait to tell Malfoy..." He says, cursing himself as she softly smiles at him. His chest hurts as he looks at her, her blue eyes piercing his green ones.

"It's just a little hard to process, you know?"

"Yeah, I know..." She whispers, biting on the inside of her cheek as she hears his voice crack.

"But I'm sorry for that outburst, I-I wasn't thinking and then I kept yelling at you-"

"It's okay, I understand... It hurts knowing there's a possibility that..."

"Don't say it, please don't say it" He whispers before stepping forward, cupping her face softly in his hands. Her eyes softly closed with a sad smile as his lips pressed against hers. His palms were hot against her cheeks as he hesitantly pulled away. He kissed her so firmly, that her eyes still were closed, the feeling of his lips still grazing over her own. She opened her eyes, finding his eyes staring back at her. His thumbs brushed the sides of her temples.

"I love you."

"I love you. Don't forget that, okay?" She tells him as he nods, kissing her forehead. She knew he was wearing her ring on his pinky this whole time and it made her because he'd tease her small fingers by doing that when they were home.

"It's terrible my ring fits on your pinky"

"Yeah, you got cute little dainty fingers" He chuckles, holding her hand and kissing her knuckles softly.

She still sensed his sadness and grabbed his hand. She slid her engagement ring off his pinky with a small laugh. He watched her movements intently as she slid the diamond ring on her fourth finger on her left hand.

"I am yours..." She whispers, before grabbing his hand and continuing, "And you are mine" Lastly, she brushes her lips across his knuckles.

"Forever?"

"Forever." She confirms, making a smile finally quirk up across his face.

"I love you" He whispers, making a small smirk form on her lips.

"I love you more."

"I love you most - Wait-"

"I love you more than most! Yay, finally!" She cheers, clapping her hands together happily as his cheeks heat up.

"And Mags! You punched Malfoy in the nose!" James shouts with a loud laugh, breaking the focus the two had on each other.

"You punched Malfoy?!" Remus exclaims in question, somewhat of a proud smile across his face.

"I saw it from afar, Lucius was so dramatic - I swear, I think he threw his neck out," Regulus says as Sirius nods in agreement, making Harry throw an arm over Maggie's shoulders.

"We should go get that toast you've been wanting, right?"

