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Looking for a way to the past

The year 2022

A letter to Dumbledore's daughter.

Dear Ariana

You know that your father and I love you very much. We have always considered you, our own child, but the truth is, you are not a Muggleborn. Your biological father is Albus Dumbledore. Albus never knew you were born, I have cheated on Hans with Albus, then I told Hans you are his child. It was a time of war. Albus had to keep fighting to keep us all save. His enemies were ruthless and would have used us against him, if they ever knew the truth. When I finally had the courage to tell Hans, I heard Albus was fighting a master magician on home soil, and to my regret I did not speak out.

I'm sorry for all the years of secrecy.

Know that we always love you.

Mom

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Many hours have gone by, but she still could not accept her mother's letter. Her father is the world famous Albus Dumbledore. Why would her mother keep such a big secret from her? She always knew she was magically gifted, but her father was in a different class. She wished she could have met him.

Her parents took great care of her, but she could never share her experiences with them. She lived in a world they just could not understand. They could not appreciate her talents. Most of the time she had to hide them from her parents due to magical law. The wise Albus Dumbledore would have understood her. He could have helped her to understand the depths of her power. So much knowledge was lost forever.

Ariana tried going on with her life, but before she knew it she was back daydreaming about time with her father. In her crazier daydreams she thought of ways to go back to her father's time. She had to find a way to go back to his time. For an ordinary person or even an ordinary witch it was impossible to go back in time, but Ariana's work constantly exposed her to the impossible. She has travelled all over the world traveled to find rare magical artifacts for Ollivander.

Her journey began by asking a sphinx for help. The sphinx used a riddle to sent her to a group of wizards. They in turn told her a story about a Romanian necromancer who got lost in time three hundred years ago. According to tradition he married a mermaid. They told her that no wizard knew what he did to get lost in time, but maybe his wife or children knew.

She had little hope that the story would help her to find a solution, but she decided to talk to her contacts in Romania. She regularly visits Romania when looking for dragon materials.

Her contact in Romania was surprised to hear that she knows about the myth, but he sent her to a well known Illusionist.

"If anyone knows more of the myth, it would be him, he has tried for years to add Time Travel into his magic show. Be very careful if you decide to go visit him, count your words, he is alse well known for stealing artifacts."

With only the bare necessities she went to visit the Illusionist.

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Illusionist: You must either be very desperate or very brave to come visit me in my home to without bringing a gift. If you were anyone else, I would have trapped you forever in my maze, but luckily for you your reputation proceeds you.

Ariana: Mighty jester of the king, how may I be of service?

Illusionist: I prefer the title, Protector of the king, clowns nowadays have such a bad reputation. If you can find me demiguise hair from an East-Russian demiguise, I'll try to help you on your quest.

Ariana: I'll be back as soon as possible with your demiguise her.

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Ariana knew it would be difficult demiguise hair to get hold of. It is difficult and expensive to get access to a Russian demiguise hunt. However after her mother's death, she became a multi millionaire, it probably came from her father's Philosopher Stone money. She would go back to London to get the money and then head to the far east of Russia to try and join a Demiguise hunt.

Six months later she returned to the magician with the necessary demiguise her.

Illusionist: Thank you very much, this will do great for what I have in mind. I know what you are looking for, but are you sure you want this? You could get lost forever.

Ariana: I'm sure.

Illusionist: In my research for ways to Time Travel, I have met a powerful necromancer who claimed he could sent a powerful witch to the past. I would have done it have I been a female, but alas male it is. He spent years studying the myth of the Romanian necromancer who got lost in time.

The Illusionist accompanied her to the necromancer, because the necromancer did not like to be disturbed by strangers. The Illusionist stood at the doorway and shouted:

Great master Mage Euremus, I found someone who could possibly participate in your Time Travel test. She is the daughter of your old friend Albus Dumbledore.

For a long time nothing happened.

Ariana: Are you sure he is not busy or something?

Illusionist: We can only wait, he'll get the message even if he is sleeping. Years of studying dark and light magic made him one of a kind. I would gladly wait for the honor to meet him again.

After 4 hours of waiting the door opened by itself, on the inside of the door she read: Come in, you have passed the first test.

Euremus: Welcome Ariana and Protector of our King, while you sat around doing nothing, I started to set up the experiment. Let me just quickly check whether you have the power to survive the test. In a flash he made a 360 degree motion with his staff.

Euremus: Finally a witch with the power necessary for what I have planned, but you probably want to know how I will sent you back? Oh yes, probably want to know. Nasty story returning to the past, but how I would have loved to be you.

Ariana asked the illusionist what she should do and he showed her to lift her hand. Euremus took two golden rings out of his coat and put them on two of her fingers.

Euremus: The rings are made by a genie, they will help you to forget what you should forget, once you are in the past. In 1981, a woman made a marker in time by casting a very powerful protection to save her son from an evil wizard. Protection that kept him save for years . How this happened is a long story and is not worth telling if you are just going to forget it. Her death created an unique opportunity for testing my Time Travel theories. I can help you to leave your body behind and guide your spirit to her body. Are you willing to lose some of your memories and your body?

Ariana: I'm done with my life of lies here, my family is gone now, it is time to move on. I have seen and done enough to say I had a good life. If there is any chance for a life in the past, I would take it. Thank you for everything Protector.

Euremus: Sounds like I have a keen subject. Best of luck Ariana, let's start!

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Life in the 1980s

Ariana's point of view

Ariana woke up in a strange body, but she could not feel anything except the rings on her fingers. In time, she got live back in her fingers, but she could not see or hear anything.

Author's point of view

If she could see, she would have seen her new body glowing in an orange color, the ring was banishing the physical effect of the Avada Kedarva curse. The moment Ariana went back in time, the Ariana in 1981 died. The other ring brought the dead Ariana-1981 to Godrics Hallow and changed her to look like Lily, Ariana-1981's wand was placed next to Lily Potter's invisible reviving body and became invisible as well.

As the rings worked on, Ariana felt sure the first part of the experiment was a success.

Ariana could still do nothing, she saw a giant walk away with a baby. Not knowing she is invisible she tried playing dead, to avoid suspicion.

After a while, more people came, everyone who passed by could not believe what they saw. Their first shock was seeing the beloved Potters dead, and then they got the second shock when they saw Voldemort lying on the ground with a grin still on his face. The people did not know whether they should be filled with joy or sorrow, but mostly they were so shocked they could not think. No one paid attention to Ariana. They kept going to the other two bodies and told them how sorry they were. After the two bodies were moved fewer people came to visit the house.

Ariana was listening closely, to make sure she is alone in the house. When she was certain she was alone she moved her eyes. Gradually testing every part of her new body. Once she moved her hand in the air she saw that the necromancer made her invisible. The necromancer even turned her corpse (from the 1980s) into Lily's corpse so that no one will notice that the real Lily left.

She slowly sat up. With this movement she was sure the experiment worked. She could hardly believe it, all her effort to find the right people was worth it in the end. She promised herself to tell Euremus in the future. She got up and started looking for the Potter's Floo Powder. In her new body, her Accio only moved the box in the closet, with a few more Accios she found the right closet. She put the box under her clothes to make it invisible and left the house through the hole in the wall.

With a little searching, she was able to find the magical part of town. At the nearest Floo station she threw some powder into the fire and went home.

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Please review, English is not my first language.

Enjoy,

Time