The Ripple Effect

by ProfessorEon

After a time-traveler goes back to insert a vision into the dreams of Albus Dumbledore, a Ripple Effect larger then any other drastically alters the course of Human History. We follow Harry and his friends as they try to survive their Hogwarts years with an crazy dueling instructor, an ancient alchemist and a race of alien cat people coming along for the ride. Full Summary inside!

1. The Rushed Beginning Forgive Me!

Name: The Ripple Effect

Posted on : 8:20PM, 30 April 2013

Rating: Strong T or a Weak M

Genre: Fantasy, Scifi, Extreme AU.

Warnings: Revealed Magical World, Younger!Harry, Jerk!Ron, Bossy!Hermione.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I do however own the Nefari Race and all the characters that you do not recognise. They are MY intellectual property. MINE! =P

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A/N: Welcome to the world of The Ripple Effect. This is what I believe would happen if one action was done in good intentions to change the course of HP Canon. As you can probably guess from the warnings, the guy who did it F%* $% up majorly. Oh well, at least it will be interesting! :D

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A dark form ambled up the shadowed lawn towards the mighty castle, uncaring that anyone looking out the windows, would be able to spot him easily. This man was on a mission to change the course of History, and bring about a brighter future then the predestined one. The man approached the side of one of the towers and waved his hand at his feet. A fine purple mist sprung about them and he pushed his foot against the tower wall, before lifting his other foot in front of the first.

As if gravity had rotated, the man ambled up the side of the tower as if it was the most normal thing to do. He approached a window and waved at it, causing it to click open. He walked in and cancelled the spell on his feet. Inside, a breathtakingly beautiful bird opened its dark beady eyes and squawked indignantly at the intruder, but did not alert his master. He knew that this man's intents were pure of heart, so instead he settled back for a nice sleep.

The man smiled and stroked the back of the fine plumage of the phoenix's neck fondly. The magical creature cooed slightly in his sleep as the man passed by toward the door next to a cabinet with what looked like bags of candy.

After he was done with his masterpiece, he went over to the desk and conjured a sheet of paper, borrowing a quill and writing out a short letter before slipping it into a conjured envelope. Checking that he had nothing else to do, he lifted up his sleeve to reveal a strange watch. It looked a digital watch with runes etched around the dial with two buttons on both sides and a softly glowing centre. With a sad smile, the man pressed the two buttons and vanished in a soft golden glow.

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Meanwhile, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts and the recently appointed Supreme Mugwump, laid peacefully in his bed, unknowing that the entire magical world was going to change that night. He was having a wonderful dream in which he was back in his Hogwarts years, swimming in the lake with his friends and flirting with the only other homosexual boy at the school, Dustin Cera, when it all changed. The sky seemed to darken, and the lake water suddenly got very choppy.

"Al! What's going on!?" yelled Kerrian, one of his friends.

"I don't know!" Al yelled out. Suddenly everything went dark. When he awoke, it seemed like a second had past. He looked around curiously; strangely not feeling scared at all. When he looked at his hands, he found them to be quite wrinkly.

"Hmm... It appears I'm having a vision" Albus said.

"Not bad" said an echoic voice. Albus looked around, but saw no one.

"Why am I here?" he asked.

"I have seen the future, and it is not a happy one. I hope to change that"

"How?"

"Look through the window, see what is soon to be" said the voice, and a window popped into existence in front of Albus. He looked out and gasped slightly, drawing a sharp breath as he gazed in horror.

It was Muggle London, but it was completely levelled. Most of the original buildings were either crumbling, or had been replaced with more magical equivalents. Fires burnt freely in the streets and a long march of men and women carrying building materials and rocks walked in a straight line, their feet shackled together with red beams and their faces downcast.

"Who are they?"

"Muggleborn Witches and Wizards, as well as some of the more useful muggles the Death Eater's had decided not to kill"

The view moved as if someone was holding a camera, and it revealed an enormous spire-like fortress smack dab in the middle of London where a children's hospital had been before. Even through the window, Albus could feel the icy cold creep of evil that sent shivers up his spine. Instantly he knew who it belonged to.

