A/N: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER! Kswolf, sorry it took so long. This was actually written over a year ago but due to internet complications, it could not be posted
A Second Chance
Chapter 1: Time Traveling
Ladies and Gentlemen, brace yourselves. Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley were in a closet snogging around the first of May. They were so engrossed with each other, they didn't notice that they bumped into the wall and something came crashing to the floor emitting a white light and then dying out.
"Oh Merlin that was great." Harry panted when they came up for air.
"Not bad Potter." Ginny teased as they left the broom closet.
"Now how am I going to deal with your brothers?"
"I think you should be more frightened of Snuffles' teasing."
"I can handle Padfoot."
They got up to the Fat Lady
"Wattlebird." Harry and Ginny said.
"That's not the password." The painting said.
"What?" Harry asked. "But Hermione just gave it to me not two hours ago. Are you certain?"
"I think I know my own password James." The Fat Lady said.
The two lovebirds exchanged nervous glances.
"Dumbledore." They chorused and ran to the Gargoyle to start guessing sweets.
"Canary Creams?" Harry guessed.
Nothing
Ginny said. "Pumpkin Pasties?"
"Cauldron Cakes?"
Finally success.
The two ran up and started knocking on the door.
"Come in." Dumbledore's voice came
Harry and Ginny entered.
"Sir. I think there's something wrong with the Fat Lady." Harry said. "She called me 'James' and she's not opening."
Dumbledore looked confused.
"Are you not James?"
"NO!" Harry exclaimed. "Professor. It's me! Harry! You know. Boy-Who-Lived? Ring a bell?"
"Uh Harry…" Ginny whispered upon seeing a calendar.
"What Ginny?"
"Look at that calendar."
He did.
May
That part was right. But it was the year that nearly gave him a heart attack
1980
"Oh. That's why. HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID WE TIME TRAVEL?"
"Harry. Calm down." Ginny said. He hadn't been this wound up since finding out that he was a horcrux. Luckily, he had managed to be cured of that. "It's going to be okay."
"Hermione's going to kill me." Harry said sitting down in an arm chair covering his scar
"Who's to say she'll find out?" Ginny asked seductively as she rubbed his tense shoulders the way she did when he discovered his feelings for her.
"Perhaps a more thorough explanation is in order." Dumbledore suggested.
"My name is Ginny and this form of tensed up muscle is my boyfriend, Harry. We're from 1996 which is why our last names are being secrets."
"Oh yeah." Harry said sarcastically. "As if he can't tell who's kid I am."
"Well, we can't have you two running around Hogwarts. I fear we might have a few students working for Voldemort."
He was pleased to see that the visitors did not flinch.
"But the question is…where to house you? I'm afraid I don't know how to send you back and goodness knows how long it'll take to find out. Tell me, are you two familiar with the Order of the Phoenix?"
"Yes sir." They said.
"Splendid. Now, it'll have to be an Order Member."
"But sir. We're still in school." Harry said. "And I just took my O.W.L.s."
"We'll have you two homeschooled if necessary" Dumbledore said. "Now let's see."
He pulled out a list of names.
"Considering you two might need schooling, we need to look at intelligence and trustworthiness. And a chance to stay at home. Perhaps the Longbottoms or the Potters. That way you can have the balance of a father-figure and a mother-figure."
"Whoever will take us." Harry said.
"Could you describe the families?" Ginny asked trying not to demand the family she wanted
"Well, the Longbottoms, Frank and Alice, are recently married as of April of 1979 and are expecting their first child. Both come from pureblood families and are both sensible and devoted. The Potters, James and Lily, are also recently married as of October, and are also expecting their first child. James is a pureblood and Lily is a muggleborn. Lily graduated first in her class with James third only to be preceded by his friend, Remus Lupin. But you have to be careful in that house because James is a prankster and his best friend, Sirius Black, who is also a prankster, is over practically everyday."
"The Potters sound fun." Ginny said looking at Harry.
"Also, Lily has a temper." Dumbledore added warningly.
"Great." Ginny said. "So do I. I can help Mrs. Potter control her husband and Sir… er… Mr. Black."
"And two of Ginny's brothers are pranksters." Harry added.
"then it's settled." Dumbledore said. "If James and Lily agree, then you will move in with them…After all, you should be use to them…Mr. Potter."
"Somehow I'm not surprised you figured it out." Harry said.
Dumbledore got up and went to the front of his desk with a portkey. The two time-travelers touch it.
"Activate."
TBC