Chapter 1: The Past
I was taken away from my father when I was still an infant because he was planning on murdering me. Shocking isn't it? You see my father was very much in love with my mother; so much in love that when she died giving birth to me because of complications, he blamed her death on me and wanted nothing to do with me. As the days went by I began to look more and more like my mother. If you were to compare our baby pictures it would look like the same baby. It soon became painful for my father to look at me, let alone take care of me. Eventually he began to for a plan for my demise.
Albus Dumbledore had been watching my family for years because of a very old prophecy that he had heard as a teen. The prophecy itself had been around long before Dumbledore had heard it. The contents of this prophecy were very specific; a female child had to be born to a mother and father very late in life, the mother had to be desperate for a child and the father had to be desperately against having one, the mother had to die during birth the child had to be a mirror image of the mother, and the father driven by grief was to attempt to murder the baby; my family fit this description perfectly. Not only were those conditions to be met but the child was to be a tool to save the Wizarding world; which was why Dumbledore was watching my family along with many other families.
When my father was close to putting his plan of my death into play Dumbledore stepped in and saved my life. He went to my father's house and told the man that he would gladly take me off his hands because he needed an heir. My father readily agreed that Dumbledore could have me as long as he never told me who my real parents were because my father wanted absolutely nothing to do with me. Dumbledore agreed with his request but told me anyways.
When Dumbledore took me back to Hogwarts, school was in session and he immediately called Minerva McGonagall into his office to explain the situation. It was the beginning of September around midnight that she first laid eyes on me. I hadn't been there long. Only a few minutes tops. I was told that she was shocked that my father wanted to kill me but she did agree with Dumbledore's decision to take me in. He told her that he didn't know what to name me. She took one look at me and said "Jacquelyn, she looks like a Jacquelyn." Dumbledore agreed with Mini.
Thus, I was raised mostly by Dumbledore and Mini, but when school was in session all the staff helped take care of me. Madame Pince would read to me in the library, Hagrid would take me on walks, Filius would entertain me with charms, and I had a great time with them all. When the Hogwarts letters were sent out I asked my guardians, Dumbledore, Mini, Sev, and Remus if it would be all right if I could be taught in private. I really didn't want to attend Hogwarts as a student. I didn't think I could handle Uncle Sev turning into a monster, or Aunt Mini giving me detention, or anything of that sort. All of my guardians agreed to teach me in private. I also asked if it would be alright if I could take lessons from Aunt Poppy to which they also consented. If I would have attended the school as a student I would have been in Harry Potter's year.
This was pretty much how things continued on for eleven years. I was being tutored as soon as I could hold a wand. I did my lessons really early in the day or late at night, as well, as on the weekends and holidays. I learned things inside my classes that the other students would only dream of learning. For instance "Uncle" Sev taught me how to brew potions that would counter dark magic, some were even considered dark magic, and additionally I learned Legilmency and Occlumency. I was extremely good in potions and in transfiguration. My Aunt Mini taught me how to become an animagus. I am a Siberian Tiger. It was hard at first but then I got really determined and when I did that, it was easy. The only reason I got to learn was because Dumbledore pointed out to Mini that it could save my life later on especially if I didn't tell the Ministry. She gave in very quickly to that argument.
When Dumbledore found out about the horcruxes he told me and Sev about almost everything. When my grandpa came back from destroying one of the horcruxes with a blackened hand it was Sev and I who made the potion that stopped it from spreading. It was a very difficult potion that Sev had invented. We called it the Death Stopper but it only slowed death down. That night when Sev left for his own quarters Grandpa D and I made a plan. Dumbledore explained to me that if he and Harry died I must go back to when Harry's parents were in school and tell that Dumbledore what happened. I was to change the future. I had to make sure that Pettigrew never betrayed the Potters. I knew the gravity of the situation and I told him that I would fight right beside Harry and his friends and that if Harry fell I would immediately return to the castle and travel to his parents' time. When I asked what year I should go back to, Dumbledore told me to go back to their fifth year because that is when everything started to change. When I asked how I was to befriend them he told me to talk to the Dumbledore in the past and everything would be straightened out.