"Tom"

"Indeed. The year is 2012 and Voldemort has won the war. He has taken over the Ministry and seduced the other European Ministries into following his lead. England has gone from being the Mother Country to a Third World Country. The Statute of Secrecy is now obsolete and the Muggles fear and hate us. Death tolls are high and countries such as America, Australia, China, Japan and Russia have attempted to bring aid, but any planes or helicopters are shot from the sky before they even enter European Air Space"

"How did this happen?"

"It's a long story..." the voice said and began its tale on how the Muggleborn's didn't know anything about the Wizarding world, and such were at a disadvantage in both school and the working world. Due to this, they were unable to fight back efficiently in the war or even get jobs. Since Purebloods held most of the political power in Wizarding Britain, Voldemort was able to get one of his Death Eater's elected as the Ministry. And from there, well to put it in a Muggle term, the shit had hit the fan.

"My God. This is horrible!" Albus said his eyes wide.

"Yes, but it can be changed. The Muggleborn's must be taught. They must learn the ways of wizards and our customs. It is vital to the future of Wizarding Britain that you read the letter that will come for you in the morning!"

Albus woke up gasping and covered in a cold sweat. He looked out the window, and saw it was just breaking dawn. He jumped out of bed with a vitality of a man half his age and ran into his office, awaking his familiar with a squawk. Albus spotted a letter on his desk and tore it open, opening the letter and reading it. He smiled.

"Yes, this just might swerve the fates in our favour..." Albus muttered and sat down at his desk. He pulled out a piece of parchment and wrote out a proposal for the Board of Magical Studies.

I, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, do hereby propose the following new subjects.

Magical Customs and Traditions Studies – Mandatory for all Muggle Raised and Muggle-Born students, in order to develop a better understanding of their new world.

Duelling and Self Defence – Elective - Any students wishing to learn how to defend themselves in case of a new Dark Lord rising, may do so with the permission of a Family Member.

Physical Health – Mandatory for ALL students in hopes to increase physical health and dietary methods in our students.

Literature – Elective – Any students wishing to take on a journalistic career or even write their own novels, may take this class to increase their writing skills.

Spell crafting – Selective Elective – This can be a special class for any students who show any talent in spell crafting. If they are chosen, they will need permission from their parents and the necessary protective gear for this class.

Sincerely, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

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Meanwhile, 20.22 light-years away in a small star system, later identified in a different time-line as Gliese 581, a satellite was busy scanning the cosmos for any other planets with life. The being controlling the satellite, was a tall cat-like creature with dark blue fur, violet eyes and two tails wearing what humans would describe as a steam punk version of a lab coat. This was Dyst'vik Guth'Jenk'sa, a Nefarian astronomer given the job of working the satellite, hoping to find a planet with life, much like theirs.

The door slid open, showing a golden furred female with green eyes and much the same facial constructs as the male. She was holding two canisters with what looked like molten chocolate.

"Hey Dyst, any luck?" asked the female, putting one of the canisters down. Dyst'vik opened the top and took a gulp of the hot drink, before putting it down next to the console.

"None yet Jevki, just like every day I'm afraid" Dyst'vik said, rubbing at his eyes with the back of his six-fingered hand. Jevki scratched Dyst's ear in a soothing way.

"Don't worry, maybe you'll get lucky today" Jevki said, smiling at her friend, showing off two sets of sharp canines.

"Yeah, maybe" Dyst sighed, putting his hand on the spherical controller and turning the satellite around a little. Jevki gave him a soft punch on the shoulder, causing him to turn the satellite a few metres left by accident.

"Don't worry, you'll be okay" she said, before leaving with her drink. Dyst smiled at her retreating form before turning back to the screen. He blinked, noticing something coming over the data-field. He pulled it up and read the information. His eyes grew as wide as saucers as he went back to the image feed and zoomed in on a certain star system. Among the nine planets, a small green and blue one radiated with a blue outline, indicating that not only was there life on that planet, but signs of a civilisation!

Dyst waved his hand over a sensor and sounded an alarm that would bring his superior into the room. A few minutes later, and a stout and grumpy looking black cat walked in, his two tails twitching with his agitation.

"Guth'Jenk'sa, this had better be good" he snarled, his teeth bared.

