Between Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley and Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger as siblings.
It was one of those nights in the Department of Mysteries when the darkness seemed to drip from the walls like ink, black and viscous. The usual silence that shrouded the Hall of Prophecy was shattered by the discordant notes of desperation and chaos as Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Draco Malfoy, and Hermione Granger floundered amid the twisting shelves.
"It has to be here!" Hermione shouted, the beads of sweat on her forehead visible only by the intermittent glow of her wandlight. Ginny was beside her, scanning the labels on the delicate orbs with equal fervor, her fierce determination reflected in her narrowed eyes.
Harry and Draco, meanwhile, seemed caught in a performance of a strange ballet, ducking and diving as they fended off the few remaining unsnapped threads of ancient protective curses, their movements underscored by a sense of urgency.
Then, as Harry’s hand closed over a particular orb that seemed to resonate with a silent scream for his attention, Draco inadvertently triggered the delicate Time-Turner's defenses, setting forth a reaction that was as instantaneous as it was catastrophic.
The resulting explosion was cataclysmic, the air tearing and bending as if reality itself was suffering a wound. They were engulfed by light so bright and fierce that it seemed to strip them of their very essence, flinging them across the boundaries of time and space.
When the light rescinded and they could see once more, it was to the revelation of a different world entirely. The Department of Mysteries was no longer a battleground of past and potential futures but a solemn place of remembrance, held in the throes of silent mourning over a reality that had gone terribly awry.
In whispers barely audible over the pulse that drummed in his ears, Harry heard it first. The name "Malfoy" was spoken not with disdain or anger, but hushed sorrow. And beside him, where he had expected to see Draco sneering with ill-contained bitterness, he saw a reflection of his own shock and dawning horror on a face that could have been mistaken for a mirror to his soul.
"This is impossible," Draco murmured, his voice breaking. "Tell me this isn’t true."
Ginny, ever the anchor in a surging sea, reached out to steady Harry. Her touch was not that of a friend, but with a fraternal fondness that seemed as deep-rooted as the history they had never lived. "It's okay, Harry. Whatever it is, we'll get through it. Like always," she said, her comforting hand slipped into his as if this was a gesture worn smooth by countless recurrences.
And through it all, Hermione stood quietly, her brilliant mind racing ahead of them all, piecing together the puzzle of their displacement with frightening acuity. "We aren’t where we should be," she said, more to herself than the rest, "We have been cast into a parallel thread... one where we exist differently."
With those words, the foundation of everything they knew crumbled. This world was not their own, and yet, it was a world that whispered secrets of a life they had never lived but were nevertheless tied to, irrevocably.
Harry and Draco faced each other, recognizing the familiarity which they had always mistaken as enmity. Now, as the tumult of their ordeal settled into a wary calm, they stood not as enemies, nor as friends, but as something far more complex and profound—as siblings with the same blood.
It was the beginning of a crisis that would test the very limits of their being, pulling at the threads of a kinship that up until now had lain dormant. A new adventure was unfolding, not in their home, but in the echoes of time—a journey that demanded they confront the rift in their past, for the only way to mend their futures would be together.