I never met any of the students while at Hogwarts until after Sev killed Dumbledore. That was when I saw the entire school and then some. I had caught my first glimpse of Harry Potter and his followers and it was a great view. I was sitting with Remus and Tonks throughout the ceremony and afterwards I went home with Remus. I could have stayed at Hogwarts if I had wanted to but I just couldn't do it. I found it to be very hard being there for the ceremony. That was why I went home with Remus; I would have gone with Sev but because he had killed Dumbledore I couldn't really do that. I did see him at the ceremony though; he was hidden in the forest. After the ceremony I went to talk to him, ok you caught me, I went to try and kill him but, he was waiting for me. He explained everything to me and I understood however much I didn't want to, I just understood his explanation. He was the one who agreed that I should go live with Remus, so I did.
That is how I met the Golden Trio and the Gang; that's what I called them at least. I went with Remus and Tonks to Bill and Fleur's wedding and that's how I met everyone. I was working on a schedule and it was very imperative that I befriend Harry and befriend him I did. All of the members of the Order knew about me and about how I had to befriend Harry and his friends. Well thanks mostly to Mrs. Weasley that was made very easy for me. After about a month, which isn't very long at all, I had the trust of Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, Neville, and Luna. Ginny didn't want to trust me because I was a threat to her because she thought that I liked Harry and I only gained her trust after I sat her down and explained what all the grownups already knew. It was much harder to gain Harry's trust then it was everyone else's. Eventually everyone else got on his case, he and I dueled, and then I was accepted by him. It was kind of funny how he made me duel with him. He wanted to be sure that I would be able to take care of myself if I was attacked by Death Eaters. I gave him a great run for his money, eventually I just let him win and I told him that too. I also told him that if I was actually up against a Death Eater I would never go easy on them; because of that I gained his trust and his respect.
I had to explain to them all about why I was so thoroughly trained. I told them that I would be as much of a target as Harry was simply because of how important I was to the leaders of the light side. I also told them about my prophecy. They had all sat there and stared at me. Harry broke the silence by telling me the prophecy about him. After that Harry and I sort of bonded and even though I explained things to Ginny, her jealousy had returned full force.
We had spent the time after the wedding getting to know each other and three months after that, The Trio and I went off to destroy the Horcruxes. It was a good thing that there were four of us mainly because there was someone to step in and calm everyone else down. Usually Harry and I were the peace makers but every once in a while Hermione would have to step in and keep me from killing Ron. It was horrible but at the same time I enjoyed the time we had spent together, the four of us. Eventually we had all but one of the Horcruxes destroyed. Well two if you counted Harry but no one but I knew about that one.
The Final Battle: first person POV
"Harry!" Hermione screamed as the savior of the Wizarding world was struck with the killing curse sent by Voldemort. After that everything started to happen in slow motion. Hermione watched as Ron crumpled to the ground because he was hit by the death curse courtesy of Bellatrix. She watched as Ginny slowly bled to death on the ground due to the many wounds on her slim body.
"Hermione! Watch out!" I screamed but it was too late Hermione was struck with the Cruciatus Curse sent by Lucius and her screams joined that of Tonks, Fleur, Remus, and Luna.
"Jacquelyn go! Go now!" Severus screamed at me. I was immediately in motion. I disapparated to the front gates of Hogwarts and ran all the way to the Head's office where everything was ready for me. Mini and I had everything prepared for me to go back in time just in case Harry died. Quickly I set about the office grabbing any last minute things I might need. I finally had everything ready to go. The spell that I was to use was very ancient magic that no one really knew about.
It was weird, going back in time to save the future. I had just finished watching my friends die for the cause and now I was going back in time to save them. It was odd, only a few nights ago we were sitting in the Burrow around the fire laughing and have fun and now they were almost all dead and I had run away. I let a few tears slide down my face before gathering my wits about me and saying the spell.
"I call to me the ghosts of the past, I call to me the souls of the future, and I call to me the spirits of the present. I request your aid to return in time." I felt as if the world was placed into a tornado. Everything was swirling and not that calm swirling either, it was that I am going to die if this doesn't stop soon swirling. There were colors everywhere, when I focused on them as much as I could I noticed that it was the Headmasters office but, it was going backwards very quickly. I saw glimpses of people I knew but when I looked again it was someone else and it seemed that everything was growing young in the room. The flower pot in the corner of the room went from a beautiful flower to a bud and then to a seed and then it wasn't there at all. Just when I thought I wouldn't be able to take it anymore it stopped.