"Kizkar Pren'Thar! I found one!" Dyst exclaimed, pointing at the screen. Kizkar Pren'Thar walked over and read the data and stared hard at the image. He pulled a hand-held device from his belt and spoke into it. After a second of nodding, he put it away.

"It's been confirmed, you've found one Guth'Jenk'sa, well done! You'll be taking a raise home with you tonight!" Kizakar Pren'Thar beamed, his grumpy demeanour gone and replaced with a pleased one.

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In the following years, the Nefarian people made contact with the Humans, and after a year, had a treaty signed and an alliance agreed on. The Nefarian introduced the Humans with new technology, and helped invent cures for illnesses like Cancer and AIDs. Importations between the two planets helped to increase Earths wealth and many Nefarians dedicated their long lives to helping the less fortunate in Third World Countries.

Meanwhile, in the Magical World, the BoMS agreed on the classes, but due to a spat from one Lucius Malfoy, it was put on Probation. However, the probation was lifted after two years when the Board saw how much popularity the new classes gained from the parents and public. The Ministry, in all its biased glory, attempted to capture one of the Nefari and label it a dark creature. This caused the Nefarian Government to reveal the presence of the Magical World after threatening war on the Ministry for abuse of the Cat-like Alien. It took four years for the tension to lower between the two races, and even longer for the Muggle World to learn to deal with the fact that Magic and Magical beasts still existed. However, soon enough, the Magical and Muggle worlds managed to integrate with each other and accept each other.

However, Muggle Haters and Wizarding Racists still lived, and worked on trying to separate the three worlds from each other, feeling that the commingling of Wizard, Muggle and Nefarian was not natural, and were to be stopped. They even went as far as to attack random citizens, be they muggle, wizard or Nefarian. Most of the Wizarding Terrorists were Death Eaters, lead by Voldemort himself, while the muggle haters were mostly bigots and Nazi Sympathisers.

Even in the present, a subtle war between the three groups lived on. People went about their day though, working alongside wizards and Nefarians. It was going oh so well... until the 31st of October 1981, when Lord Voldemort attacked the Potters and killed Lillian Evans Potter, and attempted to kill young Harry James Sirius Remus Potter. The curse, however, bounced back and destroyed Voldemorts body, leaving Harry crying in his crib alone. His father, who had gone out with his two friends Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, came home to find his house half-destroyed and his wife dead. His friends comforted him as he wept over his wife's body, and shared in his amazement when he saw that baby Harry was unharmed except for a cut on his cheek.

Peter Pettigrew was caught by the police and brought into justice for betraying the Potters location and causing the death of Lily Potter. He was locked up in Azkaban Maximum Security Prison, and the three Marauders went on with their lives raising Harry Potter on their own.

10 Years Later

Harry James Sirius Remus Potter opened his eyes and grimaced at the sunlight streaming through his window. He sat up, and stretched, rubbing his emerald green eyes and scratching his auburn hair. He climbed out of bed and pulled on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, before walking out of his room and down the stairs to the kitchen. He could smell sausages, bacon and toast being cooked, and smiled at his family around the table.

"Morning pup" Sirius Black greeted, grinning at his nephew.

"Morning Uncle Padfoot" Harry smiled back, sitting at the table and resting his head in his hands. His father walked over and put a plate of Bacon on toast and sausages in front of him. "Thanks dad"

"What are you planning to do today Harry?" asked James Potter, grabbing his own plate and sitting opposite of Harry.

"I dunno, I thought I might fly over to the arcade and see if Franks around, what about you?" asked Harry.

"I'm spending the day with Natalie, and I know for a fact that Amelia and Heidi are coming over for a visit" James said, cutting up his sausage and dipping it in some ketchup. Harry grimaced at the name Natalie. Natalie was his dad's girlfriend. "And be careful not to go to high, the limit for brooms in London is 500 feet okay, I don't want you hitting any planes"

"Dad, I know the limit. I even have that meter strapped to my broom that tells me how high I am. Don't worry!" Harry said, feeling a little exasperated. His dad said the same thing every time Harry mentioned flying. He guessed that his dad wasn't used to magic being the norm nowadays. Back in his day, his dad had to be careful where he flew, and Mundanes didn't even know magic still existed.

