Chapter 1
Prologue
Merlin sat at the water's edge. His gaze was thoughtful as he looked across the lake. Something was changing. He could feel it.
Leon paused, his cup halfway to his mouth. Fate was playing games again and he wanted no part in it.
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Hermione looked up from her book. She felt something odd but couldn’t put a finger on it.
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Ron awoke with a start. This was the third time in as many days he’d been woken up from a vivid dream. It was the same dream actually. Scenes had passed by in a blur. They felt old, almost medieval. The clash of swords, sunlight glinting off armor, a red cloak, a lake, the flash of lightning and boom of thunder. They felt important but he wasn’t sure why.
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Harry felt well rested for the first time in years. He felt odd and couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something he missed but he didn’t feel wrong.
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Draco walked through the halls of Malfoy Manor with a spring in his step. He felt lighter than he had in a long time. He stopped to admire the flowers on a side table and didn’t notice as he walked away that they seemed to have been revived a little by his touch.
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Deep in the Department of Mysteries, in the Hall of Prophecies, the label on one of them fluttered as the words changed. Once upon a time they read :S.P.T. to A.P.W.B.D. dark lord and (?) Harry Potter. Now, However, it has no name, only three words: Once and Future.