Y'all I just realised something. Remember when Harry and Hermione went back in time?
If they had Remus take his potion, Pettigrew wouldn't have escaped. If Pettigrew didn't escape, Cedric wouldn't have died and Voldemort wouldn't have come back and Sirius's name would have been cleared. If Voldemort hadn't come back, Fred would be alive.
If Cedric hadn't died, the whole plot for the Cursed Child would be gone.
If the plot for the Cursed Child was gone, we would have (hopefully) gotten a story about the Marauders instead.
Now I'm sad. Hermione, you're the smartest person I've ever known, and I don't even know you, and you didn't figure that out. WHYYYYYY!
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~ <3 Seafoam Alpha