Harry finished his breakfast and got up, intent on changing into some warmer clothes for the flight.

"Be home by four please, you know Heidi only comes over to see you" Sirius called out. Harry grumbled on the way out. Heidi always acted weird around him, smiling too much and being all giggly.

After changing into a warm sweater, a trench coat with too many pockets and a pair of trousers, (the top fashion on Nefari at the moment), Harry grabbed his broom and walked outside with it. He waved to his Mundane Neighbour.

"Morning Mr Stubs!" he called out. The old man turned and smiled at the Wizarding child.

"Morning Harry, going for a fly?" he called out.

"Yeah!"

"Be careful up there, it's a bit windy today" Mr Stubs warned, before going back to watering his flowers. Harry smirked and mounted his broom before kicking off and heading in the direction of central London. It was a quiet morning, with only a few cars driving and hovering around, along with one or two other broom flyers. Harry steered his NightStar 220 toward the local arcade, Lee Land of Fun, and got off in front of the Broom Lockers. He put his in one and grabbed the key for the locker after putting a coin in the slot.

He walked into the arcade and immediately spotted his Half-Blood friend playing an old 90s pinball game. Harry tried to sneak up on his friend, but his Blonde cat-ears swivelled and his friend turned his head.

"Nice try Harry, but try to quiet your steps" he said. Frank Lee was a son of a Chinese Wizard and a Female Nefarian. He was taller than your average 10 year old with an angular face, cat ears atop his blonde head, amber slanted eyes and two tails poking out of a set of holes in the back of his shorts. He was wearing a sleeveless shirt and sneakers along with his khaki shorts. Unlike most Hybrids, Frank had only five fingers on each hand, instead of the usual six.

"Damn, I thought I was quiet" Harry said, walking over and leaning on the pinball machine. He read the name of it. Space Adventure. Typical.

"You're right, you were quiet. You just smell" Frank said, grinning at his friend. Harry punched Frank on the arm, who feigned pain.

"You wound me!"

"Oh shut up"

"So what brings you here?" asked the Nefarian-Human hybrid.

"Nothin' much. Aunt Amelia and Heidi are coming over later, so I wanted to go out for a bit" Harry explained, running his hand through his hair. He dyed his hair auburn every Halloween in memory of his mother. It was naturally Black, but his magic allowed the colour change and kept it that way for a full year, as if it understood why he did it.

"Oooh, Heidi Bones is coming over to see her hubby" Frank teased. Harry blushed. Frank could tell that Susan had a massive crush on Harry, but the boy himself couldn't see it. He only saw the red-head as a non-related second cousin. Heidi's aunt, Amelia Bones was dating Harry's Uncle Sirius.

"Shut up" Harry growled, pushing Frank. Frank only laughed and loaded up the ball in the game. They spent the day playing games before heading back to Harry's house, Frank on his hoverboard and Harry on his broom.

Arriving, Harry sent out a Human Revealing Spell and groaned and he realised that Amelia and Heidi, as well as another person, were there already. Harry smirked, knowing that Frank wouldn't be getting the last laugh. They went inside where a red blur shot forward and tackled Harry.

"GAH!" Harry yelled, falling back. He looked down at the girl hugging him and rolled his eyes.

"What have I said about tackling me Heidi?" asked Harry, trying to pry the girl's arms from around him. She sure had an iron grip.

"Sorry, but I missed you!" she said, smiling at him. Nearby, Frank was doubled over in laughter. That is, before a second blur ran into him. He fell back, caught unawares, and looked down at the equally red hair.

"Susan!?" he squeaked, his eyes wide. Susan was Heidi's big sister, who just so happened to have a crush on Frank. Susan was in her second year at Hogwarts this year. "What are you doing here?!"

"When I found out Aunt Amelia was going to see Uncle Sirius, I came along. I just knew you were going to be here!" Susan said, her brown eyes sparkling at Frank. Nobody knew how she knew the things she knew, Richard Bones, Heidi and Susan's dad and Amelia's brother, suggested she might have the Sight. This terrified Frank. The two boys looked at each other and nodded, agreeing on the only thing they could do right now without saying a word.

