The burden of a wizard

by ugly ian

So this story is about Harry questioning whether killing voldermort was all worth it in the long run. But his thoughts are cut short when a huge incident leaves Harry and the wizard world on their knees. Please review for all the chapters so far. REVIEW!

1. Chapter 1

Harry sat at his desk, staring blankly into space while using his wand to stir a hot chocolate, wondering what he would do next. He had done what he had wanted to do his whole life, avenge the deaths of hundreds of people, not least his parents. His mission was complete. But despite all this he still had the same empty feeling he had before. It just didn't add up. Why was he so sad? He'd killed the most powerful dark wizard of all time. Then a terrible thought struck him as he sat there in the dark. What if Voldermort, was just a Horcrux himself, and he had just scratched the surface of the problem. Eventually he shook the unwelcome thoughts, or a better word would be fears, out of his mind calling them stupid and trivial. It would not be until much later that he would realise the true power of the mind was not just to think, it was to create, and that would be his downfall.

"Dad wake up! Wake up! He's been! Daddy, he's been!" Harry opened his eyes to see Albus jumping with excitement presenting a poorly drawn card with the words,, " To Daddy at Christmas Time."

"But Albus, it isn't Christmas. It's the 25th of November, even look at my phone. I'm sorry about that, you must have had a dream about it." Said Harry passing over his phone just to prove to Albus that it wasn't Christmas and that it was in fact, a whole month earlier.

"Yes, Daddy look. It clearly says 25th December! Now stop acting so strange and come downstairs!" Replied Albus, clearly itching to go back downstairs.

"Um… GINNY! Could you come up here a second darling, oh and could you please use repairo on my glasses. Thanks!" Harry called down, "Oh and one more thing, What day is it today!"

"You must be joking! It's Christmas day and only one of your sons is down here, where's Albus?" Called Ginny.

"Albus is up here. I'll be down in a um… Christmas?"

Now harry was worried, how could it possibly be Christmas Day when before he went to sleep it was the 24th of November? Who could have altered time in such a way? Was it all in his head? Or was there a much darker reason as to why time has fast forwarded overnight?