"Oh yes, please! Thank you!"

~~~

"So Regulus is gonna be staying at the Potter's once they have to go home, possibly concluding that we might have someone that we call Uncle Reggie in the future-"

"Harry, we don't have to talk about this, you know? If you don't want to..." He gave her a small smile, shrugging it off.

"It's fine - I mean, even if we're still born-" She cringed, her head hanging in pain at the knowledge. It was desperately so obvious she just wanted to go home. She's starting to miss that life she was slowly forgetting with Harry.

"It'll be cool to have another Uncle..." He notices her attention back on the wood, picking at it with her nails. He stops himself from going further with the topic. "I'm sorry, love. I kind of ramble on about these things, trying to push the negative out... Of my head."

She chuckled and forced a smile. "I'm still... I'm still trying to let it all go so I have the courage when it's time - to go home."

Harry wasn't the only one who apologized for what happened in the alley - Magnolia tried to. By trying, she tried to convince herself that it's okay to let things go. She's having a devastating time having to look at all of them and stop trying. She wanted to let it go but she never realized how hard that was going to be. Even though she never asked or said it - Harry needed to be patient with her. He just knew that Magnolia was a very selfless person - sometimes too selfless where she forgets that being selfish is the best way sometimes.

"But I think Peter has been good - I guess it all depends on the decisions he makes next year," She says, taking another bite of her chocolate muffin, trying to stop her fidgeting.

"Ow!" He pouts, holding his hand as she slaps it away from her chocolate muffin.

"Mine." She says with a muffled voice, muffin stuffed into her mouth.

They were sitting in the library, taking a break from everyone. They were in the more secluded area of the library, sitting at a small table together. Magnolia had snuck a bunch of small foods from the lunch before it all disappeared in the Great Hall. She snuck in a few chocolate muffins and two treacle tarts for Harry - who ate his fast and is now trying to steal her muffins. But on the way out of the Great Hall and the library, she was holding a cup of hot cocoa in one hand and buttered toast in the other. She was starving, especially after her Veela transformation not long ago.

"Oh god, what about Teddy?! What if your mom survives and then Remus never gets with Tonks?"

"I don't know, Harry... There's nothing we can do now - us forgetting core memories is just proof it's too late and everything has changed" She mutters, making him gulp and start tapping his finger on the table.

"What if it gets to the point where we forget each other?" She stops from picking at the wood on the table and looks at her fiance.

"I promise you before we get back to our time, we'll still know we're engaged - we won't be here that long - I want to leave as fast as I can too." She reassures, interlocking her hands with his as he nods in relief.

"I officially hate the oh-so-great Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore"

"I've always had, ever since he didn't help clear Sirius's name after he escaped Azkaban in our fourth year - And you know what I realized not that long ago?" She asks, sitting on her knees on the chair, leaning on the table with her forearms.

"What is it, my beautiful flower Magnolia" He says with a smirk, making her roll her eyes and continue.

"Dumbledore could've easily gotten Sirius a fair trial and gotten his name cleared when Lily and James died and then he could have taken care of you instead of the stupid Dudley's," She says, roughly picking at the wood on the table in anger.

"So why'd you think he didn't?"

"Well maybe he knew if Sirius had raised you, it would've been way harder for him to manipulate you - so he let Sirius go to Azkaban -"

"Well, that's a bit much. I wasn't manipulated-"

"Love, think about it." She told him, tilting her head to the side with a certain look as he went into thought.

"He used you to get to Slughorn to come back to Hogwarts and get those memories - even though I'm sure he already knew about the Horcruxes at that time already-"

"Yikes" Harry mutters as she names another thing.

"Oh and don't forget that he never told you about you being a possible Horcrux? And forced a whole war into your hands like it was okay?" She asks with a raised eyebrow, taking another bite of her muffin. She never liked the headmaster - ever since the beginning and she made sure to make that obvious.

"I can't believe I wanted to name one of my children after him -"

"I definitely wouldn't have let you." Magnolia quickly states, making him roll his eyes with a grin as she smirks.

"What? I wouldn't have carried a human for nine months and then push it out of my fucking vagina to name it, Albus" She said in disgust, a shiver sending down her spine as she shook.

~~~

Behind the shelves, there were two people accidentally listening in... One had dark sort of long curly hair with grey eyes and the other was a redhead with green eyes.

Regulus Black and Lily Evans...

Regulus was trying to find Magnolia to ask her something but stopped, hearing both of them. At first, he wasn't listening and was just gonna wait till they stopped - but he couldn't help but be a bit nosy... And what he heard utterly shocked him. Not knowing if what he was hearing was real or not. His mind was running wild.

As for Lily, she was looking through books and of course - while looking through some books, she started to hear people. Not knowing it was Magnolia and Harry.

At first, she wanted to ignore them but she felt like she recognized those voices. So she followed the voices to maybe say hi... But she froze as she heard every single thing that was said. She tried looking through the cracks of the books, even though she recognized the voices to be Harry and Maggie.

Neither of them knew what to say, so they slowly stepped back and walked around a shelf behind them. They come face to face, make eye contact, and freeze.

"You heard all of that?" Lily asks in a whisper as Regulus slowly nods with wide eyes.

"All of it." He confirms as she quickly grabs his wrist and pulls him out of the library.

They were dashing out to figure out answers from none other than the marauders themselves... If they even knew anything at all.

authors note !!!

lots and lots of explain to do...

also, the fancast for severus seriously makes me want to write a young! severus snape fanfic lol but i have no idea what i'd write about :/