"Run"

They pulled themselves free and ran off, yelling in horror while the girls exclaimed in annoyance and took off after them. The boys didn't notice the subtle tracking charm that Sirius had shot at them, which allowed the girls to follow them easily. Meanwhile, Sirius and Amelia watched from the living room, laughing all the way.

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The next day came with the arrival of a certain letter. Harry opened it to find a letter from Hogwarts, saying that he had been accepted!

"YES!" Harry cheered, waving the letter and dancing around the kitchen. He knew that he looked like an idiot, but frankly, he didn't care!

"What's all this noise?" asked a voice. Harry turned and grinned at the sight of a tired looking Remus Lupin.

"I got my Hogwarts Letter Moony!" Harry exclaimed, shoving the letter in Remus' face. He read the letter with a small smile.

"Dear Mr H. Potter,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts College of the Arcane Arts. Please find enclosed a list of the necessary books and equipment needed for this term. We hope for a reply by no later than 13th of August.

Yours sincerely,
Perenelle Flamel
Head of Enrolment" Remus finished. Harry was grinning like a Cheshire cat.

"When do you reckon can we get my school stuff?" Harry asked.

"I don't know. You'd have to ask your dad" Remus said, shrugging. The overexcited boy proceeded to wrench the letter from the werewolf's hands and run off in search of his dad. Remus shook his head, smiling after the hyper 11 year old.

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Later that day James, Harry, Remus and Sirius entered the Leaky Cauldron. They found a seat and James went off to order their meal. Back in the old days, the Leaky Cauldron had been a dingy pub whose main purpose was to hold the entrance to Diagon Alley, but ever since the Magical World was exposed, Tom the Barkeep decided to branch outwards, and removed the muggle repelling wards from the front of the room and put them up at the Diagon Alley gateway. He fixed the place up, gave it a new coat of paint and used a few Dimension Increasing Spell-Locks to increase the size of the now Inn on the inside.

Ever since then, The Leaky Cauldron had become a fun place for families to have a meal, college students to come and get a drink or a meal between classes and the central gossip hub for teenage girls during after school hours. It was a weekend, so there weren't any Gossipy Teenagers and only a few college students drinking coffee and playing cards in a corner.

James came back and they chatted while their food was being made. Harry talked about what house he wanted to be in (Either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw) and argued with Sirius over whether or not all Slytherin's were evil. Harry was saying that they should be given a chance; Sirius was saying they should be given the boot.

Their food floated over to them and they ate quietly, or rather as quietly as three marauders and a Marauder-in-training can be. The meal ended in an old ladies soup exploding and them getting chased out of the Leaky Cauldron into Diagon Alley by a very upset Tom. The family of four proceeded to go about their day, giggling like school children over the small bit of chaos they had caused. The first stop was Gringotts to get some money from the Potter Vault, they then went to Madam Malkin's Robes and Clothing for all Occasions where Harry got a set of school robes and two sets of out-of-school wear. Harry had to convince his father not to get his robes in Gryffindor red, saying there was still the chance of him going into Ravenclaw.

Shortly after, they headed over to Flourish and Blott's for the required books, but stopped dead when they saw the crowd of witches and mundane women spilling out into the streets. Harry spotted a poster and groaned. The poster was large enough that it coul cover the front door, and it contained a life-sized moving image of Gilderoy Can't-Even-Cast-A-Levitation-Spell Lockhart, as Sirius had commented once. Under the image, were the words:

GILDEROY LOCKHART

Will be signing copies of his autobiography

MAGICAL ME

Today 12:30 P.M. 4:30 P.M.

"Oh great, the blonde poofter is here. Might as well move on and order the books by owl" Sirius said, scowling at the winking image as if it had insulted him.

"But, I wanted to get a copy of Nefarian Fauna and Flora Volume IV!" Harry whined, looking crestfallen at not being able to buy the new book.

"We could just brave the crowd and hope that Lockhart doesn't spot us. He always asked if he could join the Marauders. He even, amazingly, became an animagus after finding out we were. I never laughed so much in my life when I saw his form" James smirked.

"What was it?" asked Harry, sounding as curious as always.

"An Albino Peacock!" James said, sniggering slightly. Harry laughed for a few seconds before they walked towards the shop. Just inside, Harry could see a family of redheads milling around in the line.

"Hey look, it's the Weasley's" Remus spoke up, having seen the family as well. They went in and tried to get through the crowds to buy the books necessary. Harry tried to avoid Lockhart, but the Weasley girl spotted him and said rather loudly.

"Look Mummy! It's Harry Potter!"

Harry cringed, and waited for the expected.

"What's this? Harry Potter?" Lockhart pretty much yelled. A reporter grabbed Harry by the back of his neck and pushed him towards the poncy git. Harry stumbled a little and Lockhart grabbed him in a tight grip around the shoulders, smiling at the reporter. "Nice big smile Harry, together you and me are worth the front page!" Lockhart said, attempting to blind the audience with his white teeth. Harry scowled at the man and attempted to twist away, but couldn't.

Meanwhile, in the Adult Section of the bookstore, Sirius Black was carefully examining the latest edition of PlayWizard when he heard the author of Magical Me yell out his nephew's name. Sirius shoved the dirty magazine in his coat and stalked out to his godson's aid.

Harry winced at the camera flash.

"Ladies and gentlemen," he said loudly, waving for quiet. "What an extraordinary moment this is! The perfect moment for me to make a little announcement I've been sitting on for some time! When young Harry stepped into Flourish and Blotts today, he wanted to buy my autobiography – which I shall be happy to present him now, free of charge..."

The crowd applauded and Harry rolled his eyes at the idiot.

"That he would shortly be getting much, much more than my book, Magical Me. He and his school mates will, in fact, be getting the real Magical Me. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have great pleasure in announcing that this September; I will be taking up the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts College of the Arcane Arts!"

The crowd began to applaud, but the Elder Marauder's barged through the crowd, scowling at Lockhart.

"Let go of my son Lockhart!" James growled, stalking up to the blonde man, causing him to release Harry and back up a little. The memory of James, Sirius, Remus and Pettigrew pantsing a pimply and gangly teenaged Lockhart shot to the blonde authors mind as the trio glared at the man.

"No harm done, w-we were just d-d-discussing my new job at H-Hogwarts!" Lockhart stuttered, trying his best to keep his cool.

"It did not look like Harry was enjoying himself" Remus snarled, fingering his wand.

"N-no! He was enjoying it!" Lockhart said, backing into a precariously stacked pile of books.

"If you lay a hand on my Godson, I will personally arrest you on inappropriate handling of a minor" Sirius threatened, before the four turned and left the now silent store. Nearby, a tall blonde man brushed past the Weasley's, evidently having been in the middle of a tense discussion with the red-headed patriarch. He nearly knocked over poor Ginny Weasley on his way out, rattling the girl's cauldron and causing her brothers to scowl at the older man.

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A/N: In case anyone is confused, this story is set a year ahead of canon, due to a ripple effect being caused by the mysterious mans tampering in the time stream causing James and Lily Potter to be rudely interrupted on a certain special night by Albus who asked them to be the first new teachers for the new subjects he had implemented, James teaching the Magical Customs and Traditions and Lily helping with Self Defence, being a black-belt in tae-kwon-doe. This caused Harry's birth to take place a year later then canon, yet still in July so the Prophecy still works.

The whole new race was an idea I wanted to implement for a while, but could never figure out a way to bring it into a story until now. I like the idea of an alien race coming into contact with earth and writing up an alliance. The technological advancements and medical enhancements are so mind-blowing that this could bring in a new set of characters as well as a new source of bigotry. I also always wondered what it would be like if the Wizarding World was revealed to the Muggle World. I believe that while it would be rough at first, everything would smooth out. And on that I quote my favourite saying "No matter how big a splash you make in this world whether you're Corey Feldman, Frankie Muniz, Justin Bieber or a talking teddy bear, eventually, nobody gives a shit"

If you considered this a little rushed, I apologise. I wanted to get the basic knowledge out so that everyone can read my story without being confused by vast changes. The next chapters will be a bit rushed, but after that I should slow down and add in my own scenes that are not part of canon.

Any Questions and/or suggestions are whole-heartedly accepted and will be answered and considered.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY!

Needles Out